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nient to nominate . National Democratic that tie meeting was intended only forthose j have, for
ticket for the next Legislature, still we will in favor of the remoral, bat that they were ; oar section as the stronghold* Kunocracy,
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THE STANDARD.
THURSDAY MORNING,
MAI 7, 1857.
MILTON A. CANDLER, EDITOR.
B. F. BENNETT, PUBLISHER.
Correction.
The Commencement day of the Cherokee
Baptist College is Wednesday, the 15th of
j u ly_and not the 18th, as has been errone
ously published in several newspapers. Our
brethren of the Press will give this a no
tice. Doct. II. V. M- Miller will deliver the
Address before the Literary Society.
Democratic Meeting.
The proceedings of this meeting,appointing
delegates to the Gubernatorial and Congres
sional Conventions, will be found in to day's
paper. They also recommend the sending
up of five delegates from each militia dis
trict, to a county convention to be held in
the court bouse on the first Tuesday in June,
for the purpose of nominating candidates to
represent us in the next Legislative Assem
bly of Georgia. It would be well that these
district meetings be held as early as possi
ble, and let every district in the county be
fully represented. << In a multitude of
conncil there is safety.”
Bain, Hail and Crops.
Utah. , 1
The Goreraorehip of Utah has been offer
ed to several prominent gentlemen, oil of
whom ktte declined it. Thie in nn impor
tant matter. Utah mast have a Governor;
ie ought not to be n llermoa ; be most be a
firm, prudent, and able man Where is such
a one ? Thin is an appointment which wiil
test the patriotism of some of the office seek
ers of the country; if they wish the good of
tbe country more then their own elevation
and aggrandixement, then accept an ap
pointment which, although vexations and
troubesome, is yet one upon tbe proper fill
ing of which may depend much which can
affect the welfare of the Union.
Political fanaticism has done much to
shake the confidence of the world in tbe sta
bilily of our government: it has come well
nigh rending the Union in twain; it has
smothered that fraternal feeling which
ought to be cherished by the people of the
two greet divisions of the country; how
much more harm then, could a fanaticism of
not only politics but religion do ? Would it
not work the downfall of our government,
tbe ruin of the people, and the failure of
the great and glorious experiment of liber
ty, ns begun by our ancestors ?
In Utah slavery is established ; tbe peo
ple of the North, or a large portion of them,
are very hostile to this institution ; the
South, on this account, might be willing at
least to ignore the polygamy part of their
institutions; if such should be the case, as
it mny be, have we not reason to feel some
anxiety for our national welfare, unless
some one is sent to this territory from whose
firmness and ability we might he led to hope
that we should be relieved Irom the danger
which such circumstances might bring upon
us as a nation ?
But before the question of admission shall
come there is danger; this is a turbulent
people, opposed to all law or order; they are
in open opposition, already, to the general
government; the Chief Justice has resigned
his office, because he was unable to do his
duty as a Judicial officer, with any hope of
good to the territory and country.
It is reported that the War department
Democratic Meeting juu Cass.
In accordance with a call pteviously
made '.brough the columns of the Stand
ard, the Democratic party of Cass coun
ty assembled at Cassville, on Tuesday,
last, for the purpose of appointing dele
gates to represent lire Democracy of
most heartily carry out the Democratic or-
our rue not dispoeed to exclude those who wert op- j tbe sheet anchor in every troubles voyage,
ganizmlion in every other respect, and most posed to the removal fram participating in | although Judge Lumpkin. nearly a <&gUr
zealously support the Congressional and Go
beraatorial nominees of the party. j
A vote was then taken upon the sub- j
Cass in the "Democratic Convention of! s iiute offered by Mr. Ayeock, which re- j tft ^
to l>e suited m its being rejected, lbe a«Jop-
«he meeting, as the cause had nothing to fear j of a century sgo. united his fortune and As
from a fair discussion there or throughout; tiny with the people, and was cotempofary
BrighamlYoung’s Harem.
A correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing from 1
Great Salt Lake City, says:
Brigham resides in a large'
two story house some^fifty f ee t
„ youth, been uniformly active, industrious [ Square, btiilt in a heat Style.-
-■w- —— o ■ . . i . | The motion for a free discussion being u- and energetic in propagating Democratic, a nd furnished as SUmptuoudv
held at Calhoun for the purpose of nom- j tion of tbe fifth resolution was then put d Dr Lewig theB addressed principles, first on the field and last to strike j countrv can a ft’ orf ] ]"
. omlkUle for O^pm, .ml, I to the ta »d «™i. T i... tb. Um. W— — j S “hn“™ if, *“
also, for the purpose of taking prelimma- j lions contained in the report of the com-1 di the Resolntioll offered by j mon enemy. Whatever the obligations from th,s
. 1_ ; mitlee on nusiness having each beer. " - - 1
the county. He therefore moved that those ( with the formation and early struggles of
present who were opposed to the removal be , the party here, and has from his early
_ I . • ■ * r l_ not mMIB
tbe fifth Congressional District,
! this house lives with him
8ince our last issue we have, had tome j | ias bcen compelled to order a detachment of
very heavy rains. During the three days of arm y > under the command of one of the
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, it was rain
ing nearly the whole time; gleared up pretty
cold Monday morning, but nu frost; consid
erable damage done to farmers in washing
thier land and carrying away fencing. On
yesterday morning we were visited with a
storm of ruin and hail—hail as large as the
end of your finger. Wheat looks well, and if
nothing should come hearafter to injure it,
will be one of the largest crops ever made in
Cherokee Georgia. Planting is about through
with—corn just up —looking only tolerable-
well; no cotton, ns yet out of the ground.
Zollicoffer out for Congress.
Maj. Gusla'-us A. Henry'having declined
the nomination tendered him by the Ameri
can party of the Nashville Congressional
district of Tennessee, Gen. Eollfeoffer an
nounces himself as an independent American
candidate, and asks the support of his party
This is cortainly getting pretty anxious
to be Congressman. If a party will pass
over an nble man, already filling the place,
for some other man, they cannot surely be
very well satisfied with him as a represen
tative—but all right—the General belongs
to that family of politicians who would have
office seek the man. and lie is determined it
shall find him—if there is anything in try
ing.
Pulton Bank—Chronicle & Sentinel
John F. Bell & Co., Brokers of New York,
having failed, and being owners of a large
amount of stock in the Fulton Bank, the
President of that Bank is out in a letter,
stating that nil their interest ns stockhol
ders had been transferred to other and re
liable parties before their failure.
The Chronicle & Sentinel, however, seiz
ed upon this as n pretext upon which to
found sn indirect attack upon the Fulton
Bank. When is this war upon the Interior
Banks of Georgia to cease ? If there was
any good reason for it then it would be
right—hut there enu be none. It is only
the workings of imaginative minds anxious
to see something wrong in the management
of the affairs of all banks likely to come in
competition with the Angusta and other
banks of the State.
As long as the reports of the up country
banks show them to be in a solvent condi
tion, and a large majority of the stock is
owned by staunch business men, who are
citizens of Georgia, we think the people
ought to give them t.iat liberal support
which heme institutions ought ever .to re
ceive, and look with much suspicion upon
all outside attacks from those who have sec
tional interests to claim the'r attention
ablest and most experienced officers, to take
up their station among these folks. All
this but shows the difficulties to be met in
administering the territorial government of
Utah, yet we must not despair; we are
obliged to •• face the music” and do the best
we can with so hell deserving a people.
We believe that tbe present administra
tion is fully equal to the task of establish
ing order and giving peace to the territory,
and hope that there is patriotism enough in
the country to enable it to carry out its
measures, so that we may not again be in
volved in disorders more disgraceful and dis
astrous than those perpetrated so recently
in Kansas.
Polities in Mississippi
The Democratic Convention of the State
of Mississippi meets on the 22d of June, to
nominate their Governor and State House
officers.
Aspirants for the Governor’s Chair are
numeral, near'fifty. What a patriotic peo
ple—as much so as Georgians
Bemoval Meeting.
We publish to day the procqgdings
of this meeting, at Cartersville, on last
Thursday. We fear this move will tend
much to the disorganization of the Dem
ocratic party of Cass county, for this
season. We regret very much that the
issue is being thus made. The ques
tion of removal must come up—we all
see that, both the friends and oppo
nents of removal. We had hoped that
i; would come up as an isolated ques
tion, in which there would be no polit
ical or personal prejudices to make it
anything but a fair test of the senti
ment of the comity upon the issue. I?,
however, the friends of this movement
persist in their determination to run a
removal ticket, let them do so ; the de
mocracy have a plain duty; they ought
to act up to the great object, of their
organization and put out their candi
dates upon democratic principles, regard
less of their private opinions on this
question, and success is certain. But
inasmuch as there is much interest felt
in this question, and there is a division
of public opinion, they ought to be in
structed to procure tbe passage of such
a bill by tbe Legislature as would in
sure a fair test of the opinion of the
county on removal. This would be
right—justice to all portions of the coun
ty, it would keep up our party organi
zation. and every thing would be accom
plished that the most violent removal
or Cartersville man ought to ask. Let
us all meet together as democrats on
the first Tuesday in June; let the remo
val men, who are democrats, be there,
and then put forth a ticket with a per
fect understanding of what our members
if elected are to do, and we will again
meet with success, to the good of the
State and the whole country, without
injuring Cassville—or affecting iu any
wise this movement.
Communications.
Mr. Editor : Notwithstanding the names
of some gentlemen have already been sug
gested as suitable men for the next Legisla
ture, I wish to suggest through the columns
Oh, that in ;„f y 0ur excellent paper, the name of our
this Union there were a thousand States, j worthy c jtj, e n, Maj. LEVI BRANSON, as a
that there might be offices by which to sat < comment gentleman to represent Cass coun-
isfy the good Democrats of Georgia and 1 ty jn the Bext Legislature. Maj. Branson
Mississippi, and relieve the people of so ma
ny beggars— how we would shin them !
Farmers, Look Out
For D. Swobe, who is travelling in Cher-
skee Georgia with C. M. Saxton & Co.’s
Agricnltural Books. You have a chanee 1
to obtain the best works upon the Science I
and Art of Farming. Mr'. Swobe has shown ■««■» gentlemen suggested as suitable per
ns a leng Catalogue of most desirable books ^ ns to re P reMnt ** D “ noc ” tic “ the
is a Democrat to the core, and if elected
to the Legislature would represent the in
terests ef oar coanty and the principles of
the Democratic party with credit to himself
and with honor to the party.
A TRUE DEMOCRAT.
Mr. Editor: Having noticed the names of
for the Farmer. Knowledge is power—
knowledge is wealth.
next Legislature, from the several districts in
. our county; and having seen no one from the
115th district, we would, w : thout any dispar-
— agement to those already named, suggest the
Fires. name of JOSEPH L. NEAL as a gentleman in
We learn that there have been extensive every respect well qualified to represent our
fires in the cities of Mobile and Apalachicola party. We would farther state that it is due
during the last week. Loss in Mobile near i the 15th district that they should have a repre-
$50,000. In the latter cHy upwards of $*30,000, sentative, and we hope tint Mr. Neal will allow
with the loss of life to a boy, about twelve : his name to come before the Convention, in
years of age: There are getting to be too ma- June next,
ny fires tn be always accidental—must be some
one who burns for the chance of plunder.
MINT VOTERS.
Gov. Gorman, of Minnesota, has issued n
proclamation calling for an extra session of
President Buchanan has tendered the the legislature of that Territory, for the
Governoiship of Utah Territory to Captain ’ parpoee of enacting each laws as may bo
lien MoCnllough, of Texas, of ..Texan Ran- deemed neceesary to enable the people to
ger” notoriety.
Samuel W. Flournoy, Esq., formerly edi
tor of the Columbus Enquirer, died near
that city ou tbe 22d nit.
form n State Constitution, preparatory to
being admitted into the Union ns n State.
Mr. Bachman was sixty-six yean old on
the 33d uli.
ry steps towards holding a Caas county
Democratic Convention, for the purpc.se
of nominating candidates to represent
us in the next Legislature.
On motion of Mr. R. C. Hooper, J.
A. Crawford*. Esq., was called to the
chair, and on motion of Mr. William
Rich, Mr. H. P. Farrow was requested
to act as secretary.
The meeting being then ready for
business, Mr. B. H. Leeke moved that a
committee of seven be appointed to re
port business for the meeting: which
motion being passed the Chairman ap
pointed the following gentlemen ot^said
committee: _ \.-
/ B. II. Leeke, H. F. Price, Milton A. Ve hold it to be true Democratic doctrine
-Candler, D. W. K. Peacock, James A. tjiat it should be settled by the people, and
Maddox, James Lewis and John C. Sims.
The committee then retired, and after
an absence of a few minutes, returned
and made the following report:
The committee appointed for the purpose
of reporting business for the Convention
make the following report, to-wit:
Resolved, 1st, That we, a portion of the
Democratic party of the Union, have full
confidence in the ability, integrity and pa
triotism of our chief magistrate. James Bu
chanan: that we fully approve of tbe plat
form of principles upon which he was elect
ed, and his inaugural address, foresbadow-
as we believe, & wise and prosperous
administration of our national affairs.
Resolved, 2d, That a strict adherence to
the cardinal Democratic doctrines of equal
rights to the States and equal rights to the
citizens of our common country are indis
pensably necessary for the preservation of
the Constitution and the Union.
Resolved, 3d, That the Democratic party
is a party organized upon princ : ples which
have been often reiterateJ, and we ask the
co-operation on equal terms with ourselves
of every citizen who is now convinced of the
correctness of those principles.
Resolved, 4th, That we hereby appoint
John A. Crawford, Hawkins F. Price. James
McGinnis, Jerry A Howard and ThomasrJ.
Woffor#, delegates to represent this county
in a convention of the Democratic party of
tbe fifth Congressional district, which is to
assemble hereafter, to nominate a candidate
for the next Congress of the United States,
and that the delegates attending said Con
vention have power to cast the vote of this
county, or to fill vacancies.
Resolved, 5th, That wc recommend to tbe
Democracy of Cass county to hold a county
Convention on the first Tuesday in June
next, to nominate candidates to represent
them in the next General Assembly of the
State: and with a view thereto we recom
mend each district in said coanty to.be rep
resented by'five delegates in that Conven
tion.
Mr. B. H. Leeke, chairman of said
committee, having made the above re
port, Mr. James A. Maddox slated that
he and one other of tbe committee beg
ged leave to dissent from the fifth reso
lution of said report. The report of the
committee being then under considera
tion, Mr. H. P. Farrow moved that, there
being some dissatisfaction in regard to
the fifth resolution, the different resolu
tions be voted upon seperately. Each
of the first four resolutions being voted
upon, were unanimously received. The
fifth resolution being then before tbe
meeting, Mr. J. C. Ayeock offered as a
substitute for said resolution the follow
ing preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, tbe public mind sf Cass coanty
is greatly agitated upon the question of re
moving tbe public buildings of the coanty
from their present location to some more el
igible and convenient site, and upon tbe
question of organizing a new county, to he
composed of portions of Floyd, Cass and Gor
don counties; and whereas the election for
members to the next Legislature will inev-
itably turn upon these issues, be it, there
fore,
Resolved, 1st, That whereas we should
and will ever hold ourselves ready to sup
port most zealously the National Democracy,
nevertheless, we should never permit onr
zeal for national parties to render us insen
sible or.indifferent to sectional or local in
terests, which should always be considered
ot paramount importance.
Resolved, 2d, That tbe political questions
of States or counties are entitled to as great
consideration as political questions of a na
tional character; and that such questions
being of primary importance, should be fair
ly and iully submitted to the people, and
never ignored or treated as collateral or se
condary considerations.
Resolved, 3d, That it being customary
with the American people in the exercise of
their rights as citizens of our Republic, to
determine all questions coming before them
by setting forth candidates as the exponents
of the respective parties, we know of no val
id reason why this universal custom shllld
not be complied with in regard to county
questions, instead of disconnecting them
from the exercise of the lectoral franchise,
by requesting the expression of opinion upon
them, on tome day set apart for that pur-
pose.
Resolved, 4th, That it is doe the citizens
of Casa coanty that the agitated questions of
tbe county be thoroughly canvassed, fully
understood, and properly disposed of, and
that this result can only be obtained by
complying with the usages of the country,
and nominating candidates upon those is
sues, independent of other questions.
Resolved, 5tb, That as the election for
member* to the next Legislature will, and
ought to tarn upon these questioqt» and as
tbe nomination of candidates by our party
would not only have an injurious and disor
ganizing effect upon it but also operate as
an obstacle in the way of a fair decision of
said questions, we therefore deem it inexpe
dient to nominate candidates upon national
politics, and recommend that the issue be
made upon these questions by running can
didates upon them for the next Legislature.
Resolved, 6th, That while, in oonridern-
, tion of oouaty questions, we deem it inexpo-
, , , - j Mr Farrow In concluding his remarks he ! the party of the State to him as a pioneer , his wife, (for although, he has
separated voted upon and received, it; “ ....... „ Mnl 1
wis moved and carried that the report ***’ “ a the following pream-
of the committee as a whole be received.! bl ® *“ re ®° . . . . r ,
Col. W. W. Clayton then rose and offer |. the P ubUc
J ' , is divided m reference to the present loca-
ed the follow,ng resolutions. , ^ of the Hic bllUdlDgs> 8ame deS iring
Resolved, That a due regard should be their continuance where tUey are and 80 mc
had for the wishes of tbe people, and when ^ their rem0Tal : lo GarterSTi ii b> be it
questions touching public convenience or in-! tbere f ore
Resolved, That for the purpose of ascer
taining what is the pnblic will, that we re
terest, arise, to require their action, it is
proper and right that an opportunity should
be given for tbe expression of their opin
ions, to the end that a majority may settle
such questions.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the question
of the removal of our county site has arisen.
to this end we will at tbe proper time, re
quire a pledge from the candidates of the
Democratic party, hereafter to be nomina
ted, if successful, to urge the passage of a
bill, by the next Legislature, to contain the
following provisions, viz :
That an election shall be held on the
day of , 1858, at the court house and
precincts of Cass coanty, at which time tbe
voters of said coanty shall have an opportu
nity to vote for or against the removal of
the county site of said county :
That in the event a majority of the votes
at said election shall be in favor of removal,
an election shall again be held, in like
manner, on the day of , 1858,
that the voters may have an opportunity to
designate the place of location for the coun
ty site, and that the county site shall be es
tablished at such place ns shall receive a
majority of the votes polled.
Resolved, That we deprecate the bringing
of the question of removing the county site
into the approaching flection for members
to the Legislature, as out of place, unwise,
and calculated to disorganize the Democrat
ic party, and we urge all true and genuine
Democrats to unite, in nominating like De
mocratic candidates, upon Democratic prin
ciples, pledged to carry out the views con
tained in the foregoing resolution.
It was then moved that Delegates to
the Gubernatorial Convention be appoin
ted ; and on motion of Mr. John L. Row
land, the following committee was ap
pointed by the chairman to select suita
ble persons to serve in said Gubernatori
al Convention: John L. Rowland, James
Wofford, John Loudermilk, Milton A.
Candler and L.Dillard. The committe;
retired for a few moments, and having
returned, made the following report:
- The committee appointed to select
Delegates to the Gubernatorial Conven
tion, to he held in Milledgeville on the
24th of June next, suggest the names
of Messrs. J. W. Lewis, W. T. Wofford,
W. W. Clayton, J. G. Ilya Is, J. R. Wi
kle; and also recommend that ths ap
pointed Delegates be emDowered to fill
auy vacancies there may be in the Del
egation or to cast the vote of Cass coun
ty.
There being no further business, it
was moved that the proceedings of the
meeting be published in the Cassville
Standard ; and, on motion, the meeting
then adjourned.
J. A. CRAWFORD, Chairman.
H. P. Farrow, Secretary.
IJ WI MID .V - * j ' \ # O
and strong pillar and sale reliance of their ; moTG til311 Sixty COQCufoines
principles for so long a period in this part of! g jj e a ] one j g reC0 g n j se( J as
wife, the others are called
“spirituals,”) and her four chil
dren, two girls and two boys.
She is not his first wife, for
when she married Brigham lie
Georgia, and the overwhelming majorities
sent down to them in so many doubtful con
tests, whatever the ties of personal affection
that would prompt us to urge him with un
due interest and solicitude, still we desire to
act in that spirit of calmness and delibera
tion which should characterize a Democratic
o _ meeting in view of the success of the party W3S a widower With three chil-
quest that there shall be an expression made ■ and the exalted mission of our principles In dreil tWO girls and a boy
by the qualified voters of this coanty on the
now married. His
that spirit we present Judge Lumpkin as a ^vho are _
first Saturday in August next, and that Georgian, and challenge the frienJs of bis “ spirituals ” Or 8S theV are'
there be an election at the various precincts esteemed competitors, as well as the oppo- I r > ’ . '•>
site party, to an examination of his public j SOIfietimeS Called,] hXinS, OCCU-
career and private character.
Bemoval Meeting.
Pursuant to a call made, a large and en
thusiastic meeting was held on Thursday
the 30th ult.. at Cartersville, by tbe citizens
of Cass coun ly who are favorable tn a remo
val of the public buildings, for the purpose
of determining how and when a convention
should be held for the purpose of nominat
ing candidates to represent us in the next
Legislature, who. if elected would use their
best efforts to securo the passage of a bill ef
fecting the removal of the Court House from
its present site to some more eligible and
convenient spot. I
The hour of meeting having arrived
James A. Maddox moved that Col. J. R. Ful-
more be called to the Chair, and on motion
of Mr. J. L. Wikle Mr. H. P. Farrow was
requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman having called the house to
order, and having briefly announced the
meeting ready for business, Mr. H. P. Far
row rose and submitted to the consideration
of the meeting the following preamble and
resolution:
Whereas, There is in Cass county a local
question now in agitation, which, in justice
to the whole county, should be speedily set
tled , and, whereas, we believe in the Re
public doctrine that the people should settle
every question effecting their interest, be it
therefore.
Resolved, That the voters of each Militia
District of this county be requested to ap
point five delegates to attend a Convention
to be held at Cassville on the first Tuesday
in Jane next, to nominate candidates for the
Legislature, who shall be pledged to vote
for, and use their best efforts for the passage
of a bill by the next Legislature submitting
tbe question of tbe removal of tbe Court
House to tte legal voters of said county
an that day by balloting < Removal’ or . No
Removal,’ and that on the next Tuesday
thereafter the said ballots be counted out at
Cassville; and if there should be found a
majority favorable to a removal, it will
then be expected that our next Senator and
Representatives from this county use their
best efforts to have a law passed, at the next
session of the Legislature, authorizing said
removal, and also authorizing the Inferior
Court to assess sufficient Tax on the Tax
payers of the county to defray the expenses.
Resolved, further, That in the expression
of public opinion in regard to Removal or no
Removal, that it is distinctly urderstood
that it is not expected that there will not
be any political issue involved whatever.
Col James Milner again addressed the
meeting, urging the adoption of the original
resolution, and repudiating the substitute,
as hostile to the movement and subversive
of the objects of the meeting.
On motion of Mr. J. R Parrott a commit
tee of thirty three was appointed to report
business for the meeting, to which commit
tee the original preamble and resolution nnd
tbe substitute offered ty Dr. Lewis were re
ferred. The said committee consists of the
following gentlemen :
James C. Jones, Ja«. C. Sproull, William
Smith, Wm. Milam, Maj. Nicholson, A. P.
Dodgen. Jacob McCarty, Alfred Dodgen,
John Clayton, Monroe Goodson, J. Bishop,
0. Dodd, James King. Dr. Stephens. Sam’l
Franks. John Patterson, D R. Caldweil.
Dr. Goldsmith, J B Kennedy, Silas Bell,
F. M. Ford, F Boston, R. M. Young, A. J
Weems, Wm. King, Alfred King, J. Baker,
jno C. Ayeock, Joshua Layton, Dr. Ewing,
D. 3. Conyers, J: R Parrott, and W. Ham
mond.
The committee immediately retired and
after a short absence returned, Mr. J ames
C. Jones, Chairman of said committee repor
ting that the committee reeommt'niled the a-
doption of the preamble and resolution offer
ed by Mr. Farrow.
Dr. R. M. Young then made a minority
report, in behalf of himself and others, re
commending the adoption of" the resolutions
offered as a substitute by Dr. Lewis. The
report of the committee being then be,ore
the house, Mr. J. G. Ryals ^dressed the
meeting, and offered as a substitute for said
report the following resolution :
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet
ing that the political organization of this
county, when assembled in convention to
nominate candidates for tbe Legislature, he
requested to instruct their nominees, and to
secure from them a pledge to that effect, to
introduce into tbe Legislature and urge the
passage of a bill leaving the question of the
Removal of the Court House and^tber pub
lic buildings to the qualified voters of the
county for the decision.
" AfteTsome little discussion upon the re
port of the committee, and upon the substi—
stute offered by Mr. Ryals, the substitute
was laid upon the table. The vote upon the
report of the committee being there called
for it was unanimously received. It was
then moved and resolved that the Editor of
the Standard be requested to publish tbe
proceedings of the meeting.
There being no further business, on mo
tion, the meeting adjourned.
_ j. R FULLMORE, Chairman.
H. P. Farrow, Secretary
, - ^ - 7J /
! pied small booses in tbe neigb-
Resolved, 2, That the delegates to the, boi’llOod of the gubernatorial
Congressional Contention go uninstrncted
and that they be requested to exercise their ,
best informed judgment with proper discre
mansion, living two or three
iu a bouse: but he found that
lection of a suitable candidate for Congress.
X. G. W. McMEEKIN,
Chairman
Henry Kingsberry, Sec.
tion when the convention meets, in the se- i as tlie population of the City
' increased this plan did not suit
—his “fixins” had too much lib
erty—in fact they would, as
he expressed it, allow breth
ren to “get too friendly to
them.” He, therefore, had
a large establishment built
adjoining his residence, con
taining sixty rooms, then sur
rounded the whole premises
with a stone wall twenty feet
in height, into this harem he
proposed to put the majority
of his “sprituals,” making them
take turns in cooking, washing,
<fcc., and thus have them under
his own immediate supervision.
The females, however, with
unpardonable obstinacy, refus
ed to enter into this arrange
ment; and although finally-
compelled to, did so not with
out much grumbling and
“whining.” This circumstance
called forth the sympathy
of thier sisters iu misery, and
the prophet found it necessary
to thunder his anathemas up
thier unprotected heads. ! hey
say no more; the fin is
smothered, not quenched
[ am told by an eye wituess
of the scene, that Brigham,
walking down the street a
few days since, met a little
boy returning from the moun
tain side w r itli a few cows
which he had been herd nu.
Struck with something in his
appearance, the prophet stopt
and called out, “here, sonny,
tell me, now, whose son you
are.” The little curly head un
answered, “ma says I’m brother
Young’s son, but you ought to
to know who I am.” The seer
knew not his own child!
Legal Decision in Fulton Superior
Court.
In our Superior Court—Judge Bull pre
siding—which closed a three week's session
last week, we learn that the following case
was before his Honor, the decision of which
was looked to with unusual interest:
W. H. Thurmond, 1 Certiorari in Ful-
vs t ton Superior Court.
R. E. Mangby, J April Term, 1857.
Judge Bull Presiding held that an issue
of Gaming could not bo made up and tried
under the . Honest Debtors Act of 1823,' so
as to prevent the applicant from taking the
oath and being discharged
Judgment of the Inferior Court reversed,
and new trial granted
This case was argued iu favor of the plain
tiff with great earnestness aud ability, by
Judge Jared 1. Whitaker, and B C Yancey,
Esq . and for the opposite side by Messrs
Harris, aud Hammond & Son, all of this city.
IVe believe this is the fi-st time that a decis
ion of the gaming question, in reference to
insolvent debtors! Las been made iu our
Courts. In most cases there has either been
a compromise of it by creditors with insol
vents, or parties have submitted to impris
onment. Now that the question is decided
gaming cannot he made an issue under the
. Honest Debtor's Act of 1823,' insolvents
who have indulged in that pernicious vice,
ill not be so likely to withhold their effects
from their creditors, but will, in most cases
surrender their effects, as, upon so doing,
there will be no formidable opposition to
their taking the oath as prescribed by law
At. Examiner.
Democratic Meeting in Polk.^
Cedar town, April 28,1857
At a meeting held here to-day in the Court
House, pursuant to previous public notice,
composed of a portion cf the Democratic par
ty of Polk county, Thos. G. W. McMeekin
was called to the chair, and Henry Kings
berry appointed Secretary. On request
Hon. James M Ware explained the object
of the meeting to be the appointment of del
egates to represent the Democratic party of
Polk county in the approaching Gubernato
rial and Congressional conventions—
Whereupon H. Fielder, Esq. offered the
following resolutions, which he accompanied
with a few explanatory remarks—and which
were unanimously adopted by the meeting:
Resolved, 1st, That the meeting appoint
eight delegates, four to the Gubernatorial
Convention to he held at Milledgeville, and
four to the Congressional Covention to be
held at Calhoun; and that a majority of each
of said delegations have power to fill any va
cancy that may occur.
(Under this resolution the meeting pub
licly appointed, to the Gubernatorial Con
Bonner, James B.
Official Betnrns of the Connecticut
Election.
The Hartford Currant contains official
returns of the Connecticut election. The
aggregate are as follows: For governor
Holly, Union, i. e. Fusion, 31,702: Ingram
Dem 31.156. Holley's plurality 546 His
majority 496. there having been a few scat
tering votes.
The Fusion candidate for Lt. Governor is
elected by 649 plurality, and by 613 major
ity. The Fusion candidates for tbe other
State offices, by pluralities a little larger,
the highest beiDg for Wildman, Treasurer,
858.
For Congressmen.
1st Dist.—Ezra Clark, jr. Fusion 8,410
R. D Hubbarb, Dem 7,973
Clark’s plurality 437
2d Dist Samual Arnold. Dem 9,398
James Woodruff, Fusion 9,906
Arnold's plurality 492
3d Dist. Sidney Dean, Fusion
Jamos A. Hovey, Dem
Dean’s plurality
4th Dist.—Wm. D. Bishop, Dem
Orris S. Ferry, Fusion
6,082
5,060
1,022
8.403
8,387
Bishop's plurality 16
Scattering votes in the 1st district, 62;
in the 2d, 12: in tbe 3d, 5; in the 4th, 2.
Senate. —Chapman, English, Spencer.
Bnlkeley. Hoyt, and Stewart, Democrats,
are elected to the Senate; tbe other fifteen
Senators are Fusioniats. Fusion majority
in that body, nine.
vention, H Fielder, T. C
Col. James Milner then addressed the E dd j M and L H. Walthall
meeting, in support of tbe preamble and res-| To the Congressional Convention, James
olntion, with a few well timed and pertinent j M ^ are> £ \ Davis, L. Lamar and D E
remarks, showing conclusively that the pre- i R ober t a> to which James B. Eddins was ad-
aent location of the pnblic buildings is in- deJ a8 an a i tel . na t c> cn motion )
consistent with, and in some respects directly. Resolved, 2, That while we hold in high
antagonistic, to the interests of tbe citizens! and wou ld cheerfully support Gard -
of the county at large, and that neither the ner> Earner, Lamar, Baity, Stark, Stiles,
convenience of the public, nor tbe rights of jjurphy, Colquitt, Hillyer, Ward, and other
the people should ever be sacrificed eithvr d i 8 ti B g B , 8 ] ied gentlemen whose names have
for the advancement of individual interests j been ment ; 0Bed this connexion, still we j agraph which appeared in the Herald
Duel Opposite Natchez.
A hostile meeting took place opposite
Natchez, on the Louisiana side of tbe river,
about one mile above Vidnlia, on Sunday,
April tbe 12th, at noon; tbe parties be
ing R- H. Pnrdotn, Esq , editor of the Port
Gibson Herald, and J W. McDonald, Esq.,
editor of the Natchez Free Trader. The
weapons used were pistols, distance ten pa
ces Both pistols were discharged between
| the words .fire’ and <one,’ Mr. McDonald's
| ball catting ihe left lapel of bis adversary's
coat, and passing through tbe fleshy part
of the left arm immediately above tbe el
bow, luckily missing both bone and artery.
Mr. Purdom’s ball cu. through Mr. McDon
ald’s clothes—coat pantaloons and under
garments—immediately below the small of
the back, bnt without grazing tbe skin. Tbe
meeting, of coarse, closed with the wound
to Mr. Purdom, which bled profusely. It
is understood that Mr. Purdom was the
challenging party; the cause of offence be
ing some editorial remarks in a late num-
Irish Politics.
The latest news from Ireland
says that the Irish liberal
party are unde: stood to have
agreed on their programme for
the lostings.' The leading points
are as follows:
1. Tenant right as recently
modified.
2. The disendowment of all
religious sects, and the aboli-
i ’ 601 tion of the Irish Church as a
state establishment.
3. Religious freedom and
equality, involving the repeal
of the Ecclesiastical Titles act.
4. Opposition to any ministry
which will not comply with
the foregoing demands.
5. Enlargements of the coun
ty franchise, on the basis ot
the Locke Kings motion.
6. The abolition of the prop'
erty qualification.
7. The reduction of the qual
ification of voters in town to
£5—The Southern Catholic
Miscellany.
The Tail End.—An amus
ing circumstance occurred w
the Justice Court at Boston,
ustice Cushing on the Bench.
A plaintiff appeared to recover
a grindstone, and being called
to the witness stand, deposed
as follows: “I called on the de
fendant for the stone, but he
or for the promotion of aspiring persons.
We are happy to state that the wound of
regard it as no disparagement to them, and
Col. Milner having concluded his remarks, ! DO t improper in ng to declare that John H. j Mr. Purdom, though painful, will not prove
~ dangerous Exchange paper
Dr. Lewis rose and addressed the Chairman. Lumpkin, of Floyd, is our choice for Govei -
staring that he desired participating in the Bor . Indifferent as to tbe time of holding
proceedings of the meeting, but feared he' tbe convention, we are willing to risk him
might be considered intruding, aa according ■ j,;, merits before the Democratic party I
to Col. Milner’s remarks, the meeting had 0 f Georgia, let it meet when it may. That
been called for those favorable to a removal. ■■ do not present him as a sectional or Cuer-
He further stated, that with the consent of. okee man—notwithstanding onr Congression-
the meeting, he would make a few remarks. ‘ 8 | District has not heretofore contended for
Mr. H. P. Farrow then roee nnd stated Gubernatorial. Senatorial, er Supreme Court
that it was evident from the notice given! honors, notwithstanding our brethren below
lllg 3UIUC CUHUiint iciunmo iu ew — ~ • i
of the Free Trader, made in reply to a par-1 refused me, telling me that D
’ fore I could get it l must try
the tail end of the law, an<i 1
at once brought the matter be
fore your Honor.” T-he Goiu
looked stem and threatening,
spectators snickered, eml >1} ?
lawyers laughed behind ue i
cate handkerchiefs, gnna ° m ‘
cers smiled, and the witn&=-
sat down astonished.
We Feed John Bunn.—A parliamen
tary paper baa just been issued, showing the
total imports ef grain and flour into Eng
land for tbe past year. Three fourths- of
the supply ot foreign flour were obtained
from the United States, in addition to three
firths of the amount of Indian corn, and
more than a fourth of the amount of wheat.