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(Zxmts attil %£X(tivid. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. ~ WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG, 8. FOR GOVERNOR. „ mT HERSCIIEL, V. JOHSfcOW. for congress* let Dißtrict-JaniPs L. Seward, of Thomas. 2,1 4< itl. J- Crawford, of !?Incogee, 31. 44 Jam-* 01- Smith, of Ipsoii. 4.‘ h 4. iiirain Warner, of Meriwether. iith “ Jno. H Lumpkin, of Floyd. 44 Howell Cobb, oI Clarke. 7 f I, 4. l.iiiron S ephehß, of Hancock. gib << A. 11. Stephens, of Taliaferro. Garnett Andrews’ Letter of Acceptance—Loy alty to the Union. However inconsistent the charge of want of loyally to the Union may be in the mouth of a candidate who affects to he a Columbus movement man, Garnett An drews docs not stop to enquire, but boldly prefers it against the Georgia Democracy in the following para graph : The inference from all such criticisms ia, that Kansas may be rejected and the Union dissolved, unless we can obtain votes on a principle we know is impossible, and to us immaterial. A party which thus cavils on “the ninth part of a hair,” may possibly desire the admission of Kan* sas, but that desire must be very weak that is weighed against a quibble. It looks significant oi the small value they place upon the Union This charge is simply ridiculous*. If the Democracy of Georgia err at all it is in their extravigant estimate of tho value of the Union. They submitted to be exclud ed from all Territory of the United States lying north of 3G deg. 30 inin., rather than dissolve the Union ; they submitted to be excluded from the Pacific coast, rather than dissolve the Union ; they submitted to daily violations of that provision of the constitution providing for the surrender of fugitive slaves, rather tliar. dissolve tha Union ; nay, so tame has been our conduct under the insults and wrongs heaped upon us by the North, that Northern orators habitually assert that we cannot bo kicked out of the Union. Yet Garnett Andrews charges that we set “small value upon the Union.” Shame on hirn for such a charge. And upon what data is this charge founded : why, they oppose the Know Nothings ! Well, that is true and we candidly confess that we believe the Georgia Know Nothings are better Union men than the Georgia Democracy. The dif ference between them, however, only is that the Know Nothings will, in our opinion, submit to any and every wrong rather than dissolve the Union ; and the Demo cracy say they will dissolve, as a last resort ,if Con gress shall violate the four points of the Georgia Plat form. But which party has the best prospect of saving the Union ? This query is predicted upon the idea that the Union will be dissolved if Kansas is refused admission into the Uunion “because of slavery.” In order to prevent this catastrophe it is necessary to elect men to Congress who are advocates and supporters of the Ne braska Kansas bill. Now how do the two parties stand on this question. First, at the South : Upon the passage of the bill in the Senate, there were but two Southern votes cast against the bill, (Houston, of Texas, and Bell, of Tennesre,) and they are both Know Nothings. In the passage of the bill in the House, there were nine Southern votes cast against it—seven of whom are Know Nothings. Second, at the North: on the pas sage of the bill in the Senate there were sixteen Northern Pemoorats for the bill and sonly two against it, and not one Northern Know Nothing for the bill, hut all against it. So on the passage of the bill in the House there were forty-four Northern Democrats in favor of the bill and not one solitary Know Nothing. Now if the people of Georgia are anxious to secure the admission of Kansas and thereby prevent a disrup tion of tlu Union, which party ought they to elevate to power? Clearly, the Democracy; for among them alone, at the North, has the South any friends. Yet Garnett Andrews charges that the Georgia Democracy “place small value upon the Union” because they will not aid in putting down our only friends at the North— the Democracy—and putting in their stead our sworn enemies—the Know Nothings. The charge is pre posterous and the reasoning by which it is supported contemptible. But if the Georgia Democracy fail to procure the ndmissiou of Kansas into the Uniou, they are pledged to a measure that will either guarantee our rights in the Un ion, or secure them out of it. If grass will not bring the boy out of the apple tree, they are pledged to try what virtue there is in stones. Unlike Garnett An drews, who has no hope of Southern safety from South ern union, the Georgia Democracy believe that when the South stands firmly upon the Georgia Platform, and demands her constitutional rights under a stern threat of disunion, that she will be able to command the whole Northern vote in Congress for the admission of Kansas into the Uniciff, or for any other proposition she may deem essential to her safety. We, therefore, make bold to assert that the Georgia Democracy are the only true friends of the Union in the State. We do not mean that wo love the Union better than Garnett Andrews does, or would make greater sacrifices to maintain it. We place Garnett Andrews in the front rank of submissionists. But we hold that patience under injury is not the best way to preserve our rights from the assaults of an insolent foe. Tlie tide of Northern fanaticism can only be rolled back by a calm, but fearless resistance. Unless this is done we can enjoy neither Union nor liberty. This must be apparent to every rejecting mind. This resistance the Georgia Democracy propose to make and in that purpose they show not only their devotion to Southern Rights but to the Union of the States under the con* • • • • stiiution, without which there can be no Union but a consolidation of the States. Democratic Nominations. Charlton County. —For Senator, Tiiotnas Ililliand ; for Representative, James Thompson. Chattahoociiek County. — Wo are phased to learn that the Democracy of Chattahoochee are fully alive to the great issues now pending before the American peo ple. The district meeting at Pine Knot on the 21st u!t., was well attended, and Messrs James Cook, Andrew M. Shepherd, Green B. Morgan, Caleb Ga'lups and 11. J. Williams were appointed delegates to the county convention to select candidates for the Legislature. The district convention which assembled at Halioca was also a good one. Messrs. John F. Daniel, Jacob II Clark, Sr., A. Williams, M. 1). Wall and K C. Pal lergon, were appointed delegates to the county Conven tion. Messrs. Paterson, Ueufroe, Cade and Webb, ad dressed the meetiug iu stiring speeches. It rejoices us to record the proceedings of such gatherings of the people. The honest farmers of the country aro the only hope of tho country. They look all great issues straight in the face and decide them ac cording to truth and justice. It is not always so in town* and cities. OftLo blinds nun’s judgments often Line*. Alabama Election. RUSSELL COUNTY. ~.zH “ j a ;zi | FT” i ® § -g - -o -:c 55 ! I 3 ijg ~ c I C -Si ! a £ , a .c3 a ; a m . £ G-rard, 33.n : 37t>-i 37m! 1 5 i in Crawlord, 125 61 ilo2 119 ]57 75 >lls 68 Salem, 182 90 160 186 104 74 ! 172 01 Opelika, 122 66 98 |97 j 52 !72 195 71 W. Valley; 21m 71 75 58 56 2m Himes, .67 jl7 60 ,63 .16 jl9 40 jl3 Uehee, j ; Olivet.’ j ! . i ! Sand Fort,; 24 j 65 23 i22 74 72 11 iB7 Oswichee, 29 j 7 i25 29 ! 8 : 7 26 12 Villula, 108 47 111 99 36 33 87 |7B Total. 1 | ‘ ii i T Macon County.—Eight of the principal precincts heard from including Auburn, Tuskegee and Warrior Stand. Watt’s majority as far as heard fromjs only 180. Chambers County.—Dowdcl.’s majority at LaFayette, is 305; at Opelika 30. Watts carried Rough and Ready by one vote. Oak Bowery is a stand off. Dowdell’s majority is not less than 400 in Chambers. It is reported that the whole Anti-Know Nothing ticket is elected. Montgomery County. —ln the eily precinct Watt’s majority is 28*2, at Mt Meigs 14. Dowdell carried llig* ler’s Mills by 00 majority. Dowdell, Dem., is certainly elected. Barbour County. —The Kufaula box gave Shorter, Dcm., a majority of 154. Glennville gave Alford K. N. a majority of 35 votes. No doubt of Shorter’s election to Congress in the 9d District. Special Despatch. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 7, 1 19, r. m. In Montgomery county, Shortridges’ majority is re* dueed, by full returns, to 130 : Watt's majority to 230. Dallas gives Shortridge a majority of 350, Autauga is Democratic. Winston is certainly elected Governor. BY TELEGRAPH. TENNESSEE ELECTIONS. Knoxville, August 3. Gentry 1800 majority in Knox county—net gain of 400. Nashville, August 3. Davison, Maury, Bedford, Fayette, Memphis, William son, Monterey, Wilson and Stewart counties give Gentry a gain of 5,420. Several counties give Johnson a gain of 500. Gentry’s net gain so far is 2,042. Nothing definite from North Carolina. [ln the counties named above for Gentry, (including the whole vote of Shelby county) Henry (Whig) in 1853, had 14,542 votes, and Johnson (Democrat—the present candi date,) 11,524, showing a loss to Gentry, by the official vote of that year, of 318 votes. —Eds. Con. & Rep.) The Very Latest by Telegraph. Macon, August 6, 2 f. m. Forty-four counties heard from and Johnson, Dem., is three thousand ahead. Macon, August 7, 4 29 f. m. Nothing further from Tennessee. The Nashville Banner, Know Nothing, gives up the election and says Gentry's defeat is inevitable. North Carolina Eleotion. > Baltimore, August 3. The Richmond Despatch has a few words in regard to the Noi-th Carolina Election, namely, that the vote of Gaston, up to noon, was—Shaw, Dem., for Congress, in the Ist distiict, 64; Paine, Know Nothing, 14. Richmond, August 3. The Ist district, North Carolina, Halifax county, gives Shaw, Dem., a majority of 6 over Paine, K. N. In the 2d district, Edgecombe and Wayne counties give 2,000 majority for Ruffin, Dem., over Latham, Know N< thing. The 3d district, as far as heard from, has given Wins low, Dem., a large majority over Reid, K. N. In the 4th district Granville comity gives 650, Franklin county 350, Warren county 700, and Wake county 450 majority for Branch, Dem. The impression is, that the Democrats have r .elected a majority of the Congressmen. There is a Democratic gain everywhere. Glorions News from North Carolina ! KNOW NOTHINGISM WHIPPED OUT! We aro indebted to the Richmond Dispatch for the fol lowing : First District. —ln Halifax county, Shaw (D.) beats Paine (K. N.) 6 votes ; and 213 in Northampton. Second District. —Edgeeomb and Wayne are reported to have gived nearly 2000 majority for Ruffin, (D.) over Latham, (K N ) In the Third District, as far as beard from, Warren Winslow (D.) runs largely ahead of Reid, (K. N.) Fourth Distrl t. —Granville is reported as giving 650, Franklin 350, Warren 700, and Wake 450 majority for L. O. Branch, (D.) over James B. Sheppard, (K. N.) — Branch supposed to be elected by about 2000 majority in tho District. In the Fifth District, E. G. Reid (Iv. N.) beats Kerr (D ) by 1550 majority in Guilford county. The impression is, that the State lias gone Democratic. Mecklenburg all right.— We learn that by a private letter, (says the Sputh Carolinian ot the 4th inst.) that the lion. Buiion S. f raig, the I democratic candidate, is ahead of the Know Nothing nominee 238 votes. He is con* sidered elected.^A good beginning, and in the right dis trict. Horrible Death of David Wright. On Saturday night last David W’right, under tho sen tenr.eof death, for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Robinson, met with a horrid death in the county Prison. About 12 o’clock at night, he raised the cry of fire in his cell. No attention, however, was f paid to it by the jailor as such noises in the night were not at all ‘uncommon. Some hour afterwards eoais fell through the floor of Wright’s cell, into the room below, occupied by ’a servant of the jailor, who immediately aroused the inmates and gave the alarm of “fire.” Upon entering Wrights room, it w; s discovered that the flames had not only burnt a hole through the floor, but had caught the ‘ceiling, and that the air of the room was intensely hot. Wright was stone dead ; his skin slipped from the flesh ; he had been strangled by the smoke and then baked to a crisp by a fire of his own kindling. It was a most awful and ap palling death, It is believed,’having sawed his irons_nearly oft’, he set fire to his room in the hope that the jailor would rush heedlessly to his rescue, when he could /master him and make his escape, or sell his life in a hand to had engage” ment. He was dreadfully mistakenjin his calculations, and iias paid the penalty of his crimes. Sentenced to be Hunt;. Tho Seperior Court of Muscogee county assembled on Monday, 6ih inst., Judge Worrill presidium John T. Boyd, convicted as principal iu the first degree of the murder of Deputy Sheriff Robinson, was sentenced to be hung on the ?th September. He read a paper to the Court asseverating his innocence and charging one of the witnesses with swearing falsely. BJI, a slave of Pitts and Hatcher, convicted of the mur der of a fellow eetvaot, was sentenced'to be bung on the same day. Court adjourned until the neat regular ter.-n. Second Congressional District. Hon. Martin J. Crawford, the gallant and incorrup tible standard bearer of the Democracy in the second Congressional District opened the balHtt Ilawkinaville, Pulaski county, on Saturday, 4th inst. 11c received a most cordial welcome 3nd sustained his positions in a speech of over two hours which was characterized by great force, power and eloqutnee, and was receirtd with rapturous applause by a large, attentive, and de* lighted audience. Pulaski is safe for the Democracy by 100 majority. We have the most cheering news from other parts of the district In Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Pulaski, Randolph and Stewart counties, our friends are confident of triumph by in creased majorities ; while in other counties the great body of the Democracy stand firm and more than make up tbeir losses by acscssions from the old Whig party, many of whom stand by their old and well tried servants, Toombs, Stephens and Jenkins, in their waa on Know Nothingism. This is particularly the case in Decatur, where, wo learn, many Whigs have left the order. The victory will be certain and crowning in the district, if the friends of civil and religious liberty will do their duty. There is nothing in Know Nothingism that commends it to the hearts and consciences of the people of Georgia. It is repulsive to their ideas of right to proscribe a man on account of his religion or birth place. It does‘not accord with their notions of manhood to be bound by oaths to support the candi dates of a secret caucus for all offices in the gift of the people no matter whether he is a good or a bad man, a sound or an unbound politician. All that they need is light. Show them Knew Nothingism as it is and they will throttle it at the first eleotion. Let every Democrat and Whig in the district who desires to preserve our glorious inheritance of freedom as it was bequeathed to us by our noble fathers, buckle on his ar mour and fight a good fight. One victory gives us the battle. Love of office is the main spring of Know Nothing strength. The incongruous elements that compose this motley organization are held together solely by the cohesive power of publio plunder. The old defeated hacks of party have nealy all gone into the order. Beat them soundly one time, and we will hear no more of either Catholio or foreigner. Muscogee Building and Loan Association. An examination of the first annual report, which we publish in another column, will show that the first year’s business of the Association has resulted in a net profit of $30,258 28, which divided among £OOO shares, makes the value of each share $27.12 for sl2 paid in, or a net profit of $15.13 per share. The average rate of premium at which loans have bean taken, is 55 I*2 per cent. It is the opinion of the Directors, that the Association will be weund up in seven years, possibly in six years. At the average rate of premium, for the .first twelve months, it would require only live years and six months to wind up, but it is not reasonable to sup pose that the present high rate of pr .nium will prevail and uring its whole existence. At an average rate of premium of 40 per cent, it will require just seven years to enable the Association to divide S2OO to the share, when it will close. The 2000 shares of stock are divided among 187 stockholders, a fraction less than 11 shares to each stockholder. The Columbus Building and Loan Association is do ing quite as well as the Muscogee Association. For the Times & Sentinel. Coal Fields of Georgia. Castle Rock, Dade Cos. Ga July 31, 1855. Messrs. Editors: —ln a former communication I allud ed to some of the advantages of this portion of our State, and, among other things, adverted to its coal fields. Allow mo to enlarge. Although coal is found therein great a bundance, its value depends very much on its accessibility and the facility with which it may be conveyed to the rail road. As it is an article of great bulk and weight and the country ia mountainous, the cost of transporting it to the road is oue of the heaviest ? items of expense connected with the business; consequently the beds near a line of rail road, possess a decided advantage over those that are more distant. The Castle Rock Mining Company, when they build their railroad, (which can be done lor a small amount of money) will be able to deliver coal on the Nashville & Chattanooga road at a comparatively Trifling cost. The process of extracting this valuable mineral is cheap and simple. The miner equipped with a steel pick, which lie can easily wield with one hand, two or three iron wedges and a sledge hammer, is prepared to commence operations. A tunnel is opened ten or fifteen feet in width. By digging two or three feet in a horizontal direction and removing the slate, and then cutting chambers in’a perpendicular direc tion, the coal is easily detached by driving wedges above, and tumbles down in large’masses. There is a stratum of slate above and below the coal which must be separa ted from the pure article or it will injure the sale. In some mines prop-timbers are necessary to prevent the superin cumbent mass of slate and earth from falling and endan gering the life of the miner. At this place the coal is ov erlaid with rock, making a strong and substantial roof which needs no props to support it. A good collier can, with moderate work, dig one hundred bushels per day, de pending on the thickness of the bed. The principal mar kets for the coal of this region are Nashviile, Tennessee, Huntsville, Ala., Atlanta, Macon sand Augusta of this State, and if freights, will justify it, it may be sent to your city. The consumption of it in this State is rapidly in creasing and will probably continue to increase. 1 have been informed that Major Mark A. Cooper uses 400 bush els per day at his Iron Works on the E*owah, and as Iron is found in this county, it is'not improbable that, at some future day, iron works may be established near the coal re- gion. The developments of these great elements of the wealth ; of our State should enlist the pride and interest of ev ery Georgian. Although agriculture is the main source of our wealth and the leading pursuit of our people, a diver sion of a portion of our capital and labor into other chan nels of industry, would, it is believed, result in individual profit and the general good. What would Pennsylvania be without her coal and her iron? Notwithstanding the fertility of hersoil, the abundance of her pro ductions, her coal and her iron control a large portion of her wealth, and contribute iu no small degree to give her j that commanding position which she enjoys among the States of this great confederacy. Perhaps no State iu the Union is richer in minerals or is more favorably located for mining purposes than our own. Gold, copper and coal are all found within our borders, and these valuable mine rals, when properly developed, will greatly .increase our property and independence. The capacity of a mining country to produce the leading aricles of food necessary to i the maintenance of those engaged iu mining operations is { an advantage of no small importance. We have in this section thisladvantage in ao eminent ‘degree. All the ce reals growmere ia Egyptian abundance, and clover and the grassesfwould, I have no doubt, flourish well- It is a fine regiopTor raising ttock of si! kinds. Cattle require iu wirier', but mjfre tcmmei setrioa thr. j f W * keep fat on the range and yield an abuudauce of rich milk. Though 1 cannot say with Job that “I have washed my steps with butter,” I cao say that I have cevcr seen it-n greater quantity, nor ot better quality than I have found on this mouutain. Georgia has in her toil, climate and pro ductions, (agricultural and mineral) all the elements of wealth, independence and happiness?, and if we rightly improve the blessings which a beuiticout Providence has bestowed upon us, we may not only continue to be the empire State of the South, but wej may rival the empire State of the Union. U. [FOR Till! TIMES AND SENTINEL.] .Misstatements Corrected—Messrs. Hawkins & Nisbet; Alcssis. Editors: —Having attended the Know Nothing meeting and barbecue on Saturday 4th, and heard a poi tion of the speeches of Messrs. Willis A. Hawkins ard Eugonius A. Nisbet, I must ask a place in your paper to expose the utter untruthluluess of two’ or three statements made by those gentlemen. In thus noticing them it is ro pleasure to me, as I am personally acquainted with both speakers,and have esteemed them as gentlemen and friends. Judge Nisbet I have known long and esteemed very high ly, and although an anti-Know Nothing, I went to the meeting hoping to hear from him a close, logical, and able argument, in chaste and beautiful language, in behalf of his cause, without any of the bold and reckless assertions and abuse of others, so common with the'small and recklesss politician. lam sorry to say I was most egregiously dis appointed. Know Nothingism, it seems, has worked a wonderful change in the smooth and amiable and accom plished Nisbet. Descending from the high position of the urbane and gentle Christian and accomplished gentleman, he has got down among the rough and tumble .politicians, ready to say whatever will benefit his party, without being very careful to ascertain the truth of what he speaks of,and indulging in personal abuse of his absent political oppo nents. But I will not say more lest I may be charged with a disposition to do injustice to Judge Nisbet. 1 ’will only state what he said, disprove two or three of his statements, and leave the audience that heard him and theipublic to judge him. As to Mr. Hawkins, I think him more excu sable for thejeason that ho is a tolerably good Know No thing and has not the same faculty of learning the truth at all times as Judge„Nisbet. Still I think that when gentle men set out to‘enlighten the people upon'the political questions of the day, they ought jdirst to enlighten them selves, else the many may judge „ them harshly or some kind friend, like myself, may apply the‘‘rod of correction.’ But to these’statements. In alluding to the Know Nothing Philadelphia National Platform, Mr. Hawkins said that the.American Know No thing State Convention of Pennsylvania had adopted the Philadelphia Platform upon the slavery question! Judge Nisbet in his speech did not say this L or go so far, but he said over half or of the Pennsylvania Know Nothings were in favor of the Philadelphia National Plat form! Now let us see how utterly untrue a. plain state: ment of facts and an exhibition ol the Pennsylvania Plat-, form, will show both of these statements to be. The Phil adelphia National Convention assembled on the sth June continued several days, and adopted their Platform in rela tion to the slavery question. The Pennsylvania State Convention of Know Noth ings met on the7?/t July, and did they adopt the so called National Platform? No! On the contrary they “spit up on” and repudiated it, and adopted the following in lieu of it by a vote of 145 to 53. Resolved, That the question of slavery should not bo introduced into the platform of the American party, being convinced that no such issue was intended to be embraced within its principles and objects. That we believe in, and shall ever defend the right of freedom of opinion and dis cussion on that and every other subject cot intended to be embraced within the designs of our organization. But in- Hamueli as the subject has been forced upon us, wo regard the repeal of the Missouri Compromise as an infraction of the plighted faith of the nation, and that it should be re stored, and if efforts to that end should fail, Congress should refuse to admit any state tolerating slavery which shall be foimed out of any portion of the territory from which that institution was excluded by that Compromise. It will be seen that the Pennsylvania Know Nothings demand the restoration of the Missouri Line, and if this is not conceded, they demand that t Congress shall refuse to admit any State into the Union formed out of said territo ry, whose constitution shall ftolerate slavery. L this the “Philadelphia Platform” that Messrs. Hawkins and Nisbet advocated on Saturday last, and which Mr. Hawkins de clared “ better than the .Georgia Platform?” This is the one adopted by the Pennsylvania Know Nothing State Convention. But thisj is not all. After adopting this Resolution, upon a proposition Jo secede from the Convene tion and adopt the Philadelphia„National Platform, only ten out of the one hundred and ninety six delegates, sece ded and adopted the Philadelphia Platform! Then where is there any authority whatever for thestate ments of Messrs. Hawkins and Nisbet ? So far from there being one half or two thirds in favor of what is called the , Philadelphia National Platform; only about one twentieth of the Pennsylvania Know Nothing Delegates adopted it. | Mr.Hawkins, by way of showing that some of the Nor thern States were in favor of the so-called Philadelphia j National Platform, claimed New Jersey as being in fa vor of it. This he had.no authority to do. The N. J. State Conyention of Know’ Nothings did not meet until the Ist August, when they adopted the following Platform on the slavery question : NEW JERSEY K. N. PLATFORM. Whereas, Many of the sentiments of the 12th section j of the P]atlorm of the National Convention are inconsis | tent with the previous portion thereol, particularly the Ith j section, tliereibre — Resolved, That we adopt with the warmest and most hearty approval, as the best and noblest and most patriotic ; declaration of political principles ever presented to this or any nation, the platform of the National Council, protest ing State or subordinate councils, or the individual members ol the Order; and asserting the right of Congressional inde pendence upon the subject of ot Slavery, as well as upon the subjects of currency, commerce, internal improvements, and such other issues as are aside from these which are tho avowed and distinctive principles oftneorder. Resolved, as the opinion of this State Council, That the Missouri Compromise was a salutary act of statesmanship, devi.-ed by patriotic and wise men to meet an extraordina ry and threatening exigency; and that by the consent of the country lor more tuan thirty years, it had come to be i considered in the light of a compact, and as such the eet } tied national policy, binding the faith of the nation; that ; the repeal ot this wise act of statesmanship was an incon ! siderale outrage upon good faith, and infamous because it | unsettled the peace and quiet of the country, and has plunged it into a condition of excitement dangerous to the Union, for the paltry motive of the personal political ag- , grandizement of its originators. Does Mr. Hawkins think this a letter platform than the i Georgia Platform? New York is now the only remaining Northern or Western State they pretend to claim. Even were the New York Know Nothings to adopt it,it would be of no etiect, for they only claim about 180,000 members out 0f600,000 voters in the State,and they have no power there. But t think, on the 11th September when their State Convention meets, they too, w i'l bo found chirking, l repudiating or saying nothing about this so-called Pnila delpkia National Platform, which only four of their dele gates voted for in the Philadelphia Convention. But we shall see. Again. Both Messrs. Haw-kins and Nfebet asserted that j if was an nridenitblf fact—Judge Nisbet said it vvre “how bittory”—that I/r/orcf President Pierce was inaugurated, it was kn iwn in Madrid, Spain, by the Pope’s .Nuncio, that M Campbell, the Postmaster Genoral, a Catholic, would ba aSmember of the Cabinet,and they went on to assert or argue that Mr. Pierce had bargained that ollice to the C;v tholice. This story, every one knows, got its start trem Kenneth Raynor of North Carolina, who stated that Mr. Barringo;, our Minister to Spain, so informed him. Upon this statement appearing in the newspapers, Mr. Barringer forthwith wrote to Rajner, denying its truth, and makes tle following statement, which is of an entirely differcut character. 1 take it from the Savannah Republican, a rabid Know Nothing paper. Here is Mr. Barringer’s own language: “ Before ] had any authentic and ceituin uews of the formation o* the Cabinet, and while it was still a subject of conjecture at the Loiut of Madrid, lie (the Pope’s Nun cio) told me iiiai.Judge Campbell,ot ireunsyivama, was ap pointed, and that lie was a Cathode; which was the hist information 1 lrad,either of his appointment or of Ins reli gion.” And tliis extract of Mr. Barringer’s letter to Rayner is published in the Savannah’ Republican, Augusta Chronicle Sentinel and other papers, seveial days belore Messrs. Hawkins and j Nisbet delivered their speeches here, and soil both of them had the hardihood, before an intelligent audience, to make the charges above alluded to. Mr Barringer, who was removed by Gen. Pierce, no doubt tried to make the ease appear as much as he could against the President, but still he could not but admit that he had heard about the appointments before he had the conversa tion with the Pope’s Nuncio, butthat they were not consid ered “authentic” and “certain.” And merely because some time after Mr. Pierce’s inauguration, the Pope’s Nuncio happened to mention to Mr. Barringer, the “unauthentie” and “uncertain” news at Madrid, (which afterwards turned out to be true) and stated that Mr. Campbell was a Catho lic, Rayner of N. N., trumps up the falsehood. And even after a true version of the matter is given by Mr. Barringer himself, Messrs. Hawkins and Nisbet unblushingly relate this story of Rayner of N. C., to the people of Muscogee, as‘undeniable’ and as “now history,’ &c. How hard must honorable men bo pushed, when they resort to such means to help their cause. Again Judge Nesbit asserted that the Know Noth ings did not proscribe or were not bound to vole against Roman Catholics tor office—that they were only sw'orn to vote against those who acknowledged the supremacy of the Pope in temporal and secular affairs. To this assertion of Judge Nisbet, I will sim ply oppose the oaths taken by members of the Know Nothing Order, and now acknowledged by them to be true.anil genuine. The following is a'part of the oath of the-Ist degret members : y“ln the presence of the Almighty God, and these wit ; ndrses, you do solemnly promise and swear, that you | will not vote nor give your influence fur any inau lor any office iu the gilt ol the people, unless lie* he an Ame rican born citizen, in favor of Americans ruling America, nor if he be a Rowan Catholic ; that you will, in all i political matters, to far as this Orrit r is concerned, com i pW with the will of the majority, though ii may conflict : With your personal preference,” j-c. i 1 ’** And a part of the oath of the second degree members sis in the following language : i. if “That you will support in all political matters, for all political offices, members of this Order in preference to other pel sons; that it it may be done legally, you will w hen elected or appointed to any cfficial station con ferring on you the power to do so, remove all foreign al iens or Roman Catholics from office or place, and” that you W'ili, in tw case appoint such to any office or place in | your gift.” I Now, as these oaths are plain and uomistakeable, and ! as lain one of those who cannot he made to believe that i my friends, and other members of the Older, w ill swear falsely, I must be permitted to doubt the correctness of this statement of Judge Nisbet. As, in seine instances, the oaths arc not required of big men men, while all tho little ones are required to sw ear, perhaps Judge N. has not taken the oaths and has been misinformed iu relation to them. Both, Messrs. Hawkins .and Neslit endorsed tho Federal construction placed upon the Philadelphia Plat ; form, wlu-rc it % says that the Supreme Court of the Uni ! ted States is the only “legal” tribunal to decide “disputed j points” ai to government undvr the Constitution. Mr. 1 Hawkins, w hilst maintaining the supremacy of the Su preme Court, said that in case the Supreme Court ot the United States decided against- Georg a, he was for revolution ; that that was our only remedy against its decision. This position of Messrs. Nisbet and Hawkins, however, reminds me of what I heard of Judge Nisbet about fourteen years ago, and it was, that although ho went into Congress as a States Rights Republican, after his service ha returned home an acknowledged Feder alist. Judge N. knows best whether it be so or not—let him answer- He said the Whig Party, meaning the Georgia Whig Party was “ dead dead,” and that he was “glad of it I suppose that party was not Federal enough for him; he wanted one “a little more so.” He has the l ight one now. Judge Nifibet d.d not spare some of his absent political opponents ; and towards the lion. A. 11. Stephens he , WIS especially denunciatory, so much so that he may very properly be termed a “hydiuphobist” towards him.— In Ins hot zeal to denounce and say hard things about Mr. S., Judge Nisbet at one time “forgot himself,” and viola. j ted the usual courtesies of life,by denouncing Mr.S. as be„ ins faithless to the interests of the South in voting for i the Kansas Nebraska bill, wtide Capt. Abercrombie a po litical associate and friend who voted with Mr. Stephens in Congress, for the same bill, sat on the stand with , and in a Jew feet of him I At the time he denounced Mr. S., he in fleet denounced Capt. Abercrombie, too. He denounced Mr. Stephens for voting for the Nebraska* Kansas bill, because the bill had a clause in it, authorizing foreign born persons who had taken the oath of intention to become citizens of the United States, to vote in those Territories. x\.ud this right, I learn, is already exteneded to them in some of the Northern and Western States. The people of Georgia, and of the South, bad better watch well these Know Nothings, who thus insiduovshj attack the lvinsas-Nebroska hill. ‘This objection of Judge Nisbet s is no objection at all when compared with the great principle in relation to slaveiy gained by the South, in the passage of this bill. Are not these at tacks upon this bill put out ns “ feelers” by these Know Nothings, preparatory to yielding up some of our rights winch we clam in the Georgia Platform l 7‘his attack upon Mr. Stephens for voting for the K -nsas Nebraska bill, and Mr. Hawkins* declaration that the “Philadelphia Platform is better than the Georgia Platform,” looks much like there is a ‘‘Jcob's blade'* among them some where. But we shall see. one of tb-se days. •Julgf X,. in another part of bn? #ddrif** tq m- o Mr.