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Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors or Guardians, are required bv law to lie
ji, ;d on the First Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of lu in the forenoon and 3 in the after
noon, at the Court House in the County in which
the property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public
gazette 4U days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be
pven in like manner Id days previous to sale day.
* Notices to the debtors ami creditors of an estate
nuist also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
he published for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guardian
ship. Ac., must be published :{0 days—for dismis
sion from Administration, monthly sir months—for
dismission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rul"s for foreclosure of Mortgage must lie pub
lished manOdy for four mouths-—for establishing lost
paper*, for the full spare of three months—for com
pelling titles from Executors or Administrators,
where bond lias been given by the deceased, the
lull space of three months.
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to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
RATE Si
Citations on letters of Administration, Ac. $2 75
*• “ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50
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Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00
Notice to debtors and creditors 3 00
Niles of pcrsponal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50
Sale of land or negroes by Executors, A c. 5 (K)
Estrays, two weeks 1 50
h'ora man advertising his wife (in advance) 5 00
Letters on business must be Post Paid to entitle
them to attention.
VOLUME XXVI.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1^55.
M O X T H LY Cl T A TI O X S .
GEORGIA Pike county.
"YIT’HEREAS, Samuel H. Caldwell applies to me
GEORGIA. Wilkinson county. j Y Y for letters of Dismission from the administra-
\\ T HKRLAS, Arthur E. Cochrane and William j tion on the estate of Charles C. Caldwell.
» Y Todd, Administrators on the estate of .Janies i These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
M. Todd, applies to me for letters of dismission I singular the. kindred and creditors of said deceas-
from said estate. | ed to be and appear at my office within the time
These are therefore to rite and admonish all and \ prescribed by law, to show cause, if any exist
BISIXESS C’AKDS
Practice of Medicine and Surgery.
DR. CHARLES H. BAIL,
Proffers his services to the citizens of Milledge-
>ville and vicinity.
Office mi Hancock Street, first door East of the
Masonic Hall, where he can be found at all times,
unless professionally employed.
Apiil doth, 1855. 48—tf.
runs s. MAVjtE. r. ai.e.y. wavke.
THUS. S. WAYNE & SOX,
General Commission & Forwarding
M IIIIAIVIt
SAVAXXAH, GA.
ii' All business intrusted to their care will
moot with prompt attention. 38 ly
A. S. HARTRXDGE~
Factor and Genera! Commission Merchant,
Ao. 9*, R», Nlrfrt, Naraunnk, Oro.
REFERENCES.
Geo. W. Anderson, Ex-President Planters
Hank, Savannah: C. F. MtF-Ls, Esq., President
Marine Rank, I. C. Pi.ant. Agent of Marine Rank
at Macon; C. H. Wright, Esq., Milledgeville; W.
Hodges, Agent of Planters liank at Sandersville;
R H. L). Sorrell, Agent of Planters Rank at
Americus.
Febniarv 2", 1855 38—(im
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed to lie and appear at my office within the time
prescribed by law, to show cause, if any, why said
letters may not be granted. Given under my
hand and official signature this 18th dav of Janua
ry 1 *55. 35 mfim SAM'L. BEALL, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Wilkinson countv.
WHEREAS, Sarah Bragg and John R.
* * Bragg, Administrators on the estate of Sam'l.
Bragg, applies to me for letters of dismission from
said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, to he and appear at mv office
within the time prescribed by law, to show cause,
it any they have, why said letters should not he
granted. Given under my hand at office, this 18th
day of January 1855.
35m6in SAM’L. BEALL, Ord’v.
why letters may not be granted.
Given under my hand at office this 25th April,
1855.
47 mfim. JOSEPH C. BECKHAM, Ord’ry.
GEORGIA, Wilkinson county.
Tf T HF.REAS, James F. Goodman and William
? Y Goodman Administrators on the estate of
Isaac Goodman, apply to me to be dismissed from
the administration of said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 6th day of
February, 1855.
41—m'fiin SAM’L. BEALL, Ord'y.
GEORGIA, Irwin county.
T VTHEREAS, Solomon Tucker applies to me for
Y Y letters of dismission, from the administration
on the estate of John Tucker deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred of said deceased to be ami ap
pear at mv office within the time prescribed by
law. to show cause, if any why said letters may
not be granted. Given under my hand at Irwiu-
ville, this January 11th 1855.
34 6m ' M. HENDERSON, Ord’y. furnish a complete answer to your proposi
' GEORGIA, Fayette comity. “ “ j for united action with Southern peo-
lITHEtfEAS, William H. Flowers, Administra-1 P ,e ’ 011 ‘l 118 paramonn snbjeet.
il tor de bonis non, on the estate of Milas L. | In 1850, the slavery excitement had
Scott, deceased, applies to me for letters of dismis- j reached its highest point. It is unuecessa-
Froin the Athens Banner.
LETTER FROM
Bon. Sowell Cobb,
Is reply to lire Cslsaksa Circular.
Athens, June 1st, 1855.
Gentle,men:—Your circular of the 28th
ult. was received by yesterday’s mail, and
in view r of the importance of the subject, I
reply to you through the columns of the
public press.
The proceedings of your meeting involve
the consideration of two propositions; 1st,
The danger which threatens the institu
tions of the South, growing out of the ab
olition sentiment of the Xorth. 2d, The
proper policy of the South to meet this
threatened aggression. *
A consideration of these questions, will
GEORGIA, Wilkinson county.
TVT1EREAS, Hansford Davis, administrator on
T Y the estate of Henry Davis, deceased, applies
to me for letters of dismission from said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to appear at my office within the time pres
cribed by law, to file their objections, if they have
any, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 12th dav of
February, 1855.
38 mfim SAM’L BEALL. Ord’rv.
sion from said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed, to lie and appear at inv office, within the time
prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have
why said letters should not be granted. Given
under mv hand at office, this 28th of April 1855.
mfim 48 GEO. C. KING, D. Or’v.
GEORGIA, \\ ilkinson Conroy.
VkWHF.RMS. John Lewis and Elizabeth Smith, j
v « administrators on the Esiate of Archibald I
Smith deceased, applies to me tor letters ofdis-l
mission Irnm said estate.
These are therefore In cite, and admonish, nI! per j
sons concerned to lie ami appear at my office, whiun I
the tune prescribed by law. to show cause if any they '
have why said letters of dismission should not be gran i
ted. j
Given under tny hand at office, this 30th day of
December 1854.
32 —mfim SAM'L BEALL, Ord'y..
GEORGIA, Fayette county.
'VIT’HEREAS, William Sparkman, administrator
IT de bonis non, with the will annexed, on the
estate of Joseph Anthony, late of said county, de
ceased. applies to me for letters of dismission from
said estate; he having fully executed his trust, as
will more fully appear from the records and vouch
ers of file in my office.
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law to show cause if any exist,
why said letters should not be granted. Given
under mv hand at office this May 3 th, 1855.
1—mfim GEO. C. KING, I)ep Ord’y.
GEORGIA. Twinrgs County.
TT7TTEREAS, Willis F. Lamb, Administrator on
Y Y the estate of Reuben Lamb, deceased, applies
to me for letters of Dismission from said estate, he
having fully' settled the same, as will more fully
appear of record and file in my office.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased
to he and appear at my office on or by' the first
inonday in October next, to show cause, (if any.)
why said letters may not be granted.
Given under my hand officially this 8th day of
Februarv, 1855.
37—mfim. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’v
GEORGIA, Putnam county.
May Term, Court of Ordinary of said
County.
I T appearing to the Court from the petition of
Natlmn Bass, Hamblin Bass and R. R. DeJor-
natte. Executors of the last will and testament of
John II Bass, deceased, that they have fully dis
charged their duties as such Executors, and pray
ing to he discharged from their said Executorship.
_ Ordered, that this their application be published
in terms of the law, that all persons interested
may have notice thereof and file their objections, I declared ill what is familiarly known as
^ an '.u h !\. h i VR -?"i 0 I _ll" r ®_ t !! e „s i , r8 l^ on u^i n I the “Georgia Platform,” would be firmly
ry now to examine the immediate causes
which at that juncture precipitated upon
the country a crisis which had, for some
time, been threatening its peace and quiet.
The public mind was full of apprehension,
and every patriotic heart beat with re
newed anxiety and solicitude; the Com
promise measures of 1350, were the result
of this state of things. They were inten
ded to give repose to the country, and
finality to a sectional contest which seri
ously threatened the existence of the
Union. The compromise commanded
either the approval or aequisecence of the
entire Southern people, with unimportant
exceptions. The people of Georgia, in
convention assembled, affirmed this action
of the Xational Legislature, and expressed
their willingness and determination to abide
the settlement. Conscious of the danger
through which we had passed, and appre
hensive of a recurrence of it in future, that
convention asserted in plain, but decisive
language, the position which Georgia in
tended to occupy on this subject. The
people of the State responded to this action
of their representatives in convention, and
thus declared to their brethren of the other
States, that the principles set forth and
J Oil Af F SfllNtt,
.4 T T OR NE Y AT L A IF,
MARION. GA.
Will attorn! promptly to all business intrusted to
.is cure. 32 1 v
T«lOS T. LU1YG,
ATTORNEY AT LA IF.
BRUNSWICK, GA
U f JLL practice in the Courts of Glynn, Wayne,
t’amden, McIntosh, Liberty and Chatham,
of the Eastern Circuit; Charlton, Lowndes, Clinch,
Ware and Appling, of the Southern; also, Duval
county, Florida. 51 ly
CIIAS. E NISBiiT,
ATTORNEY AT LA IF.
Cuthbert, Ga.
April 3d, 1854. 44
IICNKF HE1YURIFK,
A T T O It N E Y AT LA
JACKSON, HITTS Co., GA.
GEORGIA. Twiggs county.
TITHEREAS, Henry Anglin, Sen.. Administra-
Y Y tor dr bonis non, on the estate of Samuel Pate,
late of said county de.ceased, applies to me for let
ters of Dismission from said estate, be having
fully executed his trust according to law, as will
more fully appear by his returns to my office.
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to he and appear at mv office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any,
why said letters may not he granted.
Given under my hand officially this 6th day of
February, 1855.
37 fim. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’rv
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
TITHEREAS, John Glover, executor of the last
Y Y Will and Testament of Kelly Glover, late of
said county, deceased, applies to me for letters of
dismission from his said trust, as such executor, he
having fully executed the same as will more fully
appear by reference to the records of my office.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and others concerned, to he
and appear at my offiee within the time prescribed
hv law, to show cause why said letters may not be
granted.
Given utider mv hand officially, Marion, March
11th, 1855.
42 fim LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y.
December next, to the granting of letters dismis
sory to said Executors at that time.
W. B. CARTER. Ord'y.
Man - , 1855. 51 mfim.
maintained by them, in letter and spirit.
TlujJncorporation of the important features
of that platform into the proceedings of
your meeting, shows that you intend to
stand by that action of your State. Upon
this point, 1 feel assured that you will find
the people united in heart and sentiment;
every Georgian is prepared to stand upon
that platform. Its declaration of attach
ment to the “American Union, as seconda
ry in importance only, to the rights and
principles it was designed to perpetuate;”
is no unmeaning language. The Union,
as it was formed by our fathers, and as we
GEORGIA, Jasper county. hope and trust to preserve and perpetuate
HERE AS, John C- Key, Administrator upon it. is justly regarded by the friends of re-
GEORGIA, Jasper county.
TXTHEREAS, Riley S. Fears, Administrator up-
Y Y on the estate of Geo. W. Stringfellow dec'd.
applies to me for letters of dismission from the ad
ministration of said estate.
Therefore the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, are hereby cited to file their objections (if
any they have) in my office, in terms of the law,
otherwise letters dismissory will be granted the
applicant, at the September term next of the court
of ordinary for said county.
This 5th March 1855 by order of
41 mfim 1*. P. LOVEJOY, Ord’y.
the estate of Samuel Tedderds, deceased, ap
plies to me for letters of dismission from the ad
ministration of said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all the
kindred and creditors of said deceased to be at my
offiee on or before the first Monday in September
next,then and there to show cause, if any, why said
letters may not he granted- Given under my hand
officially at offiee, this March 5th 1855.
41—nifira P. P. LOVEJOY, Ord’ry.
I’HAS. G CAJIPBELL,
AT TO R NE Y A T L A IF,
MILLEDGEVILLE. GA.
jT ILL attend promptly to all business on tm.st-
» » ed to his care. Particular attention paid
to collecting.
Milledgeville, Feb. 22, 1853. 38 tf
J B. CAMP,
A TTORNEY AT LA IF.
CAMPBELLTON, GA.
GEORGIA Twiggs county.
"11 THERE AS, Simon N. Heckcom, Administra-
Y Y tor, irith the trill annexed, of Lavinia N.
Brooks deceased, applies to me for letters of Dis
mission from said estate, he having fully executed
his trust as will more fully appear from the record
and vouchers of file in my office.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular, those interested to he and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, to show
cause if any they have, why said letters should not
be granted. Given under tny hand at office, this
5th April. 1855.
4fi mfim LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’ry.
BACON! BACON!!
400,000 LBS., CBOXCB BACON,
For ,\alf at our House in ChaUanooen, Tran.
CRAMBLER At CO.
Chattanooga, April 24, 1855. 47 3m.
T .Notice to Landholders.
HE I'ndersigned will attend to the selling or
examining and giving information of LANDS
l> :ng in any of the Counties of S. W. Georgia on
reasonable terms. A. P. GREER,
Albany, Geo.
References—H. Horn, Hon. Lott Warren, R.
n. Clark. Albany, Ga., J. C. Stephen, Newton, Ga.
November 22, 1853. 25—tf.
DU. S. D. BRANTLEY & CO.
"hiilesale and Retail Druggists
Corner Broughton and Whitaker lit eels.
SAVANNAH, ga.
IV oi LD respectfully call ihe attention ofthecit-
, ** izen» of Savannah, Physicians and Planter*, to
■y \r ext< naive and rarefullr rejected Slock of French
-i-Zi, Chemical* and Medicine*.
PHYSICIANS
|?!*P ie<l with the pnre»t French, Engli*h,and American
"'■niral,. Surgical. Divserlmg, ttml An pulntiug Instrii-
Ijuiceu, Forceps, Cupping Instrument*. Meoicnl
B »gi, ike.
u . PLANTERS
oith Faint*, Oil, Dve Stuff*, Garden Seed. Medicine
Cheat*.
Lotmiry Merchant* and Planter! supplied with gen-
Hrugi at a* low ralea a* can he bad in any city
O'llltli
tve 'r autcleaold, warranted pure, fresh and genuine.
S. U. BRANTLEY,
. TIIOS.S. POWELL
Alien*! g 1854. jo lv
MONEY MIST COME!
V GTES and Accounts will not pay Bank Notes,
j therefore all persons owing tts and failing to
i' H -• will be sttr-d in the Justice’s and Inferior
" rrts without farther delay.
CHOICE & MEGRATH.
Feb:
ntary lfitb, 1855.
37—tf.
p tFRE OILS OF
COGNI AC, WINE and RUM,
"kh directions. For Sale hv
CAKBZSS dt BASKBL.
18 & *20 PLATT STREET,
- ,a . v 20,1855. 52—3m. New York.
REDDING HOUSE,
- MACON, GEORGIA.
11 REDDING, B. f. dense,
Proprietor. Superintendent.
August 21, 1854. 12 ly
XBOOBI’
F ertain cure for Chills and Fever,
>T REIVED, and for Sale by E. J. WHITE.
GEORGIA, Twiggs county.
'VIT'HEREAS, David W. Shine, Administrator
Y Y on the estate of Daniel W. Shine, junr. de
ceased, applies to me for letters of dismission, from
said estate, he having administered the same as
will more fully appear by the Records and vouch
ers of file in my office.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and others concerned to be
and appear at my office on or by the first inonday
in November next then and there to show cause (if
any) why said letters may not he granted.
Given tinder mv hand officially.
LEWIS SOLOMON Or’dv.
Marion April 17tli 1855. mfim 47.
GEORGIA Twiggs county.
TITHEREAS, William T. Vaughn, Adminis-
Y Y trator on the estate of Daniel Vaughn, late
of said county deceased, applies to me for letters
of Dismission from said estate, lie having fully ex
ecuted his trust as will more fully appear from the
record and vouchers of file in my office.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons concerned, to he and appear at my office,
within the time prescribed by law, to show cause
if any they have why said letters should not he
granted. Given under my hand at office this S*th
April 18 55.
4fi fim LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’rv.
STATE OF GEORGIA, } COFRT OF ORDINARY,
Campbell Cognty. ) APRIL 1855.
I T appearing to the Court by the petition of Jav-
lon Nail, that Absalom Strawn of said county,
deceased, did in his lifetime execute to Javlon
Nail his bond conditioned to execute titles in.fi’c
simple, to said Javlon Nail to the undivided half
lot of land, No. 250, in the 7th Dist. of Carroll Co.,
said lot containing 2 I2J acres, more or less; and it
further appearing that the said Absalom Strawn
departed this life without executing titles, or in
any way providing therefor, and it further ap
pearing that the purchase money of and for
said land has been paid to Susan Strawn, the Exr’x
of the estate of Absalom Strawn, dee'd., and said
Javlon Nail having petitioned this Court to direct
said Executrix to execute titles to him for said half
lot of land undivided.
It is therefore Ordered, by the Court, that no
tice ho given at three or more public places in said
county and in the Federal Union once a month for
three months of such application, that all persons
concerned may file their objections in the office of
the Ordinary of said county, if any they have, why
Susan Strawn, Executrix, as aforesaid, should not
execute titles to said Javlon Nail to said undivided
half lot of land in conformity to said bond and the
statute insueh case made and provided.
A true extract from the minutes of said Court,
this April 16, 1855.
47 m3m J- B. CAMP, Ordinary.
GFORGIA Fayette county.
WHEREAS, Elizabeth Graves executrix on
Y Y the estate of Charles Graves late of said
county deceased, applies to me for letters of dis
mission front said estate.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all con- *
cerned to be at my office, within the time prescri- -
bed by law to show cause if «ny they have why
said letters should not be granted. Given under
my hand at office this 9th day of April 1855.
46 tn6m G1JO. C, KING, Dep Ord’y.
SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH,
The organ of modern Spiritualism, Fourth Vol.
commencing in May. It contains the fullest re
cord extant of Current Facts and opinions of Spir
itual intercourse. Published Weekly at $2 per an
num: also, alp Spiritual Rooks for sale bv PAR
TRIDGE & BHUTAN, 342 Broadway, N. Y.
P. S.—A Catalogue of Spiritual Books sent on
application. apr. 24, fim
NEWAAN HOTEL.
J. Dougherty, Proprietor.
THE Proprietor of this old and well
' known Establishment, informs his
frends and the public generally, that he is now, as
heretofore, always ready to accommodate them.
GOOD ROOMS, GOOD FARE, and FINE
STABLES,
Ncwnan, March 14th, 1854. 3—tf.
T
HE Proprietor of this Hotel at
INDIAN SPRING HOTEL.
[I
Indian Sphixo, has had the same fitted tip
and is now open for the reception of company,
and from his experience of the past five years in
Hotel Keeping, he feels authorised in saying that
no House shall surpass his in all the comforts that
can he procured as to good living, and his entire
attention, with all those around him, shall be giv
en to make all comfortable who may be disposed
to give his House a call, he therefore invites all.
EDW. VARNER, Proprietor.
There will he in constant attendance at Forsyth
Coaches and Teams, of best kind, to convey trav
ellers to the Shkino as soon as they arrive.
June 11,1855. 2 2m
Brought to Jail.
A Negro Boy who calls himself Bill, and
says that he belongs to John Simms, of
Atlanta Ga. Said negro is five fleet 9 or 10
inches high, weighs about 150 lbs., spare made, of
dark complexion, with a scar above his right groin,
about Twenty years old and somewhat idiotic.
Said hoy says that he was brought from S. C.
and sold in Covington, Ga. to Mr. Zachery, and
he sold him to Richardson, and then John Simms,
of Atlanta, bought him, and sent said negro to
the Farm and he runaway from there.
The owner of said negro is requested to conic
forward prove property, pay charges and take him
a wav.
\V. B. SWANN, Jailor.
Campbcllton Ga. June 5th 1855. 2 tf.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of James
McCrackin, late of Campbell county, deceas
ed. are hereby notified to come forward and make
immediate payment, and all persons having de
mands against said estate are requested to present
them properly authenticated according to law.
EZEKIEL L. JACKSON, Adm’r
May 7, 1855. [tltc] 50 6t
S IXTY’, days from date, application will
made, to the court, of Ordinary of Twig
be
Twiggs
county, for an order for leave to sell all the ne
groes. belonging to the estate of John A- Wynn,
late of said county dec'd.
HAYWOOD HUGHES, Adra’r.
Marion, June 4th 1855. l. s. 2 2m.
S IXTY, days from date application will be made
to the court of Ordinary of Twiggs county, for
an order, for leave to sell all the laud belonging to
the estate of Mary Merritt, late of said county
deceased.
JOHN G. GLOVER, Adm’r.
Marion, June 4th 1855. L. ». 2 *2m.
S IXTY days after date, application will be made
to the Ordinary of Campbell county, for leave
to sell the real estate belonging to the orphans of
Charles Haynes, deceased, for the purpose of dis
tribution, ANDREW SMITH, Guardian.
June 6,1855. (Jic) 2 9t
K5-IT HAS CO ME I44
BACON AND LARD!
29,000 |ba„ Tennessee Baeon, consist,
ing of Hams, Sires and Shoulders.
2500 lbs., of Leaf Bard.
C. H. WRIGHT.
Mav 22.1855 51 tf
publican liberty, throughout the world, as
the rock upon which the God of nations has
planted the beacon-light of free Democratic
institutions. To destroy the Union, is to
darken, for the time being, this light of the
world, and it may be, to put it out forever.
In immediate connection with this undis
guised attachment to the Union, that plat
form asserts the terms of justice and equal
ity upon which it ought, and can he pre
served. No light and trivial causes are
presented for the “disruption of the ties
that hind us to the Union.” The violation
of important constitutional rights, which
Georgia deems essential to her equality in
the Union, constituted the basis of her ac
tion, “as a last resort.” That position she
has eamly and solemnly assumed, and her
people are, and I trust ever will he, pre
pared firmly and resolutely to maintain it.
The man who first counsels an abandon
ment of the Georgia Tlatform, will be re
garded—if he is not treated—as a traitor
to his State.
The Nebraska Kansas bill was intro
duced into the last Congress, in accordance
with the principles of the compromise of
18-30, as we understand it. It atiinned the
great principle of popular sovereignty—it
denied the right of Congress to legislate
upon the question of slavery in the territo
ries, and pledged Congress to the admis
sion of Nebraska and Kansas, with or with
out slavery, as the people of those territo
ries might declare for or against slavery, in
the organization of their State Constitu
tions. This hill was 2>assed, after an ex
citing and bitter struggle, by the almost
unanimous vote of the South, united with
a portion of the national Democrats of the
North. This action of Congress was re
ceived by the Southern people with un
mixed pleasure. They did not feel that
they had gained any triumph over their
Northern brethren, hut they did feel
that the North had given, through the
votes of a portion of her national Democra
cy, another pledge of fidelity to the Con
stitution of our common country. It indi
cated an honest regard for the rights of the
States, and a determination to maintain
the integrity of the Union upon terms of
fairness and equality. Such a result could
have no other effect than that of strengthen
ing our feeling of security under the Con
stitution, and warming our attachment to
the Union of our fathers.
It was with sincere regret that we saw
the consequences of the passage of the
Kansas Bill, in the non-slavehohling States.
The violent excitement which seemed
every where to pervade the public mind of
the North, was considered ominous of a r^
newal of the sectional contest which haa
been ended upon terms fair and honorable
to every portion of the Union. The ap
prehension, it is to he feared, will be real
ized in the future action of the people and
the government, on the Kansas question,
and in view of the vital interest which the
South has in the result of the issue, we
should look coolly upon the question, and
deliberately determine upon our line of
policy and aetiou.
From present indications, it may be re
garded as a fixed fact, that Kansas will, at
no distant day, apply for admission into
the Union with a pro-slavery Constitution.
By the bill of the last Congress, as well as
by the principles of the Compromise Acts
of 1850, Congress is pledged to her admis
sion. Whether she comes with, or without
slavery, the Government is bound to open
the doors and admit her as a State. Her
rejection on the ground that her constitu
tion recognizes the institution of slavery,
presents one and the most important of the
issues provided for in the Georgia Plat
form' Such an event makes Georgia “one
party and one people,” and a dissolution of
the Union is certain and inevitable. Upon
this question, there exists no difference of
opinion among our people. The argument
has already been had, the judgment has
been made up—and it only requires the
happening of the contingency, to unite all
hands and all hearts in the enforcement of
the decision.
In view, therefore, of our sincere attach
ment to the American Union, and the
great calamity which its dissolution will
bring upon ns and the world, we should see
to it, that every effort consistent with the
protection of our constitutional rights,
should he made to avert this threatened ca
lamity, and preserve intact the integrity of
the Republic. This brings me to the con
sideration of the second proposition, as to
the true line of policy to be adopted by the
people of Georgia, and the South, in the
present state of the slavery question.
In reviewing the contest which we have
had with the North, on the subject of slave
ry, every candid mind must admit that,
with unimportant exceptions, we have
found our only friends at the North, in the
ranks of the National Democratic party.
Whether we look to the records of Con
gress—the action of State Legislatures—
the resolves of party conventions—or the
tone and spirit of the public press, we are
forced to the conclusion that the National
Democracy of the North alone, have stood
true and firm to the Constitution on the
slavery question. It is true, that in 1850,
upon his accession to the Presidential
Chair, Mr. Fillmore gave the support of
his administration to the passage of the
compromise measures of that year; and by
his official power and influence, and the
strong assistance of Daniel Webster, was
enabled to carry a portion of the Northern
Whigs to their support; but when the great
principle upon which that compromise was
based, and which alone reconciled the
Southern people to it, was sought to be
practically applied to the Kansas and Ne
braska Territorial Bills, not a Whig mem
ber of Congress from the North voted for
it—not a Whig paper at the North advo
cated it—and Mr. Fillmore himself, was
understood to he opposed to the application
of that principle to those Territories. So
that upon the great practical question
which must shortly be met—shall Kansas
be admitted into the Union with slavery—
the South looks in vain for help from a
solitary Northern Whig of any prominence,
or member of any other party, save the
old constitutional Democratic party. That
there are a few National Whigs, with Mr.
Fillmore at their head, whose liearts in
cline them to do justice to the South, and
who would do so if in their power, I have
no doubt; but the overwhelming majority
of their party are against them, and the
vert' effort to do so, without the masses of
their party to back them, is political death.
Therefore, the South can look with confi
dence to the Northern Democracy, and to
them alone in the impending struggle.
I do not pretend to assert that the en
tire Northern Democracy are now, or ever
have been, sound on the subject of slave
ry. My proposition is simply, that the
only sound men of the North who have
stood firm at all times, and in every em
ergency, and who are yet willing to peril
their political all in defence of the Consti
tution and the rights of the States, are to
be found in the National Democratic par
ty. 1 do not know that there exists at
this time, even individual exceptions to
the rule. If there should be any, the
time has now arrived when they will be
forced by the requirements of duty and
patriotism, to take their position in the
Democratic organization. Heretofore, the
Democratic party at the North has been
enabled to contend successfully with its
opponents. Its organization being sound,
the unsound elements in the party consti
tuted the exception. This state of things
arrayed the abolition sentiment of the
North in opposition to it. As long as that
abolition sentiment was divided between
the Whig and Abolition parties, it was
generally powerless in its contests with
the Democracy, and the Democratic party
has been enabled to maintain its ascen
dency. The overwhelming triumphs of
the opponents of the, Democratic party of
the North, is attributable, not only to the
increased excitement on the slavery ques
tion, but also to the union which hag
been effected between the Whigs and
abolitionists under the name of “Know
Nothings” or “American party,” a fact of
significant importance to the people ot the
South, in the consideration of this question.
The Abolitionists never could unite their
forces in their own proper name, nor could
they unite them in the old Whig party.
For that reason, both of these parties have
been abandoned in name. Lrnder the title
of Know-Nothings, however, this result
has been to a great extent, accomplished.
The personal animosities of Seward, Gree-
ly, and a few others, have kept them aloof
from the coalition; but the universal elec
tion of Fresoilers and Abolitionists to of
fice, wherever the Know Nothings have
obtained the power, leaves no doubt of
the fact, that all their victories have been
a series of Freesoil and Abolition triumphs.
The extent of these Know Nothing victo-
riesjustifies the apprehensions so general
ly felt among the Southern people, of the
danger which threatens their rights and
interests, and demands the united ac
tion which is invoked by the proceed
ings of your meeting. In considering
these, dangers, and in devising the proper
measures for averting them, we should not
lose sight of the men and the parties who
have brought them upon us. Let us bear
in mind that Northern Democrats alone,
have been steadfast in their efforts to stem
this current of treason and fanaticism—
nor should we forget that Northern Whigs
and Abolitionists have for years contrib
uted to build up this anti-slavery senti
ment, and that when they failed in their
unholy crusade upon the Constitution and
the rights of the South—this secret oath-
bound Know Nothing party, has stepped
forward as a mediator between Anti-slave-
rv Whigs and avowed Abolitionists, and
uniting their broken fortunes in one mid
night orgtMization, has given form, sub
stance and success to the abolition senti
ment of the North. If, as we all believe,
this dangerous crisis is now about to be
precipitated upon the country, we may
pause long enough to acknowledge onr ob
ligations for the event, first, to the Aboli
tionists proper—secondly, to the Northern
Whigs—-and lastly, to the “Know Noth
ings,” who constitute the united crew of
Abolition and Whig co-workers and labor
ers.
Whilst I fully appreciate the danger
[NUMBER 3.
which threatens the South, I am not will
ing to concede that it cannot be averted.
It is trite that the Democratic party in
most of the Northern States has been de
feated, and in some instances, overwhelm
ed; but I eannot agree in saying that “the
gallant hand of patriots” at the North,
“who are friends to the South, and faithful
to the Constitution,” and who have so long
and so nobly battled for our rights ,
under the banner of the National Demo
cracy, “have been routed, disbanded, and
almost annihilated.” As highly as you
esteem their services, I beg to assure you
that you under-rate their virtue, and place
too low an estimate upon their devotion to
the Constitution, and the rights of the
States, if you suppose for a moment, that
they have fled from the field of their gal
lant struggles, or abandoned in despair
the cause of the Constitution. 1 grant
you they have been defeatW, but their
broken columns are already recovering
from the blows inflicted by their, and your,
secret and oath-bound enemies. Know
Nothingism staggers under the blow just
given by the noble Democracy, and Re
publican Whigs of Virginia. Its effect
will soon be seen and felt in the North.—
Onr friends there will be encouraged by
each successive defeat of the Know Noth
ings at the South. Give to them the
pledges of our united and cordial support
and co-operation, and they, in return, will
give to ns and the country firm, true, and
reliable Representatives to fill the seats
now occupied by the Free Boilers and
Abolitionists recently elected to Congress
by the Know Nothing party. Shall we,
then, abandon the “gallant band of pat
riots” in the midst of the battle? They
still fight on, nothing daunted by their de
feats and their disasters. Will the South
counsel them to surrender to our common
enemy?
The admission of Kansas is the “para
mount question of the day.” The position
taken by Georgia in her last Legislature,
is, that no man is worthy of political fel
lowship who denies the right of Kansas,
and all other Territories, to came into the
Union, with or without slavery, as their
people may determine. This is the doc
trine of the Democratic party of this State,
and of the sound National Democrats of
the North. Upon this basis the National
Democratic party will stand in the com
ing contest. I11 her ranks their will be no
place for free soilers and abolitionists.
The man who denies this doctrine ought
and will be deemed unworthy of fellowship
in the Democratic ranks. Presenting, as
the National Democracy do, this catholic
platform to the country, the question
comes home to every Southern man
as to his individual duty in the matter. If
we desire the admission of Kansas, and
seek to establish on a firm and lasting
foundation the great principle involved in
the question of her admission, why should
we not unite with the only party that can
and will enable us to effect the object?
The great object which you seek by your
meeting to accomplish, is to make us “one
people and one party.” I ask, in reply,
why we cannot be “one people and one
party,” in support of the National Demo
cratic party, provided that party will car
ry out the principles which we hold in
common on this subject. Being in the
minority in Congress, we are powerless to
carry any measure, except by the aid of
votes from the North. The policy I pro
pose affords the only practicable mode of
securing the admission of Kansas as a slave
State. If it fails, we are in no worse con
dition than we would be if we now aban
doned our friends at the North, and com
menced at once to rely upon our own re
sources. If, 011 the contrary, we succeed,
we shall have carried our measure, secur
ed our equality and just rights, and at the
same time, preserved inviolate that Ameri
can Union, which we hold “secondary in
importance, only to the rights and princi
ples it was designed to perpetuate.”
I take it for granted that you prefer the
admission of Kansas to its rejection, the
preservation of the Union to its dissolution.
Let us then become “one people and one
party,” upon a basis that secures the co
operation of that “gallant band of patriots
who are friends to the South and faithful
to the Constitution.”
These noble and brave men have, du
ring evil and good report, stood firmly by
their Constitutional obligations, and have
withstood the tide of fanaticism, which has
threatened the existence of the country,
with an unyielding courage which com
mands our gratitude aud admiration.
Shall the South now, in their defeat,
desert the men, who in the hour of her
danger, have never deserted her? Is this
the time when we shall turn our backs
upon them, and leave them to their fate?
Pardon me if I say that such a course, and
for such a reason hardly comports with
that chivalry which we claim for the South,
and which I am sure lives as warmly in
your hearts, as in auy of her sons. Let ns
rather emulate the example just set us by
the proud old State of Virginia, and re
spond to that “gallant band of patriots”—
that although they may, for the moment,
be overwhelmed by their enemies, and
ours ; yet they may always rely on the
unwavering support of their Southern
friends.
We have seen in Virginia, that many
patriotic Whigs have been found, ready to
sacrifice party prejudices, and rally to
the assistance of the friends of the Con
stitution. Why should it not be so in
Georgia ; why should not Republican
Whigs everywhere at the South frankly
admit that they are now convinced, that
in the Democrats of the North, rests the
last hope of the Llnion.
We have no divided interests in Geor
gia; the preservation of the honor, rights
and safety of our beloved State, is with
all of us an object, compared to which, all
others sink into absolute insignificance.
For this object, we ought indeed, to be
“one people and one party.” 1 fully
agree with you, that the tune has coma
when we must act in concert, if we would
be safe. But we need not act alone; that
time has not yet come. We have friends,
and enough to make us absolutely invin
cible, while we are united. By sinking
all subordinate differences, and giving onr
cordial and united support to the North
ern Democrats, we may secure the South
in all her rights, and at the same time per-
S etuate that Union, to which we are in
dited for so many blessings, and which is
endeared to na by so many hallowing re
collections:
If we do this and fail, (but we shall not
fail,) we shall at least know that we have
done all we conld to prevent the evils that
may ensue; and we shall then be prepared,
united and ready, to act for and by our
selves for our own protection.
I am Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Serv’t.
HOWELL COBB.
To Messrs. Thos. Ragland, F. M.
Brooks, Jas. R. Redd, A. S. Rutherford,
John A. Jones, James M. Bethune, John
G. Ridgewav.
A Secret of Masonry Discovered.—We
get from the Boston Gazette a very good
storv of a wife, whose husband was a very
worthy practical member of the order of Free
Masons. It seems that one evening a
bundle came to the house, marked for him,
and labeled “Private.” Of course this
was sufficient for female curiosity, and
therefore she indulged in an inspection.—
Horror of horrors! Blankets, baby’s linen,
&c., greeted her astonished eyesight, and
dreams of “two families” floated through
her brain. The husband soon came in,
and after tea, when his wife discovered in
his. eye the treachery of his conduct, as she
supposed, he took the bundle and went
out—hut not alone, for the jealous wife
was on his track. The faithless husband
little imagined that she who supposed
herself so foully wronged was hovering
after him. He stopped at the house of a
friend, who also joined him in carrying a
similar bundle. The wife became doubly
excited, for the prospect of having a com
panion in misery did not impress her with
the idea of a division of her grief, but only
an addition to it. She followed closely,
and soon they halted before a small tene
ment, which they entered. Here she
paused to hold a council of war. What
tactics to follow she was in doubt, but
determined at length to storm the citadel.
She knocked, and hastily brushed by a
little child, and in a second burst upon the
astonished husband, the embodiment
of injured innocence. Her feelings w ere
about to express themselves, when the
scene before her caused her to reflect.—
A poor woman on a sick bed, a babe
not old enough for christening, a child
in a crib, and two little girls in a
bed met her eye. She read the story at a
glance, and returned home under escort of
her husband and his friend, who assured
her that she had discovered the great secret
of Masonry.—
Bushing Tomatoes.—Those who love
good tomatoes will take pains to cultivate
them, so as to ensure, them as near as may
be in their full prefection. There is no
other fruit that delights more in air and
sunshine than the tomato. They should
have, therefore, abundance of room, and the
vines be sustained form falling to- the
earth. I have found stout brush firmly
set around the plants, to answer the pur
pose better than any other method. The
branches have room to extend them
selves as they like, while the limbs of the
brash keep them in their positions. By
this method, the fruit is more fully ex
posed to the genial influences of the air
and sunshine, whereby it attains a more
delicious flavor, larger size, and comes
quicker to maturity.—Rural New York
er.
Phosphorus.—The origin of phosphrous
is the most remarkable thing concerning
it. Every ether substance with which we
are acquainted can be traced ether to the
earth or air; but phosphorus seems to be
of animal origin. Of all the animals man
contains the most; and of the various parts
of the body, the brain yields, by analysis,
more phosphorus than any other. This
fact is of no little moment. Every thought
has, perhaps, a phosphoric source. It is
certain that the most intellectual beings con
tains the most phosphorus. It generally hap
pens that when a singular discovery is
made many years elapse before any appli
cation of it is made to the welfare and
happiness of man. This remark applies to
phosphorus. It is only the other aay that
it was sold at five shillings an ounce; now
it is so cheap that the penniless portion of
our population hawk it about in the form of
matches. But what a noble, life, light
and fire giving office does it fill! For com
mercial purpose—match-making—phos
phorus is extracted from burnt bones.—
The demand for it is now so great that
many tons are annually prepared.—
When Kraft traveled, he had not more
than half an ounce “to set before the
king.”
Adolphus gets Inspired.—“Dearest, I
will build thee a cot all covered with ivy,
in some secluded vale, close by a purling
brook meandering over its pebbly bottom,
incessantly babling in dulcet tinkling
strains, “love, love, love;” where the atmos
phere is redolent of soothing spicy aromas,
that make the eye languish, and the heart
dissolve in a liquid fire of love:—where
the balmy morning zephyrs sigh in the
dense forest’s leafy maze, chanting love’s
melody ; where the tiny songsters that
whirl in ethereal space,‘warble nought
but love. I will plant thee a garden of
gorgeous loveliness, culled from nature’s
most ardent designs, warmest tints, and
sweet smelling incense.” “Dolphy, dear,
dont’ forget to leave a patch for cow-
cumbers and ingings—they’re so nice
pickled.”
Lime in Agriculture.—Prof,
says: “The effects of lime are
Johnson
greatest
when well mixed with the soil, and
kept near the surface within easy reach
of the atmosphere. Its value is great
est upon newly plowed arable surface
soils. Such soils usually contain a
large amount of vegetable and other
organic matter, henee the rale that
lime ought always to precede putrescent
manure, when old leas are broken up for
cultivation. It produces a greater pro
portional improvement on poor soils, in
their natural state, than on such as . are
richer ; as naturally poor soils contain a
greater or less quantity of organic matter,
but are nearlv destitute of lime. On
the other l,an<J, on poor arable lands
which have been worn out by repeated
liming and cropping, it does no good,
whatever, as such soils if they do not
always abound in lime, are generall des
titute of other kinds of food, organic and
inorganic, by which healthy plants are
nourished, and they can only be restored
to fertility by a judicious admixture of all.
On all lands in which vegetable matter
is wanting, lime may even do harm to
the immediate crops. A consideration
of the circumstances above adverted to,
are sufficient to induce the entire aban
donment of it. Where soil has been im
poverished through itd unskilful applica
tion, or by, large admixtures of lime and
marl for a series of years, new additions,
are a waste of material and labor. When
natural causes have removed the super
abundance, and produce an accumulation
of those substances which when associa
ted with lime, increase the productiveness
of the soil, its use may be resumed,”—
Scientific American.