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tomintr. < T tff&M&wJW mWWU ' 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.