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Ordinary—
B. TOLLESON.
Sheriff—
J. B. BLACKWELL.
Deputy—
JOHN ANDERSON/
Clerk of Superior Court—
JAMEifctaWELL
Clerk of Inferior Court—
W. W. CARROLL.
Tax Collector—
G. JOHNSON.
Receiver of Returns—
J. F. MoCLESKY.
Coroner—
JOHN WHITE.
County Surveyor—
J. B. FAIR.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4.
Hypocrisy anal Humbug.
Men who take feeling and interest as the
guides of their lima, should be careful of all
committals that may constrain or trammel
their future movements. The Know Noth
ings, ..f all men. were those who should
have squared their policy by the maxim of
Talleyrand, “never write a letter, and be
sure never to burn one.” The past fills a
K. N. with ineffable disgust, and he is ready
to plead infancy, or the statute of limitations
to all the political aberrations of his post
life. A few years since—only three or four
years ago—the judicial persecutions in Ire
land, the superhuman struggle in Hungary,
the pilgrimage of Kossuth and the Mar
tin Koeta affair—made it a popular thing
with us to declaim much about about hu
man rights and the glory of this grand Am nr.
lean asylum of ours, as the baveu of the op
pressed. Mr. Gentry thou little dreamed
that his vote of $14 a day for feasting and
riotous living, furnished by Congress for
Kossouth’s retinue would be a stumbling
block in his way, and an argument that
should confound a National party. But so
it was. Pity it is, too, that printer’s ink,
so easily spilled, and as frail a thing as
a bit of paper will so often start up in the
shape of an ugly document, and follow on
the track of a forgetful politician to spoil the
plan of a whole Campaign. Five years in
the life of young America is a dismal, drea
ry waste to look back into, and most of us
prefer to press on, and let past events bury
their dead. It is convenient forus though, to
lock bock sometimes, and if for no other
reason, to note the changes of the populai
mind. In the course of our morning’s rea
ding, as Sir Willtam Draper would say, we
came over the following refreshing memo
rials of the forgotten past:
The following preamble and resolutions
were taken up and agreed to, to-wit:
Ilcsolccd, That the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia, highly approves of
the action of our National Government in
interceding for the release of, and offering
an asylum to the patriot Kossuth, and his
companions in exile.
Resolved, That we tender to those illus
trious friends of liberty a hearty welcome,
aud trust that they may continue to enjoy a
happy home in our country, until the chains
of tyranny in the Old 'World are broken,
and until Kings and Emperors shall cease
to oppress the wise and good.
Resolved, That as our Goverment has
begun the good work in the case of the Hun
garian exiles, we trurt that Congress may
take similar action in regard to those Irish
patriots who are now lingering in the prison
and in exile, on account of their devotion to
the cause of political equality in their un
happy country.
Resolved, That as Irish blood was freely
shed in thecause of American Independence,
and as Irish patriotism has ever been prompt
to sustain our Govermentand its institutions,
we tender to Smith O’Brien and his compa
triots in misfortune our heartfelt sympathy,
and would gladly welcome them also to a
home iu our free, prosperous and happy
country.
Will the country believe that no farther
back than the session of the Georgia Legis
lature for 1851, that these resolutions were
introduced and acted upon. Will the peo
ple of Georgia at this day believe that such
misguided philanthrophy as we find here
embodied, should have so far seduced the
Legislature of our State as to seoure the pas
sage through that body of an invitation to
foreigners—yes ! to Irish foreigners to in
vado this soil with their beggarly presence?
Astounding recollection, a set of Southern
men shutting their eyes to the horrid truth
that even at that very hour “foreign pan
pers and felons were overrunning our fair
and free land, like Pharaoh’s lice,” should
have talked of invitiny such vermin over
here where “Americans only should rule
Aineriky.” But worse still, that body of
Georgia “foreigners,” that Catholic party in
the General Assembly, presumed to outrage
decency aud history, so far as to assert that
Irish blots/ (!!) was freely shed in the cause
of American Independence.” We stand
amazed at this un-American—this uuti-K.
N. incivism and falsehood. And when any
man now a-dnys must know if he has the
least respect for a K. N’s. sense or honor,
that these “bloodyJurriners’’ are all Aboli
tionists (vide Hill’s speeches,passim) and that
the Georgia Legislature should declare that
“ Irish patriotism has ever been prompt to
sustain our Government and its institutions,
we declare it is absolutely shocking. But
all good K. N’s. must hang their heads
like the bulrush when we tell them that a
man, note a leading member of theirparty.
introduced these unfortunate resolves, and
Mr. Ben Hill, their candidate for Congress
in this District, moved to take them up and
out of their order
We suppose these resolutions passed our
Legislature without a dissenting voice, of
surely some patriotic remonstrance would
have given expression to “an intense Amer
ican feeling” if there had been any of it in
that crowd.
How is all this to be accounted for ? No
upon the ground that all the foreign immi
grants have, since 1851, turned Abolition
for it is the delight and daily bread of
noratie party maintain the same thing.
Let him purge his political record- of this
damning inconsistency, before he ever
presume* 'to raise a voice of warning
among his country men again, against the
“insidiopi wilee of foreign influence”—or to
preve that wa«f the South, are the looser*
the admission to our soil of men 'who, in
in 1851, he declared “had ever been prompt
to sustain our Government and its institu
but frho noK he everywhere declare*
are either burthens on us, or enemies against
Htal
More EvMewce.
A leading Know Nothing paper of this
State purporting to speak for its party with
reference to the Kansas-Nebraska bill,
makes use of the following extraordinary
language: -
'Whatever may have been the reason for
our objection to the measure in the first
mstsnee, we are satisfied now to abide by
Eighteen months ago, when the Nebras
ka act received the unanimous confirmation
of the Georgia Legislature, neither the Jour
nal nor any other paper in this State would
would have so far perilled its. reputation as
to have ottered such a sentiment as the
above. Truly Know Nothihgism was justi
fiable in covering itself with secrecy before
attempting sneb a revolution of public opin
ion as has here been made. What they
dared not attempt o)>enly, they have effec
ted secretly, and there now exists in the
South a party' opposed to the principles of
the Nebraska-Kvnsas .bill.' They have nom
inated and arc now supporting men for of
fice whu have openly declared hostility to it.
It is well that this question should be pro
perly understood, and Know Nothiingism
be placed before the country as it is, and
this, how muchspever they may asseit to the
contrary, their actions prove to l»c nnti-No-
broskaism.
A FoJaeood Refute*
Wo understand that it is being, circulated
in the county, that Col. Collier voted for the
pardon of Bird in the last Legislature. In
order to refute the falsehood, and set the
people right on this question, we publish be
low an extract from the Journal of the Se
nate, giving the vote on the question of the
pardon of Bird:
“On motion of Mr. Thomas, the special
order of the day was taken up, which was
the report of the Committee of the Whole
upon the bill from the House of Represen.
tatives, for thepardon of Elijah Bird, of the
county, of DeKalb, now under sentence of
death fer the crime of murder.
The report was agreed to.
The bill was read the third time, and on
the question: “Shall this bill now pass?”
the yeas and nays were required to be re
corded, and are : yeas, 41, nays 41.
Those voting in the affirmative are,
Messrs.
Adams, Drake, Love,
Bailey, Dunnagan, McConnell,
Beck, Guerry, McGehee,
Boggess, Gresham, McLeod,
E. D. Brown, Griggs, Morris,
G. W. Brown, Hill, Mounger,
Bryan, Hubbard, Patterson,
Bullard, Jameson, Peebles,
Lam berth, Chastain, Reddish,
Cone, .Lott,. Ridley,
R. H. Dixpn, ..Lyons, Saffold,
Smith, Thomas, -Wilcox,
Stephens, Trammel, White,
Stovall, C. II, Walker,
Those voting in the negative are, Messrs.
Anderson,
Guyton,
Pratt,
Beall,
Hull,
Piles,
Boyd,
Jones,
Pope,
Camden,
King,
Reynolds,
Cannon,
Knight,
Sirmons,
Cochran,
Laughridge,
Strickland,
Collier,
Lawrence,
Surrency,
Crawford,
May,
Turner,
Dabney,
MiUer,
Watts,
Deadwyler,
Moore,
J. S. Walker,
M. Dickinson,
Mooter,
Wilder,
Echols,
Morrell,.
Williamson,
Green,
Newsom,
Whitworth,
Greer,
Paulk. -
Know Nothing patriotism to prove foreign
ers have always been just this thing. Not
because our land, since the passage of the o
famous resolutions, has been overrun with
the “paupers and felons”—for abont that
- very time immigration began to fall off, and
^^-^cofttinucs to do so to this very hour. How
- can wc explain these Legislative slander*—
these efforts to enslave us to the Pope, and
w bring this happy country under the dom
ination of a religion “that slew 60,000 of
our race,” in one night. Can it be possible
that men we selected, from their superior
knowledge of the needs and dangers of the
country, could have been so ignorant, when
representing us, of the wide-spread danger
our blessed religion was encompassed by ?
We cannot believe it. We call upon the
voters of the 4th Congressional District, to
demand of Mr. Hill an aooount of his agen
cy in getting up and supporting these reso-
„<Tution». He was either wrong in 1851, or
r wfongnow. Which is it? If it was a holy
and jost thing then, to invito foreigners to
«m« tun, we demand to know of him what
sines then, has made it wicked and danger
ous, and disgraceful pa the part of the Dem-
There being a tie, the Chair decided in
the affirmative, and pronounced the bill
passed.”—Journal oj the Senate, (Page 255.)
Another One.
We publish to-day from the Macon Telegraph,
a refutation of one falsehood published against
Gov. Johnson. We have now the pleasure of ex
posing another. We fear, however, that there
is no hope of exhausting the supply.
The following letter from Mr. i>odd, with refer
ence to these Algerine documents, about which the
Discipline has so much prated, will be received as
a complete vindication-of Gov. Johnson, from the
charge brought against him in that paper. It
is proper to add that the letter of Mr. Jenkins re
ferred to in the following communication, was
nsed openly by Gov, Johnson in his-speeches dur
ing the canvass.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 3d, 1855.
Editor Intelligencer :
Dear Sin—I notice that the Discipline has made
some charges against Gov. Johnson in regard to
some extra Southerners, issued from the Southerner
office during the canvass for Governor iu 1853,
while I was Editor of that paper. My name bus
been given as reference by the Editor of the Dis
cipline. I never authorized hiui to -give, such
reference. It seems that if the Editor of the Dis
cipline really desired information on the subject,
he wonld have endeavored to procure it from me,
instead of getting the certificate of Uuderw ood,
Starr and Black, as to what they had heard me
say, during the last two years. As my name has
been so freely used in the matter, by the' Know-
Nothing papers or the State, ffccl constrained to
make an explanation. - Wheii Gov. Johnson was
at Rome in 1853, he asked me to strike off for cir
culation several extra Southerners, containing Mr.
Jenkins’ famous Whig letter to the Savannah Re
publican. I did as lie requested, and iu those
extras, were inserted two or three editorials from
Democratic papers concerning the Algerine Law,
aud Mr. Jenkins’ connection with it. Gov. John
son is not responsible for the Algcriuc portion of
those extras : some other person ts, if it is impor
tant that any-one should~bo. taspoiikikle. I never
had the remotest idea of *sneiug : Gov*. Johnson up
on the account, -although it is alleged'that I
“threatened” to do so. I know that some of tho
Whigs of this place desired that I should do so—
One of them a lawyer, (now a Know Nothing)
proposed to prosecQte-the* suft'frcc of charge. I
have been joked a great deal about what the K:
N’s are pleased to term the “Algerine" Circulars,”
and I may. have, at some time, carelessly said
more than I intended to convey. I am satisfied
that what I did say, has been given the most lati-
tudinous construction. Gov. Johnson did not
“refuse” to pay the account. I presented it to the
Democratic committtee of Floyd county, and that
committee paid it
Yours truly,
J. W. DODD
K. N. Decency.
We will not waste' words on the unfeeling
notice certain K. N. papers have taken of the ab
sence of Gov. Johnson from the Cartersville meet
ing. He was not, as has been falsely asserted,
afraid to meet the people of Cherokee because of
his corrupt administration of the State Road: it
has been a long time since any Democrat in Geor
gia has been afraid of the tongue of the Order.
The way it has lately wagged makes it no scandal,
and all that we ask is that it will simply tell the
truth. The fear is, if there is any fear at all, that
this will not be done.
Gov. Johnson was actually on his way to the
mooting and was met at -Gorden with a request
from his mother that her son wonld hasten to her
dying bedside. To elose her eyes was. the sad
office that kept Gov. Johnson away from the greet
ings of the ho3t that assembled at Cartersville,
and not from the dread of anything that wears tho
form of a Know Nothing. TRUTH.
Ex-Senator Dickinson, of New York, has
written a letter to the editor of the Florida Jour
nal denouncing the Know Nothings.
The above, taken from the Louisville Bulletin,
the evening paper of the Louisville Journal,
plainly indicates the view taken by a Know Noth
ing of Mr. Dickinson’s letter, which was published
a few mornings since by the Eagle A Enquirer, as
if it contained a vast amount of “aid and comfort”
to its dying cause. But it does not surprise us to
find our neighbor “catching at straws”—drowning
men will do that.—Memphis Appeal.
Historical Error-—We have noticed of
late a frequent statement that a Regiment
under Riley, deserted to the enemy during
the late war. This is entirely a mistake.
Riley was a deserter from tne army, and
was given by the Mexicans the command
over a corps of deserters who were - from all
parts of the army.
[From the Augusta Constituthftinlipt.]
Etowah, Ga., Aug. 28, 1855.
Jahes Gardner, Esq.—Dear Sir: A
friend has called my attention to tWo edito
rials of the Chronicle if- Sentinel, one in
t'.at paper of the 24th nud the other of the
25th inst. The first declines to dissect- my
letter to Dr. Branham, on account of its
length, and what it is pleased to call its
mystery. The second goes into a critical
review of the matter of my letter, as it pre
tended, notwithstanding its length and mys
tery.
I am gratified, Sir, that even that Editor
has plucked up courage, after two assaults,
to meet the facts presented by me for the
information of the public. I only regret
that this task was not assumed by an editor
more distinguished for fairness. But it is
probably for the best, since 1 may take it for
granted, that in his editorials I shall find
fully represented all the unjust assumptions,
evil surmises, and unfounded charges which
pettifogging and demagoguing aspirants
can invent. If, therefore, their representa
tive has put his best foot foremost, they
will soon find it desirable to make a safe re
treat.
In the editorial of the 24th, the Editor
does nothing more than reiterate a charge
from the Atlanta Discipline, which 1 have
not before seen, which, he says, “ if true,
fully and conclusively establishes the charge
of a reduction of freight, made for the ex
clusive benefit of M. A. Cooper.”
The charge is this, as set forth hv this
Editor to-wit:
“ If he (M. A. Cooper) is not the subject
of special favoritism, how and why is it
that the freight on a car load of coal, ship
ped from Chattanooga to Kingston, a dis
tance of 78 miles, is $19.60, while a car
load of the same article from the same
place to Etowah, a distance of 90 miles,
812.85 ?”
Now, this Editor writes us if he under
stood this, and really believes that there is
something in this, and thereby shows his
iguorance of the subject about which he
writes. He would have Ills readers believe
that in tlio two cases put, all things are
equal to.the Road and the State. If he re
ally thinks all things are equal, and will
allow it, I will inform him that they are
not, since in the caso of my freight, the coal
is shipped in quantity for special purpose,
by concert and agreement witli the State
and Road for six or eight years ago. I ship
hundreds of car loads per annum, to make
iron, to he returned on the cars as back
loading; fit up and load the cars at my own
cost. 1 started the coal trade, and am the
only man who keeps it regularly up. In
starting it years ago, for manufacturing
& oses, I was assured by the Superinten-
and the Legislature, that it should be
brought at the lowest rate, and the Legisla
ture directed, in response to my memorial,
that this should he so managed as to favor
the business. And one of the principal
agents on the Road, who is perfectly advis
ed in regard to the profits of the ltoad aris
ing from the shipment of my coal, freely
admits that the cars which carry this coal
P a y better than any cars that run the Road.
These are facts in regard to the charges
on coal shipped to Etowah. Now for the
shipment to Kingston.
1st. This relates to the shipment of a
single car load, and the price $19.54, sup
posing that coal was shipped there in fact
(as the Chronicle -would make its readers be
lieve) ybr all uses there indicated, would not
pay the State and Road as well as the coal
shipped to Etowah at the reduced rate payed.
But I hazard little in saying, that since the
first running of the cars front Kingston to
Chattanoogga, there has uot been the first
car load of coal ordered for or shipped to
Kingston. Is not, therefore, this compari
son of Kingston and Etowah freights the
| veriest humbug, gotten up to fouitd an un-
j j us t “charge” of “favoritc-ism” on one hand
j and corruption on the other ? Is it not an
i unblushing effort to arouse the pettiest j.reju,
[ dice of ignorance and poverty—to bring an
award of public opinion for political purpo
ses, through mere prejudice of our poor na
ture, against truth and justice?
I say, sir, that it is. Before I am done,
this Editor shall think it so, say what he
may. Every candid reader of his shall
think and say so, too, if he will dare do them
the justice to publish my letter and rav re
plies to his editorials.
Having shewn how it is that the differ
ence between the charges on a ear load of
eoal from Chattanooga to Kingston and Eto
wah, may be as stated by that Editor, and
yet not snow favoriteism to M. A. Cooper, I
proceed to state.
1st. That if Etowah stood related to the
coal trade as Kingston does, M. A. Cooper
would pay the same as Mr. Summers or
Col. Clayton, who live at Kingston, would
pay. since it is true, as alleged in the Chron
icle, that these two places are in the same
classification.
2d. That the difference thus triumphant
ly pointed out as proof o r the charge of fa
voriteism is owing solely to their difl'erent
relations to the subject, and not to favorite
ism to M. A. Cooper, since it is true, that
if he should exchange places with Col. Clay
ton or Mr. Summers, of Kingston, or with
his neighbor, Dr. J. W. Lewis, Messrs.
Caldwell & Ford, or Mr. Miluer, or Mr.
Moore, (all iron men) either of these would
become at once the favorite, iu tlie sense
that he now is, notwithstanding some of
these are Know Nothings.
3d. That this difference was made by
Messrs. Wadley and Yonge, on the princi
pies of justice and interest to the Road and
State under Gov. Cobb, as a matter of execu
tive administration, iu accordance with tlio
policy indicated by the expressed will of the
; Legislatnre.
j 4th. That, therefore, it is not chargeable
to Gov. Johnson, nor is the credit of making
this advance of statesmanship, in the man
agement of the ltoad due to him, but to Gov.
Cobb, Mr. Wadley and Mr. Yonge.
5th. That this is true, because since Gov.
Johnson canto in, the Superintendent failing
to recognize the justice and policy of this
feature of Administration, did not only nul-
lify it, but forgetting, or overlooking the
recorded will o( the Legislature, did actual-
ly reverse it bv taxing the Etowah freights,
an average of twenty-five per cent, by a mere
change of. their classification, making no
corresponding advuuce on others.
6th, That Gov. Johnson, more than twelve
months ago, aud before the act of nullifica
tion by the Superintendent, went into oper
ation, without a'word from me, pronouncedjt
unjust and wrong, and promised that the
poltey and rule of his predecessor should be
adhered to.
7th. That this, eveu to this hour, has on-
ly been done in regard to Iron, Stone, Coal,
I lour and If heat, leaving all other articles
taxed 25 per cent, above the rates of Messrs.
Wadley and Yonge, taxed too, out of this al-
ledged favoriteism of Gov. Johnson.
But, sir, I stop not here, by that Editor’s
own chosen example; I will refute him, by
his own illustration ; I will confound him,
by hie own witness ; prove him guilty of
the charge he makes on me; out of his own
mouth will I condemn him.
He takes for his own example, the charge
between Kingston and Etowah, and offers
the case of Stone Coal, j us t explained by me
to prove “favoriteism” to me. I have shown
that Gov. Johnson did not create this differ
ence, and therefore has not thereby shown
me favoritism,” therefore this charge is
3d. The people of King»to* have not com
plained to Gov. Johnson,. because they find
foadcunce on theipfreight by him. Bacon
is just where Guv. Cobh rtkit it and left it.—
This .therefore shows nofavor toM. A. Coo
erby Gov. Johnson.
4th. The freights shipped from Manta
to Etowah are neariy all common to both
places, and any difference must he Mt in
case of competition in trade or busmesa.—
Etowah is 43 miles from Atlanta, Kingston
is 58 to 60.
5th. The articles shipped, in eoounon - to
the two places, are goods, wares and mer
chandise, sugar, molasses and salt. On all
these, and on all other articles, stone coal
by the ton nst excepted, M. A. Cooper, op
to Ihe present hour, pays die same that the
merchants of Kingston do—for instance r
On boxes of bonnets, haw, Ac., by the
cubic foot, >L A. Cooper pans for 43 miles,
7c.; Kingston 7c. per 58 miles.
On Dry Goods per 100 lbs., M. A. Coop
er pays 35 c.; Kingston 35.
On Cheese, Coffee, Rice, Ac., per 100 lbs.,
M. A. Cooper pays 55c.; Kingston 25.
On Bacon, Flour in sacks, Molasses and
Stagnr, M. A. Cooper pays 90c.; Kingston
On Pig and Bar Iron per ton, M. A.
Cooper pays $2.40; Kingston $2.40.
On Salt per sack, M. A. Cooper nav* 33c.:
Kingston 33.
Now sir, by the rule laid down by the Edi
tor, it is here proven that Kingston is the
favorite, and not M. A. Cooper.
But again
6th. The advance of M. A. Cooper’s
freights to the scale of the Kingston freights
amounted to a rise on his freights of 25 per
cent on the charges made by Gov. Cobb,
Mr. Wadley and Mr. Yonge, and no ad
vance on the Kingston freights, M. A.
Cooper did complain to the Superintendarit
before it went into operation. IfM. A.
Cooper is the favorite, why has this wrong
and injury been put on him, and suffered to
oppress him to this hour ?
Lastly. Take another example, to-wit:
Bar Iron is an article, the success of
which involves the living of M. A. Cooper,
as well as the growth and prosperity of the
country. Cartersville is two and a half
miles from Etowah Depot, Cassville eight
miles, and Kingston fifteen miles. These
three places are from forty-five to to fifty-
eight miles from Atlanta. The Northern
and British iron is brought in competition
with Georgia iron at that point, and from
that to the three points named, it (the
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Fill DAY. S^P'fiSMBER 7th?
FORR^ERNOP,
FOR CONGRESS
El— sj. L. Seward, Qf Tho_—
- . M. J.'CrewjEerd; atMjgff
'^'"J’anies M. Sinit Ik, of TXjtioi
11,'lVaruer, of Meriwether
■■ .1.II. Lumpkin, of Floyd
.. Howell Co to to, of Clarke.
* COUNTY NOMINATIONS/^
For (lie Senate-. JOHN COLLIBB. ^
For Ueiirtfirtiihitlvei ALLISON NELgof
?hSn r “fril Bri f 8h ^ r0n) i9 , brOUg ^ by a Know-Nothing Judge; we care not who
the ton, within a fraction as low as it is. . 0 ,
carried from Etowah to either of these three “■ , Su PP osea foreigner or a Cath-
places. If M. A. Cooper or his business is °** c 19 on trial, say for - the murder of a
a favorite, how can this be ? Know-Nothing. The Order calls' a secret
Again. By every administration for ten council pending the trial, and after a nre-
^f p i!„ h g a ^ 'zi of . the •*«•* t*
sand rock for my furnaces, to a point one I 00,11 P®t® nc y °f a witness that on the
and a half miles east of Etowah Depot, on ®orrow is to be called for the defence, the
the Railroad. This was worth to me from Council formally declare that such witness
$5 to $10 per month. This administration is not a good witness, and must not be suffer-
has refused me this benefit. If M. A. Coop-1 —i vr • , , .,
er is a favorite, why was this done ? 1 H ** * “ 8Uch case - who outside
Again. Under Mr. Garnett, by the di- the or J ler has the sll ghtest security that this
rcction of the Legislature of Georgia, Etow-1 orde * * n secret council will not be obeyed by
ah Depot was established as a Passenger the Judge upon the bench ? Will his qath
and Freight Depot, and has been so recog- prevent it? * Why, has he not taken another
"“IJy adm ! n ! s ‘ rat l on P«or to the ^th, which binds him hand and foot to the
present. This administration has stricken I . „ “. ? °
Etowah from the list of Passenger Depots, j Wl1 of a nia J® ri tyi m all things “ social as
and abolished the sale of tickets at rii»t- j we N as political ?” Upon the supposition
point, to the annoyance and injury of our I that the Council to which he is amenable
people and place. The Depot was built at interferes in the discharge of his function’s
my own cost and expense, the Agent hired t,~_ „ r v r a l ~ .
and paid for at my own cost, and Depot h °J , C “ * N ‘ Jud S e observe th,s oath
hands hired and furnished by me for a long whlch he taae® “P° n b« assuming the robes
fimp T Snnllv I of .office?
julli-WoiUern
Mr. Wflfl.' Ilu w kiu.« are
on account of bis absence
is v«ry,,cnart«ous to Mr.
wbetfialr h(^ abseni-e tor
’tio^pring jbnr]>ose.' be.
[one*, we teuve to tlie'
to-JlSy. dHErov sweet it
unity Kft,non Trlr-
We suppose of course that the presiding
Judge is a member of the K. N. party.—
The Order have recently uninitiated Gen.
Ifarirsn, of Houston, as their candidate in
the Macon Cireuit, and. we - have.no doubt,
in every other circuit that party will have
its nominations in the Afield' whether they
are published or avowed as such orjiot.—
Here a grave enquiry suggests itself, and in
all solemnity we call upon the voters of .the
country to weigh it well. . For the first tiule
in the history of parties .in this country
such an enquiry has become a matter of
serious import. Can a party■ man—sworn
in secret to obey in all things, social as well
as political, (whatever may he his prefer
ences,) the will of a majority of his party
—be a safe depository of the judicial func-
tions of the Government? We appeal to
all good citizens to know* wonld -y.ou, iii the
absence of the knowledge that such a "party
as the so-called American pa.rty" existcd, he
willjiig to have a juror so committed to try
a cause in which yon were vitally interest-
ed? "How much worse is the danger in the
case of a Judge. Let no man tell us that
a Judge of the Superior Court is a sworn
officer. Well do wc know it, and-for that
reason have we trembled for the purity of
the judicial ermine when we thought of the!
fact that officers who were the right arm of Judicial foin tniion.
the Government liad incurred new ohliga-' Members of. the Democratic anti-Kitow
„d «uch a sS&tS,
inst.; to appoint delegates to a. Convention
to be held in Newnan on Monday 10th inst.
for the purpose.of 'nominating, a candidate
for.Judge of this Circuit.- •
Roselter’lPiiiulliiyt
Among the amusements promised us for
the “Fair Week,” we-are glad to notice that
Rosciter’s celebrated historical paintings
will be on exhibition nt Coucert Hall for
three .days commencing on the 7th inst.—
These works have acquired a deser\edly
high reputation, and will well repay a vis
it, to the lovers of art. See the eard of the
managers in,our advertising columns.
ThnruU)’ !tfOrmlng/HCpt i : 6'ih, 1855
Judge Wirncr’i Appointments.
Hoji. Hiram Warner, will address tlie
people-of the FnurflrOorigtessioiial District
at the following times and places :
Fayetteville, Tuesday, Sept. 18.
LaG range, Saturday, Sept. 22.
' Dignified.
It is said that Judge Andrews laid a de
liberate plot to.ibake capital against his op
ponent. Gov.-..-Johnson by timing his resig
nation so as to defeat the holding of the last
session of Taliaferro Court. It is said that
Judge Andrews stooped to the little trick
of having his resignation placed in the post
office,- (-instead -of communicating directly
with the Executive) as we. hear on Satur-
day. leuviffg Sunday to arrange for the fill
ing of the vacancy. The idea was that the
people were tu be made believe that Gov.
Johnson : was mr where to'he found. But
the trick failed,' and the business of the
country went on as though no such a man
as Andrews ever hail donned or dotted the
robes of office. „
tions, and such as were totally inconsistent
with those which the Constitution imposed.
The assumption of a sacred oath must be
witnessed by assembled thousands, if Gar
nett Andrews is inaugurated Governor,
(against which may Heaven defend us,) and
yet who is now to be told for the first time
that if Garnett Andrews is ever sworn into
office as Governor, he must either disregard
his oath of office or his Know-Nothingisra
—one or the other. Now take the case of
time. I finally, without any remuneration
for the interest on the outlay, or Agent pay,
or hire of men, at the request of the Super
intendent, I sold it to the State for less than
cost, with the express agreement that it
I t t miwii A wm
tice without respect of personn, and do equal right tq
the poor and rich, and that I will faithfully and
impartially discharge all the dnties incumbent-on
f< re, with the privilege of storage without I understanding, and agreeably to the laWs and con-
cliarge. I stitution of this State, and the Constitution of the
Again. When this administration came I United States, so help me God.”
in, there was an interesting job of Railroad I These reflections,' we confess, fill our
?" d .* lamps ; I had made clamps for minds with direct apprehension of cote
the entire Macon & Western Railroad, and ,. . . . - _
have a spike machine that cost me $1,000, “ f d ® tr,m ®“ t to the judicial honor and
i* _• •> ~ • ‘ • I mtegiity- Thus far, as the appliances of
fac simile of one in Cincinnati, that oper-1 „ - • —» -n — . - *• - *
ates with great profit to the owner. I de- j Kn °w-Nothingism have not yet .developed , Commencement on Saturday. lst.Septem
tared this job. It was let out to a Northern I their dreaded sqcial power, we haveescaped her, --lBSiT-c - '
The Atlanta Medical and Scrgi5al
•Journa'i—Jos. P. Logan and W. F. West
morei.and, Editors.—The first number <>;
the above named journal has made its ap
pearance on our table. We are but poor
judges of the intrinsic merits of a medical
treatise. Our opinion in this instance must
be determined by the merits of the men who
control this work. Drs. Logan and West
moreland, respectively professors of Physiol
ogy and General Pathology and tlie Princi
ples and -Practice of Surgery iu the Atlan
ta Medical Collego, we have every reason to
believe, are fully competent to the task they
have assigned themselves, and will produce
a-work acceptable to the medical profession;
The present number, is filled with valuable
articles from sopia of the'tirst medical uien
in Georgia. The work is printed by C. li.
Hanleiter & Co.-, of this place, and we can
safely say that- in mechanical and typo
graphical execution if cannot he excelled in
the State. Each number contains sixty-
four pages. Published .monthly qt $3 per
annum'in advance.
To t’on-eapottdentfi. ■
The communication" of “Fire-Fly” by
accident, we are sorry to say, Has been
omitted in our pappr ol' this week. It shall
appear in our next. '
Atg" The following are the names of
Graduates tin whom the Degree of Doctor
of Medicine was conferred, at the Annual
J^ * vrasv kU tm XvIHUIU I * v vravu uyviuii jrunvl j WC IIUlC-CoLil|)C'l
concern, without even affording me an op- any great impeachment of Judicial ndritv
portumty to hid for it. If M. A. Cooper is I s„ nn> u..> _i.„ .-/
a favorite, has all this happened ?
It is false, sir, every word false. The
truth is, I have never been a favorite ; and
no man on this Road ever will be a fa
vorite, whose business pushes up the Agents
and men of the Road to constant vigilance
Martin G- .Slaufilter.
in oor State. Bui who can answer Tor the ^ ferrel},
future? Who ever saw a tiger-hearted pro- c 8 Haley
scriptiveness appeased by the triumphs of A B Wallace,
its power, and when minor successes shalI W II Willb;uik.-tr *•
have armed and emboldened the Order, who ' J A Johnson,
a u vi. fj“,— ir —~—■; ■*»••—•««>« shall undertake to say that its vandhl ttead ! Sanders, , , .
s,r i?: sssfe /
that has ever made a direct and intentional “ w ’ . that 14 wlU not U8Ur P » lodgment | b Q Jonos,
strike at^the interest and prosperity of my | even * n sacred seat of Justice—itself? ; J II -Jones’ - ‘
place. I have suffered more wrong and in- TatiwPaMlt ~. .GW Neely, * "
jury at the hands of this administration, I An article having appeared in tlie Savan- i ^ W T Stamps, -
than all others put together. I am suffering nah Republican of yesterday morning; of a - W 0 H^son," "
it to this hour—my neighbors know it—all j grossly libellous character, against the Pro-! J J Newsome
parties know it. On this the Know-Noth-1 prietor of the Savannah Georgian, he would ! Scarlett,
ings have built their hopes of aid from me, respecfully state to the pnplic that he has al- Th ® 8 G »*!, * • -
and not from any assurance from me. I ready taken the necessary incipient steps to I P M Tidwell, .
have never said absolutely that I would not I hold the writers and the publishers of the i p Keaton,
vote for Governor Johnson. The only point I same responsible in pecuniary damages* ,GW Humphries,
was how much I could or ought to endure I These most unfounded and malignant attacks ; DBJuhan, .-
rather than do what I never have done, j against the private character of one.who is j J M Hamilton,
knowingly give a vote to the injury of my conscious of no wrongZ-except it be a wrong | T p Burgaim ,
country Know-Nothmgism does not com- to have done what he could, to hold up to the ! Thos Boring," "'
prend ttos—hence their clamor. just scorn and indignation of the people, ' Eli Frost > -
X will reply to the second editorial in your a nefarions, secret poitical organization— C p Brown, . ,
next issue, and will invite the editor to keep have already passed beyond the hounds' .of B F Boptar,
it up. It be does not give the neonlelight. I newspaper controversy, and will best here-! ^ A' ; Culbertson", **
ferred to another tribunal. In thh mean- P M Darnalir .
time, the Proprietor of the Georgian would j p R Leech,
respectfully state to his friends'and" to the ^ L Ledbetter,
public, that knowing himself to be innocent, The following were, admitted ad eundem
he feels confident he will be able at the j yradunt:
! W p ^k®*vMD. Atlanta,-Ga
it up. If be does not give the people light,
with your aid, I will.
Respectfully yours,
MARK A. COOPER.
Pirtckneyville, Ala
Greenville, Ga
Erin, Ga
Hebroir Ga
Lawton; Ga
-'Mt. Hickory, Ga
“ " ‘ ' -“ Ga
■ - “ ' -Ga
. Rocky Mount, Ga
Spier’s Turnout, Ga
Atlanta, Ga
Eagleville, Tenu
Fairborn, Ga
Bowden, Ga
•. St,. Cloud, Ga
. : Sa.ndersville, Ga
- Brunswick; Ga
- Washington, G:t
Fairburn, Ga
Newton, Ga
Atlanta, Ga
Slone Mountain, Ga
Mt. Hickory, Gg,'
Griffin, Ga
Atlanta, Ga,
Marietta, Ga
Madison, Ga
. Atlanta, Gp
' Cave Spring, Ga
. Atlanta: Ga
.Charlotte,. Tenn
Atlanta, Ga
Indiana Democratic State Convention.’
Cincinnati, August 30
The Democratic State Convention of In-1 Sn«ThT*u lllCe ' *1° 8atlSfactor y W P Parker, M I
diana, held at Indianapolis, yesterdayw^ I m^de^a.W ^ H0ILv ^- “ “
hmTc!? M^'ind othera^d ^2* fou ' nd » 4 * 0, ‘- And till he sEaR*
lard. Col. May, and others, and adjourned,- ab Ie to obtain such evidence from Charles-' Wm T • 4 - - ' ' Savannah, Ga.
“i c„ s .
men in interfering with the legal rights of i W ! ,DS W n ? t^ -fgnotanf m the fanatical
the Kansas settlers, and maintaining that I nee ted from nil mlnmuaiiuini , i 40 ^eedsof blood, and: driving them to that
taSSSy.”**• l ” ee, ‘”“ mbkd 22; five*
a x-vead. Hav. Georgmh. . t at LouiswUe, detailing ihe awful scenes of
! murder Ain election day, .is the Hon. W- J-.
Another Falsehood nailed to the eonnte
Macon, Sept. 1,1855
Editors Georgia. Telegraph:
I notice in the Georgia Citizen of this date,
an extract from a communication over the
signature of, Albert- G. Adams, in-which'fae
Kansas Legislation. : “*■ .dicuuuu uay, .is toe ilon. tv; -J-.
The proceedings of the * Kansas Legisja-' [ Brown, of Indiana; and iniGd.wardly unite
tuns, as reported m the Missotoi D0m(x»at' I te Summer,; he 'lan-
the 25th, are of the most varied and uni-i £ ua £ e: ’■ ■'
a oh»rspt»i- Aota to „ i——a “Brown’s, letter ssgned An Eye Witness,
is just such a lying documbiit as might be
molao ~ *" Z uc 1 °f iEe s»tn, are of tne most varied and uni-
rd k fL C lwbt arg - eSagam8tGcV -’/° lln30 ^ ^ °ha»®‘e r - Acte to define the bound-
uttoriv lnv that f iial t, * ati * softhe Territory, to regulate the duties
ofLaSd i ^ *?t° S officers and elections, to_establish
operation, vis: on the first dry of November,
« “H at that time, L. H Briscoe granted
proven false by the editors’ own witness.— . ® lj0t > as he or an J °“er citizen had a
But since this difference is taken as “favor- ' n ^ bt to do b Y ^ aw - I regret to tresspass
itism,” it follows that if the aggregate of u P on y° ur columns, but justice to Gov. John-
charges between these points should show a 8 . 0n and m J se,f . makes it necessary that
diffnrence in favor of Kingston nml the above statement should be made.
O. F. Adams,
ry „ j • o . - ui civii omcers ana elections, to establish
t ^ n ° r I 1 ! 1 infor “. b ““ banks, fix the price of whiskey atfive cents
that it belonged to Gov Johnson. I knew a glass, to create a university,; to"build rail-
if “ ® Band until informed by roads and incorporate towns; with other'
hS* ftS coold D0t features of advancement, wefe among the
that iXoieed h to H 40 ° r matters that engrossed the attention of the
tnat it belonged to any one. Having seen honorable body:
made* inntJnnutn eLf^t A ^ a ’ f hav f In tb « Hou« of Representatives Mr. An-
*T e *tf taofthe Ca r e iJ^. d DBR30N presented a report froiqa CQmmittee
find them as follows: In thesummer of 1854,- to whom was referred a bUliio admStain
trtan/S.T! 6 application for The Indians to the rights of cUizenship^recom-'
n MilM-Vnie thl r ey0r G , eneral X°®e e mending the rejecting ofthe Oct asinexpe-
*“ 2®’, tbe . lftw u “ der Ee dient and unconstitutional. The bill refte
ap P ll ® d iJ™ 8 i* hen operative, and there red to decreed that “every male Indian iri-
lT tmtte St obta f n . tbe habitant above twenty-one years of age, wl.o
lot, till tne act of 1853 and 1854 went into I hasreaided it. ,i- .ry ..f KanSis one
Letter from Mr. Stephen.
Crawfordsville, July 30, 1850.
Dr. Jeter, Buena Vista:
Dear Sir : Your letter of the 25th «»>■*
o V » IXVIUID 3UUUIU snow a
amnrence in favor of Kingston and against
Etowah and M. A. Cooper, Kingston is the
favored pomt and not Elowahor M. A. Coop- !
er. Thereby it will appear that this editor
by his own example, from his own witness,
is fully convicted, and out of Iiisown mouth
condemned. How stand the party ? They | was received yesterday on my reachine
are as follows, and if that Editor had de- ' home. In answer, I regret to say I cannot
sired to enughen his readers, or abstain i make any appointment in your section of
from railing and false accusation, they were ’ the State during the canvass. The “Know
at his command and might have been fur- j Nothings” are moving heaven and earth to
nished by him. _ i defeat me. The President of the Council in
1st. From Chattanooga to Kingston and j Augusta declared not long since that there
Etowah, there are very few articles except j were four or five huudred men in Augusta
Bacon shipped, that are common to the two ; that wonld vote for an Abolitionist before
places; be the difference therefore what it | they would vote for me. This shows what
may, there is no practical proof of anything ' some of these Southern Know-Nothings we
t0 ^a-D 88 ” 6 ' • i up to. It is indeed one of the most mis-
nT* 000 * 8 tli e same to both places, to- chievous organizations ever started in a fine
? nte P® r on ® hundred weight.—
Put this down as one benefit to Etowah, and
for aU practical purposes it ii the only case,
ami this is not the work of Gov. Johnson,
but of Cdob.
country. Their object is proscription, and
I am not surprised to hear of a great -taany
quitting the order, as they see more of Its
hideous deformities exposed.
A. H. Swims.
yew, and wh-. n—»ti- ns have been
dissolved bytre.t!'. -riiiuiu .>ns or acts of
Congress, and who shall have adopted The
habits and customs of white men, shall’he
deemed a legal voter and entitled to all'the
privileges of citizenship, provided he pays
taxes.” The report was agreed to. '
A Trial or Rsapino Machines,—Atrial
of Reaping Maichniea, at the Industrial Fair,
in Puis, Em taken place, and, as usual, the
American machines carried offthe palm from
the French and English machines. Already
the wealthy farmers from air parts of the
country are coming to Paris to see these
machines. A more lively interest is taken
in them than was anticipated, and no diffi-'
culty whatever will be experienced in their,
introduction into general use.
In Paris the telegraph wires are laid un
der ground, no poles being seen iii the streets.
A trench is dug twelve or eighteen inches
wide, in which the wires are placed side by
side, but so u not to toneh each other. Liq
uid bitumen is then pound on, which snr-
roonds tha wires, a^d completely isolates
them. It ssonrss them from damage by ao-
cidsaft erdmign, and from being deranged
by atmospheric influence. Tho same man
is to bo adopted at Lyons.
expected from him. ,Hq may visit Louis
ville again’one of these ditys. [f he does,
we'hope-no personal violence will be offered
hhij.” . ...;
. Summer “counselled no.violence” towards
the officers who., attempted to - execute • the
law, and Batch elder .was basely murdered
at the Court House-door. • Prentice, know
ing the success of that hypocritical language,
in the same manner incites his intolerant
-and murderous followers to shoot down the
..citizen of a. neighboring State.-Ch’go Times.
- .. Louis Kossuth a year''ago transmitted a
memorial to President-- -Pierce ■ inquiring
whether in the- event of U revolutionary pom
test >n Hungary, anjl Italy, American ships
will be':permitted. under-the'laws Of the Uni
ted States, to clear fdr .ports in the posses-
sion of the insurgents? And. whether such
ships will be exempt from search or seizure
on the high seas hy‘the Austrian vessels of.
war ? He now publishes the memorial in
the New Yock Times -and- complains that
the President returned no answers (o his
inquiries. Had he done so we think the
American people would have had just ground
for complaint.
• »- _ . v » . . < ;
Arrest of the Pestilence.—A writer
in Saturtoy’s National Iuteligencer suggests-
an expedient for staying tbe' ravages of the
Yellow Fever, by the removal <jf the whole
popqlation'of Norfolk ', and-Portsmouth to
Old Point and the.Rip-Rap&. That removal
(he says) can be effected in one- day. Pro
visions of all kinds can be easily conveyed
to-those places. In a heaJthy locality, such
as either of; them, the. fever will not diffuse
itself. The sick may die,-and the tainted
may-become sick—but the healthy will es
cape. If they remain . in the infected Dis
trict, no abatement of the pestilsflpe can -be
expected-till frost—nearly'two months off.'
In that period, whatzofpSry what woe, what
bereavement may we*ot.witness!.- Prompt
and decisive action is invoked.
[For qie Atlanta D.iifrfCjgpftfoeneer.]
Jt C^S ^JoYNTY. i^^flfept. 4, 1855.
To 3te Hcaory of tlipEl. Rev. Dr. Ho-
roes Virgil Milton Miller, L. L. D., Ac.
First-ipon the heel tap apd[ then upon the toe,
And every time I turn iiraand T jump Jim CrowJ
Since 1850. 1 h ave been acquainted with
this unassuming politician and devout man.
As a preacher of the Gospel I believe he has
attained hut very little distinction ; but nev
ertheless, when there^jre no offices to befill-
ed, particularly when there is no .inemher
to Congress to be elected from thiadistrict,
does the Doctor occasionally 'display his
eloquence from^the sacred desk, and if he
is not ardent and eloquent in the pulpit as
ntpnn the sttrmp,"I am sure it does'riot con
cern me, and from tlie place 1 there find
hint of course J think him’a Christian;
therefore as to his vending of pills and tlio
.Gospel IbiiveiVothing to say, pro. or con 5 .
But to my text. First upon the heel tap.
In [840 the Doctor thought fit to branch out
in the political world, hot that he desired
any office, but merely through philanthropy
and patriotism. When Matty Van Buren
was nominated, his influence was for Matty
the magician, for iu Cassville, where the
Doctor then resided, it was said that he de
clared “no true Dorn American could sup
port General Harrison for the Presidency',”
and further that he would have his right
arm severed from his body before he wonld
vote for liis father, who was at that time one
of the Harrison electors. These declara
tions, however, were made at a time when
Harrison’s prospects were wonderfully gloo
my in Cherokee, and before the first'log
cabin had been built or before Messrs. Ste
phens or Dawson had made their tour thro’ j
this country, and also before he had had '
that interview with Judge Dougherty, of j
Athens. After the happening of these !
things it was said he stood “ upon the toe.” 1
Here he was standing when he was nonti- I
nated for Congress, and there did he stand j
until lie was shamefully beaten by Judge |
Lumpkin, Miller not receiving a majority ■
of a single county in his district, and, more j
mortifying still, did not get his party vote. :
Of course it was not from this circumstance, '
but about this time ho began “ to turn i
around, evidently intending to “jump
•Jim Crow.”
in the last five years he has only belong- j
ed to eight parties. In the early part of j
1850 a Whig, in the latter part a Southern 1
Rights man or Fire-eater, and a delegate to i
the Nashville convention. The boys about !
Rome say that he left for the convention,
but on the way discovered it was a weak
party, and turned about siugi ng psalms to the
glorious Union what our daddies fit for, and
was soon thereafter seen trying to convince
that old Fire-eater Vouche of the errors
of his way by reading to him Wash
ington’s farewell address. Through 1851
he vascilated, 1852 both a Tcrtium Quid
and a Tugalo man, a bitter denouncer
of Crazy Jane: 1853 we find him at a
Democratic convention in Calhoun, cheek
by jowl with Vouch/-, his battery turned as
saulting the Whig platform and scattering
its principles to the winds. Fouche him
self was not more bitter against the
Whig party, but probably a little more sar
castic and vindictive in his expressions to
wards the Union men. Here it was Miller
made the master Democratic speech, hoped
harmony would prevail, and that his new
light brethren would there learn to spell the
word acquiesce, he could spell it, and pro
nounce it then and also after the nomina
tion. The next day the convention nomi
nated Cql. Chastain. Miller frowned—he
could not spell so well. Fouche looked
grunt, curled the upper lip and contracted
the muscles about his proboscis, hut I be
lieve lie could still spell. Miller went home
and Democrats repaired to his office to con
gratulate him for his able effort in their be
half, hut found him advocating the entire
Whig ticket; in these few hours he had for
gotten how to spell acquiesce. The result
in October proved the unaspiring Miller to
be again upon tlie weak side. He quietly
slid hack to the Democratic party and re
mained until the very day before the con
vention assembled which nominated Jud"e
Lumpkin, and bore wc find the last services
he rendered the Democratic party. He
called on this day in the office of a friend
and there found several Democrats in con
versation, and among them one of the dele
gates tii the Calhoun convention. As he
walked in, it is said, he closed the door
must he so for it is characteristic of the
man. He then proceeded in substance as
follows : “ Gentlemen, we must defeat Dr.
Lewis in the nomination for Congress, for
if he is elected certain individuals will be
his successors, and, John, our time will nev
er come.” The good man, disgusted at the
wild hunt, and' with intense American
feeling's^ proposed that three names be writ
ten each upon a separate piece of paper and
put in a hat; the first name drawn from
the hat .-should he supported in convention
by the Floyd delegation. (Permit me here
to break the thread. The next day, after
hearing the result of the convention, in the
presence of a respectable gentleman and
brother of his in the Methodist Church, he
slapped his leg and declared, “ If Dr. Lew-
’is had been nominated he would have sup
ported him with a vim.”)
This modest man then prepared the tick
ets for the hat, and among them—it pains
me to say it, hut upon one of them he wrote
his own name ! Before however, proceed
ing further with the lottery, he thought it
proper to state, in an evil hour he had been
decoyed into a K. N. Lodge at Augusta,
(poor fellow ! it may be that lie did not
know about the same”time he received nine
black halols in his own town). He intended
to withdraw from the order, he was opposed
to their secrets, their oaths, and opposed to
them in principle any how ; he would have
written a letter denouncing the Order, but
thought it would look too much like bidding
for the office, (meaning the nomination at
Calhoun) but those presen thought if he
would withdraw and denounce the Order,
his having been a member would be no ob
stacle, for they knew he was no broken-
down hack, or political demagogue, but a
man of high “qualifications, puremorals and
unblemished patriotism,” to say nothin" of
his intense American feeling. They "pro
ceeded to the lottery, the Doctor holding the
hat, and one of the delegates drawin": the
matter was soon determined : suffice” it to
say, the Doctor’s number did not draw the
.prize. (Here let me remark I hope our
friend Fouche will not be vexed with .the Doc
tor because he did not place his name in the
lottery,-for I have it from good authority
that the dark-lanterns intend to satisfy him
for his services, by running hint for the leg
islature, even if they do notelect him, there
fore please hold jour grip, and do not be
disgusted at the wild hunt.) But to our
ecelcsiasticle Doctor, poor fellow the die was
cast, the prize lost. Doubtless at that time
his‘feelings were something similar to the
poor American prisoners at Perotc who
were so unfortunate as to draw a black
bean from the urn, which indicated death.
The Doctor grew pale ; his face usually pla- i
cid and rather handsome, suddenly became
elongated, his lips purple and quiver
ing, and his cheeks suffused with tears.—
Poor fellow! seeing his fate was fixed, he
looked hack with tearful ej*es on that party
he had for one long year doted upon with
such patriotic affection. In his bewildered
imagination he could see Dr. Lewis, Judge
Lumpkin, or some other long-tried Demo-
-crat bearing the banner of the party amid
the shouts of the unterrifiod, to that goal
which awaits it on the first Monday of Oc
tober next. With an aching heart and
trembling steps he turns his back upon his
associates. Miserable me ! O where shall
I go ! Could I but see father Cone, perhaps
he could pour the oil of consolation into my
drouping, yea, broken heart: I cannot reach
him, for this hour must I have consolation.
Tumlin leads the opposition, but to the
dark r den I will repair ; I know the sign—
they cannot refuse admission ; there will I
enluiy existence, or dispossess that sap
headed Tumlin. lie knocks, the door is
opened, the pass-word given, he is ushered
in among the hearty congratulations of ma
ny Whigs and a few disappointed Demo
crats. This roost will I rule. No, I am
notin time.; hero is Fouche decked with
the robes of office and disgusted in the wild
hunt. Miserable me 1 I will leave—slip
ping a Catholic gown under his cloak which
had been sent. them as a trophy by the
Massachusetts legislature. O this persecu
tion—this Catholic religion has rained me.
with this gown will I end my existence.—
Probably it was worn by soma^T—T
FT 1, nT 3 ;,h® b y
*elf rt riiall now be a rope amte> ID -
neck, at th^me time my SidSj
A groan wafeheard—the door '"*•»-
a light was fflruet, when In
was seen dangling in the air ! Lted
the groans of n. Cothran, and water, WWe
the sobs of a Fouche. .The *m.e !£•***
ancholy. I left being Wisfied the^f 10 ® 1 '
nate man had jumped Jim <’ rn “ In
quest was held, verdict ofthe j urv „, n ,"»•
to death by a Catholic. BI^FTp^
Hon. A. H. Stephens.
Will address the people at Co \
Newton co.on Thursday the 13th inW 0 -
all who can turn out to hear, this i;
gmslied Georgian upon the pestilem t,n *
of Know Nothingism. i’ eM,len t erm rs
„ El -« OP ® AN INTKxTiTiOKNrE
Further Detail* toy lhe C * C *
The steamer Hermann sailed from Smut
on the loth for New York, with two hunH»? ptoa
sengers. uu unrea
tin the 19th, oft Cork Harbor, passed »
supposed to ho the Atlantic, bound' to
22d lat. 51.11. ion. 24.10, passed a
cast, supposed to he the Asia. 2<iH. 7®. r b ° UB <i
ion. 17.42, passed a steamer hound east I 8,07 -
the BalUo. 28th, lat. 56.0G, ion 59 j 4 prol,l ‘By
, British barque Abigail, standing to northe« f P t a3,e ' 1
j T1,e 'V a r—Ope rations In ttoe b«i„
j The announcement that the allind « " .
| Baltic had destroyed Sweabor-', wns t.il " 10 ,lle
the Hermann, but the Canada"brings ° ut
details, which modify tiie first accounts Me,|Ucm
The following is the first despatch on .1
ject from theF rencli Admiral. * 19 s “b.
On Bonr/l the Louisville, Aug. 1] ,,,
bombardment of Sweaborg by the allied S
has been attended with success A s< ? ua< ^ rons
conflagration, lasting 45 hours has n H lmmeD8e
nearly all the storehouses and magazine,?’ 76 ' 1
Arsenal, which is a complete ruin Va ' °‘ “* c
der magazines and stores of projectiles HewT"*
The enemy has received a terrible blow
fered an enormous loss. Our loss • . 8n *-
in men and nothing whatever in
crews are enthusiastic. PEVA T'r>,,
The dispatch of Admirai Dundas 1, ,. ”,
colored, and is as follows. “ le8S hl ^ly
Off Sicca borg, Saturday, Aug, 1] ,185V a
borg was attacked by the mortar and enn
the allied squadron on the morning ofthe on? ° f
The fi ring ceased early this morning Hearv
piosions and very destructive tires were prodded
In a very few hours nearly all the principal build
mgs on \ argo, and many more on Swartc 2
dmg those of the Dockyard and Arsenal w l
burned. Few casualties have occurred -r,t !
I lives lost in the allied fleets. ’ an ' 1 80
•! (Signed) DUNDAn -
' It will be observed that in the abov* nn
j has been made of the Russian ship* ention
! Pe t*™burg, Aug. 11.— A Ru^ despat ,
; of the 11th says : The Allied fleet opened the
bombardment against Sweaborg on the 9th an,l
: llave Kept it »P With energy until now. ’
Latest.
Oontzie Aug. 16 —The allied squadron return
j e ‘iju Nl }r. ge “ ?'. om Sweaborg, on the 13th. None
| of the allied ships were seriously damaged. The
j British casualties were, killed, none ; wounded
two officers and thirty men. The French loss i,
: equally trifling. 088 18
Advices from Konigsburg state that when the
j attack on Sweaborg began, the Grand Duke Con-
j sb-Jitme asked permission from the Emperor to at
tack the diminished fleet before Cronstadt, but the
; Emperor refused. ’ e
! ‘^weaborg seems not to be in possession ofthe
; Allies, and as it is not a key to any important do
| sit ion, its destruction must be regarded as a de
tached enterprise, aud not as any part of any com
prebensivo operation. Its successful bombard
wont, however, has had the effect to revive the
home 8 ° f th ° tie ° t ’ aDd t0 aatisf y expectations at
Consols advanced J per cent, and the French
funds 25 centimes on the receipt of the news.
Ttoe Crimea.
: The news from the Crimea is important, a great
battle having been fought on the Chernaya. The
British Government received the following di«
patch:— s
Varna, Aug. 16.—The Russians attacked the
I position at Chermaya this morning at daybreak in
great force. The action lasted about three hours
j but they were completely repulsed by the French
i and Sardinians.
Second Despatch.
i “One o’clog k.—The Russian attack this rnorn-
! ing, was under command of Liprundi, with from
i 40,000 to 60,000 men. Their loss is estimated from
4,000 to 5,000, and about 400 prisoners are
taken. The loss on the side of the Allies was
very small.”
Velissier telegraphs on the 16th, as follows:
“For some days past rumors of an intended at
tack on the part of the Russians had excited our
attention, and this morning, at daybreak they re-
ulized their intention against our lines on the
Chernaya, but in spite of the movement of impos
ing masses, which had been collected during the
night, the enemy were repulsed with great vigor
by the troops forming the divisions of Generals
Herbillion, Cnnava, Fanchcux and Morris. The
Sardinians placed on our right fought bravely.—
Tlie Russians left a large number of dead on the
field, and we made many prisoners. The Russians
were in complete retreat on Mackenzie’s Hill
when our reserve came up, and with the aid of our
brave allies, particularly the English cavalry, the
enemy received a severe blow. '
Our losses although much less numerous than
those ofthe enemy, are not vet known.
PELISSIER.”
Affairs before Sebastopol were unchanged.
Omar Pacha had received hasty orders to return
to the Crimea instead of going to Asia.
General Simpsou telegraphed on the 16th :
“General Pelissier and I have decided to open
fire from the English and French batteries to
morrow morning at daybreak.”
St. Petersburg letters say that Gortschakoff has
orders from the Emperor to sink the Russian fleet
if the Malakoff falls.
The London Morning Post (Ministerial organ)
says editorially : “We have reason to believe*that
stirring and hitherto unexpected intelligence "may
be looked for from the Crimea within the next few
days.”
It is supposed to refer to the secret expedition
or field movements.
Sea of Azof!'.
The lnvalide Russe publishes that on July 23d
; a British gun boat went ashore near Tanganrog,
; aud was burned by the Cossacks.
[From the Phil. North American, COth ult.J
Terrible Railroad Acctdent---L'pivards
of Twenty Persons Killed, and over
Forty Wounded.
There occurred yesterday another scene of
: railroad disaster, which was accompanied
j by dreadful loss of life and litnb.
It appears that the ten o’clock A. M. train
| from Philadelphia proceeded as usual on the
; way, until they got about a mile above Bur-
j lington, N. J., when they discovered the
l train from New York coming down at full
; speed. The eastward bound train then at-
: tempted to back on to a sideling to let the
j New York train pass, when the track was
> crossed by a carnage and two horses, driv-
1 en by Dr. Hannigan, of Columbus, N. J.—
i The horses were caught by the hinder-
i most car, knocked down and crushed to
j death. The Doctor was thrown out and
made a very narrow escape, the carriage
! being shivered to pieces. This collision
j caused the rear car to be thrown off the
! track and dragged some distance, breaking
j it up, and dragging it after the emigrant
j car, which was smashed to pieces. The oth-
| er cars were forced through it, and thrown
down an embankment on either side of the
road. There were fire cars completely torn
to pieces. A more sad wreck we never wit-
| nessed on a railroad. One of the cars was
i reduced to splinters. Another was cut in
i twain. The major part of the passengers
in the rear cars were instantly killed or-
seriously injured.
The scene that ensued baffles all descrip-
j tion. The consternation was so great, that
I a panic of horror seized on all who survived
' tlie awful calamity. Twenty-two persons
j were killed and about forty wounded most
! shockingly—some so badly that recovery is
' almost impossible. Last night the remain*
of the dead were carefullv deposited in cof
fins, furnished by the authorities of Burling-
| ton. The spectacle at the Town Hall was
of the most painful character, fifteen coffins
: being arranged around the centre of the
j room. When we left, the Coroner of the
place was about summoning a jury toinves-
| tigato the case. Almost every house m
i Burlington contained one or more of the
I sufferers by this terrible catastrophe. During
! the entire day this unusually quiet town
j was the scene of the wildest excitement,
j Four of the cars were mashed to pieces.
In some cases the mutilation was horrible.
One had his arm torn off in a fearful man
ner. Another had an arm also torn off and
thrown some distance up the embankment,
and his legs separated from his body,
heart and vtscer® strewn along the track
for a great distance. One or two others
wore buried in the sand, and others were
orushed to death between the sleepers. One
man had his scalp taken off; another had,
his thighs broken. Several others had arine
broken, and were lacerated and bruise*
tha most dreadful manner.