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|, Raymond’# lleply to Mr. Stevens.
.</ Ilrprcxentafives, J)vv. 21 si,
1 must *uy that 1 wrh glad when I
Reived the di-tit guisbed gentleman
sylvan in (Mr. Stevens), him-
Fthe Chairman uti the part nfthis Ilou-e
lie great ('ommittep on Roconstrue*
.»1 i ll in a discussion of this gen*
l .-third, and thus invito all tho
;i» who pim*o to follow him in tho
li, •ho remarks which he made
holy a lew days since, he laid
with the el«*arneps and tho force
clia'iieL*ii3**s everythin/? ho snys
ai's, lus point of departure in coin
in',g tlii■* /treat work. 1 had hoped
I the ground lid would laydown would
ivch that we could all of us stand upon
md co-operate w ith him in our eom-
J object. I Icel constrained to say, air,
II Jo it without tho sli^hte*! disposi-
Iim rente or to exaggerate differences,
I there were point# in his exposition of
situation of the country with which I
I. otc-'fifur. I cannot for myself start
Ji\\tpei*»*ly the point which he assumes.
In remarks on that occasion ho as-
|ed that tho S ales lately in rebellion
Bund are out of the Union. TurouRn-
Uiij-pc « h — I will not trouble you with
|ing passages from it—1 find him
mg of the States a* 'outside of tho
1. u- ‘dead Mates,’ as ‘having for*
all tboir rights, and terminated their
|begisteiu'C.’ 1 lind him stating that
ire and for four years l.avo boon out
Union l«-r all legal -purpose#,’ as
f,, V"" r yearn a aquarato uuui.
a sopurate nation. His position,
Jrf.ro, i- tiint these States having been
II. ious are now out of tho Union, and
lly within tlic jurisdiction of the Con
Ition of the United States as eo mueb
li"ry, t-» be dealt with precisely as the
1 of tho conqueror—to use his own
Juage— may dictate. Now, eir, if the
lion is correct, it prescribes for us a
|of poli. y to be pursued very different
one that will bn proper if it is not
Hi* belief i» that what we have
to create m w State# out of this ter-
*t the proper time, many years dis-
" retaining th* m meantime in a terri-
mn'li 1 n, and subjecting them to
■fly such a Hate <51 discipline and tu
* hs Uiingre-# or tho government of
LnU**il hi iy see fit to prescribe.
* • v«* in ili:* premises which ho as-
pofrui.,..-. hough L do not think
Holy—1 might agree with the conclu-
|lin retch* *. Hilt, sir, I cannot believe
. ' our condition, I cannot be*
|llitt ih« Siaten have ever been out
i baton, or that they are now out of
1 cannot believe that they
*n < rare now in any sense a
'M It they were, sir, how
I »i"n did they b<come so? They
i • 1 this Union, tbat&vory
|vMneeiles bound t * tlio Union and
srueinb.-rs of the Union by the Con*
a 0! tl,,» uuited States. If they
* t " it <>i th** I ni«*n it was ul some
|u*»a tune ami by some specific act,
the tightful jurisdiction of the Constitu
tion oi tho United Slate*. They have in
terrupted, lor a time, the practical enforce
ment and exercise of that jurisdiction.—
l hey rendered it impossible for a time for
this government to enforce obedience to
its laws, but there has novor been an hour
when this government or this Congress, or
thi> House, or tho gentleman from Penn
sylvania himsolf, over conceded that those
Slate- wore beyond the jurisdiction of the
Constitution and laws of the United States.
During all these four ye rs of war, Con
gress has been making laws for the gov
ernment of those very Stntcs, and tho gen
tleman from Pennsylvania has voted for
them aixl voted to raise armies to onforco
them. Why was this done if they were a
separate natiou? Why, if they wore not
a part of the United Slates? Thoso laws
wore made for them as State#. Mom hers
have voted for laws imposing upon them
direct taxes, which are apportioned ac
cording to the Constitution only among
the several State* according to their popu
lation it* a variety of way*, to somo of
which the gentleman who preceded mo
has referred. This Congres* has by its ac
tion assumed anil asserted that they wore
f.ill States in tho Union though in rebel
lion. and that it was with the rebellion we
wero making war, and not with the States
themselves as States, and still loss as a sep
arate, as a foreign power. The gentle
man from Pennsylvania citod a variety of
log cal precedents and declarations of
principle, nearly of them. 1 believe, drawn
lmm the celebrated decision of the Su
premo Court pronounced by Justice Grier,
in what are popularly known as the prize
eases. 11 is citations wore all made for the
purpose of proving that the»-e States woro
in a condition of public war, that they
were waging 6uch a war us could only bo
waged by a separate and independent
power, but a careful scrutiny of that de
cision will show that it lends not tho slight-
o.-t* countenance to such an inference.—
Gentlemen who hour mo will doubtless
recollect that the object of tho trial in
tlio.-o cases was to decide whether the war
then raging was such a content as justified
a resort to tho mode* and usages of public
war, of which tho blockade was one. Jus
tice Grier decided that it was—that so far
n> the purpose* and weapons of war wero
concerned, the two parties were belliger
ents,and Hint the government might block
ade tin* ports and capture property within
the line* of the district in rebellion, pre
cisely a- if that district were an indepen-
lent nation, engaged in a public war; but
|r.
that has not been tho case. It novor is
the case in great communities, for they
always have Constitutions and forms of
governments. It may not be a Constitu
tion or form of government adapted to its
relation to the Ci .ivernment of the United *
States, and that would bo an evil to be
remedied by the Government of tho Uni- j
tea State*. That is what wo have been |
trying to do for ih-’ last four yrara. Tho j
practical relations of tho Governments of j
those States with tho Government of tho
United States wero all wrong and were
hostile to that Government. They denied 1
our jurisdiction; they denied that they J
wero States of the Union; but their denial |
did not chango tlm fact, and there never ,
was any time when their organization* as
States wore destroyed. A dead State is a
solecism, a contradiction of terms, an im
possibility. These are, 1 confers, rather
metaphysical distinctions, but 1 did not
raise them. Those who assert that a State
is destroyed whenever its constitution is
changed or whenever it* practical rela
tions with this government are changed,
must bo hold responsible for whatever
metaphysical niceties may bo necessarily
involved in tho discussion. I do not
know, sir, that I have made my views on
this point clear to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelley), who has
questioned me upon it, and am still more
doubtful whether, even if they are intelli
gible, he will concur wiih 1110 as to their
justice. Hut 1 regard those States just as
truly within the jurisdiction of thoUonsli
tution, and, therefore, just a* really and
truly Statesol the American Union now,
as they wero before tho war. Their prac
tical relations to the government of the
United State* have been disturbed, and
wo have been endeavoring through four
yeais of war to restore them, and make
them what they wore before the war. The
military in the field has given us tho means
of doing this. NVe can now re-establish
tho practical relation of those State* to the
government, and tho actual jurisdiction
over them, which they vainly attempted
to throw off, is already restorod. The
conquest wo have achieved, is a conquest
over tho rebellion, not a conquest ov *r the
States whoBcnulhnrity.t ho rebellion had for
the time subverted. For these reason a I
think tho view submitted bv tho gentlo-
man from Pennsylvania (Mr. fdtoveuh)
upon this point are unsound.
Let mo next cite some of tho conso-
quences which it seems to mo must follow
the acceptance of his position. If, as ho
. . assorts, wo have been waging war with an
ho Miid not one word which could assert | independent power, with a separate na-
or imply that it was an independent 11a- tioii, I cannot see how wo can talk of
ti"ii, that it had a separate existence, or treason in connection with our recent
had gone out of the “sovereign” jurisdie- | conflict, or demand the execution of l)u-
tion of the Unit* d Slates. On the contrary, ! vis or anybody else as u traitor. Certain-
everything ho said, the very passages J ]y t if we were at war with 11113* other for-
quoted l*3 T the gentleman from Ponnsyl- J cign power, wo should never talk of the
vnwia himself, imply and assert precise^* ■ treason of tho«o who woro opposed to us
the opposite. He speaks of them not as I j| 4 the field. If wo wero engaged in a war
sever ign, hut as claiming to he sovereign; 1 with Franco and should take as a prisoner
not as bring separate, hut as trying to^bo tho Krnperor Napoleon, certainly we
sopuruto from the United States. Tho could not talk of him u* a traitor or
feet right to require certain conditions in
tho nature of guarantees for tho future,
and that right rests primarily and techni
cally on the surrender wo tuny and must
require at their hands. The rebellion has
been defeated, arid a defeat always implies
a surrender, and in a political senso a
surrender implies more than a transfer of
tho arms used on the liold of battle—it
implies, in tho ease of civil war, a surren
der of tho principles and doctrines, of all
the weapons and agencies by which tho
war ha* been carried on. Tho military
surrender was made on tho field of battle
to our gonerals a# the agents and repre
sentatives of tho Commander in Chief of
tho armies of the United States. Hut this
is not all they have still to surrender.
Well, if it seems important to tho gen
tleman from Rhode Island, or to anybody
olso, I am quite willing to make the addi
tion to iny remark which ho suggests. I
will say, thon, that in surrendering on tho
field of battle, thoy surrendered to the
general* who wore in command of the
armies os agents of tho President of tho
United States, himself the agent and rep
resentative of tho American poople. If
that explanation is satisfactory to the gen
tleman, 1 am vory happy to make it; and
perhaps 1 am obliged to him for haring
onabled mo to stale it a little more spoqifi-
cally and accurately than 1 did at firsL
Now there must be at the end of tho war a
similar surrender on tho political field of
controversy. That surrender is one as an
act of justice from tho defeated party to
the victorious party. It is one also—and
wo have a right to exam it—a* a guaranty
lor the future. \Y by do we demand the
surrender of their urms by tho vanquished
in every battle? We do it that thoy may
not renew tho contest. Why do we soek
in their fall a surrender of tho principle*
on which they fought? It is that they
may nover again ho made the basis of
controversy ami rebellion against tho Gov
ernment of the United Slates. Now what
are the principles which should thus be
surrendered? Tho principle of State sov
ereignty is one of them. It was tho cor
ner stone of the rebellion—at once its
animating spirit and its fundainen'al basis.
Deeply ingrained as it was in the Southern
heart, it must bo surrendered.
Mr. Jonckes of Rhode Island (Uopub.)
made a f**w remarks to show tho law and
facts ill the ease, and concluded b3*sa3*ing
that for one ho would do his duty, but
did not wish to bo compromised by the
speeches which had boon delivered by the
eentlcinci. from Pennsylvania and Now
York, or any other State, when there wav
no practical question before tho Uouso for
its consideration.
The oommittoo rose, when the resolu
tion- referring the President's message to
tho appropriate committoo wore passed.
ntlemun from Pennsylvania (.Mr. Ste
vens) spoke of States forfeiting their State
existence by tho fact of rebel ion. Well,
1 do not see how there can be such for
feiture involved or implied. 'The individ
ual citizens of those Slates went with the
rebel lion. They tlioreby incut red curtain
penaltic- under the laws and Constitution
of the United States. What the Statos
did was to endeavor to interpose their
State authority between the individuals in
/ebollion and tho government of tho
United Statos, which assumed, and which
would carry out the assumption, to declare
those individuals traitors lor their acts.—
The individuals in the State* who woro in
rnhellion o «««.»»- 1.. were the only
parties who, undm the Constitution and
laws ol the JJnited .Slates, could incur tho
nonallios of treason, i know of no law,
1 know of nothing in tho Constitution of
the United Stale*, l know of nothing in
any recognized or established code of in
ternational law, which can punish aState (<
as a Slate, fur any act it may perform. *It
is certain that our Constitution assumes
nothing of ibo kind, it does not deal
with Siutes, except in ono or two instances,
sueli as elections of members of Congross
and tne election of electors of Pro*idoht
ami Vico President.
Indeed, the main fealuro which distin
guishes the l nion under the Constitution
from tho old Confederation is this: That
whereas tho old confederation did not deal
with tho States directly, making requisi
tions upon them for supplies, and rolyipg
upon them for the execution of its law»,
Lbo Constitution of the United States, in
aider to form a more perfect union, made
its laws binding <m tho individual citizens
of tho several States, whether living in
one State or another. Congress, as the
legislative branch of this government,
enacts a law which shall he operative upon
every individual citizen; and if ho resists
it bv force, by is guilty of a crime, and is
punished accordingly, anything in tho
Uunstitu'Jon or laws of his State to the
contrary notwithstanding. Hut the States
themselves are not touched by tho laws of
the Unit' ll States, or b.y the Constitution
of the United Statos. A State cannot bo-
l*n crdinanoo
1-vteul tih e |
... , . •;v ->pcviHu atv. 1
unhi me gentl'jiuan from Pennayl- indicted, a State can not be tried, a State
‘ I “b'Vens is not now in hiss»*at. cannot bo hung lor treason. The indi-
oj.u have been glad to ask him by viduuls in a State may' be so tried and
ipecitii: net an J m what precise time hung, but the State, as an organization, as
mr. . ‘ r’ . Sl,lt08 l '»ok itself out of an organic member of the Union, still ex-
^eriean t n i° n _—was it by tho ordi- ists, whether it* individual citizens com-
• 1 think wo all agree mil treason or not.
"f secession parsed by Mr. Ke ly—Will tli0 gentleman from
n>«»n is simply a nulll- Now York (Mr. Raymond) yield to mo a
...... enters in iu practical moment for n question?
I wi 4 .Constitution of the United M**. lUvinoad—Certainly.
- 1. i- U,0 supreme law of the Mr. *v —1 desire to afktliogcntle*
. -uuyi I'uw no legal, aotual force man this question. Hy virtue of what
lcll v *• ( ""Id nut operate to effect lu.«» u S *i-i ! is it by .virtue of a
* * uingo in the relation of tho I constitution, and by virtue of it*, relation*
* • r '? it to the National govern- to the U<:i'*n ? What in does a State of
•omplbh tho removal * the Union exist? Fir.-t, by virtue of a
of it . < “ Sovereign jurihdic* I constitution, and secondly, hy virtuo ol
\r I " ns H*u'-ion of the United it* ju ie'i al relations to'the government
s Ul( .;;;'VM th® resolution**of of thr United States. #And further, 1
tfip ' ^rations of theii offi** i would «*k wl.other those Statos acting by
, " l m ®uiber- of their j conventions of tho people have not over-
r,, '.', r l, io utterances of tho pro*# thrown tin* cn-litution which made them
uul Certainly not, ] part* of 'be Union, and thereby d s'.royod
|'«r in'il * ,n » y work any change or -u-p ml 1—pl.rn-.* it m y.*u will—tho
*rj» „ ‘“Huns of these State? t • pnu t cal relations which made them parts
nnu All their ordi- of tho Union*
•trstiu/g '^'‘-'ulutioni were simp* , Mr. iUy—
id—I will say, in reply to
. r . puiposo to secede. • the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
i ( j ev< * r i‘> 'k place, cer- I Keiley.) that it i* n'»t the practical rela-
-j uh .* trAin* iho time when l lion* of a Sthl<* at any particular moment
Mb,*,1.*was first announc- 1 which make* it u State or part of the
aeU *r 1 »» Wlmt niukeb a State h part of the
[t„r.i .. , **« s umt Hnnnuric»
toearrl r *! 1 * , iutontion they ! Union — « K ....... .....
r-T m**. 1 ln .*°How? Hy Union i* the Constitution of the United
vtthu "*^i;» r ,Pur,,o8o by arms State*, and tho rebel States huve not yet
lit to h?. w . ich ^ ho United r 1 ‘
J' We*ro r »h ? ? ,U8t il * tbe > —- 1 —-1 <**-«.«.. - «
tj, en .L . hrn,s victorious? If 1 whether a Stale does not exist by virtue of
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’nited States
Did they aus-
Accession
|h«n.nS»n not ’ Wl18 nothing
'I 11' rl , IVUl ‘ t I e «>Pt-a purpose
I 1 h „o’L n,in \, 18 1 81 "‘PlF » ques-
•f i t.cv " Il know wb»l the
K" the ; „" 0t su t’Ctod—they failed
1'ier word. ^h° Un ?.^. force ljf »rniA
(tte gJfffjLWV faded to teterie.
.[ rom ronnsylvani*
r«> .fart *, L l , b "‘ th# y did .qcede,
•'■-rl* h!,‘^"‘‘plo.ut.ll'e.ite.l
■ *n,»n ii 116 Uonstitution lor-
|«rJcr hut 1' '.“ ys tlm the I a tv |„t-
L : Inutder. Hr,»t,ev
\ no anal-
| en «eco,nnli7I,“ 11 seeov-ion
U >nd ov.. h d ' lf these State, had
RwilllSSy^ M>» at title., that
flan of ih. A R01n * out, then the
r'a4th. f.S 0nk , t,tu i ,on °°uld hot
C m »n u*ki & In I th ® c,i!le of mur *
r 81 in n, u J 1 ! 11 uiurder it thu.
" c.Jiu? ?, lb< ! Iliw - The fact
P*. And u , f i bo comtnit'.al ot
r° **°—sion H °. f Roi c n # uut is e.
l'Ucti f, CL But >n this COM there
T'^ther th. 1 H IB , k 1 need nut ar-
n.v.; P* ,llon that the rebel
li “«ce ef * T monl ' 1,y
*»r, c J r **9*** loh , °r by any sue
•rn»d thetnselve. beyond
onstituti'in—its constitution—which is
a tiling which may be modified or over
thrown ?
Mr. Raymond—Certainly.
Mr. Kelley—And whether these rebel
lious Constitutions or Stales have uot been
ovi rthrown ?
Mr. Raymond—A State doos not exist
by virtue ■ f 1103* particular constitution.
It always ha* a consti’ution, but it need
not b»v»; a r f*ecific con?liiutioi» at any_ spe
cific time. A Siato ha* c« r.nin political
re I alio in- tu the government of thu United
St itt*; but tl»r* fa-1 of tho*e relation* bo
il g piarti. n iy operative and in actual
force at any moment does not constitute
its relationship to tho government or it#
membership of tlm United Stales. It*
pruclieui operation i»one thing. The fact
ot itnexibtencc a* an orgnnir.«d communi
ty—one of the great national.community
of States—is quite another thing.
Mr Kelley—Let me interrupt the gon-
tlatiiau one moment longer. 1 will ask
him whether, if the Constitution be over
thrown or destroyed, and iu practical re*
iation# cease, there ho any State left?
Mr. Raymond—Why, air, If there be no
Constitution of any sort in a State, no law.
nothing but chaos, thon that State would
NEW GOODS!
liable to execution. I think that by
adopting an>* such assumption as thut of
the honorable gentleman we surrender
tho wh<»le idea of treason and tho punish -
merit of traitors. I think, moreover, that
wo acoept virtually and practically the
doctrine of .State sovereignty—the right
of a State to withdraw from tho Union,
and to break up the Union at its own will
Mtid pleasure. 1 do not see how upon
thoso premi*es we’ean escape that conclu
sion. If the Slates thut engaged in the
lato rebellion constituted themselves by
tho ordinance of secession, or by H ny of
the acts with which they followed those
ordinances, a separate and independent
power. 1 do not see how w.* cur. deny tho
principles on which they prol^od to act,
or refuse a-sent to their practical results
1 have heard no clearer, no strongei
statement of tho dootrino of State sover
eign 13*, a- paramount to tho sovereignty
of the nation, than would bo involved in
such a concession. Whether he intend*
it or not, tho gentleman from Pennsylva
nift (Mr. Stevens 1 actually absents to the
fcxiromo doctrine of the advocates of
cession.
Mr. Niblnck—I beg to inquire of the
gentleman whether the theory of the
gentleman from Ponn-ylvania, which he
is combating, would not also, if curriod to
its legitimate constqu*ficc.-, make thoso
who resisted the Confederacy in the insur
rectionary States 'g*ii»ty of treason to the
Confedoracj* or to thoso Statos ?
Mr. Ka3’mond—I w*»# just going to ro
mark that another of the consequences of
this doctrine, as it squid* to mo, would be
our inability to talk of loyal men in the
South. Loyal to what ? Loyal to a for
eign, independent power, as the Unitod
States would become under thoso circum-
stuncoiY Certainly not. Simply ditdoyal
to their own government, and deserter.-,
or whatever you may choose to call them,
from that to which thoy would n vo alh *
glance to a foreign arid independent state.
Now thoro is another consiquence of
the doctrine, which I shall riot dwell
upon, but simply suggest that if the Con
federary woro un independent power, 1
separate nation, it had the right to con
tract debt#, and we, having overthrown
and conquered that independent power,
according to tho theory of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, would become# the
inheritors, the successors of iu debts and
assets, and wo must pay them. Sir, that
is not simply a theory, or a claim thrown
out in .dobute hero It is ono advanced on
behalf of Great Hrilain as against up.
Mr. Raymond was hero interrupted by
Mr. Joueke# with.whom he had n long
colloquy on this point.
Mr. ltaym< nd then preceded. Now,
sir, I have dwelt on these points longer
than 1 intended to do. I do not think the
doctrine I have b**' n combating is held
by »r.y number of tho p ople of thi-
oountry, or indeed by any considerable
number of the member* ofthis House. J
certainly do riot think these States are to
be dealt with by u« a* provinces, • p sim
ply so much territory held to us hy no
other lies than those of conquest. I
thiuk wo are to deal with them a* States
having Siato governments mil subject to
the jurisdiction of the Ui.imd States, still
under 1I10 constitutional c >r trol of the
national government; and Hint in our
dealing* with them we nig to be guided
and governed, not simply by our sover
eign will an I pleasure as conquerors, but
by tho restrictions und limitations of the
Constitution of the United Stales, neces
sarily, as we are re5lntin<ul and limited in
our dealing* with all other States of tho
American Union.
Mr. Raymond—I have no doubt of it
not the siigb . *u I do not think that Uio
treason of "J. ffr-on Davis has anything to
do with the inhuman treatment to our
pripom ro of War. I merely aHuded to the
matter. I might have elab irate 1 it when
I said that because wc had granted to these
States as a powor.waging war rights usu
ally accorded to nations nt war, we were
not, thoreiore, excluded from proceeding
against them h- traitors. The decision of
the Supreme Court, to whic h I have once
referred, il 1 understand it aiight, A3>orU
that we l»«V" I.,.** right tu proc .*d again*t
thorn as tr.vilor-, or rather that we had the
right to cx’Tctfi* against them both tno
power of m'V't ign arid of belligerents ;
that the on dtu not exclude the other.
Now if, according to tho view 1 hive
presente d, wo art*, to dual wilu iheae6iul«»
as Slates still wuhiu tun Union, the next
question that recur* is, how are wo to deal
with them ? I ho gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Finckj, who preceded me, took the
ground that thoy had only to resume their
places and their power* in the national
government; that their reprosentative-
have only to enmo into this hall and take
their seats, without question and without
conditions of any sort. I cannot concur,
sir, iu that view. I do not think that
thoso States have any such rights. On th
Uil
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
Another Large Lo t
OF T11EIU
UKTEQUAIjEID
CLOTHING,
FOR MEN AND BOYS,
F. X K JJUSINESiS COATS (Sack, and Frock. 1 !;
FINK SILK MIXED BUSINESS SUITS;
DOESKIN PANTS, and CASS. PANTS;
BLAi K F1I0UK COATS;
DAHLIA FR0CKTBS. etc., etc.;
LINEN COLLARS, PAPER COLLARS,
NECK TIES, LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS;
SHIRTS and DRAWERS, of oil fort, and
A FINE LOT OF
BOYS' CLOTHING
FROM 3 YEARS OLD, UP.
Our long experience in this husinos* Ins ena
bled us to select n FIR.Vf CLASS Stock of
goods, and WE WILL MAKE IT TO TUB
ADVANTAGE OK THE PUBLIC TO BUY
KHOM US. Como and geo us and you will bo
satittfied of this.
KKMKMUK11
S. & J. PALMER & GO'S,
1()7 Broad St.,
OPPOSITK COOK'S IIOTKL.
dec l.V-tf
BARNETT & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS,
GROCERS AND C0M1ISSI0N MERCHANTS,
C orner St. Clair and Uroad ata.,
COLUMBUS, <iA.
THE GEM
MS
RESTAURANT,
(UNDER T. 8. SPEAR'S.)
prepared to fur-
longer uxUt >■ tn orgaDilttlon; but j eontmry, I think we here » full end per-
oisb lit short notice, at
any hour, Day or Night,
uil tbo delicacies of the
season—#udi a* OVSTEKS; GAME, of all
kinds: FOWLS, F1S11, Ac.
Connected with the establishment is a fine
BAR—at which the purest and linest Liquors
| and Wine# may be hud.
dec 1 if
J Hugh M. King. Jamks M. Hlshki.i,
RUSSELL & KING,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GA.
j r PllE above named having formed a part-
1 A ucr.-hip, will pruotio luw in Muscogee and
adjoining counties and in K H.-ell c »unty, Ala
4##-i tr<>ut r<» »m over Uunby’s store,
ato )" -Im
NO IMPOSITION'!
Direct Importation of Habana
Cigars.
i j 0NDHE3 PRINCIPE, of Welle.;
j Loudres Inlimidad;
Breva- Ingonuidad:
Londres Sculapio;
Conchas el Yiajcro do Lima ;
Wholesale and retail by
U. V. DIRAY,
Curuer Huudolph uud Broad •treete.
NO KNICK KNACKS! NO THASH
Whoever Wants Full Value for
their Money Must Como to
B. JACKSON’S,
133 Broad St.,
NEXT DOOR TO ROSETTE & LAWIION.
The Largest and Best Stock of
DRY GOODS
-AND-
CLOTHING,
Consisting of tho following articles, I offer now
to my friends and customer* :
CALICOES;
DELAINES,
ALPACAS and LUSTRES,
MERINOS—French and English,
LINENS,
BLEACHED MUSLIN'S and
MVIEET1NO,
LADIES’ CLOTH CLOAKS,
tho latest stylo; and a groat many other arti
cles too numerous to mention.
I respectfully invito luy frionds and custom
ers to call soon.
Country Merchant# will do well to lay in
their supplies nt my storo.
B. JACKSON,
oct l.Vtjanl 131 Broad street.
Liquors in Cases.
500 Cases Choice Whiskoy
and Brandy,
100 Baskets Champagne,
all brands. Just rocoived und for sale at
B. JACKSON'S,
0Ct15«tJanl 133 Broad street.
IOO BOXES
Fine Chewing Tobacco,
B. J\AOKlSOISr'S,
133 BROAD STREET.
oSt 29-tf
T. S. SPEAR
PRACTICAL AND EXPERIENCED
WATCHMAKER
-AND—
: JEWELER,
Comer Broad and Randolph Sts.,
AT II1S OLD STAND,
Has now upon a n.w and rlnh titorh of
FINK OULU WATCHKS,
IUUU GOLD JKYVKLKV,
8TEKL1NG KILVKIi WAItK,
FINK I’LATKD CANTO 1W,
CUPS, KNIVKS, FORKS,
SPOONS, PICK LK STANDS,
SYRUP CUPS, Ac.
ALSO—A fine a..*urtmimt of Silver and Hold
THIMBLES, Hold ami Silver SPECTACLES.
HAIR WORK,
Made to order, any do.-ign or pattern.
FEBBLE SPECTACLES,
In Hold, bilver amt Steel Frame*,
WATCH WORK and Jewelry repaired by good
And responsible workmen.
MR. JAS. FRICKER
IIiis charge of th* Will eh Department, whieh
in itself is a (JUA11ANTKK tlmt tho work wil
be done iu tho best possible manner.
Portions having FI,AIN Watches can have
them .1 K\V LLLKU, either in Ruby, Chryoolite’
Uuruot or Aquamarine.
MR. INGMIRE,
Who i# too well known to uoed any rccoinuicn- 1
dution from me, has charge of the Repairing ot !
Jewelry, Diamond setting, Kngraving, Ac, |
Uct 20 tt Sun copy.
GOLD PENS.
r piIK FINEST AND RUST ASSORTMENT
A of Gold PEN’S. Call a 111 try them nt
T. S. SPEAR’S.
Oet 20 tf Bun copy.
BRANDEIS & CHAUTOKD,
I.OU1S VII.I.IC, K(.|
GRAIN DEALERS,
A ND Manufacturer# of tho following hrnrd*
of Flour: W. W. Crawlord X Co , Choice
White Whiat Family Flour, No. 1 - p Wood lawn
XXX Family Flour, Henry Clay XXX F.imil>
Flour. Pearl Mill# XX Superfiuo.
Urdtr# tiolicite.d. dec \m
WANTED,
LARD and COUNTRY HAMS.
jitt 31—tf E. I,. SW IFT.
A. V. BOATRITE,
127 Broad Street,
COLUMBUS, GA.,
OPPOHITK COLUMBUS BANK,
DEALER IN
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
-AND—
BLANKETS.
’(HARDWARE!
HARDWARE!!
J. ENNIS & CO.,
AIIK AT TIIK1K OLD STAND,
95 and 97 Broad Street,
lino
II. Maii-hai.l. Ei». Parsons
**ouliioru Real Estate Office.
MARSHALL"* PARSON^,
HEAL. ESTATE BROKERS,
AUCTION AND
Commission Merchants,
Where they have in storo and to arrive
Htock of
HARDWARE,
and such good# a# are in their lino, whieh thoy j
offer to everybody* at ns low price* a# can bo I j^' ^
I ..
WHITEHALL ST.,
Holland llon.^e idock, near the Kail Road-
afforded.
Wo respectfully return our thank# to our old \
customers and frionds who lmvo bestowed on I
us their patronage, and wo hope bypur.-uing j
tho sumo course which wo have through t oo
past to rocieve your trdde. M’e respectfully in-
vito everybody trading to Columbus to giro u*
n call.
OUR TERMS ARE CASH.
n..v 20 If
J. ENNIS & CO.
^^AVEon hand Plantation Iron, all size#.
, D- • ■
! N<»
ATLANTA, GA.
‘•ale* of Stacks. Produce, and ool-
.ot- and ,-uldiern; Claim*, execute
■a f., examine Title#, etc.
j.
IF
ENNIS &. CO.
hand CARRIAGE .MATERIAL. 1
J. ENNIS & CO.
J. ENNIS & CO.
| J-AVI.’ vri hand ULACKS.MIT1IS' TOOLS
J. ENNIS & CO.
| |AYE <>n hand BUILDINU HARDWARE
J\ ENNIS & CO.
| I AVKon baud AORICULTUUAL I.Mi’Ll-:- |
M. R. BELL & CO. ;
i;«i’> Monnt: ,t Co.,)
WHO ESALE GROCERS,
coivnvixsisxoN
Alil Tonvardiug Merchants.
?\ A K1 iu T T A S T It K K T,
ATLANTA,- - - GEORGIA.
■ .' .it., aio Mtlioiiod. whieh will re-
• i • - mil attention, und the For-
• •j ness «• ai. fully Hiid promptly done.
REFERENCES:
M. Mu '.Iin: ' <: Atlanta, On
'•'ey.I Doiiuhcrty, do.
i A Sons, Savaunah.
J. ENNIS & CO.
I I AVE oh hand I’UTTY, ULAsS, l>AI
II and OILS. n..v ::
J. ENNIS & CO.
U AVK on baud HOLLOW WARE
CASTLNQ8. uov 2
J. ENNIS & CO.
A’num'
V. ndo ogun'M for Howe’#, Kail Road, j
Hint, PlHtl'orm and Counter bcules. N\
ed dual to any other make, whien w.
nuutacturur'* prices. nov m'
J. ENNIS f£ CO.
vJKLL Upright and Circular Mill buw*. Al-o,
0 Cr ** Cut baws, Mill itoek, Bolting C'otn.-,
Wire for Horsons; «iro. nov 11 tf
fF YOU WANT Pocket and Table Cutlery.
1 be,,..i r* and Sheai>, heather l»u.-»< r.-. 'tuns.
Pistol*, bliot, Powder, Cap*. Pla ed .Spoon- a..«l
l.o k- : ii. I .ict, anything in tho Hurd ware ono.
••all on
J. ENNIS & CO.
Columbus, (Ju„ Novomb.r 29,1863 tf
Sun copy.
CLIFFORD, WALSH & CO.,
.GIEISrBIlA.L
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Yes. \1 and 10 Utavier and 22 Xou Lew Sis.,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Order* for Western Produce filled prompt
Consigiimouts respectfully solicited.
P. P. Pbiuie ii (Jo P. P. Puase,
<»tt's Hanok. 3i» Sr.,
Ao. i 7 Ala hum a *i
’.et.Cln irya Mulberry,
MACON, GA .
P-’ACTORS,
-AN’D—
FoiwarJiug and Commission
MERCHA1TTS.
AT LANTA, QX
COTTON
ji j: /« , /'.v//i;,Vf.7c.s -
•»••• ••*" ' . J: i n. M..*s; D. Koduey
Ii" Cii.. i ... m . Bryce A Co..
• N ; " i . A Cn., Oincinnati.
'•' 1 : •! I i' . I.ynchburg, Va; L'r-
W’>* A !»: •*. • ...I ah. c 1: Gtuhrie \ Co,.
Lou S'i.le, Did. mu A in , .Muntgntu-
.... M■ Idle. A !u: Mas-
Mine.. • i.. d i, 4 .\n hville ; Wiu. J. Taylor,
dec 2 3n> _
U. II UOK Kit,
WITH
BLA il O GENNETT,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND
DTiY GOODS MERCHANTS,
130, WEST SIDE UltOAD ST.
\ LWAV-- ON HAND a full aad complete
iroccric*. Cutlery,
. r.n
1 C .11
VIRGINIA. TOBACCO' 1 .
A* Agents for tho Manufacturer* wo keep
constantly on hand ft lull assortment of Vir
ginia Chewing and Smoking Tobacco#.
REFER TO
Mcmrs. Cbiis. Rogers A Co., Colum us, tl i
W. W. Garrard, Esq., do.
Gen. Hurry T. Hay#, New Orleuue.
dflo 13—1 iu
CARTER & FLOTjRNOY,
W1IOI.K8AI.K AM* RETAIL I'kiLF^ l>*
D10JGS, MEDlCfSfeS,
Paints, Oils, Brushes, Perfumery,
etc., etc.,
| No. HI, Went Hlile Brunei Hirer!. j
COLUMBUS, UA., j ,
H AVE ON H AND and are receiving n fine
Stork of KYKRYTH ING nertaining !-• ; 1,1
FIRST CLASS DRUG IIOUSK. whirli thrj i "
will sell at a* CHEAP rate* us they ran ...
In.tight fir In the elty. We call espcci.il :*»t«»-. *'
tion t«* our fine Teas, as well as to our #rl» »*t im ( ■
sort merit ol Kino Wine#, Brandy and Whisk*-*-.
A lew .M’lendid Knglinh Laiitiels, also, Tins . - | ‘
and Syringes of the lutest and most upprov. i •'
style*.
NO llOFSK SHALL UXDKRSKU. US. I '
Proscriptions CAREFULLY prennre-l >t I
ALL hour* of the dav and night. SI Ni'.W i
INCLUDED. CUtTKR X FLuUK.NuY.
,ieo 21 tt
I. Clifton Moses & Co., J
Aii' ti neer.-, i
nroparod to to II at Pnbli.
t'utcry, for everybody who will fivortlicm m : - i
their oatronnge, anythi. g ami ever> tiling. «o |
coiumissiqn, nt any place, or uuy time inornii . .
noon or night.
Solicit# consignment# of .Merchnndi^**, »>f anj
kind— Dr\ Good#, C.othhig, il: - * reii.- t Pi«"i-
ior*#, Produco,.Icwelry, AAc. Am lo»*f• r • i ••
room ut no ci#t, ut 1-1 Broad u root, opi-ofiu
<\»..k\llo*el )
Special attention given to #t|1o* of Kc il Es
tate, St irks, Pertionnl Proi < rty, Ac.
Look < ut for «»ur regular bale* #o-'n, and !
everybody attend them.
N.B. l'hi* will not interfere, but rather fa
cilitate, our present Commit-shm Busiue**. ■<
our conniguor* will have the advantage ol pub
he and privuto sales.
I. C. MOSES A CO.,
dee 17 tf 161 Broad •or*»«*t.
J.
s, Crockory,
• i vigil Liuuors, Wines, Ac.,
Ware,
il lowest market prices—
»v Holes »• ••!• nviini.
N -u having your money changed.
LIVERY AND SALE
STABLE.
I * ‘-
--
liu public with
LiL-S, HORSES ^
|« I alii n on Boaril ami Hale,
ry utti ntion paiu to them.
A. UAMMKLL.
CITY l-’OUNDllY.
i , mid re-pectfqAly inform
r’ .• -i- publm generally, that
... ii • il.; their F'Jl NDRY, und
I : ’ll in' k iml ot CASTINGS
igar Mills of tho
.... .. >\ ,.i> l\i i j EKN. uml uny #ize:
• • 1 : A ' i: It \'i ftoST AND: SYRUP
.1 l ■ KJi MILLS, GIN GEARING,
i. v. ah i.ur butiinc##,wc havo
ut ono --t the best PAT-
• untry,
king u large iissortinont of
. R : -u*U us PG lS, UVENS,
I’IDKK
unii> Produce, at
etiul'y solicited
LIDS,
thing In our liiic for
•iTlt! KS
•Id PRICES
id promptly
Nt
. Il.HKNNY A CO..
ii Sieainl-ont Landing.
Coluu bus. Gt
JOHN P, MAXLKY,
Formerly of firm of Matiley X Hedge#.
JOHN W, WILLIAMS,
Fotmerly of linn of G. L. McGough A 0
nov 5 2m
A. STRASS8URGER,
General Oommission Merchant,
AKO
WHOLESALE GHOCF.U,
105* COMMERCE STULLi, 10*
Montgomery, Ala,
i LWAYS on hand an txteusive assortment pi
A. Li-iiior*, Wrues, Segars and Western Pro*
duoe.
Ootton bought to order.
Prompt attention given 'o all ronalgnments;
Julyl£—6m
4U Broml Street, t’olumlius, (Jcnrffln.
I Maker and Dealer in Guns,
ALL KINDS OF GUN MATERIAL AND
j ARTK-I.FS IN TUB SPORTING LINE.
Ku ttoeking and Repairing douo with ueaine #
and Ultipateh.
POWDER ANI) SHOT FOR SALE.
Key# fitted and Locks Repaired,
topt 13—tl
NOTICE.
A LL por-ons having claim# again*! thee?*
. tato ot H. C. McKee, deeea#od, are aero-
by n-'iiLed to present #uid claim# rr q.ei i> cui*
*itie-t at once. And all parties indebted t . raid
citato by note, or otherwise, will please i
Ireitleat once, or 1 will he compelled to
LICE IX FOUNDRY
D MACHINE SHOP.
• . i leave tu iufjrui thtir
i <i i • . • ucrady, that tiny
Foundry and Machii o
•iieel, between Franklin
• ...ol iiih prvi ared to do
-i mioot hasim*«. We will
! Maui.iuery to order: Fitch tt*
i,*. o ju.v #izc, with wiougbtor
.. Mi’tChc* »H inches di-
v i . I N.l> from 2U to 100 galioii*.
. .im di.iUi .* ifgs. We will m.iko
ll.i.N uul MILL WuKK,
I on . Bud all kind# of
.,!.*>U WARE. PLOUGHS,
.;\*L ami fti.vthlng the public
\ rcp.urvU
.ib * 'ir busiue##, we have se-
•loa* fie< dnu, who
• •■a.-urc nt Ii tuling all Cusliug*
• : * io ihedtlti rent dttpot#, steam-
•r any a acre in t he city , Ire* ot
• 'or u -•! k, on hberul tn
L. 11. A CO.
aratoga Restaurant,
WKftT HI DK lllto A I) ST.,
!'• r • 1». P Ellia* Auction Room
I P STAIRS,
' rinorly Dr. Wctdruff'g office.'
ib#cr'.b»*r having
(hi-wet! lu
...r Uc'iaurant,
- -1 .n hi# liietidx*
i:.., that hu will *t* ( .io DO
.ukiiigthD one of the ino#t
• .• f -ty, ilo a ill always
d«Li.o> tin* and other
Suu oupv til further notiot.
J. C. BARROW.