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HY THOMAS A. BURKE, PROPRIE FOR. VOL. vii. THE CASSVILLE STANDARD, IS Published every Thursday.— Office, north-east corner ot the m public square. —Turns, I\vo Dol- 25/ Jars a-vesirif paid i advance, two 4in d a half after three months, wJOf three dollars at the end ot the No” paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at §1 *,cir'square (twelve lines,) for the first insertion, *nd 50 cents for each weekly continuance. Legal advertisements published at the usual not marked will be published *ntil forbid, and charged accordingly. Letters on business mast be prc-paid, and ad dressed to the Proprietor. 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.”