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To tlie Know-Nothing Preachers
of the Methodist Church South. '
Brethren:— l have concluded to divide my |
promised appeal to the Methodist Church, into ■
two parts, and to address the first to you. ami I
the last to the Church at large. And here, in
the language of Mr. Wesley let me say to you.
“I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God,
by whatever love you bear to God, to your
country, to your own souls, do not consider who
speaks but what is spoken. If it be possible, j
for one hour, lay prejudice aside; give what is I
advanced a fair hearing. Consider simply on I
each head. Is it true or is it false? Is it rea
sonable or is it not?” Rememlter, brethren, I
am before you to propose, but to resist in
novations upon old Methodism. I stand where
I always stood since I joined the Church, upon
the, “platform” of Wesley. You stand with
one foot upon that platform, and the other upon
a rickety structure, first reared by a criminal, if
report be true, and miserably patched by un
chistian hands. I would have you withdraw
the truant limb from this dangerous platform, to
its original position.
When we convenated together, we were of
one heart and one mind. But you have formed
new covenants with men who have no kindred
feelings with you. “There is no fear of God
before their eyes.” They cause divisions and
offences contrary to the doctrine which you have
learned." “Their mouth speaketh great swelling
words, having men's persons in admiration be
cause oj These be they who se
parate themselves, sensual having not the spirit.’
“They are such as serve not the Lord Jesus
Christ, but their own belly, and by good words
and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the sim
ple.” “They are given to debates, envyings,
wraths, strifes, backbitting, whisperings, swell
ings, tumults.” “With feigned words they
make merchandise of you.” They are ashamed
“even to speak of those things which are done
of them in secret.” These be the men to whom
youjiave yoked yourselves. I do not say all
your companions are such; but / kaow many of
them to be such; and most of them to be men
of the world. I would withdraw you from
them; but if I cannot, and a final separation
should take place between us, remember, if you
please, that you made the first move in it.
“But why not quietly enjoy our own opin
ions, and live in peace?” I answer because
your lodges will not allow me to enjoy my
opinions in peace upon pain of surrendering thg
freeman’s right of speech; and because with my
notions of the moral character and aims of your
order, we never ean live in peace, while you re
main in it, and I remain in the Methodist
Church. How “can two walk together except
they be agreed?” lam not the only Metho
dist by hundreds, if not thousands, who enter
tain my opinions of your order; and 1 should
suppose, whatever you think of it, that for their
sakes you would abandon it upon the principle
that you should do nothing “whereby thy bro
ther stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Y’our opposition to Catholics and foreigners, I
deem impolic and unchristian; but this will nev
er disturb our peace, if you will not persecute it
in away dangerous to the peace of the country,
enervating to Protestantism, fostering to Ro
manism, paralyzing to Methodism, humiliating
to her ministry; distracting to her membership,
encouraging to falsehood, smothering to truth,
and demoralizing in all its aspects and move
ments. And here I beg you to bear in mind,
that it is not your principles to which I object
(if a naked conspiracy against two classes of
men can be called principles) so much as to
your manner of propagating them. But as I
cannot hope to wean you from the order, with
out at least shaking your confidence in your
principles I shall in the first place address my
self to them.
In what I have to say upon this head, I shall
take it for granted that you ■ all went over to
the Know Nothings with good intentions.—
That you sincerely believe that the Catholics
are about to take the country; and that handled
as it has been by Whigs and Democrats, it is
even now, hardly worth having; and that with
out the interposition of Know Nothingism, it
will soon be out a putrid carcass upon any
party that shoulders it. I cannot reconcile
these suppositions with each other; but they
must be made to reconcile the professions of
your order with sincerity.
I will go still farther, and admit for the sake
Os the argument, immigrants who comes into the ,
country, is a pauper and a Catholic. That the
Pope of Rome is fully advised of every election
that comes off in this country, from California
to Maine, and from Oregon* to Florida. That
every Catholic in the land feels himself bound
to vote just as the Pope orders him to vote, in
every election that occurs in this country, from
that of villiagc constable, to that of President
of the United States. Let this tissue of absur
dities be admitted; and still I maintain that
K now Nothingism is not the remedy for the
supposed evils; and that if it were, it is a reme
dy with which you should have nothing to do.
To the proof:
Paupers are annually coming by multitudes
into this country. Very well; and who are
paupers? Who they are poor people. They
are not necessarily lazy or dishonest. So far
from it, they are generally both honest and in
dustrious. Certainly us honest and industrious
as natives in their condition. These, an op
pressed, afflicted, down-trodden, over-wrought,
enslaved people, seek a shelter and a living in
your free country, where millions of idle capital ■
are only waiting the hand of industry, to loom
out in all that enriches adorns, ennobles and
strengthens a nation—these are the people
which your order would drive from our shoros,
simply because they are poor! You tell us
with more candor than self-respect, that the
rich may come without opposition, but you will
not have your country burdened with paupers. 1
With you the old motto which you learned
from your sires and grand sires, “America an
asylum for the oppressed” is changed to “Amer
ica an asylum for the oppressor and a scourge
to the oppressed 1” Your aims are as impolitic
as they are inhuman. Hear tlie language of
one who know the effects of immigration npon
a country, far better than the wisest man of
your order: “A nation rcceiaing a stray child
(« fortori a grown man) into its bosom again
acquires a rad treasure ,- as much as it receives
in him, an addition to its population, an acces
sion to the profits of national industry, and ac
quisition of capital. It at the same time re
covers a lost citizen, and the means for him to
subsist upon. If the exile bring baric his in
dustry only, at any rate the industry is added
to the national stock. It is true that a source
of consumption is likewise superaded ; but sup
posing it to counterbalance the advantage,
there is no diminution of revenue while the
moral and political strength of the country is
actually augmented.” [Say's l‘ol. Econ. Book
It. Chap. X. Page 368.] In this short pas
sage will be found the secret of om - country's
unparalleled advancement in wealth and great
ness. The foreigners who are now flocking to
the country are precisely such as have always
come to it—precisely such as have contributed
so largely to our growth in agriculture, com
merce, manufactures, and the mechanic arts.
Some who came hither paupers when I was a
boy. died millionaries; many died possessed of
large estates, and almost all of them died in
easy circumstances. Few, very few compara
tively. fell upon the parish. They enriched the
country by the whole of their accumulations by
just so much more than it would ever have pos
sessed without them. Just so will it be with
those who are now coming into this country.—
If the amount expended in support of the help
less, be compart'd with the amounts raised by
the industry of the sound, for any three years
together, the first would be to the last, less than
one to a thousand. You would fling away the
eagles to save the cents! You would retard
the growth of the country a hundred years, to
save land for your children upon which your
children will not be permitted to enter, unless
they will consent to commit the keeping if
your graves, to their slaves! Splendid state
men arc coming out of the Know Nothing Fac
tory. truly I The last Massachusetts legisla
ture exhibits to us the frabries of this machine
in their highest perfection. In that body were
tire and twenty preachers, (one fifth Methodists.)
Christians many, and Know-Nothings almost
all. Their nets need no comment. They will
remain, burnt into the character of the State,
in lines so deep and gangrenous, that even the
offspring of the Hartford rebels, and murderers
of Bacheldor, will sicken at the sight of them.
These hierarchal Know Nothing legislators are
your “brethren” in a double sense, and the nii
| rabile signum “ that none but Americans should
rule America 1” Do you not blush to Irater-
I nize with such men? And can you believe that
you are favoring your country or your church,
in espousing their principles?
But if these paupers be a nuisance, whom do
they afflict ? Why Massachusetts, and her col
leagues, in a war upon your constitutional rights
and Christian characters. With these people
j you could uot as Methodists harmonize. They
drove you away from them, by insults and in
justice insufferable—wept crocodile tears when
they saw- you going—promised you a peaceful
parting, and an outfit from the common fund’;
and no sooner were your backs turned, than
they denounced you as scismatics and sinners,
cabbaged all the common property, and kept it
until at the end of seven long years, they were
forced to disgorge a part of it under the whip
of the law. But as Know Nothings you can
harmonize with them, join them in an onslaught
upon Catholics and foreigners who have never
injured you—nay who are your neighbors and
friends—and even turn a cold shoulder to a na
tive brother door whenhe protests against
the mode of warfare! Verily if you did not re
vive Catholic sins three hundred years’ old to
justify your wrath against that Church, if you
did not at times evince a higher regard for the
sinners of your Order, than for the saints of
your Church, and chafe at opposition to you
from any quarter, I should regard yours as the
master-institution of the world, for teaching
men to forgive injuries, and love their ene
mies.
But however lawful it may be for your con
fers to repel the poor from your borders it is
NOT LAWFUL FOR YOU AND ME TO DO IT. Much
less lawful is it for you to complot with sinners
to terrify them from the land, when the laws al
low them to come. Take care brethren. I be
seech you, how you practice your Know Noth
ing tactics upon this class of God’s creatures.
They are under His peculiar care and He will
hold you responsible, if you do not take them
under yours likewise. In his vocabulary “the
poor” means the poor of the world. So Paul
understood it when he collected contributions in
one county for the poor in another. So Christ
teaches in the story of the good Samaritan.—
“Hath not God chosen the poor of this world,
in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath
promised to them that love him. But ye have
despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress
you, and draw you before the judgement seats ?
do they not blaspheme the name by which ye
are called ?” “Blessed be ye poor ; for yours
is the kingdom of God.” “But woe for ye that
are rich ! for yo have received your consola
tion.” Defend the poor and fatherles; do jus
tice to the afflicted and needy.” “Deliver the
poor and needy; rid them out of the hands
of the wicked.” “He that oppresseth the poor
reproaches his Maker.” “I know that the Lord
will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the
right of the poor.” Thou shalt neither vex a
stranger nor oppress him.” “But the stranger
that dwelleth with you shall be as one born
among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself.”
But enough, your Know Nothing doctrine is di
rectly the reverse of the Scripture doctrine in
regard to foreigners, poor and rich. You are
bound if need be, to go to the poor of distant
lands with the gospel on your lips, and charity
in your hearts for them. You are bound to
do good to all them—to feed the hungry, clothe
the naked, and relieve the distressed, no mat
ter where found, or where born. If this be
true, you should rejoice that the poor abroad
save you the trouble of going to them, by com
ing to you. Let lawmakers exclude them
if they will; but you have no business quitting
your works to hunt up law-makers to do it.—
Much less have you any business working un
der cover with all sorts of character, to put
down all law-makers, but those who will do it.
I repeat it brethren take care how you trifle
with this class of God’s creatures. If you have
experiments to try in your Know Nothing lal>-
oratory, take care that you do not put the
souls of men in the crucible, or blow up your
own souls.
And what is your remedy for immigrant pau
perism ? Why you will vote for no foreign
er rich or poor fob office 1 Does this reme
dy touch the disease, or even the person diseas
ed ? Men come hither from Europe, sick and
your medical colleges are going to cure them,
by prescribing strict regimen to all the sound
.who have come from the same country, through
the first and second generations! If the state
ment of sued a case does not shock your under
standings, I pray you in mercy to yourselves, and
for the honor of Methodism, surrender your
parchments forthwith. You are cither gulled, or
you pretend to be, and in either case, you wound
the character of our church, 1 am pained for the
future destiny of our Heaven-blessed country,
when 1 see that the daring author of this non
sense should have succeeded so well.
Turn if you please to Bascom’s sermons, (page
288) and read the letter which prefaces the ser
mon beginning at that page. Many of you,
with me, heard it preached at the first General
Conference of the Methodist Church, South.—
We all admired it, but we did not know the in
tent with which it was delivered. He explains
it in the introductory letter, from which the fol
lowing is an extract:
“ ’rhe many virtues and Christian death of
your son, not to overlook the, noble charity he
founded, by requesting and obtaining from his
father twenty thousand dollars, with the addi
tion of suitable grounds for the establishment of
an Orphan Asylum in his native city” (Peters
burg, Va.) “must be to you, sources of consola
tion beyond any earth can oiler. The following
thoughts on death may enhance your estimate of
this &c. For these reasons &c. I ask permis
sion, my dear Madam, to dedicate this discourse
to you.” He had previously said, that it was
intended to oiler consolation to the mother’s af
flicted bosom, under her then recent bereave
ment. The father of that noble son, is one of the
loveliest specimens of the Christian character that
1 ever saw. I have it upon credible authority,
that the magnificent donation mentioned by
Bascom, is only about double the sum which he
gives every year to benevolent purposes; and
“when he doetb alms he lets not his left hand
kuow what his right hand doeth.” He will be
offended at this exposure of his virtues I know ;
but he will pardon it I trust, when 1 assure him
it is made only to save his Church from peril,
and her ministry from discredit. That man is a
naturalized foreigner. If that man were a can
didate for an office requiring special trust and
confidence —if he were a candidate for any office
—you would vote for the most abandoned pro
fligate in the land in preference to him. Y our
vows to that effect are registered in heaven.—
Nay he was recently a candidate for a petty
office in his city and I suppose Methodist Know-
Nothings, perhaps preachers, walked round that
Asylum and over those consecrated grounds, to
vote for some competor of his. at the right of
whom Religion would start and charity
shriek,
“But have we uot a right to vote as we
please?” N o gentlemen, you surrendered tlie
right when you joined tlie Know Nothings; and
1 am amazed that you’made the surrender: for
when you did that, your virtually acknowledged
yourselves incompetent to advocate any men or
any measures. You can advocate the claims of
no man. because you do not know that you will
lie permitted to vote for him yourselves: and no
measures, because you have none. .1 beautiful
predicament for a freeman to place himself m."
When a preacher votes it is to be pre
sumed that he votes conscientiously and
upon principle, but you vote as you are ortler
ed, and only aecor to a mans birth place.—
“Know ye not to whom ye yield yourselves ser
vants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye
obey.”
“But we love the brother though we cannot
vote for the man. Y’ou do What a stupendous ex
hibition of moral sublimity ? What a beanti
■ ful conbination of religion and patriotism? It
lacks but three things to make it perfect: First
Religion demands that you not only love your
brother, but that you do nothing to foretell his
ovetoyou. Secondly. Patriotism demands that
you always vote for the most trust-worthy.—
And thirdly, “am— not" should refer to con
science. and uot to a grutitudious oath. I pro
ceed to to the next head :
By concession all who come into the country
' ore uot only paupers, but Catholics. Suppose
. they were Methodist would you object? Cer
tainly not —Then you would determine every
■ foreigner's privilege to come to the country, by
his religion, would you? And do you not per
ceive that this rule would be imprueiible if you
had all power in you own hands? Why then
do you mislead the people by crying out against
the influx of Catholiees, as though your pary
could and would stop it, if they were in author
ity?—And why are you doing this when, con
fessedly. you do not intend to exclude foreigners
; of any name; but only to keep them out of of
fice? Y’ou dare not say that you mean toexclude
foreigners altogether, and therefore, you play a
game in such away as to catch all who wish
them excluded entirely, without ofieitding those
who do not. Y'ou, -no office’ in your plat
form, and xo ingress" in you speeches: anil use
one, or the other, or neither, as best suits your
purposes.
Does all this comport with sinceri- 1
ty? But surely brethren, one short y ear’s fel
lowship with your new companions, has not
taught yon to hate Catholics—the men. "Oh,,
no; we love the men but hate, their religion."— !
Say “love the men but oppose some articles of
their creed," and I am with you heart and hand
'But to hate their religion, which they adorn
just at this time, much more than you do.—
“No man that warreth” says Paul, “entangletli
himself with the affairs of this life." The
Catholic priest obeys this precept strictly. But
where are you? (Some of you at least?) Gandi-1
dates for this, that and the other office—going ;
from beat to beat, and county to county, stump-;
ing it for votes —haranguing the multitude i
amidst thumps and screams and yells—firming !
at opposition, and almost coining' to blows— i
telling vulgar anecdotes—suppressingtruth—en-!
couraging, if not spreading falsehood. These
things are not done in a corner: and if any Bishop
any Elder, any Deacon, any Brother, any Press
of our Church, has raised a warning voice
against the, except my poor solitary self, and
one old brother more. I have vet to learn who,
when or where? From the holiest chamber of
my soul, I lift a prayer to God to have mercy
upon us, anil save our Church from degradation
and ruin. • Brethren lam not near done with
you; but I must stop. My powers of calm dis
cussion are suspended. My heart and my eyes
take up the cause of my periled Church, in ut
terances which you might appreciate, but which
I cannot expose to the ridicule of an unfeeling
world.
A. B. LONGSTREET.
Yellow Fever at Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
The Board of Health of Norfolk, for the 24
hours ending Thursday at 2 P. M., report 9 deaths
A resolution was passed by the Board, that a
resident physical! should be appointed to attend
the Hospital at Lambert’s Point; that he have
full and equal powers with the attending physi
cians, and shall co-operate with attending physi
cians, and during their absence exercise proper po
lice authority in all cases were it may be proper
to interfere ; and that the emoluments of the resi
dent physicians shall be the same as the attending
physical!, and that Dr. Wm. M. Wilson heap
pointed the resident physician, and be informal of
his appointment by the Secretary.
It was ordered that the practice of ringing (ex
cept for fire) or tolling the fire bell, be suspended
during the pending sickness.
A book has been opened at the office of tlie
Howard Association, over the store of Noah
Walker & Co., corner of Main and Talbot streets,
for the purpose of registering the names of per
sons, desirous of being removal to the hospital.
Notice had been given by Rev. Mr. McClel
land, that the Methodist Church would be open
for service every afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Miss Lucy E. Andrews, ofSyracus, N. Y., ar
rived in Norfolk Thursday morning, and tender
ed her services to his Honor, the Mayor, as a
nurse in the Hospital. Miss A. is a very pretty
young lady. His Honor promptly accepted her
services, and as promptly escorted her down to
Julappi, where she was duly installed. Miss A.
made a contribution to the Howard fund.
Dr. Sylvester, whose name occurs in the list of
deaths, was one of the most prominent physicians
of Norfolk.
The Philadelphia Steam Packet Company have
made the very liberal donation of .S6OO to the
Howard Association.
The editor of the Norfolk Argus dose not
think the people of Norfolk will receive the money
subscribed for their relief by persons who have
cut off communication with them.
In Baltimore §2,510 has been subscribed, and
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Howard, under the manage
ment of John T. Ford, were to give a perform
ance for the benefit of the sufferers.
Dr. Waren Stone, a celebrated physician of
N. Orleancs, had arrival in Portsmouth to prac
tice among the yellow fever patients.
Captain Eilas Guy, chief of the Norfolk police,
was down with the fever.
M. J. Burns, one of the carriel's of the Ports
mouth Transcript 1 has fled from the fever, and
left the following curious note for publication:
If any of my subscribers wish to take the
papers from any one else they can do so until 1
return, at which time I will be thankful to re
ceive their patronage again. If I live, 1 will re
turn and be as prompt to my duties as ever. If I
die, 1 remain your obedient servant.
M.J. Burns.
A letter received in Richmond yesterday fro m
Portsmouth says there was no new cases there
Thursday. Dr. Schoolfield was improving.
Benjamin W. Palmer, a clerk in the Purser’s
office of the Gosport Navy Yard, residing iin
Portsmouth, is sick with the fever.
Latest.—We have the following distressing
information by telegreph from Petersburg.
S. S. Stubbs, former Mayor of Norfolk, and
family are down with the fever.
The fever is still raging in Norfolk’ and si
large number of the Irish residents are falling
victims.
The accounts from Portsmouth are still more
distressing. There were ten deaths there Thurs
day and between 25 and 30 new eases.
Two of the police are dead and the third is
down with the fever.
Capt. Barron,® daughter, before reportal sll,
is dead.
The distress prevailing in tlie town is represent
ed as heartrendsng.
Tlie Shocking Accident on the
Boston Railroad.
It has been stated that Mr. D. Taft, of Char
leston, S. C.. a passenger in the train from Bos
ton to Albany, met with a shocking accident on
the 13th instant. The Albany Argus says :
The train was eoming’down the grade at a high
rate of speed, and when passing a freight car
which was standing switch track—tlie freight cat
having swing doors—the entire side of the sec
ond passenger ear was taken off as neatly and
thoroughly as it could have been done with a
saw Mr. Taft, who was sitting with his elbow
resting on the window .sill, lost his arm, it hav
ing been cut off twice, below and above the el
bow. A German also had his ann-tame broken
in such a manner that it protrudal through the
flesh.
So instantaneous was the work of destruction
done that it was not until the Gain arrival at
K inderhook that the conductor was aware that
any accident had happenal. Several lady ]>as
sengers on the train, with considerable mana
nimity, stripped ofi their superfluous linen, w ith
which to bind up the arm Mr. Taft, who came
j ou to this city.
The portion of tlie arm o tMr. T. which was
cut off was found the next day and taken to Al- i
bany. Mr. T. is said to have borne his suffer- ’
ings with extraordinary fortitutde. The blood
at first flowal in torrents from the wound, but a
physician, who happenal to be a passenger soon
bound it up. The Argus adds:
This accident is represented by those witness
ing it as one of tlie most remarkable in rail
road experiences, and explains the newssary for
steict compliance with the railroad rule to keep
within the inclosures of the cars. Bnt while
this is cx]>ected of the passengers, it is also re
: qnired of the railroad companies that the doors
’ at the sides of their ears shall not be hung on
: hinges so as to swing. Had this requirement
i been compiied with this accident would not have
- happenal.
Mr. Mills G. Godwin, a compositor in the
Richmond Dispatch office, has lost during the
I prevalence of the fever at Gosport, a father,
- mother, aunt, sister, brother, brother-in-law.
'" nephew, and cousin, all of whom were residents
I of that place.
Daniel YVebstcrand Sidney Smith.
During Mr. Webster's visit in Em land In
made the acquaintance of Bev. Sikney Surin.
Smith. The latter introducal him to Lord
Biiocoil\M. and accident.dl\ presented him a ;
Henry Clay. The Incident was menliriii.ul at
the time in this country and was attributed to
Smith's love of a joke. I h aring of this repoi l.
Mr. Smith wrote to Mr. Webster denying
and explaining the mistake. Mr. Webster
wrote in reply the following :
Washington. 1.“4i.
My Dear Siu : Though exceedingly d. mill
ed to hear from you. I uni yet much pained by
the contents of your note: not so much liowev
er, as 1 should be were I not able to give a
peremptory denial to the incident to which you
refer as a joke of yours: far from it ; nor did I
mention it as any thing extraordinary.
My dear good' friend, do not think me. such an
as to quote or refer to any incident
falling out between you and me to your disad
vantage. The pleasure of your acquaintance
is one of the jewels 1 brought home with me.--
I hail read of you and read you for thirty years.
1 was delighted to meet yon. and to have ail I
know of you refreshed and brightened by the
clijirms of your conversation. If any son of
asserts that, either through ill-will or
love of vulgar gossip, 1 tell such things of you
as you suppose, I pray you let him be knocked
down instanter: and be assured, my dear sir. 1
never spoke of you in my life but with gratitude.
• respad. and attachment.
D. Wehstek.
To this Mr. Smith wrote in answer:
Many thanks, my dear sir, for your oblige
ing letter. I think better of myself because
you think well of me. If. in the imlieeility of
old age. 1 forgot your name for one moment,
the history of America will be more tenacious
because you are using your eloquent wisdom to
restrain the high spirit of your countrymen
within the limit s of just ice, and are securing to
two kindred nations, who ought to admire and
benefit each other, the blessings of peace. I low
can great talent be applied to nobler ends, and
what existence am be more more truly splen
did ? Ever sincerely, yours,
Sidney Smith.
Assyrian Antiquities.
Byron complained of our scant knowledge of
Assyrian life. His gorgeous drama of “Sarda
napalus”—the conception of the hero, and the
moral setting of the play—rose out of the poet's
mind rather than from known materials. The
scene was a creation. Thirty-five years ha ve
passal, and, thanks to Rawlinson and Layard.
the English Court as with that of Egypt. Our
knowledge, too, is daily deepening. Among
the many curious illustrations of Assyrian life
brought home by Col. Rawlinson from the East,
and now on view at the British Museum —where
they have been visited during the week by the
Majesty of England—are, an alabaster vase,
containing some remains of sweetmeats, various
objects in gold and ivory, part of the throne of
Sardanapalus, many inscriptions relating to the
deeds of men celebrated in secular and sacred
history—such as Nebucahdnezzar. Sardanapa
lus. and Tiglath-Pileser—gems and other per
sonal ornaments; together with a series of draw
ings, made by artists on tlie spot, from slabs
impossible to bring away from their ancient
resting-places, representing the more heroic
forms of antique relaxation—lion hunts ban
quets, and the like. How strange to think of
these spoils of the proud dynasty of Semiramis.
after three thousand years, being visited in a
London Museum by a lady who reigns in all
feminine gentleness over a mightier empire than
obeyed the “ancient beldame”—who from the
ends of the earth stretched a lienignant sceptre
over that very India from which the. successor
of Ninus returned baffled and discomfited!—
London Athenaum.
Adventure with a Swordfish.—On Tues
day last Captain Hernan Elridge, of the yacht
Thorn, accompanied by a party of gentlemen
consisting of Mr. Joseph F. Davis, of Boston :
Charles T. Burgin, of Philadelphia; Samuel
Jawrence, Joseph llayett, and Jas. YV. Coffin
of Worcester, started on a swordfishing excur
sion, on the South side of Muskeget. They
succeeded in making fast to one large fellow,
and hauled the boat to him to cut off his sword,
but owing to the struggles of the fish the spade
struck his body and cut out the iron which held
him.
Maddened by pain, the enraged fish retreated
some distance, and then turning, made for the
boat With prodigious velocity, making the wa
ter foam around him. Just before reaching
her, Captain Elridge threw an iron at him, and
served to check his headway so much that he
struck the boat but slightly, his sword going
through but a few inches, and breaking off—
Had the iron missed the fish, the boat must
inevitably have been stoven,and all on board
left at tlie mercy of the waves several miles
from land, with no other boat in sight.
The fish was finally secured, and the gentle
men of the party though thoroughly frightenal,
were ready the next day for a sharking excur
sion, with Captain Eldridge, in his beautiful
yacht, when they succeeded in hooking eight or
ten of these voracious monsters, but only naval
two of them, one of which a ground shark,
measured eleven, and the other, a blue dog, ten
feet in length.— Nantucket Mirror.
Weather and Crops is Texas.—The Gal
veston Civilian, in its commercial article, dated
9th inst., says:
We have reports of heavy rains in most sec
tions of tlie country, and if the crop of cotton
has not, as far as we have learned, been injured
materially, picking has been prevented'and retar
dal.
Uroni both tlie Brazos and the Trinity we:
have advices of a rise, and it is supposai that!
several of the steamers are moving now. But I
little benefit can at his late season be derival'
from it.
Waither at this point has been stormy and !
we have had daill heavy showers of rain. A |
success of such weather in the country must bo I
disastrious to cotton crops. The state of health
in Galveston is perfectly satisfactory. There
is no fever of any kind prevalent here at pres
ent.
The Present Aspect of Affairs.—The
following, from the Louisville Democrat, of the
10th, gives a painful picture of the condition of'
affairs in that city since the riot:
“We learn that the upper part of the city!
presents a strange spectacle at night. Every- j
thing is as still as death—no stir upon the)
streets—not even from one neighbor’s house to j
another. The reign of terror is completely es-1
tablishal. All confidence between neighbors I
nnd friends is broken up. and the houses are I
darkenal and closal. with the hope that the)
very stillness and silence within will secure!
safety. Think of this, citizens of Lonisvile.—l
Should such things be? No. How natural!
then, to took to the causes of these marvellous
changes. Behold the sad effects of political!
excitement. Say that in the ordinary conibina-:
tion of parties such could be. and you at once)
belie the experience of all the past."
Minister toCatna.—W isiiinc.tox. Amrtvd '
17.-—The Vmon of this morning announces the
appointment by the President of Dr. Parker asj
Commissioner to China. The Doc; or has ae
cepted.
It-riF’At a meeting of the directors at Macon,)
on Thursday. R. li. Cnyler. Esqr.. the able l*n-s- !
Went of the Central Road, was unanimously I
chosen President of the Southwestern Railroad,
in the place of its late President. L. O. Rey- i
nokls. deceased. Mr. Cnyler will hold the office
until the next annual meeting of the stock- i
holders in February next, when another election ■
will take place.
A Threat.—The Louisville, IKy.) Know!
Nothing Journal notices that a uumlier of. its I
subscribers have stopped their papers, in con-!
sequence of its course on the recent riots in that j
city, and remarks:
“We never censure men for withdrawing their ‘
names from our subscription books. Those,
however, who choose to proscribe us because we i
will net throw upon our party, the American
party, more blame than it deserves, may perhap-1
pardon us for suggesting to them that, if we
chose to publish their names, they might, feel ■
an incomparably heavier weight of proscription i
than they are capable of making us feel ?
Cclcgrapl).
LATIiII FllOll EUIiOPE.
ARBI VAI, OF THE STEA MEH
PACIFIC.
The steamer Pacific has arrived, bringing one
wi-ek's. later news from Europe.
Liverpool. August 11.
Cotton.—The market is unclianged and
prices steady. Sales of the week KS.OOH bales.
Brcadstufls hail considerably dpeliued except
Corn.
< 'onsols 91.
The Money market is tighter.
The YVar.
Nothing important has been received from
th<“ t 'rimea. except the renewal of the bambard
ment of Sevastopol ou the 10th.
It was rumored, but not cralited. that Revel
had lieen successfully bomliardal.
The French Government announces the dis
covery of a legitamist conspiracy.
The French papers assort that the object of
the conspiracy was to excite an insurrection in
Spain, and thereby aid Russia.
Omar Pasha has taken the command of the
Turks in Asin.
The siege of Kars was unchangal.
Fagunrog and Berkiausk have ba>n again
successfully bombarded.
The report of the bombardment of Ravel pro
bably grew out of a rumor that the fleet is as
sembling in the Baltic to atteck I lelsingford.
It is said, but still doubted, that Spain will
furnish 25,000, and Portugal 10,000 troops in
the pay of the Allies.
The general news is not satisfactory.
Second Despatch.
Os the Cotton sales for the wait, speculators
took 4.000 Ixilcs. The market closed quiet and
steady. Fair Orleans 7<1., Middling 6 l-Bd.;
Fair Upland 6 3-4 d.; .Middling 6d.: Mobile
6 l-16d. Stock 611,000. of which 414,000
bales are American. Canal Flour 39 to 405.;
Ohio 425. (id. to 435. 6d. YVhite Wheat Ils.
9d. to 135.; Red 10s. to Ils. 6d. White Corti
43 to 445.; Y'ellow 38s Cd to 38s.
The weather, after an unfavorable spell, had
become favorable.
The Bullion in the Bank of England had de
creased £150.000.
M AIL 1 T E YI S'.
H®.. Col. W. J. Hardee and Capt. O’Hare
are now in Wheeling for the purpose of purchas
ing horses for the Unital States Cavalry.
It is related of the well-known Dr. John
Owen, by many termed the prince of divines,
that when he was on his dying bed. awaiting
his he dictated a short letter
to a friend. The amanuensis had written, “I am
yet in the land of the living.” He at once arrested
him, saying—“ Stop, alter that: write lam yet in
the land of the dying, but I hope soon to be in
the land of the living."
Population of the State of New York—
The New York Express, of Saturday last, says:
••’rhe New Y’ork State Census will not present
the grand aggregate at first anticipated. From
actual returns, thus far reported, it will proba
bly not exceed 3,450,000, all told, or a gain of
about seven and a half per cent, in five years.
The falling off is very large in some of the agri
cultural counties.” •
pickpockets of New Y’ork did a brisk
business on Broadway on Saturday evening.
One gentleman lost his gold watch in front of
Taylor's saloon. Another had a roll of bills
abstracted from his vest pocket. Mr. J. W.
Shepherd had a port-monnaie, containing S 2.
600 taken from his pantaloons pocket, while
observing a fight at the coner of Lispcnard and
Broadway.
Creoles Ordered to Quit Cuba.— Ravages
of the Vomito.— The steamer Cresrent City has
arrival at the New Y’ork quarantine with dates
from Havana, to the Bth. All the Creoles now
in Cuba, who have become citizens of the Unital
States, have been ordered to leave the Island
fourthwith. The vomito was raging among the
troops at Porto Rico—lsoo had died.
Ministerial Change.—The health ofßev.
Mr. Cooper, of the Methodist church at Mil
ledgeville, having failed, Bishop Pierce has ap
pointed the Rev. C. W. Key, of this station, to
the oversight of the same. Ile will devote one
Sabbath in each month to the pulpit in that
place, the other Sabliaths having been appro
priated to other ministers. Bishop Pierce will
himself fill the vacant Sunday* in Sparta for
several months.
Sudden Restoration to Sight.—A letter
from .lames City county. Va. says that Mrs. Mar
tha Richardson several years ago had a paralytic
stroke, which reused the total blindnsss of the
left eye. Last summer she was prost ratal with
lightting, and upon recovering, fopnd her sight
entirely restored. The occurrence suggests to the
writer the probable efficiency of electricity in
ease of blindness.
The News.—The accounts by the America
state that the Allies have raised the siege, but
we are disposal to doubt the fact, for the reason
that if such a step had been detenninal on we
would be apt to hear of serious consequences
) resulting from it. It is not likely that the Allies
j have precipitately abandoned their position
) while tta-y had the strength to hold it. nnd if
j they have been forced to retire, it is equally im
) probable that the Russians have permittai them
)todo so without molestation. We have always I
* thought that if the Allies failed to take Setais
! topol that they would find more difficulty in get-'
) ting out than they encomitered in getting into the
I ( 'rimea.
I An important movement isnowmadefor
' the a instruct ion of a ship canal from Torontoist
I the Georgian boy in Canada. The subject o
; besng agitated not only in Canada’ but in Ko- i
j ehester. N. Y’ork. in Chicago, and other wistcrn )
I lake ports. The Chicago Board of Trade held j
| a malting on the 6th inst., at} which a circular i
from the Toronto Board of Trade was read and ■
| discussal. The Chicago Board appointed a com-)
) mitteetoinvite tlie Boards of Milwaukie. Toronto :
i Rochester.Ogdensburg. Kingston.Oswego. Mon-j
) trad and tjtiebec to unite in the movements, and •
■ jx'ti’ion the Canadian Parliament for a charter. I
I They also agra’il to co-operate with the Toron-:
) to Board in making a preliminary survey of the!
' route. Tlie Rochester Democrat says that “gen-j
I tiemen high in the Canadian Cabinet are now in ■
Ixmmlou with a view to organise a stock compu
i ny and get a charter from Parliament, that will
) nieo’ in Toronto in|Novemlier. It is also under
i stood the Canadian Cabinet favor the plan, and
1 that the Governor General will recommend a
i loan to the conqany of half the cost of the ean
i al by issuing delientures at thn*? per eent interest
j guarantecl by the Britisli Government, that
I will readily sell at par in Europe." The length
!of the (“.ira l will be but eighty miles, and will
j save nine hundred miles of lake navigation.
. i The Chronicle A Sentinel Augusta
. of yesterday, says :
! “Wheat is now worth in this market from
175 cts. to SI per bushel. The Corn crop
’! will probably be the largest ever made in
)) this section. The Cotton crop looks well
!) but does not excel that of some previous j
I years.”
Removal Question.
I'h'o following, we clip from the last Federal
Union:
Sec. I. lie d enacted by the Senntr and House
id Ht presented ires of the States of Georgia in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby eiuwted
by the authoi it y of the same. That the question
of Removal anil Ijocation of the Seat of Gov
ern of the State of Georgia lie referred to
the legal voters of said State, and that they be
reqtiiral ut the next general election, to en
dorse on their tickets “Removal" or “No Re
moval." If to be removal, where. And it
-hall be the duty of the managers of such elec
tion. to make return, to his Excellency the
Governor, the number of votes polled for and
against Removal, and the places voted for.
Approval. February 17th, 1854.
I'he St. Ismis Republican of the 11 th
inst., has intelligence from a gentleman who has
fust urival in that city from Fort lairamie. to
the elleet that Fort Riley has tax'll completely
swept by the cholera, the few that escapal the
pestilence havihg tied to the hills for refuge, leav
:hg the sick to die and the dead unburial. Major
(Igden. U. S. A., and almost efficient ollieer, was
among the victims of the scourge. As many as
forty died in oneday. Fort Riley is a new military
post recently establishal by the Government, and
it was determined to make this a prominent post
on Ihe Western border, and for this purpose a
large number of mechanics were employed to
proceed thither and construct additional barracks
and other homes.
ETSg. An exchange states that “Brigham
Y'oung. during a recent tour through southern
Utah, fell upon an inexhaustible taxi of coal,”
anil another add-—“lf the lied were thoroughly
ou fire, we should suspect that Brigham had got
home."
No Sects in Heaven.—The celebra
ted Whitfield, when preaching on one
occasion from the balcony of the Court
house, in Philadelphia, cried out, lifting
his eyes to Heaven: “Father Abraham,
who have you got in your bosom? “Any
Episcopalians?” “No?’ “Any Presbyte
rians?’’ “No!” “Any Babtists?” “No!”
Have you any Independents orSeceders!”
“No, no!” “Why, who have you, then?”
“We don’t have these names here; all here
are Christians; believers in Christ Oh, is
that the case? Then God* help us all to
forget party names, and to become Chris
tian in deed and in truth.
Y’ellow Fever in Norfolk- —The
fever increasing in Norfolk, and the place
is nearly depopulated by the panic. slany
hundreds from the infected district arc in
Washington City, and several cases and
two deaths have occurred among those late
ly arrived.
B®„Austria is about to emancipate her
Jewish subjects preparatory to further in
ternal reforms. Prussia has published an
other circular defending her neutral posi
tion at Hanover had passed through a
ministerial crisis. The visit of the Prince
of Prussia to St. Petersburg is mystifying
all the political guidance.
HATES OF EXCHANGE JIV ATLANTA*
Reported and corrected by
U. L. WRIGHT.
Exchange on Northern Cities, percent.
M on Savannah, | per cent
“ on Charleston, f percent.
WHOLESALE PRICE OF GROCERIES IN
ATLANTA.
Corrected by E. W. Holland 4 Son,
Wholesale Commission Merchants, Atlanta.
No. 1 Rio Coffee, 1j to 12. cts. per lb.
Salt per Sack, 2.00
Star Candles, 26 cts. per lb.
N. O. Sugars—Fair, hhd. per lb.
“ Prime, “ 6Ac per lb.
“ Choice, hhd., 7c per lb.
N. O. Syrup, bbb, 40c ]>cr gallon.
Extra Raw Whisky, 50c per gallon
America Brandy, 75 to 80.
ATEANTA prick currknt
Collated, from the reports of J. R. Wallace d
Rros., J. E, Williams, Co., and J- 4•/. Lynch
Cotton, extremes 10 to 12
Bacon Sides 12 to
Hog round, ll.fto ilj.
Hams 10
Shoulders, 10
Lard, per bbl. 12j cents.
Corn, per bushel 80
Meal, SI.OO
Salt, per Sack, 200 $2.10
Sugar per Hhd., to 9$
Coffee, 12}to |.<
Clarified Sugar, ft to 10
Syrup 45
Molasses 35 to 40.
Mackarcl No. 1, in Kits, 4,50.
« “ 2, $12.00 to 15.00
“ “ 3 per Barrel, 9,
u “ 4, “ “ 8,00
Cheese, 12}.
Bagging, 16 to 18.
Rope, 12}. to 14
Manilla Rope, 20 to 22}.
Tobacco, 15 to 75.
Candles. Adamantine to 26 to 30
Flour, 3}
Miggs, 12}
Butter 2b
iron American, 5 to 6} *
° Sweeds, 5} to 6}.
“ Band, 6}. j
Castings, 4 } to 5.
Steel Cast. 20.
“ German, 15.
“ American, ft to 10.'
Nails, 5} to per keg
Powder, Blasting, per Keg, 4.20 4.60.
Safety fuse, 50 cts. per 100 feet
“ Rifle, per keg. 600. to 650.
Teas, 75 to 125.
Factory Yarn 85 to 90.
Osnaburgs, 9 to 10.
Chicken 21} to 15.
< )ats, 35 to 40.
Fodder,!2s to 150 per cwt.
Hay. 1.50 to I.7spercwt.
Apples Dried» 1,00 1.25
“ Green, 50 to 60.
Feathers. 35
Liquors.
Reported by J. 4r J. Lynch.
Brandy, (Cognac) per ga1..2.50 t 04.00
“ (Domestic) “ “ 65 to 70
(Cherry) “ “ 75 to 1.00.
Gin, (Holland) “ “ 1.75 to 2.25.
(Domestic) “ “ 60
Rum, (Jamacia) “ “ 1.00 to 3.00.
“ (Domestic) “ “ 65 to 70.
Whiskey, (Corn) “ •* 50
« (Western) “ “ 45 to 50. and
“ (Monongah “ 2.7 gal., NO to IM
Special Notices.
Mt. Zion R. A. Chapter. No. 16.
. MEETS every 2nd and 4th Monday
night, in each month.
LEWIS LAWBHE, H. P.
J a . 16. 1854 72dtf
Atlanta Lodge, No. 59.
id MEETS every 2nd and 4th Thnni
day night in each month.
' 3 ' L. C. SIMPSON, W. M.
Atlanta, .lan. 16, 1855 72—dtf
School Notice.
THE Atlanta Male Academy, MR. G. A
ACETIN, Principal, will open its session on
Monday August 13th.
aug 11,’55 d2t
The Watchman.
* Watchman tell us of the night”
THIS beautiful and thrilling romance, from a
pen that writes as few have written upon the sub
ject it treats, and with a full knowledge of the
life he depicts, has just been received. Price
$1 25, for sale by
WM. KAY, at his Cheap Book Stores
june 5, 55 dtf
! '>-&/rHOS. A. HURLEY.—The gentleman’
whoK* name, heads Ibis paragraph, has created
quite a stir among the Sanmparillti men of the
country. The high reputation of bis ini-dieinr
its invaluable properties, and the skill with which
H is prepared, ih* attested testimonials of the best
druggists in the West. His Sarsaparilla, while
benelitting the human race, will insure him a
large forttfhe.
Mr. Hurley has long resided in Louisville, and
for a number of years been an active businenn
i man, and it ran Iw said with strict justice that no ;
| one in the community lx*ars a higher charater iu r ;
I punctuality, courtesy, probity, and honor in bus
, inesH relations. He deserves success, and wo
: have no question he will attain his most sangu
! inc expectations. This popular and valuable
i medicine is sold in this place by Smith A Ezzard
I call and procure a bottle. dltwlt
JOB PRINTING.
The proprietor of the “Examiner” is prepared I
• to execute Job Printing of all kinds, upon terms
as reasonable, as in any city in the South. Hr
has on hand a large and well selected assortment
of type of all descriptions, and is receiving an ad
ditional supply of the same, such as warrants him
in asserting that he "Will execute jobs of any de
scription in a style not to be surpassed else
where.
All persons desiring to contract for job printing
will do well to give him a call.
BOOK BINDERY.
Attached to the office of the “Examiner,” the
proprietor thereof has a Book Bindery in opera
tion. in it he executes work of every description j
usually done in the largest bindery establishments !
of the North, and in a style unsurpassed by any |
one of them. His terms are as reasonable as can I
be expected by any one, and far more so than |
Southern establishments generally. His work-!
men are experienced, and of the first class in their I
profession. This, together with the prompt ex- ■
ecution of all work entrusted to him, will, wr I
hope, induce those who have orders to give, not
to overlook his establishment. Specimens of work l
will he exhibited to all who desire it.
THE EXAMINER FOR THE CAMPAIGN
The proprietor proposes to furnish the Exami
ner, during the ensuing campaign, that is, until
the first of November, upon the fidlowing terms.
The Daily to all cash subscribers, nt the low
price of one dollar and fifty cents.
And the Weekly, for fifty cents per copy.
In no case will the paper Im? sent until the price
of subscription be paid.
The Examiner has now a circulation in uppei
Georgia, and elsewhere, not surpassed by any
paper in the interior of Georgia, and equal, it is
Iwlieved, to any in the State. Every exertion will
be used to render it acceptable as a political jour
nal to the Democracy, as well as to make its news
and miscellaneous department, equal to any other
journal in the State.
At the low prices at which both the Daily and
Weekly Examiner are now oflvretl, for the cam
paign, no one need be without a paper. The
proprietor is induced to make the offer he does as
much for the benefit of the democratic party as
for his own.
Send thdrash and the paper will be regtdark
mailed to all who desire it.
MEDICAL BOOKS.
We have seen at Mr. Kay’s stores a large and
well selected assortment of Medical Books, which,
v/9 are advised, will be sold on most reasonable
icniw. ’l'he Medical profession, a fine opportu
nity is here presented of securing rare and stand
ard books. We advise them, and the Students
attending the Medical lectures in our city, to cal!
and examine these publications, ere they pur
hase e slewhere.
Sarsaparilla is not onlythe best
but likewise most palatable medicine before the
public, and during the summer should be freely
taken to purity the blood, and streug/hen the
constitution- Every respectable druggist keeps
it.— Louisville Democrat.
SMITH EZZARD.
Are agents here. July 24, 55iltf
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce Col
JOSEPH E. BROWN, a candidate for Judge of
the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge (’ircuit nt
the election to be held on the firs! Monday in Oc
tober next.
may 8, ’55 dwtde*
Ma. Editor:—You will please announce my
name as the ANTI-KNOW NOTHING Candi
date for JUDGE of the Coweta Circuit. The
election the Ist Monday in October next.
JOHN L. BTEJ»HENS.
june 5/55 dwtde
NEH ADVERT ISEM ENTS?
H. BRAUMULLER,
DEALER in Pino-Fortea,
ic, Musical Instruments, Fin - \
broidery and Fancy Articles, White
Hall Street, Sign of the Golden
Piano, Atlanta, Georgia.
MKB. H. BRAUMULLER, Artiste ’in Orna
mental Hair Braiding. &c.
USTOrders solicited for Braiding Necklaces,
Bracelets, Breastpins, Ear-rings, etc.
AugUSt 33 _ "Bin
ADMINIB7 RATOR SEALE.-—Agreeably to
an order of the Court of Ordinary of For
syth county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
October next, before the Court House Door in
the town of Cumming, Forsyth County, within
the legal hours of sale, the following lots of land,
viz: Lot No. 362, 431, 432, 434, 435 and 504,
excepting a portion of lot 504, that has been
deeded to John Pasco, and a portion of lot 431
has been deeded to J. M. Sdcuders, and lots No.
502, 506. 503, the last named Nos. containing
thirty-three and a half acres, more or less, all
lying in the third District and fourth Section of
now Forsyth County, all sold as the property of
Moses Ledbetter, late of Forsyth county deceas
ed, and for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
of said deceased. Terms made known on day
of sale, the three last named numbers sold sub
ject to the widow’s dower, this 13th August,
1855. (wtf) JAMES MILFORD, Adm’r.
Cigars, Tobacco and Pipes, of every
Quality and Variety.
rpHE subscriber having just moved into his
JI front Store, the Granite Row, opposite the
Holland House, informs his friends and the pub
lie, that he has received, and is receiving, n large
and fine stock of TOBACCO and CIGARS all
all choice brands, which he offers for sale bv
wholesale and retail, at the lowest market price.
All orders from the country promptly attended to.
(aug22 d&w3m) H. MUHLENBRINK
Strayed,
I.YROM the subriber, near Adairs- &
ville, Cass couuty, Georgia, some
weeks ago, a bald face horse pony, 4 it?*
years old, all white feet. Also, a dark bay horse
mule, 3 years old, both of which have been work
ed. Any person taking up said retrays will be
liberally rewarded. JAMES BROWNLEE.
August 21, ’55 wt f
Tin* Old Farm House.
A Beautiful and Affecting Domestic Story.
By Mrs. Caroline H. Butler Laing.
Illustrated with fine Eogravrngs by Van Ingen,
front original designs by White. Nearly 500 pa
ges 12mo, bound in extra blue and red Muslin,
gilt, $1.25.
I'he above work is one of the most interesting
books published for some time, and lias been
highly recommended by the press throughout the
country. The name of the authoress speaks vol
umes in its favor, and in this work she has pro
duced the crowning effort of her prei. For f resh
ness and vigor of thought and style) and for orig
inality—in the charming views of country lite at
the “Old Farm House”—in the striking illustra
tions of the follies of a fashionable city life—in
her description of good and evil natures—in all
the various subjects which she has touched with
her magic pen, she cannot lie excelled. The
gentle heroine Amy is a model of Patience and
virtue, persecuted by the evil genius of her life,
the villain Staunton. «
The book will be read with avidity, and none
who commence it, will desire to lay it aside till
finished. The publisher offers it with full confi
dence that its perusal will be attended with pleas
ure and profit to all readers.
For sale by WM. KAY, Atlanta Ga.
aug. 18,’55. daw Im.
DISSOLUTION.
CIMIE firm of “W. HERRING & CO.” is this
| .lay dissolved by mutual consent.
W. HERRING,
W. J. MASTERS.
Aug. 8. 1855. W. F. HERRING.
’l'he business hereafter will he continued on
under the style and name of
W. Herring & Son.
Who assume all the debts of the late firm, and to
whom all payments, by those indebted to said
firm arc to be made. Those indebted are re
quested to come forward and settle, as the busi
ness of the late firm is to be settled as soon as
possible. W. HERRING * SON,
Atlanta, Aug. 8,'55.
Having disposed ol my interest in the late firm
of W. Herring &Co. to W. Herring & Son, I
take pleasure in recommending them to my friends
and acquaintances, and in soliciting a continu
ance to them of the patronage so liberally Ire
stowed upon the late firm.
W. J. MASTERS,
aug. 9th, 1855. d2Uw2t.
Four Horse Coach Line from Marietta
to Cumming.
HE travelling public are
formed that the subscriber Ims
placed upon the above line a splendid four-horse
coach, by which passengers are put through in
shorter time and with far greater convenience
than formerly. Every attention will be pa id their
comfort, and no exertion spared to make this lute
equal to any in the South. This lino connects
with the W. & A. R. R. trains at Marietta Mon
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, for Cumming,
and returns Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Connecting also on some days at Cumming, with
hacks to and from Dahlonega. Persons desirous
of crossing the country will be supplied with Con
veyance upon application to Agent at Marietta.
H. T. MARTIN,
july 28, '55. daw-Iy.
Arrivals and Departures of the Mails
from Atlanta-
(Y EORGTA Railroad arrives 3 A. M.
J ” “ Departs 6J P. M.
Atlanta & LaGrange R. R. Arrives 5J P. M.
“ Departs 3J A. M.
State Railroad Arrives 3 P. M.
“ “ Departs 9 A. M.
Macon & Western Railroad Arrives at 7J A. M.
“ Departs 5j A. M.
Mails for Georgia Railroad closes at 4P. .M.
except Augusta and beyond close at 5 P. M.
Mails for Atlanta & LaGrrngc R. R. close at
BP. M. Mails for Stale R. R. close at 7} a. m.
Mails for Macon R. R. dose at 8 P. M.
H. M. BOYD. Post Master.
Atlanta, August 18 d3tn
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The Wsekly E.XAMUtsn will after the first day
of August next, be issued to subscribers, at the
low price of ONE DOLLAR per annum, puya
able invariably in advance.
Many reasons have induced the proprietor of
this paper to embark in an enterprise never Ire
fore attempted in the South, and which han
proved, not only successful in the Anti-Slavery
States North and West, but has received a pat
ronage in the Slave States, that had better bacon
fined, though at greater expense, to the South
t*rn Press.
To obviate, then, the objection, as far as we
can, to the price of the Weekly Examiner, we
from and after the period designated will forward
it to subscribers at one dollar, ;>er aiiniiin, and
this will place it within the reach of the ix>or, as
well os the rich.
To politics, news, and literature, the Examiner
will lie devoted. Our position in regard to the
tlrst is already well understood. It is unnecessa
ry, therefore, to say morn than that it sustains
and will sustain, the DEMOCRATIC ANTI
KNOW’ NOT HING PARTY' of Georgia and
the Union, to which the South can look, with
confidence', to the maintenance of her rights, and
a strict adherence to the Constitution.
The NEWS DEPARTMENT of this paper
shall be unsurpassed by any weekly paper in the
South. Atlanta occupies a position, and embra
ces facilities, for the receipt and transin i.wion of
NEWS, unequalled in the South. Every ad
vantage will be taken ot these, to make the EX
AMINER a valuable news paper to our farmers,
who, in the main, subscribe for weekly rstperx
only. ' *
Ihe Literary and Miscellaneous Department
will also receive a large share of attention.
During the session of our Legislature, one of
the Editors will be present to report the proceed,
ings of that Body, foi the Daily Examiner—these
reports will bo transferred to the weekly and each
subscriber to it, will thus have a complete history
of the session.
A correspondent to furnish the proceedings of
Congress, and a New Y’ork correspondent, have
also been engaged. In short, every thing that
can reasonably be expected of /a weekly paper,
will be laid before the subscribers to the Exam
iner.
A large and fine assortment of new type has
been ordered, arid is now on its way from New
York. We hope to receive it in time for our
next week’s issue, when not only will the ap
pearance of our Daily and Weekly be greatly
improved, but a large quantity of reading matter
will be added to both.
In adventuringupon this novi enterprise—one
so important to Georgia, and the South—the Pro.
prietor anticipates a generous support. It is the
first established paper in the State, or the South,
with a large circulation, that has reduced its
terms, that it may be within the reach of any man.
As such.it is hoped and believed that the enter
prise will prosper.
We appeal then to the people to subscribe;
particularly do we call upon the DEMOCRACY
and ANTI-KNOW NOTHINGS, to standby
us. Send in your orders, by tens and by hun
dreds, and wo will send you a large, well printed
p iper equal in its every department,to any week-
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Responsible agents will bo appointed for their
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orders arc to be addressed to Dr. K. G. Geissncr
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Withdrawal.
"IXTOI ICE is hereby given that 1 have this day
XI withdrawn from the firm of J. J. Thrasher
& Co., by mutual consent. Tfic business of the
firm will be continued by J. J. Thrasher and H.
H. Glenn, under the style of J. J. Thrasher <k
Co., who alone are liable for all indebtedness of
the late firm. W. A. CHAMBLEBB.
july 24, ’55 d4w