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by THOMAS A. BURKE, PROPRIETOR.
VOL. VII.
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THE CASSmta STANDARD,
ts published every Thursday.-
Office, north-east corner oi the |gM ®
public square.—TsaMS, Two Do -
oirs a-year if paid i advance, t\\ o JaBII/gij’
S a halt af& three months, “>'Vygff
three dollars at the end of j
vV Ko'paper distontidned until all amarages are
B iid, exlefit at tile option of the publisher.
’ VdYertistiricnts not marked Will be published
. #ll fprbidiftnd chatted accordingly.
Letters pu business mast be prepaid, and ad
dressed to the Propl*!^ ll ':
|ifglgigs
M IIAEJt A ALSABROOK, Attorneys at
Lvw, Morgauton, Geo. —Practice m the
families df Union, Fannin, Gilmer and Pick
above name John A. A M. /- Crawford wdl
promptly and faithfully attend to all business
Intrusted <0 their care in any of the counties of
the Cherokee or Blue Ridge Circuits. M.,1. Craw
ford will give particular attention to the collec
ting „f alf claims and debts, and will spared
pains to put clients in speedy possession of their
money. m^l
171 W. CHASTAIN, Attorney at Lav, Mor
llm ganton, Ga.—Practices in all the coun
ties of the Cherokee circuit.
T\MES MILNER, Attorney at Lav, Cass
* ville. Geo. Practises in the counties of the
,Cherokee circuit. _ ~,h 4 ~ .
80. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Lav, Cat
. houn, Geo.—Practice iu the counties of
♦he Cherokee circuit. °
TA H T \TUM. Attorney at Law, Trenton,
1 V Qa.-—Business entrusted to his care m any
of the counties.of the Cherokeecircuit w.il meet
with prompt attention. „Hh_
SWEIL. Attorney at Law, Canton, Geor
. o-ia. Business entrusted to his care in
uuy of the counties of the Blue Ridgecircuit, w ill
meet with faithful attention. _ „
Refers to Hon. David Trwm and F.x-Oot.
McDonald, Marietta: Col. Joseph E ; Brown,
Canton-, Capt W. T. Wofford, Cassville; Col.
Geo. X. Hester, Cumming.
Feb 16,185a —ts
(1 ,T. FAIN, Attorney at Lair, Calhoun, Ga.
r, Yvili practice in‘all the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. Particular attention will be
paid to the collecting business. mh A
WT. WOFFORD, Attorney at- Law, Cass
ville, Ga. —Practices in all the counties
rs the Cherokee circuit, and will attend falthful
lr to all business entrusted to his care. Office
east at the court house. aug IS tt
HOOPER & RICE, Attorney s- at Law, Cass
rille, Geo.—Practice in the counties of
Gass, Cobb, Chattooga, Catoosa, Cherokee Dade
Flovd. Gordon, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, \Y alk
er and Whitfield. Joun 11. Rice will, as here
tofore, continue to give his personal and almost
exclusive attention to the collecting business,
apt il 20, 1334.
Cl I. BARBOUR, Attorney at Law, Atlan
i, t, Georgia.—Will practice in the differ
ent Courts of Fulton and contiguous counties.
Particular attention given to the execution of
Interrogatories*, an<\ draughting legal lnstru
meats. Cla’.ns 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, 35 1 y
WIKLE k WIKLE. Dealers in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Ac. Ac. South west corner
of Public Square, Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 26, 1854.
T l). CARPENTER, Dealer in staple
f J • and donlestid dry goods, sugar, coffee, mo
#wses, Ac.; hardware, cutlery, Ac., at Krw m s
old stand, Cassvillc, Ga. Jo* l 1*
T W lIOOPEU AGO., Dealers in Staple and
f J . Fancv Goods, Groceries, Iron, Hats, Caps,
Roots and Shoes, Ac., Ac., at the Brick store,
Pajsrille, Ga. Feb 2, 1851.
HIRSCIIBERG A DAVIDSON, Com ville,
Ga, —Manufacturers of clothing, and deal
ers iu Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Gentlemen s
Fnrnishmg Goods, Fancy Goods, and Jewelry,
Wholesale and Retail, at Patton’s olb stand
Cassville, Ga. June 23 1854.
IOCKETT A SNELLINGS, Factors and
j General Commission Merchant*, will attoiul
sVictly to Receiving and Forwarding aud
Halting everything sent to our address,
icpt 9—610*
WM. M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Drv Goods.
Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,,
Boats, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. C'al
howu, Ga.
May 5,1854—1 y
gTC-OURTENAY, A CO. No. 3, liroad
• Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Books,
Stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and
Newspapers.
The most extensive stock of Novels, Roman
ces, Ac., in the Southern country.
Near the Post Office. mh 16
. G. COURTENAY. W. A. COURTENAY.
HYATT McBURNEY r A .CO., Direct Im
porters aud Wholesale Dealers in Foreign
and Doi .estic Dry Goods, No. 37 Hayne Street,
Charleston, S. C. Jan 12, 185o —49—ly
WARD A BURCHARD, Augusta Ga.,
would inform their friends and the pub- j
lie generally, that anticipating a change in their j
business, the coming season, they are disposed j
to make large concessions from their former low j
Scales of prices, in order to reduce their stock to
the lowest possible point. The attention of j
wholesale dealers as weft as customers, is res- j
ftectfully solicited.
Augusta, Dec 22
PARR A McKENZIE. —Factors and Commie
sion Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries’
Froducc aud Merchandise generally, Atlanta)
Particular attention given to consignments ot
Cotton, Grain, Bacon, and all kinds of Produce,
t. J. PARE. E . MCKENZIB.
aug. 11.—ly.
WIN SHIPS IRON
ber is now prepared to receive and exe
cute orders for any kind of Castings, or Ma
chine work, anf all persons favoring him with i
Ctders may rely upon having them executed in’ j
the best manner, and with despatch. Orders j
for Sash-blinds and doors promptly attended to 1
at his Car Establishment. Cash paid for old 1
topper, Brass and Irtm Castings.
\ JOSEPH WINSHIP.
Atlanta, Ga., June 30/ P'64.
“OLACffi^lflTHlNO.—Thu Subscriber
JLf is prepared to do aft kinds of work
iu Ms fine,- such as Ironing Carriages,
making aud repairing Farming imple
Imente, edge-tools, horse-shoeing,-Ac. in the best
manner, and on the most reasonable terms.—
4 s warranted.- A share of patronage is
1 solicited ft. GRIFF EN.
1 Cm;, Feb! 2 -I^.-
m fflwftn sisnsi).
Udbetfi seiners.
HAVANA plan LOTTERY!
|JASPER OOUNTY ACAD’MY LOTTERY.
i By authority of the Stak of Georgia .
I rpHE Subscriber having been appointed man
| JL ager of the Jasper County Academy Lottc
; ry, intends conducting the same oh the Havana
plan of single numbers, and has located his 01
fiee in the city of Macon, Georgia. He non
offers the following—
GRAND FOR OOTOBEit 15, 1855:
! Class F —when prises Will be distributed as
follows, amounting to
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!!
1 Prise of $15,000 5 prises ofl ,000 $5,000
1 5,000 10 “ 600 5,000
1 4.500 10 “ 200 2,000
1 “ 53,000 10 “ 120 1,200
1 ” 2,000 25 “ 100 2,500
1 1,500 70 “ 50 3,500 1
1 “ 1,100 336 “ 25 8,400
28 Approximation prices, 800
501 Prizes, amounting to $60,000.
Only 10,000 numbers. , i
Remember every Prize drawn at each draw
ing, under the superintendence of CoL Geo, M.
Logan and Jits. A. Nisbet, Esq., gentlemen who
are sworn to a faithful performance of their du
ty. Prizes paid when due without discount.
All orders, rely on it, strictly confidential.— ,
Registered letters at my risk. Bills on nil sol
vent Banks taken at par.
Whole Tickets $lO, Halves $5, Quarters $2,50.
Address JAS. F. WINTER, Manager,
Sept 27 Macon, Geo.
By authority of the State of Georgia.
FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY.
GRAND SCHEME FOR OCTOBER !!
Class 8. —To be drawn October 11th, 1855, in
the city of Atlanta, G a., when prizes amount
ing to
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
will be distributed according to the following
magnificent Scheme! And remember every
Prize is drawn at each Drawing, and paid when
due without deduction!
1 Prize of $7,500 I 1 Prize of $5,000
1 do 2,000 I 2 do 1,000 2,000
5 do 500 2,500 I 10 do 200 2,000
15 do 100 1,500 ! 78 do 500 3,900
120 do 25 3,000 j
251 prizes in all, amounting to $30,000
ONLY TEN THOUSAND NUMBERS!
Ticket* $5 00, Hakes $2 50, Quarters $1 25. j
Bills on all solvent Banks at par. All com
munications strictly confidential.
Sam'l Swan, Agent ami Manager,
Sept C Atlanta, Ga.
By Authority of the State of Alabama.
Southern Military Academy Lottery.
GRAND SCHEME FOR OCTOBER I .!
Class V.—To be Drawn October 9th, 1855, in
the city of Montgomery, when Prizes amoun
ting to
. Fifty Thousand Dollars ,
Will be distributed according to t!.e following
Magnificent Scheme! Z-i'F And remember eve
ry Prize is drawn at each Drawing, and paid
when due without deduction !
1 Prize of $12,000 1 Prize of $l,lOO
Ido 5,000 sdo 1,000 5,000
Tdo 3,000 10 do 400 4,000
Ido 2,000 10 do 150 1,500
1 do 1,200 12 do 120 1,440
1 do 1,100 20 do 100 2,000
4oy Prizes, amounting to $50,000
Only Jen. Thousand .Xuothers.
Tickets §B.O0 —Halves s4,oo—Quarters $2.00.
Sam’l Swan, Agent and Manager ,
Sept 13 ‘ Montgomery, Ala.
SCOTT’S LITTLE GIANT
CORN AND COB MILL,
Patented May 16? h, 1854.
THE attention of Planters, Farmers-, and
Stock-feeders in general, is respectfiillv
called to this Mill as the most important article
of the kind now in use ; not only well adapted
for grinding Cob Meal for fstoek, but Grits or
fine Ilominy for the tab'c, and especially Bread
Meal from corn not fully ripe or dry in the Fall.
In setting this Mill, no mechanic or frame
work is wanted, only requiring to be fastened
to the floor or platform. Easily adjusted and
used by any bodv, even a child.
The LITTLE GIANT has received the first
premiums at the late Agricultural Fairs of Mis
souri, Kentucky, Maryland, aud other States ;
and that in the most complimentary; as well as
the most ready commendations from the thou
stands witnessing its performance.
These Mills are guaranteed in the most posi
tive manner against defects or breakage, when
properly used ; and No. 2 is warranted to grind j
10 bushels of feed per hour, and offered at the
low price of §57 00 ; all complete for attaching
the team. No. 3, at §67 00; grinds 15 bushels
per hour with one horse. No. 4, at S7B 00;’
! grinds 20 bushels per hour with two horses.
For particulars applv to
MITCHELL A HOWARD, i
Cartersville, Ga.
Note.—We have one iu operation, and those
desirous of purchasing, would do well to call
‘ on us. M, & 11.
I june7 ts 18
j
New Stage Route
FROM CASSVILLE TO MO EG ANTON, VIA EI.LIJAY.
undersigned begs to iu
form the travelling public that
. j ie j g now pi^epared to accommo
date those wishing to visit the Copper region of
Georgia and Tennessee. The route is through
some of the most beautiful mountain scencrv of
Cherokee Georgia, and is furnished with fine,
new and edmmodious hacks, good horses and
i careful drivers.
; Leave Cassvillc everv Tuesday A Friday, 6 a. m.
“ Morganton Wednesday and Saturday.
“ Ellijay Monday and Thursday.
I Persons wishing conveyance to the Duck
j Town or other Copper mines, can be accommo
| dated.
Stage office in Cassville at Latimer’s Hotel.
11. 11. Walkeb.
Atlanta Eeaminer will copy six weeks
. in weekly paper. Sept, 6—ts
; To Marble Men and Stone Cutters.
f TIIE undersigned intending to remove j
his place of residence from the State af
ter the first of October, wishes to employ
some responsible man who understands
Quarrying and Stone Cutting, to take
charge of his Marble Quarry, situated two miles
from Cartersville, Cass county, Georgia. I will
either give such a man an interest in the pro
, cc-cds, or lease it for a term of years. My broth
i er, John L. Rowland, is authorized to make a
contract at any time, if urn absent.
J. T. Rowland.
N. B.—Specimens of tftb different varieties of
Marble taken from the Quarry, can be seen at
Mess. Erwio’s, Cartersville. J* *■ •
Cartenitilie; Ga. Sept. 6 —4f
” laoOtfiOEßY IN ATLANTA.
WILLIAM KAY, respectfully informs thb
citizens of Cassette and HiWroUmTmg
| cOhntrv, that he is now prepared for an* kind
of Binding and Ruling of short notice. He has
also on hated a large assortment of Books in the
various departments of Literature, Fancy Sth
tiouery, Music, kfnSal Instrument*, Paper Hang
ings, Gutes, Pistols,- Watches, Jwetyy,- Fancy
j Goodfc, Ac., at the Very lowest possible priCeff.-
A share of thfc public patronage is respectfully
( solicited. r
Atlanta, March 24,1853—1*.
1 fj&vw dr tm ifummfofmß!.-
D ftoify —Dibofei to IfafioMl i)i)d State Jolifics, JilftijWii ii)4 UViiefs, £<)Mii)n tp|3 <GoWesfte lfeh33. Stti
CASSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT. 2T, 1855.
THESTANDARD.
! CASS VILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING :
SEPTEMBER 27, 1855.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
~FOR CONGRESS.
Ist Dist., JAS. L. SEWAItD oT Thomas.
2nd M. J. CRAWFORD of Muscogee
3d “ JAMES M, SMITH of Upson.
4th “ 11. WARNER of Meriwether.
sth “ JOHN 11. LUMPKIN of Flovd.
6th “ IIOWELL COBH of Clarke.
7th LINTON STEPHENS. Hancock.
Bth “ A. 11. STEPHENS of Taliaferro.
FOR SENATOR,
HAWKINS F. PRICE,
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
ALFRED M. LINN,
Z. G. TURNER. j
To all Persons Concerned. j
All persons interested are hereby notified j
that after the first day of October, the Sheriff
Sales of Pickens county will be advertised in
the Cassville Standard.
William Sosebee, Sheriff.
Sept. 27, 1855.
For the Steward.
Sam’s Visit to the Devil.
TO 11E SUNG AFTER TI7E IST MONDAY IN OCTOBER.
Alß —Jordan is a hard road to travel.
But a short time ago,—
How long I don’t know—
Brave Sam went to visit the devil,
And if you’ll attend,
You’ll find, to a friend,
Okl Nick can behave Very civil.
So button up Sam, prepare to take a start,
You’ll find it a hard road to travel,
So button up Sam, prepare for to start,
You’ll iiud it a hard road to travel 1 believe.
How dost do, quoth the seer,
What the plague brought you here;
I suppose ’twas some whimsical maggot—
Pome draw towards the fire,
Sit up a little niglier;
Here, boy, lay on ’tother faggot.
So button up, Ac.
You’re welcome to hell,
Our friends, I hope, are well,
At Augusta, Atlanta and Rome ;
But since away you’ve ran,
1 suppose, honest Sam,
The conclave will hang out tlic broom.
So button up, Ac.
All jesting aside,
His Samsnip cried,
Give Sam and the devil their dues;
Believe me, old dad,
I’ll make your heart glad,
For faith I have brought you rare news.
So button up, Ac.
We’re trying to ruin—
And the troubles now brewin’—
America, that Democratic nation:
Which so badly behaved,
And wouldn’t be saved
By the help of our great reformation.
; So button up, &c.
IVe shall never have done,
If we kill one by oue,
Nor destroy the Democratic race;
For when one is dead,
Like the fam’d Hydra’s head,
j Another one springs up in his place.
So button up, &c.
Believe me, old Nick,
We’ll show them a trick,
A trick that shall serve for the nonce,
For this day before dinner,
| Or else I’m a sinner,
We’ll kill all their leaders ht once.
So button up, &c.
When the election comes on,
And their men one by one,
Are going to deposit their papers,
We’ll give them a greeting,
Shall break up their meeting,
And set them all cutting their capers.
So button up, &c.
There’s powder enough,
And combustible stuff,
Iu a hundred and odd trusty barrels :
We’ll send them together
The Lord can tell wuither,
; As we did in the Louisville quarrels.
So button up, &c.
Wlien this thing is done,
And the Democrats gone,
And the people are left iu the lurch,
Things will take their right station,
In this cursed nation,
And IHI be the head of ths church.
Ho button up, Ac.
These words were scarce said,
When in popp’d the head
Os an old pharasaical wight,
• Who cried “you’re mistaken,
They’ve all saved their bacon,
And the Democrats have all whipped the fight.’’
So button up, Ac.
Then Satan was struck,
And cried ill luck, .
Jftt you for your pains shall be thanked,”
So he cull’d at the door,
Six devils or more,
And tossed poor Sum in a blanket.
So button up, Sam, prepare to take a start,
You'll find’ it a hard road to travel,
So button up, Sam, prepare for to start,
You'll find it a hard roadtki travel I believe.
Casstillc, Geo.- MUGGINS.
“Will they Publish the Vindication; ?
The letter tfhich we publish eUMwfrerc,
frbta the Supt. of the Slate road, will put
at rest the iiifamodS calumnies to which a’
venal press have givCb cutTency. WMF they
publish tth~Sa. Cfcorgintiv
“iHUNCLPLEiS 7461? MEN:*
Front the Bardstown Saturday
Thoughts for “Americans.”
And can it be, Americans,
That stealthily ye creep
To darksome dens where bats and owls
Their midnight vigils keep V
That like a guilty thing ye shun
The honest # light of day,
And when the night pales before the sun,
Trembling ye slink away.
That there with quivering lip and tongue,
A wretched oath ye take,
Which none but traitors e’er could keep,
But which ye dare not break —
And bind yourselves, by lying vows,
Nothing to know that’s true —
But anything to aid your plans
With willing hearts to ao.
And ye swear to rob your brother
Os that treasure we all prize
More highly than aught other
We possess beneath the skies—
The right he has of serving God
In the way his conscience calls,
And vet of standing high as thou
In his country’s honored halls.
And ve swear to spurn from this free land
The stranger weak and worn,
Who seeks, like bird with drooping wing,
Shelter from wind and storm,
And he flies to this, our far-famed shore
Asa home for the poor oppressed,
But ye thrust him back with a curse and a
To seek elsewhere- for rest. [blow
Oh, shame] where is thy foulest blush, !
When deeds of such dark fame
Are daily done throughout our land,
In freedom’s ill-used name!
And ye, so-called Americans,
I‘rofane no more that sound ;
u Know Nothings” fitly ure ye called
Who by such oaths are bound.
For the Standard.
The Lamentations of Sam.
Sam heard the news, a doleful sound,
From hopeful Tennessee,
And then in sackcloth rolled arouud,
While thus lamented he:
■ “How doth the cities sit solitary that I verily
believed were full of my people. My people
| that knew nothing, how have they become trib- j
i utarv 1 I weep day and night, for there is none
Ito comfort me. My friends have dealt treiiche
j rously with me, and become mine enemies. My
own begotten daughters—even Virginia, Ten
nessee and Carolina, have gone into captivity, j
and remember no more the afflictions of their I
father. Hear I pray you all people, and behold j
my sorrow. My daughters and my sons have
fallen aud forsaken their father’s counsel. For
these things I weep day aud night—mine eye
runneth down with water, because the comfort
er that should relieve my soul is far from me.
My children are ungrateful, and mine enemies
have prevailed.”
And it came to pass when Sam had made an
end of speaking, that one of the daughters of
Sam, whose name was Kentucky, was moved
with compassion, aud spake unto her father,
saying:
“Though my sisters have thrown down thine
altars, aud humbled thee in the dust, yet will I
bo to thee faithful.”
Then arose Sam and put off his sackcloth add j
! cried aloud:
j “Uhl Kentucky! Kentucky! the comforter
of my soul and the hope of my age, if indeed
thou wilt prove faithful, bring hither the robe
wrought by thine own bands, and array me
therewith, and take hence these foreign gar
ments which thy sisters have provided, and hum
them with fire in my sight that rto vestage shall
remain.”
Thus was he comforted for a season, and she
set bread before him aud he did eat. Ilowbeit,
I in the process of time as he reasoned with him
self, he became exceeding wroth, because of the
rumors from abroad, concerning the infidelity
of his children, insomuch that his soul was
troubled, even unto death. And he lifted up
his voice and wept, saying:
“Behold, Tennessee is not, and Carolina is
not, and ye will take Georgia also. Remember
what has come upon me—consider and behold
my reproach. My inheritance is given to stran
i gers, and mine houses to aliens. Though I set
j watchmen on my walls aud armed men in the
I midst —though scribes and elders have strug-
I gled manfully for the faith once delivered to the
1 saints, who swear iu secret true faith ind lov
i alty to me only—though I have shed the blood
: of the enemy throughout the realm, and have
thundered against back-sliders their just con
demnation for perjury—though I have threat
ened, abjured, persuaded, and, by the hope ot
reward, have shown my famished children the
promised land, abounding with loaves and fish
es, and flowing with milk and honey—though
i in my wrath, with forked lightning in a cloud
i less sky, have I given terrible demonstrations
I of my power, in the person of my apostate
i daughter, Georgia, in Calhoun, yet after all,
like Sodom and Gomorrah, they heed it not.—
Because my sentence against foreigners is not
executed speedily, therefore the hearts of the
sons of Sam are fully set on—Democracy. llow
is gold become dim and esteemed as earthen
pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter.
Why doth the souls of my children abhor the
goodly heritage ? Why shake their heads at
loaves and fishes, and close their mouths against
milk and honey ?”
And Sam consulted with his friends, aud told
them all that he had heard: how bis owu begot
ten children, bound to his service by solemu
oaths, had forsaken his counsel and would have
none of his reproofs. Then they rent every one
his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads
towards Heaven, and sat down with him on the
ground seven days and seven nights, and none
spake a word unto him, for they saw his gfief
was very great. After this Sum opened his
mouth and said:
“ Let the day perish wherein I Was born, and
the night wherein it was said that Sam was
conceived. Let clouds dvVell thereon forever.
Let foreigners perish, for they plow iniquity aud
sow wickeduess. Let Catholics be judged ac
cording to my judgement, and the sword shall
devour them. Let Democracy become a bye
word aud a stench iu the nostrils of all my
sworn children. Let lightning* more fierce aud
terrible than ever, descend ffom tile dcceitftll
skies of my daughter, Georgia, blast, wither
and blight the enemies of Barn, aud 1 let foreign
ers, Catholics,- Democrats and heretics, with all
my rcbfeHioUh children, go to the Defil.”
And when be had sung the following lines be
gave up the ghOßt:
Tsmt— Same as Jordan:
Oh! death the vexed soul’s dearest friend
None kinder are or stronger,
Around me now thine arms extend;
For I cau live no longer.
Oh! take me in thy cold embrace,
And lay me in some lonely place:
Bedeck my grave with verses and flowers
All native growth. But by the powers,
Low down or high, if foreign breezes o’er me
Or foreigners do near me lie, [sigh,
I’ll burst thy gates, oli! king of hosts,
To haunt you with my nakea ghost!
And when he had sung the hymn he bowed
himself in the bed in the house of his daughter
Carolina and died. And they buried him in the
potter’s field, which was bought with the price
of liberty to bury tories in. And lo! on his
sepulchre is written with the peit of republican- j
ism by the hand of Democracy, the following
inscription: *
Here Samuel lies. No pitying eyes
Around his grave commend him :
He’ll never rise, for telling lies
j Did to the Devil send him. i
When Satan rose and blew his nose,
And welcomed him quite heaitv—
j Stay here, said here, and you and me
Will organize a party.
You are the man to plot and plan,
None such have hither fell, sir,
But if you heed your former creed
I’ll kick you out of Hell, sir.
JIM CRACK.
From the Georgia Telegraph, Bth inst.
Governor Johnson Vindicated-*-the
State Road.
j We call particular attention to the following
I correspondence. It is a full and perfect vindi
cation of Governor Johnson, against the petty
calumnies, which have come swarming into ex
i istence at the close of the campaign. Read and
circulate! Read aud circulate! Let the people
seethe truth, aiul the slanderers be confounded.
Macon, Ga.. Sept. IStb, 1855.
Dear Sib: As various reports are circulated
through the Newspapers and elsewhere, in rela
tion to the sale of Iron on the Western & Atlantic
Rail Road, and also as to the levy and sale of the
Curs of the Road recently at Chattanooga, and
as these reports reflect injuriously not only up-
I on Governor Johnson but also upon yourself,
as Superintendent of the Road, will you do me
the favor to state the facts of each case, that the
truth may be known aud published in regard to
j both?
A'ery respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
W. K. DkGRAFFEX RFID.
Jas. F. Cooper, Supt. W. & A. R. R.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 18th, 1555.
My Dear Sir: I'have seen the allegations to
which you refer, and scarcely thought them
worth notice, but as you think they may be ex- j
erasing an injurious effect, I take pleasure in
giving you the facts.
The Rails which are now taking up between
Rcsacca and Dalton were sold to the highest
bidder, Maj. C. 11. Howard. I had several oth
er propositions, but none so high as liis. It is
true that in February, ’54, I wrote to Mr. Wells,
Engineer of the Thomaston Railroad, that 1
would hear from him before I made the sale.—
l When we were ready to take up the Rails I
! opened a Correspondence with some Iron deal
ers, relative to the purchase of these Rails, but
I received only a few distinct psopositions. I
recollect now only two besides Maj. Howard.
Oue was from Mr. T. R. Bloom, who bid S2O per
ton, the other was from Mr. J. F. Mims, who
first bid sl6 50, aud afterwards I think §lB. —
Maj. Howard’s bid was $24, payable iu Colum- ■
bils bonds, or §22 50 in cash. Mr. Wells
accompanied Maj. Howard to Atlanta, and before
closing the trade, 1 reminded Mr. Wells of the I
promise I made him lor the Thomaston Com
pany. lie seemed to attach no importance to
it, and I supposed that their project for a Rail
road had been abandoned—Gov. Johnson knew
nothing of my promise to the Thomaston Com
pany. I alone am to blaine for overlooking
them as I did. As sdon ns Maj. Howard re
turned to Columbus I received a letter from Mr. j
J. D. Gray, offering S4O per ton for the Rails,
delivered iu Atlauta —this oiler it appears, was
for the Thomaston Company. The very high
price offered for old Rails which have been used’
for eight years under a heavy trade, and the
time of the offer, being within three days after
I had closed with Maj. Howard, gave it the ap
pearance of a political manoeure undertaken for
the injury of Gov. Johnson. Why did they
want to buy old Rails at S4O, when new ones
could bo bought at SSO? —the last being the
price paid for those we are now laying dowu,
and why were they silent for eighteen months,
to make their application within three days af
ter the sale had been effected ? I have since
learned that Gen. Mims was acting in behalf of
the Thomas fen Company, which, if true, Ijsates
them nothing to complain of, for lie made two
bids, but under the price at which the sale was
effected. But be this ns it may, I only am to
blame, the Governor knew nothing of the pre
vious correspondence with the Thomaston Com
pany, and I had forgotten it until I saw Mr-
Wells, their Engineer, in company with Aluj.
Howard at Atlauta.
Now as to the sale of the Cars. Sevcrul judg
ments were obtained against the Road iu Ten
nessee, on account of claims instituted in 1852,
and I made arrangements which I thought
would prevent, the issuance of executions. Nev
ertheless one of the creditors did issue, and levy
was made upou fifteen stock curs, standing on
the track, out of use, at Chattanooga. They
went to sale, and Were bid iu tot otfr Road, by
a gentleman who was requested to net for us.
We paid the money in two or three days after
wards—the curs never left our trucks—never
went out of our possession one moment, and the
Road lost nothing by the transaction but the
Sheriff s commission ttb SI6OO.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
JAMES F. COOPER,
Supt. W. A A. R. It.
W. K. I)KGrtAFFBN&£i6, Esq.
A Serious Question.—fa the Cath
olic and Protestants of America tn'et and de
clared the’ rtfcfcpen'dehca 6f od‘r totiiitfy.—
Through a #ar of sfeveu jleura Catholic's and
Protestants sustniribd the armkof the United
States against Groat Britain In 1*787, the
Cathtfios and Protestants or ttffjf Country,
thrddjglV their delegates, framed’ a’ Codktitu
tion plhciiig the Religion’ of each ilpCh au
equal blurts. Will the Protestadts of this day
violate this jilightod faith of thirff anCcstdi's ?
Hon. U. Toombs spoko in Augusta the 20th.
TWO DOLLARS A-¥£aß, ik ADVANCE.
Letter from the Hon. Mark A. Cooper.
Etowah, Ga., August 5, 1&55
Mr. 0. A. Myers,
. Bomb, Geo.,
j Dear Sir :—Yours wa3 received to-day.
[ You say that my *• traducers are reduced
j to the statement, that my freights had bebh i
brought up to an equality with the freights
of others at the time the present Superin
tendent m/ide the change In freights.”
By this I suppose is meant, that the charg- !
! es on my freights were tnude equf 1, as com- j
j pared to others. This i8 an assumption, not J
lact.
If by < equality” they mean that the!
‘charges when raised oil me Were raised or. |
i others in proportion to distauoe and work j
5 done, it is UntrUe, bccaiise I was charged
| the same as Cartcreville, Cass station aud
i Kingston.
j If equality” means that the charges
j were according to the benofits the Road and j
State received from the shipper and the bus- j
iness done, it was grossly unequal.
If it means a just aud fair compensation
to the State and Road for work aud labor j
done, it was unjust and unequal, because it j
was more than had been charged, and about!
double what other roads charge. * j
If equality means, that, under like cir- j
cumstances, all shippers to and from ihowuh I
paid the snme, it is not true that it was
made equal, when raised by this superin
tendent—because it was in this sense, just
as equal before the rise as after—since, be
fore the rise, all could, under like circum
stances, ship at the same rates Id and.
By the advance in freights the people of
Kingston could ship to Atlanta, anything as
cheap as I could, and yet this did thorn no
good, for they paid the same they did before
the rise. Before this advance, 1 could ship
from Atlanta a little cheaper than Kings
ton, so I do now, and iu justice ought, on
account of the distance, but this does no
injury to a man at Kingston, since his
freights are not raised by it.
- But they talk about .i equality” as if this j
road, or any road, this Administration, or j
any Administration ever did, every could, or j
ever intend to work on that rule.
If it means, that under the circumstances
the road should do to all alike, it should al
ways be done. If it meat s that Under all
circumstances the road should harry an ar
ticle, or 100 lbs. weight, at the same price,
it is wrong, aud no road ever did it or ever
will dp it; for the same reason that no wag
oner, or other < ar i.r, never did
Talk about . equality” and the . poor
man” as if this or any other Administration,
this or any other road, or their managers,
ever aimed or intended specially to look af
ter or provide for the ** poor man,” or carry
his bushel of corn, or sack of Hour, or bar
rel of flour, or bag of potatoes, dozen of eggs,
or chickens, as cheap as it will carry a rich
man’s car load . Not a word of truth in it,
it is all humbug, aud the •< poor man” sees
and knows it. That is not all; he has intel
ligence enough to understand, that it is not {
(or want of respect to him that it is not j
done, but because in justice to the business, j
lit cannot be done. His good seme tenches !
him, that all the *. equality ’ he could ask, j
is this, to wit: when he offers to have the !
road work for him, and a. rich man asks the j
tike done sos him, the road shall do both ;
jobs at-the same price. Tins is l ight—aud
this done is even as betw e i me aud the poor- ;
est man that works for me.
The difference made by Mr. Young, aud j
ratified by Governor Johnson, relates only to j
wheat bought aud shipped to be milled on
the road aud reshipped in flour on the road.”
] n this business there is a difference of 5
cents only per barrel, whether shipped ty
the barrel or car load. If any farmer ships
his wheat to be milled fit niy mill, uud re
shipped in flour, he is eutitied, and ns the :
Agent advises me, will receive the Same brtx j
efit that / do. So if any miller does the j
same lie is entitled t 6 the same 1 am. This
was a rule of.iiimin&t ration Urged by iuc to j
the last, and fully’ rei-Cgnized by Governor (
Johnson, and if not practically applied, it is j
not my fault nor the Governor's. I know it j
ought to be.
This rule is to beuefit the poor man, I
because, the more Mills, aud I non Works,
and manufacturing operations ou the load,
and in Cherokee, the more work for him, the
more bidders for his woik and the better his
pay. lie knows this.
This rule was adopted by Mr. Yonge, on a
principles of justice to the people of the Stale
and to the business. lie said in his letter
advjsiug it, . That it was the interest of tb*-
roud to have all the milling done ou the line,
for by the fre ght oh the wheat and the flour
together, even at the reduced rates, the road
aud the people gain more than they could
get on the wheat shipped through to New
York or elsewhere.”
The people at large, rich and poor, are :
interested ih this policy, because the road ’
aud State Treasury gain by it.
The people of Cherokee especially, both
rich nild poor, tarmers and mechanics, are i
interested to sustain this policy—because it!
promotes their growth and prosperity, in- !
creases demand for labor, improves the price
of labor, aud gives a home market lor every
little thing the poor man has to sell, which !
ho cannot now sell, because the freight t a tiros ;
away his profit.
Away, thin, with this humbwggery, to j
make capital for politicians. The •• poof ;
mein” Vrill see what it is worth to him, as
sobtf as the eloctiou is over. 110 will then
find that thifte hum buggers h ive ho butter
for tWif breud, no, not even a day’s work
for him to do.
Bht thiif polieyi, so just and banefio'.al, so
interesting to the people at large, and espe
cially ofl Cherokee Georgia, of all grades end
NO. 83.
j pursuits, contended by ilffi on their account,
j and approved by Gov. Johnson, 56 to lie re
i pudiated slid abolished by his opponents. Iu
jit? ts so. charge it on them, arid let the
l people uhdti-stnnd it, and rriy word for it*
they will get no votes by it.
j But, again, whilst it is true, as I state,
I that Mr Wndley made a tariff just and up
, light ih many respects to the Coal and Iron,
i business in uccordsiiice with the will of the
I Legislature— /See Acts of 1861 2. page 64G>
i —Whilst Mr. Yofage made a tariff, now ap-
I proved by Goverrior Johnson, on just and.
! fair principles, favorable to milling iii this
i country, and just arid interesting to thepco
! jd£—lt is trtie that lam not specially pro-
J vided for ; nor is my mill;
! Col. Foster and Dr. Lewis, aiid othertl
have equal benefits, so far as they operate.
It is also true, that if I ship a barrel of flour
or a bushel of wheat fibiri or to Etowah for
my own consumption, without regard to tin*.
| milling business, 1 pay precisely what the
• poorest man iu the country does. Well,
tills concession in lavor of Cherokee wheat
and Cherokee milling, after all, wliat doea
I h amount to ? Why just 5 cents per barrel
! to Atlanta, even when a miller, shipping at
j Etowah, ships2s,ooo barrels. lie then pays
j2O cents per barrol. Is this riot enough ? I
; say it is—for it is double what I paid under
Mr. Garnett and Mr Mitchell, and is near
ly double what my competitors pay on other
roads.
But this idea of << eqiiahty .” Hi common
ly understood, what is it ? Is there a depot,
oil the road, or a freight list on any road,
wlierh the •■•■ poor man,” or rich either, cam
ship a barrel as cheap as a rich riian cau ship
ins car load ? There is not.
Talk about .. equality ,” indeed—it is a.
charming sound. Well, look at all tho
freight lists, arid all the articles the •* poor
i man’’ ships arid see if he Can ship his single*.
; package as cheap as a fich man can ship o<
! car load. Take a single pig, or lamb, oi;
j chicken, or cow, a gin'gle bushel of potatoes*
i —tell him the truth of his case, and them
j talk to him of equality’ and he will feel,
; contempt for yodr atteiipted imposition cm
! his better sense.
Make him bebeve if you can, that he can;
ship whiskey by the jug full as cheap as the
wholesale dealer who ships by his barrel, or
as cheap as the rich trianof Chattanooga can
ship a car load. Let him try it, and he
will soon see what .i equality” means ou the
freight list. Railroads are ooutent to be
. just" —aud we may all take off our caps to
those which tire just. The power to make
things equal, save under likt circumstan
ces, does riot belong to them.
Y'our letter, dear sir, wus received yester
day consequently coftld not be
replied to before to day. I havri given to it
I all the time I have, aud regret I cannot give
yuU inure. Yori’ra truly,
mark A. Cooler.
More Damages against the State
Road.
We learn from the Chattanooga Gazette
i that a Mr. McClung, off erinessrie, has just
I recovered SIO,OOO damages in the Circuit
| Court of Bradley county, for injuries receiv
ed on life IlrifidL Thus the money of the peo
i p’egots.— Sumpter Republican.
Now r in the name ofaJl that is good, what
j does this riian mean by the foregoing lan
: guage ? If lost to all sense of justirie, will
j hot shame yet hold some restraint dpori him?
j"o beg of our readers to in'irk the above
I as a specimen of the base and slanderous at
! * ,R(; ks which the Kuow Nothing Press fire now
val'y rn.tkin gupon Governor Johrisriri 1
The Circuit Court of Bradley county Tens,
lias awarded s?{/,CHX) damages against the
Western & Atlantic Railroad fori’ injuries
sustained by oue McCluug years’ before the
• preseut administration came into power.—
j And yet, the Sumpter Republican rittemjts,
| concealing the essential facts, to’ turu this
j into a pulitioul argument agaiu'st Gov. John
; sou.
I Here is a deliberate attempt to slander
j the Executive, aiid to swindle the people.—
! Talk uo more of Jesuitism, fo’ri at no time
j tins there been fi people so regardless of the
! meads by which they advanced their pur
poses as the Know Nothing party in the
present Canvass. Wilt the peoplo longer
give credence to men wlio luivri been guilty
of such* shameful attempts to deceive them ?
—Atlanta InielligcnCer.
Wliai do you say Now!
The Superintendent of the State Road fur
previous political meetings along the line of
the road reduced the tare one third. This
rate Wo tried by way of experiment and
tound not to pay. Well, for the Democrat-
Mass meeting held on the 80th of August,
at Cartcrsville, the rate was reduced still
lower, nnd placed at oue-ha If the usual
i rates. The result fully justified the policy
: adopted, fur there could not have been less
t hau 5,00(1 people at the Cartersville meeting.
! But Aluj. Cooper's partiality—the abuse of
i the power of the State Road in oppressing
! native Americans, made a rich theme
! for K. N presses, all oker t-lio laud. We all
’ understood it, however, arid knew well e
uough that this pother raised by the Order,
j was intended to answeif both, tho purpose of
j political capital, ns well as an excuse for
| the miserable failures Os thoir meetings.—
| But the richest joke is, that with the rates
| as low, or lower thau for any other muss
I meeting held this aeusou, there was not one,
absolutely not one ticket sold for the great
uuivcrsal, omniiim gatherum, that Came off
at D.ihon yesterday.
Set your wits to work, gentlemen, and see
now if you cannot make Governor Johnson,
accountable for the refusal of the people to
attend your powows— Ailuntu Intelligen
cer, 21 v/ *i t.