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From the Constitutionalist <Jj Republic.
Letter from Mark A. Coope|r.
The editorial of the Chronicle 4' Sentinel of I
the 25th nit., in commenting on my letter to
Dr, Branham, gives a new version of'the charges
against Gov. Johnson and myself, to wit, he
says:
“The charges were that he (Cooper) had re
fused to vote for Johnson, because Johnson would
not reduce the freights on the State Road, for
his (Cooper's) benefit.”
“That Johnson had reduced the freights and
that Cooper now supports Johnson.”
“Remember, this editor is here replying to, or
commenting on my letter, and would have his
readers believe that he has here set forth the
charges as they “were" made against me and re
sponded to by my letter. This is a gross mis
representation, and a perversion of truth as any
reader of this will say, if he will publish the let
ter.
The charges were, Ist. “That I hail received
S6OOO, in’consideration of my vote to John
son.”
2nd. “That large discrimination had been
made in my favor, and against others, and
against the interests of, the State, by Gov
ernor Johnson, to secure my influence.”
This Editor admits that I have denied this,
and pronounced them "untrue and false in every
form, to every intent and purpose - ” But to ex
cuse himself, for charging my denial as “false
and untrue,” he falsely states the charges re
plied to in my letter, and substitutes the new
version.
By this, it appears that an houest enquirer
after truth cannot rely on his reprensentation.
But the new version of the chargeswill not avail
him, for it also, is untrue, and unjust; since I
did not refuse to vote for Johnson, the opportu
nity has not been presented, nor did I say abso
lutely that I would not. A “reduction’, “of
freights for my benefit," was not the exigency
called for ; since, it is true, that at the time
(June 1854), when Gov. Johnson voluntarily
told me the new tariff was wrong and unjust,
and that I should be put on as good footing as
when he came into office, the advance on my
freights had not yet been made, but only pro
posed for August thereafter. Neither had it
gone into operation when the Governor and the
Superintendent agreed to do what the Governor
promised. The idea, therefore, of a reduction
for my benefit, was preposterous. They only
agreed not to raise it to my injury. All I asked
or could ask, was the specific performance of
what the Governor had promised, and they hud
agreed to. This in a Court of Equity, I would
be entitled to have "nunc pro tunc." , And,
without some manifestation of justice, I should
in all probability, have voted against Gov
ernor Johnson, for I did not hesitate to say
that, in that event, I would. But it was not
for the mere "reduction of freights, for my ben
efit that satisfied me." If the Editor will not
comprehend, I desire the country to understand
it.
It was the avowal of a principle of Adminis
tration that applies to all, benefits all, for the
good of the State, and the growth and prosper
ity of Cherokee Georgia, the demonstration of
which found an occasion in this case of mine,—
It is not true, therefore, that I continued or
yielded my support, on account merely of the
reduction of my freights. I have secured the
rule for future action, called for by the Legisla
ture of 1851-’2, and aided on by Governor
Cobb, and Mr. Wadley, and Mr. Yonge, now
conceded by Governor Johnson, and demanded
by all parties in Cherokee Georgia. No party
will hereafter dare to violate it an this adminis
tration has done.
But it is not true, as charged, that Governor
Johnson yielded acquiescence, in compliance to
me or my influence. Not a word of this is
true. No, he postponed this to my sorrow and
serious injury, and I have satisfactory reasons
for believing, that in doing what he did, at the
time he did it, he was not controlled or forced
by the influence of any one man, Judge Lump
kin or any one else. Before his nomination, I
know that a man of quite as much distinction
as Judge Lumpkin, brought this matter before
the Governor. Not only this individual be
friended me, (and he is no candidate, and no
seeker of office), but various others in the coun
try, good true Democrats—all united to con
vince the Goveuor that this act, too long delayed,
should bo performed, even at the eleventh
hour. It was not the influence of one man,
or fear of one man, or two, or three or four
either, that induced this act of justice to me.
It was the voice not of the Democratic party
only, but of all parties, that demanded it.
Being convinced of that, the Governor did
not delay justice any longer. If he had, he
would have been unworthy of his party or coun
try.
It is not for me to say what part J udge
Lumpkin had in the matter. But I know what
I would have done in his place. I think I know
what he, as the nominee of his party, should
have done, and that was, to leave no stone un
turned, to heal all the wounds inflicted by a de
lay of justice, and bring out thc'full Democratic
strength for himself and the Governor. This is
what any party would require of its candidate.
Why then blame the Governor for what he
did? Why not blame him for delay of justice to
me, by which I am robbed of over six thousand
dollars, and the State enriched by it? I answer,
simply because it will ill become the opposition
to resent itjfer me, whilst! have fortitude
to bear the injury.
This is the only reason, and I know it. lam
truly grateful to the masses for this kind feeling;
and my gratitude would bo confirmed if they
would require their editors and stump orators to
decline their unjust.und injurious charges against
me.
But this editor will have it, that it is Tanta
mount to “bribery” since the frieghts have been
educed, the State is loser and I am gainer.
Yes, the State has lost what it might have
gained, and has absolutely pocketed six thousand
dollars bo the same process in which it might
have gained what it has lost—an act of robbery.
And it has lost, by ceasing to exact the over
charge, in tbe sumo sense m which the robber
may lie said to lose, when, having it in his pow
er to take nil you have, he kindly consents to
take only half your money. And after being
stripped unjustly, of six or eight thousand dol
lars, I have gained the privilege of pocket
ing all that the robber consented to leave with
me.
This editor says, that I deny that the six thou- 1
sand dollars has’been paid back to me. “in any ’
‘ manner or form, to any intent or purpose." And s
yet he says Ido not deny ‘that there was any '
urgreement to refund the money to me.”
Well, waving the folly, stupidity or perverse- '
ness, that; after reading my letter, cannot per- 1
ceive the denial alledged not to be in it, 1 now
•ay the whole is false* There never wus any
agreement in any manner or form, to pay it
hack in any manor Or form, directly or indirect
ly, tn port or in whole. Will this satisfy ?
This editor says there is discrimination in my
favor, 1 say that the discriminations are against
me, except on four articles, the rates on which
were settled by Governor Cobb, Wadley and
Yongo, in accordance with the directions of the
Legislature iu 1851-2.
He puts the case of Flour by the barrel, twen
ty-five cents to Etowah thity cents to Carters
ville. This is by the single barrel. Well, put
that down and work it by the same rvle, and
he will prove that the discriminations are in fa
vor of Cartersville in nine eases out ten.
For instance. Cartersville as he says has
Wheat taken to Atlanta, forty-five miles, for
eight cents, while lam required to pay nve
cents t¥om Cartersville to Etowah. only two
and a half miles.
Again, as before shown, every thing that
comes from Atlanta to the two places is taken
to Cartersville as cheap as to+howah; even the
passenger fare of the [xsiplc at my place is the
same as to Cartersville. This was not the case
under former Administrations. Do you call this
favoritism.
But to show how wickedly false and untrue
this charge. I give only one more case, to-wit.:
During this hue and cry, I have tom shipping
Wheat from Chattanooga Calhoun, Adairsville,
and Cass station to New York, by Atlanta.
From Chattanooga to Atlanta, I have paid
sixteen cents per bushel. The New York spec
ulator and every oue else have paid only thir
teen cents. The only difference is this : The
car that brings my Wheat, without unloading or
any disturbance of the frieght, is stopped long
| enough at Etowah to change the Freight Bill,
! and send it on.
I From Adairsville to Atlanta, I now pay on
| Wheat nine cents, sixty-seven miles. From
Chattanooga to Atlanta, one hundred and thir
ty-four miles, every one pays only thirteen cents
Where is the favoritism here ? It is in favor of
through freights, against the local freights, and
against me, and against the country.
Against this I have contended for years, and
Governor Johnson has declared himself opposed
to this odious and oppressive discrimina
tions and has set about to correct the evil.—
And for this he and I are to be to denounced as
corrupt!
When the people’ who are interested in this
matter shall understand it, they will turn on the
accusers with sore displeasure.
The editor still talks about "the bargain be
tween Johnson and Cooper," to keep up his
humbuggery. Let me ask his readers—where
was the consideration? It was a voluntary de
claration of the Governor, more than a year
ago. I had not named it, I gave nothing, pro
mised nothing. He was moved by a sense of
justice, as he then declared. Wheer is the bar
gain?
But by it, the editor says, 1 now ship a barrel
of Flour to Atlanta at twenty cents, and Car
tersville pays thirty cents.
I say this is not true; and the editor, with the
freight list before him, might have known it.—
I pay twenty-five cents by the barrel, and not
twenty cents; and everything considered, this is
scanty justice. By the car load, I pay twenty
cents, .Cartersville twenty-five, cents. Andi
pay five cents on Wheat two and a half miles,
Cartersville pays seven cents for forty-five miles.
He says that the "reduction" of freights was
confined to Etowah. Well, they might be, be
cause they only were materially raised there,
and that after I was assured, and it was agreed
that they should not be.
To gratify himself with the'pleasure of charg
ing me falsely, this editor grossly and
misrepresents my letter again. He says that
my letter reads thus : “1 now pay twentytfivc
cents per barrel on Flour from Etowah to At
lanta.”
Well my letter does say that it is true.—
But this very fair and truthful Editor says it is
not true— because the records show that on the
sth day of August, “Mark A. Cooper shipped
flour from Etowah to Atlanta at 20 cents.”
If this editor had stated also that the shipment
on the 4th of August was by the car load— he
would have told the whole truth: but he sup
pressed it.
If in quoting my letter, he had told his rea
ders that I was there speaking of what “I pay”
when I ship "a barrel," there would have been
no suggestion of falsehood. But he did not—
he did the reverse.
Here then is a suppression of truth and a sug
gestion of falsehood merely to afford a pretext
to charge me falsely—what judgement awaits 1
him for such wilful wickedness ?
I have now diposed of his editorial of the
25th. If he please to try again; he will find me
ready and fully posted.
Since writing this; lam shown the Editor’s
Kof the 29th, in which he boasts of whut
s done in the way of false charging, and
dares any one to the denial with the refutation.
If his readers can be favored with it, they may
decide the matter for him.
In the same paper, he publishes an article
signed Kingston, and with a flourish, pretends
that it contains great developments and new
disclosures of startling import.
Kinsgton states many facts, and some things
that are not facts. So rar as his facts relate to
me, he probably is indebted to me for them,
since they have been published by me again and
again for months past.
There is therefore nothing new in it. I told
all these material facts ut Cartersville Mass
meeting, and in various other places, besides
writing it out.
What Kingston says, that is not true, I did
not say. And if this editor wishes my testi
mony of what are facts and what not, let him
publish what I write and he shall have it. I
nave again and again declared the whole truth,
and and it does not suit him to give me the
credit for it. I have not even failed to publish
the meeting at Gordon, at which nothing was
was done or "agreed” on as pretended, and in
which this editor and some others of less note
pretend to have found a nest so full of “Mare’s
Eggs.” *
I remain resiiectfully yours,
MARK A. COOPER.
(From the Federal Union, Mil inst.)
Letter from ex-Gov. Cobb—The
Office of Attorney for the State
Road.
The following letter from ex-Governor Cobb
has been handed us for publication, by a gentle
man in this city, to whom it was addressed. It is
it complete answer to the charges made against
Gov. Johnson, of having created an office to re
ward a political friend:
Athens, Aug. 27th, 1855.
Dear Sir: Onmy return from Walton county
I received your letter of the 20th instant, inquir
ing into the causes of the original creation of
the office on the State Rood held byR. J. Cow
art. Esq., and I reply at the earliest moment.
When I went into office, I found numerous
claims aginst the Road, which had been accu
mulating for several years. I.was satisfied that
it was impracticable for the General Superinten
dent to give his personal attention to these claims,
as his time would be wholly occupied in the dis
charge of his regular and ordinary duties. I
therefore determined to appoint a commissioner
to examine and report upon these claims, and
accordingly appointed Col. Farris, and associat
ed with him Mr. Whittle, a lawyer. The duties
of tliat commission were faithfully performed,
and both gentlemen earned every dollar that
was paid to them. When Gov. Johnson came
into office, I informed him of what I hod done,
and also stated to him that claims were constantly
arising against the Road—that the Legislature
had thrown open the Courts of every County
through which, the Road passed to claimants, and
that similar claims were being prosecuted in the
Courts of Tennessee—and that my experience
and observation satisfid me that there should be
some one appointed to attend to this class of
buisness. Whether the person so appointed
should be called Attorney to the Road or Com
missioner, or any thing else, was immaterial. It
was necessary and proper that there should be
some one who should examine into these various j
claims, and prepare the defence against such as
onght to be resisted, and consult and advise with
the Superintendent on this branch of business,
entertained no doubt, either then or now, as to
the power of the Executive to do this thing.
So far.as that is concerned, there is no difference
between the power I exercised and the power
exercised by Gov. Johnson, and it was perfectly
legitimate in both cases. Any other construction
of the power and duty of the Executive in the
premises, would deny him thejtower to employ a
lawyer to defend a case in the Court—examine a
claim —or render any other similar duty in con
nection with the Road- As a question of constitu
tional power, Lam unable to discriminate between
the constitutional right of the Executive to em
ploy a lawyer to defend one case and to defend
all cases—to examine one claim and to examine
all claims—and so*on in reference to all the du
ties of this particular appointment.
Entertaining no.doubt either of the power or
policy of making such an appointment, I exer
cised it when in office, and recommended mv
succesor to do the same. It is not the creation
of an office, but as the matter now stands, the
employment of a lawyer to protect and defend
the interest of the’State.
I am. very respectfhlly, yours. Ac.
Howell, Cobh.
Democratic State Convention.
Cincinnati, Aug. 30.—The Indiana Dem
ocratic State Convention met at Indianapolis
yesterday. Speeches were made by Gov.
Wright, the Convention adjourned after adopt
ing resolutions reaffirming' the principles of
the National Conventions of 1848 and 1852.
denouncing the conduct of the Missourians and
Massachusetts men. in interfering in the lesral
rights of Kansas settlers, and maintaining that
Government should protect the rights of all
| legal citizens, whether native or foreign born.
ITne Convention was the largest ever assembled
in the city.
i [From the Oxford [Miss. Democrat Flag.]
Letter front President Longstreet
1 ' —TO the Methodist Church,
i; South.
- Origin o/ Know Nothingism—lts prejudicial
i ; bearing upon the wealth and strength of the
I'; country.
I In my address to the Preachers of the Meth-
I thodist Church, 1 have shown that if all the
I ■ foreigners who come to this country were both
I Catholics and paupers, and that if they all voted
• to a man under the dictation of the Pope, that
■ | still Know Nothingisnp is not the remedy for
i these evils; and if it were, it is a remedy with
which Methodist Preachers should have noth
i ing to do. Thus far I have discussed the sub
t ject under concessions which confined me within
a circle so narrow, that its circumference al-
■ most touched its centre. lam now to present
I; it in its proper light: from which it will appear,
' that no Christian, no patriot, should attack him-
■ self to the “American Party.” Hitherto I
■ have not called it by that namelist, liecause
• that is not its baptismal name; and 2d, liecause
’ it designates no attribute that belongs to it.—
But as conciliation is my object, and the Know
Nothings are ever-sensitive at this moment. I
will compromise matters, and call it by the one
name or the other, as may, for the time lieiug,
seemtoost appropriate to the occasion. And
i here let me remark once for all, that 1 know
there are many good men and true, attached to
the American party; that, they joined it from
good motives, and with the honest design of pro
moting the interest of the country. To such I
can only say, that whatever may be found in my
remarks, that savors of bitterness; is not intend
ed for them. But for the Order-its organization
—its projectors, its mode of operation, and
many of its votaries, I have no respect, nor do
they deserve any. Os these I shall speak ac
cording to my estimation of their deserts. It
is their privilege to recriminate, and if the good
and virtuous will stand aside from the conflict
why very well; they will not be touched, save
by implication, which at times it will be impos
sible to avoid. But if they will thrust them
selves into the contest, as some of them have
already done, they must share the fate of their
allies. I shall not withhold or avert a single
shaft out of courtesy of kindness of them. Os
all the parties ever conjured up in this land of
party legerdemain, this is the only one, that ever
exacted respect form its opponents, by reason of
the wise and good that belonged to it —respect
I mean, such as would be due to these men in
the private circle. This is what the Know
Nothings demand: and that too, when they are
begriming men whose characters have stood
above reproof, longer than they have stood upon
the face of the earth. While they are exact
ing so much, let them extend a little indulgence
to one, who verily believes that they are sap
ping the foundations of the Government—who.
began to write when but one prediction of his
concerning it, remained to be fulfilled; and who
writes now when it is entirely and lamentably
fulfilled—w - ho uttered his prediedion, when the
party had not even a name—when he did not
behave there was a member of it within five
hundred miles of the State of Mississippi, and
when the wisest of five hundred men who heard
him, regarded it as little more than commence
ment declamation.
The origin of Know Nothingism seems to be
a mystery to everybody. Even the most eru
dite of the Order can shed no light upon it. I
think I can trace it to its cause, if not to its
author. Whether I be right or wrong, our re
flections will lead us to one of the most beauti
ful morals that ever was addressed to a self
ruling people.
It was not until the year 1846 that Massa
chusetts abolitionism got completely beside it
self. Up to this period, it had been held in
check by the gravity, decency and self-respect
of the more recently inoculated of its victims,
and the yet remaining, but fasfdeeaying sound
ness of public opinion in that State. But in
this and the succeding year, it reached its grand
climacteric, and loomed out in all its hideous
deformity. It threw off all decency, all deco
rum, all self-respect, all patriotism, all regard
for public opinion, all principle. In January,
1847, there was a grand meeting of the anti-Sla
very Society in Boston, headed by by a Presi
dent, twenty-six Vice Presidents, (Caroline
Weston, being one) two Secretaries, one Audi
tor, and twelve Counsellors—three of them wo
men, whose names, for the honor of the sex,
and as being in rank to Vice President Caro
line Weston, I will record: Maria Weston
Chapman, Eliza Lee Fallen, and Anna Warren
Weston. In this meeting, almost every county
in Massachussetts, if not every one, was repre
sented.
To this august assembly, the Board of Mana
gers represented a report, which opens with a
complaint against the “slave power,” of course.
It then proceeds to the Mexican war, in regard
to which, it holds this language: “We fear
that the vastly greater resources of the United
States for tlie supply of men and money, will
sooner or later extort from their weaker neigh
bor their own terms of peace. This event must
be deprecated by every lover of humanity, of
justice, and of freedom. Every good and hu
mane man must earnestly hope that success may
attend upon that Power, which is striving to
to remove from its soil, a piratical horde of
banditti.”
Adverting to the Wilmot proviso, the report
procceeds: “Slavery must of necessity be tri
umphant, Ac.—there is no remedy but revolu
tion. A revolution beginning like all such, in
the hearts and minds of men. but manifested in
due time in the disruption of the Union, in the
overthrow of our present deceptive constitu
tion.” Speaking of the State, it says, “her real
prosperity and true honor can only be secured
by the blow that shall sever the the bond of the
existing Union.” Much more of the same sort;
in the course of which, General Taylor is called
the slaveholdiny leader of ou t national banditti
engaged in piratical incursion into Mexico; and
and then the repori continues: "The anti-Sla
very history of England, has been unusually full
of various incidents during the past year. The
formation of the anti-Slavery League, the Evan
gelical Alliance, the visit of Mr. Garrison,” (to
England,) “the extensive agitation of the slavery
question by his means, assisted by Mr. Thomp
son” (Englishman) “and the American abolition
ists—have made the last year” (’46, remember)
“one of extraordinary animat on and interest.
We believe that we could never boast of a lar
ger mid more devoted band of faithful friends
in the Mother country than we now possess.—
;We have received elegant gifts from a multi
tude of other places (London. Bristol. Ac.) and
I are thus put in communication with new effi
cient.
This report proceeds. The conflict between
the abolitionists of Scotland, and the Free
Churclvin the matter of blood money, has been
carried on with even more vigor during the
past year, than ever before. ,
And again: "The Irish contributions to the
Bazaar, like those we have just enumerated,
were of increased amount in quantity, elegance
and value. We accept this annual increase of
.the tribute paid to the Image of God in Chains
whose dungeon in this broad land, as a grateful
evidence of an increasing and spreading sympa
thy with universal! Humanity.” (“I hang on
Massachusetts—l cannot give up Massachusetts
said Crane of Virginia, in the Philadelphia
Convention! What a Virginian!)
Thus we hear it openly avowed in Boston,
tliat_therc is an organized conspiracy between
Great Britain and Ireland, and the' abolition
ists of Massachusetts, to overthrow this gov
ernment. And now for the moral.
In 1845,1 cannot find any account taken of
the number of paupers who came into Mas
sachusetts from abroad in that year, whence
I conclude that there were none ; or that
the number was very small. Let Massachu
setts speak for herself as to the following
years :
1846. -The whole number of persons relieved
as paupers was 15.261: of whom 7.022 were
State paupers, and 7,850 town paupers. Os
the State paupers. 4411 were foreigners: and
• these 3,834 were from England and Ireland—
-722 foreign paupers have come to the State
this year."
1847. "The whole number of persons relieved.
Ac.. Ac.. 18,717, 7.920 town paupers; 9.005
I State. Ot the last. 7.035 were foreigners, and
. of this number 6.383 were natives of England
I and Ireland. 2501 foreigners paupers have
come into the State this year.”
1849. -The number relieved, He., He., 18,693;
11 town 7,166. State 9.431. Os State, 7,413 were
foreigners, of whom 6.707 were natives of Eng
land and Ireland. 1,494 foreign paupers come
I ‘ into the State this year.”
1849. -The number &c., 24.892 ; town, 8,-
: 381 : Ltale. 14,083. Os the lust, 19.243 for
j eigners: of whom 9,128 wen- natives of Eng
; land and Ireland. 3.043 foreign paupers come
, into the State this year.”
( 1850. -The number ic„ 25.981; town, 7,-
900. State. 16,958. Os last. 12,334 weij- for
.! eigners; and of this number, 10.816 were nu
i' fives of England and Ireland. 1,891 foreign
paujx-rs come into the State this year.”
. i 1851. “The number. &c., 27,654; town 8,-
093, State, 16,154. Os last. 12,940 were for-
. | eigners. and of these 11,905 were natives of
England and Ireland. 2,000 foreign paupers
j come into the State this year."
■ 1852. -The number, 27,737 ; town 8,-
■ 235 ; State. 14,388. <>f these, 11,321 were for
, | eigners. 9,788 natives of England and Ireland
. I 1.500 paupers come into the State this year."
I 1853. “Number, &c., 26,414: town, 8.008;
; State. 14,831. Os these. 11.874 were foreign-
I ers, of whom 10,014 were natives of England
and Ireland, 1,134 foreign paupers come into
! the State this year." And this brings us to the
i nataldayof Know Nothingism. Earlyinlßs4,
i perhaps'at the close of 1853, it was born deaf
I and dumb in Massachusetts. Why, we wjll see
I presently. According to Chickering, in 1840,
I the foreign population in Massachusetts was
but 4.72 per cent, of the whole population of
the State. In 1850, it was 20.20 of the whole
I population—more than a fifth. In 1830, it was
i but 1.57 of the whole population. Now. what
i could have poured such a flood of emigrants in-
I to Massachusetts, (the most sterile and thickly
settled State in the Union,) between the years
1840 and 1850 ? Why such a vast dispropor
tion from England and Ireland ? Did they
come to sustain her in her efforts to overthrow
the government ? Or did they come from the
impression that all her feelings and sympathies
were in unison with their own? No matter
which, never was there a more just retribution
for fanatical madness than this. The burden is
not half told. Her criminals, her deaf and
dumb, her insane are in like proportion, and
saddled upon her at an expense which is abso
lutely astounding. Foreigners are a growing
fungus upon her, that must waste her away, if it
cannot be removed. But how is it to be re
moved? Shall she use up the contributions of
her confederates, and then cut their acquaintance
and drive them off? That would be disgrace
ful even to her. She has borne up under the
growing evil long and heroically; shall she bear
it forever ? That is impossible. Well may she
abhor foreigners. Now Know Nothingism is
the very remedy for her. Form a secret society
against them—swear the that they
will not disclose their names or deeds, and stab
them in the dark. Bind Catholics to them, for
popularity’s sake, and put Temperance over
them with like intent, and to sanctify the sacri
fice, send out emissaries every where, some to
preach in the street against Catholics, and others
to work like the devil in Eden, upon the inno
cent and unsuspecting. Whisper this to the
hater of Catholics and slavery; that, to the
dreader of foreigners; and the other, to the lover
of Temperance. Put on any face, promise any
thing, hold any language, to gather recruits;
and when you have got them, swear them in by
oaths so strong, that they cannot get out or go
counter to the will of Massachusetts and her ab
olition kith and kin at the North. Thus get
strength, kill off Democrats, take the reins of
government, drive off allies southern and foreign,
kill off Catholics, and crush the "slave power,
by'turning loose the slave upon his master.”—
Here I take it, is the spawning, the poisoning,
and the satanic aiming of Know Nothingism as
it came from its mother. Had it adhered to its
original darkness and muteness, it, would have
accomplished its ends to the full, and the South
would have been made necessary to her own un
doing. Never was abolitionism so silent, tru
culent and seemingly national, as it has been
since the birth of Know Nothingism. It would
profess anything, it would swear anything, until
the touch-stone of slavery was appied to it, and
then it showed its cloven foot, fled back to its
den, and set up its natural howl louder than ev
er. How such men as Robert Breckenridge
could ever have dreamed, that Massachusetts
and Virginia, abolitionists and slaveholders,
ceuld be united into a national party, is to 'me
the great mystery of these mysterious times—
Could oaths do it? Why every officer in Mas
sachusetts swears to support the Constitution of
the United States, and violates his oath without
scruple or remorse. Every Senator and Repre
sentative of hers in Congress does the same.—
Oh, it was the master scheme of abolition in
iquity. to unite oath-defying and oath-respecting
men, of different latitudes, in bonds indissoluble
save at the will of the first Heavens and earth,
upon what a precipice has the South stood for
a twelve month past! Look how perfectly eve
rything tallies with these revelations. Wherever
Know Nothingism has triumphed, the champi
ed, the champions of the Constitution have fall
en, and abolitionism has gloated over them.—
Wherever it has usurped authority, it has nulli
fied the Constitution and laws of the Union,
hustled off poor women and children of foreign
birth, grabbled in the sacred edifices of Catho
lics, and mode hostility to the South a condition
for office. Hear me patiently, honest sons of
the American party, aad you will soon excuse
me for “meddling with politics” this once. Bear
with me a little while, ye patrons of the Uni
versity. and you will applaud the “old dotard,”
for flinging himself between your children and
the American party.
One word more before I leave this head, and
then I have done with it. It is the darkness of
night whieh brings out the lustre of the stars.
So it is the darkness of the State that brings
gloriously to view the truly nobilty of her sons.
1 If Massachusetts has sunk herself to the foot of
■ the sisterhood of States, those sons of hers who
I haxe stood by the Constitution and laws of the
' land, through long, long years of fanatic blister-
■ ing, have placed themselves high above all the
1 republicans of the Union. They have been
’ tried by fire, and found pure. Immortal honor
■ be their reward!
We now turn out attention to the policy of
the war against foreigners.
It is not true that every immigrant is a pau
; per. It is not true, as I have supposed, that a
. tenth, or even a twentieth of them are paupers.
. But let us suppose that the pauper immigrants
[ are to the thrifty, as Ito 19. Then as we have
. seen, if the nineteen brought into the country
with them nothing but their industry, it would
be bad policy to exclude them. But they bring
> more. They bring talents in every department
i of science; many of them, heavy mercantile
■ capital; many the means of establishing them
selves in their several pursuits; and almost all
, of them bring some money in their pockets.—
Every dollar they bring with them, is just
. so much wealth added to the country without
(' labor. A thousand recently arrived in New
i York who brought with them over §34,000.
I To be upon an undisputed ground, we will sup
. pose that each sound foreigner brings with him
i but the half of that sum §17,000. I put down
s the whole number of foreigners who have come
L to this country from 1787 to this date (August
1855) at but §3,000.000. From this number
deduct the paupers. 157,894, and we have of
j sound 2.842.106. who have added to the actual
-: capital of the country §48,315.802, or §7lO
- j 526 per annum upon an average. Now the
| average expense of a pauper for a period of 8
f i years in Massachusetts, is not quite a dollar a
. I week. But compute it at a dollar. The num
? i ber of paupers who have come into the country
1 is on an average 2.322 (round numbers. Their
- expense per annum is 120,744. This amount
r subtracted from the sum brought into the
country by the sound, leaves §589,782 per an
, num clear gain to the country by immigration.
In the year ending 30th September, 1848. there
came to the United States from abroed by one
, ship alone. 229.492. Os these. 2.968 were na
tives. leaving of foreigners 226524. The males
were to the females, in round numbers as 136
c i to 93 —the chrildren under 15 years of age 52,-
1 213. Deducting these the whole
? number, leavee 174.311. From this take the
13 paupers 9.174. and we have 165,137,capab1e of
* labor. I suppose their labor to be worth ten
cents per day.over their support: aad we have
e §16,513 per pay, or §5,168,569 per annum ex
cluding Subbaths. Three millions of foregners
u6B years, given an average of 44,117 per
%nnum. »
Now if all the foreigners who came to the
! country in 1818. (229,492) give 85,168,560 nett
per annum, whut will 44 117 give per annum?
Ans. §993, §67,564,324 in sixty-eight
' years. To the annual profits of labor (§993,-
i 593) udd the cash annually brought in §710,-
! 515 and we have §l, 704.110 nett profits of im
migration per annum, or 8115,880,092 in sixty
i eight years, counting no interest or accumula
! turns. Nearly ull this wealth and industry goes
i North to be sure und we gain by it only in the
way of trade—in its enhancing the demand for
■ our productions, and eheapening the articles
whieh we get in exchange for them. Now what
are we to think of the heads of u people, who
I would fling away this vast, tin 1 not half told
; treasure, to get rid of the pauperism that accom
panies it? Nearly the whole of the pauperism
fails on the North—the only burden which she
has not managed to fling upon our shoulders.
And we, good easy souls, who have helped to
burden ourselves withmost of the expenses of the
government for nearly forty years, are now mov
ing heaven and earth to relieve her of this petty
charge! With little the South does bear of it
falls almost exclusively upon Catholic Orleans;
and upon the inhabitants of this city. Know
Nothing opposition is expending its greatest
force. How long will our people be duped, de
graded, and impoverished, by A*ankee sophistry,
daring, duplicity and cunning! Look what an
arm of strength we are lopping off when we cut
off foreigners. Their children arej natives, and
as true to the country as any in the land. Who
more gallant in war, or orderly in peace, when
let alone? when the pandemonian tribe from
whom I have quoted above, were plotting trea
son, wishing success to Mexico, and denouncing
your chivalrous sons a« a piratical horde of ban
ditti, where was Sheilds, and hundreds of his
countryman, and their companions in arms from
olmost every land under the sun? What had
he done to be pushed aside with the blood scarce
ly staunched that gushed from his breast under
your country’s flag, to make way for a self-cursed
abolitionist?
“But they will swell thejmajority against us at
the North.” What stuff! The homely proverb
of the stable-door and stolen horse, over again.
Your only hope of saving yourselves from the
majority against you at the North is by concil
iating the foreigners there; and now - is your time_
to strike'for a treaty with them, instead of stri’
king at their vitals." Never did I see such a gio
rious prospect for a complete overthrow of abo
litionism as there is at this time. Drop your
Know Nothingism, and we have all the south,
all the foreigners, all the Catholics and Demo
crats against them. Fire-eaters, do not go for
dissolving the Union at this time, I pray you.—
Do not go for it, whatever the next Congress
may do. Pull down all your platforms, unite on
the single plank'of anti-abolitionism; make no
speeches in Congress, give the majority rope,
and then let them return to their constituents.—
They will astonish high heaven with their leg
islation. Be it so. They cannot hurt you as
yet, and if they stop the wheels of the Govern
ment, all the better for us. Any thing before
abolition rule. That will teach the North wis
dom. No matter what laws they pass, my life
on it, they will all be repealed by the next Con
gress, and they will not have a chance of pass
ing laws again for ten years to come, if ever.—
It is a time for a sober preparation on our part ■
but not for action. A. B. Longstreet.
( The fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Baltimore, September 7. —The merchants
of Boston have sent §4,000, New-York §6,000
and Philadelphia §16,000, of which §3,000 were
received at the Philadelphia North America of
fice this morning. The pestilence is increasing,
and there is almost a famine in Norfolk. The
deaths in the two cities are more numerous than
ever.
New Mall Anniigrrnints.
Columbia, Sept. 7.—An arrangement has
just been made between Mr. Caldwell, Presi
dent of South Carolina Rail Road Company,
and Mr. Campbell, the Postmaster General, for
a doable daily mail service between Kingvillc
and this city.
Nominated.
Philadelphia, September 7. Passmore
■Williamson, of the Wheeler slave case noto
riety, has been nominated as Canal Comtnis
er.
New York Markets.
New York, September 6.—Flour, Corn and
Wheat were unchanged. Cotton was quiet at
previous rates, Spirits of Turpentine was
firm.
Later from California.
The steamer North Star has arrived at N.
York with dates from San Francisco to the
18th ult.
Trade was dull—goods had declined and min
ing was good.
An Indian war was raging in Northern Cal
ifornia and Southern Oregon, in which 25
Americans had been killed.
The Klamath Indians attacked the miners
on the Sacramento—fifty Indians were killed.
A party of Mexican robbers attacked the set
tlers and killed eight men and one woman. The
robbers were pursued and three killed and nine
hung.
Woods, the late partner of Adams <fc Co.,
had absconded to Australia, taking oue hun
dred thousand dollars of the assets of the late
firm.
It is said that two gold-dust counterfeiters
wore employed by Adams & Co.
Central America.
The war rages in Central America. The
democratic forces were defeated in a battle on
the 18th. by the government troops.
Walker was recruiting at San Juan with but
poor success.
Col. Kinney had concluded a contract with
Shephard for thirty-five millions acres land, and
sent Lieut. Granada to the Government to con
firm the grant.
Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Surgeon-General Lawson will leave Washing
ton Sunday for Fort Monroe to report on the
subject of evaenting the Fort by the troops for
the purpose of admitting refugees from Norfolk
and Portsmouth.
And still they Come.
We find in the Newnan Banner the follow,
ing withdrawals from Bowdoin District Coun
cil, Carroll county. They certify that John B-
McDaniel, who is’ a candidate on the Temper
ance Ticket, in Carroll, is a Know Nothing,
for they have been with him in the wigwam.
They say he also made a move in a Temperance
meeting’to bi ml all to vote for Overby for Gov
ernor.
Win L. Linton. ; J. W. Braw,
Wm. Smith, Wm. J. Skinner,
John M. Burt. J. H. Johnson,
D. J. Alexander, Richard Aurn,
J. R. Turner, Wm. R. Burt,
W. W. Robinson, L. W. Milias.
HARALSON. COWETA COUNTY.
Alfred Hancock, i his
John Cuthbertson, R. J. X Chappell.
C. M. Blalock, • mark.
S. A. Cruce. Jordan Spivey.
Wm. L. Mayo. . E. M. Culpepper,
Mieal Garrison. | Josiah Allen,
ZEBULON, PIKE COUKTY.
John J. Chapman, John M. Ozburn,
E. L. Connally, G. W. Fowler,
R. L. Anderson, James Parks,
Thos. Howard, James Powell,
John Sweet,
Jews.
The next Lord Mayor of London will be Mr.
Solomon, a Jewish merchant. It is surprising
how great an influence this people exert by the
strength and, especially, the singular acuteness
of intellect which they possess. Although, in a
national sense, homeless, although bunted through
ages of wanderings by theslot hounds ofbigotry,
avarice, and prejudice, weffied them at this day
exercising vast control over the destinies of na
tions. That this is so, is only proof that ths intel
lectual powers of the dwellers in Judea were
equal to these of any people in any .era of hiato-
ry, and that Moses and Solomon, and Isaiah and
Paul, were the representatives of a nation of
unsurpassed intllectual culture. At present
scarcely a country in the civilized world is not
proud to count on Israelite amongst spirits.
Two of the race, and we believe of the faith, sit
in our own lofty Senate. The most brilliant
orator in the English House of Commons is not
ashamed of the same descent, while the most
brilliant diplomatist of Europe, the veteran Nes
selroode owns to his parentage that unequalled
skill both in thought and expression, which has
enabled him to vanquish so may able oppo
nents.
There must be a future for a people boasting
such intellects as these.-- Sat- Courier.
A new play, written by Miss Vandenhoff, is
about to t>e products! in this country by Mr. Geo.
V undenhoff.
Removal Question.
The following, we clip from the last Federal
Union:
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the States of Georgia in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That the question
of Removal anil location of the Seat of Gov
ernment of the State of Georgia be referred to
the legal voters of said State, and that they be
required ut the next general election, to en
dorse on their tickets ••Removal” or “No Re
moval.” If to be removed, where. And it
shall lie the duty of the managers of such elec
tion, to make return, to his Excellency the
Governor, the number of votes polled for and
against Removal, and the places voted for.
Approved, February 17th, 1854.
RATES OF EXCHANGE IN ATLANTA-
Reported and corrected tri-weekly by
U. L. WRIGHT.
Exchange on Northern Cities, J percent.
“ on Savannah, 1 per cent
“ on Charleston, J percent.
WHOLESALE PRICE OF GROCERIES IN
ATLANTA.
Corrected tri-weekly, by E. W. Holland 4 Son,
Wholesale Commission Merchants, Atlanta.
No. 1 Rio Coffee, 1J to 12. cts. per lb.
Salt per Sack, 2.00
Star Candles, 26 cts. per lb.
N. O. Sugars—Fair, hhd. 5 J per lb.
“ Prime, “ 6|c per lb.
“ Choice, hhd., 7c per ib.
N. O. Syrup, bbl., 40c per gallon.
Extra Raw Whisky, 50c per gallon.
America Brandy, 75 to 80.
ATLANTA PRICE CURRENT
Collated from the reports of J. R. Wallace 4
Bros., J7E. Williams, dr Co., and J. dr J. Lynch
.Cotton, extremes 10 to 12
Bacon Sides 12 to »2j
Hog round, Hi to llj.
Hams 10
Shoulders, Ilj
Lard, per bbl. 12J cents.
Corn, per bushel 80
Meal, SI.OO to $1.20
Salt, per Sack, 200 $2.10
Sugar per Hhd., 71 to 9J
Coffee, 12jto 13
Clarified Sugar, 8 to 10
Syrup 45
Molasses 35 to 40.
Mackarel No. 1, in Kits, 4,50.
“ “ 2, $12.00 to 15.00
“ “ 3 per Barrel, 9,
•• “ 4, “ “ 8,00
Cheese, 12J.
Bagging, i 6 to 18.
Rope, 12|.t014
Manilla Rope, 20 to 22J.
Tobacco, 15 to 75.
Candles. Adamantine to 26jto 30.
Flour, 3J
Eggs, 124
Butter 20
Iron American, 5 to 6 J
“ Sweeds, 5J to 6J.
“ Band, 6J.
Castings, 4) to 5.
Steel Cast, 20.
“ German, 15.
“ American. Bto fO.
Nails, 5J io per keg
Powder, Blasting, per Keg, 4.20 4.50.
Safety fuse, 50 cts. per 100 feet
“ Rifle, per keg. 600. to 650.
Teas, 75 to 125.
Factory Yam 85 to 90.
Osnaburgs, 9 to 10.
Chicken 21J to 15.
Oats, 35 to 40.
Fodder,l2s to I 50 per cwt.
Hny, 1.50 to I.7sper cwt.
Apples Dried, 1,00 1.25
“ Green, 50 to 60.
Feathers, 35
Liquors.
Reported by J. 4 J. Lynch.
Brandy, (Cognac) per gal., 2.50 to 4.00
“ (Domestic) “ “ 65 to 70
“ (Cherry) “ “ 75 to LOO.
Gin, (Holland) “ “ 1.75 to 2.25.
‘t (Domestic) “ “ 60
Rum, (Jamacia) “ “ 1.00 to 3.00.
“ (Domestic) “ “ 66 to 70.
Whiskey, (Corn) “ “ 60
“ (Western) “ “ 46 to and 50.
“ (Monongah “ 2.7 gal., 80to 1.20
Special Notices.
SMt. Zion R. A. Chapter, No. 16.
MEET’S every 2nd and Ith Monday
night, in each month.
LEWIS LAWBHE, H. P.
Jan 16, 1854 72dtf
Jiiit Atlanta Lodge, No. 59.
MEETS every 2nd and 4th Thurs
day night in each month.
L. C. SIMPSON, W. M.
Atlanta, Jan. 16, 1855 72—dtf
Mr. Editor: —You will please announce my
name as the ANTI-KNOW NOTHING Candi
date for JUDGE of the Coweta Circuit. The
election the Ist Monday in October next.
JOHN L. STEPHENS,
june 5, '55 dwtde
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce Col
JOSEPH E. BROWN, a candidate for Judge of
the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge Circuit at
the election to be held on the firstTWonday in Oc
tober next.
may 8, ’55 dwtde*
Land Warrants Wanted.
THE suliscribcr will pay the highest cash
prices for Land warrants, tvt?’ Office opposite
Daugherty’s Hotel, Newnan, Ga-
H- GRAY. TENCH.
Sep 11. d2t
For Sale or to be exchanged so
city (Atlanta) lots 375 acres of Tennessee landr
Two hundred acres in a body, ten of it cleared
with a small building on it, within twelve miles
of the city of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and
three of the surveyed route for the new Rail Road.
Another lot of 23 acres joins the city. Apply to
D. 8. COOPER, Real Estate Agent, Office next
door to Gartrell A Glenn, (up-stairs> Atlanta, Ga.
aug 28, dtf
Hurley’s Sarsaparilla has a voice that ech
ova from the Hudson to the Mississippi, and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The principol jour
nals of the United States have recommended it
to their millions of readers as the best medicine
known to the human family. Thousands of
persons, and some eminent physicians, have giv
en certificates with their names attached, recom
trending this remedy. We know this prepara
tion is a great improvement on Bull's Sands’,
and Townsend's, which have become defunct
since Hurley’s locomotive blew her whistle.—
Louisville Democrat.
This popular, and valuable medicine can be
procured at the Drug Store of Messrs. Smith A
Ezzard. Try it.
THOMAS HURLEY.
Demotratk Anti Know Nothing
MASS MEETING!
FRIENDS OF THE CONSTITUTION ‘ COMt JU IHI
RESCUE 11
U« FRIDAY, the 23th of September next.
THE Democratic Anti-Know Nothing Party
of Henry;and the surrounding counties, propose
having a laige and enthusiastic MASS MEET
ING, at McDonough, Ga.
The counties of Spalding, Butts, Jasper, New-
I ton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, and Pike, are es
i pecially invited to senduplarge delegations.
I (' UM EH()YS TO THE H U.S TIN GS !
COME UNDER YOUR BANNERS!!
We have invited muny ABLE SPEAKERS,
I and among them the following—(some have
j promised to come:)
Hon. A H. Stephens, Hon. C. J. McDonald,
“ Howell Cobb, “ Jas. M. Smith,
“ H. V. Johnson, “ Linton Stephens,
| “ Hiram Warner. “ J. H. Lumpkin,
I “ David J. Bailey, “ G. J. Green.
ON TUB OCCASION
j A FREE BARBECUE.'
Will be given, amply sufficient to feed thou
sands ! Let none stay away. Conte One! Come
all! !
An especial invitation is extended to the LA
DIES.
THE COMMITTEE.
McDonough, August 28th. 1855.
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING
At Indian Spring, Butts County.
SEPTEMBER sth.
THERE will be a Mash Mbetino of the Dem
ocratic Party at Indian Spring, on WEDNES
DAY the sth of September next, to which all
the people of the State are invited. The best
public Speakers in the State will be present, in
eluding our candidates for Governor and this
Congressional District.
' O?* Come one, come all. and hear for jour-
! selves, and partake of our repast.
Thob. M. Carter, f Committee
Jas. R. Lyons; < of
E. Varner. ( Invitation.
1 Democratic papers will copy.
August 20, 1855.
BOOK BINDERY.
Attached to the office of the “Examiner," the
proprietor thereof has a Book Bindery in opera
tion. In it he executes work of every description
usually done in the largest bindery establishments
of the North, and in a style unsurpassed by any
one of them. His terms arc as reasonable as can
be expected by any one, and iar more so than
Southern establishments generally. His work
men are experienced, and of the first class in their
profession. This, together with the prompt ex
ecution of all work entrusted to him, will, we
hope, induce those who have orders to give, not
to overlook his establishment. Specimens of work
will be exhibited to ail who desire it.
JOB PRINTING.
The proprietor of the “Examiner” is prepared
to execute Job Printing of all kinds, upon terms
as reasonable, as in any city in the South. Ho
has on hand a large and well selected assortment
of type of all descriptions, and is receiving an ad
ditional supply of the same, such as warrants him
in asserting that he will execute jobs of any de
scription in a style not to be surpassed else
where.
All persons desiring to contract for job printing
will do well to give him a call.
MEDICAL BOOKS.
We have seen at Mr. Kay’s stores a large and
well selected assortment of Medical Books, which,
wa are advised, will be sold on most reasonable
terms. The Medical profession, a tine opportu
nity is here presented of securing rare and stand
ard books. We advise them, and the Students
attending the Medical lectures in our city, tocail
and examine these publications, ere they pur
hase eslewhere.
The Watchman.
“ Watchman tell us of the night f
THIS beautiful and thrilling romance, Iroin a
pen that writes as few have written upon the sub
ject it treats, and with a full knowledge of the
life he depicts, has just been received. Price
$1 25, for sale by
WM. KAY, at his Cheap Book Stores
June 5, ’55 dtf
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
and Unparalleled Attraction I
The Great Musical Prodigy.
The Infant Drummer I
Whose extraordinary tnd astonish.ng per
formances stand unparalleled in tho
History of tlie World,
will appear at Concert Hall on Tuesday eve
ning, September tlth, in connection with Mr.
D. W. Morris’s celebrated
Dissolving Views.
Tickets 25 cents. Children 15 cents.
Doors open at 7J o’clock—entertainment to
commence at 8. <l3l
grand EXHIBITION - !
ROSSITEB’S
Great Historical
PAINTINGS,
Arc now open from 9 o’clock a. m. to 10 o’clock
p. m., at the
GtmncSL Pavillion
opposite tlie Trout House. Ti ckets only 25
cents. Chrildren 15 cents.
Atlanta, 8 sptember 11 dtf
’ iWDMim ® f
STRAUS & CO.
WOULD inform their old customers and
friends generally, that they have just re
turned from market and are now opening one of
the largest and best selected stocks of
MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING
ever opened in Atlanta, comprising every variety
of Men’s Furnishing Goods, from Shanghai fine
to the lowest price. This stock was laid in for
cash and is offered at the smallest advance for
cash.
Only call and buy bargains at their Empire
Clothing Hall on Whitehall st., opposite W. J.
Mann’s. STRAUS A CO.
Sept 8 ”55
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—Agreeably
to an order from the Court of Ordinary ol
DeKalb county, will be sold on the first Tuesday
in November next, before the Court House door,
in the Town of Deeatur, DeKalb county, within
the Legal hours of sale, a House and Lot in
the town of Decatur, lying east of the street
leading from the Female Academy to the Grave
Yard, bounded north by Mrs. Nesbit's lot, east
by R. Jones’ land, south by R. Jones’ lot where
on J. M. Hard now lives, usually known as the
McAaliiter lot, containing one acre more or less,
soid as the property of Merrill Humphries late of
said county deceased, and for the benefit of the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of the deceased.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
P. F. HOYLE, Administrator.
September 6, 1855 wtf
THE
ll'hitehcill Street, • Atlanta, Ga.
©a?-Board per day, §1,50.
Sept. 7, '55 [w3ni| DR. W. P. PARKER
JUST receiving of W. HERRING A SONS,
n large new, and Fashionable stock of Clo
thing, and gents furnishing goods, got up in th«
very best manner and embracing all the latest
styles. All ut which will be sold low for Cash.
W HERRING A SON.
sept. 7, dwltn
Private Boarding House.
ON Peach Tree Street near the Methodist
Church, by
JAMES M. HUDSON.
Lost or Stolen,
4 WHITE Pointer puppy, with
spotted ears, about three month.
old. A liberal reward will be given to the person
returning him to the subscriber st th-' Trout
House. No questious asked.
J. M. WILEY.
Atlanta sept. 3, 1855. d3t
Gt BORGIA. FORSYTH (UfLNTY.—Two
( months after date, I shall apply to the
Court of Ordinary of Forsyth county, tor leave to
sell the Lands belonging to the estate of
William Shaw, late deceased.
JAMES ROBERTS, Adm’r.
August 30tb 1855. w tf
( 1 EORGIA, FORSYTH - CoffK 'j Y.—
Whereas, John Martin, and Thomas T.
Kilgarc applies to me for letterr of Administra
tion upon the estate ol Solomon T. Kilga-e, late
of Forsyth county deceased. These are, there
fore to cite and admonish all and singular, the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at our Court of Ordinary in November
next, to show cause, if any they' have, why let
ters should not be granted the ajiplicant.
H. BARKER, Ordinary.
September 3, 1855 wtf
4 AM IN Is PRATO K’s SALE.-—Agreeably
an order of the Court of Ordinary of
Forsyth county, v U be sold on the first Tues
day Noveinber next, before Court House door,
in the town cf Omming,Forsyth county, with
in the legal houis of sale, the following Lots of
Lands, viz: Lot No. 664, 703, 737, 776, 808,
809, 848, and the south half of 777, all lying in
the thi.d districtofthe first section, Forsyth coun
ty, and sold as the property of Job Red, late of
said county decascd. The shove lands all join
ing, and well timbered, lying on the Roads
leading from Cumming to Frogtown, five miles
from Cumming. Sold, subject to the widows
dower, and sold for the purpose of a distribution
am >ngst the heirs oi said estatd. Terms made
known on tile day of sale.
EASTER RED, > . . ... .
JOHN RED. J Administrators.
September 3, 1855 wtf
EORGIA, DEKALB COUNTY. All
persons indebted to the estate of Merrill
Humphries, late of said county deceased, are re
quested to make immediate payment, and those
having demands against said estate, are request
ed to present them for payment properly attest
ed. P. F. HOYLE, Adm’r.
September 6, 1855 wtf
Medical and Law Books.
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT oi the
latest additions, to which aii the new and
valuable works published are added as soon as
ssued from the press. At. WM. KAY’S.
Cigars, Tobacco and Pipes, of every
Quality and Variety.
r r HE subscriber having just moved into bin
i front Store, the Granite Row. Opposite the
Holland House, informs his friends and the pub
lic, that lie has received, and is receiving, a large
and fine stock of TOBACCO and CIGARS all
all choice brands, which be offers for sale by
wholesale and retail, at tie lowest market price.
All ot’lcrs from the country promptly nttendedto.
(aug22 dAw3m) H. MUHi,ENBRINK
CHOICE HAVANA CICARS.
LONDRES, Rio Hondo, Consolation, La Yt
elta, Bloomer, with a variety of other choice
brands,for sale by H. MUHLENBRINK.
August 29,1854. 1 ts.
LaFayette House,
Makietta Stujet, Atlanta, Ga.
FIDHE above house has just been com-
H pleted, and furnished with new lur- Hb ti
niturc throughout. It is pleasantly aitu- 6"in
ated on Marietta street, at a convenient distance
from the Passengers Depot, and han ample ac
commodations for boarders and lodgers. Fine
imported German and French Wines furnished
by the bottle in and out of the house.
C. KONTZ.
August 24 dw2m
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
By HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON,
Governor of said Stale.
WHEREAS official information has b.’en re
ceived at this Department that n Murder was
committed in the county of Campl>"ll,on the 30th
of July 1856, upon the body of Robert Northcutt
by one Meshack Teal, and that said Teal has
tied from justice. I have thought proper, there
fore, to issue this, my Proclamation, hereby offer
ing a reward of ONE HUNDRED dollars lor
the apprehension and delivery of the said Teal to
the Sheriff of said county and State.
And ) do moreover charge an < require all of
ficers in this State, civil and nnijtar,, to lie vigi
lant in endeavoring to apprehend the said Me
shack Teal, in order that he qiay be brought to
trial for the offence with which lie stands charged.
Given under my hand und the Great 8 al of
the State, at tlie Capitol in Milledgeville, this 31st
doy of August in tho year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and fifty-five and of the Independence
of the United States of America the eightieth.
By tho Governor:
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON,
E. P. Watkins, Secretary of State.
DESCRIPTION.
Said Teal is about five feet 10 or 11 inches
high, weighs about 160 pounds 28 or 29 years
old; talks rather slow unless excited, then loud
and fast; has hazel eyes und auburn hair; a
scar on the upper lip near his nose, is well made;
left here on foot carrying a rille gun ; is believed
to’be in Randolph county Alabama.
sept 6, w2t
STYLE
Will be introduced at
Taylor’s Hat Emporium
On SATURDAY, 11th instant.
Bl®. Send in your orders. -®a
aug 10, ’56 <ltf
FARMERS & MECHANICS’
Fire, Life, Marine Insurance Company,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Capital Stock - - - - $300,000
Hon. TIIOB. B. FLORENCE, Pres.
Edwaro R. HelmboldScc.
7I t HIS Company effects Fire Insurance on
j Buildings, Goods,Furniture, &c., and Inland
Insurance on Goods by Railroads, rivers, Ac.
Also, Insurance on LIVES. Scrmsas favorable
as any of the first-class Insurance Companies.
DANIEL PITTMAN, Agent,
Sept. 2-’55-dwtf Atlanta Georgia
JOB PRINTING.
THE BEST JOB PRINTING OFFICE IN
THE SOUTH is connected with our Es
tablishment. Plain and Fancy Printing of every
description, NEATLY AND PROMPTLY EX
CUTED.
More New Books.
4 SECOND supply of Does- ,*>>-•;.
tick’s New Work, just to hand,
please call early and secure a copy. .I
Abbott’s Life of Napoleon in cloth,
Sheep and half Calf, tor sale at Kay’s Cheap
Bookstores, also, Memories of James Gordon
Bennett and his times. dw3m
New Engravings and Paintings.
Selections from aii *<■ novelties
lately published, of every size and price, just
opened nt WM. KAY’S
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