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Newspaper Page Textr, , nr Jians, a re re 1 u - ' .1 > v in t!ic month, between the hours mi, and three in tlie afternoon, at j t i,.. county in which the proper ly.., () f these sales must be given roRTV days previous to the day . . „.,!» of personal property must be ' . .... ... tTne ikou .Mile of personal property must be , s pays previous to the day of sale, mil Creditors of au Estate must f toi»— 1 mJi'I'Y UAts. i;. itiou will be made to the Court ‘/ ! ;. IV0 t „ sell Land or Negroes, must ' for r\v<> months. . _ . i. .; - of Administration must be for Dismission from Adinin- ' ' months—for Dismission from forty dags- i insure of Mortgage must be pub- * : ■ 1 y f four months—for establishing lost 1 of three months—for compel* mii ,;sand Administrators, where ■ : vc:i bv the deceased, the full space ". i ale avs bo continued .according to ' , ,iuii . inents, unless otherwise or- , . • lj dine of PuiXTixt; will meet with the RECORDER OFFICE. p y ; GROCERIES- 1859. .«-<:j° i 1 Sf AFi ATvE XI, nVCFCb for the increased patronage of the . j H ..r leave to inform their frieuds • li it'thov are still at their old stand, Office, where they would be I'wait upon them with a full assortment vsualiy kept in their line of busi- ■ : i t! ;;.y will sell as low for cash, or on market will allow,) consisting in part v' ii;v i’. ig articles • L vU v rs A. B- &- C. SUGARS. [ ,•] p fl ,vder'd and Loaf do. U. cosTA RIGA and RIO COFFEE. [f-giMOLASSES and N. O. SYRUPS. A'—Hams, Shoulders & Sides—LARD. .. . Young Hyson an a Oolong Teas. T v cro" I Starch, Iron,Nails, | Cast & Plow Steel, an j Garden Hoes. Axes. i-eaiG Log Chains. * a! ; 1 Short Handle Shovels and Spades. - ' forks- Wooden and Hollow Ware. ruiure and Cutlery. ie. Piaster and Cement. [ wy ... Brandies, AV hiskeys,Gin and Rum. y >'f\& Varnish, and various other articles f CALI AND SEE!! .fgeville, May 10,1359 19 tf Tnee^er "W'ilson’s SEWIN(r MACHINES. the Best Made. md feu' cl /fircuLcu 1 . lea* Central Atrency for the State. , V;: - cf all kinds repaired by— IIJ.JOHNSOT & Co., WATCH MAKERS AND JEWELERS, 3VI xL OOUNT, Gr A. t-LX Hki LEWIS W. McGREGOR, lesident Dentist, fnilMS HIS PATRONS tlmt be lias perma - in Millcdgeville, and proposes fcc hi-in (in:- to an entire set of tectu which iasiy, masticating and comfort, he will com- Dentist in the State. Office oppo- : - Am e of DR. FORT. AW!,:, . u ],- ls „ffi ce any orders left at the RTY & HALL, will meet with 7 tf i IIE :ion. . February 14,13 HE UiRlfllTHHL LEVEL. & LEVEL, at the solicitation of friends is : 1 for sale, on its own merits. It I . i .sted and found not to be excelled W . h iv. in use, meeting fully the wants of ’ It is simple and easily understood k'.v 1 to work correctly, striking any I - r-1, no matter how irregular the surface [ A diagram description of it, with direc tor i;> use accompanies each level; also r ' 'f many persons who have tried it, as Ptneia’.noss. It can be obtained of the sub Hillsboro’, Jasper county, or of liis G- IV.. Sl(j. A^ent in Milledgeville, P. . yn.Esu. ” LEWIS L. LANE. . • go’, Jasper Co., Ang.23,1859 34 tf [ : Look Irlere. f - LXDER.sIUNED having sold out his ii: firm of DECK T REANOR, h : - :n 1 a froh assortment of Family Rries, Hardware, Cutlery and F : »ery Ware, ill the House lately occu- L - A, in Recorder Office, North-West f Aayue aud Hancock Streets, i r . tfully invite his old customers and [? t - Purchase Goods in his iine to [ * a cull before purchasing elsewhere, as he l]i ' ii t i. < : 11 as cheap, if not cheaper, than iU'l them in this market. r;"miconsists in part of the folkwiug arti ’'"'hied A. II. A C. Sugars. [■!' • mw Brown do 4 uio ('ofl'i-c, Molasses &■ Syrups. • 1 "Lacco, Segars, Soap, Flour. L-1 ins, Cheese, Candies. A Irish Potatoes. Nails, Trace Chains, Long liandh '.Plow lines, Wooden&• Hoi- Crockery Ware. Champaign, Madeira &, Pori V - -'1 oiiongaliele, Bourbon and Irisl ! ar: * i i* ■ Brandies, Phelps &. Hollpnc s ""t , 'li Ale, London, Porter & Cham- ; lius.i t Slues W Ditching Boots, witl ■ articles too numerous to mention All-: A CALL. H. TREANOR. pci""- January 10th. 18K0 2 tf 8 Han • 11, Inn, '* =0 HOWARD or the apprehension n Crawford county, or i 1 BF. ii I e '' ' a: ' ‘ n ’Be -State, so that I can gei If I r °- ", 0Ulil n, Lucy, (who as 1 le une< , -utii ea ) Said woman ranaway ii " ’tno i-- very black, weighs abott jdxty-five pounds, is about fiv< s ^,h a kigli, twenty-four or twenty w a scar about au inch long unde , lj other marks now recollected, v •"’■MIPII ii. PATTERSON, ’AV,-. :. I0XV ’B , '> Crawford Co., Ga. illO-Wm- ^ ( “'"gr a ph will copy. — B. DANIEL, AT LAW . toxt;, 11 e ’ Te lfair County, Ga. Ii ,jnv iiie.vvM° Ve ^ rom ^^l e( igevilleto Jaclt to aH business eulrnstet j^ting. i >tUess • Particularattentionpi * jyur.'* r€f •%•) c -.** ,r OT^‘ E & >1 A,'.- v\L) PROPRIETORS l ‘jplTOKSj^A— • 'Puukr is published weekly, at the H’'', pioi.i.ARS per annum, when paid 1 t in advance, Two Dollars and ”r,„l if not within the year, Three r ' \„ subscriptions received for , ■' be paid always in advance. ' s ,il in registered letters at our risk. .M] 1;)!f r the direction of their paper 1'itify iis from what office it is to be _ - T s conspicuously inserted at $ I 00 cart’* 51 /;;. Hist insertion, and 50 cents per - iri ' ‘"L Mihsciineid insertion. Those sent 1 jrii'Viou "f the number of insertions, ■ ‘ until ordered out, aud charged ac es, by Administrators, Ex- lircd by law to be held MILLEDGEYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1860. NUMBER 17: NOTICE TO Planters and Others, The undersigned have the appoint' tnent of the American Guano Com pany, as their sole Agents for the Sale of Guano from Jarvis & Baker’s Island, in the Pacific Ocean, for the States of Florida, Alabama and Ten nessee, hereby caution purchasers against buying from all other persons —as there are as many as three spu rious cargoes offered in the markets which were not imported by said com pany, and were taken before any chem ist had arrived on the Island to make selection. Mr. D. II. YV ilcox, of Augusta, has a cargo not imported by the company, and as he refuses to inform us from whence he received it, it is presumable that it is one ot the cargoes alluded to. Others may he offering the whole or parts of the other cargoes referred to. But purchasers will do well to buy front us, or our agents, the genuine ar ticle selected on the Island by compe tent chemists. YVe are selling a large cargo recently landed at Savannah, di rect from the Island, which was care fully selected aud shipped by a com petent chemist, sent out for the purpose of analyzing it before ship ment. Seventeen samples of Guano from the Island, forwarded by Com. Clias. LI. Davis, to the U. S. Government, were analyzed by order of Mr. Tou- cey, Secretary of the Navy, under di- rectionofProfessor Henry of the Smith, sonian Institute at YVashington, which averaged over 711-2 per ct. of Bone Phosphate of Lime, and over 10 per cent of Ammonia. The result of its use in 18-59, by James Gardner, Esq.,editor ofthe Con stitutionalist, and by Frank Hamp ton, of YVoodland, S. C., on cotton lands, leave no doubt that it is the best and cheapest of all Fertilizers of fered in the market, and that Colton Planters cannot compete with their neighbors without the use of it. Our only authorized Agent in Augus ta, Ga., is Mr. J. C. Dawson, No. 2. Warren Block, of whom the genuine article of Jarvis’ & Baker’s Island Gu ano may he had. G. B. LAMAR, YV. YV. CHEEVER. February 14 I860 7 tf NOTICE TO TANNERS. T HE UNDERSIGNED, sole proprietor Tor the State of Georgia, of Johnson’s patent for cer- tain improvements in Tanning Leather, are now offering to the citizens of the state, the right to manufacture leather by this unparalleled process. The experience of more than one year, during which they have been tanning by this method, fully confirm* all the discoverer claims for it. The principal features in this improvement are that no bark is used, and time, the principal objec tion to the old process, is very much abbreviated. Since Leather can be tanned by this method in from six to thirty days, according to thickness, the expense of manufacturing is materially reduced even where bark can be procured at the cheapest rates. The leather is equal if not superior in eve ry respect to the bark tanifcd, and the supplies of material inexhaustible and easily obtained. This patent was issued on the Ifith of June 1858, and leather tanned in this way received the first premium of the State Fairs of Pennsylvania and Ohio the same year. Leather, (and shoes made, of it,) tanned by this method, also, received the premium at the Hancock county Agricultural Fair in 1859. Those desiring to purchase will do well to call on us personally, since they will be better able to judge of the merits of this improvement by person al observation, than by any references we can give. We also solicit the inspection of all compe tent judges in our line of business. Tf.rms—To secure uniformity of prices for coun ty rights, the amount of the per centage collective ly received on the state and county taxes of any county, by the receiver and collector of taxes, will be the price of that county. One-third of the amount to be paid when the right is transferred aud the remainder in one and two years without interest. The prices of individual rights will depend on the advantages of locality. CARPENTER, PINKERTON & CO. 9 Gin* G. 8. Carpenter, > O. Pinkerton, > H. A. Hunt. ) Mt. Zion, Feb. 28, I860 SPRING HOODS! MILLINERY! 11ISS O-A-RK. LTA has just returned from Vew York with a beautiful issortment of SPRING AND SUMMER Consisting of all the NEWEST and most desirable styles of French Hals of every variety. VIso, many rich and fancy articles, beantiful Era- iroidery, elegant Laces and Velvets, Head Dresses uid Dress Caps, Bead Netts, Hair Pins, Bonnet Gins, Fancy Buttons, Lace Veils, Ruches, French and American Flowers, ind a very large aud well selected stock of RIBBONS, MARSALAIN iilks, Hoop Skirts, Ac., Ac. Call and examine for yourselves before purchas- ng, as it will be much to your interest. She is hankful for past favors, and solicits a liberal pa- ronagefrom our city and surrounding counties- Milledgeville, Mar. 20th, I860. 19 tf JOHN T_ SMITH, WITH GSO. W. A JSHZAXi READ, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealeis in Hats, Caps, and Straw Goods, PARIS STYLE BONNETS, FLOWERS, Umbrellas, Parasols, &c. IHO Chambers and SO Warren Sts., NEW YORK. ;3F*4ih and 5tli Streets above the Astor House.*£3 January 24th. I860. 3 6m _ IOS Hiroe MAH, Skn. Ovid 6. Sparks UARDEMAN & SPARKS, WARS HOUSE VNO COMMISSION MERCHANTS Gaboon, Greo. Will sfive prompt attention to the storing and wiling of Cotton, and to ■i filling orders for family and P la " l » ...„ supplies Advances made °n Cotton whcn lesired They refer to a long experience in bnsi Macon. August 23,1859 34—ly_ i PRINTING, of all kinds, promptly and _ . ^ nt (his office. WRIGHT & BROWN, Opposite the Milledgeville Hotel, H A\ E ON HAND aud offer for sale, very low for cash, a large stock of FAMILY GRO CERIES, &e„ &c. SUGARS. 50 bbls. A. B. andC. Sugar, 10 do. Crushed and Powdered do. COFFEE. 30 bags Rio Coffee, 10 do. Laguira do. 10 do. Old Government Java do. 100 Sacks of Flour. W. I. and NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES. Potatoes and Onions. BACOXT-.A choice lot, consisting of HAMS, SIDES and SHOULDERS. 4,000 lbs. No. 1. Leaf Lard. No. ]. and 2. MACKEREL. 300 lbs. COD FISH. Any quantity of Pepper, Spice, Family Soap, Starch, Yeast Powder, &c., &c. Adamantine and Tallow Candles. Zante Currants, at 10 cents per pound. Boston aud New York Mustard. Pickles, in t gal. £ gal. and quart jars. Sardines, large and small boxes. A large lot of Table Cutlery, Axes Hoes and Trace Chains. ;>0() lbs. COOKING SODA, of the best qnality. C&OCXCCB.F-.-Crockery -Crockery. A large assortment of nearly every variety. WOODEN WARE. TUBS.... BUCKETS.... BROOMS. BOOTS & SHOES—Shoes & Boots. 10,000 PAIRS At from 10 to 25 cent, cheaper than anywhere else in town. The prices at which we sell boots and shoes arc astonishing, and it is, no doubt, cheaper to go well shod than bare footed. 4 Bbls. of Camphene and Burning Fluid. 25 Boxes of Tobacco Of various brands. 50,000 SEGARS, From -jjilO to S*50 thousand. LIQUORS. Brandy from 81 to $10 jY gallon. Some very choice vintage, manufactured in 1844. Whiskey from 40 cents to $3,50 gallon.— Some very line, manufactured in 1840, Holland aud Domestic Gin. WINES! HINES! Consisting of Maderia, Sherry, and Port. CIIA MPA ION WINES Of various brands, in quart and pint bottles. A small lot of Gold Seal, worth $28 ■P’ dozen. London Porter and Scotch Ale. Fifty dozen buttles, with many other articles too numerous to mention, in store and for sale at low rates, by WRIGHT & BROWN. Millcdgeville, Feb. 21, 1860. intfp 8 tf ■m HERTY fe HALL. WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRUGGISTS. I r EEP CONSTANTLY ON hand a full stip- V ply of Drugs, Medicines, Chemi- cales, Dyestuffs, Faints, Oils, Var nish, Putty, Window Glass. Burning Fluid, Camphene, Perfumery, dtc. Also, Books Of all sorts, Blank, Novels, School Books, Bibles. Stationery—a large supply. A Choice lot of Brandies, Wines, See., for Medicinal purposes. A Barge supply of very fine Cigars just received. Garden Seed—Onion sets, best varieties. ST. B• PRESCRIPTIONS carefully com pounded by Dr. HARTLEY HALL. Milledgeville, Januarj" 31, I860 5 3m Increase ami Improve your Horses. THE thorough bred horse HIAWATHA, will remain the present Spriko Season at my residence, in Island Creek neighborhood, Baldwin county, at $20 the Season, and $25 to insure. The attention of planters and oth ers is invited to this opportunity of increasing and improving their stock. HIAWATHA was sired by Murat, and he by Arab, Jr., and he by old Arab. The dam of Arab, Jr., was by imported Bryanolin, grand dam by im- orted Bedford. Murat’s dam was by old Chero- ee, and be by old Arcliy. Hiawatha’s dam was by Cherokee, and lie by Archy. For further particulars, see bills. JOHN R. RESPESS. Baldwin co., March 27, I860 13 5t New Spring it Summer Goods. TINSLEY it NICHOLS, DEALERS IN* Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Bats, Caps, Fine Boots and Shoes, WAYNE STREET, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. H AVE RECEIVED their S^5T•iZY.g■ and SurOLiner supplies, and respectfully solicit all in want of Goods in our line, to call and examine our large and varied stock, which we are offering at fair prices. March 20, 18fi(l 12 tf NEW LAW FIRM. RUTHERFORD & HARRIS, MACON, GA. W ILL practice Law in Bibb and adjoining counties, and in the United States Court at Savannah and Marietta. —ALSO— In any county in the State by Special contract. John Eutheriohu. Charles J. Harris. March 10 1860. 11 tf- & MEW ARRIVAL. 1 AM now receiving a large aud varied assortment of BOOTS & SHOES, Comprising every kind and style usually kept in a SHOE STORE. THE MEN can find in this assortment some thing to please them and give satisfaction in the wear. THE LADIES will not be found wanting, and THE CHILDREN shall be supplied. This stock was purchased by myself, and I in tend to sell as CH EAR FOR CAS Has can be bought else where. Call and see. CABVZir C. CARA. Milledgeville March 20, I860. 12 tf. T^IST W ANTED AT the Georgia Penitentiary » large quantity of TAN BARK, for which the highest cash price will be paid. Farmers hav ing land to clear this winter will find it profitable by saving all the Tan Bark they can. Contracts to supply the institution with balk can be made by application to the undersigned. W ELI McCONNELL, F. K. Milledgeville, Jan. 3, 1859 1 26t I^kUFFLEY, FERRONS & Co. would respect YJ fully inform the public that they are now pre pared to execute any work in their line with neat ness and despatch—such as SUGAR MILL ROLLS, of any size, turned or unturned, from $20 to $120 per set; SUGAR KETTLES^from 30 to t20gallous; Saw and Grist Mill Machinery, Tan ning Mill Irons and Gin Gear, of any size ; henc- imr for Houses, Gardens. Balconies and Cemeteries at Eastern prices-work warranted. Sash weights. Block weights, Window sills and Window caps, and Door steps made of the best material. January 25,1859 4 tf ATTENTION! ATTENTION! A LLOW me to say here that by next Thurs day, March 22d, I expect my stock of -A. in. cL ^ V WILL ^ S, Cotton A Wool Manufacturing. T HE WOOL MANUFACTURING of the sub scriber will hereafter be carried on at the, Rock Factory. Wool witl be rece.ved and tlm’ Cloth and Rolls delivered m Milledgeville. Mr C C Carr is my Agent in Milledgeville and wilf fill cash orders for Cotton Yarns, Osnaburgs, Ker; *ey 8 ,fac..«t the lowest P£ e j EWELL . j November 30,1858 48 ^f \ > WILL fN \> V be W early J COMPLETED I am already in receipt of a portionjof my Stock, which comprises in part the following, viz: SILKS, B F F F R L A g A O A N L M 1 B A N C C “ N E K Y D D p S , , 8 E BERE&ES, Plain and Fancy, And Berege Robes, from $2.75 up. A few of those BEREOE ANGLOS, And some in Robes to cost from $7.00 to $20.00 I have MUSLIMS A MUSZiZBr ROBES, ORGANDIES AND ORGANDY ROBES, Cheaper than I ever saw them .’ I wish to draw your especial attention to a Case of English Printed Cambrics, that was bought in the Auction Room for l great deal Less than the Cost of Impor- tatation. will Retail them at the low price of 15 cents per yard. Some French Cambrics at 30 and 35 cents, worth more money. A fine line of American Prints, Homespuns, Cassirneres, Cottonades, &c. A fine Stock. My Stock of iMr^-XsTTILL^S Comprises all the Newest Styles, such as SILK IIA RAGE, BA IIAGE ANGLO, !fC. Lace Points as low as $4.50, and some Lace Man tles at $15.00 that are Handsome. I have added largely to my Stock of NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS. My Stock of Hoop Skirts is complete. I have some Skirts with Thirty Springs, (made of the Best Steel,) as low as $2.00. My Large Stock of Ladies, Misses and Children’s SHOES, Was bought from the Manufacturers on the eve of the extensive strike for cash, and at a Great Reduction from the Cost of Manufacturing. My stock of MEN AND BOYS HATS Though Small is Very Good. The Ladies who have charge of my MILLINERY DEPARTMENT, Will have their Regular Opening on Thursday, March 22d, when will be exhibited the Finest Stock of the kind ever brought to this market. They were Selected by Mrs. Landrum, who has great experience, having been in business many years in New York City. I have all tlie Novelties of the season, both French and American. Crape Bonnets, new styles, Straw do., Misses and Children’s Hats, Ladies C A P S and Headdresses, The Eugene Ciipes, And Berthas, French Sets, Collars and Sleeves, Artificial Hair in Curls, Braids, Switches and Front-Pieces. In fact almost everything in that line. 1 adhere to the Cash Principle, which is suffi cient evidence that the foregoing will be sold cheap. An early call is solicited. W. G. LANTERMAN. Milledgeville, March 20,1860. J2tf TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, THE UNDERSIGNED has just .returned from New Yotk with a well selected stock of the latest jattems of VESTINGS, CASSI- MERES, CLOTHS, Ac., Consist ing iupart of fine Cloths for DreSS or Frock Coats, Black, Drab and Fancy Cassi- meres for Pants, full suits. &c. A large and choice lot of ~\7~6StiUgS, embracing the very latest styles, for the coming season. He returns his thanks for past favors, and soli cits a liberal share of patronage, feeling assured that he will be able to give entire satisfaction. Garments made lip in the latest fashion. THOMAS BROWN. Milledgeville, March 27, 1860 13 tf IILLEDGEVILLE HOTEL. 3a MatcL THAT MAGNIFICENT BUILDING, the _g MILLEDGEVILLE HOTEL, is now offered for LEASE or KENT for a term of years from 1st of July next. This is one of the largest Hotels in Georgia—fronting on NVayne Street 210 feet aud on Green Street 180 feet, and but a few moments walk from tlie State Capitol. It contains 75 Bed Rooms, Bar and Billiard Rooms, and Ladies anti Gentlemen’s Parlors, all fitted np with the most improved modern style of furniture, which will undergo complete and thorough repairs before the new tenant takes possession. The whole house will lie replastered, repainted aud thorough ly repaired during the next three months. On tlie premises arc ample Kitchens, Servants Rooms, Smoke-house and Store Rooms. _ This is a rrira chance for a FIRST CLASS Ho tel Keeper, (raid none other need apply) to make money. This House has a good transient custom, whicb new R. ulrimi connections now in contem plation will gi catty improve, while the Annual Ses sions of the Le gisfature. Conventions, &c., will in sure to the proprietor an unfading source of reve- nI Annlioation» to lease or rent, will be made to the undersigned. P- M. COMPTON, Pres’t [cogeville, April 3, 1860 14 tf M01c J. A. * W. W. TURNER. ATTOKIuJEUSrS AT LAW, l*jatontorL, Ga- October 18,1859* ’ 48 1J LETTER FROM GEY HOUSTON- Be Does not Desire-his Hama to go before the Charleston Conven tion. The Present Convention System Exposed. Zndependent Views on Politics. He is Willing lo Trnst the People. Austin, Texas, March 25th, 1860. To Messrs. John NV. Harris, 1 Dan’l D. Atkinson, i Galveston S. Carroi. Smith. ; A. S. Rdthven, J Texas > Gentlemen :—Your letter of January 20th, was received in due time ; but owiug to a press of official duties, I have been unable to answer it, until the present moment. And in fact, even at this time, such is the complex attitude of our State affairs, owing to the Indian troubles on our border and the condition of our Treasury, that I will not be able to devote that attention to it, which I would desire. Iu your letter, you desire to know, whether I trill permit my name to be used as a candidate for the Presidency, before the Charleston Contention" and solicit a frank expression of my tieics thereupon ; and I will state that numerous letters from various parts of the Union, have reached me, making the same inquiry. Disposed at all times to give a free expression to iny views, I shall caudidly meet the question be fore me. Nor will it be amiss iu me, to glance at the present condition of our politics, their tenden cies and results. The grand idea of parties, as maintained by the great uien of the past, has been destroyed. All those absorbing questions of finance and govern ment, which rallied around Jackson aud Clay, the patriotism of the country, differing as to the* best mode of advencing tlie national interests, yet all striving to accomplish that cud, are lost sight of.— We arc drifting onward in the march of extrava gance and eoiruption. That which pertains to the whole country, commands scarcely a passing thought, while that which pertains to each individ ual section, is a tliemc of distraction. The democratic party, which eight years ago carried its candidate into the Presidency, by au overwhelming majority, is divided by factious.— Coalitions formed with men of more anibition^hau patriotism, have broken down the old laud marks. National men have given place to sectional agita tors. Practical national questions have given way to abstractions. .Slavery agitation has been renew ed iu Congress; and the great work of the pacifi cators of 1850, lias been undone. Sectionalism has been the canker-worm, which has feasted on the party, until its vitality has been well nigh con sumed. It is needless to define, at any length, the various heresies, which distract the country, each claiming for itself the name of Democracy. They each have their peculiar advocates and are suited to peculiar sections or isms. Whether known by the name of “Squatter Sovereignty,” or a Congressional Slave Codo for the Territories, they are alike opposed to the true doctrine of “non-intervention,” and calcu lated to renew and keep alive the dangerous agita tion of the slavery question, which both the po litical parties were pledged to resist, “under xchat- eter color or shape it is presented." Then come all the shades ofdisunion at the South,—men who have been the advocates, of re-opening the African Slave Trade—men who sustain tin 1 secession or disunion scheme proposed by tin' Legislature of South Car olina—who have counselled extreme measures for more than a quarter of a century and who in the garb of democracy, have used all their energies to promote the work of disunion, and prepare Jie way for the erection of a Southern Confederacy, upon the ruins of ourConstitutionnl Union. The Charleston Convention is to behold these elements—“black spirits and white, red and grey.” —conglomerated.—Men, who have devoted tlicir lives to the service of the Constitution aud National principles, are to behold the humiiiatiug spectacle: and their sentiments and councils are to be tram pled under foot, by those who go committed to doc trines subsersive -of tlie Government and the rights ofthe people of the States, In olden times, there were no conventions, but those designed to form organic systems of govern ment. As men became more aspiring and less scrupulous with regard to the impulses .of patriot ism, and a determination was evinced to sacrifice great principles in a general scramble for place and power, a desire was manifested, to adopt some means by which public, opiuion could he concen trated upon certain individuals, calculated to be its exponents. The caucus systemfwas introduced.— After its practice for a brief period, its tendencies were discovered to lead to absorption of political power in the hands of a few, to the prejudice ofthe public weal. It was repudiated and the spontane ous will of the people, after being fairly called into action, placed Gen. Jackson in the Presidential chair. He had denounced every thing like caucus dictation, as degrading to American feeling. He was elevated the second time, when the first at tempt at the convention system was made, and Mr. Van Burcn nominated as Vice President on Gen. Jackson’s ticket. Gen. Jackson refused to allow his name to be submitted to the convention, preferring hisclection to come from the people. This was the first in doctrination of national polities with the system of conventions ami platforms. It has obtained from that time until the present and has been subject to a continual degenerating process. At that period, I was not a resident of the United States. After the annexation of Texas to the Un ion, while a member of the United States Senate, I was, in common with my colleagues iu Congress, instructed, in 1848, by the Legislature of the State, to attend at Baltimore, as a delegate to the Conven tion, which there assembled and vote tlie senti ments of the State. NVe acted iu accordance with our instructions. From that time to the present, my name has been used before Conventions, both iu this State and at Haltimore, by the direction of the State Legislature; without any contrivance of mine, or without my having been consulted on the subject. My reason for acting in the Baltimore Conven tion, was, that it represented the democratic party, the party to which I had ever been attached and with which I had consistently acted. As my views weie Notional and my po’itics embraced the Un ion, when sectionalism began to absorb all nation al issues, I set my face against it, and when in violation of the pledges the democratic party had made the country, the Nebraska and Kansas bill was introduced as a democratic measure, I refused to vote for it. For this I was prescribed and my name held up to censnre. The name of democra cy was invoked, with the patronage of the admin istration, and tlie denunciation of every dema gogue North and South arrayed against me as a traitor to the South, and an abolitionist. Upon that I have no reflections to make. The past and present unhappy agitation on the slavery ques tion, aud the disruption of fraternal feeling be tween the North and the South, would seem to manifest that I was not blind to the consequences of thnt measure in my resistenee to its adoption. Since then I hare deplored the misfortunes of the country, and that Legislative construction was substituted for judicial action. My earnest hope is, that as no possiblo benefit resulted to the section which 1 represented, no ultimate evil will befal the whole country from its adoption. I have in the past acted with and stood by the democratic party; but it was a national party.— With the trickery and scheming, the bargain and saic of conventions, I have had nothing to do.— The evil effects to the country of disregarding public opinion and putting forward the choice of politicians, has keen seen aud felt by good men of all parties. At first something was due con ventions, because they, to some extent represented the people. They have degenerated into assem blages, the majority of which represent nobody but the hangers on of towns, while the bone and sinew of the country, are led to acquiesce in their action, under the pressure of the sectional ques tion which now divides the country. Nor are these evils less apparent to a host of good national men, who form a minority of con ventions. They cling to the hope that their pres ence and action will eventuate in some good—that they may act as a leaven to the lump of corruption and restore the days of patriotism and honesty; but I call such to bear me witness, when I say that their efforts thus far have been unavailing. They are still hoping, aud though such is not their object, they contribute vastly to the perpetuation of the corruptions, to which they are opposed. Their names and virtues furnish the drops upon which politicians rest. Their association gives character to the proceedings and though their counsels are unheaded, the dictum of conventions, often wins the respect of the community, from their con nection with them. Many such, anxious to escape from the evils whieh affiict the country and restore harmony and peace, yet regard this,as the only mode of embody ying the public sentiment aud are ready to attempt the system, void of its abuses; but they willfiud that the political atmosphere must first be purified by a great upheaving of the masses. Laadable as their object may be and pure as may be their motives, they will fiud that the corruptions and chicanery, which have characterised the proceed ings of conventions, have so disgusted the people that the moral force of their resolves will be. lost. The popular chord, when touched aright, will vi brate in harmony with the Constitution and the Union. I have faith enough in the masses, to be lieve, that they will appreciate a confidence in their power of self-government and that ere the fatal hour to our liberties shall come, they will moved by a sense of danger, take the control of the nation from the hands of designing politic ians. The fact is current that the people are ignored entirely by politicians, when the chances of Pres idential candidates are summed np, aud he who has at his command, the greatest number of clique leaders, is regarded as certain of a nomina tion. This is not to be attributed cither to the failure of republican principles of government, or a want of patriotism, on the part of the people. The principles maintained by Jackson and his com peers are eternal. They may slumber while the war of factious is going on. The serpent of sec tionalism may crawl stealthily toward the alter of our liberties, but when its head is raised to strike down the Constitution, and perhaps alas! not un til the, patriotism of Jackson, will, even from his grave awaken and arouse the people to a sense of their danger. Troublous times are coming, when, unless the people, in the majesty of their nation- ality, go forth to battle against corrupt cliques and ambitious agitators, the days of the Republic will be numbered. Had I fora moment, supposed that the Conven tion system would ever have degenerated to its present condition, I certainly never would have entered one. They are now inconsistent with the genius of our government. If it is to be conduc ted upon principles of self-government, it pre-sup- poses capacity sufficient for that purpose and that there is a public sentiment, which properly ex pressed, is to form a rule of action. There must he some mode, by which that public sentiment shall he expressed, it is true; but Conventions having failed to express it, we must look to the ballot box in the formation of conventions, public sontiment is not regarded, nor expressed ;ti hut cliqes and management and chicanery are resorted to as suli- slitutes for it. It is declared by the advo cates of Conventions, that their object is to give expression to the popular will but the, ef fect, as well as the design is, to control the popular action. Hence it is the highest priv ilege of a freeman, is consigned to the keeping of a few crafty and designing politicians. Thus, nominations are made and platforms originate and are declared the orthodox sentiments ; and he who does not submit to this dictation is to be pro scribed. In the construction of platforms, the first thing considered is, how he can best contrive to gull the people, secure party success aud distribute the “spoils;” and in their arrangement, the effort is not to announce in bold and unmistakable terms, doctrines, which will touch the hearts of the mas ses and convince tlieir reason, but to express in ambiguous language, ideas subject to different constructions in various parts of tlie Union and calculated to deceive. The qualifications of a candidate are not con sidered, nor whether he is known to the nation, or has done aught to advance its interests; but is he available ! If he is, the end of party is secured, and there are always on the spot, the leading ineu of delegations, friendly to him, ready to give pledges, who united, nominate tlie candidate and indorse him. Pledging all the del egates who enter the Convention, to support the nominee, that independent action, so essential to freedom is destroyed. No independent man ought to accept a nomina tion, accompanied by any platform, with which his previously entertained opinions, arc in con flict. If his feelings are national and lie .Las claims upon the confidence of the country, the nation must know what his principles are, and if they are proper, they surely do not require the endorsement of a Convention to make them pass current, with the people, but tlieir intelligence will enable them to judge. And again, if an in dividual accepts a nomination of a party, under these circumstances, he could not lie President of the nation. He must, select liis Cabinet from the members of tlie party. He must make all liis prominent appointments from the party, and allow party leaders to select them. No matter what the merits,—no matter how patriotic and intelligent in individual may be, unless he has “voted the ticket,” he is to be excluded from office and his merits and claims disregarded. A man who would consent to be a mere tool, because it secured him the Presidency, does not deserve to be the head of a nation ! Unless he reserves to himself the right of remaining free and nn tram mol led from all pledges, except his official obligations, he will never be able to control the destinies of this great nation ; and if he would give a single pledge to secure the Presdency, it is conclusive of his want of merit and he deserves to be repudiated.— Though the nation might accidentally prosper un der his administration, by its mere self-sustaining powers and the onward spirit of our people, he would ever feel that he was degrading the post he occupied, and the adulation of parasites would be poor recompense for the forfeiture of self-rc- kpect If a President is to govern tlie nation, his coun sellors should be chosen front the nation, and since party names have ceased to represent prin ciples, he who is elevated to the Presidency, should regard it as a whole, and calling around him those who have been true to the Constitution and the Union, and with the Constitution for his foundation, he should endeavor to rear a struc ture glorious to his country and perpetual as his race. If the original idea of Conventions was to cou- ceutrate public opiuiou, that idea has been lost sight of. The representative character has been abandoned and the effort is made to create public opinion. A slavish subservency to arrogant dem agogues, in the leading strings of cliques, has pos sessed those who aspire to office and favor is sought at their hands, rather than of the people. The result is, that the bold spirit which once character ized our statesmen is cramped. They should stand the sentinels of liberty and progress, challenging the admiration of the world for the beniticencc of our institutions, or announcing national doctrines in keeping with their expansive spirit; but bound within the scope of platforms, they dare not jeo pardize party success, by the enunciation of. aught that is new or startling. Politicians no longer take the lead in the path of progress aud enter prise. No great measure, is proposed by them. They are content to be at a stand still and enjoy the spoils ; and when the masses have shown their determination to achieve a result, as was the case with the annexation of Texas, they step in and con vert it to their own purposes. A statesman, elected to the Presidency of these United States, should enter upon the discharge of duty, bound within the narrow confines of no plat form, framed to serve the purposes of success, but subject to be coustrued to suit the views of every faction and section. He should have doctrines, clearly enunciated, bold and independent. Stand ing upon the Constitution, he should embrace in his grasp, all that tends to the welfare of the Amer ican people, the expansion of American institu tions aud the defeuse of American honor, no mat ter from whence the assault might come. What party, what platform will sustain such a Presi dent ? Who that regards tlie true policy of our nation can fail to see, that humanity, liberty, American interests and security, alike demand that our gov ernment should extend a Protectorate over Mexico? Politicians may shirk the issue ; but destiny will force it on our people. It cannot be averted. It is our dnty to civilization, to stay the hand of ra pine aud murder in that country and to establish regulated government there. It is our interest to put its resources iu process of development aud aud open the country to trade aud commerce.— Cursed by anarchy, its vast wealth lies dormant. Establish order aud its beautiful vallies, will give forth abundance, its hidden mineral wealth be re vealed. Our security alike points to this as the only mode by which we will be free from the in vasion of bandits or the concentration of influence there, to us ^s a nation. Looking upon this, the true policy ofthe United States, I believe that statesmen should lend their efforts to effect a con summation so desirable to humanity, so important to our safety. If not done legitimately, and under tho National auspices, the restless spirit of our people cannot be restrained; but it will pnsli w’est- ward and accomplish that which timid politicians dare not achieve. Surrounded by the minions of party, tied to a meaningless platform, compelled to consult the suc cess of the party, rather than the welfare of tho country, what humiliation would fall upon a man of nerve and patriotism ? And should he .attempt to act as duty would dictate, and Sampsou like, break the withs that bound him, no maligui- ty has yet been invented, which would exceed the hostility with which those who but yesterday sought his favor, would pursue him. What hope can the country have for that great enterprise, a Pacific railroad, so long as the prer ent thirst for spoils, controls politics and all the wants of the country are made subservient to slavery agitation ? What guarantee for proteo- tioa can |$e eftiseas of our border have, so long ah sectionalism arrays the people erf the North asd South iu conflict, and they are taught to regard each other as enemies? What hope for American expansion, for the progress of American liberty, can fill the heart of a patriot, as he beholds the only land where freedom has maintained an exis tence, given over to sectional strife ? Foreign ves sels may insult onr flag, as they have done, they may fire into onr vessels within sonnd of our forts, they may build up a strength at our very doors, and while the great heart of the nation is straggling for utterance, throbbing wildly at the remembrance of the wrong, the National pride must be humbled, or vent itself upon some sickly fifth-rate power', because the counsellors whom party has forced upon the President, have not the courage to stand boldly forth aud vindicate the honor of their coun try at all hazards, nor he the nerve and discern ment to point the way! What independent man would be such a Presi dent ! With tho Constitution for his guide, he should be trammelled by no party pledges. Ho should enter iuto no bargain with political cliques or party leaders, whose corruptions must be cloak ed and who must be retained in office to save the party the odium of exposure; and who, when th« y could uo longer impose upon his friendship, would turn their traitorous fangs to bite him. He shonld recognice no affiliations with men who have been untrue to the Constitution in both sections. He should accept uo flavor at the hands of such. Nom inated by the Charleston Convention, he would en dorse the heresies of each and every faction com posing it, and a horde of these men, who have been striving for years to denationalize the demo cratic party, until they have reduced it to a cvrn- biuatiou of factions, would stand with their eternal cry of “spoils,” iu the way of every righteous en deavor of bis administration. Contemplate the scene now spread out before the gaze of the American people! The Democrat ic party, no longer represents the principles, which secured its triumphs iu the days of Andrew Jack- sou. The Whig party which also had its triumphs, no longer maintains an organization. The great North, which eight years ago rallied with enthusi asm around the Democracy, is in the hands of a sectional party. Congress, the arena of sectional wrangle, while politicians are engaged in the task ot President making; and Senatorial caucuses in accordance with centralizing tendencies, are arrang ing Platforms, still further to take the power from the hands ofthe people. hat is the test, ot strength ? Is it asked with respect to a candidate: Is he the choice of the people ! Not so; the people are kept in the back ground to do the bidding ot politicians and he who can secure the most of these, the people must vote for. With the fact that almost every Northern State is lost to the party by this denationalizing process, the country is expected to stand still, aud let the crisis come, without making one effort to avert it, V\ hat hope can he, who is nominated at Charl eston have of calliDg forth the conservatism of the North, to sustain the Constitution, aud the Union, when his very nomination would carry a pledge to place in power those who have already been untrne to it ? What hope, I say, would he have trora the North, for it is well known that the 8outli is con sidered as bought and paid for by the politicians, and they have the receipt. It has been made the scape-goat so long, that it is deemed there is no escape for it now; and uo matter what dangerous heresies are personified in the nominee, the South must support him, in obedience to Conventional d.elation, under the sham pretext that it is the only course by which our political salvation can be secured! It my name should be used in connection with the Presidency, the movement most originate with the people themselves, as well as end with them. I will not consent to have my name submitted to any Convention, nor would I accept a nomination, it it were tendered me, and procured by contriv ance, trick or management. If such a thing were possible, that I could be elected and not in harmo ny with the voice of the majority of the American people, I would not hold the position a single day, but retire to private station, solaced by self-respect. Thine truly, SAM HOUSTON. ODDS AND ENDS. He wlio has made time his friend, will have little to fear from his enemies ; bnt he that has made it his enemy, will have blit little to hope from his friends. Good faith is the richest exchequer of Governments, for, the more it is drawn upon, the firmer it is, and its resources in crease with its paymeuts. Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and instructor who knows ns bet ter than we know ourselves, and He loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strenghens our nerves and sharpens our skill; onr antagonist is liras our helper.—> [Butke. The highest and most characteristic glo ry of all earthly beauty is make us aspire to a heavenly one ; and a woman is great in proportion to the ideal slie suggests. You may outlaw the friend of truth, bat truth remains; you may humble the poet, the artist, and the Christian, but you can not debase poetry, or art, or Christianity, They are best situated to he happy, who are neither too high nor two low— high enough to see models of good manners aud obscure enough to be left in the sweet est of solitudes. It has been well observed that advice is not disliked because it is advice, bnt be cause so few people know how to give it. Yet there are people vain enough to hate it in proportion to its very agreeableness. Idleness and poverty.—To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches; and tberofore, every man endeavors with the utmost care to hide bis poverty from oth ers, aud bis idleness from himself. We should be willing to feed a thousand sparrows with ail the cherries their little crops can carry, for the sake of that very truth which God has associated with their name, and which they recite to us every day. Wealth is not acquired as many persons suppose, by fortunate speculations and splendid enterprises, but by the daily prac tice of industry, frugality, and economy.— Ho who relies upon these means will rare ly be found destitute, and whosoever re lies upon any other will generally become bankrupt. Kissing is a custom banded down to ns from the Greeks and Romans, as to the true signification of which we are not per fectly clear. Probably it is symbolic of the snn’s rays greeting the earth ; and if so, doubtless was received, with all the oth er lore of sun-worsbip, from the Orientals. Bealh of aa Old Citizen. Mr. Benjamin Carr, for tho last twenty 'years, a citizen of Covington, died at the residence of John P. Carr, in this city, on the night of the 7th inst, in the ninety- third year of his age. He leaves a wife, who is one hundred years of age, and numerous relatives and friends to mourn his departure. No bodily disease afflicted him at the time of his death; bnt the natural ravages of Time upon the system, having gradually worn the thread of life asunder, be quietly passed from Time to Eternity, well stricken in years, and the traits of a well spent life.—Cov. Timet. An Important Question Answerer.— What would this world be without wo man 1 Ans.—A perfect blank—like a sheet of paper not even ruled ! A correspondent of the Atlanta Confederacy calls upon the South to contribute to the support of the New England shoemakefi in their struggle with their masters, and offers to subscribe $100 to begin

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