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IT [IE TIMES SENTINEL .
NENT LOMAX & EOSWELL EILK
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TKI-WKEKLY TIMES & SENTINEL
i>ho<l EVERY IVSD.VKSnAYwi FRIDAY JiWJt.V
hd SATURDAY EVFJfWO.
;SJ WEEKLY TIMES & SENTINEL
13 Jiblished every TUESDAY .SIORA'/JVO.
■ice oa Randolph street, opposite the Post Office.
terms:
TRI- WEEKLY, Five Dollars per annum, in advance.
WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in advance.
tr^W 1 \dvcrtisements conspicuously inserted at One Dollar
perL for the first insertion, and fifty cents tor every sub
sequei insertion.
’ - deduction will be piade for yearly advertisements.
-fir ■” ■
Muscogee SheriS Sales.
Tif7 bbe sold on the first Tuesday Sn April next, at the
m .rk-i house, in the city of Columbus, between the usual
bom- sal*, the following property to-wit:
Lot number eleven (ow ued and occupn and by 11.0 Howard
Han faeturing Company, meets and bounds as set forth by sue
the VV iiu r Lot Company to Van Leonard for the How-
Company,) together writn the lactorv Log
with all the machinery and tackle thereto belongii.i;:
the store room and offices on said Jo', fronting on 1 r n:
; also, the large brick building on th corner of I r-i.- r.ud
streets, and the tenement next ihefhfo. troi.iing on Dry ant
together with the ground thereto belonging; bcinß*one
hull red lent by one hundred and lorty-cight feet of lot number
for* seven, and thirty seven Jeel by forty nine leet off of lotnum
eight; sill lying and be ng in the county of Masco# <,
on as the property of the Howard Jtfanuiacturing
to satisfy sundry fi fas in my hands ; one in favor ot
MBbwtt Mitchell, from Muscogee Inferior Court: one irom the
Ship ior Court of'Muscogee in favor of John Vi arren, and other
ftfk umy hands against said Co(pj ac.y.
Vptiso, allot of dry goods, consisting ofcalicos, silk, tnu-lin, hic< >.
rea* made clothing, bonnets, iiat>. shoes, Wank efo. &c , K vied
<mn- the property of K. &- D. Mendheim, to satisfy a ti fa from
■m ogee Superior Court in favor 01 ifinsu anger &. Eger, and
#thi fi fas in my hands against Emit Meudheim and Uenjamin
Xendlieim.
Ai"’, a lot of dry goods, consisting of muslins, laces, silk, cali
co, levied on a.s the properly of Francis Goulding. to satisfy
tt re s warrant in favor of John B. strapper, against said
GouUling.
.A l-o, one and a half shat es of the capital stock of the Mus -ogee
Rai r :ui company, levied on as the property of Lively &. Clapp,
to sat sty a fi la from Muscogee Superior Court in favor ol John
Bilk - against Lively &- Clapp.
Aj> . a negro boy named George, about eighteen or nineteen
years old, levied on as the property of Marcus Johnsob to satisfy
a tifet trom Pike Superior Court in favor of Bradford T. Chapman
against said Johnson.
ißp<<" le hors*; and buggy, two mules, and a two horse wagon,
>i oxen ami cart, all levied on as the property ot Daniel I>.
B jur to satisfy a fl fa irom Muscogee Superior Court inlavor
i‘\ VV. Lee, against said /,’idenhour: property pointed
•aid defendant.
itp| the following negroes: Caroline a woman about twenty
•a old, ami Lodi ska a girl about twelve years old. and the
te ol Richard \Y. Fox to Coflee, a man about fitly five I
and, and Clarisa a woman about fifty years old ; all levied
OH. W tin- property of Richard VV. Fox to satisfy a fi la from
BUlfpgee “Ufierior Court in favor of John Banks; and other fl
fas in my hands against said Fox.
MORTGAGE SALE.
Mso, at the same place, will he told , on the first Tuesday in
May next, the fallowing property , to-wit :
John a man about forty years old, Agnes a woman about forty
three years old, Cornelius a man about twenty one years old,
Catherine a girl about twelve years old, Daniel about ten and
Chars no a girl about five years old; all levied on as the propel -
ty abilns McGrady to satisfy a mortgage fi fa from Muscogee Su
perior Court in favor of William A. Redd against said J/cCrady.
y A. S. RUTHERFORD, Sheriff.
Columbus, March 4—tds
3sBBP Seaborn Jones, 1
vs. | Kill for Dls-
Ceoroe Field, Thk Southern Life Insit- J cover}-, Relief,
jtiNcK and Trust Company, The Phbnix f in Muscogee
Ba.sk. VViluam Dopohkrtv,Cboroe Mar- j Superior Comt.
graves, John Banks and Philip']’. Schley. J
JtfcjpeHrmg to the Court that the defendants, George Field
and Ed Southern Life Insurance and Tri: Company, are not
within the jurisdiction of this Court—Field being a citizen
and lesident of New York, and the Southern Life Insurance and
Trust Jotnpany being a body corporate established by the Terri-
f Florida.
on motion of complainant, ordered that the said Field and
tWHPd Southern Life In. and Trust Cos. plead, ausv/er or demur
to said ltiil,ni.t .demurring aioac, on or before the first day of ‘he
publish lby Use Clerk of this Court. once a month for four ,
month- before the next Term of this Court, in one of Use public
Gaze! os of the city of Columbus, Georgia.
Afeue extract from the minutes of Muscogee Superior Court
at Xo'embei Term, 1852, this 10th day of January. H 53.
JOHN R. STURGIS. lork,
1 m4,n
SE F.OKQU, ) Court of Ordinary, October Terr,, 1852.
v m cogcc county. V RCI.K JV7 SL
\%f IKftEAS, F. lwurd Broughton, Admin; -trater of the estate
of l.'-wis Lnckey, deceased, having applied t>r baler..f d:.-
a. It is ordered by the court that all persons con, :
shew ause, if any they have, why the said Edward Bro. ... ,
a'imjn stralor as aforesaid, should not.be disrob ed ; ,i the
Mayei'erm of said court.
Aar ic extract from the minutes of said court, < >ct Oth, 1852.
081 ‘-'d —mfim JOHN JOHNSON, Ordinary.
f, ) Court of Ordinary , October ‘Term. IttoJ. !
Af*-’ ‘ogre county , It OLE .Vi 47.
HERE AS, John Forsyth, Administrator ofthc < stale of John |
ft Forsyth, deceased, havlrirnpplfed rorleftersof oumtH-ion.
tAsonlerd by the court that all persona c*u-.rncd. shew cause, !
-fttr.y they have, why said administrator should not be dismissed |
at the next MayterrrYdf said court.
A ‘rue transcript from the minute* of .-a and cou;t, Oct 9 th, 1852.
£>r 1 2—mfiin JOHN JOHNSON, Ordinary, j
G ) Cos cut OF Ordinary.
Talbot county, I February ftnm, 1859*
RULE NI ST.
’ia|f; I ERE AS, Wiirmm F. Rolktlso.u app’-r by p*;ifio-: :• •
\\ ;,-*crs ofdismiaston as the ttdmir.istmior of Barney Wilson, i
IV. I hot county, deceased.
Iptl i. ordered, That nil persons concerned, be ami appear at ,
4iS,ei? pternber term of this court next ensuin:.-, then and there |
to shew cause, if any they have, why anal loners should not ‘be j
turn extract from the macro-• ■! said couri, dtth Feb., 1b53. j
Jgkrch I—9w6m M \UION IIETIHTNE, Ordiimry.
sm : —; ——
Rkubi;n Simmons i
■g vs. > Mortgage, t-c—September Term, 1852.
Jo UK i\ SILVEY, S
PR 13HNT the lion. William Taylor, Judge of the Superior
_jc >nrl. It appearing to the court bv the petition of Reuben
aim; : >ns that on tin* 30th of June, 1815, John O. Silvey made
ami ti livored to said Reuben Silvey bis certain note, bearing the
dale rl ear aforesaid whereby the said John i . Si Ivey prom
ised i 1 pav by the 2d o? December next, after the date of said
bile, [he s lid Reuben Simmons, seven hundred and fifty dollars
tY*r lot <>! hind uumbei four hundred in the twenty sixth district
OPKarly muu-v, And that afterwards, on the same clay and year
airi-said, the said John C. Silvcy the better to secure tlie pay
lifeni of said note executed and delivered to said Reuben Sirn
’ rao is, his deed of mortgage, whereby the said John C. Silvey cou
vK-ed to the said Reuben Simmons lot of land number four hun
dred u the tweuty sixth district of said county of Early, contain
ing wo hu.,dred and fifty acres, more or less—conditioned that
if gai.i John C. Silvey should pay off and discharge said note, or
ftjkise t he same to be done according to the tenor and effect tliere
ol that, then the said deed of mortgage and said note should bo
|®n.- and be null and void to all intents and purposes. And it
farther appearing, that said note remains unpaid. It is, therefore,
ordered—'Vhat. the said John C. Silvey do pay into Court by the
first day of next term thereof, the principal, interest and cost, due
on said nolo, or shew cause, to the contrary, if any he has. That
on flie failure of said John 0. Silvey so to do, the equity of re
demption in and to said mortgaged premises bo forever therafter
barred and foreclosed. And it is further ordered—That this rule
be published in the Columbus Times once a month for four
months, or a copy thereof served on the said John C. Silvey or his
-J&gon? or attorney at least three months previous to the next term
Os said Court.
Rkuben Simmons, ) Early Superior Court, Sept Term, 1852. —
BL , vs \ L Rule Nisi to foreclose Mortgage.
■UnHs C. Silvey. >
T V appearing to the Court that the defendant resides without
A the limits of this county. It, there lore, on motion of P'.'ffs.
rapounsel—That service be perfected by publication of this order,
ohco a month for four months in the Columbus Times, a public
ijgja/.ettc. S. g. STAFFORD, Pl’fis. Att'ny.
Ha true extract from the minutes of Gary Superior Court, at Sep
tember term. 1852.
B-u-p 7-jQJm THQS B. ANDREWS. CFk
eorfrio, Randolph county.--Wheteas, Satrnv. 1 A.
. VV i rier. administrator de bonis non on the estate of John H.
Weaver, late ot said county, deceased, has petitioned for letters
ofr dismission from said administration.
HBp'ln-se are, therefore, to site.admonish and require all persons
qbne rned to file their objections, if nnv they have, on or belore
ifa, September term o‘''the Court of Ordinary of said county, to
0 holden on the first Monday ot gepiember next, otherwise said
administrator will be then and there dismissed.
BHgGiv.'n under my hand at office Itiis 22d day of February, 1853.
March 1— 9.vtiai O. V. BEALL, Ordinary.
p < orgbv. Randolph count 5 •
\T Jenks applies to me for letters of Guardianship for the per
son and property of Frances Rigs >y, orphan of Enoch Rigsby,
late of said county, deceased.
H These are, therefore, to cite ami admonish ail concerned, t •
Pshew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not le
jßranteti,otherwise thv will be gmntcd at th< next Aprii term
Bthiscourt. Given unde,- mv hand at office March I?t, 1853.
■ March 4—l OwT ’ m O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
1/ teorgin. Randolph county.-.Viu . John g..;-
i \T Per applies to me for letters >i'adminisiratiOD, eu m l: , -
Ms.. ■nnrxo , on the estate of John Frith, late of said county, dec'd.
I ‘ ,'rr. til. ‘Ob.re, to • i:c -
I tors and kindred of said deceased to sinpom- at u.y • !!! ■•
I Y.-iUiin the lime proscribed by law, and shew cause, if aay tnej
i have, why said iotterl should not be graiiu and.
I <;• ven under my hand at office the 22d day ot f ebruarv, Imo.
I March i—9w?> Q. V. BEALL,’ -rdinarv.
rs eorcla, Early county—Whereas, John Tt riupson
V applies me WU-tU-rs ol a<tr.iV.-:n.t>n w;“i ll c-c: :
uexetU upon the estate of Robert Thompson, lute o. said counlj,
Tli; ure lo notily all person: (.oiieern* to l’; 1 and app.’ r;;
mv uric.- within the time prescribed by law, shew cause. 11
any they have, why cUd letters should not be granted saidap-
I'licjuit.
Given under mv hand at office this Febriiary S-t, iH...E
.March i Qw7t * S. S. ETA I FORD, Ordinary.
('A eorgta, Early county.-- Whereas, Joseph Grimsley.
\ T administrator witU the Will annexed, upon the oi
Sarah Grimsiev, late of said county deceased, makes application
to me for letters of dismission from the further administration o
s.aid estate. All persons concerned are hereby notified to be anti
appear al mv office, within the time prescribed by law, am.
shew cause, it any they have, why said letters should not be
i granted said applicant. * , rt4iv
(Liven under my hand at office, this February the 24th. feoo.
March i-U.vOui S. r. ; . STAFFORD, Ordinary.
ATotlce to debtors and creditors— \!1 persons
i>i holding demands against the esta o ol Oliver 11. V. Daniel,
lute ot Talbot c*untv, deceased, are hereby notified to present
them for payment, du y authenticated, within the time prescribed,
by law: and those indebted to said deceased, are requested to
make immediate payment of the same.
March l-.9-.vot JOSEPH FROWN, AdmV.
< Georgia, Early count All persons are desired to
V 1 lake notice, ihat letters of Administration will fee granted
the Clerk of llie Superior Court of said cCtmty, o:i the estate of
the laie Nathaniel U. Bartlett, unless objections be tiled by the
iirst Monday in April next.
Feb 23-9w7t S. S. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
4 dmiuistrator’s Sale—Agreeably lo an order of the
(>rdmary of Kurly county, will be sold on the first Tues in
in April m xt, in the town of Dub in, Laurens county, tot ot land
number eighty-nine, in the first district of Laurens county. Fold
as the propel tv of the late Alfred Renfroe,of Early county, and
February 23 —9wtds
and imes <*n& Sentinel
VOLUMK XIII
GEORGIA. ) Court of Ordinary, for raid ••ounty,
Eaily county, j January Term, i ■ .
OWEN W. -H U’KELFORD. Guardian of the minor I- of
James rosier and Asa Travis, deceased, li:.ving applied •••
tlie Court fr letters of dismission from the guard land up -ad
minors: It is hereby ordered. That all person- concerned, be
and appear at Ru> Mar eh terra of said Court, ana * :u v, (if
any they have) why said applicant should not be dismissed trom i
s ii’d guardianshijis. A true extract loun :!ten>iuu!. - ol sttid court, ‘
January 15th, 1853.
January s—4w6t .-TA 1 F-'UD, Ordinary.
M orgia, Randolph c.r.uniy.--'.’ N . D -‘ \.
\ Newsom, applies',<• n,.-'or P ’i. rs o Guardianship for the
persons and property ot VVibiam New-cm and Gluucu-News om,
minora arm orphans of John Nr\t soul, late of e aid county, tic’d.
These are, therefore, tociu- and admonish all and singular the
kindred of said orphans to he and appear at m> office within foe
time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any thev can, why
said letters saould not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office, February Blh, 185 C.
Feb 15 — 7w7t * . P. ftE \ !.1.. Ordinary. ,
/ > corgis, IL.ntiaiph county.— Where::s. Henry L.
\ f Taylor and Mariah L. Taylor apply tome for letters of ad
ministration on the estate ot William Taylor, late of said county,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the :
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear *>t m;
office within the time prescribed by aw. and shew cause, it any
they have, why said k u. rs should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, ibis the 22d day of Jan., 1853.
Jan. 29—5w0t O. P. KK Ordmnry.
/ uorgia. Randolph county ‘ 1 hereas, John P.-tcr-
VI son applies to me ;or letters of administration n the estate
of Archibald Peterson, late of'said county, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all end singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at iny of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, il any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Gwen under mv hand at office this 11th lay ot January, 1855.
January i —:>*:>; ‘ ‘• P. REAL
/Georgia. Early comity.—Whereas, J-s>e ‘ i-r
* y mske-application to me for letters of Guardianship of the
persons and property of Martha, John and William fruvis, minor !
heirs of Asa Travi-, deceased; and of Sheppcrd and -5-aiissa (
Foster, minors of Jane Foster, deceased :
These are !•• notify nil persons concerned, to iJ.ew cause, 1 1 an>
they have, why said lctterß"should mu be granted said applicant,
at the March term, next, of the Court of Ordinary lor said county.
Given under mv hand at office this January 15th. 1853.
January 25—4w6t 8 - ■ • ‘ ‘ ‘ •
/Aeorcia* Randolph county—Whereas, Ti.omas
\ T Oirmu.adminidrator of the es ate of -'oseph Williams, de
ceased. applies to me for letters of disinW ion. These are, there
fore to cite and admonish ail and singular the parlies mb reset,
to show cause, if any they have, within the lime prescribed by :
law, why said letters should not be granted. Liven under my
iiand at office the 21st day of sept 52. ..
Sept 28—39wfim O P 1.0 ALL Orimnr>. .
/ A corgia, Randolph county--Whereas, Thomas
* J Garner, administrator on the estate of Wiliiam L Morgan,
deceased, app.iesto me for letters of dismission therefrom, lhese
are therefore.to cite and admonish all and singular the parties ■;
ntcrested, to show cause, if any they have, within the lime pro- ;
scribed by law, why said letter* should not be granted. Given
under mv hand at office sept IGth,’s2.
. Se. 2g-39wCn. J OPBE A LI.. Ordinary. j
, dmlnist-ralor’s Sal|of \ote,|AccoiMtis, &t
A Will Ill'S liil II ■. iho flrst Tuesday In April ncx'. h. .• n:iir: ;
kl bmnr, In : ■ rt; ..rimlumbiM. between th. lenel bow-H ;
Sheriff’s -ale, the “i, y amliun accounts, notes ami ‘loo bib-- “ 1 ‘
Peabody f- so.,9ii oil by adininistrrJor of Auuustus let.body. ,
deceased, as ttie* exclusive property ot his intestate, \v;uraut\ in :
every respect exor ssly excluded. Bold by order of < ouri ot r- j
dinary lor M ‘ county, a.s debts insolvent and ot aoubttuj j
collection, .erms of sale cash. I
.’•l ;rch 2 —tvvUfc. x lds Per \ <-
A dmlnistraturs Sale.— \greeabio t> ■
Tuesday in April next, before the court hoi:. •• ••••-
likely negro boy named Wesley, ahout_ fourteen . “i_■ 1
complexion, belonging lo tV. i- estate ot Dr. Juki L. • ■
Sold to make a division ot said estate. .
Jnii. 29—Ids WILLIAM 1 Ik., .:*j ;
Notice to Debtor: and Orodito:-
debted tothees* ■ A .
chiiins against said csln!( , -d lo pre-. ; l, > ?s! 8
thenticated tome. ■’> AB. 8. WALK auut.
’
and those having demand- against said estate, are r .. -vfd .o |
! present them duly authenticated to mo. .
! f% AVO months after date, I stial'i aju: 5 v to £Le ;
I * i ■ ,i*it <>f rdin:ry of andolph county, for i•• m hJI ihi !
! lamU bvOniring to Stephen Weatherbv. late ol I e<>uu‘', decM
V 7Vi MAi •
i qqvO mouths after date, appHoiGlou xvillbe j
1 made to the Court of ordinary <f Raudolpit • ;. G*r It ,
jto sell the negroes belonging to the estate <■; • . Vv * j
deceasetl, kite of said county.
I January : 5 ~~4w2in ? WM, A. ’.. A urn c. i
| rpWO months after date, 1 shall .• -i y ioftie
1 Court of Ordinary of Randolph county f r knee to soil a J
negio beUmu't::: to the mil ora of -Sol. Gr.v> ‘• I.
i inVOmonthsiifirr date applic:- Mon will be
| I m.<uo to the o.:ii; <:’•'r ii ~ t-y of! • lo.pjy. for leave to
i sell the Lindt, beloiigfii ■ • ( i..'•” i'p-!-* ! .Mm, il. coM-d |
i!J ■ ■ y ■
TWO months aft ? . sHall apply to
the Court of Ordinary of i ■.i C'-umy tor leave :> sell •; j
town lot in Goving’on, Ne x .? •’ • !-y per'v of So!. ‘
Graves, deceased. L. A. KK la. n i r(|
ft. GR AVES, i ‘‘ ,nrs - |
Jauuar 1 e Will :
mw l > mn tla s afte r da J e I sha 11 appiyt<> i!• •
1 Coqrt of Ordinary of Randolph county, for leave to sell the
and belonging to Henry Sandlin, deco ist and.
Feb. 8- 6w2ni JESSE SANDLIN, Adm’r.
NOTICE.
Thereby warn all persons against trading for a noie which !
made to one R. F. Morris ; the consider-lion lhereof having i
failed. I do not intend to cash the same unicss compelled by law. j
The following is in substance a copy of said note :
“By the first day of January next, I promise to pay !?. V. Mor- ‘
ris or order, the sum of eight hundred and tea f <• *i rs. for value |
received, with interest from date, ibis February 12, I •■'s3.
(Signed) Matthew J.J.kwis.
Blakely, March I —9w2t M. J. LEW 18.
NOTICE.
A gLpersons arc hereby notified, that I claim to own the wesi
half of section live, township fourteen, range twenty seven,
a Creek Indian reservation, certified and approved to me: and
the approved contract for which having been lost or mislaid,
1 shall proceed, on the first Monday in April next, at the off! e ol
the Hon. Alfred Iverson, in this city, to take teriinmn;. as to tin
loss of said contract, in order to establish a copy iliereol agree:,,
bly to the regulations of the Genera! Land Office, and to apply ;
for a patent fn my name, JAMLB IviVLIN.
Columbus, Ga., February 1ft —Bw<>t
NOTICE.
VI.L persons are hereby notified, that as sole heirs at law of
the late-lames S. Calhoun, we claim to own the east part of
section two, township nineteen and range twenty-eight in Cham
bers couuty, Alabama, the same being a Crvek Indian reserva
tion, certified and approved to M. i\'. Perry &. t to., the approved
contract for which has been lost or mislaid so that it earned, afier
diligent search and enquiry, be found.
Having contracted to sell said bind, we shall proceed, on thc
lirst Monday in April next, at the office ot lion A'.'red Iv< rs : in
Columbus. Georgia, to examine testimony ns to the loss ot said
paper, with the view to establish a copy thereof, agree;;b y to
the regulations ofthe General Land Office,and that we shm ilieii
ami there cause the same to be assigned to the purchaser by ;m
----said Iverson, Attorney in fact for said M. VV. Perry cc Cos., u:
der that a patent may issue to said purchaser.
WM. E. LOVE,
Columbus,Feb. 10— BwGt _ CAROLINE LQTF.
-NOTICE.
t LL persons interested, are hereby notified that I claim to he
A the owner oi s -ciion thirty four,"township twenty ami range
twenty eight, Aial.isana, the approved Creek l ndia.n contracts, loi
which have been lost, and that on the first Monday in April next,
at the offi-.M* of the Ho:i. Allred Iverson, in the city of Columbus,
Georgia, i will proceed to examine evidence, as to the exist ear.;
and loss o: :l>. s; ul ri-inal contracts lor the two parts of said
section, wi ‘n the view of establishing cop;e= and applying to
the Gem id Land office for patents.
_ __
GUANO.
“JjtHE seas-*n is fart approaching when V? ‘ 1 . sm
prove,.(if wc bVliVvc t'-.oir alVuad.urr v. ,e-:h vo do m.,;
doubt') that even the coiom pkmier i. .ot p, ; a••• ::.< in o
trebly raid by its applie:.; km.
Dr*. F.T. fayl
ummm. on cornand peas, proves Mat i: mm-. :■* •• •
’.aides in abundance, .ml h : vine, tire e and •• *
dirtetioi.s for its nppt ention w ell fori's -• . >in -. . . •
The undersigned basil for sale ai Greeny; -od be c
house. Jan. 28— tw:f J• L- ‘ ; ■ ;; -
New Tin, Sheet Iron h Copper Manufacvery.
rFXilii undersigned havcop. .and. • rv on ftr e. I- ■■■cl. < epo
JL si to .1 Fat & Dawson’s old stand, v. Uvmv. fm-y are ; vpared t>
lurmsh everything in their line of br.vm.’s's.
‘They have large assortment of jstovks on lu:aJ indndmg
every tr.ruiy of snipe and pattern.
S3?” Tin Roofing and Guttering, neatly executed.
. 23—J\v3m
NOTICE.
i LL persons indebted tothe late t!r;n •:* 13 -W, &. M ‘: ;.U
IV are reque ud to come forward and : •’ >• ‘
lory arrangements,or the notes will be placed :o e ■ hinds ot
collecting officers. ,
The notes may be found in the Agency •;’ !:•> . .cci.aiLC- i. i.k
at uoiumbus.
My ad- tv s is i'ilerslio, Harris county, Ca.
1 ob. IH —v. tetwtlap 1L 1U j’ 1 . .
1853. SPRING GOODS, 1853.
WILLI A.Vi 11. KNOBPFEL,
SO WTiiirt.ii Street, Sw York.
POUTER ANJ> JOBBER,
ay ‘French, gkkMjly, ea gtisjj ki.vu domes tic
- GOODS.
For Tailors and Clothiers, have received by late arrivals* a
Targe and well >-■< ck*e si vk m t.einun-, English ;.:.d Tru ck
Uioths, of all grades and style-.
Mohair Coalings, Drap D’F.te, Queen’s Cloth, Alpacca and..
Worsted C oatings, Caglonerette.
Mixed and Clouded Zephyr doth, plain and twilit and.
Fancy French and Barnsley Drills.
Drown and Yellow Linens, l imey Piaid and Mirond Mer
ge i lies : While and Buff Figured Marseilles; Drab Silk and Linen
Coatings, together with an extensive assortment of
TRIMMINGS,
and other Goods, suitable lor the CLOTHING TR ADL, the
most favorable terms*
Particular cash or short-time buyers, and all who study their
interests, will call and examine his stock, before purchasing else
where. New York, January 22—4wly
UTIIK UNION OF THK STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
LAND OF TIIK SOUTH.
BV HON. A. B. MEEK.
Land of the South ! Imperial land!
How proud thy mountains ri.:c!
How sweet thy scenes on every hand!
llow fair thy covering skies!
Fat not lor this—oh, ot for these,
I love thy fields to roam ;
TI on hast a dearer spell to me—
Thou art my native home!
Thy rivers roll thy liquid wealth,
Unequalled, to the sea—
Thy hills and valleys bloom with wealth,
And green with verdure be !
Vet not for thy proud ocean-streams,
Not for thine azure dome—
Sweet sunny south ! I cling to thee—
Thou art my native home !
I’ve stood beneath Italia’s clime,
Beloved of tale and song—
On Helvyn’shills, proud and sublime,
Where nature’s wonders throng—
By Tempo’s classic, sunlit-streams,
W here gods, of old, did roam—
But ne’er have found so lair a land
As thou—rny native home-!
And thou ha.-t prouder glories too,
Than nature ever gave ;
Peace sheds o'er thee her genial dew,
And freedom’s pinions wave ;
Fair science flings her pearls around,
Religion lifts her dome ;
These, these endear thee to my heart,
My own loved native home !
And “Heaven’s best gilt to man” is thine—
God bless thy rosy girls!
Like sylvan flowers, they sweetly shine—
Their hearts are pure as pearls,
And grace and goodness circle them,
Where’er thy footsteps roam-
How can I then, whilst loving them,
Not love my native home!
Land of the South ! Imperial land !
Then here’s a health to thee !
Long as tiiy mountain harriers .-hand,
Mayst thou be blest and free !
-Wl C a., Tuesday, Fid). 22d, 1853. j
FIRST DAY’S SESSION.
Pnr-sifint to notice, “The Convention for (lie i
res':: iotion of the Liquor traffic” met in this cit v, j
j ,;:t 10 o’clock, A. M.
| The Convention was called to order l>y W- S.
1 Williford, of Bibb, on whose motion, Col. John
B. Walker, off; .ran, wir invited to take the
; Chair,: Ihe purposed’ temporary organization
|of thf V . ;ion.
Col. Walker having- taken the Chair, at bis re
! quest an • ppropriafe prayer wns'offered, by the !
j Itev. Dr Loviek Fierce, of Muscogee,
i On inoSioi) i !’ Dabney P Jones, of Coweta, \V. |
IS. Vi ill'.l nd era . reipieslcd :. ;i ■; Secretary. |
On motion, tin; Secret a: y win requested in
j call the roll of comities, ad ■•nr. !; r'ie names of |
j delegate,who-:, mnny done, following per- j
| sons reported their • ion n from the counties an- I
| nexed.
LIST Or iiIKLEGATES:
; \ James C. Whitaker, S. (i. Daniel,
; C. it. Jewett, 6. M ic mi
j Bibb ;T. A Brewer, W. N. Williford,S.Land
rnniyE. H. Myers, James'i'iniay, L. F. W. An
drews, A. Cook.
Bulls; L. M. Wilson, 11. L. Xasworthy, F. \
M. Britton.
Camjihi 7 ; Edward Dean, .iainos Rainwater, j
Solomon Zellers. C. 15 .Mayfield.
| Carroll ;D. II Witcher, L. It. Davis, James |
I Baskins, H. H* Johnson, F, D. Palmer,
| Cass ; R. C. Word, G. W. Kelley, M. A. j
itiggs.
Chatham ; M. Lnfburrow, T. W. Lane, C I
II Duryee, Win King,
Chattooga ; Edwin Jones, J T Finley.
Chfrnker. ; B H Brewster, Rob’t Hijlhou.-e, . !
Joseph Grisham.
Clarke ; John H Lowe, Sr, D W Elder, J P !
Holloway, A Woodson, John Moore, John If |
(frogan, .1 C Johnson,
Cobb ; .1 Jones, David Afdis. W J Griffis, G
Tennent, VV T Skelton, A it White,.! \V .Mur
phy, L Simpson, H M Hammett, W P Ander- i
son, E T Hudson, J F Arnold, .1 L Hendry, J
L Rogers, J R Sanges, C A Fuliwood, B King, |
Job Rainwater, L P Rainwater. A D Gentry,!
Wm Sampler,
Coweta ; DP Jones, J E Robinson, M W |
Cole, W B Pinson, E D McKinley, C P Rainey j
Thomas.S Collier, Fenj Leigh, JV Da vis,"T L i
Banks, VV J Arnold, P U skean, A C Rowel, j
W E Talbot, R O Cole, G P Rucker, G C I
Clarke, J G Clarke, J P Taylor, A W Ogilvie, j
VV M Whatley, J E Conyers, J C Mixon, |
Thomas F Rainy, T S Wright, James Davis, Di
W C Wence, E Stafford.
3)cKa’!> ; II II Deari, J Norcross. VV G For- |
syth, A 1} Forsyth, Charles D Parr, J N Cra- !
von, VV ti Robert, Vi If Evans, i O McDaniel, !
J .M Born, i) Hooke, A G Brewer W T Bell. I
R E Oslin, W L Born, .! h Kliil', W 1! Clarke.
Andrew Wells. Lewis Fe-meau, RnsseH Ken j
■
H) tobei
; : In.'p'ny, I. G Ship, John Murphy,
j X'iOi/d : ti B Ransom, A M Laub.
• ; Noah Strong, Arthur Irwin, H D
I Led G N Lester.
(Caere ; Hinton Crawford, H Salford, V D
(ii ishaini :i Brantley.
GwiimrU ; James Flowers, John Mills, Jr.,
The: McGuire, J C Patiersoii, G Anderson.
Hancock : B T Harris.
Harris ; .fames G Cotton, F M Mostly, Wm
Wo; rid, Borders, John j Little.
Henri’: Vi V* {..’ocbrai:, D L Gordon, W L
Darby, L- r. Duffy, L T Doyal.
iin.v.'.' f ,v7 ; Howell Cobh, Samuel Felder, J
Rente, J W ■) lin, J < V est.
Jasper ; v> N Kirkpatrick, K C Talniage.
J:\lf, son ; Charles R Mooie.
Liberty ; E vj Andrews.
Lumpkin : Lewis W Quilian, Wm Swift,
Geo Bright, Benj Martin.
Meriwether ; Isaac C Bell, W D Matthews.
Monro# ; E G Cabaniss, Wm. S. Norman, D
Sanford.
Morgan ; John B Walker, B M Peeples, John
Robson, Rob t Harris, Wm Woods, Joel C Bar
nett, L G Anderson, T J Burney, A Atkin
son.
Murray : VV It Brown, J A R Hanks, E M
Gait, Thomas Cleveland, J A VV Johnson,
Muscogee ; L M Biggers, James E Evans, L
Pierce.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MARCH 8, JSS3.
JSewton ; Allen Turner, MeKendry ‘l’ucker, A
Means, Newnau Baker, W J Sasnett, John A
Harper, A G Hulsey, A T White, FII Gay, L
L Wittich. 3
> LN diorpe ; Mial Smith, M L Rains, D T Gil
-Iti in, Sylvanus Bell, John fl ‘Filler.
Po:k ; Charles 11 Wood, J M Wood.
Spaulding ; VV J Keith, J V Jackson, J II
Campbell, J C Simmons, Wm Freeman, C W C
Wright, Thomas ii Bray, Joshth Allen, J E.
Nnmaliy, A M Moore, J E Johnson.
Stewart ; VV I] Clark.
Sumter ; John S 11; lines, P A Strobel,
Taliaferro; James F Read, Jackson Henry J
Chapman.
Tahitdl ; Josiah Sikes, Asbury ‘Pippins.
Troup! ; T F Montgomery, I O Palmer, Early
Baker.
‘Twiggs ; M Wilder.
Walton ; V 11 Crawley, D Crenshaw.
Washington ; M C Smith, ilenry VV'ood, Wm
F Purnell, S A II Jones.
H hUJieJd ; 1-’ VV McCurdy, Thomas T Chris
tian, W CiMcGaughy, James A Paxon, W H
Stanceli,
(I tikes ; C W Key, G F Buchanan, C W
Hancock.
Go motion of E G Cahanis, ofMonroe, all
persons present who were not regular delegates
but volunteer representatives from particular
sections and neighborhoods, were invited to en
roll their names, and take their seats in Conven
tion.
i be Resolution was adopted, and several gen
tlemen enrolled their names in accordance there
with.
On motion of E 11 Myers, of Bibb, a Com
mittee consisting ot one from each Congres- I
simial District, was nominated to select officers I
for the permanent organization of the Conven- i
tion.
The following gentlemen composed said i
Committe, viz.: M Luffburrow, of Chatham ; D j
P Jones, ol Coweta ; T J Burney, ol Morgan ; j
Charles West, of Houston; John Jones, ot !
Cobb , Robb Hester, of Elbert ; E fi Mvers, of ;
Bibb; and John if Lowe, of Clark.
Said Committee having consulted together a J
few moments, reported the following officers : i
r r President, Col. J.NO B WALKER, of I
.Morgan.
Fire Presidents.
j Ist District, Win King, Chatham,
j 2d ” Howell Cobh, of Houston,
i 3d “ E G Cabannis, of Monroe.
; ‘ttii “ J E Robinson, of Coweta.
! sth “ Barrington King, of Cobb.
Pith “ John C Johnson, of Clarke.
7tli “ Tims J Burney, of Morgan.
1 Bth “ Robt. Hester, of Elbert.
Secretar es.
Wm S Williford, of Bibb,
’i hog W Lane, ofChathani.
Those V ice Presidents who were also upon !
the appointing Committee, were appointed of !
Seers of the Convention, by a majority of said !
Committee.
Col. VV alker accepted the Presidency of the
; Convention in a few appropriate and graceful re |
I marks, setting forth the great purposes for which j
: this Convention had assembled, and concluded I
: bs announcing the Convention as ready for liusi
I ness.
! Onk motion, it was. \
: • ’ •;>.•/, That reporters for the press, if nnv !
| nru present, desirous of reporting the proceed- |
j ings of this Convention, he inviied to seats near !
the ecre tary’s Chair.
Several gentlemen of the press presented ;
themselves under this resolution.
On motif >n, it was next
Resolved, That no member of this Oonve n
| tion be allowed to speak oftener than twice on
; the same subji ct, or longer than ten minutes at
: any one time.
| On motion of Mr. Myers, of Bibb it was
| 1C S'>! red. That a Committee of eleven be ap- |
j pointed who shall be charged with the duty I
■ of reporting to this Convention a plan for se |
curing from the next General Assembly of the
| State of Georgia, the passage of a law which, i
Jin the vety best practicable manner, will give |
the control of the traffic in spiritous liquors ;
to those whose interests are most affected !
| thereby ; and that delegates who may have j
! prepared plans of action, be invited to submit j
them to said Committee.
The Chair assisted by the Vice Presidents,
| appointed tho following Committee, under Mr. I
j Myers’ resolution, viz. : Messrs. .Myers, !
iof Bibb, Chairman, Pierce, of Muscogee, J
i Woods, ot .Morgan, Felder of Houston, j
Key, of Wilkes, Hanks of Murray, Norcross, j
of DeKalb. Gresham of Cherokee, McKinly, !
Sos Coweta, Jones, ot Cobb, ami Duryee, of J
I Chatham.
; On motion, the Convention then adjourned !
I to 1 1-2 o’clock, P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| The Convention assembled, pursuant to ad j
journment, at 112 o’clock, P. M., and the
| Committee ot eleven, through their Chairman, j
j Mr. Myers, of Bibb, submitted the Report !
; which they had prepared.
\ On motion, it was
Resolved, That, the Conventiu n consider the j
! Report item by item.
’the afternoon was occupiel in the discus- j
: sion of the first clause of the Report, which
| reads as follows :
! Resolved, 1 •/. That in the view of this Con
tention, the profligacy and moral and politic
al evils originating in the illy regulated traf
i sic in spiritous liquors, make It the duty ot the
! citizens of the S ate ot Georgia to petition the
! next General Assembly of the Sta e.—
| i t —To pass a law embracing all necessa
-1 ry regulations for authorizing the legal voters
ot each county to decide by vote whether re
i tail, traffic in spiritous liquois may be allowed
| or shall be prohibited, within their respective j
j counties.
The clause was adopted.
o*l motion, the Convention adjourned to 9 !
o’clock, A. M., on Wednesday morning
SECOND DAY’S SESSION.
Feb. 23d.
At 9 o’clock, A. M., the Convention re-as- {
sembled, and was opened with prayer, by the j
Rev. Joseph Gresham of Ch rokee".
The unfinished portion of the report of the
committee of Eleven was then taken up and
after a very free discussion, and the adoption
of some minor amendments and additions,
was finally adopted as follows ;
Secondly. —To make effective the popular
voice thus expressed, and to extirpate the re
tail traffic, however it may be disguised by
ordaining that no traffic “in spiritous iquors
shall be allowed, except with licensing and that
no license shall be issued, until the license
power shall be satisfied that a majority of the
legal voters within the Mili ia District where
the traffic is allowed, consent to such traffic.
Thirdly. —To pass a law guarded by such
provisions, and enforced by such penalties, as
shall preserve it from evasion or unpunished
violation, and secure fully the objects in view,
of protecting the people” against the axils of
the ret.il traffic in spirituous liquors.
Resolved, 21. That a committee of three be
appointed, to prepare a Memorial, embracing
the above tews, to be signed by the President.
Vice I’r sidents, and Secretaries of this Con
ven ion, to be presented to the Legislature of
the State, at its next session.
Resolved, 3d. That to carry out the objects of
this convention,
Ist. A general committee of one member
from each county in the State, be appointed,
who shall be charged with the duty of provi
ding, m whatever way may seem best, fbr the
circulation of the petition in their respective
counties.
2d. That a Central Committee of seven be
appointed, whose orfee shall be at Macon,
which committee shall be charged with the du
ty of printing the petitions, and furnishing
them to the County Committee-men.
3d. That said Central Committee be empow
ered to fill all vacancies in its own body, or
in the General Committee.
4th. That all the petitions designed to go to
the Legislature, be as soon as filled up, forward
ed to tiie Central Committee, attested by the
County Committee-man, to be consolidated, and
prepared for presentation to the Legislature ;
and that said Central Committee be instructed
to have a day appointed, if possible, when this
consolidated petition of the citizens of Georgia
may be presented to the Senate and Houseofßep
resentatives of the State; that they announce
tiie day, and make and give publicity to all nec
essary arrangements for enabling all the pe
titioners, and other persons interested, who may
so elect, to join in the ceremony of presentation,
that a grand demonstration may be made on
that occasion.
On motion, the Report was then taken up as
a whole, and unanimously adopted.
The following resolution was offered by Dr.
Pierce, of Muscogee, and adopted :
Resolved, That the petition provided for in
the Report of tiie Committee of eleven, be pre
sented only to the voters of Georgia for signa
ture.
Mr. \\ illiford, of Bibb, offered the following
Resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, I’hat tiie Central Committee be
requested to prepare a petition, to be circulated
among tiie women ofGeorgia, for their signa
tures, and that the petition, when signed, be dis
posed oi in the same manner as tiie petition of
the voters.
Oa motion, the officers of the Convention
were appointed a Committee to nominate the
“Central Committee.”
‘Pile following gentlemen vveie appointed a
Committee to draft a Memorial to tiie'Legisla
ture, to be signed by tiie officers of this Con
vention :
Messrs. Myers of Bibb, Duryee of Chatham,
and Pierce oLMuscogee.
Plie Committee nominated the following as the
Central Committee, which was approved :
w S VV illiford, of Bibb, Chairman.
E G Cabaniss of Monroe,
Charles West, of Houston,
E H Myers, of Bibb,
Win King, of Chatham,
Charles Collins, of Bibb,
Peter .Solomon, “
1 lie following appointments were then made
for tiie General Committee oi one from eacli
county:
| Baldwin ;N C Barnett, Milledgeville.
Bibb; G VV 7 Adams, Macon.
Butts; LM Wilson, Seven Islands.
Campbell; Edwin Dean, County Line.
Carroll; F D Palmer, Carrollton.
(hiss ; 11 VV Kelly, Cassviile,
Chatham; Wm King, Savannah.
Chattooga; J T Finlev, Chattoogaville.
Cherokee ; Joseph Grisham, Canton.
Cobb; Barrington King, Roswell.
Coweta; ED McKinley, Newnau.
Clark; .1 ii Lowe, Sr., Scull Shoals.
DeKalb; John T Wilson, Atlanta.
Elbert; Robert Hester, Elbertou.
Fayette; Dr J S Holliday, Fayetteville.
Floyd ; .1 VV’ M Berrien, Rome.
Forsyth; Geo X Lester, Gumming.
Greene; Benj Brantley, Penfield.
Gwinnett ; J X Glenn, Lawrenceville.
Hancock ; Thomas M ‘Punier, Sparta.
Harris; John J Little, YVhitesviile.
Henry; L T Doyal, McDonough.
Houston ; John Ragan, Perry.
Jasper; Thomas J Smith, Monticello.
Jefferson; i! S Carswell, Louisville.
Liberty; WF W Quarterman, Hinesville.
Lumpkin; Robert H Moore, Dahlonega.
Meriwether; L M Adams, Greenville.
Monroe ; D Sandford, Forsyth.
Morgan ; Robert A Prior, Madison.
Murray ; J A VV 7 Johnson, Spring Place.
Mnsrogr.e ; John A Urquhart, Columbus.
Newton ; John J Floyd, Covington.
Oglethorpe ; Mial Smith, St. Peter.
Polk; J M Wood, Cedu tovvn.
Spaulding , Win Freeman, Griffin.
Stewart; C S Gaulding, Lumpkin
Slimier ; A A Robinson, Americas.
Tdlioferro ; Felix Moore, Crawfordville.
Tatnall ; Simon C Smith, Reidsville.
Troipz ; A B Fannin, LaGrange.
Twiggs; M Wilder, Jeffersonville.
Walton ; D II Walker. Monroe.
Washington ; S A I! Jones, Sandersvilie.
Whitfiehl ; VV C MeGanghy, Red Clay'.
Wilkes ; G G Norman, Washington.
Baker ; Lott Warren, Albany-
Bryan ; ii A Smith, Savannah.
Bulloch; Wm Williams, Armenia.
Burke; Joseph A Siicw.nake, Alexander.
Camden ; G \V Long, St. Mary’s.
Clinch.
Columbia; E E Jones, Wrightsboro.
Cranford; ii Steel, Knoxville.
Dale; Matthews.
Decatur; C J Mulkev, Bainhridge.
Dooly ; J C Posted, Pimlaito in.
Early; James P Holmes, Ft, Gaines.
Effingham; Wm D Bussey, Springfield.
Emamtel; J Flanders, Spier’s Turn Out.
Franklin; J Hargrove, Carnesville.
Gilmer; James Simmo>'S, Marble .Head.
Glynn; A Scranton, Brunswick.
Gordon ; Wm M Peeples, Calhoun.
Habersham ; G D Philips, Clarkesvilie.
Hall ; E M Johnson, Gainesville.
Heard; J D Watson, Franklin,
| Irwin ; George Wilcox.
Jackson ; it J William, Jefferson.
Jones;; D E Blunt, Clinton.
Lausens ; J T Linder, Dublin
Lee ; Eason Smith, Starkesvilie.
Lincoln; Benj Bently, Lincointon.
Lowndes ; B Z Gaulding, Troupvilie.
Macon ; Capt. .John Lamar, Ft. Valley.
Madison ; S Groves, Damelsvilie.
Mclntosh ; Alex. Mitchell, Darien.
Marion ; VV’ R Singleton, Pondtown.
Montgomery; J Quarteiinan, Mt. Vernon.
Pike; PN Maddox, Zebulon.
Pulaski; j’ F D Scarborough, Hawkinsville.
Putnam; Dr Joel Branham, Eatonton.
llabun ; P Bronson, Clayton.
Randolph ; Coi. D Kiddoo, Cuthbert.
Richmond; Dr VV S Jones, Augusta.
Ta bot; Henry Leonard, Center P. O.
Taylor; James May, Butler.
Telfair.
Thomas; J T Hays, Thomasviile.
Union; Goodman Hughes, Biairsviile.
Upson; Wm A Cobb, Thomaston.
j NUMBER 10
H alker; J H Gamble, LaFayette.
Ware.
Warren; R E McGinty, Double Wells.
Wayne; Elias Fort, Waynesville.
Wilkinson ; G B Burney, Irvvinton.
Mr. Strong of Forsyth, offered the following,
which was adopted;
Resolved, That this Convention views with
pride tiie patriotic and philanthropic course of
those public papers in Georgia which have ta
ken a position against the liquor traffic.
On motion, tiie Convention adjourned until 2
o’clock, P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
I lie first business in order was tiie reading of
the Memorial of the Committee of three. Mr
Myers ot Bibb read that document as follows
MEMORIAL.
1 o the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Georgia, in general assembly
met :
1 lie C itizens of tiie State of Georgia, who feel
that the Traffic in Spiritous Liquors as now al
lowed, is destructive of the best interests, moral,
social and political, of a free people, having met
in General Committee, would respectfully pre
sent to your honorable body :
That by the present License system our fel
low-citizens are betrayed into habits which re
sult in vice, poverty, degradation and crime; un
fit them for the discharge of domestic, social or
political duties ; entail upon their families a heri
tage oi woe, and curse their country with the
rule of fallen freemen.
Our children are early seduced to a coarse of
intemperance which blasts all our hopes, and
destroys all their prospects for life.
Our Slaves are corrupted, their health destroy
ed, their morals depraved and their value de
predated. Neighbors and triends are embroil
ed in feuds, and peaceable neighborhoods made to
witness revolting scenes of strife and bloodshed.
Life and property are rendered insecure bv
tiie drunken carelessness oi those to whom they
are entrusted.
Pauperism oi every form ‘s rendered familiar
to a people blessed of God with tiie means of
honorable independence above any other people
on earth.
Taxes are levied upon the sober, the indus
trious, the economical, to support in drunken
ness, indolence and waste a large portion of the
population, or to pay the expenses of pauperism
or crime, resulting from the reckless improvi
dence or ungoverned passions of the intempe
rate.
Ibe purity of our popular representative
government is tarnished, and the entire system
is endangered, since the grog-shop has become
the centre of power to unscrupulous dema
gogues.
These and numberless oiher evils your me
morialists would present as originating in the
present system of Licensing the Traffic in Spir
itous Liquors,
Your Memorialists would further present that
they believe that the time has fully come, when
the sovereign people of tiie State of Georgia de
mand that such change as your wisdom may
devise be made in the entire system, and they
would therefore respectfully pray your honorable
body—
First, To pass a law embracing all necessary
regulation for authorizing the legal voters, of
each county, to decide by vote whether retail
traffic in ardent spirits may be allowed or should
lie prohibited within their respective counties.
Second, lo make effective the popular voice
thus expressed, and to extirpate the Retail'Traf
fic however it may be disguised, by ordaining
that no Traffic in Spiritous Liquors shall be al
lowed except with Licenses; and that no Li
cense shall he issued until the licensing power
is satisfied that a majority of the legal voters
within the Militia District where the traffic is
allowed, consent to such traffic.
3d, Po pass a Law guarded by such pro
visions and enforced l>y such provisions as shall
preserve it from evasion, or unpunished violation,
and secure fully (lie objects in view, of protect
ing the people against the evils of tiie Retail
Traffic in Spiritous Liquors.
On motion, it was then
Resolved, ‘That the thanks of this Convention
lie tendered tiie President, for the able, impar
tial, and dignified manner, in which he has dis
charged his duties as Presiding officer, and that
tiie Convention also tender its thanks to the
Vice Presidents, and Secretaries, df the Conven
tion, for the satisfactory discharge of their du
ties.
On motion, it was further
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention
be tendered to the Baptist Denomination of At
lanta, for the use of their Church in which the
Convention assembled, and to tiie Methodist
Episcopal Denomination for their Chureh for
the use of Speakers in the Temperance cause.
On motion, the Secretaries were instructed to
furnish tiie proceedings to tiie press of tiie
I State.
Dr. Loviek Pierce in compliance with a call
! t hen addressed the Convention in a spirited and
eloquent speech of some length, which was
I greatly applauded.
On motion of Mr. Lester of Forsyth,
Resolved, That the Central Committee pre
pare an appropriate gold medal with proper de
vices, to be given to that County Committee man,
who will obtain tiie largest number of signa
tures to tiie petition sent by this Convention
according to the population of his county.
On motion of Mr. Duryee of Chatham,
Resolved, That tiie County Committee man
be requested to furnish to the Central Commit
tee, and by them to be laid before the Legisla
ture in such manner and form as to their wis
dom may seem best, the following statistics, viz.:
Numbers of Churches in eacli county, with
number of members—number of schools with
the number of scholars—number of Temperance
organizations with aggregate membership—num
ber of cases of known death from intemperance
—number of taverns, distilleries, grog shops or
doggeries, licensed or unlicensed—cases of
crime, superinduced by tiie sale of intoxicating
liquors, with tiie cost to tiie county of their trial,
together with tiie cases of pauperism with the
cost of its maintenance.
There being no further business tiie Conven
tion then adjourned sine dfc, with prayer from
the Rev. J. 11. Campbell, of Spaulding.
JOHN 15. WALKER, Pres.
Wll. S. WILLIFOKD, ) _ . .
• r . ’ > Secretaries.
1 hos. \V. Lane, \
[From the Literary World.]
Southern Slavery : A Missionary Institution.
From a work in pres: by H. Hooker, Philadelphia, enti
tled, “A Choice of Evils; or Thirteen Years in the
South by a Northern Man.]
Allow it, then, to be asked of the Christian
who duly prizes this highest freedom, to consider
of southern slavery as a missionary institution
for the conversion of the heathen. In this light
let it be candidly looked on for a passing mo
ment, and you cannot hut fail to contemplate it
| forever hereafter with other feelings than abo
litionism would excite in you.
But. that you may be able to judge under
standingly of the missionary character of Afri
can slavery in our country, you must first learn
something of what other efforts have been made
and are being made, to Christianize heathens.
At an expense of more than five millions of
dollars, and of many valuable lives, in the course
of More than fifty years, all the missionar\- so
cieties of our country, ofall denominations, are
able to reckon up in gross some fifty thousand
converted heathen in various parts of the world.
If, as we will rejoice in hoping, they are truly
• nancipated from the slavery of heathen idola
try and superstition, and made free indeed, it
is a great and blessed work. May it go on,
and without interfering with our home duties!
Look now at what the institution of southern
slavery has done in this department of Christian
izing the pagan portion of mankind.
There may be some hundred thousand or more
of the present race of southern slaves, who
come from Africa, involved in the deepest dark
ness of a brutal paganism—many of them even
cannibals. And still, in heathenism, did I never
vet find one of that old race ; but many of them
have I known who were rejoicing in the truth
that made them free. Among them, indeed, I
have found some of the most spiritually-minded
persons that it has ever been my lot to meet in
any condition of life. Many of them have since
gone, and daily are they going, to the “rest that
remaineth for the people of God.”
VV ould they have become Christians in their
own land ? 1 ask not an answer. God kuoweth.
But what of the field of the faith now among
the slaves ol the South ? How many are partak
ing of and rejoicing in its fruits ?
Fifty thousand or more?
As many;* all the missionary societies and
boards of missions in our whole country can
reckon up converts from heathenism ?
Aye, more than double that number can be
claimed as converts by each of the several
churches of our country; and from authentic
accounts and various statistics now before me I
have good reason to suppose that more than half
a million of the slaves of our south are regular
members of Christian congregations; while of
infidel heathens, properly so called, there are
probably very few, if any!
What a contrast is here presented! Foreign mis
sionary zeal, at great cost and personal sacrifice,
has rescued from heathenism about the tenth
part of the number that southern slavery has
added to the Christian church : at the same time
that, of the dead and the living, it has rescued
from heathenism not fewer than a hundred
times the same number of foreign converts!
Let these facts stand by themselves for more
easy examination and scrutiny.
[ From the Charleston Courier. ]
Powers’ Bust of Calhoun.
Messrs. Editors :—l noticed recently a letter
in the newspapers, from Mr. Powers, the Ameri
can sculptor, speaking of his bust of Mr. Cal
houn. While in Florence last summer I saw
the bust in Mr. Powers’ studio, and was so much
struck with it that 1 am induced to make a few
remarks in regard to it. Just before seeing it,
I had, in Loudon and Paris, been carefully ex
amining the sculptured heads of distinguished
moderns—just afterwards, i saw, in Florence
and at Rome, the heads of the distinguished
ancients. The con parison thus suggested was
highly favorable to the head of Mr. Calhoun.
In Westminster Abbey, the heads of Lords
Chatham and Mansfield, and of Mr. Wilberforce
present themselves to my mind, That of Lord
Chatham seemed to me much inferior. That of
Lord Mansfield is larger, hut has not that fine
classic outline, ot that look of iron strength of
character and moral greatness, which issostrik
ing in that of Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Wilberforce’s
head reminds me more of Mr. Calhoun’s than
any I saw; but it lias a look of indecision, and
it is totally wanting in that majestic dignity
which awes you in Mr. Calhoun. Place his
head by that of Demosthenes or Cicero, and
an American’s pride must rise, when its ’great
superiority is so apparent that no one could
hesitate. You see, at once, that Demosthenes
was not a great man, but a mere orator, and a
painful contrast is presented by the very marked
sinister look of (he lower face, which convinces
yon that he lacked both honesty and firmness,
in Cicero, you feel that you have not tne stated
lv trained intellect and the moral hero, hut the
Roman Demagogue; who, with much showy
ability, was vain, and wanting in dignity and
firmness. Without any other special compari
son, 1 would remark, that the’ ancient heads
produced the impression that Mr Calhoun’s
was decidedly Roman in its character. Sim
plicity, fire and strength marked the Roman from
that complex character of modern times, where,
by too much diffusion, the fire of feeling is chili!
ed, and the force of thought and action is bro
ken. i o the Roman character we must add
a stern, almost savage hardness, and a want of
subjection to pure high principles. Mr. Calhoun
had m his character, and it stands boldly and
unmistakeablv out in his face, the Roman sim
plicity, fire ami strength. But, although he was
so strong and warm, and direct in his feelings
thoughts and actions, as to lend at times a hard
sternness to his manner, yet ho was perfectly
tree from the Roman hardness of nature. Chris
tianity and civilization had laid their gentle
hands upon him, and breathed into his whole
nature, a kindly softness, which, without impair
ing, gave loveliness to Ids strength. See that
iace : 1 lie lofty’ old Roman seems to look
down upon you ; but with a sweet, cultivated,
Christian benignity which never beamed from a
iioman face, lie was Cato, the censor, dirts
lionized—Junius Brutus, illuminated and eleva
ted by the holy liuiit of morality and religion.
By tiie side oi Mr. Calhoun’s bust sto'od one
of Washington, which Mr. Powers had just fin
ished There was quite a contrast. A bold
striking individuality in Calhoun, which you
missed in the calm general grandeur of Wash
ington. W ashington did not look like a great
Roman iie looked like tiie great ntan of gene
ral humanity. Calhoun might be tiie great man
id a nation ; \\ ashington of a world. A strong
national type looked out from the face of CaT
boun, while tlia* ot Washington seemed to be
long to no particular age or nation, but to be a
striking embodiment of the greatness andgood
ness of the human race. Mr. Powers spoke of
Washington, Calhoun, and Webster, by way of
comparison. ! asked bi n if the three heads
had been placed before him, without his know
ing them, which he should, as an artist, have
pronounced the greatest. He said Washington,
and gave his reasons, for which 1 have not space’.
He said Mi. Calhoun s was defective in one re
spect—in ideality or imagination—but seemed to
have a high admiration for the head. He re
ntal ked that Mi. \\ elister was not defective in
that lespect. He, sir, said lie, is a great Poet.
1 will add that no partisanship could influence
me in favor of Mr. Calhoun’s bust. I have al
ways strongly opposed ins leading political te
nets. I still regard some of them as most dan
gerous in their tendency. But I am proud of
him as an American. And having met with
him, as it were, in a foreign land, in company
witli tiie great men of ancient and modern times,
I felt bound to tell how my great countryman stood
tiie comparison. { have no artistic knowledge,
and speak only as one who has always looked
wftn deep interest into the human face, whether
it were living or sculptured.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM HUNTER.
Cahaba, Dallas county, Ala.
A Misux USKST AN DING.—“I fear,” said a cou n
; tr y minister to his flock, “when I explained to
you in my last charity sermon that philanthropy
was the iove of our species, you must have un- •
derstood me to say specie; which may account
for the smallness of the collection.”