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Cmistitutiimalist K lEUphltt. B Y j AMES GARDNER, JR. OFFICE ON McINTOSH-STREET, ~ third door from the north-west corner of BROAD -STREET. JTERMS: Daily paper (if paid in advance)... .per annum. .$8 00 Tti-Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 5 00 Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 2 00 | From the German of Johann Martin Miller.] The Contented Man. “Was frag Ich viol nach gold und gut ?” \V by need I strive and sigh for wealth? It is enough for mo That Heaven hath sent mestrength and health, A spirit glad and free : Oratetul these blessings to receive, I sing my hymn at morn and eve. On some, what floods of riches flow ! House, herds, and gold have they ; Yet life's best joys they never know, But fret their hours away. The more they- have, they seek increase; Complaints and craving never cease. A vale of tears this world they call, To me it seems so fair ; It countless pleasures hath for all, And none denied a share. The littie birds on new fledged wing, And insects, revel in the spring. For love of us, hills, woods, and plains In beauteous hues are clad; And birds sing far and near sweet strain?, Caught up by echoes glad. “ Rise," sings the lark, “your tasks to ply;” The nightingale sings “ lullaby.” And'when the golden sun goes forth, And all like gold appears, When bloom o’erspreads the glowing earth, And fields have ripening ears, I think these glories that I see, My kind Creator made for mo. Then loud I thank the Lord above, And say in joyful mood, His love, indeed, is Father's love, He wills to all man good. Then let me ever grateful live, Enjoying all He deigns to give. Further per Steamer Arabia. New York, Aug. 23 —9 p. m.— Doubts of the Turkish Settlement as a Finality. —The following further intelligence is gleaned from the foreign papers. England. —The Great Biitain steamship sailed from Liverpool at 4 o’clock on the 11th with 370 passengers for Melbourne and Sidney. The Great Britain had very little specie on freight, but a considerable quantity of plate and jewelry. Large bets were pending as to wheth er or not she will make the passage in 60 days. Offers were freely taken that the clipper Sover eign of the Seas will make a quicker passage. On the other hand, Gibbs, Bright & Co., the owners of the Great Britian, undertake to return a pro portion of the freight if the passage extends over 60 days. RussrA. —Advices from Odessa to the sth inst. state that large quantities of coin are being ship ped for France and Italy. The cholera was still very violent at St. Peters burg, Heizingford, <src. Tub Russo-Turkish Question. —There is little or nothing new to add to the last advices. It is said that a telegraphic dispatch has been received at Paris from Vienna, announcing the acceptance by the Divan of the Austrian pro posals, and that they will be accepted by the Porte, but the statement that they have already been accepted is premature. Vienna letters of the 6th state that the Czar’s readiness to receive the ambassador ot the Sul tan is the real gist of a message from St. Peters burg, that has made so much noise. Direct negotiations with the Porte, in his own capital at St. Pertersburg, above all things, is desired by N icholas. The intervention of France and England will be thus practically got rid of, and the Porte, ex hausted by dely and less in communication with his allies, would more reality submit to the Rus sian demands. An explanation of the rapidity with which the Czar’s reply was received is current in Prussia. M. de Mezendorff, the Russian Minis ter at Vienna, they say, was invited to attend the conference of the Representatives of the four Powers. This he declined to do, but they com municated to him their resolutions before they had put them in journal shape. He was thus enabled as early as July 2Sth, or perhaps 27th, to send their substance to St. Petersburg, and there is therefore reason to suppose that the Czar’s acceptance, as telegraphed from St. Pe tersburg, August 3d, was based, noton the formal document of the four Powers, but on Mezen doiff’s report of what it would be. If this be the case it leaves open a wide field for equivoca tion and intrigue. Anxious as the mercantile world are for news, nothing decisive was expected till the 10th or 16th. It appears that the Proposition of the four Powers was not despatched from Vienna to Constantinople till the 9th, hence the reply could not be received until the dates above named. Perhaps something might be learned earlier byway of the Baltic, and telegraphed via Berlin. Smyrna. — The Kosla Affair. —Constantinople advices to July 28th says that the Smyrna trans action between Austria and America is still pending, and that it will give rise to some dis agreeable complications it is feared in respect to the refugee question. Moreover, our mediator, M. de Buck, is reported to have availed himself of the recent difficulties to raise some pecuniary and territorial question with the Porte. India and China. —A telegraphic dispatch from Triest, dated the 10tb. announces the arrival thereof the steamship Calcutta, in 111 hours trom Alexandria, Egypt. In China private telegraphic accounts are said to indicate further success on the part of the in surgents. The Arab ship Faze Kereen from Aden to Bombay, with the Bambay portation of the In dian mail, which left London on the 24th of June, foundered at sea twenty miles from Aden. The mails, consisting of 68 boxes, were lost, and 179 out of 190 Arabs, including Lascart. the mail agent, perished. Barings’ Circular.-London, Aug. 12, P. M. —American Stocks.—The demand has been lim ited during the week to an investment of Penn sylvania five per cent, bonds at 91£; Boston City four and-a-half were taken at 103. United States sixes were still scarce,with buyers at 111. The quotations are without variation. A more pacific turn assumed to have been given to the Eastern question has imparted a feeling of more confidence for the future, and holders of colonial and foreign produce have shown great firmness this week. The continued favorable weather, too, has not been without its snfluence. Already, in earlier districts, the harvest has commenced. Money has been largely in demand, but, though discounts out of doors are rather higher, the bank minimum rate is unchanged, and no inconven ience of the scarcity has been experienced. The Funds have improved considerably, and Con sols leaving off'at 98 J a 98. J. Bar Silver is in great demand at ss. 1 .Id., being id. dearer— new dollars 4s. 11 id. Cotton has become quiet, and prices in buy ers’ favor. Sales with us do not exceed 190 bales East India. At Liverpool the demand has fallen off, but no general change is made in quo tations, though yesterdy the maket was heavy ; Middling Orleans stood at 6j. Iron continues quite firm at £8 a .£8 ss. for bars, £3 15s a £9. for rails, free on board in Wales. Great inconvenience is experienced in obtaining the fulfilment of contracts, owing to the strikes of workmen. Scotch pig has been dealt in largely on speculation, and prices ad vanced to 645. cash lor good mixed numbers on the Clyde, and to 755. for all—-Gartsberrie and Swedish, £l2, Russian C. C. N. D. £l6 10s. Cotton—Since the sailing of the Pacific there has been no abatment of the desire to sell, as the market continues to be most freely supplied,and the prices of sommon strained or dirty cotton have declined id per lb; other grades about l-16d. since Friday. In Manchester a good steady business has been doing. The stock this day is 799,706 bags, of which 541,525 are American. The stock at the same time last year was 668,191 bags, of which 527,820 were American. Sales of the week 41,490 bags, in cluding 29,050 American ; 6,060 bags being on speculation, and 7,410 for export. Fires. —There can be no doubt but that in cendiaries are in town. On Friday night, a sta ble on the river bank was consumed. It was jised by Pitts & Hatcher as a fodder house, On Saturday night, an out house in the rear of Mr J. B. Strupper’s was consumed. On Sunday night, another stable on the river bank was set on fire and burnt. The object of the incendia ries, it seems, is not to do damage so much as to call public attention away to a particular point so that they may carry out some hidden scheme. We are told that all the inner prison doors were found open one day last week. Let the city watch keep a sharp look out. There is some villainy in the wind.— Columbus Times, 24th inst. [From the Southern Recorder.] A Statment, The continued attacks of a portion of the Democratic Press upon the undersigned, renders, perhaps, the following statement necessary in self-vindication. At the close of the Commencement Exerci ses of the Wesleyan Female Callege, I wrote a hasty letter from Macon, in which, after ex pressing my gratification with the performances ot the pupils generally, I used the following lan guage in regard to the closing address : The Annual Commencement exercises of the Wesleyan Female College, in this city, have just closed with a very able, eloquent, and in the main, highly satisfactory address, from the Hon. H. V. Johnson. Its delivery occupied about an hour and a quarter, and was listened to with marked and gratified attention, by one of the largest and most brilliant auditories ever assem bled in Georgia, on a similar occasion. With the exception of its Swedenborgeonism, with which it was rather freely interspersed, it was one of the best orations of the kind, we ever listened to.” Befoit leaving Macon that evening and on my way to Atlanta, the oration of Judge Johnson was the topic of frequent conversation among the passengers ; and its Swedenborgian views referred to in terms of regret and surprise. Fear ing that in my first letter I had too unqualifiedly approved the Address, whilst waiting for the train at Kingston, I hurriedly penned the follow ing: “ One word more about the Commencement Address. I believe I expressed regret in my last, that the learned and worthy speaker should have so liberally diffused through his oration, the fascinating, but as I believe, fatal dogmas of Swedenborg. Judge Johnson has a right to en tertain whatever opinions, to him, may seem most correct and proper upon questions of this, [kind] as well as politics; but I must doubt, very capitally, whether the occasion referred to was altogether appropriate to the propagation of views among the young, which are held to be anti-scriptural by a majority of those who are believers in the truths of revealed religion, and who have invest'gated the doctrines of Sweden borg.” The last number of the Marietta Advocate vainly endeavors to show that the foregoing was an unfounded assault upon Judge Johnson, and that it is in conflict with the Report of the Board of Visitors, of which I was one, the com mendations of the Southern Christian Advo cate, and the Resolutions of the Board of Trus tees. In reply to this, I have merely to observe, that I never read the report of the Board of Visitors after the address was delivered, until I saw it in the papers. The report of the com mencement exercises up to Thursday morning I read, and authorized one of the committee to append my name to it. The paragraph added after the close of the exercises, however, does not at all invalidate my statement, and has my concurrence. It says “ many of its truths” (not all) are worthy of study. 1 intimated as much in my notice. The editor of the- Christian Ad vocate was not present, but the worthy gentle man who doubtless wrote the notice alluded to for that paper, without knowing that Mr. John son was a Swedenborgian, directed my attention to cei tain portions of the address as containing Swedenborgianism, ami noted down some of the speaker’s remarks. Whilst the Board of Trus tees compliment the Address, every member of that Board with whom I have conversed, includ ing some of the most distingished divines in the State, confirm my statement, and share my im pressions about the address. But what doees the Macon Citizen say on the subject, and why has that paper escaped denunciation ? Hear it : ‘‘Of the Address of Mr. Johnson, we have room for only brief comment. With much of the sentiments advanced we fully concurred, particularly with his views of education ar.d his strictures on Novel-Reading. But when he proceeded to draw metaphysical distinctions be tween common and spiritual marriages, and de fine what he considered the only true marriage, wre got into a fog at once. For aught we could discover, such a marriage as he considered the proper one, might as well exist betw’een persons of the same sexual organization as of different, as it consisted in a proper blending of the dif ferent dispositions of the parties—the rougher attribute of man s soul With the milder graces of woman s. As some men are rather feminine in chaiacter and some are rather masculine, this blending might therefore take place without a difference of organization. But would this be a marriage ? We think not.” The foregoing, were no other testimony at hand, confirms entirely the justice of my stric tures, and the accuracy of my statements. But I have an abundance of other testimony and have challenged its inspection. But it bet ter suits the political purposes of my traducers to indulge in discourteous detractions and false as sertions and imputations, than to ascertain the real truth, and then deal justly. The Marietta Advocate says—“there is not a word of truth in the charge that Judge John son is Swedenborgian.” All I have to say in reply is, that if he is not a Swedenborgian he must have very recently changed. He was no triously one a few weeks ago, as is well known in this community, and which we presume the Judge will not deny. In conclusion I have only to remark, that I am not conscious of having transcended, in my no tice of Mr. Johnson’s address, the bounds of le gitimate and respectful criticism. I could not j pass by his performance in silence, without in- j ■curring the suspicion that it was produced by ; political or personal prejudice. Whilst I ap- | proved and admired much of the address, I could not subscribe to portions of it—and for this par tial dissent, my motives have been impugned, and my feelings misrepresented and outraged by the most unprincipled and reckless assaults. But I have a just and enlightened public opinion to decide between me and those who have so wan tonly assailed me. If the editor of the Marietta Advocate and his coadiutors in this work of de traction, are satisfied with their course, I certain ly ought to be with my position. If those prints who have placed me in a false attitude before the public, will publish this vindication, they will do me a favor. 1 might demand it as a simple act of justice. J. Know LES. Tho First Discussion. We had the pleasure of hearing Judge John son and Mr. Jenkins address the citizens of Rome,on Wednesday, the 17th inst. Mr. Jen kins, who commenced the debate, occupied al most the same ground taken by Mr. Stephens the day before—here and there interspered with a notice of the political life of his opponent. We thought Mr. Jenkins rather cramped— owing to the inconsistent jiosition which his Alexander letter, dissolving the Union party, placed him. Now, when he is seeking the votes of the people as a Union candidate, he at tempts to explain this inconsistency by saying that since the writing of that letter, events have taken place caculated to alarm the friends of the South and the Union—but as we conceived ut terly failed to show them. Nothing has trans pired as we know of save the numerous nn doubting evidences of the administration and Northern people to silence the slavery question vu ®/ Vln ® S° ut h her constitutional rights. . e have not heard of a single Northern State, since Gen. Pierce’s inauguration, agitating the lepeal of the J* ugitive Slave Law, or any meas ure calculated to endanger the interests of the South, .lr Jenkins is certainly a fine speak er-a talented man and as Judge Johnson truly remarked, one of the cleverest fellows in the world, and we regret to see him in his present awkward position. It would better suit his honest heart to avow his principles, than to electioneer upon false issues. He did not deny that he was a Whig, but said that the Whig party would not be benefitted by his election! The fact of it is, Mr. Jenkins intends to oppose the President, though he may maintain and car ry out every principle of the Georgia platform. Judge Johnson, whom we never heard speak before, came fully up to our expectations. He told the people that he was a full-blooded demo crat aye, a Jackson Democrat; that he was a Southern Rights man in the late contest, and that he had no excuse to make lor what he then said and done ; that since the Convention of 1850, when Georgia spoke in her sovereign ca pacity, he had been upon the Georgia platform, where he intended to remain. He neither advo cated nor opposed the construction of the Pacific | Railroad, by the aid of the general Government but left himself free to oppose or advocate the mearure when the route and manner of its con struction were settled upon. He however thought that if the Memphis route was adopted, it would be a source of immense wealth to Georgia—that it would make Brunswick and Savannah the New York of America. He made an exceedingly happy reply to the abuse of the President’s appointments; Mr. Jenkins and Stephens had argued that although the antece dents of Messrs. Webster, Fillmore and Corwin were bad, yet that in their advocacy of the Com' promise, they were purified ; Judge Johnson con tended that by the same parity of reason, the appointments of Mr. Pierce, who had supported the Baltimore platform, and since maintained its principles, were likewise cured of their form er freesoil tendencies. The friends.of Judge Johnson throughout the State may rest assured that they have nothing to lose while he is their standard bearer ; a won derful reaction is going on in his favor since his arrival among us. The discussion was conduc ted in a courteous, mild and gentlemanly man ner ; the utmost good feeling prevailed, not only between the candidates, but their friends also.— Cassville Standard , 25th inst. AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 27. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. lIERSCHEL Y. JOHNSON. Os Baldwin County. i The Meeting To-Night—Hon. A. H. Ste phens. We hope nothing will prevent Mr. Stephens from addressing our citizens to-night, at the City Hall, as announced, and that they may go out in great numbers to hear him. As it has been some time since Mr. S. has been here, and there being now a great diversity of political sentiment existing, with a large portion of our people, it may not be amiss, in order that the meeting pass off as interesting as possible, to all who attend, briefly to inform the orator ol whom his audience will be composed, and what each will expect. It is worth a great deal to a pub lic speaker to know the particular subjects on which his hearers desire information, other wise time and labor will be unprofltably used.— It is equally as important to know what points should not be touched, as thereby pain, rather than pleasure, may be produced—frequently a single word or sentence, destroys the effect of an able effort. Mr. Stephens’ audisnee will be composed partly ofDemocrats,who sustain the administration, and will vote for Judge Johnson for Governor.— New, as these may be somewhat regarded as guests, let them be attended to with marked po liteness as early as possible. They will expect to hear, in very unmeasured terms of abuse, ev ery species of complaint against Gen. Pierce that can be imagined; and that Judge Johnson will be served up without gloves, as a rank dis unionist. Too much time, however, need not be | taken up by Mr. Stephens, to establish these points to the satisfaction ot the Democrats, es pecially as the Webster press in this city has un dertaken the same job, and expects to gain all the honor of a single handed champion, in defeat ing Judge Johnson, and overturning the Demo cratic party throughout the Union. We say therefore, to Mr. Stephens, not to encroach too much on the rights of anuother. The next class of hearers present, will be the Webster party, who are in a disturbed and unea |sy state of mind. Conscience is doing its work with a severity that is painful to behold, and the future presents to their unclouded vision, the day of coming retribution. These gentlemen will expect from Mr. Stephons far more, perhaps, than he will be able to accomplish. They will desire a full explanation of their present posi tion. Like an astounded audience before a ma gician, they will not only see that the trick has been performed, but will seek for a solutioh of the mystery. They will not be satisfied until they see the wires and the little boxes all open ed. Whether he will permit them to go behind the curtain, and have all the unknown machine ry inspected, by which in a twinkling old Whigs could be made to repudiate the nomination of their party, and to wander about the country without even a name,is what remains to be seen. 11 anybody can give them satisfaction, it is Mr. Stephens, for he knows all about it, and surely this they have a right to demand. Let there be great enthusiasm and rejoicing among the Web ster men at this part of the speech. Let them i manifest their independence Irotn the shackles of party, and the corruption of Conventions, by ! loud huzzas to the men that liberated them. A third, and perhaps by far the most numer ous, clas3 of the audience will consist of the old veteran Whigs, the true blues No. I—we mean the Scott Whigs. Mr. S. will pardon us for thus alluding to these gentlemen, but as they will be there, they will desire something, even a word from their expected representative, : and will go away dissatisfied and out of humor, -if they receive no attention. And we must be ' pardoned if we caution Mr. Stephens how he attempts to get through with this part of his speech. Soft sawder and abuse will do with some men, but others have to be conquered by fear or pure disinterested love. Now, if these are approached with a white flag, and terms of sur- ' render to them are proposed, they may, perhaps, after a lull acknowledgment, listen to explana tions, and agree on certain conditions, to fall into the Webster line. If, however, Mr. Stephens undertakes to justify himself and Mr. Jenkins for the “rear movement” that was made last year against Gen. Scott, we warn him not to make a half way sort of effort, but go to work with the drawn sword, and declare in the face of all these Whigs, with a loud voice that can not be mistaken, that Gen. Scott was the “ favo rite candidate of the freesoil wing of the Whig party.” “ When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war”—this will be an exciting scene ! in the meeting, and from the Webster win l ir j there will go forth the cry, “ Lay on McDuff.” Thus encouraged and emboldened, Mr. Stephens will continue to proclaim, in the ears of the Scott Whigs, that it was the highest duty of every well wisher of his country to vote for anybody else but Gen. Scott. That he was inimical to the institutions of fifteen States ot this Union, and that if elected he would be under the influence and control of William H. Seward. At this point, a voice will, perhaps, be heard in the crowd, these are the men that wanted to “ humiliate” and “ degrade” the State of Georgia, by voting for Gen. Scott. Let them have it Mr. Stephens and spare them not, and another round of applause will shake the old Hall to its foundation. The evening will no doubt be spent pretty much in this way. Democrats abused—Scott men made more hostile and determined, and wishing for some one to vote for in opposition to Mr. Stephens. The Webster men crowing over-all, with the Whig party under their feet, and its name disavowed, they will there hurra lor the Republican Citizen, Union Conserva tive Georgia Platform paity, and thus will the meeting adjourn, and no harm be done to any body. Relief for New Orleans.— The Savannah Courier of the 25th inst., says : “ The Mayor has received.reports horn the committees in sev- 1 eral of the Wards, covering the amount of $1,624 75, for the relief of sufferers by the epi demic in New-Orleans. Os this sum, S2OO were contributed by Central Railroad and Bank ing Company, and $93.75 by the Harmonic Minstrels. The whole amount thus far contri buted by Savannah, is $2,624 75. Mr. Knowles of the Southern Recorder on Swedenborgianism. We publish a statement of Mr. Knowles in reference to himself and Judge Johnson’s Swe denborgianism for what it is worth. When Judge Johnson's address before the Wesleyan Female College is published, we will endeavor to find out the Swedenborgian parts and furnish them to our readers. In the meantime, we will j leave this theological controversy to the theolo gians, where it properly belongs. It has no bu siness in a political canvass, in this tolerant country where men’s fitness for office is not de termined by the peculiar religious tenets they may hold. In the days of Henry the Bth, and of the bloody Mary, people used to be burned for not believing in the “ real presence'’ of the body and blood of Christ in the sacrament, and Fox’s book of Martyrs contains a shocking catalogue of human sacrifices on even less essential grounds. Butin Republican America, during the nine ; teeth century, the list of Martyrs who suffer for ! opinion’s sake, will make but a small volume.— | With all the pious efforts of the Reverend theo- I logian of the Recorder, Judge Johnson’s chances ; for that species of immortality are small. If he i maintains his character for being a moral and ! upright citizen, as he has done from his youth I upward, until election day, it will not have to be recorded on his tombstone, 41 Defeated for Governor because of his religious opinions.” Augusta Fair. The Editor of the Columbus Enquirer , after noticing the premiums offered by our ware housemen for the best specimens of Cottonjoffered at.the approaching Fair, to be held in this city, says:—“ It is to be sure some distance from this region to Augusta, but as the Railroads have nearly annihilated the space we would inquire if there are not planters in south-western Geor gia who would like to finger these beautilul cups? The competition is open to all, and the small planter has an equal chance with the large one, according to the proposition of the warehousemen, which is not only liberal but fair and equitable to all. Who will carry his fancy sacks to the Fair.” We extend a cordial invitation to all competi tors. Georgia is a large State--Augusta a cen tral point—and so linked is she by Railroad fa cilities with nearly every section of the State, that one living two or three hundred miles from us is almost as near as those residing in our im mediate vicinity. We say to the planters in every section of the State, competition is open to you—send jour five or five hundred bales of Cotton, and if you are not successful in carrying off the first, second and third prizes, we will guarantee as good a price for your Cotton as can be had in any other Southern market. Relief for the New Orleans Sufferers. Charleston has done nobly. In addition to the §2OOO appropriated by the City Council, i there has been collected at the Courier office and forwarded to the Secretary of the Howard As | sociation, Four Thousand Dollars. Among the contributors, the Courier mentions that of a young lad, who, after listening to a discourse on the sufferings of the inhabitants ofNew Orleans, stepped up to the Minister and gave as his con | tribution six and one quarter cents, all probably that the noble hearted little fellow had. New Cotton. We learn that two bales of new Cotton was received at Madison on the tilth inst., quality fair, and were sold at 11 cents. The Chronicle & Sentinel. The Cassville Standard says: The above | named Journal of the ISth inst. contains a com munication, in which the following remarkable passage occurs: “ One Herschel V. Johnson, in a speech de livered by him at Canton, in Cherokee county, i during the pendency of the Presidential election, .n the fall of 1852, (last year.) declared that Union men , ana especially Union Democrats , had to him a most offensive odor, and gave it as his decided opinion that, in a short time, buzzards wou'i not eat them , because of the mighty stench from their dead carcasses /” And calls on us for its confirmation or denial. From what we have heard of the speech alluded to at the time, we have not a single doubt but that the whole language and sentiment are false. | We live within twenty-five miles of Canton, and have conversed with''a number of Union, men who were present at the time, and never until now, have we heard anything approach ing to this charge. Our personal acquaintance with Judge Johnson convinces us that he never | uttered such sentiments, and we challenge the Chronicle & Sentinel’s correspondent to the proof. The following is a comparative statement of the mortality of the past week in New York* Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Charleston and Savannah: N. Y. Phila. liult. Bost, Ch’n. Sav Cholera 1 0 6 0 0 0 Cholera Morbus.6 1 0 14 0 0 ! Choi. Infant’m.B4 42 22 8 0 0 i Diarrhoea 41 10 1 2 0 0* Dysentery 49 16 18 5 0 0 Consumption. .CL 13 25 9 11 Convulsions. ..66 10 1 5 6 0 Fevers 33 26 14 4 2 6 I Sunstroke... .214 25 5 9 0 0 555 144 86 56 9 7 Other diseas’s.4l4 150 66 70 14 11 To f al 969 294 152 126 23 18 The Rabun Gap Railroad.— The Anderson (S. C.) Gazette, of the 24th inst., says -“ Seve ral members of the corps of Engineers employed for the survey of this road, have been at this place for the past two days. We saw to-day their baggage wagons passing through town, and we suppose the long talked of question as to where the road is to start and where run, will soon be decided.” Miss Ella Bruce.—The California corres pondent of the Nashville Gazette, says that Ella Bruce, (who sang in this city last winter) is cre ating quite a furor in San Francisco, and other parts of California. The choice seat at her first Concert in Marysville, sold at auction for seven teen hundred dollars, and was presented to May or Miles. The Rice Harvest, we learn, commenced on Satilla liver on the 15th, under favorable auspi ces, and is progressing finely. Within a few days pist some of the planters on the Savannah river have commenced, but the harvesting will not be general until next week. The crops promise an abundant yield,and the weather is at present, and we trust will continue to be, verj favorable.— Sav. Rep:, 25th inst. Sea Island Cotton.— We are gratified also to learn that sea island crops are still promising. We hear no complaints of injuries to the plant from rains, worms or any other cause. We are inlormed that on some plantations the hands are {licking from 60 to 70 pounds on an average per day.— lb. The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Sun, writing under date of the 22d inst., says: The Rev. Bishop Capers, of the Southern Methodist Episcopal denomination, preached twice in this city yesterday to large and intel lectual congregation. Being apparently about 75 years of age, and possessing an intellectual and affectionate countenance, his appearance was exceedingly venerable. I cannot doubt that his interesting discourses will long be remembered with pleasure and profit by the attentive au diences that were so fortunate as to listen to them. [communicated! At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of Jefferson county, held in Louisville, on Saturday, 24th August, on motion, Henry Arrington, Esq , was called to the Chair, and Andrew E. Tarver requested to act as Secretary. On motion, a Committee of three were ap pointed to present resolutions, expressive of the object and sense of the meeting. The Chairman appointed Thomas H. Polhill, Charles R. Moore and James H. Bostic, that committee. The Committee retired fora short time, and on returning made the following report: Whereas, by recent enactment of ihe Legisla ture of Georgia, the judges of the Superior Courts are te be elected by th« people of each Judicial District, and believing, as we do, that the judge should be sought for by the people, and not the office by ndividual, therefore, Resolved , That this meeting give an expres sion of opinion on [the subject of their prefer ence for that high and responsible office. And, whereas, the Hon. W. W. Holt, during his occupacy of the chair judicial in the Middle Circuit, evidenced himself to be most eminently qualified for that post, not only by his profound legal acquirements and entire impartiality in ad ministering the laws, but also by the constant exhibition of that high toned morality which should ever chaiacterize one acting in that very high and responsible capacity, therefore, Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the Hon. William W. Holt, of the County of Richmond, is decidedly the choice of the large majority of the voters of Jefferson county, for the Judgeship of the Middle District of Geor gia. and if a candidate in October next, will re receive our warmest and most cordial support. Resolved, That a Committee of three be ap pointed by the Chair, to forward to Judge Holt a copy of these resolutions, and earnestly re quest him to suffer his name used in connection with that office. On motion of Dr. P. S. Lemle, the repoit w T as received and unanimously adopted. The Chair man appointed the committee of three as fol lows: Dr. P. S. Lemle, Thos H. Polhill and Charles R. Moore, Esqrs. Dr. P. S. Lemle offered the following resolu tion : Resolved, That a Committee be appointed by the Chair, to invite the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins ana the Hon. A. H. Stephens to visit our town, and address the people of our county, on the po litical issues of the day, at such time as may be most convenient to them, and if consistent with other and more important engagements ; which was adopted,—Committee appointed,JDr. P. S. Lemle, Eli McCrorn, Thos. H. Polhill, J. W. Alexander, A. E. Turner, Dr. E. H. W. Hunter William S. Alexander and Charles R. Moore. On motion of Dr. L. C. Belt, Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and forwarded to Chronicle & Sentinel, Constitu tionalist & Republic and Central Georgian, with a request that they publish the same. On motion of Charles R. Moore, the meeting adjourned sine die. HENRY ARRINGTON, Chm’n. Andrew E. Tarver, Secretary. [communicated.] Democrats of Elbert county—you will short ly deposite in the ballot-box, your votes for a Senator to represent this county in the next Le gislature. You will cast your votes either for William B. White, Esq., or Ira Christian. In making a choice between these men, democrats cannot, will not, hesitate. It is well known to you all, that Ira Christian has been and still is, an ultra, uncompromising Whig, and has done more than any other one manjn this countvi to keep up the Whig party, and keep down Democrats. While William B. White has ever been with us in principle, feelings and sympathy, and in the late Gubernatorial contest, stood by us and gave us “ material aid by electing him we have something to gain—much to expect.— By electing Christain, we fasten still stronger, Whig misrule in the county. Rally then to the polls and let the watchword be, White and our principles. Never before has such an opportuni ty offered itself to us to break the Whig spell.— The effort is worth any trouble, any pains. It must be made. Temperance men—you cannot hesitate be tween the two. From the days of the “ Flour noy petition/’ to the present time, William B. White has been a strong temperance man. Mr. Christain, it is true, is a temperance man, but he is opposed to legiJation on the subject. Elbert. [communicated] To Benjamin Brantley, Esq. Brother Brantley : —I will not address you through the columns of the Banner —you are getting to have so many champions and hero correspondents, that I find many of your readers, as well as myself, feel little interest in the pe rusal of your paper. More editorial, and good selections, and less nonsensical exaggerated puf fing, would be more interesting to your readers. You have too many John H. Smiths, sapient knights of the birch and ruler. Ido not say that John H.’s effusions do any harm, because where he is known, at home, his neighbors pay no at tention to them, and know how to appreciate them; but Ido feel for “somebody at home” who probably does not know that 11 lie is out.” Andrew. What Party is it ? If we were asked now to answer the question whetherthe present Jenkins party is the whig party or not, we should have to admit that we were sorely puzzled to decide. When we see Jenkins, and Toombs, and Stephens, and Daw son, all old whigs, travelling the State and la boring with might and main to excite prejudice against a democratic President, one of the purest and beat men the country has ever produced ; it looks like the same old whig party. But on the other hand, when we find that in whole coun ties, a single solitary individual cannot be found who will acknowledge himself a whig—that j there is but one whig candidate for Congress who will admit that he is a whig—that not half j a dozen counties have even candidates for the Legislature who will not deny that they are I whigs—it would seem that the whig partv, if j not already utterly defunct in the State of Georgia, will soon disappear. But again, on the - other side, when we find that the candidates j for Congress are all old whigs except one, and j he was an anti-Scott whig last year—when we read over the names of Bartow, Johnson, Trippe, Calhoun, Reese and Stephens, all recently whigs the party does look very whiggish. But then again, these same candidates, though most of them very ready to declare that they were once whigs, never say that they are now whigs—at least in public. In private, appeals are made to vo ters, as whigs, to stand up to whig candidates, but never in public. No wonder, then, that out siders are puzzled to decide whether the Jenkins party is the whig party or not. The Jess won der, indeed, when they themselves actually do not know or will not confess what party it is. Some of them say that they are the Union par ty, some the Conservatives, some the Union Republican, some the Union Conservative, others the Conservative Republican party. It is tfue that a few weeks ago whig meetings were very common in middle and lower Geor gia, but now “ mum’s the word”—no whig meeting now. It is true the Atlanta Republi can a few weeks ago said, “ Wie are all whigs— ive are all Union men.” But never again, till af ter the election, will the Atlanta Republican, or any other of the Jenkins presses, admit that the whigs in Georgia are Whigs. They were whigs before the nomination. They are Con servative Union Republicans till after the elec tion. Then they will find no difficulty in be coming whigs again .—Marietta Advocate , 24 th inst. Algerine Law. —Since Mr. Jenkins’ visit to Marietta and his speech here, the Jenkins whigs have plucked up courage. They begin now to defend the principle of the Algerine Law as right. They say that as men of proper ty in Augusta had to .pay the taxes—as the money had to be raised from their propety, they ought to have the control of the matter of taxes and appropriations. This is manly and indepen dent at least. How it will go down with the democrats is another question. Still it is a mat ter of necessity with those who have to defend Mr. Jenkins at all events. If they condemn the principles of the Adgerine Law. they con demn their candidate. He says it was right. ; Therefore they are obliged to say it is right or give him up. Office of Board of Health,) Mobile, Aug. 21, 1853. J Report of interments in the city of Mobile for the twenty-four hours ending 6 o’clock p. m. this day: Os Yellow Fever 1 Os other diseases 4 Total 5 Geo. A. Ketchum, Secretary. MARRIED. In Cassville, on the 23d inst., by Rev. Burford, N. Gtlreath, to Miss Elizabeth M. Hargis. •On the 17th inst, by Esq. Addington, Mr. Y. Brown and Miss Martha J. Mosteller. In Glynn county, Ga., on the 16th of August, by ! Rev. G. H. Maletto, Mr. Eli M. Malette and Miss Ellen Andrew. On the 18th inst,, by the Rev. John Jones, Mr. Thos. H. IV eaver to Miss Mary E. Knight, all of Marietta. Contmrrriai. CHARLESTON, Aug. 26.— Cotton. —This arti cle attracts very little attention, and seems to be moro and more neglected as the season draws to • wards a close. The orders for Spanish account, which have so fortunately come to the aid of sel lers, during the last two months, aro not quite ex hausted, at least we should judge so, as the bulk of the sales this week have been for this account.— The transactions present no new feature, and prices at the close of business, were up to the m irgin of those current when we made up our former report. We have received this week 4 bags of the new crop the first of tho season. The salesjsince our last foot up but 1200 bales, at prices ranging from 101 to 11Of this amount upwards of 1000 l ales were sold at 11c. Thcreccipts of theweok comprise 2201 bales. We have no transactions to report in Long Cotton. Corn. —The market is fully supplied at present, and recent transactions show a further reduction in prices. Wc note the arrival this week of 5000 bush els, 2100 of which were prime Baltimore and Car olina, which were sold at 66 a 70c. per bushel.— The balance was North Carolina, and was sold on terms not made public. Flour. —Our market has been very quiet during the present week. Our bakers having supplied themselves from the arrivals of the previous week, have refused to operate at present prices. Tho stock consists mostly of Baltimore brands, which aro held at s6> per barrel. We notice a few small s?les of country brands at this price. Bacon. —The transactions in this article this week have baen very limited, and confined to small lots at prices within the range of present quota tions. Bagging. —A limited business has been done in Gunny Cloth, at prices within the range of present quotations. Rope. —The transactions since our last have been confined to small lots Western, at prices ranging from 81 a 31 cents. Salt. —We have no transactions to report. The last sales were at 1.10 a 1.12 J per sack. Groceries. —There has been no movement in any of the leading articles comprised under this head, viz : Sugar, Molasses, or Coffee. Tho compara tively heavy operations, however, of tho previous fortnight have put our jobbers in a good position to meet all orders for the season about to open upon them. Freights. —There is a vessel loading for Liver pool at 3d. for Cotton in square bags, tho bulk of whose cargo had been engaged prior to her arrival. Thero is very little offering Coastwise, and tho rates are a! together nominal. ATLANTA, August 18.— Cotton. —Nothing do ing in this article. Bacon. —We quote hog round at 8J to 9 cents Hams are plenty at 10 to 11 cents. Bard. —Plenty at 10 a 12 cts. per pound. Iron. —Swoeds to English 5 to 51 cents; Nails have advanced to 6 a 6£c. Corn. —ls selling at 50 to 60 cents. Corn Meal. —ss to 65 cents. Fork. —Hog round, 6 to 7 j cents, Pickeled, 10 cents. Beef. —By the quarter, 5 to 7i cents. SAVANNAH, August 24. — Cotton —No sales to-day. SAVANNAH EXPORTS—Aug. 24. Per steamship State of Georgia, for Philadelphia —ll7 casks Rice, 64 bales Cotton, 3 do. Wool, 296 do. Domestics, 5 hhds. Bacon, 27 sacks Ground Nuts, and sundry pckgs. Mdzo. Perschr Emma, tor Richmond, Va. —63,500 feet Lumber. SfjWiiifj JntcUigrnff. ARRIVALS from charleston. Steam ship Palmetto, Jackson, Baltimoro. Steam ship Osprey, Bennett, Philadelphia. Schr Flying Cloud, Thomas, Baltimore. cleared for charleston. Barque Susan W. Lind, Sweetser, at Boston. Barque Coral, Kinsman, at Boston. UP FOR CHARLESTON. Schr Mohawk, Woodbury, at Boston. Sehr Gen. Taylor, , at Boston. | Schr Monterey, Somers, at Philadelphia. sailed for charleston. Barque Edisto, Harding, from Boston. CHARLESTON, August 26.—Arrived, barque Carolina, Johnson, New York; brig Foster, Crow i ell. New York; schrs Dread Not, McKinney, Nas sau, N. H.: Sami. Bolton, Mershon, Philadelphia. At Quarantiue, brig Geo. L. Abbott, Getty, New Orleans. In tho offing, barquo Maria Morton, Francis, from New York. Cleared, barqe Avola, Kendrick, Boston, Went to sea, ship Sullivan, Mitchell, N. York; schrsll. E. Wotson, -, Philadelphia; Louisiana, Foxwell, Baltimoro. SAVANNAH, Aug. 24.—Cleared, sehr Emma, Chiveral, Richmond, Va. Wont to sea, stoamship State of Georgia, Gar vin, Philadelphia. GREAT INDUCEMENT, THE SUBSCRIBER offors for sale his valuable I PLANTATION, in the upper part of Troupe ; county, Q a., two miles west ot Hogansvillo Depot, on the Atlanta and Lagrange Railroad, containing thirteen hundred and sixteen acres ; five hundred j of which, is in a fine state of cultivation, and j eight hundred acres of superior wood land, in a healthy section of country. There are on the | premises two good framed dwelings, ono set of frain- i od Negro houses, framed Gin house and screw, all \ new'. Any person wishing to purchase would do ! well to call and examine beforo purchasing else | where. My price is nine dollars and twenty five eta j j per aero, in two payments. | aug 16 cG JOHN W. SHEPHERD. SAVANNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE. SESSION 18«>3-\>4. THE COURSE OF LECTURES in this Institu tion will commence on the First Monday of November and continue four months. R. D. ARNOLD, M. D., Prof, of Institutes and Practice of Medicine. J. G. HOWARD, M. D., Prof. Anatomy. W. G. BULLOCH, M. D., Prof. Principles and I Practico of Surgery. P. M. KOLLOCK, M. D., Prof. Obstetrics and Dis- ; cases of Women and Children. C. W. WEST, M. D., Prof. Medical Chemistry. E. 11. MARTIN, M. D. Prof. Phisiology. H. L. BYRD, M. D., Prof. Materia Modica and Therapeutics. ! 1 J. B. READ, M. D., Prof. Pathological Anatomy and Demonstrator of Anatomy. j FEES.—For the full course, $105; Matricula- \ tion Ticket, $5 ; Demonstrator of Anatomy $lO ; j Graduation , S3O. Requisites for Graduation, the i same as in other Medical Colleges. t C. W. WJ6*ST, M. D., Dean Qf the Faculty. s apr 28 efim KV TKLEGRAPH® Transmitted to the Constitutiorntfu. u .. ““Mil New York, August 26, p. M Cotton.—rhe maiket is steady. Th ' during the two days reach 2750. e Serial Untlrfs, absenco from the city. ur mg m ; aug 25 6 Camillf. E. Qi r , d s —si « 7lxr IR ARi>if Y , M N p, ~—Augusta South' ly 1 Plunk Road Office a./ Ves, en. > 1853.—An instalment of ten per cent . to be paid on the 14th September next 13 re 4Uirt4 5 to the By-Laws of said Corporation * P„** r< i eakl J r the Bo^ d - S. H. Oliver, of s -» q g 25 office corner Mclntosh & The best evidence tiiaTcan duced in favor of the efficn i, a,! * . Hoodand’s German Bitters, prepared bvTw®'* i Jreksen is the unprecedent demand for it r ' C ; all parts of the Union ; and although the-, fr °® many compounds prepared and represented ay > ing worthy of a liberal patronage, vet we f ? be ‘ • strained to remark, that tho vast number C ° E ' r monials with which the worthy doctor h, T**' honored, by persons of the highest charaet “ eeE respectability, who found it necessary to b, r anl course to his preparation, is testimony snffi • *' conclusive, that a more effectual remedy foTd? ntlj r most immediate relief of those afflicted witi V l ' direful malady,- dyspepsia, has never been disco** * auj 23 Never suffer long At this age of the world, when vm, get Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, it is a ’criminal 2 iect, if you do not cure it. ‘ u !v j 1— aug 5 ST" Shades still ton of the 5 BS-v-JSs. pile. W e cordially invito aliwhn. fond of the good things of this life, to drop ; n i! help themselves to Beef Stakes, Mutton ok ’ Fish Balls and Soups of all kinds and a sprinkling hospitality. Seven days in tho week we can u • found at oar post studdying the taste and paint*! of our numerous customers. ” i aug 14 ts '• No Family should be without tlienT~ il We speak of M’Lanes Liver Pjm which have become an indispensable Family Mcf • cine. The frightful symptoms which ari.se - f rom , disoased Liver manifest themselves, more or less ; every family; dyspepsia, sick headache, obstrue tion of the menses, ague and fever, pains in the side, with dry, and hacking cough, are all the re. suits of hepatic derangement—and for these Dj e M’Lane’s ’ Pills arc a sovereign remedy. xi Wt have never been known to fail, and they should h, > kept at all times by families. Directions.—Take two or three going to bed - every second or third night. If they do not 1 two or three times by next morning, take one or two moro. A slight beakfnst should invariably follow their use. J f The Liver Pill may also ho used where purgin'- • is simply necessary. As an anti-bilious porn” v tivo they aro inferior t® none. And in doses r of two or three, they give astonishing relief to sick 1 headache; also in slight derangements of the sto s maeh. 0 Sold by Haviland, Risley k Co., and Win 11 a Tatt, Augusta, Ga.; P. M. Cohen k Co., Charles ton, S. C.; Hill & Smith, Athens, Ga; E. C. Jones, • Madison; A. A. Solomons; Savannah; and byali 1 Druggists and Dealers in Medicine throughout the • South. aug 23 12 i r=s ' tc, ‘" So ‘ ,a Water—This delightful drink, together with a great variety of y choice Syrups, oftho best quality, may be found at ij be Druggist and Apothecaries Store of aug 12 _ Wm. Haines, Broad street. 0 SF" Medical Testimony cannot tie Con' i Bin*—haSi troverted.—One of the most startlin’ 1 eases narrated of Dr. M'Lane's Vermifuge by Dr* John Butler, of Lowell, Trumbull county Ohio s The case was that of a young lady who had be' 1 very sick for eight years, and had consulted a nun. - her of physicians, who had treated it as one Prolapsus Uteri. Dr. Butler was then called in, i -and for a time, believed with his predecessors that t it was a case of Prolapsus. He was, however, sow forced to the conclusion that his patient was sal l sering from worms, and aft her much persuasion, l prevailed upon her to take two doses of hr. M'Lane’s Vermifuge. This medicine had the ef* 3 iect of removing from her a countless number of the largest size. After she passed them, her health r immediatly returned. She is since married, and , continues to enjoy excellent health, aug 16 IgF" ""'aiS'"'' 2 ki hither the poor, the uiaimeil. £1.4-v the halt, and the blined,’if you would have them healed of their many infirmities. We boldly and fearlessly assert that the MustangLini ; mont will positively cure Rheumatism. Let anj who are afflicted with that most painfnl complaint try it thoroughly according to the directions, and, 3 if they are not cured, we will give them their money back. What moro can we say’ It will also euro the Piles. Thousands have tried it—and all were cured. Bruises, Sprains, Sores, or Erup tions fade away as if touched by Ihe magicians wand. Its application to a Burn or Scald acts like oil upon the troubled waters.’ The tempest of pain and agony is soon stilled, and the patient is hushed ’ to quiet and peaceful slumbers. ‘There is a balm or every wound,’ and that balm is the Mustang Liniment. Every body that sells medicines keep* I it for sale. ‘Hold your Horses!’ and if they are crippled, galled or sprained, use the Mustang Lin iment. 12 aug 15 , RJ*'- Premium DaguerreanGallery .--It* 3 firm of Tucker k Perkins having been dissolved by limitation last February, the un dersigned will continue to practice the art of Dag uerreotyping in all its various branches, and from 1 his long practical experience he feels confidentoi j his ability' to please the most fastidious. The pictures now being taken at this Gallery are pronounced by those who are judges, superior in ’ tone and life-like expression, to any ever before produced in Augusta. Isaac Ticker. ‘ N. B. Artists purchasing Stock, will please bear in mind that materials aro sold at lower rates than I at any other house this side of New York, may L J : A Card.—The undersigned return? f thanks to bis friends and the public their past patronage, and respectfully announce l that he has associated with him Mr. JOSEPH- | BEALS, lato of Savannah, and will conduct la*; | ness under the name and style of COFFIN | BEALS, in all the branches of PALNTIM; I namely ; Houso, Sign and Ornamental PMM’ j ING, GILDING; GRAINING; GLAZING, j JOHN G. COFFIN | Office in Jackson, corner of Greene street. r72 v The undersigned takes this mode iik | time to announce to the citizens ot Au g gusta and vicinity, that having received the I of tuition from good masters, they arc enableU' 1 g furnish work in stylo equal to that obtained tv- | where; such as Military', Civic and Society HA.- | NERS ; Designing, Ornamental, Fresco, I® nnc j I led and Marble WALLS; Plain and Ornament* | SIGNS; SHADES, &c. JOHN G. COFFIN sept 22 ly JOSEPH A. 1 EXECUTORS’ SALE. E Will bo sold, in front of the office of j Insurance and Banking Company, in the fib 1 I Augusta, on Monday, the 29tti | next, sale boginning at II o’clock A- M*> ‘ jj following property, part of the estate of Tho» ■ 1 Cumming, deceased, to wit: , I; The Lot, with the improvements thereon, w north side of Broad street, in the city of Aug ß next east of that now occupied by the August®* surance and Banking Company, extending| castwardly to a point on said street four fee ' g tant from tho southwestern corner of the [j building now occupied by the family of w | Allen, deceased, D’Antignae k Evans, an “ I having a front of about 77 feet on | | street, and running of same width from sar - g i northwardly about two hundred and el ? ' cot . | fuett® an alley about twenty threo feet wi w g ; stituting its northern boundary, with 1 . [ way through said alley, and another runm | 1 the eastern ond thereof to Reynold street, j mon with other Lots touching the same* —ALSO — < i-iiuiS" I I A Lot in tho village of Summerville, c° . 4 [J about four acres and a quarter, bounded e- - r road, way, or street, about fifty feet wk|| ting it from the Lot on which Mrs. El« a jjtiig 1 resides, south by a road, way, or street, - P t y I I it from a Lot belonging to Alfred Base • I 1 tno Lot described below, and north by H I street. —also — . . , oU t I* 1 -' I The Lot above referred to, containing a aJ b' I acres and a half, bounded north and so- eB . g the last described Lot, east by the said _ tioned Lot, and west by “ the Academy " . ’ I Terms of Sale.—One-third cash, the a I thirds in two equal annual payments, vn th# | from tho day of sale, secured by property. WILLIAM ClMMlb ROBERT F. POE. I HENRY H. CLMMJ® Je . 1 Exocutors of the Will of Thos. ceased. etd NOTlCE.—Arrpersons indebted tfl• the » | Washington Sowell, deceased, tyofScriven, aro requested to maK *gg de- a payment to tho undersigned; and tnos * o prc st!1 ‘ rnands against the estate, are reques pr#- [J them to the Administratrix, within n SOWELL, 1