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Wftklq Examiner. a\\ | n’j”' 'dwSt “s ' JvS<-’ —-sßsffiFT£7>k. -**' ! '-'«£& /» « r .SSOfigO (SjaiSalSte* ~~ IV’See Third and Fourth Pages. ~FORTgOVERNOrI H. V. JOHNSON, Or BALDWIN. t OR CONGRESS. Ist District-Jas L. Seward of Thomas 2nd “ M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee 3rd “ J. M. Smith,, of Upson. 4th “ H. Warner, of Meriwether. sth “ J. H. Lumpkin, of Floyd. 6th “ Howell Cobb, of Clarke. Sth “ A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro. Cotton. Mr. J. D. Keaton has left in our office a sam ple of remarkably line cotton, grown by B. B. Keaton, Esq., in Baker county, and taken from the stalk on the 23rd of this month. If the far mers, or planters of Baker, raise cotton of as fine quality as the sample before us, they will be suc cessful rivals of old Burke, a county that has long borne away the palm from its fellows, in the produce of this great southern staple. New Type. f To-day we present the “Examiner” to our readers in a new chess, its reading matter, being set with new type, received, on yesterday, from the Type Foundry of Conner & Sons, of New York. This additional expense entailed upon l he proprietor for the benefit of our readers, is cheerfully borne, as he feels confident of its reimbursement, in extended patronage. Every effort shall be used to make the Daily Exami ner, a paper worthy of the liberal support of the citizens of Atlanta, and the country gener erally. Know Nothingism Unveiled. We close to-day, the publication of the Rit ual, Degrees, and so forth, of the falsely styled “American Party." In doing so, we hope our readers will devote a share of their time, in not only perusing, but in analyzing it So mon strous a document was never before submitted to the public eye, and we ardently hope, never again will be, in free and enlightened America. God save the country from all such institutions 1 Our march onward, thus far, has been impeded only by here an impediment, and there an hon est difference of opinion, all amounting at lust to nothing. But this Secret Order; this Oligar chy ; with its secrets, and its oaths; its pass words, and its grips; is a huge burner thrown in the way of the progress, mid liberty of the people. .Stand up, freemen, every where, and fight it to the bitter end! Free your soil, Geor gians, from its baneful influences, and like Old Virginia, crush it, ere the tree put forth bran claw, for poisonous fruits to be plucked there from 1 A Calumny Refuted. The charge that the “Pope’s Nuncio to Spain, before the cabinet of President Pierce was, known to the public here, declared to Mr. Bar ringer, in Madrid, that the present Post Master General, a Catholic, would be a member of the cabinet,” is flatly contradicted by Mr. Barrin. ger, himself. The Washington Union, received on yesterday, at this office, contains the follow ing statement. “He, (Mr. Barringer,) is at present at Sara toga Springs, in the State of New York and has stated to a gentleman from this city, of un. quastioued intelligence and integrity, that the conversation with the Nuncio of the Pope con. oerning the cabinet of President Pierce, which was made the foundation of so much falsehood and calumniation, transpired subsequent to the in auguration of March, 1853, and to the reception of the intelligence thereof, and of the names of President Pierce's cabinet, in Madrid.” “Mr. Barringer also stated that he had ad dressed two letters to Mr. Rayner, of North Carolina, stating the time of the conversation, and its circumstances and purport, and asking that gentleman to do all parties the justice to state the facts in the case, but that Mr. R. had suppressed both letters, tvnd hud wholly refused to correct the falsehoods in the premises." “Mr. Barringer also expressed his purpose to publish his last letter upon the subject.to Rayner in a few days, if the proper corrections and re traction was not made by that gentleman." Thus perishes another know-nothing cal umny! Drath of an Old Miser In the Indiana Peni tentiary at JeWenonvlllet The Louisville Journal of the 9th inst., says : A man seventy-three years of age, died on Saturday night last, in the Indiana Penitentiary, of an affection of the heart, having performed on the day previous to his death, his allotted task in apparent good health. He leaves a property valu ed at 8100,000, and was incarcerated for the period of two years for the crime of forgery to the amount of 825. The old chap was miserly in the extreme, denying to himself the smallest luxury beyond the E risen fare of bread and water and beefs ead broth. Many anecdotes are related of this old scamp, which go to mark him as one of the oddest of his species. At the time of his arrest for the alleged forgery he was tendered counsel, who pledged them selves to clear him of the charge with a tee of 8500. To this the old man re plied, that “if convicted the sentence would only be for two years, and he didn’t think he could make his expenses and 8250 a year out of the penitentiary, and it would cost him nothing to live there, and he would savethat much any how.’’ man living about forty milss from I Cairo, 111., named Evans, was bitten by a mad dog recently; during his paroxysms five men were unable to hold him, and, in compliance with his earnest entreaties, a number ot persons placed him between two feather beds and smothered him to death. tv A Yankee who went over to the mother country some time ago. was asked on returning bow hv liked Great Britain. ♦Well/ he 9«ud, * England is a very nice country exceedingly fertile, well cultivated, very populous and very wealthy; but.’ continued the Yankee •! never liked io take a morning walk after break fast, because the country is so small that I was afraid otwalking oil* the edge.' MEETING AT FIELDS CROSS ROADS CHEROKEE COLiKTY—PUBLIC DIS CUSHION. On Thursday last, we attended the meet ing referred to at the head of thia article*— At the hour of ten we arrived at the stand erected for the speakers, and were gratified exceedingly at seeing a?wembled, in our es timation, some thirty-five hundred or four ; thousand, others aay five thousand, punions.— • Quite a large proportion nf this numerous assem- i blage were ladies of that vicinity, and Um udja- ; cent country. The hardy yeomanry, however, of I Cherokee, and tho counties adjoining hadassem- J bled there in great num Inns, and collected hr they . all were around the wtand, with anxiety impress ed upon each face, a scene was presented to our • view that almost “beggars description.” It was j to us proof of the deep interest the people feel in ' the political iaaueH before them, and of their earn est desire to be informed in regard to what per taineth thereto. As public discussion had been agreed upon, the Know Nothings were well i represented large assemblage, although it ’ wax evident that our political, or anti-Know ; Nothing friends, Whigs and Democrats, were ! largely in the ascendant. All tho preliminaries having been arranged, we had scarcely been on the ground ten minutes ere the speakers entered the stand, from whence they were to address the audience. The Know Nothings were represented by George Lester, Esq., of Cumming, Forsyth coun ty, and James N. Milner Esq., of Cass county. The Anti-Know Nothings were represented by- Judge J. H. Lumpkin, of Rome, the candidate for Congress in tho fifth District; by Ex-Governor Cobb; and John W. H. L’nderw ood,Esq., also of Rome, Floyd county. It was agreed that Judge Lumpkin should have the opening, in a speech of one hour. That he should be followed by Mr. Letter in a speech of one hour and a half; and th at Governor Cobb should reply, in the same space of time, after which the meeting should adjourn, for recreation and the Barbacue. In the afternoon discussion was to be resumed, Mr. Milner taking the leak! in. a speech of one hour and a half, leaving to Mr. Underwood the closing in an hour. That the reader may understand why it was that there were three speakers on ane, and only two on the other side, we will here Mate, that the meeting originated with the Anti-K mow Nothings, and that, in accordance with the received rule, one practiced by all parties in Georgia, and elsewhere, the closing speech waacllaimedbyour friends, and cordtally yielded by our adversaries. JUDGE LUMPKIN then appeared before the audience, and addressed them for an hour. He made aforcibie argument, in supportofthe cause which he advocated. Al luding brieily to bis position as a candidate before them; and the circumstances that had brought him from retirement again into the political field, contrary to his wishes; he went on to say, that* at an early period of his life he ha d sought the position he was now made the candidate for, by the confidence of his friends, and aw it wasgener. ously conferred upon him, he could not Refuse to do battle for them, at a period like the present, when the constitution was in danger, and civil and religious liberty threatened, how«wr much he might have preferred retirement. In a rapid sketch, he referred to the leadin g measures of his own, and the opposite party ; and forcibly' contrasted the Republican simplici ty—and liberality—of the one, with theselfishness and intolerance of the other. His speech had its due effect upon the audience* It was a sober, masterly effort, by which the cause he advocated gained ground, as it will do wherever he speaks. Free 6«n al! “rant and fustian/’ he convinced the doubting mind, and strengthened the strong. Towards the close of the short time allotted to him tospeak, one “might have heard a pin drop,” so earnestly was the attention of the audience directed to him; and, like them, it was with regret we heard it announced that his brief hour was gone. The stand was then occupied by GEORGE LESTER, ESQ. This gentleman addressed the audience his full hour and thirty minutes. Ho bad scarcely open ed, when “Go it, George f was heard in the vi cinity of the speaker, and here and there on every side o*’ the stand. He did *go it ” to the heart’s content of every Anti-Know Nothings in that vast assemblage, but whether he did so or not to his flock, we leave them to answer. An apology for his inability to discuss questions of public policy with the gentlemen opposed to him; a defence of his own consistency in politics ; a personal re ference to a gentleman from Forsyth, who appeared to be posted up in regard to his fidelity to the democratic, party while a professed member there of, and whose response confaged, not a little, the speaker; an attack upon Judge Lumpkin’s po litical course ; a declaration that ho was a better and purer democrat,than'his antagonists; formed the first part of hi* speech. Denunciation of foreigners and Catholic, and the reading cf ex tracts, selected and garbled, from the speeches and writings of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and others, with his own version or construction, or we might say the falsely styled “ American Party’s” version or construction placed thereon, was the last part of his address. We will not do him injustice and say that he failed in his effort. Not so. He had a bad cause to advocate, yet he lacked neither words, nor ability, nor awnirance. He labored hard, but failed to produce a favorable impression for hie cause. We believe he knew: and felt this, for, at the close of his address, he appealed to those who had to conn- after him, to know if he had not fairly and with due respect to them conducted the argument. At thia, we were somewhat surprised. Governor Cobb had to follow Mr. Lester. Now, when it is remem bered that the author of the Forsyth Resolutions, (or chairman of the committee that prepared them) is no leas a perron than Mr. Lester; and that one ot those resolutions denounced Gover nor Cobh as not deserving the respect or confi dence of tho people ; wq were, we say. Governor Cobb being then present, somewhat surprised at his reapeetful sentiments, and courteous bearing, and at his reminding all parties thereof. There was tact there, and doubtless forbearance was the consequence. The effort of Mr. Lester, how ever, was creditable; indeal, on his side of the question, it was decidedly the best effort we have yet heard: but it availed hitn and his Know Nothing friends naught In less than thirty j minutes, not a smile could ta- seen upon the ! countenances of a solitary •• G.i it, George 1 man in the crowd. We glaneed at a few of them, and dismay stared us to the face- But w M an- I ticipate. It was now GOVERNOR COBB'S time to speak- At the very onset of his address, this gentleman rivited the attention of his audience. In brief terms, he responded to the last speaker’s appeal for fair and respectful discussion. Referring to Mr. Lester’s quotations, extracts, and interpreta tions of what were alleged to ta Washington's. Jefferson’s and Madison’s writings; and wnieh at the olose of his address, he showed were im properly applied to the true issue before the eoun- - to discuss in masterly argument, t e- ,-,.f policy of the “rAmeriean, *Ji 3 , • Know Nothing Party,” and to expose its m fari ' ous design of subverting and violating the Con stitution. That a religious test he not only lymnWwaa made by the order of Know Nothings, ; but that that te.it was a violation of the Constilu- 1 tion, fraught with the most dangerous consequen- i i ces, and destructive of religious liberty, we feel ‘ assured hecunvinced every unprejudiced man and j woman, who were present to hear him. An effort ! was made in the crowd, to distract the. attention. ! and lead away from the hearing of his voice, a j ! portion of the hearer:* ; a few, we presume, whom I the Know Nothings feared had the independence i to bolt ranks, if convinced of error. But the i speaker, aware of tile artifice, stopped short and . told the leaders of this move that the people ! I should hear, and that, at any, and every hazard, ! Ihe would be heard. That he had entered into 1 ' this canvass prepared for any kind of fight that was offered by his,opponents, and while he only challenged a fair one, he would not submit to ! foul work, and tricks, like the one then being '■ I practiced, of his foes. ' Without further molestation then the speaker ; : pursued his argument to the end. Disposing of i • the platforms and principles of the “American { Party,” he proceeded to show the other ineffici- 1 ency of such a party, if successful in the contest, to save tho South from the dangers which threat- ; ened her. Kansas, he said, would soon apply [ for admission as a State into the Union. Afte r ‘ referring to the p st, and showing conclusively i that it was through tho votes of the Northern ' democrats, the Kansas Nebraska Bill had passed ■ the last Congress, admitting said he. which was ; scarcely probable, that every member of Congress ; from the South was a Know Nothing, ami would vote for the admission of Kansas as a State : stil-1 votes would be required from the Anti-Slavery i States ; for ninety-one votes were all that the I South had to give. An appeal being made to the i North, by Southern members, in the Senate, it ■ will be Yesponded to hy eleven democratic Sena- ! tors, more than sufficient to secure her admission, j so far as that Body is concerned. But for the , House, how will it be there? Side by side with ' the Southprn members will be arrayed twenty- ' one Northern democrats, good and true men, j who will peril, ami who have already perilled, all ’ that honorable men dare peril, for the Constitu tional rights of the South. But twenty-one, add ed to the ninety-one votes, will not do ; some few more votes an* demanded. Can you, he said, addressing Messrs. Lester and Milner, from the representatives of the “American Party” in Con gress furnish those few; those three or four votes 1 Reduce it to one vole,only one, and cun you furnish that ONE VOTE? The Hour of: the House is tilled with members of the “Ameri- i can Party” ; tile democrats have given you aZZ ; they have, and only one vole more will secure to the South her Constitutional rights and save the ; Union; you profess to be a National Party, tell j me, said the speaker; tell these people here ns- i sembled ; can you. are>ou able to furnish ONE VOTE, and save your party from the deep dam nation that awaits it in the South,tn case of your failure todo so? The effect of this interrogatory upon the assemblage was tremendous. No re- ’ ply was heard, neither then nor afterwards to it. I save what appeared at the time, in drooping 1 heads and shrinking forms. But we must on, for : it we. were to fill our columns, we could Jnot do i justice to this great effort of Governor Cobb. ; At its close, he called upon the speaker who was , to follow him, to answer the argument he had addressed to the people : to dispute the facts he .had presented, if his conscience would permit him to do so; and not to dodge the issue. Ad dressing the ladies, thanking him for their pa tient hearing, and invoking them to teach then children, after God, this noble, son of Georgia, and champion of Southern Rights, clos-; ed a speech we have never yet. on the same is- j sues, heard anything to equal. The parts of it, that wo have here presented, are meagre com- i pared with the speech itself. At the close of Governor Cobb’s address the meeting adjourned to the BARBACUE, which wau< a most bountiful one, and which was gotten up injfine style, by those parties in the neighborhood. A repast so bounteous, and so well prepared, the. reader may be assured, had . ample justice done to it. We have to return our thanks for* our share of the feast, which, we i learn, was prepared by our old friend Richard j Seals, of Cobb, a.ssisted by Thomas Hunter, Isaac ' and John Cox, .and William B. Haygood, of I Cherokee In about an from the adjournment, the ; people again surrounded the stand, and were ad dressed by JAS. N. ?MILNER,ESQR. The speech of this, gentleman was characterised by earnestness, notarg ument; much declamation, no substance ; an avoi dance, and a skilful one of the truo issues; and a resort to elap trap. He < had no use, not he, f< »r foreigners. Protestant ' Irishmen he could hug t o his bosom, for he was the deecendant of a Protestant Irishman, but he had no use for the Cat hoi U* Irish. I’he gentle- ; man appeared to forget that the protestant, as well as the Catholic Irish, were? proscribed by his j “American Party.” N > argur/ient, or dispute of j the facts laid down by Governc'.' Cobb, did we i hear, but much did we hear repeated, that was urged by Mr. Lester, in his axldres s. We regret that we cannot say something more compliment ary of this speech. Mr. Milner is gentlemar of far more than ordinary ability ; in .vbad cause his services are worth having. In ago od caust he always acquits himself handsomely • Bu what could he do, truth, and justice, and against him! The closing speech of the day was made by JOHN W. H. UNDERWOOD ESQ. It was now late in the afternoon. A portion of the aduiencc, during Mr. Milner’s speech, had retired on account of a slight rain and the threat, ening appearance of the. weather ; but we were destined, notwithstanding the weather had cleared away, and the threatning appearance of the sky had vanished, to witness a stampede of the “Order,” who had crowded around their la t speaker to the end of his discourse. They un deretood, and played their game, better than we { could have done. They were posted it appeared to us, in regard to what followed. So utter a demolition of the two gentlemen who ap peared at the meeting, the champions of Know ; Nothingism, we had never before, on any | occasion witnessed. Right and left, he pitched i into them, and held up their glaring incousiston j cies to the people. Neither did he forget to pay his respects to the “Demosthenes of the Moun- j | tains," as the champion of Know Nothingism. • at Rome, Dr. Miller, has been termed, though the speaker took occasion to correct the press, and apply to that gentleman the term “Cataline" in - ! stead. He charged upon him, that, in one day. he was seeking the Democratic Anti-Know No- i thing nomination, as a candidate for Congress, i for the Fifth Congressional District, and tailing ! to receive it. of being in a Know Nothing Coun-! eilon the next; of actually eaucassing with' democrats, to-day, and, disapjiointed in his per sonal aspiration, of going over to the enemy to- • morrow. His exposure and rebuke of the '■lofty patriotism" (!) of this “Cataline of Rome." electrified the crowd, and told terribly against i the "Order.” -Nor did he permit the candidate ■ , . . I for Congress, on the Know Nothing side, Col.; Tumlin, to escape. His pretensions to represent the fifth district in the National Council, he ; placed in the limits ot' the sirallest nutshell, and I literally crushed them into powder. The pre- > i tensions of the “Secret Order” as set forth in the i Philadelphia Platform, to reform die National I Legislature, by sending to it abler and purer men. ■ : he illustrated and exposed by referring to their! nomination of Mr. Tumlin in one Congressional 1 1 district, and Mr. Willis Hawkins in another. In reference to the election in the Blue Ridge ' 1 Circuit, ho paid a deserving compliment to Cob j I Joseph E. Brown, the “Mill Buy of the Moun tains, and dem-jcrntic, Anti-Know Nothing can- I I didate lor Judge; and in the same connection ac-1 j counted h»r the zeal ot Mr. Lester, in his advoca- j . ey oi the “Sccrur Order,” by relating the anec-i . dote of the “ boy and the load of hay.” with j j which our readers, we presume, are familiar, and • ; stating that Judge Irwin, Mr. Lester’s “dad/ ‘ 1 was under the load. A vindication of his party’s ! i policy, of their candidates in the field, and a I thorough aud complete exposure of their antago i nists, closed this able elfort of Mr. Underwood, i e wish he could be heard in every district in Georgia, and we take occasion hen* to sav, that ! he has been prevailed upon to visit Atlanta, ere i long. i We have thus placed before our readers, j what we saw and heard of the debate, in Chero-1 • kee. un Thursday last. It took place in a most i pojiulous section of that county, and scarcely any 1 of our Mountian counties were without a repre j sentative there. We have omitted a great deal I that ha I we time and space, would interest the • j reader, and encourage our Anti-Know Nothing , I friends. The spontaneous burst of applause that i broke forth, when Governor Cobb, in his speech?: ' referring to. eulogized the services to the South of j I th- HON. A. H. STEPHENS, ! told how deeply the people of Cherokee, men, ! women, and children, even, sympathised with i that patriot son of Georgia. But we have written ' enough, and must come to a close. We shall ' do so after making the following statement. ; First, we are. and were, before leaving the I ground of debate, assured that our cause had tri umphed there, and that many had declared an intention to abandon the Order, and, thence forth, tu battle against it. Second, a number of ouc political friends, ironi various portions of the Fifth Di«trict. assembled together during the evening, and after a careful comparing of not s. authorized the assertion, through the pres*, that Governor Johnson, and JJudgc Lumpkin would defeat their antagonists i in that district by a majority of not less than TWO THOUSAND VOTES. And that in the Blue Ridge Circuit, Colonel * , Joseph E. Biown, would beat Judge Irwin, at I ! least j SIXTEEN HUNDRED VOTES. I Hopes arc entertained that these majorities will be increased, by the day of the election, as the cause gains ground every day. I In Cherokee county, the following ticket for | our State Senate and Legislature, has been put i out. and will be supported with a zeal not ex ' celled any where else by the opponents of j i Know Nothingism. For /Ae Senate, . M. J. CAMDEN. For the Legislature, LAWSON FIELDS, LITTLEBERRY HOLCOMBE. J A strong ticket —one which ought to. and will; carry the county by a handsome majority. On our return homo, we had th.- pleasure of hearing Governor Cobb address a large meeting j in the Court House at Marietta. And on the ; | sain- evening, although mueh fatigued, he yield” j I ed to the wishes of our citizens, and addressed | I .s large a number of them, as we have seen as_ I sembled here, in his usual eloquent and impres. I sive style. At both places. Marietta and here, he did good service f >r the cause in which he is en gaged. B®.. Thomas H. Clark, who formerly edited and published a know nothing pa- ' per atCarrolton, Miss., has written a letter j to the editor of the Afississiqipian. publicly i withdrawing his connection with the Order, j the following extract from Mr. Clark’s let- I ter indicates his reasons for joining and for ■ with drawing: I joinedit, not only voluntarily, buteheer- I fully, because I firmly believed, at the time I that I was assisting to lay the foundation of j a party that would ultimately arrest the black tide of abolitionism, that now threatens to sweap away every right ot the slave States. 1 believed that I was assisting to form the nucleus of a party in the South, around the Northern standard of which were claimed most, if not all, the conservative and nat- , j ional men of the free Statesjand the special I misson of which wasto‘-nip i’ the bud” the i ' treasonable designs of thej enemies of sla- I very. Let the historyof the past ten months I say whether my expectations have been i realized. Every free State in the Union is j I under the undisputed control of the know- I nothings, and in the recent eleetion in the j i North, scarcely a man has been elected ! who is not an open and avowed, opponent ‘ i of slavery. t- BSV. >lubge Bronson has written an opin n ion against the New-York prohibitory law. c, He assumes first, that it takes an unwarran ,e table liberty with existing rights to prop lt erty by denying to the owner thereof, the n right to sell it Secondly, that the legislature cannot make a thing a nuisance by declar ing it-to be such. Third, thatalthough ex cessive drinking is an evil, it does not fol , low that the moderate use of liqor is a sin i against either God or man. From the t„ me of Noah down, it has been practised, • an> i neither the Savior, nor Pall forbade ■it Fourth, it reverses rules of evidence, I inflic/ a g r ’ evous pennalties, is direetd a gainst. a particular class, islretractive. &<?., I &c., aiM.’ fifth, even though the law is valid i ;it does- ba't apply to imported liquors. He i i closes .by .hoping that no man will distrust • i the jud?cia\’y. but wait patiently the action j 'of the le-.\al tribunals. — Charleston Cour-\ I - The Nk * French Silver.—The pub- i jlic having a new method of obtaining in ' ’ large quantit. ’ es , froln sh at most abundant ' of deposits, coi Rnton elay. a metal which ri i valsf n beauty w 'th silver, and surpasses it in i durability, not tc ’ mention other qualites. I The discoverer— Cer so we must call him— ;is Mr. Sainte Ciaii ’eJDeviile. Aluminium,! : which hitherto exist *fd only in very small ■ ; quantities, and estee. ite'd rather as a curi-: osity, can now be prodi ict'd in masses suffi-1 . cient and cheap enough to replace copper, i and even iron in many ,'espt ets. and thus , dlaee the “new stiver" 'tipen or in soni" i points to the real article, into s. tch com mon use as to suit the mean s of the poorest ; ’ persons. Military Review.—On t he 10th ins t. there was a review of Sherman ’s (formerly , Ringgold’s Flying Artillery at Fort Snell ing, Minnesota, in the presence of Gen.’ 1 Shields, Governor Gorman Senatvr Sum mer, and a number of others. [ Fur the Daily HON. A. 11 STEPHENS 1 1. is somewhat amusing for one who: keeps his ey-s open to stand by, ami see i how matters are working along the cur- i rent of political excitement in these vol- i umiuous times. Old parties andtheir ties I are sundered, and with them, it seems,' even the kindly and generous feelings, that ' once characterized us Georgians in our in- ! tereourse with each other, are about to be i scattered on the ambient winds. Men.,) whose names once tilled ns with no other : feelings but those of admiration and love —admiration for their talents and love for their virtues are now unblushingly abused and openly deirded by this young er growth of upstart politicians. Men, who have stood by the South in her dark- 1 est and gloomist hour i—men, who have] stood at her helm to guide her when storm : clouds were bursting above her —-men, who ; have never deserted their post, when oth-1 ers shrank from the dangers and responsi bilities of the hour “that tried men’s) souls;” such men are now to be laid on i the shelf, simply lajcause they do not ; choose to “go it blind” with every new ; political Zsin 4hieh may chance to spring up around them Now, nothing shows more dearly the corruption and innate meanness of any patty or sect than this very disposition to proscribe those who do not think proper to pitch indiscriminately and unhesi tatingly into its ranks. Two years ago Alexander Stephens was the idol of Geor gia—.the nation’s favorite—the great Southerner, who “stood head and should ers taller’’ in Congress than any other statesman from the land of sunshine and flowers. Not a man in Georgia, whig or democrat, that was not prowl of Alex. Stephens! The whig party doted on him, and talked frothily, and bragged and sput tered much, to the infinite discomfiture of us poor devils of democrats because we I could not boast an equal to him. Now ' “none so poor to dohim reverence.” And ; why is this ? Has Stephens turned trai-1 tor to his party or recreant to the. South ? ; No. He stands just where he always stood. He is yet the honest man and the unwavering statesman He is yet the unflinching friend to the soil that gave him birth, and the undaunted foe to her enemies But his party, many of them, have gone away from him, and they abuse him because he does not see proper to fol low. Certain of the American party are making speeches about, and are handling ! Stephens’ name quite freely, and (to use a phrase of their own “showing him up lin a ridiculous light.” Why don’t they I make those speeches where Stephens can . hear and reply to them ? We sincerely hope that there are j enough voters left, who have not been ta- i ken in by the specious assertionsand the oil rtiptaiuluw ruli/iis arguments of this fungous party, to elect A. H. Stephens to | Congress in his distiict. The next Con | gress is destined to be a stormy one, and we shall need the cool head and the true heart of our immortal Stephens ; and woe be to the south the day she beats him, and sends some upstart Know-Nothing in his • place to the Congress of the nation ! The • Union is in danger, the rights of the I South are in jeopardy, and shall we South. I ern men be so blindly lost to our own I interests as to leave such men as Stephens I at home, and send up some inexperienced | and at best less talented representation ? I honestly believe there is an under current about this know nothingism that ! has hitherto escaped the observation of Southern men; and I hope, if there is, that they may see it ere it is too late. When Phillip of Macedon was about to draw the Athenians into a treaty the conditions of 1 which were that they should give up their orators, Demosthenes related to the I people the fable concerning the wolves and the shepherds. I think the moral of I that familiar fable would be no disadvan , tage to us Southerners at this particular ! juncture. God forbid, at least, that we j should be so blind as to give up our ora ■ tors! FRANKLIN. From the Nashville Union. Know !t'otlUng Meeting on Record.« The first know-nothing meeting wa J held one nqy/ri.inthe city of Sodom, 188 i years before Christ, in opposition to the j foreigner Lot .and two other strangers (angels,) who visited their wicked city.— This Lot was a preacher of righteousness among this degenerate people twenty three years, and yet the hardened wretch ' es became worse and worse, until God was determined to destroy them all, sending two strangers (angels,) for that purpose, and whom Lot entertained. When the citizens heard of the arrival of those two foreigners, they became jealous, and even 1 ■ accused their old foreign born citizens ! preacher Lot in these words, “this one - fellow came in to sojourn, and he will ; needs bp a judge,” and through envy and - jealousy formed themselves together with ( all the citizens, “both old and young from i every quarter.’’ into a party to destroy the ; emigrants but the doom of those know I nothings was fixed on account of their i former wickedness, and were all destroyed 'on that account, while iu the very act of ; making their attempt to tyranize, injure I and insult the foreigner. ALPHENSO. Nashville, July 22d, 1855. A French Story.—A royal love letter has come to light in Lyons under singular circumstances. A grocer was putting up : half a pound of figs in a yellowish, time-' word paper The purchaser was an ama- j teur of autographs, and his quick eye at! one detected a billett-doux, from Henry ! ,to the Belle Gabrielle. When will I , people to learn to destroy their improper .correspondence ? However, in this case if .makes no difference, as Henry IV, had i • .-xr-ntation to lose, nor Belle" Gabrielle; CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL or rue united states ok nokth amkru'a. I I Article First. I This Organization shall be known by the i name and title of THE NATION A LCOUN !C(L OF THE UNITED STATES OF i AMERICA, and its jurisdiction and power I shall extend to all the States. Districts and I Territories of the United Slates of Nortli : America. Article Second. ) The object of this organization shall Is- to : I protect every American citizen in the legal i And proper exercise of all his civil and religious j -rights and privileges; to resist .the insiduous policy of the Church of Rome, and all other foreign influence against our republican insti tutions. in all lawful ways : to place in all of fices of honor, trust, or profit, in the gift of the |H-ople, or by appointment, none but native horn Protestant citizens ; and to protect, pre- ■ serve, and uphold the union of these States i and the Constitution of the same. Article Third. : Sec. I.—A pel-son to become a member of 1 any Snbordinatinate Council must lie twenty- I one years of age: he must believe in the exist- ■ ence of a Supreme Being as the Creator and : Preserveer of the Universe. He must be a na | tive born citizen ; a Protestant, either horn of I Protestant parents, or reared under Protestant J influence; and not united in marriage with a ■ Roman Catholic; provided, nevertheless, that ■ in this last respect, the State, District, or Ter ' ritorial Councils shall be authorized to so con struct their respective Constitutions as shall best promote the interests of the American cause in their several jurisdictions; and pro vided, moreover, that no member who may have a Roman Catholic wife shall be eligible to office in this Order ; and provided, further, should any State, District, or Territorial Coun cil prefer the words “Roman Catholic” as a disqualification to membership, in place of “Pro testant” as a qualification to, they may so con sider this Constitution, and govern their action accordingly. Sec. 2.—There shall be an interval of three weeks between the conferring of the Second and Third Degrees— prmhded, that this rcstric- I tion shall not apply to those who have receiv ed the Second Degree previous to the first day of December next; and prowded./urMer, that the President, of State, District, and Territo rial Councils may grant dispensations for initi ating in all the degrees, officers of new Coun cils. Sec. 3.—The National Council shall hold ; its Annual meetings in the month of June, at' such place as may be designated by the Nation-1 I al Council at tlie previous Annual meeting, > ( and it may adjourn from time to time. Spe ; eial meetings may be called by the President on the written request of five delegations rep-, resenting five State Councils; provided, that j sixty days’ notice shall be given to the State I Councils previous to said meeting. Sec. 4.—The National Council shall lie composed of seven delegates from each State, to be chosen by the State (’omieils: and each District or Territory where a District or Ter ritorial Council shall exist, shall be entitled to send two delegates, to be chosen from said Council—proi-zded, that in the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President of the. United States, each Stale shall bo entitled ' to cast the same number of votes as they shall have members in both Houses of Congress.—- In all sessions of the National Council, thirty two delegates, representing thirteen States. Territories, or Districts, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Sec. s.—The National Council shall fas vested with the following powers and privi leges : It shall be the head of the Organization for j the United States of North America, and j shall fix and establish all signs, grips, passwords. I an<l such other secret work, as may seem to Jt ■ necessary. It shall have the power to decide all mat ters appertaining to National Politics. Jt shall have the power to exact from the State Councils, quarterly or annual statements as to the numlter of members under their juris dictions, and in relation to all other matters necessary for its information. Jt shall have the power to form State, Ter ritorial or District Councils, and to grant dis pensations for the formation of such bodies, when five Subordinate Councils shall have been pnt into operation in any State, Territo ry. or District, and application made. ft shall have the power to determine upon a male of punishment in case of any derelic tion of duty on the part of its members or offi cers. , It shall have power to adopt cabalastic char acters for the purpose of writing or telegraph ing. Said characters to be communicated to I the Presidents of the State Councils, and by • them to the Presidents of the Subordinate Councils. J t shall have the power to adopt any and ; every measure it may deem necessary to secure ~ the success of the Organization; provided, that nothing shall be done by the said National Council in violation of the Constitution ; and , provided, further, that in all political matters, its members may be instructed by tho State ! Councils, and if so instructed, shall carry out ‘ such instructions, of the State Councils, which they represent until overruled by a majority of ' the National Council. Article Fourth. 1 The President shall always preside over the ’ National Council when present, and in his absence the Vice President shall preside, and in the absence of both, the National Council 1 shall appoint a President pro tempore ; and , the presiding officers may at all times call a member to the chair, but such appointment ' shall not extend beyond one sitting of the Na tional Council. Article Fifth. j Sec. I.—The officers of the National Coun , <-il shall lie a President, Vice President, Chap j lain. Corresponding Secretary, Recording Sec ; retary, Treasurer, and two Sentinels ; with j such other officers as the National Council may see tit to appoint from time to time; and the Secretaries and Sentinels may receive such compensation as the National Council shall de termine. Sec. 2.—The duties of the several officers created by this Constitution shall be such as the work of this Organization prescrilies. Article Sixth. Sec. ].—All officers provided for by this Constitution, except Sentinels, shall be elected annually by ballot. The President may appoint Sentinels from time to time. ■ St-.c. 2.—A majority of all the votes cast ; shall ta- requisite to an election for an of ' fice. i Sec. 3.—A1l officers and delegates of this : Council, and of all State, District, Territorial I anil Subordinate Councils, must be invested with all the Degrees of this Order. Sec. 4.—Ail vacancies in the elective offices ! shall be filled by a vote of the National Coun- I cil, and only for the unexpired term of the said > vacancy. Article Seventh. Sec. I.—The National Council shall enter tain and decide al! cases of appeal, and it shall establish a form of appeal. Sec. 2.—The National Council shall levy a tax upon the State. District, or Territorial Councils, for the support of the National Coun j cil. to be paid in such manner and at such I times as the National Council shall deter mine. Article Eighth. j This National Council may alter and amend I this Constitution at its regular Annual meeting ; in June next, by a vote of the majority of the ! whole number of the memta-rs present. (Cin- I cinnatti. Nov. 24. 1854.) RULES AND REGULATIONS. ; Rule oxk.—Each State. District or Terri- • tory. in which there may exist five or more Sub ordinate Councils working under dispensations from the National Councils of the United States of North America, or under regular dis- Note. —See Constitution. Art. 3. Sec. 4, p. 5. pensations from some State. District or Terri- ' torial Council, and when so established, to form I for themselves Constitutions and By-lxiws for their government, in pursuance of, mid in conso nance with, the Constitution of the National Council of the United States: provided, hew ever, that all District, or Territorial Constitu tions shall ta> subject to the approval of the National Council of the United States. (June 1854.) Rt l.s: two.—All State, District or Territori al Councils, when established, shall have, full power and authority to establislt all Subordinate Councils within their resjsetive limits ; and the Constitutions and By-I.aws of all such Subordinate Councils, must be approved by I their r<-s]x!ctive State. District or Territorial i Councils. (June 1854.) Ri i.e three.—All State, District or Terri-1 torial Councils, when established and until the formation of Constitutions, shall work under I the Constitution of the National Council of the U. States. (June. 1844.) Rule sour.—ln till cases where, for the con venience of the Organization, two State or Ter ritorial Councils may be established, the two Councils together shall be entitled to hnt thir teen* delegates in the National Council of the United States—the proportioned number of delegates to depend on the number of members in the Organization; provided, that no State shall be allowed to have more than one State Council without the consent of the Nation al Council of the United States. (.June, 1854.) Rule five. —In any State, District or Terri tory, where there muv be more than one Organ ization working on the same basis, (to wit. the •‘Lodges” and “Councils”) the same shall be re quired to combine; the officers of each Organi zation shall resign, and new officers be elected ; and thereafter these liodies shall Im known as State Councils, and Subordinate Councils, and new Charters shall be granted to them by the National Council. (June, 1844.) Rule six.—lt shall be considered a penal of fence for any brother not an officer of a Subor dinate Council, to make use of the sign or sum mons adopted for public notification, except by direction of the President; or for officers of a Council to post the same at any other time from midnight to one hour before daybreak, and this ruleshal! be incorporated into the By-Laws of the State. District and Territorial Councils.— (June, 1854.) Rule seven.—The determination of the ne cesityand mode of issuing posters for public no tification shall be entrusted to the State. Dis trict or Territorial Councils. (June, 1854.) Rule eight.—-The respective State, District I zr ’l'erritoriul Councils shall be required to make i statements of the munbi-v of members within their respective limits, at the next meeting of this National Council, and annually thereafter, at the regular annual meeting. (June. 1854.) Rule nine.—The delegates to National Council of the United States of North Ameri ca. shall be entitled to three dollars per day for their attendance upon the National Council, and for each day that may be necessary in go ing and returning from the same; and five cents per mile for every mile they may necessarily ' travel in going to, and returning from, the place of meeting of the National Council; to l«> computed by the nearest mail route: which shall be paid out of the Treasury of the Na tional Council. (Nov. 1854. Rule tex. —Each State. District or'l'erritor ial Council, shall be taxed four cents per an num, for every member in good standing belon ging to each Subordinate Council under its ju risdiction on the first day of April, which shall be reported to the National Council, and paid into the National Treasury, on or before the first day of the annual session, to be held in June; and on the same day in each succeeding year. And the first fiscal year shall be consid ered as commencing on tho first day of Decem ber, 1854, and ending on the fifteenth day of May, 1855. (November. 1854.) Rule eleven.—The following shall be the Key to determine and ascertain the purport of any communication that may lie addressed to the President of a State, District or Territorial Council by the President of the National Coun cil. who is hereby instructed to communicate a knowledge of the same to said officers: ABCDEFG H I J K L M 17 13 19 25 2 8 14 20 26 3 9 15 N O P Q R S T U VW X Y Z 21 4 10 16.22 5 11 17 23 6 12 18 24 Rule twelve.—The clause of the article of the Constitution relative to belief in the Su preme Being is obligatory up >n every State and Subordinate Council, as well as upon each individual member. (June 1854.) Rule thirteen.—The following shall be the compensation of the officers of this Council: Ist. The Corresponding Secretary shall be paid ’i’wo Thousand Dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June 1854. 2d. The Treasurer shall be paid Five Hun dred Dollars per annum, from the 17th day of •lune. 1854. 3d. The Sentinels shall be paid Five Dollars for every day they may lx 1 in attendance on the sittings of the N ational (Council. 4th. The Chaplain shall be paid one Hun dred Dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854. !>th. The Recording Secretary shall be paid Five Hundred Dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854. 6th. The Assistant Secretary shall be paid '. Five Dollars per day, for every day he may be in attendance on the sitting of the Nat ional Council. All of which is to be paid out of the National Treasury, on the draft of the Presi -1 dent. (November, 1854.) Special Voting. Vote First.—This National Council hereby grants to the State of Virginia, two State Councils, the one to Ik 1 located in Eastern and the other in Western Virginia, the Blue Ridge Mountains being the geographical line between the two jurisdictions. (June, 1854.) Vote second. —The President shall have power, till the next session of the National Council, to grant dispensations for the forma tion of State, District, or Territorial Councils, in form most agreeable to his own discretion, upon proper application being made. (June, 1854. Vote third. —The seats of all delegates to and members of the present National Council shall be vacated on the first Tuesday in J uuc, 1855. at the hour of six o’clock in the forenoon; and the National Council convening in annual session upon that day, shall be composed exclu sively of delegates elected under and in accor dance with the provisions of the Constitution, as amended at the present session of this Na tional Council; provided. that this resolution shall not apply to the officers of the National Council. (Nov., 1854.) Vote fourth. —Hie corresponding Secretary of this Council is authorized to have printed the names of the delegates to this National Council; also, those of the Presidents of the several State, District, and Territorial (Councils, together with their address, and to forward a copy of the same to each )x-rson named ; and further, the Corresponding Secretaries of each State, District, and 'Territory, are requested to forward a copy of their several Constitutions to each other. (November, 1854.) Vote fifth.—ln the publication of the Con stitution and the Ritual, under the direction of the Committee—brothers Deshler, Damn'll and Stephens—the Name. Signs. Grips and Pass words of the Order, shall be indicated by I * * *,] 1 and a copy of the same shall l>e furnished to each State. District and Territorial Council, I and to each member of that hixly. (November, I 1854.) Vote sixth.—A copy of the Constitution of each State, District, and Territorial Council, shall lie submitted to this Council for examina tion. (Nov., 1854.) Vote seventh. —It shall be the duty of the Treasurer, at each annual meeting of this body.! to make a report of all monies received or ex- i pended in the interval. (Nov., 1854.) Vote eighth.—Messrs Gifford of Pa.; Bar ker, of N. V.; Deshler of N. J.; Williamson. | Va.; and Stephens, of Md., are appointed a [ committee to confer with similar committees ( that have been appointed for the purpose of! consolidating the various American Orders, with power to make the necessary arrangements for such consolidation—subject to the approval of this National Council, at its next session.— (November, 1854.) Vote ninth. Ou the receipt of tho new Ritual by the members of this National Coun cil who have received the Third Degree, they or any of them niiiy. and they are hereby em powered to confer tin Third Degree u|ion mem- Im-i-h of this body in their respective States, Districts and Territories, and upon the Presi dent.- and other off •er: of their State, District, and Territorial t'.j.ir : . And further, the Presidents of the State. Di.-trict. and Territori al Councils shall in tin- first instance confer the Third Degree upon us many of the Presidents and officers of their Siibordinate Councils, as cun be assembled together in their resjiectivi localities, und afterwards the same may ta- con ferral upon officers of other Subordinate Coun cils, as can be ns-s-mbled together in their rr spective localities, and afterwards the same may lx- conferred upon officers of < th -r Subordinate Councils, by any presiding < Dice■ of a Council, who shall have previously rei-eivisl it under tiie provisions of the < 'onstitution. (November, 1854.) Vote tenth.— To entitle any delegate to a seat in this National Council, at its annual session in June next, he must present a prop erly authenticated certificate that he was duly elected us a delegate to the same; or appointed a substitute in accordance with the require ments of the Constitutions of State, Territorial or District Councils. And no delegate shall ta received from any State. District, or Territorial Council, which has not adopted the Constitution and Ritunl of this .National Council. (Nov., 1854.) Vote eleventh. —The Comniittce on print in-!' the (’onstitution and llituul is authorized to have a sufficient nnmta-r of the same printed for the usi-of the Order. And no State, Dis trict, or Territorial < Council, shall be allowed to reprint the same. (Nov., 1854.) Vote twelfth. —The right to establish all Subordinate Councils in any of the States, Districts, and Territories n-pn-sented in this National Council, shall be confined to the State, District, or Territorial Councils, which they represent. (Nov., 1854.) Constitution. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SUBORDINATE COUNCILS. Article I. Sec. I.—Each Subordinate Council shall Is composed of not less than thirteen members, all of whom shall have received all the degrees of the Order, and shall be known and recognized as Council, No. of the of the county of . and State of North Car- olina. Ski-. 2.—No person shall lie a member of any Subordinate Council in this State, unless he possesses all the qnalitieutions. and comes up to all the requirements laid down in the Con stitution of the National Council, and whose wife, (if bo has one.) is not a Roman Catholic. Sec. 3.—No application for membership shall ta- received and acted on from a person residing out of the State, or who resides in a comity where there is a Council in existence, unless upon special cause to lie stated to the Council, to tie jndged of by the same; and such person, if the reasons ta- considered suffi cient. may be initiated the same night be is proposed, provided he resides five miles or more from the place where the Council is located.— But no peison can vote in any Council, except the one of which he is a member. Sue. -I.—Every person applying for member ship. shall be voted for by ballot, in open Coun cil. if a ballot is requested by a single mein tar. If one third of the votes cast be against the ap plicant, he shall be rejected. If any applicant Ik- rejected, he shall not be again proposed within six months thereafter. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the ini tiation of applicants privately, by those em powered to do so, in localities where there an no Councils within a convenient distance. Sec. s.—Any member ot one Subordinate Council wishing to change his membership to another Council, shall apply to the Council to which he belongs, either in writing or orally through another inenilier, and thequestionshall be decided by the Council. If a majority are in favor of granting him an honorable dismis sion. he shall receive the same in writing, to be signal by the President and countersigned by the Seci-etary. But until a niember thus re -1 reiving an honorable dismission Ims actually been admitted to inemta-rship in another Coun cil, he shall be held subject to the discipline of the Council from which he has received the dismission, to 1«- dealt with by the same, for any violation of the requirements of the Order. Before being received in the Council, to which he wishes to transfer his membership, he shall present said certificate of honorable dismission, and shall lx- received as new members are. Sec. 6.—Applications for the Second Degree shall not be received except in Second Degree Council, and voted on by Second and 'Third J legree members only, and applications for the Third Degree shall be received in Third Degree , Councils, and voted on by 'Third Degree mem bers only. Article 11. Each Subordinate Council shall fix its own time and place for meeting: and shall meet nt least once a month, but where not very inconve nient. it is recommended that they meet once a week. Thirteen members shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meet ings may be called by the President, at any time, at the request of four members of the Order. Article 111. Sec. I.—'The members of each Subordinate Council shall consist of a President , Vice Presi dent, Instructor, Secretary,Treasurer, Marshal, Inside and Outside Sentinel, and shall hold their offices for the term of six months, or until their successors are elected and instalk'd. Sec. 2.—The officers of each Subordinate Council (except the sentinels, who shall be ap pointed by the President,) shall lx; elected at the first regular meeting m January and July, separately, and by ballot; and each shall re ceive a majority of all the votes cast to entitle him to an election. No member shall be elect id to uny office, unless he be present and signify his assent thereto at the time of his election.— Any vacancy which may occur by death, resig nation, or otherwise, shall be filled at the next meeting thereafter, in the manner anil form above described. Sec. 3. 77ic President.— Jtshull be the duty of the President of each Subordinate Council, to preside in the Council, and enforce a due ob servance of the Constitution and rules of the Order, and a projx'r respect, for the State Coun cil and the National Council—to have sole and exclusive charge of the Charter and the Con stitution and Ritual of the Order, which he must always have with him when his Council is in session, to see that ull officers perform their respective duties—to announce ull ballottings to the Council—to decide ull questions of order —to give the casting vote in all casts ofa tie— to convene special meetings when deemed expe dient—to draw warrants on the Treasurer for all sums, the payment of which is ordered by the Council —and to ]x rform such other duties as are demanded of him by the Constitutions and .ritual of the Order. Sec. 4.—The Vice President of each Subor dinate Council shall assist the President in the discharge of his duties, whilst his Council is in session; and in his absence, shall perforin all the duties of the President. Sec. s.—The Instructor shall perforin the duties of the President, in the absence of the President and Vice President, and shall, under i the direction of the President, perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Ititu i al. Sec. 6.—'The Secretary shall keep an nccu- I rate record of the proceedings of the Council.— I He shall write all communications, fill ull noti ces, attest all warrants drawn by the President for the payment of money ; he shall keep a cor rect roll of all the members of the Council, to gether with their age. residence and occupation, in the Order in which they have been admitted ; he shall, at the expiration of every three months, make out a report of all work done during that time, which report he shall forward to the .Sec retary of the State Council; and when super cixled in his office, shall deliver ull Ixxiks, pa- Ixts, &c., in his hands to his successor. Sec. 7. —The Treasurer shall hold all monieu raised exclusively for the use of the State Coun cil. which he shall pay over to the Secretary so the State Council at its regular sessions, or whenever tailed upon by the President of ’ the State Council. He shall receive all monies for