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she IDffkli) times & Sentinel. BY LOMAX & ELLIS. J Volume XIII. THE TIME^^SENTINEL. TENKENT LOMAX & ROSWELL ELLIS, EDITORS AND PPOPRIETORS. THB THI-WEEKLY TIMES &, SENTINEL |g published KVERY IYF.DXFSDA rand FRIDAYMORX IXO and SATURDAY F.VEXIXO. THE WEEKLY TIMES <fc SENTINEL Is published ere-rv TUESDAY MORXIXO. Office n Randolph Street, opposite the Post Office. TEHMS: TRI-WKHKLY, Fits Dollars per annum, in advance. WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum, in advance, nr Advertisements conspicuously inserted :it One Dollar per square, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for every sub sequent insertion. Liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertisements. Muscogee Sheriff Sales. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday In April next, at the market house, in the city of Columbus, between the usual hours of sale, the following property to-wit : Water Lot number eleven (owned and occupied by the Howard Manufacturing Company, meets and bounds as set forth by the deed from the Water Lot Company to Van Leonard for the How ard Manufacturing Company,) together with the factory building thereon, with all the machinery aud tackle thereto belonging; also, the store room and offices on sstid lot, fronting on Front street; also, the large brick building on the corner of Front and Bryant streets, and the tenement next thereto, fronting on Bryant street, together with the ground thereto belonging; being one hundred feet by one hundred and forty-eight feet of lot qumber forty seven, and thirty seven feet by forty nine feet off of lot num ber forty eight ; all lying aud being in the county of Muscogee, and levied on as the property of the Howard .Manufacturing Company to satisfy sundry fl fas in my hands ; one in favor of Robert Mitchell, from Muscogee Inferior Court: one from the Superior Court of Muscogee in favor of John Warren, and other fl fas in my hands against said Company. Also, a lot of dry goods, consisting of calicos, silk, inuslin, luce?, ready made clothing, bonnets, hats, shoes, blankets, &c , levied on as the property of E. &. B. Mendheim, to satisfy aft fa from Muscogee Superior Court in favor of Binswanger Ac Eger, and other fl fas in my hands against Emil Mendheim and Benjamin Mendheim. Also, & lot of dry goods, consisting of muslins, laces, silk, cali co, Acc., levied on as the property of Francis Goulding, to satisfy a distress warrant in favor of John B. Strupper, against said Goulding. Also, one and a half shares of the capital stock of the Muscogee Railroad company, levied on as the property 6 of Lively Ac Clapp, to satisfy a fi fa from Muscogee Superior Court in favor of John Banks against Li velj Ac Clapp. Also, a negro boy named George, about eighteen or nineteen years old, levied on as the property of Marcus Johnson to satisfy a llfa from Pike Superior Court in favor of Bradford T. Chapman against said Johnson. Also, one horse and buggy, two inules, and a two horse wagon, a yoke ol oxen and cart, all levied on as the property of Daniel I). Ridenhour to satisfy a ti fa from Muscogee .Superior Court in favor of George W. Lee, against said Ridenhour ; property pointed out by said defendant. Also, the following negroes: Caroline a woman about twenty five years eld, and Lodiska a girl about twelve years old, and the life estate of Richard W. Fox to Coffee, a man about fifty five years old, and Clarisa a woman about fifty years old; all levied on as the property of Richard W. Fox. to satisfy a fl fa fropi Muscogee Superior Court in favor of John Banks; and other fi fas In my hands against said Fox. MORTGAGE SALE. Also, at the same place, will be told, on the fir*t Tuesday in May 7i eit, the following 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 Charlotte a girl about five years old; all levied on as the propet ty of Silas McGrady to satisfy’ a mortgage fl fa from Muscogee Su perior Court in favor of William A. Redd against said JMcGrady. A. .S. RUTHERFORD, Sheriff. Columbus, March 4—tds Seaborn Jonew, j vs. | Bill for Dis •soßcut Fikld, The Southern Life Insu- I covery, Relief, ranch an Trust Company, The Pikenix / Acc., in Muscogee Bane, William Douoiierty,George Har- * Superior Court. graves, John Banks and Philip T. Schley, j It appearing to the Court that the defendants, George Field and the Southern Life Insurance and Trust Company, are not within the jurisdiction of this Court—Field being a citizen aud resident of New York, and the Southern Life Insurance and Trust Company being a body corporate established by the Terri tory *f Florida. It is, on motion of complainant, ordered that the said Field und the said Southern Life In. and Trust Cos. plead, answer or demur to said BUI, not demurring alone, on or before the first day of the next Term: Ami it is further ordered that the above order be published by the Clerk of this Court, once a m#nth for four months, before the next Term of this Court, in one of the public Gazettes of the city of Columbus, Georgia. A true extract from the minutes of Muscogee Superior Court at November Term, 1852, thll 10th day of January, 1853. JOHN R. STURGIS, Clerk, Jan. H, 18M 1 _ni4m GEORGIA, \ Court of Ordinary, October Term, 1852. Muscogee county. S RULE JY/ SI. WHEREAS, Edward Broughton, Administrator es the estate of Lewis Lockey, deceased, having applied for letters ©I dis mission. It is ordered by the court that all persons concerned, shew cause, if anv they have, why the said Edward Breughton, administrator as aforesaid, should not be dismissed at the next May Term of said court. A true extract from the minutes afraid court, Oct 9th, 1852. Oct 12—mOm JOHffi 1 JOHNSON, Ordinary. GEORGIA, ) Court of Ordinary, October Term. 1852. Muscogee county , \ R ULF. AT SI. WHEREAS, John Forsyth, Administrator oft he estate of John Forsyth, deceased, having applied for letters of dismission, t is ordered by the court that all persons concerned, shew cause, f any they have, why said administrator should not be dismissed at the next May term of said court. A true transcript from the minutes of said court, Oct 9th, 1852. Oct 12—m6m JOHN JOHNSON, ordinary. GEORGIA, ) Court of Ordinary, Talbot county, $ February Teim, 1853. RULE XI SI. WHEREAS, William F. Robertson applies by petition for letters of dismission as the administrator of Barney Wilson, late of Talbot county, deceased. Be it ordered, That all persons concerned, be and appear at the September term of this court next ensuing, then and there to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. A true extract from the minutes Ofs&ld ceurt, 24th Feb., 1853. March I—9w6in MARION BETIIUNE, Ordlnary. Reuben Simmons ) vs. x Mortgage, Acc—September Terra, 1852. John C. Silvky, > . . _ ORESENT the Hon. William Taylor, Judge ot the Superior I Court. It appearing to the court by the petition of Reuben Simmons, that on the 39th of June, 1845, John C. Silvey made and delivered to said Reuben Sllvey his certain note, bearing the date and year aforesaid whereby tho said John C. Silvey prom ised to pay by the 2d of December next, after the date of said note, the said Reuben Simmons, seven hundred and fifty dollars for lot el land numbet four hundred iu the twenty sixth district or Early county, And that afterwards, on the same day and year aforesaid, the said John C. Silvey the better to secure the pay ment of Buid note exeented and delivered to said Reuben Sim mons, his deed of mortgage, whereby the said John C. Silvtyron veved to the said Reuben Simmons lot of land number four hun dred iu the twenty sixth district of said county of Early, coutain iug two hundred and fifty acres, more or less—conditioned that if said John C. Silvey should pay off and discharge suid note, or cause the same to be done according to the tenor and effect there of, that then the said deed of mortgage and said note shodld be come and be null and void to all intents and purposes. And it further appearing, that said note remains unpaid. It is, therefore, ordered—That the said John C. Silvey do pay into Court by the first day of next term thereof, the principal, interest and cost, due ou said note, or shew cause, to the contrary, if any he has. That on the failure of said John C. Silvey so to do, the equity of re demption in and to said mortgaged premises be forever therafter barred aud foreclosed. Aud it is further ordered—That this rule be published iu Times once a month for four months, or a copy thereof served on the said John C. Silvey or his agent or attorney at least three months previous to the next term of said Court. Rrubrn Simmons, ) Superior Court, Sept Term, 1852. John > Rule Nisi to foreclose Mortgage. IT appearing to the Court that the defendant resides without the limits of this county. It, therefore, on motion of PPffs. Counsel—That service be perfected by publication of this order, once a month for four months in the Columbus Times, a public gazette. S. STAFFORD, Pl’ffs. AlPny. A true extract from the minutes of Eary Superior Court, at Sep tember term. 1852. Wec 7—404 m THOS B. ANDREWS, CPk p eorgia, Randolph county—Wheieas, Samuel A. V_T Grier, administrator de bonis non on the estate of John H. Weaver, late ol said county, deceased, has petitioned for letters ol dismission from said administration. These are, therefore, to 2lte, admonish and require all persons concerned to file their objections, if any they have, on or before the September term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, to be holaen on the first Monday of September next, otherwise'said administrator will be then and there dismissed. Given under my hand at office this 22d day of February, 1853 March I—9wfira O. P. BEALL, Ordinary. Georgia) Randolph county.—Whereas, Allan L. Jenks applies to me for letters of Guardianship for the per son and property of Frances Rigsby, orphan of Enoch Rigsby, ; late of said county, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and “admonish all concerned, to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted, otherwise they will be granted at the next April term of this court. Given trader my band at office March Ist. 1853. Mirti 4-11- O. P. BEALL, < rdlnary. Gteorgla, Randolph county.—Whereas, John,Cd t lier applies t me fur letters “>f administration, cum testimen to annexo, on the estate of John Frith, late of said county, dec’d. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the creditors and kindred of said deceased to appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, If any they have, why said letters should’ not be granted. Given under my hand at office the 22d day of February, 1853. March I—9w7t O. P. BEALL,Ordinary. Georgia, Early county.— -Whereas, John Thompson applies to me tor letters of administration with the will an nexed, upon the estate of Robert Thompson, late of said county, deceased. Those are to notify all persons concerned, to be and appear at my office within the’time prescribed by law, and .shew cause, if anyAhey have, why said letters should not be granted said ap pliofnt. Given under my hand at office this February 24, 1853. Jifarch I—9w7t S. S. STAFFORD, Ordinary. /'T corgi a, Early count y.-~ Whereas, Joseph Gritnslev, UT administrator with the Will annexed,, upon the estate of Sarah Grimsley, late of said'counfy deceased, makes application to me for letters of dismission from the farther administration of said estate. All persons concerned are hereby notified to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, and shew.eause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted said applicant. Given under my hand at office, this February* the 24th, 1853. March I—9w6m 8. 8, STAFFORD, Ordinary. ATotlce to debtor** anti credit ora.— All persons IX holding demands against the estate ot Oliver H. P. Daniel, late of Talbot cminty, deceased, are hereby not ified to present them for payment, duly authenticated, within the time prescribed , by law ; and those indebted to said deceased, are requested to make immediate payment or the same. March l--9wtit JOSEPH BROWN, AdmV. Georgia, Early county.—All persons are desired to take notice, that letters of Administration will We granted the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, on the estate of the late Nathaniel G. Bartlett, unless objections be filed by the first Monday in April next. Feb 23—9w7t 8. S. STAFFORD, Ordinary. Administrator’s Sale —Agreeably to an order of the Ordinary of Early county, will be sold on the first Tuesday iu April next, in the town of Dublin, Laurens county, lot of land number eighty-nine, in the first district of Laurens county. Fold as the propei ty of the late Alfred Renfroe, of Early county, and or the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms on day of sale. THOS. B. ANDREWS, AdmV. February 23—Gw tds GEORGIA, ) Court of Ordinary* for said county, Early county. $ January Term, 1853. OWEN W. SHACKELFORD. Guardian of the minor heirs of James Foster and Asa Travis, deceased, having applied to the Court for letters of dismission from the guardianship of said minors; It is hereby ordered. That all persons concerned, be and appear at the March term of said Court, and cause shew, (if any they have) whv said applicant should not be dismissed from said guardianships’ A true extract from the minutes of said court, January 15th, 1853. January 25—4w6t B.S. STAFFORD, Ordinary. (Georgia, Randolph county.—Whereas, Daniel A. T Newsom, applies to me for letters of Guardianship for the persons and property of William Newsom andGlaucus Newsom, minors unu orphans of John Newsom,late of said county, dec and. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred of said orphans to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any they can, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office. February Bth, Feb. 15—7w7t ‘ u. p. BKAI.L, ordinary. eorgla, Randolph county.—Whereas. Henry L. VJT Tavlor and Moriah L. Taylor apply to me for letters ol ad ministration on the estate of William Taylor, late ot said county, deceased. .... , . These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred aiui creditors of said deceased, to b. u and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, it any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under ray hand at office, this the 22d day of Jan., 1858. Jan. 29—5w6t ’ G. P. BEALL, Ordinary.^ CN corgi a. Randolpli county—Whereas, John Peter- T son applies to me for letters of administration on the estate of Archibald Peterson, late of said county, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred am! creditors©!said deceased, to be and appear at my of fice, within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office this 1 1th day of January, 1853. j January IS-3wst Q- P. BEALL, Ordinary ("1 eorgln. Early county.—Whereas, Jesse Collier j Jf makes application to me for letters of Guardianship of the persons aud property of Martha, John and \\ iUiam Travis, minor heirs of Asa Travis, deceased : and of Shepperd and Mali sea Foster, minors of JaneJFoster, deceased : These are to noUfr all persons concerned, to shew cause, if any . they have, why jdfu letters should not be granted said applicant, at the March term, next, of tiie Court of Ordinary for said county. j Given under my hand at office this January 15th. 1853. January2s—4wot 8, 8. STAFFORD, Ordinary. rt eorgia, Randolpli county—Whereas. Thomas j T Corain,administrator of the estate of Joseph William?, de- j ceased, applies to me for letters of dismission.- These are, there- ; fore, to cite and admonish all and singular the parties interested, to show cause, if any they have, within the time prescribed by law. why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office the 21st day of sept ’52. Sept2B—39wfun O P BEALL Ordinary. | G 1 eorgia, Randolpli county—Whereas, Thomas W I* Garner, administrator on the estate of William L Morgan, ; deceased, appdes to me for letters of dismission therefrom. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the parties j nterested, to show cause, if any they have, within the time pre- I scribed by law, why said letters should not be granted. Given under mv hand at office sept IGth, ’52. Sci * 28 —39w6m O P BEALL, Ordinary. Administrator’s Sale of Notes, Accounts, *fcc Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April next, hi the mar ket house, in the city of Columbus, between the legal hours of Sheriffs sale, the outstanding accounts, notes and due bills of Peabody &■ Cos., claimed by administrator of Augustus Peabody, deceased, as the exclusive property of his intestate, warranty in j every respect expressly excluded. Sold by order of Court of Or dinary for Muscogee county, as debts insolvent and of doubtfuj collection, ferms of sale cash. WM. N. NELSON, AdmV. AUGUSTUS PEABODY, dec’d. ! .4/arch 2—twitAcvvtds Per R. Watson Dknton, Attorney. Administrator** Sale—Agreeable to an order of the j court of Ordinary ot Early county, will be sold on the first , Tuesday in April next, before thvcourt house door in Blakely, a 1 likely negro boy named Wesley, about fourteen years old, ot light < complexion, belonging to the estate of Dr. John Hill, deceased, i Sold to make a division of said estate. Jan. 29—tds WILLIAM HILL, AdmV. Notice to Debtors andiCVrctlitors—All persons in- j debted to the estate of Johnffrt. Walker, deceased, are re- j quested to come forward and make payment, and these holding j claims against said estate are requested to present them duly an j thenticated to me. JAS. 8. WALKER, Adm r. j January s—2w7t ‘ J \Totlce to Debtors and Creditors.—All persons iX indebted to the estate ot John Newsom, deceased, late of Randolph county, are requested to make immediate payment ; and those having demand- against said estate, are requested to present them duly authenticated to me. Feb. 15 —7wt>t DANIEL A. NEWSOM, AdmV. TWO months after date, I shall apply to the Court of Ordinary of Randolph county, for leave to sell the lands belonging to Stephen Weatherby, late ol said county, dec’d Feb. 15—7w2m MARTIN POLLOCK, AdmV. TWO months after date, application will be made to the Court of Ordinary ofßandolpli county, for leave to sell the negroes belonging to the estate of George W. Moye, deceased, late of said county. January 25—4w2m WM. A. MOYE, AdmV. npWO months after date, 1 shall apply to the JL Court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave to sell a | negro belonging to the minors of .Sol• Graves, deceased. j January 18—3w2in B. GRAVES,Guardian. rpWO months after date application will be 1 made to the Court of Ordinary of Ea.ly county, for leave to j sell the lands belonging to the estate of Epsey Dyson, deceased j January 29—2 m _ ABNER DY-ON, AdmV. npWO months after date, we shall apply to _1 the Court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave to sell a town lot in Covington, Newton county, as the property of Sol. Graves, deceased. L. A. GONEKK,) * , B. GRAVES, January 18—2 m with the Will annexed. TWO months after date 1 shall apply to the Court of Ordinary of Randolph county, for to sell the and belonging to Henry Sandlin, deceased. Feb. 8- 6w2m JESSE SANDLIN, AdmV. | NOTICE. I hereby warn all persons against trading for a note which I made to one R. F. Morris : the consideration thereof having j failed, 1 do not intend to cash the same unless compelled by law. : The following is in substance a copy of said note : “By the first day of January next, 1 promise to pay R. F. Mor- j ris of order, the sum of eight hundred and ten dollar?, for value j received, with interest from date, this February 12,1853. (Signed) Matthew J. Lewis. Blakely. March I—9w2t1 —9w2t M. J. LEWIS, i NOTICE. A lL persons are hereby notified, that I claim to own the west ! xjl half of sectiort.flve, lo’wnship 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 office of the Hon. Alfred Iverson, in this city, to take testimony as to the loss of said contract, in order to establish a copy thereof agreea bly to the regulations of the General Land Office, and to apply for a patent in my name, JAMES KIVLIN. Columbus, Ga., February lfir—Bwft NOTICE, ALL persons are hereby notified, that as sole heirs at law of the late James 8. Calhoun, to own the east part of section two, township nineteen and range twenty-eight in Cham bers county, Alabama, the same being a Creek Indian reserva tion, certified and approved to M. W. Perry & Cos., the approved contract for which has been lost or mislaid so that it cannot, after diligent search and enquiry, be found. Having contracted to sell said land, we .shall proceed, on the first Monday in April next, at the office ot lion Aared Iverson, in Columbus,’Georgia, to examine testimony as to the loss of said paper, with the view to establish a copy thereof, agreeably to the regulations of the General Land Office, and that we shall then and there cause the same to be assigned to the purchaser by lhe said Iverson. Attorney in fact for said M. W. Perry &. Cos., inor der that a patent may issue to said purchaser. WM. E. LOVE, Columbus, Feb. 10—8\v0! C'ARoLINF. L<*YF. NOTICE. VLL persons interested, are hereby notified that .1 claim to he the owner of section thirty four, township twenty and range tweqty eight, Alabama, the approved Creek Indian contracts, toi which have been lost, and that on the first Monday in April next, at the office of the Hon. Alfred Iverson, in the city of Columbus, Georgia, 1 will proceed to examine evidence, as to the existence find loss of the said original contracts lor the two parts otsuid “section, with the view of establishing copies and applying to ■ the General Land Office for patents. , February Ifi—-Bwf>i H. F. IRWIN. United States Mail Line. From Columbus, to Chunnenuggee, and Union Springs, Ala., Via Lamiagtou, Sand Fort, Uchee, Creek Stand, Hernando, lCnon, and Stewart’s Mills. g. THE undersigned is now prepared to carry pitoci.trprtt rm thia tir.o- be therefore hopes to be favored with a good share of the public patronage. This line 1 intersects, at Chunnenuggee, the line to Montgomery, via Tu ” kegee, Ala.; also, the one to Eufaula, via Clayton, Ala. f SCHEDULE: L Leave Odumbus Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 7A. arrive at Chunnenuggee next days, at noon. Leave Chunnenuggee Tuesday and Thursday at noon, and Mondays at 3 o'clock a. in., and arrive at Columbus Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 p.m. A. IIAYGOOD, Contractor. Stage Office at “Oglethorpe House.” f Connecting with the mail train of cars on Muscogee Railroad 1 £>r Macon, Savannah and Charleston, and all intermediate points, f Relative distances from this route: Warrior Stand is four I miles from Hernando ; Five Points is seven miles from Enon ; 1 Ridgely is two mile&-fr.©.ra -Chuiinenuggee ; Aberfoil is eighj ‘ miles from Chunnenuggee; and Missouri, Pike county, is eigh teen miles from Chunnenuggee. Carriages reserved and ready at any trip for the aae of families. T. C, PRIDGEN, Agent. Jan. if, 1853. 1 12m “the union or THE states and the sovereignty of the states. 11 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING,’ MARCH 15, 1853. Good Morning. “Oh, I am so happy !” a little girl said, As she sprung, like a lark, from a low trundle bed ; “Tis morning—bright morning ! Good morning, papa ! Oh give me a kiss forgood morning, mama! Only just look at my pretty canary, Chirping his sweet “Good morning to Mary,’ The sun is peeping straight into my eyes ; Good morning to you, Mr. Sun, tor you rise Early to wake my birdie and me, And make.ns happy as happy ean be.” “Happy you may be, my dear little girl,” As the mother struck softly a clustering curl; “Happy you can be—but think of the One Who wakened this morning both you and the sun.” The little girl turned her bright eyes with a nod ; “Ala, may I say, then. Good morning to God?” “Yes, little darling one, surely you may, Kneel as you kneei every morning to pray.” Mary knelt solemnly down, with her eyes Looking up earnestly, into tie skies. And twolittle hands that were folded together, Softly she laid on the lap of her mother, “Good morning, dear lather in Heaven,” she said, “I thank thee for watching my snug little bed ; #• ■ For taking good care of me all the dark night, And waking me up with the beautihd liglK ‘ Oh,keep me from naughtiness all the longevity, Dear Father who taught little children to pray !” An angel looked down in the sunshine and smil’d, But she saw not the angel, that beautiful child 1 LETTER FROM JAMES HAMILTON. To Ihe Kili tor* of the New Haven Register t Yale ('olle<jk, Fclj. ■d&JHftß. While casually llflviffcs of this month’s “Palladium,” of your city, my attention was arrested hy the following article, copied from the Springfield (Mass.) Republican : Uncle ‘rum's Cabin Vindicated. —AVill those who insist that the pictures in Uncle are overdrawn, read the following, dipt front the*l’aulding (Ga.) Clarion, and then tavor us with their opinions ? [“The entire article is too long for insertion here, but in substance is as follows : A few weeks since, a man by the name of Clarke, of Clark County, Georgia, assaulted his negro woman, and afterwards in the most barbarous man ner commenced pitching his knile at her, point foremost, covering her with about fifty bleeding punctures. The same day,he whipped his wife, most cruelly gashed her all over the head with his knife, and cut off her eyebrows On the succeeding day, he wound up the atrocious drama by shooting to the death a man slave. Clarke was subse quently arrested and committed to prison tor murder.”] It is not mv intention, sit, to review Mrs. Stowe’s book, nor show in what particulars she has overdrawn her “pictures,” The book has had an unprecedented circulation, and the ‘au thoress, her admirers, and proselytes, will doubt less continue for a time yet, to enjoy its suc cess—well aware, as I am, that, in the present stiite of the public mind, no objections, however well supported by facts or arguments, can cor rect the wrong she has done, or arrest her own convictions, hedged in as she is by a family of pulpits, and beguiled by the adulations which ! daily reach her woman’s ear. What I have to do with at present, is to notice the means resorted to hy a large portion of the press, to persuade the pubUc that die work is no fiction. In this connection, 1 wish to call your attrition to die condition of the anti-Slavery sentimelTt, and the agencies now operating to wards its increase. The article above quoted, is conspicuously inserted in the Palladium of the 3d inst., with out a single qualifying remark ; thus leaving the direct impression upon the reader’s mind, that the Editor himself requires no more conclu sive evidence to vindicate the most nefarious chapter in Mrs. Stowe’s book. To any candid mind, 1 need not argue the absurdity of such a conclusion—the facts stated proving, at most, that iu the Southern States, as in every quar ter of the world, there exist cruel and atrocious characters. Rut the remarks prefixed by the b'pringfield Republican to the Clarion’s details, and endorsed hy the Palladium, indicate a deep er and darker purpose than this—a purpose which could only emanate front a mind lost to all the power of truth, and governed by the pu rest malevolence ; evincing, as it does, the most reckless zeal in the vindication of a book, which represents such crimes as of daily occurrence, and as committed with impunity under the sanc tion of Southern society. Lotus suppose that we have not read Mrs. Stowe’s hook, and our acquaintance with its contents to he gathered from the comments of such presses as the Republican. Now, having read the Clarion’s details, as given by these presses, to what conclusions do we come ( plainly these : —That Southern slave owners not oidy torture and murder their slaves, but most | inhumanly maltreat and abuse their wives ; and [ that the hook in question contains such implies- i tions. Now the authoress, as reckless a pert as \ she wields, durst not introduce a scourged wife into her motley groups. Her friends, however, hy supplying the omitted character in their ap plication of the transaction before us, hut afford an illustration of the illogical relation her im plications bear to the facts upon which they pro fess to he tounded. The bare circumstances of their seizing upon a transaction so unsuitable for their purpose, shows most clearly to what a strait the friends of the book are driven for facts, to give coloring to its pretensions. 1 have already shown what the facts in the case really prove, and what they are made to prove according to the applied reasoning of the Springfield Republican. Now, I desire to show what they fail to prove, and what they positive ly disprove. First, they fail to prove that the torturing and killing of negro slaves are at all frequent; secondly, they disprove that the com mission of such crimes is countenanced by slave holding communities; and, thirdly, they disprove most emphatically, that the murderer of his slave escapes the penalties of the law—all of which is directly or indirectly implied in Mrs. Stowe’s hook. 1 have cited this case in all its hearings, in order to show how reprehensible in the esti mation of all just persons ought those to be held, who, iu their mad endeavors to vindicate the most wicked fiction of the age, seize upon an occasional and isolated ctime with which to stigmatize whole communities. ’ Rut still further: the effects of Mrs. Stowe’s hook, and the course that is pursued by its vin dicators, are becoming more and more apparent daily—not only iu the growing tendencies oi abuse towards the south, on tiie part of the north, hut, in addition to this internal discord, they are breeding foreign animosity against our whole country, and affoidiug the jealous subjects of the more jealous monarchies of the old world a plausible pretext for interference in our do mestic concerns. Oughts head, I need hut refer to the “aid and comfort” which these factionists have received, and are still receiving, from all classes abroad: comprising the vilest fanatic festering in his self corruption ; the member of parliament, whose hired mendancity is only equal to his purchaser’s perfidy ; and of late, their efforts have been encouragingly smiled upon by the courtly Dame. In London and Paris, Uncle Tomitudes nightly bring down “tears of applause.” Italy, Spain and Germany, and other European States, through Mrs. Stowe’s labors, are commissioned to revile the American Republic as the foulest tyranny on earth. To Mrs. Stowe, and let me, an ene my to your designs, offer mv testimony to the prosperity of your cause. You have succeeded in engendering a hostility between the North and South, which, if ever allayed, can only he through a course of long years spent in more just legislation, and evincing more fraternal sympathy than have characterized the last twen ty. You have strong allies abroad, who will af ford you the most abundant means with which to prosecute your unholy’ designs. You are sowing the u-ind: beware ! lest you reap the. whirlwind ! Now, sir, allow me to ask you—than whom 1 believe no one is a firmer patriot, and more sin cerely desire the welfare of the whole country-- how long tli ■> state of affairs is to continue ? Perhaps you may reply’, as a well-meaning and patriotic friend of mine does, hy pointing to the results of the recent Presidential Election. Let us see how far facts secure the repose you would have me indulge. To bring about that result, the most antagonistic interests were harmonized ; the most hostile factions were united ; and the most diverse influences were brought to hear. How these antagonisms were harmonized i who or wha! these hostile factions were? and w/uit influences were brought to bear ! are all ques tions hut little essential to my purpose. To sug gest, however, the ephemeral character of this fraternization, and what sort of harmon y char acterized the various fractions and divisions, 1 need hut refer you to two of the leading North ern journals, which labored—l will not say to gether—to secure the election of President Pierce, viz.: the New York Herald, and New York Evening Post. The courses pursued hy clearly 7 show that the question of Slavery had little or no direct bearing upon tho issue. So far from that result proving the pan acea for Abolition eruptions in the body politic, which is so frequently commended, 1 think it perfectly apparent that the Abolition party is stronger tit this hour, and working with more determined energy, titan ever heretofore. To j ascertain the true state of the case, let us com- ! pare the opinions and sentiments of the great j body of the northern people “20 years since, i with those of the present. To do this concise ly, 1 will quote from a speech delivered by Mr Calhoun in the Senate in 1837. Referring to a former argument with Mr. Webster, he spoke as follows; “I then predicted that (the incendi ary spirit of Abolitionism) would commence as it has, with the fanatical portion of society ; and that they would begin their operations on the weak, the ignorant, the young, and the thought less, and would gradually extend upward till they became strong enough to obtain political control, when he (Mr, Webster) and others holding the highest stations in society, would, however reluctant, be compelled to yield to their doctrines, or be driven into obscurity.” How rapidly this prediction of the profound Carolin ian has continued to fulfil, from the very mo ment of its utterance, the history of the period too truly confirms. Will any one pretend that the Abolition par ty is still a miserable and contemptible faction l Sir, this party, which, at its inception had but one head, has grown to he a Hydra! The Gar rison school, which vour respectable Free Soil er affects to scorn,'and has even the effrontery to denounce, is hut a fretting and frothing up per current, supported upon tho strong bosom of a deeper and darker flow! Were not this the (act, it would have expended itself long since, and our country would now he in the enjoyment of that quiet and harmony so necessary for the j promotion of social, political, and religious ad vancement. The distinction between the various anti- Slavery cliques can hardly be called a difference. If there he a difference, it is in the degree, not in kind. The Garrison school—the Liberty party—the Free Soil party—the Free Soil Deni corat —the Free Soil Whig—all go, inmy onion, to makeup the Abolition party proper—that par ty whose final end and aim is the extinction of Slvery. A piebald concern, I admit—yet, all its parts and divisions form one great whole, and tend to one great end, differing nothing as to that end, hut only as to the means of attaining it. In its multiform character consists its great pow er. Representing every grade in society, its strength has continued to augment hy accessions from all classes—of late years enlisting in its cause much of the religion, the literature, and learning of your section. Os your leading reli giousjournals, how many refrain from denounc ing, in the most tin measured terms, “our peculiar institution,” and those who coun tenance it ? How many Sabbaths elapse, but that your most influential preachers thunder their denunciations against the “accursed sys tem?” Iu jour popular literature, Mrs. Stowe's hook is hut too conclusive proof of the care ful and assiduous culture the anti-Slavery sentiment has received. Many of you most eminent Doctors of Divinity, and of Law, have brought to bear their critical acumen and power of place, against the “unjust and unright eous system.” Amid all these hostile influences, how effective a conservatism exists ? I know, and rejoice in the knowledge, that there are those whose nationality of principle has not, as yet, been blighted by? the mildew of faction— who battle nohlv for the rights of tho States, and a right construction of the Constitution— but, it must be apparent to all, that these are a hopeless minority. Divest them of the strength which party organizations aud combinations give, and they are powerless. These have lif ted and are still lifting their patriotic voices against the inroads of faction, and in denunci ation of the treasonable doctrine of a “higher law but their words “No more avail than breath against the wind Blown stifling back on him that breathes it lorth.” 1 shall now, sir, close this communication, by considering another agency to which I have but hinted- an agency more powerful than at first sight might appearand with whose assiduous em ployment in this unholy crusade, I am satisfied the country at large is but imperfectly acquain ted and which, indeed may not he fully apprecia ted by many, even of the North. This agency is your College. Notwithstanding the efforts put forth by your clergy, your literati,your daily press, your quarterlies, and monthlies, to bring odium upon the South and her institutions, it lias generally been thought that a healthy, national conservatism existed in your institutions of learn ing. The Southron, believing that they afforded facilities superior, in some respects, to those of his own section, and, besides, wishing by obser vation and travel to expand his son’s mind, lias patronized your schools and colleges, not dream ing that these too have become infested with the prevalent hostility to his section. Now, what are the facts ? Since the enactment of the “Fugitive Slave Law,” reports'from several of the more prominent colleges and universities in New England have been published, purporting to give expression of their views upon this law— and invariably in opposition to it. To hut one College in New England has of late been accor ded the honor of being national. Yale, alone, has enjoyed tiiis reputation ; and the scores of Southern names upon her catalogue show how general has been, and is yet this belie! through the Southern States. Rut does Yale foster that sound, national conservatism, for which her au thorities have the credit ? No one has heard of public gatherings of students here is denoun ce er, cathedra, Slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law It'is true, the suhjecthas been discussed at times hut always on occasions, and under such circumstances, as to implicate, in no respect, the opinions of the Faculty. But within the last few months, Y’ale has caught the infection, and I now raises her official hue and cry against Sla very, as an “unjust institution,” and and does reverence to the supremacy of tho “higher law” —not, indeed, through public channels, but through the professional chair, she seeks to in still into the mind of the youth entrusted to her care, a destetntion for the institution of Slavery, a contempt for those who sustain it, and a hos tility to the Constitution which sanctions it. For the truth of these statements, 1 submit the fol lowing facts. At the conclusion of the reading of “disputes,” , a few weeks since, before the President of the College, hy members of the Senior Class, iipog the subject of the acquisition of Cuba, (all of! the disputants save one having taken strong ne- j gative grounds, and chiefly because of the in- j crease of slaves and slave-territory,) the Presi- j dent expressed himself, in substance, as follows: “1 have several objections to urge against the measure ; ’’ and, after citing ou>- treaty obliga tions with Spam, and other considerations not j necessary here to repeat, he continued, “hut waiving all these objections, and supposing the j Cubans, by their own acts, to have established j an independent government—to he possessed of full powers to dispose of themselves—never theless, should they desire to be incorporated into our Confederacy, I should oppose the meas ure so long as it involved the necessity of bring ing us more slaves. There is,” said he iu con clusion, “a deep seated conviction on this sub ject of slavery throughout a large class, who have hitherto, for the sake of peace, acquiesced in legislative enactments; but who, if they are to he forced further against their convictions, will spring an agitation such as this country has never experienced. For my own part, (said he,) rather than Cuba, with her slaves, should he annexed to this country, 1 should oppose the measure—even to the dissolution of the Union ?” Said a Professor, not long since, to a New England student, during a conversation which happened to turn upon Mrs. Stowe’s hook —“I have lived in Georgia, as a teacher, and can bear witness to its truthfulness from my own observation.” Again, in a series of lec tures, now in course of delivery before the Sen ior Class, by the President—upon the “Origin of Rights : and the Duties ofStates”—lie has taken especial pains to dwell upon the “injustice of Slavery.” and our obligations to a “higher law.” In order to bring the subject before the great bod y of tho students, he has within the last week, in connection with a Professor in the Law Department, given as the question for a prize debate before one of the Societies “Ought the Fugitive Slave Law to he Obeyed?” He has also taken occasion to congratulate j himself upon the inefficiency of this law ; and \ to express his indifference as to the time when the final crash nitty come, which shall determine ! whether or not this is to be a free govern ment. In what, now consists Yale’s farther claims to nationality—of which her friends, everywhere, have so long boasted? What cord of sympathy | or interest is left to hind her hundreds of South- j ern alumni, who have looked back with pleasure j and pride to their College days, and who have ! annually travelled weary miles to pay their tri hute of love aud veneration to Alma Mater ? The Society, which they formed thirty years since, for the cultivation ofmutual friendship aud to enjoy the advantages of debate freed from the angry contentions which slavery disputes ‘ would beget in the other Societies, is dissolved; and the Southern student, at this epoch ofhos- ! tility to this section, is thrown out to fight his way in weekly broils—or submissively listen to j the most hostile denunciations against the iu-- j stitution under which he was horn. Such has of late been the state of feeling* that a proposition has been mooted hy a number of Southern j students, to withdraw in a body. The alumnus, ! of a few years back, can hardly appreciate the | full force of the present state of things. The in ! dignant curse, in response to the insulting jeer, j has, in too great a degree, taken the place of j the cheerful song and laugh-provoking jest.— ! Men retire from the lecture room—some, indig nant and enraged—some, with painful surprise j ask : “What can the President mean by the I course he is pursuing?’’—others, elated with the sanction of such higlqauthority, unscrupulously re-echo the doctrines there promulgated. A word more and 1 have done. This com- j munication has been prompted by no mere de- j sire to assail any one—least of all, those under I whose direction 1 have pursued a course of stu- j dy for the four years nearly past. Tho uniform i courtesy which, as an individual, I have invaria- j bly received, will remain a source of pleasant re- | flection—aud I shall continue to do honor to the j “Genius of Yale”—as she was in former years- i I gladly acknowledge, that among her present \ governors, there are some patriotic and national | minds ; but these exceptions, as high a regard | as they inspire me with, I cannot allow to swerve ! me from the performance of a duty which 1 feel i I owe to the public at large, and especially to my section. Connected with every section of the Union by hundreds of Alumni—among the best educated men in tho country—tiiis college has wielded a powerful influence over the Na tional will—and, sending forth a hundred giad uates annually, imbued with the teachings hire received, it becomes a query of no trivial import —whether tiiis influence shall be exerted for \ good or evil ? The base attacks which have, of late, been so repeatedly made upon the South and her in stitutions, under the sanction of an acquiescing public, have been so glaringly malicious and un justifiable, that I have been led into a careful and lengthy investigation of the Abolition sen titnent—embracing its origin, growth and pres ent power. We have seen it at one period a mean and contemptible faction ; derided and despised by ail respectable persons—while now, it marshals its seditious hosts alike iu the haunts of faction, and at the heads of our first institu tions. Religion, literature, learning—all arc i •nlisted in its ranks. It is not for me, sir, to pursue the subject far ther. I leave the future to the guidance of the wise men of our laud—to the men of determi ned purpose and patriotic virtue—earnestly de siring the perpetuity of our Union and Consti tution, yet fully convinced, to adopt the explic it language of the immortal Calhoun, that they j can, and ought to he perpetuated, only on the 1 condition that they fulfil the great object for which they were created, the liberty and pro tection of these Stales. JAMES HAMILTON. INAUGURAL ADDRF.SS OF PRESIDENT PIERCE. March 4, 1853. My Countrymen: It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal re gret and hitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others, rather than desirable for myself. The circumstances under which 1 have been called, for a limited period, to preside over the destinies of the Republic, fill me with a profound sense of responsibility, hut with nothing like shrinking apprehension. I repair to the post as signed me, not as to one sought, but in obedi ence to the unsolicited expression of your will, answerable only for a fearless, faithful, and dil gent exercise of mv best powers. I ought to be. and am, truly grateful for the rare inauifes -1 talion of the nation’s confidence; but tiiis, so far j from lightening my obligations, only adds to ’ their weight. Aon have summoned me in my j weakness ; you must sustain me by your strength. | VV hell looking tor the fulfilment of reasonable ! requirements, you will not he unmindful of the | great changes which have occurred, even with i iu the last quarter of a century, and the conse ; quent augmentation and complexity of duties imposed, in the administration both of your home and foreign affairs. H hetlier the elements ofinherent force iu the Republic have kept pace with its unparalleled progression in territory, population, and wealth, has been the subject of earnest thought and dis cussion, on both sides of the ocean. Less than sixty-four years ago, the Father of his Country made “the” then “recent accession of tiie important State of North Carolina to the Constitution of the United States,” one of the subjects of his special congratulation. At that moment, however, when the agitation conse quent upon the revolutionary struggle had hard ly subsided, when we were just emerging from the weaknessand embarrasments of the Confed eration, there was an evident consciousness of vigor, equal to the great mission so wisely and bravely fulfilled hy our fathers. It was not a presumptuous assurance,hut a calm faith, spring ing from a clear view of the sources of power, in a government constituted like ours. I tis no paradox to say that, although comparatively weak, the new horn nation was intrinsically strong. Inconsiderable in population and ap parent resources, it was upheld by a broad and intelligent comprehension of rights and an all pervading purpose to maintain them, stronger than armaments. It came from the furnace of the Revolution, tempered to the necessities of the times. The thoughts of the men of that day were as practical as their sentiments were patri otic. They wasted no portion of their energies upon idle and delusive speculations, hut with a firm and fearless step advanced beyond the gov ernmental land-marks, which had hitherto cir cumscribed the limits of human freedom, and planted their standard where it lias stood against dangers, which have threatened from abroad, and internal agitation, which has at times fear fully menaced at home. They approved them selves equal to tho solution of tho great problem, to understand which their minds had been illu minated by the dawning lights of the Revolu tion. The object sought was not a thing dream ed of: it was a thing realized. They had exhib ited not only the power to achieve, hut what till history affirms to he so much more unusual, the capacity to maintain. The oppressed throughout the world, from that day to the present, have turned their eyes hitherward, not to find those lights extinguished, or to fear lest they should wane, but to he constantly cheered hy their steady and increasing radiance In this our country has, in my judgment, thus far fulfilled its highest duty to suffering humanity It has spoken, aud will continue to speak, not j only by its words, hut by its acts, the language of j sympathy, encouragement, and hope, to those ! who earnestly listen to tones which pronounce for the largest rational liberty. But, after all, the most animating encouragement and potent appeal for freedom will be its own history, its trials, and its triumphs. Pre-eminently, the power of our advocacy reposes in our example; hut no example, he it remembered, can be pow erful for lasting good, whatever apparent ad vantages -may he gained, which is not based upon eternal principles ofi ight and justice Our fathers decided for themselves, botn upon the hour to declare and the hour to strike. They were their own judges of the ciicumstances un der which it became them to pledge to each oth er “their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor,’ for the acquisition of the priceless inheri tance transmitted to us. The energy with which that great conflict was opened, and under the guidance of a manifest and beneficent Provi dence, the uncomplaining endurance with which it was prosecuted to its consumation, were only’ surpassed hy the wisdom and patriotic spirit of concession which characterized all the counsels of the early fathers. One of the most impressive evidences of that wisdom is to he found in the fact, that the actual working of our system has dispelled a degree of solicitude, which at the outset, disturbed hold hearts and far-reaching intellects. The appre hension of dangers from extended territory, multiplied States, accumulated wealth, and aug mented population, has proved*to lie unfounded. The stars upon your banner have become near ly three-fold their original number, your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the two great oceaus, and yet this vast inciease of people and territory has not only shown itself compatible with tiie harmonious action of the States and the Federal Government in their re spective constitutional spheres, but has afforded an additional guarantee of the strength and in j tegrity of both. With an experience thus suggestive and j cheering, the policy of my Administration will not lie controlled hy any timid forebodings of evil from expansion. Indeed, it is not to he dis i guised that our attitude as a nation, and our po sition on the globe, render the acquisition of certain possessions, not within our jurisdiction, eminently important for our protection, if not, in tiie future, essential for the preservation of the rights of commerce and the peace of the world. Should they he obtained, it will he through no grasping spirit, hut with a view to ob vious national interest and security, and in a manner entirely consistent with the strictest ! observance of national faith. We have nothing ! in our history or position to invite aggression, we have every thing to beckon us to the culti vation of relations of peace und amity with all nations. Purposes, therefore, at once just and pacific, will he significantly marked in the con duct of our foreign affairs. I intend that my Administration shall leave no blot upon our fair record, and trust 1 may safely give the assurance that no act within the legitimate scope of my [TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE. • constitutional control will he tolerated, on the part of any portion of our citizens, which cannot challenge a ready justification before the tribu nal of the civilized world. An administration would be unworthy of confidence at home, or respect abroad, should it cease to be influenced hy the conviction, that no apparent advantage can he purchased at a price so dear as that of national wrong or dishonor. It is not your privilege, as a nation, to speak of a distant past. The striking incidents of your history, replete with instruction, and furnishing abundant grounds for hopeful confidence, are comprised in a period comparatively brief. But if your past is limited, your future is boundless. Its ob ligations throng the unexplored pathway of ad vancement, and will be limitless as duration. Hence, a sound and comprehensive policy should embrace not less the distant future than the urgent present. rile great objects of our pursuit, as a people, are best to bo attained by peace, are entirely con sistent with the tranquility and interests of the rest of mankind. With the neighboring nations upon our continent, we should cultivate kindly and fraternal relations. We can desire nothing in regard to them so much as to see them con solidate their strength and pursue the paths of prosperity and happiness. If, in the course of their growth, we should open new channels of trade, aud create additional facilities for friend ly intercourse, the benefits realized will be equal and mutual. Os the complicated European systems of national polity we have heretofore been independent. From their wars, their tu mults and anxieties, we have been happily, al most entirely exempt. Whilst these are confi ned to the nations which gave them existence, and within their legitimate jurisdiction, they cannot affect us, except as they appeal to our sympathies iu the cause of human freedom and universal advancement. Rut the vast interests of commerce are common to all mankind, and the advantages of trade and international inter course must always present a noble field for the moral influence of a great people. With these views firmly and honestly carried out, we have a right to expect, and shall under ail circumstances require, prompt reciprocity.— The rights which belong to us as a nation are not alone to he regarded, hut those which per tain to every citizen in his individual capacity, at home mid abroad, must be sacredly maintain ed. So long as lie can discern every star in its place upon that ensign, without wealth to pur chase for him preferment, or title to secure for him place, it will he his privilege, and must be his acknowledged right, to stand unabashed even in thejpresenceof princes with a proud conscious ness that lie is himself one of a nation of sover eigns, and that ho cannot, in legitimate pursuit, wander so Car from home that the agent whom he shall leave behind in the place which I now occupy will not see that no rude hand of power or tyrannical passion is laid upon him with im punity. He must realize that upon every sea and on every soil, where our enterprise tnay rightfully seek the protection ofour flag, Ameri can citizenship is an inviolable panoply, for the security of American rights. And, in this con nexion, it can hardly he necessary to reaffirm a principle which should now be regarded as fundamental. The rights, security, and repose of this Confederacy reject the idea of interfer ence or colonization on this side of the ocean by any foreign power beyond present jurisdiction as utterly inadmissible. The opportunities of observation, furnished hy my brief experience as a soldier, confirmed in my own mind the opinion, entertained and acted upon hy others from the formation of the Government, that tiie maintenance of large standing armies in our country would be not only dangerous, hut unnecessary. They also illustrated the importance, I might well say the absolute necessity, of the military science and practical skill furnished, in such an eminent de gree, by the institution, which has made your •army what it is, under the discipline and instruc tion of officers not more distinguished for their solid attainments, gallantry, and devotion to the public service, than for unobtrusive bearing and high moral tone. The army, as organized, must he the nucleus around which, in every time of need, the strength of your military power, the sure bulwark of your defence—a national mili tia—may he readily formed into a well-discip lined and efficient organization. And the skill and self-devotion of the navy assure you that you may take the performance of the past as a pledge for the future, and may confidently expect that the flag, which lias waved its untarnished folds over every sea, will still float in undiminished honor. Rut these, like many other subjects, will he appropriately brought, at a future time, to the attention of the co-ordinate branches of the Government, to which I shall always look with profound respect, and with trustful confi dence that they will accord to me the aid and support which I shall so much need, and which their experience and wisdom will readily sug- R est - In the administration of domestic affairs, you expect a devoted integrity in the public service, and ail observance of rigid economy in all de partments, so marked as never justly to he ques tioned. If this reasonable expectation be not realized, I frankly confess that one of your leading hopes is doomed to disappointment, and that my efforts, in a very important particular, must result in a humiliating failure. Officers can be properly regarded only in the light of aids for the accomplishment of these objects, and as occupancy can confer no prerogative, nor im portunate desire for preferment any claim, the public interest imperatively demands that they be considered with sole reference to the duties to he performed. Good citizens may well claim the protection of good laws and the benign in fluence of good government ; hut a claim for office is what the jieople of a republic should never recognise. No reasonable man of any party will expect the administration to be so regal dless of its responsibility, and of the obvious elements of success, as to retain persons,known j to be under the influence of political hostility and partisan prejudice, in positions which will require, not only severe labor, but cordial co operation. Having no implied engagements to ratify, no rewards to bestow, no resentments to remember, and no personal wishes to consult, in selections for official station, 1 shall fulfil this difficult and delicate trust, admitting no motive as worthy either of my character or position, which does not contemplate an efficient dischar ge of duty and the best interests of my country. I acknowledge my obligations to the masses of my countrymen, and to them alone. Higher objects than personal aggrandizement gave di rection and energy to their exertions in the late canvass, and they shall not be disappointed.— They require at my hands dilligence, integrity, and capacity, wherever there tire duties to he jierforriied. Without these qualities in their pub lic servants, more stringent laws, for the pre vention or punishment of fraud, negligence and peculation, will he vain. With them, they will he unnecessary. But these are not the only points to which Number 11.