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THE STANDARD.
GEO.
TH UIiSD A Y^MORNING:
MAY 31, 1855.
We arc authorized to announce the name
of Col. Joseph 12. llnowN, as a candidate f> r
the office of Judge of the Blue Ridge Cireu.t, at
the election on the first Monday* in October
next. may 17—tde*
GLORIOUS HEWS*
Sqft) Jofoiiy
WISE TRIUMPHANT!
iB,OOO MAJORITY!
It gives us unfeigned pleasure to be able to
state that the lion. Henry A. Wise*, democrat,
has been elected by an overwhelming majority.
Seventy-one counties have befcn heard from,
which give Wise a majority over Pierce’s vote in
1852, when his majority was over 14,(too. - Below
wegive an extract from a letter wri.t.n by an in
telligent and well informed gentleman of Ports
mouth; Va.:
“ 1 open my letter to state that ve have ~e~
ceivcd a message that the three counties that
the Know-Nothings bet wouM give Flournoy a
majority, went for Wise by six thousand ma
jority.
“H.ilifex county, Flournoy’s native county,
gave Wise 685 majority. A reliable dispatch
from Washington, says that Wise will he elected
by at least. 18,000 majority. Rockingham comi
ty also gave 2,000 majority,and Fluanna county,
£,000.”
Mr. Wise’s majority may be overestimated
above, but there can be no doubt it will be very
large. Nearly, if not all, the old Democratic
ticket for Congress is elected.
editorial letter iii another column
was intended for last week’s paper.
Rowland’s Springs.
A glarce at our advertising columns will
show our readers that this favorite watering
place will be rc-opencd for the reception of
Company on the loth proximo. AYe have bare
ly room to state the fact, this week, but shall
revert to it in a future issue!
Letters Advertised.
]n the list of letters advertised as remaining
ill the post office at Cedar Town, Geo., on the
11th inst., wc notice the names of Hon. Mark
A. Cooper and D. H. Zuber, two of our subscri
bers, residing in this County.
The Weather.
Wo were blest with a most refreshing rain
an Sunday last, which we are pleased to’
learn was pretty general all over the ooun
* ty. The wheat crop is excellent and it is
hoped good rains may’ bring out oats so as to
give us a pretty fair crop yet. Corn and
aotton crops are doing first rate.”
Home* Again.
After a three week’s absence, we are once
more at our post, considerably recruited in
health from climbing the hills and mountains,
and inhaling the bracing air of Upper Cherokee.
Wc cannot sufficiently thank our friends in the
counties of Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens, for
their kind'.and cordial reception of ns, and their
aid in extending the circulation of the Standard.
There are many good Democrats nnd true in
the Empire State of the South, but no section
can boast of a more thorough going Democra
cy than the counties wc have named above. —
They arc firm and united in favor of an organi
zation of the party, and our enemies have about
concluded to abandon the idea of injuring De
mocracy in that region. Our friends may be
assured of one thing—whatever may be the case
elsewhere, —in the-countics of Fannin, Gilmer,
Pickens and Cherokee, the Democracy is a unit,
and the fact will be shewn at the ballot box, the
superhuman exertions of the AVnn-itcs to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Democratic District Meetings.
The Democratic Convention to nominate can
didates to represent- Cuss county in Hu* next
Legislature, will meet in Gttsnv.ille on Tuesday,
the 8d of July. Primary meet ings to appoint
delegates will be held in the different justices
court districts as follows,:
Cassville District, at. •Cftssvillc, on the Ist
Friday in Jlme,.
Kingston District; at Kingston,, on the Ist
Saturday in Jane. t
Wolf Pen District, at the Court Ground,', on ■
tile Ist Saturday in June.
Gartersvillc District, at Gaiiersville, on the
2d Friday in June.
Alatooua District, at Alatoonn, on ihc z<l Sat
urday in June..
Iron Works District, at tile Countt Ground,
on the Sd Friday in June.
Sixth District, at the Court Ground, on the
3d Saturday in June.
Adairsville District, at Adairsvillc, on the
4th Friday in June.
Pine Log District,*at the Court Ground, on
thtf 4th Saturday in June.
Remember, that each District is entitled to |
and,expected to send, ten delegates. Let caj.li
he fully und fairly represented. There are men 1
in the eonnty using their utmost endeavors to j
prevent these meetings and* by this mentis, to j
dofeat the organization of the party. The D $-;
raoeracy heave nothing to fear if they- arc true
to themselves, and* we earnestly entreat our
friends in all parts-of the county imL to allow
themselves to be gulled.into the belief that it is
otherwise. Our enemies know well that there
is but one way to defeat its: by- preventing a
full and proper.organizatiou. Let us all work
together, friends, and .in spite of false friends
and secret enemies the day is as certainly ours
as that the sun shines.
Water is very scarce in Memphis, Tenn.-
Nearly every cistern in the Southern part of
the city is dry.,
It is stated tbat Sir William Don, the ac
tor, has determined to settle fpr. life on tbjs
lids of tbs Atlantic.
Shall the Constitution Stand?
That sacred charter of our rights, established
by the wisdom of our fathers and under which
we have become one of the greatest nations on
eartfk, and which guarantees to every citizen the
right to worship God according to tlie dictates
of his Own conscience, is now being insidiously
attacked by a secret political party- Ihe Know
i Nothings do not propose as we understand
j them, to make it penal for a man to worship
i {Jod according to the Catholic faith f for that
: would be an attack upon the Constitution, hut
1 they do more they propose to stigmatise him as
Imi worthy to hold office,or unfit for any public or
I political trust. All honorable men would pre
! fer proscription by law, rather than to be con
-1 demot'd by public opinion. Nothing would be
i so mortifying to a high-toned man as to lire in
j a land where his neighbors- and acquaintances
I consider him unworthy of a public trust. If
J Know-Nothingism succeeds, and a man every
i way qualified for office, is put under the. ban
of public opinion, merely because he kneels be
fore the cross and communes with his God ac
cording to his mode of belief, our boasted Con
stitution will have received a vital slab. Me
call upon all lovers of libe- ty as secured to us
by this Constitution, to slop and pause before
they ally themselves with this secret order. No
doubt many patriots, good and true men, have
been deceived by the cry of no party—opposition
to demagogues and office seekers, and induced
to join the Know-Ndtbings, ignorant of the po
litical designs and aims of that party. To all
such as have been deceived and humbugged in
to its ranks, we say withdraw from it before
you have acted in opposition to your honestly
entertained principles, and the wishes of vour
friends.
The Roman. Catholic Church.
From some arguments used by the Know-
Nothings, we have been led to suspect that some
of our readers believe we are faroraßlc to- the
Roman Catholic Religion. This is a great mis
take. Honesty compels us to admit that we
now, and always have, entertained strong prej
udices against that Church. We have no doubt
that these prefmtkes arose from reading of the
outrages committed it) Europe under the direc
tion of its officers. Qur opposition to this
Church once brought down upon us the fi owns
of a lady, (wich are more terrible to us than
swords or pistols.) We simply remarked in
her presence that we were proud of the fact that
there was no Catholic Church-in Cassville. She
! at (nice demanded bur cause of opposition—wc
! were abashed, rather dumb, stammered out a
! few reasons, and even a’dmitted that we really
i knew nothing about it, and might possibly be
j mistaken. In order to make terms without
; fair friend, we went with her to a. Catholic
! Church, where we were far from feeling “at
1 home.” We wanted to enquire of the lady why
’ she dipped her finger in the bowl of water at
j the door and made a cross on her forehead, but
I the rapidity with which she did the aet eonvinc
j ed us that she tried to conceal it from us, and
j we dared not see anything which we ought not to
i have seen. We simply intended to say when
we commenced this, that although wc have
prejudices against the Catholic Church wc would
as soon sav that a Methodist or Baptist was
unfit for office as a Catholic. It matters not
’ with us according to what faith a man worships
; his God—we look to his principles and capacity
alone—not to his religious views.
Piokens County.
Pickens Superior Court adjourned on Tues
day of last week, after a session of only two 1
da vs, most of the business having been contin
ued. Jasper, the county site, is admirably lo
cated, and bids fair, at no distantday, to become
[ one of the most beautiful towns in Cherokee
Georgia. The Court House has made but little
progress since last couri, in consequence of the
extreme scarcity of lumber—and, for the same
reason, the town has not been built up as fast
: as.it would have been otherwise.
Pickens is one of the best counties in the
State. AVill l in tvvo miles of Jasper, the Geor
gia Marble Company are working an inexhaus
tible quarry of superior marble, besides which
there are several other quarries in the county.
Strong signs of Copper are to be seen, though
we heard of none of the metal having been dis-’
covered. There are many excellent farms in
; Pickens, and the people are, generally, indus
trious, intelligent, and hospitable.
: The Democracy of Pickens held"a meeting at
Jasper on Tuesday of court week, the proceed
■ ings whereof will be found in another column.
It was large and enthusiastic, and would have
been proof positive to our mind, had wc.not al
j ready been convinced, that the Democrats of
• this qounty will be found “right side up” at
i the coining election.
Cherokee County—Canton.
Having a little leisure time, after leaving Gil
mer court, vve made a flying visit to the pretty
little town of Canton, the county site of Chero
kee. This, as our readers are probably aware,
is one of the oldest towns, if not the oldest, in
this section of Georgia. The first newspaper
ever published in Cherokee Georgia, was the
C heroic,- IntvlityeMer, commenced at this place
by Ilowell Cobb, (now of Houston county,) in
January, 1 When it was discontinued, we
are unable to say. The first Court ever held
north of the Chattahuoehie was convened iri
Canton, in an old building now used as a barn.
Wc had the pleasure, while in Canton, of at
tending an examination of the Male and Female
Academy, which has been for the present year
in charge of Mr. Warlick, tormorly of North
Carolina. The examination reflected much
credit on both teacher and pupils, and, as it
oi|g|it to have done, gave great satisfaction to
the patrons of the School. Mr. VV.’s plan of
leaching i> a great improvement on the old and
commonly received one. u Teach these boys
and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are
whatnre wan ted’ in life.” Such was llje Grad
grind theory--but sik’H is not Mr. Wnrlrek’s
theory. Facts are all well enough in their
place, and are positively tre'jcssary, hut the
heart and mind must be educated and prepared
for them. Children ought to be taught not on
ly the hint ~ but the why and the wherefore, and
upon this principle Mr. W.. proceeds, and wo
; are glad to have an opportunity of thus public-
I b’ thanking him for the pleasure we derived
from attending the examination of his school..
In the evening the young people of both sexes,
j connected with the School, gave a party at the
Academy, #herc mirth and jollity reigned until
a late hour, and “ all went merry as a magic
■bell.”
| The Democracy of Cherokee are “as one
■ man,” and will roll up a strong vote in favor of
| the nominees of the party, at the coming elce
! tion. So mote it be.
Beginning to Work, •
Not the smallest amongst the good results
of Mr. Stephens’ letter, is the effect it is
having on some of the old lino Whig jour
uals of the State. The Chronicle k Senti
nel, though it never, so far as we have seen,
published anything in favor of JK.uow Noth
ingistn, has still pursued a course calculated
to identify it with that order, until lately.
We are glad to bo able to record now, tbat
jit stands square in its opposition to it, and
promises to wield its infiuenoo on the side of
j political aqd religious liberty. Speaking of
a platform lately promulgated by the Ameri.
can party of Virginia, it holds the following
language ;
We hope every reader will scan it close
ly. deliberately and fairly, and when he has
done so. determine in his own miml, whether
he has ever, in till his life, seen in any one:
document, such a string of unmeaning gen.
erntines. With a single exception- (that of
excluding persons of foreign birth- from office)
they mean anything or nothing, and are so
broad, general and indefinite, that every
mar. in the United States, except a Seces
sionist, for the sake of Secession, wilT endorse
them—if that single clause be excluded.
Never have we seen a document in which the
hand of the intriguing, artful demagogue is
so distinctly, truthfully and boldly pot ray.
ed as in this ; and yet the very-first para
graph seeks to guil the people by denouncing
demagoguism.”
Editorial Correspondence.
Fann'm Court —SaUy June Copjer Mines — (Fl
nte'r Court — Denwor-tUh• Merit tty in (Ithin-r —-
JCiunc-XotJi inejimn- on the i/fcline—Mr. Ft(-
[■! end Letter.
. Kllijay, Geo., May 16, 18-35.
Fannin Court adjourned on Thursday last,
after a shorter session than was at first antici
pated—many cases having been continued in
consequence of the want of a-proper court room.
I spoke in a former letter of the Fatty June
Copper Mines. On Friday last I visited them
and spent a day with my friend Smith. These
mines are situated in the eigMh district of Fan
nin, near one of the forks of Fighting Town
creek, a restless little mountain stream, running
through the most beautiful country in Georgia,
The readers of the Standard have already been
informed that the Sally Jane were the first
mines in the State to ship Copper. Large quan
tities have’beeu taken out and sent to. market,
and many tons ave now lying at the inine„ rea
dy for-shipment. During the absenee of .Mr.
Smith, the Superintendent,. ou a visit to the
North, operations were almost suspended, but
they have been resumed and are now going for
ward actively.’ I have specimens of the bletcl
oxide, yremi carbonate , rf'-e. from these mines,
which will compare favorably with any I hare
ever keen.
Gilmer court commenced its Spring term on
Monday morning, Judge Irwin presiding. In
stead of the little, cramped up wooden building
in which the court has heretofore been held, we
were )i!e;*sed to find a large and handsome
brick edifice. It is well built and conveniently
arranged, with clerks’ offices below, and court
and jury, roams above, and is quite creditable to
the county, and indeed one of the best court
houses Within our knowledge.
The Democracy of Gilmer bad a large and en
thusiastic meeting on Tuesday, the proceedings
of which are sent with this Fetter for publica
tion. We were so unfortunate as to hear only
the<conciudingportion of Col. Chastain’s *oech.
From what we beard, however, and from our
knowledge of the man, we feel confident that
it was entirely creditable to him, and not at all
to the liking of the dark lantern party. This
latter named order, bv the hve, received, at the
hands of Col. Underwood, a drubbing- from
which it will never recover, in this region. A
more triumphant exposition of their ends and
aims, of their antecedents and their legitimate
results, we have never had the pleasure of lis
tening to. Wc arc neither a .prophet nor the
sou'of a prophet, but if Ivnow-NotKirgism in
Georgia h*s not seen its be>t days we arc una
ble to judge from (lie signs of the times. A few
more such speeches as Col. Underwood’s and
“ Sam’s” days ate numbered in this region.—
Cherokee Georgia hns ever been the stronghold
ofittennuiracy, and we are loath to believe that
its sfwuv yeomanry are willing to give up the
glorious principles under whose dominion they
and their fathers have so long conquered, and
under which our country- lias become the home
of the ftp pressed -of all nations, and the model
government of the world, to follow after a par
ty whosc-cardkial principles arc in direct viola
tion of the Constitution of the United States,
and whose members at the North are our bit
. terest and most inveterate enemies.
The letter of the lion. A. If. Stephens to Col.
, Thomas, of Elbert, is u powerful document and
will ereate quite a fluttering in the- Whig'and
Know-Nothing camp. He shews up their in
consistencies in a calm and dispassionate man
ner—like one thoroughly acquainted with it's
subject anil fully capable of handling it. We
have always admired Mr. Stephens. Asa
Georgian we have always been proud of him,
and if the repdrt be true that his former friends
and supporters in His district wiJJ refuse to vote
for him on account of his position on this ques
tion, wo sincerely- trust that the Democrats will
unite with those Whigs who arc still his friends
and return Rim to Congress. We can illy- spare
such a man in the next Congress, where the
South has a battle to fight in which she will
need all her talent and patriotism. There are
some allnsions to ths administration in Mr. S’s
letter which we cannot endorse; and in which
we think he has mistaken the President. With
this exception it meets our hearty- approval, as
it will, we,doubt not, that of every Democrat in
the Union. B.
Scarcely!
“The lion. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, former
ly Speaker of the House of Representatives, is
the American Candidate for Congress in his
District.” *
This item of intelligence, which we cut from
the Philadelphia Saturday Mail, (a Know-
Nothing pnper,) will be Heir* to Mr. Cobb’s
friends in this State. It will only provoke a
laugh at the Editor’s ignorance, from those who
know the ex-Governor, but for fear someone
outside of.our State should be deceived by it,
we here take occasion id state that it is ns un
true as it ifi- ridiculous. .Mr. Cobb is not only
not the candidate of the Know-Nothings, but
he is bitterly opposed to them, and-, takes every
occasion to denounce them. The Southern Her
ald, a Know-Nothing paper published in his
district, has been (or months past filled with
the. bitterest abuse of him, on ncanunt ofliis
firm and unflinching adherence to the old line
Democracy. Howell Cobb a Know-Nothing!
Pali T CWm’l Jackson might with equal propri
ety have been charged with being n Hnnkmnn.
Bv the bye, it seems strange flint those Know-
Nothing papers should make so many mistakes.
Two-thirds of their big stories turn out to be
pure fabrications— munufiicturcd, doubtless, by
some wicked fellow, who wishes to impose on
“ .Sam’s” credulity. We saw it gravely an
nounced in n Northern K. N. paper, the other
“day, that two-thirds of the Democratic party of
| Georgia were members of the Secret order.
Fratty nearly the same kind of stories appeared
in their organs in Virginia,, regarding the De
mocracy of that. State, but the election returns
now coming in put rather it different face on the
matter. Stick to the truth, gentlemen.
The Homo (On.) Courier's , devil”— an
imp of twelve years—caught a catfish weigh
ing twelve pounds, on Saturday last--and
nobody lielpod him.
A sturgeon was for sale in the Petersburg
(Va > market, ou Wednesday morning, meas
uring nine foot in length and weighing two
hundred nntl ninety-nix pounds.
District Convention.
The Democratic Convention of the Fifth Dis
trict will meet jn Calhoun op Tuesday, the Tjth
proximo, to nominate a candidate for Congress.
Wc were anxious to furnish in this week’s paper,
a full list of Delegates, but are Pliable to get
all the names. We give, below, as complete a
fist us “we can furnish now :
Cars: Maj. John S. Rowland, Col. Win. W.
Clay ton, Col. H. F. Price.
Cherokee: Jasper L-. Keith, Col. J’JTi McCon
nell. *
Okaitoma; Col-. L. W. Crook, Col. Wesley ‘
Shropshire.
Floyd: A. T. Hardin, N. Yarborough, Alvin
Deane.
Gordon: Col. It. M. Young, James Shclnut,
Wesley Kiurnan.
Giinier: Joseph M. Patterson, Samuel M.
Rawlston, William Guess.
Dickens t Col. Samuel Tate, Joseph Williams.
Walker; G. G. Gordon, Constantine Wood.
Wo are without the names of the delegates
from Carroll,, Paulding, I’olk, Fannin, Murray-,
Whitfield, Catoosa and Dade, and will thank
some friend in those counties to furnish them
iii time for our next issue. From present; indi
cations, every county will be represented lu
men having the interests of Democracy and the
country at heart, and we predict for ihe Democ
racy, in the coming campaign a brilliant victory..
How will Virginia Go?
A student in the University of Virginia,
writing to the Natchez Courier, under date
of Mwy sth aays:
* On Saturday last, ncoording to custom,
the students took the vote for Governor, &c.,
which resulted in the election of Mr. Wise
by a majority of 21, in 291 votes, and the
otlur two Democratic candidates by “.2 ma
jority. ‘Though Mr. Flournoy received a
majority of 20 from the Virginians, the S
Carolinians and Missippians carried the day
Heretofore the University has been IVhig,
and the Democratic party has triumphed..
Fo note it may be that Mr. Flournoy will
he successful.’' —Memphis Eagle.
.( These Nullification and Disunion stu
dents, from other states, have no say at the
ballot-box. The real people dune. Mr.
Wise's house woik for him on Thursday last.,
and we shall soon have tlw report; to lay be
fore our readers ” — Knoxville IVhig.
Guess the repen t won’t be just such an
one as you-will like u to lay before your
readers,” friend Brownlow. fn spite of the
fact that these Nullification and Disunion
students had no say at the ballot box, the
■ c-real people” have << done Mr Wise's house
work for him’’ about right and if we are not
awfully mistaken the -< real people” of Ten
nessee will do a little house work” for An
dy Johnson, in August next, alter the-mime
pattern.
Fur the Civwcil'e ,Si tandard.
Wanted,
j Four ot five thousand cotton Randkcwhicfs,
to tic up the under jaws of the Georgia Know-
Nothings, since the reception of the Virginia
election returns.
One large metallic burial case, in which to
■ deposite the hopes of the Know-Nothings of
Georgia. SAM I’ATCII.
Democratic Meeting in the 17th Dist.
: Agreeably to previous notice, a j >cry
! large and respectable portion of the Demo
cratic party of the 17th district, in Cass
county, met at the district court ground on
the 20th inst.
! On motion Dr. T II Ligon was called to the
! chair, and B. 11. Leek requested to act ns
; secretary. The objlbl of the meeting was
explained by the chairman, viz : to appoint
: delegates to represent the district in a con
vention to he held in Cassville on the Ist
Tuesday in July .next, for the purpose of
nominating r candidate for Senator and two
| representatives to represent Cass county in
| the next General Assembly.
On motion of James McGinnis, Esq , a
! committee of five was appointed by the
1 chairman to report to the meeting the names
|of ten suitable persons, to be delegates to
said Convention, viz ; James McGinnis. Mad
ison Milam, Robert Speer, Felix G. Bailey
and Jas. M. Cochran.
The committee having retired the Meeting
was entertained by a very pretty and appro
priate speech from James G. Ryals, Esq.
The committee returned and reported the
following gentlemen as suitable persons to
i be delegates to the contemplated Convention:
1 James McGinnis, Robert C. Powell, M. D.
! Madden, Jas. M. Cochran, David Garrison,
Robert Speer, D. R. Colwell, Felix G. Bai
ley D L Wingard and Madison Milam, who
i on motion, were unamimously appointed del
i egates to said Convention.
On motion, the delegates in attendance
on said convention in Cassville on the Ist
! Tuesday in July next., were authorized to
I fill any vacancy which tuny occur in their
| number.
The proceedings of the meeting were re
quested to be published in the Cassville
■ Standard.
On motion, adjourned fine die.
T. H. LIGON, Chairman.
I B. 11. Leek, Secretary.
Democratic Meeting in Pickens.
Jasper, May *22, I£WWS.
At n large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Democratic party of Pickens, held this day, in
Jasper, on motion of Geo. W. Harmon, Esq.,
Joint 13. Price, Esq., was culled to the chair,
and W. T. Day, appointed secretary.
On motion ofG. W. Harmon, Esq., Col. All
red explained the object of the meeting.
On motion of John Miflleiiax, Esq., the chair
appointed a committee of live to select delegates
to the Gubernatorial and Congressional Con
ventions, consisting of Die following gentlemen :
Samuel Tate, Esq., John Mullennx, Esq., John
Holcombe, Esq., Wm. J. Barton, Esq., und Jes
se Pad get , Esq.
While the committee wore out, Capt. Win.
T. Wolford addressed the meeting on the prim
ciptrs Democratic party.
The committee having returned, made the
following report:
Your committee hep leave to report the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions, and recom
mend their adoption:
Whereas, we, the Democratic party of Pick
ens, feeling a deep interest in tlvo success of
their principles, deem it proper to make known
our views: therefore he it Hksoi.veo—
1. That we have full confidence in the princi
ples of our party, us proclaimed by the last
Baltimore Democratic Convention.
2. That President Pierce has faithfully dis
charged the duties of his office, and that we
give to his administration onr hearty support.
8. That we arc opposed to all secret oath
bound political societies, as dangerous to liber
ty, and unnecessary in a free and republican
country, where freedom of speech and ot the
press are guaranteed to every citizen.
4. Tbat we earnestly urge all Democrats to
lay-aside all personal prejudices and prcjfcren
1 ces, and unite upon the organized candidates of
our party in the coming elections,
t 5. That we appoint John Mnllenax, Esq. and
G. W, Harman, Esq. as delegates to the Demo-!
cratic Gubernatorial Convention; and Joseph]
Williams, Esq. and Col. Samuel Tate, as dele-!
gates to the Congressional Convention of the j
Fifth Congressional District, to meet at. Cal- j
houn, on the 12th of June nejd.
6. That the thanks of theDomdratic party of
Picketts are due to our Representative in Con
gress, Hon. E. AY. Chastain, for the aide and!
efficient manner in which he has discharged his \
official duties, and especially for bin bold, fear
less and patriotic stand in favor of the acquisi
tion of Cuba, and his able and invincible argu
ment in favor of that measure.
On motion of Col. Allred the following reso
lution was affiled: *• , -]
Resolved, The f we tire Democratic party of j
Piekgns, repudiate the Prohibition platform of j
the Atlanta meeting of the 22d of February. j
After which the report of the committee was j
uuuuiinortity adopted.
The meeting was then addressed long and ■
ably by the Hon. E. AY.. Chastain, who took a ]
bold stand in favor of the principles of the old]
Democratic party, and in opposition to the I
Know-Nothings and all other parties haring for j
their object the destruction and disorganization j
of the Democratic party.
On motion of John MnlTenax, Esq. it was >
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet- :
ing be published in the UuMville Standard, with
a request that the Atlunho Examiner copy.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN IS. PRICE, Chairman.
AA r . T. Day, Secretary.
The Virginia Election.
. Before the cock eroweth twice, thou shalt
deny me thrice.”
It is in no spirit of levity that we make use ]
of the foregoing words. We do so, because]
they iii list rate most forcibly, in our esti
mation, the future course of a large number .
of Know Nothings in the Old Dominion, and
in our own State® Democratic Virginia,
with Mm aid of a number of patriotic ariti-
Knov No. Ling w'iiigs, lias been the first cock :
to crow, and ore its clarion tones shall be
echoed by Georgia, Know Nothing!em will
] he thrice denied by hundreds who have paid
tlie'.r devotions to it in our State. Ami it is
I in no spirit of exultation that we refer to
what we anticipate of ihe future, in the mnn
! nerwe now do. G loci’ usly as has A irginia
i sustained herself—the Know Nothings there
-and elsewhere in the South, are rlready suf
ficiently limn bled, and we have no disposi
tion, at the present time, to add to their hu
miliat'on by the use of terms indicative of
the triumph over them that we feel and en
!
joy. AVe have another object :n view :n wrj
ting this article. It is to say to oar readers
that they may confidently look for a deser
tion of the Order by many of those who de
signed to nse it as a-eteppng stoue to office
—in some sub cases that-we have been sip
prized of to continue in office—and in others
to build up anew party of which they would
I he leaders. Defeat staring such as those in
the face, certain inevitable, defeat, n tdiange
e.f position will he the consequence, as it will
: be with those presses which have, up to this
time, sympathized with the Order.* The e
j lection in A’irginia has sett-led this question
j for hundreds such as these and we may soon
I look for modification upon modification of
i the rules and oaths, and regulations of th?
Order, to retain what it has, and to entrap
others. That spirit, however of vigilance
which aroused the democracy of Virginia to
stand up for the rights of men, and the Con
stitution, will ns surely he exercised - in Ga :
and that patriotism which animated them to
I achieve so glorious a victory, will display it
: self thr ughout the whole-length and brmdGb
of our State. Whatever form, or whatever
aspect it may present to our people Know
1 Nothingiem can no longer deceive. That day
I is’past. Its prestige is gone: its- located’
• omnipotcuey is reduced in Virginia, to hope
-1 less impotency. May that, be its fate in ev
; ery State of the Union-. — At. Examiner 27 th
j hist.
The Anti-Telegraphers Again.
Under this heading the Tnscmnbia North
i Alabamian has an amusing account of the
doir.gs of the •* heathen” of that section who
have renewed their onslaught on the dread
ed wires, and have notified the directors of
the line not to put them again under penal -
- ty of being skinned alive, pud having their
] hides thrown across a polo. This proclama
tion the’Alabamian gives verbatim rt litera
tim, and we copy for the delectation of ti e
curious: it was found posted up in the woods
] along the line :
The Stale of Alabama ) this the sth of May
Marion County f 18,35.
Notice to thu Mnnairers of the Tellegraft AVare
I ar hiireby forewarned to not to put up the ware
I any more for it slial not Stay up any more long
; at a time if yon do not lot it stay down the hole
| connin’ is going to Just go before your-Eyes
\ and tare it down and cut the post and throw a
way the glasses and throw a way the ware and
skin the first, man sals any thing Against it and
throw his hide a crows a pole and split
onoooo
Jump up John the AA’olf ketcher
j Tlio Mobile Advertiser expects that Sam
|is not.. round generally” in that section or
j .. Jump up John the Wolf Keteher” would
J make a little less noise than he does. The
[ Alabamian tells a story of an old Indy who
belonged to the .. Wolf Kctcher” party, and
wliois ready to sv ear that during the drought
of Inst summer she frequently saw the clouds
. gather over the telegraft wire and bile for
half an hour, trying their best to rain ! but
had to give it up at. Inst!”
New’ Post Offices in Georgia.
Among the offices established since the Ist
of April, 1864, wo notice *the following in
Cherokee Georgia,
Daily's Mills, Gordon co. ; Cedar Creek,
Floyd county ; Coosa, Union county : Cuba.
Whitfield county ; Copper Hill, Carroll co.;
Davies Creek, Forsyth co.; Do Soto, Paul
ding co.; Flint Hill, Carroll <o ny : Fields
Cross Hoads, Cherokee co.; llassler’s Mills,
Murray co. ; Long Loaf. Pnuldingco.; New
*ton, Cobb oo.; Kollin, Fannin ©oun*y; Sami
Hill, Carroll co ; Tall Pino, Carroll co.; —
Tiger, Habun co. \ Town Creek, Gilmer co. ;
Valley Store, Uhatoogiv co.
Messrs. Stringer & Townsend, publish
ers in New York city, threaten ..The Life of
James Gordon Deunott” about the Ist of Ju
ly-
• It is laid that botween 2000 ami 8000
tenements are labelled •• to rent,” in New
York city, and that a large number are ..for
sale.”
J. J. Hooper, fcsq., author of ..Simon
Suggs,” and editor of the Montgomery Mail
has drawn $1,876, as a fourth of the largest
prize in Swan's Alabama Lottery.’
The Two Conventions.
On the fifth day of June, will assemble at
Milledgeville, one of the largest and most
rcspeoßible Party Conventions, in numbers, j
in intelligence and weight of character, that
the exigencies of political affairs- ever bro’t j
together in our State It will be a Conven- ]
tion assemble to sustain the principle of Gov
ernmerit under which the American Union
lias so long prospered, aud waxed strong a
rnong the nations of the earth—under which
it has illustrated the practical beauty ofPvtr
publicanism and self-government, in contra
distinction to the despotic systems of the old
world, where a single oligarchic will is the
supreme law. and is exercised to aggrandize ,
a family, and to perpetuate a dynasty, or
where the forms of legislation are used j
merely to promote the interests of favored ]
classes, aud defend aristocratic privileges at
the expense of the down-trodden and toiling
masses.
It will be a Convention assembled to sus
tain the principles both es foreign and do
mestic policy, which were so felicitously set
forth to the world, and ably vindicated in
the administrations of Andrew Jackson and
James K. I'olk, under whom our country
reached to a ] as it ion of prosperity and glo
ry whieli won the admiration of the people
of every civilized land, while it provoked the
fears and the jealously of despots- and op
pressors. It wjjfcl be a Convention which will
endorse and reiterate the principles on which
the American people carried the elections in
1852. in favor of Franklin Pierce for tlie
Presidency, and which have received practi
cal effect in the legislation of* the Congress
Which was elected with him.
AA r e will nOt dwell mi the v-arious legisla
tive acts adopted by that Congress which in
vite pul 1 e sentin ert, and provoke a decisive
opinion, 1 y which parties are to be formed
in view of the next Presidential election
We will refer only to one, because that has
an overshadowing consequence in public es
timation, and that in connection with kin
dred measures of the previous Congress has
swallowed up all others, and divided the]
country in a way which threatens the per
petuity of this government.
That is the Kansas and Nebraska net, by
which the equal rights of the South in the]
territories of the Union were fully recogniz
ed, and under which Kansas will shortly]
claim admission as a pro slavery State into
the Union
This act and the admission of Kansas will
be sustained by the National Democratic
Party which represents one leading division
of American sentiment. It is its own meas
ure. Without it, the Southern slaveholder
could never have been permitted to go thfTb
will) his slave property.
It is this party which aided the South in
the practical repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise act, an aet which affixed ripen her the
badge of inferiority. It is this party whieli
aided her to pass the Fugitive Slave act, and
it is at the North that among its members,
chiefly, if not alone, are to be found the ad-,
vocati sos its enforcement, and the opponents
of its repeal.
Now tor the other Convention. On the
fifth of June, also, is to be assembled in
Phibuieli hi-i. a Know Nothing Convention,
to be composed of delegates from the secret
councils of this midnight organization from
probably every State of the Union..
Who ire to be there from Georgia,- the
people outside of .their seceet order are not
permitted to know. Whether* they will be
allowed,.even wl.cn this Convention sits, to
know who from among us, are there to rep
resent the Know Nothings, and ns far as
they can, commit the people to obey the be
hests of the chiefs of that organization, we
must remain for a time ill uncertainty.
But who m'e they to meet in Philadelphia
in Council, and what are the questions to be
considered and decided on by a piajority of
that body.
Among their brethren we will mention
two, Coy. Gardner and Senator ot
Massnehuestts. .
What do they go for. and under what in- ‘
si ructions are they sent ?
The New A'ork Journal of Commerce, in
speaking of the State Know Nothing Con
vention which appointed them as delegates,
says :
Even those who had Icen conservative
hefore. Were carried away by the tuncut,
aud agreed that the order must take an an- j
ti-slavery position Gov. Gardner and Sen
ator Wilson were nj pointed delegates to the ;
National Council to be held next mouth at
Philadelphia, and their instructions ate to ;
insist, at any point, even to the dissolution j
of the Convention, not ouly on the resolu- .
tions relative to the abolition of slavery in ,
the District of Columbia, and in all the U- ,
uited Statos Territories; but also on the]
establishment ol the principle that no more j
slave States can he admitted into the l u- I
ion ”
The State Know Nothing Convention hold
in Massachusetts last fall, prior to the clec
tiou, passed the following resolutions;
.. lie so hied, That we hail with hope and
joy the recent brill but success ofthe repub
lican party in the States of Maiuc, lowa,
Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and we
trust these victories are a foreshadow of oth
ers soon to come by which the tree States siinl
present one solid phalanx of opposition to the
aggression of slavery.
Resolved , That in the present chaotic
condition of parties in Mnssaehuetts, the on
ly star abovp the liorisen is the love of hu
man liberty and the abhorrence of slavery,
and that it is the duty of all anti-slavery
men to rally round the republican party, as
an organization which invites the action of
the people on the transcending question of
slavery dominion which now divides the Un
ion
WiiKiu as, Roman Catholicism and ■
slavery, being alike founded and supported I
on tgnorance ami tyranny , nud beiugj
therefore national allies in every warfare a- J
gainst liberty and enlightenment; There- j
lore, he it
IteSoiv and, ‘1 HAT THERE CAN EXIST NO
IiEAIi HOSTII ITY TO CATHOLICISM WHICH
110 KS NOT KM MU ACE SIAVKHV , HV NATUR
AL CO-WOH KEH , VN OPPOSITION TO FREE
DOM AND RKPULICAN INSTITUTIONS.”
The Recent Convention which has appoint
ed delegates to the Philadeli h a Convention,
re- affirmed these resolutions without it dis
senting vote.
Which of the two Conventions spoken of
above, deserves the sympathies and co-oper- j
ation of the people of Georgia ? - The contest j
in this union will be between the Know i
ou the-one side, and the National,
Democracy, with which the Georgia Conven
tion is in full accord, on the other side R
will he a contest for tire Constitution, tor
the slave holding section under it, and con
sequently will be a contest for the Union it
self-
Citizens of Georgia, which side will y*
choose ? No other party, except the- Dem
ocratic party, can be raised up in this Un
ion strong enough to throttle and break
down and- destroy this Hydra-headed mon
ster, anti-slavery. Popular sentiment on
this suhjeet at the North, outside of that or
ganization, is radically and hopelessly a
gainst us
AVe will not at this time quote further
from Northern Know Nothing Conventions
AVe might fill our eolums with just suck reso
lutions. We give the above to indicate the
character of Northern Know Nothingism_
to show to our Know Nothing fellow citizen*
of Georgia what kind of people their north
ern allies are, and who they will be affilia
ting with if they ge into the Philadelphia
Convention, nnd identify themselves with a
national party. Lav nz such elements.
The northern anti-slavery element will
lave the numerical control and ascendency
in this organization. Sooner or later South
erners must find this out, and he forced to
withdraw from it.
Is your hatred of Catholics and Foreign
ers, or your desire to disfranchise and pro
scribe them so strong, that,-to accomplish it,
you m e willing to plot and confederate with
abolitionist.* : Wlint lias Hie goafh to fear
from either or both of theVc classes, compar
ed to what we arc threatened with by North
ern Knew Nothingiem :— Const, fy lUp.
Minute of Points decided by the Su
preme Court of Georgia, at Miiledge
ville, May Term, 1855.
Tlolnr s vs. IVafkir — from Jasper,
1, A. guardian of B , a minor was elected
Ordinary of Monroe county, and the letters
of guardianship thereby abated. 11. tlie mi
nor afterwa-ds, while living in Jasper coun
ty , made a will and died in Jasper county.
Held, that tlie Ordinary of Jasper couuty
lmd jurisdiction as to tlie probate of the
will.
Inf ion f Reese for PI tff, O. C. Gilson
for Deft.
Hamilton vs Reese, Am'r —front IVilket
1. A. contracts to pay ..whatever sum my
appear to be due aud payable by the estate
of 8.-the committee of V., a lunatic—the
an ount to be determined by an examination
us tlie recowls of the return of the said com
mittee.” Hi Id, that in calculating inter
est only shouMbe allowed, without making
vqny rests, their being no ev.dcnce of frr.ud
pr conversion^
T. li. R. Cobb for Pl'ff.--?P. Rent 4’
Toonils for Defendant.
Willis vs. Wlifts tn-tn Baidu in
\ 1. if the charge of the Court is authoriz'd
by any view of the testimony, it in hypothet
ical, and anew trial will not be granted ou
that ground.
Kcnnan f.,r FI t:.- CunJttl AR Fiiihy
! for Daft.
.1. Hal! cs S Hatl— from Hancock.
1. A will may bes and up. nltin ugh. tliebul
scribing witncs-cs may give their opinion ad
verse to the testiuientary capacity of ‘the
testator —nor is it error in the Court to trll
the jury that these witnesses may be mista
ken, or may swear lehrely. or may believe
rbut more capacity is noeceeaiy than the law
requires.
2. Ti.e term >* credible tritnessis,” ia the
StatutV of Frauds, means witnesses who an
entitled to their oath in a Court of Justice,
and who may. or rtiay not, be believed, ac
cording to theii char ctm aud evideuc*.
3. Attesting in the presence of Testate?
requires the mental .is well as the corpore
al presence that there was an absence of
mental attention ou the part of the Testator,
iu order to declare against the will.
R. M. Johnson &c Kerman tor Pl'ff.— L-
Stephens for Defendant.
Linelseloy et al. rs. Hunter e t at. —frcni
Elbert.
; 1. Au insolvent debtor files n schedule in
! the Clerk's office, and his attorney then took
; i!;c schedule to his office and kept it there
until Court—no application was made for
the schedule. Held, that this was a prefer
filing under the Statute.
2i A schedule stating that •• he had noth
ing except the articles allowed him by the
insolvent debtor s oath.” lit id , sufficient
Fan Diner fi r l’l ff—- Themas for Defen
dant.—ifi i order.
{ Nri.LIKTCATION IN MASSACHUSETTS.—
1 The persepnl liberty bill, intended to r.ulli
fy the fugitive slave law, was taken up i&
the House of Representatives of Massachtr
i setts, Thursday, nud an amendment to it t
’ doptctl forbidding any State officer l.oldirg
! the office of United States Commissioner. A
motion was made to slrikc out tho sect'va
which incapacitates any attorney who act*
for u slave claimant front practicing in the
State Courts: lut it was rejected by a lnrg
majority. The bill was then passed, yew
229 ; nays 48. The bill previously pH 6 **
the Senate, and is now a law. It will t®
set aside by the United States Federal J**
dieiary.
Weather, Grots, etc.. —There was a
heavy gale iu Savannah late on Wednesday
evening, audit was feared damage might h*
done to shlppiug, but nothing ot the kiud i*
I yet reported. ’ .
The woods and ground in tho vicinity o
■ Montgomery, (Ala.) arc thronged aud cover
-1 eil with locust'*.
The priepeots for a wheat crop in \ irg’ n ’
ia are very eucouvagiug.
The most encouraging acoouata-ai'e g>™ n
| of the crops in the vicinity of Philudolpld®-
The reports from tho drouth in Louisi# 0 *
are discouraging, rather than otherwise.
Covn r or Claims. —Stark 11. Tylo r >
I Washington, has been appointed a messco
i ger to tho Court of Claims. Judges hi
christ aud Scarborough have left that Cttf
They will return on the 12th of July. * t 0
the court will sit two weeks and receive *P
plicntions’for docketing, after which i n
jouvnment to October will take place
Judge Blackford romaius. The bup> e ®
Court room at tho Capitol will be temp® 1 *
riily used.
A well made counterfeit of the
pieces is now in I ,ICCI
tho circumference of the coin, but is n0
thick. It is valued at $lB 60. *
may be detected by observing tb ®
sold’ in small raised letters, on tbs f
of the head.