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X go thi an s c 'U 77 (st loi sa h; ei o c i ( 226 THE CO UNTRYMAK TURNWOIl), OA., APRIL 11, 1865. Democratic Meeting in Putnam. —Eatonton, Ga., July 4th, 1855.— According to previous notice, a re spectable portion of the anti-know- nothing whigs, and democrats, of Put nam county, convened in the court house, today. On motion, Dr. Joel Branham was made chairman, and Wm. P. Thomn? son was requested to act as secretary. The chairman having stated the ob ject of the meeting to be the selection of delegates, to represent Putnam Co. in the democratic congressional con vention of the seventh district, on mo tion of Joseph A. Turner, Esq., the chair appointed Messrs. Joseph A. Turner, John W. Hudson, William O’Brien, Albert 0. Moseley, A. A. Hunt, Peter McHenry, Thomas Mc Manus, Richmond A. lleid, and John Godkin, a committee to recommend five suitable persons to aot as dele gates to said convention. The committee, after consultation, recommended Benjamin F. Adams, Daniel Slade, Elmore Calloway, Jas. McKenzie, and John W. Hudson, as delegates. On motion of James 0. Denham, the recommendation of the committee was confirmed, and the delegates em~ fclU?. caucies in their ranks On motion of William O’Brien, the meeting— Resolved, That our political friends bo invited to hold tho district conven tion in Eatonton, on tuesday, the 24th irist. ; that a free barbecue be furnish ed, ou that occasion ; that the people of the 7th congressional district, with out respect to party, he invited to the same, and that a committee of five from the town district, and two from eaclr of the remaining districts in the county, bo appointed, by the chair man, as a committee of arrangements, to prepare for the same. Whereupon, the chairman appoint ed the following persons as committee of arrangements : William O'Brien, Andrew Reid, A. II. Cox, A. A. Hunt, Stephen Wright, Jonathau Adams, Allen Lawrence, Sr., Davis R. Andrews, John B. Pound, Dr. C. N. Horne, Wiley B. Jordan, Allen A. Beall, Irby H. Scott, John Lmch, James Coates, David Moore, Green Wiggins, James Yancey, John Hollis, R. H. Griffin, It. R. DeJar- nette, James C. Denham, Bradley Avery, James McKenzie, Isdiarn B. Wright, Blakey Batchelor. Dr. John R. Godkin, William W. Turner, Free man Perryman, William Myrick, Geo. Carter, Abner Woolsey, Jas. Wright, Jr., Evan J. Ilaivey. On motion of Joseph A. Turner, Esq., the following committee, con sisting of Joseph A. Turner, Junius A. Wingfield, A. S. Reid, Elmore Calloway, and A. A. Adams, were ap pointed to invite distinguished anti- know-nothing whig and democratic speakers, to address the people on the day of the convention. The following resolution was offer ed by Joseph A. Turner, Esq., and adopted by tho meeting : Resolved, That the democrats, and anti-know-nothing whigs, ratify, and adopt as their own, the platform of principles put forth by the late demo cratic convention, in Milledgeville, and that they pledgo themselves to use all honorable means to secure the success of these principles. On motion of Joseph A. Turner, Esq., the editors of tho Federal Union, and of the Constitutionalist and Re public, were requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. On motion, the meeting adjourned. Joel Branham,Chairman* William P. Thompson, Sec’y. - Know Nothing Rhetoric.—The rhetoric of the ki.ow nothings is tru ly sublime. Wo verily believe they >• o : -i,t name. The Southern Recorder says : ‘From tho Blue Ridge to the sea board, let the swelling tide of patri otism flow, and njeet, and mingle its waves in towering grandeur, in the capital of our groat state.’ If Milledgeville doesn’t mind how brother Knowles goes on in this style, it will bo washed away. This is the first time we over heard of any thing meeting itself. And then, if the tide flows from the Blue Ridge to the sea board, how can it be stopped in the capital of our great state 1 Has the Recorder made the arrangements ? Are the dams stiong enough to stop this swelling tide, which is to meet, and mingle its waves, in towering grandeur, in Milledgeville ? It is true the know nothings are damning at a terible rate, but all their damns won’t keep them from being washed away by another flood than that of the Re corder—we mean the democratic flood. But we tell the people of Milledge- vilje again, they are in danger of brother Knowles’s invocation, as we can convince them by an anecdote. There was once a Methodist preach er travelling in the summer. There had been a protracted drought, the earth was parched, and dry, and veg etation wilted. At night, our Meth odist fiieud stopped in front of a house which belonged to a widow lady, and asked permission to stay all night. Tho old lady told him that bread was scarce, that corn was still more scarce, and that she did not know whether she could spare enough to feed him and his horse. The trav eller answered her that he was a min ister, and if she would allow him to stay all night, he would pray for rain. Upon this she consented. That night, and next morning the preacher put up long and fervent prayers for rain, and again went on his way rejoicing. The night after he left, there came a tremendous storm. Tho old lady, on getting up in the morning, found her garden flooded, her fences swept away, her plantation washed in gul lies, while ruin, and devastation star ed her in the face. Turning to one who was standing by, she said : ‘Plague take the Methodist preach ers, they always overdo * tho tiling. I was afraid of this, night before last, whon that fellow kept praying so loud !’ Now if brother Knowles doesn’t mind, be will overdo the thing, when lie says : ‘From the Blue Ridge to the seaboard,let the swelling tide of pa triotism flow, and meet, and mingle its waves in towering grandeur in the -“p 1 - 1 etreat state ’ If the people of Milledgeville don’t prepara well for the coming flood, they will bo washed away. But v-e have another specimen of know nothing rhetoric, fiom tho At lanta Republican. That paper says : ‘It is so seldom that we meet with anything truly rich, and sublime, that we cannot refuse ourselves the luxu- ry of dippiug into such a spectacle, when it comes directly before us. Such is the case with the so-called demon cratic platform, adopted at Milledge-> villo on the fifth.’ Will our Atlanta brother shut his eyes to tlie fact, that the reason ho so seldom meets with anything rich, and subliino, is, because he confines his observations to his own, and other know nothing columns ? Will he also inform us how he can ‘dip into a spec tacle,’ or how a platform can be called a spectacle ? Our friend evidently looks through know knothing specta cles. — Anti-Jacobin. — Savannah Georgian, 1855. ‘ The bride’s orange blessom ©ften bears bitter fruit.’ ‘ lie Is truly wise who con tnduie evjl, and enjoy good,’