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COLUMBUS,GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JI’LY 29, 1H53.
FOR GOVERNOR:
11ERSCHEL V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS:
Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD.
lid. DISTRICT.*. A. H. COLQUITT.
llld. DISTRICT DAVID J. BAILEY.
IVth. DISTRICT W. B. W. DENT.
Vth. DISTRICT E. W. CHASTAIN.
The BaM In Motion—First Democratic Rally
lion. Walter T. Colquitt.
Upon a notice of only a few hours the Democracy of
this city assembled in considerable numbers in Tem
perance Hall, on Wednesday (July 27) last, to hear an
extempore address from Hon. Walter T. Colquitt,
upon the principles involved in the present canvass.
W'e were among “the boys,” and although a quiet man
we could not keep our feet still, nor restrain
our minhfulnt ss within the bounds of decorum. In
spite of ourselves our feet would thump the floor ; and
we could not help from joining in the chorus of loud
ha—lias, which very frequently rung through the Hall.
It was a good time ; and every body went home satis
fied with the speaker, satisfied nitli themselves, satis
fied with our candidates, and more than ever impressed
with the truth and value of our political principles.
We are very happy to state that Mr. Colquitt’s health
has much improvtd, and that he will, if he continues
to grow better, mingle freely with the people during the
present canvass, and bear aloft the Democratic banner,
now so proudly waving in triumph over this broad
Union. We hope he will do so, as we are sure it is
only necessary for the people to hear hirn to be con
vinced oftlie insincerity and utter worthlessness of the
attempt now being made by Messrs. Toombs and Jen
kins to reconstruct a Southern Party out of the broken
fragments of the once triumphant but now shattered and
dishonored Union Whig organization.
It is impossible for us to give even a synopsis of Mr.
Colquitt’s address. Ho made one or two points, how
ever, which we will preeent to our readers.
He made a short review of the political history of
Georgia for the last ten years, by which he very forcibly
demonstrated that the leaders of the new party had
proven themselves incompetent to perceive the true
policy of the country or lacking in honesty to pursue
it ; in that they had earnestly advocated a Bank of the
U. S., a Protective Tariff, aud Internal Improvement
by the Federal Government, as absolutely essential to
the well being of the country, and now abandoned them
as obsolete and hurtful projects.
We are satisfied that there is very great truth in this
charge, and that it is not sufficiently insisted upon by
the Democratic Press. These were once made para
mount issues before the American people; they wire
discussed for ten years ; statesmen of large pretension*,
if not of considerable merit, staked their statesmanship
upon them ; and honest men actually believed, under
whig teaching, that the prosperity, nay, the very exis
tence of the country was staked upon them. Yet,*
few years of Democratic ascendenoy has completely
demonstrated that this teaching was utterly fallacious,
and they have been publicly repudiated by the Whig
Party in convention assembled. Are the apostles of
these acknowledged heresies again to be trusted with
the veins of Government ? The signs of apostleship do
not follow them. They taught error and acknowledge
that they so taught. What evidence can they give us
that they are right now ? They deceived the people
once ; that was their fault. If’ they deceive us again
it will be our fault.
Upon the charge so often repeated by the Whig press
of free soil appointments by Gen. Pierce, Mr. C. took
the high ground that no Democrat had been appointed to
office by the President who has gone half as far as
Webster in the advocacy of free soilism. Even Dix,
the bug-bear of the Whigs, had not only conceded that
the North had no right to interfere with slavery in the
States, hut bololy contended that the South was enti
tled to protection from the Federal Government in her
property in slave*. Furthermore, he stated that Dix
was an advocate of the annexation of Florida, Louisiana
and Texas to the Union though slavery wae recognized
in them, and only contended for the application of the
Wilmot Proviso to the Mexican Territory, because it
was already Free Terrirory by the laws of Mexico. He
moreovtr advocated the compromise measure*; and i*
entitled to the forgiveness of the whigs for ht free eoil
ism much n?ore than Daniel Webster, Mr. Jenkin*’
nominee tor President, who had no other claim to south
ern support; and was known besides to havo opposed
the admission of Texas into the Union *olely upon the
ground that slavery existed ther*.
The exposure of this hypocrisy of the Whigs in de
nouncing Dix for his free soilism and praising and ac
tually voting for Webster, who was a better free soiler,
by the eloquent speaker, was utterly overwhelming and
we are sure no Y\ hig who heard him will ever again
mention the name es Dix unless he ha* a face of brass.
Mr. Colquitt very feelingly alluded to his son, Mr.
Alfred 11. Colquitt, the gallant nominee of the party
for Congress in this District, and while he acknowl
edged his indebtedness and gratitude to his friends for
the high honor they had conferred upon one so near to
him, ho pledged bis own ardent republicanism and long
public services for his fidelity to his country and his
devotion to the principles of Democracy, both of which
he had taught him to revere, and took occasion te re
pel with aorne asperity the attempt to strip from his
brow the green laurels he had won #u the bloody field
of Buena \ ista, fcy the Columbus Enquirer.
He stated that A. H. Colquitt claimed no merit tor
his military services—he bad but done his duty-but
that he was aid to Gen. Taylor at Buena Vista, and
was equally exposed with the old hero during the two
days of the battle. He also stated that as Paymaster he
had paid out more money than any other officer of the
army, and. what was mote, had accounted for every dol
lar with the Government, and never was accused, as
same other people had been , of using the publio tnonev.
Mr. Colquitt closed with a splendid eulogy upon the
character and administration of President Pierce, and
urged upon his audience the duty *f giving him a firm
and unwavering support at the South, as he had so
faithfully stood up to our rights both in Congress and
as President, amid long and load applause from his de
lighted auditory.
Now that the ball is m motion, vv hops it will b*
iepi rolling, fb* victory is in our grasp if we will bnt
resolve to win it. “VY e occupy an impregnable posi
tion. The party is in the ascendant in almost every
State in the Union. The principles announced in tb
Inangora! have extorted praise evsn from oar enemies.
The country knows that the only bep* of the Union and
•* ’• \m rWtr cvHitrifh r* Fcsersl *#**♦>*
and that the Democracy is the only National Party in
the country which has wisdom enough to appreciate
them or honesty enough to adhero to them. “Lp,
Guards, and at them.”
Rail Road Accident.
As the cars were Dearing Howard on the Muscogee
Railroad yesterday, they accidentally ran over a cow
and the baggage car was thrown off the track. The
engine, tender and passenger cars were not jostled.
No on* was injured. The baggage car was upset and
badly damaged. No fault attaches to the engine dri
ver, as the accident was unavoidable and was occasion
ed by the cow’s jumping across the track unexpectedly.
“The Rights of the States”—“Secession”—•
“Disunion.”
When those charmed words, so full of hope to the ;
Republican, so full of terror to the Conservative, .
fell from the mouth of attorney General Cushing, j
at Wilmington, Del., we expected to hear a howl •
of indignation from one end of the Union to the !
other. We have beeu very agreeably surprised j
at the profound silence of the Whig press in refe- j
rence to the occurrence. We hope it is a sign that |
the public mind haß revived from the terror inspir- j
!ed by their too frequent denunciation by corrupt, j
i ignorant or timid pol ticians; and that it is begin- !
1 ning to be understood that Stato interposition, instead
!of being a destructive and revolutionary principle, is
| the surest and only safe bond of Union. The great
j and unfortunate misapprehension which has so long j
! prevailed upon this subject has resulted from a total |
misapprehension of the cardinal principles of American
- Our governments are btnlt upon the doctrine j
thatman is capable of self government, and necessarily j
renounce all reliance upon force as the ordinary agent ■
of power. They therefore risk their success upon the
blessings and benefits they’ confer, and not upon the bayo- j
nets they can bring to back their authority. Hence j
we have no soldiers except upon the frontiers; and they j
are there only to defend the country from the aggros- j
sions of foreign foes.
Andifwehold our rights independently of force', much !
more is oar Union the result of oonsent. The inde
pendent and sovereign states now composing this proud I
confederacy, voluntarily entered into a compact to form
a Federation, and delegated the exercise of certain j
powers to an agent for their mutual benefit; and limi- ;
ted and restricted it* rights and powers by an instru- ;
ment of writing, called the Conititution. No pow- j
er was oonferred upon this agent to call the States to !
its tribunals; no power was conferred upon it to enforce
them into submission to its decrees. Sovereignty was
reserved to the States. “This is, in truth, the original
cardinal spirit of the Constitution of the United States.”
It interposes between the individual and the Federal
power, the shield of State authority ; and by this barrier
to tyranny insures the liberty of the citizen, and mode
ration and equity in the administration of the Govern
ment, by which its blessings will be universally diffused,
like the dews of heaven, and every heart uuited in
striving for its perpetuity.
We Bre very happy to havo it in our power to forti
fy this opinion by the authority of the great name of
! Ckanmno, perhaps the ablest, certainly one of the ablest
j Divines who has ever adorned the American pulpit. In
| a sermon delivered at the annual election, May 26, 1830,
| he ua*-s the following remarkable language :
! “Our Union is not like that of other nations, confirm
|ed by the habits of *ges. and riveted by force. It
!is a recent, and still more, a voluntary Union. It is idle
|to talk of force as binding us together. Nothing
| can retain a member of this confederacy, when resolv
!ed on separation. The only bonds that can permanent*
Ily unite us, are moral ones. That there are repulsive
| powers, principles of discord, in these States, we all
I feel. The attraction whioh is to counteract them, i* only
; to be found in a calm wi*dom, controlling the passions,
| in a spirit of equity and regard to the common weal,
j and in virtuous patriotism, clinging to the Union as the
j only pledge of freedom an 1 peace. ’
There is so just an appreciation of the cardinal prin
ciples of American freedom in this paragraph, that we
rnay be pardoned if we wonder how it came to see the
; cold Federal atmosphere of New England.
We now refer our readers to Mr Cushing’s speech.
It is worthy of Jefferson or Calhoun, and gives the
amplest assurance that the pretent Administration is in
the old Republican track, and that the Resolutions of
’9B and ’99, lately incorporated into the Democratic
platform are living realities.
BFEECH OF MR. CUSHING AT WILMINGTSX, DELAWARE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing was nest introduced to the citin
Zens, and spoke ** follows :
j Fellow-citizens, I yield to your rquest that I should
I now address you, with the less reluctance, for the reason
that this Stats of Delaware, with one other of the States of
the Union—viz.: Rhode Island—the most perfect
and admirable illustration of the most beautiftil feature in
the constitution of the United States, upon which the in
tegrity, nay upon which, in rny judgment, the salvation
and existence of the Union depend.
Gentlemen, those who framed the constitution of gov
ernment under which we live, were wise, good men.
They were the demi-gods of our country’s heroic age.
1 They assembled amid burning towns, the roar of the can
| non of invading enemies—they, a feeble people, not even
| yet in the gristle of manhood, to arm themselves against
the greatest and most powerful of the governments of
Christendom ; and then and there, in the presence of dan
ger, under all apparent discouragement, that prophetic
vision of the future that s*emed rather an inspiration from
Heaven than the suggestion of a human heart—l say
then and there to foond this mighty fabric of the United
States, they assembled, thirteen independent colonies, and
| by the blessing of God, pronounced the declaration of
separation from England—each independent not only of
Great Britain, but of each other.
These thirteen independent State# convened, not in a
legislative body, but in a congress of the diplomatic repre
sentatives of sovereign State?, to bind their separate pow
er and strength to fight that great war of independence
to a successful issue They did so, each continuing an
i independent State, allied, confederated, not merged into
; one central government, but confederated and represent
!ed by their agents in that confederation. We look around
upon the Spanish American republics, upon Mexico and
I the rest, with wonder that their history is but a history of
; civil war ; that in all but a generation of liberty they seem
i to have discovered nothing but how to perpetuate disor
-1 der; that they live, as it were, in a chronic distemper of j
revolution , that their governments arc but a constituted
anarchy; and that every year, as it revolves, brings
around anew military insurrection and anew pronuncia. -
mento to add to the long r< 11 of faction and civii carnage.
We wonder at this, and we cannot fail to wonder at
the marvellous contrast presented in the spectacle of our
own peace, our own order, our own steadily advancing
power and prosperity, our own universally diffused liber- .
ty, our own possession of that spirit of manhood incarnate j
in the breast of every citizen, in virtue and by impulsion of j
which our institutions ivo k by their own inherent energy
—by the virtue and patriotism of men, not by the wisdom
or the skill of government. No, gentlemen, that govern
ment which represents your greatness, which is the agent
of your power, haa been enabled, through long years of j
prosperity, to conduct this country from triumph to tri
umph, mounting a* it ware, day after day, towards those
imperial height* of greatness which we are destined to at
tain.
I say that government has done it first, because it is
bat the imbodiraent of yoar own spontaneous, ©ell*acting
will*; mq, Secondly, to go btek to the idea I desire to
present to yoc, became of that wit# prondgbu € the fra
*ww flt* fcAfteb gr<* te fit* fNite*.
5 -equal representation in the Senate of the United States.
That, gentlemen—that much abused and nrsunderstooci
doctrine of the rights of the States; that glorious, grand.
and sublime conception of the co-equal rights ot the States,
one in the presence of the other, which to-day is called
secession, and to-morrow disunion, by whatever name ot
reproach a wise man may see fit to slander it, that which
is in truth the original cardinal spirit of the constitution oi
the United States.
If gentlemen will go back once more to the formation
of the constitution, aud remember that of thirteen equal
sovereigns stood Virginia, mighty in her population,
mighty in the intellect of her sons, mightier still in her
relative weight and power, by reason of her magnitude ;
that there stood opposite the Suite of Massachusetts, not,
as now, shorn of five-sixths of her territory by the sep
aration of Virginia—she, always great in her population
and her representative wealth, great in the self-sacrifi
cing devotion of her sons ; groat, I may be permitted to
say", in their wisdom—those States occupied nearly one
half the territory of the then thirteen Suites ; yet, by
their sides stood the little States of Rhode Island and
Delaware, little only in territory.
District Meeting.
Agreeably to previous notice, a portion of the Demo®
cratic Party of Muscogee County, met to-day at the
Court House for the purp se of selecting Delegates from
the two Town Districts, to attend a county Convention
tube held in the city of Columbus on the 9d Tuesday in
August next to nominate Democratic candidates for the
Legislature.
The meeting was organized by calling the Hon. Al
fred Iverson to the Chair, and requesting Francis M.
Brooks to act as Secretary.
On motion of Dr. A. J. Robison, a committee ot three
from each of the Town Districts was appointed by the
Chair, to select suitable delegates to attend said Con
vention.
Whereupon the Chairman appointed the following per
sons as that committee, viz. : A. J. Robison, Porter In
gram, Samuel Hatcher, A. C. Morton, A. M. Robinson
and G. W. Cherry.
The committee after retiring for a few minutes repor
ted the following named persons as delegates, viz : from
the Upper Dis'rict, A. B. Ragan, Dr. S. A. Billing
and B. V. Iverson ; from the Lower District, John Quin,
George J. Pitts and A. C. Morton.
On motion of the Hon. A. C. Morton, the delegation
from each district were empowered to fill any vacancy.
adOn motion of Tenuent Lomax, Iv-q., tho meeting now
journed.
ALFRED IVERSON, Chairman.
Francis M Brooks, Secretary.
Columbus, Ga., July 27th, 1853.
i [ From the Constitutionalist & Republic.]
Theology in the Political Field.
The Whig press of Georgia has outraged
; every principle of fairness and propriety in the
coarse and vindictive manner in which they have
assailed Judge Johnson, misrepresented his po
litical opinions and slandered his religious sen
timents. 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 ofa virtuous and intelli
gent people.
It is time that political zealots who think, or
act as if they thought, every thing is fair in poli
tics, and that success will sanctify any means
used for its obtainment, should be taught their
error, ai.d 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
j defamers.
The latest and most discreditable assault
j 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
Recorder, a paper once edited in a gentlemanly
; spirit but which has fallen immensely in re
spectability since the withdrawal of its late edi-
I tor, Coionel Grieve, now Charge to Sweden,
j That correspondent is no other than its editor,
and that editor tio other than one who professes
to bea 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
which the Board of Trustees have spoken in
the 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 fascinating, but as 1 believe, fatal dogmas of
Swedenbourg. Judge Johnson has a rignt 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 propagation of
view# among the young, which are held to be
; antiscrii.tural by a majority of those who are
; believers in the truths of revealed religion, and
! who have investigated the doctrines ofSweden-
J bourg.
“I trust these obnoxious portions ofthe address
| will be expunged before it reaches the public
i eye. lam joined in this desire by many of his
I political and personal friends, who, like myself,
I admired and approved the main body of the
speech.”
Now this asault is in the same spirit and
prompted by precisely the same motives which
have called forth the slander that Judge John
son was a believer in Spirit Rappings—a slander
which has not the slightest foundation to excuse
it, and which is yet shamelessly repeated in the
! face of authentative denial,
j So with reference to Swedeubourgiamsm.
j What the peculiar dogmas of Swedenbourg,
: which tho learned theologian of tho Recorder j
j deems anti-scriptural, and which he chargos
Judge Johnson with propagating, he does not
i venture to specify. There were others present !
! at the oration who were as firm believers in the I
| truths of revealed religion as himself, and quite i
j as exemplary in the practice of its precepts.—-- j
Yet their religious sensibilities received no shock
—their orthodoxy perceived no challenge to re- .
ligious combat. It was not the pious Christian j
whose convictions were alarmed, but the schem
ing politician whose awakened.
W e hope the wish of the Reverend correspon |
dent—a wish we do not believe any personal or j
political friend of Judge Johnson united in—will j
not be gratified, that “the obnoxious portions of ;
the address will be expunged before it reaches i
the public eye.” That would be allowing the *
malignity of the correspondent to go undetec
ted by the public eye, and therefore unrebuked. I
Let the whole address be furnished, and let the ]
public judge between Judge Johnson and hirn ;
who charges him with propagating anti-scriptu- j
ral sentiments. This is a matter wantonly
thrust before the religious community cf the
Stase. Let it ■decide ss just men would decide
rei oi i
sectarians, but in the spirit ot true chrsiti
anity.
Johnson has been from his youth up an
exemplary Christian—a consistent member ot
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 ot a
Christian, 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 propa
gate doctrines and dogmas fatal to Christian
ity.
We would respectfully urge upon Judge John
son to take the field—appeal to the justice, and
the good sense of the people—make his appoint
ments at convenient and accessible places to
address his fellow cittzens, 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 po
litical arid religious questions on which they
may choose to provoke controversy.
Tire Canvass*
To judge from the position which prominent
politicians of the State are now taking in the
canvass, we are inclined to think that the
chances are altogether in favor of the “Coon
killer.” The influence of Cobb, Wofford, Hill
yer and other Union Democrats, of the 6th Dis
trict, will doubtless be sufficient to bring the
Union Democracy of that section into the “re
organized” line. So, too, in the sth District.—
Lumpkin & Chastain and others will bring down
the Cherokee beys almost en masse for Johnson,
while McDonald and Warner and Glenn, no
matter how they stand in the Congressional
election of tho 4th District, between Dent and
Murphy, will be sure to give their support to
Johnson for Governor. In the 3d District, there
is, and will continue to be, much lukewarmness
and indifference among the Conservatives, es
pecially among the rank and file of the Scott
Whigs. The leaders of the latter, looking for
promotion hereafter, will probably hurra for
Jenkins and Trippe, publicly, while they private
ly “nurse their wrath to keep it warm.’’at the
indignity of neglect which has been put upon
them ! In the 7lh District, much the same state
of things exists. A clever but unknown gen
tleman has been nominated for Congress (over
a faithful Scott Whig) who cannot rally the
strength of his party, but who will be elected
without opposition—thus lessening the vote of
the district for Jenkins, from the absence of lo
cal interest in the election of Congressman.—
In the 2d District the contest will be a close one
between James Johnson and Mr. Colquitt, from
the fact that the Union Democrats, generally,
will go for the latter, except perhaps in Sumter,
and as a matter of course, for H. V. Johnson
for Governor. In the Bth District Jenkins will
sweep all before him, as that is his strong-hold.
In the first, Johnson will beat him one or two
hundred votes, as Chatham county is the pe
culiar seat ofthe “re-organized’’ Democracy.
On the whole, our conclusion is that H. V.
Johnson wiJI be the next Governor ofGeorgia.
The game is in his hands if he will play it out.
The “Algerine’’ law will do Mr. Jenkins no
good, nor will his tuants about “Scott Tactics,”
last year, help to swell the number of his votes.
If beaten, his fate will only be another instance
of the poor dog Tray’s disaster. Ho was found
in dreadful bad company I— Georgia Citizen.
The Algerine Law.
The Micon Telegraph propounds to the edi
| tor of this p;iper the following question :
“The Messenger has called Mr Gardner, of the
; Constitutionalist into court, and wo are glad of it.
i He is a valuable witness, ansi since he has been
summoned, we will venture to ask him a question.
| Did not; the people of Augusta hold Mr. Jenkins
I equally retponsible with Mr. Miller for the Alge
rine Law, and did they not defeat him in ’42 on ac
count of it 1 ? The Messenger has called Mr. G-ard
! ner, but we have a suspicion that it will repent it in
i 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’
I own political friends, and our testimony would on
!ly be cumulative to theirs. We will, however, an
| swer the question to the best of our recollection.
We answer that the people of Augusta did hold
Mr. Jenkins equally responsible with Mr. Miller for
| the Algerine Law. In the canvass of 1842, Mr.
Jenkins assumed his full share of the responsibility
j for the law, and did not attempt 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. Jen
kins manfully and boldly assumed.
In fact the share of the burthen assumed by Mr.
Jenkins was rather heavier than that of Mr. Miller,
asihe result proved ; for Mr. Jenkins defended and
! justified the law, as expedient ana proper, and ex-
I pressed himself as adverse to its repeal. Mr.
‘ Miller contented himself by plaeing his ad
, vocacy of the law and hi* instrumentality in
i its enactment upon the supposed wishes of
j his constituents- He expressed himself as wil*
I ling to have it repealed, and did not in the can
; vass contend thatit was just and righti n principle or :
!in detail. On this point he did not commit himself :
| —at least did not do so as positively as did Mr. !
Jenkins. This difference betw-. en the two gentle
; men may perhaps account for the difference in the
| result. Mr, Miller was re-elected—Mr. Jenkins 1
* was defeated.
The Algerine Law was the issue of the canvass |
;of 18-42, in Richmond county. Mr. Miller and Mr.
I Jenkins were both Whigs and occupied the same
position on political questions ns between Whigs j
and Democ ats. We therefore do not hesitate to j
say that Mr. Jenkins was defeated in 1842 on ac
count of his position on the Algerine Law.— Con
stitutionalist \
Singular Achievement. —A few days ago, the
achievement of swimming the Niagara and again
re.ctrussing, at a short distance below the Cataract, 1
was performed hy J. V. Thomas, Esq., the lte edi
tor of the Brookiya Daily Advertiser.
A cotemporary say3 it don’t believe in the
water cure, and gives as a ’ea6on :—“There is
Mr. (naming a noted poliiical editor) he has been
lying in his damp shat ibr twenty years, and he’s
worse now than ever. 5 ’
JSF 3 * Frederick W. Trapnaii, a Whig candidate
for Congress in Arkansas, died on the 4th in- I
slant, at Monticello. in that State,
George Chrysty, of negro minstrel celebrity, *
it i& reported, died in New York on Friday
The>e is ropeh inquiry for the tkat \
wfdkß —-JBwii P* r-L
For the Fishing Grounds.
New Yobe, July i>7.
The steamers Fulton ami Princeton left yesterday for
the fishing grounds—instructions not made public.
New Orleans, July 27.
The Falcon has arrived. She brings no later intelligence.
The Georgia left A spin wall on the 20th for New York
direct. She has on board two millions in gold. The Em
pire City on Tuesday.
The Yellow Fever has assumed a milder type. The
deaths for the past week were 429.
University of Georgia. —The Annual Com
mencement of this institution will take place
week after next ; the Commencement Sermon,
on to-morrow week, will be preached by the
Rev. Willard Preston, D. D. of this city : the
Hon. H. V. Johnson delivers the prize medals
to the Sophomore Class : the Hon. John A.
Campbell, of Mobile, delivers the Address be
fore the Alumni, and the Annual Address before
the Literary Societies will be delivered by John
E.Ward, Esq., of Savannah.
Ladies and Jewelry. — We overheard the 101 l ow
ing fragment of conversation, the other day, on board
the Alida : “I met Lord Ellesmere and his party
at Niagara, the other day* I knew the ladies were
persons of distinction the moment 1 saw them, be
cause they wore no jewelry, nor any other ornament
whatever.”—-Howe Journal:
Rail Road Meeting*
Columbus, July 27, 1853.
To the Mayor of Columbus :
The undersigned citizens of Columbus, deeply im
pressed with tho importance of the Girard Rail Road to
our city, and the necessity of further aid to that enter
prise, to complete it at an early day to Union Springs,
hereby request that you will call a meeting of the citi
zens of Columbus on Saturday evening next, to take in
to consideration the question of making a further sub
scription on the part of the City, to said Road.
Respectfully, <fcc.
Aired Iverson, Threewits, Holt &. Cos,,
Redd &. Johnson John Smith.
Thos Chaffin, Sr., E. G. Thornton,
James Ware, J.S. Smith,
Geo. Hargraves, .7. Ennis Sr Cos.
John E. Bacon, John S. Allen,
Danforth & Nagel, Wm. Mahafiey,
James McGuire, Jno A. Frazer,
Jno. D Carter, L. Spencer,
tt. H. Greene, H. S Estos,
W. B. Langdon, J. L. Barringer,
Gunby, Daniel & Cos. J. &, J. Kyle,
Jno. W. Pease, L. P. Warner,
J L- Howell, J. S Pruden,
E. R Peabody, Brokaw,Clemons & Cos.,
Hall & Moses, A. Rutherford,
A. P. Jones, Schley & J- u,
H. Middlebrook <fc Cos., Stewart, G. . Cos ,
L. L. Cowdory, J. K Redd c
J*s. E. Webster, M J.Crav.:. ,
R. Carter, C. S. Harris & Cos.,
Geo. A. Norris, J. M. Hughes,
B. B. deGraffenried, I. T Robinson.
A. C. Flewellen, John Ward,
A. Hunter. Sam. B. Purple,
Pond & Wilcox, Jno. H. Bass,
J. N. Barnett, P. A. Clayton,
In compliance with tho foregoing application I hereby
reqnect the citizen* of Columbus to meet at Temperance
Hail on Saturday evening nest, at 8 o’clock, for the pur
pose of taking into consideration tho measure proposed
in said application.
A. J. ROBISON.
Mayor pro te/n.
Columbus, July 29, 1853. 26 It.
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ARRIVALS AT THE CHALYBEATE SPRING.
July 15—B. S. Chapman,Mrs. Baily, St. Marys; Dr.
Tuggle-, Lee county ; C. W. Raws on, Baker county; W.
I’. Dirge, Charleston.
July 16.—Mr Avery, F. A. Boykin, C. Campbell. Meri
wether county ; H H. McQueen, Messrs. Goode 6c Perry
i man, Talbot county; A. W. Stafford, lady and child,
! Culloden ; J. I Ridway, Mrs. Ridgwav, Misses Paulino
land Aurelia Ridaway. Columbus, Ga.
July 17—J. Starkee,T. W. Dunn, Selma. Ala. :J. M-
Hughes, W. B. Brown, Miss M. Brown, Miss E. Slade,
Mrs. Ward, Columbus, Ga.; John D. Reynolds, N. C.;
Thos. C. Ayer and lady. Floyd eo.: W. II Long, S. M.
Wellborn, Savannah ; P. M. Martin, Meriwether co.
July 18—W. F Miller, W. P. Crawford, R. A. Craw
ford, Dr Mathews, John Moipass, Dr. Brown, W. P-
Holmes, Wm. R. Hall, R. D. Russell, D. G. Owen, James
F. Marshall, John Nelmes, J. M Leonard, A. C. McCroy,
Jas. Esller, Wm. Ragland, D. R. Prather, Wm. D. Brad
ford, John J. McKay, .T. W. Gamble, Jas. H. Mather, Mr.
Radclifle, Mr Cunningham, J. McDowell, Mr. Richard
son, Mr. Reese and son, J. B. McCoy, A. Buchanan, J. C.
James Bransford,L. R. Vaughn, Mr. Hodo, Mr. Mitchell,
A. Copel iiid, W. J. Stamper,Talbot county ; J. B Heard,
Meriwether eo.; James B. Roulhac, Florida : Dr, A. L
Acee, Sydenham Aeee, Rose Bower; Wm. W. Harris*
and lady, A. C. Green, Ala.; Mrs. Smith, Miss Harris*,
Thomaston; Thomas Godwin, Ala.
July 19.—Thos. C. Ayer and lady, Floycl countv, Jas. D.
Dismuk.es, Talbot county ; Mrs. Boykin, Miss S.
boll, Miss E Campbell, Meriwether county ; Miss Ilarne
McLellan, Poitland, Me.; J. P. Fanning, Quito, Ga.
July 20.—Dr. Long, Florida ; C. Mcljea, T. W. ‘I all
man, Coiumbus ; Thos. Shaw, Cuthbert; E. G. Oliver,
Maeon ; David P001e,.1. B. Heard, Baker county.
July 21—Otis Smith, LaGrangc ; C. Kalfman, Prussia :
B. W. Seabrook, J. C. Ruse, Columbus.
July 22—John Godwin, Ala.; Jack Brown, Buena Vista:
W. H. Stephenson, Talbot; Miss Julia Johnson, .Jy s
Sarah Thomas, Miss Margaret A. Broken, Miss Harriet
Sampson, Miss Eliza B. Jones.
j Win. H. Tbunilert, a highly respectable citizen of Bai
| imore, says that Stabler’s Anodyne Cherry kxpectoiant
j entirely cured him of a threatened Consumption of fcix
j months, standing. He has since recommended it to ir.;us .
, others, and it has in every instance done ail that could be
j expected from medicine. It is used by many of the most
j experienced Physicians. If you have a Cough, try it.
: See advertisement in another column.
July B—lrn
j Holloway'a Pills are an Infallible Remedy for the
: cure of Coughs , Colds, and Asthmas. —There are daily
j so many undeniable proofs of the efficacy of Holloway’s
Pills in the cures of diseases of the Chest, arising either
from old coughs, recent colds, wheezings or shortness of
| breath, that all persons, whether young or old, suffering
from such complaints, should have immediate recourse
to these invaluable Pills, as a fair trial will show their ex
; traordinary powers. Many j>ersona who were scarcely
able to draw their breath, and apparently almost at death’s
door, have been completely cured by this remedy, to the
■ astonishment of these who have witnessed their sufici*
: mgs. July 6—lra
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system. They act upon the liver, the stomach, kidney
s.cd bladder. They cure coftifeness, bver complaint, dys
pepsia, kidney complaints, biliousness, fevers of sil kina--
No disease or pain eac afflict the system while miner ’■'>
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