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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY 2W* —n atdiman. VOLUME II. ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 27, 1855. NUMBER 26 l'UBLISHED WEEKLY, liY JOHN H. CHRISTY, XDITOB AND FRO FBI ETON. Terms of Subscription. TWO DOLLARS per annum, if paid strictly in ad ance: otherwise, Til REE DOLLARS will be charged (rt-Iv, order that the price oftbepapei may not be in Ihe way of a large circulation, Club* will be supplied at the following low rates. yy—alt COPIES for - - - S10,<s£V|W Uraar^TEN •• for . - - *15^2^1 Attktielnw ratu,tka Cankmutat'-mpany Ike order. Rotes of Advertising. Transient advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar persquare for the first .and Fifty Cents per square foreacb subsequent insertion. Legal and yearly advertisements at the usual rates Candidates will be charged $5 for announcements, and obituary notieesexeeeuingsix lines in length will in charged as advertisements. When the number of insertions isnotmarkednn and advertisement, it will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Political, 9Bnsinf53 nnil ^rnfrssionnl (Carils. JOHN H. CHRISTY, VLAUf AXD FAJrCT Book and Job Printer, “Franklin Job Office,” Athens, Ga. **, Alt work entrusted to his earefaithlully, correctly end punctually executed, et prices correspond- j*„:S ing with the hard ness of the times. *■ C. B. LOMBARD, DENTIST, ATIIKJfS, GEORGIA. Ruontaover the Store of Wilson Veal. Jan3 PITNER & ENGLAND. Wholesale & Ret.til Dealer* in Groceries, Dry Goods, . HARDWARE, SHOES AMD BOOTS, Aprils Athens, Ga. MOORE & CARLTON, DEAI.EHS IN SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS. HARD WARE AND CROCKER Y. April No. S, Grauitc Row. Athens, Ga. LUCAS & BILLUPS, WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALERS IM DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac. Ni*. 2, Broad Street, Athens. WILLIAM G. DELONY, ATTORNEY at law, Office over the store ol IVm 51. Morton t Will attend promptly to all husinesseiitrust od to his care. Athens, April 6 Pi A. SUMMEY & BROTHER, Wholesale and BetailDemJersin Staple Goods, Hardware, Crockery, AMD ALL K1MDS OF GROCERIES, Corner of Wall aud Broad streets, Athens WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, A»J Med;paper and Magazine Agent. DEALER IS MUSIC and MUSICAL JNSTR6 J/A.A TS LAMPS, USE CUTLERY, FANCY HOODS. AC. No. 2, ColteRe Avenue, Newton House. Athens, Ca sign of •• White’s University Bookstore.” Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates. T. BISHOP & SON, Wholesale and K«(*S! < c««s, April 6 No. 1, Broad street, Athens. JAMES M. ROYAL, IIARXKSS MAKER; TtaS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old 11 Tavern, one door east of Grady Jt Niclt* olsou’s—where lie keeps always on baud a ^titleral assortment of articles in hisline, and isalwavsready to fill orders in the best style. Jan 26 tf LOOK HERE! milE undersigned have on hand a general 1 assortment of STAPLE DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. which they will sell low for cash or barter Call and examine. April 13 P. A. SUMMEY & BRO Coach-Makiog and Repairing. ^^'.lAlHF.S bTbDRPEE. i T the old stand recently occupied by R. S. JX Scheveneli, offers for sale a lot of superi or articles of his own manufacture, at redu ced prices—consisting of Carriages, Buggies, &c. Ordors for any thing in hislincthankfully .received and promptly executed. Z&-Repairing done at sliortnoticeand on reasonable terms. NOTICE. full E subscribers arc prepared to fill orders A for all kinds of Spokes for Carriages and Wagons, Also, at the same estublishment we manufnc ture all kinds of BOBBINS, commonly used in our cotton factories. All done as good and cheap as can be had from tbe North. Address, P. A.SUMMEY & BRO. Athens,Ga. •Who will attend to all orders, and the ship ping of the same. March, 1854. linm SLOAN & OATMAN, DEALERS IN Italian, Egyptian Jb American AND EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE. Monuments, Tombs, Urns aud Vases; Murble if,. Mantels and Furnishing Murble* HP*All orders promptly filled. ATLANTA, GA. fg-Refer to Mr. Ross Crane. junell ()A flacks Flonr for sale by ’ vU April 2tUh Grady ANiciiolson mi ; ! Blank Declarations, UG' buth formsv (long anti short) together with the process attached—just printed • iid for sale ut this Office* Also, various other Blanks. pf*Any Blanks nut on hand—as, indeed, almost any kind of job priiitiug—can be fur nished uu a few hours' notice Keep it before thtf People. Keep it before the Peopfe, Thai un til Foreigners came amon^ us, we hed no election riots—we hear^ nothing of ballot-boxes being broken, -or of blood being shed at the polls—and that we hear of no riots where there are Foreigners! Keep it before the People, That ai the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, in Paris, 100,000 French Prntestants : were mur dered in cold blood, by Roman Catho lics, because they denied the infallibili ty of the Pope, and chose to worship God in a different matiner from that re quired by Catholic Fraud! Keep it before the People, That J. R. Giddings, of Ohio, the high priest of Abolitionism in that State, has de nounced the American party, in a publi cation of great bitterness, because a hange in our Naturalization Laws would ruin the cause of Abolitionism— boa-ting ibat there are 30,000 Foreign Abolition votes in Ohio! Keep it before the People, That the majority of the population of the young State of Wisconsin, is foreign-born— that they have elected a Free-*oiler to the United States Senate, and passed resolutions in the Legislature denounc ing the Know Nothing organization ! K«fp it before the People, Thai the immigration to this country from Eu rope, from 1840 to 1850, was one mil lion five hundred and forty three thou sand, and from 1850 to 1860. in regular increasing ratio, FOUR MILLIONS OF ALIENS, will be poured in upon Keep it before the People, That the great and only question at issue before the country is—not whether Whigs or Democrats, btit whether Americans or Foreigners shall rule our country— wheltn r the faith of the Protestants' or Catholics shall be the religion of this country ! Keep it before the People, That the population of the world is now eleven hundred millions—that of that sJH.OOO.OOO are Protestants, while 170,- 000,000 are Roman Catholics, say more than ti;o to one, while demagogues cry out that ueare in no danger frini the ii crease of Romanism! Keep it before the People, That the history of the Romish Church is a histo ry of cruelty and bloodshed—t’'at Pope Clement the VII, turned the whole race of the Moors in Spain, over to the tor tures of the Inquisition—that Louis the XIVth caused France to be deluged with the blood of Protestants—and that the blood of those inoffensive and excel lent people, the Waldenses and Albi- genses, flowed like a river under the hand of Papa! persecution ! Keep it before the People, That in Massachusetts, during the year 1853, there were maintained by the State, TWELVE THOUSAND FOREIGN PAUPERS, and that in 1844, the num ber was increased one thousand more, ••y fresh arrivals! Keep it before the People, That in New Orleans, during the year 1853* there were admitted into Charity Hospi tals alone, twelve thousand Foreign Paupers—while the official records of the city show the increase ever since then, to be startling and almost incredi ble! Keep it before the People, That the ratio of native and foreign pauperism, in this country, in 1850, as shown by the census; was as one to ten, and that the additional statistics since then, aug ment this proportion, and show that it is now one la fifteen ! Keep it bef.re the People, That in New York, there were ONE HUN DRED AND SIXTY-FOUR THOU SAND Foreign Paupers maintained by the State, in 1853, at a cost of $220,- 649 per annum, and the year following there was a two-fold increase, with all the attendant evils of sdeh increase! Keep it before the People. That ac cording to the census of 1850, one in every thirty Foreigners in the United States, was a pauper, whereas, but one in every 450 Americans was a pauper, showing that the proportion of native and foreign pauperism, was as one to fifteen—showing, conclusively, that the source of pauperism in this country is immigration, and that it must be check ed by legislation. Keep it before ths People, That in ad dition to a Roman Catholic being a member of Pierce’s Cabinet, a French Catholic being sent as Ministerto Spain, and other Foreign Catholics holding’ high positions at home and abroad, un” der this Foreign Pierceoeratic Adminis tration,—all the subordinate officers in the State Department at Washington are Roman Catholics but one, while fifty-nine are put down ns of foreign birth. Keep it before the People, That every Catholic Priest and Bishop takes an oath of allegiance to the Pope of Rome, in favor of the government of the Royalist, of St. Peter, in Italy, and in opposition to the Government of the United States; and they further swear “ before God, and (be Holy Gospels,” that Heretics] Schismatics, rind rebels to our said Lord God the Tope, or his aforesaid succes sors, I wilt to my utmost p oppose and destroy t' Keep it before the People, Tbat at so late a period ns October, 1642, at Champlain, a foivn in New York, sever al Catholic Priests held a protracted meet iog in a Catholic Church located there —that they collected a large number of Catholics from the surrounding villages —called upon all who had Bibles or Testament* to bring them forward from day tq day, which they did until a large pile was placed at the disposal of the Priests, who. on the days and date above name^, piled them on a fire in the yard no and publicly committed them to the flames! • Keep it before the People, That King John of England^in his deed of sur render to Pope Innocent, uses this de grading and blasphemous language.—‘‘ 1 John, King of England, by the grace of God, freely grant unto God, and the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and to the Holy Roman Church, and to our LORD POPE INNOCENT, and 'o his Catholic successors, the whole King dom of England, and the whole King dom of Ireland, with all the rights and all the appurtenances of the same, for the remission of our sins, and all our generation, botn for the living and the dead Keep it before the People, That Pope Alexander 3d., ivas driven into France from Rome, by a rival, Pope Victor 4th, and in the year 1161. King Ilenry, of England, and King Louis, of France, riding together in the road, met the banished Pontiff, both dismounted, and holding the reins of his bridle, walk ed on foot by his side ; and in that sub missive manner conducted the vile man of sin into the ca*tle ! Keep* it before the People, Tnat Caligula, the vilest murderer and tyrant that ever lived, and the most corrupt adulterer and glutton in or out of Hell, was the first sovereign Pontiff of pagan Rome, who ever offered his foot to be kissed by those who approached him— that Seneca dec’a med upon it aa the la?t affront to liberty, and the introduc tion of a Persiati slavery into the man ners of Rome— that this servile act, is now the standing ceremonial of Chris tian Rome, ani a necessary condition of access to the reigning Pope, though derived from uo better origin than the frantic pride of a brutal pagan tyrant! Keep it before the People, That our forefathers brought with them across the ocean that Magna Ciiarta, the bill of English rights, which the Barons ivresteu from the cowardly and knavish King John, of England—that the Bull of Pope Innocent, dated 12th August, 1215, stigmatized that great charter as “ not only vile and base, but unlawful and unjust”—and that the Pope did nmiul and quash the same ! Keep it before the People, That the Democrats in the free States, have elected none but Abolitionists and Free Sutlers to the Congress of the United States, heating, in every instance, con servative and Compromise Democrats. Keep it before the People, That the Administration papers in the South are unable to designate a Representative elected to Congress in any ol the Free Stat-s, by the Democrats who is uot a I?ree Soiler. Keep it before the People, That Dur- kee, elected to the United States Senate, by the Legislature of Wisconsin, is an ultra Abolition anti-Nebraska D.-tno- ciat, and that the Democratic. Legisla ture which elected him, passed reso'u* tions denouncing the Know Nothings as pro-Slavery men! Keep it before the People, That the notorious Henry Wilson, and sixty other Abolitionists, et id omne genus, seceded from the National Council of the Ameri can party, at Philadelphia; because the National Platform adopted was favora ble to the views of the South ou the Slavery question, and avowed their pur pose to act with the Democratic party, as less devoted to the cause of Slavery. Keep it before the People, That the States of Maine and Michigan, are both Democratic, and that their last Legis latures, were composed of a working majority of Free Soil Democrats, who denounced the Nebraska bill, and adopt ed resolutions favoring Foreigners, as more sound upon the anti-Slavery issue than natives! Keep it before the People, That the late Democratic S*ate Convention held iti Ohio,passed resolutions denounc ing the Know Nothings, as the advo cates of Slavery, and asserting it to be the duty of all good Democrats, to use all constitutional means to eradicate Slavery wherever ii, exists! Keep it before the People, That the notorious Fred Douglas3, an insolent but talented Free Negro, is a Democrat in his politics, and repeatedly addresses Democratic meetings at the North and North-west, by invitation of his white brethren and associates. our uative citizens, when asau'tcd by these foreigners, turn upon these assail ants, and put a few of them hors du com bat, they are called murderers, women burners, robbers, &c., persecuting men for opinion’s sake! Keep it before the People, That the Democrats of the South have not elect ed a single man to Congress,- who is not openly and notoriously pledged to the support of Foreigners and Catholics in Congress, and against Protestants aud Natives,- so far as their votes and influence is concerned. Keep it before the pleple. That it is all right for Foreigners to come to this country—form themselves in secret societies—provide themselves with fire arms, and kill native citizens, and, bev cause they vote the Democratic ticket, the organs and orators of. that party insist upon it tlrat they are an innocent people,-and worthy to be invested with public authority ! Keep it before the people, That if GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST the present management OF THE WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAIL ROAD. Atlanta, September 6, 1855. At a large and enthusiastic meeting of a portion of the citizens of Fulton county,' opposed to the re-election of Herschel V. Johnson to the office of Governor, held in the City Hall, this evening, A. W. Mitchell was called to the chair, aud George W. Adair request ed to act as secretary. At the close of an able address de livered by Col. James M. Calhoun, our candidate for the Senatorial branch of the Legislature, in which he referred frequently to the base corruption and favoritism which now mark the adtnini- tration of our State affairs, it was moved and seconded that a committee of tiventv- two be appointed by the chair, to retire and prepare a preamble and resolutions expressive of the sense of this meeting, touching the cases of clear violations of law by the Governor <f our State, and the General Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Rail Road, which have been developed in the progress of the present campaign. The Chair ap pointed as that committee,the following g ntlemert: Col A. W. Hammond, J. r. Duane, R. D. Mangum, James Loyd, James Caldwell, Dr. N. L. Angier, YV. F. Ezzard, J. Farrar, M. J. Ivy, Capt. John Jones, W. J. Foster, R. M. Clark, H. W. McDaniel, J. F. Arnold, P. E. McDaniel, T. B. Daniel, Dr. Albert, A, W. Stone, Maj > A. Stokes, Wtn.Latvshe. W. M. Butt, and E. M. Seago. While the committee wer- out. Col. J. I*. Hart is, our candidate for Repre sentative, en ertatned the audience with one of his most entertaiuing and soul- stirring appeals in behalf of the Ameri can cause. At a li\Jte hour the committee return ed, and reported the following Prea nble and Resolutions, which were read in a clear and distinct voice by its chairman; and then adopted by the meeting, ivitli- ojt a single dissenting voice. There were between two and three hundred persons present, many of whom voted for Gov. Johnson two years ago : Your committee were much embar rassed, and were compelled to passover several of the most serious charges which are rife in the community, relat ing to favoritism by the Superintendent of the State Road, for want of positive proof. We have therefore, confined ourselves to the notice of a few acts of “ favoritism” and “ discrimination,” which ive know to be true,jind which we believe to be plain violations of the law enacted for thegovernmenloftba Road, as well as a tyrannical proscription of a portion of our citizens, and others having business connections with the Western nnd Atlantic Rail Road. We presume that no man will deny that it is the duty of the Superintendent of the State Road, to know no man in his of- fic 'al capacity. In order to show to ivhat extent partality and favoritism has been shown, in the cases we design pre senting, it becomes necessary to refer to the oath of the Superintendent, which he is required to take before entering upon the duties of his office. It is in the following words: “ I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform all the duties of my office; that l wilt make no appointment, nor do any act from fear, favor, icivard, or the hope thereof, but that in all things 1 will be governed solely by regard to the interests of the state of Georgia, and that in the dis charge of my duties, 1 will neither make nor permit to be made, any discrimina tion in favor of, or against any Rail Road Company in the State, or other persons or parties having bu-iness con nectious with, or relations to, the Wes tern and Atlantic Rail Road.” The rate offreight to Etowah Depot, has, within affeiv weeks past, been re duced in accordance with the wish ofthe proprietor o| the Etowah works, to the tariff which prfevaiie'd (luting a former administration. When this was done, Rev. C. W. Howard, owner and worker ofthe extensive lime quarries near King ston, respectfully asked of the Governor and Superintendent, a similar favor, sent up his own petition, endorsed by forty citizens of Cass county, praying that Ins business relations might be placed as Mr. Yonge left them—preci sely what had been done for Mark A. Cooper. The Governor of Georgia re fused to unswer Mr. Howard’s letter, and the Superintendent refuses to do for him, what he has done for a party friend. Be it therefore Resolved, That we regard this as a plaue cuse of ‘•discrimination” in favor of, and agaiust, “persons having busi ness connections with the W. & Atlan tic Rail Road,” and that we utterly condemn a policy so unjust, and dis- criminntve in its opefatioirs. Again, ivheu the Rail Road Bridge across the Etoivnh riVef ivas destroyed by fire in the early part of the present year, a spirited competition for the con tract to lmul passengers across the burnt section , grew up before it was awarded by any one. Messrs. Loyd St, Pulliam, of this city, who, we all know, are reliable and responsible in every re spect, proposed to take the contract, and give good security for its faithful per formance, at 35 cents per pa-sengcr. The Superintendent gave it to other parties, at 50 cents per passenger. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, here is another act of “favorit ism” and ‘ partiality” which cannot be explained away, and is in direct viola tion of iv tat we understand to be the duty of the Superintendent in his offi cial capacity, when called upon. to de cide “between persons and parties.” On the first day oflasl month, (Aug.) the American party held a Mass meet ing at Calersvill. The Superintendent fixed the rate of fare to go and return from this city, at $2 30 per passenger. On the 30th day of the same mouth, the anti-American democratic party held a mass meeting at the same place, and the rate of fare to go and return from this point, was fixed by the Super intendent at $2 00—thirty ceuts per passenger less than was charged the American party. A similar ‘‘discrimi nation” in favor of one political party, and against another, was carried out at all the stations where any abatement was made from the regular rates.— Therefore, Resolved, That we deem this a viola tion ofthe trust confided to the Superin tendent, and an act of proscription to wards a portion of the citizens of Geor gia, which ought not to be permitted.— The law which clothed the Superinten dent with power to prescribe rates of fare,did Hot contemplate that he should charge a certain political party one price, aud its opponent another. If it had, we do not think the oath above quoted, which he is required to take before entering upon his duties, would have been incorporated into the Act. But again. Sometime last year, a man named Hutchings, said to be a Broker from Kentucky, passed down the Western &, Atlantic Rail Road, to Atlanta, carrying by his side on the seat, a carpet bag, which the conduct tor supposed couta ned specie. Freight for carrying it was demanded, but the owner refused to pay any. On the ar rival ofthe train here, the Superinten dent directed that the carpet bag and contents be seized, and detained until the owner paid $40 freight, which lie believe ivas the sum demanded. The property was, accordingly seized, add its owner detained here several days, in endeavoring to get possession of his specie or whatever it was. After the man been harrassed out of all patience before our Justice Courts, he finally- paid a portion of the demand, under protest. In this proceeding, the Super intendent exhibited a praiseworthy so.- licitude for the interests of the State, and ive commend him for it But about two weeks ago, a Western Banker drew from the Bank of the Interior, at Grif fin, and the Atlanta Bank, in this city, something over $200 000 in coin. Ac cording to the published rates for car rying specie, the M & W. Road charg ed and collected $100 00 for bringing here. By direction of the Superinten dent, the whole amount was convey ed over the State Road, free! The freight would have amounted to $209 00 if charged and cnllec'ed. Resolved, That ive here make out another plain case of “ favoritism” and “ discrimination,” which is not only improper and contrary to law, but well calculated to disgrace Georgia in the eyes of citizens of other States. But another, and a more serious charge. It is well known to the citizens of Atlanta generally, as to those present this evening, that the Georgia Road, and Macon St, Western lines, each have an outside Agent; who reside in Atlanta. An Agent outside their respective,Depots Mr. John G!en represents thfe Georgia line, while the Savatmah lihe is repre sented by Mr. A. G. Ware. Both these gentlemen, in the discharge of their duties, are frequently to travel over con necting lines in order to look after the interests of the respective companies which they represent: Arid lfct it be remembered that both these great rival lines occupy exactly the same relation to the State Road. Mr. A. G. Ware, who represents the Savannah line; in a certain Capacity, is required to' pay full fare, whenever he travels over the Wes tern & Atlantic Rail Road, while Mr. John Glen, who occupies precisely the name relation to tiie Georgia Rail Road, is passed free ! Both these Agents have passed over the State Road free, rintil very recently. We learn from Mr. Ware, thill lie called on the Superin tendent, a few days ago, at Marietta, for an explanation, as to why he was requir ed to pay fare, while in the discharge of his duties as Agent ofthe Central, and Macon & Western Companies. The Superintendent replied,it ivas because he (Ware) “ivas editor of a Know Nothing paper,” and gave no other reason. Mr. Ware is not the editor of any paper—* has the control of none—is responsible for the editorial department of none. He may occasionally write for political journals, as time and inclination prompt*, but is not the editor of any. The “ American Discipline,-’ to which ive suppose the Superintendent alluded,- is owned nnd cjntrol'ed exclusively by Mr. A. M. Eddleman, a gentlemen well known in this comnunity—of unimpeach able character anu integrity, and in every ivay responsible for the columns of bis journal. Therefore, be it Resolved, That ive recognize irt this Case of petty political proscription, not only a disposition < n the part of the Superintendent to crush those who dare to oppose the re-electiori of Gov. John son, with the power which he wields for the time being, but ive fear, an en tire disregard of the solemn oath which he has taken, not to ‘ discriminate in favor of, or against ariy Rail Road Com pany in this State.” If passing aii Agent of a connecting Road, over the State Road Tree, while he charges the Agpnt of another, and a-rival line, full fdre, does not come in direct conflict with the oath which he has taken, as Superin tendent, as the case now stands, then we do not understand the meaning of words. But more. As some of the demo cratic papers in this vicinity, were among the first to make charges against the State Road, for its corrupt and par- tizan management, and for some cause, have m»w ceased to allude to its delin quencies, we hold it to be a solemn duty ive owe to the State at large, thus to notice, and publish to the world, these acts of favoritism, discrimination and wrong—that the whole people of Geor gia, to whom the Road belongs, may apply such temedy, as to them may seem fit and proper, to remove the evils complained of. i Oh motion, it was Resolved, That these our proceedings, after being sign ed by the Chairman and Secretary, he published in the“ American Discipline,” and that every paper in Georgia, oppos ed to the prostitution of our great State work, to selfish party purposes, be earn estly requested to insert our proceed ing*. A. W. MITCHELL, Ch’mn: George W. Adair, Sec’v: LET IT BE REMEMBERED, That R.J. Cowart,the chief traducer of Mr. Jenkin’s character two years ago— the man who circulated more of the Algerine documents than any body else —the roan who wilfully perverted Mr. Jenkin’s connexion with the Algerine law—(lie man who actually ridiculed that distinguished riud patrioic son of Georiga for having a slight deformity in one of his feet, with which he iva* born. Yeo, Ccwart, in his public speeches, compared Mr. Jenkins to the “devil with a Club-foot, going about,” &c. For •his chaste, elegant, and magnanimous conduct; Gov. Johnson gave Cdwaria sinecure appointment worth two thous and dollars a year. Will the People elect such a man ? LET IT BE REMEBERED, That Gov. Johnson made an office without authority of law, to suit Cowart. There being none in existence, within his gift, that Cdwdrt could fill;, with salary enough attached'to it. The Goverhor located him in Atlanta^told him lie ivas Attorney for the State Road, and that his salary should he tivo thousand dol lars per annum—and to call at the Trea surer’s office every month and get his pay. Will the taxqiayers Of Georgia vote again for a man frho krill tliiiS squan der their Hard earnings, without Authori ty of law—merely to reward an unscru pulous politician 1 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, That in consequence of Cowart being appoint ed Attorney for the State Road, the Su perintendent neglected to defeud some cases for damages brought against the Road in Tennessee, supposing it to bfe Cowart’s business; and that tinder Cowart’s management, the State lost thirty-six thousana dollars: 1*66 claims for damages were brought tigairist the Road by Corn-speculatorS, it-bd he&er dreamed of land of their adoption. We fear tco, that some of the ultra Catholic journals went far beyond the groundfo prudence in writing on religious subjects; We do not make these renarks to palliate the conduc. of the despots, who assign nnd malign the Ii Lib We mere ly allude to the matter for the purpose of stating that the conduct of some of the Irish femigrriritg is riot what it ought to be, and to coiirisel litem to give up their intemperte habits, tlielr fbivs, their fac tious fights arid to act iri srifch a manner as to earn thn respect of their bitterest enemies. * * $ut If by their follies they disgrace themselves, can it be won dered tit if the Americans declare that such a people are bmvoi thy to share ivitb therii the freedom and blessings guaranteed by the constitution of their country ? . Whitt; ive ask, would the Irish peo ple say, if two millions of Russians, Prus sians, or Greeks should coroe Among them, and by their conduct set Us all by the ears, commence rows in out* streets, factions on our railways; Arid in their journals assail our creed; and evince lit tle itillirigrieSs to respect our institutions? Would nttt the native population begin to think it right td exclude them from public bffices; arid declare them danger ous foes to the ebrihtry ? ^ • CHATTANOOGA DEPOT LEVIED : ON ? It is announced in the Chatfaflbogd Gazette (says the Chronicle and Senti- nal) that the Depot of the State Road in Chattanooga has been levied on by the Sheriff of that country, to be sold on the first Tuesday in October next. This is very unfortunate for the State ; for if ive may judge the future by the past, it id id be feared that the Governor arid his man Gowart, will be tdo much en gaged stumping it over the State, to at tend to the matter, until after the elec tion ; and the sale is to take place the next day. Verity we have fallen upon evil times, whett frith the treasury of the State and Road frill of money, the Governor per mits the property of the State to be Site* rificed urider the Sheriff Hariimer—be cause he and his hired stump Orators, hired and paid out of the Stale Treasu ry, are too busily engaged stumping it to pay off the judgements obtained against the State. A worse feature if possible is the refusal vf the Governor td iriake any explanation; or attempt any excuse for permitting tiife' bat’s td be thus sacrificed. He was culied bti to explain, or excuse such conduct in his speech in S ivannah, and did not deign to notice the call! Has it then come td this ? that a public officer to whose custody the affairs bf thd State Have bdeii ebrnrhitfed, shall thus opeii- Ijr neglect his duty, arid then, when called upon by the people, refuse to make an explariatibn! Are Geor gians mere serfs arid Slaves, that they will permit these tHifigs—or have they ihe independent id rebuke such con duct: We commend to the readers atten tion the following article from the Chattanooga Gazette. While the bu siness of the road and the interests of shippers are suffe'ing for the want of a sufficient number of cars to transport the p&duce and irierctiandise of the riountry,the Governor has permitted fifteen ofthe cars to be sold by the Sher iff, at Ibss ihari , orie-f-urth of their ebst. Pebjile of Georgia, are you such I seritle slaves of jiai.ty as to vote for 1 siibh a man as II: V. J hxson for Gov- j efrior ; We $liall see. “The State Road.—The Sujierin- recovering any such enor mous sura?. We have published this to 1 lendeht's iriariageraent, or rather mis- worldjtwo or three times; and one ] management of his great work, keep! man, to our knowledge, has denied the ; all its frieridS, and all of the Agbnts; truth of it; or undertaken tp explain hdw | Conductors, and Engineers and bther or, why, it was done. We now repeat! office^ busily employed to' keep up the tlie charge, and call for ah eiplanatiori;' repiitaiion ofthe Road and make it pay. arid if not forthcoming iri due tiirie; shall! From this point, the most important on claim a verdict at the hands ofthe peo-j the Road, so much is often require d to pie, on the first Monday in October, be shipped, that the comparatively few against Gov. Johnson for being the'cars belonging to the Road, that are not cause bf tbe.losA bf this large amount of too superanuated or badly crippled for money.—Atlanta Dis. j use, cannot get off the freights fast • enough. To us, this seems like short IRISH CITIZENS READ THIS ! j nghted policy. Wc should think tiiat The following paragrAph's are taken j the late lesson which the Superinlen- from the Dundalk (Ireland) Democrat, dent learned in the adjudication of dam- It will be seen that an inteilig&nt Irish j age suits, by which the State of Geo* giA journal takes a very diffeffint view of' was mulcted into S36 000 cost, for dam- the American party iri this country, j age, would suffice to make him very from that taken by certain foreign and | mindful of his duties to the pubu$ to pseudo'-nAtive journals or this side of the ' whom he has made fair promises; water. Y^hile ceiisuring the “know- j Speaking of damages reminds us of nothings,” the writer is not blind to the (h'fe fact that we omitted to mention that shoheomings of the great body 6f fore igners here, whose actions and urirripu- blicari opinion were the cause of arous ing that intense American feeling novv so pervading in the land which our na tive born fathers gave us. He denounces liis countrymen in no measured terms, and admonishes them in such a manner as will make them listen and probably do them good: “But while censuring the outrageous conduct of the know-nothings, let us be impartial and just. Has this persecu tion been unprovoked ? Have all tbe Irish conducted themselves As Citizens of the Great Republic, in that sober, order ly and prudent manner; becoming a persecuted people who fled from the lash of tyrants, and found a home and a refuge in America? We ferir that some of them have be.en a rioisy, turbulent class, who did n> credit to tbe charactei of their native country, and were of little benefit to the Mr. McClung recovered $10 OJO dam ages of the State ofGeorgia in the Cir cuit Court^ofBradly county, for injuri< s received ou the Road a few years ago; Tee case was taken up to the Supreme Court by the Attorneys for the Road.” Against the hisiduous wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me fellow citzens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly aw.ike. It is one of the most baneful foes of a repub lican Government. GEORGE WASHINGTON I hope tie may find some means it# future of shielding ourselves from for eign influence in whatever form it may beattempted. I wish there was an ocean of fire between this and the old world. THOS JEFFERSON. Foreign influence is a Grecian Iloteri to the public; ive cannot be too careful to exclude its entrance. MADISON.