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IY 8. ROSli & CO.
;'’ f v >1 IN’ Vs. HONK. Editor*,
r k *i s.
; . i:n i Joint'll N Meo'-nyrr i- nnhlished ev.*-
, v l vjjlny marning ill the city of Macon,*! the
fdllowinu
lM’Dinj) KATE!
If paid Strictly in advance, per year §2 50
If not paid in advance 0 00
jf mil paid till the end us the year 1 00
The above terms will be rigidly enforced, without re-
I( i ]i -rtionti, as the object of the Publishers is to do
(, ~|iie-H ‘is nearly ns possible upon the cash principle—
n ,-rrimt that their subscribers should reap the protits
ii ’h usually i!‘> to noents an 1 collectors, [n no disc
v ill the pip-r he sent out of the State unless first paid
I, a satisfactory reference i* given in Macon or its
vicinity.
VDVTJUTISBMri VTS inserted nt the usual rates—
llioss not limited when handed in, will be inserted till
(lfr , (_ |,ut a liberal discount wall Is* allowed to |>ersons
w i l l ivertise liy tl.e year, and who pay on demand.
VH inarriar * notices,and obituary notices of over
/■'ii litre, will hi* charged nt the usual rates.
Vl announcements of candidates for oilier, to be paid
|,e ai the usual rates, when inserted.
|/b iTil arrangements made with County Officer",
Pn,, lists. Auctioneers, and others, who may wish to
unkelimite.l contracts.
IViNoiis advertising will please observe the following:
S'llrsi if Land nnd Negroes, by Executors, Adminis
irat *r< and Guardians,are required by law to lie adver
t, .1 m a public gazette, sixty days previous to the day
These sales must be held oil the first Tuesday in the
month, between tlie hours of ten in the forenoon and
,i, the afternoon, at the Court House in the county
which the property is situated. .
[*!,,. . ,les of Personal Property must be advertised in
like manner forty days. .
Nntic * to Debtors and Creditors ot an hstme must be
published forty days. . , „
Notice that application will he made to the Court of
Or liuary for leave to sell Laud and Negroes, must be
published weekly for four months.
(’itotioni or betters of Administration must be puh
p .i„. | tuiiiy day*— for Dismission from Administration,
miinth'y viz month* —for Dismission from Guardian
shin My day*
knit's for foreclosure of mortgage, must be published
mintkly tor four /ninths—for establishing lost papers,
for the full space of three rnonths— tor compelling ti
tles from Executors or Administrators where a bond has
b; i given by the deceased, the full space us three
months. , , ..
ivy Letters on business to be post-paid.
FI4HM!
JUST received from J. Chickering,
j” xunns Clark (with and without Cole-
II i x ••nans Julian attachment.) Lemuel Gtl
h* taid oiners, a tine assortment ul PIANO FORTES.
Cue long and well known reputation of these i isiru
iii its, precludes the necessity ol pulling. We have a
■i.i-rai issortinent of wood and brass instruments ol
ail lescriplions, consisting in part of Serauhims, Gui
urv. Violins, Accordians, Flutes, [fugles, I’ro’ iboous,
Tn np'ts, Conit'pions, l)pliecliJes, Mellodions Violin-
C t,i<s. Drum , Bites, Concert Hornes, Ate. &c. Fash
ii< u *le music instruction jooks lor Piano, Guitar,
F u • and Vto in, Violin and Guitar Strings, Stc. &c.,
li. I ill Silver Watches of the finest quality, Jewel
rv. Silver Spoons of pure silver, Castore, Candlesticks,
Girandoles, Lamps, &.c.
VVatenes and Clocks repaired in the most perfect
manner, an 1 warranted. Thankful for past favors,
we hope to receiv a share of public patronage, for
winch we will give value received.
BRUNO At VIRGINS.
Macon, Jan 12 11 6in
WOOD AND BRADLEY,
MA.YL’FACTIRLRS AND DEALERS IN
art*-- AaIN II 1 FIIKNITUE
‘fTfffl CHAIRS.
OULD most respectfully infomi the citizens ot
’ Micon, and public generally, that having avail
ed themselves of the services of some of the very beet j
ft orkmen, and having a supply of the best materials, I
are prepared io make to order any article in their line, j
In addition to our present stock, such as D mug, Tea, j
( •"Ulre, Side. Work, Toilet. Quarteileand Sola Tables; i
Bureaus ; Sideboards ; Sofas an.l Wardrobes; Solas ; (
D v ms ; Onoinans; Tettetetes; Foot-stools; Secreta- |
I > t. • e , i'ia.lo Stool; Looking Glasses and ‘
. i- P: n-s )l a /. s , Gilt, Mahogany and Wnlnut !
fiu.a s.ti all sizes for Pictures and Portraits: Cane
seat Settees an l Cou ter Stools ; Mahogany and Wnl
nut Chans, Piush and Hair Cloth Seats ; a grent varie
ty ot curled Maple and Walnut Cane seats and other
kinds ; Rocking Chairs of patterns too numerous to
mention ; Mahogany, Walnut, curled and plain Maple,
Poplar and Pme Bedsteads, cheaper than ever ; Yvin
dow Shades, new, beautiful and rare patterns ; Feath
er-. Feather Beds ; Mattrasses of curled Hair, Cotton
und Moss.
We have many articles not enumerated or introduc
ed in this market
To Manufacturers —For sale, Furnitue Varnish,
Mahogany, Walnut. Plush.and Veniersaml Bed Posts.
N. B furnitue repaired neatly and with dispatch.
Old Sofas and Chairs reseated or covered with Hair
Cloth or Cane.
Macon, Nov. 3,1817. 6—ts
Piano l ours.
r pHE subscrilier respectfully informs the citizens of
1 Georgia, that he has the Agency for the sale of
PIANOS from a manufactory in Mew York—the arti
cle offered. is of the best woikmnnship and materials,
and the latest style, very superior at low prices.—
Persons wishing to purchase, can see one of these in
struments at the subscriber’s residence.
JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH
: Jan * 1848. 40 ts
SADDLES! SADDLES!
~ MORRIS & WESTCOTT have on hand
i ‘‘MgfCv a first rate assortment of SADDLES. HAR
NESS and CARRIAGE TRIM MINGS, of
all kinds, which they will sell at prices to suit the times.
Their facilities are such that they can sell lowei than
an v other establishment of the kind in the city.
Give us a call before you buy, is all we ask fora re
commendation REPAIRING done at reduced prices,
in a workman-like manner.
Cotton Avenue,next door to A. J. & D. W. Orr.
April i. oi- Hj
,1 CARRIAGES Ar HARNESS.
De Is>ache Si Wilcoxson have on
(- r hand, nt their old stand on Mulberry
Mu;.— jireet, Macon, one of the most exten
sive and vnbiable stocks of ready made
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SULKIES,
Ac* Aic Ac*
to be found in the Southern States. Customers can bo
hcco nmodated either with Northern articles or with
tlmse of Domestic manufacture, as they prefer. Their
stock of materials is very superior, and their workmen
not s irpnssed by any in the Northern shops. They
can. therefore, warrant every article which they offer
for salt’ Thev feel assured that, for exlenl, beauty .va
riety and workmanship, their present stock is not sur
m the Soillll
, Carriages. Ac. made to order, and all kinds of
Rli’airivu done with nentiiess and despatch.
I'or Sale, also, on the moat accommodating terms,
Eltpiic Springs, Axles, Steps, hands. Lamps, ( oach
Lice; Talent and Tup Leather, Tinted and 7u
punned Harness Mounting*; Taints, (Jits, l’ar
**h, t^c.
March tJ, IB4S. 52
Taylor's t t-lebrnled Colton tains.
‘j’ tll-l u;idennm-d itildrm the public, hint they liuve ;
1 iieen iippmim-d Aitmiiildr the sub- ut ill- 1-*- ct-iebni
*iiCOTTON GIN B. munalsotured hy t) T Taycos I
A Cos, formerly ot Girard, Alii but now of Columbus,
wuere in enlshtished one ol the most exten* j
* lv ’- sii.l complete irmnulnctories ill the South The j
‘ i-niils used sir of the best nusliiy. The innchmery j
j* *u ‘lew. mid eanttrocted on the most approved plans
lor he- omnut'icture of Colton Gilts.
, Hie urn:of lists und Workmen employed ill the estsb- j
“•k u-m tire skillful Slid experienced in the business ;
nod they hive mode such improvements in the tnechnn
-1,1,1 -V eo l-ilr-ielion of Ih* Gms Ihst they leel certain, in
•ni-ry esse, to furnish n Gin which will perfirm sduii- j
,ly welt.nnl *ive the purchaser entire salislscuon.
In the w.-ty of reconiiiienJstion, we need only ssy, I
Ih-n w • furnished several hundred of tlie Isle improved !
■'"i* to planters In various purls of the country during I
■he saion. and not one of that number has tailed to give
*t, “td sansUcUon, both ill speed and lie- sninple ol ,
Count.
, ~r OItDKKH em he sent to K T Taylor .V Cos. J
Byniil.uroontracts made with their Agents who are j
Irav- nu, il,r„mt, the country.
wilt he sent to nny part of the country, and in
a--jaws wurrunted to |ierlorm well.
Tenons addressing the Proprietors hy mail, will di
their letters to Columbus, (is.
.. , . N. OUSLLY A HON.
MwcLtt 51
TMrty iioiiins it*- ii nl.
X 111'. shove rew*rn will be given for ills delive
•7l 7•” “iy init. anas j can gel him. Illy negro man
I\R U\< II- im of n bUck <‘tn|jlexion,nb*ut
\ , ,|vr ,Hr t ix or riglu m-'licN in height, tnu hi** a
(J 1 *' ,o, “'I on* 1 hi* netr ibr eye, which run
ip, ts noticed r|ti*-|y, Hr brokrjnil ill Jrk-
J .a ll '**• K*mi Floriiln, hlmmt thr lir-t ol Jammy*
1 n # *kil# mxn, who rails In* nmiir llunlii). Thry
q,|t^hrrn •r*n iwvrlliuu to-(* lb**r n* , nr Crtttrr*
Gn. It i* MppOMd thry werr
wny to Alxbxinn, or th** upiv-r part ol
D A BURLESON.
* Orange Lake, Ba*t Florida
mfV 10 4 *
Ah 1 Columbai Ermnirrr and Momjpmcry
w,, i copy 4 limrx weekly, xod Mrrul c*
“’"•'oJournsl.nd Messenger
ift Journal mr& ittcssengcr.
NEW CASH BAKEKY.
f'Hi; Siihwrib'T liB tnki n th* Bakiry, formrrly
occupied by .1. W. Adderhold, (wo dui,™ b<dow
Mm DamourV Millenary on Mulberry Street, and is
ureim-etfto supply thecllizensof Macon with every va
re*ty oi hr<'ad. cake ttc., of tlie best quality nnd it
•|hoit notice, A good supoly us Tea Spunge and
P"ii:itj gcia*rally on hand. Hot nread every
evening Persons residing at a distance will be sup
plietf daily if desired. K TYNER.
Iff 4-rt*ain Saloor,
]YT K IYNER also informs the public generally
If I nnd the ladies in particular that he lias neatly
fitted up the large Sai/ion in the rear of his Bakery,
where Ice Cri xm of ihe best quality can be had daily
troin 100 c ock A. M. to 10 1\ \l. and where every at
tention will be paid to the comfort nnd taste of V r isitors.
1 arties an.l I* \mi lies furnished bv the quart or gallon
at notice aiiti at prices exceedingly moderate.
May 24, AM k T.
FINE SPRING GOODS.
irp 11 L undersigne I are now r* ceiving a very superior
I I- lot of i’rissi ners and Votings for Spring
i wear, which they are prepared to make up in line style
and on very mocferaie terms, particularly for Cash.
PETER A, JAUJSTETTER.
March 8 4$
Mussel’s Improved Cotton Bins.
rjl HE siibs<Tibcr is now prepared to manufacture a an
il perior article of COTTON GINS, having procu
red materials of the best quality and being supplied with
the best of workmen. Besides he is now making con
siderable addition to his machinery, which will enable
him to furnish ns good gins, and on as reasonable
terms, as any factory in the State.
The subscriber has the exclusive right of Simpson’s
1 Patent, (for applying nictalic rubber to drums, pullies,
I iVc.) f'r some fifty of the best cotton growing counties
in the State : which he intends applying to his gins
I when required. And it is certainly of grent advant-
I age totW* cotton gin, for it not only requires one third
I I*'hs power to propel it, where the metalie rubber is np
j plied, but the gin. running geer, nnd every thing con
’ n**cted with it, will Inst ns much longer in pioportion.
I believe there is no one of common sense but will nd
tnit, ihnt the lighter machinery of any kind can run,
| the longer it will last.
It appears that n great mnnv persons prefer what is
enlled n water box, to nil such t would say. that it is not
worth one eent for the purpose recommended—that is
to prevent the gin from faking fire, forthis simple rea
son, a gin never fakes fire rom the box. but invariably
from the brush inside the gin, (when it ta'ies fire nt all.)
But ns every man has his own notions, I will furnish a
box of my own invention (to all who may require it,)
eqinl to th** patent water box
N B —Gins sent to any part of the country, and in
every east* warranted to perform well.
Letters addressed to the subscriber at Macon, Ga.,
will receive prompt attention.
w , O. W. MASSEY.
March St 51 i y
4 roocri#**.
qCOTT, C \RHART Sc C O., still continue the
f GROCERY business, and keep constantly on hand
a full supply of every article in their line, which they
are disposed to sell in any quantity, on as good terms
as any other house in the State.
April 19. t
A A HHDS Muscovado and Porto,Rico.
45 do. New-OHeans, fine quality.
75 BBLS Coffee crushed.
20 do C rushed and Pow'dered.
20 boxes Refined Loaf.
Just received and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART Sl CO.
April 19. 3
Ponce.
1 Prime Rio.
I 1 Ft F 40 do Old Java.
8 Half bales Mocha.
In Store and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
April 19, 3
Dr <ndica*
1 n pipes dark “Otard” old and fine.
Iv/ 10 do. light do. do.
5 do. pale do. do.
For sale by
SCOTT, CARHART Sc CO.
April 19, 3
1 A P PES HOLL AND GIN, a genuine article.
MF 20 BBLS OLD MONONGAHELA WHIS
KEY
In Store and for sale by
SCOTT,CARHART & CO.
April 19, 3
Plate Wines.
OLD MADEIRA of the very best quality.
Do. SHERRY do. do.
Do. POR I’ the pure juice ot ihe
CIIA VIPAGNL AND CLARET, choicest brands.
Also—Second quality Madeira, Sherry and Port.
A large supply in Store and for snle by
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
April 19, 3
Wliiskry, Oiuiind ictim.
1 AA BBLS Recti tied YY’hiskey.
I L/L/ 75 do. Baltimore do.
150 do PHELPS (and other brands) GIN.
50do U L. RUM.
On hand and for sale by
SCOTT CARHART & CO.
April 19, 3
Tobacro and t iunrs.
A large Stock, of every brand and quality,always on
hand and for sale low by
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
April 19, 3
A'aiftll*, erllv \<-s
WHITE LEAD ol different qualities.
LINSEED OIL.
LAMP do.
WINDOW GLASS—different sizes.
In Store and lor sale by
SCOTT, CARHART &, CO.
April 19. 3
i ottos Yanis mid OBnabirfi.
undersigned, are Agents for the sale of the
L MILL EDGE VILLE STEAM FACTORY
YARNS.
Also, for YARNS AND OSNABfJRGS from the
CURTRIGHT M Wi 1 kCTURING CO. Graeo
boro’, tor sale by tke bale, oil the usual time, at Manu
facturer’s prices.
May 18 7 BCOTT, CARH VRT 4CO
Farter.
-AA DOZ LONDON PORTER (pints and quarts,)
•-J'JU This day received, and for self by
SCOTT, CARHART 6l CO.
April 26 4
Musical lus rum rut*.
‘IA HE undersigned having been appointed Agent for
L F. Zoiptnuin’s Harmonic Institute, Charleston, S.
C. is enabled to offer an assortment of Musical Instru
ments ot unparalleled low prices; he will also keep
constantly on hand an assortment ot Musical Merchan
dize ot nil kinds. Complete seta of Instruments for
Bands 6lc enn be furnished
‘Phene (roods are imported ntoCharleston direct from
Europe hy Mr. Zoghuum, nnd can therefore fie ufl’ord
ed at prices tar le|ow uny thing that hat yet been offer
ed in this part of the country.
March tl 51 8m B L BURNETT.
11. L 111 IIM I I *
QJjL HAS removed from the old stand ot C. A’.
f y\li r entworth bf Cos. to Cotton Avenue, near the
of Cherry street, where he is prepared to
I offer his customers old and new, some ot the cheapest
hargams in.IIHV ELK Y ever sold in Macon. Him
collection of goods hns been made with great cure, and
will be sold lemarkahly uiu \r
All kinds ot (’lock anil YY atch Work done with
despatch und warranted
April 5 1
FMNIC \\ %TI HI s
next door to Mr, Bancroft's, on Cotton Avenue,
I a new supply of Fine Gold Iluntinu, Iktuhle Bottom
and Ancher Lever Gold Witches. Warranted to keep
time, and at paces to suit the times.
April 5 I B L. BURNETT.
-s \Ti II HEY*.—A new aiulelegant article.
I * Doni forget to call and see them.
April 5 I B L BURNETT
/ 101*1) ft* 10 Min both Gold and Silver holders—
\ f Also, a large assortment of Gold nnd Silver Pelt
( ctls—ihe heat and cheapest in the market
’ i I B L BURN El l
(’ lOl*l> NTUDM for Gentlemen's use nnd now all
f the fashion, for sa'e hy
\ l B L Bl UNLIT
hMV.IU HlM*>. \ lew ‘ mm
ment,just received. B L BURNETT.
April 5 I
I \mr.N* IIREAMT I*INM.~A few of new
| J patterns, rare and extremely neat, for safe at
I B L HI -
I nPKI TA4 LlCK—(old & Stiver frames with Burt's
O Peri foct l Gin mm?s—the best now in ns*, forsnfe by
April I I H L BURNETT
S~OLAR LAMPS—Fine Solar l*ainpe. lirittunia
and Brans Chamber Candlestick*, for *ai hy
Ipri I B L Bl RNftrr
SII.Y 111 Nl'OO>s -11 i | h
ceivod und for sale hy
i Ii L Bl RNET I
Iji. \iti>u \ii r.. i •
Fruit Basket*, WUrs,Csttdlestek*. Snuffers and
Trays, Cups, Jkc.—jn-t opened and (br by
April 5 I ft L BURNETT
Macon, uhoroia, Wednesday june as, isis.
To tin* !Ne\v s
1 DST Received, Light pieces Poil De Chevre, a
• # new article for Ladies <1 reaaes Also, a fine lot of
Saiin Stripe and Kmb. Baryges, Printed French J ic
otiet Muslins, 12-4 Lace for mnqnito net, 40 pieces
French, Eailstonand Lisle Gmghams. All of which
will he sold at prices to suit the times.
G W. WOODRUFF.
April 26 4
Wore l\nv Goods.
THE Huliscriber is now receiving another freah I'd of
NEW GOODS, direct from New York, which
together with those already in Ktore. makes one of the
largest and most desirable siocka he has ever had
Many entire newsiyles which ae very handsome may
be found, ns his stock is now complete, and those in
pursuit of tine dress goods will find the following pat
terns, viz
Rich Broche Grenadine Fancy Muslin Needle
“ Satin stripe emb. Be- YVorked Collars
rages Silk nnd Cotton Hosiery
Broche Bird’s Eve Diaper
“ Plaid Silk Luxors Jaconet,’ Nansook. Mull
j “ ’Fissile Bareges and Swiss Muslm
“ Silk Muslins Linen Cambric Hdkfs.
j“ L siGinghams Hem stitched do
Earlston &, French do Bl*ach and Brown Tabic
i “ Emb. Muslindo Diaper
! “ Printed Jne’t Mnslins IVeached Satin J*ans
M “ French Lawns ** and brown Sheetings
Calicoes and Shirtings
fancy Silk Cravots, Marseilles nnd Satin Vestings,
, Broadcloths, Cassimeres, Summer Cassimeres and
Ganibroons, Coitonades, Union Plaids for Pantaloons,
Nankeen, Black Lasting, Drapd’Ta, very fine Russia
and Sc tch Dinners, 6-1 nnJ 12-4 Cotton Sheeting,
Linen Sheeting, Linen for Pillow Cases. Irish Linens.
Carpeting, Rugs, 4mj. The public are invited to call
ns there nre great inducements for those purchasing
new Goods for cash. G YV. WOODRUFF
Store cm Second street, next door to G. W. Price’s.
April 26 4
Milt on staid WeMn ii Kstil Bond.
wwWMt-aaafifl
CHANGE OF HOURS.
ON and after the 27th March, the Passenger trains
of this Rond will run daily as follows, connecting
at Atlanta with the Western and Atlantic and Geor
gia Rail Roads.
Leave Macon at G A. M.— arrive at Atlanta 121,
at Dalton sp M.
L*ave Dalton 4A. M arrive at Atlanta 11 A. M.
•and Macon, 6 P. M.
Passengers for Savannah will sleep one night in Ma- ,
con. ami leave next day at 7 A. Yl
The Trains of the Western and Atlantic Road do i
not run on Sundays.
Fares between Dalton and Savannah sls i
Macon, y |
Atlante and Savannah 10
“ “ ’f Macon, 4
EMERSON FOOTE 4 Superintendent.
Macon, March 22 51
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
United States Mail liine—Daily,
Between Savannah anil Charleston via Hilton Head
and Beaufort, Inland two-thirds of the way.
THE WELL LKOWN
JILTA.UORY, Captain F. Barden,
YVM SEAIIKOGIi, Capt T Lyon,
GEN. CLINCH, Capt. Win. Curry,
YVill hereafter leave Savannah every evening at hall
past 8 o’clock, and Charleston every morning at 9 o’-
clock, precisely, touching at Hilton Head and Beau
fort each way, und avoiding two-thirds ot the sea route.
For Freight or Passage apnly on hoard or to
BROOKS <&, TUPPER, Ag’ts ‘■'avannah.
E. LAFITTE, Sl CO. Ag'ts Charleston.
N B—All Goods, intended for Savannah or Charles
ton, will be lorwarded by the Agents if directed to their
care, free ofcommisswns
All w*ay freight payable by shippers.
Jan 26 43
Semi-weekly U. 8. Mail,
Steam-Packet Like. ir£}l’T
BETWEEN
SAVANNAH & PALATKA, FLA.
BY THE WAY OF
Darien, Brunswick, St. Mary's, Ga.; Jacksonville,
Black Creek and Picolata, Fla.
In connection with the Charleston Daily Mail Steam
packets at Savannah, the steamer SAR AH SPALD
ING, from Palatka to Lake Monroe, the U. S. Mail
Stages from Picolata to St Augustine, an l from Black
Creek, via Newnansville, Alligator, Mineral Spring?
and Columbus, to Tallahassee.
OCAMCLGEF. Capt P McNelty.
ST. MATTHEWS Capt N King.
W M. GASTON, Capt j. Hebbani.
The Packets leave Savannah every Tuesday and
Saturday mornings, at 10o’clock, and arrive at Picola
ta in time for the Mail Stuges to go through to St. Au
gustine before night every Thursday and Monday
Returning, leave Palatka every Tuesday and Friday
morning a 7 o’clock, touching as above each way
BROOKS & TUPPER, Agents.
Savannah, Jan 26 43
N B, —Goods consigned to the agents fbrw *rded free
of commission Freight from Savannah and Charles
ion, and all way freight, payable by shippers -
JONHS & SON,
(LATE JONES AND HOLT)
lIM/f t: HOUSE
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MACON, Geo.
June 23, 1847. ts 12
ROBERT A. ALLEN”
Factor and Commission Merchant,
No. 112, Hay Street, Savannah, Ueo.
Ur ILL attend strictly to the storage and sale oi
Cotton, Corn, Flour, and other produce, and will
make liberaUasli advances on goods consigned to his
House.
References.— Mr Janies A. Nisbet.l
E B. Weed, I ~
J. H. R Washington, [ ‘l aeun -
Graves, Wood &. Cos J
Dye & Robertson, Aii-.usln
Branonde. Young .Marietta.
Dr. George F. Pierce, Sparta
July 21, 1547. lylG
HARDEMAN A HAMILTON,
Dare. House and Commission .Merehants,
MACON,
HAMILTON & HAHDEMAN.
Factor* ami Conimnwioii Merc haul-,
SAVANNAH,
WILL give prompt attention to the wile ot i
JkflWM Cotton nnd Country produce, as well as to
( ) ie fiUmg 0 f orders for Bagging, Rope, and
.amity supplies. Sept. 29. 26 ts
vVAREHOUSP AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE subscriber, having removed from the 1
Warkikh sk occupied hy him la*t year, and
HH taken ibat long knownaaGiuvikS’ YV akkhgi-sx. |
opposite to Gravis, YVood Sl Co’k Store, respectfully
tenders his thanks to his former patrons and friend*, and
solicits a continuance of (heir iwttmnage. with the asMur- |
a nee that he will devote In* whole time and spare no es- |
oris to uromote their interest Liblral advani ui will
fe made to those wlto require them ; and order* for
BAGGING. ROPE and TwINE, and other Merchan- I
lize, promptly tilled on the most reasonable term*
GEO JEWETT.
May 18th, 1*47. 7
DYSDN, COOPER 9l ROBERTS
YY’lfzL eontin *e the WARE-HOUBE and
IHcff ‘I il N’ lnv HPNllfpjN
aeasoci, at their Fire Proot YY'sre-House.
Thankful to our friends lor their fernier patronage,
we respectfully auk n continuance of the same, with i
the SMsunnoe that our best etferts will be given to pro |
mote their intpre*ts.
Lisa ral advavn will be made on oottum in Store, |
nt custtiinaiy rates.
THOMAS DYSON, lot. M J’oorca, AND WM M ROSI-RfS.
Maooft. Mart ti I. 1888 18 u
” soitirllllliu I ft Hlied l or ”
BEAUTY AND ECONOMY COMBINED!
rpHEsubeorther having made every iwrotury ar
| langement ts now fully preimed to attend
pro optlv to Dying, /ieunrnting and liepairing all ,
kind* of Ready-made Clothing damaged by u*‘, *t>ch
as tKer or |>re*i 1 Hats, Pam* and Vesis ; sfaa> Lads-
Shawls, Silk, Hstin or Fincy Dre*s GsJ*. Ladieq ■
who are going in mounting can havr their Bonnets,
Psrssols. Ac dyed st the shortest notice
!li particular colors are Black, HhK-Hlaek, Claret,,
Purple, and some good* can he dyed Lal*ek, if their
original color can be extracted easily. Haviitgcun
tinned in lhi Imi Mines*, in this place, lor (be last six
years, he Hatters hlmerlfthat he wilt render h ■ work
setislactory to all win* may lavnr him with tlieir pat
ronage. He returns hisMincerest tlianks to those who
j have fiivored him with their patronage from tlie sur
rounding country, and hopes to merit tlte continuance
-if the an me Good* -* UI any pari o|
will be strictly attended U, and great care taken in Inr
-1 warding the eaiue Bh*>p opp**fcite the Mechanic's
Hank. JOHN C. LOGAN
June 14 * 11 3m
MISCELLANEOUS.
Very Fair Take ott.
A large proportion of the “gootl advice”
wliicli is scattered in scraps on the first and
font tit page* of newspaper*, has its source in
a mere idea of sordid money snaking. Such
advice is well taken off in the following arti
cle from the Washington Era :
Good Husbands.—That young men will
make n good husband who instead of idleing
! away his evenings at lyceums and lectures,
stay's at home, to help pick wool or do she
churning.
When you see a young man, on a rainy
Sunday, put on his working jacket, draw an
oil-skin over his go-to-meeting hat, and keep
the polish on his boots with stout India rub
bers depend upon it, he will make a capital
husband.
When von see a young man, instead of
foolishly devoting the m tin portion of his
time to the improvement of his mind, anil
vainly striving to distinguish himself for his
: learning, keep quietly at home, helping his
lather, and thus, saving the expense ot’ hir
ing a man on the farm, rely upon it, lie is the
I husband for you ; he will be able to give you a
snug home, as sure as dimes make dollars.
When you see a young man. in the pur
chase of his clothes and in other personal ex
penses, keep a sharp eye upon the coppers.
1 catch him il you can, lie will be sure to make
1 a liberal husband.
When a young man grudges himself the
means of e lucation and respectable appear
ance, and growls when his sisters get anew
bo met or gown, yet does not scruple to take a
1 glass at the tavern and sport a ■ long nine.”
. you may be perfectly sure that he understands
his rights, and knows how to “support thedig
i nity of manhood.”
In short, when a young man manifests, by’
’ Ins conduct in every relation of Ini*, a settled
conviction that money is the chief good, and
a resolute purpose to save every penny he
j can, never stop to ask if he possesses another
j virtue. He is bound to he rich, and can very
well atlird to dispense with such inferior quah
lications as learning, refinement, benevolence
j and honorable principles. These would only
erve to give him false views of real lile. and
’ unfit him for the “hard scrabble” by which
he must achieve his purpose. An I if you
turn every penny to the best account, taking
especial care not to waste his hard earnings
on idle beggars or foolish benevolent projec ts
—dress plainly —bring up your family on the
smallest possible scale of domestic comlort.
carefully excluding all the refinements of so
ciety and the pleasure of generous hospitality,
never for a moment forgetting that he mar
ried you to keep his house in order, sew the
buttons on his shirts, see that nothing is wan
ted, and work early and late to aid him in
accomplishing the end of his being—then may
you hope, when life is spent and your work
is done.,to have the phasing reflection, that,
while many who set out in life with you fool
ishly made themselves comfortable by the
wav enjoy'ing the blessings of life themselves
and dispensing to others with a liberal hand,
all that remained being squandered in educa
ting their children. you have done none of these
things—and behold the result. They are lov
ed, to be sure. The poor bless them when
they go out, and their children reverence and
love them. The world is toolish enough to
call them liberal and raise their public spirit.
Let them enjoy il if they can poor souls; ihey
have not much else to comlort them. For
your part, you have taken good care to do
nine of these foolish things, and—you are
rich I
“Sfy KainteJ Mother.”
The mother of John Randolph taught his
infant lips to pray. This act he could” never
orget. It influenced his whole life an.l saved
him from the dangers ot’ infidelity. He was
one day speaking on the subject of infidelity,
to which he had been much exposed by his in
tercourse witli men of infidel principles to a
distinguished southern gentleman and used
this remarkable language :
“ I believe I should have been swept away
by the flood of French infidelity, if it had not
I accn for one thing—the rem luorance of tlte
time when my sainted mother used to make
ue kneel by her side, taking my little hands
■bided in hers, and caused ma to repeat the
Lord's Prayer.”
Every mother who reads this anecdote may
read an important p actical lesson, which site
ought to put to use in the case ol her own cl il
j .Iren. No mother can ever know how great will
I lie the influence on her son, in all his future life
in this and in the world to co.ne, of teaching
him to pray. How appropriate, how beauti
ful the conduct ofthat mother who teaches her
1 little son to kneel by her side as he retires to
i rest, to lilt up his young heart to the God that
made him and on whose rare and mercy he
must rely in all the future years of his exist
ence! If all mothers would teach their cliil-
Iren to pray with and for the n, how soon
would this world’s aspect be changed a id bud
and blossom as the rose ! And the mother
who does not teach her children to pray has
no ground to believe that she shall ever meet
her children in heaven or that she will ever
reach there herself, l’rayerless mothers never
find admission to heaven.
The Green Frog ol Allstrilasiil.
In the Macquarie, near Bathurst, I first saw
the superb green frog of Australia. The riv
er at the period of our visit was for the most
part a dry bed with small pool* in the derp
jer holes, and in these, among the few whi
j ning water plants and ronfervte dwell these
! gorg mus reptiles. In form and size thev re
semble a large English frog but their cofor is
j more beautiful than words can describe. 1
I never saw plant or gem of such bright tints.
I A vivid yellow green seems the ground-work
j of the creature’s array, and this is daintily pen
j cilled over with other shades—emerald, olive.
| and blue green, with it lew delicate markings
|of yellow like an embroidery of gold thread
! upon shaded velvet. An I the creatures sit
| looking at you from their moist floating bow
j er*, with their lurge eyes expressive of the
most perfect enjoyment, which if yon doubt
j while they remain still, you can’t reluse to be
-1 hove in. when you see them flop in the most
delicious cuol water, and go slowly, stretching
i their loag green legs as ihey puss through the
* wavy grove of sedgy feathery plants in the
i river’s bed, till you lose them under u dense
in ish of gently waving leaves. And to see this
i while a burning, hruilmg sun is seoretiing up
1 your very life, and not a breeze is stirring and
I the glnreof the hrrhless earth dazxling your
J agonized eyes into blindness, iscnougli to make
one willing tolorego nli the glories of hum tni
j tv. and be ehanged i.ito a Irog.— Wes. M"rt
ileth'i Aiitlralin
Mangel Wurtzel and < airois.
Dr. Thompson who wa* employed by the
Royal Agricultural Society to *nperiuteiid
some experiment* in feeding slock, state* that
■tiler trying mangel wurtzel lor lour succes
sive years, he came to the conclusion that
cows fed on it gave quite as much milk, but
much lew butter and creum than a lieu led on
carrots nr turnqi*; that when ewes were led
on in mgel wurtzel the lambs did not thrive
owing to the |ssir quality of the milk.
A lew years ago we lutd occasion to feed
three cows during the winter with seveial
kinds of vegetables. We fed mostly with po
-1 tatnes giving rarli row about a peek per
. day. Onehangingfrom (totatoes to the snm**
■ quantity of sugar tracts the milk decreased
• and wa* evidently of a poorer quality. The
1 i heel* were increased to it half boshes to each
row per day, and this brought up the quanii
tv ol milk to what it had been with toe pe.;a
oi potatoes; but the quality was still inferi
or, affording less quantity of cream and pro
portionately less buiter which was of a light
er color, ol a less firm texture, und not so rich
a flavor as that made while the cow ate pota
toes. It is proper to say that about a quart
oi corn meal was given to each cow per day,
i ‘hiring the whole trial. —Albany Cultivator.
The Excellence ot Religion.
The following is one of the most beautiful
and truthful sentences we have ever read. It
is from the pen of Sir Humphrey Davy, of
whom it is well observed, that if he had not
been the first of modern philosophers, he
would have been the first of modern poets :
“ I envy no quality of the mind or intellect
of others ; not genius, will or fancy; but isl
could choose what would he the most delight
ful. and I believe most useful to me I would
prefer a firm religious heliel to any other
j blessing: for it makes discipline of good—
creates new hopes when earthly hopes van
ish, and throws over the decay, the destruc
tion oi existence, the most gorgeous of all
lights, awakens life in death, and from cor- ,
ruption and decay, calls up beauty and divin
ity ; makes an instrument of fortune, and of j
shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, i
I*r above all combinations of earthly hopes
calls up the most delightful visions of palms
and amaranths—the gardens of the blest
the security of everlasting joys, where the !
sensualist and skeptic only view gloom and
decay, annihilation and despair!”
I POLITICAL.
Millard Filtnore.
The history ol Millard Fillmore, our candi
date lor V ice President affords a useful les
son as showing what may he accomplished
i i tlie face of the greatest obstacles, by Intel-
I lect. aided and controlled hy energy, perseve
, ranee, and strict integrity, in a public and
! private capacity.
His lath r, Nathaniel Fillmore, is the son
of one of like name who served in the French
war, and yva~ a true Whig of tlie Revolution
proving his devotion to his country’s cause hy
gallantly fighting as Lieutenant under Gcne
rd St irk. iu tae battle of Bennington. He
wis born at Bennington, Vermont in 1771
and early in hie remove I to wiiat is now
called Summer Hill. Cayuga county. New
\ ork, where Millard was born, January 7
IsffO. He was a farmer and soon tiller lost
all liis property by a bad title to one of the
military lots he Had purchased. About the
year ISOJ lie removed to the town of Sem
prontus, now Niles, and resided there till 1819, |
when he removed to Erie county, where he *
still lives, cultivating a small farm with his I
own hands. He was a strong and uniform ;
-upporter of Jefferson. Madison and Tomp- j
kins, und is now a true Whig.
she narrow means of his Hither deprived
Millard of any advantages of education be
yo id what were nffirded by the i nperfect and
nl tuugnt common schools of the country. —
Books were fc tree and dear, at the age of fif
teen. when more favered youths are far ad
vanced in their classical studies, or enjoying
i.i colleges the benefit of well furnished libra
ries, young Fillmore had read but little ex- I
cept his common school hooks and the Bible. I
At that period he was sent into the then* wilds \
of Livingston county, to learn the clothier’s !
trade. He remained there about four months
and was then placed with another person to
pursue the same business and wool carding
in tlie town where hi*father lived. A small
village horary that was formed there soon ‘•
tiler, gave lieu the first means of acquiring
general knowledge through hooks. He im- i
proved the opportunity thus off red ; the ap- ;
petite grew by what it led upon. The thirst j
ior knowledge soon became insatiate, and every
leisure moment was *peut in reading. Four
years were passed in this way. working at his
trade, an I storing his mind during such hours
as tie could comma id, with the content oi
onoks ofnistory biography anJ travels. At the j
igeol 19 he fortunately m ule a i acquaintance
with the late Waiter Wood Esq., who.u ma- |
iy will remember as one of the mast estima
nle citizeas of that county. Judge Wood
was a m in ot wealth and great business ca
picity; he had an excellent law library, bui
li I little profession tl business. He soon saw
that under the rude exterior of the clothier’s
nty were powers that required proper dev *1
potent to rai-* lie p w.-essor o high distinction
a.id usefulness aim advised him to quit his
trade and study law. In reply to the ob.ee
tion of a lack of education, means and friends
to aid him in a course of professional study.
Judge W kindly offered to give him a place
in his ofii *e, to advance money to defray his
expenses, and wait until success in business
mould furnish the means of repayment. Tlie
ider was accepted. The apprentice hoy
bought his time ; entered the olii e of Judg ■
■VooJ. and lor more than two years applied
iiimseM’ closely to business nnd study. He
read law and general literature, and studied
ind practised .surveying.
Fearing he should incur too large a <K*hl to |
his beaetaetor, he taught scliimm for three j
months in the year auJ inquired the means
o'partially supporting himiell. la the fil l
>1 1 821 lie removed to the country o. Erie,
and the next spring entered a law office m
Bufl'ilo. There lie sustained himself hy
t aching school, and conn med his l. gil stu
dies until the spring of 18JJ when he w.ts
idinitted to the Coin non Fleas and commen
ced practice in the village of Aurora, where
ae re named until 1830 when he again re
lieved to Butfilo and has continued to reside
mere ever since.
Ills fi st entrance into public life was in
J uiuary, 1839 when he took his seat ns a
| me,nh *r from Erie cou ity to which office he
•v is re-elected the two lidlowiiig year*.
His til ■lit*, integrity uud assiduous devo
j boil to public business soon won lor him the
i uitlitle ice of the House m an u lexam.iled
| legree. It was a e minion remark umoag
tle m cabers “if Fillmore says it i right we
sill vote lor it.”
The iu Mt important measures of u general
nature that came up during his service in the
j State Lc'islaluie was the lull to abolish lm
| jiriHonm nit Ibr Debt. In behalf of that greal
I m l philanthropic measure, Mr. Fillmore
look a.i active port, urging with u nans weara
ble arguments it* justice and expediency, and,
is a member nt’ the committee ott the subject,
j ii ling to perfect its del ills. That portion of
j die bill relating to Justices’Courts was draft
d hy him. the remainder being the work of
| die Hon. Joint C. Hpwieer. i’he hill met
I with a fierce, unrelenting opposition at every
-li pof its progress, and to Millard Fillmore
is much as Ui any other mm. we are in
■lebted lor expunging from the statue book
that relic of a cruel, barbarous age Imprison
ment for Debt.
He wo* elected to Congress in the foil of
In i ii ft ltf"""4 Will long he
I remembered nu the one in which tlml system
>f politic*, known u id *r the comprehensive
|no lie of J tck*nni*m wo* fully developed
j lie took hi* seat in the stormy session of
183J —I immediately succeeded the removal
nf the Deposits. In those days the business
ol'the House it id debates were led by old
experienced members —new one# unless they
I e ijnv Ia wid -spread und almost national
reputation, rarely taking an active and con
spicuous part. Little chance, therefore was
afforded him ns member of the opposition,
i young und unassuming of displaying those
ipi time- that so eminently lit lum tor lt-gixht
live useful lies. But the school was one ad
i mirably qualified to more Billy develope and
I cultivate those powers which, under more fn-
I vonblu tur uuun vv*e, have enabled bun to
render such varied and important services to
hi* country. As lie has ever done in all the
stations he has filled, he discharged his duty
wuth scrupulous fidelity, never omiting on nil
proper occasions, any effort to advance the
interest of his constituents and the country,
and winning the respect and confidence of all.
At the close of his term of service lie re
sumed the practice of iiis profession, which
he pursued with distinguished reputation and
sucoes-i unttl. yielding to the public voice, he
consented to become a candidate, mid was re
j elected to Congress in the fall of 183 G. The
remarks above made in relation to bis service
in the 23d, Congress will measurably apply
to his second term. Jacksonism and the Pet
Bank system had in the march “progressive
Democracy.” given place to Van Burenism
and the Sub* I’reasury. It was hut another
step towards the practical repudiation ol’ old
republican principles, and an advance to the
Locofoeoism ot the present day. In this Con
gress Mr. Fillmore took a more active part
than lie did during his first term and on the
assembling ol’ the next Cos igress to which
he was re-elected by a largely increased ma
jority, lie was assigned a prominent place on
what, next to that of Ways and Means, it
was justly anticipated would become the most
I important committee of the Housi—that on
I elections. It. was in tins Congress that the
famous contested New Jersey came up. It
would swell this brief biographical sketch to
t io great a length to enter upon the details of
. that ease, and il is the less necessary to do so
inasmuch as the circumstances of the gross
I outrage, then perpetrated by a party calling
i itsclt republic u>, and claiming to respect
| State rights must yet dwell in the recollection
of every reader.
The prominent pari of which Mr. Fillmore
took in that ease, iiis patient investigation of j
j all its complicated, minute details, tlie clear j
j convincing manner in which lie set forth the J
facts the lofty nnd indignant eloquence with :
which lie dersninred the meditated wrong, all
strongly directed public attention to him as :
oie ol the ablest men of that Congress dis- ,
Unguished ns it tv,is by the eminent ability I
and statesmanship of many of its members.
Public indignation was awakened hy the enor
mity ol the outrage, and in that long cata
logue ol abuses arid wrongs which roused a
long suffering people to aetioa, anil resulted
iu tlie signal overthrow of a corrirpl and inso
lent dynasty in 1810, the New Jersey rase
stood marked and conspicuous.
O.i the assembling of the next Congress,
to which Mr. Fillmore was re-elected by a
in ijority larger than was ever before given in
his district, lie was placed at tlie hen I of the
committee on W ays and Means. The duties
ot that station always ardousand responsible,
were at that time peculiarly so. Anew Ad
ministration had come into power and found
public affairs in a state ol’ the greatest de
rangement. Accounts had been wronglv i
kept, peculationof every kind abounded ia ill- ]
most every department of the Government. [
the revenue wns inadequate to meet the ordi- i
nary expeases, the already I irge existing debt j
was rapidly swelling in magnitude commerce j
arid manulactures were depressed thecurreu- j
cy was deranged, hanks were embarrassed j
an.l general distress pervaded the community, j
I'o bnag order, out of disorder to replenish the
National Treasury ,to prov.de means that would
enable the Government to meet the demands
against it, arid to pay off tlie debt, to revive
the industry of the country, and to restore its
wonted prosperity; these were the tasks de
volved jupon the Commit ee of Ways ad
Means. To increase their difficulties, the
minority, composed of that party that had i
brought the Country aid Government i.tlo j
such a condition, instead of aiding to repair ■
the evil they had done, uniformly opposed al- 1
most every means brought forward lor relief ‘
and too olten iheir unavailing efforts were j
successfully aided by a treacherous Execu- ‘
live. But with energy and devotion to the I
public weal, worthy of all admiration, Mr. !
Fillmore applied himself to the task, and sus
tained by a majority wtiose enlightened pa- 1
triotism has rarely been equal le.l and never i
surpassed, succeeded in its accomplishment.
The measures he brought lor ward a id sus
tained witii matchless ability, speedily re- !
lieved tlie Government from its embarrass
ment, and have fully justified the most san
guine expectations ol tlnjir beitigh influence
upon the cou itry iu large. Anew anJ more
ac mr.tte systemol keeping accounts render
ing them clear and intelligule was i itrodu
cJ. The favoritism and peculatio i waich
ha I so long disgraced the department* u.ul
plundered the Treasury, were checked hy
the requisition of contract*. The credit o. j
the Government wns restored ample in ans *
were provided for the exigencies of the pubiie j
s *rviee and the payment of the National I
debt incurred by the Ibimer Administration, i
Commerce and Manufactures revived and
prosperity and hope once more smiled upon
the land. The country hns too recently em
erged from the disasters of Mr. Van Uuren’s j
Administration—it yet too keenly feels the j
suffering it then endued, and too justly ap- I
predates the benificent and wonderful change j
that has been wrought to render more than
an allusion to these matters neeessnry. The
lauji* of devising explaining sal defending
me tsuras productive of such happy results
wns thrown chiefly on Mr. Fillmore. He
wis nobly sustained by his patriotic lellow
Wings; but on him nevertheless, the main
responsibility rested.
Alter his loag and severe labors in the
Com nittee roo a —labors sufficiently arduous
to break down any but one ol’ an iro i co isti
tution—sustained by a spirit that nothing I
could conquer, he was required to give lusu i
remilting attention to the business of the I
House, to make any explanation that might
be aske.l, and be re.idy with a complete and
triumphant refutation of every eivn or objec- !
lio i the ingenious sophtstn of a factious mi
nority could devise. All tiffs too, was requir
ed to be done w.tii promptness, clearness, dig
nity aoj go-id tcinjier. For the proper pnr
lormtnce of these varied duties lew men are
more happily qualified than Mr. Fillmore. At i
I hat lortunote age, when the physical and in
tellectual power* arc displumed lit the Inga st
perfection, ami the hanly impulse* ol youth,
without any loss of its vigor are broug.it un
der control of large experience in public al- j
fair*, with a mind capable -f descending to
minute ih tails, as well u* conceiving a grand
syste nos national policy, calm and deliberate I
in judgment sell-p isses~-d and fluent in de
bate of dignified presence, never unmindful ]
of the courtesies he ro.uing social mid pub- j
lie iatereours -, and of pi il tea*! integrity mum i
peuchuble, In- was ajin.rubly filled Ibr the i
post of lender of the twe ny-seventh Congress. ‘
la HI 1 lie was selected us the Whig candi- [
date for Governor in New-York, but in conse
quence of the U irnlmr.iers an I Old Hunkers ‘
uniti ig their suiipjrt upon the late Nilas 1
i Wright, he failed to he eh cted.- Confident,
however, that he could command the strong- I
est vote in New York the Whigs agiin sc- j
I leeted In.n a* their candidate for Comptroller j
iiu 1917, nnJ su fended in eleciiag him by an
’ unprecedented majority.
Ntteh win the hoy, ami *u -h is the man I
whom the Whig* present ns their candidate |
for Vice President in every *taiion in which
lie has been placed he has shown himself |
•’ honest capable and I'aithlitl to the Constitu
tion.” He is emphatically one of the people.
For all that he has nod is, he is indebted un
der Gul to hi* own exertion*. Boi nto un in- 1
herilitnce of eotupumtivr poverty which now -|
thanks to Whig policy, are enjoyed by the |
humblest m the lund lie struggled bravely |
with dilli ultie* that would have appalled and
crushed a less resolute heart. Nobly has
he won Iff* laurel*, and long may he live to
enjoy them
VOL. XXVI.—No. 13.
Gen. Gass on the Wilmot l*ru\.si.
Having previously given ample proof to sus
tain the position that Gen. Cass, has b-;en the
. friend and advocate of the Wilmot Proviso we
1 now give his celebrated letter to G -ri. Nichol
son of Tenn. to show that he is still not to be
relied upon on that subject—that while detach
ed portions of the letter might mislead the
casual observer into the belief that he is op
posed to the Proviso ; yet that taken entire,
jit must convince any man that Mr. Yancey
was more than half right, when he pronounc
ed him (Gen Cass) to be “an equivocal be
trayer of Southern rights .” All we have to
say, is read the letter and- look upon the next
page r ir the proofs of our assertion.
From the Washington Union.
Washington Dec. 34 1847.
D -ar Sir ; I have received your letter and
shall an.-wer it, as frankly as it is written.
You ask me whether l am in favor of the
acquisition of Mexican territory and wlmt are
my sentiments with regard to the Wilmot
| Proviso ?
1 have so often and so expliciti-iy stated my
views of the first question in the Senate, that
it seems almost unnecessary to repent them
here. \ you request it, however, 1 shall brief
(ly give them.
i think, then, that nopeace should be grant
ed to Mexico, till a reasonal indemnity is ob
•ained lor the injuries which she has none us.
The territorial extent of this indent uty is, in
the first instance, a subject ol executive con
sideration. There the constitution has plan-d
it. and there lam willing to leave it; not
only because I have full confidence in its ju
dicious exercise, but because, in the ever va
, l ying circumstances of a war, it would be in
discreet by a public declaration to commit the
! country to any line of indemnity which might
j otherwise he enlarged, as the obstinate injus
tice ot’ the enemy prolongs the contest with its
loss of blood ami treasure.
It appears to me that the kind of metaphy
sical magnanimity, which would reject all in
demnity at the close of a bloody and expensive
war. broutrlit on hy a direct attack upon our
troops by the enemy, and preceded hy a suc
cession ol unjust acts for a series of years, is
unworthy of the age in which we live as it is
ri-volti ig to the common sense and practice of
mankind. It would conduce but little to our
future security or indeed to our present repu
tation. to declare that we repudiate an expec
tation of compensation from the Mex can gov
ernment. and are fighting, not lor any practi
cal result but for some vague, perhaps some
philanthropic object, which escapes my p n
etration, uud must be defined by t.,o*c w,.0 m -
sume this new principle of national n.ier-co .-
manication. All wars are to he deprecated,
as well hy the statsman ashy the philanthro
pist. They are great evils, but there are great
er evils than these, mid submission to injustice
is among them. Tlie nation, which would re
fuse to defend its rights and its honor, when as
sailed. would soon have neither to defend ; *
and when driven to war, it is not by profes
sions of disinterestedness and declarations ol
magnanimity, that its rational objects can be
best obtained, or other nations taught a lesson
ol torli arance—the strongest security for per
manent peace. We are at war with Mexico,
and its vigorous prosecution is the surest
means of its speedy termination, and ample
indemnity the surest guarantee again t the
recurrence of su.-li it justice as provoked it.
The Wilmot Proviso tins hcco beibre the
cou itry some time. It has been repeatedly
discussed in Congress, and by the pub i ■ press,
l 1 am strongly impressed with the o[ inio i that
a great change has been going on iu tile pub
lic mind upon this subject—in ray own as well
as others ; and that doubts are resolviur ihem
selves into convictions that the principle it
involves should be kept out of tlie national
legislature and left to the people of the con
federacy in their respective local govern
ments.
f lie whole subject is a comprehensive one,
and fruitful of important consequent! s. It
would be ill-timed to discuss it here. 1 shall not
assume that responsible task, but shall confine
myself to such general view* as are necessa
ry lo the fair exhibition of iu) opinio.is.
We m iy well regret the existence of-lave
ry in the Southern States, and wish t. ey had
been s ived from its introduction. But there
*t in a ii not by the act of the presentgener
m.o.i; n::d we must and al with it us a great
practical question, involving the most innnien
tnus consequences. We have neither the right
nor the power to touch it where it exists and
if we had both, their exercise, by any means
herelolore suggested, might lead to result#
wiiich no wise man would willingly encoun
ter, and which no good man could contemplate
without anxiety.
The theory of our government pre-suppo
scs tiiut its various members have reserved to
themselves the regulations of all sulij -els re
lating to what may be termed their internal
police. They are sovreign within their boun
daries except in those cases where they have
surrendered to the general government a por
tion ol’ their rights m order to give effect to
the objects of the Union, whether these con
cern lureigu nations or tile several Stales
themselves.—Local institutions, if 1 may so
speak, whether they have reference to slavery
or to any other relations, domestic or public,
are left to local authority, either original or
derivative. Congress has no right to say that
there shall be slavery in New-York, or that
that there shall be no slavery m Georgin;
nor is there any other human power, but the
people of those States, respectively, which
can change the relations existing therein ;
and they can say, if they will, w - will have
slavery in the Firmer, and we will abolish it
iu the latter.
lit various respects the Territories differ from
the o tales. Home of their rights are inchoate,
and they do not possess the peculiar a tributes
ui sovreignty. Their relation to the general
government is very imperfectly defined by the
constitution und it will be Iff in iff upon exam
ination, that in that instrument the ooly grant
ol’ power concerning them is conveycil i.i the
phrase, “ Congress shall have tlte power to
dispose of and inakeuli needful rule* und reg
ulation* respecting tlie territory and othi r
property b -longing to the United Slate*.”
Certainly this phraseology is very loose, if it
were designed to include in the grant tlis
whole power of legislation over persons as well
as tilings. The expression tlie •• territory und
other property,” fairly construed, relates to the
public- lauds, us such to arsenals, duck-yards,
torts, ships, nnd all the various kinds oi prop
erty. winch the United Ntates tuny anti must
possess.
But surely the simple authority to dispose
of and regulate these, does not extend to the
unlimited power of legislation; to the passage
ol’ ull laws in the most general accept monos
tlie word ; which by the bye, ie carefully ex
cluded from the sentence. And, indeed if this
were so, it would render unnec ~ury another
provision us the constitution, whim gntuleUt
Congress the power to legislate, with toe con
sent ot’ the Nlutes respectively, over ull places
purchased for the “ erection of tort* mugu
/.mi's,’arsenals, dock-yards Ac.”—These be
ing the “ property” of the United Ntutes, if
I the power to make “ needful rules nu t regu
lations concerning” them includes the gener
al power of legislation, then the grant of nu
-1 thority to regulate “ the territory ami olla-r
prujierty of the United Hales,” is unlimited,
wherever subject* are Brand fir its operation,
and its exercise needed no auxiliary provision.
If, on the other hand, it docs not im aide such
power of legislation over the “ other prop
erty” of the United States, thru it dot s not
include it over “ their terrj'ary,” for the sum*