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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Wednesday Mor ? Oct. 8, 1856.
FOR PRESIDENT :
JAMES BUCHANAN.
OF PBSSSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
J. C. BRECKENRIDGE.
OF KENTUCKY
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Democratic Electoral Ticket.
FOR TIIE STATE AT LARGE.
ELECTORS. ALTERNATES.
WM. 11. STILES, llknry G. LaMar.
IVERSON L. HARRIS. A. It. Wright.
ELECTORS. ALTERNATES.
Ist Dist. Thomas M. Foreman W M Nichols.
2d “ Samuel Hall J A Tucker.
3d “ J N Ramsey, E J McGehke.
4th “ L J Gaktkell, J F Johnson.
Oth *• John W Lewis, L W Crook.
Oth “ J P Simmons It McMillan.
7th “TP Safkold, J S Hook.
Bth “ T W Thomas, A C Walker.
It G BYARS is our authorized Agent for the county
ofßutts.
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Democrats! To tlic Rescue!!!
The time appointed for the great rally of the De
mocratic Masses, at Atlanta, is rapidly approach
ing. The lAth and 18th days of October must be
made memorable in the aniials of the Democratic
Party. We must present a Crowd on that occasion
in comparison with which, the Fillmore pow-wow
on Thursday last, will be as nothing ! We have
the men, if they will turn out. Gov. Andrew John
son, ot Tennessee, and Ron. Wm. L. Yancey, of
Alabama, have both accepted the invitation to
be present, and one of our Atlanta exchanges tells
us that Gov. Wise, of Virginia, will certainly be
there. And Toombs and Stephens will be there,
and what Democrat will stay away, when the ablest
and most eloquent orators of the age propose to
address you, upon subjects of vital interests to you
and your country? Come then from the mountains
and the sea-board, from the east, and from the
west, from the uplands, the middle lands, and th&
low-lands, come with banners flying, in your; wa
gons, on horse back, on the Rail Road—-by every
possible mode of conveyance—let us Congregate in
Atlanta, and have a joyous coiniGUuion and consul
tation about the great interests of our common
country.
Fusion. in Pennsylvania.
It appears from recent accounts, that a complete
.‘.fusion has been effected between the Freinonters
nd Fillmourners for the purpose of carrying the
clcctiou for State Officers in Pennsylvania, which
election takes place on the 14th inst. What will
Mr. Fillmore’s Southern supporters say to this ?
They were very indignant a short time since when
it was charged that a fusion of the Fremont and
Fillmore parties had been effected in Indiana.—
But wc presume that in reference to the late move
ments in Pennsylvania, they will be as mild as
“sucking doves.” There seems to be throughout
the entire North, a strong affinity existing be
tween these two-parties, which ought to.open the
eyes of all Southern men. The proclivities of the
Black Republicans and the Northern Know Noth
ings,- are strongly towards each other, and the pro
babilities are,that before the Presidential election,
in all that region . except one or two States, the
Union will be complete for the purpose of defeat
ing Mr. Buchanan. This ought to satisfy any rea
sonable man, which party at the Nortli is most re
fliable for the South. We hear of no coalition any
where between the Fremont and Buchanan par
ties. In fact, the thing is impossible. Oil and
water could as readily unite as she Black Republi
cans and the Democrats. We can't see how any
man who has a drop of Southern blood in his
weius, can continue his advocacy of Mr. Fillmore
•with a knowledge of these things, before his eyes.
Tlte Great Fill more IPow-tyoTV.
This great gathering of the scattered remnants
of Sam’s mighty host, so long looked for and
so much talked of, took place at the city of Atlan
ta, on Thursday last, the 2d inst. The most assid
uous efforts and the most skilful means have for
weeks been put in daily and constant requisition to
get up the largest po -ble crowd. And right well
they succeeded. As to the numbers present, apart
from the resident population of Atlanta, we are
not prepared to fix even an approximate estimate.
W e profess but little skill in determining the num
bers of tlios ‘-who usually congregate on such oc
casions. And where the opinions of others, as an
nounced through the public Press, differ so widely,
(ranging from 4.000 to 25,000) we will not hazard
a guess even. Suffice it to say, they were very nu
merous. And we are right glad they were. If
this aitempt to raise a crowd had failed, the effect
might have been to have occasioned an apathy on
the- part of the Democratic party, and reduced the
majority for Buchanan in Georgia so as to
made it less than overwhelming. As it is, the re
spectable demonstration made on this occasion,
will have the effect of arousing the energies of the
lion-hearted Democracy and whenever that is done,
we have nothing to fear. Wc wish the Fillmorenes
to push on their columns and make a desperate
fight. Then our strength will be fully b rought
out and our victory be complete. We want the
result of tlis election to be so overwhelming this
year, that Know Nothingism will never be able to
kick in Georgia again. Sam’s influence, ever since
he planted his foot upon our soil in Georgia, has
been blighting and withering to our moral, social
and polical interests, and peace, harmony and
brotherly kindness will never be effectually restor
ed till his hideous carcass shall be banished far be
yond our borders.
But to return to the subject of the meeting. We
eay it was respectable in point of numbers—the
accommodations were ample, and they succeeded
in manufacturing a reasonable show of enthusiasm.
But we could not keep from our thoughts the re
flection “that they were laboring for the meat that
perisheth,” “and spending their labor for naught. ’
But that is their business; not ours. If they arc
content to waste their time, and labor and money
in efforts to sustain a sinking, hopedess cause, we
have no right to complain. Many of them, we
opine, will look back at the efforts made on the oc
casion under consideration, as labor which might
have been much more usefully and profitably em
ployed. We heard a number of the speeches made
on the occasion, but none of those masterly efforts
which we were wont to hear from Toombs, Steph
ens, Jenkins and Berrien in the palmy days of the
old Whig party. “The sceptre has departed from
Judah,” and there remains but a feeble few of
speakers to fill the places of those mighty men who
are lost to them forever.
A Practical Issue.
In this d.%y of abstractions, men are apt to lose
sight of the practical issues presented for their de
termination. While the Fillmore men of the
South are wearing out their Ittngs in denouncing
tiie abstraction of Squatter Sovereignty, about
which the people know little and care less, they are
seemingly indifferent to the only practical issue on
the subject of the slavery question, now claiming
immediate action. The removal of the Missourii
Restriction estirl>lisl%d n great principle :—it re
stored the South teener equality in the l imm.—••
But this “boon” m;})’ be lost to us forever by neg
lecting tiie necessary means to secure its practical
benefits. Kansas is’’presented to us with the oiler
of making it a Slavcholding Stat'e, if we so will
and determine. Men and mop/ey are needed for.
this purpose, and every Southern man should lend
his aid to this work, regardless’ of the visionary
abstractions with which third and tenth rate poli
ticians are trying to divert the public mind from
the only question that now most immediately con
cerns us. Settle that, and then blow your brains
out in fighting Squatter Sovereignty, if you wish.
A Suggestion.
Iu order that wc may be enabled fully to carry
QVit the object of our State Mass Meeting, we pro
pose to tiie people of Spalding county, and the
counties contiguous, to hold district meetings at
an early day for the purpose of making the neces
sary arrangements for going to Atlanta on the 17th
and 18th inst. By pursuing this course, many
may be induced to go who would not otherwise
attend, and some may be assisted in going who
might not be in a situation to go without aid. It
this suggestion is adopted, we would further sug
gest that all the localities convenient to Griffin, as
a place of general lendezvous, when the number is
ascertained, that will meet here to take the cars, to
report the same to the Empire State Office, in or
der that the Rail Road Company may be pre
pared with the necessary accommodations to trans
port all who inay.v, ish to go by that conveyance.
Go to work, friends, in good earnest, and we will
have the largest crowd that has been seen together
in this State for many years past! Let your
watchword be rally ! rally ! ! rally ! ! ! and give
Bucli ahd Breck 25,000 majority on the 4th of
NQvember.
Mr. Fillmore and the Missouri Com
promise.
The restoration of the Missouri restriction has
for some time been a source of much annoyance to
the Southern friends of Mr. Fillmore. The bold
and unequivocal manner in which he condemned the
repeal, in his late speeches, in the State of New
York, left but little doubt as to what course he
would pursue in reference to the restoration of this
iniquitous measure, provided lie should be again
accidentally put in power. They were not author
ized to say he was not in favor of the restoration,
and in order to preserve tlieir consistency, some of
them were ready to defend him in this position.
This state of things was giving them much trou
ble, when behold Mr. Foster and others receive
certain newspaper editorials from Mr. Fillmore,
from which they pretend to make the wonderful
discovery that Mr. F. is all right upon this ques
tion. And hence there is great rejoicing in the
Fillmore camps. But the vague and unequivocal
manner in which lie lias attempted to define his po
sition on this question, may satisfy those who were
content any way ; but we presume it will be hard
to find one single true friend of the Kansas and Ne
braska Bill, who had hitherto been opposed to Mr.
Fillmore, who will lie willing to take such assu
rances as he has given. Why did he not answer
the question directly, by saying 1 am. or f. am not
in favor of the restoration of the Missouri restri'e- j
tion ? This would have put the matter ut rest, j
and would also, if answered in oithoi nay, pul a :
quietus to his prospects for the IT.-.-.mem >!’ lie I
has any. lienee ilia equivocation,
A Call iro tine Friends ©I Kuii -.-.a.
We perceive from the Atlanta Examine, , that
the convention which assembled on the Ist inst., to
adopt suitable measures to promote the cause of
Kansas Emigration, failed to take any efficient
steps for the accomplishment of the intended ob
ject. The numbers in attendance were so few that
it was deemed advisable to postpone any decisive
action at that time, and made a call for another
{ meeting to be held in Atlanta, on Thursday, the
I 30th day of October, inst. It is recommended that
early action be taken in all the. counties of Geor
gia to have a full meeting. Let delegates be ap
pointed in each county at an early day, to assem
ble on the 30th, and take counsel together in refer
ence to the best means of sustaining Southern in
terests in Kansas.
Meiancliolly Casuality.
The festivities of the late Fillmore Mass Mcet
■ ing, on Thursday last, in Atlanta, were seriously
marred by a fatal accident which happened in the
morning of that day. A man by the name of Mc-
Gahran from Morgun county having ascended the
flag pole some sixty feet for the purpose of freeing
the haiyards, which by some means had become en
tangled in the guy ropes, lost his hold and fell to
the ground, from the effects of which he died in a
few minutes. This distressing calamity, so sudden
and unexpected, cast a gloom of sadness over the
feelings of the large crowd assembled around the
pole. A collection was taken up for the benefit of
the bereaved family of the unfortunate man, and
liberal contributions were made, in which we felt
, a heartfelt gratification to see the Buchanan men
. freely participate.
For the Empire State.
Mr. Editor—Sir : I am repeatedly asked
how lam going to vote. Now, sir, my vote is
sure for James Buchanan—not altogether that
I give him tiie preference in every respect for
President of the United States, by no means ;
but my object is to tote in such a way as will
tend to bring about the best possible result to
our common interest and welfare, burying in
the dust all party feelings and prejudices, to the
advancement of our common Southern good ;
and further, I am not wilfully blind to the fact
that where one chance exists to the defeat of
Fremont, and the election of Fillmore, ten fa
vor the election of Buchanan ; and to back
my opinion, I will give Fillmore 30,000 votes,
and bet any man SI,OOO to $750 that Buchan
an gets the majority of the popular vote, pro
vided both run. Money on hand at this office.
Walk up and face the music.
Southern True Policy.
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llon. Alfered Iverson.—Wc arc happy to
announce the return of Senator I verson. Ho
is looking oxtremeiy well and brings the most
cheering accounts for the Democracy.— Timm
(J* Sentinel.
Whoop! Ilooray for Buck and Brcek.
Misrepresentation.
It is not true as we learn it has been stated, that
Mr Hunter, Senator from Virginia, pledged his
State for Fillmore. Deis represented as saying
in New York, that if the vote of Virginia was
necessary to defeat Fremont, and it could not be
done otherwise, Virginia would go for Fillmore. —
He however anticipated no such contingency, - and
no calculations need be made on Virginia going for
Fillmore. This is about the true statement of the
ease. ... ..
Mr. T. J. Bacou’s Letter.
We invite attention to the* kitbeHw Mr. Bacon,
which we extract from the LuGrangc Reporter.—
Mr. B. has for several years been the Editor of
that paper, a firm Whig, and a member of tiie
American Party of last year. But ho can’t go
Fillmore and Donelson, and like Jenkins and Ncs
bit, and a host of other independent voters of that
party, comes out with a manly independence,, wor
thy of all praise, and declares his determination to
vote with the Democratic Party in the pending
election.
From the LaGrange Reporter.
LaGrange, Sept. 29th, 1856.
W B. Jones—
Dear Sir : In your paper of last week I find
my name published among the delegates to the
Fillmore Massmeeting in Allanta. As I had
declined acting as one of the corresponding
committc of the Fillmore Club in this place,
not being a member of that body, and having
never attended one of its meetings, I had hoped
that my friends had ceased to regard me as a
Fillmore man. To avoid any further misappre
hension on this point, I will here say to those
who have used my name in the connection
above referred to, ('which they were Varrti?:t?d
in doing by my post political assosciations,)
that I cannot act with tiie American party in
tiie present contest. With the lights before
me, if I vote at all, I must vote for Buchanan.
As you have refused to publish a communi
tion from me setting forth my reasons for
taking this position, I shall have to content
myself with this simple announcement.
Very truly, your friend,
Thos. J. Bacon.
For the Empire State.
The “American” Pole.
The leaders of the American Party assembled
to-day at “Council” Hall for the purpose of
raising their Flag ; and after repeated efforts
to shoot off the head of the pole, by their best
marksmen, they failed, and John H. Cherry, a
Democrat, being present, took one fire, and
down came the Fillmore head, leaving a small
portion of the neck, when Young Wright, ano
ther Democrat, fired, and off eajne the neck,
leaving the pole like the party, without either
head, neck or principle ! They then hoisted a
kite with a black tail, which I thought would
have answered better for a Fremont emblem It
sailed a short distance,and down it came in the
dust; just like Fillmore and Fremont will do in
November next They too will bite the dust to
rise no more ! Come, boys, give it up, and go
for Buchanan, and instead of leaving in dis
gust, as you did that tall pole, you will be able
to leave with glory and victory wreathing your
brows. Observer.
Griffin, Oct, 6, 1856.
N. B. Since the above was written, by the
help of some boys, the K.N’s managed to raise
their flag, which will doubtless be razed indeed
in November next. O.
For tiie Empire Stnte.
Mr. Editor : The Know Nothing Party of
Georgia resolved in their platform of principles
adopted at Macon last year, that opposition to
the Kansas Bill would be considered hostility
to the constitutional rights of the South, and
all persons opposed to that measure, were unfit
to be members of the American Party. This
year we hear the Kansas Nebraska Act de
nounced in unmeasured terms by the same par
ty —that is, since the nomination of Mr. Buch
anan. Knowing that it would be next to impos
sible to beat old Buch in the race, they have
conjured up every thing that a set of political
! demagogues could think of, to defeat him. But
let us see what an awful dilemma they have
gotten themselves into. They say the Kansas
Bill is worse than the Missouri Compromise,
because the Squatter Sovereignty and Alien
Suffrage features of the Bill, will make Kansas
a free State. Well, now listen at their stump
orators and Editors. They are daily and hour
ly making war upon Buchanan because lie ap
proves of the measure ; and urge the people
to drop Buchanan and support Fillmore. Why
is it ? Because lie is sounder than Mr. Buch
anan upon the slavery question ? Oh no, that
can’t be the reason. Is Mr.-Fillmore opposed
to the Kansas Nebraska Act; or is he in favor
of it ? What does he say upon this subject ?
What does his friends say in Georgia ? They
({note Douglas in his speech at Chicago, and
numbers of other National Democrats, going
to show that the Kansas Bill is a Freesoil mea
sure, and at the same .time the Editor of the
American Uuion says if any man will prove
that Fillmore is opposed to the Kansas Bill,
that he will abandon his support. The truth
is, they have convicted themselves of falsehood
and consistency. If they are honest iu the
construction they place upon the Kansas Bill,
they are in a dreadful close place. Mr. Fill
more says it is the Pandora’s box out of which
sprang all of the evils that now afflict the coun
try. Thy say Fillmore is in favor of a mea
sure, and they oppose it ; but still they ask
the people to elect him. And I call upon their
leaders to come out and tell the truth like men,
and say if this is not the precise position of
their party in Georgia. The truth is, there is
not a member of the party in Georgia that
can consistently vote for Fillmore on the posi
tion they have assigned him, and according to
their construction of the Kansas Act, It is
simply the w'ork of such political renegades and
hypocritical office-seeking men as B. 11. Hill,
Dr. Miller, and a few others, who care just
nothing at all about the preservation of the
Union or the rights of the South—their sole
object being to swindle the Democrats out of
the reins of the Government, and thereby slide
into the offices of the country, and reap the
spoils.
One word about the evils that now afflict
the country, that the so-called American Party
have raised such a great hue and cry about.
That is, the troubles in Kansas. The only dis
order in the whole Union, is in the Territory of
Kansas ; the country is at peace every where
else, and with all Nations. And how happens
it that we have disturbances in Kansas. It
grew out of the repeal of the unconstitutional,
odious and abominable Missouri Restriction,
the repeal of which was long*iesired by all par
ties South, and the adoption of the Kansas
Bill in its place, thereby giving the South an
equal chance to settle up the Territory, which
she is attempting to dq ; and it has brought
the Abolitionists and the slave-holders in con
tact, the very position wc have- been seeking
for years, ever since the adoption of the Mis
souri Restriction ; prior to this wc had equal
privileges with the non-slavcholding States in
going into the Territories, and taking our slave
property with us ; and if wc fail to make Kan
sas a slave State, it is our own fault, for the
Kansas Bill gives us all of the advantages vve
possibly could have, unless Congress takes ac
tion upon the subject of slavery, and legislate
the institution into the Territory, a power that
she cannot constitutionally exercise. So no
more about evils. Jonathan.
Buchanan vs Abuniion hsu.
It was not until the session of 1835-6 that
the spirit of Abolition fairly invaded Congress.
The compromise of 1833 had silenced agita
tionon the subject of the Tariff,and the northern
mind now poured out its intensity upon tiiequcs
tion,which from that day to this has absorbed all
others. Petitions for the obolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia—for abolition of
the slave trade between the States—petitions
• agaiilsU the ‘admission of more slave States,’
flooded Congress, while incendiary publications
transmitted through the mails, brought insult
and denunciation to Southern homes.
Early in the session a bill was introduced by
Mr. Calhoun, ‘prohibiting deputy post-masters
from receiving or transmitting through the
mail, to any State, Territory’ or District, cer
tain papers therein mentioned, the circulation
of which, by the laws of said State, Territory
or District, may be prohibited.” It was warm
ly opposed by Mr. Webster and others. Mr.
Buchanan, from the begining, took the firmest
ground in favor of it. Even before the bill was
reported, he expressed himself willing “to do all
that can be done, to prevent the circulation of
incendiary publications in the South.” Subse
quently the bill was amended, and Mr. Buch
again came forward as its champian, against
Mr. Webster. He spoke at length and ably,
upon the question; and. when the final vote
was taken, recorded his name in favor of the
measure, and Mr. Calhoun, King of Alabama,
Preston, and others. Thus began Mr. B’s ca
reer in the IT. S. Senate upon the subject.
Petitions for the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia, was the next point of
agitation. Mr. Calhoun took the ground that
Congress had no right to receive such petitions
and his policy was to lay them on the table
without considering them. Mr. Buchanan dif
fered with Mr Calhoun. lie considered such
a course inconsistent with the right of petition
and as likely on that very account to intensify
agitation upon the subject of slavery. His po
licy was simply to receive the petitions, and
then promptly reject them. Between these
two lines of policy the Senate was for a long
time divided. But Mr. Buchanan, in order
that there might be no doubts as to his sincer
ity or determination in the matter, on the Ith
of July, 1856, spoke as follows. We commend
his remarks to the South: —Banner of Liber
ty.
“As I entirely dissent from the opinion which
they express, that we ought to abolish slavery
in the District of Columbia, I feel it to be
due to them, to myself and to the Senate, re
spectfully, but firmly, to state the reasons why
I cannot advocate their views or acquiesce in
their conclusions.
“If any one principle of constitutional law
can, at this day, be considered as settled, it is
that Congress has no right, no power, over
the question of slavery within those States
where it exists. The property of the master
in his slave existed in its sud force before the
Federal Constitution was adopted. It was a
subject which then belonged, as it still belongs
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the several States.
These States, by the adoption of the Constitu
tion, never yielded to the General Government
any right to interfere with the question. It
remains where it was previous to the est ablish
ment of our confederacy.
“The Constitution has, in the clearest terms,
recognized the right of property in slaves. It
prohibits any State into which a slave may
have fled, from passing any laws to discliar e
him from slavery, and declares tliai he shall 1 .•
delivered up by the authorities oi -atm ohv
to his master. Nay, More, it makes the ex;--
tence of slavery the foundation of political ‘pow
er, by giving to those States within which it
exists, Representatives in Congress, not only
in proportion to the whole number of free par
sons, but also iu proportion to three-fifths of
the number of slaves.
“An occasion very fofttfnately arose in the
first Congress to settle this question forever.
The society for the abolition of slavery in Penn
sylvania, brought it before that Congress bv a
memorial, Which was presented on the 15th, of
February, 1190. After the subject had been
discussed for several days, and after solemn de
liberation, the House of Representatives, Com
mittee of the whole, on the 23d day of March,
1190, resolved: That Congress lias no author
ity to interfere in the emancipation of slaves,
or in the treatment of them, within any of the
States; it remaining with the several States
alone to provide any regulations therein which
humanity and true policy may require.
“I have thought it would be proper to pre
sent this discussion, which was made almost
half a century ago, distinctly to the view of the
American people. The language of the resolu
tion is clear, precise, and definite. It leaves
the question where the Constitution left it, and
where, so far as I am concerned, it ever shall
remain. The Constitution of the United States
never would have been called into existance;
instead of the innumerable blessings which have
flowed from our happy union, we should have
had anarchy, jealousy, and civil war, among the
sister republes of which our confederacy is com
posed, had not the free States abandoned all
control over this question. For one, whatever
may be my opinions upon the abstract question
of slavery, (and I am free to confess they are
those of the people of Pennsylvania,) I shall
never attempt to violate this fundamental com
pact. The Union will be dissolved and incalcu
lable evils will rise from its ashes the moment
any such attempt is seriously made by the free
states in congress.
“What, then, are the circnmstances under
which these memorials are now presented? A
number of fanatics, led on by foreign incendia
ries, have been scattering ‘arrows, firebrands
and death,’ throughout the southern states.”
For the Empire State.
Comparative Strength of the Baptist
and Methodist Churches
in Georgia.
Mr. Editor : It might be interesting to the
friends of morality and religion, to know the
comparative strength of the two largest De
nominations of Christians in the State. Hav
ing before me the statistics of both, I will give
them as they appear by tin? authority of the
same. According to the Minutes of the Bap
tist Convention of the State of Georgia, for the
year 1856, there are what are designated the
Missionary Baptists, and which constitute the
Convention 85,847 whites, and 22,605 colored,
making 67,581. This return is not as full as
it should be. Then there are what is designat
ed “Anti-Missionary Baptists,” which I under
stand are distinct from the former, and hold no
connection with them, except on the subject of
the mode of baptism, 11,923 whites and color
ed without distinction. Then there are 6,389
of what are put down as Baptists “that, have
not passed resolutions of ‘non-fellowship,’ but
are not connected with the Convention.”—
Whether they are considered as distinct as the
two former, 1 cannot say. Then there are 808
of what are called “United Baptists,” making
the sum total of these four divisions to be
86,701. From this sum total there are to be
subtai/cted 4,721 who live “in adjoining States,”
but hold connection with Churches and Associ
ations in Georgia, leaving, according to the
Minutes; 81,980 communicants in the four divi
| sions of the Baptist Churches in the State.
From the Minutes of the Georgia Confer
| unco for J 855, we find that.there are 50,360
whites, and 21,957 colored, making 72,317 in
the Episcopal Methodist Church within the
bounds of the Georgia Conference. Then it is
said that there arc in the twenty-tV'o or three
counties in Georgia, embraced in the Florida,
and not numbered in the Georgia Conference,
5,000 whites and colored. Then there are said
to be over 12,000 Protestant and Congrega
tional Methodist, bearing the same relation to
the Episcopal Methodists that the Anti-Mis
sionary Baptists do to the Missionary, and
which may be. number'd with them with the
same propriety, making in all 89.317. Then
tne relative number are as follows : In the Bap
tist Church, 5 1 J,37?> whites, and 22,605 color
ed ;in the Methodist Church, 07,5C0 whites,
and 21,957 colored. Tims we have the nu
merical strength of these two large Denomina
tions of Christian.; in the Stah\ Mow, if the
Ministers and Members of these mege Christian
bodies were to cultivate more of tiie fph'it of
the Redeemer, and less of sectarian bigotry ;
were they to be more Christian and less denomi
national ; were they to preach, and talk, and
labor more for the conversion of sinners, and
the moral and spirit,uni improvement of them
selves and others, and less about modes and go
vernment ; were they to direct th'ir energies j
more to demolish Satan’s kingdom, and for the!
peace and unify of society, and less for the pul- j
ling down of eaeii other’s Churches, thereby j
stirring up strife and divisions, and disseminat
ing prejudice and hatred, their influence would
be most powerful for good throughout the
length and breadth of the land. To see this
harmonious effort among all the branches of the
Christian Church, is an object most'ardently
desired by every true Christian. So mote it be.
Griffin, Ga,,* 1856. * * *
For the Empire State-
A Charmed Life.
A Remarkable Adventure with Indians.
The last war with the Creek Indians in East
Alabama h.-.d already broken out, and a com
pany of Georgians were encamped on the
bank of the Chatahoochee, iu Stewart county
for the protection of the frontier. An over
seer of a plantation some two miles from this
encampment, accompanied by Mr. B took
a few hands and repaired to the farm for the
purpose of trying to save the crop. At noon
day they went to the overseer’s house to get
dinner. It was a double-log-pen house, with a
passage. The two gentlemen were sitting in
one of the rooms after dinner, when Mr B. go
ing out into the passage, saw a man squatted
hehind a fence only ten or twelve paces distant.
It proved to be an Indian, who took deliber
ate aim and fired, the ball passing between the
left arm and his body, and inflicting a severe
flesh wound under the arm. Springing back
into the room, lie found the overseer had al
j ready fled. He essayed to follow, but, seeing
j some eight or ten Indians were in hot pursuit,
and that they must be either nv rt ikon or
shot in the back, he suddenly turned off from
the overseer, aud attempted to gain a swamp
1 not far distant. (The overseer was soon kill
:ed ‘) In Ins course, Mr. B. had to pass the
negro-cabins. As he neared these, he found
that a powerful Indian was rapidly gaining on
nun. He opened a large pocket knife, and
turning around, faced the Indian. The latter
drew up his rifle, at only a few paces distant,
mid took deliberate aim. At the instant Mr.
Ik thought he was draw’ng the trigger, he
i sprung suddenly behind a negro cabin, near
watch he was and was missed. Run
‘rng round the cabin, lie saw several Indians
1 approaching in that direction, which turned
him iu front of the cabins again. Here lie
! again encountered the same Indian who had
just fired his rifle at him, and who now pointed
j a pistol at bis breast. He could not run and
j be shot in the back; so he faced his foe once
| more, looking as steadily into his eyes as lie
j could. The first cap bursted, he put on the
j second, aud that bursted, and then a third,
i when the pistol went off, and that charmed life
| was still preserved, he having received no injn-
Iry from this last discharge. From that mo
ment lie felt mysteriously assured that he would
not be killed. Having turned and ran some
forty or fifty yards,he looked back and saw the
Indian, standing where lie had last fired gazing
after him, as if bewildered. He soon entered
the swamp, five or six of his enemies but a short
distance behind. But he knew the localities—
the bushes were very thick, and there was a
pond not far off, which was high and flowed
out into the surrounding bushes He soon
reached this, and going in where the water was
two or three feet deep he sat down, leaving
only his face out. Soon his pursuers were in
sight again, when he drew his face under, all
except his nose, and there lay still until they
gave up the search.
In the mean time, the negroes had gone to
the encampment of the whites and given
the alarm. A detachment came out and at
tacked the Indians, when a smart skirmish en
sued —the whites driving them again into the
swamp where Mr. B. lay concealed. lie made
his way around them, and running up to his
friends, came near being shot, at again, they
having taken him for an Indian.
Mr. B. says he was much alarmed when first
fired upon, but that his presence of mind never
forsook him, and that this adventure has lmd
this effect upon him— he has never known fear
since, that he lias been in several battles and
passed through many dangers, both by land
and sea.
This remarkable adventure might lose much
of its interest, should I fail to add that Mr.
Bowen, the Missionary from Africa, whose re
cent lectures in this city have so much interest
ed our citizens, is the gent leman whose life was
so Providentially preserved. A physician of
high standing in this city was knowing to these
facts at the time of their occurence. I publish
them without the knowledge or consent of Mr
B. J. 11. C.
Griffin, Oct. 6, 1856.
Fatal Duel in ! CharlestonDeath of
the Editor of the Mercury.
Augusta, Sent. 30.
A duel took place in Charleston yesterday after
noon. between \Vm. It. Tahc", Jr , Esq., editor of
the Mercury, and Edward Miurrath, Esq. At the
third fire a ball entered Mr. Tuber's head, and he
died an hour after- The difficulty originated from
articles which have been published in the Mercury
relative to lion. A. G. Magrath, since his nomi
nation for Congress.— Sav. News.
msgr” Old Buck ’ll be next President, sortin'.
For the Empire State.
Mr. Editor .—I have frequently heard the re
mark made by citizens of your beautiful town,that
Griffin was one of the most moral and orderly com
munities in Ga. That for these points of charac
ter, it was rather celebrated. A stranger making
a brief sojourn among you. would not be so inf
pressed, especially, if he were to visit your church
es on Sabbath evenings aud witness the scenes
which meet the eye immediately out of doors. The
number of boys—lbeg your pardon, I believe there
are no boys those days, they are all men—that as
semble at the hohr oi Divine Service at the church
es, to romp and run after each other; to wrestle; to
talk aud laugh,,to the annoyance of the congre
gation, do not agree with the remarks referred to
There must be a criminal defect'some where, either
with parents m home instruction, or teachers in
school instruction, or with your municipal regula
tion*; Oi it may be that the Marshal, whose duty
j it seems to a sirauger, ought to be to keep order in
, m streets at such a time and place as the Worship
of GoJ, “iay not be cognizant of these’ scenes.
Could you have witnessed what some of us did bc
; lore your clmreli doors recently, 1 think you would
agree with the write*. I heard a highly intelligent
Lady, who lives at a dis'ouce, but a visitor here,
remark lh..t she came near being knocked down
before one of your clinches by one of these full
grown chitdre t who . coined to be in hot j ur.-uit of
another of the same class. This is not very repu
table for a place of high moral character; at least,
it shows the moral character lias a downward ten
dency. To arrest this downward progress, I will
| venture to recommend to parents to pay a little
| more attention to the out-door conduct .of theii%
I children, ami to your city authorities that they be
a little more rigid m their municipal regulations,
especially about the churches, that, strangers visit
ing your city may not have their moral sense so
shocked with such unbecoming conduct as may b
witnessed on sabbath evenings around your house*
of Worship.. .
’ ORDER.
P- 8-—Understanding that ydur Marshal is a
man ot character and standing in your community,
we would recommend him to turn his attention in
that direction and tor the future endeavor to cor
rect the evil.
r From the Savannah Georgian.]
The Fillmore and Fremont Coalition
ia Philadelphia.
Pim.ADKt.PHIA. Sept. 17.
A meeting was held last evening at the Nation
al Hall, called by Lewis C. Levin, to repudiate tho
Union tioket.
Mr. Levin was hooted down and hustled out of
the ball, and subsequently the Union ticket was
heartily approved and Levin denounced.
Fhe meeting then formed a procession and march- -
ed to the Fillmore meeting in Spring garden, „
where similar resolutions were adopted.
‘1 lie Union ticket here alluded to, is a ticket for r
State officers in Pennsylvania, nominated jointly/
; by the friends ot Fi.lrnore and Fremont. Fillmore’s •*
j supporters, in Pennsylvania are leagued together v
with tli” Fremonters in behalf of the same ticket,'.,
ami that is the way they “are fighting our battlee-*
in the North!” The election comes off on llwhr
14th of October. Patriotic Southerners in thtiie
j Know Nothing ranks, are requested to mnk<k*a
j note ot this coalition. Should the Democrats be
defeated, the victory, of course, will redound to the
benefit and go to the encouragement of the Black
Republicans.
In Philadelphia, Mr. Levin and others, called a.
meeting to repudiate the coalition Here is theiir
call for the meeting mentioned iu the foregoing dis
patch :
“-\ nierieans ! Fillmore ! The friends of our glo
rious Union, rally ! All opposed to the Black lte
| publican Union ticket, taken up by certain mem
-1 tiers ot the Legislature of Pennsylvania, are invit
j ed to attend a mass meeting at National Hall,
Market street, below Thirteenth street, on Tuesday
J evening, Sept. 16th, at 8 o’clock. Come up, boy*
of 44; you are about to build up your gloriou*
| party-! The Hon. Henry M. Fuller,* lion. L. lb
j Levin, Isaac Ilazlehurst and others, will address
i t he meeting, and point out the true path to Amer
ican glory iu the election of Millard Fillmore.”
I In response to the foregoing, ({another call for
a meeting at the same place was issued a* fol
! lows :
j “CHERILY 110 ! THE NINTH WARD
I FREMONT CLUB will meet THIS EVEN
ING at NATIONAL HALL. Come early.
“JACOB L. GOSSLER, Pres’t.
“K. 11. Coggins, Sec’v.”
This brought together such a crowd of the gup
; porters of the coalition—that is to say, oi Fillmore
\ and Fremont — as completely overpowered Levin
and his company. A friend* of the fusion, oruws it
is termed, the union ticket, Col. Warner, was made
Chairman, amid a scene of indescribable confusion.
From the following remark which fell from him, it
would seem that the joint supporters of Fremont
and Fillmore have as hearty a horror of “sq’iatter
sovereignty” as our neighbor :
“The union ticket, in the field, is the only ticket
to dish squatter sonereignty and all these miserable
nominations in modern polities.”
Levin was refused a hearing, and narrowly es
caped with his life.
The following resolution was adopted with great
enthusiasm :
*'Resolved, ‘Phot we; as the friends and support
ers of Millard Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson,
do hereby endorse the union .State ticket, and will
give it our earnest and undivided support at the
coming election ”
Southern voters ! are you prepared to co-ope
rute with the friends of Fremont, Fillmore & Cos.,
to defeat the Pennsylvania Democracy and James
Buchanan ?—for that is the game in the old “Key
stone State,” as it was in Maine, and as it was im
lowa. Is any party whose organization through
out a large portion of the North is itcoalition with
the Black Republicans, a party worthy of your
membership ?
What is it that now gives the Fremontars their
confidence ? The result in Maine and lowa. What
brought about that result 1 The union between
the friends of Fillmore and Fremont. In Pennsyl
vania and Indiana, (in both of which elections oc
cur in October,) there is a similar coalition. Sup
pose it successful, who can say how much it will in
crease the chances of a Black Republican triumph,
in November?
lias any Southern Know Nothing paper rebuk
ed these coalitions between their Northern associ
ates and the Black Republicans? We think not-
Still they expect you, Southern voters, to follow
them, and sustain a party in Georgia whose mem
bers in Pennsylvania, Indiana and other Northern
States are leagued with the Black Republicans!
Will you do it ?
The Electoral Vote for President.
The following is a list of the electoral votes to
which each State is entitled, under the last census,
at the election for President in November :
Maine, 8
New Hampshire,.... 5
Vermont, 5
Massachusetts, 13
Rhode Island, 4
Connecticut, 6
New York 35
New Jersey,. 7
Pennsylvania 27
Delaware 3
Maryland, 8
Virginia, 15
North Carolina, 10
South Carolina, 7
Georgia, 10
Florida, 3
Ohio 23 I
Indiana,. 13 |
Burning ok a Piano ManufactouY.-—A Wo
man lvii.i.m—Buffalo, Sep. 27.—A. J. Keogh’s .
extensive Piano Manufactory in this city, was .
totally destroyed by fire this morning, at four,
o’clock. The building was now, and owned by
the occupants. Loss $23,000 —insured in se
veral companies $9,000. The falling wall
crushed an adjoining wooden building, killing
one woman.- — Scr, Republican.
Illinois,... 11
lowa 4
Wisconsin, 5>
Michigan, 6'*
Kentucky, ..12',
Missouri, 9
Alabama,... 9
Louisiana, 6
Tennessee, 12
Mississippi, 7
Arkansas,.;. 4
Texas, £
California, ?
Whole number of
votes, 295
I Necessary to a
j choice,... 149,