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BY S. ROSE & CO.
•i’ll 9 Georgia Journal lz Messenger
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ii , i k ii i Fish C- it* fir * raiiiinirat insertion. A.
!,• wfcifiiil UIO litil, “Will be i’ jblilhe<
II . ufui.l *uJ r t r;£ly. A liberal disceun:
, i v. . . M lue year.
•I- .!>:( Mm: 2iefocr<afiaM,*UltecLar|*d atllu
# V ■;,> -ici issrs >f m:i ii: te* for office, to be paid for a 1
. •
L j.rAl ,rr*i*,i:.tz maie with eonuty officer*, I’rug
(f a \ in r,’i .” ■sot*, ami ether*, who may wial* l*
m%Xe Hutted coiiuic**
g-iLtior m*9**-> Xi-usow, by E xecutors, Aimiuiftra
torj ,;j l inf r.- r* ;.i,rca by la* to be advertised ii
„ _ | . Mt) taps powvtoaa to ti.e day of aale.
a.i't b : .iet i ot. the Oral Tuesday in the month,
b -ucsu .tie hoar* of ten it: the forenoon aid three in thi
aftora >.n, at the Ccirt-houao in the county in which th<
pr.perty U alvoat.d.
S.i i 1’,.:- i. ?iini*K;tTT m be advertise lia lik.
m inner, lorty ua.it.
Njii ‘ii to Us.!’ -ui sb Cuttioti of an Estate must hi
puMishert firty days.
Soitci! th.U apii cation will be trade to the Ordinary so
le-.v :o - i.aa : *ri l most be published weekly fc-i
two naooths.
• rtn>!< ;r h ‘.ter*of A.hnl iUtraUoc, thirty day*; foi
Du ( n -. I,i from Administration,monthly, six months; foi
DG-nisu m from Guar lianshlp, we.-kly, forty tiara.
If.'LK- > is I. i\.; or ,\I >urGAi.s, Tr.onth’y 4 months :
for siiib t-:,£ io-t ptjtrrs, for the full space of thre.
m irtthi; fir eooi'.-lli-ijf title* from executor* or admis istra
tors wn -re iI. • i . been yirra by the deceased, the fu!
ip>. ‘o f three month*,
f®” L tii is ailqtissid to S. Rose A Cos.
Pioiessionai and Business Men.
[ >.sb f'.tiriis Cnnf will be inserted unde>
til . head, at the foilc-n :„ r ’ rate*, viz :
• i three Unas, per annwni, $ POO
’• ‘. v'. iii .c 2, and ; ...10 0C
** T.-n li.ies, do 12 00
*‘ Twelve ii.ie, do 15 00
Vo , l-ei l.’ ii.enl of il. .’ cia>* will he *• luit'etl,ui.ies* ;*><
f! in ad. ar.ee, nor for a ‘Siena than twelve months. Ad
v rti-i -rvi.t* of over taelte lines will be charynl r ju> a*Ta
A ert sem -hts not paid f< rin advance will be chary-eti a
t s regular rate*.] ___
at KOJ i’ I. Ail ?l CLTI A(iiS
of masons, knight tum flails, odi fel
-01 1 • i.ltANi. E,
azto is tps citt r>r usee*.
MASONS.
fl ‘'in 1 !.n! of flesra’a fir 1 *'?, o,*tuh r 26th.
M icon L > !: •, So. 5, 2r.it and third Monday night* In eacl
Cnatan;>-.c Chapter, No. 4, second Monday night in eaci
Wtabiir’ < i Council, No. 6, fourth Monday night in eac!
8.. Om-r’* i’. ■, t, i t -nt. K cth* Templar, No. 2, Meeting
every iir*t Tue-day ai.'it In earh month.
ODD FELLOWS
O an 1 l.i Ire, first tVelrtslif In June.
G and E.i :va|nn -nt, Tae*dav previ"U.
InuU v r nr* UyfMh|i
If ra, S try F-- ay evening.
M icon V". aEn rnp . t. No. 2, ■ and fourth Monday
evenioTs in each month.
2 ) ‘i3 or r*: vj?erawce.
■rth Wednesday in ii. ;<>)> r annually.
~~ BININESS Hi! I)S.
COATES i WOOLEOLK,
WA3EH3USE AND COMMISSION
[....Ai IbRCII ANTS, --a;
Vli ti now on'n an l orepared for the rec-;*tion of Cotton,
.i’ the - NEW Fl:lfi PKCFiF VIBEIiOCfE, opp>isit>
II trdemin A ifparki. tV - willen leivor to prove ourselvis
w .rttiy ot the ptfronageof those who will favor us with their
hi unite l, >-r ii t i, : \ io *s mtie m c itton wh-ta desired.
M ■ u tl. IHf
rw i*i!i‘rs which r.u iltshel our other advertisement.
W l '~. e|.- - l ::Pl'|-’l l •* If--do -c ”•
H.u; PRUUI’ U AKb-tlUthio
j - ‘COTTON AVENUE,
m ft)*l Vs X. WVCnBi havinz rented the Ware-
J. || . t ried by J. I A 6 -n, re*p-< tfuilj
te 1 1 -rs hit lervices to the patron* of tiie late lir.u of J. Col
lin* % All. ti l to hi* p?rt >nal friend* and thi public gener
aily, far the transaction of a legitimate
WaS5-333:E AND COM iIiSSIDX BUSINESS,
, n j nv | •• • i*at e transactions, directly o
lalire-tiv, ia the interest com led to toy care.
39“ fy * i-.-j ail will u secure the best price*
for prl it.-, an 1 give stti*’ i- ioa to my p ttron*.
i.-l-'i ()’ ;ti;jif, R*p*,and othtr Merchandise
will be .tile 1 carefa ly an i pr I'.upjy, wa 1 the u*u.tl cash ad
•
jVi 15 12 if THOMAS T. WYCHE.
T ao. aaaasMAA. o. a. araam
HAUDEMAX & SPARKS,
VTARE KOUoS AMD COK'siISoION MERCHANTS
MACON, OA.,
WILL continue to eive prompt attention at their Fiat
Pad.r Wasi’l'tss, on the corner of 8d and Popular
atre*ts, to oil business commitldl to their charge.
With theirth mlts for past favors, and a renewed pledge of
faithfulness to ail th- r friends and customers, they hope tr
receive the r full share of public pa'ronnge.
Liberal advances ni t ie on Cotton and other produce whet
_ _ _
Planter’s F'.mTy Stores, also, Bagging, Rope, *c.
f arn-shed at the lowest market r ites.
aep 2 —y _____
e WAREHOUSE &
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
o 0 MACON, GEORGIA.
• mr.ME Am
•uz le-tx
DANA Sc WASHBURN,
F.UTOK 4 fIIMISSIIH HEIICIIUTS
SA VAN NAH. CJKOIJGIA.
JOSEPH WARIIBCRX. Special Partner.
FR O. IMS*. I
IIKNRV K WASHBURN, f ° Partner*.
Al r K continue the above business a* heretofore, at oor
al t Marti, 1H Bit Street. Entofthe Exchange, and
are prepared to ui tke liVral advance* on ail Produce con
signed to oar care for sate. aug 10 IW-fim
J. *. MILLER. J. WATERMAS.
~MILLER & WATERMAN”
Auction and Merchants,
MACON, GKOUGIA.
\\r |LI, give particular attention to the pobiic and pri-
V vue sale of Merekand-re and property of every de
*u**,>:ion. amt vili mike prompt returns for the Mine.
Refer by Permission to
18. \V A. Bom.T. R. Bloom. J. P. Win- 1
ter, L. M. L iottr, E. Bond, Prtt. Htau- > Macon, 6a.
fi'lirtr’i Bank, 1
W. M |) tridten, Leßoche A Bell, R. Hah- j
eraham A ft m, Brigham, Baldwin A Cos., > Savannah, 6a.
T J. Walsh, )
W. C. Pokes A Son, Charleston S. C.
aug 3 13-6n
I XL! I XL!!
POCKET KNIVES!
11l AVE juat received a large and splendid assortment
of the ah
POOXET CUTLERY,
B rec*. fru’ -j the makers, and will offer extra inducements for
ptrehasers to call and examine my Stock of
EODGUaS and WOSTENHOLMS
PICKET AXP TAUER CUTLERY, SCISSORS, RAZORS,
*•’ I have now in store •
Olass Preserving Jars,
Ice Cream Frezer*.
Refrigirators Wafer Coolers,
I> .uhle Wall I -e Pilchers,
The Old Dominion Coffee Pot,
Feather Dusters and Brushes,
Bird Cages, Baskets,
And the celebrated and invincible
Iron Wile it Cook Stoves,
ail of which will be sold on tlte most accommodating terms
for cult or to pr pivinr cu'tomer^.
11. .V. WISE’S House furnishing Store,
my 18 s_tf Cherry St., Macon, Oa.
800 rx.—A full assortment of Gents’ fine French m
Calf Boots, pump sole, welted and water proof, of I
variou* kinds an! qualities, both soied and peered.— A
lust received and for sale low by MIX A KIRTLAND.
JJOt 6-y
Ttti \KS and f.a lieef Hat Bom, Vmlt-
M, Carpet Bags, Umbrella*. Ac., at
A. M. BLACKBHCAR A CO.’S. |
BCSINJCSS CARDS.
IO HX SUI IIILn, MMC* SCHOntKP
SCOFIELD & BKO.
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
M U ON, GEOKGIA.
\\TE’ are prepared to Manufacture Mi hbi I Hslui-s,
CIUCLLaK SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN'GLAR
ING, SUGAR MILIJ,
p>ii A>S A X I) IIION C A STINGS,
Os every il scrip- on llt ON it A 11.1 a ltd Vi lt“
l.MIVtlv, Having the most complete assortment of
Iron iimling in the State, srblch for elegance, neitriess, du
rabiiity and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Uwellings, Cemetery L-ts, Public Squares,
Church Pence* and Balconies.
Person* desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to
give a call, a* we are determined to offer as good bargains
as any Voriheru Establishment.
i£T~ Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
dee S
tTcTotsbetT
MaXCFACTiHER OP
STEAH und BOILERS,
bau mill Baoliiiierjr, Aliil Gfap
lags and Hla<*laluery in
GENERAL.
WROUGT IRON COTTON SCREWS,
Sir.'ar MilU. Pullies
Iron Wrought amt
Cast, &c., A*., A<*.
• alilSv undt-rsigried lielieves that he is Manufacturing and
i selling the above Machinery, X’ ll per ten 4. cheap
er and of a* good quality as any establishment at the South,
and is wiii.ug to warrant ali the work a* equal, if not Supe
rior to any. .jail 5) T. C. NISBET.
| A. McQUEEN, |
$* - I
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tiililiU
MiVCOKT, OA.,
MAM FMTIKEIt *f Wrought Iron
It tILISG of every description, and for all purposes,
P.am and Ornamental, from the lightest Scroll Iron, up to
the heaviest K tiling used. Having an endless variety of
New and Original Designs, purchasers cannot fail to be suit
ed.
Bemg entirely of Wrought Iron, their strength cannot be
questioned, and for beauty they cannot be surpassed any
where. Ali kinds of Fancy Iron Wo k made to order. Par
ticular attention given to making all kinds of
Geometrical Stair Railings.
Specimens of the work can be seen at the Residences
of T G. Holt, L. F W. Andrew* and W. J. McEiroy, Esqrs.
Also at Rose Hill Cemetery.
july 18 16-ts
Ci RANITE HALL.
OPPOSITE TIIE I.AMEIC HOUSE.
‘■Villi subscriber will open the above Hall about
JL the first of APRIL next, for the accommodation ieiiAl
of Families, Day Boarder* and Transient Customer*. This
House Is now offered as inferior to no other First Class Ho
tel in the South, and from its central location, its large and
airy rooms, offers great inducement* and accommodations
to Families and Transient persons. The public may expect
from thi* House all the luxuries and comfort* to be found in
any othe hotel. B. F. DENSE,
March; 42 Late of the Floyd House.
13rowlrs Plotel,
Opposite the Passenger Depot,
MACON, GA.
E. E. BBOWN, Proprietor.
Meals ready on the arrival of every Train.
April 16, 1856 B— ly
T cIE FLINT HOUSE,
MACON. GA.
FORMERLY known as the Macon House, on First
| Street, opposite Patten, Collin* A Cos , ha* been
recently fitts l up with a large addition for the accom- j&*L
modation of boarders and the traveling public, who will find
t to their interest, if stopping a few days in Macon, to give
us a call and see for themselves. The Proprietor thankful
for past favors, flatters himself, that by strict attention to
business, he will receive his share of public patronage.
Passengers wishing to stop at the above house, when arri
ving at the Depot, will ask for its representative. The table
shall not be inferior to any in the substantial* of life.
Price of Hoard.
For single meal ....i 50
Capper, Lodging and Breakfast *
By the Day 3 SO
Single Week
Bvthe month. Board and Lodging, -. 20 00
jan ‘27 44- THOS. H. FLINT, Proprietor,
WASHINGTON HALL
IS open to the public for the accommodation of TRAN
SIENT as well as REGULAR BOARDERS.
Being centrallv located is convenient both to the Capitol
in j the business'part of the City. Accommodations good.
Charges liberal. N. 0. BARNETT.
Millcdgeyilie, Dec 8,155S. —ts
A ladison. Springs,
IIADIbO.V COUNTY, ©A.
Id I! IS well known Watering Place -'X,
JL will be opened ou the Ist day of June
nut , for the reception and accomrooda- 1 *
lion of visitors, and in fact, it is always **W- s‘yfflfr
ready, a* the proprietors both live on the premises. It is
useless for u* to say anything about the Madison Springs, it
is so well known throughout the State, and favorably known,
.hat we deem it a waste of time; but as this notice maj
strike the eye of someone not acquainted with the beauties,
climate, waters, pure and bracing air, variety, scenery and
the society, we say it has advantages over any other Water
ing Place* n the Southern Country, and we would most cor
dially invite your at ention ti is way. For most all diseases
which th human family are subject to, these waters have a
most happy effect
We have a Baud of Music inferior to none, Sacred, Par
lor and Martial.
Now, what more can we say, hut ask you this way,
And if we do you no good, we’il charge you no pay.
Two lines of Stage* will be in readiness at the Depot in
Athens, on the arrival of the Cars, to take Passengers imme
diately on to the Springs, and persons leaviug Augusta or
Atlanta in the night trains, will reach the Springs the same
day to dinner. SCOTT A TYNER.
jane IS 12-ts
nj :\v firm:.
TII K underlined having taken the „ rvjjwjwi
Livery MttltU- formerly occu- • dk’
pied by II M Lindsay, intend carry
mg on the same in sll*its branches fa de ms*
We shall always keep Phaeton’s, Carriages, buggies and
Horses, to hire on as good terms as anybodies. We have
also the most ample accommodation* for Drove Stock.
We would stv to the public that we have taken Hie Bit in
to our mouth iu earnest and can always be found w'ith our
hismss os ready to serve you; we intend by keeping a
STKtK.HT TOBOCB, rCLLISG TOGETHER and by BCCKLIKG DOWS
CUMK to business, to succeed or break a Taxes. We shall
never tire Fellows in hitching up for you so long as you
come up to the LICK 100 and settle. Now if you want us to
wto-ox to Rock-a wxy afid not to be sclxt. in fact if yon
don’t want to see us chuck re too clow* put your shoulder
to the wheel, give us a share and if you find a single in ace
of ingratitude you may halter u.
Very Respectfully,
ADERHOLD A JEFFERS.
Opposite the Passenger Depot, and near Brown’s Hotel.
apr 27 & *59-tf.
•PMM A. IHVB#
WHOLESALE MAbTFACTCBER OF
PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES,
Near the New Passenger Depot.
MACON, OA.
MERCHANT? can be supplied upon as favorable terms,
with as good Candy, in great varieties, as can be had
South. Those wishing to purchase are respectfully invited
to call and examine specimens.
All orders promptly filled, with a fresh article, and warran
ted to stand the climate. Terms cash,
aug. 8. 19-ts
FERTILIZERS.
General Agency.
TII K undersigned respectfully announce to Planters and
others interested, that they are constantly receiving,
direct from the Islands, ard from the manufacturer*, the
following most approved Fertilizers sow Ksown, all ol
which have been thoroughly and satisfactorily tested, viz :
No. 1 Peruvian Guano s®o per Ton.
Sombrero Guano 40 “
Rhodes’ Sutler Phosphate 60 “ “
National Fertilizer 40 “ “
Land Plaster... 1 60 per Bbl.
These article*, which will have our brand, and be guaran
teed as genuine, we shall, at all times.be prepared to furnish
in any amount* required, and at the lowest prices. The
“ Super-Phosphate,” and- Fertllixer,” at manufacturer.
.1,1. ~*..<"YrKNJfcIuiLLEK.
Savannah, April 27, 1662 —may 4 ly.
Trn tn BoAX’Ciill'S •
Ap t£ \V boarder* can be accommodated in a very pleas
ant, retired and healthy part of the Cityaud convenient
t 9 * PPl, ‘“ g *° *** “‘ b * Criber - A . HINTON.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, I TV.).
li I 81SES8 ( A i? B S.
Crockery Store.
TTi-IF. undersigned thankful for
. the very liberal patronage be- %£ y,
stowed on him the past Reason P 1” f
would most respectfully solicit a Y
continuance of the same, at the
Old Crochery Stand, on fci,AS.'f -V?
Trlwnirlc Eliw.'k wfier.- he is
prepared to show as fine a Mock of §_tY tffef".;’
China, Glass k Crock
oryw'Wa.ro,
as ran be found in the South. Everybody is invited to call
and examine his Stock of Diniiig and Tea Jiotli*. —
Some of them are verv Rich and for sale very low.
dec 1-ts R. R. HUTCHINGS.
Spring and Summer Millinery for
-m _ s-s zb-
MRS. HOWLAND
IS now receiving her usual stock of Eie
. gant Paresian Millinery, to which she
would call the attention of buyers. As in /-sO
Elegance, Quality and variety, they are un
surpassed, among them are
Pronch. IPlo vt/ 1 ore fy'%’
In all variety. Rich and Varied Styles of
Ribbons, Elegant Head Dresses, Ca'pfunes A
and Caps, Pattern Hats of Crape, Lace, L CgS
Braid and Fancy Straw, Childrens Hats, (j Lp
Flats, and Bonnets, Ladies’ nr.d Misses’ Flats, Equestrians
and Bonnets, FUirts, c hawls, Talmas. Corsetts, Dress Trim
ings, Hair Pins, Hair Braids, Splendid styles Embroideries in
part Lace. Honiton, Valencia anil French Muslin. With a
variety of articles too tedious to mention.
Milliners supplied on the most reasonable terms, either
wholesale or retail.
New styles of all Goods in her line, received weeklt through
the season ; orders attended to with care and dispatch,
mar IGSI-tf.
HATS and CAPS~
To suit (lie Market at all Seasons.
STRONG & WOOD
KEEP ronstantly
. on hand, e full supply
of the aliove na ned articles _j
of every variety and pat- Nf ~i
tern —and are constantly
receiving those of the best V. - •’Ljj’ -3
quality and latest fashions. fTi ,v„
All persmis iliKpn- twifb _ ."> -Jt/
a -si to purchase are invl- ‘ s.
ted to call, and we think y; : AJ
we can suit them both in % A
price ai*.d quality. / Ny-’J-...
sep 30. ’SS-v
STRONG 6c WOOD,
DEAEKKS IN
BOOiS & SHOIbS.
Leather,
Hats and ‘ & 4T/5
Cap*.
At Gieir old stand on 2d Ft., .■
OPPOSITE BOSTICK * KEW,
Ylucon, Ga.
HAVE now a full supply
of Goods in their lice,
to which they art- makingeonstsnt additions, of ail thediffer
ent styles of workmanship and wear, and which will be sold
on as go.nl terms, for cash or approved short credit, as any
Slice establishment in Georgia. They solicit a continuance
of the liberal patronage so long enjoyed liy the firm.
sep 80, ’SS-y
Boots and Shoes.
A T the Sign es the
BIG BOOT,
No. 3. Cot lo.l A v’e. A. ;
OPPOSITE ->ifjfia ■/’
Washington Block, ■’T’ ’ N V’ - j
macon, oa.
The Subscr bers would re- riT~ yji’ t j
turn their thauks for the
very liberal and long con- S'.
tlnued patronage extended
to them,and would most res
pectfully solicit a continuance of the same. Wehavenow
in store a large assortment of
and Blioes,
mostly of our own manufacture, to which weekly additions
will be made, of all the different styles and patters usually
called for in a shoe store, anil would invite those wishing to
purchase, to cal! and examine our stock, as we are prepared
to sell as low as any house in the citv or State.
oct 6-y MIX A KIRTLAND.
Macon Furniture Works.
WE are now putting up
New and Improved —s
Machinery for the Manu
facture of £_
FURMTDRE
of al! Kind3, far superior V gv ~
in Workmanship and Dura
btlity ts most NORTHERN Z
Work, and at as Low, andj
in most cases
I.o\v<*r Frires
than can POPfQRI.Y’he laid down in Macon from Savannah
or New York. Give us a call and we w ill con>inee the scep
tical that It is your interest to make your purchases at home.
june 16—y T. A O. WHOP.
liiilljlnsa Fils.
NIRKWALTEH .Y ?Iii SCMK,
HA VIS just formed a Co-partnership for the purpose of
. manfacturing
Double (niiis, and best Bitles and DisScls
made iu the United States, on an entirely new plan of Mr.
Morse’s.
GUNS re-stocl-ed and repaired in the best manner, anil on
reasonable terms, at -hurt notice. Tne undersigned being
practical workmen, will guarantee ail their work, und in
vite the public to give them a trial.
;#/“ Their Stand is uuder the Fioyd House, opposite Dr.
TL mpsun’s.
T. MORSK, W. MARK WALTER,
late of Hodgkins £ Son, Macon. late of Augusta,
aug 3! 28-y
D. C. HODGKINS & SON,
Dealers in and Manufacturers of
GUNS.
RIFLES.
PISTOLS,
FISHING
TACKLES.
And -Sporting Apparatus .A
Or EVERT DE-CRIPTIOK, t’ ,■. .'.l
- FEW DOORS BELOW THE ,h’
Lanier House,
M ‘con, Ga.
Nor. 11 ’57 38 ts
CARRIAGE
MANUFACTOI (Y.
L. I). WILCOXSOSf <Y CO.,
MAM FAC l l RF.KS und DKAI.ERS, AT
trie Old Mai..l of DeLoACIIE A WI'.COXSON, Mul
berry Street, next to the I. mier House, Invites attention to
his stock of
< oa< lies, Rockaways, I*iia‘(o:is, Busies
and HARNESS, made expresl.v for the Georgia Trade.
Hub} Carriage of Superior Style, Philadelphia
Sold Leather Ti uuks, Valises, Bags of the best quality, and
Whips of every desirable kind, constantly in store and for
sale at low prices.
{S5f” Genuine Isrllluboro Uiiggica madebyAsa
M tiler, always on hand [ july 6 ’59-tf]
jM^^C.tßßLlE9,3|p*yfc
• llarness, <fe c.
plant’s OLD STAND. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE,
MACON, GEORGIA.
§f, A N T having formed a connection with Mr.
JL . J. C. Thornton, for many years favorably known as a
practical and xperienced Carriage maker, and dealer, at
Columbia. So. Ca., and Savannah, Ga., the Carriage business
will hereafter be conducted in the name of
j. c. Tiiotcx ros & co.
It Is the intention of the undersigned to always keep on
han l a varied and splendid assortment of every description
of Carriage in use, which for
Ulrcancc. Idgtitneis and Strength,
cannot be excelled. The long exiierierice of both parties,
will at all times insure the most perftet satisfaction to all
who may favor them with their patronage.
It is the intention of the subscribers, after the Ist or Octo
fler, to go extensively into the
Manufacture k Repairing of Carriages.
Competent Mechanics In all branches, will be employed
under l!i“ Immediate End practiced eye of Mr. Thornton,
and customers may depend on having every thing done in
with d.-pateM.
DLANEING,
1 Nurull Sawing,
Turn tun,
Carvelnjr,
Uracketand Ornamen
tal Work innde to
Order by T. A
gjf cy paper* copy, t y,cl re “
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
B. HILL. JNO. R. HILL
Law Partnership.
HILL & KILL,
(SrCCIWHS TO T£lß LATE FIRM OF STUBBS * DILL )
I, practice in the Macon nn.l adjoining Circuits,
t t an.l in the Supreme and Federal Courts, the same as
heretofore by the late firm ol Stubbs A Hill.
The undersized will close up the tusiness of the late firm
ofStubbs A Hill, as speedily as possible ; and to this end, all
persons Indebted to eaid firm, are requested to make pay
ment at as early a day as practicable.
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u> c 1. : - -■ -- Ed o
Ohscnationii on SeiiatorDouglas’
Vieics of Popular Sovereignty, as expressed in
Harper's Magazine for September, 1859.
Every one knows that Mr. Douglas, the Senator
from Illinois, has written and priured_an elaborate
essay, comprising thirty-eight columns of Harper’s
Magazine, in which he has undertaken to point
out the “ dividing line between federal and local
authority.” Very many persons have glanced over
its paragraphs to catch the leading ideas without
loss of time, and sonic few have probably read it
with care.
Those who dissent from the doctrines of thi*
paper owe to its author, if not so his arguments,
a most respectful answer. Mr. Douglas is not the
man to be treated with a disdainful silence. Ilia
ability is a fact unquestioned ; his public career in
the face of many di-advantages, has been uncom
monly successful ; and he has been lor many years
a working, struggling candidate lor the 1 residen
cy. He is, moreover, the Corypheus of ids politi
cal sect—the founder of anew school and his
disciples naturally believe in the infallible verity ol
his words as a part of their faith.
The &G !c of the article is, in some respects,
highly commendable. It i.s entirely tree from vul
gar clap-trap of the stump; has no vain adorn
ment of classical scholarship ; it shows no sign of
the eloquent Senator ; it is even without the logic
of the groat debater. Many portions of it are very
obscure. It seems to be an unsuccessful effort at
legal precision ; like the willing ot a judge, who
is tr\ing ;n vain to give good reasons tor a wrong
decision on a o.uestion of law which he has not
quite mastered.
With the help of Messrs. Reward and Lincoln,
he has defined accurately enough the platform ol
the so called Republican party ; and lie does not
attempt to conceal i.l"* conviction that their doc
trines are, in the last degree, dangerous. They
! are, most assuredly, full <>l evil and saturated with
mischief. The “ irrepro able conflict’’ w hich they
speak of with so much pit. sure between tiie “op
posing and enduring forces*’ of the Northern and
JSouihern States will I<> Fatal, not merely to the
peace of the country, hut to the existence ot the
Government itself. Mr. Douglas knows this, and
he knows al-o, that the Democratic, party is the
only power which is or can be, organized to resist
the Republican foivt s or op; t se their hostile march
upon the capital. Ho who divides and weakens
the friends of the country at such a crisis in her
fortunes, assumes a very grave responsibility.
Mr. Douglas separates the Democratic patty in
to three classes, and describes them as follows :
“ First. Those who believe that the Constitu
tion of the United States neither establishes nor
prohibits slavery in tlie Slates or Territories be
yond the power of the people legally to control it,
but ‘ leaves the people thereof perfectly free to
form and regulate their domestic institutions in
their own way, subject only to the Constitution of
the United States.
“ Second. Those who believe that the Consti
tution establishes slavery in the Territories, and
withholds from Congress and the Territorial Legis
lature the power to control if, and who insist that
in the event the Territorial Legislature lails to
enact the requisite laws lor its protection, it be
comes the imperative duty of Congress to inter
pose its authority and furnish such protection.
“ Third. Those who, while professing to be
lieve that the Constitution establishes slavery in
the Territories beyond the power ol Congress or
the Territorial Ltgisluture to control it, at the
same time protest against the duty of Congress to
interfere for its protection ; but insist that it is
the duty of the Judiciary to protect and maintain
shivery in the Territories without any law upon
the subject.”
We give Mr. Dough'S the full benefit of bis own
statement. This ia his mode of expressing those
differences, which, he says, disturb the harmony,
and threaten the int< grity of the American De
mocracy. These p - ig s should, therefore, be
most carefully eonridered.
Tlie first class is (he one to which he himself be
longs, and to both the others be is equally opposed.
He bus no right to conic between the second and
.third class. If the uilVc-rcuca which he speaks of
does exist among his opponents, it is their business
not his, to settle it or light it out. We shall, there
fore, confine ourselves to the dispute between Mr.
Douglas and hia followers on the one hand, and
the rest of the Democratic party on the other,
presuming that be v.iil be wi ling to observe the
principle of non-intei vention in all matters with
which he had no concern.
We will invert the order in which he has discuss
ed the subject, and endeavor to show
1. That he lias not coriec'.ly stated the doctrine
held by his opponents ; and,
2. That his own opinions, as given by himself,
are altogether unsound.
1. He says that a certain portion of the Demo
cratic party believe, or profess to believe, that the
Constitution establishes slavery in the Territories,
and insist that it i* (he duty of the Judiciary to
maintain it there without any late on the subject.
We do not charge hint with any intention to be
unfair; but we assert that be has in fact done
wrong to, probablv, nineteen-twentieths of the par
ty, by attempting to put them on grounds which
they never chose for themselves.
The Constitution ceitaiuly does not establish
slavery in the Territories, nor anywhere else. No
body in this country ecer thought or said so. But
the Constitution regards as sacred and inviolable
all the righto whka a citizen kuy leguiiy acquire
in a State. If a man acquires property of any
kind in a State, and goes with it into a Territory,
he is not for that reason to be stripped of it. Our
simple and plain proposition ia, that the legal own
er of a slave or other chattel may go with it iuto a
Federal Territory without forfeiting his title.
Who denies the truth of this, and upon what
ground can it be controverted ? The reasons
w hich support it are very obvious and very conclu
sive. Asa jurist and a statesman, Mr. Douglas
ought to be familiar with them, and there was a
time when he was supposed to understand them
very well. We will briefly give him a few of
them.
1. It is an axiomatic principle of public law that
a right of property, a private relation, condition,
or status, lawfully existing in one State or country,
is not changed by the mere removal of the parties
to another country, unless the law df that other
country be in direct conflict with it. For instance :
A marriage legally solemnized in France is bind
ing in America; children born in Germany are le
gitimate here if they are legitimate there ; and a
merchant who buys goods iu New York according
to the laws of that State may carry them to Illi
nois and hold them there under his contract. It
is precisely so with the status of a negro carried
from one part of the United States to auother ;
the question of his freedom or servitude depends
on the law of the place where he caine from, and
depends on that alone, if there be no conflicting
law at the place to which he goes or is taken. The
Federal Constitution, therefore, recognizes slavery
as a legal condition wherever the local govern
ments have chosen to let it stand unabolished, and
regards it as illegal wherever the laws of the place
lmve forbidden it. A slave being pro perty in Vir
ginia, remains property, aud his master has all the
rights of a Virginia master wherever he may go,
so that he go not to any place where the local law
comes in conflict with his right. It will not be
pretended that the Constitution itself furnishes to
the Territories a conflicting law. It contains no
provision that can be tortured into any semblance
of prohibition.
2. The dispute ou the question whether slavery
or freedom is local or general, is a mere war of
words. The black race in this country is neither
bond or free by virtue of any general law. That
portion of it which is free, is free by virtue of
some local regulation, and the slaves owes service
for a similar reason. The Constitution and laws of
the United States simply declare that everything
done in the premises by the Stale governments is
right, and they shall be protected in carrying it
out. But free negroes and slaves may both find
themsehes outside of any State jurisdiction, aud
i:i a Territory where no regulation has yet been
made on the subject. There the Constitution is
equally impartial. It neither frees the slave nor
enslaves the freeman. It requires both to remain
in statu quo until the status already impressed up
on them by the law of their previous domicil shall
be changed by some competent local authority.—
What is competent local authoiity in a Territory
will be elsewhere considered.
3. The Federal Constitution carefully guards the
rights of private property against the Federal
Government itself, by declaring that it shall not be
taken for public use without compensation, nor
without due process of law. Slaves are private
property, and every mail who has taken an oath
of fidelity to the Constitution is religiously, moral
ly, and politically bound to regard them as such.
Does any body suppose that a Constitution which
acknowledges the sacreduess of private property
so fully would wantonly destroy that right, not
by any words that are found iu it, but by mere
implication from its general principles? It might
as well be asserted that the general principles of
the Constitution gave Lane aud Montgomery a li
cense to steal horses in the valley of the Osage.
4. The Supreme Court of the United States has
decided the question. After solemn argument aud
careful consideration, that august ttibuual has an
nounced its opinion to be that a slaveholder by
going into a Federal Territory does Dot loose the
title he had to his negro in the State from which
he came. In former times, a question of constitu
tional law once decided by the Supreme Court was
regarded as settled by all, except that little band
of ribald infidels, who meet principally at Boston
to blaspheme the religion and plot rebellion against
the laws of the country. The leaders of the so
called Republican party have lately been treading
close on the heels of their abolition brethren ; but
it is devoutly to be hoped that Mr. Douglas has no
intention to follow their example. Iu case he is
elected President, he must see the laws faithfully
executed. Does he think he can keep that oath
by fighting the judiciary ?
5. The legislative history of the country shows
that all the great statesmen of former times en
tertained the same opinion, and held it so firmly,
that they did not even thiuk of any other. It was
universally taken for granted thataslave remained
a slave, and a freeman a freeman, in the new Ter
ritories, until a change was made in their condition
by some positive enactment. Nobody believed |
that a slave might not have beeu taken to, and
kept in the Northwest Territory, if the ordinance
of 1787, or some other regulation had not been
made to prohibit it. The Missouri restriction of
1820 w as imposed solely because it was understood
(probably by every member of that Congress,)
that, in the absence of a restriction, slave proper
ty would be as lawful in the eye of the Constitu
tion above ."0 deg. SO min. as below ; and all
agreed that the mere absence of a restriction did,
iu fact, make it lawful below the compromise line.
(i. It is right to learn wisdom from our enemies.
The Republicans do not point to any express pro
vision of the Constitution, nor to any general prin
ciple embraced in it, nor to any established rule of
law, which sustains their views. Tbe ablest men
among them are driven bv stress of necessity to
hunt for argument in a code unrevealed, unwrit
ten, and undefined, which they put above the Con
stitution or the Bible, and call it “ higher law.”—
The ultra Abolitionists of New Eugiand do not
deny that the Constitution is rightly interpreted by
the Democrats, as not interfering against slavery
in the Territories ; but they disdain to obey what
they pronounce to be “ an agreement with death,
and a covenant with hell.”
7. What did Mr. Douglas mean when he propos
ed ana voted tor the Kansas-Nebraska bill repeal
ing the Missouri restriction ? Did he intend to
tell Southern men that, notwithstanding the repeal
of the prohibition, they were excluded from those
Territories as much as ever ? Or did he not re
gard the right of a master to bis slave perfectly
good whenever he got rid of the prohibition ? Did
he, or anybody else at that time, dream that it was
necessary to make a positive law in favor of the
slaveholder before he could go there with safety ?
To answer these questions is to answer them. The
Katisas-Xebraska bill was not meant as a delusion
or a snare. It was well understood that tlie repeal
alone of the restriction against slavery would
throw the country open to everything which tbe
Constitution recognized as property.
We huve thus given what we believe to be the
opinions held by the great body of the democratic
party—namely, that the Federal Constitution does
not establish slavery anywhere iu the Union ; that
it permits a black man to be cither held in servi
tude or made free as the local law shall decide ; and
that in a Territory where no local law on the sub
ject has been enacted it keeps both the slave and
the free negro in the status already impressed upon
them, until it shall be changed by competent local
authority. We have seen that this is sustained by
the reason of the thing, by a [great principle of
public law, by the words of the Constitution, by a
solemn decision of the Supreme Court, by the
whole course of our legislation, by tbe concession
of our political opponents, and, finally, by tbe
most important act in the public life of Mr. Doug
las himself.
Mr. Douglas imputes another absurdity tohisop
ponents when lie charges them with insisting “that
it is the duty of the judiciary to protect and main
tain slavery in the Territories without any law up
on the subject.” The judge who acts without law
acts against law ; and surely no sentiment so atro
cious ns this was ever entertained by any portion
of the Democratic party. The right of a master
to the services of his slave in a Territory is not
against law, nor without law, but in full accord
ance with law r . If the law be against it we are all
against it. Has not the emigrant to Nebraska a
legal right to the ox team, which he bought in
Ohio, to haul him over the plains ? Is not his ti
tle as good to it in the Territory as it was in the
State where he got it ? And what i-hould be said
of a judge who tells him that he is not protected,
or that he is maintained, in the possession of his
property “ without any law upon the subject?
11. We had a right to expect from Mr. Douglas at
least a clear and intelligible definition of bis own
doctrine. We are disappointed. It is hardly possi
ble to conceive anything more difficult to compre
hend. We will transcribe it again, and do what
can be done to analyze it.
“Those who believe that tbe Constitution of tbe
VOLUME XXXVII.—NO. 28.
United States neither e.-tablishesnor prohibits slave
ry in the States or Territories beyond the power of
the people legally to control it, but leaves the peo
ple thereof perfectly free to form and regulate
their domestic institutions in their own way, sub
ject only to the Constitution of the United States.”
The Constitution neither establishes nor prohib
its Slavery in the States or Territories. If it be
meant by this that the Constitution does not pro
pria vigors, either emancipate any man’s slave or
create the condition of slavery and impose it ou
free negroes, but leaves the question of every
•nan’s status, in the Territories as well as in the
States, to be determined by the local law, then w
admit it, for it is the very same proposition which
we have been trying to prove. But if, on the con
trary, it is to be understood as an assertion that
the Constitution does not permit a master to keep
his slave, or a free negro to have his liberty, in all
parts of the L’niou where the local law does not
interfere to prevent it, then the error is not only a
very grave one, but it is also absurd and self con
tradictory.
The Constitution neither establishes nor prohib
its slaverg in the States or Territories beyond the
power of the people legally to control it. -This is
sailing to Point-No-Point again. Os course a sub
ject which is legally controlled cannot be beyond
the power that controls it. But the question is,
what constitutes legal control, and when the peo
ple of a State or Territory are in a condition to
exercise it ‘l
The Constitution of the United States * * *
leaves the people perfectly free, * * * and sub
ject only to the Constitution of the United States.
This carries us round a full circle, and drops us
precisely at the place of beginning. That tlio
Constitution leaves everybody subject to the Con
stitution, is most true. We are far from denying
it. We never head it doubted, and expect w<
never will. But the statement of it proves noth
ing, defines nothing, and explains nothing. It
merely darkens the subject, as words without mean
ing always do.
But notwithstanding all this circuity of expre*-
ion and consequent opaqueness of meaning in tho
Magazine article of Mr. Douglas, we think we can
guess what his opinions are or will be when ho
comes to reconsider the subject. He will admit
(at least he will not undertake to deny) that tho
status of a negro, whether of servitude or free
dom, accompanies him wherever he goes, and ad
heres to him iir every part of the Union until bo
meets some local law which changes it.
It will also be agreed that the people of a State,
through their legislature, and the people of a Ter
ritory, in the constitution which they may frame
preparatory to their admission as a Slate, can reg
ulate and control the condition of the subject
black race within their respective jurisdiction, SO
as to make them bond or free.
But we here come to the point at which opinions
diverge. Some insist that no citizen can be de
prived of his property in slaves, or in anything
else, except by the provisions of a State Constitu
tion or by the act of a State Legislature ; while
others contend that an unlimited control over pri
vate rights may be exercised by a Territorial Le
gislature as soon as the earliest settlements ara
made.
So strong are the sentiments of Mr. Douglas in
favor of the latter doctiine, that if it be not estab
lished lie threatens us with Mr. Seward’s “irrepres
sible conflict,” which shall end only with the uni
versal abolition or the universal dominion of slave
ry. On the other hand, the President, the Judges
of the Supreme Court, nearly all the Democratic
members of Congress, the whole of the party
South, and a very large majority North, ere pene
trated with a conviction that no such power is vest
ed in a Territorial Legislature, and that those who
desire to confiscate private property of any kind
must wait until they get a Constitutional Conven
tion or the machinery of a State government into
their hands. We venture to give the following
reasons for believing that Mr. Douglas is in error :
The Supreme Court has decided that a Territo
rial Legislature has not the power which he claims
for it. That alone ought to be sufficient. There
can be no law, order, or security for any roan’s
rights unless the judicial authority of the country
be upheld. Mr. Douglas may do what he pleases
with political Conventions and party platforms,
but we trust he will give to the Supreme Court at
least that decent respect which none but the most
ultra Republicans have yet withheld.
The right of property is sacred, and the first
object of all human government is to make it se
cure. Life is always unsafe w here property is not
fully protected. This is the experience of every
people on earth, ancient and modern. To secure
private property was a principal object of Magna
Charta. Charles I. afterwards attempted to vio
late it, b’ut the people rose upon him, dragged him
to the block, and severed his head from his body.
At a still later period another monarch for a kind
red offence was driven out of the country, and died
a fugitive and an outcast. Our own Revolution
was provoked by that slight invasion upon the
right of property which consisted in the exaction
of a trilling tax. There is no government in # the
world, however absolute, which would not he dis
graced and endangered by wantonly saciificing
piivate property even to a small extent. For cen
turies past such outrages have ceased to be com
mitted iu times of peace among civilized nations.
blaves are regarded as property in the Southern
States. The people of that section buy and sell,
and carry on all tbeir business, provide for their
families, and make their willJ*tt)d divide their in
heritance on that assumption. It is manifest to all
who know them that no doubts ever cross their
minds about the rightfulness of holding such pro
perty. They believe they have a direct warrant
for it, not only in the examples of the best men
that ever lived, but iu the precepts of Divine reve
lation itself; and they are thoroughly satisfied that
the relation of master and slave is the only one
which can possibly exist therej between the white
and the black race without ruining both. The
people of the North maj differ from their fellow
citizens of the South ou the whole subject, but
knowing, as we ell do, that these sentiments are
sincerely and honestly entertained, we caDnot won
der that they feel the most unspeakable indigna
tion when any attempt is made to interfere with
their rights. This sentiment results naturally and
necessarily from their education and habits of
thinking. They canr.ot help it, any more than an
honest man in the North can avoid abhorring a
thief or house-breaker.
The jurists, legislators, and people of the North
ern States, have always sacredly respected the
right of property in slaves held by their own citi
zens within their own jurisdiction. It is a re
markable fact, very well worth noticing, that no
Northern State ever passed any law to take a ne
gro from his master. All laws for the abolition of
slavery have operated only on the unborn descend
ants of the negro race, and the vested rights of
masters have not been disturbed in the North
more than in the South.
In every nation under Heaven, civilized, semi
barbarous, or savage, where slavery has existed in
any form at all analogous to ours, the rights of the
masters to the control of their slaves as property
have been respected ; and on no occasion has any
Government 6truck at those rights, except as it
would strike at other property. Even the British
Parliament, when it emancipated the West India
slaves, though it was legislating for a people three
thousand miles and not represented, never
denied either the legal or the natural right of the
slave owner. Slaves were admitted to be property,
and the Government acknowledged it by paying
their masters one hundred millions of dollars for
the privilege of setting them free.
Here, then, is a species of property which is of
transcendent importance to the material interests
of the South —w hich the people of that region think
it right and meritorious in the eyes of God and
good men to hold—which is sanctioned by the gen
eral sense of all mankind among whom it has ex
isted—which was legal only a short time ago in all
the States of the Union, and was then treated as
sacred by every one of them—which is guaranteed
to the owner as much as any other property
is guaranteed by the Constitution ; and Mr. Douglas
thinks that a territorial legislature is competent to
take it away. We say, No; the Supreme legislative
power of a sovereign State alone can deprive a
man of his property.
This proposition is so plain, so. well established,
and so universally aeknowedged, that any argument
in its favor would be a mere waste of words. Mr.
Douglas does not deny it, and it did not require the
thousandth part of his sagacity to see that it was
undeniable. He claims for the Territorial govern
ment the right of confiscating private property on
the ground that those governments ark sovereign—
have an uncontrollable and independent power over
all their iuternal affairs. That is the point which
he thinks is to split the Democracy and impale the
nation. But it is so entirely erroneous, that it
must vanish into thin air as soon as it comes to be
examined.