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(Times xmfc Stactnul. • • __ COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 23, 1855. FOR GOVERNOR. lIERSCIIEE V. JOHNSON. FOR CONGRESS* Ist District—James Ij. Seward, of Thomas. 31, o James XIX . Smith, ol’ Upson. 4th <• Hiram Warner. sth Jno. If. Lumpkin. fl-h “ Howell Cobb, oi Clarke. Congressional Convention, 2<l District. We suggest that the Democratic Congressional Conven tion for the Second Distiict be held at Americas, on Wed nesday, 11th July next. The Supreme Court will be in session at that time in Americus. What say our Demo cratic cotemporavies to this suggestion ? r I he time and place ought to be agreed upon at once. wtwtd. Objections to the Democratic Platform—The Know Nothings. i At the birth of the Columbus Movement in the Con- ‘ vention of the Muscogee Democracy, we warned the people against it. Every day adds to our conviction that it is a dang roua enemy in the garb of a friend. Its voice ia the voice of Jacob but is hands are the hands of Esau. In its fiist conception it professed to be a Dc inoeratio ally, but now, by the mouth of Mr. Jen kins, it is to be made the rallying cry of ill the oppo nents of Democracy, of whom he will probably be the chosen leader. We have searched in vain through the columns of the Whig press, in which this movement clone finds favor, for any rational objection to the Platlorm of the Georgia Democracy, or for one solitary reason why this new movement is essential to the safety of the South. It is charged, we know, that the Democracy propose to preserve their party relations with a national organi zation, without rt gat'd to principle. This is false and those who make the charge must know it. By the fifth resolution of their Platform they expressly declare that they “are not willing to affiliate with any party that shall not recognize, approve and carry out the principles of the Nebraska Kansas act.’’Does the Colum bus Movement propose to go further? It does not. In the language of Mr. C. J. Jenkins; “It looks to the united action of conservative men everywhere, North, South, East and West, to put down a crusade against a particular section of the Union—not a sectional par ty, but a party co-extensive with the Union, to crush sectional encroachment .” The new party is, there fore, as national as is the Georgia Democracy. It lias no peculiar claims to Southern confidence, then, un less it can be shown that it can rally more sound men in the Northern States to the aid of the South than the Democracy can rally. Where will it find them ? In the old Whig ranks? Alas, no. Not a W r hig in all the North voted for the Nebraska Kansas bill. In the ranks of the Know Nothings ? Name the inau in either branch of Congress elected by the order in the Northern States that is not pledged to the repeal of the NebraskaslCansas act and also of the Fugitive Slave law l Where will this new party fiud allies in the Northern States outside of the Democratic party? The 7th reso lution of the Platform of Georgia Democracy, which asserts “that in the National Democratic patty of the North alone have been found those patriotic men who have * * * stood by the rights of the South,*’ ia no fact which nfust be admitted by all honest men, and instead of being used to drive off the Whig party from our Platform, ought to be the strongest argument in favor of its universal adoption by tlte Southern people. It is again objected to our Platform, that we endorse the administration of President Pierce and -thereby sanction his alleged Freesoil appointments and the out rageous conduct of Governor Reeder in Kansas. Without stopping either to admit or deny the charge of Freesoil appointments, it is false that the administration of President Pierce is unqual fiedly endorsed. The Democratic and national principles declared and set forth in the inaugural address and annual messages of President Pierce are cordially approved in the 12th resolution : so is his signature and approval of the Ne braska Kansas bill ; his faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave law; his various vetoes and his other measures of administrative policy in conformity with these prin - ! ciples. And what man in the South dare to condemn | them ? They met the approval of every true Southern Wh'g in Congress and out of Congress. They were | the points of Abolition attack ; they have destroyed j the populaiity of the President at the North, and that j man is a traitor to the South and a base paltroou who W'ill withhold from the administration this stinted meed j of praise. As to Governor Reeder, the 9th resolution | expressly condemns him by declaring that “ihe deep j interest kit and taken by the people of Missouri in the j settlement of Kansas and the decision of the slavery ! question in it is both natural and proper and that it is ! their right and duty to extend to their Southern breth.- I ren in that Terri.oiy every legitimate and honorable sympathy and support.’’ The administration was not held responsible for the conduct of Reeder, because it was generally understood that the President disapproved it and would remove him from his office. The Uth resolution condemning the principles and objects of the Know Nothing order has been condemned, but we imagine the action of the late Philadelphia Grand Council will forever close the mouths of the de fenders of the order at the South. This closes the list of objections to the action of the Georgia Democracy. We now put it to the conscience of every honest man if one of them is founded in com mon sense? If not, Jwhat apology can be offered for getting up another party to distract and divide the pub lic mind of Georgia in this momentous eiisis in our his tory ? YV ould it not have beeu more patriotic to ao quiesce in the action of the Democratic party ! Would cot such conduct been more likely to make the peepie of Georgia one people and one party than the course they have resolved to pursue 1 We have shown that by pursuing this line of action there weald have been no sacrifice of principles. What apology then have the leaders in the Columbus movement to offer to the people of Georgia, for renewing the bitter war of fac tions ? The olive branch was extended to them by the Democracy. They have rudely scorned it. On their ! heads be the consequences. It is true that the Democracy renominated Gover nor Johnson for re-election. Usage required them to i tender the nomination to him. He was the locum I tenens and as someone had to be run, it was thono-ht I to be lers objectionable to all parties to continue The ! present incumbent in office than to turn him out and ! thereby condemn his admiuistra ion, which all will ad j mil was >bove oensure, for the purpose of electing some I one e'se. So for as pending issues are concerned lie is ‘ admitted to be on extreme southern guard. Why not } Governor Johnson as well as Governor Jenkins? No man can answer the question.. But the strangest thing connected with this singular movement, is, that while old Wing leaders have given us assurances that they will co operate with us, waving for the sake of the Union of the South the prejudices oi a lifetime, and the hostilities of a long and bitter party warfare, there are democrats of 40 years standing, who, to gratify a whim, will persist in arraying convention against convention, candidate against candidate, and thus secure division and party 6trife, while they admit that our platform and candidate are as good as they oould erect or nominate themselves. When this movement was first started these gentlemen assured us that if the whole people would not acquiesce in its justice and pro priety, they would abandon it at once, and never could be induced to aid in building up an opposition party. It is now reduced to a certainty that the Democracy will j not disband. If the new movement is continued it will inevitably result in the formation of an opposition party. We, therefore, call upon them to stand by their pled ges ; to abandon the new movement ; and to join us and the patriotic Whigs who co-operate with us in bringing the people upon the Milledgeville platform—a platform broad enough for all to stand upon j and the only one upon which there is any prospect of es- j fectingsouthern union. While the movement was in the hands ofTiuch men j as John 11. Howard, William 11. Mitchell and James j N. Bethune, we bad no fear of it. It was a South- j ern Union movement, and proposed to cut oft from all ; Northern affiliations. It lias now passed from under j tiieir control. In the hands of Mr. Jenkins and his j friends it will seek Northern alliances. A contest will spring up in Georgia as to which party is strongist in the Northern States. To gain friends there the new party will affiliate with the Philadelphia Know Nothings and from sympathyzers will become confederates, and the Know Nothing organization, instead of being aban doned as at first contemplated, will gain new strengh in Georgia and become a formidable party opposed to the Democracy. The eulogies heaped upon Gardner at the late meeting at Temperance Hall, and so enthusiasti cally cheered are but the beginning of the eud. Our warning we know will be scoffed at, but time will veri fy our prediction. The State Council of the Know t Nothings will meet not many days before or after the Sth August. This day was selected for the State Con vention of the new party by a distinguished Know Nothing in this city, as he said, for reasons which he could not explain to the meeting. Why not ? Will there not bo an attempt to unite the Know Nothings and the new party at these Conven tions ? Mr. Jenkins says : ‘lf our Know Nothing or American friends will unite in the movement, the object may beaccomplished ; if not, it must fail.’’ The Stewart County Meeting. We have received the very able and conclusive speech ! of James Clarke, E;q , arthe late meeting in Stewart coun j ty. We will publish it in our next issue. Domocratic Meeting in Stewart County. Ii will be remembered by the Democracy of Stewart ! coun‘y, that a meeting of the party will be held in Lump-. ! kin on the first Tuesday in July. Let every true man in the county attend. i.O earn Death of Dr. E. A. Hosey. The death of this excellent gentleman has filled our city with sorrow. He died at his father’s plantation in Russell county, Ala., or. the 21st inst., from an attack of Pneumo nia. Dr. B. A. Hoxey served his country gallantly in the Mexican war. During the last summer, he visited Savan- r> . r r. vr, !_ unteered his professional services to the afflicted. He was a brave, generous and talented young gentleman, and his j loss is generally deplored. Serious Accidents. During the parade of the Fantastics in this city on the 22d | inst., Mr. Brintfield was thrown from his horse and serious- I Jy injured. Mr. Mershon, machinest in the Muscogee depot machine shop, was entangled in the machinery on the 22d inst. and much injured. Parade en the 23d. The City Light Guards, Capt. Colquitt, turned out on the 23J inst., for aniversary parade. The ranks were fuller than usual and the drilling capital. After parade the com pany contended for a valuable silver dipper, presen’ed by Hon. A. H. Colquitt. The best shot was made by Private E. A. Jackson- average, three shots, 31-24 inches. The i guns used were old flint and steel mu.-kets. We have neglected heretofore to notice the election of B. A. Thornton to the office eff Ist Lieutent and of W. T- Blackford to that of 2d Lieutenant, vice A. Id. Be Witt, re signed. “Disgust for the Wild Hunt alter Office which Charac’erlzes the Age.” This is one of the articles in the-Platform of Principles laid down by the Grand Council of the American Party at Philadelphia. V r e would not be surprised if this article did not have as much to do with the secession of the Northern Delegates as the famous article upon slavery.— j Commenting upon the Split m the Council, the New York I Herald, the leading organ of the conservative Know j Nothings, use3 the following striking language: “This result has been generally anticipated. But instead j of this split being a di-aster to the Know Nothings we are I : inclined to think that it will constitute a stronger ground i for them to acquire further victory and power over the old j parties in the separate States. It was idle to suppose, in j the present state of excited feeling between the North and j i South on slav ry, caused by the Fierce administration.that ; | any common ground of agreement could be found for the i i construction of a national platform other than opposition j jto that imbecile administration. The\ ? were compelled to i | agree or disagree on slaveiy This will give the Know i ! Nothings the vantage ground in future contests both North j and South,each in their own Stale. They will now fall ! j back, each State on itsown passions, ptinciples, prejudices [ ! and humbugs, either oif slavery or anti-f laverv, and thus! j have a better chance to carry the elections of this yearthan i | they otheiw’ise could have done In nine or twelve j ; months they will be able to call another National Council ■ | or Convention, simply for the nomination of President j I and Vice President, and we venture to say that on that ; j single plank—involving simply eighty'millions of spoils j j per annum—there will be no split—no division—no flare I ! up. . | j We rather think, therefore, judging of these matters in a j practical way.that the Know Nothings, as a a p°rty, will j : now become in each State the most formidable of any oth- ; Serin the Held. Take, for instance, the Know Nothings! i of New York. The course of the Northern and South- ! ! ern men relieves them from all compromises to Southern j sentiment, and they can go into the election next fall on ! any platform that will be the most popular, or carries the j j most votes, without regard to slavery or anti slavery.” The Charleston Mercury, in commenting upon thi= j I shameful abandonment of principle, says, and we adopt i j and endorse its commentary: j I “Here is the game openly avowed. There is to be no faith kept by the New York Know Nothings on the sub ject of slavery. They must not oppose the “still current of this Nebraska agitation.” Nor does the Herald leave its motive undisclosed. The party eaonot carry New York, if it stands to the platform. It must abandon the piinciples just avowed at Philadelphia, make any alliances anti-slavery 01 otherwise, that may be necessary to success; unite with any “passions, prejudices and humbug£”-=-sac- ‘ rifice truth, sacrifice the South —and all for what?—to se cure “the eighty millions of spoils per annum,” which hang upon the result. Well may we ask, is this the paity which but yesterday avowed in its platform its “ disgus for the wild hunt after office which characterizes the age. From such a picture of falsehood and venality, we turn to the Southern members of thfe party—men whom we know to bo true to the honor and interest of their section and ask what they think of it? The men whose declari tions we have quoted, are neither free3oiler3 nor eeoeders from the Convention; they are the so-called Conservative Constitutional Know Nothings of the State of New Yolk. Can you trust them after this? Can you have towards them any other feelings than those of repulsion, at the shameless* perfidy which marks the first fruits of their alliance with ! you? Above all, with what heart can you commend such a party to the confidence and support of a people who have been so often betrayed through their honest truthful i ness of spiiit—a people around whose fate are gatherh g ; black and angry storms, from which nought but their ow n j vigilance and courage can save them? No! if Abolitkn | so violent that it will crush any party at the Notth i which is true to the South, patriotism, honor, life—all foi i bid such a course.” Governor Johnson on the Georgia Platform. ExECUIIVF. CHA.M3ER, __ ) Milledgeville, Geo., June 21st, 1855. $ Dear Sir :— ln your note of the 19th inst., you refer me to the fjllowing language contained in my letter to Maj. Howard, to-wit: “suppose Kansas with such a constitution should be rejected, as she probably will, and an appeal should be made to the non-slaveholdiug States to return members to the following Congress, who will vote for her admission, what hope should we then have of a successful appeal, if we shall have dissolved our party alliance with them. Absolutely none ” You say that my “opponents contend that in this paragraph I show a disposition to da’ly with the North, instead of fairly and squarely meeting the issue made by the 4th Resolution of the Georgia Platform.” Hence, “to place the question beyond all cavil,” you le* quest me “to indicate the course I would pursue as Governor of Georgia, if Congress should reject Kansas, because of the exist nee'of slavery therein.” I comply cheerfully with your requst. I wish to be understood upon this subject—l intend to be. Though 1 think my letter, construed as a whole, ought to satisfy the most hypercritical, yet I will say, that 1 shall never “dally with the North upon any question involving the rights of the South—no never, never. But to the point of your enquiry. The 4th resolution of the Georgia Platform contemplates ; dissolution, upon the happening of certain contingencies. ■ The rejection of “Kansas because of the existence of slavery j therein,” would be one of those contingencies. The sepa ‘ ration of Georgia from the confederacy must be the act of the Sovereignty. As the Executive of the State, the 4th i resolution clothes me with no power to proclaim such sepe ? ration. Noram I vested with it by constitutional provision. | Therefore, if Kansas should thus be rejected, 1 would feel | bound to take such steps, as would elicit the action of the ; sovereignty of the State, in execution of the Georgia Plat ! form. Indeed, I shall bring the whole subject before the | next Legislature, and recommend to them to provide for • the calling ofa State Convention, in the event of such re j jection, to determine the time and mode of the “disruption ; of every tie that bindsher to the Union.” Whether elected f or not, this much I shall do, in my message to the Genersi ! Assembly; and if elected, and the emergency shall arise j during my Executive term, I shall unhesitatingly act aa above indicated. The Georgia Platform is the voice of tho om/Pteiuniv of the St3t If cmnnnted from the same : source that framed the constitution. It is equal to that in j strument in solemnity and validity ; and as Executive of the j State, I am as much bound by it as by the constitution itself. So! construe my obligation as a States Rights man, and so would 1 render to it the most implicit, prompt and euerget ic obedience. Your Ob’t. Serv’t. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON Col. T. Lomax, Columbus, (leo. Letter of Senator Douglas. The district committee of the Democratic party invited the Hon. S. A. Douglas to be present at the celebration of the victory in the Old Dominion. Ilis reply is too good to remain unpublished, and here it is : Chicago, June 7, 1855. Gentlemen : I deeply regret that it will be impossi ble for me to be present and participate with you in cel ebrating the glorious victory recently achieved by the de- j rnoeracy of Virginia over the most intolerant, proscriptive, insidious, and dangerous political organization ever form- j ed against the liberties of a free country. In all the elec tions which have taken place in the northern States, during the last twelve months Know Nothingism has not ! only been the firm ally of abolitionism, higher-lavvism, j and mob-lawism, and all the other baneful isms of the 1 day, but has been the controlling power which combined, directed, and led all these allied factions in their savage and brutal warfare against the Democratic party, its prin ciples and organization. Let us nut be deceived by their repeated changes of name. It matters not whether they call themselves ‘know nothings,’ or “know somethings,” or the “sons of the sires oi ? 76,” or the “order of the Star Spangled Ban* j ner,” or the “children of Sam” or the “sons of Jov.a■ i than” or by any other name they may assume* when j they have disgraced the previous one, their secret organ* I izition and clandestine proceedings, their intolerant and I proscriptive spirit, their unlawful and horrid oaths, their unconstitutional and unholy purposes remain unchanged. It is the duty, and, I firmly believe, the destiny, of the democratic party, under the guidance of Divine Provi dence, to confound, overwhelm, and entirely annihilate this secret, insidious, and dangerous organization. i To accomplish this great work, it is only necessary that we should be true to ourseives, our principles and our par ity, whose triumphs have ever been identified with the in i terests, honor, and glory of the republic. Let there be | no concessions to the enemy—none to .‘action—none to the allied fanatical isrns of the day, under whatever name or form they may appear. The Old Dominion has shown herself true to her principles, her history, and her renown. ■ Her democracy have fought the battle faithfully, gal. \ lanffy, gloriously. With you I rejoice in her triumph.— j May Kentucky imitate the example and rival the achieve- ! meats of her illustrious mother. All eyes are now fixed I upon your noble State. A similar victory in old Ken- i tucky would overwhelm the enemy with dismay and des- ; pair, while it would carry joy, hope, and confidence to the i heart of every friend of religious freedom and constitu- j tionnl right throughout the length and breath of the land. 1 Pardon the length of this letter, and accept for your- ■ selves and those you represent, njy grateful acknuwiedg- [ ntents for your kind invitation. ) I have the honor‘to be, very truly, your friend and obe- ! dient scrvnt, * S. A. DOUGLAS. j Messrs. F. S. J. Ronaid, W. Tompkins, G. L. Harri- ; bou, .), P, Fulwiler, Democratic District Committee, &e. i A Picture cf Henry A. Wise. The lion. ITenry A. Wise, lately made a speech at Parkersburg, Va. A correspondent of the MeConnel- ! vfl.e Enquirer, who heard him thus writes his impression I of the man : ”1 was disappointed in the personal appearance of the i J had expected in Henry A. Wise to see a man of commanding stature, upright bearing, with flashing I ‘ yes ar *d noble forehead ; but he is no sack a man.— lie is the medium height, not more than five feet, seven | or eight inches, very spare, would not weigh more than lot), probably not that. “There is nothing prepossessing about him. lie is, in fact positively ugly. Very gentlemanly and courteous in , btar,D ? towards others, but in hia dress he is almost a elovee. His cravat was awry, .his linen wu* soiled with tobacco, his chin unshaven and flanked with st e ksof yellow saliva ; his clothing rather hung around him than otherwise. I could see no physical indication of great ness. A low forehead overshadowing u pair of lustreless grey eyes, that rolled with a nervous uneasiness in their deep sockets ; high cheek bones, and a complexion saf fron hued from Ins inordinate use of tobacco; a stooping carriage and trembling gait did not indicate the great man. When I first saw’ Wise on the stand during the few moments of his opening remarks, as he stood before us, his shoulders drooping and bent forward, his chin and ahirt bosom spattered with tobacco juice, those dull eyes rolling expressionless in their deep sockets, his long gray hair tossed unkempt about his temples, his arms hanging listlessly by his side, looking l r alt the world like a resur rected mummy. I thought that he was the most uncome ly specimen of humanity that I ever saw attempt to ad dress au audience. But when, with a voice that rung as clear as the notes of the war clarion, he made his thrill ing appeal with a passionate intensity oi manner, I thought him eloquence incarnated. Never in my hie have I lis tened to such in appeal ; it set the blood dashing through my vti.is like a mountain torrent, “It went right home to the heart of every Virginian present. You could see in their glistening eyes and heav ing chests, and could hear in the response that made walls tremble to their foundations, the effect it had upon the multitude.’’ Ihe True Obstacle to Southern Union. It is well that this Philadelphia Convention has been held. It is always best to know the truth and to have to look it full in the face. The South now sees plainly that there is no national party save the National Democracy. Southern, Whigs, Southern men, Southern Patriots, now see and recognize this fact in the proceedings at Philadei • phia. Some honest men among us may refuse Jo believe that the Democracy can ever raily again on their Baltimore platform, [and that remains to be demonstrated next year]; but it is clear tluse persons cannot trust longer in the na tionality of any political organization besides the National Democracy. VVe believe the Democracy wilt again viii die ite their nationality. They will reject the councils of the Union newspaper urging to non-committalism on the slavery question, and will reassert their adhesion to the existing laws, their unalterable purpose to stand by the doctrine of Congressional non intervention in the affairs of States organ zed and organizing, and So maintain actively the rights of slave States and slaveholders under the guar-’ antees of the Constitution. The National Democracy will do this, and then there is but one source from which de feat can over-take them, after they have done it, and that is in this Know Nothing Older. At the South, the obstacle is this very Know Nothing Order which is assailing the Democracy in every slave State. There is no hope for the National Democracy in ! the next Presidential contest unless they carry every i i Southern State and two or three Northern States—such | j as New Hampshire, Illinois, and another of the North* western States or two. What is striving to prevent —what can prevent the success of the Democracy in the w hole South but this Know Nothing party ? And what, there fore, must be the sole effect of the Know Nothing move ment at the South but to prevent the only national party now left in the Union, from preserving the control of the ; government and of the destinies of the country ? This is I the position in which the Southern Know Nothings find | themselves. They are striving to beat down the only na j tional party in the Union, in the very section of the con ! federaey in which all depends upon its carrying every Slate. At the North, also, it is this Know Nothing Ordtr'lhat constitutes the only insuperable to prevent the National Democracy from carrying a number of States suft cient, with the whole South, to secure the government j and save the Union. The National Democracy can beat j the Abolitionists at the North —as they have done over j and over again. They can beat the Abolitionists and i Wi igs combined—as they have done repeatedly. They i can bent the Abolitionists, Whigs and the Freesoil Demo crats, il inked by the anti jiquorites and isrnites, all—as they have done often and signally. But there is a last featl er that breaks the camel’s back. They cannot beat thej Hied army of Fusioniets reinforced by ihe Know Noth ings, shouting, down with the Catholics, down with the fore gners.— Richmond Examiner. Grenada of the Persian Lover. BY ELIZA LOGAN. The sighing winds go softly by, The Pleiades glitter up the sky— Q.i! Z Hah, haste to me. The eloudless moon her way is wending, Tin Ichneumon his wail is seuding Over the silvered sea. The Sepoy in his bark is sleeping, Pale Europe’s son his ward is keeping, Hark! to his measured tread. The wearied steed is in his stall, Murmurs the distant waterfall, Upas their poison shed. The fire-fly flickers in the tin, The sated Puma seeks his den, The famined wolf his lair; The Moslem vesper watch is set. And hark! from Mosque or Minaret Is peeled the hour of prayer. TheGapoe from yon tree is screaming, The Lamergeyer of blood is dreaming— Hears’t thou the Jackali’s whine? The low breeze rises o’er the sand, The whispering wavelets kiss the strand; Start not .'—the voice is mine. The hour invites to love—for thou, Z:llah. has tak’n a virgin vow To follow’ only me. My caftan thus aside I fling. And to thy trellis’d bower I spring— And I’ll bear thee o’er the sea. ********* * Now haste; in yon inlet my pinnace doth wait. Impatient to bear off’ so glorious a freight; Haste! Ferii pause in their heavenward flight, To bathe their toiled wings in the dews of the night- But enid by a star-flash their course they pursue, And leave this bright world— to your lover and you. Minuta of Points, Decided by the Supreme Court of Georgia , at Au gusta, June Term , 1 boo. Way rs. Arnold , from Biyan. ]. W here a deed to laid refer t to a plot of I'c-survey for the metes and bounds but does not of itself, suflicienlv identify the plot: Held that parol evidence rnav be ad mitted fothat purpose. -• Where a witness was originally the warautor of ii tic to both parties, and one of them, by operation of law and without mala sides . releases him upon his warranty -he thereby becomes inn rested to sustain the title of the other warrantee, and cannot be called as a witness for him. I | o. A e mveyance ot land in the adverse possession of j a third person is absolutely void. 4. Where a guarantor conveys laud to which he has no title and subsequently he obtains title to the land, un* I der our registry laws—the title does not enure to the ben efit of the first grantee as against a subsequent grantee from the common grantor. Milieu for IVIT; 1 Yard for Deft. 1. The Statute in reference to Possesory warrants ap- I plies to Promissory notes, as well as of her chattels. I Sneed fo** Pi’ff; No appearance for D.-fi. 1. The offence of ‘‘Adultery’ and Fornication,” under I our code, is the illicit intercourse of a mariied person and a siugie person ; and by the very terms of the code, they may be severally indict* and, and hence the indictment may charge either one with the offence of “Adultery and For nication.” i 2. A charge that the Jury should be satisfied of guilt *t® a reasona ble certainty,” is sufficiently correct. & 3. The ruie as to reasonable doubts , is the same in minor as in graver offences, and should be given in charge to the Jury when requested. e | Pottle, f°r Pi’ff : Att'y Gen l Sheicmake , for Def’t j Girardey and another vs. Dougherty, from Richmond. 1. The Act of 1805, allowing sureties on Bonds of I Administrators, die., to be relieved, on application to the Court, whenever they shall conceive themselves m be in danger ot loss, is not repealed or superseded by the Act of 1810 ; and under the Act of 1805, tbe-reiief of the surety is matter of right, and does not depend upon the cause shown him. r j°4 br ***• A -, P;oicription of the Know ftthings-WholeEalo Dc capitation Revived on. Washington, *^ une 19, 1855. The Cabinet have had a ‘on g* n d exciting session to-dav I was informed by a genti. atthigh in authority, that cm of the Cabi.iet was strongly -tfrpected of Know Nothing ism. The President informed * a gei tiernan this evening that Wilson, Commissioner </ the General Land Office’ Clayton, Second Auditor, togfcher with one hundred and ninety clerks were to be decapWd as fast as they can find persons to nil their places. ~ Talking to the Point. The Indiana State Sentinel says: “But the hour of battle has not yet come. In the mean time,speaking for the democracy oflndiana, we pioclaim that any paMy which refuses to admit anew- State on the same equal terms with the other States of this confederacy but attempts to attach to her admission conditions which trammel her co-equal sovereignty, is a paity which ought to I die, will die, and, bv the help of God, we intend to do ail : weeau to make it die.” Fort Laramie Taken by Indians. New York, June 22. The Missouri Republican states that Foit Laramie had bau attacked and captured by the Indians. No particulars are given. Committed for Trial. The examination of Joseph Lee, charged as narrated yes terday, with placing obstructions on the Central Railroad track near the 6' mile station, was held yesteiday before Justices Wilson, O’Connell and Russell. After hearing the evidence in the case the court unanimously decided that it w an sufficient to hold the prisoner for trial. He was accoiding ly bound over in the sum of $4,000, in default of which he was committed to prison. Lee is a very young man. not more than 17 years of age, and quite unsophisticated in ap pearance. He stated in the course of the examination that he was compelled to the crime by others, and even threat ened with death if he exposed them. The story does not appear to be worthy oi’any credence — Georgian,2\st. Death of Jessy Lewyars -1 Mrs. Thompson, the Jessy Lewyeis of Robert Burns, died in Dumfries on Saturday, the voth, at the advanced ’ age of nearly four-score years. Up to a recent date Mrs. i Thompson enjoyed excellent health, but for some mouths has been gradually sinking. Persons familiar with the life of the poet will remember that Jessy Lewyars was on the most intimate terms with Burns and his family. Savannah Republican. The Republican this morning announces a dissolution of the co-partnership of P. W. Alexander & Cos., proprie tors and pubhshers of that paper. Albion K. Moore, E;q , whose business talents and great energy have, for ten years, heen devoted to the establishment, leaves with a well conceived valedictory. Ilis successor, Mr. J. R. Sneed, of Washington, Ga., will enter upon his dutiisby the first of July. Both the outgoing and the incoming editor have our warmest wishes for their success. Wo should do injustice to outself in parting with Mr. Moore not to express our obligations for many acts of kindness receiv ed from him since the re-establishment of this paj er. Journal tj- Courier. The Massachusetts Know Nothings. Boston, June IS, 1855. The ’eadiug Know- Nothing of this State have finally decided to call an extra session of the Slate Council on the 28iii inst. To this Council the delegate* will report the do ngs of the National Council. The obl'gation of seeresy will then be thrown ofl‘, and a grand mass convention, in some central locality, will be called to take action to be pursued in the present political crisis. Sentence of the Notorious Henrietta Rcbisson. Trot, June 19,1855. The notorious Henrietta Robinson, convicted in the Rensselaer County Couit of the murder of Timothy Lani gan, was this afternoon tentenced, by Jidge Harris, to lie hung on the 3d of August next. At the conclusion of her sentence, when the Judge commended her soul to God’s mercy, the told him he had better pray lor his own soul, declaring she was the victim of political conspiracy, which was calculated to crush a inaii. Federalism holds its Own. It is stated as a significant fact in political history, that Augusta, Lowdon and Jefferson counties in Virginia, gave majorities against .Mr. Jefferson in 1800. In the late elec tion they gave strong majorities against Mr. VV ise. Kansas. [ We learn that Gov. Reeder and his Secretary were at j Chicago on Saturday evening on their way to Kansas t where tiiey will arrive by the 24ih inst. Ihe Legislature j will convene on July 2nd, and in the Message which the | Governor will send in w-e shall expect a resume of the stir ! rm ” events and important questions which have oflaie given to the Territory to much interest.—A. Y. Tribune, June loth. An Abolition Paper in Texas— Many of our readers are not aware that a colony of German socialists have settled in the tetate ot I exas. We learn from the Austin State Gazette, that these people have esiabii.-hed a rank abolition paper, in the State of Texas, called the San Antonio Zei sung. ihe State Gazette denounces it, and is now- engaged in a controversy with it. Ihe Zeitung openly avows its abolitionism, and contends that it has a right to propagate such sentiments. b Handsome Dividend —lt will be seen that the Savannah Gas Company has this day declared a dividend of five per cent on the profits of the last six months, payable on and uesday the 26th inst. The company appear to be in a flouncing condition.— Sav. Georgian, 21st. | I licale Conquest oj Cuba. —Gen. Quitman delivered • a lecture a few days ago at Jackson, Miss., before a large S aud!f,^' e m fa . Vur of the private conquest of Cuba. He j a f£ , l V at ‘ vas ~ l * e on, y P lan . as the attempt to pur | c !? a ® e ia “ j ed barren by the emancipation of the blacks before the Is ; land could come in possession of the United States. | Lieutenants General Scott.— lt is stated that the Seo | retary of War has decided that Gen. Scott is not entitled ! to any additional pay as Lieutenant-General, either lor | arrears, or for the future. The question, however, hat ! wnce been referred to the Attorney-General fr his opin. j oj. — Sac. Georgian. 1 lion. A. ]}. Meek. Judge Meek ol Mobile has con - •ented to deliver the address before the Alabama Historical . Society tn Tuscaloosa on the 9th of July. . X BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT. | As in the light ot cultivated reason you look | at,roa and see a wealth of beauty, a profusion of I goodness in the work of Him who has strewn : “ owera in t,,e wilderness, and painted the bird, and enamelled the insect, in the simplicity and univer sality ot lus laws you can read this’ lesson \ n uneducated man dreams not of the common sun hght which now m its splendor floods the firma ment ana the landscape; he cannot comprehend tiov, much ot the loveliness of the world results ”om the composite character oflight and from the renecting of most* physical bodies. If, mstead ot red, yellow,and blue, which the analysis ot the prism, and experiments of absorption have shown to oe its constituents, it had been homoge- ; eou f, ™?Pe *me, how changed would all have been The growing corn and the ripe harvest, the blossom and the fruit, the fresh greeness of fepnng, autumn s robe of many colors, the hues ot me violet, the lily and the rose", the siivery loam of e m met, the emerald of the river, and the pur p e ot the ocean, would have been alike unknown, lhe rainbow would have been but a pale streak in the grey sky and dull vapors would have cano pied tile sun, instead of the clouds, whicii in the a^\ s Naming brilliancy, curtained his rising up and going down. Nay, there would have been no distinction between the biood of the children, the hush of health, the paleness of decay, the hectic of disease, and tlte iividness ofdeath.” There would have been an unvaried, unmeaning, leaden hua where we now see the changing and expressive countenance* the tinted earth at: gorgeous nun#- mam.