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Cmtsfittttiondist& Hrjrablir. A r<iLl ST A, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 12. Terms of Subscription. Daily Paper, per annum, in advanoc... .$8 00 Tri-Weekly 5 00 Weekly, per annum in advance 2 00 If paid within tho year 2 50 At the end of the year 3 00 above terms will bo rigidly enforced.^ FOR GOVERNOR) HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN COUNTY. WEEKLY Constitutionalist and Republic, FOR THE CAMPAIGN. With a view to place our paper at a price •which will enable its friends to circulate it through every portion of the State during the present canvass we oiler the Weekly Consti tutionalist and Refublic as follows, for cash in advance: One coi>y (till second week in October) cts 50 Five copies o 0 Ten copies “ “ “ “ 400 Twenty copies “ “ “ 700 Fifty copies “ ‘‘ “ OO One Hundred copies “ “ 25 00 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. To our Stopped Subscribers. i Pursuant to a notice given some time since of i our intention to strike from our list all who were 1 in arrears for more than 12 months subscription, i we have completed that task, and now give the result. We have stricken from our subscription' i list BS9 names, many of them among the most Worthy and intelligent citizens of the country, and not a few of them men of ample fortunes. No doubt some—perhaps a considerable number, are poor, and irresponsible, and some, while ful ly able, are not honest enough to be willing debts if they can conveniently avoid it. We hope and trust there are but few of this latter class. For the others, few are so very poor that they cannot with a little effort pay their small dues to us. Most of the delinquents have only been careless in the matter, and have procrastinated payments while fully intending to settle all arrears. . Relying upon their doing so, we would re mind them that all remittances by mail are at our risk. We should be pleased to reinstate them upon our subscription list whenever it is agree able to them. We are daily in receipt of remit tances from stopped subscribers, requesting our paper continued to them, and hope soon to have much the larger portion of the SB9, again on our list. We shall steadily pursue our purpose 01 ap proximating our business to the cash system. W. H. McDonald, 102 Nassau street, New York, is our authorised agent for that city, and any advertisement sent through his agency will meet with prompt attention. Bank of St. Mary’s. The bills of the Bank of St. Mary’s under five dollars, and the change hills of J. G. Winter, are still taken at par at this office. D2?”During the temporary absence of the Ed 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