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THE ATLANTA Wl
JOHN H. STEELE, Editob.
VOLUME 11.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1856.’
Swan’s Bank Note List and Detector.
No 14, of this valuable Southern work, has
been laid on our table. Like its predecessors,
it is a valuable number, containing much
interesting, and for the broker and merchant,
important information.
Democratic National Committee.
The Democratic National Convention, or
dered that a Committee of one, from .each
State be appointed to promote the Democratic
cause, and to be the “Democratic National
Committee,” with power to fill vacancies.
In looking over the list of these appoint
ments, we were pleased to see that Georgia,
on this Committee, is represented by W. K.
De GRAFFENRIED, Esqr., of Macon.
The appointment is an excellent one, if zeal,
ability, influence and devotion to the demo
cratic cause, be deemed pre-requisites for the
discharge of the important duties of the Com
mittee.
Southern Masonic Female College.
The Annual commencement of thia College'
will lie on the 24th inat.
The Rev. Dr. Talmage, of Oglethorpe Uni'
versity, will on the 22d (Tuesday) preach the
commencement sermon.
The Junior exhibition will come oil'on Mon
day the 23d ; after which, the oration before
the two literary societies, will be delivered by
our fellow-citizen. Col. Luthrr'J. Glenn. The
exercises of the College, are of themselves, al
ways attractive ; but a knowledge of the fact'
on the part of our citizens, that to Col. Glenn
has been assigned the honor of delivering the
address to the societies of that Institution, will
draw from our city and its vicinity to Coving
ton, a number of persons. The selection was
an excellent one, and we anticipate great pleas
ure in hearing the address.
The annual address will be delivered on Tues
day, the 24th, by David Clopton, Esq., Fust
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State
of Alabama.
40“ The New Orleans Delta, of Friday,
says :
■•We were handed last night a full blown
cotton boll which was brought from a planta
tion uear Havana by a gentleman who arrived
r cntly from that city. It is very beautiful,
, . fine textured, strong and long stapled.—
,ue locks hang fully six inches from the boll.
As a proof of the capability of the soil for
cottou-growiug, it is really a curiosity. It is
possible that the acclimitiaation of the seed of
this cotton in the United Statcswouldmake a
; WANTED, A, 'WKSEJXSLIj'S?'
“Few Americana Left.”
We find the following in a late number of
the Columbus Times & Sentinel.
The remark of one of the gentlemen. John A.
Jones Esq., —than whom the American
Party’s” roll does not oontain the name of a
more popular, talented, and patriotic gentle
man, and one that promises to be an ornament
to his native State— that, "they would find very
few Americans left," after the Democratic
Party acted, is a very significant one, and will,
doubtless, so be considered by the reader.
“ About thirty persons attended the meet
ing of the American party, at Temperance
Hall, on the night of the 12th Inst., in this
city. Wm. Dougherty, Esqr., moved that the
meeting adjourn, in consequence W the small
attendance, until Saturday night, the 14th.—
Joyn A. Jones, Esqr., hoped that the meeting
would adjourn to Friday night. He thought
it important that the American party should
take som action before the Democratic party
acted as it was more thaa propable that after
that action was had they would find very few
Americans left. The motion of Mr. Dough
erty prevailed and the meeting adjourned.”
Col. John W. H. Undeiwood, at Cin
cinnati.
It was this gentleman, we perceive, who pre
sented the name of Governor Johnson to the
Convention, at Cincinnati, as a candidate for
the Vice Presidency. He did so in the follow
ing eloquent language.
“Mr. Underwood of Georgia—Mr. President:
Since the government was established, Georgia
has had but three Cabinet or executive offices
in the Government. Her recent brilliant tri
umphs for the Democracy, give some claims to
be considered in the choice of the candidate for
the second office in the Government. I will,
therefore, present the name of one of her sons
who, in two of the severest political battles
ever fought in the State, bore with his stalwart
arm and dauntless heart the flog of Democracy
to glorious victory; that man who has met one
of the fiercest and most dangerous factions that
ever raised its grim front in the land, and sent
it howling back to its den.
I propose the name of Herschel V. Johnson.
[Loud applause.]
Ratification Meeting at Macon.
On Saturday last, the “ Macon Telegraph ”
informs us, a meeting to ratify the nominations
made at Cincinnati was held at that place. It
was, says the “Telegraph,” though not “a
very large one,” yet one “ among the best tem
pered, best satisfied, most jovial and genial
meetings,” the Editor ever saw.
The meeting was presided over by Col. Hen
ry G. Lamar, who, says the “ Telegraph,” “not
only, (as the Secretary represents) gave a rapid
and interesting review of the public services of
Mr. Buchanan, (who, for some time, occupied a
seat next to Mr. Lamar in tho House,) but he
also closed with a most earnest appeal for union
in the South and in Georgia on the ticket and
platform, and earnestly deprecated in advance
any course of procedure calculated to embar
rass or hinder such a result. Let uS said he,
say with Gov. Troup, ‘a union of the South
for the sake of the South and the Constitution.’ ”
The resolutions were from the able pen.of P.
Tracy, Esq., late Editor of the Telegraph, and
breathe the true spirit of democracy.
The Telegraph adds, “Mr. Gresham, an old
line whig, showed unanswerable reasons for a
full and cordial co-operation of all parties, and
gave in his unqualified adhesion to the ticket
and platform. It will be seen he is among the
delegates to the Convention. Mt. Davis the
“American” representative to the last Legisla
ture from this county, was present with a lull
determination to sustain the nominations.”
Addresses were also delivered by the lion.
A. H. Chappell, and Col. Bass, the latter ma
king to the audience an urgent appeal “to bury
disensions and come up ns a baud of brothers in
behalf of the ticket, the Constitution and the
Union.”
Pass Him Round.
We copy from the Federal Union, at Mill
edgeville, the following tribute to worth, in the
person of one of the proprietors and editors of
that paper.
We knew’Mr. Barnes'from the first day, al
most, that he put his foot in Milledgeville, and
we can bear testimony to the truth of what his
compeers say of him. Well does he merit the
complimentary notice below ; and as his success
in life is to be attributed to his industry, sobri
ety, and integrity, we trust the press “ will pass
him round” as one whose example as a "Jour’’
is worthy of imitation.
From the Federal Union.
One of the Printers.
Mr. Barnes, one of the Proprietors of this
paper, left this city Thursday last, to visit his
friends and relatives in a distant State, and
view again the scenes of his early manhood,
after an absence of sixteen years. He came to
this city in October 1840. and took a situation
as journeyman in this office; and from that
time to this he has never left his post; step
ping from journeyman to foreman, and then
Proprietor. He has never lost u day from his
duties by sickness or pleasure, during the six
teen years—always to be found at his post,
from early dawn to a lute hour of the night.—
A great number of apprentices have learned
their trade under him, and he did not consider
that his duty was done by them, unless they
could put up, in good order. 1200 m's per hour
—do any kind of a job, on hand or power press,
and keep sober. One of his apprentices, after ,
serving out his time, and entering the world on |
his “own hook,” as a “jour,” often met with |
dissipated and worthless printers, who made
every effort to seduce him into their practices
was asked by one of them where he learned his
trade ; he hud never met such a sober printer
before, and wanted to know where he was
trained. The "jour " replied, •• I learned my
trade with a man who always tried to impress
ou his apprentices, two important points of
success— industry to get a good trade, and
sobriety to make it profitable." The State
printing, just finished at this office, has been
done mostly by young meu who learned their
trade under Mr. B.; and we doubt very much
whether any other four men. could be found,
who would do the same amount of work in the
same time, without getting *• on a burst," sev
eral times during the progress of the work.
We hope our associate may find in this tem
porary release from his arduous labors, both
pleasure and bodily improvement.
(■Corporal Manning, ot the U. S. A., was
“mt by a sentinel at Fort Myers, a few days
ago. He was attempting to pass the sentinel
on his hands and knees, and failing to answer
THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWSPAPER IN TH SOOTH—A WEEKS
“Iff ANT A, GEORGIA, THURS
Henry Clay-
What. Henry Clay thought of “ Fusion,”
and the “ Fusionists” of the North, ns well as
the Whig Party in reference thereto. may' be
known by a perusal of the following-which we
take from the “-New York Daily News."
Henry Clay on Fusion.
The following is an extract from a speecn
delivered by Henry Clay, in the House oi Rep
resentatives of Kentucky, Nov. 19, 1850, now
'both applicable and of interest:
“ But if it (the Whig party) is to be merged
into a contemptible Abolition party, and il
Abolitionism is to be engrafted upon the Whig
creed, from that moment I renounce the party
and cease to be a Whig. Igo yet a step fur
ther : If I am alive, 1 will give my humble
support*to that man for the Presidency who,
to whatever party he may belong, is not con
taminated by fanaticism, rather Phan one
who, crying out all the time t-at he is a lug,
maintains doctrines utterly subversive of the
Constitution and Union.”
Now, after a perusal of the foregoing, who
can doubt, were that gallant leader of the old
Whig Party, still in the land of the living, what
position he would now occupy in reference to
the Presidential election. Henry Clay, be it
remembered, was eminently national in his
views. Factions and factionists, he avoided as
one would an adder in his path ; and “ doc
trines subversive of the Constitution and the
Union," such as have been recently, and arc
now advanced, would have been unpardonable
political sins, and would have excited in him
the fiercest opposition. No one can doubt this,
when he reads the declaration made by him
before the Legislature of Kentucky, that he
would give his “ humble support to tin t man
for the Presidency, who, to whatever party he
may belong, is not contaminated by fanaticism,
rather than to one who, crying out that he is a
Whig, maintains doctrines subversive of the
Constitution and the Union " I How patriot
ic the sentiment! How like Henry Clay, and
how unlike those who cry aloud that they are
Whigs, but who have gone into organizations
whose avowed objects are destruction of the
Constitution, and destruction of the domestic
institution of slavery in the South !
Will any man, in the South, have the hardi
hood to deny that this is true of the “Black-
Republicans” of the anti-slavery States ? Will
he deny it, of the mad fanatics there, who cast
aside all policy, and openly declare themselves
abolitionists, and claim it, as a virtue, that they
do so ? And will any one deny that the “A
merican Party” of the free States, to say the
least of it, is divided into two factions, one of
which only tolerates, while the other, and lar
ger faction, like the Black Republicans and
avowed abolitionists, are opposed to slavery
and to jts continuance, or existence in the
States? We think not! Where, then, the
question naturally occurs, would Henry Clay,
were he now alive, be in the present presiden
tial contest? Would he vote for Banks, the
candidate of that faction of the “ American
Party,” who entertain the doctrines of, and
whose designs are identical with Black Repub
licanism ? Would he sustain Millard Fillmore,
the candidate of another faction of “Americans,'’
and whoso party is divested of all nationality*
its Southern adherents indentified with its
Northern, only in one important particclar, and
that particular a war upon foreigners and
catholics? To the memory of that illus
trious man, it is an insult so to suppose.—
Where then would he be in the contest’
if we do not place him among those, who, un
contaminated by fanaticism are maintaining
the “Constitution and the Union.”
7hink of this,, Whigs; think of this “Amer
icans,” of Georgia. Henry Clay wus no fu
sionist; Henry Clay, above all, was opposed to
the fanaticism that now threatens the Souih
and the Union” 1
For the Atlanta Examiner. •
Know-Nothingism.
Know Nothingism is the exciting cause of
the bloody violence which now threatens the
very existence of the American Republic.
The slavery sensation is the fire-brand in the
breast of Northern fanatics, and Know Noth
ingism, in the disguise of patriotism, is insidi
ously augmenting this burning ire, inflated to
madness by the unbrotherly, and unkind, and
uii-magnanimous principles it is striving to
force upon the people. The fuel of religious
hatred is added to the indignation of its awful
warfare upon our government and institutions ;
and when it is apparent, that in all its move
ments the South has been prejudicially affected,
how can true Constitutional Union meu longer
shut their eyes to the fact, and suffer Know
Nothingism and Black Republicanism to over
whelm the country with anarchy and ruin.
B.
For the Atlanta Daily Examiner.
Kickafoo City, Kansas, May 27,1856.
Mu. J. H. Steele, Dear Sib : As I was re
quested by a great many friends in Georgia to
let them hear from me when 1 got to Kansas,
1 have concluded to let them hear from me
through the “ Examiner,” if you will allow me
that privilege. 1 will, also,.give a description
of the country as far as I "have seen it.
I will say to my friends in Georgia, that I
had a very pleasant journey out here; and that
I am well pleased with Kansas—that I found
it a better country than I anticipated finding
it. lam stopping in Kickapoo City, a pleas
ant little town, beautifully situated on the Mis
souri River, something over 500 miles above
St. Louis. Mo., and is surrounded by the rich
est and. most fertile country 1 have ever seen.
The Kickapoo lands are the finest in the Ter
ritory. I will venture to. say that if I had a
arm of 500 acres of Kickapoo land located in
the vicinity of Atlanta, that I could readily sell
it for SSO per, acre for it certainly is the richest
land in the world. This is no exaggeration,
but is. if anything,ratherur-'lerrated. Ofcourse.
society is not as good here as we could wish,
but I verily believe that it is better in Kansss
. than in any other Territory in the Unted
States; for 1 find the “Border RuSans,”
like all true Southern men, to be brave,
■ honest, warm-hearted, and clever fellows. This
UIR.C
olition fanatics that have settled beie. " her,
are continually disturbing the peace, and heap-1
ing up insult against, the pro-slavery party.— 1
They swear that they will resist the laws”<4
tbe'Tcrritory unto death—that they had rather'
obey the laws of hell, than to obey the laws of
Kansas.' ■ This shows their stamp mid charac
ter very plainly. True and honest Southern
Rights men are very much needed here now.—
Can’t the South send out a few thousand more ?
Will she stand still and see her brave sous
d.uj.-\:i - nl i--. d arid ■ i'!
Such has been the case here. Bl I believe
the majority, here, now, are right on the ‘G.
Q.” This is encouraging.
Jr. Steele, sir, while working on the Exam
iner last winter, I made the : cquaintan.e of ti
great many of the youngs people of Atlanta,
several of whom I saw as 1 came on here.—
They requested me to be certain to write to
them, whether I wrote to any one else or not i
aud as it is impossible for me to write to all
who requested me to Ivrite to them, I ask them
to accept of this as though it was addressed to
them. I would be pleased io hear from any o f
hem at any time, if they sec proper to write’
—my address is Kickapoo City, Kansas.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES W. ANDERSON.
Tlie Old Line Wigs and the Dem,
ocratic Nuniinatiosn*
The :. t. Louis Republican, by far the most
influential whig paper published west of the
Alleghanies, endorses the nomination of Buch
anan aud Breckinridge. It says :
“ The fact cannot be disguised that, when
the nominations were announced here respec
tively, they appeared to give universial satis
faction. This expression of approbation, com
ing from men of all parties, was probably
heightened in view of the critical daugers with
which our country is threatened, and the pub
blic mind felt, that, in a great national council
moderation had'characterized their proceedings
and men of national and conservative views
had been selected.,
“ Immediately on the receipt of despatches
announcing' the nominations, the Nationa
Democratic Central Committee ordered one
hundred and one guns to be fired as a mark of
their cordial and enthusiastic approbation of
the platform, and appreciation of the sound
statesmanship and reliable character of the
nominees.
“ The platform adopted by the Cincinnati
Convention has already been spread before our
readers, and in its details is certainly broad
enough to satisfy every taste, save that, black
republican sentiment whicn casts its fortune
upon the agitated seas of political strife upon
a single plank, and the proscriptive tenents of
of the know nothings.
“ It is not our purpose now to take up the
seperate measures enunciated by the convention
and discuss them. At another time we shall
do so. It is sufficient for us to state that we
believe them to be founded in wisdom, and
adapted to the times and circumstances by
which we are surrounded.
“We could not say less; and if our opinion
is a matter ol any importance, the public are
welcome to it, at the same time reserving to
ourselves the right to act as we may think
most conducive to the prosperity of the whole
country. The old line whigs are rallying, and
their influence will be felt somewhere in the
present distracted state of political parties ;
and it is necessary to say that it will be where
the country most needs a friend.”
Laws of Honor.
A young French officer, of noble birth, quar
tered in a garrison town, had been guilty of
some neglect of duty, for which he was tried
by a court martial, and sentenced to short
imprisonment. After the expiration of his
sentence, he had to report himself to the com
mander in Chief, who gave him a reprimand,
to which he added some well intended paternal
advice. The high mettled young officer be
came so much exasperated as to forget all milita
ry subordination, and to insult his commander
by the most opprobrious language. The high
ly estimable old man replied with a faltering
voice: “ You see I tremble from agitation
and old age. There was a time when my nerves
as well as my siniews, were strangers to such
weakness; but 1 have a son that will resent
this insult.” At his father’s request, the sou
arrived from a far distant part of the realm.—
He challenged and wounded the young officer
severely. Scarcely had he r from bis
.ound when the challenge was renewed.—
"You have insulted my father, and I demand
utisfaction.”
“The severe wound which you gave me
ought to satisfy you. But since you insist on
it: this time pistols.”
Fortune again decided against the young
officer, who received the ball of his antagonist.
When recovered the son called again.
Sir,you have insulted my old father, and
demand satisfaction.”
- It seems difficult to satisfy you,” replied
the officer. “I now demand twenty four hours
time to consider of the matter. To morrow,
at this hour, you shall have my answer.”
In the meantime the young nobleman con
vened the superior officers of the garrison,
submitted his case to them, and asked whether
the laws of honor required that he should ac
cept challenge after chhllenge, until one or both
were killed
■■ Have you ever made on apology to the old
gentleman whom you insulted ?” inquired an
old Captain of the line.
••I have not,” replied the young officer.
“This,” said the Captain, "ought to have
been your first step. This honor required of
you. ' Lose nut a moment, but do so at once."
The young noblemen followed the advice :
he called on the commander, and found bis son
in the same room. He made the necessary |
apology, and was forgiven, "Here is my hand,
huicitorward we are friends."
“ All this is very well, replied tljp young |
nobleman; “but why the deuce did you not I
inform me at once what you required, with
out giving me two severe wounds.
“ That was not my business. It was my;
father who had been insulted—he alone could ]
forgive you.”
The news of the dismissal of Mr. Uramp-.on
and the three British C. un-u!s, w'r.h the recog
nition of the independence of Central America
by the United States, had been three days in.
England when the Arabia left. The Central
American news, we are told, created a mere
profound sensation than the dismissal of Mr.
Crampton, though there was deep feeling on
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