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A i'IU:.S, Fit 1D.4V, SUIT. H, S3o.
y'J'lio proceedings of tliu Slnckhold
eas Convention East Tennessee nnd Georgia
Rdlroad, nnd the Report of the President of
the Company, will be published next week.
The present numlier closes tlio 7lh
volume of tlie "Post." Tlio pnper lias nn
actual' subscription list of- twelve hundred
names, and the general condition of the es
tablishment is ns good as could bo expected
"under the circumstances.'' In tlio "round,
ing changes"' of seven years, .1 largo amount
of dues has accumulated on our books not
so much, perh-ips, nsat many other establish,
tncnts, but more than otir interests really re
quire. We hope all indebted, who may bo
able to pay, will do so nt once, ns there is no
employment for which we have n greater fan
cy than entering credits and writing receipts.
Persons at a distance nccd'nt hesitate about
remitting by mail, although that institution is
getting to be quite irregular in its habits.
Tim Maid Adrangemehts. Tho new ar
rangement for running the mail trains on the
East Tennessee nnd Georgia Railroad com
menced on Friday last. Somo weeks since
it was our duty to complain of n delay iu "ie
transmission of the mails occurring at Chat
tanooga nnd Dalton, os detrimental to tlir bu
siness interests of Enst Tennessee. The
break in tho connection nt Chattanooga has
been remedied, nnd tho mails from Nashville
coino Uirough direct; but by the present run
ning of tho East Tennessee nnd Georgia and
Western and Atlantic road.srall the mail mat
ter from tho South for this section, (ve
mean, the country below Knoxville,) nnd all
tho mail matter from tho same section for the
South, is delayed tlio best part of twenty
four hours nt Dalton. The night trains on
both roads carry through mails; but tho train
on tho Western and Atlantic road that brings
the mail from the South for Cleveland nnd
Loudon, nnd other war-points, does not
reach Dalton until 2 o'clock, p. m., some
four hours after the up train on the East Ten-
nessce and Georgia road has left; nnd ns
there is no way mail on tho night train on
the latter road, nil the way mail matter re
mains over nt D.illon until 10 o'clock next
day. We understand n like delay occurs in
regard to the way matter going South. We
know the management on tho East Tennes-
Bco line lias always endeavored to serve the
public interests nnd accommodation to the
largest extent wo know that tho present nr.
rangement for tunning tho road was not in
tended to discriminate in favor of Knoxville
as is charged, nnd will not bo so believed by
nny ono acquainted with tho President nnd
Superintendent of T ranspnrtation. On tho
contrary, we nro satisfied tiie change was in
tended (0 givo the public additional facilities
both as to mails nnd travel, and with the
expectation, as wc presume, that tho running
of tho lower roads would be so arranged ns
to seenro expedition in tlie transit of the
mails in both directions. Put if the present
running of tlio lower roads is to continue, the
present schcdiilo for this road ought to be
changed, nnd no doubt will bo in ns short
timo ns possible. East Tennessee is nt pres.
cnt intimately associated with tho South in
community of interest there is tho market
for the immense surplus of this heavy grain
producing region, and n delay of fifteen or
twenty hours in tho transmission of letters
or papers, at a timo when tho markets are
shnkcy nnd fluctuating, may produce serious
injury, nnd ought to be 'avoided if possible.
And we tnka tho liberty of suggesting to
the management of this line, that, in the event
of there Icing no change in tho running of
the lower roads, it would bo better to fall
back on tho former schcdiilo for tho regular
mail tinin.
Wo aro very certain no ono will suspect
this paper of an intention fo create embar
rassments of nny kind in reference to the
road. We have never paid nny nttention to
the many complaints that have been, made,
because wo knew that in nineteen cases out
of twenty there were really no grounds for
them; at the same timo v were not insensi
ble of tho fact that tho ninny-hcaded public
(an animal that we have n proper degree of
respect for, but do not fear,) was attributing
our silence to other than tho trno motives.
In tho present instance, however, wo think
there is cause for complaint, not with the 111
if ii'ioM of the recent mail arrangement, but
', ils result ns it is shown nt present, nnd
when such is rcntly tho fact, wo shall be just
ns prompt to refer to tho defect and nrgo
that it bo remedied ns soon ns possible, ns n o
ulwnys have been, nnd will be, to defend tho
road and its officers when wantonly nnd un
justly nssa'led. We know bow utterly im.
possible it is to satisfy everybody nnd to
promote all interests alike; but tho delay in
tlio transmission of mail matter nowcxialing
can lie remedied; nnd wo aro certain that it
only necessary to c-ill tho nttention of the
officers of tho rnnd to tlio subject, to havo it
effected.
M'R4k uouxtv. We heard it elated nt
Slnoisonvillc the other day that Monroe coun
ty would sell one hundred and twenty five
thousand bushels of Wheat of the recent har
vest, nnd then hnve nn nbundnnco for home
consumption. The farming interest, as a mnf
tor of course, in old Monroe is in a prospering
condition. Another cridenco of prosperity
in Monroo is the fact that there is lest litiga
tion than in almost nny oounty in Eiist Ten
nessee. The time boa been when Court held
two weeks nt MnOisonville ns many days
aro now sufficient to get through the docket.
At Mrtdisonvillo they nave two excellent
Schools Male nnd Female. A new brick
building has recently been erected for the
former; and the Masons have just completed
their llnll n substantia! and well-construct,
ed edifice. There is ono thins wo admire par
ticularly in tho people of Mndisonville, when
they put their hands to any thing they never
.,!: back cri-top until it. is finuhed.
J-vf'Ciicuit Court for Meigs county meets
,".t Ib-catur on Monday Still insf.
A NOVEL PROCEEDING.
At the Monroe Circuit Court, on Monday
last, nftcr Judge Alexander had finished bis
charge to the Grand Jury, a member of that
body (a Mr. Dickey) notified bis Honor that
lit: wished to call the attention of tho Court
to a certain matter which had been overlooked.
The Court having, w ith its usual urbanity,
signified its attention thereupon Mr. Dickey
proceeded to edify the Court nnd electrify
the Bar nnd outsiders, by reading a series of
interrogatories, which had evidently been
prepared with some care, and which read, to
the best of our recollection, substantially ns
follows :
What is the law in respect to secret socie
ties of men, conspiring together for political
purposes, with nn intention to control the
State, Congressional and .Municipal elections
of tiiu country?
If tho grand furors should discover that
there nro in this county secret societies for
political purposes who bind their members by
an extra-judicial oath that they will not tell
that they are n member themselves, thai nny
body else, or that there is such nn order in
existence, nnd that thev will in nil things
(until regularly dismissed from the same) no.
Iitic.il and social, whi ther it romports wilh
their personal preference or not, be governed
ur the minority of their party, wncn legally
and fairly expressed according ' the rules
and usages of tho order, will it bo the duty of
the grand jury to present the oflicersand mem.
bers of said societies for trving to nccom
plish n legal object by the uso of illegal
means?'
Is it lawful of nny judge or magistrate in
this State to administer to any citizen of the
same an 0.1th (either wilh nn uplifted hand or
upi 11 the Holy Evangelist) for any purpose
other than lo ho tiseu ns evidence Delore
aomo court record, or in obedience to tho
constitution nnd laws of tho United States,
or of tho Stato of Tennessee?
Is it legnl for one citizen to ndminlsfer to
another a solemn onth with nn uplifted
liana or upon tlio lioly I'.vangelist?
If a man violate 1111 extra-judicial onth can
he be indicted for perjury!
Ilis Honor, the Judge, replied in substance,
as follows:
The enquiry made by the Grand Jury is
certainly one that I onl not nnd could not
have anticipated, nnd, hence, cannot respond
to it ns much in detail ns may be desired by
the juror propounding the questions to the
court. The terms of the enquiry imply that
there exists n secret political organization in
this county subversivo of, or prejudicial to
public liberty and the institutions of the
country. Had I supposed, or bad any reason
to believe, such a state of things existed nnd
that criminal combinations were nt work to
destroy our government, I should certainly
hnvo brought the subject to tho attention of
the Grand Jury so far ns tho parties might
havo rendered themselves amenable to the
Slato Iiws. But not believing, nnd having
no reason to believe, there exists any such or
ganization as that indicated in the enquiry of
the Grand Jury, I respectfully suggest that
you would be more profitably employed in
discharging the ordinary nnd legitimate duties
appertaining to your position. You nro tho
conservators of the public peace, nnd the
guardian of tho public morals, for tho time
being, and the duties growing out of these
considerations will afford you abundant em
ployment, without running off after doubtful
or imaginary offences. It would bo deeply to
be regretted if Grand Jurors or Courts should
so far forget their obligations nnd their du
ties as to be influenced in their official action
by partis m or po Itical consideration!. It is to
he hoped that nil good, nil patriotic, men will
set their faces firmly, detenninately, against
a precedent fraught with so much unmixed
evil. It is a matter of public history nnd cer
tainty that there are now and ever have been
in this country political societies and associ
ations, but I have uo evidence to believe they
or any of them nre obnoxious to the public
laws of I ho country. ' I know of no statute
or principle of common law which forbids
such organization nny more than Lodges of
Freo Masons, Odd Fellows or Sons of Tem
perance. In conclusion, I say to yon that,
in my opinion, tho enquiry of the Grand Jury
embraces no case calling for or justifying any
examination or action on the part of the Jury.
If you nnd I will attend to our own business
and let politics alone we shall find enough to
do.
Wo noticed Mr. Dickey particularly nfter
his Honor had responded, nnd ho looked n
good deal like tho interesting young man
who "let tho bird go," and that tho result was
very different from what ho had anticipated.
Wo learned on enquiry, that ho was n good
enough meaning man, without nny remarka
ble degree or astuteness, and is supposed to
havo been the instrument of some person
who, were it possible, would curry party feel
ing even into our courts of justice. The
courteous though merited rebuke which the
Judge gavo was sufficient, we think, to pre
vent a recurrence of the kind. If Mr.Dickey
will allow ns to call his attention to tho fol
lowing, he may derive advantage from it:
Tho Grand Jury of Runcnmbo county,
last summer, presented several of tho Know
Nothing Councils. Subsequently old Billy
Jones, the Fool Killer, passed through Bun
combe, nnd thoso Grand Jurors tvere among
his first victims. In his report to President
Pierce, he says:
"The twelve Grand Jurors hare fallen be
neath irry blows; but although blood has
flown abundantly, there Is no sign of brains
upon tho old man's club."
The moral is evident, nnd the application
inevitable. Mr. Dickey may consider himself
fortunate thnt beisnotnoiiizen of Buncombe.
Wheat. Tho prico continues at ono dol
lar. Ono hundred and nineteen wagons un
loaded ot tho Depot horo on Thursday, the
Glh. This county will export, of tho Into
yield of tho harvest, ono hundred and sixty
thousand bushels. Oilier counties along the
lino of the railroad, will, pt-rhops, do as well.
The three counties of Brndley, McMinn nnd
Monroe, from the information now in our
possession wo have no doubt will sell for ex.
port over 400,000 bushels, nt nn average of
one dollar per bushel. Here then is thcsniig
sum of between four nnd five hundred thou
sand dollars diffused among tho people of
these counties for the single nrlicle of wheat
alone the product of n singlo harvest,
How much wheat did theso same counties
export bef.,re the railroad was built, nnd nt
what price ! Not more than twen.ty.five thou,
wind bushels, nnd that small amount wissold
at nn nverngo of fifty cents per biwhol. In
the mean while, lands huve quadrupled in
value, and the owners hnvo nctunlly become
rich by the enhancement, almost without
any effort of their own. Wonder if people
ever think of these things when thoy nro com
plaining at the road's inability to do throo
months work in a singlo week.
Trertok, N. J., Sept. 5.
The Know Nothing Slato Convention, nf
ter a long debate, declared that the repeal of
tho Missouri Compromise is a national wrong
and ought to be restored.
VIRGINIA AND TEXN. RAILROAD.
The readers of the "Athens Post," ma-
ny or whom havo been with us from its
first establishment seven years ago, will
we know be pleased to leant of the ra
pid progress of the work on tho Virginia
and Tennessee Road the Eastern end of that
great iron line of which our own road is one
of the most important links. Twenty-two
years ngo wo m.ido tho trip from Trenton,
New Jersey, lo Knoxville, Tennessee, on fitot
by "easy stages'" of 331 miles per day.
The valleys were broad nnd weary to cross
and the mountains tall nnd rugged. The spirit
of improvement bad been aroused years be
fore, had nlrcady accomplished much, nnd
was accomplishing more; but wo never for a
moment thought, ns wo wended our lonely
way across the mountains with no heavier
burthen than n light heart nnd n thin wnrd
robe, that the snmo spirit would in n few short
year more, bring the great marts of the
East nnd tl.c queen cities of the South to
gether, to meet and salute each other nnd
lock hands forever, on the summit of tho
Blue Ridge. It would havo been a dream
then. But the work is now about accom
plished tho deep valleys have been filled,
tho tall mountains penetrated nnd levelled,
nnd in two years more, nt farthest, New Or
lennsnnd Boston, Charleston nnd New York,
will be united with bands of iron. But
the great work will not he complete with the
union on the Blue Ridge the genius of im
provement is restless, untiring, nnd will not
stop. It has reached the Mississippi, nnd the
iron steed drinks daily from tho blno waters
of the Gulf. It is Blill looking- Westward,
and in view of what has already been accom
plished, it is not presumptuous to expect
that in n few yenr.1 more tho reality will pre
sent a lino of railroads an unbroken line
running through tho heart of tho Union,
with its Eastern end resting on the rocky
strand of New England and its West upon
the now distant Pacific.
May we not hope that this "annihilation of
spaco nnr distance" between tho two ex
tremes this bringing together and still
greater identity and blending of interests,
commercial nnd social, will have the effect to
banish the sectional jealousies nnd unnatural
prejudices nt present unhappily existing be
tween different portions of n Union which it
is the first duly, nnd should bo tho first ob
ject, of us nil to preservo nnd perpetuate.
The following nrticle in regard to the pro
gress on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,
wo find in the Richmond Desp.'cb:
Vitiginia and Tennessee Railroad. At
Wythcville, a few days since, wo wero invit
ed to accompany the Directors in nn excur
sion to tho new terminus of the Virginia and
Tennessee railroad fifteen miles beyond that
place. The vehicle in which the" Directors
nnd their companions for tho voyngo were
seated is styled n gondola, ns wo learned
from Cnpt. Btiford, the efficient Superintend
en t nnd Engineer of the process of track lay.
ing. A railroad "gondola" is, however, not
nt all like the famed Tessels which traverse
the canals of Venice it is simply a flat
with sides some six inches high. A number
of chairs being placed upon this, the gentle
men took scats in them nnd uncovered nnd
with unostriictcd view, traveled to tho ter
minus aforesaid. The country was very beau
tiful; tho grazing farms li.iing made even
unusually verdant by tho superabundant
reins which have for some time fallen in the
mountains.
Wo fnund tho new portion of the road ad
mirably constructed. It terminated nt pres.
cnt in a very deep cut through the crest of n
very considerably elevation which divides the
waters of New Kiverand tho Ilolstnn, near
the hamlet of Mount Airy, in Smytho coun
ty. Fifteen miles boing'thiis deducted from
the distance to the Tennessee line, there re
mains near fifty miles to complete the road to
that point. The embankment, however, for
nearly that entire distance is complete and
the superstructure only is wanting. The work
is going nhead, bravely and will, we trust, be
foro many months be completed. From tho
President down, it has n most able and ener
getic corps of officers nnd they nre doing nil
in their power to complete the road nt tho
earliest possible day. But ono thing has de
layed it the want of money. Through the
untiring exertions of tho President, the work
has been kept going sometimes with a great
er nnd sometimes a lesser force; nnd money
or no money, we believe ho w ill hnve the
great work finished before ve.y long.
Indeed wo begin to think he has learned how
to build railroads without money.
The company do not expect to run their
passenger trains on this new section, nor we
supposo their freight tains; nnd possibly
there will, bo very little active business on
tho line until it reaches Seven Milo Ford,
some fourteen or fifteen miles further. There
the very rich valley of the Holston is tapped
and there will be n point of accumulation of
n considerable business for the road. At
present very littlo travel is attracted from be.
youd Abingdon; but ns tho lino progresses
towards tho Tennessee boundary the travel
increases, and when it renches thnt point tho
groat majority of trnvelers from East Tennes
see will bo drawn upon it, adding large,
ly t: tho revenues of the great improve
liient.
Cleveland Dihto-Stour. We neglected last
week to call nttenlion to the advertisement
for the Cleveland Drug-Store. Mr Thompson
has as largo an assortment as enn be found
in Fast Tennessee, nnd keeps none but pure
and genuine nrtiolee.
tW Persons who wnnt to subscribe for the
forthcoming "Biography of Hon. H11. L,
White," are requested to leave their names
with the editor of this paper. The work will
be one that should be in the hands of every
Tcnnesscenn, and we hope our friends will
leave their names immediately, thnt we may
send them to the oulbor. Terms, f 2,00 per
copy pnyablc when the book is delivered.
lf The Journal of Commcrco lonrns thnt
tho Secretary of tho Treasury will commend
to Congress in his Annual Report, a revision
of the Tariff, keeping in view tfireo objects:
1st To simplify the classification of articles.
2d. To abridge the labor of collecting the
Revenue, nnd thereby reduce tho number of
employees, nnd thus lessen the necessary
expenses.
3d. To encournge tho industry of the coun.
try, by exempting raw materials from duty.
A New llAiursitiitB Summer. We rocenL
ly noticed the fact of there having been a fall
of snow In Vermont in August, and wo find
the "heated ternrin New Hampshire is some
times agreeably diversified by a "freezing
pell." Tho Manchester Amcriean of the
31st nit., says;
"This morning Coneord Sqnaro was white
with frost at S o'clock, nnd the grass was
fiozen stiff. To day hns been cold and w indy.
A fire was comfortable in the offices, and
sneezing was n common occupation among
such ns omitted to build one. Summer went I
out with a most frigid disposition." i
WHEAT AND THE SPECULATORS.
The nttention of those who are grumbling
nt the Railroad because of its inability to haul
off the immense wheat crop of East Teunes.
see the same week it was harvested, is invit
ed to the follow ing extracts from the Rich
mond (Va.) Whig:
The speculators have the inturn on the
farmers about this time. Their combined
operations have been too powerful for the
dispersed nnd undisciplined bucolics. They
put forth theirestimalesof the crop, in all the
imposing array of figures, founded not upon
crude reports, they said,but reliable facts; and
they assured Europe that tho United States
had made bread enough to feed the world for
the next twelve months. These estimates
have been sent to Europe to produce effect
there and then react here. Ii, is an old de
vice, nnd has been practised heretofore with
brilliant success. No longer than last yenr,
it was put into full operation. We have re
ferred to our files of that day, to see how
completely the manreuvres then nnd now tilly.
From about the 20th of August to the 10th
of October, the daily announcement was
"wheat dull and declined, with a downward
tendency!'' Tim dnwnward tendency" is n
stereotype, always inserted, and is considered
a clincher. It is ns much as to say to the
poor bewildered farmers: "if you don't make
hasto nnd rush your wheat to market, you
wiU be too late the tendency is downward
you will he caught!" We recollect to have
heard that, at that time, some of our worthy
millers, with a sort of triumphant chuckle,
and by way of guarding farmers against trust
ing any moro to the predictions of the Whig,
lectured some terrified Bucolics nfter this
wise: "You see now what yon get by listen
ing to the Whig if you had sold 3 months
ago, you coula have got 1.75 to 1.80; hut
now 1.40al.45are the outside figures." We
think it likely that the same sort of discourse
is being held now.
All that the farmers can do those of them
nt least, who arc not compelled to sell is to
lie close ind ling the shore till this storm,
w hich tlie speculators have raised, shall blow
over. We do not despair of seeing sunshine
ngnm. r.nglatirl, under tho most lavoratilc
cireumstiwccs. cannot produce more than an
average i'rop this year. That will leave a
deficit if 50 millions bushels, which has to be
supplies' from some quarter. Franco cannot
contribute a bushel; for tho Mark Lane Ex
press bts out the secret, that the crop is short
in thatconntry, and French ngents have been
buying in London nnd Spain, for future de
livery. In the North of Europe, the wheat
crops arc not represented ns very large, nnd
in several of them, the rye and potato ctops
have proved failures. Spain nnd Portugal
cannot furnisl over 5 or C millions 10 at tlie
outside. Sone supplies are expected from
the Adriatic,aud to eke these out and hurry
the decline n report hns been put in circula
tion, that Rntsia has authorized Austrian nnd
Armenian merchants to export w heat from
her domiiiioiu. We have been able to dis
cover no anlli rity for this improb ble report,
except nn nnotyinous writer in the London
Times, who mircly makes the nssertion with
out nny proof.accompanied with the hope,
that large snpflies may be obtained from Hint
quarter. We do not consider the report
probable, for it cannot be the policy of Russia
to feed her adversaries. And if thnt other
report prove tru?, which is asserted with great
confidence, that Louis Napoleon intends to
lend nn army to the Danubian provinces, all
the grain of that whole reL'ion will be needed
on the spot by the contending armies.
Upon the whole, to sec nothing discourag
ing thus far. We expected nnd made allow,
anccs for the mnnmavres of the speculators
and a crowded market. But tho turning point
is the EuglUh crop. If that does not exceed
an nverage, we shall get high prices for every
bushel we have tn spare; nnd there is n fair
probability of a Iars'o demand at war rates,
without regard to the Lnghsh crop.
, New Yoiik, Sept. 6.
The United Slates Mail Steam Ship At
lantic, Cnpt. West, h.u arrived nt this port
from Liverpool, with id vices to the 25th ult.
Tho Lircrpool Bread., tuffs Market hud ad
vanced in consequence of tho unfavorable
weather. Wheat had improved from 2d. n
3d. per 70 lbs. Flour was 2s. better, nnd
Western Cuinl was worth from 40s. a 41s.,
and Ohio from 40s. a 42s. per bbl. ol 19G lbs.
Corn had advanced (3d.
General Intelligence, The news from the
Crimen is unimportant, affairs nre quiet nnd
unchanged, and tho Russians hold the same
positions they did at the date of the last ad
vices. The English papers nre filled w ith eopions
details of the affairs that had taken place on
tho banks of tho Chernnyn and Sweaborg.
The loss of tho Russians nt the latter was
only 40 killed nnd 1G0 wounded. A portion
of the fortifications were destroyed, but the
Allies had made no further attack.
Two British ships had fired on Riga with
out effect.
The British in the Sea of Azoff, had blown
up the sunken Russian ships.
The Russian ships in Berdiansk Bay, hnd,
also, been burnt to secure that town.
The Russians were investing Knrs, but
nothing decisive had occurred.
No authentic accounts had been received
rehitWe to the Peace Conference. It was ru
mored, however, that a split had occurred in
the Austrian Cabinet.
PoPULARITV OF TIIE ADMINISTRATION.
Tlio Hon. Jno. M. Niles, of Connecticut, n
distinguished Democrat, and Mr. Van Buren's
Post Master General, hns recently made nn
extensive tour West, nnd, in a letter to the
Hartford Courant, lurnishes the following
evidence of the popularity of Pierce's Admin
istration, as developed in his travels:
"Gen. Pierce's Adininisirnlion must be
sunk very low with the wholo people when
on a tour of four thousand miles, embracing
ten States and one Territory, and conversing
with nil sorts of persons and hearing conver
sation among others, we in no instance wit
nessed a defence of the Administration by a
singlo individual. We saw and conversed
wilh several persons, some gentlemen of
distinction, whose position is such that they
may be regarded ns giving their support to
the Administration; but they do not defend
it and one, a distinguished editor in Ohio,
seemed to admit that his Administration
was the heaviest burden his pnrty hnd to sus
tain." Pittsburg, Sept. 5.
At the Republican t'tale Convention
threo thousand persons present n series of
resolutions woreoirorcd, opposing thenggrcs.
sion of sh.vcry and declaring that that ques
tion overshadows all others, thnt freedom
is national nnd shivery it sectional, and con
detnning the repeal of the Missonri Compro.
misc. The lesolutions were passed by ac
clamation. There were no side issues. The
Convention nominated Passmore Williams,
Canal Commissioner. Josh. R. Giddings is
now speaking.
Nkut York. Sent. B.
The Democracy of Massachusetts havo nom
inated Erasmus 1). Beech for Governor.
The Fusion :st have carried Vermont.
ItT" The yellow fever hns broken out nt
St. Krancisville.and other points in the inte
rior of Irtiuisiana. So far it does not appear
lo bo very mrdlgimnt.
STAXD BOLDLY BY TIIE RIGHT,
From the N. Y. Mirror.
Whatever principle you espouse, advocate
it boldly and openly. A cowering, skulking
champion is an injury to any cause. Truth
has the right to be bold and out-spoken in her
utterances; it is her province, as it is that of
wisdom, to stand upon tlie public ways and
proclaim her axioms in the ears of all men.
Let error bide her diminished head, and sneak
into secret conclaves, ashamed of light, and
"loving jlnrkness because her deeds are evil;"
but truth hns a nobler, manlier duty, and must
conduct herself boldly in performing it.
Ko political party can hope for permanent
success, unless its principles and acts its or
ganization and its policy, will bear the test
of public, criticism. No secret society can at
tain the dignity of a great party. No order
of men, having in view any political meascre,
can produce a lasting effect upon the govern
ment of the country, or achieve the triumph
of any principle, however noble or sacred, so
so long as they resort to the jugglery of se
cret oaths, watch words and midnight coun
cils, to mature their plans of action, and unite
their forces for any great struggle.
There is a natural distrust in the minds of
the people, of tho motives and measures of
any body of men, who seek to accomplish
their ends by the means of secret machinery.
Under a tyrannical government, there nisy
sometimes arise a necessity for concealment,
and the friends of liberty nre oompellcd to
band together nnd mature their plans in se
cret, in order to obtain sufficient strength and
concert of purpose, to resist their enemies.
Otherwise, they might be struck down one
by one, killed off in detail, before they could
concentrate their forces for a common defence
against the minions of tyranny. The perfidi
ous disclosures of a rebellion not yet perfect
ed and organized, hns again and again proved
ruinous to the cause of freedom in the old
world. Thus the friends of liberty have often
been condemned to ignominious defeat, nnd
suffered death or banishment from their homes
nnd country, from the betrayal of their pur
poses by traitors to the cause.
But in a free country, secrecy and dissimu
lation will work the ruin of nny cause which
they are designed to benefit. A free press
and free speech will secure the triumph of
nny principle which deserves soccers. The
people will listen to the man who boldly
challenges a discussion of his principles, while
they turn a denf ear to every appenl which
comes through n secret channel. Every
measure of every party will be thoroughly
canvassed nnd discussed, and rise or fall on its
merits. Injustice, by brazen effrontery, will
often achieve n momentary success, while
truth is disguised through the cowardice of its
advocates, and overwhelmed by defeat. Eve
ry great humanitarian reform every step
in the progress of a righteous cause every
revolution in the policy of the government
must be wrought out, not by surreptitious
means, but by a bold and candid avowal of
the right, an earnest, open advocacy of the
principles at stake.
If the American sentiment be what we
have described it in those columns if it is in
reality the very basis of our nationality the
comer stone of tho temple of freedom, which,
for the first time in the his'ory of mankind,
has been raised to n solid superstructure in
this new world then it ean well afford to
dispense with the sombre surroundings, the
solemn oaths and secret conclaves of Know
Nothingism, and com ageously appeal to the
American people to sustain it, and award it
nn acknowledged pre-eminence in the policy
of the government. This position will be
conceded to it only when it forsakes the arena
of secret political organizations. It hns no
need of degrees or passwords to gain a pas
sage to the heart of every American. No
pre-arranged, secretly contrived concert of
action is required to give it a right to be heard
nt the ballot-box. It can and will triumph
nt the shrine of freedom without such mean
and adventitious helps. It gave birth to uni
versal suffrage, nnd it will not be denied by
its offspring.
A free people the sovereigns of a mighty
continent living nnder institutions of their
own creation, which nre capable of being re
modelled or improved when such an amend
ment is called for by the popular voice
should scorn to resort to midnight councils to
carry out their will. Americans will rule
America because it is their rioiit and duty to
do so. they will rule the land liberated by
the blood of their fathers, through the toils
and sacrifices of seven years' revolutionary
war, because it is a priceless heritage which
they are bound to protect, to clierii-h, to defend
and to improve, in nIL its vast resources and
capabilities, nnd to leave to their children
and their children's children, untarnislnd as
it came from the hands of their sires. Its in
stitutions must be kept freo from the pateh
work of aliens who nre strangers to their spir
it. Its escutcheons must not be polluted by
the unclean hands of the demagogues who
would ride into power on the shoulders of nn
alien mob, fresh from the purlieus of igno
rance ond vice, recking with clannish preju
dices and religious bigotry, and with every
impulso of the freeman stifled by the oppres
sive governments of their native lands.
These debased, unthinking multitudes from
over the sea, must be educated in the school
of freedom before they can be fit recipients of
the franchises of a free country. And shall
Americans be the poltroons to fear, or hesi
tate to tell tbom this to deny them the spe
cial immunity of the freeman's ballot, while
they admit them to the manifold privileges
which all enjoy who live nnder our govern
ment 1 Is it necessary, or wise, or tnsnly, or
republican, to have recourse to a secret or
ganization, to carry out a policy so manifest
ly just and reasonable?
We are certainly not surprised, in view of
these facts, that Know Nothingism, like "Na
tive Americanism," hns failed in the essential
object pf its organization. But it has accom.
plished what is more important it has arous
ed and strengthened the American sentiment
of the country, and rebuked the impudenee
and fanntieism of a foreign regime, which
sought to fix itself upon our institutions, and
establish there an exotic, bostilo to their gen
ius and spirit, and adverse to the best inter
ests of the country. The Know Nothings can
now rest content with the pood they have
done, even should they achieve no more vio
tones. But lest they should lose the advan
tage they have already gained, let them dis
band their secret conclaves, dismiss their hire
lings and official dignitaries; forswear their
oaths, and grips, and signs; and thus resolved
back into the great body of Tils rtorLs, let
them rally around the American sentiment,
standing out in nil its nobility and beauty.
Then, and then only, will they reach that
"consummation most devoutly to be wished'
the discomfiture and overthrow of the for
eign rabble, which works such evil to our in
stitutions, nnd the indefeasible right of "Amer
icans to rule Americs," through the peaceful
agency of the ballot-box. '
Baltimore, Sept. 7.
The details by this morning's boat aro tru.
ly awful. People nre suffering from famine
as well as pestilence.
The deaths for the 24 hours ending nt 2
o'clock, P. M-, on Thursday, were not less
than seventy.
Many physicians and nurses were sick.
Mayor Fiske was improving.
There were 37 burials in Potter's Field, on
Wednesday in one pit.
In Portsmauth, six physicians, principally
from the North, are sick.
Boston, Sept. 7, The merchants of this
city yesterday contributed $1000 for the Nor
folk nnd Portsmouth sufferers; and Alpheus
Hurdy, on behalf of the merchants, bas $3000
more, which will be remitted immediately.
A large meeting was held here today, nt which
the mayor presided, to devise further means
of relief, and a committee was appointed to
raise money, die.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7. Tlio total sura sent
from this city is 1 6,000.
Baltimore, Sept. 7. Th's morning, $3000
more wns paid in at the American office, nnd
n public meeting hns beer, called for to-morrow,
to devise further means of relief.
Washington, Sept. 7.' The merchants of
Washington have remitted about $1500, and
$300 subscribed from other sources, makes
tho total sum sent from this city $G0U0.
IIor.niD Murder. On Wednesday of this
week the wife of Turner G. Loyal was most
brutally murdered on the Cumberland Moun
tain, about 25 miles from Sparta, near the
road lending to Knoxville. It is said she had
started to ride to a neighbors, was missed in
th? evening, nnd search being made all that
night, her body wns found next morning.
Her head had been crushed in a most awful
manner. Suspicion rests upon n runaway
negro, who came very near being captured
in Sparta on Tuesday night. Sparta Times.
We lenrr. through the Knoxville Register,
that the negro hns been captured nnd confess
es to having first outraged Mrs. Loyal nnd
then murdered her. It is said that he was
disposed of, in n manner the tcniblo crime
justified.
Citv Amusements. We copy the follow
lowing from the last Cleveland Banner
"If 'practice makes perfect' Cleveland ean
turn out some of the best marble plovers that
can be found nnywhere. We would advise
the men to go into the business, ns it hns a
tendency to give them notoriety nnd distinc
tion. It is veiy interesting lo see these
great big boobies displaying such energy of
character, niid then ever nnon haliorung out
'dont't fudge,' 'knuckle down,' 'kicks,' 'vent
your roundencc,' etc., fall so pleasantly on
thoenr. Oh! it is delightful! Keep it up, boys!
There is nothing like it
Sweaborq Not Taker. Ivnn Gnlorine, a
citizen of Russia, presents his compliments to
the editor of the New York Evening Mirror,
nnd begs to slate tint Swcnborg hns not been
taken. He says:
If is impregnable, II is no nse to the allies
to take fortresses (hey ennnot keep. The
truth is that Sweabnrg wns bombarded for
two days, nnd some stores around it were
destroyed. Sweaboig commands Helsingfnrs,
w here a part of the Russian fleet is stationed.
The capture of the former should then cause
the surrender of the hitter, which is not re
ported. The fleet of the allies have even not
silenced the batteries of Swenborg, thnt could
never be taken by the Russians themselves,
whocorruptcd tho Swedish General Suchteln.
trf?" Referring to the distress prevailing nt
Norfolk, tho Washington American Organ
exclaims:
"Tero is a field for the philanthropist!
Here is n Crimea where an enemy invincible
to human arms is intrenched in a' deadly at
mosphere. Where nre the volunteers T There
is more true courage in the midnight watch
over the infected couch, than In braving in hot
blood the lire of the deadliest bnttery. There
is more true glory in the unostentatious per
formance of this holy duty of kindness to
our kind, than in the brightest bulletin of
fnine."
3T" The Cayuga Indians in Western New
York have revolted, deposed their chiefs, nnd
set np new tulcrs. The revolutionists hnve
issued their manifesto, from which it nppenrs
they have been victimised by their chiefs.
Imitating their more civilized neighbors, the
Cnyugn office holders have kept tip n wntch
ful eye npon tho spoils, nnd instead of ad
ministering the affairs of tho tribe honestly, it
is alleged, have availvd themselves of their
official positions to unscrupulously plnndcr
the people of the annuity received from the
State by virtue of certain treaty stipulations.
KT" The North British Mail says :
"We hnvo seen a letter from Melbourne,
dated the 10th of May, per the Goo. Marshall,
to a respectable firm in town, wherein it is
stated that n rumor was then prevalent in
Melbourne that a piece of solid gold weighing
ten tons had been found in the Tnrrnngower
diggings. If this turns nut to bo true, it will
have nn important nnd beneficial effect upon
the trade of the colony."
This is. about eaunl to the discovery snid
to have boon msde in California severnl weeks
ngo. where nn immense rock wns found "lit-
cinlly lousy with gold."
0"" A "New Jersey Ijiwyer" wriles to the
Journal of Commerce thnt there docs not
exist on the statute books of that State a law
making rail rond companies responsible in
damnges to the representative of persons
killed by negligence on their roads. The Inw
is a copy of the. English statute, nnd almost
verbatim with that in New York nnd Massa
chusetts. ?f The Legislature of Kansas territory,
in nrranging the machinery of popular elec
tions, bus established tho rira rocr system of
voting, and allowed but ono precinct in each
county. One of theso counties is said to bo
as large ns the whole State of Kentucky.
37 Our renders, particularly tho male
portion of them, will be much relieved after
rending the following important intelligence:
"At a Inte meeting of the Boston Natural
History Society, Dr. Dnrkee mndo some re
marks upon the mosquito. Among other
things, lie stated thnt he had satisfied himself,
from rcpoated examinations with the micros
cope, that tho male mosquito has no sting,
and cannot draw blood, the female alone be
ing endowed with thnt orgnn."
R7"The subscriptions for the relief of the
vellow fever sufferers in Virginia amount to
unward of fiOS-OOO. Ill addition to this
amount of money, large contributions have
J been uiado in good, pro isions, &!,
Thk America Pastt m Ntw y
Stati Platform. The American pf
New York, assembled in State Conventioa
at Bingamton on Wednesday 2VM ult aij
ted the following platform: "
Mr. Brooks of New York, Ch.ii,nian nr,(
Committee on Resolutions and li.,,r
'-"lorrni
made the following report unanimously from
the Committee, nnd it was unanimously' adop.
ted by the Convention:
riatform and Principles. Yu A
leans to rule Amene.t.
Second. Tho maintenance of tlie Union n
nnd under the Compromises of le !' ,
tulion faithfully fulfilled. - "'
Third. The absolute exclusion from tlie
creed of the American party of all sectional
doctrines thnt are against the sense of rn.
portion of the American Union, and the dis.
use of the name, influence, or organization 0f
the American party, to advance nny measure
hgainst the Constitutional rights of ,,
States, or the intention or effect of wj,.,
shall be to endanger the perpetuity of tlt
Union.
Fourth. No sectarian interference in onr
legislation, and no proscription of persons
onnecount of religious opinions.
Fifth. Hostility to the assumptions of Pn,
pal Rome, through the bishops, prelates,
priests or ministers of the Romnn Catholic
Church, ns anti republican in principle.
dangerous lo the liberties of the people.
Sixth. Thorough reform iu the Natural,
ization laws of tho Federal Government.
Seventh. The enactment of laws fur Hie
protection of the purity of the ballot box ly
the State.
Eight. Free ind liberal institutions for
the education of nil classes of the people
with the bible as n text-book ir, our common
Schools.
The ErinF.aiic at Nokfolk. The follow,
ing is nn extract from n letter lo the Charles,
ton Courier:
'One day last week there were fifty eirlit
deaths, the next forty-nine and that is awlnl
out of 700. If the mortality was ns gr-nt in
Charleston in proportion to population, it
would be about 400 n dny. What do yen
think of thnt? We nre now pulling two
bodies in one box coffins not to be h id. An
old man told Me he had bnried his Inst edilij
in a soap box, ns he could not get a enfiin.
One body was lying in n bouse eight rl.ivs
before it was buried. A store wns smelling
very badly and Ihcy broke it open, and found
a (lead body. Yon ennnot walk the streets
without smelling the decomposing bodies.
Persons have shut themselves up, and urn
taken nick and die without any one knowing
it nntil they smell so bad as to rnnse tliu
house to bo broken open. We have been
burning tar in the hospital yard. The ncprops
are not exempt fiom it here at nil. We have
over 30 cases there aro between 80 and 90
cases in the house now. We lose from 10 to
15 n day. Such sights I noer saw before
now there is a body lying in the yard nil niplit
in the rain, nnd they are iihont bringing two
mora to pnt there with the other. Wchave
no lantern to take out in the ynrd,sn we will
be obliged to leave the bodies there till morn,
ing. I have just tied down a man, nnd they
nre tying down nnnther. Tlie serenms here
nro perfectly awful."
17" The Cuban patriots in New York, on
Saturday evening, celebrated the Fourth tinu
nivc rsnry of the death of Gen. Lopez. As it
usual on these annual occasions Spain wns
annihilated, Cuba freed, and the American
Government instructed in its duties. At tlio
close of the eterciscs the Administration wns
defended by dipt Rynders.
J" Tho cbrtric telegraph line from Se
bnstopol to St. Petersburg has fcegnn to ope
rate, nnd St. Petersburg is already conneclcd
with nil the European cnpitnU through Berlin.
The line is also complete from Paris to Con
stantinople, through Shunila nnd Adriaitoplr,
though perhaps it is not quite rendy for work.
Man Killed! Seduction and its Cohse
quekcks. About ten o'clock hiBt night a
young Irish girl, by the name of Mary
Moriarty, killed nn Irishman named John
Shechon. It seems thnt the mnn had, under
n promise of mnrrtage, affected a laisnn with
the girl several months sineo thnt they met
Inst night near Muddox nnd Groes' livery
stable on Main street, where she earnestly
nnUfl in liim tn enmnlv with his Promise,
ond marry her. This he refused to do, where
upon she drew a dirk and siauDca mm, mo
w ounds musing his immediate death a terri
ble vengennce for a monstrous wrong.
Tha nun, iriri wns immediately arrested,
and committed to jail. This is the second
murder in Memnhis during the past twenty.
four hours. Memphis Enquirer.
Mississippi. Tlio Grenada Republican, of
Saturday last nays:
The cotton crop is miffermsr dreadluliy in
this region of conn try, from the nisi, rot, nnd
drought. The rust has given many npland
fields the nppenranee of having been tne
victim of a killing frost Many plan
ters with whom wo hnvo conversed think
thoro will not be more thnn half crop nisae
this season.
Tlie New York correspondent of the Pint
ndelphia Inquirer, after stating that common
grades of Western Flonr nro down to 7
hi that good extra Ohio, which nt tne
of last week brought $0a 9 23, sold on Sat
urday nt $8, says:
"Notwithstanding the heavy decline, snip
pers do not appear very desirous to purchase,
and only occasionally take small pnrce j.
Tho trade appear anxious to reduce their
slocks, and nlso to keep them reduced, in
ticipntion of the henvy receipts expectea
about the middle of this month. There r
still buyers for forward delivery, but at low
figures. The receipts of Southern Hn
show no falling ofl, nnd holders also exhibit
n disposition to crowd the market don n.
Good common brands can be bought a
25, nnd fair extras ns low ns ft er ap
pears to be a pretty general wjrw",n "
mong the trade thnt the market Ms seen m
highest figure for the yenr, nnd the on
thine to prevent the mnrkcl from running
n very low point will be o good rwigi
mana." -
-TTio crops nre nearly housed I in JJ
South or France, nnd as usual when nil
hands nre occupied in cutting, nnd none
lefX to carry grain to the mill, prices haic ris
en throughout France. The harvest. .1
aid, is a -good ordinary," but no sulfc lJ
nevertheless, to save the country the W
of importation.
I3T Several of those who were in ihj
.1 Aonl occurred 0ft WtdM?
last nt Burlington, were- posscngin,
mini ni ,.v. ing
train of the Ohio nnd l'ennsyivai.u. -,
Friday, nt the time the " Ih.
were thrown irnm.tu -. . j
to think the fates wore determined t
... A AnntU nnd one mflM
road them to dentn, ana one '
picked up his carpet bng fn,'"rfB-ne
foot, declaring ho hartsdec.dcd prefe.cn
fort locomotion thnt was slow but
Columbia,
Pieree.the Fusion candidate, hni been
ted Governor of Vermont The
lure is of the same compaction. , ((,
The jury or inquest in the "8 "V, ,.
cident near Burlington, hnve w" pnlL
diet inculpating ,tho Engineer n " ,-,
ndelphia train, and the driver of IMW" k
of gross carelessness.