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VOL. vii.
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BifSiVss
CRAWFORD k CRAWFORD, Attorney* at
Laic, Cassville, Ga.—As a firm under the
above name John A. & M- T. Crawford will
promptly and faithfully attend to all business
intrusted to their care iu any of the counties of
the Cherokee or Blue Ridge Circuits. M. J- Craw
ford will give particular attention to the collec
ting of all claims and debts, and will spare no
pains to put clients iu speedy possession of their
money. n 'h I—lyl—ly
W. CHASTAIN, Attorney at Lair, Mor
ganton, Ga. —Practices in all the coun
ties of the Cherokee circuit. Jan 5
TOIES MILNER, Attorney at Law, Cass
• I T,i’’ Geo. Pr-tctiscs in the counties of the
BO CR tWEORD, Attorney at Law, Cal
, hum, Geo. —Practice iu the counties of
the Cherokee circuit. a P r ’-*•
Kll. TATUM. Attorney at Law, ‘ire.,to.',
(Ja. —Business entrusted to his care in any
( ,f the counties of the Cherokeecircuit, will meet
with prompt attention. Nov. 21.
ri WEIL, Attorney,at I.air, Canton, Gcor
gia. Business entrusted to his care in
any of the counties of the Blue Ridge circuit, will
meet with faithful attention.
Refers to Hon. David Irwin and Ex-Gov.
McDonald, Marietta; Col. Joseph E. Brown,
Canton; Capt. W. T. Wofford, Cassville; Col.
Geo. N. Lester, Camming.
Feb 16, 1355 —ts
r\ J. FAIN, Attorney at Law, Calhoun, Ga.
f. Will practice in all the counties of the
Cli-rokee circuit. Particular attention will be
paid to the collecting business. mh 2.
WT. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law, Cass
• ville, Ga.- -Practices in all the counties
of the Cherokee circuit, and will attend faithful
ly t > all business entrusted to h’s cure. Otlicc
east ol the court house. uug 13—ts
nOOPER A RICE, Attorney * at Laic, Cass-
Tille, Geo. —Practice in the counties of
Cass, Cobh, Chattooga, C itoosa, Cherokee, D-ule
Floyd, Gordon, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Walk
er and Whitfield. John H. Kick will, sis here
tofore, continue to give his personal and almost
vr,:’ Give attention to the collecting business,
r.pril 2?, 1354.
L. BARBOUR, Attorney at fear, Atlan
• ta, Georgia.—Will practice in the differ
-iit Courts of Fulton and contiguous counties.
Particular attention given to the execution of
Interrogatories, and draughting legal instill
ments.’ ClaLns in the city'of Atlanta will be
promptly attended to. Office in the Holland
House, up stairs. —Entrance first door above
Whitney k Hunt. Feb 16, ’ss—ly
WJKLE k WIKLE, Dealers in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Ac. Ac. South west corner
of Public Square, Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 26, 1354.
T l). CARPENTER, Dealer in fancy, staple
• and domestic dry goods, sugar, coffee, mir
rts-.cs, Ac.; h irdware. cutlery, Ac., at Erwin s
old stand, Cassville, Ga. Jan 1.
TW. HOOPER AGO., Dealers in staple and
• Fancy Goods, Groceries, Iron. Hats, Caps,
Boots and Shoes, Ac., Ac., at the Brick store,
Cassville, Ga. Feb 2, 1354-.
HIRSCIIBERG A DAVIDSON, Cos grille,
Ga. —Manufacturers of clothing, and deal
ers in Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Gentlemen’s
Furnishing Ootids, Fancy Goods, and Jewelry,
Wholesale and Retail, at Patton's olb stand
Cassville, Ga. June 23 1854.
j T OCKKTT A S.VELLI XGS, Factor* and
’ 1 j General GnninUxiott Merchant*, will attend
strictly to Receiving and Forwarding aud
l Selling everything sent to our address,
sept 9—6m*
WM. M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Dry Goods.
Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,,
Boots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cal-
I honn, Gsu
| May 5,1554.—1 y
* C G. COURTENAY, A CCL Xo. 3, Broad,
I O street, Charleston, South Carolina. Hooks,
■ Stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, aud
* Nevvspapcrs.
I Tlie most extensive stock of Novels, Itoman-
I cos, Ac., in the Southern country.
t W Near the Post Office. mh 16
11. G. COURTENAY. W. A. COURTENAY.
nVATT McBURNEY A CO., Direct Im
porters and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign
H>m<l Domestic Dry Goods, No. 37 Hayne Street,
■Charleston, S. C. Jan 12, 1855—49—ly
fIITARH A BURCIIARD, Augusta fra., ;
Ii V would inform their friends and the pub- j
lie fjenerally, that anticipating a change in their!
Im.imcss, the coming season, they are disposed’
■o umke large concessions from their former low
•tales of pt in order to reduce their stock to
lowest possible point. The attention of
Mesalo dealers as well as customers, is res-
B'ctfully solicited.
B Augusta, Dec 22
■ VVRR * MoKENZlE.—Factors and Comniis”
■ sion Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries,
■roduee and Merchandise generally, Atlanta,
;t.
■ I’articular attention given to consignments of
W"Uon, Grain, Bacon, and all kinds of Produce.
S J • r vitu. e. ItOKKXZIK.
■ aug. 11.— ly.
ilTlNSmi’S IRON WORKS.—The subscri-
I’ ‘ her is now prepared to receive and exe-
e orders for any kind of Castings, or M i
ll ® w “ r k. and all persons favoring him with 1
Ke host re ' y u l )011 having them executed in I
■r 4 K l r U ? cr * 11,1,1 with despatch. Orders !
lu:, r ’{J , ,u l ul doors promptly attended to ,
fonner Ur taM^ meut - Cash paid for old
popper, Brass and Iron Castings j
i Atlanta, G,-June 3 o:S ,riWIN ' S,IIP - j
A T> I-Af! KSMlTßTNfh^heSnb^ib^r
n l ■ R r< ‘Pared to do all kinds of work
i V “ ’’. s ,ine , such as Ironing Carriages
inent a km s ? nf l rc P :tlr ’ n K Farming imple’
tT edge-tools, horse-shoeing, & c . in the best
jnanner and on the most reasonable terms _
| Cassville, Ga., Feb. IC, 1855.— 2— ly. F^‘
j A t / : a*T/;V wi ! V^n^ KE store . a. j.
rr, ‘'.. “ h'tehall Street, keeps always
■ nh ?rn i fU aS a ortmcnt of Hon, Nails, Cut
■Rry, Mill Irons, Springs, Axles, Carriage Trim
|n nps. Cooking and Parlor Stoves, Mechanic’s
■and I armors Tools ,Ac., which will be sold as
|1 w as can he bought in any market
: Atlanta, Ga., July u, las*.
j JObcHl.seMls.
CARRIAGE and Buggy Making Establish
ment at Cartersville Cass county Georgia,
i QfinSJty WE would solicit a continuance of
’ the patronage heretofore enjoyed.—
1 We are doing good work, and at reasonable pri
'ces. We keep on hand a good selection of
j Stock, and have employed ii lino assortment of
firstrnte Mechanics, who know what they are
I about. We warrant our work not to fail. Give
|us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Our
motto is Honesty and Industry.
JONES A GREENWOOD.
Cartersville, Ga., July 8, 1854.
NEW Tailoring establishment, at Cartersvi'le
Georgia, Shop at S. 11. I atillo’s old stand.
tTlie subscriber has lately opened iu
the town of Cartersville a New Tai
loring Establishment, where he is pre
pared u> do any work in his line in the
best and most fashionable manner. lie guar
antees all woiK turned out of his shop to fit in
the most unexceptionable manner. Particular
ly attention mud to cutting and fitting jobs for
ladies. He icspectfull v solicits a fair trial, as
he is confident of success.
SILAS O’SIIIELDS.
sept 9—ly
TO FARMERS AND PLANTERS. A. A J.
L. Hill, are now receiving a superior lot
of Negro Shoes, Negro Blankets and Kerseys,
Osmiljurgs, Shirtings, Trunks, Ac., for the fall
and winter trade, which they are offering Low
for Cash, or on short time. Farmers or others
wishing to pu-chuse such articles will do well
to give us a call and examine prices, for we will
have them ou hand and intend to sell. All that
we ask is that you will call and examine for
yourselves, east of the court house.
Cassrille, Oct 27
r\ EOUGE VOGT’S Piano and
V I Music Store, Xo. 148 Arrh
rjTTyFfn Street, Philadelphia. Constantly
• *J* an hand Pianos, Melodcons, Musi
cal Merchandize of every description, Sheet Mu
sic, Ac. Ac.
Vogt’s Pianos are pronounced superior to
all others in sweetness, power and beauty of
tone and unequalled workmanship. Persons
wishing a Piano of the first class and undoubt
ed excellence, at a very moderate price, will do
well to give them a trial. sept I—l
‘VTOTICE TOLANI) OWNERS'. The under
let signed having removed from Albany to
Troupville. Lowndes county, Ga.
Will in addition to the practice of Law examine 1
and report the value of land in the counties of
Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Appaling and
Trwin. lie will, when requested, examine
Lands personally, and give full information as
to * line, location and probability of immediate
sal<*. Having no connection whatever with
land speculation be will engage to act as agent,
in the sale or purchase of lands, in any of the
aforesaid counties for a fee of ten per cent, up
on the amount received or paid out, His char
ges for examining land will be five dollars per
lot, for lands in the 12th district of Lowndes, in
all the other districts, he will charge ten dol
lars. Additional will be charged for an exami
nation of title upon record.
EPIIRTAM TT. PLATT,
Attorney at Law,
Troupvillo, Lowndes Cos. Ga.
Nov 17—ly t
I'IA XOF, SIIEET MUSIC, dr. dr.
a— — THE undersigned is pre
febssr pared to furnish Vogt’s
Puma*, at short notice,
ts If s£Y VqTj and on as good terms as
tliov can be had anywhere
L at the South. These in
struments are warranted to be equal in point of
tone, durability and workmanship, to any man
ufucturcd in the world. Every Piano warranted
for live years. Any instrument failing to meet
the expectations of the purchaser, may 1 e re
turned at any time within six months, and an
other will be given in its stead. Having a
brother (a Professor of Music) in Philadelphia,
who selects every Piano sent out, purchasers
may rest assured that none but perfect instru
meats, in entery respect, will be sold.
A large lot id Sheet Music, of the latest and
most fashionable issues, constantly on hand
and for sale at Publisher’s prices.
WM. SCHERZER,
Professor of Music in Cassville
Dec. 8,1854—ly Female College.
IwJ I- lloitsk and Commission Mer
; - chants, Augusta, Ga. —Continue the
I business in all its branches, and will give
their personal attention to the sale of COTTON
and other produce. Cash advances made when
required. Bagging, Rope, and family supplies
purchased at the lowest market rates. Com
mission for selling Cotton 25 cents per bale,
ung 18 —
TO 01.1) SOLDIERS.—Bv a recent Act of
Congress, all persons who have served in
any War since 170", are entitled to 1 do acres of
Land —and those who have received Warrants
for a less number, are entitled to a sufficient
number of acres to make that amount. The
undersigned will attend to the collection of
such claims. WM. T. WOFFOItD.
Cassville, mb B—ts
GENCY AT WASHINGTON.—The un
dersigned prosecutes all manner of claims
against the United States, before Congress, be
fore Commissioners, and before all the Public
Departments, and especially claims for bounty
land under the act of Congress just passed, pen
sions, back-pay, half-pay, adjustment of amounts
of disbursing officers, settlement, of postmas
ters and contractors accounts, and every other
business requiring the prompt and efficient ser
vices of an attorney or agent.
A residence of twenty years at the seat of the
Federal Government, with a thorough and fa
i miliar acquaintance with all the routine of the
public business at the different offices, added to
liis free access to consul* die ablest legal advi
sers, if needed, justifies the subscriber in pledg
ing the fullest satisfaction and utmost dispatch
to those who may entrust their business to liis
care.
Being well known to the greater portion of
the citizens of Washington, as well as to many
gentlemen who have been members of both
Houses of Congress in the last fifteen years, it
is deemed unnecessary to extend this notice by
Special references. A full power of attorney
should accompany all cases. Communications
must, be pre-puid in all cases. Pees regulated
by nature and extent of the business, but iiU
ways moderate. grfjMRH
11. C. 81*ALB Uj£g Attorney.
Washington, 1). C. . a mb 15—
T>OUNTY LANDS. —The undersigned hav
-1) ing long been engaged in the prosecution
of Revolutionary Pension Claims, Invalid Pen
sion Claims, Bounty Land Claims Ac., against
the General Government, now tenders his ser- |
vices to all such claimants, especially to Jtounty ‘
land Claimants for the procurements of their
Claims, as there are many such Claims under
the late law of Congress, which gives an addi
tional Bounty of Land to the soldiers of all the
wars in whicn the United States has engaged
since 1790, who have not received as much, as
180 acres. ELISHA KING.
Adairsvillc Ga. nth 22 —Snt
SELLING off at Cost for Cash, As the under
signed is closing up the business of the firm
of Leake A Howurd, he has determined to
sell off at cost for cash.
Come all that want good bargaint and coine
quick or yon xvill miss them.
G'artersville, Dec I—ts W. W. LEAKE.
Ready-made clothing, Panti. stuff,
Chatnbray, and a fine assortment of Jew-
I elry, at LEVY’S CASH STORE.
’ apr 2G —ts
9 MiiUj llcbiJi'i;---- S eMi’O to IfjiiioiKtl Stale politics, Jiielqitil’c, tfie ?iTarl;ets, foreign anO (Joliioslic Ifctos, See.
CASSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1855.
Clioice .
0i) ii)e Deqff) of 1 IklobeO ifJ ife 3
If T had thought thou could’st have died,
1 might not weep for thee;
But I forgot when by thy side,
That thou could’st mortal be:
It never through my mind had past
The time would e’er be o’er
That I on thee should look my last,
And thou should’st smile no more!
And still upon that face I look,
And think ’twill smile again;
And still the thought I caunot brook
That I must look in vain;
But when I speak, thou dost not say
What thou ne’er lef’st unsaid;
And then I feel, as Well I may,
Dear Mary! thou art dead!
If thou could’st stay, e’en as thou art,
All cold and all serene,
1 still might press thy silent heart,
And where thy smiles have been :
While e’en thy chill bleak corpse 1 have,
Thou seeiu’st still mine own;
But as I lay thee in the grave,
I feel I sun alone!
I do not think, where’er thou art,
Thou hast forgotten me;
And I, perhaps, may soothe this heart
In thinking, too, of thee;
Vet there was round thee such a dawn
Os light ne’er seen before,
As fancy never could have drawn,
And never can restore!
01)! GftiOc i)iii) ft of, li)ij £h'ii)cj 0i)c!
Oh! chide him not, the erring one,
Whate’er his sins may be;
Ye inay not know how deep the woo
His sorrowing heart may see.
Ye may not see the falling tear,
Nor hear each wild regret;
Then chide him not, but kindly speak,
The blight and blame forget.
Oh, bitter blight! oh, cruel blame 1
Thus dark to shadow round
The path of one upon whose name
Might once no stain be found.
Think ye the star that shone so bright,
Ere clouds had dimmed its ray,
Will hide fore’er its glorious light?
No —clouds may pass away.
Then chide him not, the erring one,
But pray his soul may be
Filled with the light of other days,
From sin’s dark thrall be free;
That prayers and tears be not in rain,
That some low, inspired word
May turn him to the paths of right,
As turns the home-bound bird.
XPisreUnm}.
ill) J)kl\’?lif)Cf loeitVift.
Free-.’link rs and iulldels often rid
icule religion, and those who embrace
it, but there is that within them which
tells them that religion is reality, and
that those who are actuated by the spir
it, and governed by its principles, areen
tiiled to confidence and respect.
The following anecdote was related to
us a few days since. It has been pub
lished and better than we can tel! it—but
it will bear repetition.
Two men were travelling in tlie far
west; one a skeptic and other a Chris
tian. The former was on every occasion
readv to denounce religion as an impos
t ire, and professors as hypocrites. Ac
cording to his own account of tli t nu t er,
he always suspecte those who made
pretensions to piety —felt particularly
exposed in the covnp.vny of Christians —
took special care of his horse and his
pockets when the saints were around
him.
They had travelled late one evening,
and were in the wilderness; they at last
drew near to a solitary hut, and rejoic
ed at the prospect of a shelter, however
humble j. They, aslred admission and
obtained. But it was almost as dreary
and comfortless within as without,; and
there was nothing pro-possessing in the
appearance of its inhabitants. These
were an elderly man, his wife, and two
sons—sun burnt, hardy and rough. —
They were apparently hospitable, and
welcomed the travellers to such home
ly fare as the forest afforded ; but this
air of kindness might be assumed to de
ceive them, and the travellers became
seriously apprehensive that evil was in
tended. It was a lonely place, suited to
deeds of robbery and blood. No help
was at hand. The twofriends communi
cated to each other their apprehensions,
and resolved that on retiring to their
part of the hut —for there were two
apartments in it —they were to secure it
as well as they could against the en
trance of their host—would have theiY
weapons of defence at hand, and would
take turns through the night in watch
ing, so that one of tlpifn should be con
stantly on guard while the other slept,.
Having hastily made their arrange
ments, they partook of their homely fare,
and spoke of retiring to rest. The old
man said it had been his practice in
better limes, and lie continued it ctill, be
fore his family went to rest at night, to
commend them to God, and it the stran
gers had no objection he would do so
now. The Christian to find a brother in
the wilderness, and even the skeptic
could not conceal his satisfaction at the
i proposition. The old man took down a
well worn Bible, on which no dust was
gathered, though a;;c had marked it, and
read with reverence a portion of the Sa
cred Scriptures, lie then supplicated
the Divine protection, acknowledged
the divine goodness, and prayed, for par
don, guidance, grace nnd salvation. lie
prayed, too, for the strangers ; that they
| might be prospered on their journey, and
at the close of their earthly journey, they
might have a home in Heaven, lie was
evidently a man of prayer, and that hum
ble cottage was place a where prayer was
wout to be made.
“PRINCIPLES NOT MEN.”
The travellers retired to their apart
ment. Accordingly to their previous ar
rangements, the skeptic was to have the
first watch of tlie night, but instead of
priming his pistols and bracing bis nerves
for the attack, he was rapping himself in
his great coat and covering himself in
his blanket, as if he had never thought of
danger, llis friend reminded him of
their arrangements, and asked him how
he had lost his apprehensions of danger?
The skeptic felt the force of the question,
and of the all it implied —and he had
the frankness to acknowledge that lie
could not but feel himself as a safe as at
Now England fireside, iu any house or
in any forest where the Bible was read as
the old man read it, and prayer was of
fered as the old man prayed. —Exeter
News Letter.
li)6 jSfris.
When a young man enters the arena of
the world in search of a wife, lie should
ask three questions before entering into
courtship ; first is she intelligent ?—sec
ond, is she hind and benevolent ? and
thirdly, did she ever get up before break
fast in the morning ? If all these inter
rogatories be answeared in the affirma
tive, no other qualificat on is indispensa
bly necessary; for with such a wife for
tune and fame can easily be acquired.
Such is the wife for the laboring man,
such should be the companion of one for
tunately possessed of wealth, and such
should be the wife of him who aspires to
the highest stations that society can be
stow. All this information can be easi
ly obtained from the girl you have in
view ; for many boast of their indolence,
and think no higher compliment could
be paid than by calling tliotn delicate in
health and feeble in mind. If she is
weighed in the ballancesaud found wan
ting, pass her with contempt, and look
to other resources for future happiness.
But marry, let the rbk be w hat it may
—it gives dignity to your profession, it
inspires confidence, and commands res
pect. With a w ife the law yers are more
esteemed, the merchant gets a bigger
credit, and tlie mechanic throws the
hammer with increased power, and shoves
tie plane w ith a more dexterous hand—
in shoit, a man who has no 4 .wife is no
man at all. She nurses hii:.’ while sick,
she watches for him when absent, and
cherishes him when in hcal.h. Gentle
men, get a wife—a pretty one if you
like them best —a good one, if she is to
be found—and a rich one, if you can
get her. Then youth will pass in vi
sionary pleasures, as if on a bed of flow
ers ; rnidde age will be enjoyed in the
bosom of a happy family; when your
head is silvered o’er with the frosts of
many winters, wo can reflect with the
happy consolation that you have spent
your life in usefulness to yourself and to
the benefit of your fellow men.
qi)D fqii of s:}h) iij Gl)qffql)0o~
cl fee £ct;i)fij.
The Democratic party aesembh-d on
Friday, 20th June, to ratify the nomina
tion of llerschcl V. Johnson for Govern
or. and to endorse the Resolutions of the
Milledgeville Convention. The meeting
was one of the largest that we have had
since the exciting contest of 1850.
Judge ltenfroe was call to the chair. —
Mr- Parker was requested to act as Sec-,
rotary. E. G. Raiford offered resolutions
approving the nomination and endorsing
the Milledgeville resolutions. The sense
of the meeting was taken and the rati
fication was uuamimous and enthusias
tic.
In answer to a call of the meeting.
James Hamilton, M. J. Wei born and R.
J. Moses, Esqrs., addressed the meeting.
A vote of thanks was tendered to these
gentlemen, and the meeting was about
to adjourn, when Thomas Wooldrige
proposed that Sanders Johnson, Esq.,
should be heard ; this act of courtesy
was freely extended, for although Mr.
Johnson has lately left the Democratic
party and it might have beep, deemed a
little ungraceful in a Democratic meet
ing to the principles and purposes of
which he was avowedly opposed, the
Democratic party having no secrets from
the people, accorded to Mr. Johnson
and his friends an opportunity of being
heard.
When the speech was over, we had
nothing to regret: it consisted of a mass
of vapid declamation, the principal top
ic of the speaker’s discourse being to
show that lie was not a Know Nothing,
and that while the Democratic speakers
were denouncing Know Nothings, their
ranks were swelled with them, the speak
er asserting that of his own knowledge,
more than a half of the Know Nothings
of Chattahoochee were then and there
acting with the Democratic party.
This brought E. G. Raiford to liis
feet, then ensued a scene that should be
touched by the pen of Hooper, for real
ly, no one less gifted than the biographer
of Simon Suggs can do justice to the
rise and tall of Know Nothingism in
Chattahoochee county as depicted by
the speaker. Mr. Raiford said that as
he had been a Know Nothing and was
now acting with the Democratic party,
and as Mr. Johnson had denied bimselt
to be a Know Nothing and had cast some
imputations, upon him, the speaker, as
being a Know Nothing in the Democrat
ic ranks, he felt that he was bound to
make an exposure of the advent of-Sam
in the county of Chattahoochee, and the
auspicies under w hich he came, lie
said that in that comity, Mr- Johnson
was Sam’s daddy, and he was astonished
to iiear him deny li is offspring. Mr. Rai
ford went on to say that once upon “a
raw aud gusty day,” Mr. Johnson told
him that Sam was among them, that he
was powerful, though yet but in tlie gris
tle of his manhood, that old political par
ties quailed before him, and wherever
his mailed heel thundered upon the
earth his opponents fled before him like
“ chaff before the wind that those who
followed in the train of his triumphal car
wcie sure to taste tlie sweets of victory
(meaning the spoils of office) and that
those who opposed him would apt to be
“no where” when t he votes were rolled up.
Mr. Halford said that he was opposed
to tying on to this strange God, and so
expressed himself, but when Mr. J. in
formed him that it was necessary for their
self defence that they should go in and
learn his secret ways, that they might
the better guard against his evil doings,
and that they could quit him if they
didn't like his company, he agreed to
join the order; that they then had a
meeting of the Know Nothing party in
Chattahoochee county ; t lit re were three
of them, Mr. Raiford, Squiro Mason and
Mr. Johnson ; that the Squire was elec
ted President; that after that, Sam be
gan to spread himself, the boys began to
come in and the thing was evidently
growing. About this time Mr. Raiford
became dissatisfied with some of Sam’s
bad habits and determined to withdraw,
and in order to get the thing perfectly
dead, he burned up and consigned to
the ashes every vestige (documentary)
of the order. About this time he re
numbered that, he paid into the lodge
some dimes which he desired to get out.
again, and so lie called on the President
and requested him to write Sam to meet
his friends again and pay the “silver
o'er.” The President replied that he
had quit the concern; that he, the
Squire, had gone down to Columbus the
other day to Squire McKendrce to have
the third degree administered, but that
he’d be d—d if he could swallow any
such oath, and lie would have nothing
to do with calling them together; that
from that hour the spirit of Sam had de
parted from the county of Chattahoo
chee; that now and then in some dark
corner or secret liidins places, unearthly
echoes might, bo heard reverberating
Sam, Sam, O 1 Sam, but that he substan
tial, living, cot quering, proscribing God
of the Know Nothing brotherhood had
since then heard of no more in the ven
ue of Chattahoochee, and that as to his
whereabouts since his mysterious ab
squatujation with the funds of the order
the deponent knew not. Mr. ilaiford
further said that it was strange to him (if
Mr. Johnson was not- a Know Nothing)
that Mr. J. should be so sensitive about
the 9;h resolution of the Democratic
Platform because it denounced the Know
Nothings.
The last scene in the drama which
was not announced in the bill of the play
caused a terrible scattering among “ the
discontents” of the meeting. Mr. John
son’s ball had re - bounded and hurt no
body but himself; its effect on him, how
ever. if not fatal, was to say the least of
it. debilitating ; no body seemed amus
ed but the Democrats, and they, despite
their usual magnanimity, could not re
strain a quiet smile, although the dying
j and the wounded of Sam’s little house*
| hold seemed, in their very midst, to he
! suffering pains intolerable. There is ev
idently a fund left, of the estate of Sam
in Chattahoochee amounting to 10.
and as lie seems to have left no next of
I kin, and his creditors have shown no
j disposition to move in the matter, we do
j hope that the Ordinary will see to the
j goods and chatties of Sam, and after
j giving him decent burial, report the hal
! a nee to the Executive as a part of the
i escheat fund ; the intestate being alien to
I the sentiment of CEO RG lA. Col umb us
i Times & Sentinel.
Lord John Russell. —lt appears by j
tlie Atlantic’s news that the tide of un
popularity lias again sot in against the
great English w irregular,’’ as Lord John
Russell has been not. inaptly called. It
takes its origin from the Conferences at
Vienna. By disclosures recently made
it appears that the representative of
England and France accepted tho prop
ositions of Austria. Napoleon, it will
ho remembered, very characteristically
dismissed his minister at once. Lord
John “prevaricated in Parliament when
interrogated, and attempted to throw
the blame of the failure of tho confer
ence on Russia and Austria!’
As has been well observed, tho blun
! dors on the part of the Allies in diplo
i m icy have been greater even than their
! errors in war.
Repudiates the Secret Order.—
True to their spirit of misrepresentation,
I the Know Nothings of New York recont
i ly stated that lion. Daniel S. Dickinson
was a member of tho Order. The Na
tional Democrat has been “ authorized
to say ho is not and never has been, and
i never will be, a member of tho Know
Nothing Order. Those who make such
an assertion either do not know tho
man or thro hired to misrepresent him.”
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
! ft JLeffel’ ffoii) Gob. Ifoiij).
I The Albany Patriot of Thursday last
contains two letters, written by the ve
teran statesman and patriot, Geoge M.
Troup, to John G. Slappey, Esq. As one
of those letters gives tlie opinions and
views of the venerable and distinguish
ed author in relation to the issues now
before country, and as we feel assured
that our citizens, of all parties, w ill de
sire to know the sentiments of one whose
tried patriotism and devotion to their
rights, in times past, has ranked him a
iuong the wisest and purest men of the
age, and given to his name a historical
fame of which every true Georgian will
ever be proud, we transfered it to our
columns.
Mr. Slappey, in introducing tbc let
ters to the readers of the Patriot , re
marks :
•“ Gov. Troup, now nearly eighty years
of ago, ought to be becoming superanu
ated ; not so however —his letters show
that liis mind is as clear as crystal wafer,
and as firm as adamant. lie is decided
ly the most intellectual statesman and
purest politician of the age. Georgia’s
most gifted citizen, an original, free, bold
independent thinker —untaultering and
vigorous! lie is ready for any emer
gency, and every crisis: he stood by
Georgia exactly thirty years ago, ( n
T8'25,) he w ill stand by her in 1855.”
The following is the letter :
Valdosta, July 4, 1855.
Dear Sir :—You are quite welcome
to do as you please with anything of
mine you may have in possession, pro
vided you think good may come of it.
I have neither taste, inclination or
spirit for controvcrsal politics, but am
notwithstanding, far from being indiffer
ent to the welfare of our country. If a
word from me could subserve its inter
est in any sense, it would not be want
ing. We see with different eyes, or I
would be a mazed at the opposition to
the present administration, especially in
the Southern country.* The present is
in truth the least exceptionable of all tlie
administration we have ever bad, Gen.
Wahington’s, Mr. Jitb-rson's, and Mr.
Polk’s not excepted. People seem to be
opposed to it because there is really
nothing to find fault with. The South
ern people are bound by honor, gratitude
and patriotism to sustain it with all their
might, f Catholic Churches and foreign
emigration arc mere pretences —tlie ad
ministration has nothing to do with eith
er. The first has existed at times w ith
out complaint; the second lias not only
existed, but has almost uniformly been
encouraged by people and government,
and now a party is formed to destroy the
administration because it will not de
stroy tlie Roman Catholics and put down
tlie foreigners. This is not to be believ
ed. The true grounds of opposition are
—lst. The very small number of offices
at the disposal of the President, w hen
compared with the very great number ot
those who seek them; *Jd. The faithful
and unfaulteringintegrity w ith which the
public treasure is guarded against tlie
thieves who prowl by night and by day
to break in and steal ; and 3d. The in
flexible courage with which the Presi
dent, in defending the Constitution, de
fends the dearest rights and most sa
crad interests of the South. The rights j
and most formidable power against the
administration, the party occupying the;
latter ground and what spectacle, is here
presented for the Southern country! Mr.
Pierce and Mr. Hale both from New
Hampshire —tho one an honest man ; the]
other a bigot, and abolitionist! What;
a contrat! What elfulgcnce! Whatj
blackness! And yet there are Southern j
men acting with the latter to humble;
and post rate the former, and with scarce
ly any better pretext than that the for
mer had appointed to two conspicuous
offices two prominent men. of failing in
his duty, and the doing this with honor
and advantage to the country. Mistak
en and deluded men! Our very safety
depending on the union among ourselves,
they woilUl soon bo discord and division.
Our highest interests depending on the
Veto, they would take the veto from Mr.
Pierce to bestow it, on Mr. Hale, or Mr.
Anybodv. Such men *eek to rector** lie
adminbtra ion department, and w hen me
only security of the public against rap
ing and spoliation, was the exhaustion
and beggary of tho treasury.
Very respectfully, dear sir,
0, M TROUP.
Or John O. SLappkV, Newton, (la.
p. S.—President lias had noth
ing to do with the disgraceful bidding
for the Presidency going on for some
time in the Senate of the U. S;, where
the public lands and the pnhbe offices
have been offered to any or
w ho had a vote to give, and any or eve
rybody might he qualified to vote.
* Elected by a vast majority of bis
countrymen in a manner most honora
ble to himself, lie is threatened with
overthrow by a majority almost as forin
idablo, for (as L think) not even plausi
ble reasons.
f This Church is no more innocent
now, in the eyes of all Protestant sects,
than it has been before for two hundred
years, and there is not beneath the sun
a freer people than the people of Mary
and, who are made to fall undor tho
loommou proscription.
Election in Tennessee comes oft’ to-da
AO. 26.
From the Hartford Times.
•lick -fyioto ltoii)ii)cj el’ Shaded.
Mr. Editor: —l was not at all sur*
prised to, learn from your Norwich cor
respondent that a Know Nothing coun
cil in Lyme was disbanded by the State
council for the reason that its members,
or a good portion of them, voted the
Demoeartic ticket. I know something
of tlx* tyranny that prevails in the Know
Nothing Order in relation to voting.—
The freeman who joins one ot these coun
cils and dares to vote as he pleases, will
most assuredly, for you know that one
of their rnodi-s of punishment is to point
the finger of scorn upon proscribed mem
bers—to post their names in other coun
cils about the country, and brand thorn
as unworthy of confidence as business
men or citizens. It is an inquisition a
cruel as that of Spain in its worst days.
T witnessed the expulsion of Mr. Wood
ford in this ei v, a few weeks ago, for the
reason that he voted the Democratic
ticket in the city election. So we have
on record two cases of Know Nothing
vengeance—the one in which an individ
ual was proscribed for voting independ
ently, and the other in which an entire
council of about 75 members were dis
banded, for doing the same thing.
i have learned to join a Know Noth
ing council is to surrender the independ
ence of a freeman, and to bring one un
der humiliating subjection to a set of
corrupt managers who work in the dark.
In short, it is to help into renewed life,
tlie bitterest and most tyranical sort of
Whiggery. Democrats who like to do
drudgery of that kind, and be spit upon
if they do riot, are welcome to the ser
vice. lam out.
Once a Know Nothing.
fc'sfrts of Gospel Cotyiiig so ty*
ftesetje.
The reprehensible attempt of the
Know Nothing Party to drag down ro
-1 gion into the political arena, and cover
it with the mire of such a contest, is forc
ing the ministers of the Gospel to come
to the rescue, and arrest the desecration.
It is a lamentable thing that politicians
have sacriligeously laid their hands on
holy things, and undertaken the guar
dianship ot religious interests and spirit
ual welfare of the Protestant Faith. It
is lamentable that they should assume
a jurisdiction on the questions of ortho
doxy and heresy for which they are so
little fitted, or should aim to make dis
criminations among the fellow citizens as
to fitness for office, founded on forms of
religious belief,or their? connections with
a particular sect —discriminations ex
pressly prohibited by the Constitution of
our State and of the Federal Union, and
violative of every principle of republi
canism and liberty. To all such politi-
may the advice of Horace well ap
ply, ne sutor ultra crepidam, for it is
probable not one in twenty of these mod
ern reformers have any honest conviction
of religious duty, or sincere devotion for
the cause of Protestantism actuating
their conduct, or any clear and scholar
ly knowledge in reference to the subject
about which they affect so much zeal.
Politicians are talking with apparent
show of learning of the Pope’s temporal
power, and the political tendencies of
Catholicism, who probably never read a
Theological treaties or a volume of sor
mons in their lives, and do not cross tho
threshold of a Church, Protestant or
Catholic, twice in a year.
Yet these men are endeavoring to a
rouse and stimulate religions prejudices
among the hitherto peaceable and har
monious people of the Sou h. Until now,
they have been content to act in their
political and social relations upon tho
maxbr.;
“ For forms of faith, let senseless bigots fight,
lle euu’t be wrong whose life is in the right.’’
Judged bv this standard, some of tho
modern reformers in this Know Nothing
crusade would be taught a little modes
ty, and wotdd be compelled to assume a
less arrogant tone.
In New England the preachers fulmi
nate politics and abolitionism from tho
pulpit. Here, (he Know- Nothing polit
icians drag religion into the arena of
polities, on the pretence that tho cause of
Protestantism is in danger. And now
Protestant ministers feel constrained to
leave their sacred desk and go down in
to that arena to rescuro if from desecra
tion.
If this crusade keeps on, Protestant
ism w ill have to protect itself from tho
officious intermeddling of its protended
friends by preaching against Know Noth
iagism from tho pulpit.
It will be. an evil day lor all truo re
ligion w hen this necessity is forced upon
the Church. But, if it should come, it
must all bo charged to the folly, bigotry
and intolerance of Know Nothingism.—
“Christians of every sect, should, therefore,
all set their faces against it.— Vonstitu
tiouaitsi (0 Republic. ♦
DTohJ flroh) %
Tho Advertiser & Gazette of the 24th
inst. contains the card of F. M. T. Tank
ersley and twenty-eight others, who have
withdrawn from the Council at Butler’a
Springs, Montgomery county, Ala. They
say they “believe tho American or K.
N. party is a political fraud.” They
ought to know.
A Western editor speaks of a man
who “died with the aid of a physician.”