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BY S. ROSE & CO.
Tiif Georgia Journal & Messenger
I, -.abb-bed fxjr WnlnMilt j morning at fi bv pr tiwun.
,Uivuii'iiJiiSN at the rcjnilar <-!nrge will be Use Dnou
j |u,tre f oii urXDaxo *im o* le-w, for the tint iam
ti.>n and Firry Cisr for neb subsequent insertion. All
•••■., - : - ~ : M as to t :ne. w.l l.c :**•■
until forbid and c&arged accordingly. A liberal discount
> ;h j*e who rirrniK- by UK jnr.
osttuabt X*rms of orma vzs uses*, iritl be fbtffel at
th> anal nt.
ASSotfX’ Bitexee of etoduUtei for to be |id for at
t ic usual rules, when Inserted.
L -.eral trrtafemeiiu mtd* wkh county officers, Dntf-
r l *:*, Aii tioiufers. Merchants, au.i others, who may wish to
lanileJ cont rue's.
sit s>r L.si> ASi Ve •<>**. by Kxe.-ator, Administrators
aril Hu trJ’tns, are rei'jfbr fby Isw to be adsertirej in a|
I’ (.-iirti", forty days kmioM to the day of sale.
Hbese rtles most be held on the first Tuesday in the mouth.
M*e* tic hours of tea in the forenoon and three in tlie‘
afternoon, at the Court-house in the ruuily in which the
r-ii.it. or Pit-jm PMftm mast >e advertised in KU
manner, farty day*.
Nines flan: ms as C1.Ei.1m34 of an E-tate nut l*e
1 forty days.
N wi ’l that app i- dlnn will be made to the Ordinary for
Imts to sed l.Atid sod Ncfross, mast be |m>>luLeJ weekly for
CntTi /-, for Letters of Administrations, thirty days ; for
PirslnisD from Administration, monthly, six month* , for
Uo aiHHA fro..-. Quaniianship, weekly, forty days
Rclsi rut F<Ht*:uiais4 or Moaicage, monthly, four
miatiu; fir establishing loaf papers, for the foil spare e s
three lun’.bs ; for enmpeHrne titles from executors or ad
ministrators where a bond has Ween given by tbe deceased,
the fhli apace of three months.
i-4P~ Litters ad ireased to S. RO?r k CO.
Prof‘aioiial and Busioess
Pi irt*ios u end BrsiiK* Cine will be inserted under
th*s bmd. at the following rates, Tis :
P>r Threw lines, per annum, $ 5 It)
“ Helen lines, d0............ ........... 10 DO
“ Ten lines, do 14 00
“ Twelve lines, do l,'i W
No advertisements of this class will be admitted, unless
paid for tq advance, nor for a less term than twelve months.
Adverdseiaenu of ever twelve lines wilt be charged rw • UK.
Advert'.setuents not paid for in advance will be charged at
the regular rates.
REOI L.AR MEETINGS
V OF MASONS, KNIGHT TEMPLARS, Oflo FEL-
L*J\VS AND SONS OF TEMPEUINCE,
IULO IS TUK CITY OF MAC Ob.
MASONS.
tlran i Lodge of Georgia for laot), October 31st.
Mac on LoJce, Xe. &, first and third Monday nights hi each
■tenth.
Con'tantine Chapter, No. 4, second Monday nigfit in each
at oath
Va*ua*tqn Council, 3fo. 6, fourth Monday night in each
rqonlh.
ft Umer's k-ntrupment. Knights Templar, Xo, 3, Meetings
every first Tuesday n ght in each month.
ODD FELLOWS,
Grand first Wednesday In June.
Grand K .Atnptu.it, Tueadtj previous,
fftnllh Lodge, X >. 8. every Thursday evening.
Uni *d Brothers, Xo 5, every Tneeday eventnw.
H i a Union Encampment, Xo. 4, sec >nd and fourth Mon
day evenings in each month.
80NS OF TEMPERANCE.
Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annnallv.
BUSINESS i t r i> s.
IATES * Wool. Kol.K.
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
:^\
R r! now op.*n and prepared for the reception of Cotton,
etthnr SKAT Firth Pit'll? WAKKtioUsK. opposite j
Hardeman A Sparks. We will endeavor to prove ourselves !
w ir’.ny of ‘t's pttr tuarcof tbate who will furor us with their |
~4*14 ts*. l,4df al advances 14 tie oq cotton when desired.
>1 icon, Ga , Sept. 41, laf4.—4t-tf
4f* Papers which published oar ether Advertisement,
will please substitute this in i‘s place. C A W.
UUL PROOF IVAB&UOVSE,
. COTTON AVENUE. ejYVAM
‘|d.ltn is T. WTCHE. haring rented the Ware-
JL Homo lately occupied by J. Collins k Shi, respectfully
teudsrs his services to the patrons 01 the late firm of J. Col
1, m t ioa, ail to bU personal friend, and the public gener
ally. n>r the usos(.cuon oi a legi.itaa.s
WARS-aoUiE AMD CJM2II33ION BUSINESS,
iin c aucsi*. i with any speculative transactions, directly or
indirectly, in the interest condJed to my care.
gjr w ilii) it, an i will be, to secure the best prices
for pro! IC, Audi? ve ,alii action to iqy I*4lxo4*.
l :n f;.’ lli/i .'if, Ruje, t* l otter MtrohundUe,
wifi be fine I csref'Uty and pr >utp Jy, anl the us ml cadi ad
vanoei at t le oc couoa in store,
jane bo 14-ts THOMAS T. WVCHB.
TfiOfi. BAKDUUS. 0. 0. SPAM).
fIAKDEMAX & SPARKS,
iKK HO'JSK &SD COMMISSION M£KC HANTS
g| MACON. GA.,
\'lAieA eedisae U r*re p-omp* attention at their Frsi
V PsgKif wAua-jcw, on the corner of 3*2 ao4 Popular
r to all business commitkJ to their charge.
With th*ir thanks for past faror*, and a pledge j
uufuineis to ail their fnendi Aud oiuioautrt, they hope to ■
fire their fuii share of public pAtrona^e.
-eran: a i /taect made ou tad other produce srhec i
Njnind.
# if” Flaater s Ka tiily also, Rope, Jtc.
raished at the low eat mark € a rates,
sep 3-T
JOAriIST T. SMITH,
WITH
CiCO. W. A GEHXAK* READ,
taasP#acrr&*Jti amd u bolssalb if walked lx
HATS, CAPS, AND STRAW GOODS,
PARIS STILE BONNETS, FLOWERS,
Umbroilaa, Parasols, &c.
I *2O Chambers and 50 IVamu Sts.,
NEW YORK.
l-&~ 4th ted sth Streets above the Astor House.
jan U—4a
FERTILIZERsi
General Agency.
TANARUS, ( K undersigned respectfully announce to Planters and
others interested, that tbey are Constantly receiving,
1 re t from the Islands, and from the manufacturers, the
fltnumt SOW i> rn. all nf
winch have beca thoroughly and satisfactorily tested, vis :
So. 1 Peruvian Guano S6O per Ton.
Sombrero Guano 4*) “ “
Rbodes’ Super Phosphate 6*) “ “
National Fertiliser ... 40 “ “
land Plaster 1 M perßbl.
These articles, which will hare our brand, and begoaran-
Mas genuine, we shall, at all limes,be prepared to furnish
m any amounts required, and at the lowest prices. The
‘ Super-Ph isphate,” and •* rertUuter,” at manufacturers*
rates, with expenses of transportation added.
PATTEN tV- MILLER.
baraamah, April 9T, ta.— may 4 ly.
Livery Stable Notice.
OK awl after 25th December, l'A, the lotlowin* Price*
will be charged for Feeling Ursc* *t oar Stable*;
fingt. Ind ! KjIW,. 50
for sirhtor Day, ...♦ 100
B->*r<l of Uorse per month, IS W
Dr <ve J>; <k per dj, la Stable, T 5
• * •• i* i* . &0
II tYDFN A GOOLSBY,
GRIER A MASTKRSOX,
M STTBCLEFIKI.D.
ADBKKH'JLD * JEFFERS.
M*oa, Dec. SU Hf 9.
BAXIEL H. PEPPER,
■CCCMSO* TO
TntirXT I PZFPFJt ft sow.
Watches, Jewelry and Silverware,
Wo. 175, ‘J** i~ut urmt, ( ppotm tk i&iU
Philadilpzia.
®ay 31 t—ly*
FOR nOXOUTS,
—B Y—
noTat. 33. XiAYUlita:, N. Y.
E. J. JOHNSTON A CO.. Agents,
isKltlS-tl Macon, G*.
FRESH A-TURTVA-Ij !
jr*T RECEIVED AT TOE
3IACOI DRl'ti STORE,
f*A AAA PIPERS Fresh GARDES SEED, also
’ ’ “j” ‘Ft F Garden Peat. Bean* and Turnip Seed in
P*r*Mr* >p bulk. Liberal dUcoubt off.*rfd to the tr**J ?.
*eW C L STHOHECKEH.
F ra?elhi| Shnwls and llfankcl*.
\CO *1 PLCTE Stock, at unusually low price*, re
ceived and for sale by J. L- JOSE .
Rl BRER SHOES.—A large assortment _
of Gents’ and Roy* Rubbers. Alao, Ladle*
B 'ippar and sandal Ru t'rti BLo* of Goodyear’* celebrate i
P*t*au Juai (*cetTed and for rai* toa by J
MIX ft KLRTLASB. I
■korgu) Jounirtl ono illcsscnncv.
Gl SIN ESS CARDS.
1\ C. N LSBET,
MiNcrscrvui or
STEATI EIGINEfi and BOILERS
Sum .Hill Ha'tiiii4>ry, Hill Gear
iiigs, and Harliinery iu
GENERAL.
WROFCT IRON COTTON SCREWS,
Kiiiiar .Hills. XliafD and I'lilllcw,
Iron KailinsH, Wrought and
Ca<*t, Ac., Ac., Ac.
Till? undersigned .eiieves that he i* Uatiufacturlng and
selling the ab .ve Machinery,X*n per rent, cheap
er and of asgtiod quality a* any establishment at the Heath,
aud is wilting to warrant all the work a* equal, if not dupe
r ir to ny. yau S) T. C. SUBET.
A. IVI'QUEEN,
MACON, GEORGIA.
MANI PAf TtHliH of Wrought Iron
R AILING of every description, aud for all purposes,
| Plain and Oruxm -nial, from the lightest Scroti Iron, up to
the heaviest KaUinf used. Haring an endless variety of
Sm aud Original Designs, purchasers canu'Hfail to be suit
ed.
Being entirely of tVroaeht Iron, their streneth carnet be
questioned, aad for beauty they cannot be -urpas.-ed any
where. All kind* of Fancy Iron Work made to order. Par
ticular attention given to n.akiug alt klods of
Geometrical Stair Railings.
JW” 2ptfCimen< of the work ran be at tiic fietiJences
of T. G. Holt, L. V W. AutirewH juid W. J. M.Eiiuy, £sqri.
Also at Rose Hill Cemetery.
July 18 14-ts
WASHINGTON HALL
T X still open to the public for the accommodation of TKAX
-1 AIKXT as well as REGULAR BOARDERS. Special pro
vision m&de for members of the Legislature.
U a**lt ittg tu si fit all u centrally located and is con
venient both to the Capitol and the business part of the city.
Accommodations good. Charge* moderate.
N. C. BARNETT.
Milledgetille, Oct. 12, ISs9.—tf
T ROUT ROUS I•:.
MV J- D. l a CO.
Atlanta, ficorgia.
sep IS 24-ts
GRiVSriTE II
OI’POMTi; THL LdMLU HOUSE.
MACOX, GEORGIA.
B- F. DENSE,
(Late of the Floyd House,)
fob 44 4>—*4C—y PROPRIETOR.
Brown’s Hotel,
Opposite the Paaaenger House, Macon, Ga-
By E. L. BKOW.A A SOX.
MEALS ready on the arrival of every Train. The
. proprietors will spare no pains to make their guests
I comfortable. feh 82 dfi-tO-y
NEW FI SmT
TP II H under,gru-.l haring taken the -. i-s .
JL Llvsry Xlableformerly oceu- ty- ,
I pied by H. M Lindsay, intend carry
ing on the same in all it* branches.-
i Wc shall always keep Phwlun’s, Carriage*, Buggies and
j Horses, to hire on a? good terms as anybodies. We hare
I also thumost ample aocummodalions for Drove Stock-
W wouh) sar to the pufcjic tligt we have taken the Bit in
to oar mouth in earnest and can always be found with our
■ xaxtss o* ready to serve yon; we intend by keeping a
jittnin tosjc*. rrxuao T'Kjxthe* and by buckliso nows
1 CLQSa to busmess, to succeed or break a i macs. We tiiali
never tux mw! in hitclpng qp for you Su long at you
come up to the lick 100 and settle Now If you want us to
Xi4U to Rock-s-wat and not to be sclky. in faet if you
don't want to see us chock i p too clips* put your shoulder
to the wheel, give us a share and if you find a single raaca
of ingratitude you may hjitii us.
Very Respectfully,
ADBRHOLD A JEFFERS.
Opposite the Passenger Depot, and near Brown’s Hotel,
apr 87 5 M-ts.
GLOHGE A, S.XITM,
W BOLUALI If AW r PACT ORE R OP
PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES,
Star the \ew Patteiurer Depot.
MACON, GA.
■RFFRCIIAXTS can be supplied upon as favorable tarms,
.11 with as good Candy, in great varieties, as can be had
South. Those wishing to puvefotse are raspsctfuliy invited
to 3,11 and examine specimen*.
All orders promptly filled, with a fresh article, and warran
ted to stand the climate. Terms cash,
aag. S. 19-ts
liose Hill Cemetery.
TIIK Sexton’s office is still between Third e~~x\
and Foarih Streets, on the corner of the 4r'^- r ~ ,*-
Aliev, wtjere he receives sett commonict!on.'or Mi ‘
mermeots. and will attend to the walling vfjnjUff j(\
graves. AH Lots entrusted to his care tr;U beWTJu
gept in good ordr hi UH Gvdn Lb. year. All fjlgrar
ciqcrs x<r Vlonuoienis from Thotns Phillips’
Marble will he promptly attended to; fa
writ?* the erecting of the use, and done in the v
best manner. A. BRIDIE, w - ‘ y
doc B>-tf City Sexton.
Ilitius anti Lard,
]tb C l vKN Kvir', F.m l*<:ina< ky Uarns,
k hi ?■> t l- !*. Choice Leaf Lsri, just received and for sale
L j ixug ltlj GkO. T. ROGERS A BON.
KERRZSON &. LEIDINQ,
IMPORTER?
Foreign and Domes!!© Dry Goods,
wholesale and retail,
Ila-t-l Street—door from Kiup,
tpr 20-’£S>-l j.
roM arwonri.n, joswra ecworrrrn
Schofielcl & 13r0.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
.niCOS, GEORGIA..
WE are prepared to Manufacture Strain Engine*,
CIRCULAR .AW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS A\l) IRON* CASTINGS,
Os erery description llt ON R AILING anti VLB*
AND AH*. Haring the most complete assortment or
Iron KaUing in the State, which for elegance, netlne**, du
labi’itr and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lots, Public Squares,
Church Fence* and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to
gtre a call, a* we are determined to offer aa good bargain,
as any Northern Establishment.
|jjr Specimens of owr Work ean he seen at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
jan t-tSSO.
.11 *HT ARRIVED!
NEGROES! NEGROES?! NEGROES!!
FROM VIRGINIA Si TIIE CAROLINAS.
HI YIVG leased the new and well arranged brick Ne
gro Mart built by Mr. Sod, expressly for the security
and comfort of Negroes, I take this method of Informing
those that wish to purchase or tell Negroes that ihebusiorss
will he continued ut the new Brick Mart on Poplar St. where
they can find at all tlraea a likely lot of N-groct at reasona
ble price* I will also pay liberal prices In cash lor all
young Negroe* offered ‘or sale. Mr. Noel will continue l
the trade and hare full control of the business; I have also
employed Mr. Bagby to a**t*t In the hWither*
tZi* 6m D. SMITH^
Just Arrived!
\ LIKELY lot of MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA NK
KROEtv Plough Boy* and Girl*. Also a few good
Washer* and Ironer*, and Cooks. Their lives are Inswred
one year, and for sale on reasonable terms, at NOEL’S
BRICK NEGRO MART, Poplar Bt. nov 9
NOTICE.
Til K subscriber* have op-nod a House in Maeon. on the
corner neat below the ** Brown Mouse,” and near the
Paasenger Depot, for the
Purchase aal Kile of Neerees
A good supply, of likely Young Negroe*, Kept constantly
on hand and *or eale. Purchasers and Traders are Invited
WCTW * ITARPT.
60 Negroes for Sale !
I| || A Th just received a lot of likely young NEGROES
from Maryland, and *9ef tlietn at reasonable ptise*.—
Purciiseers will please favor me with a call- Also, wish to
purchase goed men and womeu t >r the Wcrtern market, for
which 1 will trtMl- Wotnea and rbndren, or pay cash. Office
on the corner of Third and Poplar Street, near Hardeman
A dpark*’ Warehou**’. W. K. PiilLLlPt*.
Ma-<.n t Dc. 31, IS5§. W y . ;
Portrait Painting.
TX. 10151 OK Iff WE** would re*pectfully Inform
ids patron* and tle public that h* is again in his Stu
dio tor the Winter pnd Spring, where he would be happy 16
*<w'nll who tort *ny interest in hi* branch es the arts. Per
ira‘t of citiaens alway* on exhibition.
rW“ ‘tudlo in “Triangular Block,” entrance or. Pecond
trert. t** -1 M **~
I’nitirTllas.
A large Stock from the manufactory of Wm. H.
Bicharda-.n, PunndiphMh ••• Atogaaaay of *upnor
tty I* and Oalab, r-c uired nod tor al bj i, J. JQ* M.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1860.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
a. RILL. JKO. R. HILL’
Law Partuurkhip.
HILL cfc HILL,
(sretrsvirs to Tnic latr riau or orfßas * mix.)
WILL practice In the Macon and adjoining Circuits,
and iu the Supreme and Federal Courts, the same as
heretofore by the late firm of Stubbs A Hill,
The urdersiged will close up the buiness of the late firm
rs Stubbs A Hill, as speedily as possible : and to this end, ail
pei aotis indebted to said firm, arc requested to make pay
ment at as early a day as practicable,
B. 111 LL, Surviving partner of
August 24,15W—28-tf Stubbs A HIM,
LANIER A ANDERSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACOX, GA.
PRACTICE in the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and in
the Counties of Surater, Monroe and Jones ; also in the
federal Court* at Savannah.
[apr 21 ’SS-lyj
L. Nf. WHITTLE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
lIIICE next to CONCERT HALL,oyer Payne’s Drug Store.
Jaa. , [4l-1 yj
SAMUEL H. WASHINGTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACOX, GA.
WILL practice in all the Counties of the MACON
CIRCUIT, and In the Counties of Washington, Wil
kinson and Laurena.
Office next to Concert Hall, over Payne’s Drug Btore
W. C. M. DUNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
OFFICE, —Over E. L. Strohecker’s Drug Store.
noy 16 84-1 y
PETER S. HUMPHRIES,
ATTORNEYAT LAW,
PERKY, GA.
WILE partice in the several Courts of the Macon Cir
cuit, and also in the Federal Courts in Savannah and
Marietta. [augll2o-ly]
tiiohas b. cabaniss,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
T'orytl\, Ga.
Wll,l, attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
care iu the Coantie* of Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
nes, Pike, Spalding and Upson. [may 12 ’6B]
PEEPLES A. CABANI&S,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
POKBITII, GA.
WILL practice law in the counties of Monroe, Bibb, Up
sun, Pike, Spalding, Henry and Butts. Mr. Cabanlss
will give prompt aud constant attention to the collection and
securing of debts and claims.
C. PEEPLES, GEO. A. CABAN 188.
formerly of Athens, Ga. 6-1 y.
DAWSON & KIBBEE7
Attorneys aud Counsellors at Law,
Office at Hawiungville and Vienna, La.
II K. K, will have the entire collecting, and he and Mr.
ivl D. all litigation. They will practice law and give at
tention to any business that may be entrusted to their man
agement, in the counties of
Pulaski, Lowndes, Dooly, Wilcox,
Brooks, Houston, Irwin, Eilinls,
Macon, Telfair, Clinch, Worth,
Coffee, Ware, Berrien, Appling,
Laurens, Sumpter, Pierce, Twiggs,
Lee, Miller, Baker, Dougherty.
In Supreme Court at Macon, Milledgeville and Savannah,
and United States Circuit Court at Savannah, aud also all
the adjoining counties, on special engagement,
CHa’s. 0. KtBBEE. THOMAS 0. DA WSOS.
apr 40 4 lc6S)— y.
R. W. *>| tj a O. A. LOCBRANB
HAVING associated themselves in the practice of the
Law at Macon and Atlanta, and will attend to business
in the several counties in tlitir Circuits respectively Office
n Macon near Mechanic’s Back. aug 10 10-ts
JANE 6 T. HAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
RPTLEIt, TAYLOR CO., GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
commas: iows
Crawford, Knoxville.
Houston, Perry,
Macon, Uipemorpe.
Marion, .Buena Vista.
fVhley, ~ Ellaville.
T*lhot, I- Talbotton
Taylor, .1. I Itutler
Upson,. Thomaston.
Particular attention given to Collections
oet 96-1 y
JOHN RUTBEKFORD. CHARLKsi J. HARRIS.
L<aw Firm.
RUTHF.KFOKD A HARRIS,
MACON, GA.
WILT, practice law in Bibb and adjoining counties, and
in the United States Court at Savannah and Marietta
—also in any county in the State by special contract,
feb 20 4t-Cm
JOEL R. GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Wlf.fo practice in the Counties of Macon anl the ad
joining Circuits. Also in the counties of the West and
Boutb-West Georgia, accessible by Rail Road.
IST” Particular personal attention given to collecting.
fST” Office with O. A. I.ichrane, Datnour’s Building, 2d
Street, opposite Methodist Book Depository,
fob 24-’60—45-tf
A. C. MOORE,
D E TS&f&jfcr IST,
thomaston, qa. ,
OFFICE over Dr. Thompson’s Store. My work Is my
Reference. tapr T 8-ts ]
Dru. M’BOAALD & YAM GIKSKN,
DENTISTS,
Office In Washington Hlock, .flacon, Ga.,
ELECTRICITY USED IN EXTRACTING TEETH.
Mr DON A GO’S Tooth Paste always msi'-raa
on hand and for sale. Deutists can be AMgM|gL
supplied with the finest style of TEETH,
Gold Foil, Gold and Silver Plate and Wire, I. I r
Lathe Fixture*, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or
Materials on abort notice. oct 13
NOTICE.
THE Firm of Miller A Waterman having been dissolved
by mutual consent, the subscriber has removed lo the
Store on Cherry Street, next door to Martin Hall, where he
will contine the Auction and Commission business.
nov 15 J. J - MILLER.
MEVIIO ARRKSTEI*
AM . ROY by the name of PAUL, who says he belongs to
Dr. Rutledge, of Edgefield District. A. O. He is 5 feet
6 inches bgli—H to 21 years old, dark complected, teeth out
in front, weight about 130 pounds. He was arrested Octo
ber Sfltb, 1R69. The owner is requested to coine forward sud
claim him, pay charges or he w iil be dealt with as the law
direct*. J- B- ARNOLD,
nov 30-ts City Guard House-keeper.
110*1 r MMVQ FA< Tl RE.
WF are prepared to make to order and repair, at thort
notlee, MATHKVAID’AL INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
Also, Sewing Machines repaired, and new partt made, and
rnnciuue* adjusted, by a practical and experienced workman.
V inrrille Property for Sale.
THE subscriber wishing to change the investment, offers
for sale, on good terms, the house and lot occupied by
him for the lost several year. The lot contains 25 acres,
about A acres cleared, the halauce in good timber anil lies
on the K rsyth Road, in front of the “Cowles'Spring place”
and join* the lands of Mrs Kobt. Freeman and Mr*. Bepj.
Brytn-
The Improvements are a dwelling of .even rooms, two
kßh*t*. Ac., Ac., and a great variety of fruit tree*.
Possession given whenever wanted. For further infor
mation* enquire o! Col. Jordan, who live* near, or
jan !5 44-ts K. t. OI'SLKY, Trustee.
NOTICE.
Til ONI whom we credit through the yvar will bear in
mind, that account* of this kind are due on the FIRST
OF JANUARY. „ . .
Those Who have not yet paid up ar* earnestly requested
“lit **•’• W I'AKKLK t CO.
PIANOS,
oMsss^atssj&sgwg
first quality, and sold at the very best rate, together with a
fine lot of
Guitars, Violins, Accordeons, Flutes,
Yiolta amt Guitar Strings, Musical * c -* c N ;- b J r
pov II E, J, JGpSfftvN A QQ’
JPOffiffilß’sTo
The midnight Train.
Across the dull and broodiug night
A giant flies, with demon Hght
And breath of wreathing smoke ;
Around him whirls the reeling plain,
And, with a dash of grim disdain,
He cleaves the sundered rock.
In lonely swamps the low wind stirs
The belt of black funeral firs,
That murmur to the sky,
Till, startled by his wild career,
They seem to keep a hush of fear
As if a god swept by.
Through many a dark wild heart of heath,
O’er booniing budges, where beneath
A midnight river brawls ;
By ruin, remnants of the past,
Their ivies trembling in the blast,
By singing waterfalls!
The slumb’rer on his silent bed,
Tunis to the light his lonely head,
Divested of its dream.
Long leagues of gloom are hurried o’er,
Through tunnel sheaths, with iron roar,
And shrill night-rendering scream.
Past huddling huts, past flying farms,
High furnace flamts, whose crimson arms
Are grappling with the night,
ne tears along receding lands,
To where the singly city stauds,
Wrapt in a robe of light.
Here, round each wide and gushing gate,
A crowd of eager faces wait,
And every smile is known,
We thank thee, 0 thou Titan train,
That in the city once again,
We clasp our loved, our own !
Spiritual Railway.
WRITTEN’ IIT LORENZO DAWS, AN INDIAN CHIEF, IN
THE 52n TEAR OF HIS AOK.
The line to Heaven by Christ was made;
With Heaveuly truth the rails are laid,
From earth to Heaven the line extends
To life eternal, w here it ends.
Repentance is the station, then,
Where passengers are taken in ;
No fee for them is there to pay,
For Jesus is himself the way.
The Bible then is Engineer—
It points the way to ileaven so clear,
Through tunnels dark and dreary here,
It does the way to Glory steer.
God’s love, the fare—his truth, the steam,
Which drives the engine aud the train.
AH you who to Glory ride
Must come to Christ, iu him abide.
In first, and second, and third class,
Repentance, Faith and Holliness.
You must the way to Glory gain,
Or you with Christ can never reign.
Come then, poor sinners, now’s the time,
At any place along the line ;
It you repent and turn from sin,
The train w ill stop and take you in.
SPEECH
OF
IIOaN. A. R. BOTELER, OF VIRGINIA,
ON
ORGANIZATION OF TIIE HOUSE.
in r/ic ffouxe of Representative* Janua
ry 25 th 185’J.
Mr. lIoTKLKR. I have, Mr. Clerk, no set speech
to nuke. I have not come here to-day with that
intention. 1 have sought the floor simply tor ttie
purpose of submitting alt-w suggestive temaks,
which, 1 ti Ufci will serve iusome ticync to pruniot.
the object which many here are sincerely desirous
of accomplishing—ot bringing this discussion to
a close, and perfecting tne organization ol the
House. Sir, Ido not stand here to-day to make
auy appeals to the prejudices, the passions, or the
sectional piide of those who represent that quar
ter of the Confederacy from which I come. I have
no desire to indulge in any pyrotechnic display of
“glittering generalities,”,w inch, however much they
may dazzle and amuse, are hut little calculated to
hung uhoul any practical solution of the difliculty
in which we are involved—like summer lightning,
they “play uiuuud tbe bead but do uoi touch the
heart.” Nor is it my purpose to deal in any unjust
ungenerous, or unnecessarily harsh denunciation
of those upon the other aide of the Chamber, who,
claiming to be conservative, are here in tbe exer
cise of their undoubted right as the Representa
tives of the country, entertaining sentiments utter
ly adverse from the sentiments held hv my consti
tuents and myself. I say I shall not indulge in any
unnecessarily harsh denunciations of them. I re
cognize the fact that we who arc assembled here
to discharge the legitimate duties of legislation de
volved upon us by our constituents, coming as we
do front dillerent and distant portions of this vast
Confederacy, some of us from the rugged, roek
ribbed bills” of tbe North, some from tbe ever
blooming plains of the South, some with the dust
of the distant prairies on their feet, and others with
the spray of either ocean on their brows, represen
ting interests and opinions as variant as are the
latitudes iu which we live, must necessarily differ
on many points; it is not to be expected of us that
there should be perfect uniformity of sentiment,
and especially in regard to those great question of
public concernment which, from time to time, stir
up the depths of human being in our land. But,
sir it is expected, aDd our country demands, pa
triotism requires at our hands, that, coming here
under these circumstances, we should remember,
in the language of a distinguished citizen of in>
good old iState, “that we have a country to serve,
as well as a party to obey.”
But, sir, what do wc see ? What is the specta
cle which this House presentsV On this side of it,
with those with whom it has been my pride and
pleasure to act iu good faith from first to last, what
have we seen ? Three organizations—a Democrat
ic party, a southern Opposition party, and an anti-
Lecomptou party ; for we must recognize the last
named as a party, since, though insignificant iu num
ber, they are most potential in their influence. —
Well, sir,•what have they been doing? They
know, they feel, the country knows, that it is only
by a union amongst them all that we can beat down
the nominee of tbe black Republican party. They
profess to he honest iu their desire to accomplish
lhat, and I know they are honest in their opposi
tion to that nominee. But yet, with the majority
and with the power in their hands, they have never
once exercised that power to secure the object
which they profess to he anxiously desirous ot at-
taiiiiiig- And why? Because they liave allowed
their party prejudices and their party pride to in
terfere with their patriotism. There h.ts uot been
u ballot taken in which there has been u union ol
the dill'ereut anti-Repnblican parties; and there
will be no election resulting in the success of tills
side of the House unless there is such a union—a
cordial nd hearty union amongst us all.
Now, sir, let rut illustrate our popuiou here.—
We are all on board the same ship, the glorious j
old ship which our fathers built for uH. Titer laid
it keel; they fashioned its bulwarks; they forged
the anchor of its hope ; they l tuneued it upon the
ocean ol national existence, and they gave us u
chart by which to sail our ship. We have (J'flcretl
heretofore amongst ourselves ; earnestly, sincere
ly, openly differed, as freeman should differ mid
will differ, iu regard to that chart; we have differ
ed Uiuongst ourselves in regard to the best mode
of working the ship. Some of us have been for
sailing her upon this tack, some upon that tack ;
some have been for taking in a sail, others tor
shaking out a reef. \V e believe that, under i’ro
videuce, our ship lias been built to be the life-boat
of the wot Id ; and throughout the progress of the
voyage we have been constantly engaged in saving
those who have come on board front the wrecks,
the rafts, and rotten government of the Old V\ ntld.
We have taken them into out vessd when they
have been swimming for their lives. We have
spread before them the table of our bounty ; we
have saved their lives and have given them an
equal participation in the profits of our voyage;
yet some of us (and I amongst the number) have
aeen, and seen with supprise and pain, that alter
they have been brought on board the ship, they
have shown a propensity to interfere in the man
agement of it, and we said to them : “We have
brought you here to save vou, and to make you
prosperous, happy, and free; bat we are not wil
§lm 9$
ling lhat you shall take hold of the tiller and han
dle the ropes, until you have been here long enough
to know one rope from tbe other.”
Well, sir, this has been a source ofhonest differ
ence of opinions amongst those on board, whilst all
of us have loved the old craft, from truck to keel,
with all our hearts. Thus we have voyaged ; ami
whilst thus differing, what has happened? We
have been drifting towards the breakers, we have
been insensibly drawn towards a lee shore, where
no iigbt-bouse sends its friendly ray! A storm has
arisen upon us; we hear the spirit of the tempest
shrieking in the shrouds ; clouds of danger, difli
culty, and doubt are dimming the heaven of our
hopes, and threatening to burst in desolaiion over
our heads! And not only that; bat, sir, we see
yonder “a band of mutineers” determined to take
possession of the vessel; men associated together
to dispossess us of our rights, and to deprive us of
our property, who would thrust us dowu the hold,
and butteii the hatches over our heads. And yet,
iu the midst of all these imminent dangers which
are threatening the destruction of the ship, we
have been engaged here for weeks past in a dis
graceful squabble upon the theoretical points of
political navigation!
Now, Mr. Clerk, I ask is it right, is it reasona
ble, can we answer to our constituents, and to the
country, if we continue to allow these paltry,
miserahla differences to interfere with our duty,
and to prevent cordial, united action among the
conservatives of the House against those whom
we recognize, and whom we are bound to recog
nize as our common country.
Sir, I have no practical suggestion to offer; there
are older heads than miue here to do that; but I
do protest against the continuance ot this most
unnecessary discussion. For myself, the House
will do me the justice to say that I have occupied
my seat upon this floor in silence during the seven
weary weeks we have been in session, while this
exciting discussion has been going on, and whilst
the infamous Abolition outrage upon tbe district I
have the honor to represent has been the fruitful
inspiration of almost every gentleman who has
risen to addres the House. Now, sir, I was present
at that horrible Harper’s Ferry raid; I was a wit
ness to that abominable outrage; 1 saw the blood
of my lriendsshed in the streets of Harper’s Ferry;
aud it there is a man here who lias a right to dis
cuss that subject, it is myself; and yet 1 have for
borne. I have remained silent for various reasons,
not the least of which is, that the distinguished
Seiialur before me [Mr. Mason) is engaged in the
investigation of the facts connected with the whole
affair, and will present them fully and fairly, at the
proper time, before the country, to leave it to
judge of them, after which I shall avail ray self of a
suitable opportunity to mention some circumstances
to the House concerning that foray which I wish
the country to know, aud which justice to my con
stituents requires that it shall know from me.
There is another reason which, I must coufess,
has also influenced me in this matter. I know
[and I have been painfully conscious of it w henever
my miud has reverted to that dark day) that when
the heart ieels most, the tongue refuses to pertorm
its wonted task.
And, sir, when I have heard gentlemen on the
other ride of the floor stand up and derisively re
fer to that infamous outrage, I have been hardly
able to retain my seat and refrain from the expres
sion ot my indignation in terms which might not
have sounded parliamentary. My mind, sir, has
a'ain and again, during this discussion, gone hack
to that gloomy October evening, when I stood by
the side of a friend, and laid my hand upon his
brow where the death damp was gathering, while
the blood was gushing from his noble heart, and
have been often disposed to say, in apology for my
forbearance:
“ Ohl pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers
For I tell you, sir, that in my opinion, the leaders
ot the Abolition party, which is seeking to control
the oriraniz.ttion of this House, and to obtain pos
session ot the Government, are as much the mur
derers ot my friends at Harper’s Ferry as were old
John Brown and nis deluded followers; and I
think lhat the committee eugaged in the investi
gation m my Slate, aud the investigation ou the
p al loi itiu Sulint., will pruvu that the agitation of
the slaver\ question by the great leaders of the
Republican party has been the direct cause of the
Harper’s Ferty invasion.
1 iell vou further, sir, that the Commonwealth
of Virginia has come to the determination that this
shall be the end of it; that this slavery agitation
shall cease, ro far as she is concerned ; that her
territory sliall be piotectcii liom a. repetition of
lhat Oloodv raid. .She has taken some indemnity
lor the past and means to have security lor the fu
ture. And, sir, to make her JeterDiinatiou good,
„he has buckled on her armor, rnd her borders are
now bristling with bayonets, for she feels compell
ed to tike the guardianship of her rights and her
honor into her own hands. Heretofore she has
trusted to the tie of consanguinity ; heretofore she
has rehed upon the linked shields of all the States
for her protection; hut, sir, at a moment when
she dreamed not of it, she has been smitten upon
the cheek. Our honored old mother has been
struck a blow wh : ch has roused her children from
their false security, and rallied them to her rescue.
We now discover that we must depend upon our
own right arm to protect our State from further
outrage, so loog as there remains a “Republican”
organization iu Congress and the country. Why
will you persist, men ot the North, in maintaining
that organization ? What good do you expect to
effect by it ? You formed it, so you have said, for
the sole purpose of making Kansas a free State.—
You have Kansas, aud when she comes into this
Union, she will come iu “free.” If there be any
other purpose that you expect to accomplish by it,
it must he to transfer your,“irrepressible conflict”
from the Territories to the States.
But, gentlemen of the other side, I know there
are some among you who profess to be conserva
tive, and are conservative, as compared with the
moving spirits of your party. The distinguished
gentleman front Ohio (Mr. Corwin) who sits before
me, and who has entertained us and held this
House for two days in listening admiration, by his
intellectual efforts, claims to be—l wish he were so
in reality—the leader of the Republican party; but
how few are they who gather round him, who will
recognize him as their leader, and will indorse the
sentiments he has uttered here yesterday and the
day before. When I look at him, when I see him
there amongst them—a triton amonongst the min
nows—when I see him there, sir, my mind goes
back to the literature of my boyish days, and 1 re
member how it was that once upon a time Gulliver,
in his travels, laid himself down to sleep in the
country of the Lilliputians ; how the pigmies climb
ed upon his person and wound their tiny chains
about him; how they bound his hands, and so led
him, a spectacle of wonder, through the land.—
Oh, sir, if I could make such an appeal to that dis
tinguished gentleman as would awaken a respon
sive feeling in his heart, its patriotic throbs would
burst the bonds which bind him to the earth, he
would stand erect in the frightened presence of his
diminutive associates, and would march forth with
a fiim tread from the law miasmatic marches .of
sectionalism and join us here upon the high ground
of nationality, where the llag of the Union floats
“with not a siripe erased or polluted, or a single
star obscured.” [ Applause trom the Democratic
benches and in the galleries.] And the leader,
(Mr. SnERMAN ) whom they recognize, the leader
who bears their banner, 1 listened to his explana
tion, or rather his attempt at explanation, made a
few days since, with sincere sympathy for him. Iu
mv very soul 1 pity him. And it is with wonder
and amazement that 1 behold a gentleman with the
traits which that gentleman is said to have—for he
i must have noble traits who, during so many weeks
j of conflict, .can keep friends around him in unbrok
en ranks, persisting in I heir efforts to place him in
the third position under our Government —to see
uuch a gentleman permit himself to remain for one
hour more before the country, as he is, according
to his own account ot himself; and the account
his Iriends have given of hint, in comiecfion with
the Helper Book.
\Vhit. has he told the House? What has liis
friend who non.mated him (Mr. UoRWJN) told this
House ? That he signed the recommendation of
the Helper book at the solicitations of a friend who
to him and asked him to sign it; that he
took the pee. awtUMi to inquire of the trtewl wheth
er-there w.nild be anything objectionable in the
colnpitnt'en, ami was assured that there would not ;
that the hook would prepared by a committee,
Ac. \Yell, sir, whut has that committee done? —
They have put forth a book under the sanction oi
of Mr. Sherman’s name, which is everywhere de
nounced as objectionable, and which is, unques
tionably, a most infamous publication; a book
which he himself intimates his objection to, and, as
I understand, desites an opportunity to denounce
as it deserves. The? have deceived him; they have
betrayed him; they have made him their victim,
j their dupe, ay, their tool; and be submits to it all!
Y'es, sir, it is admitted that they have deceived him;
for he allows the inference to be made that he
does not indorse this most infamous Helper hook.
I am told, indeed, that gentlemen on the other side
—if the gentleman from Missouri will withdraw his
resolution—one after the other, will ri3C and de
nounce that book. That is what tbey say in pri
vate. Tbey are ready to denounce it now, and
well they may be; for, sir, I would like to see a
man in the American Congress who would rise in
his place and indorse the sentiments of that book,
alter all that has occurred within the last three
months. If any man should do so here in our pres
ence, we would see a traitor standing in our
midst.
Mr. Clerk, the gentleman from Ohio still occu
pies his position. Week after week he has occu
pied it, and Heaven only knows how long he will
continue to hold on to it. But his chance is gone.
I tell him, in all candor, that he cannot be elected
to the Speakership, and is not fit for the position ; not
meaning, however, to say that his private virtues
and personal graces would not fit him to fill that
chair. From his association with this infamous
Helper book, and the manner in which he has been
persistently pressed at this particular time, he never
can be Speaker , and never should be called upon to
preside over tbe deliberations of this body. To
he elected at all, it must be by means of the plu
rality rule; and a vote upon the plurality rule, it
is understood, must be a sneaking vote for Sher
man. Now, sir, that plurality rule never can come
to a vote. Ido not hesitate to say that I was one
of those, after the discussion arose in the House
the other day, who sought out the paper referred
to by the gentleman from Indiana, (Mr. Colfax,)
and that I placed my name to it, pledging myself
to stand here day and night to oppose by all lawful
means the adoption of the plurality rule ; aud I will
stay here in this Hall, eat here, drink here, live
here, and, if ueceesary, die here—before I give
my sanction, as a Representative from Virginia, to
lhat rule, when I am satisfied that its adoption will
result in the election of John Suekuan aa Speaker
of this House.
Mr. Colfax. Will the gentleman allow me to
ask him a question ? Ido not wish to interfere
without the gentleman’s consent.
Mr. Botelkr. Certainly.
Mr. (’olfax. Suppose any number of gentle
men, after it was organized, were satisfied that an
appropriation bill reported by the committee of
Ways and Means contained an appropriation of
money which would probably be used by the Fed
eral Administration for corrupt purposes—l no not
say that would be; I only put the case as a suppo
stitious one; would you justify us in signing a writ
ten agreement, biuding ourselves to each other,
that we would, by a factious opposition, prevent
any vote ever being taken upon it, and thus pre
vent a majority from adopting it? If so, all legis
lation could be thus arrested.
Mr. Botei.er. You have to meet your own re
sponsibility to vour constituency, and I am respon
sible to mine. I can go hack to mine, and hold up
my head, with the full assurance iu my heart that
the position I have taken during this protracted
struggle for the Speakership will be indorsed by
every one of my constituents whose good opin
ion is worth an effort to retain. You can do the
same.
But I have yet to learn that that is a majoritv
side of the House. lam going upon the premises
that this is the majority side of this House, and
that the factious course is pursued by the other
side. That is tbe factious side. True, it is a side
with seventeen States represented by it; but I see
not a single southern man affiliating with them—
not one. I look upon tbe flag they carry, and I
cannot recognize upon it the escutcheon of a single
State south of Mason and Dixon’s line.
But, Mr. Clerk, I am sorry I have been betrayed
into these extended remarks. I assure gentle
men I rose not to bring the torch of discord among
the members of the House, but to offer the olive
branch of peace. I rose to make an appeal to
gentlemen upon this side ; to make an appeal to
my distinguished friend from Ohio (Mr. Corwin)
before me; to my friends from Pennsylvania aud
New Jersey, some of whom were old college-mates,
and whom I had not nsat bo Fore For twenty years,
but whom I see now, to my great regret, upon that
side of the House, voting and acting against the
interest of my State. 1 came here, sir, to stand
by those gentlemen from Pennsylvania and New
Jersey in their rights and interests. I came here
a tariff man; though not a protective man for pro
tection’s sake ; not in favor of a* high protective
tariff', vet ready to lock my shield with theirs, and
tight out the great question ot protection to their
interests. But I see them arrayed against my in
terests and the interests of my conssitueiiUi; and
how can they expect that I shall be found fighting
zealously with them tor their interests? Sir, i
have said that lam iu lavur of protection. I de
sire that every man in this country of ours, from
the Aroostook to the Gulf of Mexiee—no matter
what his occupation may be, whether he shoves
the plane or throws the shuttle, whether he works
in the mine, or, like myself, belongs to tbe great
agricultural interests of the country—shall feet that
his Government is with him and not against him.
1 would have every larmer throughout the land
feel, as he scatters the golden grain in the fur
rows, that, next to the Providence of Almighty
God, who sends the sunshine and tbe shower, the
seed time and the harvest, that the Government
discriminates for his interests and not against them.
I came here to vindicate that piinciple side by side
with those whom I believed to be conservative
men from tbe great States of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey (that old battle-ground of the Revolu
tion, where my fathers stood with theirs, shoulder
to shoulder, in the snows of Trenton and the hot
sands of Monmouth,) to vindicate that great prin
ciple of protection to American industry, in accor
dance with the necessities of the times. But I
find you rallying behind a sectional banner, and
giving aid and comfort to that intelligent sectional
organization of the North, the fundamental princi
ple of which is opposition to slavery. I cannot,
therefore, expect that any appeal I may make to
you will be listened to.
Mr. Ualk. Will the gentleman from Virginia
allow me to ask him a question?
Mr. Boteler. I certainly will permit the gentle
man to ask me a question ?
Mr. Hale. You say you find us arrayed against
your rights and interests and that you came here
to endeavor to promote the interests of out Virginia
the Pennsylvania members have attacked on thi*
floor, or what rights they propose to attack • We |
have stood by you, as I understand. In your j
Harper’s Ferry foray, as you call it, Pennsylvania J
acted the part of a sister State, according to the
testimony of Governor Wise himself, and returned
your fugitives'from justice. Pennsylvania, sir, has :
always done her duty to her sister States; and I ,
defy any gentleman from Virginia, or any other
gentleman upon this floor, to show that in any re
spect Pennsylvania has failed in her duty to any
sister State in any manner whatever. When gen
tlemen deal in general charges like these, they
ought to specify wherein we are interfering with
their rights.
Mr. Boteler. I recognize the fact — and it is a ‘
fact which affords me pleasure, a fact of which
every Pennsylvanian may well be proud—that her
Governor did his duty fully, fairly, faithfully, in re
turning to Virginia the fugitives from her justice,
and that he was sustained by the people of Penn- j
sylvauia in that patriotic act ; and, sir, I came here i
prepared to testify to the State of Pennsylvania my j
grateful appreciation of the conduct of her Cover- j
nor. lam still grateful to the people of Pennsyl- ‘
vania, who, I believe, are misrepresented upon this |
floor by those who have from first to last acted !
with tlie other side, to whom, however, there may
be some exceptions. (Referring to those who vo
ted for Mr. Gilmer.)
The gentleman asks me when he had acted con
trary to the interests of Virginia ; You hare done
it, sir, on every ballot in which yon hare given your
vote for a sectional candidate, whom the people of
Vifginia mu-t regard, if elected to that chair, as
having been forced upon the country against their
interests, against their wishes ami against the pro
te.-tation of every man, woman, and child, within
her borders.
Now, sir, a word to Massachusetts.
Mr. Hale. I would ask the gentleman if we
are not the best judges of what our constitu
ents desire ?
Mr. Vaj.landigham. 1 rise to a question of or
der. I object to this interruption.
Mr. Hale Has the gentleman the right to
say—> —
(Loud cries of “Order!” from the Democratic
benches.)
Mr. Hale. Has the gentleman the right to
say
(Cries of “Order!” “ Order 1”)
Mr. Vallandigham. i insist upon the point of
order.
VOLUME XXXVII.—NO. 51.
Mr. Lotei.kr. The election which returned these
gentleman here took places month before the John
Brown raid. The people of the North know, they
must know, they cannot fail to see, what is the in
evitable tendency of this slavery agitation. They
have been told by you, the politicians, you the
leaders—and we have allowed ourselves to be de
luded by the syren song sungin our ears—that veu
do not intend to interfere with slavery within the
States. Personally, I believe you*do not. Per
►’onaliv, there is not a leader among vou all—not
even Fred Douglass—who can be found with cour
age euough to come into the southern States and
interfere with slavery there. But, from year to
year, you have beaten the drum of abolitionism in
all the highwaysaud byewaysof the North. From
vour pulpit and. press and forum Jn season and out
of season, you have preached to uie rising gener
ation that slavery is a curse ; and that anti-slavery
Sentiment has stimulated others, less careful of their
personal safety, to come amongst us with a hostile
intent, to steal our slaves and incite them to insur
rection.
I can illustrate this by an incident which occurr
ed in my own county the other day. That poor
wretch, Coppic, a week or two before his execu
tion, stood at the window of his prison, pressing
his brow against the iron bars across it, looking
out intently in the street at the happy groups of
negroes assembled there, and after some time, ho
turned away and sobbed. A friend asked why he
sobbed. “ Sir,” said he, “ I have seen, day after
day, the negroes in your streets, and they are bet
ter clad than the laboring people of the northern
States ; they are well cared for in every way, and
see, oh ! see how happy 1” Said my friend, ‘‘What
did you expect ? “ Ob,” said be, “ I have been
taught to believe that they were down-trodden and
oppressed, aod were ready to clutch atliberty; but
they refused it when we offered them the boon.”
Now, Mr. Clerk, who is responsible for this ?—•
On whose head is the blood of Coppie ? There
whs not a man amongst the Harper’s Ferry insur
gents except John Brown, who was not born since
1830, and who did not grow up under the influence
of abolition preaching. Thisaii, is a significant
fact, which I commend to the thinking portion of
my countrymen. There was not one of them who
had not breathed the atmosphere of abolition, and
who had not his mind poisoned against the South
by such teachings. Vou do not care for the ne
gro. You admit the fact. It is a most miserable
hobby upon which you hare ridden into power.—
Now, in the name of our common country, I de
mand that you disband your anti-slavery party and
take down your piratical flag !
When sir, I have beard the name of a gentle
man called here, day after day, first on the roll—a
great, historic name, (Mr. Adams,) I have been re
minded of Massachusetts in her prouder days in
the heroic age of the Republic. 1 have been re
minded of a historical incident connected with the
county in which I live—that county selected by
John Brown for his bloody raid; and feel that
I have a right to appeal to the Massachusetts dele
gation here, if they are not deaf to the voice of
consanguinity, and if they are, 1 appeal from them
to the people on this question ; I demand of them
to come up to the rescue of the country now as
they did in the good old times of their revolu
tionarv fathers.
The district which I represent, and the county
where I live—that county made famous by the
raid of BrowD, was the first, the very first in all
the Sonth to send succor to Massachusetts in the
time of her direst necessity ! In one of the most
beautiful spots in that beautiful county, within ri
fle shot of my residence, at the base of a hill,
where a glorious spring leaps out into sunlight
from beneath the gnarled roots of a thunder-riven
oak, there assembled on tbe 10th of July, 1775,
the first band of southern men who marched to
the aid of Massachusetts. They met there, then,
and their rallying cry was, “ a bee-line for Bos
ton.” That beautiful and peaceful valley—the
“ valley of the Shenandoah”—had never been pol
luted by the fooisteps of aloe, for even the In
dians themselves had, according to tradition, kept
it free from the incursion of their enemies. It
was the hunting range andneutral ground of the
aborigines. The homes of those who lived there
then were far beyond the reach of danger. But
Boston was beleaguredl Tno hearths of your
fathers were threatened with pollution, and tho
fathers of those •w hom I represent, rallied to their
protection—
“ They left tbe plow share in the mould,
Their flocks and herds without a fold,
The sickle in tbe unshorn grain,
Their corn hail-garnered on the plain.
And mustered iu their simple dress,
For wrongs of yours, to seek redress.”
Thus they mustered around the spring I speak
of, and from thence ttiey made their “ Bee-line
for Boston.” Before they marched, they made a
pledge that all who survived would assemble there
fifty years after that day. It is my pride and plea
sure to remember that I, though but a child then,
was present at the spring when the fifty years
rolled round. Three aged, feeble, tottering men—
the survivors of that, glorious band of one hund
red and twenty—were all who were left to keep
their tryst, and be faithful to the pledge made fifty
years before to their companions, the bones of most
of them had been left bleaching on your northern
hills.
Sir, I have often heard from the last survivor of
that band of patriots, the incidents of their first
meeting and their march ; how they made some
six hundred miles in thirty days—twenty miles a
day—and how, as they neared their point of des
tination, Washington, who happened to be making
a reconnoissance in the neighborhood, saw them
approaching, and recognizing tbe linsey-woolsey
hunting-shirts of old Virginia, galloped up to
meet and greet them to the camp ; how, when he
saw their captain, his old companion-in-arms, Ste
phenson, who had stood by his side at tbe
Great Meadows, on Braddock’s fatal field, and in
many an Indian campaign—and who reported him
self to his commander as “ from the right bank of
the Potomac ” —he sprang from his horse and clasp
ed his old friend and companion-in-arms with both
hand3. He spoke no word of welcome ; but tbe
eloquence of silence told what his tongue could
not articulate. He moved along the ranks, sha
king the hand of each, from man to man, and all
the while —as my informer told me—the big tears
were seen rolling down his cheeks.
Ay, sir, Washington wept! And why did the
glorious soul of Washington swell with emotion ?
why did he weep ? Sir, they were tears of joy !
and he wept because he saw that the cause of
Massachusetts was practically tbe cause of Vir
-1 ginia ; because be saw thatber citizens recognized
the great principles involved in the contest. These
Virginia volunteers bad come spontaneously.—
Thev bad come in response to the words of her
i Henry, that were leaping like thunder through
the land, telling the people of Virginia that litey
must fight, and fight for Massachusetts. Tiiey had
come to rally with \\ ashu gtoi to defend youi
fathers’ firesides, to protect then homes i mm harm.
Well, the visit km* been reUu mdl Join. B own
selected that very county, whose citizens went so
1 promptly to the aid ol the North when the North
needed aid, as the most appropriate place in the
’ South to carry out the doctrines of tbe “ irre
’ pressible conflict and, as was mentioned to the
Senate yesterday, the rock where Leemail fell was
the very rock over which Morgan and his men
! marched a few hours after Stephenson’s command
| had crossed the river some ten miles further up.
Mav this historical reminiscence rekindle the
embers of patriotism in our hearts ! Why should
this nation of ours be rent in pieces by this irre
pressible conflict ? Is it irrepressible ? The bat
tle will not be fought out upon this floor. For
when the dark day comes, as come it may, when
this question, that now divides aud agitates the
hearts of the people, shall be thrust from the fo
rum of debate, to be decided by the bloody arbi
trament of tlie sword, it will be the saddest day
for us and all mankind that the sun of Heaven
has ever shone upon. •
I trust, Mr. Clerk, that this discussion will now
cease. Jti ustjthai all will make an effort, by ballot
ing,aud by a succession ofbullotiugs to organize the
House. 1 trust that we will go on in our cfforts.day
by day, until we;do effect an organization, and pro
ceed to perform the duties which we were sent
here to discharge ; that the great heart of our
country will cease to pulsate with the anxiety which
now couses it to throb ; and that we will each, in
our own appropriate sphere-, do what we can to
make ourselves mere worthy of the. inestimable
blessings, which a good God has given ns. an
which can only be enjoyed by a />'**< rirfuota,
and united people. (Applause.) *
man named DroMt has been arrested, in
Michigan, charged with having married thirteen
women. Nearly every widow and maid seemed
anxious to be his dutk.