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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1855.
Cobb County Democratic Nominations
Senator,
THOMAS H. MOORE.
Representatives.
ALFRED MAYNER.
SAMUEL M. BRADFORD.
Sheriff.
J. B. BLACKWELL.
Clerk Superior Court,
JAMES M.
Clerk Inferior Jwrt.
WILLIAM CARfPLL.
Ordinary,
BIRDSONG TOLLESON.
Newnan Post Office.
We arc informed that the discontinuance of
the Newnan Post Office was the result of a
mistake, uml not intentional. The mails are
now received there regularly, and persons hav
ing correspondence with thai place will have no
future difficulty in mail communication. We
have not learned the origin of the mistake.
I'eylor’s Concert.
In these days when gas end humbug are
substituted for merit in public amusements, we
seldom feel any interest in commending exhibi
tions Ac., to our readers. For once, however,
we are enabled to speak conscientiously, but
not iu terms sufficiently laudatory to express
half the gratification we have experienced in
attending the concerts giveu-by Prof. Taylor >
and his Home Circle. Here we have the simon
pure; no humbug; but real unpretending
merit. The company has not been picked up
here and there, without regard to character or
talent, but it is a party of ladies and gentlemen
from the first circles of a neighboring town,
who propose spending a tgw weeks iu visiting
the attractive features of upper Georgia. We
know them well, their exalted worth, and their
extraordinary talents, and would advise our
readers who are so fortunate as to have an op
portunity of hearing them, to do so without
fail. We do not ask them to patronise the
company, for we can’t for the life of us think
but that the obligation is conferred, not receiv
ed, by the company. For a critique of theii
performance, we confess ourselves entirely inca
pable. and can only say that we have nevei
heard them excelled in Georgia.
Havana Plan Lottery.
The following are tiie Numbers that drew
the Capitals on the 13th August at Concert
Hull, Macon, Georgia.
No. 3787. 88.0U0, Macon. Ga.
No. 3198, 83.198, Deadfall, Ala.
No. 9,399, 82.000, Richmond, Va.
No. 655, 81,000, Charleston, S. C.
No. 3368, 81,000, Nashville, Teas.
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Major Cooper’s Letter.
We yield much.of our spac to-day to the
able letter of Major Cooper, which we extract
from the Constitutionalist of yesterday. Le 1
those who have sought to make capital out o
the subjects discussed in this letter, read it atten
tively, and then answer in candor if the refuta
tion of their assertions is not complete. Our
sympathies are greatly excited for poor Dr.
Miller, more than half of whose speech (we use
the singular purposely) is cut off, and whose
brilliant perorations upon the “damning dis
crimination” all melt into air before the expo
sition given the allegations he and his co-adju
tors have so recklessly made. We imagine we
can her him soliloquizing.
’Twas ever thus from childhood’s hour.
I’ve seen my fondest hopes decay, &c.
Thus his grounds of opposition to the Federa
and State administrations are sliding from under
him: The “ Pope’s nuncia” story proven false;
Reeder removed ; the authority for “Cowarts
82,000” clearly established, and the justice of
the “great bargain” triumphantly vindicated
and no foothold left for the great Demosthenes
No 1 we forgot: two things are left him—his
Bible story and his abuse of the Examiner re
mains, and we earnestly beg that no one will
deprive him of these last two “grounds ofoppo- |
sition” to the Federal and State administrations. I
Do allow him the enjoyment of these.
Book Notice.
The Old Farm House : C. H. Davis Phila-,
delphia. In Muslin, price 81.25; for sale at thej
Cheap Book Store.
We like this book, and can recommend it to 1
lovers of romance. In the first place, it is a !
book without a hero; a novel feature in a work
of fiction ; then again, it has no particular he
roine, but divides the interest very pleasantly
between a grandmother, her daughter, and her
grand daughter, making them all heroines.— j
There is little blood and thunder, no murders,
considerable sentiment, and a corresponding
amount of rascality to bring it out. Altogeth
er it is a very pleasant romance ; but may not
suit our lady friends, as none of the character
but the grandmother seems to have been par- i
ticularly under the influence of the “boy God,”
and the grand daughter docs not marry.
A Glance at the Future.
The Nationality of the “American Party,”
is the theme of its stump orators, North and
South. Let us look to its extravagant preten
sions in this respect, and see where they all>
end!
In the South, Northern Know Nothingism
is repudiated before the people, as well it may
be, for any r<»ognitiou of affiliation with it,
however justly the charge may be made, would
be, not only a fatal, but a death blow to the
Order here.
In the North, per contra, Southern Know
N othingism is denounced in bitter terms, and
the Philadelphia Platform pointed at with the
finger of scorn and derision.
Without going farther, this state of things is
sufficient to prove the utter failure of the so.
called “American Party,” in its pretensions to
be considered a National or conservative Party
But we will not stop here. Much yet remains
to be said.
In the South, Virginia first repudiated, in
decided terms, by its popular vote, tills so-called
“American Party.” Tennessee, and Alabama,
and North Carolina, and we are advised that
Texas, also, have done the same. Georgia, we
have every confidence, will tell a similar story,
and where then will be the great National Know
Nothing party, so vehemently urged upon the
South by its advocates in Georgia ? At the
best, had this bragging organization carried
every Southern State,it could not have furn.
ished one solitary Northern vote, to admit Kan
sas into the Union, slavery being recognized in
her Constitution. But what now is its condition
when the South litis so emphatically declared
against it? Where is its power to main
tain Southern Rights, or Southern Institutions ?
Alas! echo answers where I
Upon this subject, the people of Georgia are
not to be deceived. However plausible the
orators of the Secret Order may be, there is a
recklessness in their assertion, and an “asswma.
cy" in their pretensions, that cannot fail to con
vince the people of the gross deception attempt,
od to be practised upon them. In it, they see
nothing but that “wild hunt after office” so
prominently repudiated by hunters themselves
at Philadelphia, and at Macon. Reflecting
men of both the old parties iu Georgia are not
to be caught by such clap-trap. They are nei
ther to be "pleased with a feather, nor tickled
with a straw. They know too well that the
rights and interests of the South cannot be
maintained, by trusting them to Northern
Know Nothings. That, in the • future, they
have to look to the Anti-Know Nothing, Demo,
cratic Party, North and South, for the presser,
vatiou of the Constitution. and the maintenance
of the rights of the States. And that, this
failing, upon the Georgia Platform, they, in
common witu the people, will have to stand
“come weal or «w.”
What Nationality, what conservatism then,
can possibly exist in an organization, where
North, one set of principles prevail, and South'
another? The North for the restoration of the
I Missouri Compromise, the repeal of the Kan
sas. Nebraska bill, and the abolition of slavery !
The South for slavery, for, in the main, the
Kansas and Nebraska bill, and against the re
storation of the Misssouri Compromise! The
North, for high protective tariffs, internal im
provements by the Federal Government, and
distribution of the proceeds of the public lands'
The South, opposed to all these measures I
How can the two, in the name of common
sense, act together, when so divided ? True,
they do meet upon one common ground—a wa r
against Catholics and foreign born citizens a
war against civil and religious liberty! We
envy not the position either of the Northern
phalanx or the Southern detachment, on these
| important issues—issues subvertive of the con
j stitution, and if successfully maintained by them,
i the United States will no longer “be a refuge
I for the opprewed of all nations.'’ nor -the home
i of the free 1
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 24, 1855.
Does Judge Warner decline Discus
sion ?
Let the facts be known, mid then judge.
The Chronicle if Sentinel, that “outsider,” in
commenting upon the correspondence between
Mr. Hill and Judge Warner, makes use of the
following language 1
“Judge Warner the nominee of the Pierce and
Reeder democracy, in the 4th Congressional dis
trict. declines to discuss with his opponent, B.
j H. Hill, the political questions of the day be
i fore the people. This certainly indicates Itttle
confidence iu the justice of his cause.
! “This is the most complete" back-out we have
I ever seen or heard of. We never before knew
I a candidate for Congress to decline meeting
‘ his opponent, if a respectable man, in disuenss
' ion.”
i Now what “are the facts which go to prove
this uparallelled “back-out.”
After the nomination of Mr. Hill, he address
ed Judge Warner a letter, proposing to canvass
the District with him upon equal terms. At
first sight, this seems fair enough; but when
it is considered that Judge Warner's time for
canvassing was limited by his professional en
gagements, and that he had before the nomina
tion of Mr. Hill, made and published a list of ap
pointments which would occupy the entire time
at his disposal; it looks somewhat uncourteous,
not to say indelicate for Mr. Hill, with a full
; knowledge of these facts, to require of ourcandi
| date that he should be allowed to canvass with
I him upon equal terms. In reply to this letter,
j Judge Warner addressed the following note to
i Mr. Hill, the italics of which are our own,
and will show why, and how far the proposition
| of that gentleman was declined.
Greenville, July 18th 1855.
I Dear Sir : —I am in the receipt of your letter
iof the 17 inst. Not anticipating a nominaton
for Congress, my professional and other engage
ments, made prior thereto, will necessarily com
pel me to decline making any contract or agree
ment to canvass, the District in the manner pro
posed by you. My appointments have already
i been made in view of my other engagements,
and I shall endeavor to fulfill them by discus
sing the merits of the Philadelphia platform to
the best of iny humble ability, leaving you to
do the same at such times and placed you may
deem proper.
Very respectfully your ob’t serv’t.,
. Hiram Waiu«ke.
I B. 11. Hill, Esq., UGrange.
The professional engagements which are here
alluded to imperatively require all his time, not
already appropriated to the canvass, at the
time of the correspondence; and to have com
plied with Mr. Hill’s request would have involv
ed the necessity of abandoning those appoint
ments, and his professional engagements; neith
er of which he felt authorized to do. But it
docs not necessarily follow that he declined dis
cussion. At least, Mr. Hill did not seem to
think so, for he has already attended two of
Judge Warner’s meetings, and has been allow
ed to discuss the issues of the campaign with
him there. He has been met also, at Mcrri
wether, by Judge W. at one of his own appoint
ments. In addition to this Judge Warner dis
tinctly told him at the meeting in Coweta, that,
as he could not comply with his requirements,
on account of his otter engagements, he would
give him time at any of his meetings he desired
to attend. Does this look like the “backing
out” which the Chronicle charges ? We do not
think so.
But the friends of Hill complain that he is
not allowed eipud time at these meetings, gotten
up by Judge Warner's friends, and declare
that he should not be allowed the conclusion at
them. Wc never before heard of just such a
requirement, and must confess ourselves sur
prised that it should have been made. J udge
Warner makes certain appointments, at which
he proposes to explain to his friends his position
upon the questions involved in the canvass, and
Mr. Hill requires of him that he shall be allow,
cd to reply to him, and no matter in what po
sition he may place Judge Warner, he must
not have the conclusion, in which he may cor
rect any impressions he, Mr. Hill, may make!
Is there any fairness in such a requirement ?
Judge Warner has claimed no advantage
which is not entirely fair. At Mr. Kill.-ap
pointment, at Merriwether, Mr. Hill opened ix
an address of one hour and a half, and Judge
Warner responded iu two hours, Mr. Hill fol
lowed iu one hour, making two hours for Judge
Warner and two and a half for Mr. Hill. His
opponent did not claim equal time, nor did he
oiler it. Now sec the difference. At Coweta
J udge Warner spoke one hour and a half; Hil;
followed in two hours, and N\ uruer responded
in one, uud then, not satisfied with the time
allowed Hill, broke through tire rule, and, after
Judge H aaner hud left hanougued the crowd
for a considerable time! This is true, and the
friends of Mr. Hill wih not deny it. Who ims
reason to complain of injustice at tins meeting
At the meeting m Henry, J udge Warner
spoke two hours; Hili ruuvwed in two and ai
i hair, and tire J udge concluded iu hall hour.—
| \\ as not this equal timet W uat mure could
Ihe asu’; And yet Mr. Hid cuiupiuius ul injus
tice, and charges that Judge \\ aruer is afiuid
to meet him! \\ here bus be ever tailed to do sol;
We defy any one to show .
Judge Warner would have acted strangely
Indeed, had he broken his appointments, and
' submitted to the dictation of Mr. Hill; but a s
; iar as “backing-out ’ is concerned, we are au_
I tbor.zul to repeat that he will be allowed to
: speak at any of Judge Warners meetings i\.
I chooses to attend. J udge W inner cannot con
I sent, however to break ins other
' professional and public, made prior to the uu
■ usual request oi Mr. Hili, and follow that gen
I tlemau to every court-ground iu the District.
: ev en though the Chronicle may regard his re
i fusal to do so as the "most complete backou.
|it ever heard of." He Las met men of greater
i calibre than Mr. Hill, and in the discussions he
has had with that gentleman, so far. his friends
thave nothing to complain either of his abiiity
oco]xi with this new political sprout, or of the
results of the meetings.
Ninth Congressional District.
; Mr. Ethridge is re-elected in the 9th district.
' H. is the only member from this State who
voted against the Nebraska bill w ho is re-elect
ed. Taylor aud Cullom were candidates for re
election, and were defeated.— Nashville Union
If American.
The Grand Council.
The following remarks we clip from an elab
orate article in the lost issue of the Columbus
Times He Sentinel, we commend to the careful
perusal of our Know Nothing friends.—[Eds.
Ex.
Here there is a body organized, outside of
the Constilutivn, with power to lew taxes,
nominate candidates, for the highest offices, de
cide all measures appertaining to National pol
itics. punish delinquent memlxTS, and adopt
any and every measure it may deem necessary
to ensure success, with affiliated bodies in every
county in every District, Territory and State
iu the Union, with a membership embracing
several millions of people, all of whom are
sworn by the most solemn oaths to give a blind
obedience to its decrees and forever to conceal
from the people the actings and doings of the
body. Is it not a featful organization to take
power out of the hands of the people and con
centrate it in the hands of a few? Ought
such a club to be tolerated by a free people?—
Can a member who is under its control and sub
ject to its dictation be a freeman ? Let the peo
ple answer.
But who are the members of this Grand
Council ? We answer first; “none but native
born Protestant citizens;” (Art. 2.:) second
none but members of the Third or Union de
gree. See article 6, sec. 3, by which it is pro
vided that “all officers and delegates of this
Council, and of all State, District, Territorial
and Subordinate Councils, must be invested
with all the degress of this Order.” This set
tles the quesiton.
It is a very common opinion among mem
bers of the lower degrees of the Order that
there are very few persons in Georgia who are
members of the U nion degree, and they take
some credit to themselves for having refused to
take the degree. Well, admit for the sake ol
argument that this is true. What then ?<. Your
rulers, the officers and delegates of the Grand
Council, are all Union degree men. Are you
not main members of the Order? How then
do you claim any credit for having refused the
Union degree ? You are the tail of the concern
—the Union degree men are the head of it, aud
give the law to you.
But is it certain that there are not many
Third degree members even in Georgia? Let
us sec. Look at article 9, sec. 3. It is there
provided that all delegates to a .State Council
shall be invested with all the degrees of the
Order. If the State and Subordinate Coun
cils of Georgia have violated this fundamental
law of the organization, they have laid them
selves open to the “mode of punishment” the
Grand Council may see proper to inflict “for a
dereliction of duty.” See, also, article 1. sec.
1 of the “Constitution for the government of
Subordinate Councils, by which it is provided
that “each Subordinnte Council shall be com
posed of not less than 13 members, all of whom
shall have received all the degrees of the Or
der ? If we are correctly informed, there are
two Subordinate Councils of the Order, and
there ought to be at least 26 members of the
Union degree, in the county of Muscogee, and
we verily believe there are a great many more.
Yet the American party talks about the 4tb
Resolution of the Georgia Platform I Why
the whole machine was constructed with the set
purpose to defeat the objects of that Platform,
and to kill oil' all politicians who, in any event,
looked to a dissolution of the Union, as we will
show when we come to criticise, the obligations
imposed in the Third degree. This, however,
we will do in another article.
The question most important to consider, now.
is this : Are irresponsible and unknown men fit
persons to be intrusted with the immense pow
er conferred by the Constitution of the Grand
Council upon the officers and delegates to that
body 1 Who they arc is known to but a few.
It was the object of the Order to keep their
names eternally secret from all but the initiat
ed ; but some leaky vessel let the secret out;
and at the last Grand Council they made a mer
it out of the necessity and allowed the names
of the delegates to be published. Well who
were they ? We know but a few. The Grand
President was John W. Barker, of New York
whose boast it was that he was as much of a
Frecsoilcr as Wm. H. Seward. Governor Gard
ner and Senator Wilson, of Mass,, were also
leading members, both of whom are avowed
abolitionists. Ex-Governor Johnson, of Pa.,
the deadly opponent of the Nebraska-Kansas
act, was another. Thomas H. Ford, of Ohio,
is another, and he is now a candidate for high
office on the abolition ticket. But, say ’ the
Southern Know Nothings, these men were driv
en out of the Grand Council. We do not un
derstand it. They voluntarily left the Phila
delphia Convention, but are they thereby ex
cluded from the order ? That is the question.
Who can answer it ? Ex-Governor Johnson
and Jno. W. Barker, however, did not secede.
They are still “worthy brethren.” ami will in
all probability, come back to the next Grand
Council. But passing by this point—it is a
one we know—in the confidence of the order?
Kenneth Rayner of N. C., and George N.
Stewart, of Alabama, and Albert Pike, of
Ark. The first two denounced the Nebraska-
Kansas act as an outrage upon the North, and
the last proposed to ignore the question of slave
ry in order to preserve fellowship between the
slaveholder and the abolitionists. Are they fit
to be trusted with the immense power conferred
upon the Grand Council.
Democratic and Anti-Know-
Notliing Candidate for the Leg
islature.
Bitts—Senate, David J. Bailev; House, B. F.
Ward.
Coweta —Senate. Hugh Buchanan : House
Wm. Amis and G. O. Wynn.
Cherokee- —Senate, M. J. Camden; House
Lawson Fields and Littleberry Holcomb.
I Chattooga—Senate. Wesley Shropshire :
' House, L. W. Crook.
Clay—Senate, Dr. B. F. Adams ; House. D.
M. Drunner.
Doighkbty—Senate. W. J. Lawton : House.
A. E. Harris.
Floyd—Senate. Francis Irwin ; House. M. H.
Haynie and W. B. Terhune.
Harris Cocxty—Senate. J. N. Ramsay;
House. Judge Henrv Morse and Dr. Tramel.
| Henry—Senate. Dr. L. M. Tye ; House, A. A.
! Lentous and S. C. Masters.
; Houston—Senate. Dr. Chas West; House. M.
I M. Marshall and F. A. Hill
i Liberty—Senate, Capt. Abiel Winn ; House.
* Wm. Hughes-
I Pike —Senate, O. C. Gibson ; House. J. J.I
! Caldwell.
! Pulaski—Senate. Thos. B. Howel!: House.
■ W. W. Harrell.
i Stewart—Senate. Ahram Phillips ; House. B.
: L. Kimborough and Jas. A. Fort.
i Sumter —Senate. W. M. Brady : House. T. J.
i Baisden and Thos. Daniel.
1 Talbot—Senate. L. B. Smith ; House, J. E.
! Barksdale and J. N. Carter.
I Thomas—Senate. W. G. Ponder: House, J. C.
s Browning.
’ Washington—Senate, John W. Rudisill :
House. R. L. Warthen and H. A. Joiner.
Wilkinson—Seuate. R. F. Rozar; House. Jas.
W. Taylor. .
Death of Charles Wallace.—Mr. Char
les Wallack, the treasurer of his father's thea
tre, died yesterday very suddenly.
Flo Go I
The inventive faculties'Hour Know Nothin"
friends arc heavily taxed to cwivln the complete
failure of their -iniins meetiim <>n Friday last
and, among other things, tliey ciihipluin that
there was no extra train run fur them upon
the State Rond, that day. Now this is too
bad! They have been powerfully exercised
over what they call the iimivcr s,/, y • xpciise of
the Road, and yet they •• iniplaht that there w. ;
no extra train ! What did they want with it?
We have enquired into the mat ter, and can hear
of but uno man ami a boy wli'- wanted to com?
and could not; and they were too late for the
train. There are two regular passenger trains
a day, each way, upon the road, and had there
been any one to come, they would liave been
afforded every opportunity. The truth is there
was nobody to run an extra train for. The
Atlanta i LaGrange Road, we learn, ran an
extra train for the occusiou. and a gentleman
who saw that train come in, informs us there
were not more than twenty or thirty persons on
board I What a pity the State was not put to
the expense of running an extra, empty train
for the Know Nothings, in order that they
might hear Kenneth Rayner, and the other
“big gups,” who didn't come! Try again gen
tlemen—try again!
COMMUNICATED.
To the Editors:
You will please grant me the privilege to
say, through the columns of the "Examiner.”
that the sentiment attributed to me by “A
Georgian,” in your paper of this morning, does
me injustice. lam no advocate for. or promo
ter of, strife between any classes of our people.
I have uniformly expressed myself opposed to
the angry discussion, (indulged iu by a portion
of our press:) of the causes which led to the re
cent unfortunate riot in Louisville, because 1
believe no just conclusion can be formed until
a judicial investigation of the facts is had, and
that anything that might be said or written on
the subject, at this time, would only tend to
excite and exasperate one class of our citizens
against another. I have never expressed my
self “fully satisfied that there had to be an awful
conflict here, either before or at the election.’-
My remark was, that I feared, unless these dis
cussions ceased, or were conducted in better
temper, a similar scene to that which disgraced
Louisville would be enacted here: and, if the
present canvass must result in bloodshed—if
nothing would satisfy our opponents but the
sacrifice of life. I, for my part, would prefer that
the fight should come off before the election, so
that those who survived it might be enabled to
exercise the elective framJhise—the dearest right
of a freeman—calmly and quietly as freemen
should.
I have no reply to make to the remaindci of
the article to which 1 refer.
Very respectfully,
C. R. HANLEITER.
Atlanta, August 17th 1855.
Sam caught—The constitution of 1
the National Council proven to ’
be true.
We are informed that a gentleman, a citizen i
of Pike county, a few days ago, came into the
office of a Lawyer ia the town of Zebulon, i
bringing with him two little yellow back bcoks. <
containing the Constitution and Ritual of the
National Council of Know Noteings. The ,
gentleman producing it, said he had found it in ;
the Road. It had upon it no mark.: of owner- ]
ship—it was not copyrighted. The Federal >
Union, containing the published Constitution (
of the National Council was brought out aud ,
compared with the yellow book constitution.— ,
They were found to agree word for wonl. The j
yellow books were deposited with a good De- <
inocrat for safe keeping. In a short time as- |
terwards, a President of a Know Nothing •
Council came to the Democrat, who had the ]
books, and inquired for two books and other
papers he had lost, stating that they were
the property of the American Council. They
were given up to him readily by the Demo
crat, who said he had no possible use for the <
Original, having au exact copy in the Federal i
Union.—Fed. Union.
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The Old Line Whigs of Mary
land. ;
The subjoined letter from Leonard town, St. 1
Mary's county, Maryland, appears in the Balti- s
more Sun of yesterday. The old-line Whigs of ■
Maryland are nobly emulating the example ;
set by their brethren throughout the entire ;
South: _ 1
“The whig convention of this county assem- >
bled iu this town on yesterday, and nominated i
Edmund J. Plowden and Richard H. Reeder. ;
esqs., for the house of delegates. Mr. Plowden |
was a member of the house of delegates in 18-19 ;
and is 0,.e of the most extensive planters in this i
section. Mr. Reeder is at present judge of the j <
orphans’ court. Both gentlemen are men of ■ ,
ability and deservedly popular. The convcn-| -
tion tliat nominated them re-aflinned the strong
anti-kuow-uotliing resolutions heretofore passed .
by the whigs in this county, und both Messrs.•
Plowden and Reeder, in their speeches before the ■
convention accepting their nominations, pledg-l.
cd themselves, if elected, to co-operate in good ] i
faith with the democratic or any other party ■
in the legislature, if they found no whig party i i
there, in opposition to know-nothingism; and |
in that contingency, if neecsary to defeat the. ,
know-nothings, to vote lor the election of a,
I democratic United States senator, or any other!
officer for whom their votes might be required j ;
in their legislative capacity. ’
We understand that the Miner s fir
Manufacturer's Bank, at Knoxville, has failed.
The stock iu this Bank was owned. by citizens •
in Philadelphia, and we regret tliat Col. Me- •
Clung’s name apjiears as cashier on the face o! i
the issues of the Bank. Col. Met lung is favor-,
[ ablv known in Teunesee a.-, a banker. and we
1 are sure that the Bank would have been well I
I managed if the stockholders iu the East had .
! acted properly. Col. McClung is also Presi- j ■
I dent of the Farmer's Bank.at Knoxville. We
' caution our readers not to sacrifice the notes
I of this last named Bank, as ii has only a circ't
• iatiou of 850.000, aud ha-a deposite ofSfiLOOO
: in Tennessee bonds in the Comptroller's office
for the redt mption of these notes. The Farm-j
. er's Bank at Knoxville wiil pay all its issues.— ,
, The Miner's and Manufacturer's Bank will not
jbe bought by the brokers. We have no idea
' what portion of its issues they wiil be able to I
! pay— Nasiiville Union if American.
s&V“ Accounts from Fort Laramie to the*
; 16th ult. state that all was quiet in that region. I
i Cholera was raging with that virulence at I
IF-ort Riley. Major Ogden was among its j
victims. I
Democratic Convention of Fulton County.
At a meeting of the Democratic Anti-Know
Nothing Party of Fulton county, held nt the
I’ity Hall, August 16th, 1855, John F. Mims,
Esq.,-was apjxiintcd Chairman, and J. G. W.
Mills. Secretary.
All the districts were represented, except
Oak Grove, and on motion it was curried that
each Mib.tia Distr <-t be entitled to six votes ex
cept the Atlanta District, and that was author
ized tc easi twelve votes. It was further moved
and adopt<*d that the Driegiitcs from Ifris-.-y's
and Rnckhead District.-, b - entitled to cast the
v>.t- >f Oak Grove District.
The Delegates from the cliff-rent Districts re
tired for the purpose of reporting business ; on
then- return it w.-u, moved, and carried, that the
Boily proceed to elect a Candidate by ballot, a
majority of the votes cast to constitute an elec
tion. Whereupon, the Chair appointed M. Col
lier. E. N. Calhoun, and Enoch Morris, a Com
mittee, to receive votes and superintend the bal
lotting, who, alter having discharged that duty,
reported that
’’John Collier, Esq., received 34 votes.
Capt. Allison Nelson, “ 9 "
Whereupon, the Chair declared John Collier
duly nominated. On motion of Samuel B.
Hoyt, Esq., the nomination was declared by
the meeting as unanimous. It was moved and
carried, that the body proceed to the election of
a Candidate for Representative in the same
manner and form. The ballotting having gone
through with, the managers reported tluit
Allison Nelson received - 38 votes.
Thomas M. Darntill. “ - - 13 “
Jared I. Whitaker, “ - -1 “
Whereupon, the Chair announced that Alli
son Nelson was duly elected, as the Candidate
for Representative, and on motion of Jesse C.
Farrar, Esq., the nomination was declared
unanimous. On motion, the Chair was re
quired to appoint a Committee of six to inform
these gentlemen of their nomination and re
quest their acceptance-—the Chair appointed :
A. W. Jones, Samuel B. Hoyt. Richard Orme-
Jesse Wood, Enoch Morris and Alexander Rnt
terec, that Committee.
On motion it was carried that the proceed
ings of this meeting be published in the Demo
cratic Anti-Know Nothing papers of this city.
Meet ing adjourned.
JOHN F.MIMS, CiiMRMAN.
J. G. W. Mills, Secretary.
[For the Examiner.} i
Jfr.ssrs. Editors: That there isa studied effort, j
on the part of some of the members of the Know ;
Nothing party, to get up a difficulty with the
foreign population of this City, there can be no
doubt. One of the officers of the Council
(Hauleiter) remarked, in the presence of several
gentlemen that “he was fully satisfied that there
had to lx: an awful conflict litre, either before,
or at the election, and he wished it to come off
before.” Another, and several members of the
order have been industriously circulating the
report that the Irish were arming and preparing
to raise a riot (ce.
The Discipline says the American party have
stood abuse as long as they intend to, or lan
guage to that eflect. Threats arc rife that the
Know Nothings intend to take possession of the
polls on the day of the election. What an ]
effort to get up a panic, and what a pity it is
these great Americans cant pick a quarrel with
some drunken Irishman, to give color to this '
wicked attempt to stir up strife amongst a
peaceable and quiet community. But thanks
to the conservatim of this much abused city—l
mean men of all parties— all such wickedness
must fail.
If these belligerent gentlemen must and will
fight, why just “pitch in” and we will put in
practice one of your tenets that “ Americans
shall rule America,” and we will enforce law
and order, at any and all hazards (w ithout any
aid from our adopted citizens,) and protect the
rights of all classes of citizens.
These remarks arc made that the public may,
in advance, see who are agitatorsand disturbers i
of the public peace.
t i» unnecessary to say a word to our adopt
ed citizens, byway of advice, in reference to
their course, for they have determined to give
no possible excuse by any act of theirs to these
anarchists to make capital out of; but to keep
on the even tenor of their way, and leave this
matter to the conservative and constitutional
men of the city, having an abiding confidence
in their ability to enforce the law, and by such
conduct they will most effectually silence and
put to shame the mendacious calumniators who
are endeavoring to raise an excitement aud
prejudice against them, for party ends.
A GEORGIAN.
Geit. Washington’s last Vote. |
“I was present,” says a correspondent, “when I
General Washington gave his last vote.” It
was in the spring of 1799, in the town of
Alexadria. lie died the 11 th of December
following. The court house of Fairfaix coun
ty was then over the market house, and imme
diately frontingGadsby’s tavern. The entrance
into it was by a slight flight of crazy steps on
the outside. The election was progressing—
several thousands of persons in the court house
yard and immediately neighboring streets; and
I was standing on Gadsby’s steps when the
father of his country drove up, and immediate
ly approacd the court house steps ; and when
within a yard or two of them, 1 saw eight or
ten good looking men, from different directions
spring simultaneously, and place themselves in
positions to uphold aud support the steps should
they fall in the General's ascent of them. 1
was at his back, and in that position entered the
court house with him—followed in his wake
through a dense crowd to the polls-—heard him
vote—returnwl with him to the outward crowd
—heard him cheered by more than two thou
sand persons as he entered his carriage—and
saw his departure.
There w;is five or six candidates on the bench
sitting; and as the General approached them
they rose iu a body, and bowed smilingly ; and
the salutation having been returned very grace
fully, the General immediately cast Lis eyes to
wards the registry of the polls, when Col. D<-u-|
cale (1 think it was)said:
“Well General, how do you vote ?"
The General looked at the candidates and I
said :
-Gentlemen, I vote for measures, not for
men aud turning to the recording table, audi- •
bly pronounceil his vote—saw it entered—made!
a aran-fnl bow. and retired.— Charleston Cou-|
ricr.
We make the following extract from 1
the Ralcizh Register of June 30,1852:
■■ Gen. Scott is a Protestant, a rn<-mbcr, we'
. leani. of the Episcopal Church. The mon 1
attempt which has been made to create a pre- i
I judice in the minds of some, by charging him j
with Roman (,'aholicism. is just of a piece with the
i intolerant sport of locofoci'ism. DISGRACE
FUL AND RUINOUS WILL BE THE 1
DAY WHEN THE RUINOUS “ TEST”
SHALL BE APPLIED TO OFFICE IN
THIS COUNTRY ! Who inquired the reli
' cions opinions of Gen. Scott when he was lea-
I ding the armies of tiie Republic to victory and
i glory ?”
A Text for the Chaplain of the K.xow
Nothings.—"lf a stranger sojourn with tbec in
I your land, ye shall not vex him.
' -But the stranger that dwelleth with you
I shall be unto you as one born among you, and
thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt' lam the Lord
| your God.” — Leviticus xix, 33, 34.
Church etiquette in New York
A Southerner sojourning in Xew York writes j
to the Richmond Enquirer the following account I
of his experience in u fashionable New York!
Church, where “crowded houses" render it nec- j
essary to secure a seat in advance. A friend
at our elbow suggests that when the owners of
some of these fashionable pews get to Heaven,
they may find the seats all “taken.”
"Having for some time had a desire to hear
the Rev. Stephen 11. Tyng. I went, in company
with a friend, to St. Gi-orite’s Church, yesterday
afternoon. The church is a magnificent one,
and in the most Bishioiiable portion of the city.
Ail the ‘Upja-r Tendom’ attend there. On
opening a pew door to walk in, 1 saw a large
printed curd (very ncutiy printed) with tills
notice on it:
■STRANOEKK
ARK RESPECTFULLY RBQUKsTBD
NOT TO OCCUPY
THIS PEW.'
J ust then a gentleman sitting opposite remarked
to nte ‘that that pew was taken.” There was
sufficient room in his pew for us, but as he did
not open the door, 1 could not help thinking of
■secured seats’ at the theatre. We passed on
to another pew, and were hardly seated before
a tallow-faced looking gentleman, with a voice
as if his throat had just been oiled, touched me
on the shoulder, and said that ‘he would have
to occupy his pew with his famity.’ The tal
low-faced gentleman's family consisted of him
self, wife, wife's acquaintance, two grown
daughters and two children. As the pew was
only intended to seat five, we left at once, but
thought it singular that a gentleman (?) who
would crowd seven people into a pew and paj’ for
only five, should look so very important when
he spoke of his pew.
“We would have left immediately then, but
felt a curiosity to hear wliut kind of a sermon
Dr. Tyng would preach to such u set. So we
walked on a little further, when a gentleman
pointed us to a pew which he said was ‘not ta
ken.’ We took our seats, and congratulated
ourselves that we had found one at last. After
service was over, 1 went to the pew where wc
found the printed proclamation, and taking it
np, read it over carefully, and made a copy of
it. The wife of the tallow-faced gentleman, and
the flaxen-haired gentlemen, who bad just left
the forbidden pew, looked at me very savegcly.
The lady aforesaid looked as if she hud just
taken a dose of castoroil, or something else nud
to take." •
Know Notliingism Retires from
tliejSoutlt.
The scattering column of Know Nothingism
like a bruised serpent, trails its desponding
length back to the caverns from whence it came.
There is no longer a refuge for it in the South.
Its only safety is in un immediate departure
for the North. There, with its kindred calam
ities of abolitionism and infidelity, it may be
able to hibernate till the spring of 1856, when,
with a new name and honest leaders, it may
forage for a brief periixl on the credulous and
unsuspecting. There, is no hope for it in the
laud of Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Macon
and King. The people of the South have re
ceived it like un invader, and repelled it like a
pestilence.
This concludes the boosted nationality of the
Know Nothing party. Its nothern foliowigs
have almost unanimously repudiated the Phila
delphia platform ; and now its Southern dis
ciples have not been able to escape a crushing
defeat by the aid of that platform. Its only
strength is in the strength of abolitionism. Its
only hope is iu the success of the foes of the
constitution and of the South. It has once
more been resolved into its original shape and
design, and will henceforward be doomed to the
fate its southern idolaters heve soseduously la
bored to avoid-—that of being a hewer of wood
and a drawer of water for Greely, Garrison,
Hale, Giddings, Chase, and their confederates.
Washington Union.
Tiie Canvass.
A friend who takes considerable interest in
the present great struggle of the South, and in
the canvass iu Georgia, in the course of a pri
vate letter, uses the following language. We
take the liberty of quoting it, omitting a num
ber of names mentioned:
“Accounts from all sections of the State are
favorable— but we must work. The press is do
ing its duty, but our speakers are not. You
should call, in your paper, upon * • *
and all other speaking men, to come into the
field. Some of our speakers are literally trav
elling, day and night, whilst others are quietly
enjoying their rest at home. They ought to be
told by the public press that they are expected
to lie heard from, at other times than when high
offices are to be bestowed."
There is more truth than poetry in this, and
though the remarks are dropped tn a hasty letr
ter, on business, our friend must excuse us for
putting them in print. They are as much to
the point as any thing we could say. The bat
tle is more than half won already by our gal
lant champions now in the field, and by the en
ergetic corps of editors, and their many able
correspondents. The canvass has brought out
an unusual amount of vigorous writing from
the pens of private citizens, of which these col
umns, in purt, bear witness; and this is telling
powerfully on the popular mind. But there are
others who might be of essential service in the
field, whose voices have not yet been heard.—
Will they be as modest and unobtrusive after
the battle is fought and the victory won Y
Constitutionalist if Republic.
The Dutch have taken Holland.
There is about as much sense in this caption,
as there is in the cry that foreigners rule Amer
ica. A man who lias renounced all foreign al
legiance and taken an oath to support the Con
stitution of the United -States—who has invest
ed his fortune in land and negroes among ua—
who has a family growing up around him, is as
much a citizen as if he were “to the manor
born.” He lias been so regarded by our fath
ers. Washington employed such men in the
army and navy, appointed them to Cabinet
offices, and sent them as M inisters to foreign
courts. Arc we better patriots or wiser states
men than Washington ? But how many adopt
ed citizens hold office in the United States ?
How many iu Georgia? Your Governor,
your Judges, your legislators, are all native
born citizens. Why then all this noise about
Americans ruling America? Why raise fra
ternal strife at home about a supposed evil,
when the Union of the South is essential to the
safety of the South against the wicked and un
constitutional machinations of native Aboli
tionists ? Divide and conquer, is the policy of
our enemies; and for this purpose this apple of
discord was thrown to Southern politicians by
the Freesoilers of the North. We have no in
terest in the issues presented by Know Noth
ingism.—Col. Times, l\th inst.
The Lake Superior Journal states
that the “Cliff Maine” has shown a mass
of pure copper which has been computed
to contain five hundred tons. Two hund
red tons have already been taken off of the
, mass. There are about five hundred tons
■ of masses in sight besides this.
BgMThe Paris Moniteur has taken advantage
of the feeling in favor of England to publish
-Martin Chuzzlewit," by Dickens, in its grave
official columns. No French paper, however
important, can exist without a novel.
WM. KA / PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 2.
LATEST NEWS.
LATER FROM EUROPE. ’
ARRIVAL OFTHEBTEAMER
AMERICA.
Halifax, August 15.
The steamer America has arrived with stif
later intelligence from Europe.
Cotton.—Cotton is quoted at l-16d to l-2<5
lower. The market closed steady. Sales for
the week thirty-five thousand bales.
Breadstuff*.—The market is unchongod.
Consols are quoted at 91 a 911-4.
There is no news of importance from the
Crimea.
Additionul per Lebanon.
The steamship Baltic arrived out on the 29th
nit., and the Herman on the 30th ult. Sales
of Cotton on Monday, eight thousand bales in
cluding two thousand to Speculators.
The weather has been favorable for the
crops.
The relation of the German States continues
unsatisfactory.
The T Attest dates from the Crimea were to the
27th ult They contain nothing new.
Breadstuffs.—Tiie market is dull and un
changed. Sugar is steady. Coffee is dull, and
nothing whatever has occurred to alter the a»
peet of affairs.
From Washington.
NVashington, Ang. 16.
A primary meeting has been held for the
formation of a Republican party. The object
of the organization is to elect Seward Presi
dent. A State Republican Convention is to
be held in Boston on Thursday. The cull is
signed by all the prominent of all parties.
Washington, Angnst 13.—Colonel Steptoe,
instead of being at Carson Valley, as the news
papers recently stated, awaiting the reply of
the President to his proposed conditional accep
tance of the governorship of Utah, was, on the
12th of July at Benicio, California with his
command.
New York, August 13.—The weekly state
ment of the City Banks, shows the increase of
86,055,000 in loans; 71,000 in circulation and
a decrease of 817,000'in specie and of 8138,000
iu deposits.
Albany. August 14.—D. Taft, of Charles
ton S. 0., had his left ann cutoff this afternoon
whilst riding in the express train on the Boston
road. He had ininroridently put his arm out
side the window whilst the cars were in rapid
motion.
Buffalo, Aug. 13.—-Yesterday a boat con
taining five unknown men was swept over
Niagara Falls. All perished.
Chicago, Aug. 13.—Dennison, the mail rob
ber, ha* been sentenced to ten years imprison
ment.
"He denied that Andrew Jackson, if alive
would consent to be considered ns u Democrat
of this school, and insisted that they should be
styled the anti-American party.”
This “denial” was, it seems, made before the
K. Ns. of Thibodaux the day before yi*stcrday
by the youthful and eloquent expoundcrofthat
acct—George Eutis, Jr.
We would like “ for the fun of the thing " to
see Old Hickory once more in the flesh with our
young friend before him uttering such language.
We rather think the gift of speech would fail
the orator under the terrible “denial" the stem
old patriot would throw back to him. Are
these K. Ns. determined to desecrate the mem
ory of all the heroes and statesmen of the past,
which is embalmed in the hearts of their grate
ful countrymen, iu their efforts to effect their
unhallowed purposes? The idea of Andrew
Jackson being aK. N.I Bah! It is as con
temptible as it is false to bis whole glorious ca
reer. .
The Result.
In this portion of the State we arc beaten.—
Our candidates are defeated, and Know-Noth
ingism is triumphant But such a triumph 1 —
A triumph of fire and blood 1 Decency and
law and order have been trampled iu the dust
The flag of the country, at which these Know-
Nothings have pointed with such sacrilegious
reverence, has been stained with innocent blood
by an infuriated and organized mob. If this lie
Americanism and Protestantism, we want none
of it. If this be Americans ruling America,
in God’s name give us the rule of somebody
besides Americans. Any government, any rule
is preferable to this. Several weeks ago we
predicted the enactment of outrages as a conse
quence of Know-Nothingimn. We warned our
citizens of its similarity to Jacobinism. We
urged good citizens to beware of secret, plotting,
midnight associations, aud showed that no good
could come of it, but the direst evils were to be
apprehended. Our predictions have been ful
filled, and the smouldering ruins of honsis and
lifeless corpses of unoffending and iuoffensive
citizens—the screaifis and tears of women and
children—the deafening shouts of an iufuriaten
but organized mob—the sad und horror-stricken
countenances of all good citizens, and the ex
ulting, demon-like visages of many Know Noth
ings, must bring up in living .light and scenes
of the French Revolution. When are we to
have the guillotine ? To hung men by the toes,
und stick them through with pitchforks, is too
slow a process of extermination. Bnt we must '
stop. The thoughts of such deeds of villainy
chills our blood.— Louisville Daily Democrat.
The Election.--The counties reported In
our tables to day, give for Johnson, 54,000;
for Gentry, 53,448. The counties remaining
to be heard from gave at the last election for
Johnson 12,135; Henry, 11,107. If they vo
ted the same this year, the aggregate vote would
by for Johnson, 66,135; for Gentry, 64,555;
majority for Johson, 1,580. But we have re
ports from all the counties not included in our
table, giving Johnson a net gain over Gentry's
gains of 843. If these reports are correct,
Johxson.s majority in the whole State is 1923
But wo hone it will reach 2000.
For Congress, we elect four democrats
the same as in the last Congrres. In the first
district, W atkins, Nebraska whig beats Tay
lor, anti-Nesraska know-nothing, 190 votes.
E’or the Legislature, we elect 11 Senators
and 37 Representatives, to 14 Senators and 38
Representatives of the opposition. On joint
ballot, 48 denmocrats to 52 opposition. In the
last Legislature, the whig majority on joint bal
was j 2. We have made a net gain of 8, but
lack 3 of a majority.— Nashville Union and
American.
conductors on the New York and
Erie Rail Road have adopted a uniform. It is
appropriate and becoming, not unlike that of
the New York police. The buttons bear the
emblem of a miniature locomotive, and the
work “Conductor.”