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BASOKS.
i’.tnh'l ? •! ‘o Hrff’- .rsria October Stft.
.H i *. “ir .-, No. 5, firat an.lUtirrt Mrrnlay fitphts in rack
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■’ ’ ‘ *” ;‘i'i tit. K T i ijilar, No. 2, Meetiagj
every first Tuesday n giit in each laoath.
ODD FELLOWS.
•IT; ?T. Tij •. ilr-t TV iHSwfiiy iu June.
iJr *o4 * ,b .mant Tiatßir iirtiiiut. ’
Vs ■*■• i..—i-r, Ni a. eiery Tiionkrtay erenlnp.
I i‘e !fit ;. *,>>•> evcjry Tjcala) eveuiny.
Mj • i:i ! : -i E.. urofm-tit, !\ .. 2. sti ai anti fourth Hon
3033 OF TEMPERANCE.
tJ~v-1 !*'■, tion, f nrth Wtilneartey in OcV-i>r, anauaily. j
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” < I.VT KS . TVCfOLVoLIfj
it A iillJJj; AM j GIVIVIiSSIJN
i-jU HR CHANTS, aw
V<£ imm.i-n nl iro;**rv 1 for the ro-otioa of U tiioo.
i r S . V fi.IK t*il I )f kiX.lilJlg, wpi*>*itr
Uni an 4 i,nr<*. Vtf j wilt e4oir.* at vr.iv uararlrr*
w ir. i ,• o. t*ti>i'.r.ia x{‘j; tt u* #.* > wtil Uvor u* wilt ibcir
Ul 1 *;• :• •-*at ilr 11 : h ■ 111; >'i ciUt AtaMfrf.
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til I.* I Vs T. WITC IK, tiarinc rente-t tti Wrr
, C Urn i*. o. j ; l,i. -Ii) j. tiU..i* 43 m, rrt|iectAiiJ(
- >t fir l*tr firm us J. Cos-
I i< * fi I. il :i HU p v < -i .1 Mti t* an.l the publie genar-
Jiljr, fv llkiiNltMtlia of a lnritiiafU
WAfS- IJJiS AVJ C)li{l3!)f BUiIITEW,
winfiiiif i %ny • -ulatire trtrnt<-tfon, iliractly or
iatiWU/iM t.*.; la- real *oi.! {rl to u;y car*.
. i?'* - jI hi •- ,nl . ue, k-t liie best price*
for ~r an Lfive * >a to uy (i.itrona.
■ ‘iireXtnft*;,
will ‘t‘ i -tcefiiir in Ipr .npsjr, a* lin ■ miul et**i td
-4 i.vi Myit tu ciit3J in store.
IAS T. WYCUE.
ffirt. ausrfif. m. a. trim.
fl Ait DEM V\ & SPARKS,
TSAHL. UOJSK AKO COMMISSION MEECHAB7}
MACON, GA.,
%bfil.i. e- ntlmn* tn rirc prn-apt a'Mntinn at their fia*
T ■ i*;, ~t Wtj.l ic, on tlei cora.-r of 44 and Popular
tr- -rr, t*> at! Jiui -*c c i n-iiitteU to their charge.
f'iik;ii.“iivUi Im r pul favon, *u i a rene ed pledge of j
.a.irifu’, .-s,* ill the r trie ad* and ya-Uomera, they hope ta
* (|M c pmtr
I.l*> i ilafrva *e< mu le on Oot:<m and other produce *hec
r-y~ i*..i rtsr’ EuaiiJy Store*, .m, itaggiag, Rope, *r.
1 at iheloecit murvit rate*.
JB&8UL&. VAsarou, i
um\\i\
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ii)*£?i< tv t flftl. 4>, St.*ciai lUriu. r
nr.V'v K vYA -uiiL itv. i 1 *“'”’ 1 p * r,Rrr *- I
Vneji’ e-’R'l’i' 1 • ‘■•* Vi ■ • *•**. m.-o* .fire, at ot*r j
T ( I, I. I Stv S,r.- i. *. .-t -f th- Ke.-ltaiige. anrf
are |i'*p t> -1 t • in ike ii* -rul miruii e* ‘its all I'rottucr con
ahf ued ► a-ir Care fir Bale. a if ill A! Ia
!< i;u ii Li/CRS.
nj fiicr al Agency.
rjT jgf* ioii.-miou-! reejK.vi f uily aiiaounce to Planter*and
J i.tbeeeli :• .• -u. f, ?h .t they are Cofirtunify receiring.
iln > 1,., i| ii, liueiita and from U*e u* mnlu ttircr*. the
folio vtng si *.-t ifrjoic# i’tir:uj*Bi *<r liu*i|, u!l us
aril h have been I nirdbeUU hm4 *.i f*'--irii> levte.l, *i* :
No. 1 I’enivtaii tr.iuno #’*•• |irr Tom.
So abrero ‘ mm 4*l “ **
BHo-i.*!? S-ttPr Pboaplniu*.. ..! . 5.* “
tVriilta *r. 4'* “ “
I.i >1 s’iU'tiT 1 SO p*r Blrl.
T .->J yli: Vi e uiii hrafi‘l, uml be utiaran ,
teu.i i, rerili•*.’ *? ti*H, a; >ftt rtme*.be |.tenureit U> fnmieh
in any . kiuU r. j nml, a.( at lie- lme.-et price*. The
‘•fit>e*-Pi i .A'ts’’ in I*• V : •ti'iaer,” at cianui'acturer**
ra>M, VIlhatMHM <* (riio"’f , fiilr t.lded.
] UTI iN A M lI.LKR.
S iv.mniih, Apr*l27, i >’l^. — j*ny 4 Ij> -
Plough Steel.
S i'rTll't’t : ii .j E-igAih Po* Steel, tnai! -
n.-ftrtiif f *r (.!.<• m trket. aa i’ intnirtal direct ffin the
Ii u’ an N lUa,3 t* 14 icich aih.l ti 34 \*+:U tt.u-k. Por
N A THAN IKI>.
GD Megroas for Sale !
Ii 1 b i*K rr t.v-’l u lut w l likely young MililtOlr
1 fro.u dan‘and, and rrtErr tiieca at r.-a.ouable p Ice*.—
mr ii i- * irf'i p’ea* • faror me with a- all. Al*-*, wlah to
p>u ii-- s-.oi ..'.-.i U’ljer > . u( ir the Weoeru matiurl, lur
wti. I Will trail • *t ••* an I ehil Irea, or pay ca*!i. Office
on t Oorue/ >f fuird and Poplar dareel, uear ilarde-tiiaii
VI. U. I'll li. 1.1 i’S.
Ka’ Xi Uec.2l, 1109. f) r
liStEL w Tl'ErPEßT
sreegfOOK TO
ffENET J. PEPPM ft SOB.
W t-i-s. Jcwrlry and hilrervare,
li . IT., ur *4, (w*U * tbt ->UiU iitrtA**,)
Piutii.rlU.
-lf*
IXa'.SIUi\N I'OB TVOarilEilTS,
BT-
Llofyt. X3. Xir.uxiitas, TVJ". Y.
F. J. JOHNSTON k CO., Agent*.
jar.e Id ’SS-tf * Sfacrm.G*.
c;r .\ xoT
TjpilE • r< 1 y * for the *a!e of Krp Hanipn
4*. luted hiui-u, mjj lie ji.'eti.i ed t *uii|dy I’iant-r* a .tl.
ahf (f-i 1 inly a* the name Soil if ordered hy tlfeenaelte*. They
WtM ■*!*.• haven i*eyemp;ily of ibe
f'ri'.vt tm; pkkt vtax guano,
i.ihu and i 3 ia*t(r.
AYIU, WUir.FIKLO k CO.
fejf’ Cltiien c*rt*y* act ‘Hi 31-1/
ruibrciliu*.
A I. XUUii .-tpcu (run tii* n.anufacfury of Win. 11.
h JMi| naßf of raperip
*t t r tid lin*lr, recefvert *>4 fne Bale t,JT J 1.. JONKP.
Notice to Parents and Teachers.
VTHiT Tt.KTI \Ni from P.irfi ha* juit arrived in
Xta.-rin, ir i jirnii. w. to glee lnmt h tie
HtHNni LINGI’AUE,
either to
r r liartli ulac* .-a!t at RO AROMAV’P Hank f*tre.
Ha. ant tu*.-Mevars. Uaac Scou. J. U. Bourdn.au, and
j. C. Plant. .
Ha< ji., Oct, 13,T503.—30-tf * |
(Georgia 3ounml atift ittcescngcr.
BL.SI.NESS ( AKDS.
T. O. NISBI’7L',
vaNUaaCTtSEk ur
STEAW KIWIS US and BOILERS,
vatv Aiiit tlut liiiifry, tlliltlear*
fuj(, attrt in
(iIAEK.IL.
WftOrFGT IRON COTTON SCREWS
Ktignr Shaft* ataJ PallifM,
Iroii K:iiliii;v, Wrought :t:ail
( :il, fti'.i Ac., fto.
* aV.I *1 i.iul.eiuo. : d larfirce. (hat l*e I* Mannfacturitigand
1. Hi:mr Hi* ahoee Wj- i.iuery, T.-ir per cent, cheap
er anil of w g-*od •pi.ibly u* any eutatuuiiiiient at tlie South
i*l f* wiling to u urraut all the work a* eiiunl, if uwt hope
rior tu auy. ijan 5j T. C. Mhirt.l.
A. M'QUEEN.
MACON, GVIiIOnOXA.
tl.tXI K li il KKIt nf U r* uglu Iroi
A*4. RvILI.NUof every descriptiou, and for ail pur|...ms
Flam .0-1 Urnvnu-tUel, from the lightest 8.-r-dl Iron, up t.
the heaviest Uuiiiig ued. Havniy an endles. variety o
Urn and Original Uessgna, j urchaver* canno. fail to be .nit
ed.
Being entirely of Wrouyut Iron, their mr-np:h cannot b<
riueftioned, and for beauty tbey cannot be *urpa**rii any
aher*. Alt kind* us Fancy Iron Wo. k made u. order. Par
ticatar attention given to uiaking art kind* of
Geometrical Stair Bailings.
f4P~ Specimen* of the work can be seen at the Residence!
of T. (i. Holt, L. F W. And.*** and VV. J. AK kiroy, iisijri
Also a: Rose Hill Cemetery,
july IN T-U
WASHINGTON” HALL
IS still open tu the public for the accommodation of TRAN
SIE.NT a* Weil a* KEfFCLA RBO A RDtCKS. Special pro
vision Biude for uic nber* of the Leitislature.
tl athiuiflOii ll.ill is centrally located and i* con
venlent both to the Caiatot and the hus.neiia part of the city
Aoconuuodatiou* good Charges moderate.
N. C. BAUSETT.
Milledgeyrtlw, Oct. W, lsf.9—tf
GR AN ETE H ALL.
OPPOSITE THE I.ANIBU HOI 3K.
f|IIIE subscriber will open the ahore Hall about
L the Ural of APRIL next, for the accommodation
of Families, Day Boarder* and Transient Customer*
House is now offered a* inferior to oo other First Class Ho
tel in the South, and from its central location, its large am
airy rooms, offers great inducements and accommodation
to Families and Transient persons. The public oi ay ex pec
from this House al! the luxuries and comforts to he found ii
any othe hotel. B. P. DENSE,
March. 49 Late of the Floyd House.
131 owit’s liotel*
Opposite} the Passenger Depot,
M ACON, GA.
E E BROWN, Proprietor.
M aals ready on the arrival of every Train.
April 1. IS5# S—ly
TROU T HOU BE,
BV J. O. iiILULRT ft to.
Atlanta, Veorgia.
sep IS 94-V
NEW I’l r.m.
THE underlined having taken the r xiv.
LiVi-ry .at. bit- formerly occu- 3ES -iA ‘yjk.4^<.
pied by II M Lindsay, intend carry- ‘'-gtSrT?
in* on the same in all its branches *
We shall always keep Phsotou’s, Carriages, buggies an.
Horses, to hire on me good terms a* anyt>“dies. We hav.
also the most ampl; accouiu.Mlations for Drove Stock.
\V. would stv to the iMihlie that we have taken the Fit in
to our mouth in earnest and can always be found with ou
Hxasess *>* ready t serve you; we intend by keeping s
sraxioVT rtisoca, mma togbthkr and by arcxLixo now;
cuat to business, to succeed or break a tkacb. IV e slisi
never Tiak lliws in hitching up for yon so long as you
come up to the uck u> and settle. Now If you want os t<
WAO-na to Kock-a-wat and not to be scutv, in fact if yet
don’t want to see us chbck rr too ctoss put your shnuldei
ta the wheel, give us a share and if you find a single traC*
of ingratitude you may haltek us.
Very Respectfully,
AMEKHOLn k JEFFTRS.
Opposite the Passenger Depot, and near Brown's Hotel,
apr 27 5 ‘3*-if.
GEOKttE A. SNITH,
WUOLMALg MAXUFACrrRKK OF
PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES
Near the New Passenger Depot.
MACON, GA.
can be supplied upon as favorable terms
ill. with at good Candy, in great varieties, as can be hav
South. Those wishing to purchase are respectfully invited
to call and examine speeimens.
All orders promptly filled, with a fresh article, and warran
ted to sttftd the climate. Term* cash,
acg. 8. 18-ts
Hose Hill Cemetery.
Til H Sexton's office is still between Third fnr\
and Fourth rtreet*, on the corner of the frVjW
Alley, where he receives all communieat'ons*or j 1>> 1
tnt. riueiil*. and will attend to the walling ofjßSUtj >• ii’
graves. All Lots entrusted to his care will beftriJ !
kept in good order as have been this year. All
orders for Monument* from Thomas Phillips’
Marble Works, will be promptly attended to ; i< ."y
with the erecting of the same, and done in the &w
best manner. A. BRYDIE, E .?V
dec 29-ts City Sexton.
DLAVEINC,
1 >t roll Na wins’,
TnralMyr,
larvrliig,
Hrarkrl and Ornamen
tal Work made It
Order by X. 4k WOOD.
•X CUy paper* copy, feet lAtf
llam<* and Lard.
I*A I'.UKS Extra Fine Kentucky Hams,
| m io bbl*. Choice Leaf Lard, just received and for sal,
by faag 10] GEO. T. ROGERS A SON.
KERRZSON & ZiZSIDZNGy
IMPORTERS}
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods.
WHOLESALE’ AND RETAIL,
llaN4‘l Slr**et—o** door from kind,
CHARLESTON, S. O
pr 20-'S9-ly.
]S r otico to “Planters.
n.% VlNife purchased of If. Ti.omas b.iuby, his entire
interest in the Negro Trade in Macon J take this method
of Informing tho.e that wish to purchase or sell negroes, that
the bosioess will be continued at Uie OLD STAND, uext door
to Mes.r*. Adams A Reynolds’ Cotton Ware House, on Pop
lar Street, where they can find at all times a likely lot of
Virginia and Maryland negroes a* fair prices. I will also
pay liberal prices for all young and llke’.y negroes offered
fa aVail-lf JAMFB 0. NOEL.
Just Arrived !
A LIKELY lot of MARTLIND AND VIRGINIA NF
A OROM. Plough Boys and (MrU. Also a few gmrtl
Washers and 1 rollers, ami Cook*. Their lives are insured
one Tv%r, nl for ta!f on reunftt>l terms, nt NOKT**B
BKIOK IfIARO MART, P*)>Ur gt. nov 9
If OT ICE.
Till? subscribers have o|>eneil a lions* In Macon, on the
| corner next below the •* Brown House,” and near the
Passetiger Depot, for the
Purchase and Sale of Xerroes.
A good supply, of likely Yonng Negroes, kept constantly
on hand and for sale. Purchasers and Traders are invited
to call and examine for Ihewseii ts,
marlfi'M—tf BTITBB9 A HARDY.
Portrait Painting.
TT. POIMIII Xrr.H would re-p*ctfully Inform
| * his natrons a id the public that he is again in his Stu
dio, for the Winter and Ppriog. where he would be happy to
see all who feel any interest in hi* branch of the art*. Por
traits of cttlxens always on exhibition
Aludto ia “ Triangular Block,” entrance ou Second
t r i-rt. (oct 12 39
For halt; ou Loiiff Crodil.
IOIVKK the irtantation near Americus, formerly own -
ed by T. L. Holt, six miles from Americus, on the Muck
alre creek, containing six hundred and seven acres, two
hundred and fifty acres cleared, with all the necessary build
ings, nerro housec, gtn house, screw, Ac. The place will U
sld at a hargsin aud on a long credit Apply to T. M.
Furrow, at Americus. or to me at this place.
Mocoo.oet IS*-tf JAMKB W. GRIFFIN.
Matt* Prt w Ht*up:tpi r.
fIIUJS Paper, whh a complete equipment of Presses.
E Type and material for a iob Office, hi offered for sale,
and presents an excellent opportunity to auy one desiring
to go into business In thf - flourishing City, accessible to all
par* f the State by Rail Ror4.
tar For terms apply to
K. I-. FTROHFCKER,)
T. R. BLdOM. eAssignees.
no rSO—tr W. B. JOHNSTON, )
Blank Bonks, Matioacrf, ftc., ftr
a VACIIKD aasortmer.t tn this line always on hsnd,
i\ and at pnees to suit purctmaer*. Call i-fre purchas
ing eltewlicTc fnov V) J W BCRKF. Agent.
lEGIt O ARK EtTF I>
Alto Y by th* name of PVTL. who *av*he belongs to
Dr. Rutledge, af Fd(p;field District, f. 0. He is S feet
< incliee h.gh—23 to 27 vt-srs old, dark complected, teeth out
tn front, weight shout Iffit pounds. He was arrested Octo
ber 25th, 1859. The owner is requested to come forward and
Id aim him, pay charge* or he will be dealt with as the law
direct* A- B. ARNOLD,
mv *Mf City Guard Hyuae-ksepcr,
MACON, C.KOKGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, ISliO.
PityPEStSiCNii. t.UkDs*
j. mu*. jao. m. mid.
i,a\\ !>rtiu k mkip.
11 I i/L 1 L L,
(grcouMM er. tux i.itb tins or dicsas * uill )
UTILL pract’oe in the M i-on and adjoining Circuits.
It and iu toe bu.rrenie xuii Fcdeial Coutts, the same as
irerel'-lore l.y tl. tale vo. t ; !irt.l.s A Ilill.
The iitid," , *iyfd v. 11l close up the l u*lr*9v of the late firm
of Bi.ii.o- a Hill, speedily „e |M*di lr : ar.d to th'.sead,u4l
|<rsa>*s 4iMleb*cd ’.o iaiil linn, ate requested to make jmj -
merit at as early a day as prA.-t ert.ie.
H. 11U.1.. bur vrving pxi tner of
Auxi.-t -.i. J •: .■•” :r tl stuhi. A Hill.
LA.BER ft AIREIthO^,
\TTOA?t£YS AT LAW,
If.ltlOA, ta.
V3H VCTICF in th,’ Coun i. sos the Macon'Oircutt, *nd in
I. tkr Cvsiitir* nl Htnitcr, Monroe and Jones; uleo in the
ederai Court* at t>. anuah.
_ [npr 21 ‘.'.’ ly]
.. M. W ill I Tl.i:.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
J/AiJOX, HEOIMIA.
OFFICE next to COXOEUT Payne’* Drug Store,
jan. , [4l-ly.j
s i ill EL 13. WMNMfiWIf
ATTORiIEY AT LAW,
HI ICON, €J %.
IF.I. practice In all the Counties of tlie MACON
vv CIRCIHT, and ru the Ceaati.'t of Washington, Wil
sin so o aud Lauren*.
Oflico next to Coucert Hall, over Payne’s Drug Store
vv. c. jj. m'xso.v,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Oil ICli, —Over E. L. Btmheckei's Drugstore,
nov 16 S4-!y
PETEIt S. HI Ri liUll S,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PEttliY, GA.
Wl LI, partir-e ill the several Courts of the Macon Cir
cuit,arid also in the Federal Court* in Savannah aud
Marietta. [sugli -0-1 yj
TIIO.Ti.t* IS. IMBSWISK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
aPorsytli, Cin.
iirii.i. auend promptly to all liusiuvs* eutrua'ed to bis
V v c*re iu the Countivs<>l M.illroc, lhbb, Bulls, Crawford,
r;es. Pike, BpMdlnß an.l Upson. [muy 12 ’5S]
PCEFLES ftEABAAISS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
• FOIIHYTiI, 111.
%\T ILI. prsctice law in liu- rouuties of Monroe, Bibb, Up
vT son, Pike, Spalding, Henry and But’s. Mr. Cabaniss
will gin prompt and constant attentiuu to the collci lion and
securing of debt* and claims.
C PEKPLKB, GEO A. CABANIBB.
tonuerlr of Athens, Ga. 6-ly.
.SON & KIIiBKK,
IttOTßfjs and Counsellors a< Law,
Omcj at Havrkinsv.'lle and Viu.ua, Ga.
If li, K. will have the entire collecting, and he anJ Mr.
a.4 D all litigation. They a ill practice law aid give at
tention to any bttslftess that may l.e entrusted to their man
agement, in tlie counties of
Pulaski, Lowndes, Dfmly, Wilcox,
Brooks, Houston, Irwin, L lulls,
Macon, Telfair, Clinch, Worth,
Coffee, Ware, Berrien, Appling,
I.a.liens, Sumpter, Pierce, Twiggs,
Lee, Miller, linker, Dougherty.
In Supreme Court at Macon, Milledgeville and Savannah,
and United States Circuit Cot rt at Savannah, and also all
ihe adjoining counties, on special engagement.
chi’*, c Kisaea. 1 hum.is h. pawsok.
apr 89 4 1 si>9—y.
.1. 11. ]VIT€BELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAIVKINSVILLE, GA.
j*n 27 44-ly
ii. w. sinns & o. a. louiuaiie
HA 1 I\ f associated themselves in the practice of the
Law at Macon and Atlanta, and w ill attend to business
n the several counties iu ti.t ir Circuits respectively Office
in Macon near Mechanic’s Hank. nug 10 10-ts
JA3IES T. HAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
liVTLIiIG TAYLOII t O„ GA.
WILL FKACriCK IN TIIK FOLLOWING COLNTIKS:
cor.vnes: sow aw
Cravrfur J, K no x v ill*.
Houston, Perry,
Macon, Oglethorpe.
Mai mil, Ituena Vista.
Schley, Kllavilte.
Talbot Talhottod.
Taylor Butler.
I'pson .Thomaston.
Particular attention given tu Collections
oct 2d-l y
Ts IS HETB,
ATTORNEYSAT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
A. & J. A. TVIfiilET, having associated Jas. T.
j . Nisliet witli Uiem, will atiend the Courts of M'.nroe,
( rawferd. Macon, Dooly, Bunder, Houston, Bibb, Taigt l '.
Jones, Wilkinsi u. Ilaldwlii and Putn*m C<utitlew. They
will also take cases in other counties within their reach,
and in the Supreme Court at any of i r s sesai ins.
jan 4 41 —4t
c. nooiti:,
D K IST IS TANARUS,
THOMABTON, OA.-,
OPVICE over l>r. Thompson’*Store. My work is my
Reference fapv7 2-tfj
Bn. X’D4HALD ftt VAN GlfilliJl,
DENTISTS,
oaice in AYasliingtmi Block, Macon, Gap
KLKCTRICITY USED IN K\THA<T|N'J TKKTII.
MrD!>\Al( D’S Tositli Paste always g,
on h-irid and for sale. Dentists can he
supplied witli tiia finest style ol TKKTII, al(|J79HMffi
Gold Foil, Gold and Silver Platt and Wire, ‘‘-*-I—Li-r
Lathe Fixtures, 4c., also with any kind of Instruments cr
Materials on short notice. oct 18
l>ii. 18. A. AISiTT AI i:,
pg \y g \(1 spent a |H.rtion of tliree successive years in
IX this city, during wliteh time he has limited his practice
imovt exclusively to Surgery, now respectfully offer* his
er vice.* to the cltieehsof J/uron and surrounding country,
tall the branches of his prof-ssion.
(Mliee over Asiier Ayer*’ Store, corner of Third
and CherryPtrects.
Medical Card.
DIC . <’o M I iu%j F*e f roid nt offire In tle
ii*M College, every t|y from !> to 12, and 3 to R, when
not protdMHnftUy enirufteH. inar It* 51—ts
AT-idical (?ard.
DR. JOI L ,Y P. A, HIS 4MIA n. having
Ineated in M.icon. tender their Professional service*
t its rltixeus an.l ihv vicinity. Tire old friends of Dr. Joel
nranham'at * distance, can avail then selves of his servi
ce? in critical coses.
Office Xo. 10, Cotton Avenue, first door above the Metho
dist Book Depository, (up stairs.)
Nov. 80, 18tU. 86-8111
New and Popular Music.
JI’MT received a large lot which will lie sold on pood
ttrmi A l.lxsml discount t.. Teachers and Country
Merchants (nov t) J. W. BIJRKK, Agent.
NOTICE.
f jAIIE Firm of Miller A Waterman having been dissolved
1 l>y mutual consent, Or* rul sorih.-r ha* removed to the
Store on Cherry Street, next <1(1*1’ to Martin Hall, where he
will contine the Auction and Commission business,
nov 15 J. J. MI LI.I K
25 UiH. Ciiiiiiiikiitfii ( itlt-r.
fI'ST” rece.ve.l on consignment from the inßnufactnrer,
and for sale, by McCALMF A JOXK.4.
jan 4
!V*w Crj itlnrkeivl.
| / v FAfk A*. Ii in Half an<l Quarter BhU. and
-±V/ Km,
K 5 Boxet best Western Cheese, In store and for sale,
by (jan 4) McCALI.IF. A JON KB.
University cl’ Georgia.
Atwhns, Nov. 2S. iSftf.
TJin ICxerrl*es of Franklin o<dlege will ire rimmed on
the 15th cl January next, with the uiual classes and
sudies.
Candidates for admjrsion into either of the classes will be
examined, on application to the Faculty, at aiiy time after
tbel4'h~of January.
Accommodations for boarders, at the usirsil rate*, have
been isowKiSttn since the last term.
<iec 14 ‘> <.l antot ivUtMry.
RI.HU Kit SHOI>, —A large assortment ,
of GonU’ and Boys Rubbers. Also, Ladm*
Blipper and Sandal Rubber Shoe* of Goodyear’s celebrated
patent. Just received and fbr sale low by
•ct -y MIX 4 KIUTLANO.
liKXKIIAL Al>VEK'llsmiEiVrs.
Mure about llir Ortyits Pianos.
IN the rash for Drigg.’ PutCOt P.sno, wehsv. succeeded
to (Petting more of enthWjf new palte-n The ii.crea-iug
detuat.d f.-r these Piano* would suggest to those who wish
t pui chase tube on the alert and call soon at J. A. A 8 8.
VIRUI V 8 where they can t supplied io that or of some
other g od maker.
lieri ticatcs from the first Musical Authorities of America.
Tiie undersigned having thoroughly examimd and tested
the P.ano Forte Invented and patented by Mr.
Di i g-, are ..t the unanimous opinion, tl.at tlie method of
construcilor Piano fort t btvenied by Mr. Driggs, l.y w|,i(ff,
(he thick ptaiik ImtioKi aud Interior blocking of wood are
d.spensrd with, and a greater strength and compactness
gained hy means of an entire iron franc, independent of
’he case, is the true philosophical prlnciplelor constructing
Piano-fortes. That th* thin case, the I’PPEk and lowsr.
s-undinc-hoaids, Inclosed tu their re*iHiire frames ni
•iracing (he w hole leiiglli and breadth of the instrument, with
tlie connecting 3oini>ino-post, togetlier, form the most pei
fect and powerful vibrating medium for the production of
sund ever u-ed in connection with the Piano-forte. That
the tone resulting from these -eveial improvements, *s ex
hibited in tlie Instrument under examination, iu point of
richness, depth nd brilliancy, equals that of Ihe best grand
Piano-fortes and exceed* them in pure musk-al intonation
and actual tone power; thus approximating closer to what
we consider perfection in the instrument, than has yet been
achieved by any other system of manufacture.
In recording this, our matured opinion, whereby we re
cognise a great and important principle, which is destined
to develop the full power of the I’ia.lo-forte, we have no
other motive than that of fulfilling a duty, which, as artists,
we consider we owe to our art.
L. M. (iOTTHSCHAI.IC, M'll. MifiOl,
Wm. A Kino, M a fates BTRixosfH,
Mix Maretzrk, Theodok* Eisfuclli,
HeUMAX A. WvIU.BSHAtPT.
jan 11 41—ts
r HARfi/ s
WAREHOUSE &
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
o 0 MACONi GEORGIA, v
\
Try mb
aug 10-ts
A FEW MORE LEFT !
FatJiionahle IS 11 si ness Suits!
BEAVER OVER COATS!
Shaker Flaunt’] Shirts and Drawers!
X. Y. PATTERN SHIRTS, &<.,
Prices Low for CASH!
UCSr 51 Tailoring done as usual
in tiie best St vie-, by
i32vinD,
Telcgrapli Pudding,
dec 14 Corner of Cherry and Second Sis.
All the Novelties in
Furnishing Goods
XTXJI-kY XjOW,
-A? BAIRD’S.
Shir* Is.
THE New York Pattern Shirt, acknowledged to be the
best made and best fining Shirt extant. At
oct . II.AIKU’S, Telegraph Building,
HORACE FITCH Sc CO ,
TRIANGULAR BLOCK,
HAVE cn hand the largest stock of Men’s and Youth’s
CXjOTHXNTG,
THUNKS, HATS
AND MEN’S
F* 11 rn is li in Goods
To he found iu the State. And we would call special atten
tion to our of
Children’* and Youth’s Clothing,
All of which we now propose to sell at
lIREATLI HKDI'CBD PUI( EN.
Please give us a call before purchasing elsewhere, and ex
amine our stock and we w ill endeavor to suit you in Goods,
Quality and Prices. dec 2* 40-ts
Notice.
SOUTH WESTERN RAIL ROAD CO., }
Macon, Ga., Janunary 2d, Is6o. )
THE Annual election lor President ami Five Directors of
this Company, will be held at their Office In this City,
on Thursday, 9th February mxt.
JNO. T. BOJFEUtLLET,
jan 4 41-tde Stct’y aud Treas’r.
I> Ii Y GOO I> Si
Giauite Block, Mulberry Street-
N. S PRUDDEN & CO.,
(tRAThFUIi for the liberal patronage of last year,
X are now prepared to exhibit a large and select stock of
FANCY & STAPLE DRY GOODS.
Confident of not being excelled either in beauty, sty le jr
price. A Choice variety of rich
DIiESB GOODS!
VELVET AND SILK ROBES,
BROCHB AND BAYADERE SILKS,
FOULARD SILKS,
UK L AIN * S AND MERINO ROBES,
ROBES UE niIAMBRE,
POPLINS
VALENCIAS,
DE LAIVES,
MEKINORS.
CASHMERES!
A large variety of MI .4 WES, new styles.
Frl v*t und Clot I* Clonk*. Misses’and Children’s
CLOAKS, TALMAS and SACKS, Dress Tamings, Embroide
ries, Hosiery, Gloves,
EMPRESS HOOP SKIRTS,
a superior article, warrsnted best quality. Our assortment
of Goods for family use is complete. Irish Linens, Towel
ings. Napkins, Tablecloths, Table Daiuask, Pillow Casing,
Sheetings, Cottons, Flannels, and sit tlie di Keren t varieties of
STAPLE GOODS
required for the trade, nhich we offer on the most favorable
terms.
TAIiIi & WINTER
CLOTHING!
JOHN L. JON E 3,
HAN received a large portion of his |rli and Win*
lerClolhlngy and will continue to receive . ddl
tions hy every Steamer from New York, until his stock will
be one of the most extensive and attractive In the State —
which will be offered at the very lowest prices. (oct K)
Livery Stable Notice.
ON and after 25th December, 1859, the following Frices
will be charged fur Feediug Humes at our Stable* :
Single Feed ol Horse, £0
For Night or Day, 1 00
Board of Horse per mouth, 18 ( 0
Drove Stock per day, In Stable,.., 75
“ “ “ “ “ Lot, 50
HVYDEN 4 GOOLSBY,
ORIEK * MASTEHSON,
M STUBCLEFIEI D.
ADDEKHOLD A JEFFERS.
Macon, Dec. 91,1859.
ftliarkNiiiitli Shop—Removal.
GRIER & MASTERSON
Hava: removed to their new Brick building nearly op
posite to their Livery Stable, on Third Street, where
they are well prepared, with the best workmen, to accom
modate all their old, aud as many new customers as may
call. They would l so notify all persons who have had
work done at their old shop on Fourth Street, since the Ist
October, 1857, to make payment to no one, except the sub
scribers or ilieir authorised agents,
dee to ’s9—tf GRIER A MASTERSON.
FRESH ARRIVAL!
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
MACON I>RB STORE,
/win PAPERS Fresh GARDEN SEED, also
’ y* ‘\fVF Garden Pea*, Beans and Turnip Seed iu
papers or bulk. Liberal discount offered to the trade,
dec 14 E. L. BTKOIIECKICR.
tukh Advances on Cotton.
iWATON, January 4th, 1858.
fllH £ Subscriber will rnakt cash advanceeon Oottoß con-
JL signed to : Geo. Parsow 4 Cos., Savannah,-and agree to
hold the Cotton from Forty-five t* Fifty days from date to
shipment. „ [JM> * 41-ts) 1.-4AO 800TT.
I HE NBBLK lIIIRKit.
BY MUS. L. H. SIOOfcMINLY.
“ AgrloulUire is tlie m.u-t he*ittgr, the most useful-, tlie
most n■ Jrte employu*eut ot man ” —Gei kg* Vi assinotux.
What Hero tro-n the l>atti"-3iiit’c.
With p.iltna of victory crown’d,
Fame’s clarion-mivsic ia hid ear
From earth’s remotest bound,
What Ruler o’er a Nation's love
lu majesty sublime,
The fii st, the greatest in the realm,
A Whir in Freedom’s cliuie,
Returns to rural haunts to watch
Uis ripening wheat fields wave t
A blessed gladness in his heart
That glory never gave.
Who, ’mid his acres broad and green,
Where plow-share* break the sod,
Prefers in sylvan tolls to walk
With Nature and with God f
There was but One—who thus retired
From eontfuesis, power and pride,
For which ambition hath so oft
In madfb as striven and died.
There was but one—Dost ask his name ?
’Neath fair Virginia's sky
Go, find Mount Vernon’s sepulchre,
And hoed its an-wering sigh.
ii a o w&jkjbjgyrr- -
No “At ora Out” Laud,
It is a great point gained in a tight coarse to call
things by their right names. In agriculture, as iu
Other matters, we are often misled by the use of
phrides that convey lalse ideas. One of these, for
i instance, is the term “ winter-killed,” as applied to
wheat; it should be “ Mu/er-killed.” Therein no
winter, probably severe enough to kill wheat un
less there is too much water iu the land. As long
as we say “ winter killed,” we comfort ourselves
with the idea of a Providential dispensation ; but
wlieu we say “ water-killed,” we understand that
the evil can be remedied, and we go to draining
our lands.
So it is with the expression “ worn-out lands.’
When men are persuaded by the constant use of
this expression that their lands are “ worn out,”
they become very willing to sell out, and sacrifice
valuable property for the benefit of those who un
derstand the matter, and they themselves start oß‘
in search of such as arc not “ worn-out.” Let it
be under.-taod that there is no such thing as worn
out land ; that the expression conveys a falsehood ;
that even with our present lights, it is a very prac
ticable thing, wiih a moderate degree of intelli
gence and skill, and no very large amount of
means to restore these lands lo any degree ot fer
tility they have ever possessed. This lesson has
been well learned in Maryland and a Urge portion
of Virginia, but our Southern friends of the Atlan
tic Slates, judging from our exchanges, have yet
to learn it. Let them bo told then, everywhere,
ami constantly, that they hare no uk>rn-out land *—
that in fact their lands were intended ta laxt for
ever. and will last forever, and feed and olotbe
them and their children for a thousand genera
tions. Yet our able contemporary, the South
Carolina Fanner and Planter , says, “ It has just
come to this point—we must go down hill, or go
West—wo can’t stay here any longer, and live by
plaining, without improvement.” Let our friend
tell his subscribers that here in Maryland we have
tried ail the alternatives, we have been “ down
hill,” and many of us have been “ West,” and
have Abandoned both one and the other for “ im
provement,” and /cuoiv that that is the best tiling.
We are led to these remarks by a letter in the
South Vonntrf/inan, written by the Rev. Mr. Best,
of Cass county, Georgia, an intelligent gentleman,
who alter some years of farming experience in
one of the finest portions of Maryland, has made
a large purchase in the former State, and is, we
have no doubt, reaping the at! vantage ofhts earlier
experience, and giving those about him the bene
fit both of wise counsel and good example in the
way of improvement. Mr. Rest tells of the extra
ordinary increase in value ot lands in Maryland
by the mere use of clover and plaster which twen
ty-five years ago could be bought for ten and
twelve dollars, being worth now fifty, sixty and
eighty dollars per acre, and fully worth the differ
ence, estimating by the increase of product ; fifty
bushels of corn per acre niter whear, ana thirty
bushels of w heat per acre on fallow, are by no
means extraordinary crops. The same may be
said of other sections where lime has been the on
ly extraneous matter added ; Mr. Best relates his
own experience in iho use of Mexican Guano, and
its extraordinary results; the marvellous effect of
Peruvian Guano is even more familiar ; we have
seen a tenfold increase of crop from a single dress
ing, showing all the difference between almost ab
solute sterility and the highest degree of fertility.
Now what we wish to point out is the absurdi
ty of speaking of such lauds as “ worn out,” and
the lolly ol using a term which conveys a verv
erroneous idea. Take the case of the land im
proved by tiie uso of plaster and clover. Here is
nothing whatever added but a bushel of sulphate
of lime per acre, for a few successive years, and
the result is the difference between six or seven
bushels and thirty bushels of wheat, and fifteen
and fifty bushels of com, aud all the difference be
tween no grass at all and one and a half tons of
clover, If it is said the wheat and corn uoiue
from the clover, then where does the clover eoine
from ? Not surely from a bushel of plaster. The
whole matter is, that in adding what is a mere
atom compared with tlie bulk of soil to which it
Unapplied, we have done all that was required for
a very high degree of fertility ; a thing simply im
possible were the soil in the least deficient or
“ worn out” as regards ail the other essential ele
ments of wheat and corn and other crops.
The method of improvement suggested by Mr.
Best is, without question, the true one ; the deep
er plowing ami clover growing. “ I will sow clo
ver seed,” says he, “ every month in the year un
til I find out the right time.” Permanent im
provement on a scale of any extent, without deep
plowing (a depth of at least eight inches) and the
growing of clover or some good substitute, we
consider out of the question. If there is any oth
er period, we know’ nothingatall about it.—dwier
ican Fanner.
Tell Your Wife.
If yon are in any trouble or quandary, tell your
wife —that is if you have one—all about it at once.
Ten to one her invention will solve your difficulty
sooner than all your logic. The wit of woman lias
been praised, but iwr instincts are qaickcr and
keener than her reason. Counsel with your wife,
or your mother or sister, and be assured light will
Hash upon your darkness. Women are too com
monly adjudged ns verdant in all but purely wom
anish affairs. >o philosophical student of the sex
thu judges them. Their instituitions, or insights,
are the most, subtle and if they cannot see a eat in
the meal, there is no cat there. In counselling a
mail to tell liis wife, we would go farther, and
advise him to keep none of his affairs secret from
her. Many a home has been huppilly saved, and
many a fortune retrieved, Jby a man’s full confidence
in his “ better half.*’ Woman is far more a seer and
prophet than man, if she be given a fair chance.
As a general rule, wives eantide the minutest of
their plans and thoughts to their husbands, having
uo involvements to screen from them. Why not
reciprocate, if but for the pleasure of meeting con
fidence with confidence ? We are certain that no
man succeeds so well in the world as he, wlto taking
a partner for life, makes her the partner for life,
makes her the partner of his purposes and hopes.
What is wrong of Ids impulse or judgement, she
will check and set tight w ith her almost universally
right insiiacts 44 Helpmeet” waa uo insignificant
title, as applied to man's companion. She is a
meet help to him in every darkness, difficulty, and
sorrow of Hfe. And what she most craves and
most deserves, is cuujid< ><ce —without whien love
is never free from a shadow.
I’ostaue on Mi sic.—lt is stated officially in the
Constitution that the proper mode of rating music
with postage is by the piece, without regard to the
number ol sheets in a piece—one cent for each
piece, not exceeding three ounces in weight. When
a piece exceeds three ounces in weight, one cent
should be charged for-the first three ounces, and
one cent additional for each additional ounce. On
the same principle packs of playing cards are rated
by the puck, and not by the skiglo card.
Senator Crittenden was sereiideredatthc Girard
House, Philadelphia, Friday night. Mr. Conrad,
of La., also made a speech ou the occasion.
A citizen of Petersbnrg.Sbeing unable to make
bis gas burn, went to ascertain the cause, and
found that a servant man had sucked all the whis
ky out of the meter.
BON. KAl.!‘i! 1. INGERSOU/S miEt 11.
Mr. Puesiokxt and Fellow Cit*se,\s : —it is
sixty years ago this diy siuce lb,.- denlli -irt YYa-li
ingtoji. What day so oppiopiiak- to umw our
vows to the Constitution, and the Unioy, ami iho
principles of their founder*.? Few iu tly- large
meeting arc old enough to recollect the event that
convulsed a continent; but the one now address
ing you remembers it, and remembers it well. A
nation mourned, as no nation ever mourned before.
There was one universal wail. The sturdiest mOn
weie-bow ed down, and the stoutest liearts quailed.
Mothers wept, aud children wore badges ot woe.
I was but a school bqy then, but old enough, wuh
tny_young companions, to wear crape iu token ol
our ow u and the universal grief. The father of us
all, his country’s father, was gone! Even the
youngest of us were taught to revere hts precept*.
And, li iliere ever was a time wheu we should re
write upon our hearts the emphatic words of his
Farewell Addfess, to avoid the formation of geo
graphical parties, and “ frown iudignantlv ou the
first dawning of every attempt to alienate anv por
tion of our country from the rest, or ewfeeble the
ties which now link together tlie varrous parts,”
this, this is tlie lime, and uow the hour.
The occasion winch brings together this vast as
• emblage, is not an ordinary one. One of the
states of this confederacy, the home of Washington,
has been, as the call for thisinceting well expres-es
it, invaded by a lawless band Its citizens taken
from their beds at midnight, seized aud imprisoned,
one oi them the near relative of Washington, and
beuring his name, while* others were murdered on
their own soil. One of the armories ot the Gnited
States was forcibly taken possession of hr the same
. depredators, and it was only after a severe struggle,
attended by the loss of life, that the public proper
ty was recaptured, aud the supremacy of the law
upheld. It is a painful and mortifying fact, that
the most active desperadoes iu these outrages, were
natives of our good old State, though they had
been long estranged from the laud of their fathers,
and the law-abiding habits for which Connecticut
has been ever distinguished. An armed attack on
the commonwealth of Virginia—the mother us
States—aud that too by natives of Connecticut I
Nothing could be more unnatural, nothing more
unjust. I have said that Virginia was the mother
of States. She has giveu live free state-., of the
largest class, to the Uniou : Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
\V iseonsin uud Michigan. If she chooses to adhere
to the institution ol African slavery within the
sovereign jurisdiction that she has retained for her
self, that is an affair of her own, and it is the last
thing that Connecticut, or any sou of Connecticut,,
has cause to complain of. When the Constitution
of the United States was formed, it was bv the vote
of Connecticut, giveu by as illustrious men as ever
adorned her history, added to the votes of the other
New England Ntates, that the federal government
was virtually prohibited for twenty years (till 1808)
from interfering with the foreign slave trade; and
that vote met the approbation of u vast majority
of our people. Y irginia herself, as the record teHs
us, voted against it. Connecticut, Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire, went with the extreme South,
who were anxious for it, and thus, the Constitution
as it now stands iu this particular, received its
shape.
It was not that the delegates who gave the vote
for Connecticut were pro-slavery men, where they
had the right to interfere with the subject. On
the contrary, they had already at home united
with their fellow citizens in taking incipient suqis
for the very gradual and prospective deliverance
ot this state Rom its then slave population,—foy
we were then a slave holding state, as were twelve
of the old thiiteen Giat formed tlie Union. Con
necticut passed laws, ior this gradual prospective
process—operating only on future births—but she
never, even to her own slave population, undertook
to emancipate against the wiii of tire master, oi e
that was bora slave. Tiiat was the kind of aboli
tion known to our lhthers, and tiie abolition socie
ties, to which they belonged, were only connected
with this gradual home process. They managed
their own concerns in their own way, as they had
the right and leit other sovereign states to do ns
to them should seem best, within their owu borders.
They never dreamed of interfering with slavery in
other states. Tl>ey were in favor of stringent
fugitive slave laws—faithfully ajid honestly execu
ted, and would as soon have been connected with
underground counterfeiting, or miderground trea
son. as with underground road*, to Meal away
sla\es from the other states of this coufederacv.—
Roger Sherniau, the leading delegate
from this state in the Constitutional Convention,
had previously, not only attached his name to the
Declaration ot *76, but he was one of the committee
with Jefferson, Adams, Franklin aud Livingston,
who reported it, and no oue better understood
than he did the meaning of those expressions in
in the Declaration, which have beeu so often quo
ted, and misquoted, by the ultras of the present
day as an excuse lor their violence. You will see
by what he said in the Convention for framing the
Constitution several years afterwards, how he un
derstood the principles of that instrument, as ap
plicable to the different sovereignties, that were
to be brought together in harmonious union. As
I have before said, he was an anti slavery man, in
dealing with the subject in his own state, but not
withstanding that, when the question came up as
to the rights of other states, he was for non-iuter
lerence there. He expressed himself, on the occa
sion to which I refer, in the short, terse language, 1
recorded as his, by Mr. Madison : “ Mr. Sherman j
said it was better to let the southern states import
slaves than to part with them, if they made that a
SINK ql'A NON.”
. Ills, colleagues Judge Ellsworth coincided in
his views. According to Mr. Madison’s record I
of the debates, “Oliver Ellsworth was for leaving
the clause ait stands. Let every state import
what it pleases. The morality or w'isdom of sla- 1
very, are considerations belonging to the states
themselves.”
I.i the face of this plain record, can any thing
be more unjust, than that Virginia should be, j
will not say attacked, but even taunted, or re
proached from this quarter for htu- domestic policy,
when the votes of New England went to accumu
late upon the South, a slave population of twenty
years import, and the ships of New England dui iug
that twenty years were the active participators in
the traffic. Those who would seize hold of isolated
extracts either from the Declaration of Independ
ence, or the Constitution, as texts for Abolition
and incendiary harangues, should read the exposi
tions of our own most honored statesmen and jur
ists. Even as late as 18117, in the case of Jackson
vs. Bullock reported in the 12 Connecticut, Chief
Justice Williams of Hartford—who stilt lives uni
versally honored and respected, and I hope there
is yet iii store for him many years more of u?t-ful
ness—said : ’
“ When the preamble of the Constitution of the
Unted States speaks of we, tiik peoi-le, to secure
the blessings of LiiiEirrv to ourselves ami our pos
terity, do ordain and establish this Constitution, it
cau not be seriously contended that it included that ’
class of people called slaves ; and the term people
iu the bill of rights must have been used iu a simi
lar sense.”
And tlie late Governor Bissell, as pure a states
man as ever lived, who was then as-ociated with
the Chief Justice as one of the Judges of tiie Su
preme Court, iu the same case said, and iu refen-jK-e
to similar expressions, that “equivalent expre • iut s
iu the Declaration of Independence most evidently
were not intended to embiace slaves, but were aj>
plied to freemen, and to them only.”
It is aaid there is no necessity of Uniou meetings,
because nobody wishes to harm Virginia, or inter
fere with her domestic policy, aud nobody justifies
or'approves the course of John Brown. Indeed !
What then means the tolling of so many village
bells iu different parts of New England, in northern
and western New York, and northern Ohio? What
mean the wail, the extravagant eulogies, the la
bored editorials iu pa|>ersol wide-spread influence,
the sermoos, the applauded lectures, tlie panegyric
poems, the placing of his gallows by the erde of
the Christian cross? Why is he so often extoib 1
as the “hero,” tlie “ martyr,” the “good old roan,”
the “saint in Heaven?” for all these terms liave
been showered on his memory; and this too often
by men who do not, as they say, approve or justi
fy. I have lived through two wars, in which many
gallant and patriotic officers fell, but I have never
known one, though wrapped in his country's Hag
as a w indiugfheet, receive such extravagant pruise
as pulpit, press and lecture room, have lavish* and
upon the leader of the Harper’s Ferry mn-sjerm
I very much doubt whether the two most gifted
men that have in modern times honored the com
monwealth of Massachusetts—the one the great
expounder of the Constitution, of world-wide fume
—(applause)—the other the most brilliant oraFor
of New England, the pride of whose life was to
“ follow the flag and keep step with the music of
* the Ueion.” (Long continued cheers.J*
VOLUAfIi XXXVH.-NO. It.
I do not believe that at their death, even in Mua
saStuiweii*, tbigv received ,-iwh nqpked honors 3
have ioituweri ijtc t Joliu licowrt lor
lUiiTrier unj Ll\eic trU'ini and talented a
i'vt>relf,.tlu.'l%a of liiQ illustrious trio, tin
t>ui pliilaihthropisr, in even
sn tii'it at t|d-aiise Imt has dared
to spe#k for tije Constitution and the Union, by
thoso who htt?y themselves in these demon*ua
tiftti.s. J mention those things, not as rndioaLiug’
tie genyraH'eeling and tone of die .North, No.; it
w the noisy, active, persevering few, who tuisrcp
,resent the general sen:intent, wiiiie t!ie conaet va
tie masses, conscious ol their strength, have re
mslyed quiet, (Cheers,) The vast majority of
the notthcrn people arc. ih&roughly and devotedly
attached ♦<) the Loiot K to tile Camstiluiiou us it is,
aid the full observancejqf all its rr^uintßMMita. >-
jLoitg cheers.) And’l ask you, rny fallow citizens,
it it is not now time itait the’ uue northern seuti
mef shdftld spJnk out juries ot yes ! yes l) It
has already Spoken unmistakably in I’htiadelpiiia ;
itrrang* incuts are btiug uiado lor it |o be hoard in
New Toik ; and it comes to os chceringly and
gloriously from Boston. Connecticut will never
symptitlnze with treason, robbery or murder ; her
(hruaieiatiotis will go lonb in thunder tones.—
(Long continued oiteers.)
•foiin Brown is prquouneed a “ saint.” God
to* bid that I should tread roughly on the grave of
tiny human being. But 1 urnst say, (hat I have
heutrd and rent] of martyrs and of saints, but nev
er'ot ojie who earned that distinction bv robbery
*>r murder. If John. Brown was a saint, and his
death that of a muuied saint, it is the hist. 1 have
heard ot, where not a word of prayer either lor
himselt or others, escaped the martyrs lips. I
have been informed that he was pronounced a
“ saint, by a distitiguiabed taieutedahd Keverend
lecturer, frytu abroad, in one of the churches of
this city, but a low evenings since ; the informa
tion couies to ok from one who aa present, and
1 see by the papers that other clergymen in other
places have wfid the same. I have au habitual,
educations], respect for the clergy of which I can
not divest myself, if 1 would, and would not if I
could. It may l*? my old lush lotted “ bringing up.”
But 1 must say, it this is scriptural teaching, two,
at least ol the commandments must have dropped
“from tlie decalogue, either shortly before, or im
mediately alter the Harper's furry foray. (Roars
of laughter.) One of t,he articles of the pocket
constitution, found upon Brown's peison, it I re
nnvniUcr right, provided for reirienishing his tree
p ur\, by the plate, or otlrnr articles of metallic
value, to be taken from the house of the people of
V irginia, after the ownets had been driven out, or
otherwise disposed of. But it would strike the
eats ot a religious congregation rather harshly, to
be told in plain w orda, by their minister, that, a
saint might steal his neighbors spoons, and sancti
fy the act, by shooting him if lie resisted. (Long
continued laughter and apjdan.se.)
I have but iittle patience with men who talking
one way, act another, as if “ willing to wound but
afraid to 6trike.” U would be better, in my opin
ion, if those whose but sav they dis
approve, had come oiu openly and boidly, with
W l>nilfb i hlllijko, iul jUh'Tilt.i.i rH., Ai.it
regretted tlie failure. We should then know whete
to find them. What uiorc could they do, to honor
the memory of John Brown, if they avowed an ap
proval of all ids proceedings, than they have al
ready done, urni are doing ? If they honor ham
In his bloody failure, would they have honored
him any the less if he had been successful with his
provisional government ■ ?
One of the worst reflections attending this Jlsr*
pets Ferry foray, is that it indicates the result ol a
mo:o diseased public seniimeui than we were
aware of. We have been gradually, Impercepti
bly, losing our ancient veneration for the Union,
i 1 on have seen it in (lie disruption of religious de
nominations. You have seen it in state legislation
j —too often carried through for fear or olf’endiiig
! active, managing, and fanatical men. Thesedaw s
have operated on the social feelings and the former
friendly intercoms. 1 . The laws of transit have
been repealed. To make myself better under
stood, I will observe that those of the old thirteen
that saw tit to abolish slavery within their own
1 limits, all ot them, 1 believe, passed laws, allowing
the free transit, or tempo:ary residence of their
j brethren from other stales who might visit them,
and bring their servants or slaves with them.—
IVe had such a law iu Connecticut, whether it now
exist* I am unable 10 ay, bat my impression is,
that by some recent general enactment, passed by
our legislature during the excitemedt of Judge
Kane’s decision, as to the right, of transit in Phila
delphia, it lias been abolished from our statute
i book. The object of it was, as our own Supremo
Court declared in JS37, “not to give offence to
our sister states, by impeding their citizens in
travelling through the state with their servants or
slaves.”
There was a similar Jaw in the State of New
York, indeed their law went much further than
ours, for it allowed the master with his slave from
another State to reside nine months in New York
jif he pleased without being interfered with. In
; ISBB the present distinguished Senator from New
, York, Mr. Seward was a candidate for Governor,
•md his competitor was the late Governor Marcy.
I The question was put to both candidates duriiig
; the canvass whether they were for or against the
contiuuanee of that law. It came up perhaps,
mote as amoral question than a political one—and
they both promptly answered that they were in
favor of its continuance. That was a time when
there had been no Jerry rescues thought of in the
j fvtate ot New A ork. T beg, leave to read a short
extract from Mr. Seward’s letter in response to the
; committees of enquiry. Here it is.
“But gentlemen, being desirous to be entirely
caudid ! n tiifs communication, it is proper to sav,
that lam not convinced that it would be either
wise, expedient, or humane, to declare to our fel
low citizens of the Southern and south-eastern
States, that if they travel to or from, or pass
through the State of New York, they shall not
bring with them the attendants whom custom or
education, or habit, may have rendered necessary
to them. I have not been able to discover any
good object to lie attained by such an act of in
hospitably.” [Sensation.]
What chance for the popular favor in the State
of New York, would Mr. Seward have now, should
be ro-affirtn what he then, said? This act has
since been stricken from the statutes of New York,
as I believe have been similar enactments in other
northern States.
Wc hear much said of the good old times in tbe
early administration of this government—the td
imnistrations ot Washington and Jefferson. Thev
cervaluiy tleservt; a::d should receive our highest
praise. But these fraternal State laws to which I
hate referred, were in Tull force in those days, and
they contributed very much to the harmonious
and satisfactory administertion of tbe general go
vernment. ll we should be restored to those good
51dfjmes these enactments would of course follow
in the restoration. indeed they were in existence
much later than the early administrations ; we
!md them in tbe times of John Quincy Adams and
J itjkson, iinriait a wonsiderable luier period still, for
it is only quite recently tiiat they have been re
pealed.
Those whose hot haste for the abolition of sla
very everywhere, leads them to palliate, though
not to justify, the Brown movement, should look
mo.’e catcfiiilj, at the extreme caution, the grad
ual, the very slow proceedings that marked the
movements ol out fathers.in dealing with this
subject. TiiO remnant oFslavery under their le
gislation, lingered among us till a very few years
tigb. As late
ding a c i.e which bad reference to a colored fe
male of tfiis State, Said—in the-language of one of
the Judges-*’ tlr+s slave did not veet iu the heirs,
but liehig jterxov*l property was assets in the hands
of tire executor.” *
Another of the learned Judges said “ Flora not
being specifically deYised. was transferred to the
delendinu, aid being a chattel* vested in them.”
*Tnis, mark yob, was by a Connecticut court
and under Conneeticut law,"* chatties” and “ per
sjortei property” and “ assets;” when these terms
a e nsed by Southern judges in reference to hu
man beings, they are parhded iu capitals before the
pnlifie as horrible evidences of barbarian l , by men
who ehvwjsr to bo obliviou® of what their own most
honored jurists have decided and said, when ad
ministering their own laws. The decision to
which I refer, in which the language I have quoted
was used, is reported in the 8 of Connecticut, and
is tiie case of Kast .Hartford and Pitkhi.
Why, fellow chteeos, we have not to this day in
Connecticut placed the descendants of the African
race on the platform of political equality with the
puritan stock, or the other European stocks added
to it. Our state constitution is exclusively on the
white -basis. None but white men vote here, and
none but whites are taxed. A proposed amend
ment to cbaßge our constitution by striking out