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11! I’ iULAK MEETINGS
OF MVSOXS, KNIGHT i'KMI'LAKS, ODD FEL
LO WS AND SONS OF TEMPER VNCE,
HKLD IX THE CITY OF MACON.
MASONS.
G di l Loire of Georgia for ISOO, October Slit.
\I ,-> r? 1. lir-. So. 5, ttr*t and tKird Monday nights in each
Con'tao;iae Chapter, No. 4, secoml Monday night in each j
month
Washington Council, No. 6, fourth Monday night in each I
11 ner’s Cncajnpeaest. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meetings
every nrt Tuesday n’gbt in each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
Grand Lodge, first Wednesday in June.
Grand Encampment, Tuesday previous.
I'raukliti Lodtfe, No. 2, every Thursday evening.
United Brothers, No. 6, every Tuesday evening,
da.'on Union Encampment, No. 2, second and fourth Mon
day evenings in each month.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually.
BUSINESS CARDS.
TBO3 A HARRIS, WM. H. BOSS.
HARRIS Sc ROSS,
(secessions to tbos. a. Harris,)
W aV 111 E-II OUSE
—AND—
(ieneril Commission Merchants, j
Corner of Second and Poplar Sts., Macon, Ga.
Will give their special personal attention to all business
mrusted to them. Cash Advances made on Produce in
•tore. Particular attention given to the storage and sale
if Cotton. (aug 8-6)
oa. dAKoSMASi, SR. 0. 0. SPARES
HAiOEiVIAN & SPARKS,
WARE-HOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants.
MACON, OA.,
iriLL give prompt attention to the selling and storing
of Cotton, and to the dliing of orders for plantation
v; : f.nlly supplies. With many years experience and
Sl .(j their best eiforts to serve their friends, they hope t
. -i coitu.uanee of the liberal patronage heretofore
rxfended to them Liberal advances mad- when required.
August 15th 1860. Or)
FIRE PROOF WARE-HOJSE.
COATES & WOOLFOLK,
A. W A R E-H O U S Ec_,
—*■ — n
liTLniSSIuN JfF.UCIIANTS,
TB ED STBS T MACtJS, OKORGI t_
L*’ returning oar thanks to those of our friends, who n
ge rierouiiy patronized a* the first season in business.
A - would ags’m invite them, with a great many more of
mr friends tost hare aot yet send us any Cotton, to send
it to us the approaching season. We pledge ourselves that
we will give prompt attention to their Interest.
Orders for Bc.irtg, Rape and Family Groceries, will be
proo'.ptly filled.
•ff~ Lmeral advances made on Cotton when desired.
X. COATFsI, I
aug’.fi-4m J. !!. WOOLFOLK.
qp- ‘> AxA -a
(.LATE DANA A WAHBBrnS.) SS?a3ai
Factor asd louimissioH Merchant,
SA VAXXAH, GEORGIA.
I COX fl.Vl li the anove business at the old stand of
Dans A Washburn, 114 Bay street, and are prepared to
make Überal advances on all produce consigned to my j
care. aug S-dm
liitc PttOOF WAKE-IIOCSJE,
COTTON AVENUE.
ix it* I Vs T. XV V'C :I K. having rented the Ware
tlnuse lately occupied by J. Collins k Son, respectfully j
tenders his services to the patrons of the late firm of J. Col* ,
li s 4 Son, an tto his personal friends and the public gener
ally, for the transaction of a legitimate
WARE-SOUSE AMD COMMISSION BUSINESS,
irv:>nn-ctel with aay speculative transactions, directly or
ndirectly, in the Interest confided to iny care.
My motto is, and will be, to secure the best prices
or prod roe, an l give satis’action to my patrons.
)r iers for Bagging, Rope, and other Merchandise,
eiil be filled carefully and promptly, and the usual cash ad
vances made on cotton in store,
june lo 12-ts THOMAS T. WVCHE.
.1. it. &~\vTa7 ROSS,
Wholesale Dry Goods Jobbers,
Corner Cherry and Second Sts,,
Macon, Ga.
[x addition to their Urge and new stocic of Pry Good*,
Clothing, Hats, and Groceries, are receiving 500 cases j
shoes, fresh :rom the Manufacturers, to which they respect
fully invite attention of Dealers and consumers.
iune 18 J
D. C. HODGKINS & SON,
DIALEEd IS AND MAXCFACTEEEKS OF
G- T 7 IKT
RD-LIB.
TACKLES.
t-a iporting App-iratiu t!
arxay oucaimos, I :
4 ar doors below rnr
L.irner House,
Jtt 1,1800. ts
ii SiUEES, AM PiSTSLS.
TIIOaMAS mouse,
( i* the late firm of Xl aeeWalter k Morse, having pur
u**ed the entire business, will continue the manufac
eg of
doable Guos, anil best Rifles ami Pistob
®ie In the United States, on an entirely new plan of Mr.
X rse’s.
GCtJ re-stoched and repaired In the best manner, and on
•easaaaLie terms, at short notice. The undersigned being
p •orkman, will guaranies all his work, and In
’ ll *° e Public to give him a trial.
.Ihe Aland Is under the Floyd House, opposite Pr.
hompeon’s. jane U-’6O-j
fok noxuaismtsT
_ BY—
obt. XI. Un unltus, M*. Y
IIUIHI JOINNH A I
Georgia low vital ani> ilU'csatgcv,
■__ hi SINK'S ( tKlls.
bcholield Ar liro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
’ lt>, (.FHUI.I t.
\I f t in hk<< l < Kuiitodwt hiriM I Nginrs,
V v ill.c- > hILD. MILL ud SIX ORA*-
I l*t*, FCbAg WgL-w.
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l’. V . N LBBET,
xivmcr. tr op
RTEIB E!lGltr> ni.4 BOILERIX.
haw *V*i't*iU'*r%, *1 ill Vrar*
ing., and tlanisurr) In
C^FIERiL.
, WROUGT IRON COTTON SCREWS,
hiigar hbafD and ■*uiii-.
Iron Hailing*, tVroiigiil nl
l a*l, As*., <%.*. A< .
■ 7*ll K Mwtm that he l Manufacturing and
A •r.i.oi the at. .vt Hi. i.ioery,Tru |>er rent, rheap
| er and of a. good quality a* any establishment at the stouth,
[ and l niUtog to warrant all the work as equal, if not Supe
rior to any. (jan 8) t. C. NIBPET.
A. M QUEEN,
IYIACOdV, OEOIAOIA..
XfANVVACTrHRB of Wrought Iron
.li RAILING of every description, and for all purposes,
Plant and Ornamental, from the lightest Scroll Iron, up to
the heaviest Ratling used. Having an endless variety of
New and Original Designs, purchasers cannot fail to be suit
ed.
being entirely of W rought Iron, their strength c-nnot be
questioned, and for beauty they cannot be surpassed any
where. All kinds of Fancy Iron Work made to order. Par
ticular attention given to making all kinds of
Geometrical Stair Bailings.
Specimens of the work can be seen at the Residences
of T. G. Holt, L. F W. Andrews and W. J. McElroy, Esqrs.
Also at Rose Hill Cemetery,
july 13 16-ts
fumigated Wrought Iron and Wire
Railings
{Secured ly Letter* Patent.)
ADIII K AB L V adapted for enclosing Public
Grounds, Cemeteries, Balconies, Cottages, Ac. Sheep
! and Ox Hurdle. Pa ent Wire, Sacking Bedsteads, with every
variety of Folding Iron Bedsteads and Iron Furniture. —
Patent Wire Coal Screens, Ore, Sand and Gravel Screens,
Wire Netting for Musquito, Sheep, Poultry and other pur
poses. Wire Summer Houses, Fancy Wire Work in great
variety for gardens. Ac. M. WALKER A SONS,
Manufacturers, No. 535 Market, N, E. Cor 6th St., Phila
delphia. (oct24-ly)
GRANITE IIALL,
n.UUA, GEORGIA.
I THE Proprietor would inform his old friends and pat
rons, and the public generally, that he lias made large
addition* and improvement* to his House, making it as
ever comfortable and pleasant, and in returning his thanks
to one and all, lie would solicit a continuance of the pat
i ronage he has eretofore so liberally received.
I aug 22-’6o—y B. F. DENSE, Proprietor.
Brown’s Hotel,
Opposite the Passenger House, Macon, Ga
15y E. E. BROWN & SO*.
MEALS ready on the arrival of every Train. The
proprietors will spare no pains to make their guests
comfortable. feb 22 4S-’6O-y
WASHINGTON HALL
rS s’ill open to the public for the accommodation of TRAN
SIKNT well A- REGULAR BOARDERS. Special pro
vision made for in- ’.ei •’ the Legislature.
TV;- ,l;i (‘.'ioc Hull s centrally located and is con
venien’ both . • - an.i the nusiness part of the city.
get moderate.
K. C. BARNETT.
Milie • - • 12, .-59 —tl
TROUT HOUSE,
ItV J. 11. UtLHCKT A CO.
4'ianta, fc-orgia.
j auwi 00. smith
CLEGHORN & SMITH,”
DEALERS IN
SADDLES, HARNESS,
Leather and Rubber Belting,
Saddlery, Hardware,
ScC-, <ScO- a <ScO.,
CONCORD BUGGIES.
Opposite E. Bond’s Store, Cherrj St-, MACON GEO.
A 1.1. orders for work tu their line, will be promptly
attended to. feb 16 ’SO—ly*
Aew Carpet Store.
JAMES G. BAILIE,
DIRECT IMPOST BE OF ALL KINDS OF
Carpeting,
Rh?s, Floor Oil Cluliu, Wiadoi Shades, te.
Curtain Damasks, Lace and Muslin
curtains. &c.
110. 234 KING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C.
J. G. BAILIE & BRO,
205 BROAD STURT, AVGUSTA, GA.
may 2-60-1 y*
KERRISON & LEIDING,
IMPORTERS
Foreign and Domestic Dry (goods,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
llas‘l Street —one door from King,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
apr 20-’6O-l>*
LAMBERTS & HOWELL
219 KINO STREET,
WEST SIDE,
Importers Jobbers snd Dealers In
English, Scotch and Domestic
C-Y R PETES’<3-8,
RUGS, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
LINEX GOODS, MATTINGS, Ac.
may 8-60-ly*) CHAIILKSTON, S. C.
_ CL liTAIN goods”
Window Shades ami Paper Hangings.
This is the Large, t Assortment In the Southern States.
?Md on accommodation terms, every article war
rarted as represented.
H. W KINSMAN, Importer,
S-.VI-l,*! 2*5 KING 3T., CH ARLFBTON, g. C.
Auction!!
I||\VK> large assortment of Cutlery, Razors, Razor
Strap.-, Boie Knives, Purses, Ac., Ac., which will be sold
at Auction every evening until the stock is disposed of.
ALSO.
A large number of Books which will l*e disposed of in tie
same way. A. J. MILLER, Auctioneer.
n-iv. 7 BT-8’
Private Bale.
LIIANDvOME 7 ( ‘ .vs carved Rosewood Piano ;
l • pl*!b “ “
These Piano< ate !:on> first u_d* and will be sold at
MaLufa turefs pile Those in want will please call and
sec them. > * ILI,KR ’
oct. 81-BStf Auction A Com. Mer. Macon, Ga.
SAMUEL W. PEPPER,
BUCOKMOR TO
HENRY X. PEPPER 4 *Ol
Watches, Jewelry and Silverware,
to. 175, Chestnut strut, (vpposiU tht Otat* Bout*
PaikAßßuraiA,
mj l Mr
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,18G0.
Lii >EKAL ADVERTISER EX TB.
mi:-. ii< rw LA n D
U.%S rwturue.l from New k-rk, awd
lurile* ttic alictiti. u of U.e Ladies t
! her rl-gant a*tni nt of
MILtINE
Iloiil.ru aod HaU. of YrlveU, Leg).or H,
Ftoe Straw, NMn and Ladle. I H . Pj
rd Drf-ee.lleirOfi.wmentLGlove*,
I Kw.br dmke. Lw-Keun* Dn ww, 4k* fll
I gaol CtU> wi.d A rivet Cloak., forwiU, to- “ 9 ‘
’ | -c'Jt-r with a Mock of
F A rCY GOODS
; (i •ewrloiTen: in. Tbel.die* are rrwpectfuhy .olid
*.4 • 4E4 tA * llaila t til* OfUtfri |’f JlHrlMj*
M l L I. 1 N E K y.
Fall and Winter, 1880.
’ UK*. .%• DANIHTI ha. >wM
, .v| r! kmIIMN New Vnrk t • nmi%
(w* and unu.caKy Urge ...ortroert gffWrt-.'fo.
.t M itlocry an t Fancy Orwvd*, cnnrUt- - ■
Ift .f the Übat Ot!m of Karl. Hat.,
Fiat*. Straw ar.d Leghorn Hon- r\ La_ •> y
nel.,R.bK.u and Fb>er.,Silk Drtrwt,
Robe., l.njifDr. e,Ural La< eSett
Fren -b Fmbroiderlea, and new *t> ler
of Head l)mw> ; alao, a fine Mock of f 7 *
\ elr.a and Cloth Cloak*. Baqun, Far Capes and llafll,
Zrpliyr nj Wor-ted St.awlr, Nearfk, Neck Tin, Sill. ui:d Kid
Gloi Ir, F-, Ac. oft ? If
REMOVAL.
M rs. Desdan
U-% VI \G remove*! to Mr. Ayre.’ new
building, on MullHtrr.v afreet, vnext ACJBk
door to Mr j. L. Jonesy invite, her old rut
tomera and the public generally to give her CaMmQ
a call. She baa on hand and it eonatantly jHHSm
receiving a freah and Kaahionabie supply
of all articiea in the flnßfw jW
MILLINERY LINE, wif
and will be able to meet the taste and wish- rs ar?
ea of cu.umiera generally. ( jan 18-ts)
HARDEMAN & GIiIFUN
WOILD Inform their friemis and the public general]/,
that the/ have nowr in store, and are couscautl/ re
ceiving their
lUa.ll and “Winter Stoolc s
Os choice and select
GROCERIES,
To which they would most respectfully invite the
attention of one nnd all.
NIEREHAMTS AND PLANTERS
Will And It greatly to their interest to call and exHinineour
stock before purchasing elsewhere. We are determined to
aell,proht or no proht. Quick sales and small margins, is
our motto. Our stock consists in part of
50 Bales Gunny Cloth,
150 Coils Rope,
1000 Pounds Bagging Twine,
225 Bags Coffee—Java, Port Rico, Rio and Lagulra,
10 Chests Black and Green Tea,
75 Barrels ABiO Sugar,
25 “ Crushed and Powdered Sugar,
5 Boxes Loaf Sugar,
10 Hogsheads Fine Port Rico,
800 Sacks Liverpool Salt,
100 Sacks Alum Salt,
250 Boxes Adamantine Candles,
60 “ Sperm “
10t> Boxes No. 1 Soap,
20 “ Family Toilet Soap,
75 “ Assorted and Fancy Candy,
100 Boxes Starch,
100 Jars Snuff,
20 Whole, Half and Quarter Kegs of Powder,
2o Cans Puck-shooting Powder,
100 Bags Shot,
160,(Mm cigars, various brands,
150 Boxes Tobacco,
20 Cases Magnolia and Mount Vernon Tobacco,
20 Bales Osnaburgs and Stripes,
5 Cases Homespun, Bleached,
10 Bales Georgia Kersey,
10 “ Northern “
15 u Blankets, all prices,
60 Baskets Piper’s Heidsick Wine,
25 “ La Perle Wine,
25 “ Prince Imperial Wine,
20 Oases Cabinet Wine,
75 “ Ginger and Blackberry Wine and Brandy,
100 Barrels Rye and Corn Whiskey,
10 “ Kxtra Old Bourbon,
75 44 Gin, Ram and Brandy,
10 Casks Madeira, Port and Sweet Wine,
10 Cases London Dock Gin,
15 “ Boker and Stoughton Bitters,
25 “ Lemon Syrup,
20 Casks Ale and Porter,
10 Boxc Ginger Preserves, Prunes and Figs
80 “ Assorted Pickles,
40 “ Superior Carb. Soda,
50 Barrels ad Boxes Soda and Butter Crackers,
25 Boxes Herringg,
5 Sacks Ashton’s Table Salt,
5 Cases “ “ “
12 Do*. Well Buckets,
25 Do* , Blue Buckets,
15 Nests of Tubs,
s;> Doz. Georgia Pir.e Buckets,
20 Boxes Leveritt Axes,
20,000 Pounds White Lead and Zinc,
10 Barrels Linseed Oil,
10 “ Tanners’and Machine Oil,
2 “ Castor Oil,
2 Casks Linseed Oil,
1 “ Pure Sperm Oil,
5 Barrels Lemon Syrup,
5 “ Rose Cordial,
5 “ Peppermint Cordial,
150 Pounds Sewing Thread,
60 Dozen English Pickles,
10 “ Worcestershire Sauce,
20 Hluls. Clear Bacon Sides,
10 Casks Hams,
20 Kits Shad,
20 “ Mackerel,
20 “ White Fish,
20 “ $1 Salmon,
til Oa.es Plantation Whisky,
20 “ Pine Apple Brandy,
6 Barrels OCT LOAF Sugar,
8 “ 8. Shell Almonds,
8 “ Pecan Nuts,
8 “ Brazil Nuts,
25 Boxes Anderson’s Solace Tobaceo,
100 Whole, Half and Quarter Barrels Mackerel,
20 Firkins Prime fresh Butter,
10 “ “ “ Lard,
1 Do*. Corn Shelters,
10 “ Brooms,
10 Cases Common Matches,
20 Gross German “
10 Cases New Cider,
50 Eoz. Blacking,
10 Cases Cotton Cards,
60 Doz. Yeast Powders,
1000 Pounds Ground Paints in Oil, of all colors,
cov 9
Superior to Peruvian Guano.
L. Lu HOYT’S
AMMONIATED BONE
Super-Phosphate of Lime.
Thos. 3?. Stovall &> Cos.,
Cist.,
General Agents lor Georgia.
THIS Super-Phosphate, composed of BONE, SULPHU
RIC 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, Esq Burke county.
Robert F. Connally, Esq “ “
H. J.Ogilby, Esq Morgan county.
Hon. I. T. Irvin, Wilkes “
John A. Jones, Esq Polk “
D Dickson, Esq Newton “
Dr. E. M. Pendleton Hancock “
Wilson Bird, Esq “ “
J. A. Bell, Esq .....Oglethorpe “
Thomas W. Whatley, E5q........8each Island.
Jonathan M Miller, Esq “ “
PAMPHLETS containing analysis, letters, Ac .furnished
on application.
Price, per Ton, In Augusta 850 00
Discount made to purchasers of five tons, or more.
THOS. P. STOVALL A CO.,
Augusta, Ga.
N. K. —Being Agents for all Georgia, we will furnish to
Planters below Augusta, or in the direction of the Central
and connecting Roads, Hoyt’s Super-Phosphate, at $45 per
Ton in New York—expenses to their station added For
this reason, early orders are solicited, that the Super-Phos
phate may he sent to them direct from New York.
Same discount made from New York price to purchasers
of five tons or more
THOS. P. NTAVALL A CO.
dec 14 std-ts 255 Broad-street, Augusta. Ga
Bacon.
“ A Prime Clear Shies,
O*/*” f\’ V* 2(1,000 Ths. Prime Shoulders,
3,000 “ “ Canvassed Hams, for sale
by (sep 12) BOWDRK A ANDERrioN.
Flour.
HBLS. Extra Family and Superfine Flour on
Jj s>* v consignment, and for sale low bv
sep 12 BOWDRE A ANDERSON.
Rope.
“SOO < '®*LSandHa]fCollsßichardson , a“llempLeaf”
2N) Coil* Machine Rope, other brand*,
100 “ Hand Made Rope, for sale I.y
sep 12 BOWDRK A ANDERSON.
Kprlng nnl Summer Stock of
HATS.
i) er CASES Hats, comprising all the new styles, and for
MO salt at Ivw fifurs*. to tk trade, now recrtrnpby
, i toil
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
la.VW CARD.
MESSRS. (TOOK, ROBINSOS MoNTFORT,
\\r ll.l, practice Law in the counties of Taylor, Macon,
YT Houston, Doly, Sumter, Marion, Schley, and in sucii
other caunitei iu the State as it.eir bnsines* will authorise.
PHILIP COOK,
W. H. ROBINSON,
June 2ft-’60 —ts T. W. MOSXFoKT.
Geo. Telegraph and Savannah Republics.! will copy.
a. nn i * ABO. a. BILL.
Law l*ar(nor*>liip.
HILL & HILL,
iarCCk<-tOr< TO THK Lir>. Ills OF STI’BBS * HILL.)
WILL practice iu the Macon aud adjoining Circuits,
and in the Supreme and Federal Courts, the Some as
heretofore by the late hi m of Stubbs A Hill.
The uuderaiged will clone up the business of the late hrm
of Stubbs A Hill, as speedily at possible ; aud to this end, all
person. Indebted to .aid firm, are requested to make pay
ment at as early a day as practicable.
B. HILL, surviving partner of
August 24,1559 —23-ts Stubbs A HIIL
LANIER & ARMBIMi
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WACOM, OA,
PRACTICE In the Countie* of the Macon Circuit, and in
the Counties of Kumter, Monroe aud Jones; also in the
federal Courts at Savannah.
[apr 21 ’56-1 y]
* i LrEßmm a issi.i l ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, GA.
G. P. CULVER HOUSE, F. A. ANSLKY,
Knoxville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga.
oct 81-’6O-ly
L. N. WHITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MA COX, GEORGIA.
TKFICK next to CONCERT UALL,over Tayne’s Drug Store,
jan. 6, [4l-ly.]
W. C. M. DUNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
OFFICE, —Over E. L. Strohecker’s Drug Store,
nov 16 34-1 y
THOMAS B. CABANISS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
S’oi'sytli, Gr.
WILL attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
care in the Counties oi’ Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
nes, Pike, Spalding and Upson. [may 12 ’sß]
PEEPLES & CABANISS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
FOKSVTH, -A.
WILL practice law in Lite 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. CABANISS.
formerly of Athens, Ga. 6-ly.
JOEL R. GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
WIB.I. practice in the Counties of Macon and the ad
joining Circuits. Also in the counties of the West and
South-West Georgia, accessible bv Rail Road.
&r Pa rticular personal attenti*.. 6*’ , * n 10 collecting.
i|r Office with 0. A. Lochrane, Damour’s Building, 2d
Street. feb 22-’60—48-tf
C. C. DUNCAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TERRY, GEORGIA.
mar 21-’Co—ly*
DAWSON & KIBBEE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Office at Hawkinsville and Vienna, Ga.
MH, K. will have the entire collecting, and he and Mr.
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, Echols,
Macon, Telfair, Clinch, Worth,
Coffee, Ware, Berrien, Appling,
Laurens, Sumpter, Pierce, Twiggs,
Lee, Miller, Baker, Dougherty.
In Supreme Court at Macon, Miiledgeville and Savannah*
tnd United States Circuit Court at Savannah, and also all
he adjoining counties, on special engagement,
onx’a. C. KIDBEK. THOMAS H. DAWSON,
apr 11, 4 1860—y.
A. C. .HOGUE,
D J 2 IST,
THOMA3TON, 0A..,
OFFICE over Dr. ThompsoD’sStore. My work is ray
Reference. [apr 7 2-ts ]
I)rs M’SIONALD Ac VAN GIESEN,
DENTISTS,
OfHoc in AYntatiiiitLtou Itlock, Nlacon, Gs.,
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September 8, 1860. )
VT a meeting of the Board of Directors this day held, the
following Resolutions were passed by the Board :
Ist, Resolved , That the Chief Engineer be instructed to
.oploy such additional assistance as may be necessary to
finish the location of the line of road by the first of Novem
ber next, to be let by sections after advertisement, so soon
as each section has been reported to the Board
2d, Resolved, That the President ba authorised to make a
call upon the Stockholders of the ’•lilledgevUle Railroad
Company for payment of the follow ing Installments upon
their stock, (in addition to the five ’per cent, required at the
time of subscription) to-wit:
Five per cent, on the lbth of 0* tober, 1860.
Fifteen “ “ “ 10th of November, “
Five “ “ “ 10th of December, “
Five “ “ “ 10th of January, 1861.
True extract from the minutes of the Board.
XV. MT 1,0 OLIN, Sec’y A Tress.
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to pay the installments as set f> ,rth in said Resolution, at the
office of said Company, In Aug asta
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NPLCIAL NESB4GE
or
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
Exkcctive Df.partmkst,
Millkmkville, Ga., Not. 7, 16C0. )
To the Senate aud House of Representatives :
Since the adjournment of your la9t session, 1
received Iroin the Governor of South Caroliua a
copy ot the resolutions passed by the Legislature
of that State, at its last session, on the subject ol
our Federal Relations. By reference to these
resolutions, copies of which are herewith trans
mitted, it will be seen that the gallant State, impa
tient under the wrongs which she, iu common
with her southern sisters, has tiiftered iu the con
federacy, and ready, as she ever has been, to
detcud her constitutional rights, invites ail the
siavcbolditig States to meet iu convention, “to
concert measures lor united action.”
I also transmit copies of the resolutions passed
by the Legislature of Misaiamppi iu reference to
the resolution of South Carolina ; by which it will
he seen that ahe accepts the invitation. It is
understood that the Legislature of Alabama has
also made provision for having the State represent
ed in convention; while \ irginia, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Texas, and probably other Southern
States, have declined to accept Ihe invitation.
Iu view of these facts, it is evident that the
convention, should it meet, will be composed of
delegates from but few ol the Southern States. I
think but little good could be expected to result
from its deliberatious, unless the Southern States
were generally represented. Ido not, therefore,
recommend the appointment of delegates to repre
sent this State. In declining to recommend the
appointment of such delegates, I do not wish to
be understood as expressing a willingness to ac
quiesce in the repeated aggressions of the non
slaveholding States.
In my opinion, the constitutional rights of the
people of Georgia, and of the other sluveholding
States, have been violated by some of t|,e uon
slaveholding States to au extent which would |
justify them, in the judgment of all civij; ze( j ua _
tions, in adopting auy measures against su c h offend
ing States, which, in their judgment, may be
necessary for the restoration and tuture protection
of all their rights.
At the time of the formation of the Constitution
of the United States, the rights of the slaveholder
were recognised in all the States. political
demagogue in the Northern States had then beeri
able to ride into power by denouncing the people!
aud the institutions of the Southern States; norl
had the Northern pulpit been desecrated hji
abolition harangues. Since the passage of the
law of Congress inhibiting the traffic, most, of
the illegal importations of slaves have been made
by Northern men in Northern ships. And it is a
well known fact that the people 0 f the Northern
States, before the traffic was inhibited by Congress,
imported a large proportion of the slaves brought
from Africa, aud sold them to the people of the
Southern States,and received their money for them,
which, with its proceeds, was, no doubt, invested
in shipping, manufacturing, &c. This fact was
fresh in tho recollection of the Northern patriots
who united with our fathers in forming the Consti
tution ; and they did not hesitate to bind themselves
and their posterity or to respect our rights in slave
property. I regret to say, however, that the con
duct of many of their descendants has not been
characterised by a like or-irit once; since many,
whose ancestors grew rich by the sale of slaves to
the Southern people, are now ready to denounce
the traffic by which the fortunes they enjoy were
made, aa immoral aud inhuman, and the Southern
people as little better than demons in human
shape because we continue to hold, as property,
the offspring of the slaves purchased from their
fathers. Numbers of them advocate the doctrine
that our slaves should be set free among us, inter
marry with our childreu, amalgamate with us, and
be placed, in all respects, upon a basis of perfect
equality with our tree white population. For the
purpose of promoting this object, and producing a
general revolt of our slaves, a portion of their
number, with fire and sword, have invaded Virgin
ia, one of our Southern sister States, and slaugh
tered, in cold blood, some of her quiet law-abiding
citizens. It is true, these guilty criminals have
suffered the penalty of law upon the scaffold ; but
the justice of their punishment has been denied,
and their names have been canonised by the abo
lition masses in the Northern States; and, even in
the pulpit, they are frequently referred to as mar
tyrs to the cause of liberty.
Should our citizens invade their Territory, and
burn down their factories built with money or the
proceeds of money paid them by Virginia, Geor
gia. and Carolina planters for slaves, and butcher
their citizens who hold property acquired by the
sale of slaves, or by the use of the productions of
slave labor, how differently they would view the
question of criminality! But the invader who
should slay the Northern citizen who holds his
fortune acquired by tbe proceeds of slave labor
and sale of slaves, would be no more guilty than
those were who invaded a slave State and slaugh
tered her citizens because they held slaves ; nor
would his moral guilt be greater than that of tbe
political leaders, who, by their doctrines and
teachings, prompted and encouraged the invasion
of Virginia. While the abolitionists deny our
right to hold the slaves we purchased from them,
they do not permit any one to question their right
to their property purchased with the money we
paid them for slaves. They claim the right to
hold their property thus acquired, but deny onr
right to hold the slaves they sold us for it. They
claim the right to carry the property which they
received from us for slaves into the Territories,
but deny our right to carry the slaves they gave
us for it, into the same Territories.
This is not the spirit of Northern patriots of i
1770, with whom our fathers united in the Decla-!
ration of Independence ; nor of those of 1787, with
whom they entered into the compact of the Con
stitution. They were brave, noble, generous
men ; who required justice from all men, aud were
ready, in return, to render even-handed justice to
all. At that time, Georgia and Massachusetts were
alike sovereign and indepenpent States. Each!
entered the family of States with her faith solemnly
pledged to the other to perform all her Constitu
tional obligations, and to respect all the Constitu
tional rights of the other.
The Constitution of the United States is a com
pact in the nature of a treaty, between the sover
eign States of this Union; by which each Stato’
made concession to the others, for the sake of the:
Union, and each bound her faith solemnly to the’
others, to do, or to permit Congress to do, certain
acts which it was agreed would promote the inter
est of the others, and to omit to do certain other
acts which might be to the injury of the others.—
Each delegated to the General Government, under
the qualifications contained in the Constitution of
the United States, the exercise of a portion of its
sovereign powers, lor the good of the whole.—
Georgia, when she entered the compact with Mas
sachusetts, conceded important commercial and
other rights; which concessions, under tho opera
tion of our tariff laws, navigation laws, and other
wise, have inured greatly to the benefit of Massa
chusetts. In return for these concessions, Massa
chusetts solemnly contracted and agreed with
Georgia, that she would, on her part, (among
other things,) “ deliver up” to Georgia her fugitive
slaves escaping and going into Massachusetts, on
claim of the party to whom the service or labor
may be due. No one pretends that Georgia and
the other Southern States would have entered into
the compact and formed the Union, had Massa
chusetts aud the other Northern States refused to
give this express guaranty.
Not only the plain language of the Constitution
itself, but the contemporaneous debates, and the
early cons'ruction put upon the Constitution, of
which we have evidence in the fact that no law
was passed by Congress on the subject for several
years after the Union was formed, all show con
clusively that the understanding between the
States was, that Massachusetts, and the other
Northern States, pledged their faith to Georgia and
the other Southern States, not simply that the
Federal Government, by its officers, might arrest
fugitive slaves fouud in their limits, and deliver
them up to their owners, but that the people of
Massachusetts, and of each Northern Suites, by
their officers, would themselves “deliver them
up,” just as they bound themselves to “deliver
up” fugitives from justice.
Tho only difference in the language used in the
Constitution, as applicable to the two classes of
fugitives, is, that the criminal, or fugitive iiom
juUee, is to be delivered up on demand of the
Executive authority of the State from which lie
isled, while the slave, or fugitive from labor, is to
be delivered up on claim of the party to whom
gucb service or labor nay be due. The two clauses
will be found in item two of article four of the
Constitution of the United States. The clause in
reference to fugitives from justice is in these
( words: “A persou charged in any State nh
treason, felony, or other crime, who shall llee
from justice, and be found in another State, shall,
on demand of the executive authority of the State
from which he tied, be delivered up, to be remov
ed to the State having jurisdiction of tbe crime.”
The clause relating to fugitive slaves is as follows:
44 No person held to service or labor in one State,
under tbe laws thereof, escaping into another, shall,
in consequence of any law or regulation therein,
be discharged from such service or labor, but shall
be delivered up on claim of the party to whom
such service or labor may bo due.” It may lie
here observed that the same language, 44 shall be
delivered up,” is used iu both cases ; and that the
Constitution does not, iu either case, say that it
shall bo done by authority of Cougress. Ido uot
say that Congress may not have concurrent jeris
dic'ion in these cases, and that a law may not be
passed by Congress providing for the exercise ot
this power by the officers of the Federal Govern
ment in case a State refuses to do it, and thereby
proves faithless to its Constitutional obligations.
Ido not propose to discuss it; but Ido say that,
under these provisions of the Constitution, the
faith of each State is solemnly pledged to every
other State in the Union, to exercise this power
wherever a proper ease may arise ; and to deliver
up the fugitives of either class found within her
limits, on the demand or claim being made as
provided by the Constitution. What State denies
its obligation, under the Constitution, to deliver up
a criminal who is a fugitive from justice, on de
mand of the Executive authority ol the State from
which he lied? lam aware that discussions some
times arise about the legal form of the demand,
add that a faithless Executive may, under some
shallow pretext or legal technicality, refuse to do
his duty ; but what State, by legislative authority,
has ever yet denied the obligation? and what
State, not controlled by Abolition counsels, having
no regard for plighted faith, will, for a moment,
deny its Constitutional obligation to deliver up a
slave who is a fugitive from service, on claim ot
the party to whom such service may be due?
But how have several of the this Union
kept their solemn compact with Georgia ? As I
should be compelled to extend this message to too
great a length, were I to attempt to point out the
faithless legislation of Maine, Vermont, New York,
Michigan, and of other Northern States, upon this
question, I will notice only the legislation of Mas
sachusetts, as one of the class of States, which,
under abolition rule, have shown themselves utter
ly regardless of their constitutional obligations and
their solemn pledges of public faith.
Massachusetts has not only failed to enact laws
providing for the delivery of fugitive slaves to
their owners, but she has, in flagrant violation of
every principle of good faith, enacted laws throw
ing every obstacle in her power in the way of the
rendition to their owners, by the officers of the
Federal Government, of fugitive slaves found within
her limits.
By a statute of that State, approved March 24th,
1843, she commands the Judges and Justices ol
the Peace not to take cognizance of the Act of
CoDgress, passed In 1*783 for the delivery of fugi
tive slaves to their masters, and not to grant the
certificates required in cases that may arise under
the third section of that Act, to any person who
claims any other person as a fugitive slave within
her jurisdiction. This certificate, under the Act
of foogreo of 1799, i nweswry to. enable the
owner to carry back his slaves to the State or ter
ritory from which he fled ; and it is by that Act
made the duty of the Judge or Justice to act in
such case, and to grant the certificate upon proper
proof being made. She also enacts that no Sheriff,
Deputy Sheriff, Coroner, Constable, or Ja’.ior, or
other officer of the commonwealth shall arrest or
detain, or aid in the arrest or detention or impris
onment, in any jail or other building belonging to
the State ; or to any county, city, or town thereof,
of any person that he is claimed as a fugitive slave.
And as a penalty, it is enacted that, any Justice
of the Peace, Sheriif, Deputy Sheriff, Coroner,
Constable, or Jailor, who shall offend against the
provisions of this law, by, in any way, acting,
directly or indirectly, under the power conferred
by the third section of the act of Congress, afore
mentioned, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or to be subject to imprisonment
not exceeding one year in the county jail. This
statute not only prohibits all officers of Massachu
setts from arresting or detaining a fugitive slave,
and denies to a citizen of Georgia the aid of the
officers of that State in capturing his fugitive slave
found there, but denies to him the use of any jail
or building belonging to that State, for the pur
pose of detaining his slave till he can carry him
away ; and also makes it highly penal in any officer
who acts and gives the certificate directed by the
act of Congress as above stated. This law of Mas
sachusetts effectually nullifies, in that State, the
act of Congress passed for the protection of the
constitutional rights of the people of Georgia and
the other Southern States.
In 1855, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed,
over the F.xecutive veto, another statute, extending
the provisions of the act of 1843, to the act of
Congress known as the fugitive slave law, passed
in 1850; and which was intended to nullify that
act. This act also extends to the fugitive slave
the benefit of the writ of hafteas corpus ; and, on
his application, makes it the duty of the court
before which the habeas corpus is returnable, to
order a trial by jury ; which is not allowed by said
statute in any case except in ease of a fugitive
slave ; and also gives the court the power to admit
him to hail. On the trial, the jury may return a
general verdict; and they are to have the same
discretion that juries have in the trial of criminal
cases. If the jury disagree, the issue may bo sub
mitted to another jury, or continued to the next
term, at the discretion of the court. The claimant
is required to state in writing, with precision and
certainty, the facts upon which he relies ; and
neither the claimant of the fugitive, nor any one
interested in ’he alleged obligation to service or
labor, nor the fugitive himself, shall be permitted
to testify on the trial; and no confessions, admis
sions, or declarations of the fugitive, against him
self, shall bo given in evidence. Upon every
question of fact involved in the issue, the burden
of proof shall be on the claimant; and the facia
necessary to be established must be proved by the
testimony of at least two credible witnesses, or
other legal evidence equivalent thereto; and no
ex jmrtc deposition or affidavit shall be received in
proof, in behalf of the claimant; (it might be in
behalt of the negro) and no presumption shall arise
in favor of the claimant; from any proof that the
alleged fugitive, or any of hia ancestors, had been
actually held as a slave, without proof that such
holding was legal.” I presume this proof could
hardly be made to the satiafaction of an Abolition
jury, who deny that slavery is in any case legal.
A fine of not less than one, nor more than five
thousand dollars, and imprisonment of not less than
one, nor more than five years, is imposed on any
one who shall come into the Commonwealth, with
intention of removing, or assisting in removing
therefrom, any person in the peace thereof not
held to service or labor, Ac. Under the rules of
evidence laid down by the statute, with the delays
allowed iu the habeas corpus court, no citizen of
! Georgia, before a Massachusetts jury, would ever
| be likely to be able to establish his claim to Lis
1 slave; and, therefore, the penalty imposed by the
statute is to be, and doubtless was intended to be,
inflicted upon every owner of a fugitive slave who
enters the limits of Massachusetts to claim Lis
property.
The next section of the statute, in addition to
this penalty, gives the negro the right of action for
damages against the person who thus entered the
Commonwealth for the purpose of removing him
therefrom. After providing for the delays, and
prescribing the rules of evidence above mentioned,
as though the Legislature feared that some owner
of a slave might be able to overcome all these ob
stacles, and establish, even under all these disad
vantages, his right to his property, they proceed to
enact, that any officer of the Commonwealth, or
any officer of any city, county, town, or district,
who shall arrest, imprison, detain, or return, or
aid in unresting, imprisoning, detaining, or re
turning, any person for the reason that he is
claimed or adjudged to be a fugitive from service
or labor, shall be punished by fine, not less than
one, nor more th&u two thousand dollars, and by
imprisonment in the Slate prison, not less than one,
nor more than two years. And if the volunteer
militia, of the State assist the owner, even after the
slave has been adjudged to be his property, they
are subject, under the statute, to a like penalty.
If, therefore, a citizen of Georgia follows bis
fugitiue slave to Massachusetts, and after a leng,
expensive, and vexatious litigation, obtains in the
proper court a judgment establishing bis claim to
, bis proparty, aud starts to returu home with him,
VOLUME XXXVIII.—NO. 35.
and a mob arrests him while attempting to return,
and takes his property from him by force, and any
civil or military officer of that State comes to his
relief, aud assists him against the mob to return to
this State with his property, such officer, for this
act, is subject to be fined from one to two thou
sand dollars, and to be imprisoned in the State
prison, (Penitentiary,) from one to two years.
It is further made the duty of the Governor, by
aud with the advice and consont of the Conncil, to
appoint in every county in the Commonwealth,
one or more commissioners, learned in the law,
who are to be diligent and faithful in the defence
of any person who is arrested or seized, or in dan
ger of being arrested or seized, as a fugitive from
service or labor, with power to employ other coun
sel for the defence ; aud the whole costs of the
defence, including the attorney’s fees, are to be
paid out of the State Troasury. The statute thou
declares that no jail, or other place of confinement
belonging to, or used by the Commonwealth, or
any county therein, shall be used for the imprison
ment of any one, who shall be accused or convic
ted of any offence created by either of the fugitive
slave acts passed by Congress, or who may La
accused or conTieted of resisting any process,
warrant or order issued under either of said act?-,
or of rescuing, or attempting to rescue, any
person arrested or detained under any of the
provisions of either of said acts, or of any person
arrested under execution for damages, for assisting
a fugitive to escape from service or labor. Under
this provision of the statute, if the leader of a mob
resists a United States officer in the execution of a
process issued under the authority of the acta of
Congress, for the arrest of a fugitive slave, and
therebv enables the slave to escape, or rescues
and takes him from the officer after he has been
arrested, and this daring violator of the law is
indicted in the United States court, and convicted
and sentenced to prison for baviDg in the manner
above mentioned forcibly, taken from a citizen of
this State his property; or if the citizen of Geor
gia sues him lor damages in the United States
court, and reeoversjudgmcnt, aud has him arrested
under execution, ‘Massachusetts, in either case,
denies the use of her jails for his imprisonment.
It is fiually enacted that no part of this siatute
shall apply to so much of the Act of Congress as
relates to fugitives from justice: showing that the
State recognises her Constitutional obligation in
the one case, and repudiates it in the other.
By these statutes, tiie State of Massachusetts, not
only nullifies the acts of Congress passed tor the
protection of the Constitutional rights of the peo
ple of Georgia, but holds out every inducement in
her power to her citizens to violate them, to resist
their legal process, and to rescue and take from us
our fugitive slaves, after an adjudication under the
acts of Congress that they are our property.
When South Carolina, in 1832, made provision
for the nullification of certain laws of Congress,
known as the tariff laws, by the operation of which
her citizens were being plundered by the Govern
ment to enrich the manufacturers of Massachusetts
and other northern States, the whole Union was
convulsed with excitement, aud the use of Federal
bayonets was threatened to coerce her into obe
dience, if she attempted to carry out what were
denounced as her treasonable designs.
When Massachusetts, in 1843 aud 1835, in palpa
ble violation of her duty under the Constitution,
passed acts effectually nullifyiug the laws of Con
gress enacted for the protection of the rights of
the citizens of the slave States, no outpouring of
indignation went foith, and no cry of treason to the
Government was heard from the northern States.
But if a southern man proposed that Massachusetts
be coerced into obedience, or that a southern State
pass retaliatory laws, he was denounced as a dis
unionist, if not as a traitor. If nullification in
South Carolina, for j ust cause, was treason agaiust
the Federal Government, what better is it iu Mas
sachusetts, without cause?
Probably the records of no State or nation in
Christendom are more blackened with the deep
stain of disgrace, caused by a wilful violation of
public faith, than this record of Massachusetts. If
I use strong language, it is because I feel that tho
wrongs done our State require that I speak the
truth without reservation. While the trade of
Georgia is worth to Massachusetts, annually, hun
dreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, un
der our tariff laws, navigation acts, and other ad
vantages which Massachusetts derives from the
Union, she retains upon her statute book these
most extraordinary laws, for the purpose of rob
ing the citizens of Georgia of their property which
may escape and be found within her limits. She is
inviting our trade, to which many of her citizens
look for their daily bread; but if our merchant
goes there to trade, and carries with him his slave
as a body servant, (which he has as much natural
right to do as a citizen of Massachusetts has to
carry his baggage with him when he travels through
Georgia,) the laws of that State take from him hia
property, and refuse to permit him to bring it with
him when he returns to his home.
Suppose a similar treaty or compact existed be
tween France and Great Britain, and the Govern
ment aud subjects of France should, in open viola
tion of the compact, rob t’ue subjects of the Gov
ernment of Great Britain, as the government and
citizens of Massachusetts do the citizens of Geor
gia, would the Government of Great Britain submit
to it for a single month? No doubt, In such case,
satisfaction would be promptly demanded of the
Government of France; and iu case of refusal, the
Government of Great Britain would resort to im
mediate reprisals, or a prompt declaration of war.
Should the freemen of Georgia be denied by her
legislators the protection which tho crowned heads
of Europe never fail to afford their subjects? If
so, our Government is a failure, and our boasted
freedom but a solemn mockery.
All writers on the subject of government agree
that the duties and obligations of the State or Gov
ernment, and the citizen or subject, arc reciprocal.
The State has the right to require from each citi
zen prompt obedience to her laws; to command
his services in the field of battle against her ene
mies, whenever, in her j udgment, it may be necee
sary to her protection, or the vindication of her
honor; and to tax him to any extent whivh her
necessities may at any time require. These requi
sitions, Georgia, as a sovereign State, has made,
and may continue to make, on all her citizens. In
return lor the sums paid as taxes, and the services
which each citizen renders the State, including
obedience to her laws, he is entitled to demund
and receive, from the State, full and ample protec
tion of hia Lfe, his liberty, bis family, his reputa
tion, and his property of every description.
It is the duty of Georgia, therefore, whenever
one of her citizens, no matter how humble, is rob
bed of his p-operty, or wrongfully deprived of his
liberty, by any other State, to demand prompt and
ample redress; and, if it be denied, to make the
cause of her citizen her own cause; and, if need
be, to exhaust her vast resources and her great en
ergies in a determined effort to redress the wrong.
If, therefore, the State of Massachusetts, in open
violation of her Constitutional obligations to Geor
gia, plunders a citizen of Georgia of his property,,
and refuses to make redress, Georgia violates every
principle of good faith to her own citizen, if she
reiuses either to compensate him from her own
treasury, or to compel Massachusetts to compen-
S;,t) him. A sovereign State should either protect
her citizens or cease to claim their allegiance and
their obedience to her laws. But it may be asked
how Georgia can compel Massachusetts to compen
sate citizens of Georgia who have been robbed of
their property by Massachusetts legislation. The
law of nations furnishes a ready reply. The most
distinguished writers on that subject lay down the
doctrine that a State whose citizens or subjects
have been unjustly and illegally deprived of their
property by another State or nation, which refuses
to make reparation, may lawfully make reprisals
bv seizing the property of the offending State or
nation, or of its citizens or subjects, wherever to
be found; and, if justice is still refused, by confis
cating and delivering to the injured party a suffi
cient amount of tbe property so seized, to indem
nify him against loss; and such seizure is declared
to be no just cause of war. The law of nations
does not, in such case, confine the injured State to
the seizure of the public property of tbe offending
State, but authorises the seizure of the property of
any individual citizen or subject of the offending
State. As between States, tbe law, in such case,
considers all property of every citizen or subject
as the property of the Stato to which he belongs,
and subjects it ail, or any part of it, to seizure for
such injury, done by tbo State, as justifies reprisal.
If an injur* and State makes reprisal, and seizes the
property of a citizen or subject of the offending
State! and delivers it to its own citizen or subject,
in satisfaction for tbe injury done to such citizen
or subject, it is no violation of the right of private
property; but the citizen or subject of the offend
ing State, whose property has been seized, must
look to his own State to compensate him for tbe
loss he has sustained on her account; and it is tbe
duty of aocb State to make good tbe We to it* eld*