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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 wiblic square.—Terms, Two Dol* m Jars a-yearif paid in advance, two # nd a half after three months, 01 ~-, three dollars at the end of the^BSyj ’ Vo paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. 1 Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at $1 per square {twelve lines,) for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each weekly continuance. Legal advertisements published at the usual r&tcs* Advertisements not marked will be published until forbid, and charged accordingly. Letters on business must Qe pre-pa id, and ad dressed to the Proprietor. 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.