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fogtitatioMlist K lUpnhlit. “ Y J A ME S GARDNER, JR. OFFICE ON McINTOSH-STREET, THIRD DOOR FROM THE NORTH-WEST OOSXBR OF BROAD-STREET. TERMS: Pailypaper (if paid in advance)... .per annum. .$8 00 Tri-Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 5 00 Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 200 [From the Marietta Advocate .] The Union Men of Cherokee County. The undersigned, formerly members of the ■whig party, and subsequently of the late Union partj% in justice to ourselves and to correct cer tain erroneous impressions that have of late been made upon the minds of some of our political frier Is in this country, would respectfully offer for their consideration the following statement of facts and the reasons deduced therefrom, in justification of our political course. In oi'ier fully to understand the reasons why we occupy our present position as supporters of the administration of President Pierce, of Judge Johnson for Governor, and of democratic can didates and democratic measures generally, it is only necessary to go back in our political his tory to a time when we were all as union men, acting, in harmony together. This was true at the time of the assembling of the Union conven tion, at Miliedgeville. in April 1852; at which time it w ill te remembered the Union party i had an overwhelming majority in the State. [ " There arose, however, a difference of opinion in that convention, as to the propriety of the j Union party’s sending delegates to either the j national whig or democratic convention, both of which were then soon to be held in Baltimore, 1 to nominate candidates tor President and "V ice President. A majority of the convention, with i Mr. Jenkins at their head, were opposed to sending such delegates, and among other re solutions, the following reported by Mr. Jen kins, was adopted by 124 yeas to 29 nays, which resolution was in thesejwords : “Resolv ed That this convention at this time will take no action in relation to the approaching Presi dential election.” This decision of the majority of the con vention was unsatisfactory to a respectable minority of its members, including the mem bers from this county, who were Gen. Daniel H. Bird, Geu. Allen Lawhon, Col. Littleberry Holcombe and Lemuel J. Aired, Esq., and who believed it was best for the Union party of Georgia to send delegates to the national democratic convention. Those who entertain ed this view, withdrew’ and organised a separate convention, styled a “Union democratic con tion,” in Miliedgeville, on the 23d of April, 1852, the same day the Union Convention ad journed. This new “Union democratic convention” ! being organised, the President appointed a com- | mittee of seven “to prepare and report busi ness for the action of the convention ;” and Gen. Daniel H. Bird of the county of Chero- j kee, a prominent member of the old whig ! party, and at that time conspicuous in the Union j party, was appointed and acted as one of that committee. The committee reported the follow- ! ing resolutions : Resolved , That upon the existing issues before 1 the country, we adopt and affirm the principles of the National Democratic Convention of 1848. Resolved , That the adoption of the compromise measures by the last Congress, was in confor- ! mity with the principles affirmed in the forego- 1 ing resolution and so regarding it, we heartily ' • respond to an adoption of the following resolu- j tions introduced by two of our Representatives of Congress, and adopted by a decided majority of that body, including two-thirds of the demo■ j cratic membeis. Resolved , That we recognise the binding effi- j cacy of the compromises of the constitution, and j believe it to be the intention of the people gen erally, as we hereby declare it to bej ours indi vidually, to abide such compromises and to sus tain the laws necessary to carry them out—the provisions for the delivery of fugitive slaves, and the act of the last Congress for that purpose, 1 included ; and that w’e deprecate all further agi tation of questions growing out of that pro vision of the questions embraced in the acts of | the last Congress, known as the compromise, i and of questions generally connected with the institution of slavery, as unneccessary, useless and dangerous. Resolved , That the series of acts passed during j the first session of the 31st Congress, known as the compromise, are regarded as a final adjust ment and permanent settlement of the questions j therein embraced, and should be regarded, main- ! tained and executed as such. Resolved , That we will send twenty delegates J to represent Georgia in the national democratic convention, to oe held in Baltimore, in June next, with a distinct understanding that the fore going principles will be affirmed by that body, j and that our delegates be instructed to present and urge their adoption as the only sound and reliable basis of action for the national demo- 1 cracy.” In accordance W’ith the foregoing resolutions, the convention appointed twenty delegates to the national democratic convention ; and, as will be seen by reference to the last resolu- ! tiou, not merely to represent the “Union Par ty ” but “to represent Georgia;” and in the sunie resolution, they were instructed to present and urge their (the compromise measures) adop- j lion us ike only sound and reliable basis of action \ Jor the . vnoNAL Democracy.” Wishing to state nothir g but facts, and at the same time to furnish evidence of the truth of every state- j merit made in this circular, tor the details of the action o. the two Miliedgeville conventions above referred to, we cite the reader to the j ‘Constitutional Union,’ published at Marietta, ! on Thursday, the 29th April 1852, and the ‘Chronicle & Sentinel published at Augusta, of Wednesday, May the sth 1852, both of which j Journals, at, that time, were Union organs. We cordially approved of the resolutions thus reported by the committee of rseven, of which Gen. Bird was a member, and hear tily sanctioned his course as our leader in car rying us into the National Democratic par ty: If we have changed at ail, it was at this point. We had confidence in the judg ment of Gen. Bird and Gen. Lawhon, who had been our acknowledged whig leaders in the county, and who were, at that time, ac knowledged leaders of the Union party in the county ; and we, too, were of op.nion with them, and with the Hon. A. H. Stephens and Hon. Robert Toombs, and with other prominent whigs of the State, that the whig party North was unsound upon questions af fecting the dearest interests of the South, and that it would be better for us to abandon it and adopt the Democratic platform, which we then thought, and still think, the safest for the South. Now, we appeal to the candid reader, have we been consistent since we thus followed our leaders into the democratic ranks, and by per le)ma‘r! where they induced us to go with- them ? YVe must confess that in thus adopting the democrattc platform “of 1848” ‘ we did become a little “democratized •” for ’if , we adopted those principles in goo d faith and , not hypocritically, meiely to accomplish party , purposes, then, indeed, to be consistent from , that time ‘forward, we must adhere to those principles, and suppoit men who are pledged \ to carry them out. And on the other hand, if , we were insincere in the course we then took \ we do notdeserve to be in any party. But we i claim to occupy the former position. ( It will be remembered, that at the time the , Union democratic convention at Miliedgeville adopted the principles of the national democratic convention of 1848, it was not known what platform ol principles the national democratic convention of i 852 would agree upon, for the , latter did not assemble till June thereafter. But , ave j4 st . cause of patriotic pride and < exultation on receiving intelligence from Balti- : more when that convention did assemble, that it j had adopted as its platform of principles, not \ only the identical platform of 1848, which the Union democratic convention had embraced two * months before at Miliedgeville, but, as we had ! ‘ instructed’ our delegates, ‘to present and urge’ upon that body, it had actually adopted and in corporated into its platform, almost in the very ' words of the Miliedgeville resolutions, those very ‘ Union principles and compromise measures, for ' ■ the triumph of which we had all of us, as union ] men, so zealously contended during two years of • the most intense political warfare ? 1 Our Union democratic delegation, appointed - as above stated, attended the national conveu- . tion at Baltimore, and assisted in the nomination ! of Gen. Pierce, Pres.dent. The Southern Rights J democracy, with some Union democrats, had , also held a convention and sent delegates to the National convention. Their delegates and ours were all admitted to seats, and acted in concert in making the nominations, and in constructing and adopting the platform of resolutions. In common with most of our Union friends, we hailed the nomination of Gen. Pierce with pat notic emotions, as he had always, while in the national councils, been a constant defender of the constitutional rights of the South; and in his letter of acceptance we had additional proofs of his being worthy of our confidence and support; for he emphathatically said of the principles adopted by the convention, that they “com manded the approbation of his judgement.” Ihe Southern Rights democrats had already placed an electoral ticket in the field. The Union men who supported Pierce and King, thought themselves entitled to be represented on the electoral ticket, but the Southern Rights democrats, owing to some leeling which had been gotten up, refused to yield the point; and here a difficulty arose between the supporters of the democratic nominees for President arid Vice President. The Union supporters of the nomi nees, at length determined to hold a convention at Miliedgeville on the 15th of July 1852, to put up an electoral ticket of their ow n for Pierce and King. The Union party of Chero kee met at Canton on the 6th ot July 1852, and held a meeting ratifying the nomination of Pierce and King, and appointed delegates to meet at Miliedgeville in convention, on the I 15th of that month, and instructed them to nomi | nate a Union Electoral ticket pledged to vote for j Pierce and King ; and also passed the following I resolution:— “ Resolved , That the Union party of Cherokee county will use all honorable means to secure the election of Pierce and King in November next.” A committee of live, viz : M. A. Keith, YV. H. Mahaffy, G. YV. Cook, L. J. Aired and S. Jervis were appointed to select delegates to the convention, and they reported the names of L. Holcombe, W. P. Hammond and James McCon nell. The meeting was addressed by Gen. A. Lawhon, L. J. Aired, E«q., Gen. D. H. Bird, and S. C. Dyer, Esq., “ urging the propriety and consistency of the Union party supporting Pierce and King for President and Vice Presi dent.” (For the published details of this Can ton meeting of July the 6th, we refer to the Constitutional Union,’ under date of July 15th 1852.) The Convention met at Miliedgeville and put up a Union Electoral ticket for Pierce and King, which was aiterwards withdrawn by the central committee, and a new convention called at Atlanta, lor the purpose of trying to make some satisfactory arrangement ' between the Union and Southern Rights friends of the nomi nees, so that but one Pierce and King Electoral ticket might be run in the State. Accord ingly the Convention met at Atlanta; but no arrangement could be made to effect the de sired harmony, and a number of influential j Union men, failing to accomplish the object for l which they had come there, finally concluded to J vote for the Electoral ticket then in the field, i Other Union men of high standing and much in fluence in the party, believing that an unkind and unfair spirit had been exercised towards the j Union party by the Southern Rights men in the matter, put forih what was called the “Tuga | loo” ticket, for Pierce and King. ) In the mean time Gen. Scott had been norrii nated by the national whig convention ; and a portion of the Union party of Georgia determined to support him, and put forth an electoral ticket ; for that purpose—while another portion of the old Union organization, by no means inconsid j erable, and mostly confined to the middle and ; Southern parts of the State, refused to support : either Pierce or Scott. And prominent among j this class stood the Hon Charles J. Jenkins the ! present YVhig candidate for Governor. In order that our Union friends may be en abled to judge of the position j Mr. Jenkins took in regard to the different nom inees then before the people for President and Vice President, and also of the course he recom mended the Union party to pursue in future, we insert in full his letter written at the time to P. YV. Alexander, Esq., and published in the Au gusta Chronicle & Sentinel, of Wednesday July the 14th 1852. I Augusta, Ist July, 1852. My Dear Sir: —Your letter of the 24th ulfc., has been received, and but for a sense of courtesy due to you, I should be tempted to ask you to excuse me, for the simple reason that I have no : fancy for filling a column in a newspaper. I think it probable, comparatively few will agree with me in opinion, but I give it to you for I what it is worth. With u stronger desire than ever before to ad \ here to the national Whig party, and to give to its nominees my feeble support , I have been unable : to bring my rnind to the conclusion that I ought ito vote for Gen. Scott. My objections have'no relation whatever to the Southern question. Satisfied with the Platform of the party, and with his prompt, unqualified adhesion to it. I (eel j profound regret that other difficulties interpose between me and the ballot box. is it enough that a candidate for the Presidency is an honor able man, an intel'igent and accomplished gen ! tlemen, a successful general, and that he sub j scribes the L hig creed ? If Gen. Scott can lay claim to other qualifications than these, they are not known to the mass of the people. There are hundreds of thousands of American citizens hav ing, in an equal degree, these qualifications, ex cept only thatof which the sword and theepau ; lette are the symbols; the absence of which in my poor judgement, operates no disparagement. But there are other qualifications by no means so common, which ought to be considered indis ! pensable. and which, without enumeration, will present themselves to every reflecting mind. VVe are not only without evidence'that Gen. Scott has these, but there is good reason to be lieve that he has very decided disqualifications. Will it be denied that he has a hasty, arbitrary temper—an imperious self-will, impatient of all opposition—overweening confidence in his own judgement, an inordinate ambition ? Will it be pretended that he has a clear, calm, well bal anced mind, whose equilibrium cannot be easily disturbed ? If not, is it wise, is it safe, to place such a man, unaccustomed, throughout a long and active life, to despotic military rule, at the head of a republican government? I am con strained to believe that he, as well as his oppo nent, has been selected solely with reference to availability, consisting of military eclat, and such freedom from political reproach as results from lit tle or no employment in the civil service of coun try. Let those who think more favorable of the nominee, or who are willing to take the respon sibility of voting for him hap-hazard, do so. [ will not. | 1 should be sorry , nevertheless, to see the Constitu tional Union party , en masse , vctfe /br the Demo cratic nominee. Certain events which followed the April Convention of that party, were well calculated to impair its stability and efficiency • and therefore excite both regret and apprehen sion, while there remained in prospect a proba ble necessity lor its continued, distinct organiza tion. But now that both of the National parties have fully recognised and adopted the Platform of that party , I think it would not only be consistent with its past course , but promotive of the end of its formation to dissolve d. That end is expressed in a few words: “ acquiescence in the Compromise measures—faithful execution of the fugitive slave law — cessation from the slavery agitation The coalition of the Constitutional Union party with either of the national parties, would involve a condemnation of the other, having reference to the end above stated ; and that, too, in the teeth of a recent pledge of co-operation in its promo tion. This would be not only inconsistent with the position of the Union party, but in the last degree prejudical to Southern interests. “ Under existing circumstances, I wsuld not ask my Demo c> otic Union friends to abandon their former al ics, noi am I at all disposed to separate from mine. urc is no reason to suppose that they conceived a p T y and TTi lhe To ST % l Z should not now separate in B d , bavng learned during „„ r |, n , f ass “ ciatio u*’ important lesson of mutual rasped and tolera lion and ready at all times, hereafter, to re-or gamae for the defence of our State institutions or ’ " eVer and ‘“'"ever I cannot perceive upon what Union Whies can predicate a preference for the democratic over the Whig nominee. Both are objection able. Both parties have required us (the peo ple) to take too much upon trust—have pre sumed too much upon our supposed insane idolatry of military men, their titles and their triumphs. If such things have been done here ofore, and have deep tolerated, the precedents are evil and only evil; and it is high time an attempt were made to arrest this downward tendency, which must inevitably result in de grading the highest office under the constitutions I If there were any hope of making a strong de monstration bv bringing out another Whig can didate at this late day, I should heartily concur in the movement. But there are tew in the country who are uncommitted by the nomina tion, and perhaps fewer still who would be will ing to vote for a candidate having no prospect of SUCC6BS. i I may be asked, what then shall we do— stand aloof not vote at all? Better this than f vote wrong. Those who feel it a duty to choose between the two evils, or who cannot be con \ tent with temp'.ry isolation will of course put on the uniform and fall into ranks. Doubtless they will have a good drilling, and one day or other, a just appreciation of “ Scott’s tactics .” Frankly confessing the discomforts of inactivity, I greatly prefer it to the reluctant support ol either one of the Great Availables. Very respectfully, &c., C. J. Jenkins. P. W. Alexander, Esq. Now, on a careful perusal of the foregoing let ter w r e come to the following conclusion: 1. That Mr. Jenkins, at the time of writing that letter, had a stronger desire than ever before to adhere to the national whig party. 2. That he would not vote for Scott. 3. That he was sat isfied with the national whig platform. 4. That he would be sorry to see the whole of the Union party vote lor Pierce and King. 5. That both the nationaf whig and democratic parties fully recognized and adopted the platform of the Un ion party of Georgia. 6. That he thought it would be not only consistent with its past course, but promotive of the end of its formation, to dis solve it. 7. That he would not ask Union dem ocrats to abandon theii former allies and that he was not at all disposed to separate from his. 8. That there was no reason to suppose that Union democrats had conceived a new attachment to the whig party. 9. That he, upon closest self examination, did not perceive that he was at all democratised 10. That he saw no reason why the Union party should not then separate in entire goou feeling, and rejoin their former allies,') whether whig or democratic. 11. That if i were probable a strong demonstration could be made by bringing out another whig candidate, he would heartily concur in the movement. Mr. Jenkins having thus taken ground against the nominees of both of the national parties, und iu favor ot dissolving the Union party, it was quite natural for some of his old whig friends to act upon the hint thrown out in his letter, as to another candidate for President; and to effect his object a convention was soon held at Macon, which resulted in the nomination of the late Daniel Webster for President, and Charles j. Jenkins for Vice President; and an electoral ticket was put up for them. Mr. Jenkins, there fore, not only opposed the election of Pierce and King, but permitted his own name t» be run, without the remotest hope of success, on an op position ticket, the more successfully to secure the defeat of the democratic nominees. The course of Judge Johnson was very differ ent at this crisis. It is true he had been a strong Southern Rights man, and as such we believed he was in error, and we warmly opposed him so long as he persisted in that course ; but when he yielded any further opposition to the compromise measures and planted himself upon the Georgia Platform, which he was the first prominent Southern Rights man, in Georgia, to do; as will be seen by the following resolutions, drafted by himself, and adopted by a large democratic meet ing in Miliedgeville on the 25th of November, 1851, we felt disposed to forget his past errors: “ Ifosolved, That the questicn of smbiuission to the Compromise is settled in this State; and that it is the duty of the people in future, to unite as one man in the inflexible determination to maintain, to the letter, the position which Geor gia has taken against all lurther aggression by Congress upon tho institutions of slavery. “ Resolved, That in view of the indications giv en by tho Northern Democracy, to consider the slavery question as finally settled by the Compro mise, to enforee the Fugitive SlavoLawand to op pose its repeal or material modification, Georgia should be represented in the Baltimore Convention to co-operato in such action by that body and tho nomination of such candidates for tho Presidency and YNce Presidency, a« will give vitality and efii cacy to the compromise, secure safety to tho South, and harmony to the confederacy.'’ But what, we ask, was Judge Johnson’s posi tion. while Mr. Jenkins was opposing Pierce and King ? He took the field boldly fa vor, and was the first man on the electoral tick et to publicly advocate a compromise of the ticket with the Union men, and who offered to yield his own place on the Southern Rights tibket to a Union man. VY’e zealously supported Gen. Pierce for the Presidency. We approved of the resolutions of the Baltimore Convention and of the sentiments of his Inaugural address. I'he democratic conven tion which nominated Judge Johnson laid down the Baltimore democratic platform and the Inau gulral address as their principles—Judge John son plants himself upon those principles. Those are our principles. And in further pioof ot this fact, and of our consistency, we reler to a resolu tion passed by the Union party of Cherokee county,on the 4ih of April last, at a meeting in Canton, jn which resolution, it is said, while speaking of Gen. Pierce’s administration: “We will not only stand by his administration upon the principles, but receive, with unqualified pleasure, his approbation of our course.” The meeting which passed the resolution from which the above is an extract, was presided over by Frederick Freeman, and the resolution was re ported by a committee of seven, viz: L. J. Aired, D. H. Bird, James McConnell, John B Garrison Martin Chamblee, Samuel Jarvis, and E L Shuford. So it will be seen that the principles above referred to, and upon which Judge John son stands, are the principles which the Union party ol Cherokee county pledged itself, so late as April last, to support. These are not the prin ciples of Mr. Jenkins. The convention which nominated him refused to sanction them, but adopted resolutions denouncing both the Nation al parties, and organized themselves into a sec tional party.’ but it is said that S. Right men are support ing Pierce’s administration, and supporting John son for Governor, and that we ought not to act with them. It is true that a large portion of them are so doing; but this is no reason why we should abandon our principles. Indeed we wish that all, both Union and S. Rights men, would support Pierce’s administration and itsjprinciples and such candidates only as do the same. We then submit the question distinctly to that portion of our Union friends in this county who are now supporting Mr. Jenkins: Who is it that is acting inconsistently ? We, who sup port Judge Johnson for Governor and the other democratic candidates who are not only pledged to support but who still do support Pierce’s ad ministration, or you, who are supporting a can didate for Governor who is openly opposed to the administration and to the principles upon which President Pierce was elected ? Without comment we leave the above simple statement of facts to a discriminating public, believing that we have nothing to fear in contrasting our po sition and consistency with the position and con sistency of those Union men, who in April 1852, went with us and with a number other Union men who still act consistently with us, into the National Democratic party and into the support of Pierce and King, declaring the whig party unsound upon the slavery question, but who now do not blush to confess that they have abandoned their position and gone back into the old whig party which they so recently declared corrupt and unreliable, and are trying to heap odium upon us because we are not as changable as they have shown themselves to be, and are not prepared to abandon our principles at the bidding of party leaders. R- F. Daniel, Wm. P. Hammond, James McConnell, L. M. Hoox, Wm. Ward, John H. Wood, , John H. Gregory, Cherokee County, August 1, 1853. Relief for the Sufferers from the Epi demic.—We have been requested by his Honor the Mayor to mention, that he received by mail yesterday, lrom a resident of Coltlmbia, a hand some donation of $250 for the Howard Associa tion, which he has duly remitted. The contri butions received at this office yesterday for the same benevolent object amounted to $594.50 making a total of $1,784.50. We perceive from our list that some of the “ clerks on Atlantic wharf ” have handsomely made up the sum of SSB; and we would earnestly commend their example to the notice of those on the other wharves, and in the various stores in the city. . j; re * he y individually to contribute only a ri e .\ lt would amount in the aggregate to a 6 fi Um ’ we can assure our readers f . f condition of New Orleans, os any amoqnt, however large, can and wiH be properly used by the Howard Associa tion. The N. O. Crescent, of Thursday, does not hesitate to declare that the fever is on the increase; consequently the distress is aggravated in proportion, and we must therefore reiterate our hope that those who have not as yet sub scribed will promptly do so, and thereby demon strate that Charleston has not forgotten the kind friends who came to her aid in the hour of necessity.— Charleston Courier , 23d inst. aXjgusta, ga. WEDNESDAY MORNING... . AUGUST 24. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. Os Baldwin County. We are gratified to learn that the Committee in the different Wards, met with good success yesterday, but there were numbers absent when the Committees called, who no doubt would like to contribute to this laudable object. Any do nation left at this office will be promptly handed over. Our citizens should bear in mind, that when Augusta was almost destroyed by the great April Fire, the citizens of New Orleans promptly forwarded to their relief Five Thou sand Dollars. There never was a better or more appropriate time to refund, when her citi zens are dying for the want of a little lively as sistance. Aid to New Orleans. Those persons in the Third Ward, or else where, who have not as yet, contributed to the fund, in aid of the sick poor and destitute of New Orleans, and who feel disposed to do so can hand or send their donations to either of the undersigued. It is Jdesirable that the amount collected should be forwarded as early as possi ble. Robert' B Y Zack, m. D., I Committee. Address to the Union Men of Cherokee. In our columns to-day will be found the sen sible and manly address of several Union Whigs of Cherokee county, assigning the reasons why consistency, patriotism, and self-respect impel them to give to the administration of General Pierce, and to the Democratic nominee for Gov ernor, and to Democratic candidates and maxims generally, their cordial support. Though in tended immediately for the consideration of the Union Whigs of Cherokee county, its facts and reasoning will address themselves with force to all those candid and patriotic Whigs in the State, who, prior to the nominations of the can didates of the two national parties for the Pre sidency, became convinced that the Whig parly North was unsound upon questions affecting the dearest interests of the South , and that it would be better for them to abandon it, and adopt the Demo cratic platform , which they then thought , and still think , the safest for the South.” No event has transpired since, and no reason now exists why, this conviction should not still influence them. The Whig party North has become no less unsound since. The Democratic platform remains unaltered, and the National Democracy still stands as firmly upon it, and in their action conform to it. It is the creed and the rule of conduct of all who support the Administration. It is a creed, and embraces a policy so obviously called for by the spirit of our institutions and the wants of the country, that thousands of patriotic men of all sections, and all shades of political opinion, are rallying to their support. Ihe Union Whigs of Cherokee deserve all honor for their manliness and their patriotism, in abandoning old party alliances that their judgments can no longer sanction, and adhering to that they think s; the safest for the South V Safety Switch. We saw, a few days since, at the Georgia Railroad, a very ingenious switch, invented by Mr. William Colby, of this city, the object and purpose of which is to keep the cars on the track in spite of mismanagement on the part of the person attending it. This switch is called the Safety Switch, and no matter how adjusted the car will remain in its proper position. We were struck with its simplicity, and consider it highly creditable to the ingenuity, skill, and in dustry of its inventor, and hope that those who are better judges of such things and their prac ticability, than ourselves, will pronounce in its favor, and that it may be the means of putting money in the pocket of a worthy mechanic. Success to the mechanics, and whenever in our power we desire to give them a lift. Tiie J\ew < omkt.— The Charleston Stan dard, of the 23d instant, says: The citizens ot Charleston and Sullivan’s Island are now enjoying a fine view of the new comet, of M. Klinkerfus, which is plainly visible to the i naked eye, from 7J to 8£ in the evening. It ! may be seen at that time a little North of West, | about 15 tle g- above the horizon, or, as the plough | boy would say, about an hour high. The nu j c^eus is bright, and the tail, which streams up ; wards, is easily seen by a good eye; with the glass in common use on the Island, the bright ! ot the tail would be described in common language as being three or four feet long. I This comet was first noticed by M. Klinker fus, at Gottingen, on the 10th of June last. On i the 2Sth of July, at 52 minutes past 8, it was I seen at tli e National Observatory at Washing ; f° n - Mr. Ferguson then fixed its position at a little i\ori.h of a group of small stars in Leo j Minor ; right ascension, 2 min. 44 sec.; declina- I tion, 6 min. 24 sec. Its perihelion passage is on the 27th of this ! month, before which time it will probably be i slid brighter than now. Its apprsximate elemenrs, as computed by M. Bruhns, of Berlin, are as follows : Perihelion passage August 21th, 213 M. time Berlin. Longitude of perihelion 310 deg. 31 min. 12 1 min. Place of the ascending node 140 deg. 50 min 27.6 min. ’ Inclination 59 deg. 54 min. 23.1 min. Longitude of perihelion distance, 9,491,256- motion. The American Almanac for 1853, though con taining a long article on the recent discoveries of Comets, makes no mention of this one, we therefore couclude that it corned an unexpected visiter to our side of space. The citizens of Augusta had a beautiful view ot this comet last evening. It was a c.ear night, with not a cloud to obstruct the view. With the naked eye, apparently about tnree to iix yards of its tail could be seen. A meeting was held in Monument Square, Baltimore, on Thursday last, for the purpose of organizing a Native American Party in that city. Ihe call embraced an invitation to “all favorable to Americans ruling America—to the public schools as they are—to proper restrictions , upon foreign emigration—all opposed to the for mation of secret political or military organiza- ( Lons of foreigners of one religious faith—to a « union of Church and State—and to the recent ] assaults on the freedom of speech by foreign- f ers.” • s The Sun says the meeting numbered some c three or four thousand persons, t F We are proud to learn (says the Macon Tele graph) that the report circulated some days ago of the death of Gen. Lamar, of Texas, it not cor rect. A letter from him has been received in this city, dated on the 3d of August, which is subsequent to the date of the report of his death. First Bale of New Cotton. —The first bale of new cotton was received in Macon on the 20th inst., from the plantation of Mrs. Martha Matthews, of Bibb county. It was stored at the Warehouse of Mr. T. A. Harris, and sold to Mr. D. R. Rodgers at lOJc. Completion of the Albany and Northern Railroad. —This work is now completed. The first passenger train came over the road from Eagle bridge to Albany on Tuesday evening.— The city is in direct communication with many important towns in Western and Northern Ver mont. The Great Gold Nugget.— The London Times states, that the great Australian nugget, recently exhibited in Leicester square, has been melted and sold for £5,532 (nearly 27,000 dol lars.) Its weight before melting was 1,615 ounces, and it yielded 1,310 ounces of pure gold, or 1,466 of the American standard or 9-10ths. A Washington despatch says, it is understood that Mr. T. Butler King, who is new in that city, has failed to satisfy Secretary Guthrie, in relation to the charges recently published con cerning his administration of the San Francisco collectorship. About forty ships are now on their passage from various ports in the East Indies and Pacific to Boston, most of them being from Calcutta and Manilla. There are not so many vessels at the East Indies as last year, in consequence of the greater profit of guano freights. At the last accounts there were upwards of one hundred American ships at the Chincha Islands, or on their passage to Callao from San Francisco. Many of these were Boston vessels that would otherwise have proceeded to the East Indies in quest of business. Many of the first ships in this trade from Boston are now trading with Guano, and their homeward freights will run from 20 to 50 thousand dollars each. An Indian mound was opened recently at Wausau, near Big Falls, in Wisconsin. The owner of the property dug down about six feet to remove a stump, when he came accidentally upon skulls and bones of extraordinary size, in dicating the existence of a race of people of superior growth, anterior to the Indians. The bones were well preserved when found, but soon crumbled when subjected to the air. Pieces of earthen ware were also found. A strong reason for supposing that they were not Indian remains is, that they were not placed in the particular direction which is always the case with the In dian dead. The Case of Mrs. Gaines.— The case of Mrs. Gaines, in which she claims to be the right ; ful heir to a large estate in New Orleans, it is said is again to come before the judicial tribu nals. Mrs. Gaines, it is further stated, has lately been in New York city, with a new and impor tant witness, General Villamil, of South Ameri ca, who, it is claimed, has a personal knowledge of the principal /act necessary for Mrs. Gaines to prove, which we suppose, must mean the fact of the marriage, although this point is not sta ted. Gen. Villamil is a native of Louisiana. Hon. John A. Taliaferro, one of the relics of that old fashioned race of Virginia gentleman now becoming rapidly extinct, died at his resi dence in that State on the 12th instant. Mr. I aliaferro had attained an age of nearly ninety years. He was for perhaps forty years a Repre sentative of the Northern Neck District in Congress, and was hardly ever defeated. Since his retirement from Congress he has held some public office in Washington, until a few months ago, when he resigned it on account of ill health. Boots and Shoes.— There has been a very material advance in the price of boots and shoes within three months past, especially in heavy work, and there will be a scarcity of desirable goods and high prices throughout the fall trade. The factories in New England were engaged la ter than usual on spring orders, then followed a rise in leather,and fully 20 percent, advance in wages. Hides also continue very high and the market bare — Eastern paper. Illinois Central Railroad. —There are now 8,000 men at work on this road. It is ex pected to have some 30 or 40 miles completed by the first of January next, and the whole dis tance to the crossing of the Ohio and Mississippi Road by the first of May ensuing. The Chica go Press declares there is little reason to doubt that the cars will be traversing the whole 700 miles of road comprised in the main trunk and its branches during the year 1855. A Boston Songstress. —Miss Hennsler, has jt is said, produced quite a sensation at the Paris conservatoire, where she has been under tuition for eight months past. She sang before the judges at the Concours, on trial for a prize, and won the second access'd , viz : a certificate of merit and proficiency. She is but seventeen years of age. Railroad Damages. —Dr. Almiron Pitch, of Delhi, N. Y., has obtained a verdict of $5,813 56 damages from a jury in a suit instituted by him against the New York and Erie railroad compa ny, in consequence of injuries received by him from an accident to a passenger train in which he was travelling on that road. Touched at Last.— Letters from the White Mountains state that those frozen regions were touched and melted by the late hot weather. A letter from the Alpine House, at Gorham, says : “ The thermometer here on Friday stood at 95 deg.; the ‘ oldest inhabitant’ never kn«w such weather for more than a day.” The preparations to construct the proposed floating battery, at Hoboken, for harbor defence, go forward apace. The c<sfFer-dam is I the sides of the large excavation in which it is to be built, are walled up, and steps have been taken to commence the hull. The ground is , carefully fenced in, so that persons having no 1 business there, cannot intrude, even by looking. \ Letters have been received in Washington, from the Rio Grande, bringing the painful in telligence of the death of Thomas Walter Jones, son of Gen. Walter Jones. He was attached to one of the surveying parties of the Mexican Boundary Commission, and was engaged in this duty on the Lower Rio Grande, when the sad accident happened which suddenly closed his earthly career. He was drowned, by the up. setting of a small boat in a squall, Constantinople, from its admirable situation on the B6sphorus, is the key of Asia, and the 1 principal entrepot of the Levant. The movement of navigation in 1846 amounted in that port to 2,667,000 tons. Out of this number the Eng lish flag reckoned for 505,000 tons, the Austrian for 284,000, the French for 70,000, and those of Sardinia, Naples, Tuscany, &c., for about 100,- j 000, the remainder belonged to the coasting trade. It is stated that Mr. George Copway, the Ojib woy Chief, is on the eve of departure for the ex treme West, for the purpose of collecting some of the finest specimens of the Western Indian tribes such as have the best intellectual and physical development, with a view to exhibit them at the World’s JTair. There will be fifteen or twenty in all. It is not only Turkey proper and her province* of which Russia is wishing to appropriate con siderable slices. Allusion has been already made to the claims put forward by Russia on Persia. She demands from that power, in payment of a sum of $80,000,000 roubles due to her, the ces sion of the province of Tauris, one of the most important of the provinces of Persia, near the shores o! the Caspian sea. The province is worth more than $80,000,000 roubles. Russia generously offers to pay Persia the difference over and above. Letters from Syra, of the 18th of July, men tion that many Candiotes inhabiting the Cyc lades manifested the intention, should Russia de clare war against Turkey, to proceed to Crete and excite their countrymen to insurrection.— It was said that the authorities of Crete had seized thirty casks of powder, and a quantity of muskets, which a ship, carrying the Turkish flag, had left in a grotto of the deserted isle of Theodoros. Merited Honor.— lt will gratify his many friends in Georgia, to learn that the Columbia College, in the State of New York, has, at its last Commencement, which was the ninety ninth Anniversary, conferred the Honorary De gree of Master of Arts upon Dr. C. T. Quintard, Professor of Physiology and Pathological An atomy, in the Memphis College. Sickness in Upper Georgia. —The Cassville Standard, of the 18th,says: “Fever and flux have swept off numbers of individuals on the edge of this and in Gordon and Gilmer counties. In a space of perhaps not more than three militia districts, one hun dred have thus died. Almost whole families have been swept off, while almost all have suf fered more or less.” Office of Board of Health, ) Mobile, Aug. 19, 1853. J The Board of Health finding much difficluty in obtaining full reports of the prevailing dis ease from the physicians of the city, have de termined to report the interments for each day. The public may rely implicitly on the published reports, as the Board will receive full returns from all the undertakers of the city. Report of interments in the city of Mobile for the twenty-four hoursending 6 o’clock p. m. this day : Os yellow fever, 7 ; other diseases, 2. Total, 9. Os the interments of yellow fever, 2 were from the City Hospital. Geo. A. Ketchum, Secretary. The New Steamer St. John’s.—This fine new steamer, which we have heretofore noticed as having been built in this city, has been com pleted. and is now ready to take her place in the Florida line. The St. John’s is in every respect a very su perior boat. Having been built with especial reference to the trade in which she will be em ployed, her freight and passenger accommoda tions will be found admirably adapted to the business and travel between this city and Flori da. Under the command of that experienced and gentlemanly officer, Capt. Freeborn, she cannot fail to become a favorite with the public. It will be seen that on Thursday next the St. John’s will make an excursion to St. Augustine, touching at all the intermediate landings. [Savannah News , 22 d inst. Fire. —Yesterday morning about 5 o’clock a lire was discovered in a small wooden house in Curry Town, on Montgomery-street, which with the adjoining tenement was entirely con sumed. The property belonged to Messrs. E. G. Wilson and R. D. Walker, and was insured to its full value.— Sav. Rep., 22d inst. Rains and Crops. —The abundant rains we have had during the past month, has so com pletely brought out, our previously unpromising corn crop, as to b; nish all fear of a scarcity. Although our farmers will probably not realize an average crop, yet with the large quantity of old corn still in the State, there must be an abundant supply for all necessary purposes. The Indian corn crop in Tennessee," Kentucky and other Western States, we learn is A an immense one. This, with the promising yield of peas, sweet potatoes, and other minor crops, and our rapidly increasing railroad connection with the West, must make corn rule at very moderate prices this fall and winter.— Macon Telegraph, 22d inst. Arrivals at Stone Mountain House, Aug. 19. Clark & Hitchcock, Proprietors. Wm. W. Dunbur, Barnw r ell,S. C. J. A. Hunt, Quito, Ga. R. T. McCay, Rome, Ga. M. Spence, Atlanta, “ W. R. Alexander, Lawrencevill, Ga. Hugh Childs, Georgia R. R. C. P. Lowe, Lady, and Serv’t, Augusta, J. D. Rivors, Lady, Children & Serv’t, Gains ville. Wm. Y. Whitesides, G. R. R. John Whitesides, do. F. T. Gibbs, Houston, Texas. Jas. W. Lumpkin, Charleston. S. S. Allen, Cartersville. J. J. Brown and Family, Alabama. D. H. Moncreaf, Gwinnett Co. H. F. Turner, Barnwell S. C. T. G. Wallis, Gwinnett Co. Jas. McLane, Charleston. Wm. McLane, do. M. J. Carswell, Burke Co. Wm. Burrows, Lady, 3 Cnitdren, 2 Servants, So. Ca. J. M. Jones and Lady, Griffin. Miss Towns, do. Master Towns do. J. Til key, do. F. Phinizy, Augusta. J. Caswell, do. W. H. Mell, Oxford. Miss Mell, Lafayette. Medical Testimony cannot be Con troverted.—One of the most startling cases narrated of Dr. M’Lane's Vermifuge by Dr John Butler, of Lowell, Trumbull county Ohio The caso was that of a young lady who had toe’' very sick for eight years, and had consulted a nun her of physicians, who had troated it as ono Prolapsus Uteri. Dr. Butler was then called in, and for a time, believed with his predecessors that it was a caso of Prolapsus. He was, however, soon forced to the conclusion that his patient was sul fering from worms, and afther much persuasion, prevailed upon hor to take two doses of Dr. M’Lane’s Vermifuge. This medicine had the ef fect of removing from her a countless number of tho largest sizo. Astor she passed them, her health immediatly returned. She is since marriod, and ■ continues to enjoy excellent health, aug 16 ; ! fir f Family should them. Wo speak of M’Lane’s Liver Pills, which have become an indispensable Family Medi cine. The frightful symptoms which arise from a diseased Liver manifest themselves, more or loss, in every family; dyspepsia, sick headache, obstruc | tion of the menses, ague and fever, pains in the I side, with dry, and hacking cough, aro all the re sults of hepatic derangement—and for these, Dr. M’Lane’s Pills aro a sovereign remedy. They havo never been known to fail, and they should be kept at all times by families. Directions. —Take two or three going to bed, every second or third night. If they do not purge two or three times by next morning, take one or two more. A slight beakfast should invariably follow their use. The Liver Pill may also bo used whore purging is simply necessary. As an anti-bilious purga tive they are inferior to none. And in doses of two or threo, they give astonishing relief to sick, headache; also in slight derangements of the sto -1 mach. Sold by Haviland, Risley A Co., and Wm H. Tutt, Augusta, Ga.; P. M. Cohen A Co., Charles . ton, S. C.; Hill A Smith, Athens, Ga.; E. C. Jones, Madison; A. A. Solomons; Savannah; and by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine throughout the South. aug 23m, 12 Iced Soda Water. —This dolightful !s*■ drink, together with a groat variety of choice Syrups, of the best quality, may be found at ho Druggist and Apothecaries Store of aug 13 W«■ Haines, Broad street. BV -TELEGRAPH^ Reported !,r the Con.tit . * T rtt’vjy, LATER PROM Ell Hop, ARRIVAL A R A B I A. Charleston, Au° p , 23 The steamer Arabia arrived at New V Tuesday, with later intelligence from F° ° n Liverpool Cotton Market The ? the week amount to 41,000 bales. The mi*"* ing are the quotations : Fair Orleans 7d v? tiling OR; Fair Uplands 6Jd., Middling ' 6d Speculators took 6,000 and exporters 7« ! bales. The demand is moderate, and pric J ° 0 m favor of buyers; holders are press!'?* stocks on the market. a ‘ heit Trade at Manchester had considerably proved. y ,ni * Consols had advanced to 99J a 99| The money market was tighter. There is nothing definite in regard to th Turkish question ; but it is believed that it v ' be peaceably settled, and that the Russians*!" evacuate the principalities on the first of S ' tember. k The steamer Franklin arrived at Wednesday. otl There is a steamer ashore on Nantucket Shoal which is believed to be the Pacific. Yellow Fever. New Orleans, Aug. 22 The corrected statement of interments L terday shows a total of 315. The mortality 1 fearfully increasing, and the deaths to-day show a total of 283, including 265 by Fever. Charleston, Aug, 23 From the Fishing Grounds. Advices from the Fishing Grounds, state that the British steamer Devastation had seized an American Fishing vessel, and it was feared trouble would grow out of it. Cholera in Maryland. At Cumberland ten deaths had occurred since Saturday last. The disease, it is said. j s becoming milder. New Orleans, Aug. 23, p. m , Yellew Fever. The interments during the last 24 hours were 258. of which 234 by Fever. Later from Mexico. A late decree has been issued by the Mexican government suppressing the title ofsoverignty claimed by the States. Haro Y. Zamerez, late minister of the treaau' Jy is dead. Advices from Texas bring nothing definite about the recent election. MARRIED. On the morning of the 7th inst., at 9 o'clock in Cuthbert, Geo., by the Rev. A. T. Holmes, Mr. J. D. Lennard to Miss Annie E. daughter of Col William and Mrs. Rebecca C. James, all of the above place. ©ctalifr Clcctimi. Wc are authorized to announce Col. Thos. E. Beall, as a candi date for the Senatorial branch of the Legislature, from Columbia county, at the approaching elec- aug 24 Air. Editor: Please announce J. Randolph Whitehaad, as a can didate for Brigadier Goneral, 2d Brigade, Ist Di vision, G. M., at the election in October next, and oblige, aug 24 Many Voters. Mr. Editor; — You will please an- SfiK~*2s> nounco E. C. Glisson, Esq., astho ad ministration candidate to represent the Burke Senatorial District in tho next General Assembly, and oblige. Many Voters. aug 17 Mr. Editor-, You will please an nounce B. L. Perkins, of Burke county, as a candidate for the House of Represen tatives to bo elected in October next, and oblige aug 17 Many Voters. ffi’ 1 Me are authorized to auiiounce Col John Milledge, as a candidate for re-election to the Representative branch of the next Legislature. A Majority of Voters. aug 14 fcT' M e are authorized to announce the Hon. Edmond Palmer, as a candi date for the Senate, to represent Burke county, in the next Legislature. Numbers Enough. aug 11 " e are an *borized to announce l)r. G. B. Powell, as a candidate for the Legislature to represent Burks county, in the next Session. “Independent Voters.” aug 11 ijl' To the Voters of the .Niorthern Judicial Circuit.—The friends of the Hon. Garnett Andrews, respectfully present him as a candidate for Judge of said Circuit. Election first Monday in October. aug 11 To the Voters of the Eighth Congres* sional District.—The friends of the Hon. Henry B. Todd, of Jefferson county, re spectfully present him to the Voters of the Eighth Congressional District, as a candidate, to represont them in the Congress of the United States, aug II We are requested to announce H. Whitfield, as a candidate for the House of Representatives, in Jasper eeunty. aug 11 Mr. Editor ; —Yon will please an nounco Major A. R. Wright, of Jefferson, as a candidate for Brigadier General, for 2d Brigade, Ist Division g. m., at the election in October next, and oblige Many Voters. aug I td We are authorized to announce RaM* j R. R. Lawson, Esq., as a candidate for Brigadier General, 2nd Brigade, Ist Division, the election to take place on the Ist Monday i» October next, july 22 td - J Congr?*sloniil District. —CcFLEt VV. Young, the Scott and Pierce can didato for Congress in the Bth Congressional D ,3 ‘ trict, will address tho citizens of this District to [ tf ieir primary meetings at Waynesboro, on the first ( Tuesday in September, and at Augusta on the fir-* Thursday in September, and on tho Saturday f° ! ' owing at Crawfordsvillo. Cuyler W. Young. ■ Halcyondale, August 4, 1853. td aug' f Wr. Editor:—You will please M' i nounco John F. Lawson, Esq-, a s . a l candidate to represent tho Burke Senatorial D* trict in the next General Assembly and oblige july 24 A Southern Rights Democßju^ Malcom D. Jones will be as a candidate for the House of Bepf o " sentalives from Burke county in the next Lcgtoto ture by fjuly 3] Many Voters “ Bring hither the poor, the uiaiutcd* the halt, and the blined,” if you have t]kem healed of their many infirmities- t , , boldly and fearlessly assert that tho Mustang ment will positively cure Rheumatism. Let any who are afflicted with that most painfnl comply try it thoroughly according to the directions, » B ’ if they are not cured, wo will give them t&e money back. What more can we say ? R also cure tho Piles. Thousands have tried it-; an all were cured. Bruises, Sprains, Sores, or EW tions fade away as if touched by the mag l ®*® wand. Its application to a Burn or Scald acts i ‘oil upon tho troubled waters.’ The tempest 0 ‘ P, and agony is soon stilled, and tho patient is b us to quiet and peaceful slumbers. ‘There is a » or every wound,’ and that balm is the Liniment. Every body that sells medicines it for sale. ‘Hold your Horses f and if tfie -. j fl . crippled, galled or sprained, use the Mustang iment. 12 aug_w_ RSHAXITuOUSE, Say G. Fargo, Proprietor, Uate ol S. Hotel, Augusta.) apr 15 .—L ,1 1 *"•” I ■* 1 ■■' 1 viaitii’* Marriage Invitations ana , s Cards written by Master Em PRINTS.— 400 pieces Merimac Prints, j° st r ceived and for sale cheap. t tprS aug 19 GRAY BROTHER-