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liV S. HOSE & CO. •'i'flvJ Georgia Journal & Messenger „ „*,*,! every Wtrdueeday morning at $2 50. [>er annum i j.iiKV, $J w> if not within the year. I 1 at tit* regular charge will be On* Dollar i3 ir ,. of on* u>ordt or Ims, tor the first iuaer ’f fifty C*t* for each subsequent insertion. All al ---t seats not specified as to time, will be published until I rl ’i *a.i charged accordingly. A liberal discount allowed f! \‘,.\rho advertise by the year. t*.; 3 ; tglt r N moss of over ten lines, will be charged at the **',s>js4S!rrs of candidates for office, to be paid for at * ,<i*l rates, when inserted. !1 , ,^ r4 [ arrangements made with county officer*, Druggists, J .' [!t , nee rj, Merchants, and others, who may wish to make , - ..t extracts. \ iLt t or La*d and Naaaoes, by Executors, Administra ud t}ardiaoa,<are required by law to be advertised in cr ~j lC ratette, forty days previous to the day of sale. II -lies must be held on the first Tuesday in the month, kriVrtß the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the vno° at the Court-house in the county in which the pro ... , situated. ,jjs or PaasctSSL Prophett must be advertised in like „er, forty days. , c* w Dsirross isd Creditors of an Estate must be j ished forty days. vine* that application will be made to the Ordinary for to sell Laud and Negroes, must be published weekly for N a laths. * ;Tl ri )*s for Letters of Administration, thirty days; for ■ i^ Jion from Administration, monttily, six months ; for ;,.;u from Guardianship, weekly, forty days. hu Forbclosiso or M irtoaoe, monthly four monttis; ■ shing lost papers, for the full space of three months; ft: nailing titles trom executors or administrators where i has been given by the deceased, the full space of three ,*f Letters addressed to S. Rose A Cos. Professional and Business M"ii. , ' l -or*3S!ostL kro Desists* Cards will be Inserted under i head, at the following rat-s, via : for ■ .recline*, per annum, f 5 <y* ** Seven lines, do til Oh “ Ten I'o s, do 1? i*) “ Twelve lines, do 15 00 No advertisement ofthis class w il be a )mitte>l, unless paid • advance, nor for a less term than twelve months. All rsr.isemeßts of over twelve lines will be Charged PRO RATA. t.lrertisements tmt paid for in advance will be charged at >*e regular rates.] PKOFKSSIO.V Ah CARII.S. ns. I*. CIS WARDS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bl l LKR, (.A. dec 1-lj* SAMUEL If. WASHIifGTOif, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MACON, (i t. it’ ILL practice in all the Counties of the M * CON it CIRcUIf, and in the Counties of Washington, At'ii k.non and Laurena. Mil next to Concert Hall, over Payne's Drug Store JASKR T. MAT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BPTLEK, TAYLOR CO., A. HILL PRACTICE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES l cocrtirs: tows* Crawford,. Knoxville. Houston, Perry. Macon,.... ........... ...........Oglethorpe. Marion, Buena Vista. Eilaville. Talbot, Talhotton. Taylor, Rutler. Upson, ..Thonia-ton. tXT Particular attention given to Collections oct 20-1 y Pt rtit s. iiinriiitiLN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HLKUV, CiA. \\”ILL partice in the several Courts of the Macon Cir- Vt c i it, and also in the Federal Courts in Savannah and Marietta [augll 20-ly] THOMAS K. CAB A HIM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Porsytli, Gro. tin I.L attend promptly to all business entrusted to his I T care in the Counties of Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, limes. Pike, Spal ling and Epson. [may 12 ’ss] LAHIBB A AABBBfOH, ATTORNEYS at law, MAC UN, GA. IJRtCriCK in the Court ies of the Macon Circuit, and in II the Counties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones; also in the federal Courts at Savannah. [apr 21 ’SS-ly] 11. A. TKOI TlA\, ATTORNEYAT LAW, KNOXVILLE, LA., lY r IL L Practice Law in the Macon Circuit, and adjoin ii mg Counties of Flint Circuit. All business entrusted Ins care will be promptly alteuded to. mar 17 51-ly J. B. MITCHJBKaIa, ATTORNEYAT LAW, lUWKI.NSVILLE, LA. jan 21 ’SB 44-ly P. \V. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Olfi.ce Thomascoa, Upson Cos. Ga. LtTIL!, attend promptly to the collection of ail claims Yf placed in his hands, in the co . .ties of Upson, Moiircc, i Jrairlord, Taylor, Tall, ■•;, Harris, Meriwether and Pit". .—lsaac Scott, hsq , 1. C. I’.ant, Esq., Messrs. Poe k Grier, J. H f- W. A. Ross, Bowilre A Anderson, Col. O. U. Sj arts, Macon, Ga. jan 80 *53-tf. L. WHITTLE. ATTORNEY AT LA W, MACuX, GEORGIA. JFFICE next to CONCEPT HALL, over Payne’s Drug Store. jan. 8. [4l-ly-l PEEPLES & CARA.MSS, ATTORNE YS AT LA W, VOUSkfH, CA. , VT"ILL ictice law in the counties of Monroe, L.bb, Up- Ts sou. Pike, Spalding, Henry and Bat's. Mr. Cabaniss will give prompt and constant attention to the collection an,, ecttriflg of debts and claims. C PfcKPLK*. GEO. A. CABANISS. formerly of Athens, Ga. 6-Iy. T. ts. S?TCBBS, B. IIILL. STUBBS A IIILL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, At A CVS, CEVHCIA. . afILL practice in the Superior Courts of Bibb, Crawford, \y Twiggs, Marion, Monroe, Dooly, Houston, Jones,Mus- J'gee, Talbot, Macon, Taylor, Upson, Sumter, Lee, and ougherty; and also in the Circuit Courts of the United talcs at Marietta and Savannah. March 19 61 ~ tf ORDINARY'S OFFICE. *. T. MASSEY, ORDINARY OF 8138 COUNTY. a*S removed his office to the room over the Drug Store of Dr. B- L. Strohecker A Cos. [dec2-tf- UK. A. PIERCE. HOYKEOPATH. tPPICEin Washington Block. Medicine Cases and V * Books on Domestic Practice, for sale. Macon July T 15-ly, 13S8- UK. 11. A. JIETTAEER, , f AVIXG §Y>enf portion of three successive years in l l. this city, during which time he has limited his practice l uost exclusively to Surgery, now respectfully offers his ervicestothe citizens of Jfacon and surrounding country, tall the branches of his profession. TANARUS” tlfil ‘.e over Asher Ayers’ Store, corner of Third and Cherry Streets. __ 1> It. E. FITZGERALD U A VINO permanently located in Macon, will attend punctually all calls left at his office, next door to Free nni Roberts, or at Fitzgerald A Nottingham’s Drugstore. mar 19 90— DR. C. J. ROOSEVELT, ilonmopatliie M*hyician , MACOX, GA. flicejnd Residence comer of Third dt Walnut Hreett. *t* Dr*. TDOYI ILD A YAM UIESEX, dentists, Office in Washington HI oik, Macon, Gn. ELECTRICITY USED IN EXTRACTING TEKTH. MCDONALD'S Tooth Paste alwayo <mrm on band and for sale. Dentists can supplied with the finest style of TEETH, alsol 1 J K s Gold F ,il. Gold and Silver Plate and Wire, L-I_E Lathe Fixtures, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or Materials on short notice. ort .4. C. HOOKE, DEN^TIST, THOMASTON, <3-A.., OPPICE oto. Dr. Thoaipaoa’*Store. My work is ray K ferooca. [aprZ -tf] BUsINESS CARDS. TBOS. KtSUSIiS. o. . SPAMS?. HARDEMAN & SPAUkS7~~ WAKE HOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS MACON, OA., con f>nue to give prompt attention at their Plat v V ‘ too? M asKHoemt, on the corner of 8d and Populai to all business committed to their charge. With their thanks for past favors, aud a renewed pledge of faithfulness to all thpr friends and customers, they hope to receive their full share of public patronage. Liberal advances made on Cotton and other produce when required. sir Planter’s Family Stores, also, Ragging, Rope, furcisi cd at the lowest market rates. 4c. sep S—j JONATHAN COLLINS, (late patten, colliss a co.) ESE3 WILL continue the Commission Business at the Fire v f fir .of Building occupyed by them in this City In Con nexion with h:t son tV. A. Coltius, respectfully salicits the business of the patrons of the lte firm, and Planters generally, pledging tlieir undivided attention to ail business confided to thew care. Advances made on Cotton or other produce in Store, aud orders carefully filled. July 7 15-v. JONATHAN COLLINS. DAW Sc WAMIBt'KAj factors j commission merchants, Sava it uali, a. JOrLPH WASHBURN, Special Partner. FRANCIS O. DANA. 1,, , „ . HENRY C. W.VTIBCRN, f ot!nerl Partners. Vi continue . above business as I. retofor. at our I OH Stand, 1l i lilt) Nircct, ,a*t of the Ex chacg--. ami r*. prt,iated t. make liberal advances on all Pro.li.-e consigned to our care for sale. i-*r 4'l onlcrs for Bagging, It >,e and other supplies, til ed prer ptly, and at the L _t Cash prices. Savannah, Aug. J. \7S—6m CLOIiiJE V. SI!*TIJ, VV IIOL2S.VLK iiAMFACTLUKK OF PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES, A eat l/it New l*asse.nger Dtixjt. MACON, GA. \ f'ERCITANTS c; -'re supnlicil upon as favorable terms, w'i’d- as good Cai <:y, a ercat varieties, as can be had Soutii. Those *■-: ing to pur .ie.se are respectfully invited to call and exaiui:. ?i>cciniet:s. All orden promptly filled,with a fresh article, and warran ted to stand the climate. Terms cash, aug. s. 19-ts Fa!! ;; ii < i Wintex* MILLII2ERY. MRS. II'IU LAND would inform jv . her customers gene a;ly that she has just tetumed from NEW YORK, with a CfljrfTi rich an t e etrant selection of Hilliticr) Goods to which she Invites their attention. All the newest m >des it Bonnets. H its, and Head Dre-e*. splendid stylesofSilk Robes, t Velvet and Cloth Mantillas and Cloaks Jr Elegant styles Points, Valencia, and lion:- W Wt tou l-aoes—Embroideries of all kinds, Lace Caps and Ber thas, Rich Shawls, an t ficarfs. Patent Skirts, Hair Braids, and Plaits, Ribbons, Feathers, le'vets, Flowers I aces. Dress Triiiini..] cs, and Ac , Ac. Sold at the lam est I'osutble Price*. oct 18 29-tf_ Dessau, n AS as usual returned from the North with tier strikingly magnificent as sortment of PARISIAN MILLINERY, sur pas* ng in Grandeur any stock of GOODS KAVuIm I that has ever been submitted to Southern EVENING DRESSEL which baffle des criptioni, EGLANTINE CLOAKS, withs Lucknow Trimmings, DRESS TRIMMINGS S “iF CASPIAN HAIR PINS, Wi GRECIA - CFRI.S, HAIR BRAIDS, HEAD DRESSES, and an assortment of di vers articles, which would require an endless list to enumer ate. Delay not! Thankful for past favors, she with hearty cheer, solicits the patronage of all desiring the rich, ek-gant and beautiful. Mrs. D is prepared to furnish Milliners with whole sale, pattern Bonnets and all Goods in her line, at the short est notice and lowest rates. oct 6 Lime lor Sale, For Agricultural Pnrpokpx. (Mi / l IICNHfCI.S of Lime, which have 1 ten ’ V * usel in the Manufacture of Gas, are for sale at the Macon Go- Works at very low prices. This Lime has been much used iu the Northern States, and has been found nearly to fresh Lime from the kiln, for field or garden crops. It will he found very valuable in pre paring compost or heaps of manure consisting of vegetable matter, Ac., in the autumn, and citizens of this vicinity would do well to secure it in time for that purpose The price at which it is sold, should induce any one to try it, even if it were for an experiment. Apply at the oct 18 2J-tf MACON GAS WORKg. Bacon’ 8 T^reminin. Cjppar ani Iron Wire-Cable LIGHTNING RODS, VRE now superceding allothers. They are without joints (coiled up for transportation, and insulated wiih Patent j Hard India Rubber, which is a perfect non-conductor, dura- 1 hie as iron—and cannot 1 e broken ; copper has seven times ! the conducting power of iron, and does not corrode. Orders solicited front all parts of the Scale, and ex ecuted by experienced workmen. For fi.i :h r information send for a circular giving full par* beat auth rity in the DMS- J A. BACON, Dec 16-tvs—dm. Montgomery, Ala. j [ U >s< ■ 1 i ill Cc imetery. tjliil Sexton’s office is still between Third . A a-. I Fourth Streets, on the corner of flie n Alley, here hr receives all communications ‘or ffp! 111 ! interments, and will attend to the waili-g f joijKtrM I'’ graves. All bo s entrusted o his care will belifFU l ‘ Wept in good order i, have been this year. All ‘KYtfV • rders f.-r Mouura :iu from Thoiaa. Phillips’ M tMo fl r'.- swill be promptly attended to ; Bjc >?• with the erecting of tuo same, and done in the i*pL__Afch best manner. A. BKYPIE, IT. ~7^ dec 29-ts City Sexton. (.KCtLKtfcS! LUOI EUILh! ! Alt HART A ROFF, now liave in Store, and A\~Yk / are daily receiving a very large and selected l|ul stock of _ j>a&kim2&a g ii o v #: hies of every description, which they will sell on the bent terms for €'.\Sil or approved NAMES; and to whichthey invite the attention of Merchants, Planters and Consumers. dec B—ly Family Grocery AND I louse Goods. 11l A VE now open at the store, second door above tl • Manufacturers’ Bank, in Cherry Street, for the inspec tion of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the city of Macon, and its vicinity, a Stock of Funtily Groceries mid Slolls. ii<■*pint; ITtenwil - *, unequalled for variety in this city. I name in part —first for the Ladies. ItlO Boxes assorted Candies, inn “ French Grape Fruit, lift “ “ Chrystalized Fruit, 10 “ “ Cherries in Sugar, 10 Cases “ Brandy Cherries, ID •• “ Brandy Peaches, 10 “ Fresh Peachts, 10 “ ** Oysters, 10 “ “ Lobsters, 10 “ assorted Pickles, Catsups, Sauces and Spices in variety Gentlemen will find at this store a fine assortment of To bacco, Segal's and other things that “ add to the feast of reason and flow of soul.” To the Farmers. WOULD be happy to show you many desirable Goods In your line, which tail and see for yourselves. IS tcoN on hanJ, lomeof the finest old Hants and Shoulders. . . lit prices T adopt the motto, a nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling. GEO. H. EVANS, jy Telegraph copy 4t. i* n New Rneoit. -t if nog. Prime New Shoulders, for gale, to arrive, XU by [jan 12] BOWDRE A ANDERSON. New Crop Sugar and Syrup. 9wr IS IIDS. Prime and Choice N. 0. Sugars. .) bo Bids. •• “ “ Syrup, in store to arrive, fer sale by POWDER A ANDERSON. Jan I* Baron. rtA AA A LBS. a No. 1, Tennessee Bacon, wel ICfllVptMJ cured and trimmed, in .tore and for sale ? ’ HhVKI.KN a GAINES. Hew Eeaf Eard. 10 SZtf*"” u *!fiWzj3S.“ 4 j:uf 26 Cotton Avenue. rltiuyal. Tt: i. Land Office of J. C. Edwards is removed the new building erected by Dr. E. L.Strohecker—BoomNo. Up Stairs. 4, aag. 26,1897,22-ts. * 1 MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1859. BUSINESS CARDS. li. A. WISE WOULD most respectfully inform the public and his customers that he has removed his stock of STOVES, TIN WARE, AND Hoiim* Ikccpin^; IIA 111 JAV Ali E, TO HIS NEW STORE, Next to the Telegraph Building, on Cherry St , and would be pleased to have ail persons in want of Goods in my line, to call and examine my stock, where may be found Etovrs, Grates, Range*, Brass and Bronzed Andirons, Shovels, Tongs and Fenders, Waiters, Tea and Coffee Urns, Steak and Oyster Dishes, Plated Castors and Waiters, Spoons, Forks and Cake Baskets, Silver Tea Spoons and Forks, Table anil Pocket Cutlery. Wood Ware, Brooms and Brushes, Matts, Trays, Sifters, Meat Cutters and Stuffers, Plain and Japanned Tin Ware, and all Goods usually kept in my line. B. A. WISE, Cherry Street, dec 22 Macon, Ga. Fish Hooks and Lines. JIT NX Received a large supply, that will he wholesaled at very low prices. If. A. IVINIi, Cherry St., jan 19 Macon, Ga. H iti you go Norili. when you can do Bet- TER SOUTH? CAUIAH ft-UUISS HAIirAEIBKT and Repository, FORM XH) G A. HIVING purchased the entire inter- JB : ‘if'l? est of the late firm of BANKS, WIL- oJuUEp’j ass’ DER A CO., I invite the attention of the citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun- viy \*P ties to my extensive arranpnnents for Manumi.luring TOP AND NO TOP BU Hi IKS, COACHES, ROCKAWAYS, CAR RIAGES, PII.KTONB, AC., AC lam constantly receiving additions, not trom I lie Norill, hut trom my Work Mi<)|i<(, tn my stock on band, of three or four buggies per week, which combine e’egance and finish, with lightness, strength and durability, Orders for any sort of Vehicle, Harness, Ac., are most respectfully solicited, which shall be promptly supplied, and all engagements for work PUNCTUALLY niet. 1 have constantly of. band a large assortment of HARNESS. Repairing done at short notice and Warranted, augll 20-ly J. R- HANKS j JOHN SCnOFIFLD, JOSHTA SCHOriEKD. SCOFIELD Sz BROTHER, | FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS. lIK OV, LEOKGIA, WIT are prepared to Manufacture Steam I‘up Sttcw, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR- I ING, SUGAR MILLS, BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS, Os every description I!CO\ HAILING utitl 41.1 - A!Nl>\llw. Having the most complete assortment of Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, neatness, du rability and design, cannot be surpassed, anil are suitable for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lots, Public Squares, Church Fences arid Balconies. Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains as any Northern Establishment. J A?~ Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city, dec S t. e. xisuF/r, MANUFACTURER OF ST£A7I ESIGI9IES and BOILEUS, saiv Jlili machinery, mill Geai* iiiers and machiiiery in GBRBBAL. WROUGT IEOY mTTON SCREWS, mills, Shafts and E*nllies, Iron llailins*, Wroaght and Fast, &c., &<*., Ac. TIIK undersigned lielleves that he is Manufacturing and selling the above Machinery,To 11 per ceil*, cheap er and of as good quality as any establishment at the South, anil is willing to warrant all the work as equal, if not Supe rior to any. (janji) T. C. NISHET. DftVID ROSS, TT O O TT - 23 X TV XU 2*3 XX AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER. CIOXXINUES to make BLANK BOOKS m'mlmfsm J for Courts, Counting Houses and Rail Roads anil to Bind all varieties of PRINTEDA*. i WORK with superior neatness and despatch ■■■■ VI UNIT Bound with ELASTICI t'Y anil ELEGANCE. Kooks in the most approved style. HARPERS’ WEEKLY AND MAGAZINE, GRAHAM’S, GODKY’S, and all other Periodicals and Magazines HOUND In neat and cheap Bindings. Particular attention paid to the re-binding valuable old Orders from a distance will meet with prompt atten- U Office upon the Corner of Third and Cherry Streets, Over GEO. T. ROGERS A SON, Macon, Ga. aug 85-y ~d7c. HODGKINS & SON, Dealer* in and Manufacturers of GUNS, RIFLES, . pistols. fishing TACKLES. And Sporting A FEW DOORS BELOW THE liamer House, Mxcon, Ga. ‘ Nov. 11 *57 K. 1. McEVOY, Whftlfsalf& Retail Urt Dealer in 10. mu CrG.Rrry-ware, No. 2, Granite Hall, MACON, GA. j may 19—ts Macon Furniture Works. Wli are now putting up _ New and Improved Machinery for the Maim- wsg^)jiy J - . FURNITURE of all Kinds, far superior in Workmanship and Kura- -A billty to most NORTHERN . C Work, and at as Low, aiulj cji/tjc A in most cases v ~ Lower I*rices than can POSSIBLY be laid down in Macon from Savannah or New York. Give us a call and we will convince the scep tical thilt it is your interest to make your purchases athome. june 16—y T. A G. IV GOD. S. RRAIHUKD’S VAHIBTY STOHE, COTTON AVENUE, (OPPOSITE C. H. FREEMAN, AND ROSS, COLEMAN k ROSS.) CIUOCKERY and GLASS-WARE, also anew stock of J House Furnishing Articles, Brooms, Pails, Tults, Toy Barrows and Waggons, Cabs and Willow-Ware French, Fancy Baskets, Twine, Cord and Plow-lines, Mats of all kinds. Refrigerators, Ice Cream Fretzers, Tin-Ware of all description. Furniture made to order, and repaired, clean ed, varnished and repolished in the best style. Matrasses made to order and renovated. Violins, Canes, Ac., re paired. First quality furniture Varnish and Band Paper for sale. Also Gilt Frames made to order. N. B.—Graffenhurg Mcdicine'for sale, warranted pure from the Company. S. 8., Agent for Cos. Macon, Fept. 80-27 _ isTJ-:W BOOKS —AT — Boardman’s Book btore. A MERICAN ELOQUENCE, in 2 vols ; A New Cyclope iV dia of Commerce ; Burtons Cyclopedia Os Wit and Hu mor; A handy Book on Property Law; Man upon the Sea by Goodrich ; Romantic passages in South-western History ; Life beneath the Water* ; The Hand but not the Heart, by T. 8. Arthur; William, the Conqueror, l.y (Jen. Sir Charles Napier; Doctor Thorne; anew edition of Edgijr A. Poe’s works; The Preacher and the King; The Pi iest and the Hu guenot; Lord George Ben tick, by D’lsraeli; Beatrice Cenei; Debit and Credit; Major Roger Sherman Potter; Douglas Jerrolds Wit; Belle BrKtan on a Tour; Life and Times of Hugh Miller; Cruise of the Betsey ; Testimony of the Rocks; Jefferson’s Works . Bulwer’s Novels, complete ; Grotes His tory of Greece; Pparrow Grass Pa|>ers; Lord Montagus Page by G. P. It James; TheTtiree Beauties,by Mrs.South worth ; Ventilation in American Dwellings; Derivation of Family names; Wisdom, Wit and Humor; Steps towards Heaven; Dens Moral Theology; MUpah, a Prayer Book; Wayside Pictures in France, Holland, Belgium and up the Rhine; Wild Northern Scene3. Also a large assortment of fine Family Bibles. J* M. BOARDMAN. sep 22 Karon for §nlr. nrx II It ns Clear Sides, Just received at ij Z) net 27 HARDEMAN A GRIFFIN’B. Units Plaster, Cement and Hair. | X\TF, keep constantly on hand a K°‘l ““PP'y ,he ft above Article*. J* HUBS. I ot 27 DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac., Ac. FANCY & STAPLE DIIY GOODS. ** UNDER GRANITE IIAIiXj. VTUIi are now receiving a Large and Elegant Stock of XT GOODS, that have been selected with great care to suit the trade of Macon and adjoining counties. Among which are Silk Robes Double Jupe, Silk Robes Volantts, Silk Robes a Lee. Fancy Silks in great variety, Plain anil Figured Black, do. DeLaineand Marino Robe a Lez, Plain and Figured DeLaines, Poll de Chevres, Plain anil Figured Merinos, Poplins, Mourning.* various other styles of Dress Goods. Lace, Swiss, Cambric and Pique Sets, Collars, liandke'chiets, Embroderies, Dress Trim: .ngs, Ribbons, Cloaks bawls, Sk.rts, and a full assort m .t of Stap 1 e Goods, Which we offer to sell on the most favorable terms. Please call and examine. A. hi. I*liU i>liKN A 4 O. oct I—ts1 —ts tfraiiite Block, Macon, Ga., BAULBBURY, Block, Op. I.anicr lloumc, MACON, GA. lIAKES pleasure in informing his customers and buy . ers generally, tiiat he is now prepared to offer one of the most elegant and attractive stocks of Fall and “Winter Cloods, For Gentlemen’s wear, that can be exhibited in the city. He lias in his employ one of the He Mt Cu 11 ers Siilll li Os fifeu York, and can execute all orders in the most approved style and at short notice, oct 20—ts AT PAR RE ITS. 1 8 S 8. \V e are Supplied, as usual with a Large and Fashionable FALL STOCK OF FIRST CLASS DRY GOODS, Which we are determined to dispose of at very Small profits. To call, is to he con vinced. W. W. PARKER & CO. oct 13 Ladies’ Cloaks! mil IS Day, Just opened another large lot of those Very I IliindHonie Velvet and Clivlh < leaks, at oct 20 PUIKEU’X. I) R Y (1 OOI) S AT WUOLESALE. J. B. &. VV. A. ROSS Are now receiving a Large and well selected Stock of Foreign and Domestic Dry GOODS, For the Fall and Winter Trade, To which they invite the attention of Merchants. oct 27 To Planters and Merchants. \\fi: offer the following artic ?on very accommoda-ng \ j terms: 1000 rolls Gunny Bagging, jH'iVaVr! ts* fotaVrws, 410 bales heavy Gunny Bagging, 1,100 coils Richardson’s Green Leaf Rope, 1000 pounds Twine, 175 barrel sugar, 200 sacks Coffee all qualities. 150 boxes Candies all qualities, 100 “ Soap, 75 boxes Starch, 100 boxes Candy, 100 “ Soda, 125 kegs Na Is, 150 bales Osnaburgs, 50 bales Georgia Kerseys, 25 bales Yarns, 100 bales Brown Sheetings and Shirtings, ‘25 hhds. Molasses 20 barrel, Syrup, Large Stock of Fresh and new DRY GOODS, daily receiving in store whieh we will sell at living rates, consisting o’ the following : 20 cases Prints, 15 eases Ginghams, lnoo pieces Merinoes, Delanes, • hally and Alpacas, 12o(rdozen Hosiery, 25 bales Marlboro and other domestic Stripes, 10 hales Tickings, 10 cases Linaeys, 10 eases Flannels, 525 pieces Satinet* and Jeans, 150 pieces Cassimers, 50 pieces Fancy and Black Silks, SuO dozen Handkerchiefs, 1200 pieces white Muslins. Also, a large Stock of Clothing and Hats, w ith 350 cases of Shoes all kinds and 1000 Negro Blankets. We respectful ly solicit ttie patronage of the public, ect 27 J. B. & W, A. ROSS. For Sal**. 1X1 VE HUNDRED Doz. Georgia Buckets, . 25 “ Northern “ 10 dozen Broom*, 10 nest Tubs, fiO Half Bushel Measures, 10 tons Iron, 5 tons Castings, sacks Family and SuperlintfFlour, 100 Boxes Tobacco all qualities, 40,000 pounds Bacon Hog round. It) barrels Nuts, bo boxes Raisins, 100 boxes Cheese, 10 kegs Goshen Butter. With every article called lor in the Grocery line, except ing liquors. We would respectfully solicit a call from purchasers as we can make it to their interest to patronize us. oct 27 J. B. A W. A. ROES. HARDEMAN & GRIFFIN, ARE NOW RECEIVING THEIR Fall and AVinter Stock, a r r their olil stand. Their Stock consist in part of the iV following goods, to which they invite the utteniion of Merchants and Planters, 50 Bales Gunny Cloth, 2"0 Coils Richardson Hope, 1000 Pounds Baling Twine, 150 Bags Collee—Java, Port Rico, Rio and Laguira, 10 Chests Black and Green Tea, 75 Barrels ABAC Sugar, 25 “ Crushed and Powdered Sugar, 6 Boxes Loaf Sugar, 15 Hogsheads Fidfc Port Rico, 800 Sacks Liverpool Salt, 100 Sacks Alum Salt, 150 Boxes Adamantine Candles, 40 “ Sperm “ 75 Boxes No. 1 Soap, 20 “ Family Toilet Soap, 85 “ Assorted and Fancy Candy, 125 Kegs Nails, 60 Boxes Starch, 100 Jars Snuff, 50 Whole, Half and Quarter Kegs of Powder, 100 Bags Shot, 100,000 Cigars, various brands, 60 Boxes Tobacco, 20 Cases Magnolia and Combination Tobacco, 20 Bales Osnaburgs and Stripes, 5 Cases Hoirspun, Bleached, 10 Bales Georgia Kersey, 5 “ Northern “ 15 “ Blankets, all prices, 60 Baskets Piper’s llenlsick Wine, 75 Cases Ginger and Blackberry Wine and Brandy, 50 Barrels Rye and Corn Whiskey, 10 “ Extra Old Bourbon, 50 “ Gin, Rum and Brandy, 10 Casks Madeira, Port and Sweet Wine, 10 Cases London Dock Gin, 15 •* Boker and Stoughton Bitters, 10 “ Lemon Syrup, 20 Casks Ale and Porter, 10 Boxes Ginger Preserves, Prunes and Figs, 80 “ Assorted Pickles, 80 “ “ and Fancy Candy, 20 “ Superior Curb. Soda, 80 Barrel* and Boxes Soda and Butter Crackers, 25 Boxes Herrings, 6 Sacks Ashton’s Table Salt, 10 Well Buckets, 26 Doz. Blue Buckets, 10‘ Nests of Tubs, 80 Doz. Wool Hats, 20 Boxes Leverlti Axes, 10,0OC Pounds White Lead and Zinc, 100 Barrels Linseed Oil, 10 “ Tanners’ and Machine Oil, Also a line lot of Chrome Green, Yellow, Prusian Blue, Terra de Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ac., Paints and Varnish Brushes and Sash Tools. Macon, Bept. SO, —y Sundries Received ami for sale l>y J. A R. MASSETT. f\f\ BBT 8. of Magnolia Whisky, AV/U do x. xx. xxx. St, Louis Whiskey, ’3 do Old Burbou Whisky, do Nectar Whisky, c do Pennsylvania Malt Whisky, „> do N.E. Rum, Xu do Plielp’s Gin, 20 do American Brandy, Pipes Brand Gloire De Cognac, 2X do. of J. J- B. Six Brandy, 2>£ do. do. Signet do., 1 \ J. Jupry A Cos., Brandy 2 do. Holland Gin, 25 Boxes of Lemon Syrup. Also, together with a full assortment of all other articles In the Grocery line, now in store and daily receiving, and for sale as low as any house in Macon. fang HMfl Cltecse. BOXES best Western Cheese, in store and for sale low by (dec 8) McCALLLE A JONES. Xew €rop Siitfar & Syrup for Sale. / fr mi JjS. choice N. O. Syruu in prime order, O') 25 Hhdi. N. O. Sugar, choice quantity, 115 Bbls. Georgia ribbon Cane Syrup, warranted to be superior to Stewart* Extra Golden Syrup. dec 29 J. B. k W. A. ROSS, pr Telegraph and Cltisea copy. SPEECH OF HOY. HUMPHREY MARSHALL, Dedlivkred in the House ok Representatives. January 19th, 1859. Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. Mr. Chairman, when the member from Maine, who sits on my right, [Mr. Washburn,] finished his speech, a few days since, upon the mission and duty of the Re publican party, I tried to obtain the floor to im provise a reply to it. Failing in that effort, I have waited the publication ot the speech, and have giv en ft an attentive perusal. It is a representative speech. It assumes a tone of suggestive advice, which denotes at once the solicitude of the concil lor and the reserved authority of the commander. Replete with promises of reward to the faithful and of penalties to the disobedient, the very style of that speech asserts the prerogative of leadership and discards the equality of fellowship. It was written out in advance of its delivery, and was merely read here pro forma. It was meant lor the country. It was pronounced with a deliber ateness and precision of emphasis which made its general tone authoritative; indeed, the member spoke ex cathedra. His frequent use ot the terms “ oligarchy” and oligarchic” served a different pur pose than merely to string together unusual words; they pointed out the connection of his speech with one delivered Ht Auburn, somewhat more than a year since, bv a distinguished leader of the Repub lican partv, who represents the ►'tate of New York in the other wing of the Congress. Roth are min erals from the same mine ; particles of the same system ; music from two instruments, hut compos ed by the same master ; emulations from one in tellect, only diversified in the effectiveness of the production, bv being published through different channels. ‘* * * * * _ * The following propositions characterize the speeches to which I am replying. 1. The great problem to be solved under our system is, whether our Government shall be a con federacy of republics, or of oligarchies —of democ racies, or of aristocracies. 2. Whether the States shall advance under the bounding spirit of freedom, or languish under the blighting influence of slavery. S. Whether we shall reduce the Declaration of Independence to a practical governmental truth, or leave it to fill a niche in the temple of political philosophy merely. I ask my countrymen to examine for themselves how the decision of either or of all these theories is to be attained in practice, and, if attained, how can they affect their country in its career ? When gentlemen characterize the slaveholding States as oligarchies rather than republics or democracies— this epithet is applied with intent to obtain a lev erage in the minds of the laboring masses of the free States by producing their discontent; and through that discontent either to urge those mas ses to interfere with these oligarchical institutions” of the slvaeholding States, despite constitutional obligations, or to assume an exclusive control over the destines of embryo States that may become hereafter members of the Union. The first of these objects politicians emphatically deny. They say, on the contrary, they would protect the right* of the matter in States where slavery obtains. As to the second, they admit that, being opposed to the extension of slavery in the Territories, they feel that everything in the power of the people of the free Slates should be done to prevent that ex tension. I know people of the free States do not like sla very; I know they are opposed to an extension of slavery. I neither seek to change their opinion, nor to prevent its free expression. But just at this point let me ask, have the people of the free man’s uteywirrr, wtrowgn congressional itrWvu, , prevent the extension of slavery in the Territories. This question is one, not of uegrophilisin, but of constitutional right, and political expediency. It is not to be fairly decided by mere impulse of feel ing, but its decision rests on the constitutional sanctions under which we live, and upon which the States and people of this country have established their political relations to each other. It is not a question of ethics or of philanthropy ; but one of political rights and power only. Now, I ask niv countrymen of the free States if this question has not been heard and decided often enough to be considered settled? It was decided in 1852, by the Whig and Democratic parties voluntarily adopt ing, in national conventions, resolutions to stand by the principles of the compromise of 1850. Southern men seem to have thought they were again deciding this question when they voted for the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854. Northern mCn who voted for that act were willing to regard it as a judicial question, llow far the right to carry a slave into a Territory extends, has been since ju dicially decided by the highest constitutional tri bunal we have. We are told that the Dred Scott case has been misinterpreted ; that this point was not before the court; what the “slaveholding judge” said was mere obiter dicta ; and finally, that the political power of Congress cannot be controlled by a co ordinate department of the Government. But these exceptions to the decision will not avail. The Supreme court is a constitutional tribunal, to Inst as long as the Government of the United States ; and it has pronounced its opinion on the point in question, not onlv unmistakably as a court, but with such force in the separate opinions of its members, both from free and slave States, that there is no longer any doubt of the views of the tribunal. It is the supreme law until that decision shall be reversed. The American party placed its dictum also on record through its national council against the continuance of this agitation. How can a point be settled if this has not been settled? I present the action of Conyress, whereby this asserted power was repudiated and its exercise refused. I present the action of the people through national conven tions, endorsing, accepting, and guarantying this congressional decision, and pledging the country to stand by and sustain it. I might cite a later case, in which men of all parties came together to vote for the Crittenden-Montgoruerv amendment— a bill drawn upon the principles of the legislation of 1850, which commanded the majority of this House at the last session. After so many and so often-repeated declarations of tribunals, courts, Congress and people, what must we think of the pertinacity which now seriously proposes “to fight our battles o'er again ?” I respectfully submit to the people of the free States that it is an overdralt upon their prejudices, which should be protested by their patriotism and intelligence. It is nothing more nor less than an effort to alo litionize the Republican party ; for it places in their mouths new dogmas of the most radical stamp, which far surpass anything that party has here tofore professed as cardinal. Sir, we were told, two years since, at least by the Americans who were then acting with the Republican party, but claiming to be Americans, that the mission of the Republican party would be ended when the destiny of Kansas should be settled; that it originated in, and was limited to, opposition to the introduction of slavery into Kansas. This was its only purpose. Because the people of the free States were indig nant at the repeal of the Missouri compromise act of 1820, they then determined that slavery should not make an advantage from a proceeding which they deemed aggressive and marked by bad faith. Now the detiny of Kansas is settled; the Repub lican organization has no further mission to per form, consistently with the design in which it was originated. Men have now an opportunity to bait and to take new observations. At this point of time and opportunity I address myself to the Americans of the free States particularly, under the hope that they will seriously consider their duty and that they will now choose definitely between the conservatism of Americanism and the radical ism and abstractions of an abolitionized Republi can organization. Heretofore, I have understood their position and the tendencies which controlled them. I could casilv comprehend that a man, professing all the material tenets of the American doctrine, at the same time felt all the opposition to the repeal of the Missouri compromise, which was so general a sentiment among the people of the free States. I can see how such a man, adhering to the Ameri can cause, thought there was no inconsistency in maintaining the other proposition likewise. I can understand how he became committed to a cur rent, whose velocity be could not resist and whose direction he could not control, until he stood be fore the countrv apparently so Republieanizod that the light of his Americanism shone as a farthing candle only, compared with the intensity Os his republicanism. But, sir, the vote of Kansas on the Lecompton constitution has settled all doubt as to the will of the Kansas people. Hereafter no partv, and no considerable body of any party, out of Kansas, will seek to interfere in the disposition of the slavery question by Kansas. The will of the Kansas people will be carried out, and Kansas will I come into the Union, as a State, under such con- stitution as shall express the voice and command the acquiescence of the people who are to live un der it. That contest is closed ; even the distin guished Senator from New York announces that it is closed ; the leading Democrats of the South re cognize it as closed. I hope I may be pardoned for an expression of my own thankfulness that it has been so settled as to vindicate the great prin ciple* ot non-intervention and popular sovereignty, which were canonized by the legislation of 1850. In this exigency what should become of the Re publican organization ? If the avoidance of slave ry extension to Kansas, because that would have been violative of the provisions of the Missouri Compromise act, was tho sole cause of the origin of that organizatiou, shall it cease when its real mission has been fulfilled ? Or shall it erect new altars before which its members shall be called to worship ? adopt new banners, which its masses shall be required to follow ? The latter course is palpably the determination of those with whom the gentlemen from Maine and Ohio act. And that determination on tbeir part is a summons to all the Americans of the free States, conservative men of the free_Stales, to choose now between a political array guided by these leaders, upon mere abstractions to radical sectional purposes, and to ultimate overwhelming defeat, and that moderate practical school of politics which seeks harmony between the different sections of the Republic, hy recognizing the rights of all sections, and by work ing for the general good, with patriotic zeal that comprehends the interest of each part of the country as the greatest good of the whole. The theory of the Senator from New York may be summed up thus : 1. Slaveholding States are oligarchies, and, as such, are not consistent with that republican equal tv which should exist between men who live under democratic institutions. 2. Slaveholders, being oligarchists, prefer an aristocracy to a democracy ; and their efforts in the history of the Government of the United States, proving them to be aggressive, cites all who love democracy rather than oligarchy and aristocracy, to present an opposition to slavehold ers. 3. History and example prove that there must be homogeneousness of labor in a country govern ed under one political system ; therefore, tee must ultimately all be free, or all be slaves ; and this fact being accepted as axiomatic, the corollary from it is, that all free people in the free States should unite in one effort to put down slavehold ers in this Government, or, at least, to assume con trol of its policy iiud future destiny, regardless of the views, interests, or wishes of slaveholders. 4. There being no sentence in the English lan guage, it would be politic to employ exactly the result to llow from the practice upon the foregoing political views and purposes, we had best rest the new organization on the general principle, “ all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, amongst which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi ness..’ This will be like Napoleon, who “ assum ed the empire to protect the liberties of France.” Now, I respectfully submit to the people of the free States that these propositions disclose an in tent to practice, under a vague generality, upon a theory of absolute hostility to slavery as it exists in our country, which is at war with the compro mises of the Constitution, the character and origi nal basis of the Government of the United States, and which can by possibility prove successful only upon a dismemberment of the Union, and the ruin of that political edifice which was constructed by our forefathers for the benefit of their posterity. I need not multiply words to exhibit the charac ter and purpose of this school of politics. It is exposed as plain and undisguised abolitionism by the very statement of its own dogmas. It is the abolition element of the Republican party seeking to lead and control that organization to its own purposes, under its name, to revive and pursue a theory heretofore repelled and repudiated by the good sense and patriotism of the people of the free States. The answer to this whole theory may be briefly summed up thus : our forefathers, inhabiting the British Colonies in America, by common effort, achieved independence and formed a Confedera tion. In most of the colonies w’hich then com bined, slavery was an existing fact. In the subse quent establishment of the Government under the Constitution of the- United States, this fact was left “where it was found, to be controlled by the separate municipalities in which it existed ; no further note being taken of it in the Constitution than the provision touching the extradition of fu gitives from service, the power to repress the slave trade, and the representation accorded to three fifths ot the colored population. This last provis ion was a compromise made by slaveholders with statesmen from the North, who insisted upon the representation of the whole of that population. — The explanaton of this effort on their part is found iu the single fact that representation and direct •taxation were established as co-relativcs by our Constitution ; and the northern statesmen of that day were solicitous to expose as large a surface oi their neighbors as possible to the burden of main taining the Government. The practice of sup porting Government by a tariff of duties on im ports shut off the slave population from a direct taxation upon their value, and left in operation only their political representation ; a result which, examined alone, seems to leave no corresponding equivalent to the North, but w hich has in fact se cured fortune and power to that section, through the encouragement given to mechanical and manu facturing industry which has found its permanent home in the midst of the North, under the well directed energy of that people. When gentlemen from the free States at this day characterise the institutions of the slave States as oligarchic or aristocratic, will they answer if they are more so now than they were when the Con federation existed, or when the Constitution was adopted ? And if, finding fault with these fea tures, they would make them cause for a crusade against slaveholders, will they not admit that their position invokes a censure upon those men who in the ancient times entered into those constitutional obligations with these oligarchies that established the very relations which exist to-day ? How can those relations be changed without disunion, or usurpation of power within the Union ? If these men will avow disunion as their purpose, the pa triotism of the people of Maine even, will soon dispose of their theory and of them. If they will avow usurpation of power contrary to constitu tional obligation, will not the people whom they address spurn their counsels and maintain their own plighted faith to brethren and countrymen ? There is no concession in the Constitution by which these gentlemenror their constituents can legitimately interfere with the institutions of a State w hicli are republican in form, or in any man ner control a State in the adoption of a given sys tem of domestic labor. They declare that they do not seek to interfere with slavery in States where it exists—that there they would extend to it all the protection secured by the Constitution.— They aver that they only seek to prevent its ex tension to Territories. The argument already ad verted to proves that this proposition is itself a suggested usurpation of power not conferred on Congress. I have already cited to this point the results of several contests —contests in which these very leaders were actually and actively engaged, and in which they were defeated. Their theory has been rejected not only because it recommends usurpation, but it has been condemned by men w ho refuse it on grounds of general political expe diency. There is another consideration bearing on the view of my subject which of itself should secure the rejection of this theory, and which exposes it as a mere abstraction seized on by politicians fatally bent upon mischief. Our country has extended from east to west until its boundaries in that di rection rest upon the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The States of California and Oregon have deter mined against the inti oduction of slavery into their borders. Minnesota has rejected it. Kansas has also substantially settled the question for herself. Texas has already determined future by the voice of her people, and the resolut.ons of annex ation. The Indians own and occupy the region between Kansas and Texas. Utah und New Mexico were created by the actoflßs<>. In the case of ‘Utah, I well remember the Wilmot proviso was offered to the ‘ i'l as an amendment, and received only some forty-eight notes. I cite this fact to show that, after the passage of the New Mexico bill, in 1850, with the guarantees it contains, there was but an inconsiderable number of Representatives here, even from the free States, who continued to urge the power of Congress which the gentlemen claim, and the expediency of its application to Utah. In the free States, who that ever prole sed ihat ardent love of the Union which should distin guish a genuine American, will to day or hereafter pull down and tear away the principles which were I established in 1860, and which constitute the chief VOLUME XXXVI—NO. 4G. glory of that conservative Administratio * w hich* under theauspicicesof Fillmore, Clay and Webster, assisted by the the patriotism of Dicfcinsi n and other Democrats, gave peace to a distract* and and divided country. I have adverted to the political s’atus of the Pacific slope, that of Texas, Minnesota, Kansas, and the Indian Territory, and to the guarantees to New Mexico rnd Utah contained in the act- - l a so, to bring before the popular mind the fact t, it they cover inch of territory within the boundary of the Union except that inconsiderable section i embraced by the Gadsden purchase, known as tho Mesilla valley. Having no*further power of con tinental expansion in an eastern or western direc tion, let us look to the north and south. Passing the present cordon of free States, we find the whole north in the hands of Powers quite able to hold their possessions, and a climate, too, entirely uninviting to the establishment of slavery. Any professed expectation of its spread thither will be condemned by ordinary intelligence as entirely apocryphal. Looking to the south, we find a peo ple of a different race from onr own involved in an archy and civil wars, and unable to respond to any national obligation. We find a climate and pro ductions where slavery might be advantageously employed in the development a>f the’ resources of the land. Should it be the fate of our country to he compelled to absorb a portion of Mexico, or even the whole of it, there is no probability of its being done at any early dav. When it is done, shall wo be told by the people of the free States that they stand on guard to prevent the States in that direc tion from introducing eflawry, if the people inhab iting them may desire to do so*? Why, even these advocates of the theory of the Senator from New York do not pretend to control the action of States.’ and whenever any part of Mexico enters our system, it will be absorbed by States. The idea of a protectorate over a part of a State wdiich the President has advanced, implying, as it does, paralysis to the administrative functions of tho State,will'never obtain. But, if those States como into our Union, it will only happen when they eotne as Texas did, with institutions already or ganized. upon the character of which no question can arise here. x Looking, then, at our present condition and our capacity of future expansion, I respectfully submit that there is no excuse for the renewal of slavery agitation. This country needs no legislation about slaverv. The power of Congress requires no asser tion on this distracting theme ; because the guaran tees of existing law are already applied to every foot of ground within the present Boundaries of the Union. Where will these Republican leaders find territory on which to make tangible applica tion of their pecular dogmas? If any such place exists, I appeal to the Democratic party, which now holds the power both in this and at the other wing of the Capitol, to bring forward bills at once to es tablish territorial governments therein, consistently with the principles which have been decided here tofore in this forum, and in the judicial department of the Government, principles upon the preserva tion of which alone I do honestly believe the har mony of the American Union can be preserved. T wish that the sluices of possible future agitation may be closed, and that the bitter waters of sec tionalism mav be staved forever. Mr. Chairman, I have nothing further to add, in order to attest my steadfast opposition to the dog mas asserted by those to whom I have been re plying ; nothing w-hich could point out more clearly than what I have said the broad and salient fact that there can be no coalition between the politi cians of that school and men who think as I do. When the gentleman from Maine abandons his obnoxious abstractions and sectional view, and *-hull Irp rpudv to march upon a platform of broad, I tlioo loving, ami practical statesmanship, that shall dis card neerophili*m, and exhaust its benevolence and its wisdom in some effort to restore tho coun try to prosperity and to serve the interests of C e white men who inhabit it, we may con :.::e ; but on his idea, resistan e will last while I live. The gentleman gave me to understand that if we could not stand by the Republican pr'.ncipl. sas he expounded them, Maine and New 1 ork and other Ftntes would go into the possession * r the Democratic partr. Fir, I have long suspected there was but a single point of difference between Re publicans like the gentleman from Maine, and the Democrats. He confirms rnv suppo iricn by the declaration that, if an opposition cannot be framed upon the ideas announced in his speech touching slaverv, we mav expect an exodus of his whole tribe to the Democratic party. This means, I sup pose, that on this question of the power of Con gress over slavery alone, they differ; or, at least, if the Republicans cannot win power on their own basis, thev consider the Democratic party their next best chance. I cannot contradict the gentle man, nor dissuade him from his inclinations. I can only sav to him that not even such a misfor tune as a painful separation from him can produce a modification of my principles: and when he ar rives in the Democratic camp, I can only wish the lenders of that organization much jov of the ac quisition of anew patch to their political quilt, which already exhibits nearly every color of the rainbow. The gentleman from Maine denounces an oppo sition to Democracy based upon any other theory than his own, as “ a contrivance which would go to pieces immediately on being launched by the American people.” He proposes, more sensibly, I suppose, to administer the Government of this country upon the single principle he has announc ed, being the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence, aceompained by a running commen tary upon the wickedness of African slavery.— When the American people install an Administra tion upon his idea, there will he very little chance of its failure by a quarrel over the spoils; for there will be none to administer; more likely au oppor tunity of “ lashing southern men into the Union,” as has been promised among the interesting exer cises of such au occasion. Mr. Chairman, I think that I do not estimate improperly the great volume of American senti ment. I have seen the political storm blowing with fearful violence before to-day. I have seen the gentleman from Maine, and others of his peculiar school, marshaling their hosts to the struggle over these same issues, and I have seen them fall back, beaten, discomfited, and overwhelmed. They nev er fail to claim everything; they seldom win any thing by their own unaided force. In the elec tions which transpired last fall, they claim the re turn of a large Republican strength ; whereas, I understand the fact to be, that a large proportion of the returns belong to the exertion of more con servative men, and will come here to represent more conservative and practical principles than those enunciated by the members from Maine and Ohio. It will remain for the opening of the next Congress to determine the extent to which the Republicanism of the gentlemen will exert a pow er. I predict that it will never repeat the success which once it achieved in this Hall, by reason of the course pursued then bv the Democratic leaders. I cannot bring myself to the belief that the party to which the gentleman would yield the lead of the Opposition, numbers more real strength to-day, than when it supported Mr. Hale for the Presiden- cv. ’To exhibit this fact, no more is wanting than that the Americans and conservative men of the free States, who do not intend to be led into an other sectional contest, and who do not desire to roll this stone of Sysiphus forever, shall take their proper position, renew their devotion to piiuciiilea which demand adoption for the good of their coun try and refuse hereafter, candy and steadily, to fuse with any and every species of radical stn. The first thing to be doue—the first step to be taken—must be taken bv the people at hoim.— They should meet in primary assemblies, confer freely with each other, sift and examinine the pro posed bases for future action, select each man for himself, the principles of administration he is ‘-ill- • in l ’ to espouse, and then stand by tnese t~> the. c •;. If a conservative national ticket can be formed which w ill represent tlie ideas that succeeded in 1 s:SO in quieting the agitation of that rear, and which were so well received by the whole country last year, because they were built upon the si.mc sound and national basis, then there will be room to hope for tbe return of this country, from its present awful condition, to an et a of well regulated prosper.lv —but on the basis of tbe gentleman from Maine and the Senator from New York, there is no reason to hope ; and, indeed, it is creditable to the good sense of the country that theie is no room for hope. Why. sir, it is shocking to hear a sectional con test for the Presidency deliberately planned, and proposed in this Hall ? What must be the hallu cination which conceives that the American people will, in cold blood, divide themselves by a section al line upon a sectional question, having nothing practical in its issue, and no foot of ground in the Republic on which an application can be made of tbe result ? Uis a mere abstract dogma; a dead