The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-09-08

u candidate, is beaten by RATrlrr. Democrat Inv
one majority, showing clear loss of Gs votes In
East Feliciana. MERRIcK received i3 majority; and
on the 3D. inst, SMITH Is beaten by IS majority; show
ing loss in East Feliciana, since the 25th of last
June, of ZIG; and loss in both parishes OF 1874, in
the brief space of two months When IL is remcm-
bercd that the largest vote of those two parishes Is
about 1900, one may estimate the extent and rapidi-
" Of the decadencc of X. N.ism in those parishes
and throughout the State.--Adpoca,e.
A correspondent Of the Louisiana Democrat,
writing from Bienville parish, states that he
has just learned the name of twenty withdraw
ing members in that parish Among the sece-
ders were the sheriff and other influential gen.
tlemen.
The VICToRY.--The Louisville Times
states as one incident of the mob in that
city the following:
e A woman who attempted to save her hus
band was pitched down stairs, breaking her
neck, and limbs so that she died. The mob
finding their game scarce, set the torches
to the houses; the women ncd--one was
fleeing with young infant in her arms, was
followed by q hard-hcarted wretch, who
coming up, put the muzzle of his weapon
to the childs head, fired, and bespattered its
brains orer its mothers arms"
EAST FELlCIANA WITHDRAWALS.
We append, to-day, some additional names
TO the subjoined lists.
TO THE PUBLIC.
take this method to declare that shall
no longer remain with the secret order of
know nothings, and hereby publicly withdraw
from the same. | am democrat, | have
always been democrat, and / intend to con-
tinuc democrat. GILES MCKEE.
Clinton, Sept. 5, 1855.
10 the Public.
We take this method to withdraw publicly
from the organization commonly known as the
Know Nothings, which we joined some time
ago, and shall act in future with the democrat.
ic party to which we have always belonged
JOHN HAYS,
ID. BARFIELD.
BEVERLY DUNN.
East Feliciana, August 20, 1855.
MAGNOLIA, August Both 1855.
To all achom II may cOncefa:-l hereby an
nounce myself us no longer member OF the
Know Nothing order, wishing to vote ac
eording to the dictates Of my own conscience
which says am Democrat.
n B. SANDEL.
WE, the undersigned having joined the or
der. known as the Know Nothings from goot
intentions and honest feelings, and finding tina
it is not what it was represented to us to be
and that, by our adherence to it, we are NJ
longer left free to exercise our ow,r opinions
or to act for ourselves as independent citizen
ought to do, in all matters of politics and re
gion, we therefore and hereby declare our
selves as Withdrawn from all connection will
said order, and we make this public declara
ton of the same, to relieve ourselves of al
suspicion, hereafter, of having any thing to d
with it, from now, henceforth, and forever.
II. TURBEVILLE,
.sn j. a. NORWOOD,
JOB ROWLEY,
S. j. HALL,
II. M. HATCHER,
##..... SAMUEL HATCHER,
G. W. FLENNIKEN,
JNO. i. BROWN,
tE& CHAS. SEAMAN,
MARION CHAPMAN,
CALVIN S. PALMER
j.. G. FELPS,
...t JOEL A. STOKES,
# THOS. i. McCLENDON,
a.. ..srNt BAILEY II. CLANCY,
j. w. BROWN,
VIM McMURRAY,
ta r. ID. ROWLEY,
# .Haa SAM'L T. ROGERS
- ELI WHITE,
Il. w. DONEGAN.
'E G. l.. HAYS.
ROBT. H. TUCKER,
East Feliciana, August, 1855.
STATE RIGHTS AND SOUTHER.
RIGHTS.-ANTI-K. N. MEETIN'
IN CHARLESTON, S. G.
In accordance with the call, meetin
was held in Charleston on the 18th inst
of citizens in favor of State right and sout
crn rights, and opposed to the party late
organized under the name of American pa
ty. The hall was filled by the hour of
p. M, and few minutes thereafter Il
meeting was organized, on motion of Maj