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Wrcklq fenniiiirr.
‘ ATLANTA, JULY 6 1855.
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FOR GOVERNOR:
H. V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS —ITII DISTRICT.
HIRAM WARNER.
THE FLETCHER HOUSE.
We would call the attention of those of our
readers who propose spending any time in Ma
rietta this Summer, to the card of our old and
well known friend, Fletcher. He has recently
made considerable addition and improvements to
his house, and his neat and comfortable suits oi
apartments are really inviting to the travel-worn
pleasure-seeker. Os the “fodder,” we can speak
experimentally, and with commendation. There,
too, his parlor is always crowded with attrac
tions, social, musical, etc. He has recently fitted
up a hall for those of his guests who are inclined
to pay tribute to Terpsichore. Altogether friend
Fletcher does the thing up handsomely.
“She Stoops to Conquer”—Almost a Trag
edy.—The denizens of a young- city not more
than twenty miles distant, were thrown into a
fever of excitement, last Thursday, by a scene of
private theatricals not down in the bills. A cer
tain lady well known to devotees of Thespis here,
undertook the fancy operation of cow-hiding a
son of Esculapius, of considerable celebrity, and
succeeded in applying the delicate impliment to
the astonished, and overpowered, Galen’s shoul
ders to the tune of a couple of dozen, as grace
fully and emphatically laid on as was possible
under the circumstance. The indignity was
promptly resented by the abused gentleman, who
challenged the husband of the incensed lady, but
there seems no probability of a meeting, as the
parties are by this time separated by hundreds of
miles. The origin of the difficulty has divided
public sentiment as to which party is most culpa
ble. Be that as it may, the difficulty is an un
fortunate one for the parties and the place.
MR. OVERBY NOT *COMING DOWN.
Since the nomination of Judge Andrews by the
Know Nothings at Macon, rumor has been ri f e
that Mr. Overby is to give place to the former. I n
order to settle the question, the Temperance Ban
ner, at Penfield, pronounces the report to be “trf-
Zcr/y false.” But we give to our readers the
contradiction, as we found it in that paper:
“There is a very erroneous and unfounded re
port being circulated through some portions of
the country, that Mr. Overby intends withdraw
ing his name as a candidate. The report is ut
terly false. No such idea has ever entered his
head. We have the following expression from
hie own mouth : “There is but one party under
Heaven that can get me down, and that is the
Prohibition party.” No doubt many would wil
lingly circulate, and have those who hear, be
lieve the report, but we are happy to say, Mr.
Overby is of the kind that never “takes water,”
(speaking after the manner of men,)
IT WON’T DO.
We notice that the Columbus Enquirer dis
sents from the action of the “American Party
Convention” recently assembled at Macon. Its
dissent is most emphatic. After declining to
apeak in detail of the prudence or policy of the
Convention, in the matter of Judge Andrews’
nomination, so far as it may affect their candi
date and so forth, the Enquirer says:
“It is our purpose, however, most distinctly to
express our dissent from the entire programme ;
viewing it in its probable effect upon the course
which we have most nearly at heart, and in com
parison with which the success or defeat of this
party or that, in our estimation, dwindles into
comparative insignificance.”
So then, in comparison with the Southern
Union Movement, it is asserted by the Enquirer
that the success or defeat of this party, or that—
of Know Nothingism under the seductive title of
"American Party”—dwindles into comparative
insignificance Calculating upon neither sym
pathy nor support of any kind from the Enquirer,
the anti-Know Nothing, or Democratic Party,
are not at all “put back” at the Enquirer’s posi
tion. But the “American Party,” forsooth, what
thinks it of the “insignificance” into which ithas
dwindled since its nomination of Judge Andrews,
in the opinion qf the Columbus Enquirer 1 Its
ardor, wc trust, will not be cooled at the cold
shoulder thus turned towards it. As, par excel
lence, in the opinion of the band of patriots who
constitute the party; who denounce foreigners,
and Catholics, in terms so vehement; who look
upon the “wild hunt after office” as an evil of so
great magnitude; in a wool, who are the only
true Americans in all creation; surely it will not
yield an inch of gronnd to the over-ruling claim
of the Southern Union Movement, when the
country stands in so much danger of the foreign
ers within its bounds I! In Georgia, particularly,
the influence of the Irish, Germans, and French,
is enough to alarm, in all conscience, those true
Americans, and hence, in comparison with the
Southern Movement, that Know Nothingism
should be deemed “insignificant ,” is astonishing
evidence of blindness to the danger menacing our
houses and firesides!! But wetrust to the watch
fulness, night ami day, of the “True Americans,"
to guard us from the impending danger, and save
the country, despite the opinion of the Columbus
Enquirer; and, as our inclination loads us, we
will do all that wc can to promote the success of
another cause, despite the battallion of foreign
voters who have made Georgia their home.
To Brio Fanciers.—lt is not safe to keep
birds in painted wire cages, especially in warm
wheather. The paint softens in the heat, the
birds are able to nibble at it, and so get poison-'
ed.
MANUFACTURERS’ BANK OF MACON.
We extract the following from the
Macon Messenger, and as an act of jus
tice to the Bank, and for the information
of our readers, who may bo too readily
imposed upon by the cry of “ Wild Cat.”
We give it an insertion.
“By reference to our advertising col
umns it will be seen that this Bank has
just declared a dividend of five per cent,
from its profits for the last six months.
We take this occasion to remark, that
the character of this Bank docs not ap
pear to be properly understood by some
of our exchanges at a distance, as we see
occasionally classed by them with the
“ Wild Cat ’’ Banks, which, organized
under a charter granted by the State of
Georgia, are owned by parties out of the
State, and have their largest circulation
in Western States. The “ Manufacturers’
Bank of Macon ’’ has no connection what
ever with the West. Its circulation is
confined to our own State—its stock with
the exception of five thousand dollars, ii
owned and controlled in Georgia, and
among those who hold it, are a number of
our best business men. It is managed by
our own citizens, and we venture to add,
with as much safety to the publie and as
much liberality to the community in
which it is located, as any Bank in the
State.
Seventy-two head of horses were pur
chased in Covington, Ky. on Saturday week, for
the U. S. artillery service.
Duncan Robertson has been appointed
Vice-Consul of Sardinia, for the State of Virgin a.
to reside at Norfolk.
pSf- A report started lately that Geo. Bai
the historian, hadjoined the Catholic chu’
contradicted by tha Boston Transcript.
ITHE JEWS—-RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
The persecution of the lews in Europe t«>r
centuries is familiar to every well read school boy,
much more so, indeed, than the persecution, or
disfranchisement, of the .sec/, in several States of
this Union, is to many who assume now to here.
formers, and whose ze/iZ in the cause is evinced
by their association and connection with Know
Nothingism!! In contrast with the members of
the Secret Order, vve present our readers with the
letter which fol!"\v \ ft is written by the late
Bishop England, e. Ch.nieston, a Roman Catho
lic, whose memory is cherished by every Caroli
nian, and .whose def uue us Southern Institutions,
should never be forgotten by the South. We
are advised that the Bishop was mistaken in
in supposing that even one Catholic in the Ma
ryland Legislature voted against the bill in favor
of the Jews of that State. Every one of them
voted to place this persecuted race on a looting
of political equality with other citizens.
But for the letter to which we have referred :
“Norfolk, Va., Jan. 23, 1826.
“On my way home, I have, in this city
read your speech in favor of the Jews of
Maryland.
“1 cannot avoid, however obtrusive it
might appear, making to you my acknowl
edgements for that effusion of just and
spirited vindication of an injured race.
“Having been myself in the land of my
birth [unfortunate Ireland] the victim of
a persecuting code, perhaps I more keen
ly feel when injustice has been done un
der the semblance of religious zeal, and
feel more grateful to him who rebukes the
unholy spirit of monopoly or oppression, j
1 should hope, sir, if I were in your place, j
I would have maintained your principles. I
though probably not with such ability or
such effect. But I regret much to find
that even one was found who professed that
faith which I preach who could have, op
posed the principles of which you were
the advocate, though 1 feel proud that
many of my Catholic friends in your
State were your admirers and your sup
porters.
•‘The Catholic who in your State now
enjoys religious rights ought to recollect
not long since the arguments, if so they
may be called, which were urged against
the children of* Abraham, were, at least in
principle, urged by others against him
self. North Carolina and New Jersey
still exclude the Catholic by their consti
tutions.
“Thanks to the members from Wash
ton, whose name I desire to know, and to
you and your associates, Maryland has
wiped from her escutcheon the stain of
intolerance.
“May you long live to adorn the coun
cils of your State and of the nation is the
prayer of, sir, your obedient, humble ser
vant, fJOHN,
Bishop of Charleston.
“To John S. Tyson, Esq.,
“House of Delegates, Annapolis, Md.”
What a contrast does the foregoing present’
when compared with that spirit of intolerance
and persecution, now warming into political
strife the falsely styled “ American Party”! —
Place the two side by side, and which breathes
the true spirit of patriotism and christianity-r-the
“American Platform” with all its professions, or
the letter of the Catholic, John, Bishop of Charles
ton? a man who wrote, and did more to sustain
the institution of slavery, than every Know Noth
ing from Maryland to Texas can, or ever w ill do,
were they to live an hundred years < twice told.—
We leave our query for the reader’s considera
tion.
Valuable Loss and Gain.
In proportion as the democratic party
has lost the disappointed and mischievous
leaders, who, for some years past, have
been sowing dissensions in its ranks, it has
gained many of the best and most gifted
men in the opposition. It is no discredit
to such men as these latter that they
should long have borne . with the eccen
tricities of the whig managel's, with their
coalitions with abolitionism in the North,
with know-nothingism in the South, and
with every faction and ism that has been
exhaled from the excitements and contro
versies ofthe times. There has been much
in the name and in the history of the
whig party to endear it to thousands of
our countrymen ; and pride of opinion, its
well as pride of character, conspired to
make it a difficult thing for men to sepa
rate from it. But the day of its greatness
is over. It has been betrayed by its own
leaders, and honest men will not consent
to follow the example of blind and selfish
guides. The record is full of instances
calculated to repel all such men from the
ranks which these guides still attempt to
direct. The gradual abolitionizing of the
whole northern whig party has been fol
lowed by the adoption of all the heresies
of the know-nothings. Every whig Cath
olic, every whig adopted citizen, every
whig Protestant not native born, finds
himself proscribed ; and turn where they
may they, find no refuge open to them but
the democratic party. Never before has
the genial and the generous policy of that
party been more healthfully illustrated,
and never have truer and more spontane
ous tribute been paid to it by its former
opponents. There is not a State of the
Union in which hundreds of whigs have
not openly enrolled themselves under its
standard. That they arc heartily wel
come we need scarcely repeat; and they
are all the more acceptable because they
more than compensate for the desertion
of those who have gone into an organiza
tion which all honest men despise. From
Maine to Georgia the democracy has gain
ed by the loss of corrupt and reckless
members; for however anxious all demo
crats are to ssc those who have been delu
ded by the blandishments of the secret
order return to the arms of their old party,
yet is there unbroken and resolute una
nimity to hold no intercourse with the
demagogues who have taken upon them
selves the burdens of the order for selfish
and revengeful purposes. These men
have doomed themselves They have
chosen their lot in life, and must abide it.
Heretofore they have sought to poison
their party from within ; and by assuming
to be democrats, have been enabled to do
great harm. Hereafter they must stand
out, and take the fire like any other ene
my. They will soon find that the organi
zation they have tried to impair by secret
treachery, and finally to destroy by open
desertion, has grown great and strong from
the very moment such incubii have been
lifted from its bosom.— Washington Tn
ion.
Ths Texas papers say that countless hosts of
grasshoppers are sweeping over the fields in the
Guadalupe and San Antonio valleys, but tha
they are followed by an immense flock of peculiar
kinds of birds which feed upon them.
\ rbturn just published in England.
' o the number of vessels wrecked in the
' v was 98 ;in April 109 ; in March
try IP4 ; and in January 238 I
11 of 748 vessels wrecked during the i
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LATEST NEWS.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
New Orleans, June 26.
The steamer Orizaba has arrived bringing Mex
ico dates of the 19th. The government troops
had defeated several small bands of revolution
ists.
President Santa Anna had returned to Mexico,
Alvarez had defeated the government troops
near the Mecallo, and during the engagement
killed and wounded 500.
Alvarez had taken Sonara and was investing
Murilla.
All communication between San Louis Potcsi
and Monterey has been prohibited.
All of th, troops that can be spared from the
different points throughout Mexico, have been or
dered to march to Neva Leon to attempt to re
capture Montery.
Gen. Wood will defend Tamaulipas and Mon
terey to the last, although he has but 600 men-
Washington, June 27.
Wilson, Commissioner of the Land Office, re
ceived his dismissal this afternoon, direct from
the President. He left the office immediately.
It is thought that Wilson Shannon will be his
successor.
New York, June 27th.
The Atlantic sailed with 226 passengers and
$797,000 in specie. ,
Boston, June 27th.
The passengers taken from the British brig Buf
falo, at Holmes Hole, were ordered and are now
on their way to Boston, in the revenue cutter
James Campbell. Abbott Lawrence is so sick
that he is not expect'd to live. ,
Hartford, Conn., Jnne 26th.
The House elected on its part four judges for
the Supreme Cour'. Two Know Nothing can
didates wei e defeated, viz: Ex-Gov Dutton and
McCurdy late Minister to Austria. The follow
ing are elected : Walde, Democrat, the present
Commirsioner of Pensions ; Seymour, Democrat
late member of Congress. Butler and Parke are
sworn Know Nothings.
Hartford, Conn., June 27th.
The Senate this morning, elected Judges so
the Supreme Court, but only two of them arc
the same as elected by the House. Subsequently
after a stormy and excited debate, the four elected
by the House yesterday were confirmed.
Washington June 2Hh.
The President and wife will probably leave
Washington this afternoon, for Baltimore and
elsewhere. *
Washington June 26th.
It is said that Wm. W. Burwell, of Va., is to
be the editor of the American Organ, in place of
Mr. Ellis, who will lie temporarily absent on ac
count of ill health.
New York June 26.
The collector of this port has been ordered to
give clearance to the Kinney vessel, provided the
law is complied with.
Mr. Bayly, of Va., lately elected to Congress
is reported to be in bad health from over exertion
in the late election.
The Secretary of War has returned. A des
perate effort is making to savs Mr. Wilson from
being removed.
University of Georgia, at Athens.
The Commencement exercises of the
University begun by a Commencement
sermon on Sunday, July 29th, by the Rev.
W. G. Conner, of the Georgia Confer
ence.
' On Monday afternoon, (30th) the Soph
omore Prize Exhibition, in which, are ap
pointed the following aspirants :
T. E. Blackshear, W. W. Beleher,
J. H. Blount, Barna McKinne,
A. D. Burns, W. A. McTycr,
J. L. Couper, A. B. Parrott,
T W Harris, George Screven,
George Hill, Wm Ward,
B L Jones, K A Quarterman,
J P C W hitch jad,
On Tuesday (the 31st) the Junior Ex
hibition . —Speakers—
E D Boman, James M Hull,
William Chase, John Lamar,
W O Flemming, J W Moore,
John S Hardee, Joseph Pou,
Charles S. Hart, L C Wilson,
After which the delivery of the Prize
Medals, with an address by Hon. J. Mc-
Pherson, Berrien. In the afternoon,
meeting of the Alumni and Literary Ad
dress.
On Wednesday, August Ist, the Com
mencement Exercises.
Andy Maxwell, Ist Honor,
W A Clark, Ist Honor,
G W Philpott, 2d Honor,
J H Person, 3d “
W S Chisolm, 3d “
Alexander Atkinson, 4th “
SPEAKERS.
E G Baxter, J J Norton,
. EK Bozeman, D Scott,
F P Brown, J A Stanley,
R R Fudge, D A Walker,
R C McGough, W D Wash,
J II Neal, E H Wells.
In the afternoon, Annual Celebration
of the Demosthenian and Phi Kappa So
cieties.
On Thursday, an address before the two
Societies, in the Chapel, closes the week’s
Literary Carnival. — Athens Banner.
The Pittsburg merchants carry on an
important direct trade with Europe, im
porting their own foreign goods. In proof
of this fact the Pittsburg Post produces,
from the books of the custom house, in
that city, a statement of recent importa
tions, embracing the names of the import
ers, the invoices, value and duties paid.—
The Past says that the constant practice
of some of the largest Pittsburg mercantile
establishments is to make their own pur
chases in Europe, and pay the duties eith
er at Pittsburg or here at the seaboard. —
Up to a recent date, duties were not paid
to any extent at Pittsburg, but an altera
tion in the arrangements of the U. S.
Treasury department removed some im
portant difficulties in the way of the direct
Europeun trade of the interior, and the
interior, and the consequence is visible.
Pittsburg, Cinicinnatti and St. Louis, by
being all engaged in this direct trade,
thus furnish to merchants the means of
replenishing lheir stock of goods without
a journey eastward, and there cannot be a
doubt that it is owing to this fact and the
facilities offered by the magnetic telegraph
for the transaction of business, that the
periodiacl visits of tradesmen to these
eastern seaports have not increased in pro
portion to the population. Os course this
is but the natural result of increasing
capital and enterprise at the West.
IS* The Elkten, Cecil Co„ Whig states that
the late rise on the Susquehanna has enabled all
the lutrber on the way to be brought to market,
and that it is being rapidly taken at advanced
- ate*.
Eroin the Norfolk News, June 26.
mother Virginia victory.
The sober second thought of the people
has triumphed over fanaticism, proscrip
tion and jacobinism. Old Norfolk has
wheeled into line and dispersed the enemy
at the point of the bayonet. 'l’hey arc
routed At the close of the polls yester
day, evening, Hunter Woodis, the inde
pendent candidate for Mayor, had sixty
six majority over ’A.m Heid, the Know
Nothing nominee!! Just four weeks ago
Flournoy's majority over Wise in this city
was 412 i This is orn of the first fruits
of that great battle in the Old Dominion,
and is ominous of the fate that awaits this
faction whenever the people have time to
reflect seriously on the principles and ob
jects of the most unscrupulous and dan
gerous organization which has ever sprung
up in this free and happy land. For some
days past we could hear of increasing dis
gust and dissatisfaction among the well dis
posed men in the order and numerous
withdrawals weie reported, but we could
hardly trust ourselves to expect such a
signal defeat in the face of so heavy a ma
jority as that cast but a few weeks ago
To the independent Whigs who acted
with the indomitable Democracy, much
credit is due for the manly and pairiotic
course pursued by them on this occasion.
We hail them as brothers who can lay
aside the prejudice of old antagonism and
obey the call of duty. They have saved
the city from misrule, for without their
aid Know Nothingism will find no abid
ing place on the soil of the Old Domin
ion.
The Democracy fought like heroes, and!
nothing but the proud convictions grow-1
ing out of a noble cause cauld have enabled i
them to overcome such odds. Well may
we exclaim, “ we have met the enemy and
they are ours !” Well done brave voters
of this time-honored borough. Virginia
will hail you as did the patriarchs of old
the prodigal son. Huzza for old Norfolk
she stands out in bold relief—redeemed
and regenerated and disenthralled from the
foul pollution of a northern ism. “Sam ”
is used up—routed horse, foot and dra
goons ! We shall hear of him no more ;
we must speak of him as a departed spirit
and if we would hold converse with his
ghost, we must invoke some “ medium ”
and receive his answers from the inmost
recesses of the culvert. But we will
not exult over our prostrate foe, they are
not the promptings of mere boasting, but
rather the outpourings of a grateful heart
rejoicing over the triumph of law, justice
and order, as opposed to practices and
principles at war with the dearest inter
ests and most cherished institutions of the
country.
We will have but two parties in the
South, the small band of Know Nothings
and the great constitutional party of ster
ling Democrats and high mitfded conser
vative Whigs. With such material we
fear not defeat, for God never designed
that this land of the free, and this glorious
asylum of the oppressed of every clime,
should feel the iron heel of such a party
as that we have just vanquished. For
every shabby member who has gone over
to the enemy, we have gained two or more
of the best men in the Whig party. We
have been purged of our worthless material
and have made acquisitions of the most
valuable character.
The cause of the great constitutional
Independent party with Democracy on the
right wing, and State Rights Whigs on
the left will be but a succession of brill
iant victories from now till 1556, when
peace and order wifi reign undisturbed
over the land, while, the broken clouds
of the storm of faction will roll off to the
North and evaporate into a mere Massa
chusetts fog.
Well done noble Democracy! Well
done noble Whigs ! Let us rejoice over
our common victory, and let us work
shoulder to shoulder, and fight on hand
and hand till our task is completed.
STATE RIGHTS.
Democracy at the North.—The fol
lowing is from the Detroit Free Press, one
of the ablest Democratic papers of the
North-West: ,
Tire Georgia Democracy.— The Demo
cratic State Convention of Georgia, held
on the sth inst., passed a series of
resolutions, embodying the sentiment of
the Democracy of the State on na
tional questions. Wc make a synopsis of
them :
1. The Union secondary only to the
State rights it secures.
2. The non-aggression by Congress upon
the institution of slavery anywhere—in
Territories, States, or the District of Col
umbia.
3. The maintenance of the Fugitive Slave
law as it is.
4. The principle enunciated in the Kan
sas-Nebraska bil, of the right of all Ter
ritories to frame their own domestic insti
tutions in their own way, without the dic
tation of Congress.
5. The right of new States to admission
into the Federal Union at the proper time
and in the proper manner, without refe
rence to whether their Constitutions are or
are not slaveholding.
6. Opposition to proscriptive principles,
and the secret organization of the Know-
Nothing Order.
7 The annexation of Cuba, as a matter,
of national well being.
This platform Democrats everywhere
can stand upon It is mainly the platform
upon which Democrats everywhere stand
now.
Removal of Mr. Wilson. —For weeks
past, a report has been in circulation that
the President of the United States intend
ed to remove John Wilson, esq., Commis
sioner of the General Land Office, from
that position. How his excellency’s in
tion became known we are not, of course,
advised ; but if our out-door information
be reliable, and we have no reason to
question it, Mr. Wilson was yesterday re
moved ; and George W. Whiting, esq.,
the Chief Clerk of the Department of the
Interior, appointed temporarily to attend
to the dutiesof the bureau. Hon. Wilson,
Shannon, it is said, will probably be in
stalled, at some time during the present
summer, as Commissioner in fact.
The removal, it is generally believed,
was superinduced by Mr. Wilson’s real or
supposed connection with the “American
order,” otherwise called Know-Noth
ing ” organization.
IdP" The city mills at Nashville are now man
ufacturing 150 barrels of flour per day from new
wheat.
S3F" Six ladies >eceived diplomas at the recero I
commencement of the Female Medical Co!'
of Pennsylvania. The institution conta
thirty-five matriculants. The number of la '
who devote themselves to the study of medicine I
is constantly on the increase.
VoteKiiuw Nothing or hr Branded.
We copied yesterday from the Hartford
Times, an exposition of the power and tyr
anny of Know Nothingism as exhibited in
the history of a number of lodges in Con
necticut. Ina subsequent edition, the
times received the following commentary
on the statement by one who signs him
self “once a Know Nothing:”
Mr. Editor .—1 was not at all sur
prised to learn from your Norwich corres
pondent that a Know Nothing council in
Lyme was disbanded by the State council
for the reason that its members, or a good
portion of them, voted the Democratic
ticket. I know something of the tyranny
that prevails in the Know Nothing Order
|in relation to voting. The freeman who
joins one of those councils and dares to
vote as he pleases, will most assuredly be
persecuted, for you know that one of their
modes of punishment is to point the finger
of scorn upon proscribed members—to
post their names in other councils about
the country, and to brand them as unwor
thy of confidence as business men or citi
zens. It is an inquisition as cruel as that
of Spain in its worst days. I witnessed
the expulsion of Mr. Woodford in this
city a few weeks ago, for the reason that
he voted the Democratic ticket in the city
election. So we have on record two cases
of Know Nothing vengeance—the one in
which an individual was proscribed for
' voting independently, and the other in
I which an entire council of about 75 mem-
I bers were disbanded, for doing the same
■ thing.
I have learned that to join a Know
; Nothing council is to surrender the inde
pendence of a freeman, and to bring one
• under Humiliating subjection to a set of
corrupt managers who work in the dark.
It short it is to help into renewed life, the
bitterest and most tyrannical sort of W7i(g
gery. Democrats who like to do drudgery
of that kind, and be spit upon if they do
not, are welcome to the service. lam
out
Native American Religion,
“ Brothers, let us have American liber
ty and American religion.”
[Hom K. Rayner, in K. N. Convention.]
Taking the above for a text, the Louis
ville Times says:
“The Christian religion is of foreign
origin, and if Know Nothingism goes on
to wax much warmer in its zeal for things
indigenous to this country, we may expect
that a Native American religion will be
proposed before long—the Mormon per
haps, and that is purely American. Ora
tor Rayner, we suppose, would have the
name American supercede that of Chris
tian as a prefix to our religion. What a
pity that Christ was not born in America,
instead of Bethlehem of Judea! If he
had been, no doubt Sam’s people would
have thought much better of his religion
than they do. It was a great oversight
in Providence not to let this country be
discovered by Europeans until the time of
their Catholic Majesties Ferdinand and
Isabella, and a still greater one that Chris
topher Columbus, a Catholic, should have
been allowed the honor of first placing a
foot upon it! It is a wonder, too, that
the Know Nothings are so well satisfied
with an imported name. If they should
ever get to rule America, we suggest to
them the propriety of exchanging the
name America for some other; that of
Samilia would be both appropriate and
euphonious. Would not this be a name of
thrilling power, and wouldn’t it be a capi
tal way, too, to immortalize Sam ? The
Know Nothings must do something smart
and worthy of themselves, and this would
bejustsucha reformation as > the world
might expect of them.”
Will the Nth August Convention be Held?
It was understood that if the Columbus
movement failed to unite the people of
Georgia, the lending Democrats who par
ticipated in it were pledged to fall back
upon the Democratic party. The object
of the movement has failed. The fight in
Georgia will be between the Democracy
and the Know Nothings. It now becomes
the duty of those men to take sides be
tween these two parties. The body of the
people are on one side or the other. A
third party will be crushed in the collision
of these opposing hosts. We therefore
, hope that the Convention of the Bth of
, August will not be held, and that our
friends who have gone off from us will
, come back and aid us in sustaining the
Platform of Georgia Democracy against
the Philadelphia Platform of the Know
Nothings.— Columbus Times & Sentinel.
Anticipated Removals.—The im
pression has been created that, at the close
of the present month, a number of persons
principally clerks, are to be removed from
the several Departments of the Govern
ment, and their places given to those who
are opposed to the doctrines of the Know-
Nothing party. It is certain that, for
some days past, not a few employees have
been shaking in their shoes, apprehensive
that they are the selected victims for offi
cial decapitation.
The New York Sun, a sort of semi-offi
cial organ of the fillibusters, contains the
following:
“ A private letter dated San Juan, June
14th, 1855, says: ‘Colonel Walker is
about to land at Tiger Island. He has
fifty-one able men with him. He is to
fight against, the government party.”
“We are also informed that Col. Kinney
will not land at Greytown, but that he
will make a descent upon a part of the
coast where friends await him and where
his enemies will least of all expect him.”
A Dead Shot.—A physician who re
sides in the southern portion of New York
city, upon visiting v patient at the extreme
north, was asked by the sick man “if he
did not find it very inconvenient to come
such's distance.”
“Not at all, air,” replied the son of Es
culapius, “for having another patient in the
next street, I can kill two birds with one
stone.”
“Can you, sir?” replied the invalid,
“then you are too good a shot for me ;”
and immediately dismissed him.
< • • • r
The Holy Land.— Sir Moses Montefiore lately
passed through Vienna on his way to Palestine.
He goes to the Holy Land to buy a large district
in the country to settle upon it the Jewish pau
pers of Jerusalem, and eventually all those Jews
who feel inclined to return to the country of their
ancestors.
tr'A movement has been started to form a i
civilized confederation on the west coast of Afri
ca. comprising the English colony, which is now
al) organized independently. These countries j
are all contiguous, and their political union would I
!>e a movement oi importance, and though there |
• dre some obstasles in the way now, it is hoped ■
t ’at nn distant day they will be removed.
. U. S. Grand Jury in New York city I
• ...i> .autcied six persons for enlisting men fori
the British service in the Crimea.
Erum the Circular organ of the Oneida County,
Community of Socialists.
An Indian Congregation »• Worhslp,
Our readers are aware that the Commu
nity occupy but recently territory of the
Onedia Indians. Forsaken huts of this
people who have mostly emigrated to
Green Bay, are scattered irregularly in pas
tures all around us. An Indian hut, in
deed, was the cradle of the Association.
A small reuinant of the tribe that choose !
to remain here, live most of them in a I
settlement about two miles from our do-!
mnin, where they have a meeting-house,:
a female missionary, &c. They are Meth
odist converts, so tar as Christianized.
The minister, Thomas Cornelius, is a
fine specimen of Indian dignity and stal
wartness, and at the same time of civilized
ease and grace. The devotedness of his
little congregation is quite interesting to
behold. They grow warm as fire kindles
and answer his eloquence with responsive
groans, amens, clapping of hands, &c.—.
They must have adopted the English
words. Amen and hallelujah, for any such
pious ejacultations in their own language.
These were the only intelligible sounds
we heard in their bouse. It was pleas
ant, after an apparently impressive appeal,
to hear an intelligent response, showing
that those for whom it was intended un
derstood it if we did not.
On the whole, we think there is science
as well as scripture in the Methodist fash
ion of audible sympathy, on the part of
a congregation, with their speaker. It
must increase the power of his words on
them—the answer of the voice carries the
heart with it—and we imagine the spirit
ual currents of the house are affected fa
vorably. Paul thought it was important
that those who spoke with tongues should
also interpret, in order that the unlearned
could say Amen.
The singers perform their part with
heart and animation. They let out their
voices generously, and carry them to a
shrill height. One of the company in
particular seemed to emulate David’s ex
hortation to make a loud noise unto the
lord. He would brace himself back,
throw his head up, and give his chest and
throat every possible advantage for pro
pelling sound, then force it out with all
his might and main,—and when liis voice
seemed to crack under the strain he would
finish the note with a whoop whew ! or
stamp it out with his foot. Withal there
was a beautiful music in some of their
voices and the songs were pleasing—
of the running, fuguing style. The min
ister led off in one song that was very
fine.
The men qonform in their dress to the
pale faces—wear standing collars, carry
watches, canes, &c., and there is a gloss
on their raven black hair that the city
fop might envy. The women are more |
singular. A breadth of broadcloth drawn
over their head, and hanging to their feet,
is their uniform covering. As we sat be
hind them, and they kept the attitude of
devout attention, with their blankets over
their heads, we could imagine ourselves
in a Catholic monastery with monks and
friars. We observed, however, as they
left the meeting, some of the younger
women dropped their blankets on their
shouldres, and put on gaily-trimmed flats
which they had held in their hands. We
noticed, as a point of Indian etiquette,
that the mev keep their seats till the wo
men have all gone out. They sit on op
posite sides of the house.
It is impossible not to feel a certain re
spect for this people. They comport
themselves with admirable dignity and or
der—are not curious and intrusive —yet
are affable and susceptible to friendship,
so far as we have had intercourse with
them, much has been said of the un
tamability of the Indian race but these
Oneidas, compared with the tribes which
inhabit beyond the Rocky Mountains,
amid the scenes of Capt. Bonneville’s ad
ventures, show that the assimilating pow
er of civilization does at lenghth overcome
the red man’s wilderness.
Prince Gortftc liakofTM Account.
Prince Gortschakoff telegraphs to St.
Petersburg, evening of Btb June:
After two days of heavy bombardment,
three French divisions attacked redoubt
No. 7, at 6 o’clock last evening, and occu
pied the redoubts Kamschatka, Selen
hinsk and bastion No. 1. Our troops re
took the Kamschatka redoubt, but the
French poured in fresh reserves and took
it once more. We finally remained mas
ters of that battery—the French holding
a lodgment near, whence we hope to drive
them. Our soldiers fought admirably, in
proof of which, I may state that the ene
my’s loss exceeds ours. He has lost 2,560
men, and we have taken 275 men and
officers prisoners, as well as two French
cannons.
Prince Gortschakoff writes on the 9th:
The cannon continues against the bastions
Korniloff and No. 3. The enemy has
asked for an armistice, in order that he
may bury his dead. His loss on the 7th
exceeded 4,000 men.
In a despatch previously received, the
Russian commander writes : On the 30th
the enemy’s fleet which attacked Genitschi,
set sail.
The Emperor’s Aid-dc-Camp, Prince
Labanoff Rostovsky, then ordered the
troops to enter the city, with the view of
extinguishing the fire, and he had hopes
to save a portion of the corn, which had
been deposited there.
Disagreement Among the Allies.—
An English writer says : “There is bad
news from the camp in the East. Not
about the cholera—that will come hide
ously in bad time. But read the letters
from the French officers (names carefully
concealed) in the Independence Beige,
which, by the bye, is the best conducted
journal in Europe, and you can infer as to
the bad spirit prevailing between the
cordial Allies—the French blaming Eng
lish “ipertness” for the past failures—
and the English with more regard to facts,
ascribing the long inaction of the two in
competent Generals, Raglan and Canro
bert. But the feeling between the Eng
lish and the Sardinians is the worst. Mr.
Russell, the correspondent of the Times,
started the joke that the Piedmontese were
“Sardines cased in English tin”—the
whole British army took it up ; and there
are too many interpreters about to allow
us to doubt that the malicious mot would
reach the fiery and proud Italians.
Mr. Jas. Connelly, of New Haven, a gar
dener, who for years has been very deaf, rcover
ed his lost sense about a week since. While
walking in the street he was startled by hearing
the sound of a carriage passing by, since which
time he has been able to hear perfectly well.
The steamer Northerner has lieen sunk
other guards in the Mississippi river, 15. miles be
low 8t Louts. No lives lost. 4?
Sigil lit flUtafoi th« Mil util.
As the attempt will be made to dupe
the South in regard to the recent Nation
al Council of Know-Nothings at Philadel
phia, we feel it our duty to press certain
significant, facts upon the attention of our
readers and the South generally.
The slavery resolutions which are in
corporated iutoj the platform were adopted
in the committe of one from each State by
a vote of only 17 for them, while 14 votes
were cast ag dnst them —all of the com
mittee from the Free States, except New
York voting with the 14.
When the vote was taken in the
Council upon those resolutions more than
twenty of the delegates from Free States
had started home, thereby leaving mat
ters in the hands of the Southern dele
gates.
Os 152 delegates present when the
final vote was taken, while 13 did not
vote, and 59 voted against them, only 80
votes could be mustered for the resolu
i tions.
| Os the 80 votes for the resolutions 69
1 were from slave and only 11 from free
States—being 4 from New York 2 from
Pennsylvania and 1 from New Jersey.
During the entire session not a delegate
from the free States, proposed either in
: the Committee of Thirty-one, or in the
| Council, any resolution in regard to the
slavery question which the South could
. essentially accept and adopt.
The resolutions which were finally pass
ed as a part of the Platform were drawn
lupby a Southern delegate, adopted in
• the committee by almost exclusive South
; ern votes, and in the Council adopted
i by the delegates from the slave States.
Twelve of the tree States seceded in a
| body from the Council, thus resolving it
i into an assembly of delegates troni slave
i States.— Richmond Examiner
\ [Correspondence of the. Daily Morning A'euw.)
Knoxville, Tenn., June 24th 1855.
Dear Thompson : —Supposing that you
would .like to bear of the prospect of the
coming crops, I drop you a few lines on
that subject. On the routes of the Cen
tral, South-Western, Opelika, Montgome
ry and West Point, and Rome Branch
Railroads, everything indicates the heavi
est corn crop ever known South. Early
oats is slim, but the late promise well; and
farmers of our State all appear pleased
with the prospects ahead. There will be
an abundance for our own consumption,
and some to spare for our Northern friends.
I think if some of our abolition friends
could only make it convenient to come to
Georgia during our coming cqfrnshuckings,
and visit our large plantations, it would
do their hearts, if they any,-good, to see
three or four hundred darkies gathered
together, singing Simon pure negro songs,
eating hog and hominy, and showing their
ivory with the real negro ytuha-ha ! while
they are placing in the cribs, abundancy
of corn for their next year's provision.—
They would see what they cry down and
they would be compelled to acknowledge
that they never saw any gathering of
.the poor white manufaeturiug opera
tives or laborers of the North, to compare
with our own domestic population, among
whom peace, contentment, and plenty
prevail. On the line of the Western &
A. R. R., East Tenn & Geo. Roads, to
Knoxville, the wheat crop is now being
harvested. It is an abundant yield.—
There will be new flour in abundance in
three weeks They are having fine show
ers in all parts of the country.
Chase after Fifteen Runaways.—
Another party of negroes, some fifteen in
number disappeared from Norfolk on Sat
urday morning last, and as soon as the
fact became known, efforts were made to
charter a steamer to go in pursuit of the
northern vessel which was supposed to have
taken them on board. No steamer could
be obtained however; so soon as possible
some half dozen citizens, well armed and
equipped, proceeded to Hampton, where
the pilot boat Reindeer, celebrated for
speed, was chartered for the pursuit.
A very determined and persevering ef
fort will be made to overtake and bring
back the slaves, and those who carried
them off. The chase and search will be
vigorously kept up for two or three weeks
if necessary along the coast as far North
as New Bedford. A suitable number of
muskets, revolvers, &c., as well as a good
supply of provisions, were taken by the
pursuing party. If the coaster, with the
slaves on board, should be found, and re
sistance should be made, there may be
some hot work.
Last week two other slaves escaped, one
of whom belonged to Mr. Seth March,
who has gone to the north determined if
possible to secure and bring him back.—
Norfolk Argus, June 18.
The Indians seem to get credit for
some robberies and murders in Texas
which they do not commit. A Mr. Wal
ker at Dripping Springs forty miles west
of Austin, being attacked by five men,
apparently Indians, and killed, a negro
who was with him at the time escaped,
reached a settlement, and reported the
circumstance. A party then pursued the
marauders, killed four, and gave chase to
the fifth, who being wounded, was captur
ed while attempting to cross the river.—
But the water washed of his paint, and
showed him lobe a white man in disguise.
On washing the faces of the four dead
ones, they also were found to be white
men. ,The prisonei said that there was
in the mountains a party of one hundred,
who have been committing depredations
on the frontier, all of which have been
charged upon the Indians. Walker, af
ter being killed, was robbed of sixty dol
lars. This discovery accounts for numer
ous mysterious murders.
.... At Bluklava the bands of the garrison
daily concerts and when the hour approaches
the birds assemble in multitudes on the trees
and roofs of the huts and storehouse, and listen
in profound site nee to the first piece preformed
but the moment the nextcommences they make
such a deafening noise that a flute or shoe solo
can hardly pc heard twenty feet off
HATfc-S OF KXCHA.VGK IN ATLANTA.
Reported and corrected tri-weekly Ini
U. L. WRIGHT.
Exchange on Northern Cities, } percent.
“ on Savannah, j per cent
“ on Charleston, 1 percent
WHOLESALE PRICE OF GROCERIES IN
ATLANTA.
Corrected tri-weekly, by E. W. Holland 4-Son,
Wholesale Commissiim Merchants, Atlanta.
No. 1 Rio Coffee, 11J to 12. cts. per lb.
Salt per Sack, 2.00
Star Candles, 36 cts. per lb.
N. O. Sugars—Fair, hhd. siperlb.
“ Prime, “ 6}c per lb.
“ Choice, hhd., 7c per lb.
N. O. Syrup, bbl., 40c per gallon.
Extra flaw Whisky, 50c per gallon.
America Brandy, 75 to 80.
ATLANTA PRICK CURR.KNT.
Collated from the reports of J. R. Wallace 4
Bros., J.E. Williams, <f Co., and J. 4 J Lymh-
Cotton, extremes 10 to 12
Bacon Sides 12 to 12i.
Hog round, Hi to HJ.
Harm 12 to 12J
Shoulders, 10
Lard, per bbl. 11| cents.
Corn, per bushel $1.20 to $1.25 eta .
Meal, $1.20 to $1.25
Salt, jarr Sack, 200
Sugar per Hhd., 6) to 8 J
Coffee, 12| to i:<
Clarified Sugar, 8 to 10
Syrup 45
Molasaes 35 to 40.
Mackarel No. I, in Kits, 4,50.
“ “ 2. $12.00 to 15.00
“ “3 per Barrel, 9,
“ “ 4, “ •• 8.00
Cheese, 13i.
Bagging, 16 to 18,
Rope, 12i.t014
Manilla Rope, 20 to 22J.
Tobacco, 15 to 75.
Candlea, Adamantine to 26jt0*,30.
Flour, 4
I2i
Butter 20
Iron American, 5 to 6)
“ Sweeds, 5J to 6|.
“ Band, 6J.
Castings, 4j to 5.
Steel Cast, 20.
“ German, 15.
“ American, Bto 10.
Nails, 5i to per keg
Powder, Blasting, per Keg, 4.20 4.50.
Safety fuse, 50 cts. per 100 feet.
“ Rifle, per keg, 600. to 650.
Teas, 75 to 125.
Factory Yarn 85 to 90.
Osnaburgs, 9 to 10.
Chickens 15 to 20.
Oats. 70 to 80.
Fodder, 125 to 1 50 per cwt.
Hay, 1.50 to 1.75 per cwt.
Apples Dried, 1,50. 1.75
“ Green, 2,00 to 250.
Feathers, 35
Liquors.
Reported by J. J. Lynch.
Brandy, (Cognac) per gal., 2.50 to 4.00
“ (Domestic) “ “ 70 to 80
“ (Cherry) “ " 75 to 1.00.
Gin, (Holland) « <• 1.76 to 2.25.
‘! (Domestic) ” “ 65 to 70.
Rum, (Jamacia) “ « 1.00 to 3.00.
“ (Domestic) " “ 66 to 70.
Whiskey, (Com) “ •“ 60 to 66.
“ (Western) “ “ 45 to 50. and
“ (Monongahala) per ga1.,80 to 1.20 J
Wines. (Port) “ “ 2.75 to 4.00
Special Notices.
.JST Atlanta Lodge, No. 59.
MEETS every 2nd and 4th Thure
hjff day night in each month.
L. C. SIMPSON, W. M.
Atlanta, Jan. 16, 1855 72—dtf
eMt. Zion R. A. Chapter, No. 16. .
MEETS every 2nd and 4th Monday
night, in each month.
LEWIS LAWSHE, H. P.
Jan 16, 1854 72dtf
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composed, edited and read in public by the Se
nior Class of Colllege Temple, at the
Literary and Musical Soirees,
given, monthly, by the Students to their Friends.
It is also published semi-annually—in
December and June.
for the Class, by Messrs. J. A. & F. 8. Welch,
Newnan.
The leading principles of this Sheet are—First,
The training of the Senior Class to write for pub
lic Journals—thereby preparing a corps of South,
ern Female Writers of ability to supply the wants
of our home Periodicals—and lastly, as a se
quence of the first,
The Elevation of Woman.
Hence we do not hesitate, with these principle,
for our guide, to present our Leaf to our friends
and the Friends of our Principles, and ask them
for their patronage.
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The Funds are in all cases applied to pay ex
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Tub Fly Leaf.
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Tax Notice.
Books were opened on the first day of
Juno, inst, for collecting the tax of the City of
Atlanta; and said books will remain open till
the Ist day of August next, at which time the
Law closes them, therefore all persons who owe
tax are hereby notified to call on me nt my office
at the City Hall and pay before the said first day
of August, as all unapid tax will, after that time,
be put in execution.
Promptly in my office from 9 to 12 a. m. and
from 3 to 6 p. M. during the month of July next.
H. C. HOLCOMBE.
Atlanta Ga., June 28th 1866.
june 30, ’55 dt Ist of aug.
We take pleasure in recommending the
highly valuable, and excellent preparation of
Narsaparilla manufactured by Dr. Thomas A.
Hurley, of Louisville. Already it has won a
high name for purity, and medical qualities,
which must ever stamp it a standard remedy
with the afflicted. So great is the demand for
this Syrup that we are informed the Doctor is
obliged to employ extra hands, and is daily ship
ping it to almost every Town, City, State and
Territory in the Union. At this season of the
year it is prudent to take a genuine and good
article of Sarsaparrilla, and Hurley’s comes high
est recommended.— Louisville Denwcngt.
Smith & Ezzard Ag’ta here. ju27dw2w
JOB PRINTING.
The proprietor of the “Examiner” is prepared
to execute Job Printing of all kinds, upon terms
as reasonable, as in any city in the South. He
has on hand a large and well selected assortment
of type of all descriptions, and is receiving an ad
ditional supply of the same, such as warrants him
in asserting that he will execute jobs of any de
scription in a style not to bo suqisssed else
where.
All persons desiring to contract for job printing
will do well to give him a call.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce Col
JOSEPH E. BROWN, a candidate for Judge of
the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge Circuit at
the election to be held on the first Monday in Oc
tober next.
ma y ’55 dwtde*
Mr. Editor You will please announce my
name as the ANTI-KNOW NOTHING Candi
date for JUDGE of the Coweta Circuit. The
election the Ist Monday in October next
JOHN L. STEPHENS.
june 6, ’56 d wU i ß
BOOK BINDERY.
Attached to the office of the “Examiner,” the
proprietor thereof has a Book Bindery in opera
tion. In it he executes work of every description
usually done in the largest bindery establishment#
oi the North, and in a style unsurpassed by any
one of them. His terms are as reasonable as can
be expected by any one, and far more so than
Southern establishments generally. Hie work
men are experienced, and of the first class in their
profession. This, together with the prompt ex
ecution of all work entrusted to him, will, we
hope, induce those who have Orders to give, not
to overlook his establishment. Specimens of work
will be exhibited to all who desire it.
MEDICAL BOOKS.
We have seen at Mr. Kay’r stores a large and
well selected assortment of Medical Books, which,
wo are advised, will be sold on most reasonable
lorms. The Medical profession, a fine opportu
nity is here presented of securing rare and stand
ard books. We advise them, and the Student#
attending the Medical lectures in our city, to cal)
and examine these publications, ere they pur
chase elsewhere.
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