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VOL 7-HO. a j ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1856. WHOLE NO. 8WH
A. W. BURTON,
ATTORNEY; AT LAW!
And SbtidUr J Cle 7 ti Judicial CircuU, j
CtBATtlAin!) COVSTlT, N. CAROLTX A
WILL Mtttfkt io Superior Courts or
r 1 . ii t....i.....
11. ndfrinn Brncombe Madlsnn. Y
iiTllll CWdwrll Wsungt, Bnrke.Rutb
CI-aaMHi. AUo, in
Collections of all kii.da, including T
t tfmlii! to stri tlv.
llHers to the Judge of'thetuprc're Adofcpe-
Hor Courts a rSoctn Carolina.
April 6. 184.
. Be Vnnee,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Attfc VILLI, V. C.
Anmt23. 1853. 211
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flaw id Coleman,
Attorney at Law,
BURNSV1LLE, N. C.
March 3, 1853. tf.
Rankin, Puliiam & Coi
IMPOBTKHS AND "WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN
Varelcn and Domeatle Htaple and inr
Dry Goods and Clothing,
131 MEETING STREET,
Charleston, S. C.
W. D. RA5KIX, ) P. CRAIO
m. w. K-UA. J ( A. D. SMITH.
Sept. 2053.
CHEAP CASH STORE
MMBSMMBBM
Janice Me Rlair
tet lesrc to csll the nt ration of hi frnd.
a iLe pntotic getterftliy to tnc tan inai nt i
v.iiir tid oiM-r.trr tn the new brick i
now
ft..: t
mmmmofijtA Uc fisglv Hotel, and roceutfji
bsuled br Or llilliftrdas IMS S?bre, tbo i
OC
105t
eVrsCtafid tcautiliil assort ment or
GOODS
... aRUhJi trt th iMot!e t Western Carollia.
U stork is all fr bavins bee purvb iapd
within a f-w dar, an! tb- assortment madi ti
witb sneia1 r.-f-n nee to the wants and tast rsol
be people ot this section. '
His Good were bo icht to be sold, and be ol.l
tbej shall, if there any elQeacy in i.w pn.-es
Vaah buyers aro invited to tall ann exaimuv
his
GOODS AND rnicES,
yfr nnrrlia-inff f!scbcrc.
Tlie unsl r,,ntitry produce taken m cicolng -
for O00.U at cash pnres.
Asheville. January 4. 1855. tf
DR. P. A. HTLIIim
Wholesale and Be tail Drag 1st
AXfiSRSOX C. Nn &
Tl S st received, and wiil kep conNt.ini r on
hand, a very larrje and well selected Jo t of
Paints, Ois, atmsV 5s,
lirvishes, mow Gvs,
FrencVl tinA Jlmeticai .
Also, Dcakr in American, French and En ;lish
Chemicals, Drtifrs,
CauJUs. Snuff, F-iir
v -
Tobacco ami C'iprars.
tAvr.v AlMIt LMS AND UVE-STLTFS.
FiAc Jirandics and Wines,
Bold only for medical purpnw.
Merchants and all others can dCDendnpon
brdera nteetine prttnpt sttetitlou, upon the
accomnudAMr? teftaS.
heir
fcn;
PhvMciaiv and Families can rely on having!
heir
and
prescriptions cnreruliy coniwU!ndcd.
His Oods ate ladeetvtt with great care
Will be ti arrant a rerresnlvd.
r"s?Call at t Rrirk Ranse, one door alove
Harrt.oou & Uncles' law otbee.
Aarust 10, ISO!
Ramsay's Piano Store ,
COIXMIIIA, 8. c.
Music and Musical Instruments
M NN- ,V 's Intent
fTllonal (trand Pianos; Uallet, avk
r Co.S TalPnt ?apension Bridge Pi xos:
1h-'l!rrin!s, Tmvers nnd other best mer's
Pianos, at Ibe FacTbRt Pricks.
Colttrttbi Anirist 18, 1854 Ir
Furniture For Sale
The undersized bcrp onstantly on hn
Id at
'.Bur shop m Arasrine. a larg!; quantity o
Hade and rtpcrior tinihcd
Fur aiUnc,
well
f the niost ftshionat kind, consist!! of
Chair, Cane and Cushioned boBnms
and-othct qualities, Sofas, littretu,
Guitars, and a number of ilo
1 1 ns, Dotes and St rinds
f the best quality. Those who are desiabns of
irch.i-Ts article - rur:ii:ure ! as J.-
riiti.m. will do weil to call and see their 4ort
I... I - : 1 ...... K..ro ami her Irp !
tned to sell at the very lowest price ain on
te:.n J & J. HILUKUK.I.n.
f 'JOTS ih.H sa,l,n..rr hardware. canltcsJ rais-
?ba. citrua. enrrantn snrar. coffee, jewelry! Iron
Italia, leather, casting, and cverythins elie yn
er heard 'f a an article of merchandise. Be
tare to mII mt tK nA mtA mmA u. niir Irood.o
ad hear our prices. I
PM1TU k McDOWMLL.
Asherille April 6, 1854.
Ui: M) 1 3IA0E CLOTHING.
Aoperb aortment, cheap as any hody tnh aell.
aoopenine at . MVU W
Lincoln Shirting,
Jhe subscriber have oa hand a larg 1 sup
ply of this popular goods, which will b sold
adory prices. Thef are Cha Agen !s for
th sale of tVts article, and purchaser cji n bny
tu at wholesale or Retail, on as (rood term
to it can be had of the manufacturers.
Call and examine it
SMITH McDCAYELL.
u 1
in
court at
eiio.
r
tfl c
AsbevMe, Dec 16, 1852.
Something New!
BE IT KXOWi
O ltrjSE
teofftorthCa
A2kD let it eo forth upon the
the wind
to every individual in the Stat
roliua
i wm
PULVERMACHER'S
HYDRO I l l .( Til K - i .1 t( CIsAlNS
are the aniy truly actcntiJU remedy br which all
XJSRV&LS DISEASES cau bo fhUy relieved
and pmancntlv currd. . .
P.beuThatim" Pcnrnlicnl !7crvos Hcada-be,
Painful and Swelled Joints, Uterine Pains
dyspepsia. Paralysis, Sciatica, Pains between the
Sbonldcts, Neuralgia of the Face, Indigestion,
Flatulence; Palpitation of the Heart, General
Debility! Asthma,
HISTORY.
The Hydro Electric-Voltaic Chains were first
introduced in France throe years since, by the
lar celt urattcrt rieuoh t'rofessor I uJvermaclier.
as an entirely nrw and novel mode of applying
Kteetrc-avagiiesHrn In the cur 0 Aornm Discuses
and after being subjected to the most thorough
trial, by the first medical men of that city, in every
iio.pt;aiftiiev were pronounced to be the most
ejicactouk 6f anv remedial agent yet discovered
lor the rapid relief and ferma meat cure ot above
mentioned diseases, and were also recommended
to the taw or of the French rovernment. who eran-
ted a nft tfcnt in the year 1 819. During t he years! 850
acd 01 thev were introduced into Austria, tier
mir. Itt'lum. nnd also patenie! in those coun
tries, where they not only met with the sanction of
almost cjyery learned man of Kurope but were
broughtiiuta general use in every hospital on the
E.i&ternicniitinent, and the Ae ri feint remits pro
lnc -d ii thecurc of Nervous Disenses found to
be as;.ti t-ir and sJrance. The Chains were first
introdudt'd ii tiis country one year since, in the
city of Snv YoM;. where their ante had already
preceded them. They were at once submitted to
atrial in tbe ho:u!s of thlt city, by the cele
brated IY'fer k vntlne Mott. Pot. an Curen
Cai noehan who readily discovered that they cer
tainly possessetl f xlrcur- dinar power in the treat
ment aipl cure of Nervous Diseases, and at once
advised their c'"''' vse throughout this country,
bj pui)lfli f nig their o)imoris in a pamphlet which
may be ofta ined ( gratis) of any of the advertised
ients 111 the statu.
THE SALE AND DEMAND
ho been u paralleled sinci' their first introduction,
ana not owpcrvm can bo found that has expressed
himself ditwatisiicd with their use, And in no in--i'.ancc
have they failed to erforni what they
claim to They are so constructed, as to be worn
next to the skin, upon the part diseased, and by
simply moistening them with common vinegar, a
constant current f uninterrupted Klert1 o-Magnetism
is produ ct! which silppiicfc tiiecxi5rf Nerv
obs Sstei with that essential Fluid which Is the
source of so much pain and suflcrin?.
. IN FEMALE DISEASES
they arc rapidly taking the place of all Xoslnms
taken info the stomach, for they neither siclm
nor aiszust and cau he used at ail times with the
most jKrrfect safety. They are equally applicable
to adults and children, and w ill last for years with
no danger of getting ont of repair, and cm be
nt by mail to any part of the United States.
Pi ice or Chains S3 and o, accompanied by a
pamphlet of 30 )ages, giving a elear and full ac-
ount oil tli- inrMlc ol use. The Mils mav oe
een on cr.hibition at tbe Crv?tal Palace, New
York, where rhev attract great attention from the
'arned and scientific;
UALTiOS TO LADIES.
Ladici v. In are e'tcnte arc-requested not to
use theih for by so doing unploasaut results fre
qnewtlv follow.
The letric Chains are forsnle in all the nrin-
if.nl caies in the United States. SMITH A
UcfiOrTELL, only Agents for Asl.eville N. C,
Joseph stein but.
. flrnernl Agent, 0G8 Broadway. N. Y.,
August 10. i9"i ; -
Geatlemen's Furnishing
Department.
A trah. by calling on ns early, can le fitted
out andToMtJ from a sjiirt collar standing at an
angle nj5 degrees, toa pair of high heeled socks.
Call at dnce, aud the thing hsll be did.
SMITH. BAIRD & VAltCE.
Pec. tl 15 1 tf
j Eats and Caps
A magnificent asuortn.ent of fashionable itATS
and l .U'i coiwisting of
Silk, fu, nnd Ilrusli state; every kind and
color of Kofi Hats; Fiush, velvet, cloth,
and military Cap?;
arc now opened at the cheap cash stove of
JAMES M. BLAIR.
AshqVille. January il, lS66. tf
New Goods ! New Goods !
j JA MES M. BLAIR
IS nor opening a large and elegant as
sortment of SPRING GOOI)ST siliteel
10 eviry class of customers. He would
respcf tlully request Ihe
Ladies
10 call, brio
tnakino thoir summer se-
Ieeliis, and woiiia parncuiariy invite
ilicirhiiention to his bcauiiful silk tis
NUes,l)erages, nnislinS, ginghams, fcc.
T II K G B N T L 1:3 Al E N
will )itid it To thoir advauiage to exam
ine fi is varied styles of Ready Made
Clothing -coalsy pants and vests; his
sumLer dress gofids, drah'detes, Italian
cloiljs, linens, drills, and vestiugs. Al
so. Iii5
HATS.
Pariamn. chif), straw, and lesnorn.
s fine SHOES. HOO TS, & GAIT
Silki
I!
ERS, will compel with any ever oe
forelifffred in this market. His large
aaau uuuui tn
has teeTt selected with unusual care.
All dhcap for cash. All he asks is a call,
for he ft els assured every oue must be
pleased, boih wilh his goods and prices
lie t ILL sell, as his motto is, "quick
sales and short profits."
Ills friends will rcmrmber that he
taks all kinds of country produce, at
the rjighest prices chickens, turkeys,
ducks, butter,-eggs, kc. April 12 tf
flrR always keep
fine Tobacco and
ft Srars,
Oct- 20. .
Sizars. Call and sec tor yourseu.
ee i
smith a m'dowell.
Til ntlRI) VARI K laKCorc.i!""
rA inform ihMr fri. i.da and the public that they
have asaociated with them in the MercanLk Bu
siness R. M. JONES, and that the style ol Ihe
firm from and after tbe first of April, ISoo, is
Smith . BaWd 4 Co.
Aabcviile, May 8. lf,
THAT COMMISSION HOUSE OF
TINLEY & HEBRON'S,
Charleston, S. QL
TIIE only house doing business in that city,
that actually ad any experience in Receiving and
Forwarding of Goods previous to the South Car
olina Railroad quitting the business in July last,
is still open for the Receiving and FVncardin." of all
kinds of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery,
prodncc, dtc. . ,
If you want Tcv.rgonds forward ad witfco Hie
vexatioiw delays and enormous expense bills paid
the last tea sen, and at the same time have vour
business done in anch a manner that somebody
Kill be made responsible for the damaged and lost
packages; cousign them to Tini.ky & Hp.rro.v,
who have Received and F6rwarded all Goods cou
higned to them during all the past season without
any extra charge over those established rates as
given belo'.v,and up to this time have not encoun
tered a solitary complaint.
tat ills aud rules of shipment, both by rail roads
and vessels, together with the mode of proceedure
to secure damages and pay for lost articles from
other parties, the proper steps of which will be
taken in all stch "f.se wtbolit los: or delay to the
owners. Anbthei -important advuntcrt is that his
thorough knowledge of all freights and rules of
shipment enables him to instantly detect and.cor
rect any overcharge in the Bills of lading, which
in all cases has to be done at that time, or be lost to
the oirner, in many instances greatly exceeding
the commissions we charge. He was also raised
in Charleston, is perfectly acclimated and free
from the contagions of that city, therefore we will
under all circumstances faithfully discharge any
business entrusted to us.
All produce such as Wheat, Flou Corn, Corn
Meal, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Eggs, Cotton, Rice,
Rye, Oats. Hay. Tobacco . V.obl, Feathers, Bees
wax, Potatoefc, Onions. &'c, consigned to bs, will
be promptly fold and the proceeds returned with
out kerp'ng the money a sic months to speculate
upon: ft :r we wish it distinctly understood, that we
engage in no speculation whatever, all that we
want is our commission, as follows:
For Receiving and Forwarding all ordinary
packages of goods 10 cts; large packages of furni
ture and machinery, charges according to respon
sibility. Iron and steel in loose bars. ID-cts per
hundred lbs., and storable for advancing freights
and charges 2 1-2 per cent, which you can save by
depositing the money with u$.for selling produce
2 1-2 per cent. We will also 611 all orders In this
market making the best selections forour patrons,
at 1 1-2 per cent. TIN LEY & HEUR0N.
Charleston, Jan. 1st. 1&"5.
We bog leave to refer to the following gentlemen:
Rev. Thos. Vf. Atkin, MaJ. M. M. Uaincs, Ashe
villc. T. D Gates. 12 Broadway, New York.
Col. James Gadsden, Charleston. - ,
John Caldwell, President of S. C. Rail Road.
Thos. Waring Auditor
John Kin. A?ent
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1
Hyatt . McDnrney & Co., an I J. S. & L. Bowie
& to.. Charleston.
W. B. A. Ramsey, Secretary of State, A. R.Cro
zier. Comptroller of Treasury, and Al. M. Swan,
NahviUe, Ten.
French &. Van Epps, and J.J. Crjant, Chat-
tanoofra.
Q. A. Tiptort. Railroad Agent, and merchants
generally Louden. Tennessee.,
fi. Gammon St, Son., T.J. So C. Powell, Craig
head and IVaderu k, Knxville. Tennessee.
W. 60 T. Harris. Inman St, Hamilton. Branner &
Mitchell. Fains & King, Dandridge, Tenn. . .
The Greenville. S.C. MountCineer. Atuens.
(Ga.) Watchman, and Charlot,to, N. C, pemo-
rat, will each copy one year, and torward bill to
T Si H.
Wool Wanted.
We want to buy ten thousand potioas r;ood
clean waslied Wool, k-r wliich we will pay
Ljoods at very low prices.
YV. D. HAMyKN fc UU.
Mav 26, o3. .
Ready Made Clothing.
Received and lur salo, a large lot of Ready
Made Clothiny. Call and see at
W. D. KANK1JM & Co7s.
Oct. 20.
Wide Awake, Know Nothing,
and Young America Hats, together with
Plush caps, and other styles, compose a part of
the large stock of coods to n- found at
SMITH, BAIRD p VANCE'S.
Dec jf,
At prices ranrin? from 25 cents to
New,
beautiful, and lower than la-st winter.
S.V1TH, I3A1RD So VANCE.
Dec. 14, 1834. tr 9
GREAT ATTRACTION ! ! !
ew Spring: and Summer
GOODS!
TIIE undersigned are now receiving and
oj ening at their OLD STAXD. a heavy
n-rrtnient of spring and summer (piOODN
of the latest and most fashionable styles; and
embracing every variety usually kept in a re
tail establishment in this country.
They deem it unnecessary to entlrherate the
various article, comprised within their assort
ment: or to specify prices; suffice it to say,
that thev have been carefully and tastefully
selected, bt one of the partners in market;
aud will be sold at a VERY SMALL ad
VANCE 0T? ORIGINAL COST.
Thev flatter themselves that the superior
advantages of which they are possessed for
purchasing Goods, will enable uVm to sell as
low, if rot a Li tile LoWrr, than any
one else; nnd a von tan get at their store
any article yoa may stand in need of. it will
be greatly to your advantage; ne ana an, 10
come, with your Feathers, liags, Beeswax,
Tallow, Hides, dec, dec.; and more important
than all, with our pocket books well filled
with CASH, and muku your purchases of
them.
To our old friends and customers, we ten
der otlt sincere thanks; and respectfully soli
cit a continuance of the liberal patronage they
have hitherto bestowed upon m
W, b. RANKIN & Ctt
A6hevil!e, April $, '55. tf
Boots and Shoes.
fi nth-men' water proof sewed ftooU,
m
Ladies' Gaiters and t ask ins: children's
walking shoes ana slippers: ladies and
gentlemen's Overshoes; a very snperibr article of
Cork Soles
from the well known establishment of Miles &
Son. For sale at the cheap cash store of
J. XI. BLAIR
v'-u mi. DCTruii was viwk orrne Keceivin ana 1 , .
Forwarding Deiartnjent of the South Carolina t'1,rigR, set
... .. 11. 1 1 r 1 Mil v. . . .
Rail Road Company for the past seven vears. and Spectator at di
is nerfcctlv f;imilf.ir with all ti-ir hor.. fuMo-ht
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ML
DR. BAIRD'S
Mr. Editor! The Card which I publish
ed in your paper of last weeV, announcing
iny withdrawal frota the jfv. N?s, has brought
down the Spectator upon my devoted head
in a manner so characteristic in its usual
want of decency or truth, that I would not
condescend to notice it at all did I nof think
that the public generally, and many Know
Nothings, who would like to escape from the
trap in which they have been caught, are in
terested to hear something more of this mat
ter. According to the rules of tho Know No-
forth in the columns of the-
fferent times, and published
everywhere by the ad7ocates of the order, I
had a right to withdraw from it whenever I
chose; If I had this right, neither the Coun
cil nor any of its members had a righi to r
raijrn me before the public and assail rrie in
the streets and through a public newspaper
for exercising a privilege conferred on me, as
they admit, by the constitution of the socie
ty. This they have done in a most unwar
raitable manner, and for reasons verjr differ
ent from those they have assigned. My card
contained nothing to justify the attack made
on me through the Spectator. I revealed
none of the secre3 of the order; and merely
spoke as I had a right to do of the real pur
poses and practices of this dangerous associa
tion, to warn unsuspecting men from being
caiighl in the trap I had fallen into. Even if
I nad exposed all I knew about the order to
tin public eye, I think I should have been
perfectly justified. If, as I believe, this asso
ciation is dangerous to the public liberty,
and destructive of the very foundations of
public peace and prosperity, and calculated
in the end to place all political power in the
bands of a few designing demagogues, and
to overturn our Kepublican system of Gov
mfnt, there can be uo higher duty imposed
upon me by anjr rule of moral obligation
than that which would dictate to me the im
perative necessity of exposing and overthrow
ing, as far as I was able; an association so full
of evil and disaster to the country. My duty
as a good citizen is to defend my country and
its cherished institutions from the attacks of
secret as well as open enemies to ward off
the insidious plottings of midnight conspira
tors at home, as well as to maintain its inde
prudence of foreign or other influences; and
I should therefore feel perfectly easy in my
own conscience, did the Know Nothings have
the power they so much covet; to uhmask
the whole Echerae for obtaining the control
of the Government, and rest my defence for
doing so upon the virtuous judgment of a
patriotic and intelligent people. This course
has not yet become hecesshryj and I await
the further progress of events to show whe
ther an order which inculcates ah habitual
disregard of the truth as the basis of its struc
ture, which succeeds only through theinstru
mentalitj Hf a Complete system of deception
and fraud, is to be fastened forever upon the
country, by threats and abuse and denuncia
tion of those who see proper to leave it. It
Is not to punish me for what I have done
that the Spectator gives up two columns of
its last issue to an attack on me. Its real de
sign is to deter other men, wlio- are becorfjing
dissatisfied and unruly, from leaving the or
der. But the Spectator denies my assertion that
the practices of the order are not in conformi
ty to its professions, and that it is a scion of
the old Federal Party. I have only to say
in reply that tho professed objects of this or
der, as all men who read the Spectator must
acknowledge, are hostility to Foreigners and
Roman Catholics. It would seem, therefore,
that the Conncila organised to give effect to
these principles would ceitakily at some of
their meetings discuss and consider some of
the measures necessary to curtail the influ
ence of the Foreign and Catholic vote. As
far as my recollection serves me, I declare that
on ho occasion have I fever heard either of
those matters debated in the Council to which
I belonged. To defeat Thomas L. CUrigman
for CongreSS was the substance of all the
speeches lever heard in the walls of a cbunril
room from thi night I first entered the order
until I left it. As this is n6t one of the
principles laid down In the published plat
form, I leave it to the public to determine
whether the practices of this order Conform
to its professions.
To prove the identity of the Know Noth
ings and the old Federal Party, no greater
knowledge of the history of political parties
is requisite than may be fotrod in their own
authorised publications. I was requested
ome time after i foined tie order to' assist; in
4 ' ' I
circulating a little blife backed Book; cailed
The Know Nothing Almanac,' printed in tne
city of New York. 'This liU'e volume,"' as
the Preface says, "b lapectfulty offered to
tbe American public as a useful and reliable
band book as a book of reference and etn-
dy, and as a class book for the tyro in ihs
American school of politics.11 Well, on page
18 of this "reliable hand book' I find an ar
gument to prove that the Alien and Sedition
laws were all right and proper a thinj t did
not suppose auy party would attempt to jus
tify or revive at this day. After giving cer
tain reasons why these odious Jaws were en
acted, this "reliable hand book" of Know Nd-
thinglsm proceeds as follows:
"This gave rise to the agitation of Am en
canism versus Foreignism, and trie American
or Federal Parly had to contend against the
influence of the naturalised Foreigners at the
ballot box. But Jefferson was elected by the
disaffected "balance of power," and as a re
ward for services rendered, the tithe of proba
tion was reduced from fourteen years the
term undier , AdamV administration) to five
years. In 1 314-1 o the Federalists expressed
great dissatisfaction, in consequence of the
power and influence of foreigners, and tfiey
were t?te American party of their time."
fvifl the Spectator's own book satisfy him
on this point, or shall I go on to show that
the descendants of the same men who assem
bled in midnight caucusses at Hartford in
1814-15 to oppose their country in an hon
orable, just and necessary war, are now band
ed together throughout the New England
States, uncier a new name, for the treasonable
purpose of nullifying the laws and constitu
tion of their country, and for abolishing slave
ry in the Eolith? If the spectator dislikes
the charge of Federalism, let it complain of
its New York friends who got up this Alman
ac, and not of me.
In regard to the rumor that I have joined
the "Sag Nichts," I have only to say that it
i3 like a great many other rurhors; a made-up
lie. I have never joined any secret political
organisation of any name or character except
the so called Know Tothihg. If I am for
given for that I am very certain I will never
join another! As to the charge that I have
been urged by friy friends to withdraw, and
induced to do so by promises from them that
they would elect ine to the tegislatufe next
summer, that is also false! The miserable
low fling at me in regard to the number of
votes I received when I was a candidate for
Superior Court Clerk, ia too cbnternptible to
notice, but least it might make a false im
pression on some one, I will state that there
were four other gentlemen' running for the
same office, and I could not have expected,
neither cotild any other sensible man, that I
could get a majority of the entire vote of the
county. The charge that I denounced one
or two of my relations because I suspected
them of being influenced and led by the nose,
fec, is also false.
If I have done injustice to the ofdef, the
Spectator can easily convince the public of it
by publishing the Constitution and By-Laws
which gbverh it; This he does not dare to
do: for I here assert that not cfte in twentv
of the members are aware of the anti-llepub-lican
and ddngerous provisions of sorrie of the
laws whieh govern this society. The con
science of Ihe Spectator is suftlcienilj elastic
to do thisr for it has not scrupled to publish
whatever might benefit the order, rjespite of
his obligations to keep it secret. If what is
favorable to the order may be exposed with
impunity, to mislead men into joining it, is
not the public entitled to see the other side?
Would I not be justified ill exposing its cbr
cupiion and rottenness? The Spectator may
rest asstired that its threats cannot deter me
from saying or doing as 1 please in regarct to
his partj I shall not hesitate to defend my
self from the attacks of the bigoted and in
tolerant crew for whom he speaks, hi whatev
er manner the occasion may seem to demand.
I am not to be entrapped by oaths nor forced
by threats to relinquish all my privileges as a
freeman.
.3. S. T. BAIRD.
Asheville, June 19,1855.
POSTSCftlPf.
irc writing the above, I noiice another
very insolent threat in the Spectator, and an
admonition to me to be cautious. He stiff,
"tale cafe, Doctor, we &re loading our old
American musket that played the very devfl
with tbe Hessians during the American Hev
olutiori., ow if the Editor of the Spectator
expects to deter fne by these threats,' or any
others tlhat he can make, from defending
mrself frorn his Hnwarratita'ble attacks, or from
exposing the corruption and infamy of this
secret organisation, t can inform the gentle
man that he has "reckoned without his host'
I am not to be deterred from doing what I
conceive to be my imperative duty as an
American citizen, by any such threats coming
from him or any of his party. What I have
said Baa been said from a sense of duty to my
country and to those who are uninformed in
regard to the laws, fec, which govern this
secret order. I see in another column of the
Spectator that the National rt. N. Conven
tion,1 nicli f?as freTcf irr the city of Philadel
phia1; has adofoeit the Allowing1 resoTt'rtion r
XIV. This National Council declares tf at
ajl the principles of tlie Ordar haH be hence
forward evervhere opehly avowed; and that
each-member shall be at liberty to' make
known the existence of tbe Order, and the
fact that be himself is a member; and it re
commends that there-(be no concealment of
the places of meeting of the subordinata
Councils.. . ' f 1
Now if it be one of their principles Tana
certainly no one wilt deny this) to bind men
by their oaths to vote for their nominee, br
for their failing so to do, claim the rigiii to
reprimand them, I ask! why it is that the
Spectator has noi so published i t to the worldj
while ho was publishing other of the more
plausible parts of this miserable thing? Ah,
gentlemen you lread tte difnl your fabrio
is rotten at the foundation the seeds of iU
destruction are sown within Itself you know
that .there are things in that Constitution j
whnh you are governed that will not rid to
come before the eyes of true hearted republi
cans and lovers of freedom. I would repeat
to the Editor of ihe spectator; if there is no
thing anti-republican or dangerous about tha
provisions of trie bbnstitiit ion of the secret
order, why just come out and ptiblisli ilia
whole Inm verbatim, as you are now"
authorized to do by the National Convention
and. let the people see what it is, and then
they will be the better able to determine
whether or not I did right an Coming out of
it. I am perlectl willing, all things being
laid before them, to leave this matter to tbe
sound discretion of the publicl L.et the peo
ple hear it all and then we wilt see; after they
have become thoroughly eirllghteried upon
this subject, whether they will surfer ( them-'
selves to be duped, and imposed upon by a set
of designing jbolit'cians arid miserable irty
hacks. All this ridiculous boasting that we
hear as to the strength of t&e Jsariy in this
county, is a humbug. I examined tne list as
exhibited1 to ihe by the Secretary, hot a great
while before I withdrew, and there were then
only i50 merbbefs; including Ihose who baci
already quit the Order. At that very tiirie
they were boasting publicly that thev nail
five or ki& hundred members, t feel confi
dent that since then they nave noi made a
great many accessions; ahtl Iriat iiiey carinbi
have more than half ihe nnmbel' they boast
of. t believe they never bouht anything bfi
for those who withdraw, who by the by, are
more hiimeroiis i)y a jjood deal than the
publish. Tori can hear them boasting after
every gath'efihg that they have "put throupK"
a large number, but in m'o'cl, instances they
are such as have already been put tkrougk the
first degre, and they have just Deen "pulling
them through11 the second arid so ii is wiienl
they put ihe'rii through the third. It is in
this way, by counting the same men over
three times that they try to make it appear
that they have three times as many members
as they really have:
In conclusion, I would just say to the Edi
tor of the Spectator, that inasffiucfi as he baa
commenced an unjust war upon me, that f
am determined to carry the war "into Africa,"
and that he may expect; if he persists in bis
attacks upon me, to see this miserable tiling
called Know Nothingtsra, shown np in ita
true colors, regardless bl his threats or of the
consequences in any way whatever.
jr. s. t. Biikix
A KNOW NOTHING VICTORY. ;
The other day the Whig papers were re
joicing over the success ofr "Samn in the
whig city of Cleaveland; Ohio. That the
pebpte of" the South rtiay know who "Sam's"
friends were in Cieavelarid on what princi
ples he was successful arid by whom elected,
we copy the following Statement ffom tne
Cleaveland Express, the Know Coining or
gan in that city. Speaking of the election
it says! ,
COLORED POPtriAlTON GET
ERALLY VOTED FOR THE AMERICAN
TICKET, DAY BEFpRJE YESTERDAY.
h this they showed good judgment, and
they will have no occasion to regret their ac
tion. They rejoice with, us in Sam's triumph
over a' . weak, corrupt Nebraska administra
tion'.', The colored people -are natives, and
much better citizens than the hordes of Ca
thotic Irish who are yearly floating to our
shores."
The free nigger of Ohio is "much better"
than the alien born citizen I This is "Ameri
can doctrine" in CIcavelancL It goes even!
further than the doctrine of the Know Noth
ing Massachusetts House of Representatives
which has passed a bill asserting the equality
of negro children with the children of poor
white persons whether native or foreign born.
m .
Information ha,s been received at .Waysb
ington of the sinking of the steamer Austra
lia, loaded with Government stores for tbe
J Sioux expedition, in the Missouri river.
J ! f
Dr. Keane died of a surfeit, from a roast
goose he had partaken too liberally of, where
upon a1 witliflg wrote the following
EPIGRAM.
'Here lies Dr. Keano, tbe 000 BTsbop of
t-i Chester, l ' i ,, j u
Wio4ite8:fat goose, and could not digest
her. V -
Th r.nrfst. metal is rroduced from the
r
. .a 1 " .
fcfciest furnace, and Ihe brightest tau&ftr
bolt from the darkest fctorrn.
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