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“WISD03I—JUSTICE—IftODERATIOK”
VOL. XIII,.
ALBANY, DOUGHERTY COUNTY, GEpRGIA, SEPTEMBER 17. 1857.
% ^tag patriot.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
TERMS:
Two Dollars per annum, payable invariably in advance.
Advertisements will b% inserted in the Albany Patriot
it tho rata of 81 per square for the first and 50 cents for
each subsequent insertion. Advertisements handed in with
out instruction as to the length of time they are to run, will
be continued until ordered out, and charged at above rates.
Monthly advertisements will be inserted for One Dollar
-0, MUMS for each insertion.
advertisements published at the usual rates.
Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Adm&rijstrators
■nl CSuardiin** are required by law to be advertised in a
crizeKe Forty Days previous to the day ofa- le.
Thrv -ale* must ?hj held on the First Tuesday in the
month between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in
the afternoon, at the Court-House, in the county in which
the property is situated. , .
The sales of Personal Property must be advertised in like
manner of Forty Days.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate, must be
published Forty Days.
. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must bo pub-
hsh«v< weekly Two Months.
Citations for Letters of Administration, Thirty Davs; for
remission from Administration, Monthly Six Months; for
Dismission from Guardianship, Weekly Forty Days.
Rule* for the Foreclosure of Mortgage, Monthly Four
Months; establishing lost papers, Weekly Three Months;
compiling tittles from Executors or Administrators, where
i bond has been given by the deceased, Weekly for Three
Months.
©rncral CAtmectisemcnts.
South-Western Railroad,
SCHEDULE FOR PASSENGER TRAINS.
L EAVE .Macon at 2 a. m. and 3 p. m for Colum
bus ; arrive at Macon from Columbus at 54 min.
after 10 a. m and 15 min. after 6 p. m.
Iz-ave Macon for Americas and Sumter City*at 2
a.in; arrive at Americas 36 min. after 6. anil Sum
ter City 20 tnin. after 7 a. m. Leave Sumter City
10 min. after 1 p. m., and Americas 2 p. m.; arrive
at Macon 15 min. after; 6 p. m.
Accommodation Train will leave Macon Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 50 min. after 6 a. in ;
arrive at Sumter City 25 min. after 2 p. in. Return
ing, lene Sumter City at 30 min. after 7 a. in. Tues
days. Thursd.iys and Saturdays, and arrive at Ma
con 4$ min. after 1 p. m., in time (or Passengers to
take the Macon «!k Western Train at 3 p. in. for
Atlanta and the North-West.
Mail Stages to and from Albany, Tullaliasse,
Thomasville and Bainbridgt, connects with regular
Train at Sumter City.
Pa«s’tiger* fr,,in South-western Georgia or Flori
st for Columbus, will take ihe 10 min. after 1 p. m.
at Columbus 10 tnin.
after 10 a
light.
Pass- tigers from Columbus and the West, for
South-western Georgia or Florida, should take the
1 p. m. Train, or, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays the 15 min. alter 4 a. m. Train at Columbus.
Trains on South-western Road, connect direc 1 with
Trains of Central lliilroiil to Savannah and Au-
rrFirst cla-s Steamships leave Savannah on
Wednesday and Saturday for New York—and for
Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Fare—Cabin $23, Steerage $3.
GEO. W. ADAMS, Supt.
Miivn. Dm. H. 185b 38-1 v.
(General Aboertiscmcnts.
Drs. W. M. & J. R. Hardwiok,
ALBANY, GA.
T ENDER their professional aervices to tho citizens of
the city, and the public generally.
Midwifery, diseases of women and children and chronic
cases, wi 11 receive spec>al attention from the Senior partner.
B^r Office over L. Welch’* Book Store, where thev
can be found at all times, when not professionally engaged.
Feb. 12th, 1857. 46—ly.
Savannah Medical College.
T HE Annual Coureo of Le tares will commence on the
First Monday in November next. The Preliminary
Lectures on tbo 19th October.
Faculty:
5’ R Practice of Medicine.
P. Mi KOLLOCK, M. D, Obstetrics.
W. G BULLOCH, M. D., Surgery.
JOSEPH JONES, M. D., Chemistry!
J. J. WEST, M. D., Demonstrator.
Chemical Lectures will be regularly delivered at the City
Hospital. This Institution will accommodate over 100
patients. For further particulars address
_ , . J. G. HOWARD, Dean.
Savannah, July 16,1857 16—13w.
J. R. Simpson,
(Successor to Simpson &, Gardiner.)
Marrjjousr IQ
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
COR. REYNOLDS & M’iNTOSH STS.,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Will continue the Warehouse and Commisson Business, in
all its branches, at the OLD STAND of SIMPSON &.
GARDIN ER, and hope? by strict personal attention to the
interest of his friends and patrons, to merit a continuance
of ihe liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon the old
firm. Cash advancej> made on Produce in Store when
desired, Bagging, Rope, and Family Supplies fur
nished at lowest market rates.
Commissions lor selling cotton, 50c. per bale.
August 20, 1857. 21—6m.
Evans, Harriss & (Jo.,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
D ’ANTIO.VAC, EVANS &. CO., have a«-
sociated with them Gen ROBERT Y.
11AURJSS, for the purpose of transacting a Fac
torage and Commission Business at the city of Savannah.
The business will be conducted under the style of Evans,
Harriss &. Co., and Wj*. E. Evans and Robt. Y. Har
riss will give their personal and uudivided attention to the
Their object is to do exclusively a Planters’ business, and
a long experience in a similar business at Augusta, Ga ,
and Charleston, S. C., induces the confident belief that
they.will be enabled to give entire satisfaction, in the sale
of Cotton and other Produce, to tho Planters of Georgii
and Alabama who may favor them with their patronage
They have taken an Office and Sales Room in Hodg
son’s Range, Bay-street, a few-doors above the Exchange,
where they will be prepared, by the 15th of August, to re
ceive consignments of Cotton and other Produce, and the
orders of their friends, and Planters generally, for Bagging,
Rope and other wipplies, which they will execute with
promptness at the lowest market rates.
cents per bale.
July 23 (3m*)
WM.
ROBERT Y. HARRIS
WM. M. D ANTIGNAC.
GEO W. EVANS.
DENSE’S
Chill and Fever Mixture.
fkF all the remedies ever discovered lor the saft
'-F certain and effectual cure of the Chill and Fe
ver, n Mie have more merited and received ihe appro
bation of the public than
Dense’* Fever and Ague Mixture.
It bis been in use for the last twelve years, and
Ihe Proprietor has n wer knnfrn a single instance
where this Mixture lias failed to cure the Chill and
Fever, where it has b«*en used according to the ad
vice and direction's accompanying it. One bottle of
this Mixture is generally sufficient to cure two coin-
iflun cases of (’hill and Fever. It is a source of
great consolation to the Proprietor that he has been
; ible to place so valuable a medicine before the pnb-
hcat such a low price; for while others have been
'diing their Pills and Mixtures at the high price of
$1 5o per box or bottle, this Mixture has been sell-
,n g it only $1 per bottle, being a large saving to the
purchaser besides the important consideration of pro
curing a better medicine. The public are mos* pos
itively assured that there is no Mercury, Antimony,
Arsenic, or any other poisonous substances, in any
* i bape or lorin whatever in this Mixture, but it is
coinpHcd entirely of simple but potent substances
each of which is calculated to assist the others in
expelling discales from the system.
The Proprietor will insert the following l.e timo-
nials,which will prove to the satisfaction of *very
reasonable mind that DENSE’S MIXTURE lever
fails to cure the Chills when taken according o the
d i recti°ns that accompany each bottle. '
The undersigned citizens cheerfully bear testimo
ny to the efficacy of Dense’s Chill and Fever Mix-
re as many cases have been successfully treated
w in our own personal knowledge, in which this
mixture was only used. . 7
E. D. Williams. Ga.
* James Gillon, Ga.
Thomas N. Mi ins, Ga.
Col. E. Tarver, Ala.
Green Harris, Ga.. and nu
merous others.
Prepared and sold Wholesale and Retail by
A. A. MENARD, Druggist,
Macon, Ga.
tTSold in Albany, Ga., by Everett & Clark.
Ffh. 12, 1857. 46—ly.
Patten, Hatton & Co.,
SAVANNAH.
Patten, Collins & Co.,
MACON.-
conni$sioi« merchants
■ riTtcS, 1 AND
. COLLINS, 1
. hctton. i FACTORS.
June 18, 4857.
12—ly*
Albany City Lots for Sale.
^JMIB Subscriber offers at private sale, to parties
who desire to improve, several very desirable
half acre and acre
Residence Lots
Albany. Also, desirable* WARE-HOUSE and
BUSINESS 1X>TS, near the-Railroad Depot. ’ -
NELSON TIFT.
AUmny, April 2,1857. 1—tf. - ' ■ . •* < .
Albany Lots .
For Stores and Dwellings,
I WILL Soll on liberal term,, my Lot on Broad
~.Sreet, cither with or without the improveiiienta.
■t I» >B desirable a -location as any in the city, end
[•fge enough for two Iota with' front of H6J feet each
“J 310 feet Hack. I will *lao jseil seven Store Lot.
°PP°*ite Messrs. Rust & Sima’ Warehouse, on Jack-
*»» street—each lot 30 by l()5 feeL
I will also soil on the same
•era, half acne and quarter a
Residences—No. 32 on Comnt
Band street, No. 00 on Pino s
Flint street, Nos. 53,55, 5:
street, Nos, 30 and hair of 33
Albany, August 13,1557.
the folio win
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP-
T HE Finn of Webster &. Palme* is this day dis
solved by mutual consent. Either co-partner
is allowed to use the nmne of tue firm in the se
ment of the business. All persons indebted by note
or account will please make prompt payment.
JOSEPH W. WEBSTER
GEORGE F. PALMES.
Savannah, July 1st, 1857.
CO-PARTNERSHIP.
T HE Undersigned have this day formed a co
partnership for the purpose of carrying on a
Genera) Grocery, Produce and Commission Business,
under the firm of Oorinerat, Webster &. Palmes, and
respectfully.solicit the custom of their former friends
and patrons, and public generally.
- JOSEPH V CONNERAT,
• JOSEPH W. WEBSTER,
, GEORGE F. PALMES.
Savannah, July 9, 1857. 15—3m
Cralwfling dTorrfspiii)fncf.
rroa THX ALBANY PATRIOT.]
Philadelphia Id New York—Financial Matters
~Neip York to Boston—Boston and its Celt-
brilics—The Southern Trade, At.
Mr. Editor:—Since my last, a constant
change of location almost daily, has prevented
rectty.qpop the side wallf, ip, a waving line which
adds something like novelty to their appearance.
T'he city,proper, is much smallerthan Philadel
phia or New^York, but at its sides It has other
cities of very respectable numbers, which ought
to be counted in its walls. East Boston, Chelsea,
Charlesto^rp^ Watertown, Brighton, Roxburry
and dozens of other such places, country people
r r . . . j by five and ten thousand,'he at her feet, arid to
me from forwarding you the promised letter at' • ’ f . . . , . .
„ T _ - . * a stranger seem to be the same, but which are
it* proper time. I am sure your space has been !•■ ,*, . .
better filled, however, than with m, hasty "'.f ' -,
sketches. Leaving the “Girard House” and! 1 h f o'* Boston,*, year readers know,
Philadelphia with regret, vour correspondent! 0“^ T
went .0 New York hy the usual route, by way ' ^ ' >n , Se ^ b " 1630 ’ A '
of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The sail f 700 »cres ,n extent, store
Us settlement more than that amount of land has
Plantation in Baker County
FOR SALE.
S ITUATED on the East side of Flint
River, 10 miles below Albany, ihe
River fprming the Western Boundary,
containing 1346 acres, (more or less) first
quality pine land, between 500 and 600 acres
cultivation,all of which is fresh, none of it having
been cultivated more than four years, 30 or 40 acres
will comprise all the waste land on the plantation.—
The improvements are a good Gin House, Overseer’s
House, Cribs, Negro Houses, &c.’
The ill health of the proprietor is his reason, for
wishing to sell. Apply to S. H. Harrison the plan
tations E. B. Ballou, Quincy, Fla.
O* Possession given 1st January next.
Albany, April. 2.1857. 1-tf
up New York bay from South Amboy to the
city, is one of the most interesting in the world.
In fact, all persons are charmed with the life
and beauty displayed on every side around.—
The waters of the bay are literally alive with a
thousand vessels, and when the sun sets, their
lights at the “Fore” and in care of stenmers on
the sides also, adds much to the picture. A
great city by Gas-light is far more charming
than by May. The heavy wagons and carts,
that block up the streets in the day, are all ab
sent now, and nought # but pleasure seeks on
foot, or in carriages are to be seen ; all is gaiety
and joy. The harder—more distressing tints
of the*picture are covered by the soft shades of
evening. Night, like a great mantle, covers
tbo suffering and the want of the poor and idle,
and the city rejoices like a maiden in her youth.
Entering New York afier dark, is a sight long
to be remembered.
After a short stay in the metropolis, business
called mp away to Boston, and I shall leave the
city, to a future letter, when a longer stay shall
enable me to do it more justice. For the pre
sent, I shall only say that as we left New York,
all Wall street was in a commotion. The West
has been engaged in vast Railroad and Banking
operations for five years past, with little cash
capital to sustain them. Tho whole couutry is
unsettled and comparatively few people yet in
habit its vast plains, and yet her children, anti
cipating the grand future before them, at least
fifty years have raised the price of real estate
to fabulous rates, and expansion after expansion
has followed this rise in property. Persons
placing unreal and false estimates upon proper
ty, fancying themselves rich, have gone in debt,
operated on credit, and assumed the responsi
bility incident to such a position, and conse
quently when the revulsion came—when tight
ness in the money market tested their claims,
the whole frost-work fabric has fallen down,
and the ruin has been general and complete.—
Tho whole West now suffers as we did from
1S30 to 1842, and the failures now daily, an
nounced are but the necessary consequence of
the past improper speculation of rash operatives.
Our country is too young, and the Great West
especially, is too fat and rich in all that is es
sential to the success of a country to feel this
long. Soon the present storms will clear the
atmosphere and commerce and trade will return
to its accustomed walks, benefitted by what h&s
happened.
The sail down Long Island Sound from New
York to Norwich, is equnl to any of our inland
marine scenery. Upon every side beautiful
villas and summer seats meet the eye. The
line of steamers on this route are unequalled in
the (Tnfou for size, speed and elegance. The
“Commonwealth.” on which we took passage,
is four hundred feet -long;- and capable of ac
commodating three thousand people. Her cab
in is longer than any dining hall in New York,
and it really looks like some of the fairy palaces
we read-of in the stories of Eastern Ijfe. Upon
every side, art has exhausted her powers of
grace and decoration. The paintings and moul
ding is in the richest’style, and. the whole work
finished without regard to expense. The par-
been reclaimed /rom the water and added to the
city. The city pays the greatest attention to
the protection of property and life, by well ior«
ganized police and fire regulation, and is one of
the most orderly communities in the wortd.—
IJer public buildings are tasteful and wbll built,
and her free schoftl system an ornament, to the
Slate. Among her public buildings the State
House stands pre eminent. It is upon the high
est spot in the city, and finely built of white
stone. Within the Rotunda stands a magnifi.
cent statute of Washington, erected by the as
sociates of this great man, at the close of his
public life. The“Athenaum” is a building of
good taste and large proportions,principally de
voted to the purpose of a public library. There
are 40,000 books within its walls; the Custom
Hous?, Freemont Temple, and the Merchant’s
Exchange, are also magnificent structures, but
I cannot stop to describe them.
. Low down in the city, and in.the midst of the
rush of business, stands Faneuil Hall, so noto
rious in Boston history. It was erected jo 1740
and presented to the city by Peter Faneuil, Esq.
It was nearly burnt down in 1701, and the next
year rebuilt, and subsequently and by the col
onist to discuss their ■wrongs and to concoct
means of resistance. It Has within its Hall the
celebrated picture of Webster when replying to
Hogue, and also portraits of other men of revo-
lutioniry times; immediately below the Hall
is “Faneuil Hall Market,” a magnificent struo
ture built in 1825, by Josiah Quincy, as Mayor,
at a cost of more than one million of dollars.—
One of the curiosities of the place is “Old South
Church,” on milk street, which was originally
built in 1669, the present structure, dates how
ever, from 1730, and was used by the celebra
ted Tea-party to mature their plans, &c.
ments I noticed one on which a tasty and beau*
tiful piece of statuary, stands a mother and her
child, and .beneath it this epitaph: .
**A household tomb—to faith how dear;'
A part have cone—a part are here.
United.all in love and hope,
. i • 1 1 ; ■ One household still. *
“Together we shall sleep—
. Together may we rise,*
And may our morning hymn,
. . -1 ,Qn® houaehold'atill.’* ■ % - ■
While ootiogTJemetreys and lomb9, we would
also mention, that in an.old bufying-ground in
the> heart of the city, we noticed some old tomb
stones ..as old as 1680, and several as old as
1685, one of them erected about that time, was
to John Wiinvall, an Elder iu the First Presby-'
terian Church built in tike city, who Vas born
in 1601. JThe tdmb*of John Williams is in a
dilapidated condition. In this old Cemetery
StaridS the tomb of Josiah and Abiah Franklin,
with an inscription written hy their son Benja
min, which recites that “by their own industry,
without money or professional income, they
were enable to provide for and maintain Jhirteen
children and eight grand children,” and to place
them.in.honorable,position in life. Said Frank
lin died 1744, aged 89 years; Abiah Franklin*
his wife, died 1752; aged 82 years.
Retiring from these old monuments to Mount
Auburn, we would like to describe more in de
tail its many beauties of hill and dale, water and
woodland, statues, ornamental shrubbery, grass
plats, and Bowers, but the space is wanting and
we can only again express our admiration for
the tout ensemble as being one of the most beau
tiful places the sun shines upon. •
To give your readers any just idea of the
present political status of Massachusetts, would
be almost impossible without taking more time
to review the past history of. the different or
ganizations than l have to spare. We blame
the whole people of the North for the position
some of her States assume, and while this may
be natural, it is not just. Many individuals
North of Mason 6c Dixon’s line, look upM the
Abolitionists with more contempt.than v^do.
They know them better, and hence appreciate
their true meanness better than those at a dis
tance. 1 have no doubt that the* generality of;
people here are opposed to slavery and to dave 1
holders; but many of the merchants have Been
the Southern custom which years of business
associations had built up, suddenly disappear,
never to return. BoRton does little or no South
ern trade, and our people deserve credit for de
serting a market which is so entirely opposed
to our institutions. Free negroes, however, are
1 here are few places in the Union around ■ below par iu Boston society ; they are not
whose classic shade more love and veneraiion | noticed or respectedthe.y are treated with con-
Dougherty CoMt^Lands for
I AM offering for sale two small places
*in Dougherty county. One contain- j
ing Five Hundred acres; Eighty cleared
and in high state of cultivation* lying on
the TroupviUe road, seven miles South-east of Al-
bany. The other place containing Seven Hundred
and Fifty acres, with one hondrpd and fifty acres
cleared. Good Lfig Houses and Wells of good Wa'
ter on both places. Land fresh.
.*•1 will sell either or both places on good'tcrmastid
low prices. Any one wishing any further ibforma-
tion in relation to the above Lands, can address the
subscriber at this place. .... v ***
... *, * JARED IRWIN.
Albany, July 30,1857. " 08—
lararr,
Ack&—fifty of which *|» deadened: These Lori
are firpt quality t>i.id Land, and lcan-be bought low
for.cash.;*I
ley, and are
has always lingered than Cambridge; this is
the oldest University on the continent, and has
always enjoyed a proud pre-eminence in the
Republic of Letters. She was incorporated in
1630 under the name of Newton. Here was
established the first printing Press in the coun
try, its cultivated grounds and showy homes,
evidence the wealth and refinement of its citizens.
To describe Boston and not mention the
“Monument” would be impossible, and yet we
shall not fatigue your readers with another des
cription of this lasting tribute of the present to
the glorious past, nor shall we more than men
tion the noble statute to the immortal Warren,
which stands in the entrance. The corner
Mone was laid by LaFayet.e 17th June. 1825, Uv.su the Atlast.c CxBLE.-The following
and the Monument was completed - 17th June, respecting the laying of the Atlantic cable, is
1843. It is of hewn granite, 220 feet high, 30^ among the Persia’s news
tempt, and have no social position. Once in a
while some low woman or crazy school girl goes
in for practical amalgamation, but when effect
ed they at once,lose airlanding.
Too much praise cannot be given to those in
power iu Boston for its quiet and orderly char
acter—yet, if ever a muss does bappeA, as oc
curred whilst 1 was there, the participants are
generally negroes. •
My letter has already exceeded its proper di
mensions* and I shall have to finish at a future
period, leaving much that I could say about
Boston—its beautiful common—Lowell and its
Factories, for the present, unsaid. •
feet squareat the. base, and 15 feet at the top.
The vine from its summit, nearly 300 feet above
tide water, is one unsurpassed probably in the
world. About thirteen miles below Boston,
the “Nahant House,” a famed summer resort,
opened to the fresh breeze of’the Atlantic, Is a
pleasant place to spend a day. -The scenery
and fishing are both fine, and this added to plea
sant company and fine hotel accommodations,
bring many visitors to the sea beach. We here
,h;™ e n f: ^ from ,b * in,eriir of z:r s zz:z
the State,and shall never forget the appearance'
The proceedings in regard to the Atlantic Tele
graph cable continued of increased ioterest. The
stock holders of the company of Liverpool had given
a grand banquet to the officers of the Niagara and
Susquehanna, and the completion of the shipment
of the cableon board the Agamemnon had been
celebrated by <t grand fete iu the Park. Nearly
10,000 persons were present at the later entertain
ment, including Professor Morse, Cyrus W. Field,
Hon. Kerry J. Raymond *and others. Mr. Field
read a letter from Presid&it Buchanan stating that
he should feel much honored if the first message
across the Atlantic should be one from Quee
mirrors and the choicest carpets. The tahlo
glitters under a load of plate and cut glass that
European palaces cannot equal. * The Ameri
can people are certainly fortunate to have such
means as there are resorted to in order to se
cure their, patronage. ..
After leaving the Boat at ^Norwich, tho. ex
press train soon takes the traveller to Boston:—
On every side a succession of. villages, with their
neat grounds and white houses, met the eye.—-
New England, and especially Massachusetts,
abounds in churches. You cannot assend any
hill or prominent position in the. country, but
what village churches, with their lttgb white
steeples, meet your eye upon every side, and
yet no one Relieve'that they exceed other por.
tioris of the Union In religion, at least in true
evangelical religion. believe that they pay
more attention to fprin;.but less to* the .reality
of4h ? irftlt& f I ^
: To, try and give your reader* an ideq of Bos
ton in tho short space allowed me, will, I am
aware, necessarily be a failure; and yet there
ar/aome-points about the city which aria easily
taken, and I hope as easily understood by yoqf
readers.; The city is built upoo a narrow neck
of land running out into the Bay. It is irregu-
Isrly built, with little or nb order olhSerTed in its
adjoin the land of Mr. Janies Had-
ivernem to a good scbooL^ ^ ^
streets. The housed sre genersBJ^hieiff 'iftt
made by two of their women in their sea dress
es bathing.
Among all the beauties around Boston, “Mount
Auburn" iadeservedly pre eminent. It is bless
ed as being alike fortunate in its position, being
retjred and qofet, yet near the city, and uniting
the rarest natural advantages of nature,' with the
richest embellishments of art. Among the ob.
jeicts that are prominent, we notice' the magnifi
cent gate way that leads to the Cemetery.
The costly, and unique Chapel, the Bronze sta-
tnte of Bondwick, the tomb of Dr. Sharp, 45
years pastor of the'Baptist Church, and the tomb
dr Franklio—among other tilings we noticed
the tomb erected hy the “Friends of Liberty” to
CharlesT. Toney, arrested in ’ 1844, and Im
prisoned six years “for attempting to rescue a
fugitive slavo,” and died in prison, the Govern
or -of Virginia, refusinga pardon to his friends.
Tbc tonrd> >8 ornamented by the figure of a
youttg woman with shackles rountf her feet, ex
aggerated by wounds, &c., after the usual style.
6f coarse this figure was added for the Sake of
effect. It was placed there villanous, and ly ing
as it is, in that sacred spot, by persons pretend-
iiig'te be christlaus. The effect of such things
is to embitter the North against the South, and
thrhateh a tola)- ruptur'd. Among-the- iToiui
that he should erdeavor la answer in a spirit and
in a manner becoming to the great occasion.
The Agamemnon left Greenwich on the 24th,
for Sherness, to have hor-compasses adjusted, after
whichohe would proceed direct to Cork. ; All the
important alterations in the arrangement for lay
ing the cable had been determined upon.
The plan now adopted, instead of commencing
in mid ocean, Is to.submerge the whole cable in a
continuous line from Valencia Bay to Newfound.
Jad'd. The Niagara will.lay the first half from
Ireland to the middle of the Atlantic. The ends
will thfn be joined on board the Agamemnon,
which takes on to the coast of Newfoundland.
During the whole progress the four vessels will
remaio together and give whatever assistance is
required. • Constant communication is to be kept
up With the coast of Irelaod during the progress
of tl)g work, and wires are at once to be carried
from Kjllarhey to Valencia Bay, : so as to coonoct
.With the British and Irish lines.
EtnrEMEKT raon Saratoga -Ayoung Miss of
fifteen summers, named While, has' eloped /from
Saratoga 'Springs with John Tams, a celebrated
pistol-shooter and sporfing mam—They have heCn
traced to New York city, where, it is supposed,
they left for the West. Tarvis has beep guilty ol
the like efieoses once before, and then came near,
ioeiog his life, V - c.'“ T
v^r -"'-S’ i
The seats and desks irr the U,
resehtatives will be so arrange!
each of ihe 202 members rep.
chairs. ' m |
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NO. 25.
Important Correspondence.
To His Excellency, James Buchanan,
President of the United Stales :
The Undersigned, citizens of the United States,
and electors of the State of Connecticut, respect
fully offer to our Excellency this their inemormi:
The fundamental principle of the Constitu
tion of the United States and of our political in
stitutions, is that the people make their own laws
and elect their own toilers.
We see with Rrief, if not with astonishment,
that-Gov. Walker, of Kansas, openly represents
and proclaims that the President of the U. S.
isfemploying through him an army, one purpose
of whioh is to force the people of Kansas to ohe.y
laws not their own, nor of the United Stales, but
laws which it is notorious and established upon
evidence, they never made, and rulers they nev
er elected.
We represent, therefore, that by the foregoing
your Excellency is openly held up and proclaim
ed, to the great degradation of our national
character, as violating in its most essential par
ticular the solemn oalh which the President has
taken to support the Constitution of this Union.
We cal! attention further to the fact that your
Excellency is, in like manner, held up to this
nation, to all mankind^arid to all postlply in
the attitude of "levying war against [a portion
of] the United States'* by employing arms
in Kansas to uphold a body of men, and a code
of enactments purporting to be legislative, but
which never had the election nor sanction, nor
consent, of the people of the Territory.
We earnestly represent*to your Excellency
that we have also taken the oath to obey; Iho
Constitution; and your Excellency may bo as
sured that we shall not refrain from the prayer
that Almighty God will make your administra
tion an example of justice and beneficence,.and
with his terrible majesty protect our people arid
our Constitution.
Nath’I W. Taylor,
Theo. D. Woolsey r
Henry Dutton,
Chas. L. English,
J. H. Brochway,
Eli W. Blake,
Eli Ives,
B. Sillirnan, Jr.
Noah Porter,
Thos. A. Thacher,
J. A. Davenport,
Worthington Hooker,
Philos Blake,
E. K. Foster,-
C. S. Lyman.
John A. Blake,
Wm. H. Russell,
A. N. Skinner,
Horace Busbnell,
John Boyd,
Chas. Robinson, •
Ilenry Peek,
Washington City, Au
Diftrid Smith,
. J. Hawes,
Jas. F. Babcock,
G. A. Calhoun,
E. R. Gilbert, v ''•*'*
Leonard Bacon,
H. C. Kingsley,
B. Sillirnan,
Edward C. Herrick,
Chas. Ives,
Wm. P. EustisfJi;. _
Alex. C. Twining)
Josiah W. Gibbs,
Alfred Walker,
Jas. Brewster,
Steph. G. Hubbard,
Hawley Qlmstead,
Seagrove W. Magill,
Amos Townsend,*-'
Timothy Dwight,-
David M. Smith.
. L>, 1857.
Gentlemen: On my return to this city, after
a fortnight's absence, your memorial, without
date, was placed in my hands through the’Agen-
cy of Mh Horatio King, of the Post Office De
partment, to whom it had been intrusted.——
From the distinguished source whence it pro
ceeds, as well as its peculiar character, I have
deemed it proper to .depart from my general
rulfe in such cases, and to give it an answer. *
You first assert that/‘the fundamental princi
ple of the constitution of the United States and
of our political institutions is that the people shall
make their own laws and elect their own rulers.”
You. then express your grief and astonishment
that I should have violated this principle, and,
through Gov. Walker, have employed* an nr my,
“one purpose of which^ is to force the people of
Kansas to obey laws not their oten, nor of the
United States, but laws which it is notorious,
and established upon evidence, they never made,
and rtihrsthey never elected” And, as a <jo-
roHary from the foregoing, you represent that I
am “openly held up and proclaimed, to the
great derogation of our national character, as
violating in its niost essential particulars tlio
solemn oath which the President has taken to
support the Constitution of this Union” " ' ’
These are. heavy charges proceeding from
gentlemen .of your high character, and if Well
founded, ought to consign, my name to infamy.
But in proportion to their gravity, common jus
tice, to say nothing of Christian charity, requir
ed that before making them you should have
clearly ascertained that they were well founded.
If not, they will rebound with withering con
demnation upon their authors. Have you per
formed this preliminary duty towards the man*
who, however unworthy, is the Chief Magistrate
of your country ? If so you pr l are laboring
under a strange delusion. Should this prove to
be your case, it will present a memorable ex
ample of the truth that political, prejudice U
blind even to the existence of the plainest and-
most palpable historical facts. To these n facts
let us refer.
When I entered upon the duties of thri PrcB-
ideritiafotfice, on the 4ih .of March last, whaj
was the condition of Kansast ' This territory
had been organized under the act of Congress
of 30th May, 1854i and the government in alt
its branches was fn full operation. A govern
or, secretary of the Territory, chiefjustice. t><’0
associate justices, a marshal, and district attor
ney had been appointed by 'my predecessor, «y
and wth the advice and consent of the Seriate,
and«were all engaged in discharging their res
pective duties. A code of laws had been en
acted by the*^erritoria! legislature; and the ju
diciary were employed in expounding and/car.
ryihg these laws into effect.It is quite true tfjat
a controversy had previously arisen resjperitiog
the validity of tho election of mernbfers ^oP the
territorial legislature and of the laws' passed by
thfem; hut at the time f entered, upon- my ofti-
eial duties Congress bad recogniscik this legisi
lature in differemTonns and by different ■fcriact-
ments. The delegate elected to thd House of
Representatives, under « territonaT |aw,‘1{ad
just pompjeted his term of service on the day
previous to my inauguration. In fact, I found
* lender ’
rift ^
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