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LSTSee Third and Fourth Pages.
ESF P- M. SrSTON, Esq., is authorized to re
ceive and receipt for monies due this office.
Traveling Agents for the Examiner.
John H. James, T. Gobman, P. Gorman,
H. A. Livingston, Joseph K. Burke.
GOVERNOR:
H. V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
g FOR CONGRESS.
IstDistrict-Jas L. Seward of Thomas.
2nd “ M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee.
3rd “ J. M. Smith, of Upson.
4th “H. Warner, of Meriwether.
sth “J. H. Lumpkin, of Foyld,
6th “ Howell Cobb, of Clark.
7th “ Linton Stephens, of Hancock.
Bth “A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro.
Fulton County Nominations.
FOB SENATOR :
COL. JOHN COLLIER.
FOB representative:
CAPT. ALLISON NELSON.
Nashville Races.
Georgia carried off the Purse, at the first day’s
race.
The entries were three—“ Henry Perre it,’
“Invincible,” and “Whirlwind”—the last, en
tered and owned by Capt Charles Hamilton,
proved the victor. The favorite “Henry Per
rett,” was distanced the first heat by “Whirl
wind.” Both heats, two miles, were to the sur
prize and cost of the knowing ones, easily won
by Whirlwind.
Hurrah for Georgia, and success to our friend
Capt. Hamilton 1
“The State Fair.”
Closed its annual meeting here on Friday
evening last A detailed account of it will be
presented to our readers, shortly. We conld
not do justice to it, in hasty notices, and have
therefore determined to postpone any account
of it, until prepared to do so in extenso.
The Natural Calculator.
One of the most interesting phenomena of na
ture paid us a visit yesterday, and astonished
us with peculiarities which though wo have
heard of them before, we conld not but regard
ns fabulous. We allude to Mr. Meredith Hol
land, the natural calculator. The mother of
Mr. Holland, we are told was fifty-years old at
his birth. He has the most astonishing pow
ers of calculation we have ever witnessed, being
able to give promptly and correctly, the result
of any mathematical proposition made him.—-
We questioned him closely, and arc satisfied
that ho is what he pretends to be, a natural cal
culator ; though, like himself we are unable to
account for his strange power. He may bescen
at the Arnold House, where the curious will be
satisfied by experiment.
Scandalous.
New York, September 13.—The Liberty
party so-called, of this State, have nominated
Fred. Douglas for Secretary of State, and
James Parham, another sable son of Africa, for
Attorney General.
We clip the foregoing from the Telegraphic
News of the day.
Two Niggers nominated by Northern fanat
ics to office. What next? “Oh! yo, of little
faith"—what may not the South next expect
from the Abolition and Free Soil party of New
York and New England?
Down, w« say, with all parties of exclusively
Northern policy 1
* Look Out, Democrats and Anti Know
Nothings.
In their despair, the “Know Nothings” are
resorting to Secret Circulars, Handbills, Pam
phlets, and are scattering them throughout the
the State. Some of these we have seen, and if
they be a fair sample of those we have not, all
that can we say, is, beware of them all 1 “Bogies"
is transparent in every line they contain, and
as Election day approaches, we know not what
will be out.
Ixx>k out then friends of the Constitution ;
of Civil and Religions Liberty; of State Sover
eignty and State Rights ; look out, we say, for
all sorts of humbuggery and clap-trap; look out
and warn your neighbors and your friends to
beware of them all 1 Desperation leads men
to extremes. The falsely styled “American
Party” arc desperate ; let ours bo vigilant
and watchful, and VICTORY will be the
result I
Our County Election.
“The poor people of Fulton county “are in
voked in the last “Discipline” to beware of
supporting Captain Nelson, for the reason,
briefly, lest he oppress tham I Perhaps the
writer could hardly have touched a subject, in
his assault upon Captain Nelson, where so sig
nal a failure would attend his effort. The
“poor” are not to be gulled by such assaults,
and such appeals. Both are insulting to their
independence as voters, and detract from their
intelligence. If. however, a comparison is to
be mud' between Captain Nelson and Mr.
Harris, with regard to their conduct to the
poor, we are prepared to meet it; and without
derogating from the pretensions which the
friends of Mr. Harris may set up for him. in
that respect, we can withconfidenee appeal to
the voters of Fulton county in Captain Nel
son’s behalf. Born and raised within a few
miles of Atlanta, the old meu. and the young
men, all know him. from his infancy to the pres
ent day; and we mistake much if nineteen out
of every tweuty will not bear testimony to his
private worth, his public spirit and a' faithful
discharge of his duty to the poor and the af
flicted.
Away then with the effort of the “Discipline"
to impair the confidence of the poor in Captain
Nelson! Away then with the ftitilo attempt
to impose upon a class of our citizens, who.
deprived of wealth, are nevertheless possessed 0 |
ban! hau ls to defend their rights, and are hon
est in their intentions ! Away with all such
flummery, for none see it sooner, and despise it
more heartily, than the poor themselves.
The State Road and “The Discipline.’’
The mistakes made by the“ Joint Stock Com
pany” paper of this city bearing the title of
“ The Discipline,” and which the Chroni
cle & Sentinel quotes from, and endorses so
largely, are so numerous that we should not be
surprised if the people do not already entertain
the opinion that it is regardless of ought save
the success of a hopeless and despairing party
One of its principal hobbies is the State Road,
which it has taken under special guardianship
—particularly since the Superintendent thought
proper to charge Mr. Ware for a ride over it-
How unfortunate it is that the usefulness of
that gentleman has been impaired by this act
of Major Cooper I The evil that flows from it
is incalculable I It has inspired the “Disc 1’
pline” with a zeal unsurpassed in the annals of
political warfare, and if it does not succeed in
defeating Governor Johnson, awl in transfer
ring the State Road to the keeping of the “Na
tives"—that is to the keeping of the represen
tatives of that “large and enthusiastic meeting, ’
the “Committee of twenty-two,” it will surely
‘burst a boiler” !—But to be serious.
'file last number of that paper, among other
tirades against the State Road, contains the
following:
“Since the above was placed in type, we
learn that fifteen cars were sold, and were
bought by an Agent of the Nashville and Chat
tanooga Rail Read. Where is that 850,-
000 ?”
In what an awful hnrry the writer of the fore
going paragraph was to communicate this
piece of important intelligence to the people!—
What a text for the Chronicle & Sentinel it is,
and what able sermons will be preached from
it by the “Stump Orators” of the falsely styled
“American Party” I “Fifteen ears were sold
and bought by an Agent of the Nashville &
Chattanooga Bail Road”!! Os course, that
means they were bought by the Nashville &
Chattanooga Rail Road, and as a consequence
are now the property of that Road, to the det
riment and disgrace of Georgia I
Well, what are the facts in this case ? Sim
ply this, gentle reader, that the thirteen stock
cars, worth probably some one hundred dollars
a piece, were bought in, by a gentleman con
nected with the Nashville & Chattanooga Rail
Road, for, and on account of, the State Road,
by, and through the direction of Major Cooper,
the Superintendent; and not “by an Agent of
Nashville & Chattanooga Rail Road,” as such,
but by him as an Agent for the Western &
Atlantic Bail Road! We hope this statement
which we have direct from the Superintendent
himself, will relieveto some extent at least the
awful condition of the self appointed guardians
of the State Boad, and wholesale censors of
Governor J ohnson. But in order to relieve still
further the apprehensions of these guardians of
the interest and honor of the State, we also
take the liberty of saying to the Chronicle &
Sentinel, and the Discipline, that there are no
executions remaining unsatisfied against the
State Boad, and that the sale of the thirteen
stock cars, was made to satisfy one, which the
Superintendent had provided the means to sat
isfy, and which would have been, os were all
others, satisfied, but for the fact that it was
overlooked by the parties in Tennessee who con
trolled the settlement.
What now is to be thought of the wholesale
tirade and abuse that have appeared in the press
on this subject ? And what is to be thought o 1
that portion of it which is levelled at Governor
Johnson, who, one would think, from the ac
count to which he is held, gives direction to eve
rything done on the Road, even to the sweeping
of the several depots. What a contempt the
people have for all such assaults, will be made
to appear, the Discipline and Chronicle & Sen
tinel may rest assured, after the first Monday
in October next Until then, they may try to
humbug the people as much as they please, al
though they would do well to remember tha 1
‘truth is mighty and will prevail.”
Fraud— ur County Election.
We hud hoped that the contest in our county
for Senator and Representative in our State
Legislature, would be left to the candidates and
the people to whom they are so well known, aud
that the Press of our city would direct its at
tention to the general issue throughout the State.
It appears, however, that our hope was a vain
one, and, as a consequence, we are compelled to
enter the arena, and participate in the fight.
We regret this; but as Colonel Calhoun and
Mr. Haj’ris, on the one side, were deemed by the
Know Nothing Organ in this place over-matched
by Col. Collier and Captain Nelson, on the
other—else why pitch into the contest with
haste so indecent ?—-we are constrained to “fight
the d 1 with fire,” and, if possible, wear some
of the honors of war, and laurels bestowed upon
victors.
The candidates of the Anti-Know Nothing
Democratic Party of Fulton, are both well
known to our citizens. Assaults upon the pri
vate reputation of either will be treated by the
people with thesalne contempt that we would
feci bound to treat assaults of a similar charac
ter, upon Col. Calhoun or Mr. Harris. We
pass by, therefore, all such attacks, but shall de.
mend ami claim a “clear field and a fair fight”
from this to the day of the election. What we
demand of, we shall cheerfully yield to. our an
tagonists. We shall deal fairly and openly; we
shall urge our friends to do so; and when we
detect we shall expose duplicity and fraud.—
One case of the latter, we sliall now proceed to
lay before the people of Fulton. 001. Collier
was elected by the people to the Senate of our
last State Legislature. Whilst there, in the
discharge of his Senatorial duties, the case of
Bird, convicted of Murder, came up for the ac
tion of that Body. On a motion to pass the
bill for his pardon, Colonel Collier voted No!
For evidence of this see Senate Journal for
1853-M, pages 254, and 255.
Now, we ask every honest voter in the coun
ty of Fulton, what fa to be thought of the man
—and that man a county official — who would
impose upon an unwary aud unsuspecting voter
ot his county, the House Journal, and by a ref
erence to the yeas and nays, on the passage of
the same bill, deceive that voter into the belief
that Col. Collier dodged the question, aud did
not vote on the passage of the bill ? Would not
so nefarious, so unprincipled a fraud, bo de
nounced by universal consent? Weil, we
charge that this has been done, and that we are
prepared to prove it! Leet, however, the—to'
use a familiar term—“wrong horse may be sad-1
died." we here exonerate our worthy Sheriff and ■
hfa deputy: and the Clerks of our Superior ami'
county courts from this charge. And vet we i
nevertheless charge it upon a county official, and '
stand prepared toprove that he has been exhib-J
itiug tlie House Journal to prove that Col. Col ’
lier dodged voting in the Bird caself this b?
not fraud—a little, contemptible, mean, fraud,
intended to deceive the honest enquirer after
truth, then we give up that we know not what
fraud is.
Voters of Fulton, see to this, for one fraud i 8
sure to hatch another, and he who will thus de
ceive, will deceive again.
Naturalization and Suffrage.
A great “hue and cry” is raised by the Know
Nothings, on Naturalization and Suffrage,—
They do not seem to care, even if they know
the fact, that naturalization confers citizenship,
but not suffrage. It is the States that possess
the power to confer suffrage, and they can, each
for itself, refuse or confer it, citizenship having
been conferred or not. A majority of the S totes
require citizenship before suffrage. Some do
not For instance, North Carolina, one Os
the “Old Thirteen," in her Constitution pro
vides that,
“All freemen of the age of twenty-one years,
who have, been inhabitants of any one county
within the State twelve months immediately pre
ceding the day of election, &c., shall be entitled
to vote.”
Pennsylvania, another of the “Old Thirteen,’’
in her Constitution provides, that,
“Every freeman of the age of twenty-one
years, having resided in this State one year,
and in the election district where they offer to
vote, ten days immediately preceding such
election &c., shall enjoy the rights of an elect
or.”
New Hampshire, another of the “Old Thir"
teen,” in her Constitution provides, that,
“Every male inhabitant, of twenty-oqe years '
and upwards, shall have a right to vote?’ ‘
The provision of the Constitution of Indiana,
is, that,
“Every white male of foreign birth, of the
age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shall
have resided in the United States one year, and
shall have resided in this State during the six
months immediately preceding such election,
and shall have declared his intention to become
a citizen of the United States, shall be entitled
to vote.”
That of Illinois, is,
“Every white male inhabitant of the age of
twenty-one years, who may be a resident of the
State at the time of the adoption of this Consti
tution, shall have the right of voting."
That of Michigan is, as follows,
“Every white male inhabitant residing in this
State on the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, who has declared his
intention to become a citizen of the United
States, pursuant to the laws thereof, six months
preceding an election, or who has resided in this
State two years and six months, and declared
his intention aforesaid; and every civilized male
inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the
United States, and not a member of any tribe,
shall be an elector and entitled to vote.”
Wisconsin provides that
“Every male white person of the age of twen
ty-one years, who shall have resided in the
State for one year, next preceding any election,
and who shall have declared their intention to
become citizens, shall be deemed a qualified
elector.”
Now who will deny to these States the right
to regulate suffrage within their respective
bounds ? Who will say to Old North Carolina,
Republican North Carolina, you shall not per
mit a “freeman” to vote till he has lived as long
there as he has lived in Georgia, or until, if he
be of foreign birth, he has become naturalized ?
What response does the reader suppose North
Carolina would give? Just, such a one as
Georgia ßights Georgia—under similar
circumstances, might be supposed to give I
Just such a one as the State that once boasted
as its chief magistrate, a Jackson, a Troup, a
Gilmer, would be supposed to give! Away
then with all this talk about Naturalization be
ing the pre-requisite to suffrage. If the State
so wills it, then it is a pre-requisite. If it does
not so will it, then it is not a pre-requisite.
Congress fa only empowered “to establish a
uniform rule of Naturalization.” It has no
power to regulate suffrage. In contending that
the latter is a consequence of the former, the
people of the South cannot, or ought not to.
fail perceiving, that disposition to surrender up
State Rights aud State Sovereignty so con
spicuous of late in the falsely styled “American
Party.” W e warn the voters of Georgia of this,
and urge them to vigilance, lest they be deceived
by a doctrine long contended for by the Fed
eralists of the country, but which, thank Provi
dence 1 they have failed, thus far, to fasten up.
on the country!
Advertisements Extraordinary.
We have before us, a file of Panama papers, j
in which there are decidedly some of the rich- i
est we have ever seen. Amonsr I
them we present our readers with the fallowing ■
tfrom Madame Mayer, the proprietress of the j
fashionable Clothing and Jewelry establish-;
meat of the city.
“Call at Madam Mayer’s Railroad Clothing :
Store before you purchase elsewhere. The far '
gest, best, cheapest and most elegant stock of i
Goods ever imported into this city.
Madam Mayer begs to inform "the residents
of Panama and the travelling public, that she i
has just received a splendid assortment of La
dies, Gentlemen’s and Children's Readv-made i
Clothing, Lailies’ and Gentlemen's Underclo
thing. of the latest fashions, ready made and in
the piece ; Jewellery, Perfumery, aud every re
quisite for the Toilet, and all of the best quality,
and al reasonable prices; also a collection ot
Brilliants of the first water and a magnificent ■
lot of first class Pearls.
And last, though not least, she has just re-1
ceived an invoice of good FRENCH BRAN-,
DY, for sale by the barrel or gallon."
Our Overby friends ought tohave a Mission
ary in that region.
where ladies and gentlemen's "under-clothing of i
the latest fashions” are for .-ale! Why Mad-’
ame Mayer are you not ashumed to make a gro.
eery of your fashionable establishment, and tlma'
to tempt from the path of sobriety your lady
and gentlemen customers.' But there fa one re-!
deeming feature in you—it fa good French'
Brandy you offer—a rare thing in these’“dig-;
gins" and we freely forgive von.
Small Arms.
When the Know Nothing forces were first;
marshalled into tha field, they made a goodlv I
show of numbers—and artillery. With uniforms j
fresh from their Northern tailors, and arms I
never blackened by powdey, they presented!
quite an attractive appearance, and by the po- i
culiar magic of “fuss and leathers," won a
crowd of admirers from the gaping multitudes!
who felt a great curiosity to get inside the drill;
room. Well, many got inside, and finding uni-:
forms of bogus Americanism ready-made to fit:
all sizes, they emerged in dresses supposed tc
resemble, sans the hearts that beat underthem.'
the old continental decorations. In this new- ’
! fledged patriotism they skirmished awlfile hi'
I municipal elections, organizing and drilling for;
I grand actions, in which their heavy artillery
' was to be brought out. and sweep down th, i
ranks of Democracy, like grass befi re the sv
de. These guns were burnished and kept cer i
j ered and boused cut of the weather for the 1
i great occasions. Sa things went on for S"n.? ■
time, until at last the Virginia gnliensator!..'!
election approached, and the infantry hecan to *
tire of hard drilling and rougher fightinc-, and i
it was thought necessary to try the artillery. ■
Out it came and thundered away at the little j
man who headed the Democracy, until the
smoke of their firing so clouded the field that
they couldn’t count their own own forces. Os
course, though, the enemy must be annihilated
by those same guns, and after the “ noise and
confusion” subsided, they walked over the field
to view the effects of their great victory. Imag
ine their consternation when they found half
their pet guns demolished, and the great gun
of all bursted i while scarcely a man of the en,
emy was hurt. They were astonished to find
that they had mistaken the calibre of their
guns, and began to calculate more closely.—
They then marched to Philadelphia for a grand
trial. All the guns were loaded, the matches
applied, and with a general cry of “stand from
under,” they watched the result. Some blazed
away as before, with more damage to the gun
ners than anything else; but the balance flash
ed in the pan, and the Northern wing of the
forces left in disgust. Gens. Cone and Rayner
reformed the Southern division, and “inarched
down the hill again.”
The Democracy were alive and challenged a
fight in Tennessee, and, goaded to desperation
they “pitched in,” and were most unceremoni
ously “squeezed.” Almost out of breath, they
rallied again in North Carolina and Alabama,
with the same results; and after those succes
sive defeats they camp in Georgia “for a few
; days,” and look about them for re-inforce
. ments. A council of war is called at Atlanta,
and they send to North Carolina for the Ray
ner gun—the response is, “bursted!” Then
they send for the Gollywhopper, but Golly
whopperis bursted too. The same response
from the Alabama guns; and even their own
Georgia artillery is found to be in a bad state
for service.
But the small arms, are still on hand, and
the order goes forth, use them. Andrews, Tum
lin, Hill, Varnadore, Lamar, Foster, &c., will
do. Keep up a brisk firing at Cowart, Mark
A. Cooper, and the fifteen old stock cars, and
we may be able to hold out until the day.
Thus are they reduced in numbers and force
until there is scarcely a corporal's guard of boys
left, to pull down and deface the announce
ments of Democratic meetings and speeches—
small shot. Give us “more grape,” gentle
men ; the game is too small.
Know Nothingim Hard Dp!
A party organized to redeem the country
from the corruption of the two old political par
ties, Whig and Democratic; and which at Phil
adelphia, through its representatives, produced a
platform of principles that has been responded
to in Georgia, at Macon, and in almost every
other State of the Union; must be hard up
when it virtually abandons all defence or advo
cacy of its principles, and resorts, for success, at
least in this State, to detraction and calumny
of individuals, and to misrepresentation of the
conduct of public officers.
For the latter, witness the assaults of the
“Discipline” here, and the Chronicle & Sentinel,
of Augusta, on the management of the State
Road. The sale of the cars at Chattanooga af
forded capital for a few days, and for numerous
columns of editorial harangues to the dear peo
ple. Without being apprized of a single fact
connected with the sale referred to; in the ab
sence of all information connected with the Su
perintendent’s policy in relation thereto; these
papers seized upon an isolated paint, and with
out even a knowledge of the fact that the bidder
in of the stock cars, was acting for the State
i Road, by and tlirough the direction of the Sir
: perinteudent, they trumpet it forth to the world
that they, the cars, were bought by an Agent
of the Nashville & Chattanooga Rail Road,
thus creating the impression that they were pur
chased for that Road!
It is thus that the principles of the Know
Nothing, alias, “American Party” are, in part,
i being sustained.
| But we stop not here.
The Discipline and Chronicle* Sentinel find
in abuse of Colonel Cowart, another means of
, advancing the principles ot their party. It is
i ricA to witness the excitement produced by their
I falminatious against Cowart. “One would
think,” an honest Know Nothing the other
day, “that the “American Party” has no princi
ples to contend for, except abuse of poor Cow
art. Don’t the Editors of these papers know,
if we succeed, some one of our party will want
Cowart’s place ?” Why the d 1 then don’t
they give more of Americanism, and less cf this
tirade about Old Cowart” ?
But again. The “Discipline,” or some writer
for it, in its last week's issue, contains an alarm,
lug piece of information, under the following
head:
HON. A. tL. STEPHENS IN ATLANTA,
And in Private Council with a Priest,
While Here.
■•Bnt we wish to allude to another, and in
onr opinion, a still more mysterious and singu
lar new alliance by Mr. Stephens while here.
On the morning after the speech, the Catho
; lie Priest, located in this city, sought an
i introduction, and after receiving "it, he and Mr.
I Stephens retired to themselves, and remained
’ in private council together, half an hour or
more. This interview occurred in the large
paaaenger building, and it was witnessed at a
distance, by fifteen or twenty of our citizens.
What does it mean ? Can’any body tell? A
friend thinks that little Alegk was confessing
his sins committed the night before. But we
are disposed to think the private interview was
of a more serious nature. It meant something
—a nd nothing favorable to the American cause,
we may be certain.” •
This beats all creation for huinbuggery ’ Bar
num is out-done at last, and his book should be
laid on the shelf whenever the “Discipline” ap
pears! Just think of it, gentle reader The
> “Catholic Priest in this city sought an intro
duction" to Mr. Stephens! Why this “Catho
lic Priest" has known Mr. Stephens from his
■ boyhood. A resident for years in the neighbor
hood of Mr. Stephens, as were his parents be
-1 fore him; there fa scarcely a man in Taliaferro
or Wilkes counties, that eannet tell the “Dfaci
[ pline” writer, that relations of a most intimate,
personal aud professional character, have existed
! between the Rev. Mr. O’Neal, the "Catholic
I Priest" referred to, his respected, widowed moth
er, and Mr. Stephens. But this “private conn
' c:p" gentle reader, was at, and on the Rail Road
dspot, and lasted "half an hour or more," and
was witnessed, private as it was. by ' fifteen or
j twenty of onr citizens"! Lord have mercy up
on us! ‘■'What does it mean ?” asks the Dis
cipline: “Can any body tell,” it exclaims, in
the agony of its fright I The "private inter
view.’' it tells its readers, gravely, means some
thing.' “Thon dost mean something" said
Othello to Zor..-'Jogo. and the “Discipline'
sn;-s so too in reference to that private Inter
view ! And it is thus that the principles of the
‘ great American Party" are to be maintained
in Gcergia! Who will notblush at such charn
; itonfam ? Who can fail to ese the despair that,
drives its leaders and its press to the cotuje now,
being pursued by them ?
What they Intend,
With the assumption that “Americans shal l
rule America,” and that they are the only Si
mon pure Americans, our Know Nothing
friends talk loudly of what they intend to do
on the day of the election. For instance they
say they intend every foreigner who is allowed I
to vote, must, as a condition precedent, pro-I
dues his naturalization papers at the polls.
Aside from the arrogance of the intention, i
thus expressed, to govern the polls, this is a
feature of Know Nothingism which we wish
to lie distinctly borne in mind by the voters of
Georgia. It is not to be supposed that the
leaders of the party here are ignorant of the
laws which control our election, and this dis
tinct avowal of their purpose to make an ille
gal requirement of foreign bom voters, and
thus throw obstacles in their way in the exer
cise of their undisputed legal right, should not
escape the attention of those law-abiding men
in our community who sympathise with the or
der. Not content with proscribing foreigners
and their religion; not content with maligning
them as inferiors and outcasts; not content
with openly declaring the purpose of their or
der to be the deprivation of the right of suf
frage from all who come to our shores hereaf
ter ; these men, with their characteristic con
tempt for law, do not hesitate to express their
intention to require of those foreigners, alrea
dy naturalized, a qualification which has never
before been made, and for which there is no
warrant of Statute!
The Statute of 1835, the only one which de
fines the requirements to be made of doubtful
votere, prescribes the following oath, upon the
taking of which the managers are compelled to
accept the vote of the applicant.
“I, , do solemnly swear or affirm (as
the case may be) that I have attained to the
ago of twenty-one years ; have paid all legal
taxes which have “been required of me, and
which I have had an opportunity of paying ac
cording to law: that lama citizen of the Uni
ted States, and have usually resided in this
county for the last six months, and have con
sidered it my home or place of residence during
that period, so help me God.”
There is no authority for any other require
ment, and to make any other is in direct viola
tion of law. Here the voter swears that he
is a citizen of the United States. Os what use
is this oath, if he is required to produce his
naturalization papers ? None. The law pro
vides that he may be made, where doubt of his
qualification exists, to take this oath, but goes
no further. The taking the oath is sufficient
to establish his qualification. Let us suppose
a case. There are many men living in our
community, who have exercised their civil right,
to vote, for years, who, never for a moment an
ticipating snch an unlawful requirement, have
not preserved their naturalization certificates.—
Suppose these men are required to produce
them, and they cannot; their votes are refused,
even though not a doubt rested on the minds of
the managers of their citizenship, aud notwith
standing they have taken the prescribed oath!
The managers swear,
“ That we will not knowingly permit anv one
to vote unless we believe he is entitled to do so,
according to the laws of this State, nor know
ingly prohibit any one from voting who is en
titled by law to vote."
Would this not be “knowingly prohibiting”
legal votes ? And yet these men say they will
prevent every man from voting who does not
come uf> to this illegal requirement. They have
a remedy provided by law, in case any one
takes this oath corruptly; but when they take
the law into their own hands, in this manner,
they leave the applicant no alternative, and he
must tamely submit to lose his right to vote.—
Was ever any such power intended to be placed
in the hands of election managers ? We never
saw the law for it, and we flatter ourselves we
are tolerably conversant with the statutes of our
State. It is true that there is a power vested
in the managers to peremptorily refuse a vote
where they know it would be illegal; but this
knowledge must be certain. Such a case migh t
possibly arise, one in which the managers
should know, beyond the possibility of a doubt
that the applicant would not be entitled to
vote, and in such case, it would be their duty
to refuse the vote. But in a merely doubtful
case, no such power is vested in them, and they
have no right to require anything more than
the oath.
Now aside from their presumption in sup
posing they will be permitted to “rule the
roast” on that occasion, and manage the polls
as they please, they are oblivious of another
law which occupies a prominent place in Cobb’s
Digest We commend it to their attention.
“That if any person or persons whatsoever,
shall, on any day appointee! for holding such
elections, presume to violate the freedom of such
election by any arrest, menace, or threat, or at-
I tempt to overawe, affright, or force any per
son qualified to vote, or offer any bribe to in
duce him to vote contrary to hfa inclination; or
shall, after said election is over, menace or des
pitefiilly use; abuse, or insult any person, be
cause he hath not voted as he or they might
have wished him, every such person so offending
upon sufficient proof of such violence or abuse,
menacing, or threatening, before any justice of
the peace, shall be bound over to the superior
court, himself in 8100, and two securities in
850 each, to be of good behavior aud abide the
sentence of said court, where if the offender or
offenders are convicted of such offence as afore
said, then he or they shall respectively for each
offence forfeit a sum not exceeding 8100, and
be committed to jail without bail or main prize,
until the same be paid, 4c.
If they “presume to violate tho freedom” of I
the next election, by such a requirement as ;
they say they intend to make, they may be ,
uncomfortably reminded that a penalty attach-!
es to "attempts to overawe, affright or force .
any person qualified to vote.” by such nnpre- [
cedented conditions. Let them try it, if they j
please, and they will learn a lesson of the en- ’
premacy of the law which their contempt for (
I legal and constitutional rights, justly deserves. ;
• We have before shown their small degree of,
I respect for constitutional obligations, and, if
I anything more were wanting to prove their at"
j tachment to the unlawful objects of their order,!
! this new declaration of intention to obstruct the j
; exercise of the civil rights of a class of our ’
; population would be sufficient to establish be-;
■ yond disputation their revolutionizing inten
tions, and their contempt for the Law. God ;
; help us if such a party fa to rule the land, end !
' thus unceremoniously restrict the privileges of'
! freemen.
In conclusion, we would caution our friends '
at the different precincts of the State, not to i
allow any such requirements, and to take espo '
cial notice of every attempt made by lawless :
• men to obstruct the exercise of the legal rights ■
of foreign born citizens. Watch them closely,;
for desperate men resort to desperate ’
and with their known disregard for the law of I
the land, they will not hesitate to take any ad- j
vantage they cm. Let the Democracy be j
watchful, end hold every man to a strict ac-1
count j
Crisp’s Athenaum.
The Manager and his Company have termi
nated a short series of performances of the most
brilliant character. The audiences—which have
been the largest ever assemble 1 our city to
witness any intellectual amusements —have com
prised the elite of our inhabitants, and the most
fashionable of the visitors assembled from all;
sections of our State, on the occasion of the i
“Fair." Night after night we could perceive the :
same faces among the audience; and, to our
own knowledge, numerous families prolonged
their stay from their admiration of the enter
tainments. If success be a proof of merit, Mr.
Crisp must be as well content with the one, us
he may be justly proud of the other.
It is an acknowledged fact, recorded by the
press in every city of the State, and admitted by
the people, that the Drama owes its present exis
tence in Georgia, to the talent,energy, and hon
esty, of Mr. Crisp. The actor's calling had
become creditless, and the taste for theatrical
representations so dormant, that by many it was
believed to be extinct. Mr. Crisp has re
created the Drama among us. and the State of
Georgia now boasts dramatic performances
which will bear favorable comparison with
those of any company in the United States.
Mr. Crisp, in addition to his managerial tact,
had the advantage of bearing with him a theat
rical reputation, endorsed by the Press and
Public of New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and New Orleans; and his “Claude Melnotte,”
“Stranger,” “Mr. Beverly,” and other leading
characters, are as well known, and as highly ap
preciated, in the principal cities of the Union,
as they have, of late years, been, in this, his
adopted home.
Mrs. W. 11. Crisp, we distinctly remember
made her debut at “Niblo's Gardens" in New
York, in the character of “Lady Gay Spanker,”
before such an audience as is rarely congregated
even in that most fashionable place and city;
and so decided was her success that she repeat
ed the character for twelve consecutive nights—
on every occasion being called before the cur
tain, where she was greeted'with showers of
bouquets and the most enthusiastic applause.—
Shakespeare’s “Juliet” was her next persona
tion which was received with equal success.
We have, however, little need to speak of the
honors won by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crisp in
their numerous engagements. Their claims to
histrionic excellence areas familiar in this State,
as “household words”; and wc venture to as.
sett few persons can boast as men i t.eipfr’tnds
and enthusiastic admirers, as can worthy
manager and his amiable and talent <1 lady.
Mr. Crisp can, therefore, wa!l nil .rd to mu
at attacks made upon him u. • w : «
feel and we arc not alone in this, that Atlanta
is greatly indebted to him for his presence with
his company, during the “Fair.” But for his
energy and enterprise, the “Drama" would not
have been represented here, and the thousands
that have been delighted witnesses of the per
formances of his Company, would have been de
prived of all intellectual amusement. Our
taste leads us to prefer the drama as an offer
ing to visitors to our city, for recreation on all
such occasions as the “Fair,” to any other.—
We shall strive, therefore, “to build it up, and
not “ pull it down.” Backed by the energy
and talent of Mr. Crisp and his excellent lady,
the press of our city can aid in establishing
the drama in our midst. No motive should
make it lose sight of so desirable an end.—
8 hafts hurled by it, at Mr. Crisp, fail to reach him,
when from every other city, of Georgia the press
teems with bis praise. But this award to his merit
an ! that of Mrs. Crisp, is not confined to
Georgia. We have now before us evidences
of the high appreciation of their merits by the
press of our sister State, South Carolina. We
extract from the Charleston Courier, a paper
chary of its praise, one of these, and commend
its perusal to our readers, with the remark that
commendation from such a source will doubtless
obliterate from the minds of Mr. and Mrs. C.
all ill-advised assaults upon their well earned,
and deservedly high reputation.
Theatrical-—Manager Crisp.
“The Charleston Theatre, under the auspices
of the experienced and well supported Manager,
who will open it this evening, must present many
attractions to all patrons of the drama, and in
crease the variety of resources presented to all
who may honor our city with a visit during the
approaching Fair. The season is one gener
ally masked by animation and zest in pub
lic DEMANDS AND PATRONAGE
amusements, and the
on the opening, justify and stimulate tho most
confident anticipations.
Os Mr. Crisp as an actor, we surely need say
little. His name is pleasantly and favorably
connected with the theatrical enjoyments and
associations of many readers, who recur with
grateful memories to the delineations which
made him one of the prominent favorites of a
season that has not, as a whole, been surpassed
on these boards. With the full vigor and en
joyment of hfa natural attributes and advanta
ges by a career of industry and diligent appli
cation to a profession which he has labored
earnestly to domesticate and establish perma
nently in the South. Those who have seen him
recently in the line of characters which first
gave him a claim to the approval of a Charles
ton audience, testify strongly to his improve
ment in all the conditions and requisitions of
dramatic effect.
Mr. Crisp, however, comes to us a manager,
nmfcn this capacity he presents the most satis- i
factory testimonial of competence that could be
demanded or given—the prestige of recent and
' well earned snccess, established under circum-
I stances of difficulty which would have deterred
[ and disheartened any other than a most perse
: vering, devoted aud indefatigable manager, and
[ which made success possible only for such a
[ manager under the best organization of compa
!ny and resources. He fa now, and has been for
i several years, the lessee, or proprietor, and man
: ager of "ail the theatres in Alabama—out of
i Mobile—and his success there has consolidated
,in a deserved popularity and acceptability. In
connection with these, he has also the sole
j charge and control of the Georgia theatres, and
i in that State, besides reviving the Savannah
• theatre from the depression it bad undergone in
; common with nearly ail Southern theatres, he
[ has introduced the drama with marked success
i to many towns that had never enjoyed it before.
' he has by judicious selection aud careful traiu-
I ing, attracted around himself a Stock Company
! which, for average of abilities and excellence,
’ may be compared most favorably with any now
I extant; and while doing this, he has also as
: forded his numerous and widely scattered pat
' rons the opportunities of enjoying the best star
i engagements that energy and enterprise could
. render available. For an illustration and con
firmation of our views and assertions, wo need
I but refer generally to our cotemporaries of the
1 Georgia and Alabama press, and the returns
I from various quarters of the theatrical season
[of the past winter. We believe Mr. Crisp can
show a return that few of hia co-laborers could
set aside.
In the due order of business precedence we
have named the manager first, but without auv
detraction from the merits we have admitted,
we might have given that place to his admired,
accomplished and esteemed iady and helpmate.
We know of no actress w hose position aud ad
mitted status is in a’l respects more enviable
than that of Mrs. Crisp, and her advent to our
boards will be hailed by many with a cordial
welcome. As a lady in all relations of ister-
course, domestic and social, she is regarded
wherever well known, in a degree to which we
can scarcely annex any colder epithet than “be
loved,” and it has been her good fortune thus
to conciliate the regards of many whose opin
ions do not permit them to patronize the drama.
VV e speak not of sudden enthusiasm or tempo
rary blazes of popularity, but we feel assured
that, on a fair trial, the verdict of Charleston,
m this respect, will confirm that already given
m Montgomery, Huntsville, Columbus, Macon,
Augusta and Savannah—not to mention other
towns and cities. Os the other memliers of Mr.
Crisp’s family, which comprises no slight or un
important element in his well adjusted corps, we
are not prepared, from our own opportunities of
observation, to speak so confidently. Opinion
and general approval, however, are no less deci
ded in their favor, as regards their relative du
ties. and we hope soon to enjoy the satisfaction
of witnessing many pleasing aud versatile dis
plays of hereditary t alent, as trained and devel
oped in that best of all schools—the family.
Col. Gartrell in Coweta,
Newnan Go., Sept. 18th.
Messrs. Steele and Barbour :
Gentlemen :—Permit me the attempt to im.
part to you some of the interest awakened by
the address of your talented fellow-townsman,
Col. L. J. Gartrell, at this place, on the 12th
isnt. His speech, for two hours, was unequalled
for eloquence and argument to persuade; for sar
casm and rebuke to alarm the enemies of the
constitution and the South. The Know Noth
ing and tlieir sympathizers appeared to open
their eyes in astonishment and concern, as the
frightful tendencies of the oaths of the order
were made known and the nefarious purposes of
their leaders exposed. Their platform was
stripped of the sophristry by which its authors
hath thought to entrap the cnthusiatic and the
unwary; and its real principles held up to view
in all their federal hideousness, and all their ab
[jeet submission to the Supreme Federal Court,
of those rights hitherto regarded with sensitive
jealousy by the State Rights freemen of Georgia.
Ho showed its Northern paternity ; that the
North after a settled policy, of years, of encour
aging emigration to their shores; of affording it
every facility, in order that it might fill up the
Western Territories with free-eoilcrs and aboli
tionists, and failing to control their votes
against the interests and institutions of the
South, finally organized the so-called American
party to unite and put them down.
The Colonel, as we all very well know, is
not a candidate; nevertheless we hope you will
unite with us in urging him to continue in the
' field until the election is over. The South at th is
; time, needs such champions,—all their wisdom.
I ’heir logic and their patriot ism. and thiir enr
i uvirt and fearless effort.).
I The Democracy it -e - ( w I, mxi mar
shalling their forces; oW-’lni- Vt’higs iuv falling
in, and striking with useffective blows for John
son, Warner. Buchannan and the Constitution.
The object with us is not merely to beat the in
tolerant Order, but to make the majority as
largo as possible Yours &c.
COWETA.
Fibe.—A fire broke out yesterday afternoon,
about 3 o’clock, in an nntenanted house on Cal
houn street, between Washington and Centre
streets; and before the flames could be subdued,
no less than four buildings were destroyed. The
house in which the fire originated was owned
by, or under the management of, W. R. McLaws,
Esq. The building, together with the kitchen
and ont buildings were totally destroyed—lose
about 81,000. We could not oscetain whether
or not there was any insurance.
The flames next communicated to a double
tenement dwelling, owned by Mr. R. Mahar, and
occupied by negroes. It, w'ith its out builbinga,
was also entirely consumed—loss 8400; insured
for 3250.
The next building was a largo two story house,
the property of H. D. Bell, Esq., and occupied
by Mrs. Henley. It was also burned to the
ground—loss, 32.000 ; Insured for 8500.
The last building destroyed, was the one story
hi use next adjoining, owned by Mrs. Bacon,
and occupied by J. D. Harris—loss, 81,000; in
surance not assertained.
The fire was, in all probabilitv, the work of
an incendiary, as the house in wfiich it origina
ted, has been vacant for two or three weeks.
Our fire companies were promptly on the ground,
and did. as they always do, good and manful ser
vice. Through their exertions the fire was pre
vented from spreading to a far less extent tliaii
might have been expected, from the highly in
flamable nature of the buildings in the immedi
ate vicinity.— Aug. Const.
More Know Nothing Trickery
lion. A. J. Miller.
A paragraph in yesterday’s Republican would
lead its readers to believe that this gentleman
had accepted the nomination of the American
or Know Nothing party for the Senate- Th's
is not so. In a letter to Col. Miledge, Mr. Mil
ler distinctly repudiates the “American” party.
He says:
lam not a member of the American party,
as you know, nor am lof any other political
organization now existing. My constituents,
therefore, ought to be citizens of all parties aud
those I would recognize as such.
In addition to your communication. I have
received others from indiviual members of the
American party, and from other fellow citi
zens, requesting me to be a candidate for the
Senate.
I hoped that I had received an honorable dis
charge from the public service, and dislike to
enter again the political arena ; but under the
circumstances, U' my fellow citizens choose to
elect me, untramelled as I am by parties, I will
serve them again in the Senate, to the best of
my ability.
The facte abont this change of front on the
part of the Know Nothings m the hour of but
tle are these, as we learn from the Coastitulio :•
allst. The secret order first nominated Col.
John Milledge for the Senate—a nomination he
had anxiously and inaustrionsly sought. Find
ing, upon feeling the popular pulse, that such a
nomination was not likely to succeed, and that
one of their nominees for the House—Gen.
Evans—had very discreetly and opportunely
declined the dubious honor, Col. Miliaige fa in
duced to take his position. No other suitable
man being found in the Old Bucket Factory
party with sufficient pluck to take the vacated
position, they go out of the magic circle to get a
candidate. They light upon the Hon. A. J.
Miller, a gentleman who had declared himsell
opposed to the Know Nothingism. By a
shrewd trick, however, they induce Col. Milledge
to write a letter resigning his nomination, aud
expressing tiie hope that Mr. Miller could be in
duced to take his pace. The letter was a very
flattering aud artful one in every respect: but
Mr. Miller very respect Hilly declines being
eaught with such chaff. By the above letter it
will be seen that he fa “not a member of the
American party,” and that, if a candidate, he is
so, untrammelled by party ties.— Sav Gear.
The Columbia Carolinian of yesterday
says:
•■We leant from Mr. Caldwell, the President
of the South Carolina Rail Road Company, that
on hiß iate visit to Washington he had a per
sonal conference with Judge Campbell, the
Postmaster General, and they soon were able
to adjust the differences about the mails. Here
tofore there has not been a full and proper un
derstand of the true issues and relations of the
parties. We regret the matters were not at
the commencement of the difficulties fully as
sumed by the principals, as the public interest
has seriously suffered in consequence. How
ever, as we are not usually much disposeu
to look back, we are ssetfafied with the arrange
ments for the future. The Northern mail wil
arrive twice daily, at 9 a. m. and 6 p. m., as
will the Charleston and Western mails.”
The Democratic State Conven
tion of Massachusetts.
The Boston Post of Thursday morning last,
which only reached this city yesterday afternoon
contains a full report of the proceedings of the
democratic Stale convention of Massachasett;,
held’at Worcester on the proceeding day. We
have merely room this morning for the expel
lent resolutions adopted by the convention :
“Resolved, That the present crisis in our
country calls upon the democratic party for a
renewed expression of their adherence to the
great doctrines promulged by Jefferson, devel
oped, sustained, and fixed by Jackson, and most
triumphantly vindicated by the American peo
ple in the election of Franklin Pierce, upon the
Baltimore platform of 1852.
• Resolved, That the constitution of the Uni
ted States, while it promises a common bond
for our Union, guaranties to each State and to
the people their inherent and reserved rights; that
a strict observance of its obligations and com
promises is the only means of preventing that na
’ tional strife which "destroys the sovereignty of the
people,and reduces State and territorial iintnu
niti.s to a struggle between partisansand propa •
gan dists. in which all the rights of citizenship are
set at nought; and that wo will sustain that in
terpretation of the constitution which has al
ready rendered our party illustrious, and which
estrblishes that entire equality and that mutual
confidence throughout our confederation which
arc the only foundation of a genuine constitu
tional reform of whatever evils may exist among
us.
“Resolved, That the present national admin
istration has liecn governed in its policy, at home
and abroad, by true democratic principles ; and
t hat for its enlarged aud patriotic foreign policy
for its skillful management of the national finan
ces, and its devotion to the dignity and integri
ty of our common conntry, it is entitled to aud
receives our earnest and hearty support.
“Resolved, That the know-nothing organize
tion. with its aristocratic elements of birth and
religious proscription, and its anti-republican
elements of secret political action, is the most
dangerous faction that has ever arisen in our
country; and regarding it but an artful device
to advance the same principles that were incor
porated into the alien laws, and nobly combated
by the democratic party under Jefferson, we
earnestly invoke all honest democrats who have
become ensnared into its secret membership to
repudiate, as thousands have already done, the
attempt to control their suffrages, "and openly
enrol themselves under the glorious old banner
of the national democracy.
“Resolved, That the thanks of the democracy
of the Union are due to the Hon. Henry A.
Wise for his fearless and successful efforts in
stemming the tide of know-nothing successes,
and achieving a glorious victory over those
principles which threatened to subvert our free
institutions.
“Resolved, That we are opposed to all illiber
al laws, and pledge ourselves to an immediate
repeal of the disgraceful enactm uts of the Inst
legislature, which are a blot and disgrace
to the old Commonwealth.
“Resolved, That we are in favor of the great
doc trine of popular sovereignty for Territory
, aud for State, and are opposed to all violat ions
’ of it, whether by the unjust action of abolition
ists of the* free States, or by border aggressions
from the slave States.
“Resolved, That the vote of Massachusetts
shall lie cast in the next National Democrat
Convention by the delegates to be selected
from this State as a unit, and in accordance
with the preference of majority of the dele
gates.
“Resolved, That in Erasmus D. Beach and
Caleb Stetson, our nominees for governor and
lieutenant governor, we recognise lang-tried and
. true dhmacrats, who have stood and now stand
. by the liberal and comprehension principles sue'-
. tained by the democratic party; and we hereby
I pledge ourselves to use every honorable effort
t to elevate them to the offices for which they are
i nominated."
3 The Post thus notices the nominations made
i- by the convention:
"The democracy of this State had a splended
, convention yesterday at Worcester. It was
1 large in numbers, strong in charater, concilatory
, in action; and its proceedings were characterized
j by great enthusiasm. Its president, Dr. Geo. B.
Loring, discharged hia duties with urbanity,
!( dignity, and firinneaa.
1 “The convention passed, amidat cheer, reach
j tions sustaining the national administration.
These, also, strongly condemn the recent State
r legislation, the know-nothing heresy, the preva
t lent abolitonism, while they as decidedly declare
. in behalf of those State-rights principles which
distinguish the measures of the present adminis
f tration, as they have distinguished itsdemocratic
. predeceaaora.
“The nominee for governor, Erasmus D. Beach,
t is an old,well-tried , and true democrat, who al
. ways has been firm and decided in his poltical
. principles, always opposed to the isma of the '
i day, and is an honor to the democratic party.
. To fidelity to principle he adds a high personal
. character, And, above all, he will be true to the
constitution of his country. Caleb Stetson, the
candidate for the lieutenant governor, a gentle
man of like fidelity t o democratic principles, was
the candidate for this office last year, and is well
and favoraly known to the democracy.
1 “The other gentlemen put in nomination for
i secretary, treasurer, attorney-general, and audit
i or, are intelligent aud well-tried democrats, and,
> as such, for character and firmness, deserve the
hearty support of the party. We regret that
■ two of the gentlemen declined, but the State
committee are authorized to fill the vacancies.
“So large, spirited, and patriotic a conuention
augurs well for this campaign on the part of
. the democracy. Let the. meetings of the coun-
I ties and towns exhibit a similar spirit; let the
party perfect its organization ; let democrats
prepare for the day of election with zeal and
1 thoroughness, then do their duty manfully.
Aad the prospect is that the democracy will do
its whole duty to prevent Massachusetts from
being longer disgraced by the combination of
fanaticism, bigotry,
Major B. Clark—lnventor of the
Cotton Cleaner.
We were shown the other day ti e model of
this machine; it is attached to the gin, and reg
ulates the feed, and keeps the roll full ; there is
a flue attached to the machine, conveying the
dirt and dust from the cotton room. Another
important item m the construction of this ma
chine is, that it feeds the gin.so regular that it nev
er gets choked up, und the hands are never in dan
ger being injured by the saws; it requires, no
more" power to propel the gin with the machine
attached, than it does without it; the same mo
tive power being sufficient to propel it with the
same velocity. We saw the machine in opera
tion a few days since, attached to the gin, and
und are decidedly of the opinion that it is one
of the best inventions of the age- for cleaning
storm cotton, improving its appearance at least
two cents per pound. It is simple in its con
struction, and easily kept in order; aud in our
opinion, any one who has a gin, should not be
without this cleansing machine.— Newnan (Ga.i
Blade.
The Journal gives what it calls a very
funny scene in Wednesday’s paper. We com
mend the following to the editor’s considera
tion:
Scene— Back Room of a Know-Nothing
dwelling—Enter little boy much excited.
Little Boy—Oh, pap, get your gun quick,
and come out here. There’s a great big Irish
man down in the alley, eating a watermel
lon. The prettiest shot you ever saw; come
quick.
Know Nothing—Hush, sonny, don’t make a
noise; there’s two great Dutchmen coming down
the street, and 1 think 1 can get them in range
and tumble them both with one shot.— Louw.
Democrat.
Col. Thomas Hart Benton is busily engaged
at Washington upon his “Thirty Years in the
Senate.” His powers of body aud mind, it is
said, are taxed to the utmost, and no other
but Col. Benton could undergo the daily labor
that he now performs. A letter says the second
volume of hie great work will be ready for the
press in the spring. It will be recollected that be
,ost by fire last winter all the notes aud m*ia
scripta intended for this volume.