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15V S. ROSE & CO.
Tfu* Georgia Journal & Messenger
j f j , ishSil errry WcJnttilkjr oiorniug at %l Ui per auuuui
A , (inuiunTi at the chxrpe wul >*• U Doll.m.
~e r ~ tre of jsb uuseaxu muiura j* UH> r tin* lir.t iuaci
, ; a n,l fint Cxxrs for each subscqaeut InserUoa. Al
a Iriftiteui ->a not pwBM >• to time, will be ;i9hlishe>
u-rtl forait an>i citargeii tccuriiujxiy. A liberal dtacouu’
all ■* i t > lhM4 wh advertise by l:.e year.
0n... iu 9iMWt> of cvt-t tax axes, will be charged at
the anti rates.
A>< ificritilTj es candidate* (cr office, to be paid for a*
the uautl rate*, when inserted.
Li teral arraugeutonta tovie with county officer;. Drag
jf.,:-. \ ictioneera, Mercittati, and otliera, who mar wuo t<
make Ihu.tod contraca.
8 vi.a* / Liso vto N 1 uses by F.teetil irs, Administrator.-
as 1 G 1 trjtana, are required by law to be advert.sed ui a
public ( uette, forty day* previous to the day of tale.
I m *aie mutt bn bet toath • brat Tae*day in the month
te'*<a the hour* of ten in t ie fareaoon and three iu tl>
afternoon, at the C.art-hou>e in the comity in which the
property U w*tated.
.'UM or fabilit PBOrxai* mast be adverti*e<l in like
maoaer, forty day*.
X nee to Usatoat aid CaudToa* of an Estate toast b
putrfihei forty day*.
hon e that application will be made to the Ordinary for
leave to sell L'.nl and Negro?*, mast be pubiuhed weekly foi
two months.
Gfftnuu for Letter*of A.l.u:oi>tr*t,u*, thirty day*; for
D ;n ,* >n fr. n Adm'nistratfon, tnotithly. (is mouths ; for
Oii a.4*i >a from G iirdtanship, weekly, forty day*
Kfi ct ran Fttsrvetnta or tluar.r.n, monthly, four
njnU; for .t*b.i4bine last papers. fr the full apace l
three m rath* : for compelling titles from executor* or ad
niiirw'ralor* where a bond has been given by the deceased.
i*r~ Letters addressed to * ROBE A CO.
l*rof<”t>io:Kil and Buxine** lien.
PtHMosil ud BtsissiH Crus will tie inserted under
this Lead, at the following rates, viz :
For Three line*, per annum, 7. 9 o id
“ Seven lines, do *lO 00
** Ten lines, do v 12 00
*• Twelve lines, do .* utl
X > advertisement* of this class will be admitted, unle**
paid for in advance, nor for a lee* term than twrlve mouths
Advertisements of over twelve lines will be charges! pan aata.
Advertisements not paid tor in advance will be charged at
the regular rate*.
liBUl 1 Alt MKKTINiiS
OF MASON'S. KNIGHT TEMPLARS, ODD FEL
LOWS AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
hi Lb IX THE CiTT OF MACON.
MASONS.
Grand L’ Ige of Georgia for l>*bl, October 31 vt.
Mac in Lj Ig -, No. 5, tint and third Monday nights iu each
month.
Coanantine Chapter, No. 4, second Monday uight in each
Waihingiou Council, So. <l, fourth Monday night in each
month.
st Outer’* kacautpuient. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meeting*
every first Tuesday n gbt in each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
Grand Lodge, first Wedne*d*y In June.
Grand Encampment, Tuesday previous,
franklin L> Ige, X. 2, every Thursday evening.
I l .died Brothers, No. 5, every Tuesday eveuing.
M i ,n Union Kn.-ampaient, No. 2, so ond and fourth Mon !
day ev eningm in each month.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Grand Division, fourth WedntAday in October, annually.
IU SI.NESS i t It 118.
COA TES A WOOLFOLkJ
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
E K CIIA N T S. 1
Alt cl now open and prepared for the reception of Cotton,
at their SK.V FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE. opposite
Uardcman Adp irks. We will endeavor to prove ourselves
worthy of til? pitronageof those who will favor us wuh their
*niaen. L.oerai a iraoces rials on cotton wbeu desired.
Macon, 6a , Sept 21, Isisf.—id-tf
Papers which puolistH our other advertisement,
w>U t>b‘ vis substitute this in its piece. C. A W.
FIKE PROOF W.\KE-I(OtSE,
COTTON AVKNUIiL
Ijl.ld 1 Is T. W VCIIK having rented the Ware-,
JL U >n*e lately oceup.ed by J. Cuinn* A Son, respectfully j
t f ijirt ni> services to the patrons of toe late firm of J. Cot- j
p.s a Son, and ;o his persons! fi .snds and the public geuer
aiijr, for the transaction of a legitimate
WARS-HJJJE ANO COMMISSION BUSINESS,
uussaoeote-l with any speculative transactions, directly or !
iud.renly, ta the interest conh-ied to my care.
.dr milto is, an.l will be, to secure the best prices
for pr >1 ice, and give - atisla.'.ion to my patrons.
, *F“ drier* for Bagging. Repe, anl other Merchandise,
will bs fiilcl carefully -tod pe >oip.iy, and the usual cash ad
vances mile on cotton iu store.
June 13 12-ts THOMAS T. WTCUE.
Taos, aanoearas. o. a. spares.
HARDEMAN & SPARKS,
“ARE HOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT*
MACON. OA..
l\ r H-L continue to give prompt attention at their Fizz
it fsoor on the corner of 3d and Popular
Ur ecu, to ail business committed to their charge.
With their thanks for past favors, and a renewed pledge of
aktbfulness to all their friends and customers, they hope to
ecrive their full share of public patronage.
Liberal ads ances made en Cotton and other produce --hen
1 squired.
-*< r * Planter's Family Store*, also, Bagging, Rope, Ac.
-rnished at the lowest market rates,
sep 9—y
TOFUNT X- SMJTEt,
WITH
CEO. W. A GEHIAL READ,
MiSlfs'TCliMfcJ AMD WHOLESALE 1 •BALER? IX
HATS, CAPS, AND STRAW GOODS,
PARIS STYLE BONNETS. FLOWERS.
Umbrellas, Faranois, 4tc.
I‘iO CliaiulM-rw and 50 U m u St*.,
NEW TURK.
I-F* 4th and sth Streets above the Aator Hoiue. Bbl
jau 23—dm
FE RTI JL.IZEIIS.
General Agency.
TH K undersigned respectfully announce to Planter* and
outers interested, that they arc couatautly rtcrlTing,
direct from the Islands, and from the manufacturers, the
■ •>!U>wiug a >r arrao*ei> PasTiuzaa* sow t~ vn, all cf
h%ica hare Leen ttarcugldy attd satisfactorily tested, tit:
.'o. 1 Peruvian Guano s6o per Ton.
Sombrero Guano. 1 40 “ “ ,
Rhodes’ Super Phosphate 50 “ “
National Fertilizer 40 “ “
Imud Plaster 1 60 per Rbl.
These articles, which will have our brand, and be guaran
teed as genuine, we shall, stall iintes.he prepared to furnish
la any amounts require’!, and at the lowest prices. The
” h’lper-Photphate,’* and “ Fertiliser,’’ at utanufscturers’
rik! with expense* of transportation added.
FATTEN A; MII.I.EU.
Savannah, April ST, Isis.—nay 4 1/.
Livery Stable Notice.
ON and after 35th December, ISM, the follow.ng Prices
will be charged for feeding Hut sea at oar Stables :
Single Peed of Uorse, 5-J
For Sight or Day, ? 1 IW
B-tard of Horse per month, IS 10
Drove Stock per day, in Stable, 75
” • “ Lot, 50
hWDfN GQQIPBV.
U 1:1 kit A MA.'TKRSOX,
M art BChU'IhLD.
ADDEKHOLD A JEFFERS.
Macon, Dec. >1,1969.
SAMUEL W. PEPPER,
■tfCCKSOOS TO
HENRY J- PEPPER * SON.
Hatches, Jewelry and Silverware,
Ao. 175, Cktttmd strnt, ( ->ppinU Us StaU Hohm,)
PaiLADtLPBLa.
®yi —ly*
I>Ksl<*3S rOR
B V-
Robt. £3. Xsauuita,, Ks. Y.
E. J. JOHNSTON 4 CO . Agents.
June 14 ’ao-tf Macoo, Ga.
F'IOnSIT ARRIVAL!
JUST RECEIVED AT THB
NACOI DKCG STORE,
(*.A AAA PAPERS fresh GARDEN SEED, alo
“s” “” ‘Garden Peas, Beans and Turnip Seed in
papers or bulb. Liberal discount offered to the trade,
dec 14 E. L>. BTROHECKER.
‘traveling Shaw ls and Blanket*.
A fCMIPLETE Stock, at uno*unity low prices, re
il eetred and (or sale by j. JONBt.
HI It HF.lt SHOES. —A Urge assortment .
of Gents’ attd Boys Rubbers. Also, Ladies tHPdftu
BMpper and Sandal Hu'/ar Shoes of Goodyear's celebrate
Just rootlred gad for sals tow by
•*■ MIX 4 RUTLAND, ,
<E>cot<jta JotiTiifll a hi) iUcssciiqcr.
BLSLNESS CARDS.
T. C. ISTISBET,
MANCFACToRLa OF
STEA M EXOIAES and UOXLEBS,
Saw 31111 Tlachiuery, Tlill Clear-
ami 31a<’liiaery iu
CaE.%Elt.il
WROUOT IKON COTTON SCREWS,
Sn;';ir 31iliw, Siiail* anil Pulli-w,
Iron Wroittflil auil
Ca*l, Ac., Ate., Ac.
, alilai undersigned *!iert* that he is Manufacturing and
1. selling the above Machinery, Ti*n |f r coat, cheap
er and of as good quality as any establishment at the South,
and is willing to warrant all the work as equal, if not Supe
rior to any. (jan 5) T. C. NISBET.
A. M QUEEN,
MACON, GEORGIA.
MANIFKTIUIB of Wrought Iron
KILLING of every description, and for all purpose*,
Pia n and Ornamental, from the Lghtest Scroll Iron, up to
(tie heaviest iiiilin- u*ed. Haring an endless variety of
New and Original D'.uigos, purchasers cannot fail to be suit
ed. “
Heiug entirely of Wrouebt Iron, their strength cannot be
questioned, and for beauty they cannot be surpa.-ecd any
where. All kind* of Fancy Iron W-.rk made to order. Par
ticular attention given to making ail kind* of
Geometrical Stair Railings.
Specimens of the work can be seen at the Residences
of r. G. Holt, L. F W. Andrews and IV J. McKlroy, Esqr*.
Also at Rose Hdl Cemetery,
july 13 16-tr
WASHINGTON HALL
M still open to the i-sihlic for the accommodation of TRAN-
I 81 CRT as well as KK&ULAR BOARDKBR. |||-||| pgo
vlsion made for members of the le-gislature.
\k a-Hi tig lon || tall Is centrally located and is con
venient both to the Capitol and the business part of the city.
Accommodations good Charges moderate.
N. C. BARNETT.
MUledgevllle, Oct. 12, ISs9—tf
TROXJT HO US I
KIV J. D. GILUUKT A UO.
Ailaulu, Georgia,
sep 13 24 ts
c; i< ,v X ITE HAL
OPPOSITE TIIK LANIKK lIOI3E,
MACON, GEORGIA.
33. P. DENSE,
(Late cf the Floyd House,)
feb 22 43—’fid-y PROPRIETOR.
Brown’s Hotel,
Oppodite the Passenger House, Macon, 6a
Ity E. E. HKO\V% A %<>\.
MEALS ready on the arrival of every Train. The
. pro -rietors will spare no pains to make their guests
comfortable. ftb 22 4d-’Gd-y
VICTORIA HOUSE,
CIIAKEESTOM, S. C’.
r I' , IIE Proprietors of this large and
A commodious House respectfully in- £s?TT.'£27
form the Deiecates and the public gener fl (tlßigg
ally, who visit Charleston during the n n ni 1 *
veution, that They have made arrangements to accommodate
about FOUR HUNDRED PERSONS COMFORT ABLY and
are now ready to receive contracts for Board and Lodging
during that time, and would advise all who wish to seen re
comfortable room*, to apply immediately, as early appli
cants will be accsnimodated on the most reasonable terms,
apr 13 4-21 F. OPDEHEKCK A C J , Proprietors.
NEW FIIL.M.
THE underigned having taken the v ■ • ■
L*lv*r’ NCaDle form-rly occu- Tv “
pied by 11. M Lind-Lay, intend carry
ing on the same in all itv branches.— ‘ ‘V V i*i . iltsi
We shall always keep Piuettu’s, Carriages, Buggies ami
Horses, to hire on a* good terms as anybodies. We have
also the most ample aocoinmodations for Drove Stock.
We would svr to the public that we have taken the Bit in
to our mouth in earnest and can always be found vitti our
nsaxEs* ox ready to serve yon; we intend by keeping a
gTAAIOHT TOXOCB, PtILUXO TOUCVHcIA and by BLCKLIKG DOWN
closs to busiwess, to succeed or break a trace. We shall
never tire rennow* in hitching up for you so long as you
come up to the uc* 100 aDj settle. Now if you want us to
WAd-ox to Rock-a-wat and not to be sruKV, in fact if you
don’t want to see us csecK vr too clos put your shoulder
to the wheel, give us a share and if you find a single trace
of ingratitude you may haltkr us.
Very Respectfully,
ADERHOLD k JEFFERS.
Opposite the Passenger Depot, and near Brown's Hotel,
apr 2T 5 ‘59-tf.
GEOUGF A. S’!ITII,
WHOLESALE MAKL'FACTL’hBB OP
PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES,
Wear the \rw Passenger Depot.
macox, ga.
MERCHANTS can be supplied upon as favorable terms,
with as good Candy, in great varieties, at can be had
Booth. Those wishing to purchase are respectfully invited
to call and examine specimens.
All orders promptly filled, with a freah article, and warran
ted to stand the climate. Terms cash,
aug. S. 19-ts
tVE ARE AGEXTS FOR
CENU9NE KEROSENE
I.VD uIMRIK
COAL OIL,
The Trade supplied Low. In store fifteen barrel*.
BOL&HAW A 11EK7.00,
mar 1 A—ts No. 11 Cotton Avenue
SOBS SCSOIIIIb, JOSHt’ A SCBOFIRKD
Solioiiehi &
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
NAf'ON, GMRGIA.
WE are prep*r< and to Manufacture Nf am I'.im lure,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS AND 1 U< )X CASTINGS,
Os every description IKON RAILING and l'EK*
AND.iIIS, Having the most complete assortment of
Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, neatness, du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lots, Public buuares.
Church Fences and Balconies,
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to
give a call. * 3 q, are determined to offer as good bargains
aa any Northern Establishment.
i.W~ Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
jan 1-1946.
PAINTING.
SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS!
INI every variety of s.yle „nu pattern, fcy IIOCNR
. P AIN TING iu all its branches ; Graining, Gilding,
Marbling, Ac , Ac.
Mixed Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes
EVERT ARTICLE USED IN THE TRADE FOR BALE.
Pf Shop under the Baptist Book Store, Cotton Avenue
aprll iMf 1.0% I A 111 It H I'!.
J. CLEOHOUX. GKO. HITg.
CLEGUOUN & SMITH
DEALERS IN
SADDLES, HARNESS,
Leather and Rubber Helling,
Saddlery, Hardware,
<Sco/, <520., <5cC.,
CONCORD BUGGIES.
Oppaiie £ Bjud'i Store, Cherry St, MACON, GEO.
ALL orders for work in their line, will be promptly
attended to. feh 15 ‘Co—ly •
Just Arrived!
Ab LIKELY lot cf MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA NE
GRCES, Plough Boys and Girls. Also a few good
Washers and 1 rollers, and Cooks. Their lives are insured
©n<? y+r, and for s*l* on rta*on*l>le term*, at NOKL‘B
BKiC* NKGRJ MART, Poplar gt. Bov 9
ROTICE.
TII R subscrlberß hav e opened a House In Macon, on the
corner next below the “ Brown House,” and hear the
Passenger Depot, for the
Purchase and Sale of Negroes.
A good supply, of likely Young Negroes, kept constantly
on hand and for ale. Purchasers and Traders are Invited
to call and examine for themselves.
mar 14 ’54-if STUBBS A HARDY.
60 Negroes for Sale !
IHUK just received a lot of likely young NEGROES
from Maryland, and offer them at reasonable prices.—
Purchasers will favor me with a call. Also, wish to
purchase good men and women for the Western marge",, for
which I will trade women and chlldrfn, or cash. Office
en the corner cf Third and Poplar Street, near Hardeman
A Sparks’ Warehouse- W. 1. PHILLIPS.
M|cce, pe. hi, IH*. Lj
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1860.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
B. HILL. AND. R. BILL*
Law Partiipuihip.
HILL & HILL,
(SCCCKSSOUS TO THE LATE FIRM OF STCBB3 A HELL.)
AITILL practice in the Macon and adjoining Circuits,
It and in tbe Supreme and Federal Courts, the same as
heretofore by the late firm of Stubbs k Ulit.
The under*iged will close up the business of the late firm
of Stubbs A lid), as speedily as possible ; and to this end, all
|>ersous indebted to said firm, are requested to make pay
ment at as early a day as practicable.
B. HILL, Surviving partner of
August 24, 1839—28-ts Stubbs A Hill.
LANIER St ANDERSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACOX, GA.
I PRACTICE in the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and in
the Counties of Sumter, Monroe and Jone* ; a!*o In the
‘ederal Courts at Savannah.
[apr 21 ’3B-1 y]
L. N. WHITTLE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACOX, GEORGIA.
■)FFICE next to CONCERT HALL, over Payne’s Drug Store,
jan. 6, [4l-ly.j
SAMUEL 11. WASHIMOTOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, A.
VIJ’IEI. practice in all the Counties of the MACON
TV CIRCUIT, and in the Counties of Washington, Wl)
kinson and Laurens.
Office next to Concert Hall, over Payne’s Drug Btore
W. (’. M DUN SON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACOX, GEORGIA.
OEI ICE,—Over E. L. Strohecker’s Drug Store,
nov 16 84-1 y
PETEK S. HUMPHRIES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PUIIIIY, GA.
WILI, partlce in the several Courts of the Macon Cir
cuit, and also in the Federal Courts in Savannah and
Marietta. [isg 11 M4jj
THOMAS K. CABAIMt
ATTORNEYATLAW,
Porsytli, Ga.
Wll.l. attend promptly to all bu-iness entrusted to bis
care in the Countie* of Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
nes, Pike, Spalding and Upson. (may 12 ’6B]
PEEPLES A CAHAim;
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
VOKSITH, GA.
WILL practiciiaw in tbe counties of Monroe, Bibb, Up
son, Pike, Spalding, Henry and Butts. Mr. Cabaniss
will give prompt and constant attention to the collection and
securing of debts and claims.
C. PEEPLES, GEO. A. CAIIANISB.
formerly of Athens, Ga. 6-ly.
R. w. sums A O. A. LOCIIKAKE
H.AN'IXfi associated themselves in the practice of the
Law at Macon and Atlanta, and a ill attend to business
.0 the several counties in their Circuits respectively Office
n Macon near Mechanic's Bank. aug 10 10-ts
JAMES* T. MAI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BTThEH, TAVI)OR CO., GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN TIIE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
cocbtjks : TOWN*
Crawford Knoxville.
Houston, Perry,
Macon, Oglethorpe.
Marlon, Bueua Vista.
Bcbley, Ellaville.
Talbot Talbotton.
Taylor, Butler.
t’issn, Tbomaston.
£T~ Particular attention given to Collections,
oet 20-1 y
JOHN Rt'THERFOKD, CHARLES J. HARRIS.
Law Firm.
RUTHERFORD A HARRIS,
MACOX, GA.
VITILL practice law in Bibb and adjoining counties, and
it in tiie United States Court at Bavannal< and Marietta
—al-o in any county iu the State by special contract,
feb 22 49-6 m
JOEL R. GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
WII.E practice in the Counties of Macon and the ad
joining Circuits. Also iu the counties of the West and
Bouth-West Georgia, accessible by Rail Road.
et Particular personal attention given to collecting,
rr Office with 0 A Lochrane, Damour’s Building, 2d
Street, opposite Methodist Book Depository,
feb 22-’60—43-tf
C. U. DUNCAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
mar 2t-’d0 —1 y*
DAWSON & KIBBEET
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Office at H&wkinsviile and Vienna, lia.
\ I It. K. will lows the entira collecting, and he and Mr.
I), all litigation. They will practice lan and give at
tspMpp to any business that may be entrusted to their man
agement, in the counties of
Pulaski, Lowndes, Dooly, Wilcox,
Brooks, Houston, Irwin, Kt-hols,
Macon, Telfair, Clinch, Worth,
Coffee, Ware, Berrien, Appling,
Laurens, Sumpter, Pierce, Twiggs,
Lee, Miller, Baker, Dougherty.
In Supreme Court at Macon, MUledgevllle and Savannah,
and United States Circuit Court at Savannah, and also all
the adjoining counties, on special engagement.
CHa’l. C. KiBBKK. THOHA* IJ. DAWSON,
apr 11, 4 1360—y.
GEORGE >V. NORMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMBURG, ASHLEY COUNTY, ARKANSAS,
HAVING removed to Hamburg, Ark., will continue to
practice Law in Ashley and the adjoining counties In
South Arkansas, also In any other county in the State when
the business will authorize it.
Ks’fers'ncetiHon. E. A. Xisbet, lion. Washington
Poe, I C- Plant, Esq., Macon, Geo.; Hon. E. G. Cabaniss,
Hon. R. P. Trippe, C. Sharp, Esq., Forsyth, Ga. ; Messrs
Searing A Cos , New Orleans. apr 4-60-dm
A. C. .HOOKE,
D 32 IST,
THOMASTON, GKA...
OFFICE over Dr. Thompson’s Store. My work Is my
Reference. [apr7S-tf]
Or*. 31*003 4EO A- VA> GIEBER,
EiENTISTS,
OfHce In Watliiiiglon Ulock, Tlhcoii, Ga.,
ELECTRICITY USED IN EXTRACTING TEETH.
MCBOVALIi’S Tooth Paste always j. ipswnesa
on hand aDd for sale. Dentists can he
supplied with thetlnest style of TEETH,
Oold Foil, Gold and Silver Plate and Wire, 17
Lathe Fixtures, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or
Materials on short notice. oct 18
11031 E 3IA3CFACTIJKE.
WE are prepared to make to order and repair, at short
notice, MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
Also, Sewing Machines repaired, and new parts made, and
machines adjusted,by a practical and experienced workman.
Public patronage respectfully solicited,
jan 18 E. J. JOHNSTON A CO.
Vinevillc Property for Sale.
THE subscriber wi.hing to change the Investment, offers
for sale, on good terms, the house and lot occupied by
him for the last several years. The lot contains 35 acres,
about 4 acres cleared, the balance in good timber and lies
on the Forsyth Road, in front of the “Cowles’Spring place”
and joins the lands of Mrs. Kobt. Freeman and Mrs. Benj.
Bryan.
‘I he improvements are a dwelling of seven rooms, two
kitchens Ac., Ac., and a great variety of fruit trees.
Possession given whenever wanted. For further infor
mation, enquire of Col. Jordan, who lives near, or
jan 25 44-ts R. F. OUSLEY, Trustee.
NOTICE.
THOME whom we credit through the year will bear in
miud, that accounts of this kind are due on the FIRST
of January.
Those who have not yet paid up are earnestly requested
to do so without further delay,
feb 1 W. W. PARSER A CO.
“ Hard TllU e * 1,0
AMY lady or gentleman In the United States possessing
xA from 83 to 87, can enter into an easy and respectable
business, by which 85 to $lO per day can be realised. For
particulars, address (with stamp )
W B. ACTON A CO.,
Mr 7-4 m 41 North Sixth Styeet, Philadelphia.
GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Superior to Peruvian Guano.
L. L. HOYT’S
AMMONIATED BONE
Super-Phosphate of Lime.
Thos. L. Stovall Cos.,
All§[llN(S|f Oil 9
General Agents for Georgia.
THIS Buper-Phosohate, composed of BONE, BULPHU
KIC and PHOSPHORIC ACIDS, AMMONIA, SODA
and POTASH, has been extensively used during the past
two seasons In Georgia, and has given the most complete
satisfaction In COTTON, WHEAT, CORN, OATS, RYE
TURNIPS and POTATOES.
We are permitted to give the following gentlemen as re
ferences, besides numerous others, who have used it:
Owen P. Fitzsimmons, Ksq Burke county.
Robert F. Connally, Esq ... “ “
H.J.Ogilby, Esq Morgan county,
Hon. I T. Irvin, Wilkes “
John A. Jones, Esq Poik
D Dickson, Esq Newton “
Dr. E. M. Pendleton Hancock “
Wilson Bird, Ksq *. u
J. A. Bell, Esq Oglethorpe “
Thomas W. Whatley, Esq Beach Island.
Jonathan M Miller, Esq “ •
PAMPHLETS containing analysis, letters, Ac , furnished
o i application.
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Life is a race where some succeed,
While others are beginning ;
Tis< luck at times, at others speed.
That gives an early winning.
But if you chance to fall behind,
NVver.filacken your endeavor;
Just keep this wholesome truth in mind,
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’Tis noble when you can excel
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’Tis better late than never!
Ne’er labor for au idle boast
Os victory o’er another,
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Deal fairly with a brother.
AVhate’er your station, be you best,
And hold your purpose ever;
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’Tis better late than never!
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Succeed by noble daring:
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Your crown is worthy the wearing.
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2P<&2&2 3F22<0 AXb
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
SPEECH OF HON. THOMAS HARDEMAN,
OF GEORGIA,
In the llocsk of Representatives,
April 12, ISGU.
The House being iu the Ceouniltee of the Whole on
tbe the State of the Union—
Air. Hardeman said:
Mr. Chairman : Having obtained the floor im
mediately after the member Irom Illinois [Mr.
Lovjcjoy] had concluded his remarks, some may
suppose that J intend to replv to the same ; but as
those remarks were sufficiently characterized at
the time of their delivery, I shall not further no
tice them. I will, however, earnestly commend
the unfortunate member to that Being who, when
one similarly affected came running to him from
the mountains and the tombs beseeching his com
passion, permitted the unclean spirit that torment
ed him to exchange their habitation for one more
congenial among the swine herd ; and I sincerely
hope that the prototype ol him, possessed of a de
vil, may yet be seen “sitting, and clothed, and in
his right mind.”
A prophet of old, looking from the “specular
tower” of prophecy, foresaw’ and foretold the des
olations of Israel and the destruction of Jerusalem,
and sacred history testifies to the verity of the
prophecy and its fulfillment. Inspired by his ex
ample, many in these latter-day times foretell com
ings events ; with what accuracy and loresight,
time will only reveal. Some upou this floor, look
ing back upon the history of the past and at the
dangers of the presen!, predict for the future of
our country some of that blight and ruin that in
the visons of the inspired one awaited the doomed
cities ol the Last. Ilow far these apprehensions
may bo welUfounded, is ray purpose to investigate
to-day. In the earlier days of our Republic,
“the people of the United States, in order to form
a more perfect Union,” ordained and established a
Constitution for their government, upon the prop
er observance of which justice would be establish
ed, domestic tranquility insured, and the blessings
of liberty secured to the w hole people. These ob
jects, having been contemplated by tue framers of
that instrument, the inference is consequential
that if its provisions are not complied with bv
those who adminster the municipal aifaiis of Fed
eral and State Government, the inferred injustice
would be practiced, and the public tranquility dis
turbed if not destroyed. The Union formed was
one of equal rights and immunities between the
States that were represented in the convention, at
the time of the adoption of the Constitution ; and
as the new States could he admitted under the pro
visions of the same, as equals of the older States,
the same rights and iminauiiies are guarantied to
all that compose the Confederacy,
Now, what are some of those” rights ? Among
those enumerated is a clause that provides “that
uo person shall he deprived of life, liberty and
property without due process of law thereby se
curing to all the eujoyment of these constitutional
immunities. So long as these rights are respected,
there will be union and harmony ; but when one
portion of those governed aggress upon them, and
endeavor to restrict others in their enjoyments,
jealousies will arise, the harmony of the'system
will be broken, and the Uniou of the States en
dangered. A free people are ever watchtul of
their liberties ; and States ever have been, and ev
er will be, jealous of Federal encroachments and
the aggressions of power. A struggle lor power
will arouse the vigor, energy, and resources of a
people ; and those that obtain the mastery are too
prone to forget the rights of others in.their desire
to strengthen themselves. Hence we hear of re
sistance and revolution, among minorities, against
the usurpations and encroachments of heartless
majorities. Tower desires additional strength,
that it may be secure in the position attained ; and
constitutional restrictions are too frequently impo
tent barriers in their aggressive demands. This
has been demonstrated in our own brief history ;
and I propose to show to-day, that parties now ex
ist that exert themselves to deprive my people of
their constitutional equality in this Government.—
That you may understand my position, I will brief
ly advert to the early history of our country.
At the time of the formation of our Constitution,
there were conflicting opinions as to the best form
of government, the extent of the powers that
should be given it, and the rights ol the States
that composed it. Yet these differences of opin
ion were adjusted, and our present system adopt
ed—its powers defined and restricted by the arti
cles of agreement know n as the Federal Constitu
tion. In that inslrumeut, these rights of the peo
ple are secured. Ry its provisions our claims must
be adjudged, and to it 1 appeal to-day. At the
time of its adoption, what was the condition and
status of the Southern States ? Did their peculiar
institution then exist, etc., was this country (as has
been asserted) dedicated to freedom ? History
informs us that ut the time of the Declaration of
Independence, slavery was common to all the col
onies, and, at the period of the formation of the
Constitution, existed in every State perhaps, save
one, iudependent of municipal regulations—for in
no State were there creating statutes. If it exist
ed then, and was recognized by the fathers ; the
Constitution either recognized or ignored it and as
it nowhere ignores, but provides for its representa
tion and its protection, in the clause restoring fu
gitive slaves to their owners, we are lorcetl to the
conclusion that slavery was recognized by the
framers of that instrument, and therefore the right
to its protection and enjoyment follows as a ne
cessary corollory.
But, say those opposed to this position, the
clause cited guarantying to every individual the
right of liberty is proof conclusive against your
power to enslave. Nothing is more erroneous;
and a reference to the debates at the time of the
formation and adoption of the Constitution sus
tains me in this assertion. What liberty is guar
antied here, and of which one shall be deprieved ?
It is the liberty of those recognized as freemen by
the inslrumeut itself. Were slaves thus recog
nized ? If so, why the additional clause, “includ
ing those bound to service for a term of years, and
three fifths of all other persons?” What other
persons are here referred to but the slaves of the
South, who are still represented in that ratio on
the floor of the House ? The conclusion is irresist
able that slaves were recognized by the framers of
the Constitution, not only as persons, but as prop
erty ; and for this reason that instrument was op
posed by several members of the Federal conven
tion. Upon the motion of Mr. Wilson, of Penn
sylvania, fixing the present basis of State represen
tation, Mr. Guerrv, of Massachusetts, then the
great North State, objected to the idea of property
being the rule of representation. He said :
“Blacks are property, and are used to the south,
ward as horses and cattle to the northward ; and
why should their representation be increased to
the Southward, on account of their slaves, more
than oxen to the North ?”■— Elliott's Debates, vol.
2, page 6S).
In the Convention of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, when this clause were under con
siderution, Mr. King used the following language :
“There has been much misconception of ibi
section of this section. It is a principle of the
Constitution that representation and taxation
should go hand in hand. This paragraph states
that the number of free persons shall be determin
ed by adding to the whole number of free persons,
including those not taxed, three tifihs of all other
persons ; these persons are the slaves. By this
rule, representation and taxation are to be ap
pointed. And it was adopted, because it was the
language of all America.”— Elliott's Debates , vol. 1
page
It wrß then coufined to one section ; it was not
alone the voice of slaveholders ; but it was the
language of all America. Iu that same conven
tion, Mr. Dawes said:
“He was sorry to hear so many objections raised
against the paragraph* under consideration. He
thought them wholly unfounded—that the black
inhabitants of the Southern States must be consid
ered either as slaves, and as so much property, or
in the character of so many freemen.” * * *
“Our own State laws and constitution would re
gard them as freemen, and so, indeed, would our
ideas of natural justice.”
Thus conveying the idea, that while the consti
tution and laws of Massachusetts would regard
them as freemen, the Constitution of the United
.States, then under consideration, did regard them
as slaves, and as so much property. And I am
fortified in this conclusion by an additional remark
of his, that—
“lt would not do to abolish slavery by Con
gress in ix moment, and then destroy what our
southern brethren consides as property.”
In the Convention of the State of New A’ork,
Mr. Alexander Hamilton, in discussing the clause
which allows a representation of three fifths of
the slaves, said :
“Much has been said of the impropriety of re
presenting men who have no will of their own.—
Whether this he reasoning or declamation, I will
not presume to say. It is the unfortunate situa
tion of the Southern States, to have a great part
of their population, as well as property, in slaves.
The regulation complained of was one result of
the spirit of accommodation, which governed the
convention ; and without this indulgence, no Union
could possibly have been formed. But consider
ing some peculiar advantages which we derive
from them, it is entirely just that they should be
gratified.”— Elliott ’* Debates, vol. 1, page 213.
Then, sir, New York was weak; she needed our
“tobacco, rice, and indigo,” which were capital ob
jects in commerce with foreign nations; and it
was “entirely just” that the people of the South
should be gratified, and their right of property in
slaves should he recognized. But now New York
has grown powerful—“a crowning city, whose
merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the
honorable of the earth,’’and to her Representative,
[Mr. Van Wyck,] “slavery is a crime against the
laws of God and nature, paralyzing the energies
of the Anglo-Saxon, and preventing a full devel
opment of the resources of the country.”
In Pennsylvania, and other State conventions,
similar views were entertained as in the States
above luentioued, all showing that slaves were re-
I cognized as property by the framers of the Con
i stitution. Then, as this right is acceded in that iu- |
strument, so is that of their enjoyment and their :
protection; for a right, without the privilege of
its enjoyment, is a political misnomer. Then, we
should be permitted to exercise this rights in peace
and quiet; and all elforts to excite hostility against !
the institution of slavery, or attempts to excite I
among them insurrection and revolt—all personal
liberty bills and underground railroads—are con
trary to the spirit ol the Constitution, in violation
of the plighted faith aud understanding of its fra
mers, and in direct antagonism to the rights and
interests of the South. And can you expect us to
remain listless and unconcerned while you war up
on our institutions? I know you say you do not
desire to interfere with slavery in the States, and I
accord to you some honesty of purpose ; vet a ma
jority of your party denouuce the institution as a
blighting, withering curse ; a sin against society
and God, a leprosy upou the body-politic; and
prayers are offered for its abolition, aud for the
advent of that day when the foot of the slave
.shall not tread the soil of my country. I shall not
argue the morality of slavery; that has been ably
discussed by the member from Mississippi, [Mr.
Lamar,] and the member from North Carolina,
[Mr. Vakce.] My purpose is to show, that des- j
pite of the assurance of non-interference, the |
speeches of members upon this floor; the appeals I
of partisan leaders ; the exhortations of ministers
of the Gospel; aud, above ail, the denunciations
of that powerful engine, the press, are exciting a
spirit of fanatical antipathy to our institutions
among your people that threatens its existence. I
appeal to the progress of this opposition to-day.—
A lew years ago you were powerless and insignifi
cant ; but tiie tendency of aggression is onward.
Each succeeding year has multiplied your num
bers ; and now I see before me a party, powerful j
in force, exacting iu its demands, aggressive in its
policy, and dangerous in its designs. Your ap
peals are not made without a purpose. You do not
misjudge the instincts of the populace. You know,
when aroused, lawlessness and misrule character
ize their actions and their counsels. Never was
this more fully exemplified than in France, during
her exciting revolution. Look at her, on that
memorable night, when her crowded prisons dis
gorged their thousand to meet the vengeance of
her excited populace; when the bodies of her mur
dered sons were a rostrum for her orators ; when
the blood of her martyred patriots was the expia
tory draughts of her daughter ; when voice of hu
manity was stilled by the groans of her dying,
and the genius of Christianity forbid a tear over
the graves of her dead; and learn the effects and
results of passions uncontrolled, of unbridled fan
aticism, of misguided zeal, and misdirected philan
thropy. But why appeal to France? Does not an
occurence in your own country warn yon of the
tendencies of your teachings and exhortations ?
It was the impressiou made upon the minds of
Brown and his deluded followers, that it was their
religious duty to extirpate slavery wherever it ex
isted, that instigated the invasion of Virginia. I
do not charge that the party advised the deed, for
I have no proof of that tact; but Ido insist it re
sulted front you counsels and your teachings.—
Judas did not crucify bis Lord; but were his skirts
clear of a Saviour’,sjblood ? You did not advise the
deed; but you teach your yeople that slavery is
the consummation of crime, that slaveholders are
tyrants, and “resistance to tyrants is obedience
to God;’’ and acting on these impressions you have
made, they have violated constitutional obligations
and invaded the limits of a sovereign State. Sir,
we say these things should cease, and that we should
be permitted the quiet enjoyment of our rights.—
My people deplore this excitement, and would
gladly see this subject banished forever from the
Halls of Congress. Why, sir, these aggressions
and jealousies between those bound together by a
common origin and a common destiny? Do we
learn nothing from the instructive histories of oth
er countries? I)o not the histories of Rome and
of Carthage, of Sparta and of Athens, of Austria
and of Prussia, warn us of civil disensiou, of con
flicting rivalries, aud of aggressive exactions?—
And their history w ill be ours, if you disregard the
landmarks of the Constitution in your reckless ad
venture for position and for power.
But, say you, we do not propose to agitate or
aggress. Why, then, the resolution of the gentle
man from Onio, [Mr. Bi.ake,] and for which six
ty of you voted, whicu, it carried into effect,
would soon kindle the flames of civil war? Why
the bill of the same member to repeal the fugitive
slave law, which was passed to restore peace and
quiet to our agitated country? Is this the return
Irom the West for our past kindness in the earlier
days of her eventful history ? I need not recall
the days of your early trials and sufferings, when
an infant, struggling to relieve yourselves from
the onerous burden of an Indian war. I need not
cite a more receot period, when the gentleman’s
own State was invaded by British myrmidons,
who destroyed your property and drove you from
your homes and your firesides. Who then gave
you her sympathy aud assistance? It was the
South, against whose institutions you war to-day.
The North opposed you. You sought her aid;
she spurned your entreaties. You implored her
assistance; she turned you away empty. But the
South—“this moral plague spot”—heard your
cry, and relieved your necessities. When I recall
these events in my country’s history, the picture
of your condition, so touchingly described by a
western statesman, fills my mind. It was drawn
under the inspiration of deep feeling; and, with
master hand, he portrayed “the young West, a
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victim to be devoured; the old North
to devour her; the generous .South, ancient deUa
der and saviour of the West, stretchiug out her
arm to save her. ’ And as I gaze upon the pano
rama, I inadvertently ask ; is this that young We t,
no longer an infant, weak and powerless, 0 but a
giant, strong in his might, and mighty in his strength
who would wound the bosom that warmed him
aud crush the arm that lifted him to position aid
to power? Is the gentleman in earliest? Ai.d
does he suppose, if he accomplishes his purpose
we vvill tamely submit? r *
Sir, I am no alarmist; I would quiet rather than
distract the public mind. I urn no sectionalist; I
w ould award to every portion of my growing coun
try iter constitutional rights. 1 aui no extremi-t,
dealing iu unbecoming invective; but the occasion
demand that 1 warn gentlemen there are bounds
beyond which they should not venture, it they
would perpetuate this Union of their lathers. I
speak thus plainly, that I may advert the dangeis
that now threaten my county; for, sir, I desire to
see transmitted, unimpaired and imperishable, to
the latest generation, our republican institutions ;
and I would therefore throw around them a charm
which fanaticism cannot despoil. I shall not,
therefore, commit my State to a pledge of a dis
solution of .this Union. She must speak for her
self; and I, who owe her my chief allegiance, will
bow submissive to her mandate. Sir, Georgia has
spoken, not through her partisans, who, in their
misguided zeal, might disregard the promptings of
“patriotic desire,” but in the thunder tones ol her
people, in her State convention :
“That Georgia will, and ought to, resist, (even n<t
a last resort,) to the disruption of every tie which
hinds her to this Union, any acts of Congress up
on the subject of slavery iu the District of Colum
bia, or in places subject to the jurisdiction of Con
gress, incompatible with the safety, domestic tran
quility, the rights and honor of the slaveholding
States,” * * * * “or any acts
repealing or materially modifying the laws in force
for the recovery of fugitive slaves.”
This is no language of menace, but the warning
of a sovereign State, which has ever been loyal to
the Constitution and the Union. It was spoken in
that dark hour when the demon of disunion stirred
the ahgry elements of political strife, and shook
the temple of our liberties from “ turret to foun
dation-stone.” Her resolve was oil upon the
troubled waters; was “peace, be still,” to the
warring elemhuts. The clouds were dispersed, the
temptest lulled, when the South, with Georgia, ac
quiesced in the compromise measure. Those mea
sures you now propose to repeal, and thus renew
the excitement that threatened the very existence
of our Government. Sir, who then shall control
the angry storm ? The mighty spirit that twice
“ rebuked the wind and the raging of the waters,”
sleeps indeed ; but it is the sleep that knows no
waking: and no oue is on hoard who can “ com
mand the winds and the water, and they obey
him.” Pause, then, before you disturb these mea
sures, which are so closely associated with his
memory and his name. In the name of my State,
I say we cannot submit to their abrogation or re
peal ; for in that event Georgia stands pledged to
sever the chain that binds her to this Union
though a nation weeps over its shattered links.
Asa union man, I warn gentlemen to beware,
before they force us to this last extremity. We
only ask for an observance of the Constitution
and maintenance of the laws. With less than
these wc will not be satisfied; and that party that
will not accord this much to my people, is an ene
my to my country and a foe to this Union.—
“ Well,” say some, “ we are prepared to award
you this much ; for while we propose your pecu
liar institution and desire its abolition, we expect
to accomplish this result peaceably and quietly.”
Think you we ean rely upon this assurance, when
in your declaratiens of intentions you aver “ that
it is against slavery and slaveholders, as a body,
you wage an exterminating war ; and having
made this declaration, you have a full and fixed
determination to stand by it or die by it ?” Talk
to me about peaceable intention?, when men have
resolved to stand or fall in the maintenance of
jheir position and the accomplishment of their
designs ! As well tell me to look for sunshine and
calm when the temptest rages, or for blossoms and
flowers when winter wraps the earth in bis icy
mantles.
No, sir : some have counted the cost, and num
bered their forces. They have arranged them
selves in battle array, and, thus marshaled, have
dispatched a messenger with a flag of truce, offer
ing us terms ol peace and quiet. Mr. Killinger,
their messenger, has told us “ that he speaks the
sentiment of the people of his State, the laboring
men and mining people, who are now out of en -
ployinent, that we can have peace and quiet, if
we will extend the olive branch, and give them
protection on coal and iron.” And if we do not
accept the humiliating bribe, if we do not consent
to purchase our constitutional rights, and should
seek redress for our grievances, another gentle
man from Pennsylvania points us to “ eighteen
million people, reared to industry, with all the
appliances of art, who can cope successfully with
eight million at the South, without these applian
ces.” I shall not imitate the example of the hon
orable member, by unjust discriminations against
any section of my country. I am proud of the
skill and prowess of my countrymen. I would not
underrate the intelligence Jor patriotism of any
portion of the American people. lain proud of
the old Keystone State, and rejoice in her pros
perity and advancement ; but when the gentle
man makes these discriminations and casts impu
tations upon the efficiency and ability of the peo
ple of my section, I would say to him in all kindly
sincerity :
“ Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the day,
When the Southron shall meet you in battle array I”
But not only do you propose a repeal of the fu
gitive slave law, but you purpose to prevent us
from the enjoyment of our property in the com
mon Territories. And here I find another enemy,
equally hostile and determined. This enemy l>e
longs to a wing of the Democratic party, and ig
led on by the distinguished Senator from Illinois.
In the outset of my remarks l sought to show that
the Constitution recognized slavery, and regarded
slaves as property. I now propose to show that,
under that instrument, I have the right to carry
my property to any portion of the Union where
the States, in their sovereign rapacity, have not
interdicted me. I say, in their sovereign capaci
ty, for no power short of sovereignty can restrict
me in this right. The Constitution says : “ the
citizens of each State shall he entitled to all the
privileges and “immunities of the several States ;”
in other words, you shall have no rights as au
Ohio man, that 1 shall not enjoy as a Georgian.—
You claim as a constitutional prerogative the right
of migrating, if you desire, to any of our Territo
ries, and the privilege of carrving with you your
cattle and your horses, your goods aud your mer
chandise ; and no one disputes your claim. You
assert this right, because the rights of property
accompany those of persons ; and as you are not
debarred by the Constitution from entering the
Territories, you can carry with you what is recog
nized as property ; and as Government is institu
ted to protect the persons and property of ita
citizens, it is the duty of the same to extend this
protection to you ; and when it refuses, it violates
the objects of its formation and becomes a despo
tism. How thpn can you deny me, your constitu
tional peer, that which you arrogate to yourself?
The same Constitution that shields you, protects
me. The same courts that have recognized your
titles to property, have established mine. The
same Government that throws around your per
son and your property the aegis of her protection
should extend the same to me, for we owe her the
same allegiance and are entitled to the same pro
tection. “ But say you, “we grant you are joint
owners of the Territories, and recognize your
right to carry your slaves there, but when you
get them there you hold them subject to the will
of the people of the Territories. If they- see tit,
in the exercise of their legislative powers, to dis
criminate against your property, or withhold any
legislation that would give efficient protection to
vour slaves, and without which your tenure to
them would be insecure and worthless, they have
the power. If they should pass a lawr denying
your right of proporty in slaves, thereby depriv
ing you of their possession and enjoyment, no
power ou earth can prevent them.” Is this equi
ty ? is it equality ? Does it not prevent the South
from equal competition in the Territories, because
of the insecurity thus attending their property ?
Think your slaveholders would carry their slaves
to those Territories under circumstances so unfa
vorable to their enjoyment aud security ? Does
the Constitution become inoperative aud powerless
because of my removal ? The whole principle is
antagonistic to the equality of the States, and ex
cludes my people from the Territories as virtually
as would the doctrine of the Republican party. —
JUd.dots not the honorable Senator admit in ouq