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[From the Knickerbocker.]
Coffee.
BY MISS MARY L. LAWSON.
All sing the praise of ruby wine
Through crystal goblctsflowing,
And murmur of the purple vine
’Neath the endless summer glowing;
How well it charms, the heart it warms,
The soul in sunshine steeping,
As beauty, mirth, and hope’s bright birth
Lay chained within its keeping
But wherefore gild the tempting draught
W hich stains the lip that praises 1
A nectar far more pure and sweet
The wearied spirit raises :
'Twill tinge with light car’s darkest night.
Like some divine libation;
Joy fills the eye, and hearts beat high
Beneath its inspiration.
It ripples through the silver spout,
In clear, transparent china.
Brought, freshly from the sparkling hearth
By Phillic or by Dinah.
How rich the scent when softly blent
With cream, rick, thick and yellow,
Whose currents glide in mingled tide
Its pungent strength to mellow I
It stirs the flash of soul and sense.
Till wit and converse mingle;
For mind’s best rays, like sorrow's waves,
Ne’er rush to me t us single:
Bright fancies strike on mind’s alike,
That fade not with the fleeting,
For words that thrill grow deeper still
When glance with glance is meeting.
It wakes within the melting soul
Time’s lost or burned pleasures.
Old friend.i, old b. >ks, Ji! son gs, old joys,
And ail life’s g» rnered treasures :
Bereft of pain, 'twill softly gain
Old Memory’s haunted places,
While o’er us rise, in angel guise.
Soft smiles on vanished faces.
As one by one our guests depart,
Left with remembrance only,
We scarcely sigh that time fits by.
And leaves us aad and lonely;
Hopes’s morning breaks, and joy awakes.
Life’s gloi jiy page to brighten.
As on our quiet, silent hearth
The dying embers lighten.
Then on the pillow softly sinks
The head with visions teeming,
And many an eastern pageant floats
Before our gorgeous dream ig;
To see life pass in fancy’s glass,
With Moon-light radiance beaming, !
It seeks the breast divinely blest
Through misty mocha gleaming.
Adam Clarke on OalhH
The subjoined extracts, on the subject of un
lawful and unnccccstmry oaths, from those emi
nently p ms and venetrated lights of Protestan
tise’ anti profound Biblical critics Dr. Scott and
Dr. Adam Clarke, wo bog leave to commend to
the notice of those reverend gentlemen in Ke.,
tucky and elsewhere .vhohave found “the answer
of a good conscience” in goi g into Know-Noth
ing lodges, “nd there, upon the Holy Bible of
Almighty God, among unbelievers, and plotting
political tricksters an,, lelfish demagouges, swear
ing th u they “will not make known to any
(unit’s tv J) person or person, any of tb<r signs,
•cere. mysteries, or objcctb of the organization
nor suffer it to be done by others,” if in their
power to prevent it; that they “‘will in ali things,
politico' or tocial, so far as the Order is concern
ed, comply with the will of the majority (of the
Order,) though it may conflict with (their) per
sonal preferences;” and that they “will not vote
nor give their influence for any man for any of
fice in the gift of the people, unless he be an
AmbiuCan ao.<S citizen, nor if he a a Ro.,ion
Catholic.”
In his comment upon this verse, “But I siv
unto you, BWSAn not at ai.l"—Matthew; cha,.
v., first clame 34th verso —Dr. Scott says:
The multiplication of oaths in our jurispru
dence, and the irreverent manner in which they
ere administered, occasion immense guilt, and
are on ornnftM et.V. • All oaths without neces
sity, on trival occasions, or in common conversa
tion, must be inconsistent with this prohibition.
• It ought to suffice a Christian to seriously af
firm anything- * The worse men . the less
they are bo in liy (oaths); the belter they are,
the lost need there is of them,
a tenting on the same passage, Dr. Clark
remarks:
Swearing in civil matters is become so fre
quent that the dread, and obligation of an oath
are utterly lost in it. • He who uses any oath
except what he is solemnly called by tiie magis
trate to make, so far from being a Christian, he
does not deserve the reputation cither of decency
or common sense.
This is plant talk, and this is an age and a
time when plain talk is required. The Apostle
James, chap, v., v, 12, reiterates the prohibition of
his Master with great emphasis—“ Above all
things, my brethren, swear not, neither by Hea
ven, neither by the earth, neither by ar. • oath,
lest ye tall into condemnation.” But it will pro
bably lie said, or thought at least, by some of
Ham’s reverend disciples, in extenuation of the
guilt unnecessary anil illegal swearing, that
neither Christ nor Saint James, nor Dr. Scott,
nor Adam Clarke, nor anybody else, ever antici
pated or had any idea of any such national
“exigencies,” religious, social or political as have
arisen in thia country in consequence of the in
flux of foreigners, and the growth of Catholicism
amongst us, calling for Know Nothing organiza
tions and impious oaths.
In the history of no nation or party was there
ever a crime or crimes committed, however shock
ing to humanity, for which tbe perpetrators did
not find a necessity in some real or supposed
state of things. And so with our pious Protest
ant divines, who, in contempt of their Lord’s
solemn injunction, kneel and swear in the so
called American councils. We shall not be sur
prised if some of them, in their zeal for this new
born Americanism, were to perauide themselves
that a great public necessity demanded the in
human masaacra in this city on Monday last.—
The Bible so vi—“Be not partaken, of other mens
sins." For ti c life of us we cannot sec how
ministers of fio Gospe' el "eace can be guiltless
in the sight of God and of g.sid men, who can
every sympathize with men or a party justly char
geable. as the Know-Nothings of this city are
with the torrents of innocent blood which have
just deluged our streets. Is there any room for
the prayer in the ease of these infatuated and
misguided spiritual guides of the people—“ Father
forgive them, for they know not what they do ?"
Wo would feign hope there was. Time will soon
show.
“Ths bosom or amkrica is opkn to rkcbivb
NOT ONLY TUB C I'LBXT ANO Rgai'XCTAßt ( STB AN.
GBR, BUI' THS Ol“l‘tl«..l8Kl> AND PXRSBCCTBU Or AI.L
NATIONS AND ALLRKLIOICNS, WHOM WR SHALL WBL
COMB TO A PARTICIPATION IN ALL OCR RIUaTS AND I
pbiviibubs.—WASHlNGTON.
“If I could have entertained theslightest appro- i
henaion that the Constitution framed at the Con '
vention where l*had the honor to preside might i
possibly endanger the religious rights of anv ec- !
clcsiastical society, certainty I would never have j
placed my sig ature to it; and if I could not cor- ;
ceive that the General Government might even
be so administered as to render the liberty of con
science insecure, I beg you will bo pen" aded
that no ne would be more zealous than my.seil
to e.’talri. t effectual barriers against the horrors
of s r .xitiiui tyranny, and every species of religious
pars, cution—for, you doubtless remember. I he
often expressed myse itnnents that any man con
ducting himself as a go id citizen, and being ac
countable to God alone lor L>. religious opinions,
aught t.i b,i protected in worshipping the Deity
according to the dicta s at his own conscience.
Wasi ncton.
The. Madison (Wisconsin) Journal i
contains the following, which is well worth <
remembering:
e are informed by Dr. Ward that
the child of Mr. White, that was bitten
by a rattlesnake lust week, Las recovered
The remedy used was so simple and attain
able by every one that it ought obe gen- i
erally km.wu. The band whi . was nit-j
ton and arm were enveloped in a poultice'
of moistened ashes and the child made u ,
drink freely of whisky punch."
People become ill by drinking l<"»h; s i
Ho who drinks the health of everybody. '-
away hia own.
Laud and Population.
The Hon. Garnett Andrews is making him
self ridiculous, in the present canvass, by pre
tending to believe—possible be actually does be
lieve—that there is danger to our country, of an
over-crowded population, and that we are in dan
ger of being elbowed and starved out by the
hordes of immigrants pouring into our couutry,
and filling up ourdesert and waste places, if the
gentleman knows better, arid uses this bugb. ar,
merely as an electioneering trick to frighten timid
people, he is entitled to small respect as a cand -
date for the honorable and dignified position to
which he aspires. If he does not know better,
and is really a victim to such an absured ap
prehension, he is entitled to small respect lor
practiclc statesmanship and intelligence.
We well re aember, in our boyish days, the
approach ot a large comet towards the sphere ot
the earth’s orbit gave rise to much ingenious
speculation, as to its course and progress. It
had already approached comparatively near the
earth, being only a lew hundred millions of miles
off, and some timid people, like Judge Andrews,
or his dupes, began to figure rntthe possible re.
suits, in case the course of the comet was not
diverted, or its momentum chocked. Some even
went so far as to predict the early burning up of
the world. There were Milerites in those days.
To relieve their apprehensions scientific men in- 1
vestigated the subject, and wc heard a distin-j
guished Professor of Astronomy giv - the result j
of his calculations. He stated that according to j
present appearances, should the earth continue in ’
its orbit, and the great planetary system, ot which ;
the sun was the centre, pursue its grand inarch ;
through the heavens, and the comet continue its |
revolutions, without any disturbing causes, it was -
possible the earth and the comet would come ;
in contact at the end of two millions of years-■
“This,” said the Professor, “should relieve us, j
gentlemen, of all personal apprehension, what- .
ever fears we may indulge in tor our remote pos-!
terity.
Not less idle arc the fears J udac Andrews .
would inculcate of threatened starvation to our
selves, or our posterity. The. very genius ot the
Rev.T. R. Malthus w>ull be startled at tile no- i
velty of the idea, that the people of this country'
l were in danger of famine, or of being elbowed up
I too closely in the vast domain over which floats '
; the stars and stripes. H theory was, that pop- ■
ulation had a tendency to increase more rapidly
than the means of subsistance. But this theory
is now held in but meagre respect, even in crow
ded Europe, at the end of fifty years since its pro
mulgation. Certainly, no ng has yet transpir
ed on this cor tinent to rev.v: it.
W 0 will not undertake to go elaborately into
statistics, to calm the nerves of the Know Noth
■ iiig malthusions of Georgia. But we will s te
I one. or two items for their present relief, from a
i speech lying conveniently at hand.
| Mr. Dodge, of lowa, made a speech in the
| Senate, in February, 1853, on the Homestead
I'fill, in which he stated that the United States
Government held an absolute proprietary right
in fourteen hundred millions of acres of land
He also gave th*- the statistics u. sales of public
lands, from 179 f ‘.o 1847, and state that the sales
' of these lands, with the exception of two years,
i 1835 and 1836, did not exceed an average of one
'! and a half millions of acres per annum.
Allowing liberally fore taking up of the
public lands by lau I war .u>, since issued to sol
i diers f>r military service, the statistics of which
we e mt now readily quote, the above figures
' will ,-..d to rehove us of apprelttesion for the
fate ofoursclves and «iir immediate priority.—
What may become of our remote posterity,
* ve must leave, as in the case of the comet,
I I in the hands of a kind am! ail-wise Fro’i
r I deuce.
', The question of immigration and eminigration
’ i can be solely left to adjust Itself, nt least lor the
’ 1 pre -on t, as regards subsistence. The vast wilds
of the United States ot North America to the
Pacific ocean—of Mexico and Central America,
and the isle of the great Western ocean, will.
1 in the all-wise disp.msnl“>ns of Providers, be
1 in time, se'fied with a civilized, thriving and in
dustrious pi pulation But c. t. turns must pass
over the world beto. t! -sc magnificent results
’ will be achieved: It ot yet tim-i to challenge
that infinite Wisdom and Benificence, with hav
ing crested a world too small to maintain the in-
I habitants thereof. As yet many million* oi square
miles of fertile territories, on this continent,
ire occupied“only by the wild beasts of the for
est, or not less wild and savage bands of roving
Indians.
By the last census, it appears that the popufli
’ tion of the United States, Indians included, 'as
’ in 1852, 23,650,764, persons. The present pop
ulation was, in 1850, 7.90 to the square mile, be
ing ■ than 8 persons per square mile.
The. population of Massachusetts, per square
mile, was 127).
' These data furnish the following result taking
round numbers for convenience.
’ Supposing that no more territory will ever be
annexed to the United States, the area of the
United States, if populated as densely as the
State of Massachusetts, would contain a pop <la
' -ion of 444,000,000. But even this large pOpu
j. lation would fall far short, in density, to that of
I England, or of Belgium. The former has a pop
ulation of 332, and the latter of 388 to the square
mile. The United SUtes, then, has territory to
enough to support a population not more crow-
C ded than either of these countries, of between
twelve and fu en hundred million* ofinhabitants
. —rather more, by a few hundred millions, than
the entire population of the whole earth. Ought
j not Judge Andrews to calm hie anxieties upon
this subject, end to cease alarming the fears of
his fellow citizens about the danger of be
ing cramped in the size of their potatoe
patches!
'The superintendent of the census estimates
that, in 1890, the population of the United State
will probably be seventy millions (70,000,006),
and in 1950, one hundred and twenty five mil
lions (125.000,000).
, These figures will aflbrd a proximate means
estimating the time that must ela; se before our
, people will become, like those of England and
Belgium, crowded for elbow room.
A Georgia Slave among the Abo
litionist.
Editors of the Journal 4 Courier,
Your interesting andexieiting account of the
robbery of Colonel Wheeler's negroes at Philadel
phia, reminds me of a valuable servant of mme,
called Ariel, well known about Savannah, and
was irirt.l to Capt. Penoyer, of the steamer Poin
sett, as p’iot. and confined in him so highly, he
took him to the North, and on arriving at that
wicked and detestable place, Boston, they attemp
ted to take Ariel out ofthe steamer, when he arm
ed himself and avowed certain death to the first
who put their hands on him, and while they
went oil for a reinforcement of infamous vaga
bonds to assault a poor negro. Cap'. Penoyer
got him onboard of a bo. about to sail for Sa
vannah, and he actually worked his way home,
and brought his mo i'y s’.fe, except what he re
quired for his support. He said, he would not
remain at the North so od, in, m he saw more
misery and want there ilia ever saw at th.
South, and blacks and whrea had to work har
der than any of your field hands. Ariel's fsther
had oeen my head driver most of his life ; as he
had b.en so faitlful he was prom ted to that rank
and hist'ather given his freedom; w 1. > lived on tbe
place until he died i.nd ms attended with sobs
and tears to his grave by all tbefamily, an t who
would have considered it cruel in me u banish
L ui to the North.
Wuat a lawyer sho' iao bk, and
should Not r".-Tbe lawyer who brow
beats and badgers a witness, not to expose
faleshood, but. to subvert the <rt’.th. be op
erating on w-jk neru the vmbarrastneut
incident to every ur upon the stand,
preha.ns for the first time, or by question
into” “d topi rplex the witness, ant, shake
his licuest testiuior.y mil there' ; impost
upon “he ji’.ry-wbatever may be tris talents,
however high fits rank, in whatever popu
.ar request mry be his purchasable and in
procuring f r a lie, or fraud the -.metion
of aeourt at I jury, or ir. knowingly screen
ing a. scoundrel from punishment—-deserves
himself to suffer the penalty, from whrch
he saved his guilty client, and ought to b<
thrown ovn- the bar of the temple of jus
tice, which he tl ua desecrates, and dees
stkmuch to brins.’ into vLrepute among
men. The profv : of the law is held
iu honor, for potuo not perverting the
right henever it uoes the former, and
a lor as it does it, but no longer, should
i be suffered to take u part in the admin-
■itton of justice.-Newark Daily Adver-
[From the Augusta Constitutionalist.'}
Letter from Mark A. Cooper to '
Dr. Joel Branham.
Etowah, Ga., Aug. 7,1855.
Db. Joel Bramiam, Eatonton, Ga.
Dear Sir: Your letter, of the 4th inst, was
received yesterday. You say that you are
“surprised that some of my friends, and Gov.
Johnson's also, have not given to the country a
true statement of the facts in relation to the
alteration of freights on the State Road. That
various articles, in almost all the Whig and
Know Nothing papers, charging bribery and
corruption on inc aud Gov. Johnson, have been
published, and are used to the injury of my
character, as a private citia.-n, and to the in
jury of Gov. Johnson's election.”
You say it is stated that my “vote aud influ
ence have’been bought up, by refunding to me
S 6,000; and that discriminations in freights
have been made especially in my favor, to
the injury of the State’s interest and against all
others.”
In attempting to reply to all this, lam
prompted by a desire to gratify you, and such
friends as have habitually confided in mo, and
have felt interested in my welfare. I have a
■ disrelish for this, because-1, myself, am a chief
I topic. The circumstances which cal! on me to
I speak and write thus, are my extenuation for
i this apparent egotism.
- First, you are “surprised" that 1 have riot
| noticed tbise matters. Those who know my
; daily engagements will excuse me, on the ground
[ that my time is otherwise fully occupied; but,
; independent of that, my apology in this; This
! matter has been started for political effect, by
, persons who are careless of what they say on '
: such occasions, and are more willing to effect j
I the object desired than to establish the truth.
| In this case, troth stood at their threshold, and
: yet without a look out, or inquiry for it, they
; utter and publish these things, because the sug
' gestiou of error and suppression of truth were
t necessary to the end in view. Thia was done
ito carry’out and accomplish the results of poli
: tical organizations, such as History tells us of;
! the effect of which are known by those who
j study history or man's nature. Os such I
! thought my friei..’.s and fellow-citizens were
i composed. I felt content in the hot pursuit of
■ luy daily vocations, to trust to them that
| which was already in their keeping, and to
some extent, their property—my “character.”
The disposition shown to trifle with it, to disre
gard it and trample it under foot, by false ac
cusations anddibellous publications, is attribut
able to a depraved appetite, and a laxity of
public morals in this particular, and is not in
duced by the facts of the case. The history of
my life authorizes me to say that it is too late
lor any one to surmise that such means as are
i alleged, can control me. The events of that
I life are known to those who know me. They
; are authorities on which contradiction might
Ibe given to those injurious charges. Being
j thirti«n years retired from public allairs, I con
l sidered that I might safely rely on those who
!k. ;-w me, for coiitradi- tion. And although l|
I know, by the truths of history, that the same I
wild spirit which strives to rob me in this in
j stance, and the same defect in public morals
I which tolerates the act, may, in the sequel,take
' the life and liberty of an unoffending citizen. I
yet believe that the public intelligence would
perceive that th' ?uld lie as lisely to fall bn
the perpett. tors o. this wrong, as on the suffer
er, and that a just accord of public virtue would
protect me. In anv but afree enlightened Re
public, I would no “ave confided in this senti
ment. So much in reply to your expression ot
“surprise" at my silence.
' I now turn to the charges, and reply t’.ai !
’ they are all false and untrue, in every form, and
to every intent and purpose. If true, they area
ample grounds for impeaching the Govenor,
and indicting me; and that would bo. in that
event, the shortest and most appropriate mode
of disposing of the Democratic candidate. If
false, they are slanderous and libellous; and it
would take all that the publishers are worth to
cover the damages. Jam not. in the political
arena. I have wronged no one, I have provok
ed nobody. lam doing ail the good I cun,
and as little harm as an evil nature will allow.
I have a right, therefore, to claim exemption
from such assaults.
First, it is said tiiat “Gov. Johnson has
bought up my influence and my vote, by re
running to me £6,000." This is unqualifiedly
i also, and any one who know., what a Gover
nor’s duties and powers are, knows it. Money
paid me on account of freight, is paid to the
Treasurer of the Railroad, and it is subject to
the order of the SnjX'rintendeut, whence it can
be taken out only by the Governor, pursuant
to an appropriation by the Legislature. Not a
dime, has been refunded to me, directly or indi
rectly. notwithstanding justice would require it.
Enough, then, is said about the 86,000 for the
i present.
Secondly—lt is said “that discriminations in
freights have been made especially in my favor
to the injury of the State's interests, and against
all others.”
This statement is wholly untrue in every
part aud particles. So untrue is this, that the
very reverse is true, to-wit: vnjust and oppres
sive discriminations hare been made against the
Etowah freights, (in which I am almost exclu
sively interested,) under Gov. Johnson’s admin
istration, by an advance of twenty-five per cent
on previous rates, when no corresponding ad
vance made at any other point on the Road, or
on any other person. And to this hour, this
unjust and oppressive discrimination is kept up
and collected out. of me, by the Superintendent,
' on most of the articles shipped to me, and toler-
I ated by the Governor, to my injury.
I Again. I say that immediately after the Su- ■
perintendent. in accordance with the Govern, s |
wishes and his own promise, rer >rei' Mr. I
Yonge's rates on certain articles, and the prin- (
ciple adopted by him. he advanced the rates i
; from and to t'l-.attanooga. and thereby deprivra
me of a priticipul part ofthe benefit intended by
their act, now so complained of. Hence, it is
true that I am now payi g more, per hundred,
to the State Road, thau any man who ships the
same freights on the Road, according to the I
i work and labor bestowed on my freights by the I
i Road. 1 have never received, never asked’, and
i do not desire, any discrimination in my favor,
ior against others. What 1 have asked, was
I equally demanded by me. for all others, and anv
: other place of busini v, by the adoption of a
! rule applicable to ali whose business would call
; for it—just on the principle recognized 'and
adopted by even agouer, to-wit: that he can
itffonl to carry eliwiper for one who furnishes
I freight; to keep his team, at o/Z employ
i cd; and still cheaper, if he will furnish Iwk
■ loading— and that it is bis interest to do this.
I I have striven hard to get this principle recog- '
i nized for the benefit, not of myself especially. !
I but of every man who has business on the
: Road. 1 have signally failed, except under '
' Mr. Yonge's administration; and it is true, that I,
whilst 1 have shipped over 24,000 barrels of j,
J flour on the Road in one year, or nearly a car I'
j lend a day. any living man could ship a single I.
barrel as cheap as 1 eonld. or a car load as :'
cheap a--1 shipped 24,000 barrels: notwith- j.
standing that I furnished back loadingl
000 buslie's of wlieat. 800 tons of Iron, and !
100.000 ! aishels of stone coal, besides corn.' 1
meat, goods, wares aud merchandise, aud five ,
lu.-ilnxl, people, men, women and children,
to ride on the cars, from time to time. Yes, ; |
notwiths'andir.g ali this, it is true that if my '
neighbor. Dr. -I. W. Ix-wis, or Messrs. Howard 1 *
A Erwin, hud a single ear ioad of flour to ship. ■ 1
end only one in twelve months, the Road would i ‘
semi an empty ear from Atlanta • Chattanoo- • •
ga to Etov. h, t- _• their single car load as 1 ,
cheaply as . takes my 300 car loads. It is ’ i
true, tiiat the Road has fewer idle men to pav. i •
and fewer upty ctr sto m >ve. <n my ac nut. l !
i:..in for any mate- siness who ships on it. '
It : s true, that 1 ship from Chattanooga fr- in )
me to ro oear loads of coal per m y, tiie
mun i, when the Road eon take it. to he iis.-d i j
in making iron, which goes back as back load- ‘
ing—und y.'t.anv man at Chattanooga er At- i
Santa, could habitaally sl-.ip corn from Cha’ta-'
noi*ga or Atlanta, forty-five miles further than f
my coal is carried, cheaper than I could ship
coal to Etowah. T’k> coal cars arc the cheap
est piatform cars, fitted up at my cast, and i»
loaded at my cost, whilst the corn is taken in
box cars, and loaded and unloaded at the cost ■ r
of the Road. The corn is worth, per bushel. ,
tea times the freight, whilst the coal, nt the
place of shipment, can be laid down at less than
! I pay for the freight on it.
I Again, I ship wheat to Etowah, mill it, and
re-ship in the form of flour and bran. The mills,
at and below Atlanta, and the New York spec
ulator, ship it through, and that is the last of it.
I pay at this time, after all the great favor shown,
10 cents per bushel, from Chattanooga to Eto
wah, 90 miles. They pay, to Atlanta, half as
far again, 135 miles, 13 cents per bushel. The
ear that brings my wheat, (say 250 bushels per
carload), gets $25 freight on the wheat. As
the wheat comes out of this car, it is loaded with
75 bbls, of flour, which pays 20 cents per bar
rel to Atlanta, or sls per car load. This add
ed to the $25 on the wheat makes S4O, wich
the Road receives and charges me now, for mov
ing a car load for me, from Chattanooga to At
lanta ; whilst in the other case, the Road re
ceives and charges, for the car load of wheat
carried for others, but $32 50—and if it were
corn, it would be less. The only difference is,
that the car stops at Etowah, and the loading
is shifted aud very often unicui.ad and load -d
by my own teamsters. Whilst this is true, the
Etowah freights are postponed, aud the through
freights habitually taken in preference. I might
run through the list, of articles, until your pa
tience would wear out. The country has no
idea how unjust and untrue these fabulous tales
are, and less idea how badly I have been treat
ed. If it did know and underitand it. justice
would be don/! me, freely and promptly. How
then is it said that discriminations are made es
pecially in tny favor, against others, and injuri
ous to the interests of the State? ft cannot be
truly said, for the reverse is true.
; When then, you will ask, is it, that Governor
I Johnson has done, at my instance and for my
benefit, to create such a noise ? I reply, noth
ing, and you will reply nothing, as every can
did, upright man of any party will say, after
knowing the troth. His only error, and so say
his prominent opponents, is, that he did not do
what was done long l>efore, and do it in regard
to all the Etowah freights. What then, has lie
done ? I now proceed to give you the facts:
First. As stated before, I have striven hard
to have the principle recognized, which is ap
proved by justice and the common sense of eve ry
good waggoner, to-wit: that a concession is due
where a large amount of freights are furnished
daily, and especially where they are associated
with back freights,;as -o fu.nish regular work
aud save running empty cars.
Sec idly, I contended, that it was the inter
est of the State and road, also, to reduce the
rate on Wheatshipped to be millci on the line
of the road, and shipped in Flour; since it could
be done consistently with ail fair charges for
any wayside extra work done, and the receipts
of the road enhanced.
Thirdly, Tiiat it is not right to make such
heavy discriminations against way freights, in
favor of through f reights. That it was wrong
in principle and opposed to the true policy and
interest of the State, since the effect must lie to
cheek our growth and prosperity as a State, and
build up foreign and exterior interests.
I These principles were concealed by Mr. Mitch
ell, and to some extent by Mr. Wadley and Mr.
Youge. Mr Mitchell administered them, as
far as the means in l and and the power enabled
him. He charged on Flour from Etowah to
At. inta ten cents per bbi. by the car load, and
fifteen cents per single barrel, and other freights
n proportion. Mr. Wadley succeeded him
and advanced freights to an cxecssjis we thought.
He put Flour from Etowah to Atlanta, at
twenty-five cents per barrel by theearloa'-.aud
thirty cents per single barrel, and other freights
in proportion, making large d“ criminal' is in
; ’avor of through freights, and great dissatisfac
tion prevailed.
Mr. Yonge succeeded him, and after > ’ ra
• ting the principles here laid down, mad.- .. con
cession to the way freights for milling v:. the
line of the road, aad in other r-spect; reduced
the charges. He reduced on Flour from Eto
wah to Atlanta, and placed it at twenty cents
per barrel by the car load, and twenty-five cents
per siner!“ barrel. These rates were higher in
proportion than the charges on other roads, it.
or out of th • State; but as he concealed the
principle, the businessmen and the coun'■■}• gen
erally I'ccanie reconciled. Ir. Wadley ven
projieriy and wisely, coneea.i i in favor of Stone
Coal shipped for maiiufact.o-’ :g purposes, in
quantity. In view of the interest the State had
in the Iron basin's, ho made a concession to
the manufacturers of Iron, and by his directions
the tariff on ny Iron was fixed as it stood main
ly when Mr. -'onge retired. Mr. Yonge, how
ever, made this concession, to-wit: tiiat as the
Coal cars were coming to Etowah daily with
Coal and must return empty, unless loaded
with Iron, he allowed Iron, as back loading,
to '-e shipped on them at car load rates. Thus
matters stood at the time Gov. Johnson was
elected. Whatever discriminations had been
made, were made by Mr. Wadley and Mr. Youge;
not in favor of me, or any other man, but in fa
vor “>f any one who was, or might be engaged
in Milling or the Iron business on the road.
Not to favor any one. Not against the inter
ests of the State, but because that interest was
promoted by this policy, so said Mr. AVadley.
so said Mr. Yonge, and so said any one. who
said any thing.
Thus stood matters when Gov. Johnson came
into office- Up to this time, no one intimated
or charged Gov. Cobb, or Mi . Wadley, or Mr.
Yonge. with attempting to buy me up, or w'l;
discriminating in my favor, against others, and
against the interests of the State. And yet, al:
that is now done in which lam beiiefitted. aud
a vast deal more, was done then, and done by
Messrs. Wadley and Yonge, under G ov. Cobb.
Whv was not the same hue and cry mada then,
iby the same editorial corps who now raise it ?
|by the same politicians who now proclaim it? 1
Ilf it was a crime, Gov. Johnson's predecessors
committed it. All that Gov. Johnson has ever i
promised, was to let. me lie as well off as I was '
when he came into office. All 1 ever asked ot!
him was to apply the principles and acts of Mr.
Yonge's administration in this respect, not to j
me only, but to all the way frieghts. And 1
did finally, and in writing, notify him that I'
i would not be satisfied with his administration I
by a mere restoration of my freights to Mr. I
I Yonge's tariff, but that I would insist on the ap-1
plication of tiie principles contended for, as al
permanent policy, for the good of the Cherokee 1
country and the State at large. What was the i
result ? It was tins: After the present Super
intendent came in—as all Superintendents think
they must—he published a tariff of taxes on
freights. By it he failed to recognize the prin
ciple contended for by me, and by this country,
(for all parties joined m in it), and partially
adopted by Mr. Wadley and Mr. Yonge. lie
abrogated the concc. ion of Mr. Yonge in favor
oi milling by the way. In this, the Cana-au
ga .uii'..-. the Opelika Mil's, the Calhoun 5:;!ls
the Adairsville mills, the Lewis and Fields mills,
tiie Etowah mills, the Dcnmead mills and tiie •
Ro,well mills were all interested. He refused i
; to ship my iron as back loading in the coal cars, j
j at car load rates, as ordered by Mr. Yonge. lie ;
: efused to hav • platform rars fit:..! up for coal.;
as agreed, at the cost of the Road, acconlinsr to I
Mr. Wadley's written promise, but forced"mt
to do it at my own cost. He increase! for a !
time, the tax on coal to a ruinous rate, and ab-!
rogated Mr. Wadley's concession in favor ot:
Co.il used for manufacturing purp.»ses. Bv iris ■
tariff the present Superintendent changed also;
tiie classification of th- Etowah f’viglits. mail !
by Mr. Wadley, on principles ot fairness, just-;
ness and intc. st to the State. By so doi:i“. he j
raised the tax- on all my freights at one swe“t>. *
an average of 25 per cent, (in some insian.-x>’
more) above former rates, when n > correspond- j
ing advance on any one else, at any otlier place. |
was made. Here was the beginning of troubl.'.
Here, in truth, was the “ dis-r-mination.'' not!
in “my favor, against ethers, "but it wasu ’ ,-t
the interests of the State, against me, and in ,
favor of others. Il added one a-d a AT reut |
tax per busla-1 on wheat ship;, . to mv mills.'
■ >.it nothing on wheat shippcii to Atlanta or b.~ i
low. It added I've cents per bar-- 1 tax m ali i ■
my flour shipped to Atlanta, au.l nut' n :
the‘“'iK’r mills. Hen-was discrimination ;.2~>ti.st 1
me in favor of all mills, especially the- • from At 1
lanta to Bu’.timoii. On wheat from Carters
ville to Etowah. I was taxed five cent* ix'r busls-.
el. It is only two ami a half miles. From Car-1
tersvillc to Atlanta, forty-five miles. s.-ven cents:
only was lie charge, two cent* dit'-rence; and;
I was told, in so many words, that the object ,
w..r to prevent me from sending my wfl. H t on;
the cars from Cartersviil to J'towah.
Here the power of the Road and State was
invoked in favor of millers, at and below At
lanta, against my interest, and against the in
terest of the State, as avowed by Mr. Yonge.
1 was thus denied the benefit of any promixity
to the gain, be virtually refusing to me the use
of the Road, whilst it increased the distance
from my flour market, by the five cents addi
tional tax on the flour.
The same might be shown of mv iron, so that
I might again weary you and exhaust myself.
These effects were likely to be produced by the
tariff of the present officer, which was advertised
for the Ist of August, 1854. As soon as ad
vised of it, I sought an interview with the Su
perintendent, aud again and again strove, with
out success, to get the matter righted. He
seemed to call Mr. Wadley’s classification a fic
tion, and there I stood in the midst of trouble.
This was in June of last year—lßs4. The
Governor heard of it, and voluntarily asked me
at Dalton, Jnne, 1854, if it was true. I told
him it was, and that if suffered to go on, would
draw out of me yearly, from SSOOO to S7OOO
over any former taxes. He said it was wrong
and unjust, and he would see to it. Returning
by Atlanta, as he has informed me, be had a
conference with the Superintendent and other
friends, and the Superintendent then agreed to
I adjust the difficulty satisfactorilv. Thus it we I
' left, the Governor thinking, a.-, lie says, that it
' was. or would be done.
So it remained for eleven months, aud until
June 1855. daring which time the tariff of Au-!
gust Ist, 1854. went into operation. I was
; taxed as above stated, and paid it from week
:to week, feeling the grievance sorely. During
this period, I certainly paid by reason of this
discriminating advance on my freights, from
85000 to S6OOO above the charges of Mr.
Yonge. In my trouble I did what I could,
and said what 1 ought, until it became a ques
tion whether I would submit quietly to this
' wrong and injury, to preserve what are called
! my political relations ; or whether, in justi.e
•! to my securities, who are of all parties, I was
| not bound to stand up for justice and right, at
I the hazard of men’s opinions in regard to my
i political views. I was a Democrat, and a sup
i porter of Governor Johnson. Viewing the
j permanent interest wc have In a just policy on
I .his Road, and perceiving the shuffling of’ men
• and issues, I saw more in the Road and its poli-
Icy than in foreign issues, and I<b yet. Avow
i ing my opinions in ali issues, I * resolved to
strike for a. wise and sound administration of
' this Road. About this time accident brought
■ me in communication with Gov J •imson, and
without seeking it of him, he unex|<eetedly ex
pressed his views in accordance with the prin-
■ ciplcs contended for, and his regrets that ail
I had not been done as agreed. He said the Su
-1 perintendent had just directed, as far as then
could lie done, t..e rates of Mr. Yonge to be
restored, and I having nothing further to ask j
I of him beyond what he agreed to do. found no j
I cause for opposition, hence I determined to!
! stand as 1 had stood, a supporter of the Demo- i
I cratic candidate.
| It is true, as I said, however, that the oppres-'
I five advance of twenty-five per cent is still
i on ail articles, save iron, coal, wheat and
■ flour.
' i For example, I now pay ou flour in half bnr-
I rel sacks, sixty cents to Cattanooga from Etow
'■ |ah a distance of ninety miles. From Atlanta
i to Chattanooga a distance of one hundred and
thirty-five miles, a barrel of flour is taken at the
same price. Is there any discrimination in mv
favor in that ?
From Etowah to Atlanta, on a barrel of:
flour, I now ]>ay twenty-five ceno . it is forty
five miles. From Atlanta to Madison, sixtv
five miles, the same flour pays fifteen cents. To
| Augusta, it pay thirty cents, a distance of one
•tun ’.r. d and sixty n.-"“s. On the Macon &
■J’estam and Central Roads, the charges are
the sajne. You see, then, that lam now pay
ing, according to distance and pounds weight,
about one hundred per cent more than is paid
by those at and below Atlanta.
Finally, it is true, that whilst I pay annually
to the Road on account of freights, between
$25,000 and $30,000,1 am now charged and
■ pay on all goods, wares and merchandise, gro
ceriis. sugar, salt, coffee, bacon and corn, from
Etowah to Atlanta, the very same the merchants
of Cartersville pay. and they arc two miles and
a half further off from Atlanta. In this case
you see that the two and a half miles is not
counted against them. But if Messrs. Howard
& Erwin ship wheat from Cartersville to Atlan
ta, forty-seven miles, passing by Etowah on the
way they pay seven cents per bushel. If 1
ship wheat from Cartersville to Etowah, only
two and a half miles. I was charged five cents
per bushel. Whilst this is true, it is also true,
according to the facts furnished me, that there
are not more than three Depots on the State
Road which pay into its treasury, as much as 1
do. single-handed. And it is known that in
it. I eat no idle bread. I have labored here for
twelve years, with all that I am, or have, or
could bring of men and means, and thus far
the Road and the country are the chief bene
ficiaries. And it now seems that a largeand re
spectable portion of the country desire to sec
me robbed, as heretofore, to the last hour of a
fair portion of my fair gains. Perliaps they
are not informal how much they and the coun
try have profited by me during these 12 years,
I or they would feel ashamed of the unjust com
plaints and charges now being made. Look,
sir, at the accounts, and you will see that I
iiave, during the twelve years, on freights, paid
to the Road over $150,000; a sum sufficient to
buy the property I have, built up. I have savin! i
to the country in the price of iron and castings
sold, at least half a cent per pound, or ten dol
lars per ton. On the amount sold in six years,
! this is equal to a gain to the countrv of ’s4o,-
: 000.
' How much has been gained as a consequence t
, of the venture I made in milling, by a change I
! in the agricultural products. I leave the country j
‘to estimate. I know that millions would not j
i balance the account.
From my own pocket, saying nothing of what j
the people around me paid. I have paid to the I
II State and county thousands of dollars for State |
and county tax. I have bu 't and kept up the j
bridges on the public highways at my owu cost. |
lor the cost of the business here, for twelve!
; years. I have, by the request of the Inferior ;
Court of my county, paid out my means to
feed the public charities, and have never been
refunded or paid a dime from the State or coun-1
ty at all.
Sir, if this couutry belonged to any good;
man, a wise economist, he might double the
■ aluelof it in ten years, by reducing the freight j
charges so as to induce capital and people" to j
stop on or near the lint of the Riad and build i
up a continuous city, from Atlanta -to Opelika.
If the Road did not pay at once, it would!
make its return annually, in more ways thani
■ one.
i The excessive charges' on tiie Road, have i
j lie, n the greatest drawback to the influx of both j
i capital and population to this country. We i
; ;:ave everything else, and these we need to make ‘
! the country what nature designed it, the best |
in the world; and this State, tae first in the
' Union.
I Hoping that all that is for our eood, and the'
country's good may be done. I tiiat Gov
ernor Johnson may receive justice, I re-;,
inn'll,
Verx respectfully, yours.
Mabk A. Cooper. ,'
Mr. Cllx’gMAN.—ln one of bi i’
speeches, says :he Southern Patriot, Mr. i 1
Clingman said that Know ?,’othingisu;;
was destined to be short lived. Tic did '
not know that it would die, but it would '
be like Billy s pig, which was a poor mantry ,'
thing, and a neighbor said to the boy, one •,
day understand, Billy, yenr pig died,”
••No,” replied Billy, “he did::’- . ie, but/
;• st gin ’ Ut!” “So it will be,” said Mr. j ]
(’linjman ‘‘with the order of Know Noth- '
iogi, h will nut die, but just ‘gin out.”’!
Y L- G. Harris, Esq. has declined |
the nomination tendered him by the K i
N’s. of the Sixth congressional District <
in opposition to the Flan. Howell Cobb
Mr. Harris assigns, private business which
business which demands hir attention; for
declining ;
[Correapondenct us tht St. Limin Republican.]
.Letter from Leavenworth —Gen-
eral movements —Ills
Command insufficient.
Lkavlnwoeth, K. T., Aug. 2.
Everything continues uh quiet un i dry in thi“
quarter to Kunsau uh could be expected from an
orderly conjinumty, and a long jt-riea of cloudlesa
days and inghu. The peopk und elements have
settled down with ti'e apparent determination to
nothing until further orders; a cuurw much to be
regretted, particularly us tar us lue ..ements are
concerned, for the want ol rain begin* to be se
riously tell by our farmers, and imieks the win*
dows of heaven are soon open jo, the crops will
sutler material injury.
in contradistinction to the <n<jetiivsao our lit
tle lov*n, Fort Leavenworth, • ar nearest neigh
bor, presents a most lively aspect in consequence
ot one of the new cavalry being organ*
ised, there, and the lilting oi tci the Sioux ex
pedition, under General M rney. This com
mand wiil start on the prai es on the 4th inst.,
toward the Sioux country, but is so late in the
season that tittle ur nothing can be expected this
year, unless the Indians should make a stand,
which, it is feared, they wul not do when they
see such an unusual force in their country.—
A’hey will doubtless scatter over the prairies in
small bands, in which case no blow can be struck
but the appearance of General Harney’s com
mand among them will have a most salutary ef
fect, for they imagine that the United States are
unable to send more men into their country
than are now at Forts Laramie and Kear
ney.
It is to be regretted, however, that Gen. Har
ney could not have gone upon the prairies early
last Spring, but hh Congress did not authorise
the raising oi an additional force until the third
oi March, it was impossible to complete prepara
tions sooner. To make a successful Expedition
against the Sioux living along the i. ase of the
Rocky Mountains, distant over the eight hundred
miles from this fiontier, troops, should leave here
by the middle, of May, at least. All who know
anything of the parties know this, and it is folly
to exp ct anything decisive, from a force starting
so late in the season as the first of August. And
Gen. Harney’s command is not large enough t r *
give me Indians that chastisement they deserve.
He enters the field with only 700 men. He
should have double this force, so a*-, to penetrate
the Indian country with four detachment ofsomc
three hundred men. By this means the Indians
could be intercepted. Os course the number
ot now entering the field could defeat any number
Indians that might be encountered ; but the
great difficulty is like Mr. Grassrabbit, they must
lint be caught However, ns I am only ar. uteider
you may think that I am going beyond my depth
in discussing military matters; but as I once be
longed to a barefoot company in Vork
state, my opinion may be entitled tn some
weight.
Card of Bishop Spalding—To the
Public.
Fellow Citizens : In the Louisvi’lc Journal
of this morning I find the following passage :
‘‘We are not now prepared to say that they (as
saults committed by foreigners) • • • were instig
ated by direct i strnctions of men with fiendish
hearts wh«» control in a great measure thr pas
sions, and are able to dictate elections to the
Germans, and Irish, vho made these at
tacks.’’
If— as some have understood it—this passage
was meant tn refer to the Catholic Bishop and
of this city, I beg respecfuiiy, but most distinctly
and earnestly to deny the truth of the injiiric.ua
insiuu-iiion conveyed ! , its languape. I have
myself been, until the -last day or two confined Io
my loom for two weeks by Illness, and. I have the
most positive information that non® of the C’ath
lie clergy of this city have had any agency, direct
or in bringing about the recent lamentable out
rages, which no one deplores more than we do.
Our voice has been un fornily for peace. We
have not even in any way interfered in the late
election, being overwhelmed with laborious duties
in a different sphere altogether. I venture also
to appeal to the sense of justice and fairness
manifested for so many years by the editor of the
Journal and to ask him to correct this impres
sion so injurious to us, if such was the meaning
of the passage—which I would be loathe to
believe.
To all whom the influence of my voice can in
any way reach. I beg to say that I entreat them,
in the name of Jesus Christ, the God of Peace, to
abstain from all violence, to remain quietly at
home or attending to their business, to keep away
from all excited assemblies, and if they think
they have been injured to return good for evil,
and to pray for those who have wronged them.
I appeal to them and to the world whether this
has not been always the tenor of my instructions
to them, both public and private, and also that of
all the Catholic clergy.
I have too high an opinion of my fellow-citi
zens of every class to believe for a moment that
threats which have been made by some will be
carried out. I entreat all to pause and reflect, to
commit no violence which they would regret in
their cooler moments, and to l-Jieve no idle ru
mors, and to cultivate that p.* ace and l.w.* which
are the charactcristica of the religion of Christ. —
We are to reiniin on earth but a few years; let
us not add to tne necessary ills of life those more
awful ones of civil feuds and bloody strifes.
M. J. SPALDING.
Louisville. August ~
The New York Herald Rebukes
ami Repudiates them.
There are not. less force and pertinency in
the following remarks of the New York
I Herald, because they seem to be reluctan-
1 tly uttered:
' j “We have been expecting a whoiesome
> revolution in our party politics from this
native American re-actions; we have been
expecting a mitigation of its rigid exac
tions to the letter and intent of thcconsti
tution; and, until this new party shall come
within the limitations of the fundamental
law, their efforts in the reformation of the
abuses of the foregin vote can result only
in mischief. The cotstitution is good; that
1 which conflicts with it, in our country, is
I evil; and, as an‘evil tree cannot bring forth
j good fruit, neither can a good tree bring i
I forth evil fruit-' The Saviourof mankind i
! has so declared it; and thus it is writtenon I
i every leaf of the great Book of Nature.
I The Know Nothing principle of absolute'
i exclusion of all foreign born citizens from '
j all public offices unconstitutional, as also I
j that other doctrine ofthe utter exclusion of ■
I all Roman Catholics, native or alien born,;
I from the publicserviee. They are evil trees, j
f and. until they are cut down, can only be •
I productive of such fruits as the riots ofthe !
! lasttwelve or eighteen monthsat St. Louis,;
i Cincinnati and Louisville.
I “The party persisting in this uuti liable }
i doctrines of inevitably}
Igo the way ofthe proscriptive party of;
j 1*44. Peaceable, law abiding men, for!
i ihe sake of law and order, will abandon it; ,'
• and when left in the hands of only the law- ‘
i less and riotous, it will soon fritter away I
! and be extinguished. The masses of the '
American people are conservative’ gener-i
j ous, and just. Unwilling to submit to any '
wrong, they are equally averse to any act 1
of injustice from themselves aginst others. I
i Above ali things, they are attached to the ;
. Christian, benignant, liberal, and wise
.ordinances of the federal J cons'itution.!
. Finding there that all religions a id all tit-'
I izens are placed upon the same generall
■ footing—Catholics and Protestants, native j
and foreign born—and that taxation and
' represents‘ion shall gotogetbei 'be intel-!
lige nt American masses cannot be led, nei- •
} ther by hopes of office nor by fears of pros- {
i eription, from these landmarks our organic ’
law.”
No Danger of Starvation.—A wholesale!
dealer in S.ndusky. Ohio, has beta off 'red 2.060 !
bushels of potatoes, deliverable on the Ist Got
tober. at 25 cents per bushel; but delined the I
offi-r.
Grand Democratic Meeting tn Indiana. !
The Indianapolis Sentinel contains a call for ai
grand democratic meeting at that place on the I
Sgt’a of August, signed by over &00 citizens. |
Frank Admission from a Know
Not bi ng Organ.
Prior to the lute elections in Tennessee,
Kentucky and North Carolina, the Buffalo
New York CommerciKl, u leading Know
Nothing organ, made the following frank
admission, which was not only uttered in
sincerity, but has the merit of being found
ed in truth:
“If Gentry is defeated in Tennesse, and
the democrats achieve a decided success in
North Carolina, the American party will
no longer have an existence as a national
organization. Even if they win a signal
victory in Kentucky on Monday next, it
will avail them nothing, coming upon an
overthrow in the other States just named.’’
The Albany Argus of the 9th instant
has the following seasonable comments on
the above:
“Ihe Buffalo Commercial used the a
bove language in an article concerning the
elections in North Carolina and Tennes
see, which appeared in that paper on the
2d inst. The contingency suggested has
occurred. Gentry is defeated in Tennes
see, and the democrats have achieved a
decided success in North Carolina—elec
ting, in the latter State, five out of the
eight members of Congress. The Buffalo
Commercial is a Kujw Nothing paper, and
of course looks with anxiety upon the
result of the summer elections. It very
frankly state.- the importance of the strug
gle in Tennessee and North Carolina; and
does not over-estimste the influence of a
result adverse to Know Nothingism. Fol
lowing upon the heels of s defeat in Vir
ginia, the repulse in the two former States
settles the quostson that the order has no
political strenth in the South, and ‘will no
longer have an existence as n national or
ganization.’ The Commericial is right in
its conclusion that success in Kentucky,
which tbe Know Nothings have piobably
secured, ‘will avail them nothing, coming
upon an overthrow in the other States just
named.’ Know Nothingism now disap
pears from the stage as a powerful political
clement, and the presidential contest will
be conducted uninfluenced, to any consid
erable extent, by this disturbing force.
‘•lt is to be presumed that candid and
intelligent members of the order, after this
distinct admission by one of its leading
and its ablest organs, that it ‘no longer has
an existence as a national organization,’
.•. ill porfer to abandon its past pretensions
tn that respect, to regard the mission of
the order as ended, and to attach them
selves to such livingpolitical organizations
as best accord with their sympathies. Detn
oersts, it seems to us, will not deem it wise
to seperate themselves longer fr-.m then
political brethren, in the expectation that
this secret order will have tho power to
accomplish any results which they desire.”
The contingency suggested by the Buffa
lo Commercial has not only occurred, but
Ala’ vma, too, has proclaimed in thunder
tones to her eister States that KnowNoth
ingisiu cannot have an existence ass m
tional organization.
f - DIED.
, In Marietta, on the 11th inst,, Mm Mary E.
s Rcsskll, wife of Col. A. M. Kvbsbll, ofDahlon
-1 ega Ga., in the 34th year of her age.
MARRIED.
[ On the 22<i inst. br Rev. Wm. Roberts, Mr.
’ Joseph Smith, of Lumpkin county, Georgia,
) and Miss Julian Johnson of Hall county, Ga.
.’ JOHN C. CLKVKLANI). f THOMPSON ALLAN,
t Indianola, Cal- ■{ Lawrenceville,
j hounco.Texas. J ( Gwinnctteo.Ga
‘ TEXAS LAND AGENCY.
J. C. CLELAND & T. ALLAN,
’ ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
R fl’tHIS Agency having a perfect
f I knowledge of the land law*,
and general land business of tho
- State of Texas, will give their
t prompt attention to the investigating of all claims
s to lands, selling, purchasing or locating the same.
> Emigrant* to Texas will find it to their interest
i to employ this Agency in the purchasing of and
• locating their homes. Lands purchased or loca-
> ted on reasonable terms, locutions selected to
- suit purchasers, lands bought and sold. Letters
I post-paid, anil addressed to either of the firm will
s meet with prompt attention.
nov. 17, '54. wly
Ct
l as, John Martin and Thomas Kilgore ap
# ply to me for letters of administration upon the
e state of George Kilgore late of said county de
ceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish
1 all, anil singular the kindred and creditors of said
. deceased, to be and appear at our court vs Ordi
nary to be held in Cumming on the first Monday
, in September next to show cause, if any ih. y
I have, why letters should not be granted the ap
: I plicants. H. BARKER, Ord’y.
s I aug 2, ’55 w3od
Cohuttah Springs!
■ T N the county of Murray, 21 miles
’ j I from Dalton, celebrated tor their med- t=as|
' I leal qualities, visited by the native sed B*B-1
[ man, annually for 40 years before the while man
, got among them, they regarded it as a valuable
, gift by the great Spirit and revered it as such. —
For many diseases the water has been found to
• be sovereign. Comfortable coaches and hacks
I will be reaily at Dalton to convey passengers to
that place at -s'2 for each, and every effort will be
made by the proprietor, to make Ins guests com
1 sortable. All tilings are now ready. Come on
JAMES EDMONDSON.
j Spring Place, Ga., June 14.
junc 23, ’55. w6l !
. '
DR. James R. Smith, late of Sandersville, Ga
having permanently located in this city, c>l
lers his professional services to the citizens of At
lants.
A 'r itsroor.al experience of more than twenty
j yea.- . :ue practice of Physic, in this State,
1 (eight..-H of which was spent in Washington
' CotL’tly l is the only guarantee offered of his
' ski! ‘sd experience as a Physician.
; V-jcn »<ot professionally engaged hu will atoll
j ti'u: s ue found at the Atlanta Republican Office,
' or at .ns residence on Prior street, one door South,
; Mitrhei street.
REFERENCES:
j W. Markham, Esq.,
I Rev. J. P. Dcncan, ( . .
I L. G. Grant, Esq., ( Atlanta. j
A. G. Wake, Esq. ’
Dr. Wm. T. Haynes, /
; Dr. E. U. WILLIAMBON. t Sandersville,
Gen. T.J. Wabthkn. '
22, ’54. w |y.
Caution to Ladies-
As various not only ineffective but In'urious '
' compounds purporting to lie “Female I 'lls” ur.-
j drr all hinds of names as “Iron Fills," “Silver j
‘ i‘d>s." “Colden I'ills-'’ “Periodical Pills, ” Jc., i
* are attempted to be palmed eff upon the credulous .
; or unwary, it is only necessary for ladies to be on
i their guard against the attempted imposition, and
■ in all cases where th< re is no authorized agent for |
I ho es'-“ of “Dr. Gcissners Menutrual Pills.” to
: o tdet uirect from him by mail, by return of which |
• box will be seat.
Hardware & Iron Store.
■Atlanta; Georgia.
BY GILBERT & CLARKE,
DEALERS in Iron and Steel,
Naiia, Castings, Gin
j ing. Agricultural implement*, 1
i Smiths Tools, Carpenters Tools, j
i Building Materials, House furnishing Hardware,;
I Cutlery of all kinds—Gunsand Pistols, and all, 1
' other goods usually kept in the line—also Leath- ' 1
jer and Rubber Belting—Pig and Bar Lead— ’ 1
I Block tin—Copper, Sine,
, July 19, 'U. wtt
Executor’s Sale.
VGREEABLE to the Ihhl will and Textamou
of John Butt, Senior, late ol aaid county de
ceaaed, will be aold on the Inf Tuesday in Augua
next in the Town ol Blaitaville, Union county
within tho uxuul hour* td aale the following prop
erty to wit: one negro girl named Jane 24 yearn
; old, one girl nuiited Frank 32 year* old, Mandy
I a'girl 24 yearn old, Nancy a girl lOyearaold; and
two infant children 2 yearn old, each; alao on the
' firnt Tur aday iu September in the Town of
I Clarknville Habersham county, Lot ot land No.
i 68 in tho 3rd diatrict of raid county ou the water*
of Duke* Creek, on which i* a good gold mine
All aold, under and by virtue of the lent Will and
Teatament of the naid John Butt, Br., deceaaeb
Sold for the puqioae of a dintnbution aiuwog th*
heir* and Legateca, of naul entate. Term* Cand
JOHN BUTT. Executor.
june 8, ’55. wtd*.
EORGIA FORSYTH COUNTY—AIIpor-
Y aonn concerned ate hereby notified that two
months after dat* we shall apply to the court of
Ordinary of Forsyth county for leave to »ell th*
land belonging to the estate of Joshua Owen*
late of «aid county, deceased. June 18ih 1855.
NEWTON McDILL,) . „
JOHN McGINNIS, $ AU “«•
june29, ’55 wJm
Metalic Corn Mill.
Grader A. Cowen’s Patent,
OF MEMPHIS TtNN.
r J ?HIB Mid is constructed oi Cast and Wrough,
j. Iron—runners 14 inches across the face—
and is simple iu its construction, durable, and
easily set and managed, and may be attached to
steam, water or horse power , but recommend* it
self particularly toeven .la.-.-r who has a Cot
ton Gin, or any power ou a farm, as it can run
with from one to four horses and grind from five
to fifteen bushel* of the beet Meal per hour. It
will also grind Hominy coarse or fine.
Order* for single Mills, or proposition* for
County Rights, will bo received by
A. A. SMITH WICK, Gordon Springs, Ga,.
And J. B. GORDON, Atlanta, Ga.
RECOMMENDATION.
We have seen one of the above Mills on exhi
bition in Atlanta, and take pleasure in saying
that it grinds rapidly and good Mcai, to our en
tire satisfaction. (Signe!)
J. L.STEPHENS,
8. B. OATMAN.
W.T. FARNSWORTH,
Foreman at Winehip 4 Co's,
J. E. WILLIAMS A CO,
J. WINBIIIP etc CO.
Atlanta, Junc 30, 1855. july 5, '65. tfw.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—On tho Ut
Tuesday in October next, will be sold
in compliance with an order of the Ordinary of
Gordon county, within the legal hours of sale.
Lot of Land No. 146, 3rd district of Coweta
county. Sold for the benefit of tho hcu* of
Martin Bowles late of Gordon county, Georgia,
deceased. Terms, on the day of sale.
OLIVER C. WYLY, Adrn’r.
July 13, 1855 wtds
MARBLE CUTTING,
SLOAN <£• OATMAN.
VX7~OULD respectfully announce to tho cill
yy zeus of Atlanta, and country generally,
that they have located here, a branch ol the Mar
ble business from their Steam Marble Work*,
Nashville, Tennessee; where they are prepared
to cxeeute all kinds ofwork done in marble, in the
most tasteful manner, and the latest style. W*
will keep on hand an arwortrninl of Monuments,
Tcmlrs, Tablets, Urns, Vases, Head and Foot
Stones, Marble Mantels, of the Italian, Egyptian,
Tennessee red, Vuregatcrl, &c. All kindsot mar
ble work suitable for furnishing Graves, got upto
order, lettered, lioxcd anti shipped, to any part ot
the South, as olreap ns can be funushttl in any
city in tire South or West.
By calling at our Ware room* opposite the
Georgia Railroad Depot, specrmcns can be seen
that will enable persons wishing marble, to judge
of our styles and workmanship.
14?” All orders left at our Ware Rooms will be
promptly attended to SLOAN & OATMAN
rc rrch 6, ’55 wly
Lumpkin Sheriff Sales,
A A 7 ILL be sold, before the (four’ House door
1 y y in the county of Lumpkin, on the first
' Tuesday in September next, within the legal hour*
I of sale, the following property, to wit:
Lot of land No. 536 13th dist. Ist section
south half levied on by virtue of a li fa from a
Justices court of the 961st district G M Chsttooga
county in fator of Joel Mosely against 8. L.
Hudgins as the property of defendant, levied 'nd
returned Io me by win Taylor, L. C.
Also, lot of land No. 1184, Sth disl. Ist section
, levied on by virtue of ali fa from a Justice* court
of tho 961 diet. G M. Chattooga coun y, in lavor
of Joel Mosely vs. S. L- Hudgins as the property
of said defendent, levied on and rclurned to me
by Wm. Taylor, L. C.
Also, all the righ*, title and interest of defend
ant in and to lot ot land No. 267, 13 ilist and Ist
section, north half, whereon Sarah Westbrook*
1 now live*, levied by virtue of a fi fa from a Ju*
I tices court of the 821sl diet. G. M. of Lumpkin
' county iu favor of Zemina McGuire vs Thomas
i Westbrooks as the properly of said Thos. W»»t
--; brooks,levied and returned to me by Janie* Cham
-1 bers, L. C.
[ Also, Town lots, and improvements thereon,
in the t wn of Dahlonega known by No’s. 31, 37,
and 30, levied on by vi tue of a fi fa in favor Os
John Hill vs. Wtr. Warwick from Lumpkin In
ferior Court. Levied on as the property o! de
fendant, pointed out bv said Warwick.
J. Ji. GRAHAM, Siu iff
aug 1, ’55 wtd
(X EORGIA F<)RBY TH( OUNTY—Where-
J| as, Isaac M. Young applies to mo for letter*
of administrati on, ro tho estate of Alexander J.
Baker, deceased, These are, therefor*, t > cite and
admonish all, and singular the kindred and cred
itors of said deceased to be and. appeor at our
court of Ordinary to be held iu Cumming on tiie
first Monday in August next, to show cause if
any they have, why said letters should not be
granted. June 18 th 1855.
11. B '.RKLR, Ordinary,
june 29, ’55 w2m
S’IATE Ol- gcuAGIA—FORSTTH CO.
WHEREAS, Bailey F. Julian, administra
tor upon the estate of Calib Ellis late ot
I said county decased, applies for letters of dismis-
I sion from the administration of suid estate.—
Therefore, the kindn <1 and creditors of said de
j ceased, arc hereby cited and admonished, to file
; their objections, if any they have, in my office,
iin terms of the law, otherwise letters of dismis
-1 sionary will be granted the applicant at the No
; vember term next of the Court of Ordinary tor
I said county. 11. BARKER, Ord’y.
I April 2Sth. 1855 dwtf
Kule N isi,
Libeljar Divorce in Union Superior Court,
; John 11. C. Allison, vi. Mary Anx Allibon.
IT appearing to the court, by the return of th*
Sheriff, tiiat the defendant does not reaide in
' the r.tate of Georgia, it is, on motion, ordered by
the court that the defendant do appear and an
swer at the next term ol thia court or that tho
ease be considered in default and the plaintiff al
lowed to proceed. And that this rule be pub
lished once a mouth lor four months preceding
the next term of this court in the Atlanta Weekly
Examiner a public Gazette published in Atlanta.
DAVID IRWIN, J. S. C.
A true copy taken from the minutes of court
of April Term, 1855, thia 25th day of May ’55.
THOS. M. HUGHES, Clerk,
juno 8. '55 w4m
GEORGIA FORSYTH iier
sons arc hereby notified, that two month*
alter date, 1 shall apply to the Court of Ordinary
of Forsyth County, for leave to sell tbe real Es
tate of Moses Ledbetter deceased. May 21, 1855
JAAEb MILFORD, Adin’r.
may 24, 'RS. w3m .