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VOL. X.
CASSYILLE, GEO., THURSDAY, OCT. 91. 1858.
NO. 39.
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AT AuG
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CALHOUN, GEO.
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Cherokee Circuit. Particular attention
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RINGGOLD, CATOOSA COUNTY, GA.
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DR. J. T. DROVES,
HAS removed to the office next door to
A. C. Day’s shop, where he may be found
both day and night, nnlessprofessionally
engaged. Prompt a*tention given to all calls,
by day or night.
Cassville, Jan. 21, 185S.
Cfruitr |Mrt).
months. Whatever apparent concert there I
may be between us, is wholly accidental, j
__ j It is, I apprehend, the result of like judge- j
Foa The Standard. ! men * e to the true interests and future wel-!
The following lines were found in the Port- t* re °I the democratic party. I know no- ;
folio of a friend, and though written some thing of their views further than I •
years ago, they are too good to be lost. It is , have seen in the press. Whether they i
not mere rhyme and thythme that characterize i are for Douglas Or not, I do not know. It
them, but a sentiment of deep poetry pervades
the whole. And as the writer and the ad-
took during the last Congress, to establish
a party tyranny, more galling than the
rule of the Turk and unrelenting as the
inquisition. I resisted it then, will do it
now, and ever while I live. I had rather r
Original.
Valedictory to Board of Visitors,
Faculty and Class.
die, be quartered and eat by vultures than „ „
, ., ? ., ...•!> Delivered by Miss Georgia R. Kelsey, on
submit to it And who is Bennett ? The ^ J ^ „ „ .„ „
supporter of -Fremont by contract. A
dressed now walk their pathways far apart, I,
a mutual friend, and the possessor of the lines,
give them publicity. Truly, .
MOLLIE WORD.
O where is the girl with so brown a curl
As my darling Mollie Word!-
The lass that lives just over the brook,
Where the elders nod snch a tell-tale look,
As tho’ proud of what they have beard
For many a night when the stars were
bright;
For there I walked in tender talk,
With my darling Mollie Word.
O who will say that the flowers of May
Are fairer than Mollie Word*
I picked a bunch of buds one day,
But saw her face and threw them away,
In pity for them, I feared.
Her eyes were more blue than the violet’s
hue,
And the roses red looked faded and dead,
By the lips of Mollie Word.
The queen may have land and sceptre in
hand,
And gold much more than I’ve heard ;
But if the should ask to be my bride,
And make me a man of riches and pride,
I’d remember Mollie Word,
And the sacred vow I made her on* night,
As we stood on the bridge in the soft star
light,
While the waters murmured so mild and
low,
I thought they were letting the sweet stars
know
Of the promise of Mollie Word.
0, Mollie Word is more than a queen.
To a faithful heart, like mine;
Her loving smile will give to' my cot
What many a lord’s proud hall hath not—
Though sought for in revels and wine;
She will give me joy that will last lor age,
And peaceful content to hallow each day,
And I shall be richer by far than a lord ;—
Yes, richer by far, for they have not •
A gem like Mollie Word.
Early next spring the bells shall ring
The bridal of Mollie Word.
The lassies will smile, and the lads will sigh,
When I, with my bride, go smiling by,
. The happiest of any I’ve heard;
And though with the years care brings me
tears,
I’ll still be glad that I ever had
A bride like Mollie Word.
P1XCK C. C.
Columbus, Texas.
IffMtitl.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Letter from Judge Wright
Rome, Ga., Oct 7, 1858.
Messrs. Editors :
Gentlemen : In your paper of the 5th
inst, under the head of “Bad Policy,” you
make some judicious and well-timed re
marks relative to party organization, and
enter into an able defence of Messrs.
Toombs and Stephens. In your strictures
upon myself, I think you do me injustice. | Brown suggested, with but one other gen
Aft*,,. cTrin. «i,o nvidonon that tlcman, I voted emphatically No. No!
will make no difference in the views I en
tertain on the subject Whether they are
“ compelled to back down from Douglas”
or up to Cobb, is all the same. They form
their opinions, I doubt not, according to
truth and right. All honest men form
them the same way. We have been in
collision, and we have been “ shoulder to
shoulder.” Whether in conflict or togeth-’
er, I have admired their genius and been
proud of them as Georgians.
The insinuations thrown out by some of
the papers that there exists among the
“ old line Whigs” a feeling of hostility to
wards Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Cobb, is not
true so far as relates to myself The pre
servation of the national Democracy, how
ever, demands that the power of the gov
ernment shall not be used to crush out
possible candidates for the Presidency in
1860.
Let us see how I stand with referenca
to “ a disposition to oppose” the Admin
istration of Mr. Buchanan.
In the last Georgia convention that nom
inated a Governor, I went as a delegate
of the county of Floyd. My preferences
for the Hon. John H. Lumpkin, the bos
om friend of Mr. Cobb, were well under
stood. There was no surrender in that
war. After two days of as fierce political
conflict as was ever waged, in fall caucus
of the friends of Mr. Lumpkin, my coun
sel was tc nominate him, or break up and
appeal to the people. Some of his Athens
friends moved the committee of conference
which ruined him. When the committee
was appointed to draft resolutions, I had
the honor to be one. The resolutions of
fered by the chairman, Judge Thomas V.
Thomas, covered a direct assault upon the
President. Alone, I offered a minority
report,—that the convention indorse and
approve of that portion of the President’s
instructions to Mr. Walker which indicate
his desire that the constitution when form
ed, be submitted to the people. When I
attempted to gain the floor, the President
would not recognize me until my refusal
to yield it, compelled him. The effort to
vindicate the resolutions was resisted with
the most determined manifestations of dis
pleasure. I compelled the convention to
listen to me, I have good reason to believe
not without effect. This I did, because I
believed the President to be right upon a
great question of popular sovereignty. I
could not see, as Mr. Buchanan has well
said, how the principles of the Kansas and
Nebraska act could be carried out, June
“ the people could determine the question
of slavery for themselves,” without a vote
upon it
When Mr. Lumpkin, the friend of the
Administration, was thrown overboard by
the committee of conference, and Gov.
M. McMURRY,
Dealer in Family Groceries t
CONFECTIONARIES, Ac,
Cassville, Ga.
Feb. 1st, 1S5S—ly.
NEW
After saying there is “ no evidence that
Toombs, Stephens and Wright intend to
build up a Douglas party,” you go on to
say “we councur with the Standard that
Judge Wright ought to be more particu
lar to whom he writes political letters.—
But we will not believe that he intends to
build up a Douglas party in Georgia.”
Now your compliments to my integrity
in what “ you will not believe,” is of doubt
ful savour, and whether intended or not,
might be very unfavorably understood.—
Your advice as to the character of my
correspondents would seem to indicate
that the “scurvey fellow” had “let the
cat out of the wallet,” and that I had been
tlcman, I voted emphatically No. Not
that I objected personally, to the nominee,
but because the blow was evidently strick
en at Mr. Cobh and the Administration.—
Yet a set of “ Rancey Sniffles” and whif
fling demagogues, some of whom I have
slashed out of Know-Nothing lodges, are
after me, because “old liqe Whigs exhibit
a disposition to oppose Mr. Buchanan and
Mr. Cobb.” An honest man’s contempt
can never reach their level. I shall sur
vive their assaults.
When I Aveift to Washington, I went
there the friend of Mr. Buchanan and of
Mr. Cobb for the next Presidency, because
I thought they were on the right line and
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HAS for sale a large assort-
'ment of Books, Stationery, Musi
cal Instruments, Fancy Goods,
Pistols, fine aud common Cutle
ry, wholesale and retail, at the lowest possible
cash rates. A share of the public patronrge is
respectfully solicited.
Particular attention paid to country orders,
and forwarded per return mail, railroad, ex
press or stage. Please remember the place—
nearest Book Store to the general passenger
depot, Atlanta, Geo. '. Jan. 21,1858—ly.
REMOVAL.
Hr. J. W. Kinabrew,
night at the residence laMy
Bohannon. Cassrille,
THANKFUL for the pa
tronage of the pant year,
continues to offer his servi
ces to the public, and will
attend promptly to every
call, day or night. Office
nexf door south of J. A.
Terrell’s, where he can be
found daring the day. at
«ly occupied by Mr.
‘ 13,1858.
there is design in it, any intention in ei
ther the state or federal authorities to
create a vacancy in the fifth, I do not
know, nor is it material to inquire. I de
sire to be set right before the country.
I have written nothing of late date, or
any subject, that I should dread to see the
light.
Upon a calm review of the letter in
question, I reiterate and reaffirm all that
it contains. “ Every impulse of my soul
i&wifh Douglas in his contest against the
Black Republicans in Illinois,” and I will
»dd against the Know-Nothings and
“ President makers" in Georgia.
I have no* design with ** Toombs, Ste
phens and others to make a Douglas party
in Georgia.” My own opinion
—— ^ ^ , - Democratic candidate for the
“caught in a dirty trick.” I think it my standing square on the Cincinnati Plat-j
duty to vindicate myself from such insin-1 form. The Lccompton constitution was |
uations. The assaults too, that liave been i presented. It has not been submitted to |
made upon me from other quarters, begin j the people. This the President “profound-
to demand it i ly regretted.” Bnt inasmuch as the sla-
You attempt to draw a distinction be- j very clause was submitted and that was
tween the position occupied by Messrs, j the chief question of contention, he recom-
Toombs and Stephens and the one by me. j mended Congress to admit the State. I
You the former gentlemen very good j still thought he was right and went with
Democrats; you leave me, to say the least, him. Up to this time, Mr. Douglas has
of it, in a “ cloudy condition.” Whether stood with him and by him. Here they
♦f- Caution.
pnbHe are cautioned agtfnrt trading
A with any podlers or eshsn rtfnKDUtf
themselves as our agents, in ornerta aell tnew
inm Jemiry and bogus IFWdU*. ■' We have
Borne,
no agents out at ail
June 17
ingiw
differed; and the question is, shall Doug
las be rend out of the party for holding on
to what the President thought was right
and what he regretted had not been done ?
Mr. Douglas wait farther and said, even
that question had not been fairly ascer
tained; that the will of the people was a-
gamgf. slavery. Shall he be read out of
the Democracy ? and by whom * Who is
it that led on this attack “fierce as eve
ning wolves.” Wendell of the Union, and
Bennett of the Herald. Wendell was e-
keted public printer by Black Republi
can rotes. In the caucus of the Demo
cratic party last winter at Washington^
the Piryinia democracy and others de
nominated they would
Sherard Clemens rose
awl said imoney had been Ot-
bribe; to tote for Wendell.
supereffious airogsnfc, found
man it is true, of great versatility of ge
nius, the raciest writer and best newspa
per editor of his age, but as destitute of
principle as a' fish is of hairs. A Swiss
that fights for pay. Who are some of the
leading adjuncts of these worthies ? Mr.
John Van Buren and his Buffalo platform
men. Mr. “mail-bag Wentworth” and
“Anti-Nebraska Breese,” “id omne ge
nus.” These men are to become the pe
culiar conservators of Southern rights
and par excellence, the custodians of the
national Democracy! They are to read
out Stephen A. Douglas, who has done
more than any man living, to roll back
Northern fanaticism. The man who at
the head of the gallant sons of the South
and the Northern democracy tore from the
statute book, the brand of the South’s dis
honour and inferiority in the Union.
Who is aiding these men in their un
hallowed work in Illinois ? The fflael-
Republicans. AVhile Douglas is engaged
in mortal conflict with their giant gladia
tor, the government officials are planting
their stilettoes in this democrat “who
never faltered,” and never failed to fight.
There is not such an act of political infa
my in the annals of depravity, as that
which is now being enacted in niinois.—
The tension of the noble nature of South
ern democracy cannot stand it much lon-
ger.
Who is aiding them in Georgia ? Look
and tell me. The “ Know Nothings” to
a man, and unfortunately for Mr. Cobh,
a large portion of those supposed to be in
his interest for the next presidency. Has
not the Charleston convention of I860,
more to do with reading him out, than
my failure to agree with the President
Don’t he stand on what Mr. Cobb and the
President said was right and they regret
ted had not been done ? Any effort to
use the government to crush out compet
itors, I don’t approve. This is not one of
the principles of the party. Why are our
Know Kothing friends so busy at this
same game f How comes it that they are
so powerfully exercised in the same way.
When Democrats find themselves warring
“ check by jowl” with this forlorn squad
of desperate adventurers, they should
pause and reflect. What can they he af
ter ? Is there. any Irish in Douglas’
blood ? Can it be because he married a
Catholic wife f Are we to have another
fusion ? I hope there is no “ cat in the
meal tub.” The wretched organization
proposes to live by democratic aid. It will
get none from me.
I never failed to support the adminis
tration, till it departed from our platform,
in onr Central American relations. When
it captured Walker and his men “mostly
from Southern States” to please the Brit-1
ish, I thought it did wrong and I said so.
Its effort to shuffle off the responsibili
ty upon the poor subaltern who did its
work, was both mournful aSd fanny. I
told Mr. Cobb then, the South would nev
er stand it Mr. Buchanan was honest, I
have no doubt “ The Count,” “ Sir Gore,”
and “ My Lord Napier,” had “ honeyfu-
gled” him, with all his acknowledged di
plomatic ability, with the idea of getting
Cuba. The wishy-washy articles in the
London Times about our taking Cuba,
was “to throw dust.” The treatirs of
Sir Gore and Monsieur Belly, and other
developments almost demonstrate that the
President was swamped. His late instruc
tion of August, through Mr. Cass to Mr.
Lamar, our Minister te Nicaragua, are em
inently democratic and progressive. If
Mr. Buchanan has the nerve to carry out
what he says about the Monroe doctrine,
he will j et be the most popular President
the republic has ever had. If Mr. Cobb
will quit President making till the time
comes, and lend his great abilities, to aid
the executive in maintaining his country’s
honor and her rights, he will find many
a “Cobb man” in Georgia. “ Ab imo
pectore" do I wish the Democracy could
leave off the presidency for the present, and
forget the dead, defunct, and wholly use
less controversy about Lecompton, and
look to the great questions which do re
commencement day of the Cassville Fe
male College, July 21, 1858.
Gentlemen of the Board of Visitors :
It has been made my task to address
you upon this occasion—the annual Com
mencement of this Institution.
The greeting has been spoken—once a-
gain have you been Welcomed to this fes
tive scene. Music has filled j’our hearts
with gladness ; with evident pleasure have
you listened to the productions of others,
more able than I, to portray the emotions
of sorrow which steal over the heart, as
we bid you adieu.
Beauty has her shrine, at which the gay
butterflies of earth bow. Fashion has her
votaries; and shall not wisdom, the noblest
and most exalted of the train, erect her
throne, and call upon the sons and daugh
ters of earth, to pay her the first tribute of
their praise ?
Yearly arc her ranks swelling—the poor
unnoticeil, and unhonored of our land, as
well as the rich and influential, are being
educated, and we look forward, with fond
anticipation, to the time when ignorance
and superstition shall j’ield their blighting
sceptre, and be banished from the earth—
while the votaries of education increase in
number and zeal.
Look abroad over our land, and even at
our much loved Georgia, at the number of
Colleges and High Schools which arc erec
ted here and there, from whose walls, an
nually, a large number of young ladies and
gentlemen, are sent forth into society, many
of whom, by diligence and perseverance,
may become bright and shining luminaries
in the skj' of the literary world. We know
that it is the opinion of many learned men,
that woman’s mind is inferior to man’s;
but wc will not here discuss a subject
which has, for some time, agitated in no
small degree, the public mind. Suffice it
to say, that wc have noble champions on
our side, among whom, vie trust, it is our
privilege, to number j’ou—the present Vis
iting Committee, whom we thank for their
leniency and patience manifested and ex
tended to us during the ordeal through
which we have passed. Long may the
memory of to-day cling fondly round your
hearts, and when gray hairs shall your
temples adorn, may you look back to this
day as an “ Oasis” in the past May heav
en prosper you, and happiness attend your
pathway, and through life, may your chief
object be, to gain a crown of eternal glory.
We now bid you, each, a long and linger
ing adieu.
To you, beloved Faculty, we now turn
with emotions of sorrow. The eventful
hour has come in which we meet the last
time, and must part forever as pupils
and teachers. How vividly the past looms
up before us, vthile our eager youthful
hearts glance farewell to school days, a-
dieu to College walls, these halls of study
and literary fellowship. Hitherto j’ou have
guided us, kindly led us up science-hill,
and from your lips have fallen words of
high and sacred import.
“ Up the rnggeil hill of science
You have kindly led ns on,
To the temple where for ages,
Wisdom’s star has brightly shone;
Though we leave you, still we bless yon,
Grateful for your kindly care;
Tlirongh the scenes where God may call us;
Take our earnest fervent prayer.”
The future lies before us. Life is one great
drama. The instructions j-ou have given
are to fit us to act well our part*. The
tality, they may, With you, walk the streets
of the New Jerusalem, and with an angel’s
hand strike the golden harp in praise to
God.
Although your labor may be severe, the
reward is sweet; dispair not, go on! And
while you toil, look upward and claim the
blessed promise yours. “ He that goeth
forth and reapeth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.”
Hope on, hope ever! And though dark
clouds may hover o’er j’ou, take courage,
and remember that “ every cloud has a
silvery lining.” You know not how many
of your own little flock arc to deck j’our
crown of rejoicing. ’Tis no lowly thing to
be a teacher. Earth’s Redeemer, the Cre
ator of all things, left his throne, and all
the beauties of Heaven, to teach fallen
man. Did ever such an instructor grace
this fair earth of ours ? Vast multitudes
listened and wondered at the eloquent
words which fell from his sacred lips—the
most learned of the age were confounded b j
his arguments, and may j’ou be enabled
to follow in the foot-steps of your great
model.
Our school days have all past, the last
scene is now being acted; soon the cur
tain will drop, and the link which bound
us together here, be forever severed. Oft
will we call upon memory to unroll its
scroll and bring hither the past, buried in
oblivion’s dark hours. The recollections
of these daj-s will be sweet.
“O long be oui hearts with such memories fill
ed,
Like the vase in which roses have ouce been
distilled;
You may break, you may ruiu the vase if you
will,
But the scent of the roses will cling rouud it
still.”
We thank you for all j’our kindness to
us, and for the forbearance and patience
you have manifested towards us, and if we
have either by word, look, or action, griev
ed you, oh! may it be forgiven, and never
more remembered.
May the blessings of heaven rest upon
you, and if we are never permitted to meet
on earth again, may we all meet in Heav
en. In the' name of my class, I bid you,
each, an affectionate farewell, farewell!
Dear Sisters :
Must we part* Must the golden cords
of lore and friendship which have here
linked our youthful hearts together, be
thus rudely severed by the cruel hand of
late ? Reality answers j’es. The decree
has gone forth aud is now being executed.
Together we have listened to the words
of wisdom, as they fell from the lips of our
teachers; together we have drank at learn
ing’s fount, and roamed amid the beauti
ful gardens of science and literature; but
now we part; for the future our paths will
be diversei Fortune may favor as; our
pathway may be strewn with roses rob
bed of their thorns, or the scorching raj’8
of the sun of adversity may blast, and
wither the hearts once buoyant with hope.
We cannot lift the veil which hides the
future from our view, arid there read otif
destinies—whether joy or sorrow, misery
or happiness, are in reserve for us. Now
“ the sea is calm, and the sky is blue.”—
No dark clouds arise to overshadow the
bright horizon of our future ; no waves of
trouble now agitate life’s fair sea, or nide-
ly toss our bark, laden with the precious
freights of light and joyous spirits; but
hope’s bright star sheds a cheering light
to guide us “onward and upward.” Easily
can we look back over the past; when our
imagination was active in displaying to
our minds bright dreams of the future;—-
She was sent forth on the wing to cull
from the flowers of earth, lasting joys and
pleasures. We have not dreamed of the
days spent within these waHs, are but days
of preparation for the great scenes of that dark clouds of s™ , the waves of trou-
drama Thus far von have cmlded din*- ble which might, e’er long, almost destroy
drama. Thus far you have guided, direc
ted, and conducted us. Henceforth the
counsels j-ou may give, will be only in the
name of friends, and not in the endearing,
and sacred relation of teachers, and it is
with many misgivings for the past, and
fears for the future, that we to-day pass
from the school room into the broad world
around as. A wide field of usefulness is
opened before as; one which knows no
limit, which has no length, no breadth,
and, which, if wc make proper ase of the
talents which have been committed to our
care, honor will be reflected upon our
teachers. Your influence, how great!—
Who can calculate its extent: ’tis yours
ally concern us. Beyond all doubt, the tomould the mind and form the character.
destiny of the South, as well as the glory
of the Union, is wound up in Mexico, Cu
ba, and Central America. If these vast
regions are permitted to be settled and
colonised by European governments, ei
ther with free labor, to hem in and crush
out slavery, or with, slave labor, to com
pete with our productions, the South is
ruined beyond all controversy and the%lo-
ry of the NetUl forever diminished. Will
the Presideat atond the fire? That’s the
q AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT,
fonnhr soexprewfd myself forlhe bet six only in mfoeemment eMdat be under
ET* You seem to walk more
usual, my friend. “Yes, I have been
straightened by rirenmstanecs.’'
The impressions made upon the mind in
childhood, are seldom, if ever, repeated in
manhood, and scarce forgotten in,old age.
How important is it then that they Who
are entrusted with such a jewel, the im
mortal mind, should be such as rightly
consider the importance of early educa
ting the affections of the heart Yours is
a high and holy work.
“Delightful task, to rear the tender thought;
Tc teach the young idea how to shoot;
To peer At fresh instruction* o’er the mind:
To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix
The generous purpose in the glowing inert”
It is in your power not only to teach Asm
earthly wisdom, to elevate them in the lit-,
erarr world, but through your hsstnnnen- J
our public life-boat Little have we thought
that the friends which gather around us
in youth, may, as our fortunes change,
forsake us* Fain would we wish it ever
thus; but it cannot be. The dearest of
friends must part; all is not sunshine here;
all of our “Air-Castle.-,” however fondly
We maj’ have anticipated the realization
of them, are delusive, and the fair pros
pect is even now beclouded bj- a present
sorrow—for we must part. As we pass
from the duties of Hie school-room into so
ciety, may we not leave behind us, a few
feeble rays, which may be reflected upon
others, and may not our ..scboql-inatea,
even down to the smallest star, which glit
ters in the diadem of Cassville .Female
College whisper one sad farewell, as we
leave them.
We part, perhaps forever. Well might
we exclaim with the poet—
“When shall ire alt meet again ?
Though in distant lands we sigh.
Perched beneato tochhostCe sky;
■ Though toe deep hot*ecu na rolls;
Friendship shall unite onr seals,
And in fancy’s wild domain,
There shall we ail vest again.
When toe dreama. of life are fled.
When its wasted lamps are dead.
When in cold oblmon’s shade,
When
* -an -
uuMfriw qiuiv reign,
may uwaHveat sgssn ”
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