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they received from, us for
.■j the Territories, but de-
ight to.carry the slave* <hey<
for it, into the tome Torrito-
vriff be composed of delegates
few of the Southern States. I think
but little good oould be expeoted to re
sult from its deliberations, unless the
Southern States were generally repre
sented. I do not, therefore, recom
mend the appointment of delegates to
represent this State. In declining to
reooinmend the appointment of such
delegates, I do not wish to be under
stood as expressing a willingness to ac
quiesce in the repeated aggressions of
the non-elaveholding States.
In mv opinion, the constitutional
rights of the peopleof Georgia, and of
the other slaveholding States, have
been violated by some of the non-elave-
holding States to an extent which would
justify them, in the judgment of all civ
ilised nations, in adopting any measures
against such offending States, which, in
their judgment, may be necessary for
the restoration and future protection of
all their rights. ' ' ,
At the time of the formation ef. the
Constitution of the United'8tate8, the
rights of-the slaveholder were recognis
ed, in all the States. No political dem
agogue in the-Northem States had then
been able to ride into power by denoun
cing the people and the'institutions of
the Southern States; nor had the Nor
thern pulpit been" deseorated by aboli-
tion harangues. Since the passage ot
the law of. Congress inhibiting the traf
fic, most of the illegal importations of
slavea have been made by Northern
ships. • And It is a well known fact that'
the people of the Northern States, be
fore the traffic wes inhibited by Congress
imported a large proportion of the
slaves brought from Africa, and sold
them to the people of the Southern
States, and recelvod their money for
them, which, with it* proceeds, was no
<.doubt, invested in shipping, manufoej
taring, Ac. This fact was fresh • in the
-recollection of the Northern patriots
who united with our fathers in forming
' the Constitution; and they did hot hes
itate to hind themselves aud their pos-
terity or to respect our rights in Slave
property.
I regret to say ^however, that thecon-
duct Of many of their descendants has
not been oharaeterised by a like spirit
of justice i sinoe, taotty; whose ances
tors grew rioh by the sale of slaves to
the southern people are now ready to
denounce the traffic by which the for
tunes they epjoy were made; as immor
al and inhuman, and, the Southern peo
ple m little better than demons in hu
man’ shape, because we continue to hold
as property, the offspring of the slaves
E urchased from their fathers. Num-
ers of them advocate the doctrine that
our slaves should be set hreh among us,
intermarry with our children, amalga-
/mate with ns, and be plaoed in ’all re
spects, u pon a basis of perfect equal i ty
with our free white population. For
the purpose of promoting this object
ahdjftodhoing a general revolt of our
slaved, a portion of their number, with
fire:and sword, have invaded Virginia,
'dmof bCtf Sodthern sister States,, and
slaughtered, in cold blood, some of her
quiet, law-abiding citizens. It is trne,
these guilty criminals have suffered the
penalty of the law upon the scaffold;
^ out-the justice of their punishment has
ffeeh demed. and their names have been
canonized by the abolition masses in the
NorthOidStMOi; and even in the pul
pit they are frequently referred to as
martyrs to the causo of liberty.
Should our citizens invade their Ter
ritory, and burn down their factories
Trollt tfrtif money br the proceeds of
• moneypaid them by Virginia; Georgia
snd Curdtihaiphurters ; tor -slaves, and
batcher their citizens' who held proper-
S BffBiliir tlW sale of slaves, or- by
use of the productions of slave la
bor, how di fferftntfy they would View the
question of criminality I But the.inva
der who should slay the Northern- citi
zen who holds his lorthA^' awmiroctby.
the proceeds of slave labor ana the sale
ofslambml^ not bt more ftnitty.then
those were who iiivadod"*-. WWe- <ltste
and slaughtered her cWtens becouso
they held slaves {- abr would hi*' moral
f not the spirit of Northern pa-
1770, with whom our fathers
in the Declaration ot Indapen-
; nor of those of 1787, with whom
ntered into the compact of the
titution. They were brave, noble,
rous men, who required justice
oilmen, and were ready, in return
nder even-handed justice to all.-r-
,t time Georgia and Massachusetts
alike sovereign and independent
Each entered the family of
With her faith solemnly pledged
other to perform all her Consti-
ional Obligations, and to respect all
■ Constitutional rights of- the other,
'he Constitution of the United
is a compact in the nature of a
.ty. between the sovereign States of.
Union,; by which each State made.,
cession to the others, for the sake of
Union, and each bound her faith
Cmnly to the others, to do, or to per-
t Congress to do, certain acts which
os agreed would promote the inter-
of the others, and to omit to do
nin other acts which might be to
injury of the others. Eooh dele-
i to the General Government, under
qualifications contained in the Con
tutionofthe United States, the ex
cise of a portion of its .sovereign pow-
, for the good of the whole. Geor
, when she entered the compact
h Massachusetts, conceded impor-
t commercial and othfer rights; which
ncessions, under the operation of
tariff laws, navigation laws, and
herwise, have inured greatly to the
inefit of Massachusetts. In return for
concessions, Massachusetts sol-
nly contracted and agreed with Geo
, that she would, on her port, (among
berthings,) “deliver up’’to Georgia
fugitive slaves escaping and going
Massachusetts, on claim of the pur-
.y to whom the service or labor may
be due. No one pretends that Georgia
and the other Southern States would
have entered into the compact and
formed the Union, had Massachusetts
and the other northern States refused
to give this express guaranty.
Not only the plain language of the
Constitution itself, but the contempora
neous debates, and -the early construc
tion upon the Constitution, of which
we have evidence in the fact that no
law was passed by Congress on the sub
ject for several years after the Union
was formed, all show conclusively that
the understanding between the States
was, that Massachusetts, and the other
Northern States, pledged their faith to
Georgia and the other Southern States,
not simply that the Federal Govern
ment, by its officers, might arrest fugi
tive slaves found in their limits, and
deliver thetri up to their owners, but
that the people of Massachusetts, and
of each Northern State,by their officers,
would themselves “deliver them up,’
fugitives from justice.
The only difference in the language
used in the Constitution, os applicable
to the two classes of fugitives, is, that
the criminal, or fugitive from justice, is
to be delivered up on demand of the
Executive authority of the State from
which he fled, while the slave, or fugi
tive from labor is to be delivered upon
claim of the party to whom suoli ser
vice or labor may be due. The classes
will be found in item two of article
fourof the Constitution ot the United
States. The clause in reference to. fu
gitives from justice, is in these words:
“A person charged in any State with
treason, felony, or other crime, who
shall flee fiom justice, and be found in
another Stato, shall, on demand of the
Executive authority ot the State from
which he lied, be delivered up, to be
removed to the State having jurisdic
tion of the crime.”
The clause relating to fugitive slaves
is as follows: “No person held to ser
vice or labor in one State, under the
laws thereof, escaping into another
shall, in consequence of any law or reg
ulation therein, be discharged from
such service or labor, but shall be de
livered upon claim of the party to
rthoin such service or labor may be
due.” It may bo here observed that
the same language, “shall bo delivered
up,” is used in both cases; and that
the Constitution does not, in either
case, say that it shall be done by au
thority of .Congress. I do not say that
Congress may not have concurrent
jurisdiction in these cases, and that a
law may not be passed by Congress pro
viding for the exercise of this powet by
the officers of the Federal Government
in case a State refuse to do it, and there
by proves faithless to its Constitutional
obligatoins. As this may|not be cousid
oredan open-- question, I do not pro
pose to discuss it; but I do say that,
under these provisions of the-Constitu-
tion, the faith of each State is solemnly
pledged to every other State in the
Union, to exercise this power* whenev
er a proper case may arise; and to de
li ve up the fugitives of either class found
within her limbs, on the demand or
claim being made as provided by the
Constitution. What State denies its
obligation, under the Constitution, to
deliver 'up a criminal who is a fugitive
from justice, on demand of the Execu
tive authority of the State from which
he fled f 1 am aware that discussions
sometimes arise about the legal form of
the demand, and that a faithless Exec
utive may, under some shallow pre
text or legal technicality, refuse to do
his duty; -but what State, by legislative
authority, hat ever yet denied the ob
ligation T and what State, not controlled
by Abolition counsels, having no regard
for plighted faith, will, ior a moment,
deny its Constitutional obligation to de
liver up a slave who is a fugitive from
service, on olaim of the party to whom
suoh service may be due f
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less of their Constitutional obligations
and their solemn pledges of public
faith.
Massachusetts has . not only failed to
enact laws providing for the delivery
of fugitive slaves to their owners, but
she has, in flagrant violation of every
principle of good faith, enacted laws
throwing every obstacle in her power
in the way of the rendition to their
owners, by the officers of the Federal
Government, of fugitive slaves found
witiiih her limits,.
By a statute of that State, approved
March 24th, 1843, she commands the
Judges and Justices of the Peace not to
take cognizance of. the Act of Congress,
passed in 1793, for the delivery of fugi
tive slaves to their masters, and not to
pant the certificates required in cases
;hat may arise under the tiurd section
of that'Act, to any.- person who claims
any other person as a fugitive slave
within her jurisdiction. This certifi
cate, under the Act of Congress of 1793,
is' necessary to enable the owner to
carry back his slave to the State or Ter
ritory from which he fled; and it is by
that Act made, the duty of the Judge
or Justice to act in such case, and to
grant the certificate upon proper proof
being m'ade. She also enacts that no
sheriff deputy sheriff, coroner, consta
ble pr jailor, or other officer of tho com
mon wealth; shall arrest or detain, to aid
in the arrest or detention or imprison-
onment, in any jail or other building
belonging to the State, or tonriy couti-
ty, city, or town thereof, of any person
for the reason that' lie is claimed as a
fugitive slave. And as a penalty, it is
enacted that any Justice of the Peace,
sheriff, deputy sheriff, coroner, consta
ble, or jailor, who shall offend against
the provisions of this law, by in any
way acting, directly or indirectly, under
tho power conferred by the third sec
tion of the Act of Congress, aforemen
tioned,shall forfeit a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or to be subject to
imprisonment not exceeding one year
in the county jail.
This stntuto only prohibits all officers
of Massachusetts from arresting or de
taining a fugitive slave, and denies to a
eitizen of Georgia the aid of the officers
of thut Slate in capturing his fugitive
slave found there, but denies to him the
use of any jail or building belonging to
that State, for the purpose of detaining
his slave till he can carry him away ;
and also makes it. highly penal in any
officer who, acts and gives the certificate
directed by the not of Congress ns above
stated. This law of Massachusetts
effectually nullities, in that Stale, the
act oc Congress pussed for the protec
tion of the constitutional rights of the
people of Georgia and the other South
ern States.
In 1855, the Legislature of Massachu
setts passed, oyer the Executive veto,
another statute, extending the provis
ions of the act of 1843, to the act of
Congress known as the fugitive slave
law, passed in 1850 ; and which was in
tended to nullify that net. This act
also extends to the fugitive slave the
benefit of the writ of habeas corpus;
and on his application, makes it the
duty of the court before which the
habeas corpus is returnable, to order a
trial by jury ; which is not allowed by
said statute in any case except in coses
of o fugitive sluve; and also gives the
court the power to udmit him to bail.—
On the trial, the jury may return n gen
eral verdict; aiid they are to have the
same discretion that juries have in the
trial of criminal cases. If the jury dis
agree, the issue may be submitted to
another jury, or continued to .the next
term, at the discretion of the court.
The claimant is required to state in
writing with precision and certainty,
the facts upon which he relies; and
neither -the claimant of the fugitive.nor
any one interested in the' alleged obli
gation to service or labor, nor the fugit
ive himselt, shall be permitted to testify
on the trial; and-no confessions, admis
sions, or declarations of the fugitive,
against himself, shall bo given in evi
dence. Upon every question of fact
involved in the issue, the burden of
proof fdiall be on the claimant; and the
tacts necessary to he established must
lie proved by the testimony of at least
two credible witnesses, or other legal
evidence equivalent thereto; and no
ex parte deposition or affidavit shall be
received in proof, in behalf of the
claimant; (it might be in behalf of the
negro;) and no presumption shall arise
in favor of the claimant; from any
proof that the alleged fugitive, or any
of his ancestors, had been actually held
us a slave, without proof that such
holding was legal. I presume this
proof could hardly he made to the sat
isfaction of an Abolition jury, who deny
that slavery is in any case legal. A fine
of not loss thun one, nor more than
five thousand-dollars, an imprisonment
of not less than one, nor more than five
years, is imposed on nny one who shall
coino into tne Commonwealth, with in
tention of removing, or assisting in re
moving therefrom, any person in the
peace (hereof, not held to service or
labor, &c. Under the rules of cvidenco
laid down by the statute, with the de
lays allowed in tne habeas corpus court,
no citizen of Georgia, before a Massa
chusetts jury, would ever be likely to
be able to establish his claim to his
slave: and, therefore, tho penalty im
posed by the statute is to he, nnd
doubtless was intended to be, inflicted
upon every ownerof a fugitive slave
who entere the limits of Massachusetts
to claim his property.
The next section of the statute, in
addition to this penalty, gives the lie
s'' 0 , the right of action for damages
against the person who thus entered
the Commonwealth for the purpose of
removing him therefrom. After pro
viding for the delays, and prescribing
the rules of evidence above mentioned,
as though the Legislature feared that
some owner of a slave might be able to
overcome all theso obstacles, and estab
lish, even under all these disadvanta
ges, bis right to his property, they pro
ceed to enact, that any offioer of the
Commonwealth, or any officer Of any
city, county, town, or district, who
shall arrest, imprison', detain or return,
or aid in arresting, imprisoning; detain
ing, or returning; any peofon for tiie
reason that he fi claimed . or adjudged
to be a fugitive from service or labor,
shall be punished by fine, not less than
one, nor more than two thousand' dol
lars, and by imprisonment in the State
prison, not less than one, nor more than
two years. Aud if. the volunteer mili
tia of the State assist the owner, even
after the slave has been abjmlge-1 to bo
his’ property, -tjhey are suojeot, under
the statute, to. a like penalty.
’If, therefore; a citizen of Georgia fol
lows his fugitive slave to Massachusetts,
and after a long, expensive, and vexa
tious litigation, obtains in the proper
court a judgment establishing his
claim to hii, property, and starts to re
turn-home'with him, and a-mob ar
rests him. while attempting to return,
and takes his property from him by
force, and any civil or military officer of
that State comes to liis relief, and as
sists him agaihst the mob to return to
this State tvilh his property, such officer
for this act, is subject to bo fined' from
one-to two thousand dollars, and to be
imprisoned in the State prison, (Peni
tentiary,) from to one two years.
It is further made the duty of the
Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Council, to appoint in ev
ery county in the Commonwealth, one
or more commissioners, learned in the
law, who are to be dilligent nnd'faith i‘ul
in the defence of atiy person who is .ar
rested or seized, or in danger'.of being
arrested or seized, os a fugitive from
service or labor, with power to employ
other counsel for the defence; and tho
whole costs of the defence, including
the attorney’s fees, are to be paid ou‘ of
the State Treasury. The statute then
declares that no jail or other place of
confinement belonging to, or used by
the Commonwealth, or any county
therein, shall be used for the imprison
ment of any one, who shall be accused
or convicted of any offence created by
either of the fugitive slave acts passed
by Congress, or who may be accused or
convicted of resisting any process, war
rant or order issued under either of said
acts, or of rescuing, or attempting to
rescue, any person, arrested or detained
under any of the provisions of either of
said acts, or of nny person arrested un
der execution for damages, for assisting
a fugitive to escape from service pr la
bor. Under this provision of the stat
ute, if tho leader of a mob resists a Uni
ted States officer in the execution of a
process issued under the authority of
the acts of Congress, for the arrest of a
fugitive slave, and thereby enables the
slave to escape,or rescues and takes him
from the officer aftei lie has boen arres
ted, and this daring violator of the law
is indicted in the United States Court,
and convicteJ and sentenced to prison
for having in the manner above men
tioned forcibly taken from a citizen of
this State his property; or if the citizen
of Georgia sues him for damages in the
United States Court, and recovers judg
ment, and-has him arrested under exe
cution, Massachusetts, in either case,
denies the use of her jails for his im
prisonment-.
it is finally enacted that no pnrt of
tliis statute shall apply to so much of
the act of Congress as relates to fugitives
from justice: showing thut the State re
cognizes her Constitutional obligations
in the one case and repudiates it in the
other.
By tlipse statutes, the State of Massa
chusetts, not only nullifies the acts of
Congress passed for the protection of the
Constitutional rights of the people of
Georgia,but holds out every inducement
in her power to her citizens to violate
them, to resist tlleir legal process, and to
rescue and take from us our fugitive
.slaves, after ail adjudication under the
nets of Congress that they are our pro
perty.
When South Carolina, in 1832, made
f irovision for the nullification of certain
aws of Congress, known as tho tariff
laws, by the operation of which her citi
zens wore being plundered by tne Gov
ernment to enrich the manufacturers oi
Massachusetts, and other Northern
Stutes, the.whole Union was convulsed
with .excitement, and the use of Fede
ral bayonets was- threatened to coerce
her in to obedience, it she attempted to
carry out- what were denounced is tier
treasonable designs.
Wlien Massachusetts, in 1843 and ’45,
in palpable violation of her duty under
the Constitution, passed acts effectually
nullifying the laws of Congress enacted
for the protection of the rights of the
-itizens of the slave States, no outpour
ing of indignation wont forth, and no
cry of treason to the Government was
heard from the NorthernStaiee. But if
a Southern man proposed that Massa
chusetts be coerced into obedience, or
that a Southern State pass retaliatory
laws, ho was denounced ns a uisunionist,
if not as a traitor. If. nullification in
South Carolina, for just cause, was trea
son agaihst the Federal Government,
what better is it in Massachusetts with
out cause 7
Probably the records of no State or
nation in Christendom are. more black
ened witli the deep s.tain of disgrace,
caused by a wilful violation of public
faith, than this record of Massachusetts.
If 1 use strong language, iV is because I
feel that the wrongs done our'State re
quire that I speak the truth' without re
nervation. While the trade of Georgia
is worth to Massachusetts, annually .hun
dreds of thousands, if not,millions of
dollars, under our tariff' laws, naviga
tion acts, and other advantages which
Massachusetts derives from the Union,
she retains upon her statute book these
most extraordinary.laws for the purpose
of robbing the citizens of - Georgia of
their property which may escape and bo
found within her limits. She is inviting
our trade, to'which many of bdr citizens
look for tbeiy daily bread; bUtf.if our
merchant goes there to trado, and'-car
ries with him his sluve as a body Ser
vant; (which ho lias os. much natural
right to do as a citizen OfMusaachuaetti
has to carry his baggage with him wR8rt'
he travels through Georgia,) the laws
of that State lake from iuiff liis proper
ty, and refuse to permit him to bring
it with him when he returns to~ his
home.
Suppose A 'similar- treqtyW compact
existed between France and Great Brit
ain, and the Government and sublets
of France should, in Open violation of
the compact, rob the subjects of the
government’ -of Great Britain, as the
government and citisens Of‘Massachu
setts do the citisens of Georgia, would
tho Goverumrtit of Great Britain submit
to it for a single, month ? No doubt, in
such cose,-satisfaction would be prompt
ly demanded of the. Government of
France; nnd, in case of refusal, tile
Gnyanmenl ot' Great Britain would re-
sor'l’to immediate reprisals, or a prompt
declaration of war. Should the fiee‘
men of Gebfgia bodeiiied-hy.her-Icgis-
tors thO protection which the crowned
heads of Europe never fail to afford to
their subjects t If so, our Government
is a failure, nnd our boasted freedom is
but solemn mockery.
A.11 writers on tho subject of govern
ment agree chat the duties und obliga
tions Of the State or Government, arid
the citizen or subject, are reciprocal, ihe
State has the right to require from each
citizen promptobedieneq. to hrir laws;
to command his services in the field of.
battle against tlie enemies, whetieyer.in
her judgment, it tnriy be ’ necessary 5 to
her honor/nml to tux him to any extent
which her necessities may' at nny- trine
require. These requisitions, Georgia, as
a sovereign State, bus. made’, and : may
continue to make, on all her citizens.
In return "for the sums paid as tuxes,
and the services which each citizen ren
ders the State, including obedience to
all her laws, lie is entitled to demand
and receive, from the State full and am
ple protection ot' his life, his Ijberty, liis
family his reputation, and his property
cfevery description.
It is the duty of Georgia, therefore,
whenever one of her citizens, no matter
how humble is robbed of liis property
or wrongfully deprived of his liberty, by
any other State, to demand prompt and
ample redi ess ; and if it be denied to
make.the cause of hpr citizens her own
cause ; and,if need bo, to exhaust her
vast resources und herjgreat energies in
a determined effort to redress the wrong.
If, therefore, the State of Massachusetts,
in open violation of her Constitutional
obligations to Georgia! plunders a citizen
of Georgia, of his property, and refuses
to make redress, Georgia violates every
principal Qt' t good faith to her own citi
zen, if she refuses either to compensate
him from her own treasury, or to com-
pell Massachusetts to compensate him
A sovereign State should either protect
her citizens or cense to claim then-allegi
ance and their obedience to her laws.
But it may be asked how Georgia can
compel Massachusetts to compensate
citizens of Georgia who have been rob
bed of their property by Massachusetts
legislation. The law of nutions furnish
es a ready reply. The most distinguished
writers on this subjeot lay down . the
doctrine that a State., whoso citizens or
subjects have been unjustly and illegal
ly deprived of their property by anoth
er State or nution, which refuses to make
reparation ; may law fully make reprisals
by seizing the property of tho off ending
State or nation, or of its citizens or sub
jects wlierover to be found ;. and if jus
tice is still refused, by confiscating and
delivering to the injured party a suffi
cient amount of the property so seized
to indemnify him aguiust the loss; and
such seizure is declared to bo no just
cause of war.
Z. B. HARGROVE,
NEWMA& & NOWLIN,
ft
_ bought the entire ‘stock
. tho flriri -of Newman A Nowlin
hud largely increased it by recent
, additions in every department,
with Fresh and Genuine
Drugs,
Chemicals,
perfume^-
Pure
For McJiciaal.purp.ofeB, Ac/ *fam prepared
to furnish' tfr'e people of Rome and-Vicinity/
with all and every article-In LliO Drug lino/
os clu-np and on ns rcasrfriaDle'forms ss any
oilier house this. Side of Augusts .
Mr. JOSEPH M, MACK,
Who is nil experienced Pharmaceutist an J
Druggirt, will-reninm iri tlrtf lfoilrfe/ariVl'gife'
his entire attention to the business. Physi
cians desiring ihoir Prescriptions' accurately
nnd carefully prepared,' vrjll find it Id thttlr
intcrcst to entrust them to his care.-
octof . Z. B. HARGROVE.
[CONCLUDED IN OCR NEXT.]
A Howard Street Residence
FOR SALE!
THE Undersigned offers for
k~. S sale Ilia House and hot
Howard street. TlicLotcon-
: tains ty acres, and the {house
is large and e -nifortublc.
~ ALSO,
A low priced House and Lot on FranUlin
.-treat. GEO. 8. BLACK.
nuvOtwzwtf
EVERY PLANTER
SHOULD HAVE A
Reliable Fire & Burglar Pro’f
SAFE.
I Jf A community like this, whoro tunny
wealthy persons reside on plantations ru-
uiote from neighbors, and who sometimes
have o- casion to keep lurge sums ef money
or costly jewelry in their houses, or have
Valuable documents to preserve, every pru
de itiai consideration requires that they
should liuvc some sale depository for such
property, that it may he eutiroly seeuro from
the accident of fire or temptation torobbery.
The loss of a single account book or other
document, whether by tire-nr abstraction,
may involve its owner in irretrievable min :
aud it therefore admonishes all prudent men
to effect a kind ot perpetuul insurance
ngninsi suah enlam tiee, and the cheapest nnd
mos: effectual one is the po seni-m of a tire
aud burglar pr. of Sale. Many persons
wanting suoli depository carry their money,
sometime large sums, on their persons, oth
ers hide it in secret places; others, whoso
entiro fortune is invested in stocks and
bonds, arc known to keen the ovidenecs of
such investments in wooden trunks or tin
boxes, liable at any time lo be destroyed by
lire nr taken by theft. All- there practices
lire most imprudent. Moreover, if tho por-
t.nts of tho times indicate political and dn-
me.-tic commotion, this is a strong reason for
procuring a safe deposit for money ami val
uables within the control of the owner,—
This security is afforded by VALENTINE &
BUTLERS ALUM PATENT FIRE AND
BUUULAR PROOF SAFE, This safe is
mado upon the vaporising principle, which
is tho only reliable »nu, being filled with
natural salts which remain porlectly dry
until, heated, when (hey discharge such a
volume of steatri tbst the burning o.f docu
ments is reudered impossible. During the
twelve years thut they have been in use, al
though hundreds of them have becu subject
ed to the severest ordeals, not one of them
lius bad its contents destroyed bv fire; nor
hai the burglar, succeeded, in a single in
stance' iu enterjug them. .The .locks arc
p, wd.-r proof, and the key can bo carried in
the vest pocket. - ,
Prices of sizes suitable for Planters, ton,
$70, *80, $05, *105,- *U5, $125. Transpurja
tlon bxponaesaddod, "
Also,'Safes for Merchants', Banks, County
Offices, Aa. - For. sale by
•Jtv . J. A. QUTMBY,
No, 3 Warren Block,
nnvWtw*w4m Augusta, Ga
Tomlin & MoCarver’s
STEAK SAW MILL
T HE proprietors will furnish first quality
long leaf Pine Lutnbor, sawed at their
Mill on the Copsa River, H.tailoe from Rome,
as follower' — —
Delivered at the Millat$l,08 per hundred,
or at steamboat landing in Rome, or at inter-
mediate huttings on the- River at $1,25 p 0r
hundred. For dried lumber 25 cents per
hundred additional will lie charged.
. ROBT.G. TOMLIN,
, J. L. McCAUVER.
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T>URNETT8 Flavoring Extracts.' Coeo-
D aino, Kalloston and Troth Wash—•
fresh supply at FARELL A YEI8ER.
YEISfiR.
Just Received, .
. 40 galls. CastorOil, ext..
2 b-xes Cod Liver'Oil,
100 IbB. Cream Tartar, . -
2 gross Concentrated.-Lyo;
100 lbs pure Pearl Staroh,
100 “ Sallpetro, ,.
5 gro.-s tier in a n water-proof matches,
20y lbs English Red Lead,
And oilier articles in the Drug line,
ALSO—A lot of fma Frcneh Brandies, Ma
deira, Sherry. Port nnd other Wine, of tho'
finest quality for Medicinal purposes,
ALSO—A largo lot of Brown Windsor, and-
olhof’TbireVSoapB; together ■ with a. fine as/ -
sortni“iit of Perfumery,-Pomadeir, Ac. ’
* ALSO—A fresh-,invoice of all -the most pop
ular Potent Medjpiucs.
ALSO—3000 Extra fine Havana .Cigars.
bot!)-tri’±wlnt-to janl Z. B. HARGROVE.
NOTICE.
O N and after ReptoinbcrlSt! nil work
nt our Establishment must be* -
Paid for on Delivery,
end nn all contracts exceeding Thirty.Dollar*...
One-third.of tho amount most be paid when ’
ordered, nnd the balance when the work- ia
taken away. All partio, indcbtedjto us are
requested to make Immediate Piivment.
Noble Bros. & Go.
nug-IOtf , *•-
Rome, Railroad.
F ROM this date, the rate of char
ges on STOVES on Rome Rail-|
road will bo 30 cents per 100 lbs., in
cluding stove pipe and fixtures. ' - j.
aut2l. W. S. COTHRAN, SupT.
Diarrhoea! Cramps!jGholesaL-
» ■■ This medicine has-
LIFE DROPS. ) been tried, tested and
Tim nkvku failing [ proved by ten yenrs
REMEDY. ) experience to bo the
only certain,sufe and
reliable remedy for all Bowel Derangements,
Diarrlimn. Dysonlerv, Cramps, Pains, Chol
era, Cholic, £e , now before the public. One
or two doses of 20 drops, will euro the most
severe or amps in the stomach in 20 minutes.
A single dose often cures the Diarrhaia and
it nuver constipates .the bowels. One -dose
will satisfy any quo of its merits. Price
only 25 Cents.
Prepared by S. D. Troll. 43 Bowery, New
York, and suld by Druggists generally.
In Rome by Baker A Echols, and Newman
A Nowlin. -[nug2tw*w
J. C. BAKER..... .R. W. ECHOLS
NEW
FIRM !
BAKER & ECHOLS,
' DEALERS IK
JG8 ANDHGDiGII
Colognes and Flavoring Extracts,
OILS, PAINTS, &C.
GLASS, PUTTY,
DYESTUFFS?
FINE CIGARS,
LIQUORS for Medical Pur*
poses, &c.i &c. &c.
Romo. Ga. Feb. 18th. . [triwawlf.j
A Desirable Home for Sale.
I wish to soil my land lylnff
An I1AVT..1 f
on tho • Jacksimvllle - road i ;
miles from Qedar Town, con
taining 29* acres, 20 elc*rod,
iho f, balatioo in timber. Com
ment on this place is unnecessary, as it is
known by the community to bo No. 1 Cedar
A alley land* and is one of the best improved
place* In the Valley. Having. on*Jt a new
framo dwelling witn five rooms, and front
und back porches, frame negro cabins, cook'
roo|H| smoke-house, stables and efibs: also,
finely watered, bv a fine well ton steps from
tho house, and Big Cedar Creek runnihg on
the North and Westboundarifes. No improvo-
mout IS needed qs the place is well ffeneed,
rao 'tiy with now rails, outside, and cross fen
ces. The neighborhood is excellent, and con
venient to Churches, School*, ovd MHls(
This plaeawillbo sold at exceedingly low
figures. For further-particulars apply to Wm.
T. Newman, Rome, Gn., orto mo. on the prem-
'“■ti oa. . , G.W.NEWMAN,
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COOSA WEB
After this dato the-Co isa River Bteamboa
* -uriy leave for GREEN.
SPtiKT. nnaiDtermcdlate landings’ as, fol-
STEAMEB ALFARATA, or
. v«j[-4nonnaraBnv‘-:'^:
Leaves Roms, Tuesday Horn
ing at 6 o'clock.. >
Leaves Greensport Wednes
day at 9 o’clock, '■
. ... . SMIOXT A RUBSELL.
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