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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME II. ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1855. NUMBER 34 PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY JOHN H. CHRISTY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, Term* of Swbacriptiou. TWO DOLLARS per Annum, if paid strictly in ad aneo; otherwise,THRUE DOLLARS wiii be charged- order that the price of the papei may nothein the way afa lareecirculation, Clubs will be supplied at the following low rates. COPIES for - - lifl.^rwv WRaC^U'EN •• for - - - Altkts clous rates, the Cash must accompany the order. Rates of AdrrrtUing. Transient advertisements wilibeinserted at One Dollar persqiiarefortlicli rat, and, Fifty Cents per square for eaei subsequent i nsertii it. Legal and yearly advertisements at the usual rates Candidates will be charged |5 for announcements, and obituary notieesexeeeuingsix lines in length will be charged as advertisements. When the number of insertions isnotmarkedon and advertisement, it wjl! be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. $53111*55 anti '^rofr55innnl (Ms. j o h nIiTc hrTsty™ PLAIN AND FANCY Hook and Job Printer, “Franklin Job Office,” Athens, Ga. ♦% All work entrusted to bis care faitlifully, correctly and punctually executed, at prices corrospond- janlR ing witli thehardnessof the times. tf C. B. LOMBARD, DENTIST, ATHENS, OF.OROIA. Room* over the Store of Wilson & Veal. Jan3 PITNER & ENGLAND. Wholesaledc Retail Dealersiri Groceries, Dry Goods, HARDWARE, SHOES AND BOOTS, April 6 Athens, Ga. MOORE & CARLTON,' DEALERS IN SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS. If A R D \VA 11E AND CR 0 OK Ell Y. April No. 3,'Granite Row, Athens, Ga. LUCAS & BILLUPS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DIALERS IN DRY GO O DS, G ROC ERIKS, HARDWARE, «fce. Ac. No. 2, Broad Street. Athens. WILLIAM G. DELONY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office over the store :il VVm M; Morton A Son Will attend promptly to all basinessentrust- ad to his car» Athens, April 6 P. A. SUMMEY & BROTHER, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Staple Goods, Hardware, Crockery, AND ALL KINDS OF GROCERIES, Corner of Wall and Broad streets. Allien's WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER AND STATIONED, Asd Newspaper ami Magazine Agent. • '•) nKAi.rn t.v MUSIC and •MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LAMI'S. KING CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS, AC. No. 2, Cidlcge Avenue, Newton House. Athens, Ca sign of •• While’s University Book Store.” Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates. T. BISHOP & SON,, Wholesale and Fffpi! Certs, April 6 No. 1, Broad street, Athens. JAMES M. ROYAL, HARNESS MAKER, H AS removed liis shop to Mitchell’s old Tavern, one door east of Grady it Nich olson’s—where he keeps always on Land a general assortment of articles in his line, and isalwaysready to fill orders iutl*c best style. Jan 2d tf LOOKHERE! T UB undersigned have on hand u general assortment of STAPLE DRY GOODS, GROCERIES A ND HA RD WARE. which they will sell low for cash or barter Call and examine. April 13 P. A. SUMMEY & BRO. Coach-Making and Repairing. JAMES B. BURPEE, A T the old stand recently occupied by R. S. Sclicvencll, offers for sale a lot of superi or articles of his own manufacture, at red u- ced prices—consisting ot Carriages, Buggies, &c. Orders for any thing in hislinu thankfully received uml promptly executed. J-ST - Repairing done at short ioticeand on reasonable terms. NOTICE. T UG subscribers arc prepared to fill orders for all kinds of Spokes for Carriages anil Wagons, Also, at the same establishment we manufac v- tuie all kinds of BOBBINS, (tout manly used in our cotton factories. All done as good and cheap us cun be had from the North. Address, P. A.SUMMEY & BRO, Athens,Ga who will attend to ull orders, and the ship ping of the same. March, 1854. SLOAN & OATMA.N, DEALERS IN Italian, Egyptian <£’ American AND EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE. Monuments, Tombs, Urns and Vases; Murblc Mantels and Furnishing Marble - - or ah orders promptly filled. „ ATLANTA, G A. lajrRefer to Mr. Ross Cfrane. junel4 30 8acks Flour for sale by April JOtli Ghady i&N’iciiolsok Blank Declarations, O F both forms, (long and short) together w,th the proce.-i*nuit!!bcd— just printed uud for sale at this Office. Also, v-rii.us other Blanks. ES?"Any Uliuiks not on hand—as, indeed, ajmostany kind of job printiug—can be fur nished uu a few hours’ notice The Little Frock and Shoes-'' * BY BENJAMIN R. MITCHELL. A little frock but slightly worn, ^ Of blue and white dclain, ^ With edgiuground the neck and sleeve^ Lav foldedneat and plain ; Beside a little pair of shoes. With here aud there a flaw ; Lay half concealed among the things In mother’s bureau draw 1 Snmmerbad passed away from.earth With all her sweetest ties. The birds had left their sujmnefTiaunts, For more congeuial skies- _ The twilight bfeezes sweetly played Aipong the dews of even— An angel left his home on high, To gather flowers for henren ! The angel near and nearer came, Whore sister sick did lie-; Then gently fann’dher faded cheek, And pointed to the sky ! The morning shone upon the bed, The autumn wind blew free. The angel moved its S’lvery wings. And whispered “comewith me!” We gathered round her dying bod With hearts to weep and pray, And many were the tears we shed. When sister went away ! No bitter tears bad she to weep, • No sin to be forgiven. But closed her little eyes in sleep, To opeu them in heaven. We laid her in the earth’s green breast, Down by the village green, Where gently weeps the dewy grass, And summer flowers are seen; And often when dear mother goes To get her things to use, I see her drop a silent tear Ou sister’s frock and shoes. ftlisrellfliitj. MUSIC BY STEAM. A Yankee genius has succeeded in harnessing steam to a musical instru ment, which will out-sax Mr. Sax’s noisy inventions moM decidedly. Ilis name is Joshua C. Stoddard, of Worces ter, Mass., and the following (from an exchange,) description will give some idea of the invention : “ The instrument is of simple con at ruction, and when once thoroughly put together, will seldom if ever, get out of repair. It consists of a-horizontal steam chest or cylinder, some six feet in length, and from tony to six feet in diameter, which is fed with steam from the largi* boiler in the establishment where it is located. Upon the fop of this cylinder is a series of valve chambers, placed at equal distance from each other, into which«tcam is admitted without obstruc tion. Each valve-chamber contains a double metalic valve, with no packing, yet it fits so closely upon its seat .as to allow no steam to escape. To each of these valves is connected a very small piston rod or stem, which passes through the chamber, and is operated upon by machinery without.. “ Were it not for this stem, the valve would be simply a double balance-valve, and would remain stationary wherever placed, the pressure of steam being equal on all sides ; but a part of one end of the valve being carried outside of the chamber gives it the self-closing power, which ts the nicest part of the whole invention, and perhaps the best paltenable feature. With a slight pres sure against these rods, the valve is opened ; and when the pressure is re moved, it closes as qnick as steam can act, which is not much behind electrici ty, Directly over each of these valves is placed a common alarm whistle, con structed similar to those used upon loco motives, except that it admits of being raised or lowered, to flatten or sharpen the tone. These whistles are made of different sizes, so as to produce the de sired tone corresponding with each note, : etc. This completes the' machine, with the exception of a cylinder similar to those used in a common hand-organ or music-box, containing cogs which, when properly arranged, will, when turned by liand or otherwise, operate upon the valves in such a manner as to play any tune desired by simply changing the position of cogs, which are intended to be movable. “ One of these instruments can he heard from teq to twenty-five miles on the water, and every note will be perfect and full. We heard the inventor play Rosalie on it, and it looked like 4 * getting off all notes” mechanically. This inven tion is so completely under the control of the opeiator, that were it arranged with a keysboard similar to a piano, it would obey the slightest touch, and a child could play slow or quick tunes, every note of which might be heard several miles. It is the design of the inventor to place instruments upon lo comotives and steamboats. It would ap pear rather novel to John Bull to hear Yankee Doodle from one of our ocean steamers as she was about to enter a British port, (say twenty miles, and it would remind a Yankee of hip jack-knife to hear Sweet Home from the same ves sel on its return to New York or Bos ton. The inventor if it meets the ex pectations of most who have seer, it will alter the tone of public demonstration on important occasions very essentially.” A man in Maine who had stolen a watch, gave as an excuse, that be was unwell, and his physician advised him to take something. A “ STRANGE PREACHER. His name was Strange. Many will think his conduct was strange also. He was a zealous preacher and a sweet sing er.. Nothing gave him so much pleasure as to go about the country preaching and singing. A benevolent gentleman, well off in .worldly gear, desiring to make him self and his family comfortable in their de clining years, generously presented him a title deed for three hundred and-twenty acres of land. ^Strange accepted the donation.with thankfulness, and went on; his way, preaching and singing as he went. But after a few months he Te- tnrned and requested his generous friend to take the title deed. ‘ Surprised at the request, the gentleman inquired : b Is there any flaw in it ?” “ Not the slightest.” •‘Is not thfe land good?” “ First rat .” “ Ia’nt it healthy ?” “ None more so.” *• Why, then, do you wish me to take it back ? It will be a comfortable home for you when you grow old, and someth ing for your wife, and children,.if you should be taken away.” Why, I’ll tell you. Ever since, I’ve lost my enjoyment in singing. I can’t sing my favorite hymn with a good con science any longer.” “ What is that ?” “ This; . “ No foot of land do I possess. No cottage in the wilderness, A poor warfaring man. “ I dwell awhile in terns below. Or g'adly wander to and fro, ’Till I my Canaan gain. “ Yonder’s my house and portion fair. My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding home!” “ There!” said Strange. “ I*d rather sing that hymn than own America. I’ll trust the Lord lo take care of my. wife and children.” He continued singing and preaching, and preaching nnd singing; and the Lord, said the lecturer, did take care of him, nnd his children aftenhim. THE SHORTES V WAY. Some twelve years ago,Napoleon Ind., was clebrated for two things, one for the carousing propensities of its citizens, and the other for the great number of cros sroads in its vicinity. It appears that an eastern collector, stopped at Dayton to spend the night and gain some infor mation about bis future course. Dur ing the evening he became acquainted with an old drover, who appeared well posted as to the Geography of the coun try, and the collector thought lie might as well inquire as regards the bast route to the different points to which he was destined. “ I wish to gc to Greenfield,” said the collector; “ which will be my shortest router” “ Well, sir,” said the drover, ‘ you had better go to Napoleon, and take the road leading nearly north.” The traveller noted it down. “ Well, sir, if I wish to go to Edin burg r” f? Go to Napoleon and take the road going west.” •‘ Well, if I wish to go to Vernon?” Go to Napoleon and take the road going south-west.” The collector looked at his note book every direction had Napoleon on it; he began to feel bis mettle rise, and lie turned once more to the drover with— “ Suppose, iny friend *1 wanted to go to hell ?” The drover never smiled, but scratch ed his head, and after a moment’s hesi tation, said: “ Well, my dear sir, I don’t know of any shorter road you could take than to go to Napoleon. WOMEN OF JAPAN. As might be imagined from the char acter of the government, woman plays no part in the history of Japan, though allowing for orieutal usages, she is treat ed, on the, whyle with tolerable leniency. She occupies a better position in the family, from not entailing any charge at her marriage, as a bride receives no dowry, but, on the contrary, is present ed by her husband with a handsome donation, which is invariably appropria ted by her father. In Japan,therefore; it is considered more fortunate ‘o have daughters than sons, as the former ultir mately prove a very handsome invest ment. On the birth of a son, the event is commemorated by planting a tree, which, if the little stranger lives, is carefully (ended to. tiie day of his mar riage when it is cuUdown, and furnishes material for a chest, designed expressly to hold the wardrobe af the newly mar ried couple. The marriage, as in China aud Tartary, is an affair betweeu the parents : aud the wishes of the young people themselves are never consulted The bride is usually in her fifteenth year: but maturity being early develop ed wedlock may be contracted at a great deal younger age, aud the mother is often a child berseif. Marriage is a reli gious ceremony, and is celebrated with great pomp and many forms in a public temple, in presence of the r priests and idols, aud the friends and kindred of both parties. The bride, using for this ■purpose the indelible liquor applied to coal, scuttles and other similar Japan ware, and this sen es, from that time to her death, to notify, like the ring of Europe, that she Jias entered the mar riage state. ‘ Political. mark a. cooper s letter^ Major Cooper is out in another let- tef of near two columns, pretending to reply to our artidgfe in relation to the “Johnson and Cooper bargaiu,” but in truth he really never meets the issue presented by us. His’sole object seetns to be to mystify the whgle matter so as to prevent those not familiar with the subject from compiehending its true merits. We are really under obliga tions to the Major for this second letter, and trust he comply with hisqiromise of continuing, the subject. Nothing will afford us mod pleasure, thorough ly inflated as he is, than to take the wind out of his sails, and expose the trans action between him and the Governor in qll its deformities to the people. The Major concludes his vapid letter with the assertion that "it is false, every icord false, that any favoritism has been shown him.” This is decidedly cool and refreshing, to come from a man who acknowledges that he complained ofthe freights because from $0,030 to $8,000 was annually taken from him— who admits that the rates on Coal, Iron, Flour and Wheat, the articles in which he is almost exclusively interested, have been reduced above twenty-five per cent.—while no reduction extends to any other person or depot ! Was there ever such a case of self-stultifica tion ? Or does he imagine that because he asserts that it is 'false” that there fore the people are so stupid as to be lieve it, simply because he says so, in the face of his own admissions to the contrary. He says they took from him annually $6,000 to 88,000—he admits a reduction to quite that extent, (no re duct'on has been made oh any but his freights) and yet he has the unblushing effrontery to assett, that no favoritism has been shown him ! People of Geor gia, what think you of the man and his admission and denials. We will now proceed tosh >w to what extent favoritism has been shown him, and it will be our duty, in the course of the invesligatiou, to show that Mark A. Cooper has, in his letter, deliberately and knowingly misrepresented the facts as to (lie freights he now pays. The in telligent people mny characterize such conduct as they please, and detirrmine with what propriety Mark A. Cooper charges auy one with **falsehood.” He makes a great parade aiul con siderable flourish, because lie pays the same freights as to Kingston on Cheese, Dry Goods, Sait, Molasses, Bonnet and Hal boxes, &c. That U something ex traordinary indeed, he thinks, and he seems to rely on it as disproving every fa£t connected with the “ bargain” L tin<l 44 favoritism.” Nobody ever pretend ed that there was any reduction upon any article, but Iron, Coal, Wheat and Flour, and .these probably constitute ninety-nine hundredths of the freights paid by Mark A. Coopf.r. We doubt if more than one dollar in every hundred paid by him for freights is paid for any other article than Coal, Iron, \\ heat and Flour—the very article on which the re duction lias been made Let us now show to what extent he has been favored. To do this, we shall use (he freight lists ad ed and p ublish ed by Mr. YoNGEin September' 1S53, and (bat of (lie present Superintendent, by which the rate was advanced, Maj. Cooper says, “2b .per cent.” Maj. Cooper and Gov. Johnson both say that the rates of YoNGEare restored, so that a comparison of, the rates. qf each will show how much Mark A. Cooper has been favored. We have the lists before us, and make nn extract transcript of the rates, jvhicli any man can see who will caU and examine them nt our office. Under the, tariff of the present Super- intendant, Etowah, (Mark A: Cooper’s station) Cartersville, CaSs, and Kingston, all paid the same freight, on all articles of produce or merchandise. The rates to Atlanta from all four of these stations was as follows on the following arti cles: Pig and bar Iron ami Castings, per ton $2,50 Flour, per single barrel- * 30 Floor, by the car lead, per barrel 25 Flour, bv the ear load, per 100 lb. sack 13 The above are the rjite3 paid before the bargain. Tbe following are the rates now paid by Major Cooper from Etowah to Atlanta. Pig nnd bar Iron nnd Castings, per ton $2,00 Flour, per'singlebarrel 25 Flonr, by the car load, per barrel 20 Flour, by tbe car load, per 100 lb. sack 11 These are the rates since the bargain. Recollect, reader, that there has been no reduction, orireights to or from any Depot on the road except Etowah, and no onfe but M.ark A. Cooper rarely ever ships or receives a dollar’s worth of freight there. Again, while he is paying now the rates last mentioned. Mr. Denmead, who is also, extensively engaged in the flour business, pays the following rates from Marietta, which is only 20 miles from Atlanta 1 , while Etowah is 43 miles from Atlanta more than double the dis tance. Flour per single barrel 20 ct6. Flour, by the Oar load, per bbl 15 Flouy, by the Gar load, per 100 lb. sack 8 Recollect that Marietta is not half the distance,, ami then see how much higher rale Denmead j>ays than Mark A. Cooper. Denmead is not a Demo crat! Again, Mark A. Cooper, pays* 12.- 85 a car load for coal IVotu Chattanooga to Etowah, which is 90 miles, while a man at Kingston, 15 miles nearer Chat tanooga, pays 819,60 per load. Again, the proprietors of the Foundry in Dalton r which is only 38 miles from Chattanooga, pay $16,00 .a car load for coal front Chattanooga, while Mark A. Cooper pays only $12,85, forttransport ing it 90 miles to Etowah that Major Cooper has vindicated him self in the letter, should have Col. Ben ton’s operation, of “cutting or the sam ples,” performed on him immediately. There is no sensible man who does not know better—who does not know that he never once .touched the question of dis crimination made by the Road between him and his neighbors. That is the Another illustration, and we shall j question of discrimination, and he never close. That the reader may properly attempted to show, that the charge was understand this, it is necassary to state \ not true. Why ? Because he knew it was that Cartersville is twband a half miles,! true, and a full and plain expose of the and'Kingston fifteen miles above Eto- rates of freight would, establish it be- ' va |'l iyondadoubt.— Chronicle <§• Sentinel. Wheat from Kingston to Etowah, 15 miles, per bushel, 4 cents. Wheat from Kingston to Cartseville 12J miles, per bushel, 5 cents. Wheat from Cass to Etowah, 8 miles per bushel ,.8 cents. Wheat from Cass to Cartersville 5J miles,per bushel, 4 cents. We might pursue these illustrations through all the ramifications, and show that on the articles mentioned, a like reduction had, in every case and from every point, been made in favor of Mark A. Cooper. And yet he says he has not been favored; while bis letters show that he now pockets, from $6,000 to $8,000 per year, which would have gone into the State Treasury but for the '*baryian,” and the reduction of freight on coal, iron, wheat and flour! We said we would show that Mark A. Cor per misrepresented as to the rate of freights he pays &c.—Now to the proof: He says, “on Pig and Bar Iron, per ton, (to Atlanta) M. A. Cooper pays $2.30, Kingston $2.30.” Ni«w we have the rates before us, nnd if he and his friend Governor Johnson have told the truth as to reduction, the following is the rate: on Pig. anil bar Iron, from Etowah to Atlanta $2.90 per ton—and $2.50 per ton from Kingston to Atlanta—and $2.50 per ton from Car tersville,only two and a half miles above Etowah. Another instance of misrepresentation: —He says ‘‘his freights were'advanced* by the present Superintendent 25 per cent., while no advance was made in the rates to Kingston.” We have both tariffs of freight before us as published, and they show that pig and bar iron and- eatings under Yol’g'e’s tariff paid $2.25 per ton from Kingstpn to Atlanta, and under the present tariff pay $2.50 per ton. What think yon now, reader, of all the slung the Johnson organs have put forth about Mark A. Cooper’s high character, for veracity, &c. But says Major Cooper: **M. A. Cooper did complain to the Superinten dent before it went into operation. Gov. Johnson declared it very wr jng: lie and the Supcriutendent agreed that it should bo rectified before it went into operation. If M. A. Cooper is the favorite, why has this wrong and injury been put on him, nnd suffered to oppress him to this hour!” The Governor tnld him it was all wrong, did he, before it went into opera tion, and agreed that it should be recti fied? Was that what the Governor told him at Gordon ? How does it happen that Mark A. Cooper, in neither of his long letters, ever told the people anything of ’that interview nt Gordon between him and the Governor ? He has told of tbe meeting at Dalton, and the “accidentalmeeting when tbe freight was reduced, but never a word as to the interview at Gordon. Why is this? Llensks if he was a favorite, why was he compelled to pay the high rates to this hourt” The Major forgot that the reduction was made more than a month ago ! The answer is easy—the Governor wanted his support, and Mark A. Cooper had resolved not to give it to him unless the reduction was made ! This is the solution! In conclusion we shall be rejoiced-to hear from Major Cooper again—we congratulate him that he has ‘ 4 plucked up courage” enough to attempt a defence of their transaction. Helms certainly shown much more than either of the Johnson organs in Georgia. LETTER FROM JUDGE AN DREWS. The subjoined letter from the lion. Garnett Andrews, reached us yester day : Mr. Editor:—I have just read the article in the Constitutionalist signed “ Calhoun.” I wish to say how the matter stands: I was in the Convention as stated, and I voted for the Federal basis. There were several amendments of the Constituion passed at the same time. The free basis having been adop ted by the Democratic party to which I belonged. I voted against them in C6n- vention on the free basis ;but when the amendments came before the people for ratification us a whole, I voted for ratifica tion, notwithstanding the objectionable section, in order to secure the other amendments. If I can find the old files of the Wash ington News,” my letter will shew I took that ground in the canvass Yours,‘&e., Garnett Andrews, P. S. I think if “ Calhoun ” will publish the whole of the letter, it will be found I objected to the Free Basis clause. I will try and look it up. G. A. THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE AND FOREIGN EMIGRANTS. It is well for the South to look at the understanding, and estimate the impor tance which th« Northern Abolishion- ists place upon the annual accession of half a million of foreign emigrants, to aid them in tlieir cause and in Anti- Slavery agitation. That the foreigners who conq to this country are chiefly and lor the most part Abolitionists, is an ad mitted fact. They settle in the Free States and swell the Abolition vote. Hence it is. that the most violent, rabid and influential abolition presses at the North are hostile to* tbe movements of the Americifti parly Here is wlmt the New York Tribune says about it —Jour Sf Mess. “The r suits of immigration hither are these: It has dug our canals, built our railroads, Started branches of industry, made our Western free States. It is our principal hope for the Territories now menaced by slavery—the great coun tertide to the currents of that barbari. ing institution. Yet multitudes -of Northern men. professing some compre hensiveness of glance, believe in check ing and abridging immigration, by rais ing a hue and cry against foreigners. There never was a more complete dog- in-the-manger policy, never a more deadly blow aimed at the cause of free dom. ’ SENTIMENT IN DEKALB. At a large meeting of the opponents of the present State and Federal Admin: istrations held recently in DeKulb coun ty the following resolution, among others,- was passed : Resolved, That we as citizens and tax payers will support no man who will pretend to justify the wholesale swindle of Johnson, Cooper, Cawart & Co., and that wu call upon all honest and upright voters to aid in dethroning an adminstra- tion, false in position, rotten in heart and totally devoid of political principle. THE •BARGAIN”—THE JOHN SON ORGANS. A Battallion of Irish Deserters Caftured.—“ Notwithstanding the par ley, one Mexican battery continued its fire upon our troops. This was the 18 and 24 pounder battery of the 'battallion of San Patrico, composed of -Irishmen, deserters from our ranks, and command ed by an Irishman named Riley.” We would recommend the toadies to till the War Department dhat an Irish man was as brave a man and as good a . It is really amusing to see what stilts America as a Missuwppian! J ° North Carolina Sta. the “dry rot” Johnson organs get on about the high character of Johnson and Coot’ER—their veracity, integrity, &c., in relation to the “Bargain” or the ''arrangement.”—They have no defence to make—they cannot vindicate the transaction, and their only hope of es cape is, to try and blind the people by a grand display, of grandiloquence about character, integrity, veracity, &c. This won’t do, gentlemen, you have to face the music,'and show to the people that Cooper, and Johnson, are what you re present them. We have shown that Mark A. Coop er’s statements are not reliable, in rela tion to tbe discrimination made for his benefit. Our facts and figures are ob tained from the ft eight lists, which show what Mark A. Cooper does pay, and show also that his statements aTe untrue. This is the music you have to face, and you must enter at once upon your de fence, or the people will render a ver dict against your friends Johnson, Coop er and Cowart. We challenge a refatation of our ex pose of this whole affair, or a denial from any respectable source of any sin gle faerstated try us. The truth is, the man who pretends From the American Free Mason. The Pope.—What is to become of masonry now? An old chap at Rome, whose name sadly belies his character, somewhat famous for his peregrinations to Gaeta and back, has expressed his opinions relative to “ secret societies” in an allocution (what does that mean ?) on the 9th of December last: “ We have still to lament the existence of an impious race, who would exterminate all religious worship, if it were possible for them ; and we must count amongst them before all the members of secre societies, who bound together by a crim inal compact, neglect no means of over throwing the Church and State by the violation of every law. It is against them assuredly that the words of the Divine Redeemer are directed : “ You are the children of the Devil, and do the work of your father.” Not so, Mr. Pius; our Saviour had no such persons in view. His denun ciations were against a corrupt priest-* hood whose delight i. was to throw dust in the eyes ot religiously-inclined per sons and whose * tithe uf miut and cum min” was “ too grievous to be born.”— You can make the application much nearer to Rome tHnti ariy Masonic Lodge. ACTION OF OUR COUNCILS. An article appeared in the Georgian of yesterday touching the proeedings.'of thfe American Councils Monday night, unnoticed, may convey to tiie public abroad an impression very wide of the truth. If the Georgian’s iinformnnt iqeant to say that the American party df Chdthoih hair disbanded, as some; evert here, have inferred from the article; dr departed from the recognized principles of the part) - , the averment is an unmiti gated falsehood. The party was never tnove Ofijted and harmonious, or more confident of success, and their late action embraced nothing buta simple change in the manner of tiieir organization, without affecting, in the slightest degree, its integrity.—Sac. Rep. THE TRUE AND ONLY l88UE The real people of this country, ir respective of parties, arc becoming more interested in the great question at issue every day—whether or no “Americans shall govern America.”—and in the Presidential race for 1855, they will give an affirmative answer to the ques tion. The issue is not Whig and Dem ocrat— not wether Know Nothiagjsirt is Whiggery in disguise—but whfethef the party advocating the Protestant faith or the one taking si tes with Romartism, shall triumph ; it is whether the native born citizens of this republic shall fill its offices and direct its affairs, or whether Foreigners, paupers and con victs from Europe, shall gctvd n ortr country. This is thetiue arid only is sue. and we intend to hold the opposing party to it.—Ibid. JUDGE ANDREWS—FEDERAL BASIS. In answer to the charge of nn annony- tnous writer in the Augusta Constitu tionalist, charging Judge Andrews of being in favor, of the white basis, we simply publi. h the following extract from the Journal of the Reduction Conven tion of 1833. See published proceedings; •‘ Monday, May 12th. 1833,” *• The second section being read ns follows: “ The House of Representatives shrill be composed of members from all thfe counties which now are or hereafter may be included within the State, ac cording to their respective numbers of free white persons! Mr. Dalson moved to insert after ‘•free white persons,” the words 44 and including three-fifths of the people of co/or”—-and on agreeing to the same the year were 122, r.ays 126, to wit: Yeas—Mes-rs. Allen, ANDREWS, Bacon, Bailey, &r. &e. Nays—Messrs. Adams, Acre, Adair of Carroll, Adair of Madison, Anderson, Beall, Blair, A&e. &e. [Yeas mostly Troup men—nays almost exclusively Democrats.—Southern Re corder. /. THAT GI?AVE CllARCit Our readers may remember that a charge has been made ajninst Gov. John son of rather a disreputable clutrrfcler. It is alleged that whilst in Cherokee, stumping it with Mr. Jenkins in 1*53, he professed himself satisfied with Mr. Jenkins’ connection with the Algerine law, and in tlieir discussions that subject was 'therefore ignored. It is further al leged' however, that after the election. Col. Dodd, the editor ol the Rome South- e nor, declared, that several thousand copies of live aforesaid law were printed under the order of Judge Johnson for’ private ctrcnlfrtion ifl tbrtt Region* ahil when the bill was presented, the Govcf- nor refused to pay it. In proof of the truth of this last allegation, a certificate, ’ signed by three very honorable and in fluential citizens of Rome, has appeared in most of the American prints .of th«f State, including our own, ! Under the Caption of 44 a lie nailed to the counter ,”a recent number of the Cass- villr Standard suites that it has received a letter from Judge Summers,of Kingo- ton, in which that gentleman admits that Judge Johnson acquiesced in the pro- po-ition to print, 44 but heard no expres sion from him which, by any possible construction, could make him responsi ble for the printing.” Noxv, we hai'rt no doubt but Judge Summers lias staled correctly such facts as came under bis own personal observation. But we must be pardoned for relying upon the state ment of the editor of the SouL’ienur, who did the work, rather than the impres sions of Judge Summers. Col. D »d-f. last winter, openly asserted in our pres ence, that her did do the printing for Gov. Johnson, had sent in the bill f!ot the same, and expressed in warm terms his dissatisfaction with Gov. Johnson that it had never been paid. Ho stated furthermore that if tbe contest was again between Jenkins aud Johnson, Ire Would support tbe fofnief. And it may be re collected that when he established the South'd'rt Statesman at Calhoun, he favored the' claims of Mr. Jenkins. In justice'to all parties, we make tho foregoing statement, which CoL Dodd, we doubt not, will substantially eoufirm-— Southern Rtcordir. Served Him Right.—The genii - man who kissed a lady’s 4 snowy brow, caught a severe cold, and has been laid