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has not jet been arrested. Public feeling
runs strdnglj against Creamer, and League
openly avows his intention of pursuing the
sedbccrtahtil he accomplishes his death.
JT\ The State Foad.
-'' Pefhaps the most satisfactory reply to the
continued and sedulous assaults upon- the
present Managers of the State Rood, at least
acceptable to the true Democrats of the
South, (by this we mean to exclude all the
nullifiers and secessionists vrho had crept
into the Democratic ranks,) mad his course
in the Senate since the last Presidential
election has endeared him to every true
Democrat-, and placed the South under more
obligations to him than any man in the Un
ion. But in order to find the true reason
for the course of the above Journals, it is
only sfwaaiy for me to know that the edit
ors of these pretended Democratic papers
were opposed to Gen. Jackson, were aullifi-
ers, secessionists, and enemies to the Com
promise. These facts account tor their un
reasonable course towards Gen. Cass. They
are by these unsubstantial statements hop
ing to deter the Baltimore Convention from
nominating Gen. Cana. But they will soon
know th«t their influence with the National
Democracy is very little, and thane National
Democrats know that when these Journals
say that the flower of the Georgia Democra
cy is opposed to Gen. Case, that they are
speaking without the book. Now we simply
say, not as an offset to the assertions of these
Journals, but as a fact, about which intelli
gent and unprejudiced men agree, Oat if
Gen. Case is nominated, and the finality of
the Compromise endorsed by the Baltimore
Convention, that he will carry Georgia by
ten or twenty thousand votes majority.
.JACK»ON democrat, i
any other solution can be given, which does
not lead to the conclusions we have drawn.
The justification for sending delegates to
the Whig National Convention, is found in
the precedent set by the Union democrats.
We shall not complain of this policy of a
portion of ear Union Whig friends. Let
them try their Northern Whig associates
once marc, if such be their disposition,—we
doubt net, they will receive another exhibi
tion of their long cherished hostility to the
institutions of the South. But we must be
permitted to remind the Journal A Messen
ger, and those who are disposed to cooperate
with him in his new policy, that the North
ern democrats stand upon far differmt
ground on the slavery question, from the
Northern Whigs. We could refer to his
own columns fbr the proof of this statement,
but it is unnecessary; for our cotemporary
will not deny it. His Sente of justice would
revolt at the idea of doing such gnus injus
tice to the Northern democracy, ms to place
them upon a footiag with the Northern Whigs
oa tins question. It was this admitted fact,
of the vast superiority of Northern Demo
crats over Northern Whigs on the slavery
question, that justified the eowrse of those
Union men, both Whigs'and Democrats, who
waited in sending delegates to the Baltimore
Demeeratie Convention. We shall soon have
the action of them two Conventions before
n*. Let os prepare our minds to look calm-
Xaviag disposed of our business at La
Fayette we set out again for the rail road,
which WC took at Biaggold.
Chattanooga.-—A few minutes travel
brought us to this embryo city, which is go
ing a-head in the way of improvements^ and
bids fair to be quite an important point.—
Basiness in every branch seems to be flour-
ishing.
Gen. Bishop, the efficient Agent of the
doing wonder: in
this distinguished statesman. It is admitted
that Mr. Schemertiorn made the winding up
treaty at New Echota in 1836,” but this
was all dime under the special appointment
and instructions of Gob. Cass, we had bo
Creek wars and Florida difficulties hue. I
only repeat let gratitude be givm in Geor
gia to when gratitude is due, and I am con
tent. AN OLD DEMOCRAT.
oath had been administered—he could de
rive no advantage; besides, he values his
good name far above any honor that the ap
pointment could give him. It is well known
that the majority of the stock holders in the
Georgia Rail Road Company are in favor of
a connection at Augusta, with that of the
South Carolina Rail Bead, and same of the
officers of the fanner Road have been heard
to express gratification that Cotton was be
ing shipped via. Savannah to Charlestons
And why ? The answer is at hand, they wish
to use it as argument, to convince the oppo
nents of a connection at Augusta, and hence;
they, for that purpose only, withheld their
Cars for several weeks; none came to Chat
tanooga except those loaded with good*.
The State of Georgia having made ample
provision to repair and equip the W. A A.
R. R., my advice is to all parties to harmon
ize and do their business with the means of
fered, in such way> as to let the public be
lieve at least, that all have proper inten
sions and by another seesea, the Road will
bu nearly repaired, and I must say made a-
new, and amply -equipped, and name then
will have sense to grumble—each rpnd will
en masse, to its support, is the event or its
failing to do so, a Union organization will
then be formed, necessary to the country,
and distinguished from the other parties by
its national principles.
We pledge ourself to no man, nor will we
be pledged to any party, which does not sus
tain the principles upon which the Union
party has se signally triumphed, We in
tend to follow these principles whoever they
may associate ns with, believing them to
embrace the true republican theory of our
government, and we will not abandon them,
even though a few fire-eaters may be induced
to sing hosannahs to them and to this glon-
oua Union. We cannot prevent many of
them from coming among us, if the demo
cratic Convention sustains the Compromise;
but we must wot forsake the country because
they may be compelled, by the magical pow
er of those words «< to the victors belong the
spoils,” to shout most lustily the glories of
the Congress of 1860. This we cannot help,
and it would be inhuman and exceedingly
unwise, in political life, to adopt a practice
of kicking every one out «f company, whom
State Road at this place is
the way of getting off produce—giving satis-
faetion to all parties, save a few discontent
ed Commission merchants, who are mad be-
e®me he will show no favors. We publish
in another part of this paper, an able vindi-
watien of his course and conduct, which we
think will satisfy every reasonable man.
Col. J. J. Griffin, formerly of Gaines
ville, Ga., has charge of a most splendid ho
tel ia Chattanooga. The hence immediately
to the left as you get from the cars, and we
advise all who desire good fare to giee it a
call.
After spending a short time at this inter
esting paint ws set face homeward, and ar
rived immfotj—and now sms ws abe.
P, S.—I have just received the Fedmsl
Union ef this week, and I am surprised to
see that paper attempting to weaken the
Democratic confidence in Gen. Cass before
the Baltimore Convention. They certainly
have not reflected that they cannot produce
the first gy table in favor of Buchanan or
Douglass, but what Gen. Carf friends cam
show he is doubly true to the South upon
any of tb«*m Now I have been a Democrat
of forty-five years standing, and have been
and now am a subscriber to the Federal Un
ion-yes ever since it waa and while it was
called the Statesman if Patriot, and I re
gret to an such beardless youths as sms
timeseffit.papers, undertake to pulldown
such claims as Gen. Oeas has'en Georgia.
CASSVILLE, GEORGIA:
Thursday, IN? ay 27, 1852.
^THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN CHERO
KEE GEORGIA.
Dear this!
A friend writes us, from Lexington, Geo.
^enclosing his subscription to our paper)
that he saved seventeen and a half dollars
a few days before by having the prices cur
rent of Chattanooga, which we publish in
the Standard. Think of this ye who say
you cannot afford to take the paper.
Recollect we publish the markets of Au
gusta, Chattanooga and Atlanta.
St. Mary’s Money.
We continue to take the bills of this Bank
nnderthe denomination of $5 for subscrip-
ftions to the Standard—indeed we believe we
■ shall take it now for any accounts due us.
We will do so till further notice.
We will also sell books for the small bills
until the 1st day of June—when wc shall
suspend all operations with the bills of St.
Mary’s.
3*0- What should be done to a man who
will cut a choice article out of a paper, and
send the fragment back to the office, saying
he didn’t want to take the-paper? We shall
turn him over te the s k killer. Such
a man sells goods at A , his sir name
begins with.II.
Graham’s Magazine.
The Juno number of this princely work is
before us, and we lay all other business o-
side to speak of it. It is surely n great tri-
umph of art and perseverance—and we do j
.not doubt its cntcrprising ; publ»ehor will e-
vcntually rci;p a rich harvest. The pres
ent number contains no less than 15 illus
trations, with appropriate and elegant mis
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Geo. R. Graham, Editor, 134 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. The next number commences
a new volume—and we will send the Stand
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for $2—and take a St. Mary’s bill at that—
if you will come soon. Any old subscriber
who will pay up can avail himself of this
... Magnificent Offering for 1852.”
Ai Imprint Iiqairy Enmiaed.
the Journal A Messenger, of the 19th
we find an article of some length, high-
eulogistic of Mr. Tfllmere.'flind urging
upon the Union Whigs of Georgia the propri
ety of sending Delegatesto the Whig Nation
al Convention, to secure his nomination by
that body. We extract the following para
graph from that article, for the purpose of
answering the interrogatories so forcihty
put by oar cotemporary:
« We would ask Southern men of the Whig
and Democratic Parties,—Of the Union and
Southern Rights Parties,—to reflect upon
the anomalous position which Mr. Fillmore
will-occnpy before the National Convention
of the Whig party. A Northern man, who,
before bis elevation to the Presidency, had
enjoyed the unbounded confidence of a North
ern constituency—he will go into that Con
vention supported by the entire Sonth, and
presented as their first choice--for the office
of President, whilst his own North, and his
own State, will give him a weak and reluc
tant-support. What does this mean ? Why
is it that tbe State of New York, which has,
in times past, delighted to honor Mr. Fill
more, will give him only eight or ten votes
in the Whig National Convention ? Why is
it-that-the. Free-soil wing of the Whig party
is employing every means to defeat his nom-
ination ? Why is it that;the South, to whom
he is only known as President of the United
States, is clamarous for his nomination, for
re-clection ? Why is it that he is wounded
in the house of his friends, and finds his sup
porters and defenders among Southern men ?
The answer is obvious.”
ljrand deliberately up6n them, and be ready
to sustain that Convention, which shall give
us the soundest platform and the worthiest
Candidate.
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The June number of this old and well
grounded work has been on oar table for
several days, and would have received an
earlier notice, but for a short absence from
our post. It-Tully sustains its former high
character—containing 112 pages and four
full page engravings. We will club with
the Standard for this book the same as of
fered in another place for Graham. Send
in your orders to ns At once—er address L.
A. Godey, Philadelphia.
The next annual Convention of the
State Temperance Convention will'be hell
at Newnan, Geo. on the -6th Wednesday in
June next.
Death by Lighting
W«. Siria.ES!!, of this county was found
dead near the residence of Samuel Smith on
Monday last. A Coroner's inquestewas held;
arid the verdict rendered—.* killed by light
ning.” He was found under a tree that bad
been scathed by lightning.
of Travel.
trip to the North-west
enjoyed ourselves vast
ly, wo desire to make a few notes for the ben
efit of our readers. We will say first that
wc went per W. A A. R. R. to Ringgold,
thence to La Fayette, and Chattanooga, Ac.
die.
Rah. Road.—We got on the cars at Cass
Station, and were speedily transported over
the State Road, at the rates of 20 miles per
hour, in comfortable cars; and we can tes
tify to the improved condition of this great
State work. There is one feature in this
road now which deserves especial notice—
that of having good Conductors. We had
the pleasure of going ap wifch Elisha King,
Esq., of this county, who is acknowledged
Jo bo the .best Conductor in the Union.
Dinner.—We stopped at the new and
^flourishing town of Calhoun, where passen
gers on the up trains take dinner. There
are two good houses at this place—the Cal
houn and Gordon Houses. We took din
ner at the former and can speak knowingly,
of its well filled tables, and good fare.
Ringgold.—Here we was landed, and had
to look out some conveyance for La Fayette,
notwithstanding it was raining very hard.
After a while wc succeeded in getting a seat
with eta -ethers in a .little hack—which for
rough riding and tall fare, beats anything
we have -seen or folt. For the trip to La
Fayette, 29 miles, we only paid $2.50! In
justice to the proprietor, however, we will
say that he was not at home; and that he
sent us back again in the same hack for
$1.50.
La Fayette.—Upon our arrival at this
point, we found quite a crowd, as the Supe
rior Court was in Session—Judge Irwin pre
siding. We understood from a gentleman
that had counted them, that there were 68
lawyers in attendance upon this court.—
Some important cases were dispose*J of, and
the cenrt was still in session when wc left.
We took lodgings with E. R. Sasseen, Esq.
of the LaFayette Ha tel, who we will ob
serve keeps one of the best hotels in Chero
kee Georgia.
La Fayette is a beautiful place, and is
situated in tbe midst of a most delightful
country. The citizens have strong hopes of
having the proposed Rail Road from Gads
den to Chattanooga pass through the town.
We hope they may not be disappointed.
Having disposed of our
Vavnffa «n enf naf n*a!n fnr
Yes, the answer is obvious, and ought to
felt with all its overwhelming power by all
true friends of the South, and the Constitu
tion ; but our worthy cotemporary has not
given that answer in all its length and
breadth.
When he soys, .«the-frce-soH.party of the
North bitterly oppose'Mr. Fillmore, because
he has opposed them in upholding the Con
stitutional rights of the South,” he annunci
ates a-solemn truth, which draws-from every
Southern heart an expression of grateful
admiration for his.patriotic discharge of du
ty. Mr. Fillmore deserves well of the coun
try for the ; polity of his administration on
thc-8 la very question, and no one yields to
him the meed of praise more cheerfully than
we do; bnt the questions propounded by our
cotemporary are not answered. Why is it,
that with the whole South united upon Mr.
Fillmore he cannot get Northern votes en
ough in a Whig National Convention to se
cure his nomination ? That is the question
and the answer, in the language of the Jour
nal & Messenger, ” is obvious.”’ -It is became
the Northern Whig party is a Free-Soil
party. 'There is ’no Element oT soundness in
it, on the Slavery question; and if addition
al evidence to the history of the post was re
quired, it would now be found in the treat
ment which Mr. Fillmore is doomed to re
ceive at their hands. It is not pretended by
the Northern Whigs, that Mr. Fillmore’s
administration is objectionable to them, Tor
any -other reason than his support of the
Compromise measures. They demand his
sacrifice because he has given bis assent to
the Fugitive Slave bill, and insists upon its
faithful enforcement. His friends in the
South, and his few scattering adherents at
the North, have put forth all their energies
to save him from this unmerited blow, but
with what effect can be seen by reference to
the selection of delegates in the Northern
States to the National Convention. Scott
has swept the North, and his nomination is
supported by the Northern Whigs, on the
ground that he is uncommitted to the main
tenance of the Fugitive Slave bill. All this
exhibits too clearly and conclusively, to re
quire argument—-that the Northern Whig
party is utterly and irredeemable rotten
and corrupt on the Slavery question. Even
if Mr.. Fillmore cou'd wring a reluctant no
mination from the hands of these Northern
Free-Soilers, he would have to rely wholly
for his success upon Southern votes—he
ould command so support from Northern
higs,—they having -already proclaimed
his defeat in advance of his nommatian.
Will our friend of the Journal A Messen
ger learn the lesson of wisdom which these
unpalatable truths so forcibly teaches?—
Doos he not see how utterly hopeless it is
for the South to look to the ranks of North
ern Whigs for friends who will stand by her
ia the vindication of her Constitutional
rights ? Is it not the extreme of madness
and folly to expect justice er the semblance
of it, at the hands of Northern Whigs ? If
there our favorite son—Fillmore, is aban
doned and sacrificed, because he discharged
a Constitutional duty to the South, how
can we be so blind as not to see that we
have no Lope of sharing a better fate at
their hands? Look at this matter .in its
true light—free from tbe prejudices of past
party association, and we doubt not, that
with all Southern men there will be a uni
versality of opinion—that the South has
nothing to hope er expect from the Northern
Whig party. If she had placed her confi
dence in them, she wonld now realize the
fact that she was leaning upon a broken
reed. We would ask our cotemporary to
read again his intern
any other solution can
Resignation of’Mr. Berrien;—Judge
Berrien has resigned his seat in the Senate
of the United States, to take effect on the
30th inst. We -learn from Milledgeville,
that Govenor -Cobb -has appointed Judge
Charlton, of Savannah, to- fill -Mr. -Berrien's
unexpired term.
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Much sympathy has-been elicited for this la
dy, whose claims on the government are
meritorious, and who has received, at -the
same time, a recognition ef -the signal merits
and services of her father, and a substantial
evidence Of that appreciation. Her efforts
to secure these, have been moat indefati
gable. The ladies, after all, are the best
claim agents, for the gallantry of the Amer
ican people is always ready to respond to
appeals from them. The exasnple of Mrs.
Lynch’s success last year, and Miss Irwin’s
now, may open a new field for female enter
prise, and quite an accession to tbe number
of claimants may be anticipated next session.
for the standard.
Tbe Constitutionalist & Kepublie, and the
* Georgia Telegraph.
Mr. Editor:—I have noticed with regret,
the unjustifiable-assaults of the above nam
ed Journals upon Gen. Cass. They say that
the flower of the Georgia Democracy are
opposed to him; that two-thirds of the Geor
gia Democracy would refuse to vote for him,
and many such unfounded assertions. Now
I take issue with these Journals, and say,
that not only the flower of the Georgia De
mocracy, bnt that there is scarcely a true
Jacksonian Democrat in the 5th and6thCon-
gresional District,but what prefers Gen. Cam
” * " — ° v always
his course
son THE STANDARD.
lain wbf Cwgia ihnM inppxt b&
Can far thf next Frtadner.
If the people of Georgia have become last
to all the principles riid rules of gratitnde,
then it wilf not be -unreasonable if Gen. Cass
should lose the voW of Georgia in the second
contest. For it cofcflOt fsl te be in «Ke rec
ollection of men of middle *ge, how Gen.
Cass was apphmded by all parties in 1882
in Georgia—he then being One of 6ft. Jack-
son’s chosen Cabinet, at tbe head of the Wkr
Department. Georgia did certainly under
that wise and patriotic administration reap
her long out-standing does from the Federal
Government. I allude to the policy that
led to our obtaining our present possession of
the-Cherokee country, now composed of the
following sixteen counties to-wit: Cass, Polk,
Paulding,-Cobb, -Forsyth, Cherokee, Lump
kin, Union, Gilmer, Murray, Gordon, Whit
field, Walker, Floyd, Chattooga and Dade;
all this fertile and flourishing region of
Georgia, might have remained in -savage
wilderness, and have continued to have been
■withheld-irom the long-patient waiting cit
izens of Georgia; yet to this able-and'suc-
cessful' statesman mid "negotiator with our
several Indian Tribes are the people of Geor
gia ntfw Indebted for their homes and fire
sides—to prove this let -facts be submitted.
It is well known that me of the* leading
p^toies of Gen. Jackson’s administration
wWthe removal Of the several tribes from
among the’States. His-first attempt was
with the Cherokees through his first Secreta
ry of War, Gen. J. H. E aton, whose first
communication to the Council destroyed all
hopes through him; Gen. Eaton made seve
ral very good and reasonable appeals to the
Council in 1830: bnt added that they per
haps might be induced not to take his coun
sels, by persons pretending to be their teach
ers and advisers. They would say, yon are
improving-both in civilisation and religion
through the agency df yfolr missionaries—
but this is only a delusion, that tody contin
ue your tribe a while in the States; (or
words to this effect), be then added, -you
may tike the egg ef the wild turkey and
hatch it out in'your bam yard, and so soon
as it can fly, it will seek the tallest pine in
the forest for its roosting place. This last
clause excited the indignation of John Roes
and brothers, the Gunters, Hicks', Lowry s,
Rodgers, Tans and others; which soon
showed that Gen. Eaton's communication
had ended in doing injury to the cause of
Cherokee emigration.
But from some cause Unknown, shortly
after this, Gen. Eaton resigned the War De
partment, and fortunately for Georgia, Gen.
Cass was appointed, who adopted a very dif
ferent policy, which soon ended in Georgia
getting entire .possession of her territory,
and Georgia Was enabled to Organize her
country, and extend her ’laws over this her
soil. This was done by Gen. Casstadopting
a system to carry out tbe treaty made with
the Cherokees. then alreadywest'dDthe Mis
sissippi, dated 6th of May 1828, Which stip
ulated for the removal of such of the tribe
then in the eastern nation as might chose or
be induced to emigrate to the nation west;
that those eart should receive a fair valua
tion for aU improvements, either of open
land, houses, fences, fruit trees, ferries, and
be removed by the Government, to the Wes
tern nation, those should have the privilege
of doing so. Gen. Cass adopted this plan
by appointing one superintendent and two
enrolling agents, and two valuing agents.
These were Major B. F. Curry of Tennes
see, superintendent, Wm. Hardin of Georgia
and Col. Wm. Yancey of Kentucky , enroll
ing agents, Major Wm. M. Davis of Kentuc
ky, and Major J. M. ’C. Montgomery, of
Georgia, valuing agents. These Agents soon
had the country dotted well over with farms
and improvements relinquished to Georgia,
and the Indians on the road in wagons or on
the river in boats destined for their new
homes west, and the vacant places filled with
a white population which enabled the State
to extend her laws, organize counties, sur
vey and lottery off the country, giving all
the citizens of Georgia a chance.
Now you see this country streaked off with
railroads, dotted with villages, as well as
some of the most valuable iron foundries,
wrought iron, cut nails,—and in short eve
ry valuable machinery for spinning, making
flour, are now in full operation. Now all
these branches of our State wealth here, we
see plainly had their origin in Gen. Cass’
policy; and so thankful did all parties feel
for it te 15m, at the Legislature of 1832,
that body named the most choice part of the
territory Cass^county, and now the west
flourishing and popnlous county in the State.
And why ? because Mr. Case had done for
Georgia what Gen. Washington in his ad
ministration could not do, nor could Mr.
Jefferson, Mr. Adams, Mr. Madison, or Mr.
Monroe, only in part through Mr. Calhoun.
Yes, he added or collected for Georgia a ter
ritorial debt due Georgia from the General
Government ever since its existence.
Now I ask how can Georgia, or at- least
the Democratic party, fail to support Mr.
Cass above all others spoken of for the next
Presidency ? Especially, should all demo
crats now unite in giving him the nominating
vote of Georgia at Baltimore? I say yea.
Yes, the soil ef our county that hears his
name, yields so spontaneous to oar labors,
our homes and fire-sides which our families
enjoy, the soil our churches stand on, where
we offer up onrHetothms, we obtained poe-
of through the able negotiations of
flflie Bate trad.
Chattanooga, May 13,1852.
F. A. Parham, Esq :
Dear Sir:—Frofearihg tote n friflnd
to equal justice, I hope yap wfllfkit ffie n
small space in your valuable (riper.
Yon have no doubt seCn and Tead ftan
the Augusta papers, the many attacks of
correspondents made upon the Superintend
ent of theState Road and the Agent at this
print H particular, charging them with par
tiality In Shipments of Produce, and to the
Savannah Interest, find to take the ’ smooth*
neSs of their manner of ctpriisflng these
charges, one not acquainted with the busi-
ness of transportation, would bllieve there
waa good grounds for complaint, and I must
confess my convictions of causes, but st the
same time, I want justice done in the prem
ises, and the public should have . both sides
of the case before a correct a derision can be
made. Now let ns examine the matter and
see how far these correspondents agree with
what is the true condition of things in Chat
tanooga.
One charge is, that Gen. Bishop suffers one
or two Commission Houses to do most of the
shipping; the others being debarred, of
course, because of bad feeling or something
else.
‘To this charge let'iis first look to the Gen
eral Rules, which requires the Commission
Merchants to enter the date of the reception
of all Produce ready for shipment. The
Register of each house, TUnderstand, is kept
in the office at 1 the' Depot, ' which of course,
shows the amount of Produce to be shipped,
and these men are regularly notified by the
Agent when their turn comes of the number
of bales of Cotton, sacks of Corn, lbs. of Ba
con, Lard, Feathers, Ac., Ac. The motive
power being deficient as well as want of cars,
no other fair mode could be adopted to ar
rive at justice to shippers. Still this does
not give satisfactiCh. For the information
Of oVir GeUrgia'friends, let' us go a'litile fur
ther. ! It is pretty generally known here
that nearly all the ’Commission Merchants
of Chattiihoftga are engaged in the Produce
speculation, as well as Receiving and For
warding for others; and no doubt some go
on the principal that «. charity begins at
home,” and this being true, they eannot ship
all Produce for want of the necessary facili
ties ; it is reasonable to suppose that they
do ship that in which they are mostly inter
ested. Instance the following: A gentle
man, say Atlanta, arrives here to-day, calls
Oh some one of these Houses and makes a
purchase'of 100 sacks of Corn, with a prom
ise that it shall be forwarded this week.—
To-morrow another arrives, say from Mari
etta, and he makes a purchase from the same
Hobse, provided the Corn can be shipped be
fore he lea ves for home. The merchant goes
to his register and sees the day and number
Of sacks that he will be entitled to ship; and
•for the sake of making this trade irith the
gentleman from Marietta, sells him 100
sacks, which takes the place of that many
belonging to A., of East Tennessee, which
has, perhaps, been laying in his Warehouse
for months. Gen. Bishop knew nothing of
this arrangement, bnt turns to tfce bjoks
and enters a credit for so many sacks ship
ped. Well, days, perhaps weeks pass off,
and this gentleman from Atlanta writes np
to his commission merchant, that he is in
want of his Corn, and asks why was it not
shipped agreeable to promise, Ac. The mer
chant sets down and replies that he has been
ready St all times to send it to the Depot,
but the Agent would Hot receive it; he o-
•mits the fact, that 'the gentleman from Ma
rietta had been accommodated with -a ship
ment which he oiight to have had. This
practice, Mr. Editor, i am satisfied has been
going on through all the present year, and
i deem it right and just that the people,
particularly Com buyers, should be appris
ed of it, and put a part of the cases of com
plaint where they justly belong; and let
them remember the fact, that the Boad can
not accommodate all, and that these means
are resorted to by the business men of Chat
tanooga to keep fair weather on their side.
I am not the apologist or advocate of Mr.
Wadley or General Bishop, bnt let justice
be done at all hazards. I am on friendly
terms with all concerned and not beholding
to either. I know there is a better Way to
transact the business of Chattanooga and to
do it in much more satisfaction than hereto
fore; if all will bat staty their best interest:
there is a rule of tight as well as wrong,
and the first should govern. If it d<vs not
Chattanooga must suffer great loss in the
fntHre.
Now let us examine the grounds of some
of the chargee against Mr. Wadley, touch
ing his partiality for Savannah, how did
these grounds arise and then the public can
judge. The Georgia Bail Road, either from
design or otherwise, a few weeks ago, did
not send up as many Cars as did the Central
and the Macon and Western Rail Road Com
panies. The consequence was that Cotton
for Charleston was loaded on the Central
and Macon and Western Cars and sent via.
Savannah to Charleston. Mr. Wadley had
nothing to do with this—it was no interest
to him which direction the Cotton took—he
could not have ordered it otherwise*—the
shippers had their choice of Roads. It is
wrong to charge Mr. Wadley with partiali
ty in that instance, as aU know that he has
subscribed on oath not to discriminate be
tween the Roads connecting with the State
Road. It is unreasonable to suppose that a
man of the high reputation of Mr. Wadley,
descend to discriminate, even if no
* been administered—he could de-
* stink
get Its legitimate business. Road from' previous conduct should bfffen to
Atlanta 21 miles, Is rihhjilete, and appears in our nostrils.”. We should rather hear
mold Dk* a garfen w&k!'well attended, than j with the erring, hoping by good counril aiU
a common Bail Road, And Mr. Wadley is . kind advice, especially whlmi bricked .by the
pushing forward this work'with all necessa- ! persuasive power bf the public plunder,’ to
ry speed, and will aeon bring it to a cbndi
tion, that a Georgian will not be ashamed
of the bare mention of the Western and At
lantic Bail Road, as heretofore.
In cone lesion, let me say to the Commis
sion Merchants—to harmonize in their busi
ness ; «Jk no more of the Road than it is a-
ble to graht. When you find empty cars on
the’turnout and no preparatibna to load
thfln, then—and not till then charge the A-
gentWitfafiotdriaghis duty. ‘As’to’your
turns to shTp^fio'sa’tisfiietory rule cari be a-
doptedimtil the Road has within itself the
necessary equipage Then none will have
Cause to oodtplaln—tiffin, dad not till then,
will Georgia and Tennessee'Be fall sisters in
a commercial point of viflw. With tho’prop
er harmony a glorious harvest aVaits both
States from the liberal systems of‘Internal
Improvements. LOOKOUT.
These Hickory Planks.
The New York Evening Post Frceeoil dem.
of the 13th inst., says: -.. The Baltimore
Committee of Arrangements for the Demo
cratic ConTentien have ordered 20,900 feet of
prime Hickort Planus, direct from the
Hermitage, with which to construct the
Platform to be used by the Convention,”
and remarks that if «' Old Hickory's princi
ples” should be proclaimed by the Conven
tion, New York will.. back the books.”
Agreed, say we. Those are tbe«. planks”
and the « principles” upon which we desire,
above all others, to stand in the approach
ing campaign. But, for our life, we cannot
see how either a Freesoiler or a secessionist
can exhibit upon those Hickory boards at
Baltimore. It would be a desecration for
any such cattle to walk upon them, and if
the committee shall get the genuine, not the
sparioas article, the conscious planks will
spurn their footsteps. Where are the.. spir
itual rappers V' Can’t they bring « Old
Hickory,” himself from the spirit-land, to
walk the boards as he was in ’33 and ’36 ?
Wouldn't he snort to see Van Bnren, Butler,
A Co. turned Abolitionists, and 'Mcdonull,
Davis & Co. transmographied into secession
ists—all sitting in the bonds of brotherhood
upon prime «* Hickory planks’' from Tennes
see, and claiming him as God-fatber of their
mischievous and foolish vagaries ! « By tbe
eternal’’.. I take the responsibility” would
burst from his lips, and, to make use of the
Indian phraseology, both free-soil and seces
sion man would soon be ** d— n scace”
upon the platform.—Athens Banner.
complete thrir reformation.
Should the Baltimore Democratic Conven
tion refuse to adept the’finality test on sla
very agitation, and thus perfect a combina
tion between the secessionists and abolition
ists for the destruction of the Constitution
and the Unicri, the friends of botai must, and
Fill, combine to savetbem.
We hhve attempted to indicate the tenden
cies of pirties, and the transformations ail
of them must to some extent undergo, 'a
time is approaching, when the Romans would
have demanded a Dictator, as many through
out our Union, would rest their sense of se
curity, upon Webster, Fillmore, Cass, or
whoever is most immaculate in their estima
tion. But such is not American character.
Our people, ss they did in 1776, will settle
this matter upon- principle, etflb though the
mktelecti&n shim Id elevate the' list ’Presi
dent of tbe United States. TBeConstitutidn
must be sustalndd, And this election . must
rally in its defence, its friends, vthile it
must force into connection and atoociatib'n,
its foes. It is a momentous crisis, but it
must be met and met now. Freesoiliaa
must be stayed—it cannot move a step far
ther, or the Constitution and the Union must
perish.—Const. Union.
G»d. Cass and the Fugitive Slave Law.
A paragraph, purporting to come from the
N. York Evening Post, is going the rounds
of the press, in which is stated that Hon. A.
O. P. Nicholson'has in his possession a letter
from Gen. Cass assigning, as dhe of his rea
sons for ‘not voting -for the fugitive slave law,
The fact Unit it s difi'not contain : a jury trial
clause.
We are authorized by Mr. Nicholson to
state that he has no such letter in his posses
sion, cnl never hid. Indcel, Gen. Cass
could not have written such a letter without
contradicting the records of the' Senate."' ! 1
is matter of record that he voted against a
proposition to insert such a prevision in tbe
bill, and thorefore any such reason assigned
in a letter to Mr. Nicholson would have been
contradicted by the -records. He wrote no
such letter, however, and tiever was in favor
of giving to the slave a jury trial when ar
rested in a free State; but lib Vras willing,
as wonld any Southern man be, fiat when
returned to the State from which he fled, if
he claimed to be free, he might there have a
jury trial. This right is already secured
the slaves in every slave State, and such
provision in the fugitive slave bill
have been unobjectionable to every
man. Gen.'Cass was willing to insert such
a provision in the bill, not because it waB
necessary to secure the right to the slave,
Vat he liras of opinion that it wonld make
the bill less obnoxious at the North.
It is She to GeYi. Cass that we stkte fur
ther, that he was the first Senator to sug
gest importance of an efficient fugitive
slave bill in the Senate, and that he gave too
vote during its pendency calculated to make
it less efficient, bfi't voting against every
proposition of the kind, and was known by ail
to be in favor of the enactment of each a
law.^—Nash. Union.
From the Baltimore Patriot of Itti.
Ail lohappy Oceomiee.
This city this morning was tlirorin jqto
considerable excitement, on accounts of the
shooting of a young man, named Joseph F.
Creamer, by Mr. George League. The par
ticulars, as we gather theta from a reliable
source, are these: Mr. Creamer had paid
his addresses to the daughter of Mr. League,
and had promised marriage again and again,
but in an unhappy moment she become the
victim of his passion.
Subsequently to the denouement of thin
fact, Mr. Creamer was called ujim by the
father of the yotttig lady, and he atfll 'per
severed in his promise to marry her, bnt
gave as a reason for the delay that he was
yet a minor, and his father would dispossess
him, but he would shortly be of age, when
he could then be in possession of property
sufficient for his purpose. And during the
period of several months, he has regularly
visited the family of Mr. League, and par
took of his hospitality, Ac. A few weeto S-
go, he married another yontag lady, agdinst
the consent of her parents, and thus proved
his perfidy in regard to all his promises to
the former.
This mdiming Mr. League 'ift'et him at
the Ooriicr of Fayette and 'Calvert streets,
and fired upon him with a loaded double-bar
relled gun. One of the slugs struck a revol
ver in the pocket of Creamer and shattered
it considerably. It probably saved his life,
after being fired upon he retreated, so that
Mr. League did not get a chance to give the
second fore, as the gun was wrested from
his hand by a gentleman -nttfrlty.
We feel it due to all the parties to make
this detailed statement of the affair, so as to
give the facts a's. nearly as possible. Mr.
C. is not much injured, as we learn, h 8 pis-
tol having proteiit"iU-). ; Tfcnfl Lga--— stated.
The CaSe will, no doubt, te legatl;
tigated, 'when all the facts will te elicited.
It is a melancholy occurrence, and seems
to te one that The law provides no suitable
remedy for.
Baltimore, May 14. -
Mr. Lcrfgue, who yesterday shot young
Creamer, for the seduction of his daughter,
been arrested. Public feeling
The Parties and the Presideisf.
We look upon parties and the approaching
election, as a Southerner and as a Union
man, and care nothing for party names or
partisans. It is a matter of indifference to
ns, who may te the bearer of the standard
under which we rally so that there can te
no fear of his wavering wherever called up
on to unfold the principles inscribed upon
it.
Let clansmen continue to follow their
masters, if they will; but, the people will
be governed by principle. The address of
the‘Southern Whigs has satisfied Union men
that no mere personal preferences, or old
party ties, can bind a Southerner in the ap
proaching crisis. It has confirmed the opin
ion that the Soath has only to await the ac
tion of the Baltimore democratic Convention
to determine whether we should co-operate
with that party, of demand a purer organi
zation. Should that party adopt the Union
platform of Georgia, the South will almost
b the event of its
. organization will
- to the country,
j.
in-
i adopt a practice
so far as the public is concerned, says the
Milledgeville Recorder, is to publish the
monthly record of its actual doings. The
public will see from what appears below,
that the road is doing wonderfully well, at
all events; so much tetter than it has ever
done before, and this too before sny advan
tage can te obtained for it in the irtiy of
transportation from the appropriation made
at the last legislature, that the people will
at least see, that this great interest of theirs
is at length doing something for itself and
for them. By the way, Gen. Bishop has
teen for years on this same road, is it not
astonishing that faults are just discerned
after so many years, only just as he is re
employed by Gov. Cobb or Mr. Wadley ?
Income of W. Sr A. R. R. for April 1852
Up Freights from G. Railroad, S8,46I 95
Down do do do 12,767 69
Up do M &W.R.R. 2,793 59
Down do do do do 5,703 34
Local freight over W. & A. do 5,426 03
Total from freight 933,’ 52 59
Income from passengers 8,734 93
Do do miles 1,000 OO
Total income __ 942,887 5l
Income for April 1851,
From freights 920,850 52
“ passengers 5,636 70
“ mail 1,00800
Total income
Increase on freights
Do on passage
Total increase
•27.487 22
12.302 76
3098 23
915,40029
The Escape of Thomas F. Meagher-.
—We have already mentioned the rumor of
the escape of Mr. Meagher, one of die 1-
rish exiles, from Van Dieman's Land. The
New-York Truth Teller contains the follow
ing extract from a private letter, dated on
board a British ship, at Hobart Town, Jan*
nary 18th, which would seem to confirm tint
i Meagher has made his escape from ttit
ome say he has broken his parole, others
say not. He wrote to the police magistrate
of his district, to say that he did hot wish
his leave extended. Some say he left before
i letter was delivered, others say he
not, bnt that he remained until a
’ was sent to watch him came to
He came oht and asked the nun'
whether he wanted him, 'He said * No.’ He
then went into the house and escaped through
back way. Ia two hours after mp.
more police came to arrest him, hat the bird
hadfiown. And so the ease stands.”
The tetfll amount of money hi fail
British 8avings Bahka at the last ucouifl
was £28,933,065 8*. 7d.
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