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by THOMAS A. BURKE, PROPRIETOR. VOL. VII. Mi 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.