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A r<iLl ST A, GEORGIA.
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FOR GOVERNOR)
HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN COUNTY.
WEEKLY
Constitutionalist and Republic,
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The approaching election will be warmly con
tested, and will involve many interesting ques
tions to be discussed in the public press. The pro
gress oi the canvass will be marked by stirring
incidents, and information from all parts of the
State will be eagerly sought and desired by
all who feel an interest in its political destinies.
Besides the election for Governor, will be those
for members of the Legislature, members of
Congress, and Judges of the the Superior Courts
—ail ol which will provoke animated contests,
and involve results, to which no intelligent
citizen can be indifferent.
It will be the aim and effort of the proprietor 1
of the Constitutionalist and Republic to give the 1
fullest,earliest,and most reliable information at all
limes and from all points of the State during the
ranvass. He will advocate the election of the
Democratic Candidates in a spirit of candor)
while it shall be done with the zeal and ear- |
nestness growing out of a thorough conviction
that the success of the Democratic Party, and a
cordial support of the Administration of Presi
dent Pierce, will promote the true interests of
the State and the country.
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Bank of St. Mary’s.
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itor, a friend will take charge of the Political
department of the paper.
Death of Mrs. Forsyth.
We find in the Columbus Times 4’ Sentinel of
the 20th inst., the following painful announce
ment. Every line of this tribute to the virtues
of the deceased, will meet a heart-felt response
in this community, with which Mrs. Forsyth
was a long time identified, and where she is
remembered with affection and veneration by
all who mingled in the social circles of which
3he was so bright an ornament:
It is with feelings of deep sorrow and profound
sympathy with the bereaved relatives, that we
announce the death on Sunday morning last, of
Mrs. Clara Forsyth, widow of the Hon. John
Forsyth, aged 69 years. This venerable lady,
so long known and esteemed in our community
for all the virtues of t*ie Christian—her sympathy
with the distressed—her kindness to the poor—
her private and domestic virtues endearing her
to a large circle of kindred and friends, produces
a feeling of gloom which leaves us unsolaced,
but in the reflection that her life was well spent,
and at a green old age, with her children and
friends around her, she has bid adieu to this life
to reap her reward in a brighter and better
world. .
For many years, Mrs. Forsyth has mingled
in the social circles of Georgia, the honored and
loved relict of her distinguished husband, who,
when he was taken from us, lett us more endear
> cd to his widow, as having shared with him
through a long and eventful life the honors and
fatigues which public stations involve. Regard
ed wherever she went with respect and venera
tion, she endeared all to herself by a refinement
and sympathy ot deportment graced with a
Christian charity and meekness that makes the
lovely more loved, and the good the more re
vered.
The funeral sermon was preached Monday
f morning by the Rev. Mr. Scott, ot the Episco
pal Church, of which she had long been a con
* start and devoted member.
Death of an Editor.
, Major S. A. Godman, the accomplished editor
of the Illustrated Family Friend, published at
Columbia, in this State, (says the Charleston
Courier,) died at the residence of E. W. Henry,
Charlotte county, Va., on the 12th inst. “He
was born/’ says the Columbia South Carolinian,
“In Cincinnati, on the Sth September, 1822,
and was therefore nearly thirty-one years of
age. • Maj. Godman was at one time a midship
man in the United States Navy, had been in the
merchant service, and just before embarking in
the newspaper business was eight months in a
large mercantile house in Charleston. For two
years he conducted the Lauiensville Herald, and
after selling that paper, came to Columbia and
established the Family Friend.
“ Mr. Godman was a writer of talent, and in
the department of literature, for which he seemed
to have a preference—nautical romance—he had
already exhibited great powers. Had his life '
been spared he would doubtless have won a high
reputation among the authors of America. He
has died in the prime of life, and in the vigor of !
a fine intellect, which he had devoted to the I
literature of his country. He leaves a wife and I
two children to mourn his loss, and a circle of!
friends who had looked forward with pride to a !
brilliant career, of which he gave abundant !
promise, to lament his early and unexpected de
cease. Our sympathies are with them in their
bereavement.”
Union of Whitaker’s “Southern Magazine” and
the “ Southern Electic.”
We learn, with gratification, that, by arrange- i
ments recently entered into, these works will
be united from and after the next September |
issue. It is understood that while the work will j
retain its original feature of an Eclectic Maga
zine, containing articles selected from the pro- !
minent journals of Great Britain and the conti- i
nent of Europe, suitable for repubiication in I
this country, it will also embrace original arti-’
cles from the pens of Southern writers, adapted
to the genius of our people, and developing our
progress in the various departments of art,science
and literature. Such a work is eminently need- !
ed and will supply a desideratum that has long I
been felt in the Southern States. Mr. Whita-|
kee, the former able editor of the “ Southern |
Quarterly Review,” and Prof. Fitten, who has j
hitherto conducted “ The Southern Eclectic”
with consummate judgment, will unitedly bring
to this new and desirable enterprise qualifica
tions which will command the public confidence
and ensure success. We commend their under
taking to the fostering support of the South.
Death op William Bell, Esq. —We record, j
with deep and sincere regret, the demise of this
estimable man and useful citizen. He died of j
paralysis or apoplexy, or a combination of the j
two, on Monday last, at his residence, in this
city. He was a Brick Mason, by trade, and
ranked among the most respectable, intelligent
and successful of our mechanics. Having ac
cumulated a large fortune, he purchased an
extensive planting interest, in St. James,’
Goose Creek, and engaged largely in brick- j
making and the culture of rice. He served in
the City Council, and was for a number of years
a Commissioner in the Orphan House, in which
institution and its fatherless inmates, he took a j
deep and benevolent interest. For a great many j
years, he was a Director in the Planters & Me- j
chanic’s Bank: and continued his active useful- j
ness, in his various stations, in public and pri
vate life, until he was suddenly struck down by ,
the hand of disease and the scythe of death— :
that terrible mower, who makes no distinction j
of persons, but visits, with one event, the whole j
family of man.
Mr. Bell was still in his prime, when called j
to meet the common doom ot mortality; having i
very nearly completed his 66th year. He was :
buried on Tuesday last, in the Cemetery of the j
2d Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Ferdinand
Jacobs, who officiates, during the absence of the
Rev. Dr. Smyth, performing the burial service.
Numerous relations and friends attended his
remains to the grave, bedewing it with tears of :
affection, or giving other tokens of sympathy, |
sorrow and respect.
A widow and numerous descendants, are left
to mourn his untimely end, and their great and
irreparable loss. He was half brother of our
highly esteemed friend, and distinguished physi
cian, Dr. S. H. Dickson, now in Asheville, N.
C.— Charleston Courier , 21s/ inst.
The DeKalb Democrat.
This is the title of a campaign paper, about
to be issued at Atlanta, by Mr. W. B. Rug
gles. We publish his proposals as follows, and
cordially commend the enterprise to the Demo
crats of the State.
The DeKalb Democrat.— A Campaign pa
per.—We propose to publish a paper with the
above title, until after the election in Oc
tober next. The first number of the Dem
ocrat will be issued on Monday next, the
25th inst., and its publication will be con
tinued weekly thereafter, for twelve weeks,
closing on the 10th of October.
It will be devoted to State and National poli
tics, generally, and to the affairs of the Fourth
Congressional District particularly. It will
zealously endeavor to strengthen and advance
the cause of Democracy, in its advocacy of the
election of Hon. Herschel V. Johnson for Gov
ernor, and the election of Wm. B. W. Dent,
the regular nominee of the Democratic Dis
trict Convention, for Representative in Con
gress.
To the editorial columns of the paper a
number of strong and reliable Democrats and
able political writers will regularly contribute.
' The subscription price of the Democrat will
be merely nominal. We propose to publish it
at so low a price that every man in the Dis
trict may have an opportunity to read its col
umns.
The Democrat will be furnished at the fol
lowing rates for the compaign :
1 Copy 25 cts.
5 “ (to one address.).... SI 00
12 “ “2 00
20 11 “ 3 00
50 “ “ 6 00
Let our Democratic friends, in all parts of the
District, at once make up clubs and send on their
names! The time is short and we should im
prove it, by entering heartily and earnestly into
the work before us. We can achieve a triumph
worthy of Democracy, but we must work !
All letters and communications should be ad
dressed, post-paid, to
■ W. B. Ruggles, Publisher.
1 Tiie Fisheries. —The Gloucester Telegraph
of Wednesday states that quite a number of fish
ing vessels have sailed thence this week for the
' Bay of St. Lawrence. Altogether, about forty
> vessels are there, or on their way, belonging to
• that port. Some of them are armed.
Health of the President. —The Washing
. ton Uuion says that the President is in excel
lent health, and has been so ever since h ; rctin
) ' *■ '
The Algerine Law.
The last Macon Telegraph propounds to the
editor ot this paper the following question :
“The Messenger has called Mr. Gardner of
Constitutionalist into court, and we are glad
ot it. He is a vaiuable witness, and since he has
been summoned, we will venture to ask him a
question. Did not the people of Augusta hold
Mr. Jenkins equally responsible with Mr. Mil
ler for the Algerine Law, and did they not de- 1
teat him in '42 on account of it’ The Messen
ger has called Mr. Grrdner, but we have a sus
picion that it will repent it in sackcloth and
ashes. We are willing to have our statement
adjudged by him.”
The information here sought of us is already
before the public, furnished by Mr. Jenkins’
own political friends, and our testimony would
only be cumulative to theirs. We will, how
ever, answer the question to ti e best of our re
collection.
We answer that the people of Augusta did j
hold Mr. Jenkins equally responsible with Mr. j
Miller for the Algerine Law. In the canvass
of 1842, Mr. Jenkins assumed bis full share of!
the responsibility for the law, and did not at
tempt to throw on Mr. Miller any greater;
portion of it, than he took upon himself. Nor !
did Mr. Miller claim for himself any greater ,
share of the responsibility than Mr. Jenkins i
manfully and boldly assumed.
In fact the share of the burthen assumed by
Mr. Jenkins was rather heavier than that oft
Mr. Miller, as the result proved: for Mr. Jen- j
kins defended and justified the law, a3 just, ex- !
pedient and proper, and expressed himself as ! i
adverse to its repeal. Mr. Miller contented j 1
himself by placing his advocacy of the law and i
his instrumentality in its enactment upon the j
supposed wishes of his constituents. He express
ed himself as willing to have it repealed, and i'
did not in the canvass contend that it was just
and right in principle or in detail. On this point j <
he did not commit himself—at least did not do 1
so as positively as did Mr. Jenkins. This dis- j'<
ference between the two gentlemen may per- ; j
haps account for the difference in the result, j i
Mr. Miller was re-elected — Mr. Jenkins was I *
defeated. j 1
The Algerine Law was the issue of the can- | 1
vass of 1842, in Richmond county. Mr. MrLLER j t
and Mr. Jenkins were both Whigs, and occu- j
pied the same positions on political questions as < •
between Whigs and Democrats. We therefore i
do not hesitate to say that Mr. Jenkins was de- 1
seated in 1842 on account of his position on the 1
Algerine Law. !
The Scott Whigs vs. the Republican Citizens. 1
Our readers will find in our columns this <
morning the article of “A Scott Whig,” publish- 1
ed in the Central Georgian , which was referred <
to in the paragraph which we copied yesterday
from that paper.
It seems there is a disposition among the old .
line Whigs, who have steadfastly adhered to ;
their party and its platform, to repudiate the ac- j ‘
tion of the “ Republican Citizens’’ who are aim- ! (
ing to construct from the materials of the origi- ] j
nal old panel Georgia Whigs a new party and j (
to divide the offices thereof, to suit the personal | .
views of the Webster Whigs who raised last (
year the banner of revolt against Gen. Scorr and
the National Whig party. If Gen. Scott was (
not good enough for the fastidious tastes of these ,
gentlemen—not good enough especially for Mr. j
Jenkins, who felt at liberty to repudiate him (
while finding no fault with the platform on j
which he stood—the Scott Whigs may feel at j.
equal liberty to consult their own tastes, arid ; .
repudiate Mr. Jenkins. This will be returning |
a Roland for an Oliver. The Webster Whigs I
have no right to complain of thi-. They !.
set the example ol repudiation. It was right
in their estimation then ? Why is it not equally
right for Scott Whigs to obey their own con
victions in the same way. It is a bad rule that
does not work both ways.
As the Scott Whigs form a laige majority of
the Whig party of Georgia, if may he reasonably
expected that they can concentrate on their i
nominee for Governo r a much more formidable
vote than the paltry 5200 hundred bestowed on :
Mr. Jenkins, for Vice President last November, j
Theology in the Political Field.
The Whig press of Georgia lias outraged every i
principle of fairness and propriety in the coarse j
anti vindictive mannei in which they have as- j
sailed Judge Johnson, misrepresented hispoliti- j
cal opinions and slandered his religious senti- j
ments. We fear not the result of such intem
perance and injustice, believing fully that these
malignant blows will be parried and beat down
by the sound indignation of a virtuous, and in
telligent people.
It is time that political zealots who think, or j
act as if they thought every thing is fair in poli- j
tics, and that success will sanctify any means
used for its obtainment, should be taught their
error, and the present canvass furnishes a fit op
portunity for the people of Georgia to teach the
lesson to the utter confusion of Judge Johnson’s
defanners.
The latest and most discreditable assault made
on him, comes under an insidious guise—with
an affectation of candor poorly simulated, and
under circumstances of unusual atrocity. It
comes from a correspondent of the Southern Re
corder, a paper once edited in a gentlemanly
spirit, but which has fallen immensely in re
spectability since the withdrawal of its late edi
tor, Colonel Grieve, now Charge to Sweeden.
Thafcorrespondent is no other than its editor,
and that editor no other than one who professes
to be a Christian, and has even, we understand,
officiated as a clergyman.
At the late commencement of Wesleyan Fe
male College, Macon, Judge Johnson delivered
a most able, chaste and elevated address, of
I which the Board of Trustees have spoken in the
j highest terms of commendation.
The correspondent aforesaid thus speaks of
the address in the last Southern Recorder :
“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 facinating, but as I believe, fatal dogmas of
Swedenbourg. Judge Johnson has a right to
entertain whatever opinions, to him, may seem
most correct and proper, upon questions of this,
as well as politics; but I must doubt, very capi
tally, whether the occasion referred to was al
together appropriate to the pro; .-.gation of views
among the young, which are held to be anti
scriptural by a majority of those who are believ
ers in the truthesof revealed religion, and who
have investigated the doctrines of Swedenbourg.
I trust these obnoxious portions of the address
will be expunged before it reaches the public
eye lam joined in this desire by many of his
political and personal friends, who, like myself,
admired and approved the main body of the
speech.”
Now this assault is in the same spirit, and
prompted by precisely the same motives which
have rr,lie forth the slander that Judge John
son was a believer in Spirit Rappings—a slan
der which has not the slightest foundation to
excuse it, and which is yet shamelessly repeat
ed in the force of authentative denial.
So with reference to Swedenbourgianism.
What the peculiar dogmas of Swedenbourg,
which the learned, theologian of the Recorder
deems anti-scripturai, and which he charges
Judge Johnson with propagating, he does not
venture to specify. There were others present
at the oration who were as firm believers in the
truths of revealed religion as himself, and quite
as exemplary in the practice of its precepts.
Yet their religious sensibilities received no
shock—their orthodoxy perceived no challenge
to religious combat. It was not the pious Christi
an whose convictions were alarmed, but the
schemeing politician whose venom was awa
| kened.
We hope the wish of the Reverend correspon
| dent—a wish we do not believe any personal
! or political friend of Judge Johnson united in—
| will not be gratified, that “the obnoxious por
; tions of the address will be expunged before it
; reaches the public eye.” That would be allow-
I ing the malignity of the correspondent to go
I undetected by the public eye, and therefore un
j rebuked. Let the whole address be furnished,
' and let the public judge between Judge John-
I son, and him who charges him with propagating
, anti-scriptural sentiments. This is a matter
wantonly thrust before the religious community
of the State. Let it decide as just men would
decide it, and in the spirit, not of politicians, nor
of sectarians, but in the spirit ol true Christi
anity.
Judge Johnson has been from his youth up an
exemplary Christian—a consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church, holding to its tenets and
obeying its requirements, and has lived a life of
blameless morality and purity. Not the first
act of his, inconsistent with the duties of a ctfrist
jan, have we yet heard alleged against him. It
is not in character with him as a man or a
Christian to avail himself of the delicate and
honorable position assigned him at Macon,
while addressing such an audience, to propagate
doctrines and dogmas fatal to Christianity.
We would respectfully urge upon Judge
Johnson to take the field—appeal to the justice,
and the good sense of the people—make his ap
pointments at convenient and accessible places
to address his fellow-citizens, and invite his as
sailants, and all others who choose to enter the
lists, to meet him face to face before his fellow
citizens, and there discuss with him all the polit
ical and religious questions on which they may
choose to provoke controversy.
Spirit of the Northern Democracy.
The following Resolutions of the Democratic
Republican State Committee of New York, will
show the spirit which exists among the Demo
crats in that great State in reference to the
Compromise measures as a final settlement of
the slavery question. They are determined to
show to the South their willingness and desire
to stand by and faithfully execute the contract
entered into by Democrats of the Union at the
meeting at Baltimore—that when they signed
that agreement they intended to keep it, and that
should this vexed and momentous question again
be thrown into the political arena, to accomplish
the ends of sectional politicians, it should be done
by the South. The Northern Democrats will
adhere to the terms of settlement, and have thus
far shown good faith. Can the leaders of the
Conservative - R-epublican Citizens - Legion
party of Georgia, which is the Whig party, show
any thing connected with this grave question
confirmatory of the Compromise settlement,
emanating from any of their friends at the North,
by whatever name they may chose to call
themselves? Don’t all speak at once.
Demncratic State Committee. —At a meeting
of the Democratic Republican State Committee,
held pursuant to regular notice, at the Astor
House, in the cityot New York, on Friday, the I
15th day of July, at four o’clock, r. at., Minor
C. Story, of Duchess, was elected Chairman, and
James I. Johnson, of Albany, elected Secretary.
On motion, the following resolutions were
adopted.
Whereas, It becomes this State Committee, as
representing the Democratic party of New
York, upon this occasion to declare to the Dem
ocracy ot the Union, its adhesion, and that of its
constituents, to the doctrines enunciated at the
Baltimore Conventions of 1844, ’4B and ’52 to
declare its approval of the sentiments of the late
Inaugural address, and to set forth the views and
principles of its Democratic constituency upon
matters of State and national importance.
Therefore Resolved, (Ist), That we reiterate
ouv attachment to, and approval of the Baltimore
platform, and heartily congratulate the Democ
racy of the Union, on the doctrines avowed by
President Pierce, in his inaugural address to
his countrymen, believing that the doctrines are
sound expressions of our duty, as one of the pow
ers of the civilized world, and of the duties of
the several States to each other under the consti
tution of the United States.
Resolved, (2), That we coincide with the
President in his opinion, that “ it is not to he
disguised that our attitude as a nation, and our
position on the globe, renders the acquisition of
certain possessions not within our jurisdiction,
eminently important for our protection, if not
in the future essential, for the preservation of
the rights of commerce and the peace of the
world”—and also with the principle which we
all regard as fundamental, that “ the rights, se
curity and repose of this confederacy reject the
idea of interference or colonization on this side
of the ocean by any foreign power beyond pres
ent jurisdiction. as utterly inadmissable.
Resolved, (3d), That the Democracy of the
State of New York re-affirm the doctrine of the
inaugural, “that involuntary servitude, as it ex
ists in different States of the confederacy, is re
cognised by the Constitution —that stands like
any other admitted right, and that the States
where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies
to enforce the constitutional paovisions,—that
“the laws of ISSO, commonly called the |cotn
promise measures,’ are strictly constitutional,
and to be unhesitatingly carried into effect”—
that “the constituted authorities of this republic
are bound to regard the rights of the South in
this respect, as they would view any other legal
and constitutional right—and that the laws to
enforce them should be respected and obeyed,
not with a reluctance encouraged by abstract
opinions as to their propriety in a different state
of society, hut cheerfully, and according to the
decisions of the tribunal to which their exposi
j tion belongs,” and that the Democratic party of
this State stands pledged, so far as it depends
upon the political and personal action of its
members, that every law adopted by the consti
tutional authorities of the United States, includ
ing the Fugitive Slave law, shall be faithfully
enforced within the limits of the State.
Resolved, (4th), That we congratulate our fel
low Democrats throughout the State, upon the
adoption, by the present Legislature, of the
amendment to the constitution, designed to pro
vide tor the enlargement and completion of the
canals, in accordance with the pledges given by
the Democratic party to the people of the State,
a result mainly due to the unyielding efforts of
Democratic Senators, upon whose course the
people will stamp their approbation, and which
gives hope of the speedy completion ot that
great system of public works of which our State
has just cause to be proud.
Resolved , (sth), That a Democratic State Con
vention, to be composed of one delegate from
each Assembly district in the State, be and is
hereby appointed to be held in the city of Syra
cuse, on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of Septem
ber, 1853, at twelve o’clock, noon, for the pur
pose of nominating candidates for such State offi
cers as are to be elected at the next election,
and for the tiansaction of such other business as
may come before it
Resolved , That these resolutions be published
in the Democratic papers in this State.
Minor C. Stout, Chairman.
James J. Johnson, Secretary.
Do the People of Georgia wish to agitate again
the Slavery Question?
This delicate and paramount subject is intro
duced into these columns at not for
the purpose of provoking discussion—for of it
the people have had enough—hut to advise
them of the fact, that the spirit of agitation is
abroad in the State, and that we have reasons
to believe, that the slavery question will he the
ruling topic of the present canvass. We admit
that all the fears and apprehensions expressed
in regard to the rights of the South, and the pre
sent peril of the Union—mean just qothing at
all except to catch votes. The conduct of
those who are going about indulging in their
vain speculations and false prophecies, belie
their sincerity, for after all, they are not pre
vented by their over anxiety in reference to
this matter, from buying and selling and making
money and enjoying themselves, though at the
same time they would induce others to act as
though their property and the government
were on the very brink of destruction.
Now we protest against the right of any
man thus to disturb the peace and good order of
society, by creating false alarms on any sub
ject, which if true, might be good ground for un
easiness. But more particularly is it reprehen
sible and unjust, when this is done about a ques
tion in which such an amount of property is in
volved, and whose value is more or less effected
by every excitement touching ifs security, and
on one which has so recently caused the foun
dation of this Union to tremble to its centre.
It is a criminal and interested trilling with one
of the most momentous subjects connected with
the futurS prospects and de.-tiny of one portion
of this confederacy—and yet it, for all purposes
and on all occasions, is talked about, as
if it could he managed by the veriest tyro
in the science of Government, and a fit theme
on which the man of yesterday could, with
impunity, shout forth his flourishing decla
mation. Besides this, it shows a dangerou s
spirit and an unhappy temper of mind, manifest
ed by a never satisfied desire to create strife and
discord, and a never failing energy in fomenting
ill-will and discontent in the most happy and
favored circumstances, by which they are sur
rounded. There are such men in communities,
and they extend their evil and pernicious in
fluence wherever they go, and to whatever they
turn their attention. They are marked and ab
horred as evil doers, busybodies, lovers and pro
moters of everything that will set man against
his feliow-tnan—communities against commu
nities—States against States, and all against the
Union.
We ask in the name of every thing we iove
and all that we cherish, is it not time that we
should cease our wranglings with one-another ?
Has not the public mind been already excited
to its highest pitch—is there any necessity for
more ! Have not the wounds of the country
been bleeding long enough and free enough—and
is it not time they should remain closed and
closed forever?
We ask again, is this dispute to continue year
after year, and is there to be no end of this hos
tility and discord between the North and the j
South ? Are we to he taught continually to j
look on our northern brethren as enemies, and
that they desire to see the day arrive when all
of our interests are to be precipitated into ruin ?
Answer ye men of discord—you who are contin
ually harping about the rights of the South, and
danger to the Union. You deceivers of the peo
ple—who know that the Union is in no danger
of being dissolved, and for party purposes would
practice a deception on them, by proclaiming
its peril, when you know that it is secure.—
You are the disunionists—and we make the
charge in the face of all that you do and say.—
Even in Richmond county, there is a call fora
Union Meeting—a shallow and unholy prostitu
tion of that sacred name. Is there a clique or
party in our midst, that is opposed to this Union?
We challenge the production of that name
The very inference is a gross libel on our people
and they will ultimately put down those who,
to catch votes, are proclaiming danger, dan
ger, when there is none. It is a hollow device
which is discovered and which will be remem
bered.
The Ball in Motion.
We begin to receive letters from sections of
the interior where Democrats were recently
divided, highly favorable to’the success of our
Democratic candidate for Governor. Among
the number, we give the following from a recent
Whig in Gwinnett county, under date of Law
renceville, July 24. Keep the Bali in motion.
“ Before closing this, perhapsjt would be in
teresting to you, to learn something in relation
to crops and politics in this section. We have
been visited with fine rains for the last two
weeks and corn and cotton are now looking
well. I think the crop here will be an average
one.
“In regard to politics, our prospects in this
county are truly flattering. The Democrats are
united, and there are a number of patriotic
whigs, myself among the number, who are con
vinced that the principles of the Democratic
party are the correct ones for the country, and
are now battling for their country and Democ
racy. We expect to give a good account of our
selves next October. We have not as yet
formed our ticket for the legislature, but will do
so the first Tuesday in next month.”
[communicated .]
Covington, Ga., July 25th, 1853.
Mr. Editor: —Through the columns of your
paper, I wish to propound the following ques
tions to the Hon. H. V. Johnson :
First, Do you believe the people of this State
have the right to control the retail traffic in
spirituous liquors within their respective mili
tia districts as they may think proper ?
Second, Are you in favor of their enjoying
that right? o; would you if elected Governor of
the State of Georgia, give your sanction to a
bill which would lead directly to such results?
I have taken this method to satisfy many
voters as well as myself, who are Democrats,
and some whigs. NEWTON*.
The Catastrophe at Niagara Falls.
The Buffalo papers contain thrilling accounts
of the late accident at Niagara Falls, by which
three lives were lost. Avery, the young man
who clung with desperation to an upright log
from Oh o’clock on Monday night until 6 o’clock
on Tuesday evening, was only 20 years of ago
and, to add to the painful interest of the frightful
scene, his distracted lather was one of the throng
of spectators which lined the shores during all
day on Tuesday. During the day hundreds left
Buffalo by the railroad trains, but, on their arri
val at the Falls, were unable to render the un
fortunate man any assistance, and were com
pelled to look on with painful suspense until
their worst fears were realised, and the fierce
element whirled its poor victim beneath its
boiling current. The Buffalo Commercial has
the following additional particulars:
Our informant tells us that Avery was in a
part of the rapids where the rocks rise nearly to
the surface of the water. A log of wood, appa
rently wedged tightly between the rocks, and
crossed by another, still higher out of the water,
was his resting p'ace. Here he remained, hall
clinging to and half perching upon the log, from
which he would occasionlly slip down and walk
a little on the rocks, which were only a short
distance under the water.
A few feet in advance was a small fall of
about four or five feet,and here and on each side
of him the waters rushed wiklly on at a speed of
about forty miles an hour. About o’clock in
the afternoon, a raft was constructed formed of
crossed timbers, strongly fastened in a square
form, a hogshead being placed in the centre.
The raft was strongly secured with ropes on
each side, and was floated down to the rocks up
on which Avery was stationed. As it approach
ed the spot where he stood, the rope got fast in
the rocks, and the raft became immovable.
Aveiy then appeared to muster strength and
courage, and descending from the log, walked
over the rocks to the place where the rope had
caught and labored long and hard to disengage it
from the rocks. After some time he succeeded,
and then with renewed energy, inspired by the
hope of rescue, he pulled manfully at the rope
until he succeeded in bringing the raft from the
current towards his fearful resting-place.
Avery now got on to the raft, making himself
fast thereto by means of ropes which had been
placed there for that purpose, and those on the *
land commenced drawing it towards the shore.
It had approached within thirty feet ol one ol the
small islands, towards which its course was di
rected, when suddenly it became stationary in
the midst of the rapids, the ropes having again
caught in the rocks.
All endeavors to move it were found to be in
vain, and much fear was entertained that the
strain upon the ropes might break them arid oc
casion the poor fellow’s loss. Various sugges
tions were now volunteered, and several at
tempts were made to reach him. One man
went out in a boat as far as he dared to venture,
and asked him if he would fasten a rope round
his body and trust to being drawn in by that.
The poor fellow, however, shook his head des
pondingly,as though he felt that he had not
strength enough remaining to make himself se
cure to a rope. At length a boat was got ready
—a life boat, which had arrived from Buffalo—
and was launched. Seeing the preparations,
Avery unloosed his fastenings, with the inten
tion of being ready to spring into the boat.
Borne on by the rushing waters, and .amid the
breathless suspense of the spectators, the boat
approached the ratt. A thrill ran thiough the
crow H—the boat lived in the angry waves—it
struck the raft—a shout of joy rang forth from
the shores, for it was believed that he was saved
—when suddenly the hope that had been raised
was again destroyed—a moment’s confusion fol
lowed the collision, and in the next the victim
was seen in the midst of the waters, separated
from his frail support and struggling for life.
For a minute or two the poor fellow, striking
out boldly, swam strongly towards the island,
and the cry echoed from shore to shore that he
would yet be saved. But soon the fact became
certain that he receded from the shore—his
strength was evidently failing. Gradually he
was borne back into the fiercest part of the cur
rent—slowly at first then more rapidly.
Swiftly and more swiftly he approached thy . —<
brink of the fatal precipice—the waters had him
at last, their undisputed victim, and madly they
whirled him on to death, as though enraged at
his persevering efforts to esca r e their fury.
A sickening feeling came over the spectators
when just on the brink of the precipice, the
doomed man sprung up from the waters—clear
from their surface—raising himself upright as a
statue, with his arms flung wildly aloft, and
with a piercing shriek that rang loudly above
the mocking roar of the cataract, fell back again
into the foaming waves, and was hurried over
the brow of the fatal precipice.
The boat which was made fast to the log, and
the raft, are still swaying to and fro in the cur
rent. None of the bodies have been found, and
probably never will be.
Habersham Corn.
We have been presented with the sample of
corn blade mentioned in the letter below, re
ceived from the pfantation of Maj. Williams, of
Habersham county. It measures in its present
dry state, nearly live inches across, and if a fair
sample, which we have no doubt it is, the crop
would no doubt do a low-countryman good to
look at. Maj Williams is generally considered
one of the best farmers in the up country, and
generally makes fine crops. He is a hale, hearty
widower of about 70 years of age, and as the
writer of the letter below is one of the fair sex>
we must say it was rather ungallant on bis part’
to invite her to ride through his splendid field
of corn and lose herself:
Habersham County, July 19.
Corn crops are generally looking very shab
bily. Maj. Williams has a splendid crop, being
mostly bottom land, has suffered but little. He
has a piece of Corn which surpasses any I have
ever seen. It is really a treat to ride through it.
It has the largest stalks I ever saw, and so tall,
that one cannot touch the top riding on horse
back with a long riding switch. I went through
with the Major yesterday’ morning, While ri
ding across, he got rather a head of me, about a II
rod, I suppose, and I was completely lost and II
could not find him any where for sometime. It II
amused him very much to think I should get SI
lost in his Corn. This morning he brought me II
a piece of blade to send you, so you may see the 11
size. It is not only one or two stalks, but all H
over the same size. It is the most beautiful II
grove I ever saw. The piece I send you has II
faded from being exposed to the sun after being II
plucked.” U
The Candidates for Congress in North Caro- isl
lina (election August 11) are as follows— II
Whigs in italics, Democrats in Roman : {■
Dist. I:#David Outlaw. .. .H. M. Shaw.
2. Thomas Ruflin.. .Win, C. Loftin. H
Thos. J. Latham. >■
3. Walter F. Leak.*Wm. S. Ashe.
>l. Sion H. Rogers. ,*Ab’m W. Venable. |9
A. M. Lewis. H
5. R. C. Punjear.. .Geo. D. Boyd. 9|
6. Jus. W. Osbonxe. .Burton Craige. H
7. B. S. Gaither T. L. Clingtnan. U
♦Members of the last House. H
An auction sale of 5,089 bags of Rio Coffee, H
took place at Philadelphia a day or two ago. It
realized SBO,OOO. This is the first auction sale ■
of the kind which has taken place in Philadel
phia in several years, and is attributed to the SH
great reduction of auction duties by the last le- QJ
gislature. H