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B Y THOMAS A. BURKE, PROPRIETOR.
VOL. VII.
the CASSVILLE STANDARD,
IS Published every Thursday,— Lefej
Office, north-east corner of the OO aft
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Business Sireciolry.
CRiWFOBD A CRAWFORD, Attorneys at \
Laic Cassville, Ga.—As a firm under the !
above name John A. & M. J. Crawford will .
promptly and faithfully attend to all business |
intrusted to their care in any of the counties of |
the Cherokee or Blue Ridge Circuits. M. J. Craw- j
ford will give particular attention to the collec- j
ting of all claims and debts, and will spare no j
pains to put clients in speedy possession of their
money. mh l—ly !
EW. CHASTAIN) Attorney at Law, Mor-j
• ganton, Ga.—Practices in all the coun
ties of The Cherokee circuit. Jana
VMES MILNER, Attorney at Law, Cass
villc, Geo. Practises in the counties of the J
Cherokee circuit. mb 4. j
o. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law , Cai- ‘
), houn, Geo.—Practice in the counties of!
the Cherokee circuit. apr 24.
RH. TATUM. Attorney at Law, Trenton,
, Ga. —Business entrusted to his care in any
of the count ies of the Cherokee circuit, will meet
with prompt attention. Nov. 21.
SWEIL, Attorney at Lair, Canton, Geor
• 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 IC, 1855 —ts
GJ. FAIN, Attorney at Law, Calhoun, Ga.
■ Will practice in all the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. Particular attention will be
paid to the collecting business. mb 9.
WT. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law, Cass- j
• ville, Ga. —Practices in all the counties i
of the Cherokee circuit, and will attend faithful- j
ly to all business entrusted to his care. Office j
east of the court house. auglltsS—ts j
HOOPER k RTCE, Attorneys at Law, Cass- !
ville, Geo. —Practice in the counties of j
Cass, Cobb. Chattooga, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dade }
Floyd, Gordon, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, \V alk- j
er and Whitfield. John 11. Rice will, as here
tofore, continue to give his personal and almost
exclusive attention to the collecting business,
april 20, 1854.
f \ L. BARBOUR, Attorney at Law, Atlan-
V. J • tii, Georgia.—Will practice in the differ- (
••nt Courts of Fulton and contiguous counties, j
Particular attention given to the execution of
Interrogatories, and draughting legal instru
ments. Cla ; ;ns in tty: citv of Atlanta will be
promptly attended to. Office in the Holland
House, up stairs. —Entrance first door above
Whitney A Hunt. Feb 16, ’ss—ly
“iXTIKLEA WHILE, Dealers in Dry Goods,
YV Groceries, Ac. Ac. South west corner
of Public Square, Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 26, 1854.
rD. CARPENTER, Dealer in fancy, stapl e
• and domestic dry goods, sugar, coffee, mo-
Asses, Ac.; hardware, cutlery, Ac., at Erwin’s
old stand, Cassville, Ga. Jan 1.
TW. HOOPER A CO., Dealers in Staple and
• Fancy Goods, Groceries, Iron, Hats, Caps,
Hoots and Shoes, Ac., Ac., at the Brick store,
Cassville, Ga. Fob 2, 1854.
HIRSCIIBERG A DAVIDSON, CassviUe,
Ga. —Manufacturers of clothing, and deal- j
ers in Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Gentlemen’s j
Furnishing Goods, Fancy Goods, and Jewelry, |
Wholesale and Retail, at Patton’s olb stand j
Cassville, Ga. June 23 1854. j
IOCKETT A SPELLINGS, Factors and j
J General Commission Merchants, will attend
strictly to Receiving and Forwarding aud
Selling everything sent to onr address,
sept 9—Uui*
W.M. M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Dry Goods.
Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,,
Boots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cal
houn, Ga.
May 5, 1854. —ly
G. COURTENAY, & CO. A T >. 3, Broad
• Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Books,
Stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and
Newspapers.
The most extensive stock of Novels, Roman
ces, Ac., in the Southern country.
IW Near the Post Office. tnh 16 |
S. G. COURTENAY. W. X. COURTENAY.
l
HYATT McBURNEY A CO., Direct Inq- \
porters and Wholesale Dealer* Foreign !
and Domestic Dry Goods v „ 37 Hayne Street, !
Larlcston . ft C. Jail 12, 1855—*9—ly
TvTARD A MJRCHAKD, Augusta Ga.,
VV would inform their friends and the pub
lic generally, that anticipating a change in their |
business, the coming season, they are disposed i
to make large concessionsTrom their former low
scales of prices, in order to reduce their stock to ;
the lowest possible point. The attention of,
wholesale dealers as well as customers, is res
pectfully solicited.
Augusta, Dec 22
PARR A McKENZIE. —Factors andCommis’
sion Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries’
Produce and Merchandise generally, Atlanta.
Ga.
Particular attention given to consignments of
Cotton, Grain, Bacon, and all kinds of Produce,
t, j, PARR, E. MCKENZIE.
aug. 11.— ly.
V\7TN§HIPS IRON WORKS.—The subscri-
V V her is now prepared to receive and exe
cute orders for any kind of Castings, or Ma
chine work, and all persons favoring him with
orders may rely upon having them executed in
the best manner, and with despatch. Orders
for Sash-blinds and doors promptly attended to
at his Car Establishment. Casn paid for old
Copper, Brass and Iron Castings.
JOSEPH WINSHIP.
Atlanta, Ga.,*June 30,154.
A T)LACKSMITHING.—The Subscriber
I ) is prepared to do all kinds of work
his line, such as Ironing Carriages,
making and repairing Farming imple
mci> ts, edge-tools, horse-shoeing, Ac. in the best
fnanner, and on the most reasonable terms.—
Edge tools warranted. A share of patronage is
Solicited. L. GRIFFIN.
Cassville, Ga., Feb. 16,1855.—2—1 y.
Atlanta, iiard-Ware store, a. j.
BRADY, Whitehall Street, keeps always
nn hand a full assortment of Iron, Nails, Ciit
*ery, Mill Irons, Springs, Axles, Carriage Trim*
and Parlor Stoves, Mechanic’s
and Farmers’ Tools, Ac., which will be sold as
lov T * 8 can be bought in any market.
Atlanta, Ga., July 14, 1854.
nsi mwm stsiisii.
HAVANA plan LOTTERY!
Jasper County Academy Lottery!
| By authority qfthe State of Georgia.
1 f UIIE Subscriber having been appointed man*
• JL ngcr of the Jasper County Academy Lotte
| ry, intends conducting the same on the Havana
I plan of single numbers, and has located his Of
fice in the city of Macon, Georgia. lie now
offers the following—
GRAND SCHEME FOR AUGUST 13, 1855:
! When prizes will he distributed as follows, a
| mounting to
831,000
Class O.
1 Capitals— l Prize of SB,OOO
1 “ - - - - 6,000
1 “ 2,000
2 “ SIOOO - - 2,000
5 “ - 500 - - 2,500
10 “ - 200 - - 2,000
20 “ - 100 - - 2,000
78 “ - 50 - - 3,000
120 “ - 25 - - 3,000
18 approximation prizes, 9000
256 “ amounting to $31,000
__ Agents wanted in every town and city in the
| Union. On application the terms will be for
warded.
Remember every Prize drawn at each draw- !
ing, uncr the .superintendence of Col. Geo. M. 1
Logan and Jas. A. Nisbet, Esq., gentlemen who :
arc sworn to a faithful performance of their du- ]
tv. Prizes paid when due without discount.
All orders, rely on it, strictly confidential.— !
Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par.
Whole Tickets $5, Halves $2 50, Quarters $125. j
address, JAS. F. W INTER. I
sg- -3 |
(~+ EOItGE VOGT’S Piano mul
\IT Music Store, No. 148 Arch |
n J Ri 1 fj Street, Philadelphia. Constantly j
** on hand Pianos, Melodeons, Musi-!
cal Merchandize of every description, Sheet Mu
sic, Ac. Ac.
Vogt’s Pianos are pronounced superior to j
all others in sweetness, power and beauty of i
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 TO LAND OWNERS ! The under
-I.x signed having removed from Albanj’ to
Troupville, Lowndes county, Ga.
Will in addition to the practice of Law examine
and report the value of land in the counties of
Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Appaling and j
Irwin. He will, when requested, examine
Lands personally, and give full information as
to - ilue, location and probability of immediate
sal 3. Having no connection whatever with
land speculation he will engage to act as agent,
in the sale or purchase of lands, in any of the I
aforesaid counties for a fee of ten per cent, up- j
on the amount received or paid out, His char- j
ges for examining land will be five dollars per j
lot, for lands in the 12th district of Lowndes, in j
all the other districts, he will charge ten dol- j
lars. Additional will be charged for an exami- j
nation of title upon record.
EPHRIAM 11. PLATT, |
Attorney at Law, !
Troupville, Lowndes Cos. Ga.
Nov 17—ly
PLAXOS, SHEET MUSIC, <fv.'fvT
fnm —. THE undersigned is pre
—feSassar P t° furnish Vogt’s
J’ ia nos, at short, notice,
ts a UUH and on as good terms as j
g 1 A they can be had anywhere |
at the South. These in-;
struments are warranted to be equal in point of j
tone, durability and workmanship, to any man j
ufactured in the world. Every Piano warranted j
for live years. Any instrument failing to meet j
the expectations of the purchaser, may be re-!
turned at any time within six months, and an- |
other will he given in its stead. Having a i
brother (a Professor of Music) in Philadelphia, j
who selects every Piano sent, out, purchasers |
may rest assured that none but perfect instru j
ments, in every respect, will be sold.
A large lot of Sheet Music, of the latest and I
most fashionable issues, constantly on hand
and for sale at Publisher’s prices.
WM. SCIIERZER,
Professor of Music in Cassville
Dec. 8, 1854—1 y Female College.
V—Y'PTIINIZY & CLAYTON, Ware
* House and Commission Mer-
J—' tt ”’A C haxts, Augusta, Ga. — Continue the
hnsincss in all its branches, and will give
their personal attention to the sale of COTTON
anil 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.
aug 18- __
rpo OLI) SOLDIERS.—By a recent Act of
.1. Congress, all persons who have served in
any War since 1790, are entitled to 160 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. WOFFORD.
Cassville, mh 3 —ts
Agency at Washington.—The un
dersigned prosecutes all manner of claims
against the United States, before Congress, be
fore Comm issiono;.,, and before all the Public
Departments, and especially claims for bounty
. iatid under the act of Congress just passed, pen
’ sions, back-pay, half-pay, adjustment of amounts
I of disbursing “officers, settlement of post mas
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
miliar acquaintance with all the routine of the
public business at the different offices, added to
his free access to consul’ the 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 his
i care.
i 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
I special references. A full power of attorney
| should accompany all cases. Communications
: must be pre-paid in all cases. Fees regulated
by nature and extent of the business, but al
ways moderate.
11. C. SPALDING, Attorney,
j Washington, I). C. mh 15 —
! T)OUNTY LANDS.—The undersigned hav-
I > 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 Bounty
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 us
160 acres. ELISIIA KINO.
Adairsville Ga. m h 22— 2 m
SELLING off at Cost for Cash, As the under*
signed is closing up the business of the firm
of Leake A Howard, he has determined to
sell off at cost for cash.
Come all that want good bargains and come
quick or you will miss them.
| Cartersville, Dec I—ts W. W. LEAKE.
READY-MADE CLOTHING, Pantl. Stuff,
Chambray, and a fine assortment of Jew
! elry, at LEVY’S CASH STORE.
’ apr 26—ts I
B Tfetospapcr—DcboleO )o qqO Siqic politics, Jilei'qliii't’, ii)e Ijjql-lidq, Eoi’dgi) qi)o Jjoioesiic Ifctos, &c.
CASSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. -AUGUST 23, 1855.
Cjjnite
There sits a bird on every tree,
With a heigh-ho 1
There sits a bird on every tree,
Sings to his love as I to thee;
With a heigh ho, and a heigh-ho !
Young maids must marry.
There blooms a flower on every bough,
With a heigh-ho 1
There blooms a flower on every bough,
Its gay leaves kiss—l’ll show vou how ;
With a heigh-ho, and a heigh-ho !
Young maids must marry.
The sun’s a groom, the earth’s a bride,
With a heigh-ho!
The sun’s a groom, the earth’s a bride,
The earth shall pass—but love abide,
With a heigh-ho, and a heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.
(Drigiiml Ikuirltffte.
Written expressly for the Cassville Standard.
II) j Iljlve GkMei) 3Lii?ks.*
LINK THE SECOND.
LOVE:
Or the Adventures of an American
Student.
BV MISS C. SV. BARBER.
CHAPTER YU.
THE LOST TRAVELERS.
When Marchtnont awoke the next
morning, day was dawning in the East.
His trunks were packed, corded, and ar
rayed in a row against the wall. His
fowling piece, clean and bright, was
shrouded in green and stood leaning be
side the window casement. Every thing
was ready for his journey to the high
lands. lie sprung to his feet and was
soon dressed. On the stairs he met Pro
fessor M , coining to arouse him, “I!
feared you were oversleeping yourself,” j
said the Professor. ‘‘Our company is
astir, and ready for breakfast. Half an
hour hence and we must be off. The
Indies are up, and are looking as bloom
ing as two roses, in their neat fitting rid
ing apparel. They were walking on the
front piazza and saluted me, when I pass
ed there, a few minutes ago. Have you
bid the Faculty good bye? If you have
not, no time remains for the business
now.
Marehmont bad shaken a parting j
hand with them all the evening before.}
He assured the Professor that no such i
ceremony remained to be gone through j
with. Breakfast too was hastily dis |
patched. In just half an hour after- j
wards the open carriage, which was to I
convey the Professor and graduate, was J
driven to the door. The two were to j
travel together, and their trunks, after}
som ? crowding and much vexatious j
grumbling at the amount of baggage, on ;
the part of the driver, were safely stowed j
away. The two travellers mounted to
their seats and were soon cn route to ji.in j
Smith and his fair companions.
They found the group clustered to
gether on the piazza, awaiting their ar
rival. The ladies had on their bonnets,
riding habits, and gloves, and looked, j
Marehmont saw at a glance, as the Pro
fessor had said, very lovely. They ex
changed salutations with their visitors
as they came down the gravel path lead
ing to the gate. Smith called out to
Marehmont saying that they had been
wailing for him, but lie answered when
he saw the amount of baggage, that he
did not wonder at his tardiness—“ Let
me take your fowling piece into the car
riage with me, Marehmont,” lie said ;
“you have no room for it there.”
“Oh, never mind !” said, the latter:
“wc can arrange for it very well here.—
The ladies might not fancy travelling
with a loaded gun so near them.”
“Nonsense?” exclaimed Smith, reach
ing out his hand and taking the gun
from Marchmont’s reluctant grasp —“the
mountain girls are not so much afraid of
fire arms, as city Misses pretend to be. —
(fer lias fired off a pistol many a time,
and cousin Julia has helped to load it
again. They are not among those who
consider Runs dangerous things. It can
go inside of the carriage with us as well
as not, or Pomp can take it up on the
box there with him. Be careful Pomp!
don't let it get broken there, rest one end
of it on the arm of the box—there —it
will go as snug as a bug in a rug. Now
let us away ! We have many a weary
mile before us, and must go over the
most abominable roads that over were
made. We shall take dinner at Ellis’—
you remember the house, Marehmont!”
The latter bowed. Smith sprung to his
seat—the ladies had sometime before
i settled themselves quietly down among
the cushions —the drivers cracked their
whips, and the party rattled off, before
the mist of the early morning had dis
appeared in the beams of the rising sun.
The Professor somehow did not seem dis
posed to talk, and Marehmont himself
felt as taciturn as an Indian. The two
therefore journeyea on in silence, but
every now and then a burst ol silvery
laughter came floating back to them,
from the carriage abend. Now and
then a veil fluttered in the wind through
the window, but it was soon drawn down
to its place again. Smith and his rela
tions, were having a merry time of it.—
“I wish we were in there too, instead of
sitting crouched up here,” at length ex
claimed the graduate, who caught his
♦Copy right secured.
“PRINCIPLES NOT MEN.”
companion’s eve following the carriage
as eagerly as his own had been doing—
“they seem to be wide awake in there.”
‘•Miss Julia’s eyes don’t look as if they
often slept,” said the Professor, smiling
in his grave way. “She is a captivating
gnP
“And her fortune is quite a captiva
ting item in itself,” said Marehmont,
laughing—“that would be very captiva
ting, would it not, setting Miss Julia her
self entirely aside?”
“It might be with some folks,” said
the Professor, “but I am unworldly
enough to fancy that Miss Julia would
be fascinating even though her fortune
was set aside. I ignore mercenary mo
tives. Let tho e e marry for gold alone,
who are incapable of appreciating a no
ble human soul. For myself I do not
object to the fortune, but I should never
think of buying a dull bird, because it
chanced to sing in a gilded cage. Not I,
neither would I pass by a bird of Para
dise, because it had no cage at-all.”
“That is mv opinion,”said Marehmont
warmly. “ When I marry, it will be for
love : I will not bo chained for life to :
a woman whom I do not admire—whose
j sentiments are not congenial with my ‘
own, —whose mind and heart are not to ;
me never failing treasures of delight,
and whose person cannot charm me.—
She may be worth the gold ofOphir, or:
she may be penniless —one thing is cer-:
: tain, I have got to lecoguize in her
| what I can love, cherish, esteem and ad
| mire.”
The two travelers had been intimate
friends for four years, but they were now |
on a subject which had never been
broached between them before, viz: the
qualities desirable in a wife. Finding
that they harmonized in opinion on the
theme, they pursued it long and talked j
earnestly. The band of friendship re- (
ceived an added link of sympathy.— \
they had never felt themselves to be on }
such a cordial, confidential footing be
fore. The morning wore away rapidly.
The blue peaks of mountains began to
loom up in the distance, and the day
grew hot and dusty, as the sun went on
in its way towards the meridian. The
laughter in the carriage in front oftkem
died away. The inmates there grew
languid, doubtless under the oppressive
influence of the morning. They were
all glad when they catne in sight of the
hotel, inferior though it was, where they
proposed taking dinner.
The resting time was a long one, but
it glided happily away. Julia played
on an ancient piano which stood in the
parlor of the hote’, and which was mi
nus several Keys. Smith enjoyed the
music much, lie jarred the instrument
at which his cousin played —sung in a
cracked, screeching voice, and managed
to produce so much discord, that Her
trude stopped her ears, and averred that
if they did not cease she would be craz
ed. Her brother declared, in bis mock
serious way, that Ole Bull could do noth
ing like it; for his part, he thought the
concert was fine—he expected the land
lord would take their party for one of the
strolling bands of musicians, which
some times go through the country, and
would invite them to stay and give- a
concert that night. He even began to
make out a programme of the exercises
for the occasion, called loudly on March
mont to assist and charged him not to
be ashamed of his vocation. Both of
the travellers very readily declared that
they were ready to engage in anything
of the kind, prov : ded the remunera
tion was sufficient—a point, which Smith
promised to look after faithfully.
At the dinner table, the Professor ve
ry assiduously helped Miss Julia to eata
bles, and Marehmont found himself once
more seated beside her, who had been
to him for so long a time, a beautiful in
cognito. He did not feel embarrased
he conversed sensibly and well. Smith
took the head of the table, and carved the
turkey—quizzed the servants, and, as
his cousin Julia declared, helped every
body to the very things they did not
want.
But all felt him to be the life and i
soul of the party, lie kept them fiom
getting embarrassed —he said wise, wit
ty things, which now and then set them
all in a roar of laughter. Ilis object
evidently, was to make them pleased
with their dinner —pleased with their
journey, and pleased with one another.
The amiability of the object was the ap- 1
probation even of those whom he chose,
to tease most thoroughly, and all were
in high glee aDd spirits as they went
forth to pursue their journey.
“ We shall out drive you,” said Smith
to Marehmont and the Professor, while
they were taking their seats —“we shall
get a long way ahead of you this after
noon, for our horses understand the
mountain roads, and we are not so load
ed down with baggage as you arc. But,
if we get ahead, voU will know where to
stop when night comes —yon, March*
mont, have seen the house and will re
cognize it at a glance. Drive up to the
browu house, and I will insure you a
hearty welcome.” So saying ho touch
ed his hat and again sprung in beside
hi 9 sister and cousin.
The evening passed much as the
morning had done only the tall moun
tains seemed to increase in magnitude
as they approached them, and, when
they entered upon the circuitous roads
winding among them they very often,
lost sight of each each other for miles.!
Once or twice, Smith made the driver
I halt until Marehmont and the Professor
j came up, but as the twilight came on,
the party in front contented themselves
with travelling slowly, and every now
i and then casting backward glances, and
! hailing those who were in the rear.
(to be continued.) J
political.
Know Nothing Slanders.
Were we so devoid of common sense and
our judgment so warped by prejudice as to
give credence to the inflamatory declarations
of Know Nothing orators and presses, we
should say, that the days of the Republic
were numborod. They tell us that all pub
| lie virtue, all political honesty, all love
of country, have fled or been banished from
| our midst. Patriotism, say these slander
j ers of their countrymen, has become extinct,
■ the foreigner take precedence of the native,
! we are compelled to meet secret conclaves at
! the midnight hour to sigh after those pu
| rer days of the Republic.’ and to redeem
; our country from her degeneracy. They
; boldly charge the great Democratic party
with sacrificing the country to foreign influ
ence and the Catholic Church, and it is the
: theme on which these mendacious oracles
’ love to dwell, that leagued with that übi
quitous and protestant devouring anthropo
pliagus, the Pope of Rome, backed by all the
royal fools of Europe, it is laboring to sub
vert our government and to sweep from off
i the earth the last vestige of civil liberty.
Surely the people can place no faith in the
ravings of these bedlamites. But how comes
it that the fathers of the Republic, the men
of large experience and of almost prophetic
vision, the sages and patriots who reared
I this temple of our liberties, the fairests fab
ric of human government that it has ever
been the privilege of a free people to enjoy
and which under heaven shall resist the rav
ages of time and all such insidious attacks as
these, never apprehended danger from the
Catholic Church or foreign emigration ?
Whence is it, that they escaped the vision
of these great Statesmen, who read not only
the book of the Past but that of the Future,
and prophesied, in no stinted measure, cer
tain and probably national woes, yet unseen
and unimagined by common men ? What
veil blinded the eyes of such seers as a Web
ster, a Clay, or a Calhoun ; of whom the two
first possessed foresight enough to have de
scribed an evil of such magnitude—had it a
real or possible existence—the last honesty
enough to warn his people at any hazard ?
\ et these giants of towering intellect, con
tinues the same writer, went down to the
grave in silence; ignorant themselves of the
danger, they left us unwarned, unadvised.
It was reserved for a few miserable pigmies,
who crept in the vacant places of the great
departed, to discern the danger, and lift a
voice of warning God help the nation which
is given over to such wretched counsellors !
This effrontery in claiming a depth of pru
dence, a prophetic vision, hitherto unknown,
would be amusing, were it not sincere, but a
mere ..delusion and a lie.” It is the mali
cious voice of crafty, self constituted watch
dogs, who in time of quiet, announce the
coming of the wolf, that they may rouse the
unsuspecting members of the fold and prey
on them, while they are in a state of helpless
terror. Meanwhile other sentinels, like
..dumb dogs,” are s : lent either through an
ungenerous sentiment of fear, or yet more
ignoble desire of sharing the prey.
The charge of corruption, prostitution of
the national character, and bending of the
knee to foreign influence, made against the
National Democratic,Party ; is equally false
and absurd. When did the great Democrat
ic Party falter in its devotion to the inter
ests of the whole country ? When did it
hesitate to repel aggressions, come whence
they may, whether made on us as a nation,
or offered to the person of the humblest in
dividual. Our national character, our hon
or, our standing among civilized nations,
have never suffered in the slightest during
a Democratic Administration The man who i
would deny this ..is either iguorant of his- |
tory, or willfully falsifies it.” But we know !
that there is no necessity for refuting the !
slander of these noisy Brawlers. This cry ,
of foreign influence, and this professed dread j
of the thunders of the Vatican, is a shallow j
trick, too transparent to deceive the most
ignorant. ’Tis a means to an end. Office,
office, is the aim of the canting hypocrites,
and, in their eager desire for public plun- i
der, they are so unscrupulous as to employ
every means whereby they may be able to j
satisfy their hungry appetites.— Savannah i
Georgian.
A Change.-- -He passed through Macon ,
last week. Wc hardly knew him—ho was
so changed for the worse. We thought of
him as we saw him last! His new beaver,
cocked smartly on one side of his head ; hie
glossy coat; his rainbow vest ; his knowiug
look; his jubilant voice ; his peacock strut.
Alas! they were all vanished. His hat was
knocked in his coat was torn ; his look
despondent; his whole aspect rueful in the
extremo. He was hard times personified.
He was fit for nothing except to poiut a
moral or adorn a tale.”
Reader, do you recognize the portrait ?
It was the unfortunate Sam Macon Tel .
South Carolina Delegation. —Mr.
Boyoe, member of Congress from South Car
olina, had made a speech against the new
party. The entire delegation in Congress
from that State now staud pledged against
Know Nothingism.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
I Mr. Stephens Speech at thelAthense
um.
The largest concourse of persons we have
ever seen assembled at a political meeting
in Savannah, were present at the Athenaeum
on Thursday evening to hear Hon Alex 11.
j Stephens. Long before the appointed hour
the house was filled in every part, it being
necessary to accommodate a large number
on the stage who could not find seats in
front.
The meeting was organized by appointing
Robert 11. Griffin, Esq , to the chair, and
11. 11. Perry, Esq ,as Secretary. Mr. Steph
ens was introduced to the immense audience
in a brief and appropriate address from
Hon. John E Ward.
After the applause had subsided, Mr
Stephens arose and opened one of the ablest
—and in the language of Dr Arnold’s reso
lution, . most eloquent, argumentative and
logical addresses,” it has ever been our good
fortune to listen to.
I come before you, follow citizens, said
Mr. Stephens, not as a partisan, not as a
Democrat or Whig, but. as an American citi
zen, to discuss, fairly aud dispassionately,
a question in which the country at large is
deeply interested, and which is of graver
importance to the American people than
any other political question that has arisen
since the formation of the government.
He then proceeded with his argument, nnd
in a speecli of more than tlnee hours, com
raanded the wrapt attention of the audience,
eliciting frequent and enthusiastic demon
strations of applause. It would be vain for
us at this late hour to attemp to give even an
outline of the leading points of this great
speech. It is enough to say that it was a
most eloquent and powerful argument a
gainst Know Nothingism, in which he sub
jected its principles, its platforms aud con
stitution to a most scathing analysis, and
denounced it as a dangerous and insidious
attack upon the constitution and the liber
ties of the American people.
In the audience we observed many of our
Know Nothing friends, and if we may judge
f.om the earnest and respectful at"en ovi h
which they listened to his arguments thro’-
out, they received some new ideas of their
order and its tendencies, which will not be :
unheeded. The constitutional test to which ‘
he subjected the formulas and constitution !
of the National Council, cannot fail to raise j
doubts and distrust of the practical opera
tion of the organization in the minds of all
tiue Republicans.
To such he addressed himself in the lan
guage of earnest and solemn admonition, j
nnd urged them to retrace their steps, to |
come out from the order, to absolve them
selves from the oligations which deprived
them of political independence, and to array !
themselves in support of the great charter
of civil and religious liberty—the American j
Constitution.
At the close of the speech a resolution of j
thanks was moved by Dr. Arnold; after ‘■
which three hearty cheers were given for !
the speaker, who was afterwards escorted
to his lodgings by the committee of arrange- j
ments.— Savannah News, llt/i inst,
Jere. Clemens Defeated.
All true Democrats in and out of the State
will rejoice to hear that Col. Clemens has
been defeated for the legislature by a decis
ive majority. The Know Nothing papers ;
every where published his electioneering let
ters with a flourish of trumpets, and predic
ted the most auspicious results to their cause
from his participation and interest in the can
vass. By one of his admirers lie was styled
a i* young but full fledged American Ea
gle.” The people of Madison have brought
down a the towering eagle from his pride of
place” so that he can no longer soar aloft,
even about the soil of his own native coun-
By-
Col. Clemens is now in his right position.
The jury of his vicinage have rendered a
just and righteous verdict in his case —a
verdict in strict accordance with the law and
the evidence. May he long live in the private
station assigned him by his fellow citizens,
and may over anxious Democratic aspirants
profit by his example, as a politician !
The defeat of Col. Clemens in all his re
cent aspirations, reminds us of the story of
an individual who visited the White House
in the character of an office seeker, ir. the
of General Jackson. The •• faithful
and efficient friend” of the old hero first ap
plied for a foreign mission That was re
fused. He next asked for a place loth lu
crative and honorable in some branch of the
public service at home. That also was re- j
fused. He then consented to accept an ordi |
nary clerkship in any of the Departments at
Washington ; but ho could get no assurance j
of even the smallest favor from the President i
of iron nervo. When tho fact became muni- j
fest to the unfortunate office seeker, lie i
promised to retire on condition that the old j
General would give him a pair of his old
breoches !
Col. Clemens’ naino was first mentioned in
eonuection with a Cabiuot appointment.—
Next we heard it sugosted in refereuoe to a
foreign mission. Afterwards, it was promi
nently spoken of in connection with tho Uni
ted State Senatorship. Disappointed in his
aspirations for tho highest offices, Col. Clo
mens consents to accept a pair of brooches
from his neighbors; but even that is refused, j
Tho people of Madison will allow him no j
covering for his • naked ugliness” ns a pol
itician.—Montgomery Advertiser , 11M in- j
slant.
Where is ZoLLucorKEß. Jackson coun
ty Alabama, has given Winston, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, 2100 majority.
Shortridge recived about 100 votes*
IsTO. 28.
Irish-born citizens in the North.
The atteiypt to prove that President Pierce
and the advocates of the Kansas-Nebraska
i bill North are Free-Soilers, was the tie plus
’ ultra of Know Nothing impudence, but al
j most equal to this and in perfect keeping
| with it, is that other grand argument, that
foreigners who settle in the North in a mass
are opposed to slavery. This assertion, un
supported by any fact, or argument further
I than .(it is natural that it should be so,”
j&c., has been confidently made by every
; Know Nothing press and speaker in the
’ country. We have all along believed it to
be false, nnd our opinion was based upon
certain well known facts of history. That
the foreign born citizens of this country havo
mostly voted with the Democratic party has
been one of the main charges brought against
them; and that tho Northern Democracy
have been the truest friends of Southern
rights is equally well established. With
these two facts before them, who but a Know
’ Nothing would have ever chargod Free Soil*
j ism on our Irish-born” citizens ? And strange
! to sny, this thing is done now, at the very
| time when the Abolition tide of the North
lias been turned against them, in face of the
fact that Irish companies have been disband
ed in the city of Boston for being the tools
iof slave power, at the time when Batchel-
I der was murdered for protecting our rights.
Strange we s y it is, that the Know Noth
| ings at the South should make war on for
> eign born citizens upon the ground of their
! being anti-slavery, at the same time that
| the Know Nothings at the North are attempt
! ing to strip them of their political privileges
| lor the aid which they have given the South,
i Human gullibility is enormous, we confess,
1 else how could Know Nothingism have
, ever obtained a foothold in this country !
I but to believe that Wilson, Trumbull, Gar
! diner, Hale and the Massachusetts Legisla
i ture men, who hold that the chiet end of our
| race is to oppose African slavery, would at
: tempt to disfranchise Free Soil foreign
j horn citizens of the North, is a morsel too
, monstrous to be swallowed.
It had been generally believed, before the
i advent of Know Nothingism, that the Irish
• Catholics of the North have ever been friend
|ly to Southern interests. It wa9 well known
, that their vote was cast for those Presidents
most acceptable to the South. No paper, so
j far as we know, representing their opinions,
has been an advocate of Free Soilisin. They
had been frequently denounced at the North
as being the friends of the slave power. Ev
ery fact which came to the knowledge of the
j South assured her that iu the Irish at the
| North she had firm and trustworthy friends,
i If anything was needed to prove this, it may
I be easily found in the persecution which the
Know Nothing Abolitionist party at the
! North have commenced against these men
j and their religion.
The recent cry raised by the American
j party against the foreign-born citizens of the
! North has been to us a source of astonish
! ment. We viewed it ns a kind of political su-
I icide—destroying our best friends and deliv
erin'>, ourselves into t!ie bauds of our euo
. °
I rnies.
I The charge of Freesoilism against this
! class was the only justification of this strange
‘conduct, and it has becu freely and falsely
made.
Subjoined, we publish an extract from a
letter addressed by the editor of a distin-
I guished Irish American paper, to the editors
! of the Intelligencer, in answer to certain
! inquiries of our’s The writer is well ac
quainted w : tli the disposition of his coun
trymen on political questions. The state
ment agrees with all we have ever heard
from other sources, i nl we have no hesita
tion in believing them correct. He says;
.. Unscrupulous as the organs of the Know
Nothings have always shown themselves to
be, I could not have anticipated any thing so
utterly reckless as their statements to the
eff-ct that the foreigners who settle in the
Northern States bectine allies to the Free-
Soil party. It*is exactly the reverse, and
you have to look over files of the Tribune
for a few years and you will find abundant
testimony proving the fact. That journal
and indeed the Freeaoil press generally, con
stantly reproach the Irish going in a mass
for Slavery ! This is so notorious that lam
! surprised that any man preteuding to a
knowledge of tho Northern States would ven
ture to dispute it. Nothing is more certain
than that it is the Irish vote in the North
that prevents most of the States going Freo
soil. I don’t know a single Irish American
journal in the North that is edited by a
Frecsoiler.” —Atlanta Intelligencer.
Know-Nothing Mass Meeting.
Tho Know Nothing Mass Meeting in this
city jesterdy turned out to be a sad failure
, notwithstanding the
that had boon made to draw a tremendous
i crowd.
The most reasonable calculation could not
estimate the assemblage at the speakers
1 stand, at over 450, though some of the Know
Nothings claims 000. and others arc extrav
agant enough to place the number as high
as 800 ; these numbers including, of course,
j residents of Atlanta.
The spoochos developed nothing new. be
ing tho same old stereotypod assertions that
l Kuow Nothing orators havo dealt out so lib
; orally during tho campaign. Mr. Hill's ro
! marks wore mainly a rehoursal of Zollicof
} fer’s spoooh, the multitude of misreprosenta
| tions and fallacies iu which we Bhall soon
j take occasion to expose.— Atlanta Intelli
gencer, 18 Ih inst.
Yellow Fever.— Tho New York Com
inter cal Advertiser Bays that thirty-three
years have elapsed since Now York was vis
-1 it,od with the yellow fever.