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THE \TLANTA WEEKLY EXAMINER.
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JOHN H. STKELK, I
CHAS. L. BARBOUR, j
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1855.
Cobb County Democratic Nominations
Senator,
THOMAS H. MOORE.
Representatives.
ALFRED MAYNER,
SAMUEL M. BRADFORD.
Sheriff,
J. B. BLACKWELL.
Clerk Superior Court,
JAMES M. BARNWELL.
Clerk Inferior Court,
WILLIAM CARROLL.
Ordinartj,
BIRDSONG TOLLESON.
tSf We regret that circumstances prevent
the publication of the “Call to the people of
Ireland iu Georgia,” upon the day of its receipt,
and that we are unavoidably prevented com
menting on the same in our issue of to-day.
The Hon. Robert Toombs, will return home
from a visit to Europe, on the 9th proximo—
The voice of this able and eloquent statesman
will be heard against Northern Sam; and in de
fence of the great American idea of civil and
religious liberty.
The Circus is Coming.
This announcement brings a smile to the lips
of youth, a buoyancy to childhood, and a shout
of frantic joy with a corresponding display of
ivory from all the little darkies. The mere
mention of Robinson & Eldred is enough to
drive away the blues, and reference to another
colum will discover new attractions in their
combined Circus and Menagerie.
——————-■< ♦ —■
The Secret Feature Removed!
Is it? Why then did our Know Nothing
friends exclude Democrats from their Meeting
Thursday night They were particular in their
announcement to invite none but Know Noth
ings, by italisiug the words “all opposed to the
Administration of Gov. Johnson." Those who
were not opposed tohisjulmimstration were thus
given to understand that their presence would
be de trap. Docs this look like removing the
secret feature?
The following rather amusing conversation
recently took place between a traveller and a
squaw in Central Michigan. The squaw had a
'•papoose'' on her arm that was exceedingly white
for a member of her race, which fact induced the
gentleman toaskifitwiunotahalf-breed: where
upon she replied: “No, no—not a drop of white
Wod about it—iudf-lugiu and half Missionary.”
THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL ANO NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
The Democracy in Merriwether.
During a flying visit to Merriwether, we found
the Democracy of that county all right, the
boast of the Know Nothings that they would
carry it for Hill, to the contrary notwithstand
ing. There, as everywhere else, every man is
at his post, armed with full confidence in the
success of the tried principles of our glorious
party, over the corrupt and secret order which
wars against them.
On Tuesday (being the second day of Court)
in the afternoon, a large crowd assembled in
the yard of Mr. Howard, at Greenville, and were
addressed by J. N. Ramsey, Esqr., of Harris,
for near two hours, upon the Philadelphia and
Macon platforms, the corruption of both of
which was exposed in a masterly manner. Mr.
Ramsay is a forcible speaker, dealing in no vil
lification of the enemy, but pouring into their
ranks destructive broadsides of argument, and
tearing away the many colored veil which
shrouds the real intentions of the order, with an
energetic, but not a rude hand. His address
developed many new arguments against the
platforms of the American party, and we are
pleased to learn that he has accepted an invita
tion to present his views to an Atlanta audi
ence at an early day, notice of which will be
given in due time.
Mr. Buchanan, of Coweta, followed in a short
address. This gentleman is a pleasant speaker
and beneath his pleasantry and humor runs a
vein of argument none the less effective from
the cutting sarcasm which envelopes it. We
regret that the limited time at his command
prevented a full discussion of the topics of the
campaign, but as we shall have the pleasure of
hearing him again soon, we shall be enabled to
speak more fully of his efforts in the cause of
Anti-Know Nothingism, and lay before our
readers some of the points he makes, which we
.feel warranted in stating will be of interest to
them, and particularly to our old line Whig
friends.
Mass Meeting at Cartersville-Grand
Anti-Know Nothing Rally.
On Thursday, the Democratic, Anti-Know
Nothing, Mas* Meeting, came off at Carters
ville, Cass County. It would have delighted
our friends in every section of the State, to
have witnessed the enthusiam that prevailed
a this grand rally of the Anti-Know Noth
ing, at this the once boasted stronghold of the
“Secret Order” in Cherokee Georgia. The
numbers present on the occasion have been var
riously estimated. By more .than one Know
N othing with whom we conversed, they were
put down as being a few hundreds, may be a
thousand over those that were present at their
recent Mass Meeting at the same place. The
lowest estimate we had was four thousand—the
highest eight. Our own is that there were
some six or seven thousand present. But be the
number what it may, it was a demonstration of
strength on the part of our friends in the
fifth district, that left ho hope in the heart
of any reasonable Know Nothing of suc
cess to his cause in October next. It was a
perfect death blow to the hopes of Mr. Tum
lin's friends, and a triumph to those of Judge
Lumpkin. Since 1840, we have witnessed no
such political demonstration. The one at
Field’s Cross Roads in Cherokee county, is the
only one that will bear any comparison to
it.
At about 11 o'clock the speakers collected
around the stand, from which the speakers ad
dressed them. Judge Lumpkin first spoke, and
was followed by L. J. Gartrell, of this city.—
At the close of the last named gentleman’s
address, there was an adjournment to the Bar
bacue, prepared for the occasion. Our reader;
may form some idea of its abundance, when we
state that over seven thousand pounds of ni)no
was barbacued, and “chicken fixings” and other
varieties of good things were also most amply
provided. Having partaken of this magnifi
cent feast, the people again repaired to the
stand and were addressed by the Hon. A. 11.
Colquit, J. W. H. Underwood Esq. who was
speaking at the time the train started by which
we were forred to return to Atlanta.
Os the speakers and the speeches, we shall
say but little, though we could say a great
deal. Judge Lumpkin calmly, dispassionately
and ably addressed the voters of his district,
stating the circumstances that placed him once
more before them as a candidate—avowing his
principles—and calling upon them to demand
of Mr. Tumlin, his opponent, a similar avowal,
either on the stand, in writing or through some
authorized friend.
Col. Gartrell made one of the best speeches
we have heard during the canvass. With a
sharp and pointed blade he cut and thrust at
the enemy with the skill and power of one
practised in (political) fence; and with eloquence
that brought down thunders of applause from
the audience, triumphantly advocated the plat
form and maintained the principles of his par
ty-
The speakers that followeil in the afternoon,
Messrs. Colquitt and Underwood, animated bv
the crowd before them, most ably sustained their
cause. Indeed, without repeating what we
have said of the other gentlemen, we could not
do them iu this hurried notice, justice. We
shall therefore say no more, save that the Mass
Meeting at Cartersville, the speakers, and the
people will long be remembered by all who were
present; and that it will hereafter be referred
to as the first public demonstration in Cherokee
Georgia, that Know Nothingism cannot flour
ish in the mountains and valleys of that beau
tiful section of our State.
The Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing
papers of Georgia may pass it round, that
Johnson and Lumpkin will carry the fifth dis
trict by a SWEEPING MAJORITY.
Orders have been received at the Philadelphia
navy yard to fit out the sloop of war St. Louis,
to be ready for sea in six days.
The workman in the navy yard have contrib
uted $2,300 for the relief of the yellow fever suf
ferers at Norfolk and Portsmouth.
A German astronomer says that in twenty
millions of years from now the earth will be des
troyed by a comet.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1855.
[For the Atlanta Daily Examiner.]
I Editor Cherokee Georgian:—
I In your issue of the 10th inst., you have
■ thought proper to bring my name before the
I people; and endeavor to place me in the most
I objectionable light possible before the Demo
i cratic party; and after bragging a little about
I a “fair field” being open for the conquest of the
■ Democracy, and asserting that “Judge Andrews
is very popular” &c., you proceed to say many
things about myself, and the Convention which
nominated me, that are false. I shall, therefore,
consider it a sufficient answer, to all such false
charges, to give a plain statement of facts, rela
tive to the action of our Convention, as near as
II can; and as lam able to establish them.—
' And I do this, not so much for the gratification
of those who are disposed to misrepresent and
peddle out falsehood against me, as to relieve
the minds of those who have been imposed upon,
by having it asserted to them that I was the
nominee of a “packed and corrupt caucus,” I
therefore ask you to publish the following state
ment and hope you will excuse me for being a
little tedious, as I wish to be a little particular.
And to begin: I assert that during the last
spring, I was often solicited to become a can
didate for the Senate, but being somewhat em
barrassed in my pecuniary circumstances, I hesi
tated for some time. Upon a strong appeal
being made to me by many of my friends, I
consented to let my name go before the Demo
cratic Convention, and agreed if nomina
ted, to become a candidate; if not, I held my
self bound in honor, and by principle, to sup
port the nominee of the Convention. And af
ter giving this consent, I considered it my duty
to remain at home, and take no steps whatever
to procure the nomination, and acted according
ly. I did not visit a district in this county
where delegates were chosen—not even my own.
Samuel Lawrence Esq., was also a candidate
before the Convention; but sometime before
the meeting of the Convention he announced
himself as an independent candidate for the
Senate, alleging as his reasons for so doing,
“That the Democratic party had abandoned
the open and manly modes of warfare and were
resorting to tricks, stratagems, sapping and un
dermining, and that the Convention was packed,
and its limited floor already pre-occupied,” &c.,
which expressions of Mr. Lawrence, have no
doubt served as a basis for many of the misrep
resentations and erroneous charges against the
Convention and myself. But I can say, of a
truth, that if the democratic party or any mem
ber of it, were guilty of the charges I knew it
not; nor do I believe it to be true, and in proof
of this assertion from some of the Districts, said
to have been packed, for me, I am told, I did not
receive a single vote! I conclude, therefore, Mr.
L. was mistaken, or misled by false reports.—
But it appears there had been gotten up some
feeling (which I was sorry to see,) between my
friends and Mr. Lawrence’s, in consequence of
which, some of the delegates went to Ex-Gov
ernor McDonald to obtain his consent to let his
name come before the Convention for the pur
pose of harmonizing and uniting all the friends
of Mr. L. and myself, to which he agreed upon
the express condition that his name could only be
used by the unanimous consent of ali the par
ties.
On the morning of the Convention, and be
fore it was organized I was called on by some
of the delegates, and the proposition submitted.
I was asked if I was willing to give way to
Gov. McDonald? To which I replied, “gentle
men I am, and your proposition meets my hearty
approbation. lam not anxious to be a candi
date. and it affords me pleasure to give way to
the superior merit of Gov. McDonald.” One
of the delegates (I think Mr. Hoyle,) then said,
you have not placed yourself in your present
position, and it will be proper to have the con
sent of your friends, and unless it is agreeable
to all the delegates, Gov. McDonald’s name will
not be submitted to the Convention.” The
other delegates were soon afterwards assembled,
and the proposition fully and fairly stated to
them, and they unanimously refused to ucceed
to it, alleging that they believed Gov. McDon
ald would not let himself down to accept it.—
Now I have no doubt that if my friends in the
Convention had believed, that Gov. McDonald
would have accepted, be would have been unan
imously nominated. And 1 here take occasion
to remark, that there is no man in the State who
occupies a more enviable position before the
Democracy of Cobb county than Gov. McDon
ald. He is, and should be, beloved by every
Democrat in the country. Upon the other
hand he has been traduced and slandered, and
that by those same hypocritical men who are
now pretending to be so much outraged on ac
count of the bad treatment he has received (as
they say.) at the hands of his party. Whatwas
the notice of Gov. McDonald's letter on Know-
Nothingism in the Georgian ? not even respect
ful, such a notice as a true Southern gentleman
would not have made, however much he might
differ with qne occupying the position of Gov.
McDonald. Had the Governor been nominated,
I ask my friends how do they suppose that these
gentlemen would have talked ? Ah I then you
would have heard him abused and belied, by
them as they have always done. McDonald
would then have been “an old boken down par
ty hack” a “disunionist,” •■ Rhetts bugleman”
&e., instead of “the great Trogan.”
There is no warmer friend or more sincere ad
mirer of Gov. McDonald than myself; no man
who would go further to serve him, and there
fore the assertion, from whatever some it may
come, that I fixed a "packed” Convention to
defeat him is asfalse as Satan himself. It orig
inated with the Know Nothing Council which
meets at midnight' in some dark cavern, and
is published in a sheet that has always deme its
biddings, in opposing the true principles of this
Government, which ire believe to be the best
the world ever saw, and which can only be per
petuated. by the triumph of Democratic prin
ciples. as we feel assured will be the cate, in
spite of all the falsehood and foul plotting of the
dark lantern association, together with the es
forts that aged poetaster, and that other little,
correspondent, who asks questions, which, like
their author, I consider beneath th* notice of,
! a gentleman. And now Mr. Editor, as’to my
' statement in relation to the Convention and its
action, I stand prepared to make them good.
Respectfully,
T.H. MOORE.
A Call to the > Friends of Ireland
in Georgia-
IN REPLY TO ONE WHO WOULD GO.
Fellow-Countrymen :— The time for Ireland’s
independence has at last arrived. England is
now on the verge of destruction. She has draf
ted the last man from the shores of your dear na
tiveland, and has left but a few thousand disloy
al police to guard her ports. Your unfortunate
countrymen at home, are ready and anxious for
the moment to arrive when they can hail you as
their deliverers, and unite their manly voices
with yours in sending up to the very portals
of high Heaven one wild hurrah for liberty and
freedom! Remember the words of the immor
tal O’Connell“England’s difficulty is Ireland’s
opportunity.” Fellow-countrymen, Ireland's
opportunity is now at hand. She has never
had a better one; and if we are to judge the fu
ture by the past, she never will have a better
opportunity than the present, to strike for her
freedom. Then, for God’s sake, bury your dis
sensions, both religious and political, in one
common grave, and rally to your country’s de
liverance. Ask no man what his politics or
religion is. No! but ask him if he is a friend
to Ireland ? If he says he is, then say to
him:
‘Come pledge again thy heart and hand;
One grasp, that ne’er shall severe,
Our watchword be—Our Native Land !
Our motto—love forever!”
Our affairs are to bo so conducted as not to
compromise the government that has sheltered
us with a home when tyranny drove us from our
heritage and we roamed over the earth friend
less exiles, without a place to lay our heads.—
Yes, Countrymen, America reached forth her
hand at this extremity and welcomed us to a
participation of all the rights and immunities of
freemen and it never shall he said that
the laws that have afforded us such ample
protection, will ever be insulted by one disloyal
act of ours. No—nor the banner, for whose
glory and honor we have so bravely fought to
maintain, ever blush at the cowardice of an
Irish adopted citizen. Then let the star spang
led banner float unsullied over the altar of her
own fair land, and may she there forever wave
with orient pride and sublime dignity, over the
land of the free, the seat of the no
ble; and the home of the brave. But, fellow
countrymen, let us rally once more beneath the
standard of Green, and unite in one solid phalanx,
and in the majesty of freemen, plunge boldly on
ward, for the redemption of AfiP Emerald spot
that gave us birth. Let us at once amass and
repair to the altar of Liberty, and there benath
the folds of the stars and stripes, light the torch
of freedom, and swear by the outrage of mur
der and famine, that it never shall lie extinguish
ed until it is applied to our dear native land and
a fire of liberty there kindled, that shall wrap
the British Empire in flame, and consume her
corrupt carcass to ashes. For my own part,
lam ready at a moments warning. I have no
funds to contribute, but I can purchase my own
outfits pay my own passage, andon my country’s
altar, offer up my life as a sacrifice to the God
of Liberty. Yes—
And thank God that ever I drew my breath,
To triumph in such a noble death !
“Oh ! Erin, shall it e’er be mine,
To wreak thy wron g in battle line!
To raise my victor head and see,
Thy hills, thy dales, thy valleys free!”
Oh 1 then friends of Ireland in Georgia, rally
and come to the rescue of five millions of your
starving misruled, and oppressed countrymen
at home. They would strike for their own in
dependence if they had the means to do it with;
but tliey have them not. We have the means,
fellow-country-men.
Let us then reach forth our hands and grasp
them with all the fury of revenge, and with the
holy enthusiasm of Patriots, the genius and ma
jesty of freemen, and the vengeance of centuries
of outrage and oppression, strike for liberty
and justice.
Yes Countrymen,
“Strike 1 ’till the last arniied foe expires;
Strike! for your altars and your fires;
Strike ! for the green graves of our sires;
God, and your, Native Land!”
You will, therefore, without a moments de
lay, organize yourselves into Irish emigrant
Aid Societies in every city and town, in Geor
gia, and send them on to the Irish Emigrant
Aid Society in the City of Boston (from whom
you will_receive a charter, accompanied with
all the necessary instruction for the future.—
Arouse then, ye hairy breasted and sinew mul
titude, and shake off the fatal. lethargy thkt
paralyzes your noble energies. Arouse ye
high of heart and strong of arm—ye, to whom
danger and destruction is but a scoff, onward to
the redemption of your dear, native land.
She is sinking deeper and deeper every day
in the putrid quagmire of infamy, that her heart)
less Oppressor has thrown around her. She is
now making her dying struggle. Her noble pa_
triots at home have done all they can do to res
cue her, and as a dying resort, have thrown a
rope across the broad Atlantic, and in a voice
of thunder, are now calling on their friends in
America to lay hold and wrench them from the
grasp of their Monster Tyrant. Oh ! then, fel
low-countrymen, from East to West, from North
to South, around, above, below, come—come all
lay hold—give a long pull, a strong pull, and a
pull altogether, and tear her from the strangu
lating grasp of her butcher tyrant. Then join
the inspiring a anthem of redeemed millions, and
once more behold your beautiful Island, pure
and regenerated, an emerald set in the ring of
the Sea.
Constitutionalist, Federal Union, Journal &
Messenger. Empire State, and Times <fc Senti
nel, please copy.
CHAS. CUMMING, M. D.
Atlanta, S«pt, 1,1855.
| The Central Bank of Teanewes. at Dandridge,
| has just gone into operation.
I [From ;he Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.]
Hon. David Irwin.
| Messrs. Editors: As Judge Irwin is now a
| candidate for re-election, his opinions and con
duct are properly the subject of fair criticism.
It is claimed by his friends that politics should
have nothing to do with his election. If so, he
surely ought tojbave nothing to do with poli
tics. The rule ought to work both ways. Has
he been a politician or has he always stood aloof
from politics ? I suppose he will- not deny
that he has alwas been a consistent Whig from
the time that party took the name Whig till it
was disbanded, that in 1840 he was a Harrison
man, helped to defeat the Democratic partv and
rejoiced in its defeat; that in 1844 he was a
candidate for elector on the Clay ticket, and
made political speeches and fought the Demo
cracy to the extent of his ability; and that he
saw with deep regret the success of Mr. Polk
and the defeat of Mr. Clay. Further, I sup
pose he will not deny, that in every election for
Governor since 1840 he has, when Whig and
Democrat was the issue, been uniformly for the
Whig candidate; that in 1841 he supported
Mr. Dawson, the Whig candidate, against Gov.
McDonald, the Democratic candidate. In 1843
he supported Mr. Crawford, the Whig candi
date, against Maj. Cooper, the Democratic can
didate ; in 1845 he went for Crawford, the
Whig candidate against McAlister, the Demo
cratic candidate ; in 1847 he went for Clinch,
the Whig candidate, against Towns, the Demo
cratic candidate. And in every election for
Congress ; and in every other important elec
tion during the Whig party, it is believed with
out a single excepted case, he was uniformly
against the Democracy, and that he has uni
formly regretted their triumph and rejoiced at
their defeat. In the Union and Southern Rights
issue, he was a Union man, took an active stand
and was elected from his county, a delegate to
the State Convention, and in 1851 he was elect
ed to the Bench. But did his connection with
politics cease there, and is it true, as some of
the hireling scribblers who write for him and
some of his pets'and favorites say, that he has
taken no part in politics since he was elected
Judge. The very reverse is true, for in 1851,
the next year after he went on the bench, and
while presiding as Judge, he run as a candidate
for Elector on what was known as the Tugalo
ticket. What, he, a presiding Judge running
as a candidate of a political party for Presiden
tial Elector, and still taking no interest in poli
tics, and as some of his scribblers say, even
shunning the company of politicians! But
probably’ the Judge and his minions have for
gotten all this. . Col. Brown, who was at the
same tune a candidate for Elector on the regu
lar Democratic ticket, beat the Judge so mauy
thousand votes that liis Honor probably prefers
to forget it. lam not saying that the Judge
was right or wrong in all this, but I only
mention these things to show that his tools, who
are trying to deceive the people by writing long
fulsome eulogies on his greatness, are insincere
when they state that he is no politician. As I
have shown he was a politician before he was
elected to the bench, and he has been a politi
cian since. He was a decided Jenkins man
against Gov. Johnson in the lasi election ; but
he is now with the Democracy, and will he vote
for Johnson, or is he with the Dark Lantern
party of midnight conspirators, and will be vote
for Andrews ? The correct rule of judging a
man is by the company he keeps. Judge him
by this rule, and where does he stand ? In the
midst of th Know Nothing organization. Who
are his leading supporters ? The leading K now-
Nothings of the district. They rally to him as
one man and then ask the Democracy not to
make the issue political. 1 would say to the
Democracy, do as the Know Nothings are do
ing in one respect— stand by yoar candidate.—
As a Democrat he is always true. He is an
active, energetic, business man and an excellent
lawyer, and will make a much better Judge
than Judge Irwin. Col. Brown, if elected, will
soon clear the dockets of the great numlier of
cases which have accumulated upon them by
Judge Irwin’s want of business qualifications.
Judge Irwin's slow mode of doing business
makes the expense of litigation double what it
ought to be. Put a Democrat upon the bench
who will do the business as it ought to be done.
That portion of Georgia which lies west of the
Chattahoochee has been governed most of the
time by Whig Judges. The Democracy have
a majority of several thousand, and have" men of
superior qualifications. Johnson beat Jenkins
in the last race over 1,600 votes in the Blue
Ridge Circuit. It is time the Democracy had
taken the matter in hand, and they will do it
the Ist Monday in October next, and elect a
Democrat to the office who will discharge its
duties ably and faithfully.
PUBLIUS.
Census of 1850.
Number of Churches in the United States :
Baptist 9,375
Methodist 13,280
Presbyterians 4,824
Other Protestant Denominations - - 9,361
Grand Protestants ... - 36,840
Roman Catholics .... 1,221
Difference .... 35,619
Value of Church property in the United States:
Baptist .... $11,020,855
Methodist - - - - 14,822,870
Presbyterians - - - 14,543,789
All other Protestant Denominations 37,684,529
Grand Total - - - 878,072,043
Roman Catholic- - • 9,256,785
Difference - - - $68,815,288
Accomodations :
Protestant .... 13,567,007
Roman Catholic ... 667,823
Difference - - - 12,899,184
Protestant Churches in Georgia 1,854
Roman Catholic .... 8
Difference . . - . 1,846
Value of Church property in Georgia :
Protestant .... $1,189,859
Catholic .... 79,500
Difference - - - $1,110,359
The above table is taken from the large Cen
sus Book for 1850, pages 57, 58 and 59.
Resignation of Judge Andrews-
Judge Andrews sent in his resignation as
Judge of the Northern Circuit, to the Govern
or last week. It is a little singular that Judge
Andrews should have withheld his resignation
until within a very few days of the session of
Taliaferro Superior Court. What motive could
have induced him to such a delay ? Was it
postponed to this late day, on the eve of the ses
sion of a Court in his Circuit, because he knew
Gov. Johnson was distant from his post several
hundred miles, and could not, according to his
published appointments, reach the Capital, un
til it was too late to appoint a successor, there
by causing a failure in the session of Taliaferro
Superior Court? Was it to produce such a
state of things, for the sake of political capital,
that this resignation was thus delayed? If Judge
Andrews is free from such unworthy suspicous,
he is the victim of untoward circumstances.
Perhaps onr neighbor can give some satisfacto
ry explanation of this matter, as it is shrewdly
suspected he was with, or very near Judge An
drew* the same week this letter of resignation
wa* pemed.— Fed. Union.
Platform of Principles of the A
meiican Party of Chatham Co.
; Whereas, the sentiment of the American
j Party of Chatham County, as expressed in the
declaration of their delegates at the State
Council of Georgia, which convened at Macon
in the month of June last, is opposed to the
element of religious proscription in any shape,
either expressly or by implication, as an arti
cle of their political creed —which sentiment, it
is now’ considered prqper solemnly to re-iterate,
and publicly to declare—and whereas, also, the
the late National Council at Philadelphia has
removed the veil of secrecy, and the Old Ritual
requiring oath or affirmation, from members,
adopted as expedient in the early inception of
the order; be it therefore
Resolved, By the several Councils composing
the American Party of Chatham County in
mass meeting assembled.
1. Resolved, That the American party of Chat
ham County do not recognize, as a doctrine of
their political faith, any opposition to individu
als, on account of their religious creed, nor the
imposition of any civil disability, nor the de
privation of any civil rights on that account or
for that reason.
2d. And be it further Resolved, That hence
forth, the only obligation that will be required
from amy one desirous of connecting himself
with this Party, will be his endorsement of the
principles of the Party as set forth iu their
Platforms.
3d. And be it further Resolved, That the
American Party of Chatham County shall be
henceforth regarded as it is— A Party and not
a Secret Order.
4th. And be it further Resolved, That all
persons in the County of Chatham, coinciding
with the American Party in opinion upon the
Political issues involved at this time, and ap
proving their doctrines, shall be regarded as its
members.
sth. And be it further Resolved, That the
American Party of Chatham County have no
retrospective objects; that no attempt will be
made to affect the rights and privileges of per
sons who are now citizens of the United States,
or of the §tate of Georgia ; that the main and
distinct objects of the party are—lst. To have
a proper an, l impartial administration of our
City Ordinances and Laws, and 2nd, the culti
vation of an intensely American sentiment, and
a proper modification of the Naturalization
Laws of our Country, to the end that “Ameri
cans shall rule America.”
We hope we are violating no confidence in
the publication of this remarkable document.— ,
We will say here, however, that we have heard
it spoken of as an exceedingly private matter
—one, indeed, which should for the present be
kept out of the public papers. We know not.
We found the paper in circulation, and in the
capacity of public chroniclers give it the bene
fit of our circulation. It is certain, however,)
that it is looked upon by Know N othings even
as a very crude affair. And we hear that the
temporary suspension was decided upon for the |
purpose of giving it a more careful considera
tion. There are those we understand, who are
opposed to the movement entirely, and among
them, we judge, the editor of the Republican.
At all events, he throws cold water upon it in
his last issue by expressing himself satisfied with
het present organization.
N othing, however, can save the secret order
now. The bone and sinew of the party seem
'to have taken the matter into their own Kinds,
and set the leaders at defiance. The fiat has
gone forth, The Order is doomed. Its Samp
son locks have been shorn.
Since the above was written, we understand
this reform extends only to the First Degree
men—initiated of the Second and Third De
gree being deadly inimical to it. This explains
the sly dab which the Republican gave it yester
day morning, and the fact it did not think the res
olutions worthy of publication. The movement
cannot, however, be stayed. The secret order
is doomed. It is, in fact, now no more. What
will become of the candidates already before the
people none can say. Heaven have mercy on
them ! — Sav. Georgian.
Negro Disturbance in Mississippi.
The Marion (Miss.) Republican of the
21st inst. (Tuesday morning) gives the follow
ing:
“Judge Watts informs us that a serious and
extensive combination or organization has been
discovered among the negroes near Gai-lands
ville, Jasper county. It seems that an old ne
gro, about 65 years old, was at the head of it;
he sustains the reputation of being a con
jurer, and the negroes had been in the habit
of applying to him as a great physician or con
jurer who could cure all kinds of diseases.—
The facts, so far as developed are briefly as fol
lows :
“A trust-worthy negro on a neighoring plan
tation. after having received pledges of secrecy,
revealed the existence of the conspiracy to an
overseer, and requested him to repair to a cer
tain place in the midst of a dark unfrequented
swamp and see for himself. The overseer did
not go, but the next morning he took with him
some friends and went to the spot designated
by the faithful negro. There they saw every
indication of a large crowd having been assem
bled, horses had been tied up, fires kindled, and
from appearances they calculated that upwards
of one hundred negroes had there assembled on
the preceding night. They left the spot an l
their neighborhood was quickly alarmed. Sev
eral negroes were taken up and among them
the leader, or old conjurer. The greatest ex
citement was prevailing in the country; a coun
cil was held, and it was decided that the ne
groes should be hung immediately ; ropes were
procured, and the sentence of the council was
about to be extended, when the crowd relented,
fearing lest the innocent should perish with the
guilty.
“ The negroes were then severely whipped,
and they confessed that the conspiracy extend
ed throughout a large section of country, that
there existed several other organizations, which
are called “schools” in - the neighborhood, and
that their object was to organize in sufficient
force, and march, increasing their force as they
went, to a free State.
“No arms or ammunition of any kind could
be discovered; but the negroes confessed that
they were to meet at Garlandsville next Satur
day night to make a start. When asked why
they selected that place as a rendezvous, they
could give no reason, and the presumption is
that they intended to sack the place and murder
the inhabitants. Two white men, they say,
have been amongst them, but their names were
not known to the negroes, nor was anything
developed which could identify them. Arms
and ammunition are probably concealed some
where, as such a scheme would never have been
attempted without them.
“ It is supposed that such an organization or
“ school” exists near Chunkeyyille, in this coun
ty. and we recommend that a vigilant sys
tem of patrols be at once adopted throughout
the country. Suspicious characters and known
abolitionists exist among us, and we cannot be
too vigilant in watching over our slaves, and
thereby protecting them from the vile influences
which are known to exist in country.
A girl thirteen years old; at Hartford, Con
necticut. is a splendid swimmer and diver, and
boldly jumps into the water from a prier thirty
five feet high. She is not encumbered with’a
bathing dress on the occasion.
We should think that girl decidedly attrac
tive in her performance*.
Col. Tiimlin.
i This gentleman was among the first settlers
1 of this county, and has held office with only a
few years' exception, since its organization.—
I He never has been elected by any party op
posed to the Democratic party, and consequent
, ly owes to them an everlasting debt of gratitude,
i for taking him up, poor and unknown, and ele
! vating him to positions of honor and profit.—
I How is he now repaying that debt of gratitude?
By running as an independent candidate, against
the Democratic party ! Not only so, but he
has joined this new order of Know Nothings—
an organization whose avowed object is to put
down the Democratic party. Yet he tells his
I old friends that he is still a Democrat—a Jack
| son Democrat. Now let us see if he is correct:
I that he belongs to the Know Nothing party,
we understand he no longer denies, when close
ly questioned, which is the only organization
that now opposes his old party. " Well, he does
not deny that he now opposes the I temocratic
party, but attempts to evade his enmity to his
old party by asserting that the present Demo
cratic party is not like the old Democratic party
and in fact says that there is now no such par
ty. We here join issue with the Colonel, and
to prove that he is not correct, we bring such
witness as Gov. Wilson, Lumpkin, Joseph Day,
Judge Warner, Howell Cobb, Judge Iverson
Judge Wellborn and Gov. McDonald. These
are Georgia Democrats, well known to her peo
ple, and in whom they have confidence. Their
testimony will outweigh the assertion of Col.
Tumlin. Furthermore, two years ago Col.
Tumlin was supported almost "entirely by the
friends of Mr. Jenkins, an avowed Whig. It
is true he said he voted for Gov Johnson, and
it is also true that all his particular friends and
relations whom he could influence to do so, vo
ted for Mr. Jenkins, and thus Col. Tumlin
played his favorite game—of voting for and
professing to be the friend of one candidate, and
at the same time electionering for his opponent.
This has been so often done by him that we
suppose none of his friends will deny it. And
if we look out of Georgia, the leaders of the
Democratic party every where rise up as wit
ness against him. There are Cass, Buchanan.
Douglass, Marcy, and a host of others, of well
earned national reputation, who say that Know
Nothingism is the only opponent of Democracy.
Now, who is right—Col. Tumlin, or this large
number of old, well tried Democrats, whom we
have named ? The weight of testimony is over
whelmingly against the Colonel, and he should
in a spirit of fairness and candor, admit that he
is now a Know Nothing, and doing ali he can
to defeat his old party. Let Col. Tumlin come
out fairly, and tell the people whose suffrages
seeks, his principles and views; let. them under
stand him ; let no man lie deceived, and let him
for his own self respect quit telling the people
he is a Jackson Democrat, when he is doing all
in his power to defeat the party which once
acknowledged, with pride, that old patriot to
be one of its greatest leaders.— Cassville Stand
ard.
Senator Irverson iu Macon.
Alluding to the speech of our distinguished
Senator elect at Macon on Saturday last, the
Georgia Telegraph says:
It was indeed a splendid and powerful effort,
worthy of the man and of his fame. Os im
posing presence; graceful in action and man
ner, a voice of great power and of singular
sweetness, he impressed his hearers as much
by the felicity of his style and the appositeness
of his illustrations, as by his broad and states
manlike propositions, and his logical and un
answerable deductions. We do not propose,
for want of time and space, to follow him I
thougbout his great argument, or his expo
sition and analysis of the various elements that
have entered into all parties that have sought
power from the times of Adams and Jefferson
down to the present day. He showed that the
same intolerance that characterized the admin
istration of the elder Adams, was now raging
in the American party, with additional element
of religious proscription, the most dangerous
and demoralizing in its effects that had ever
entered into American politics, always except
ing the abolition doctrines of of the American
party North. England more than sixty years
ago had cast off as unworthy of the age, the
garments of religious proscription all seared by
the fires of persecution; and the singular and
modifying spectacle was presented without ex
ample in our history, of a portion of American
people, in the 19th century, an age of civil and
religious liberty, taking up the exploded dogmas
of monorchia! England, and advocating them
with more than fanatical zeal. In the lan
guage of Burke in a speech on a similar issues,
“We arc told that it is not a religious persecu
and its abettors are loud in disclaiming all se
verities on account of conscience * * *
they are not persecutors; they are only tyr
ants.” Speaking of Sir George Savile’s act for
removing Catholic disabilities, the same great
statesman and orator said fEat in its protect
ting our Protestantism ' throughout Europe.”
We must close our remarks by expressing the
hope, that a speech so pregnant with profound
mid statesmanlike views mav be given to the
public, that the Southern mind may be made to
understand and comprehend the true and vital
issues affecting its interests.
The Whole Thing Biirsted Up!
We understand that the Know Nothing
Councils of Savannah met in grand conference
last evening, and resolved to disband ! They
passed resolutions to surrender up their chart
ers, papers, lists of enrollment, archieves, &c.
&c., to whom we could not learn, perhaps to
the Mother Council of Massachusetts. We
sincerely hope, before they are shipped, that a
curious public be permitted to see them. Our
Know Nothing friends might thereby turn an
honest penny. We would give as much to see
them documents as we would to see Barnum’s
-Happy Family.”
The National Constitution, Ritual, oaths,
obligations, initiation ceremonies and all, like
wise, we understand went by the board. As to
the secrecy, Anti-Nebraska Platform wc arc
not so well informed. .One thing is certain,
however, Know Nothingism in Savannah has
completely bursted up! We are not surprised.
It has held together now longer by far, than we
had expected.
In writing the obituary of this singular order,
a few words will suffice. It was born of Abo
lition, nurished by intolerance and proscription,
and died of the elections in Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama.— Snv. Geor
gian.
Charge of Compounding a Felony.—Mr
Seth S. Lynde, a merchant of New York, has
been arrested on complaint of Mr. Nortoe A.
Hoxie, who charges him with compounding a
felony. 11 appears that the complaint grew out
of a charge of fraud preferred about a year since
against J. Hoxie. Jr., who was charged with swin
dling certain New York.merchants out of about
8150,000, and decamping with the same to the
West. Lynde, the accused, was delegated by the
merchants whom Hoxie had defrauded, to pur
sue him and cause his arrest. He did so, but in
stead of bringing him to the city of New York
to answer an indictment for the offence which
had been found aginst him be, as is alleged,
compounded the felony with him by accepting
I $19,000, on the receipt of which he let the priso-
I ner escape. Lynde having arrived in New Xork
and Mr. Norton A. Hoxie hearing of it. issued
out a warrant and caused his arrest. He was
taken before Justice Pearcy, and held to bail in
810,000, to appear and answer. Mr. Attebury
merchant, of Broad street became bis bondsman
WM. KA 7 PROPRI ETOT
NUMBER 4.
. A Compliment Indeed.
Yesterday the intentions of but a few days
was carried into completion in a very flattering
manner to the parties concerned, Among the
repiibliean wives and daughters of Mobile, the
idea had lieen busily germinating of testifying
to Mr. John Forsyth how highly they appreci
ated his bold and able championship of the lib
erties they knew so well the value of. They
could not vote for him; Ihi( owing him a debt
of grateful obligation, they desired some suita
able means to testify it.—With this view, they
caused to be purchased a handsome service ol
silver, and commissioned their other halves to
present it in their names. Thus was the editor
made the hero of an “agreeable surprise,” for
he was the very last to be informed of the com
plimentary intent.
In the parlor of the Battle House, at 2, P.
M„ the presentation was made, in presence of a
large number of Democratic friends—all of na
tive American stock, for generations past, save
some five or six.
Julius Hessee, Esq., was selected by the la
dies to act for them on this occasion, and in a
short address he explained the motives, wishes
and feelings of his fair constituents, dwelling
strongly, as they did. on his gallant and un
flinching conduct with such heavy odds:
Mr. Forsyth received with pleasure this most
unexpected compliment—doubly gratified from
the source and the occasion—but with evident
sincerity repudiated any supposed claim for the
course he had taken. He knew not whether
surprise or pain predominated in his mind when
first convinced that such pernicious principles
as he had combatted had taken root in this
land of freedom—this land which the oppressed,
for conscience sake, were the first to people,
and in which civil and religious proscription
had never been heard of until the middle of the
nineteenth century. But finding the hydra, he
bad no alternative but to fight with all his heart
and soul. But in this was no personal merit,
as he had no choice. To have been silent would
have been at the forfeit of his honor, and to
speak otherwise than he did, was to turn traitor
to every lesson of his youth and manhood—to
the principles in which he had been raised from
childhood. Yet, he had been richly recom
pensed for some hud work, although a labor of
love. He had received substantial proofs that
his efforts, such as they were had met the ap
proval of his fellow men—which, if anything
could enhance, it was the present proof that ha<l
penetrated and found an echo in the hearts of
their families.
'Hie articles are truly beautiful in form and
finish—a pitcher goblests and large salver—but
the donor, speaking for the ladies, begged this
offering miglit not be estimated by its sum in
dollars. The inscription reads—“To John For
syth, Esq. From a number of Lady Friends iu
testimony of their esteem for his able defence of
civil and religious liberty.” Mobile, Aug., 18-
55.— Mobile Register, 18th.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Miss Eliza Logan Most Positively
not Married—Letter from the
Lady.
[The statement which appeared in the Com
mercial to which Miss Logan refers in the fol
lowing letter, was, we think, copied from » St.
Louis paper, and being speedily convinced of
its untruth we published a contradiction. But
a paragraph asserting that a Indy so estimable
and eminentas Miss. L. had condescended to be
married once “in the papers,” and there is no
repairing the mischief, except, periiaps, by a
decisive and official document, such as is annex
ed. Miss. L, has, we must say, done a cruel
thing at one “fell swoop,” blasting the hopes of
all her many admirers by solemnly declaring
that she have no intention of marrying any of
them.
Clifton House Niagara Falls, 1
August 17th, 1855. j
Editors Commercial.—A statement ap
peared in your paper, to the effect that I was
married at the Clifton House, Niagara Falls,
on the 10th inst., I beg to assure you that such,
is not the’ease. The story is’a complete fabrica
tion, the author of which, is yet unknown. 1
have no intention of marrying the gentleman
in question, nor any other gentleman whom 1
have seen or known. 1 should like to discover
who it is, that has taken such an unwarantablc
liberty with my namo. Meanwhile I subscribe
myself (still,) Yours with respect,
Eliza Logan.
P. S. I don’t think 1 could find any name
which will serve my parpose better than the
above.
The Fever in Norfolk.
The papers of Saturday morning are at hand,
bringing latest intelligence from the afflicted
people of Norfolk. The number of deaths, Fri
day, was sixteen. There are five hundred cases
in the city. Ex-Mayor Stubbs, his lady, two
daughters, eldest son and two servants, are all
sick of the fever. Dr. Higgins, whose list of
patients is large, lias also been taken down.
Mayor Woodis, likewise, was attacked on Thurs
day, but was better Friday evening. Offers of
assistance were daily pouring in from all quarters.
Iu a few days there will be a regularly organ
ized body of excellent nurses.
Alluding to the remarks of the American
Organ on the nature of the disease, the Argus
says:
This is all a fabrication. Persons who have
the disease are not taken suddenly in the street
with vomiting. The sickness is yellow fever,
like that prevaling in New Orleans. Those who
die live from three days to a week after the first
attack, and many recover.
Col. Kinney’s Expedition.
The North Star brings interesting intelligence
from Central America. Col. Kinney and his
party were at Greytown in fine spirits, where
they had been joined by considerable reinforce
ment. They are reported as quiet, well-disposed
persons, paying in cash for everything they re
ceive, and in every respect conducting themselves
in the most orderly manner, by which course they
have thus far gained the good will of the people
of Greytown.
It is said that Col. Kinney purposes moving
into the interior soon to confer with the govern
ment authorities of Nicaragua, and probably to
offer them his services in case a war should break
out between that country and Costo Rica, which
is at present anticipated.
'lliey have already prepared and planted consid
erable ground, and all hands were at work—sonr
at lumbering, some at tilling, and some at build
ing.
Another account states tha the Transit compr
ny refuses to convey letters from the Kinne;
Expedition on these steamers to the Unite
States —that a battle has taken place betwee
Col. Walker, and the Nicaraguans—that or
hundred of the latter and eighteen of the form;
party were killed—that Col. Walker surrendert
after the fight, and that twenty of his men wci
made prisoners. This story is not general!
credited.
A Congregation of Abolitionists. —-
correspondent of a religious paper says that i
Theodore Parker's church, “not a few had sec
1 lar newspapers, which they set and read till aft
1 the services commenced. There were bows <
1 recognition across the hall, and everybody seem<
' quite at ease. The sexton set a vase of bsau:
1 ful fre*h flowers on the speaker’s desk.”