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LETTER FROM ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS.
T 5« Prime Catue of the RebclIIon-
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I noticed in in iwrao of yonr paper, acme
wada ago, an editorial in- tho following words:
a W u ‘^/•conmranfcaOon from Hon.
H. H, Nicholas, of Kentucky, upon “the
raueiu of the rebeDlon, its remedies, 4c.”
Judge
affairs. A lifc-long^and
iiMwwwtea adToeaie of the maintenance of consti
tutional right, he has watched with zealous regard
ereiy movement to impair its force. To these ob-
serrationa he has brought the aid of a powerful in-
•**•***« V* lron ouergy, the experience of half a
Jpow him, although oftentimes differing widely
from hi* opinions. A communication upon such a
subject from such a source must always command
respectful consideration and inrite serious rciico-
lion.
_ In the same paper appeared tho communica
tion of Judge Nicholas, referred to, which is en
titled “The Causa Causans of tho late rebel
lion." In this article the writer indnlges in
some remarks in reference to myself which I
do not think ought to be permitted to pass nn-
noliccd by me, coming from tho high source
they do, and being indorsed as they are by so
high on authority as the National Intelligencer.
The cause of truth, as I understand it, requires
that they should not be permitted thus to pass.
I must, therefore, ask your indulgence in allow
ing mo to make such comments In rephr as I
think tbs is alter assesses. TUs wow haw
been dono at an earlier day, but for continued
severe bodily affliction. The remarks to which
I specially refer are aa follows:
The following condensed extracts are taken from
the elaborate and able book of lion. A. H. Stephens
on the censes of the rebellion, and in attempted
vindication of the pernicious dogma of secession:
“ In the nature of the United States Government
and character of the Union, can alone be discovered
the remote but real causes of the war. All these
troubles resulted aa inevitable ooneequeneee from
tho violation of tho fundamental laws governing our
political system.
“ Negro slavery waa unquestionably tlw occasion
of the war, the main exciting case on both sides,
hut waa not the real cause, tho cause cautatu of it.
“ Tho war waa inaugurated on tho one aido to
vmdieate the right of aeeeaUon, and on the other in
denial of the right and to resist its exercise. It
grew out of opposing view* as to tho natnro of tho
and where, under our system, em
power or paramount authority ro-
"ift- , SU T»>«* right to urn hla time
and talents in self-juatificstinn aa an aider of the
rebellion, but be is not Jnstiflablo in even uninten
tionally drawing upon tho orthodox State-rights
principles additional obloquy by his attempt to show
that “opposing views" aa tothoso rights was tho
true cause of tho civil war.
What Judge Nicholas means by “the ortho
dox State rights principle” ho baa not stated;
nor has be intimated wherein I have in tho book
to which be refers .“unintentionally" or other
wise attempted to draw upon this orthodox
principle, according to his Idea of if, additional
obloquy ox obloquy of any kind. Nothing cer
tainly was further from my design than what is
thus imputed to the result of my labors. Tho
great object with me waa not self-justification
barely, as ha intimate*, but tho vindication of
tho only true State rights principles which aro
consistent with tho facts of tho history of our
country. On these alono our cutiro fabrio of
constitutional liberty was based in tho begin
ning, and on these alone can it be maintained
and preserved for the futnro. Theee principles,
from the indisputable and irrefrngablo facts of
history adduced in their vindication, and, I may
say, establishment beyond the power of refuta
tion, necessarily carry with them tho sovereignty
of tho several States.
Whatever ideas Judge Nicholas may havo of
Ikt Mfitodn tthefab of QhhiUh, I venture
to affirm that it would bo-impossiblo for him, or
. anybody else, to namo any single right of a
State, or any single principle of State rights tin
der our system, which does not depend for its
existence upon tho necessarily
, , . . . in a common cause, it was
maintained and earned on purely in defence of this
great right, claimed by them, of State sovereignty
and self-government, which they with their aesod-
steshad achieved in their oommon struggle with
r*! irT ? n *“’ n ® ler th « DeclarsUonof 1776,
and which, in their judgment, lay at the foundation
aa whole etincture of American free institu
tions. m
‘This is a succinct statement of the issue, and
whCTi the calm and enlightened judgment of man-
sind. after the passions of the day shall have pass-
off, and shall buried with the many gallant and
nowe-«aftd men who fell on both sides in thogi-
gantfc struggle which ensued, shall be pronounced,
aeu will bo, upon the right or wrong of the mightv
contest, it must be rendered in favor of tho
or the other, not scooidiii to results, but
*°,9 le rigb! t ,i n the issue thus presented.'
tatlanaf View of the laic liar Between the Stales,
1, p. 28.
Now, if Judge Nicholas saw so difference be
tween tho issue as thus presented by mo touch
ing tho inauguration of tho war, mid that in
his condensed extract, then, perhaps, it would
bo a uselessi waste of time to argue with him
npon the subject of State rights, or any other
question "which requires close attention to the
proper import of words. If he did see tho dif
ference, then there is no need for any farther
defence before an intelligent public for bis ar
raignment of me for doing what be is pleased
so gratuitously to say I had no right to do, or
was “not justifiabIe’ r in"doing. The real cause
of tho war, as set forth in the issue presented by
mo, condensed in few words, was the denial of
the fact that cars was a Federal GovernmentV
and the violation of this fundamental principle
of our complicated political organization on tho
part of those controlling tho General Govern
ment at the time, by assuming that tho United
States constituted a nation of individuals, with
a consolidated sovereignty in the Central Gov
ernment, to which tho ultimate as well as prima
ry aliegianco of the citizens of theseveralStates
was duo, and that any attempt by the several
States or any of them to resume tho sovereign
powers which had been prevously delegated in
trust only by them to the Federal agenoy, was
rebellion on their part. This violation of or
ganic principles is stated to havo been the im
mediate and real cause of the war—the “causa
tausans" of it. This statement, sustained by
indestructible facts as it is, must remain the
truth of history for all time to come.
As to the origin of t£o war, or the first out
break of hostilities, I do not say that it was “in
augurated on the one side to vindicate the right
of secession, and on tho other in denial of the
right and to resist its exercise.”
It was not inaugurated and waged by those
then controlling tho Federal Government to
prevent secearion. On the part of tho seceding
States, it waa carried on purely in defence of
their right to withdraw from the Federal Union
of States, which they claimed as a sovereign
right. This is tho substance of the statement
on that point; and so tho fact will go down to
posterity
The truth is well established that tho seceding
States did not wish or desiro war. Very few of
the public men in these States expected war.—
All of them, it is true, held themselves in readi
ness for it, if it should be forced upon them
against their wishes and most earnest protest*.
This is abundantly and conclusively apparent
from the speeches and addresses of their lead
ing public men at tho time. It is apparent
from the resolutions of the State Legislatures
and the State Conventions, before, and in their
acts of secession. It is apparent and manifest
from their acts in their new Confederation at
Montgomery. It is apparent from tho inaugu
ral address of President Davis. It is apparent
from the appointment of Commissioners to set
tle all mattera involved in tho separation from
their formor confederates honorably, peaceably,
amicably and justly. It is apparent and mani
fest from orcry act that truly indicates tho ob
jects and motives of men, or from which their
real aims can bo justly arrived at. Peace not
only with tho States from which they had sepa
rated, but pcaco with all tho world, was the
strong desire of tho Confederate States.
The war was not only inaugurated by tho
authorities at Washington, as stated, but it waa
inaugurated by them whilo tho Confederate
Commissioners, with tho olivb-branch of peaoe
in their hands, were at tho soat of tho General
Government, and wore given to understand by
those in authority there, that Fort Sumter,
which became tho scene of tho first conflict of
arms, would, at an early day, bo peacefully
or*coated by the Federal troops then holding
it Tho war was inaugurated, if not begun,
when tho hostile fleet set out for Charleston for
tho purpose of reinforcing that fort, “fa* aut
nefas.” Hallam 1 iLftll said, that the “ag
gressor in n war is first who uses force,
but the first who renders force necessary. ”—
And so tho fact* of history will over show how
and by whom this late terrible and moat lament
able war was inaugurated, as well as by whom
it waa begun. Thoy will show who were the
actual aggressors, and who first violated the or
ganic principles and laws of our American sys-
aty of the several States. 'There is nTJETch WK
tiling ns State rights without State sovereignty.
The States severally possess no power, nor eigoy
any privilege, by favor, grant or delegation. All
their rights and powers, as well those retained
aa those delegated, are inherent and sovereign.
This is an indisputable truth. It is equally true
on the other aide, that the General Government
possesses no power by inhorent or sovereign
right. AH the rights and powers are held by
delegation only, and held in trutt by delegation
from the sovereign States constituting it Of
oourae I speak of matters as thoy stood “ante
If the facts of our history be as set forth in
tho volume referred to, (and the world is chal
lenged to disprove them,) then tho conclusions
to which they lead are inevitable, even though
they lead to a complete justification of tho sov
ereign right of secession as tho only sure check
and bamor against the usurpation of undclega-
ted power on the part of tho General Govern
ment. In tho domain of reason the conclusions
of logic are inexorable. This is the appropriate
domain of history. Within its limits my tabors
were strictly confined.
But my object in this note is not to join or
raiso any discussion with Judge Nicholas on the
matter of tho orthodox State-right principle. It
will be timo enough for mo to do this with him,
or anybody else, when there is an attempt made,
by reason and argument, to refute the positions
of the book upon that subject. What I do not
wish to permit pass unnoticed, is what he styles
“condensed extracts" from the book referred to.
Against one of these “condensed extracts" it is
my wish to enter a respectful protest Many of
your readers, in this, as well as in foreign conn-
. tries, may see these extracts, who may never see
the book itself. I do not wish them to remain
under the impression that I am therein accu
rately quoted; at least, if they give sufficient at
tention to the subject to bo impressed by tho
matter at all, I think it essential to a correct
understanding that their opinions should bo
formed from my own language, and not his
representation of it.
What I said about the chief cause, tho origin,
and actual inauguration of the war, is in these
words i
“Slavery 80-csHed, or that legal subordination of
tho black race to the white which existed in all but
one of tho States when the Union waa formed, sa<P
in fifteen of them when the war began, was unques
tionably the occasion of the war, the m.in exciting
proximate cause on both sides—on the one aa weu
as the other. But it was not the real cause, the
causa causa us of it. That was the assumption on
the part of the Federal authorities that the people
of tho several States were, as you say, citizens of
the United States, and owed allegiance to the Fed
eral Government as tho absolute sovereign power
over the whole country, consolidated into one nation.
Tlio war sprang from the very idea you have ex
pressed, and from the doctrines embraced in the
question propounded to me. It grew out of differ
ent and directly opposite views as to tho nature of
the Government of the United States, and where,
under our system, ultimate sovereign power or para
mount antliority properly resides.
“Considerations connected with tho legal status
of tho black raco in tho Southern States, and tho
^position of several of the Northern States toward it,
together with tho known sentiments and principles
of thoso just elected to tho two highest offices of
the Federal Government, (Messrs. Iincoln and
Hamlin,) aa to tho pow er of tliat Government over
this subject, and others which threatened, as waa
supposed, all their vital interests, prompted the
Southern States to withdraw from the Union, for the
very reason that had induced them at first to enter
into it; that is, for their own better protection and
eecnrity. Those who had the control of the admin
istration of the Federal Government denied this
right to withdraw or secede. The war was inaugu
rated and waged by those at the head of the Fed
eral Government against these States, or tho peo- f
’ ■’ese States, to prevent their withdrawal
&
■Whatever may bo tho ultimate results of this
[war, so far as the fate of constitutional liberty
on this continent is concerned, the responsibility
of its inauguration can never be justly and truly
charged upon tho seceding States.
Their object in separating from their former
associates, with whom they considered they had
been united in a Federal compact, waa not only
to remain in peaco with them, but to preserve
and perpetuate the principles of that Constitu
tion which had demonstrated such wondrous
results as a bond of Union between sovereign
States so long as its principles had been adhered
to, bat which they apprehended, under erroneous
construction, if not checked, would soon lead to
consolidation and despotism.
If they were right in their position that ours
was a Federal Government, then the authori
ties at 'Washington were the aggressors in inau
gurating tho war to prevent the exercise of the
right of withdrawal; if they were wrong in their
position as to tho character of the General Gov
ernment; if it, in fact, was not Federal (in its
nature and character, bnt was a government
{with* consolidated sovereignty in the contrail
head, then they were the aggressors in render-
tag the inauguration of the war necessary for
the maintenance of central supremacy. The
wholo matter of right or wrong in the beginning
of tho war,as well as its disastrous consequences,
depends upon tho great question, whether the
General Government was a Federal Bepublio or
not, and what, under the Constitution, was the
true “ orthodox Sjato-rights principle” to which
Judge Nicholas refers but docs not enlighten
the public upon. In other Words it depends
upon the true answer to tho question, where,
under our system, does sovereignty reside ? Is it
lodged in the General Government, or has it
passed to the whole people of the United States
as one aggregate mass, or does it still remain
with the people of tho several States as distinct
political organizations?
Tho doctrine of tho book is that soverei
resides just where it did in 1776, 1778
1787—that is, with ike people of ike several
\ States! It maintains that all that the States
did by the adoption of the Constitution was to
delegate, in trust,tho exercise of certain specific
and limited sovereign powers to the General
Government, while they retained to themselves,
severally, sovereignty itself, that great source
from which all political powers emanate.
This doctrine, I must insist, too, is not only
tho true doctrine, but the orthodox doctrine up
on the subject; Judge Nicholas’ opinion to the
contrary notwithstanding. _ Upon the point of
orthodoxy in reference to this matter, I know of
but one standard on the subject, and that is the
Jefferson standard, erected and established in
tho first of Kentucky’s great resolves of 170S.
The doctrine of this chief apostle of State rights
and human rights, then announced, rescued and
saved the country from consolidation and cen
tralism of 1801. Under tho operation of this
most orthodox principle so established, with the
general and tacit acknowledment of its correct
ness by all the departments of the Government,
wo increased, grew, and prospered for sixty
years as no nation on eartfi ever did before.
Whatever disturbances temporarily marred the
the harmony of the general system in the inter
val upon the subject of tariffs, internal improve
ments, the status of ike African population, etc.,
grew out of departures or attempted departures,
in the Federal Administrations from the stand
ard thus erected by Jefferson as to the nature
and extent of lie powers of the Federal Govern
ment- The more nearly the principles taught
by bin, were adhered to, the more prosperous
and happy tho nation was in all its parts and
members.
I use the word nation in this connection pur-
im the Union. On tho part of those States which ] poeely, for, notwithstanding Use very great
abuse of this word, in very recent times, we are
nevertheless a nation in a very proper use of
that term. Far was it from my object in the
argument in the volume referred tobyJnT
Nichoias, to show that “the United States
not constitute a nation,” as I have seen it stated
by some writer, in what he was pleased to con
sider a review of the work. The great object
with me, on the contrary, was to show not only
that we aro a nation, but what sort of a nation
we are!. It is most dearly demonstrated in that
argument that we are not a nation of indivi
duals, blended in a common mass, with a con
solidated sovereignty over the whole; but it is
shown with equal clearness that we area nation,
I the constituent elements or members of which
aro separate and distinct political organizations,
States or sovereignties!
It is shown that ours is a conventional nation
—one created by compact. All federal repub
lics, and all confederations between separate
and distinct sovereign powers, are conventional
nations. We were a nation under the first Ar
ticles of Confederation, and we are just such a
nation now—not a nation of one people, or one
political organization, bnt a nation of several
distinct political organizations. We are a “con
federated nation," os Washington properly
styled the present Union. That is, a nation of
States, or what is tho same thing, a nation of\
\ nations. Hence the appropriateness of the
motto adopted by the fathers to express the
[idea of their work—“ Bpluribus unum.”
In this sense wo aro not only a nation, bnt a
nation of the highest and grandest type that
I the world ever saw. It rises above tlie simple
to the complex form. I
lit is, indeed, in many respects a peculiar na
tion, even in its complex form, differing from
all other nations of its own type in many of its
most striking characteristics. These peculiar
features of ita structure placo it far in advance
of all other confederate republics in its wise pro
visions for the preservation of freo institutions,
if it be bnt rightly administered. The moetim-
Iportant of these features is tho new principle
which it introduced in the plan of Federal
I Unions, of permitting the common Government,
the conventional power or nation, to execute its
delegated- powers, xithin their Htnlted sphere, I
“rectly upon the citizens of the several States,
smaller nationalities composing it,
iThis new idea of so cozmtitating a Federal
[Republic as to make of its separate members
| “one nation as to all foreign conoerns, and to
keep them distinct as to domestio ones,” with a
division of tho powers delegated into “legisla
tive, executive and judicial departments,” with
a perfect machinery of government to operate
within prescribed limits in the execution of the
delegated powers, constitutes the most striking
difference between our present Federal Union
and aU former republics of its class. It marks I
the greatest stride of progress in free institnri
ttona ever before made. It is this this which I
has so impressed the minds and excited tho ad
miration of intelligent foreigners in contempts-1
ting tho wonderful workings of tho American
system. This is the feature to which the learned
land philosophic De Tocquevillo refers when,
speaking of our Constitution, he says;
“This Constitution, which may at first bocon-
foonded with the Federal OcnaHtuHons which hare
preceded it, rests in truth upon a wholly novel the
ory, which may bo considered as a great discovery
in modem science • • • And this dif
ference produced the most momentous eonso-
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Of tho samo feature Lord Brougham has re
corded his opinion in the following words of
I high import:
■“It is not at aU a refinement that a Federal Union
I should be formed; this is the natural result of
men’s joint operations in a very rode state of ao-
doty. . Bat the regulation of such a Union npon
I pro-established principles, the formation of a sys
tem of government and legislation in which tha
Idifferent subjects shall be not individuals but States,
the application of legislative prindplea to such a
Indy of States, and the dsviaing means for keeping
its integrity aa a fcdency whilo tho rights and pow
ers of the individual States are maintained entire,
is tho very greatest refinement in social policy to
which any state of circumstances has eyes, given
rise to, or to which any ago baa over given birth.”—
Brougham’s Political Philosophy, tot. 3, page 336.
I' This grand conception of bo fanning, model
ing and constituting our Union of Stales, which
so impressed de Tocquevillo, and which Lord
Brougham considered “tho very greatest refine
ment in social policy” “to which any age has
^vm birth,” originated with Mr. Jeffer-
came from tho samo master mind whoso
master hand drew the Declaration of Indepen
dence in 1776 and in 1798 set forth with so
much clearness and power tho truo, if not at
present orthodox, principles of the whole struc
ture of our federal organization in tha entiro
series of Kentucky’s famous resolutions; before
referred to, and which were so strongly endors
ed and established by tho country in 1801. To
tho administration of tho Government in con
formity with these principles, or with bnt n
slight departures from them, “the momentous
consequences” spoken of by do Tocquevillo,
distinguishing our unparalleled career, for sixty
years, in growth, prosperity, happiness and real
greatness is mainly attributable.
And now, Messrs. Editors, do you ask, Cui
bo no! Why so much written upon the dead
issues of the post, when questions of so much
magnitude of a practical character press upon
tho public mind? If .so, the reply is two-fold.
First, to vindicate the truth of history, which is
itself a high duty on tho part of any one who
has it in his power to do it; and, in the second
place, to show the people of these States, in
this vindication, not only the true cause, the
real “mum causans” of the late war, bnt tho
real cause of their late troubles. The Federal
machinery for the last ten years has been ab
normal in its action. It must be brought back
I to tie Jeffersonian doctrines, and mad* to con
form in its workings with tie organic principles
I of its structure, before there can possibly os a
| return to the dags of peace, harmony, prosperity
and happiness which formerly marked our
course. There is no other hope for constitutional
liberty on this continent. Judge Nicholas may
“dream dreams” about another constitutional
amendment, providing a new mode of electing
the President, but - the remedy lies in no such
device as that. It lies simply in bringing back
the Government in its administration to original
principles. This is to be dono not by secession,
[however rightful and efficient a remedy that
might be. This is abandoned. Nor is it to bo
done by force or violence of any kind, except
the force of reason and the power of
truth. It is to be done, if at aU, at \
the ballot-box. Free institutions are more
generally lost than established or strength-
toned by a resort to physical force. They
are eminently the achievement of virtue, patri
otism and reason. That our institutions, and
even nominal form of government, are nowin
great danger, the prudent, sagacious and wiso
everywhere virtually admit- An able editorial
in your own paper, not long since, put tho per
tinent and grave question, “Whither are we
drifting To this question I take the occasion
for one to give yon a direct positive answer.—
IPs are drifting to consolidation and empire,
and will land there at no distant period as cer
tainly as the sun wiU set this day, unless tho
people of the several States awake to a proper
appreciation of the danger, and save themselves
from the impending catastrophe by arresting
the present tendency of pnblic affairs. This
they can properly do only at the ballot-box.—
I All friends of constitutional liberty, in every
section and State, must unite in this grand ef
fort. They must seriously consider and even
reconsider many questions to which they have
given bnt little attention heretofore. They
must acquaint themselves with the principles of
their Government, and provide security for the
future by studying and correcting the errors of I
rfl>B jast. -- I Q - - --xHiU
This is the only hope, as I have statcd. for
the continuance of even our present nominal
form of government. Depend upon it, there is
no difference between consolidation and empire!
No difference between centralism and imperi
alism! The end of either, as wdl as aU of
these, is the overthrow of liberty, and the estab
lishment of despotism. I give you the words of
truth in great earnestness—words which, how
ever received or heeded now, will be rendered
eternally true by the development of the fu
ture. Yours, most respectfully,
Auexakdxk H. Sixvk.su.
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ARB CONSTANTLY REVIVING. AND HAVE
Sound Tennessee Corn, Bacon Sides,
T.
T.
BHOVKDBia,
Pare LEAF LARD—in kegs,
MeFerras, Armstrong4 Co.’* celebrated MAGNOLIA
and FAMLY SUGAR-CURED HAMS.
TENNESSEE HAMS.
CBoica
TIMOTHY IIAY.
STOCK PEAS, FRESH MEAL and WHEAT ORAN,
LIVHRFOOL SALT.
Also, a large and varied stock of
!• Is O U R
In barrels, racks aad half racks.
BURDICK BR0TnEK8,
tb Third (L Macon. Ua.
may30-tf
PYRAPUGE
Create* an Appetite, Bring* Color to tho Checks ol
the Emaciated and^Strengtb to the
3U4R4NTEB OF ITS EFFICACY.
The Proprieterof the Pyrefngo challenges every case,
so matter of how long standing, to try this
Great Chill and Fever Care, and then
deny its wonderful cyrgtivo
properties,
ASK FOR
LIPPMAN’S PYRAFUGE,
And get
Fore;
rid of that miserable disease. Chills and
'over. For sale, at wholesale, by the Sola
Maanlheturer for the United
. State*, by
JACOB LIPPMAN,
PROPRIETOR OF
Lippman’s Wholesale Drug House,
SAVANNAH, a A.
KAYTON’S
OIL OF LIFE
CURES ALL
PAINS AND ACHES,
AND IS THE
GREAT RHEUMATIC REMEDY!!
FI WAV’S PITTS Cure SICK HEADACHE
Ixa X 1 UtV O 1 ILLfi and all Bilions Diseases.
PAINTING.
N. L. DRURY.
House h Sign Painter,
GILBKB, GLAZIER AJfD PAPER HANGER
OVER LAWTON 4 LAWTON’S.
FOURTH STREET,
iaalt-tf MAOOH. GA.
Direct Trade with Europe-
J.H. ASHBRIDGE. J/R HUTTO?
Of New Orle&na. Of M&coa, G&.
J. H. ASHBRIDGE & CO.,
Commission Merchants
GENERAL PURCHASING AGENTS,
LIVERPOOL.
ASHBRIDGE, SMITH & CO^ Hew Orleans.
~y Particular attention given to tho sale of South
ern Lands to European Capitalists and intending Im
migrants. *3-Orders for Foreign Goods executed o
best possible terms.marl-Hwly
LIVERY AND SALE STABLES.
r IE undersigned has taken charge of the well
known ** Ch&pm&n's Lirery Stables'* in Macon,
opposite the passenger shed, on Plum street, where he
will conduct a general Livery Business in all its
branches. Anything you may want in the way of
transportation, by horse or mule, buggy, carnage or
hack, wilibo furnished on short notice and at reason
able rates. Drovers will find this an old and popular
stand at which to dispose of their stock,
febll-ly 8. H. HOLMES, Agent*
A RARE INVESTMENT.
T OFFER forsale my Steam Saw Mill situated in
Montgomery county, Texas, and about 14 miles
from either Cypress or Hockley Railroad Depot of
the H. and T. C. R. B-. consisting of about four thou
sand acres of the best Pine—well watered with Dwell
ing-houses, Workshops. Stables, etc., etc^ thereon.
One 40-horse power Engine, all in running order, and
all tools and implements necessary. - -
Titles warranted and terms liberal. For further
particulars address the owner,
r. STEUKSY,
Hockly P. 0^, Harris county. Texas.
Or P H. MOSER, Real Estate and Land Agent,
Galveston. Texas. ju3-6m
•—~i: MATTINGS, Etc.
A FINE assortment of Cheek. Fancy mad Plain
Canton Floor Mattings, just received. Also, an
elegant assortment of fine Fnraitore—Parlor and Bed
room Baits in gnmt variety.
Next to Lanier House,
jonefifit* Mason. Ga.
SAQ&S
STOVE WORKS.
(E8TABL1BUKD 1M0.)
ABENimOTU BROS., Proprietors
109 4. Ill Bcekman sc., New York,
Manufacturer, of the Celebrated
“COTTON PLANT” COOK STOVE,
“QUEEN OF THE SOUTH” Cook Steve,
“MAGNOLIA” Cook Steve.
“GRAY JACKET” Cook 8teva.
"DELTA” Cook Stove.
And other ijforas, suitable for the Southern trad*
BVHRT STOVB IB WARRANIBD,
FOR SALE BY
CO. Americas, Ga.
Bouth.
(inlsli
thronghoat
;5-4Aw6mo.l
the
0X00 RHW A.HXD.
NOTICE TO THE[ AFFLICTED.
ECLECTIC BOTANIC PRACTICE.
rpnE undersigned desire* to invite the attention of
A all who are afflicted to his skill and treatment on
chronic maladies. Ho will guarantee to f • rform cures
on nine-tenths of each and every coiui-talnt which
the human family are heir to, from one monthh stand-
space of two or three months tima^B
He will name a fow ef the critical complaints for ex-
tne Lneit. Abuomomai Dropsy. HilK neg, DyppCMia,
iBIind and Bloody Pile*. Bronchial affections. Rheum-
atism of every kind. Scrofula in general. Ulcers and
Old Bore!, all private complaints In general t will re
move merrarial debilities: will guarantee to treat all
Ifemaledebllitiee caused by cold or otherwise, with
the utmost success: will aleo guarantee to cure each
land every casecf inflamation by which married ltdies
by the thousand are groaning with. The under
signed can testify to his great success in the treatment
ofthose ehronie maladies by nomernus proofs (if re
quired) in Macon. Augusta Griffin, Columbus, Craw-
fordsvula and Atlanta. He has been la the field of
I .access for the term of twenty-one years in Georgia.
Bis office is on Marietta street, east of the Legislative
Hall, opposite the marble house. He is permanently
located. Come one, come all, and examine for your
selves. Each prescription strictly cash.
■ DR. M. FITZGERALD.
Atlanta, Ga*
The pnblie win address meat Atlanta. Ga.
may26-d*wlm
LIFE-SIZE
FAMILY PORTRAITS
A RE evidences of a high state ofeelture the world
over. I am prepared, at all times, to fill orders
for those, as well as all the smaller styles of Photo-
G tph Likenesses. 1 am making a specialty of the
tter class of Pictures, and those wanting something
superior will find it to their interest to call on
J. A. PUGH. Artist.
Triangular Block,
may9-ct Maeo Ua.
Drs. McKeUar & Thompson,
OFFICE ON THIRD STREET,
IN CITY BANK BUXXsSXNGt,
D O ANY and all DENTAL WORK, at the shortest
notice and at reasonable figure*. Cases from
the country will receive prompt attention. apr!6-tf
^CHANGE OPJCHEDBLB.
NO CHANOEaf CARS BETWEEN HA VANNA U
AUGUSTA AND UONTGOUEBY. ALA.
TsxxaroKTATtow Omcs C. R. R-. 1
SxTAXVAH. Ga. August 14,1865. J
O H AND AFTKR SUNDAY, lfinr ikst. PASSES
| GEK Train* on the Georgia Central Railroad
wiU ran a* follows:
UP DAY TRAIN.
LKATZ. AZKTVg.
Savannah — —.—8d» a. u.
Macon
Augusta — W* r. M.
MUIedgeviUe 8:58 T. u.
Katonton —— 11:00 r. u.
Connecting with train that leaves Au
gusta at 8:45 A. it
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macon— — 7:00 a. x.
Savannah ;—: MO r. v.
Augusta 538 r. u
Connecting with train that leaves Au
gusta at — 8:45 A. IS
UP NIGHT TRAIN.
Rt7.iui.li ...7:20 r. X.
Macon — 635 A.
Augusts — 3:13 A. x
Connecting with trains that leave Au
gusta’ at 933 r. X
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon,, 625 r. X.
Savannah ' MC a. x
Augusta — 3:13 A. x.
MUIedgeviUe 4:30 r. u.
Eatocton 2:40 r. u.
Connecting with train that Ieavee Au
gusta at 933 r. x.
*&~A. M. Trains from Savannah and Augusta, and
r. x. Train from Macon, connect with MilledgeTille
Train at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted.
P. M. Train from Savannah connects with
ISixnedj
augl5-tf
... WM. ROGERS,
General Superintendent.
DIVIDEND NO. 48.
TxxasuxxkV Ofticx, M. k W. IL R. Co-, )
A nTTTT .„, u , - Macon, Gju May 27,1869. J
DIVIDEND of two per cent, and tax on the
Capital Stock of the Company haa been declared,
payable on and after 21st Jane, to the Stockholders
as indicated by the books on tbe 1st Jane.
Transfer Books will be eloeed between the 1st and
21st June.
— “ MILO S. FREEMAN.
mAy2Mil!21J uno Treasurer.
THHGO'S
TE1BBRRY TOOTRWASH.
;i:xT .jfJ * - «
Preserve* and Whitens the Xeeth I
Invigorates and Soothes the Hams 1
Cleans and Xurifies Artificial Teeth!
Purifies and Perfhmes the Xlreath!
Prevents Accumulation of Tartar 1
Xs a Superior Article for Children 1
• IT IS WARRANTED FREE
From Injurious Ingredients!
I T is scientifically prepared in accordance with the
most valuable lormuhi) known to. the profession.
r
__ _ _ ians who hare tl
appreciate the importance of preserving the Teeth
through life. - .
Proprietor: A. M. WILSOW, Philadelphia.
For sale by
, iviisaun.rniia'xeipnia
J. U. ZHILIN 4 00.. Macoh.
Laiosatost np PniiXAOsrncAi. )
aid Anai vtcal Chkuistby, t
Atlanta. Georgia)
. This is to certify that I havo examine Trego'S Toa
berry Tooth Wash and Tooth Powder. I find then,
ftee from substance* that would act injuriously upon
the Teeth, and can recommend Trefo’a -Preparations
to those in want of a superior dentrifloe.
mayld-Cm W.J. LAND. Chemist.
ESTABLISHED 1S05.
SOOTBBRlflHiTR LEAD.
r STRTCTT/V
f,k ■ ^
igiaijyj
an BLEACHED J
s OIIa
=£<£
And Color Works,
ST. LOUIS.
P RODUCTB of this Establishment guaranteed
eqoarin quality to the best maonraeiurod in the
J.H. ZHILIN k CO.
From 4 to 350 llomsx Powit,
Including tho celebrated Cor
liss Cut-off Engine*. Slide
, Valve Stationary Engine*.
Portable Engine*. Ac. Also
Circular, Slulay and Gang Saw
Mills. 8onr Cane Mills, Shaft-
Mills, Circular Sawn. Belting,
?uM d iJ 0 rfc. d t?.l! >UT<,C ’ r -
WOOD * MANN STEAK KKO. CO^
fabU-dftmo Utica, Rmw York.
Adjournment of Dougherty Court.
AT CHAMBERS, June lsi. 1869.
rpHE member* of the Albeny Bar haviagipresented
X to me a petition soliciting an adjournment of
Dougherty Superior Court, on account nf tho conflict
of the regular term with the Supremo Court, It Is or
dered that Dougherty Superior Court be adjourned
until the THIRD MONDAY instant. All parttee.
urors and witnesses, will take notice.
The Clerk will enter this order on the minutes, and
publish in tbe Albany News and^Mwon ^Tctecraph.
' J.8. 0?8.W. C.
A true extract from the minutes, June 2d, 1809.
l*5td J. F. OAKOILb. Clerk.
FOB SALE.
IMPROVED AND WILD LANDS.
BE1UUEN COUNTY, 00t DISTRICT.
A N IMPROVED PLANTATION fourteen mile*
from Valdosta, on the Atlantio AGulf Railroad,
and the same dutaace from the line of the Albany*
Bgnauwiek Railroad, consisting of 2$)5 seres. There
are two sets of dwelling-houses and out-lumsos. cot
ton-gin, etc.; one frame house of six rooms : shout
400 acres cleared and partly under cultivation. 4
large quantity of hammock land on the place. Pro
duces eea island cotton as well as upland. Will be
•old low for cash.
. CALHOUN COUNTY. 4th DISTRICT.
Lota Nos. 197,159 and 123. containing 250 acres each.
. MCATUR COUNTY. 19th DISTRICT.
P*!*- * n< * 565, containing 250acres each.
All of the above lands are weU selected and among
hea*liyVmb* , ed >n 1 *”°* of and mostly
Titles perfect. *Apply to -
, HENRY W. COWLES.
nprl4-tf Macon. Ga.
R
0
S
A
D
A
L
I
S
OSADAJiI S!
^ CKRTAUf, SAFE and ipeedy
cure for SCROFULA in all its forms, pri
mary. secondary and tertiary 8ypbili*.—
The formulas oi this preparation accom
panies each package, and commends itself
to the notice of Physicians: all over this
country can be found living witnesses to
tho virtneof Roeadalis.
_ BALTixoan.Feb.UU86*.
Da. J. J. Lawncncn—Dear Sir: 1 take
pleasure in recommending your Hosidtlis
as a very powerful alterative. I have seen
it need in two cases with happy results—
one in a ease of secondary lypbilis, in
which the patient pronounced himself
cared after having taken live bottle* of
yonr medicine. The other is a case of
serofuta of long standing, which is rapidly
improving under Us use. and the indica
tion,- are that the patient will soon recover.
I have carefully examined the formnlse
by which yonr Roeadalis is made, and find
it an excellent compound of alterative in
gredients. Yours truly.
K. W.dARR, M.D.
CURES RHEUMATISM.
, Db. F- Olik Dxsset.lt, now of this city r
formerly ProfeworofPhyriolosy and Pa
thological Anatomy in the Middle Georgia
Medical College. Chief Surgeon 8tate of
South Carolina during the war, Vice Pre«-
ldent Georgia Medical Association:
Dr. Lawbexci:—I hare carefully ex
amined your formula for the Eoeadalia,
and have recommended it to several of roy
patients. The combination is a happy one,
and must prove a potent remedy in •U w
eases requiring the virtues of a greatalter-
stive medicine ^/^AnSeLLY:
FOR SALE AT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
proprietors op
SIMMONS’
TWO HUNDRED BARRELS
Whisiies, Branflies, Wines, Gins, etc.
roa 3ala ay
L. W. RASDAL,
— third STREET 58
AS CHEAP AS ANY HOUSE SOUTH OF CIN-
-■* : CIN NAT I.
*****
VVSATISPACTION GUARANTEED.
wtih t “buy**CHRApl 1 ,0U CaSH Crs ™“*“- "*>o
aprlT—3m L-W-RARDAT-
M. KETCHUIL A. L. HAETRIDGE
Of New York. Late of Hartridge A Neff
KETCHUM & HARTRIDGE, ‘
K0ETHSA8T ROOM RXCHAHGX BUILDXXG,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
TYEALKRS in Domes tic and Foreign Ecxhance,
JL/ Hold. Silver and uncurrent Money. Buy and tell
Stocks.;Bonds, etc*
Receive deposits* allowing four per cent, interest
per annum on weekly balances of £>00 and upwards.
Collections made in this city and all the principal
toW—M flfiwglarari Florida-
Will make advances on consignment* of Cotton,
Rice, etc., to on reel v ns. or to our Northern and Euro
pean correspondents. doo20*6m
LIVER REGULATOR!
roay27-d*wtf
DR. G. E. SUSSDORFF
R ESPECTFULLY offers his service* to citizens of
Macon aad vicinity. Special attention given to
Surgical, eases.
Office in K. J. Johnston’s Building, corner of Mul
berry and Second streets. Office hogra: II to 4 r.v.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.’S
THROUGH LINE TO CALIFORNIA,
CHINA AND JAPAN,
TOUOUING AT MEXICAN PORTS, AND CAR
RYING THE U. S. MAIL.
TRrougU to California in Twenty-two Days.
ComnsoriNo os Tins Pa-
GOTO WITH THE
Steamships on the
ABAioap:
ABT7ftwl j- - - - - COLORADO,
HENRY GHAtJNGEY, - CONSTITUTION,
NEW YORK, - - - - GOLDEN -CITY,
OCEAN QUEEN, - - - SACRAMENTO,
NORTHERN LIGHT, - GOLDEN AGE,
COSTARICA, - MONTANA.
One of the shore largo and splendid Steamships will
HBnA8to|
then on the preceding Saturday), for ASPlNWALL,
connecting, via Panama Railway, with one of tho
Company ■» Steamship* from Panama for SAN FRAN-*
CISCO, teaching at ACAPULCO.
Departures of tho 1st abdfflat connect at Panama
with Steamer, for SOUTH PACIFIC aud CENTRAL
AMKMCANjPORTS. Those of tho 1st touch at
The Steamer of June 11th, IV..i eonneot* closoly
with tho Steamer GREAT REPUBLIC leaving San
Francisco July 3d. 1869, Tor JspaiCand China.
One Hundred Pounds of Baggage allowed to each
adult. Ttiimi Msitiil eiSwmbAft BiWfihfilMnaili
an.l attend ladies aad children without malo proteo-
tors. Baggage received on tho dock tho day before
sailing, from Steamboats, Railroad?, and passengers
who prefer to tend down earl
^An experienced Surgeon board. Modicino and
For Freight or Pastengo Tickets, or further infor
mation, apply at tho C.iinnany’s Ticket Office, on tho
Wharfs,(JOTO* CANAL STREET. NORTH RIVER,
DUylO-Smcr F. R. BABY Agent
W. a. TAXXIK. S. OTTO SI1BCT8. SLXX. DKLANKY.
METROPOLITAN WORKS
RICUMOND. VIRGINIA.
Corner of Seventh and Cana] Streets.
TANNER, EHBETS & DELANEY.
Stationary & Portable Engines,
SAW rvxixjXjO. #
BOILERS, BRIDGE BOLTS AND CASTINGS,
IRON AND BRASS WORE.
IRON and Wooden Trucks for Cars. Improved To-
A bacon and other Machinery of all kinds built and
repaired.
Also, Agent In the Southern States for
Blake’.s Patent Stone A Ore Breaker
tt. R. BROWN, A«*t,
feb21-tf No. 62 8<^opd st., Macofi,
APPLEBY A HELME'S
j , f; calibrated
Railroad Mills Snuff
i RE now being offered in this market a* the beet
_ 1l foods man factored in this country. For Bale by
Me*«r8 ( L .W. Hunt k Co.. DrncgUte, and Johnson
Campbell k Co.. Grocer».Maoon. Ga. jan5-6mo
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE,
A NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, m delivered at
tho New York Moieum of Anatomy, embracinf
the subject*: How to Live and What to Live for:
Youth. Maturity and Old Ako; Manhood Generally
Reviewed: TheCanee of Indigestion; Flatulence and
Nervous Di«eaBC*accounted for; Marriage Philo»ophi-
cally Considered, etc. These lectures will be forward
ed on reccint of four stamps, by addnflBBf Secretary
Baltimore lim—m of Anatomy. 74 Wost Baltimore
Street, Baltimore, Md. apr6-ly
CMIAUliSJt HARM,
3. W, TlfcTOHT, Manufactory,
MOUNT VERNON, L, ~.......NEW YORK,
IVARE-ROOllSs
47 BROADWAX, NEW TORE#
TT'KOWING from Ion*experience the requirement*
JV of the Fouthf*rn trade, and with the facilities for
manufacturing, I think I can give better value for
tho money than can be had elsewhere in the city.—
The “Tilton Style" Buggy, for material and work
manship, ha.-no equal except the “Abbott Buggy.”
My D* i’ --itf-rv, one of tho largest in tho city, pospeg-
Bes the advantage, in it* location, of costing lees than
Lalf the rent of those up town. lean, therefore, offer
my vehicles at Iws price*. Those who have had mv
work require no reference; but to those unacquainted,
I would respectfully refer to
Messrs. J. H. Bbowkr k Co., }
Meesra. Smallwood, Hodgkiss k Co., >-New York.
Messrs. Bktti.Nichols k Co., ) ,. £?TT ^ T31
For in formation regarding my new style of SLIDE
SEAT BUGGY, Irefcr to Joh.v M. Clarke k Sox,
Attorneys at Law, of Atlanta, Ga., who recently pur-
■ one. apr2i-3m *
How to Utilise the Oak Forests of
Oeorgia.
rviHX undereigned i* now ready to grant licenc-e* or
JL to dispose of territorial right* lor the use of hi*
improved Appliance* for converting the aatrintent
properties ol Oak Bark into an imperishable extract
for Tanning and Coloring purposes, requiring there
for a small royalty per gallon, ora reaaonable con
sideration for Factory or Territorial right*.
The cost of a Factory, with all the requisite ap
pointment* (lee* motive power) capable of producing
50 barrei3 every twenty-four hours, will not exceed
$8000. while a factcry of the capacity of 25 barrels per
twenty-four hours will not exceed 15000. Throe thou
sand dollars will—where lumber is cheap—meet the
entire cost of a factory capable of producing from 12
to 15 barrel* per day. (less the motive power) which
may be of steam or water, and of from 15 to 20 horse
power. These estimates include the cost of building,
tanks, (which are of wood) mill, condensing apparatus
and every requisite, save the-motive power, requirod
in the manufacture.
* These new devices, for manufacturing concentrated
extract, are in practical use, and are pronounced by
good judges to be the most perfect, simple and the
cheapestm use. Competent men wfcl be provided for
putting these factories in operation for those to whom
licenses are granted. All particulars may be learned
by addressing TH03. W. JOHNSON,
Station H„ New York City.
mar!3 3mo
ALV'D H. COLQUITT, I JAMES BAGGS, I HUGH H. COLQUITT,
Baker Co„ Ga. I Newton. Ga. I Savannah, Ga.
COLQUITT Sc BAGGS,
Cotton Factors AGeneral Commission
kbkohanti,
BAT STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
S PECIAL attention to the sale of Cotton, Lamber
and Timber. Liberal advances on Consignment*.
api9-tr., ... & -ob -.m r> .