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-'By LOMAX & ELLIS
Volume XVIII.
Cimts aitO Sentinel.
THETRL^ErL^IM^^NTINEL
Is published every TUK-SDAY* TlIUIiSl>A\ and
SATURDAY UVEMNCi,
THE WEEKLY TIMES & SENTINEL
Is published every TIJ KSI) V V'MOKMJKi.
Office on Randolph Street, opposite the P. O.
TERMS:
TRI-WEEKLY, Five Dollars per annum, in advance.
WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in advance.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at One Dol
lar per square, for the. first insertion, and Fifty Cents for
every subsequent insertion
A libera! deduction will be made tor yearly advertise
ments.
Sales of Land and Negroes, iiy Administrators, Execu
tors and Guardians, are required by law to be held on the
first Tuesday m the month, between the hours of ten in
iorenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in
the county in which the property is situate. Mortices ol
these sales mu ibe given in a public gazette forty days
previous to the day ot sale.
Notice for the sale of Personal property must be given at
least ten day previous to the day ot sale.
Notice to Debtors and ( ‘redilora ot an restate must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court ot Or
dinary for leave lo sell Lano or Negroes, must be published
weekly for two months.
Citations for Lettersof Administration must he published
thirty days—for Dismission from Administration, mommy
J* months-for Disinisdoi. from Guardianship,forty days.
Rules tor Foreclosure of Mor’gage must be published
monthly tor four months—for establishing lost paper? tor
the lull space ot thr-e months—for compelling titles Irom
Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been giv-
B by the and ceased, the full space ot three months
Publications will always he continued according to
these, the leaal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
BUSINESS CARDS.
PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING.
a TAVING connected without Printing Olt.o a full
H and complete assortment ol Book Binder s tools and
tocß.and also added to our Pratingmaterials, we are now
prepared to execute,in good style and with despatch,every
kind of work in either branch ol the business, on the best
“Yi'lVvNK WORK, ot every description, with or with
oat printin®, made to order, in the neatest manner.
WARE HOUSE PRINTING, Receipts, Drafts,
Notes, Bills of Lading, i-c., &c.. executed neatly and
promptly, and bound in any desired \ \ KS
RAILROAD VNI> SI EAMBOAI BLAJHS,
olall kinds got up.with accuracy and dispatch
Rill Heads, arsis, Circulars, Hand Hills.
Posters, Programmes, &c.,&c.. printed in thesnoi
est notice and in the best style „ u .
Magazine and Pamphlets ptr up m every style o
Ll ßookso all kinds rebound
Columbus Apr I tr ‘ •
B. Y. MARTIN. ‘ * 1 tRTH*,
MARTIN & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
eexrriMcorrs, ga.
Office on Broad Street-Over Gunby & Daniel.
Columbus, Jan. 9, 1857. wtetwlv.
HAMILTON A PLANE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
CO AJMBUS. GA.
above firm have renewed their Copartnership, and
?. will devote the most assiduous attention to the pro*
f sion in the counties of Muscogee, Harris, Talbot and
Chattahoochee, in this State.and in Bussell county, Ala.
Office, front room over E Barnard’* Store.
January 28,1857. w&twtt.
A. B. WELLBORN. JERE.N. WILLIAMS. J
WELLBORN & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Clayton, Alabama
v \ TILL giveprompt aueiio >a to the collection ol all claims
M eutrußtedtotheircaretiillarbourcoui.lv. > ct 4 wtwtim
MARION BETIIUNE,
attorney at law ,
TALBOTTON, Talbot County, Ga
itober 24th. 1856. wtwtl.
W. S, JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CUSSE T A,
Chattahoochee County, <*a.
<• 98 his'intire attention to the practice in Chattahoochee
adjoining counties. ap26—wtwly*
ROBERT N. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CRAWFORD, ALA
„ . ember a, 1855. —twtwtl
S. A. M’LENDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Fort Gaines Ga
bL promptly attend to ailbusiites* entrusted to his
re—particularly Collectiui?. novH#twly
PEYTON H. COLQUITT,
VTTO RN F ‘ 1. AW ,
COLILWIILS, GA.
up stairs, over Col. Holt’s office, Randolphs!.
26,1855 wAiwtt
BAUGK & SLADE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS , GEORGIA.
V iractlcelaw in Muscogee and theadjoininecountles
* * :eorgia and Alabama.
• ‘ Office over Bank >f Columbus, Broad Street.
I BAUOH. J* BUPK.
>us, Ga. March 27 1857. wtwtf
DR. S. BASS,
. H\S opened an office over the “Hank of Columbus,*
be practice ot Medicine and Surgery.
J \ • idence, North Hast Coraer ot Forsyth and *?r.Clai
■s Mreotg y near the Female Academy.
< D:i nh-is, .1an.21, 1857 twtf.
THOMAS A. COLEMAN,
ITTORNEY AT LAW,
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA.
Vi LL p acticein the Pataula and Southwestern Circuits.
Refers to Hon. David Kiddoo, J. S C. P. C. Cuihbert.
February 24, 1857. wly
ELAM & OLIVER, -
VTTORNEYS A T LA W,
BUENA VISTA,
MARION COUNTY,GA.
yC ,r iL iracticeinthecountlesof Marion, Macon, ewart
’ :tyi<r, Chattahoochee. Kinchaloonee. and any ol tne
Edjo -Hfir. inties when their services mav l>*“ required.
W a D. Rt.iM. THADH'I lILIVIR.
N vmit-er 10. wtt
JOHN V. HEARD,
kTTORNEv a T LAW,
Coiquitt, Miller Cos., Ga
_Ja .uary 30, 1857-wly.
REDDING k SMITH,
Attorneys at Law,
PRESTO'S, WEBSTER COUNTY, GA.
nr Will nr -’.ice in Palaula Circuit and adjoining counties,
i -t. it Kb IMG. A. J. SMITH.
Fr.,ton. I-. ruary I, 1858—w6m,
T. GUNN,
11 rORKEY AT LAW.
HAMILTON, GA.
WILL Mite romptly to all busineess entrusted to him
January'.'’ -)sß—wly.
3.5. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT 1A V,
Bi, VKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA.
trtf.
TIHIDBrAS “W. vim,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PitESTSN, Webuter Coauty,Ga.
WILL practice in the counties of Clay, Chattahoochee,
w ebster, Early, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter.
Particular attention given to collecting and remitting.
January 27, 1857—wtf.
PARKER & PARKER,
A TTO R N EYS AT LAW,
COLQUITT
Wilier County, Cieorsrl .
YU ILL wive t‘ir entire attention t< the practice >n Rruth
western (Je >rg h: wi>ta!s> ivepr .mpt attention to the
collection of al! claimr cn.'iusled to theii care in the 01 1 wing
coamies Baker,Ealhouu. Ly, Decatur, Dougherty, Ka?ly,
Le , Miller, MU hell, Rindolpa, Terie l and Worm.
February l, wtf
E. G. RAIFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW:
CU S SE T A,
< battahooclie County, (>a.
Will give prompt attention to the collecting of a 1
aims entrusted to his care. jans—wly.
DUNCAN H. BURTS,
V TT O R N K Y A T LA W ,
CUSS E T A ,
Chattahoochee County,Gh.
Will promptly nttend to all bnsutess entrusted to his care
September 1, 1857. wly.
W A. BIRD,
.4 7 TO II NEY AT L A W,
4 (J rilllKKT—Kandofph County, Uh.
el r ill pnci . the Pataula and a. uthweste n Oireuits.
r t All business entrusted to his care will received prompt
tteutioii. rnn \ 19—wly.
GRICE & WALLACE,
iOT©Si!i?OT3 M ILOTj)
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
\T7ILL give prompt attention afl business entrusted to
?▼ them.
W. L (iRICR. WM.S. WALLACE.
hereinbr I -wu
A. B. SEALS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
II \ HILTON, GEORG I
December 3,1857. —wt w3m
BROWN’S EOT Bit,
OPPOSITE THE PASSENGER DEPOT,
MACON, GEORGIA.
E. E. BROWN, PROPRIETOR,
B F. DENSE, Superintendent
C5T* Meals ready on ihe arrival of every Train.
Macon,Ga., April 15,1856. wtf.
SAMUEL 11. HAWKINS,
ATTTO RNE A” A T I. AW ,
AMERXCU3, GA.
\ATILL practice in the counties of Sumter, Webster,
VY Terrell,Lee, Baker, Worth, Randolph and Cal
houn.
RFFKRF.NCt—lngram,Crawlord & Russell, Columbus.
Col. Henry G. Lamar, Macon Ga.
Mr. W. L Johnson, Amerieus,
May 12, 1857-twtt
LIVERY & SALE STABL’-.
THE undersigned having this day pur*
It chased the Livery Stable now occupied by
■Jaifliiljjy S. Har* *■ ‘‘ v. snd formerly owned by
f^V-r.-xJ^jipr^a ll uiri'.-r .is. wuicontinue the business
uuoer me name and .*u IVLY A: WTL KIIMB, and
by giving their perso o ention to the hope to re
ceive from the public a l.beral c of its part>nage.
J. R. IVEY,
July 16, 1857. F. G. WILKINS.
H AVINGsoId our Sta! . noticed above, we take
pleasure in recommending toonr friends, all drovers,
and the public the new firm, and solicit r or them a continu
ation of the very liberal patronage h.‘r* n*fore bestowed on
us; believing our successors v. .11 ainu i l e vour wants
and attend to them personally.
iul V l7—wtwtf. C. S. H V v CO.
FOR SALE.
Subscriber has on hand a few ST ILLB tormanuu ‘tu
ring Peacli Brandy or Whisky, which he wil
very low. ALSO,
Tin, Sheet Iron and Japan Ware,
every description, which can be boughtat the lowetrales.
one in 1 notice and on libera) terms.
J. B. HICKS,Agent,
julylß v 1 Next doorbelow “Sana Hnuci” Kroad-s
WRAPPING AND NEWS PAPEIi
OF ALL SIZES AND QUALITIES.
FOR Sz LE AT
Rock Island Paper Mil! Uifice, .
IN FRONTOF PALACE MILLS
I'LRMS CASH. ;unel6wtv. r
PHOTOGRAPHY.
B. F. POPKINS’
(FORMERLY WOOD BRIDGE’S)
PHOTOGRAPIII3
GALLERY OF ART,
IS AGAIN OPEN TO ‘THE PUBLIC.
THE undersigned has jusi returned roil New York with
ail the late iinprovfinenta In Photography, and is now
prepared t * execute likenesses, from miniature to life size,
in a style superior to anything ever before introduced in this
city
PHOTOGRAPHS, which tor durability, brilliancy,
clearness and depth ot tone, are unequalled by
any other Pictures extam.
AMB RTYPES,
SrF EREOTYPES.
MELAINOTYPES,
DAGUERREOTYPES,
And ever y desirable style of picture known m li* i Art, exe
cuted in the most skilltul and perteci manner.
Instruction in the art given r. favorable
ry"tiallery over the Blue Drug .store, No 8 broad Street*
B F. POPKINS.
Columbus, Oct. 15, 1H57. fwtwtf]
GREAT A’I’TRACTION !
Bargains ! Bargrins ! Bargains !
iiisis* sossaai®*
WISHES to inform her friends, and the public
generally of Columbus and the vicinity, that she
is now offering for sale a complete assortment ot
GOODS, consisting in part of—
NEAPOLITAN BONNETS, from S2 00 to $2.50.
MISS E> GIPSIES SI 00
BLOOM ER S , from 87ic to 5i.25.
Handsome Gause R J B B O N S, 25c per Yard.
And a large lot of Swiss Trimmings at 20c per yard.—
Call and see Cheap for ('ash.
July 23, 1857. w&twtf.
THE IIALLOTYPE PICTURES!
A. J. RIDDLE,
HAS purchased of . I. Gurney, of New York.the exclusive
right forsaking HallotypePictures,which is alittle&head
of anything in the way of Picture taking th* world has ever
seen. 1 here is nothing to which they can be o spared in the
art of Photography, but bear a strong resemblance to wax
figures, for softness and beauty of light and shade. Ladies
and gentlemen are invited to call and examine specimens.
Artists who desire to learu ihis new and beautiiul art. and
secure rihts for other counties will please call on A. J P.ID
DLG. Oolumbus Ga. July9s—
Off to Quit the Business.
T'*’ “.J . As I find it au up hill bu. ness selling Furnitur#
mmimpif in Coiumbus at present, and being anxious to change
it for something that will pay better, 1 now offer my
*.JS3±Lu entire stock, consisting in part nf
Safes, Sideboards, W rtlrobes, Bnreana,Bed
ateads. Dining, W erk, and H omul Tables,
Writing, buslnifci and school Desks,
‘Book C ast s, Ac.,
with all other articles usually found is* a Furniture Store.
I haveatsoon hand a lot o Wardrobe Varnish, Hair Cloth,
&c. which I will sell by the lot < r in small quantities.
The above articles I offer for sale at prices that will insure
sales o th* se who wish to buy. whether it be at or below cost.
I als“ offer for rent the store that I now occupy. Posses
sion given in April.
J. H. SIKES, No. 36 Broad Street.
Columbus, FeblO—twti.
“■T U E UWOS Ol ili E STATES AND THE 80VEKEI6 NT V Os THE STATES.’’
OOLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1858.
MUSCOG* M RAIS HOAD!
Ch tnge cf Scfceduli
v kA / j :*ftK,., L
and after this date the Day or hxpr*>. Train will
l leave thedepotat 4 (Hi P.M. and arrive el V'aeoi at WS2b
P. J\l.
Leave Macon at 1.3(1 A M. arriveat Coluirbvs ; •. h . 9 A 5
Morningor Accommodation 1 ra:i v- i ’ * *. I : • ta.
and arrive, at .'‘acoji 8 £('* A .V.
lieavo Macon at 11.311 A. M. arriveat C'oluuibue 6 .3 F, M
J. L. -'ii:STlAN.Siipl.
1 olmnbu . Nov. H—tw&wti
CHANGE OF .SCHEDULE.
DOUBLE BAIL'S SEE\ r xLE.
MONTGOMERY & MESTPOIiM L. R. CO.,
MONTGOMERY, Nov. 19, 1657.
ON and niter this date me P.-vSciiSNGKR TuajNS *. thu
•*oi t w vue ... -i, , .. . b< 1!1 LI
ID! TRAIN.
Leavt vi<*nUomery . b.3ba.ui.
Arrive a; Weal Point 3.30 p.m
Arrive atfjfumbus . p. m
Returning—Leave Wes* Point O LU&.n.
Leave C’oiumbus iO.UOa m.
Arrive at Montgomery 4.uip. ro.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Montgomery .. , y/ju p. m.
Arrive at We*’. Point ; a . ni.
fc ‘ uoiiunbue i. ia. it
Returning—Leave West point ... 7 p.m.
Leave Oolumbus 7 30p.r0
Arrive :;t .Montgomery ... J.3ofn. m.
Througu ticketKca-u i>eobts-iiied l,; i.aily Connec
tions) ti ‘.r;aiii.. • 1 atiaueo: a and .Nas;. and daily con
nections to Huuts\iiie Mei. ptii -.si K .> v i.
i.nfc'r o Sup.
freight akra.ng evie a t
BETWEEN ATLANTA AND COEI .MBI N.
1} \ an arra< getneut between tl e Hailtoad l:m p&i.i< c.,ni
> pusiltg the UV o ruUirfi H Q. AtmiiU. te ColiiiM. UN.cei cUi
df<: a t iieii 1 ‘#nveijt<,n at fiavannah on ti.e IGfli 11, stait.it
•vus a green that 1 1 *. • :ir\\ it u rates Ot ;v *ti At ; ; U and Co
lumbu- “•.ati Novell .mku . -fb ui ir<i. 1) . mf< ;v .l e\
1d.7. , *
Vi A WKBT P< (INT.
Corn per bushel, lie. WLent J. ( aisß. Bacon, W hisky
Flour in sacks or bairels,per ; (Klbs. 35c beguiig, K< je
Lard it-cans or bills.,per liii li.s 4fc foal, p'.g Iron, ly
car load, per ton ot -'< < lbs.
VIA MACON.
Corn per busel i4c. Wheat t/c. “il- H‘c. llacoL,V> his
ky, Flour in sacks or Bbl*., per D O lbs, 44c. l oje,
Lard, in cans or bid-., per lOb ibs 5; t <*s*l. 1 <. by
carload, per ton oi xOOtl lbs #4 >h
i. MUST!AN,
President and Bu>.< rutemi* 1 t Muscogee B. R.
GKO. VV. .aDA MS,
Supermtendem Southwestern Railroad,
i: 1K tv S N F< >( >T ’ .
Superintendent Macon and w r n Fail road.
GKO.G LIJM ,
Superintendent Atlnnia and I fcCrange t?. H.
S VMCKf. M>N R.
engineer and Superintendent ?5 .A W p. Railroao.
; May 30. 1837 w&twti.
MOBILE AKD GIRAKI’ FAIL HOAD
| ‘IJL i-nssengeik i’reigh*: Train wii!l*a\. Girard e. 1
I M.daily, connecting at Silver Kun with u daily lint -
Stages tcVilluht, Glonnvilb F.ufaula Fort Gaines, and Mar
anna,Fla. And at Gneryton daily, with the Mages ibr I’d*n
Olivet. Knon. Chunnenuggee, Mldwa\ Hardaway. Perot
and Union s.
L* evinv G ue.r\i--n al 4 A M., dailv. the Car: will read*
Girard a’ 7/■ dcountMding wi l h UpeliLi anu Mus
cogee Trau.
Implicate Receipts muH accompany Freight shipped.
All freight must be pan! bcfor< g<.r.;- wilibedischarg
ed.
Freight delivered at the I -pot b* tor* t o’clock P M.wilj
be shipped the followi 1 g d?t\.
F-etght* tor fitallors No. I (Fort Mttchi . I.': and N-= : i
koi.n)r list hi { r. 1 j. F
Wav reght must = n nl! cases be paid tit advanc r
**!!%’ HOWARD,
1557-wttwl; ncine -Sun.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
*AVANNAII & CHARLES';ON
STEAM-PACKET LINE.
RUNNING IN CONNECTION WITH Till
North EJistern H. R of South Carolina.
Till S?l \DII >N’f FAST It I ’ NNI h(>
STKAMKR GORDON, ('. Harder, Con.roan
SSSSSmESHv Sunday avti W ednesday afternoons at 3 o'ciork
and connects at Charleston wnli the no ri ir.g trainot the
North Eastern L iiroad, going North. R< tuminn b-ave?
Char’estou every .Monday and Friday night at H o’clock
(alter the arrival of the cart-on theN.F. h. R.) and arrives
at Savannah ea.Jy next n-ori.n t t.
Hy this route passengers can obtain ti r< ugh tlcL it to and
from Savannah, Ga and VVilmingtt n. N.<
Having a through fieight arm ineitt with the ( ei.ttal R
Road ami its connections, all treights hi !wo n C'harle m< i ami
the Interior of Georgia, consiemd to the a: cuts 01 ibis line,
will be forwarded with despatch ami tree of charge
J. P. BROOKS. Agent Savannah.
J3.LAHTTK* CO, Ag’ts Charleston
Jan 15—wfetwtf
McKEE, ROBERTS & McKEE,
GARHIAGS REPOSITORY,
East Side of Ofifleihorpe fSoeeT—Opposite the
Temperance Hall !
Columbus Georgia.
WE are prepared as heretofore to offer to our friends
and all persons who may favor fc us with a call a
choice assortment of richly finished
Mock .Caleecht-s, Berlin Coaches. Fml>y
Kockinvays, and. Light Fancy Rockaway s
for on** or two horse—of every description and Mvie.
BUGGIES with and without tops, and lifcffit. f. ; < y
NEW YORK TROTTING WAGOiVS. All this splen
did stock ol Vehicles was made expressly for oar own
exclusive uses, and cannot be equalled in this country,
either tor quality, durability, or style and tinih. We will
sell as usual, at lowest uniform rates, tor Gash or approv
ed paper.
N. B. —Mr. John G. McKee having been this day
admitted as a partner in the concern the firm name will
hereafter be McKEE. ROBERTS <fc McKEE. The af
fairs ol the old concern must be settled up forthwith; all
persons indebted to us, either by note or otherwise, will
please see tha’ our claims are settled before next return
day, in their respective counties, as we shall he compelled
to sue all debts unpa.d, 10 tl:e first Courts held after this*
date. Having given due notice, al’ those not attending
may rely on their notes being placed in the bands oi an at
torney lor collection by law.
McKEE & ROBERTS.
January 1, 1858. jan2o—w3m
FIFTY DOLARS REWARD,
HARL, alias HARLEY BARFIELD, against whom
a true bill has been found, for burning the Court
House oi Macon county, broke jail last night (thelS'h,;
and escaped. I will give f ifty Dollars Reward for his ar
rest and delivery to me in Oglethorpe, Ga.
Said Barfie.d is about five feet eight inches high, black
hair and grey eyes, considerably blenched by lying in jail
ten months; when he le't he had heavy black v\ hiskers—
not having shaved in ten months He is broad across the
shoulders, is lame in the right leg and weighs 140 pounds
B. P. ROUSE, Jailor
Oglethorpe,Ga., Feb. 13, 1858 wlm
FOR SALE.
A GREAT BARGAIN !
a MV House and Lot in Wynnten,2 miles prom Co
lumbus. The House is well finished, containing nine
rooms, wnh cLsets, pantr es. cellar and every con-j
venience. Tbeontbuiidingsare excellent. Two good 1
wellsanda spring-the best water in Wynnton. The neigh
borhood isflrsl iaie. with good schools; very Fealty; and 110
musquittos. The lot contains 20 a res; a wood lot of thirteen
ac'es, at a half a miles distance. I -vi 11 s*il it on one and two
years* time at le*s than two-thirds of its real value Tiiles
to satisfaction of purchaser. Apply at the office T the Rock
Island Paper Mills. GLO. W, WINTER.
.March 2d, 18 B— w A-t
.1. N. CLARK, Murlreesboro’ J. BRACE, Marietta.
& EL@IbMS &M.
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
AND
COMMISSION MKKCHANTS,
MURFREESBORO TENN
nr Strict atenlionviven t< purchasing Grain. Paeon, Ltid j
uc. &c„ on all orders enc'osing remittaLces,
Keferenceai
J.R. Wilder. Savannah, Charles Campbell, Macon.
T. P. Stoveall, Augusta Col. R L. M>tt, Cos urobus.|
Hugh,Peterb& Cos. Atlanta. Tlk mas Joseph. Mofitsoro’y
Col. J. H. Gloven, Marietta. Lanier & Philips, Nashvil.e,
vVm. Bpence, Exchange tub, Murfreesboro’Teun.
February 1.1858.—w6w.
tetter from Gov. Brown.
Annins the ‘etters from distmjsruishod gentlemen
irm!iO,Hß guests of the State of Virginia, to at
tend the late inauguration, of the equestrian statue
ot Washington, at Richmond, which are publish
ed in the Enquirer, we find the following from ihe
Governor of this State :
Executive Department, i
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 16, 1858. $
Gentlemen: Your kind note inviting me to be
present, as the guest of t he State of Virginia, at the
elevation of the statue of Washington to iis ]>osi
tinn on the Virginia Washington Monument in the
city of Richmond, on ihe 22d day of this mouth, is
received, and I regret to inform you tha pressing
official engagements will deny me the pleasure of
accepting your invitation. Descended from Vir
ginia ancestry, the name of your State to me is ever
dear. Her name, adorning so many bright pages
of history she is mentioned with reverence bv the
truly patriotic of every State, as the cradle o! liber
ty. Weil may she delight to honor her noble sons
—her Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe.
Pendleton, Ilenry, Marshall, Wirt, and that host of
other galiant spirits of the -evolution, whose heroic
deeds and wise counsels wiii be read and admired
by the latest generation. These great men have
passed away, and it is peculiarly appropriate that
the mother of States and of statesmen should mem
orise to posterity, in the triumph of the sculptor’s
art, the name of her most renowned benefactor.—
The name of Washington will ever live on the
most honored page of history. It needs no statue
to perpetuate it. Virginia’s monument adds noth
ing to the fame of her son. But her splendid
offering to his g. eat name, adds additional brightness
to her own fair fame. I am, gentlemen, very re
spectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown.
Give B nnett a Hearing
in th .- New York Herald on the 4th hist., under
the head of “Foreign Missions for Editors,” the ed
itor says:
“Several of our cotemporaries,who appear to be
deeply inierested in our affairs, have announced
that tlie administration intend to appoint, in a very
short time, Mr. James Gordon Bennett, as they
coil him, the editor of this paper, to ihe mission t
Austria. During the administration ot Pierce sim
ilar notices were published in tfie papers in relation
to the missions in France and England. Now, hi
reference lo this matter, we may be permitted to
have a word to say. Tire President of the United
S ates need not trouble himself so lar as to offer
the mission to Austria to Air James Gordon Ben.
nett, as some of the newspapers say he intends to
do. Mr. James Goidon Bennett would never ac j
cept amission to which it has been supposed that i
the calibre of Chevalier We b or cf financier Bel- j
tnont had been equal. Nei her would he accept j
the mission to France or England, or any other j
mission. Hhasb-en to Europe five times on |
missions to France, England, Germany, Indy end j
oi her parts, being appointed thereto and paid hy I
the people of the United Stales, through tus own I
exertions. On those missions tie has probably col j
lected much more inlormaiion and effected much I
more good for tiie people of this country, than any !
half dozen of the presen’ ministers abroad. He
has had.quite enough of foreign .i.issions, ami
thinks that there is only one post in the govern
ment which he would now accept. That is the of
fice of Secretary of State, now s > worthily filled
by that sound old statesman, General C ‘ss. We
do not wish to disturb his manageement of foreign
affairs, now so well administered, and we hope j
that Gen. Cass will remain at his post during Pro j
sident Buchanan’s administration; but if ever the |
office should become vacant we mieht be indu
fed lo accept it, in order to have a chance in show
to England, France ard S| am, how we would con- !
duct negoeiations with Mexico, Cuba, and Central j
America. Six months after our appointment ns ,
Secretary of State, we’d give Palmerston, Loins I
Napoleon, and Queen Isabella, enough to think of, j
so that they wouid never again interfere in Ami ri- j
ican affairs in any part of the continent. - ’
Mr. Shorter’s speech.
The speech of our Representative in Congress j
which we publish to-day, will amply repay a p j
rusal. It is eminently Southern in tone and not ?
only vindicates our own policy, but carries the v. ar j
into Africa. We are especially gratified at the I
passing notice which hegives to the vaunted ethics i
and philosophy of Plymouth Rock and only regret
that he did not still further elaborate so fruitful a
theme. It is high time that the truth of history
should be vindicated from the monstrous perver
sions ol New England orators and historians, and
that the character of the puritans should be exhibi
ted in its true light. Nobody will insist that hey
were so different from the rest of mankind, as to
have been without virtue of any sort, but tiiat with
the loudest aspirations for religious liberty, on their
lips, they were I lie most intolerant and tyranical
ot men—that they were strikingly deficient in the
qualities that most adorn humanity and that they
suffer inexpressibly by a comparison with the co
temporaneous settlers of ihe middle and southern
States, no candid man who conquers his preju
dices can possibly deny. We have unfortunately
been in Ihe habit of deferring too much to the pre
tensions of these “fo-efathers day orators” who
would have us believe that tha very salt ofthe
earth was imported in the May ower and ‘hat
without its savor, barbarism would every where
reign supreme. — Spirit ofthe South.
For the Cure of Whooping Cough.
A correspondent of the New York Evening Post
furnishes the following receipt for the cure of the
whooping cough :
The bast kind of coffee prepared as for the table,
and give a common drink to tire child as warm
as can ire drank; arid a piece of alum for the pa
tient to lick as soon as it may wish. Most chil
dren are fond of alum, and w ill get all they need
without being urged; but if they dislike it, they
must be made to taste of it eight or ten times in tire
course of a day. It wi l effectually break up the
worst case of whooping cough in a very short time.
To adults and children in the habit of taking coffee,
the remedy is good for nothing.
A Sensible Decision. —Porter’s Spirit, in reply
to a correspondent, thus settles a point in whist,
not generally understood, we think:
“It is optional with the non-dealer to claim the
deal when the dealer makes a misdeal. If the
rule were otherwise, the dealer, when he and his
opponent stood at six aim six, could always shift
the disadvantages from himself, by purposely
making a misdeal,”
The Georgia University —A correspondent of
the Augusta Despatch writes from Athens on the
27th ult.:
“I understand in the streets to-day, several ofthe
s udents of Franklin College are sellina off then
bi >ks, &c., and are going to leave. The cause of
h ir leaving I was not able to learn. It was also
w jispered to-day there would not be more than
twenty-five students in the College at the next
c tmmencement, I hope this is not true.”
Personal Movements. —Gen. Henuingsen, of the
Nicaraguan army, Colonel fcilat'er, Secretary ofthe
Waker Go ernment, and the Hon. Mike Walsh,
of New York, says the Selma Reporter ot Satur
day last, passed down the Alabama river yesterday
on the steamer Jones.
In a lecture at New Bedford, Theodore Parker
remarked that the aristocratic families of Boston
began from some barelegged and barefooted an
cestors, and by-and-oy will be barelegged and bare
s oted again. Theodore probably was born in
stockings and shoes.
Sincerity does not consist in speaking your mind
on all occasions, but in doing it wiien si
lence would be censurable, and falsehood inex
cusable.
ExtrHctH from the Speech of Hou. 51. J. Craw
ford on the Kansas Question.
We lay an extract of the able speech of our immediate
Representative, ou tne admission of Kansas into the Union
before our readers. We hare alluded to this speech before,
and can only say that it w ill prove worth of a careful pe
rusal
But, sir lo the question—why is it tiiat Kansas
is to b - rejected ? Because her constitution is not
republican in form ? No man has yet made such an
objection. Because there is not a sufficient popula
tion? That is not urged. Then why is it ? First
because there is r p"-slavery clause contain-d in
the constitution: and second, because it i- asserted
that there is a sufficient tHiuioerof“Kansas regula
tors” to vote it down. For the sake ofthe argu
ment let us admit tiiat those who advocate the
Topeka Constitution have a majority. Who are
they, and by what right do they come before us to
ask admission under their constitution? They are
the men who never did, and do not now, recognize
our law providing them with a government : thev
are the men who went out to take charge of the
•Revised S atutes,” and who, in obedience to the
great “Appeal” issued from this Capitol, settled in
Kansas w ith a fixed determination never to submit
to your law, nor any other that might be made un
der it. They are those who entered into solemn
league and covenant, under oath to resist the laws
of Kansas, though that resistance should subvert
your Government; thev are the men who set at de
fiance all law, human and devine, and com nitted
the grossest acts of violence and wrong upon help
less and unoffending people ; they are the men
against whom Governor SI annon marched with
the forces he could command lo quell their insurec
tionary movements ; they are the men who came
to Coog ess asking admission into the Union un
der the Topeka constitution, and whose very peti
tion, I believe, the Senate decided to be forgery.—
These are the men against whom General Harney
was ordered to march to subdue their rebellion in
the city olTLsw ranee, and the same who refused
to qualify themselves as voters by registering their
names : who refused to vote for delegates, or upon
the constitution ; and who now, for these reasons,
ask you to reject Kansas because they did not
choose to exercise their franchises according to law
—and more than all, these men who now say to
an American Congress, that if you dare to admit
Kansas, civil war will he the consequence : we nev
er have recognized this government of yours in
Kansas, and you must not; we have never lived
mule’ it, for we have uniformly resisted its laws.—
We have an inherent right to make a government
without your authority,and we have made it; un
der it we have officers and we have citizens—un
der non--other have we lived ; and under this (the
Topeka government) we ask admission into the
1 Union.
j How different with those who represent the Le
i ompton constitution. In 1854 you passed an act
I organizing this Territory : the grant which you gave
i was accepted Under it, a Legislature was chn
j sen, and laws enacted lor the protection of person
| and property ; and as the population increased,
| they, tinder recommendation of the hue Chief Mag
j is: rate to Congress, suggesting that a Slate govern
| inent should be formed, submitted that matter to
i the sense of the people ; a majority of the voters in
| dorsed the rec- mmendaiimt, and the Legislature
ordered an election for delegates to a constitution
al convention. All this was regular and lawful;
what else was done? In order tiiat only the actu
al residents should vote, they provide that no per
son should be admitfi and to vote unless he had been
a resident inhabitant for three months prior to the
el ciion ; and to make assurance doubly surp, they
j required that the names of ail persons living in
j the Territoty he registered,so that the armed bands
;cf Missourians should he excluded. Congress had
1 extended to them the power to legislate upon all
‘rightful subjects, and to determine who should, at
j all elections after theJiVsf, continue the voters.—
; in the exercise of this gran< of power, they prescri
! tc tl who snould he voters and who should not
i This law was constitutional and valid—therefore
| binding. Those who qualified themselves ond- r
I it could exerc.se the elective franchise ; those who
| did not. were, by their own act, properly excluded,
j and most accept the Iruitsof their own obstancy
I without c mplaint. The convention therefore was
■in pursuance ot law, and, as a necessary eonse
| quence, its action was binding and irrevocable, ex
j cept in the proper and iegal mode. The constitu
j tion upon your table, sir, is the result of their la-
I hors; and. with it, Kansas asks you to admit her.
’ Just at this point she is met with the objection
! that her entire constitution was not submitted to
tlie people for ratification ; her answer is, that eigh
teen of your thiity-one States did not submit theirs
to the peoole, and that eight of the new States now
in the Union have been admitted without this re
quirement, that it is unjust to put upon her a re
striction never before required of others. It is then
urged lhat the voters Were compelled to vote for
the co .siitut( ti ui v< ting for or against slavery.—
How plan il ls soever this objection may be, we
i sist that, it should have been made before the con
vention of Kansas as a reason tor submitting the
whole instrument; but it is a question that comes
not properly before us. The delegates were au
thorized and instructed by tlie law, calling the, con
vention, to frame a State constitution, but upon the
subject of sutiiiii ting their work to the people,
they were left untrammeled and uninstructed, there
fore free.
Being thus clothed with sovereign power to
make a constitution, they were clothed with the
right to submit the, whole, or a part, or none of their
labors as thev might detei mine ; and these are
questions not for us to enquire into or decide.—
That convention, unlimited as it was bv iegat en
actment, possessed all the power that it would have
had if e..tv man in Kansas had been a member,
and voted upon each article and section until the
whoie was complete ; this being true, when that
constitution was made it expressed the voice and
will of the people as though they had been pres
ent, and Irom that judgement of the sovereignty of
Kansas there lies no appeal. If this be not suffi
cient answer, she points you to your own act of
1854, where you expressly secured to her the right
to form ami regulate her institutions in her own
way, and conferred up n her tlie power to legislate
upon all lightful subjects. Shelias, by your per
mission and undei your authority, exercised these
grants of power, and now presents to you a repub
lican form of government and asks you to receive
her as a State. There can be and is but one ob
jection to her admission and that is, her constitu
tion recognizes and protects slavery; but even upon
this point sin- is guarded, for she refors you to the
pledge made iti advance, that she might be admit
ted either with or without slavery as tier own peo
ple might determine.
But it is urged that although the charges made
b ‘ true, and that a majority of the people did cot
vote at ail former elections, yet the Lecompton con
stitution was voted upon legally and decided
against the people on the 4th of January last.—
This demands consideration, but is easily over
come. The ques'ion made is, that the Legislature
ofthe Territory, called by Secretary Stanton, di
rected that a vote should be taken against the con
s’ it tion, and that this L-gislaiure was legally as
sembled, and possessed power to semi to the peo
ple the Lecompton constitution for adoption or
rejection. Oor answer is, that the Legislature cal
ling the convention and clothing it with power
might have limited it in its action, and required
the whole constitution to be submitted to the peo
ple; but as it failed to do so, then the convention
was free to act as it thought proper, and no sub
sequent Legislature could trammel or direct its
action. To hold that the Legislature was su
perior in power and sovereignty to the convention,
tor if ii could direct and control this subject and
thus defeat the constitution, it would be the higher
power, and in possession of attributes unknown to
legislative bodies. This Legislature could pass
any law within the scope of its jurisdiction, but
nothing more; the power once enjoyed by the
Legislature had passed away from it, and the sub
ject was above and beyond its reach; the door was
closed ; the act was nugatory; and the election was
as much without effect as though it had been upon
the Kansas act, instead of the constitution. It on
ly remains to be seen whether it will offer a reward
to the rebellious spirit which has existed in Kan-
sa- front the passage of the organic act to this
time.
Tlie Great question underlying all th.s contro
versy is slave: > ; the Republicans ot the North
have deteimined tiiat no more slave ISiates snail
be added to the Union. The American Democra
cy ha.- pledged itself to sustain each sovereign com
munity in the right to determine for itself whether
it will have slavery or not, and that in the admis
-i’ ll of new States this right will be recognized in
its full—t sen-e. Whenever this doctrine shall he
repudiated by the northern Democracy then a to :-
joritv in the Government ceases to recognize our
equality, and the America Union must necess.ri v
bet'"nie our bitterest foe, and all will see tiiat thong i
there may he a Union on paper, there will he
none in sentiment nor affection. Alu-ad is the
southern mind awakened to tlie enquiry, “of what
great service to the South is the Union?” Sh“
sees that within her borders tier productions are
of the annual value of near two hundred million
dollars ; that a very heavy per cent of this sum
passes into the hands of northern men, who merely
act as our agents in th ■ shipment and sales which
are made fiir us abroad ; they see that the impor
tations into the United States are principally paid
for by the products of the South, and that these too
pass again through northern hands, and another
heavy per cent, charged thereon, all of which must
be taxed upon the peopeie of her section. The well
informed men ofthe North understand full well the
bearing of this subject upon their interest. We
call attention to the remark, in this count ciion, of
s leading journal in the North in reference to this
matter. Tilt-Herald says, in one of its issues:
“We believe that the Union, southern niggers,
and southern e ■ ton have paid, and continue to
pay, such'hannsome dividends to the North, that
we cannot do without them ; and we think, too, in
consideration ofthe heavy ptofitsjpvhich the North
thus‘r alizes’from the South, that an adherence
to the practic'd coo.promises of the Constitution,
with up occasional concession in behalf of southern
slavery, can he no very violent stretch of northern
reciprocities or northern magnanimity.”
i We ask you for no concessions in onr favor, we
“lily demand the ‘‘practical compromises o! the
Constitution,” nothing more; and so far as my
voice, my vote, and my influence may go, I will
never be satisfied with anything less than these.—
We therefore call upon northern Denn crats t
“stand by the flag;” it is borne aloft by the strong
arm and patriotic heart of one of your ow n gallant
chieftains; and under this same leader, and with
this same banner, you have met and driven back
the cohorts of northern Republicans in theirstrong
and steady march towards the nation’s Capitol ;
“ill you mow hen this last conflict is upon us, let
the columns waver, or will you tire the last shot
which secures a perpetual triumph to law, to order,
and the Constitution ?
REMARKS OF
HON. A. IVfgft.SON. OF GEORGIA,
ON THE ARMY BILL,
Delivered in the U. S. Senate, February, 41 h, 1858
Tiie Senate having under consideration the bill
to increase the Army of the United States, by ad
ding thirty companies lo the existing force, Mr.
Iverson fsaid:
I Mr. President: As lam a member of the com
mittee on military affairs, that reported the hill un
der consideration, and g ive my support to tlie
measure in committee, as I shall do in this body, i
Leg leave very briefly, to state tlie reasons which
commend it to my favorable consideration.
When the question of increasing the army was
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, as
Contained in the message of the President and the
recommendation ofthe War Department, of course
the first point to be determined yy the committee
was, whether there was a necessity or propriety
for making any increase at all. The committee,
after mature deliberation, came to ihe conclusion
ffiat there was not otdy a propriety, but a necessity,
under existing circumstances, for an increase of
the regular force. I agreed with a majority of tlie
committee in t at conclusion, and that is my opin
ion now Hat iug come to the conclusion that an
increase of the regular force was necessary and
expedient, the next question was, in what way
that increase should be rnadi ? Tlie President and
Secretary of War recommended the arldit on of
five new regiments-—for, although tiie President
in Ids annual message, called for only four regi
ments, the S-cretary oi War, in his report asked
for five; and it is to be presumed, that it was only
an inadvertanceon the part ot the President, and
that five regiments were, in fact, wanted.
The plan suggested by the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs, [as differing Irom that recommended
by the government] of adding two companies to
each of the ten regiments of Infantry, and tlie five
regiments of mounted troops, struck my view as
the most exped ent and proper one, for several
reasons.
In the first place, if you add new regiments to
to the army, to answer present purposes, and to ac
complish pressing necessities when the emergen
cy passes, and you desire t • reduce or diminish
the force, if will be very difficult to do so. It is
almost impossible to cut down a ii to- containing
so many officers, w ho are to he thrown out of pro
fitable and acceptable employment. You may get
rid of the rank and file at pleasuri—you may dis
band any number ot privates at will, but it is no
easv matter to get rid of officers, especially those
of a higher grade. Although the proposed in
crease of the army is at present demanded, in my
judgment, hy the pressing necessities of the public
service.yet the time may conn, and I trust it will,
when there will be no necessity Uir its contiuance,
and Congress m its wisdom, may desire to reduce
it. It can be done much more readily by disban
ding regiments with their iarge and influential
corps of field and staff officers. Th sw as the
principal reason which controlled my preference
for the plan presented by tiie committee to that
recommended by the Pre-id;- ,t and Secretary of
War.
But, sir, tiie more important question occurs,
whether there should be any increase to onr regu
lar force? I believe that such increase ought to be
made, not only to answer the present ext et cv ol
the service, but for the future and permanent pur
poses of employment. The present exigency is
the Mormon war. 1 call it a war —it is not a war
io the technical sense of Ihe term—it is a rebellion
of the M'niton people m ifie Territory of Utafi,
which it becomes necessary and proper, on the part
of the United States Government, to suppress and
crush.
1 ask . enators, if tins rebellion is to be permitted
to go unpunished? If the authority and laws of
the Federal Government are to be suffered to be
put at defiance? Are gentlemen prepared to allow
this imperium in imperio to exist, which Brilliant
Young and his deluded and fanatical followers
have set up in Utah? lam ot.-e of those who be
lieve that as long as we have a government, the
laws of that government, under the Constitution,
should be enforced in evtry p r of the country —
its dignity preserved—its authority vindica ed
and is constitutional will executed in every State
ard Territory of the Union. I believe that this re
bellion, or insurrection, or whatever you u.av please
to term it—this armed resistance oi the Mormons
in Utah, should be crushed, and crushed speedily
and effectually, even if it be necessary to sacrifice
the life of every one found engaged in it. And
now, sir, wiiat is the condition and strength ot the
Mormon people— hat the aspect and extent ot this
rebellion ? What force will it require to overcome
and crush it ? I think, Mr. President, that Senators
are disposed to put too slight tin estimate up
on the strength and power of this Mormon oli
garchy. My information is much at tault, if the
Mormon force is to be as much despised, as some
gentlemen seem to thi ik it ought to be. The most
reliable information which has been received from
Utah, justifies the belief, that Brgham Young can
muster into the field four or rive thousand effective
troops, from his own followers. And we are told,
and have reason to believe, that he h is firmed a li
ances with neighboring Indian tribes, and secured
the active co-operation of a large savage force, al
ready incensed against the people of ihe United
States and ever ready to strike a blow against the
P. H, COLQUITT, Editor.
, Government forces w henever a favorable opportu
lilt’ occurs — cases and considerations, which all
can see and understand, will give the Mormon
Prophet an unlimited control of those savages ai.d
warlike bands that roam the plains, and live upon
plunder and w ar. With these elements of strength
combined, the power ofthe Mormons is. bv no
means, to be despised by this Government. Four
or five thousand effective troops, well armed and
equipped as we understand they are—disciplined
as they tit and lubtedly will lie hy the coming epT g
— fighting on their own soil, and, as they believe
m defence of their own country, their religion their
fiinili-s end firesides — with a superior knowledge
ol tiie country, with abundant supplies, inspired
by confidence in their leaders, and infuriated by fa
naticism, may well be considered a formidable ene
my, and cannot be despised even by the govern
ment of the United Sta es. Sir, in my opinion, it
will require a much larger force to overcome them
than tlie small, though gallant army, which you
have in the fit-id, ami preparing to take it in this
hazardous campaign. What, sir, is the extent of
the force which you have already sent against them
— and what tlie reinforcement that have been or
dered to join that army in the spring? The whoie
effective regular force of Colonel Johnson, now ett
camped in the. Rocky mountains, does not exceed
eighteen hundred men —lo which may be added a
few companies of organized teamsters and other
army followers, and making an aggregate of not
over two thousand men, all told. And what por
tion of this tmesis likely to be efficient and avail
aife at the opening of tiie campaign in tiie spring?
l’.-nt up in the frozen regions ofthe mountains of
Utah— stiff ring ali the hardships of an extreme
northern winter —with scanty supplies of fond—
harressed, as they may and probably will be, by ths
enemy, and death from inevitable causes, thinning
their ranks —how many of these brave men will be
left to protect the hotter and vindicate the author
ity of your government, when the period arrives
for them to march into the enemy’s country and
crush this audacious rebellion ? Can such a force
conquer tlie Mormons with ail the advantages
which that people will possess—of superior num
bers—of fresher vigor, of equal discipline—and a
perfect knowledge ol the country which is to be
the scene ofthe operations? No, sir. Nothing
lint disaster and defeat would await them.
llow far ha’s the Government the power, and
to what extent can it reinforce the Army in Utah,
from its present Military establishment? All the
force that lias as yet been ordered forward, or is
preparing to join the advance, consists ol one regi
ment of cavalry one of infantry, and two compa
nies of artillery, which, with a lull complement of
men under existing regulations, will not amount to
more than fifteen hundred men, and pro: ably by
the time it reaches Utah, will not have a thousand
effective troop-. Can it be reasonably calculated
then, that the force already inthe field and the rein
forcements ordered to join it, can nr will exceed
three thousand men, when the army takes up its
line of inarch for the city of tiie Mormons next
spring? I- that a sufficient force to meet and over*
i come the formidable array ol infuriated Mormons
and blood thirsty savages which tfiey are likely to
encounter? Ido not believe that it is. And, sir,
Irom what sources can the government draw other
troops of the regular line to add to those detail
ed for service in Utah ? Sir, it cannot be i one Ironr
the Atlantic States, or those stationed this side of
the Rocky mountains. It i” now well understood
that Gen. Scott is to proceed in a few davs to Cali
fornia, to organize a force front tiiat quarter for the
Mormon war; and where are l lie regular troops on
that side of our country that may be brought into
tiiat service? There are not troops enough in Cal
ifornia, Ort gon and Washington, at this tinn, to
protect the people of those distant countries from
the hostilities of tiie Indian tribes. Out ofthe one
hundrtd and ninety-eight companies which com
pose your regular Army, one hundred and eighty
five of them are now either actually in the field or
stationed at distant frontier posts, guarding and
protecting your people from Indian hostilities and
barbarities. Ot your whole attny there are not fif
teen companies guarding the whole Atlantic and
Gulf coast, and garri-niiing the fortifications erected
lor their defence. Can any of tin se compai.i she
spared to reinfoice tlie army in Utah? Can you
take aiy troops from Florida ? A war is now ac
tually in progress in Floiida, with a hostile band
ol savages, greatly incensed against the U. States,
and wa ching every opportunity to make tfiejr in
roads upon the frontier settlements. If you with
draw the regular troops in Florida now engageo in
the war wi h the Seminole", their place must be
supplied by a volunteer force. Even now, so press
ing are the calls of Ihe atmy in other quarters, and
the scanty number of its ranks that to prelect tlie
people of Florida from the hostile Indians, and
cam on the war with a view to their necessary ex
pulsion and removal west, a considerable force has
been brought into the field—a force in no respect
more efficient, and always more expensive, than
regular troops. Sir, not a man of your troops can
be taken from Florida, consistent wiih the safety
ofthe people of that State and the interests ofthe
Government. Will you withdraw any portion of
your troops serving on the borders of Texas ? Can
any part ofthe two regiments now employed to
protect the wide extended and exjre-ed frontier of
iYxas, betaken to send to Utah? Are the people
of Texas, to be left to the tomahawk and scalping
knife of tlie marauding and savage bands who
roam over the western plains and prairies? Why,
sir, only a lew days ago a denian i cante from tlie
Legislature of Texas, calling upon Congress to au
thorize the formation of a volunteer regiment of
mounted rangers, for the protection and security of
their people, in addition to your own troops now
engaged in that defence.
Your regular army must be increased in Texas
if you wish to defend the inhabitants from the dan
gerous and destructive inclusions Irom New Mexi
co? !Sir, the.most wari.ke and powerful tribes of
the western Indians, the Apaches and Nevajos,
are there, ever ready and anxious to strike the
frontier settlements of the whites, when occasion
invites and Ihe absence of a military force gives
them impunity. The people of New Mexico must
he defended, and there a volunteer force cannot
be obtained. Regulars alone ran be employed in
that arduous and essential service. Then, as to
onr Pacific possessions— how can you take any
men frem that section to employ against the Mor
mons ? You have to guard the frontier settlements
of California, Oregon and Washington, and the
fact is already demonstratedhhat the rvgular troops
there have not been adequate to the absolute de
mands of the service, and that large numbers of
volunteers have b’en called out to aid in Ihe sup
pression oflndian hos' :i itics. Looking, then, to the
condition ami strength ol your army in every sec
tion ofthe Uni- n, there is not a single point from
which you can spare forces to join the Utah army.
Tilt- whole available r> inforcements which the com
manding General has been able to spare from oth
er points, consists of Iwo regiments and a few de
tached com panic—making the Utah am y a force
of not exceeding three thousand or thirty-live hun
dred men. It, for the want of adequate reinforce
ments that army shall meet with disaster ; if from
considerations ot eneonomy or other cause, you
withhold a proper succo to that army, and it
shail he cut up or driven back by the Mormons : n
the spiing,jwhat a terti: le responsibility would
fail upon o. riflemen for withnolding such an in
crease ;o the military establishment as won and ei a
t)le the go l ernment to save that arinv from de
struction, and ensure success to the expedition.
Is lhat gailant itple army to be exposed to the risk •
ol disaster, to the disgrace of defeat, because it
may cost a few millions of doll-rs to strengthen
and make it invincible? l< money to be put in the
scales against the blood ot that army[? God forbid
that it should!
Sir, if it were necessary to send ten thousand
men to reinforce the army, and expend a hundred
millions to crush tins'rebellion, I would encounter
it all, rather than the lives of one hundred of your
troops should be sacrificed to M rmon ferocity.
Your Utah army must be reinforced. If it can
not be done with Regulars, it must be by calling
out volunteers. lam opposed to the latter on ac
count of the increased expense always attendant
upon volunteer troops in the field, the insubordinate
character of such troops, their general inefficiency,
without sufficient drilling aud dicipline, and thai
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