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VOLUME XXVII.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24,1856.
(.NUMBER 4
LEGAL A D VERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors or Guardi., js, are required by law to b'
l. .1.3 .. .1.. I?:.. m i - ... i . .
held on the First Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of 10 in the for. noon 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 4') days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner ]l! days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
nmst also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the. Court
of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be published for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guardian
ship, Arc., must be published 30 days—for dismis
sion from Administration, montldy sir months—for
dismission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub
lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost
papers, far the fall space of three months—for com
pelling titles from Executors or Administrators,
where bond lias been given h.» the deceased, the
full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
RATES!
Citations on letters of Administration, Ac. $2 75
“ “ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50
“ “ “ Guardianship
Leave to sell Land or Negroes
Notice to debtors and creditors
Sales of persponal property, ter. days, 1 sqr
Sale of land or negroes by Executors, Ac.
Estrays, two weeks
For a man advertising bis wife (in advance)
TRISII LINENS and Linen Lawns.
J. Linen Sheetings and
.. and Pillow Linens.
Bleached and Brown Cloths and Damask, in the
Bentons Thirty Years 1 View!
COS-IPIiSrS EW 2 VOSS.
T IiF MORE, or either volume of it, will be
M.'nt to any parr of the State by mail, postage
White and colored Doilees and Napkins. . .
Hucabac, Bird's Eye and other Diapers, are to be ^ P a >’ ! , and securely done up, on receint of the price
had at TINSLEY &- NICHOLS’. of subscription. $2 50 vol.
TINSLE
Milledgeville, April 3, 1856.
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Letters on business must be Post Paid to entitle
them to attention.
LET I S REASON TOGETHER.
A SpIaEded Investment.
HAVANA plan* LOTTERY!
Jasper County Academy Lottery!
f By Authority of the Stoic of Georgia."]
Class X, will be Brawn June Mil 1*56, in
ill AC ON, Georgia.
(1 Vi IE Manager having unnounced his detennin-
J-aiion to make tins the most popular Lottery in
world, Offers lor JUNE 16th. a tkheme that far
surpasses any Scheme ever offered in the annals of
Lotteries. Look to your interest! Examine theCap-
itais. One Prize to cecry Eight Tickets!
S& *3 O', O O O
Grand Scheme, Drawn JUNE. 16. IG5G;
r
Prizes Amounting to @50,CC0.
Capital, $.15 000:! ;
Prize of $15,000
5,000 ;
4,000 ‘
3 000
2’000
1,’500
$1,000 each., 5,000
1200 Prizes amounting to $00,000
TICKETS $10 Halves $5, Quarters$2 50;
Every Prize drawn at each drawing, and paid
when due, in full, without deduction.
All orders, rely on it, strictly confidential. Bills
on all solvent Banks taken at par. Registered
money letters at my risk. Drawings sent to all or
JNO. M. COOPER & CO.,
Gen’l. Ag’t. for Georgia,
= Savannah, Ga.
'.Jt lhe above work can be found at the Book
Store of E. J. WHITE & BRO.
June 13, 1856. 3
GEORGIA LOTTERY!
£|4F0RTG.U\ES ACADEMY rfgpx
sAai Is OT TV, HIT.
(By Authority cf the State of Georgia.J
CLASS 16, To he drawn in the City of
Atlanta, in public, on Thursday, Ju\e
26tli 1S5G, on the HAVANA PLAN!
SAAl’L. SWAN A CO., Managers.
do
do
do
do
do
PRIZES AMOUNTING TO
$£4,090!
Will be distributed according to following
BRILLIANT SCHEME!!
10,000 NUMBERS—240 PRIZES!!
SCHEME!
IU is tf II an to us.
The Women of China.—Rev. Joint 0.
Lord of the Mission at Ningpo says, “The
condition of the women of China is one
calling for the deepest <#r imiseration ; not
only because it is one which makes it
extremely difficult to accomplish much for
their benefit their? physical condition is
one of abject servitude. They are slaves
to their parents and superiors, slaves to
ther husbands, and slaves to the most im
perious and degrading passions. Their
intellectual condition is extreme ignorance.
None are educated, in the proper sense of
the word, and probablynot one in a thou
sand ever comes so near :t as to be able to
read. The only means we have, of mak
ing them acquainted with Christianity, is
oral instruction ; and ouv opportanites for
this are exceedingly limited.
|)o I i t i f II
dering Ticket
Address JAME;
Macon. 1856.
F. WINTER, Manager,
Macon, Ga.
HOLLOWAY’S PILLS!
. _ _ * ne * 1 Inland navigation, 100 miles on Delaware River
and oilers them to a free* and en- * * - •
WHY ARE WE SICK?
It has been the lot of the human race to bo weighed
down by disease and suffering. Holloway’s Pills
are specially adapted to the relief of the \V kak. the
Nervous, the Delicate, and the Infirm, of all dimes,
ages sexes, and constitutions. Professor Holloway per
sonally superintends the manufacture of his modi
in the United Stales. __
lightened people, as the the best remedy the world
saw for the removal of disease.
THESE TILLS PURIFY THE BLOOD.
These famous Pills are expressly combined to oper-
oteon the s-omach, the liver, the kidneys, the lungs the
skin, and the bowels, correcting any derangement in
th°ir functions, purifying the blood the very fountain ol
life, and thus Miring disease in all its forms.
DYSPEPSIA AND LIFER COMPLAINTS.
Nearly half the human r.ace have taken these Pills.
It has been proved in all parts of the world, that nothing
has been found equal to them in rases of disorders of the
liver, dyspepsia, and stomach complaints generally .They
soon give a healthy ton to these organs, liowover much
deranged, and when all other means have failed.
GENERAL DEBILITY, ILL HEALTH.
Many of the most despotic Governments have opened
their Custom Houses to I lie introd uciion of these Pills,
that they may become the medicine of the masses Learn
ed Colleges admit that this medicine is the best remedy
ever known for persons of delicate health, or where the
system has b» nn impaired, as its invigorating properties
never tail to afford relief.
FEMALE COMPLAINTS.
No Female, young or old. should be w iihotit this cele
brated medicine. It corrects and regulates the monthly
courses at all periods acting in many cases like a charm.
It is also the best am! safest medicine that can he given
to children of all ages, and for any complaint; conse
quently no family should be without it.
Holloway'$ Pills arc the best remedy known
in the world for the following diseases:
Asthma, Debility, Liver complaints,
Bowd complaints, Fever and Ague, Lowness of spirits,
Coughs, Fern ale com plaints, Piles.
Colds, Headache, N’tone and Gravel
Chest diseases, Indigestion, Secondary eyinp-
Costiveness, Influenza, loins.
Dyspepsia, inflammation. Venereal affection
Diarrhoea, Dropsy, Inward weakness Worms of all kind
{FT Sold at the Manufactories of Professor Holli.way
80, Maid »n Lane. New York, and 244 Strand, L-.ndon,
ontl by all respectable Druggets and Dealers of Medi
cines throughout the United States, and the civilized
world, in Boxes, at 25 cts. 021 ris. and §1 each.
{FT There is considerable saving by taking ihe larger
size. *,N B.—Directions lor the gui dance of patients
in every disorder.'.re affixed to each Box. 13 row ly
For Philadelphia, New York. See.
Savannah & CkarlMon Steamship Lines
Cali*. !?&©,---Steerage $3.
The well-known first class Steamships
KEYSTONE STATE, Captaik B. Habdie.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Captain J. J. Garvin,
Will hereafter form a Weekly Line to Philadelphia,
sailing every Saturday. ait< rnatelv. from SAVAN
NAH and CHARLESTON as follows:
The Keystone State will sail from Savannah the
following Saturdays—April 12th and 26th, May
10th and 24th, June 7th and 21st; Leaving Phila
delphia tie- alternate Saturdays.
'1 he State of Georgia will sail from Charleston the
following Saturdays—April 5th and 19th, May 3d,
17th and 31st, June 14th and 28th; Leaving Phila
delphia the alternate Saturdays.
in strength, speed and accommodations, these
flips arc fully equal to any running on the coast.
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$in,noo
5 of $500
ire $2,501)
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5,000
10 of $
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2,000
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3,000
25 of
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2,500
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1,000
80 of
50
are
4,000
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44 of
30
are
1,320
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Prizes of
$60 A prox. to
$10,0001
’rize are
$240
4
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50 do
5,000
do
200
4
do
40 do
3)000
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160
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35 do
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280
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2!) do
500
do
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10 do
200
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400
...$34,000
and Bay; two nights at sea.
For Niagara Falls, the Bakes and Cana
da—Shortest and Cheapest Route.
These I.ine both connect at Philadelphia with
the Great North Western Bail Road Route through
to Niagara Falls or Buffalo, in 16 hours from Phil
adelphia. Through Tickets, with the privilege of
stopping at Philad'a, and intermediate points, for
sale by the Agents, in Savannah and Charleston.
Fare to Niagara or Buffalo $28; to Elmira $26;
to Canandaigua $27.
Agents in Philadelphia, Hf.ron & Martin,
Agent in Savannah, C. A. Greiner.
Agents in Charleston, T. S. T. G, Bldd.
April 2, 1656. 40 3m.
Dr. McLANE’S
CELEBRATED
249 Prizes, amounting to
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
The two proceeding and the two following num
bers to those drawing the first 20 Prizes, are enti
tled to the 80 approximation Prizes, in the usual
manner.
LIP And remember every Prize is drawn at each
Drawing, and paid when due irithoul deduction!
("TP All Prizes of $1,000 and under, paid imme
diately after the drawing—other prizes at the usual
time of thirty days.
Bills on all solvent Banks at par. All commu
nications strictly confidential.
Lg Tickets $5, Halves $2 50, Quarters $1 25.A-1
Prize Tickets cashed or renewed in other tickets
at either Office
Orders for Tickets can be addressed either to
S. SWAN & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
or S. SWAN, Montgomery, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga.. 1856.
Jas. Hertv, Ag't., Milledgeville, Ga.
India Rubier Lining for Vessels.—A
plan has been devised for lining vessels
with a continuous coating of India rubber,
as a safeguard against leakage. It. is
intended to apply the lining within the
frame of the ship, and ber^ath the ceiling.
—The edges of the sheets, which are pro
posed to he from one-fourth to three-fourths
of an inch in thickness, are to be cemen
ted by heat, and the gum, it is believed
will be as durable as the wood itself
Beauty,—Socrates called beauty a short
lived tyranny—Plato, a privilege of nature
—Theophrastus, a silent cheat—Theorius,
a delightful prejudice—Carneades, a sol-
itary kingdom. Domitian said that nothing
was more grateful—Aristotle affirmed that
beauty was better than all the letters of
recomendation in the world—Homer, that
it was a glorious gift of nature—and Ovid,
alluding to it, called it a favor bestowed
by the gods.
CONFECTIONARY
.i.vst FRUIT STORE.
W
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform the
citizens of Milledgeville and vicinity, that he
on hand, and is constantly receiving fresh sup
plies of CONFECTIONARY, FRUITS, Ac..
Oranges, Lemons, Pine Apples Bananas, Ac.
Raisins, Figs, Dates, Prunes, Ac.
Preserves, Jellies, Pickles. Catsup and Sardines
Soda Biscuit and Butter Crackers.
NUTS, of all kinds, for sale in any quantity,
Fine Havana Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff'.
Dried Beef and Beef Tongues, Bolongnn Sausages
All of which will be sold very low for Cash.
JOHN CONN.
Milledgeville, April 23, 1856. 49 6m
VERMIFUGE
liver'PILLS.
Two of the best Preparations of the Age#
The
DR. R. C. CYPHERS,
SVR&LON DETSTTIsiT,
H AVING permanently located in EATONTON
offers his professiona
icy
» Look to your Interest
I!
HAVING purchased the right to Noah Worlick's
Improved Patent Ptuic. for the counties of Putnain,
Jasper, Jones, Hancock. Baldwin, Twiggs and
Ci awford, we are prepared to furnish a specimen
and to sell individual rights to every planter, up
on very accommodating Terms. T his Plow has
au Iron foot attached to a wooden frame, similar in
all respects to the old and well known Colter stock.
It supercedes the use of every other description
of Plow upon the farm, as all varieties of .Shares
can, very readily, be made to fit. Its construction
is simple; its efficiency superior to any Plow oi
which ve have knowledge with equal power, con
sequently draught lighter. Its durability and econ
omy are items not to he carelessly overlooked by
those who would consult tie ir interest. AVe claim
for this Plow, not perfection, but that we believe
it one of the best practical agricultural imple
ments for all work, ever invented. For a singleor
double horse subsoil Plow, we challenge competi
tion. All that is necessary (we believe) to its gener
al use. is a practical knowledge of its superior mer
its. We hold ourselves responsible to a generous
public for what we say—ready at all times to prove
the truth of what we say. Come, gentlemen, per
mit us to help you to make more corn, raise more
mules and horses, more good beef, pork and but
ter, and to improve your bind by the operation in
the bargain.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage already
bestowed, we hope, by a liberal policy and a gen
tlemanly deportment, still to merit the confidence
and support of every farmer within the limits of
the above named counties to which our right is
confined. We may he addressed at all times at
Eatonton, Ga. All orders promptly attended to
YVM. R. SINGLETON,
J. W. CASWELL.
Iltfcrcnce.—Reuben Jordan, Joshua Hill, Lewis
Pugh, Jasper; Wesley Griggs, Dr. Horne, Sam’l.
■Pearson, Putnam; Thomas H. Morris, <>. II Bun.
ner, Baldwin; Samuel Walker, Hancock; Leroy
Singleton, Dr. Etheridge, Jones.
Eatonton, May 6, 1856. 50 eow4w
TO LAND BUYERS.
milE subscriber, dc
4 icg West, off ■
-irons of remov
er sale his PLAN
TATION, consisting of -li.l acres, two
or three hundred hicli are oak and
hickory, the balance pine land, lying
< on Camp Creek, in Baldw in county, and on tl
and G. Rail Road, 8 miles South West of Mill-
edeeville, and 4 West of Seottsboro. on the road to
Macon, and 2 miles North of Whiting's J> pot,
about half cleared and under good fence A good,
framed dwelling and framed out honses,
b
arc not recom
mended as Universal
Cure-alls, but simply for
what their name pur
ports.
The Vi •RMIFUGE, for
expelling Worms from
the human system, has
also been administered
with the most satisfactory
results to various animals
subject to Worms.
The Li ver Pills, for
al services to the citizen
of Putnam and the adjoining counties. He ispre
pared to execute any work in the line of his Pro
fession, in a neat, durable aud satisfactory manner.
lie is a graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery, and has had several years practi
cal experience.
There have been many late and important im
provements made in the Science of Dentistry—
among the most important may be mentioned At
ten's continuous? Gum. He is prepared to put up
full setts of teeth in this style, having purchased
the right of Mr. Allen.
f ’-f' I>r. C. will spend the first week in each
month, in Milledgeville.
Prompt attention given to business.
April 16, 1856. 47 3i
DltiOSK CaOOD.S.
jpLAIN, plaid and striped Silks, in white, black
th
Liver Com-
Bilious De-
Sick Head-
cure of
plaint, all
rangements
ACHF., &C.
Purchasers will please
be particular to ask for
Dr. C. McLane’s Cele
brated Vermifuge and
Liver Pills, prepared by
I
id colors.
flounced Silks, Granadincs and Bareges.
Organdies, Jaconets and Lawn?
Plain, plaid and striped Granadincs, Tissues and
Bareges.
Striped and figured Organdies, Jaconets and
Lawns.
French, Scotch and American Ginghams.
French, English and American Prints, in great
variety.
Lupin's best black Bombazines and Alpacas.
Now opening at TINSLEY & NICHOLS'.
Milledgeville, April 8, 1856. 45 tf
Lace Goods & Embroideries.
J_JONITON, Maltese and Thread Lace Collars
\jOb.
stint and girt House, nearly new, arc on the place.
As I am not gifted in puffing, and no one will pur-
AS „ . _ .
chase without seeing, come amt see! Corn,
fodder and stock of several kinds with the place,
if desired. GEORGE LEE A ES.
Mav 27. 1856. : "'2 tf.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT for Gents, La
dies and Children : manufactured by J. Miles
& Son, expressly for T1NSLE1 & NICH0L8.
Milledgeville. April 8, 1856. 45 tf
Hats! Hats! Hals!
O F various stvles and qualities for teen and
boys. ' TINSLEY & NICHOLS.
Milledgeville, April 8, 1856. 45 tf
sole proprietors, Pitts
burgh, Pa., and take no
other, as there are various
other preparations now
before the public, pur
porting to be Vermifuge
and Liver Pills. All
others, in comparison
with Dr. McLane’s, are
worthless.
The genuine McLane’s
Vermifuge and Liver
Pills can now be had at
all respectable Drug
Stores.
FLEMING BRO’S,
60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sole Proprietors.
and Sleeves in Sets
Swiss and Cambric do do do do
Swiss, Cambric and Lace Collars and Sleeves, at
all prices.
Maltese, Thread and Lisle Laces.
Black, white and colored Lace Veils.
Blue, green and brown Bareges and Tissues for
Veils.
Plain and figured Bobinets and Silk Illusions
Swiss, Jaconet and Mull Edgings and Insertings.
Swiss Cambric and Dimity Bands.
Embroidered Swiss Basque Shapes.
Linen Cambric H’kfs. from 10 cents to $50 00.
J ust received at TINSLEY & NICHOLS’.
Milledgeville, April 8,1856. 45 tf
WHITE GOODS.
P LAIN, plaid and striped Swiss Muslin.
“ “ “ “ Jaconet “
“ “ “ “ Nainsook “
Victoria and Bishop’s Lawn. India Dimity, Bril
liants, Skirting Dimity, &c. &c., now on hand
at TINSLEY & NICHOLS’.
Milledgeville, April 8, 1856. 45 tf
(JLOVSls & HOSIUttY.
B AJOU’S and Alexander’s Kid Gloves.
Ale
Alexander’s Silk Gloves, in black, white and
colors, together with a great variety of other kinds
for Gents, Ladies and Children.
ENGLISH and GERMAN UOISERY,
In black, white and colors, of all qualities, for
Gouts, Ladies and Children.
TINSLEY A NICHOLS.
Milledgeville, April 8, 1856. 45 tf
DOUHSriC GOODS.
LEACHEI) and Brown Shsetingsand Shirt
ing?, of every width and quality.
Plain, plaid and striped Homespuns.
Plain aud striped Osnaburgs, Ticking
Checks, Ac. Ac., alwavs on hand at
TINSLEY A NICHOLS’.
Milledgeville, April 8,1856. 45 tf
Denims,
CliOTElliG.
A LOT just received by
TINSLEY A NICHOLS.
Milledgeville, April 8, 1856.
LAWS AND JOURNALS.
Sroril Se Mead, No. Ill Charles st. New Orleans
General Wholesale Agents for the Southern
States, to whom all Orders must be addressed.
Vf Sold by E. J. White; Jas Ilerty; Win. L
W hite A Co, Milledgeville: Geo. Payne, E. L.
Stroheker, Macon; I Newell, Gordon; Beall A
Chambers, Iwnton; W. H. Burnett, Sparta; Z.
Gray, Sandersville; Long A Durham, Jefferson
ville; N. S. Pruden, Eatonton; Hurd A Huu-
gerford, Mouticello; and by one agent in ev»ry
town in the State. ' [march 25, ’56, ly
rjp 11K CONTRACTS for carrying the Latrs and
Journals passed at the session of 1655 A 1356
will he Let out to the lowest bidder, at the State
House, on TUESDAY', the 24th day of JUNE next,
at 12 o’clock, M. JOHN F. CONDON,
May 3Uth 1856.—52 4t] State Librarian.
4V.vW ot Thousand Flowers.
This beautiful article for the Toilet, is now for sal#,
at the verv low price of 50 cents per Bottle,
By E. J. WHITE A BRO.
An Old ’Un.—Yesterday we saw, in
this city, a Roman silver coin, weighing
about as much as two of our ten cent pieces
will weigh, and of the diameter of the 12A
cent piece. It was coined as early as A.
D. 30 ! land itsexecution is not inferior to
many of the silver coins of this era. On
one side it hears the inscription “Tiberi-
ous Imperator,” around a raised bust of the
Emperior Tiberius on the throne when it
was coined; a very marked and distinct
countenance, indeed. On the other side,
it bears a raised figure of a female (seat
ed) resting one hand on a lance standing
on the ground, and bearing a branch in
the other hand. It was sent to a friend
in Washington by Buckingham Smith,
Esq., the Secretary of the Legation of the
U. S. in Madrid, who is himself a distin-
gusbed numismatist and literary anti
quarian.—( Washington Star.)
More Aid.—The Quitman, (Miss.) In
telligencer, heretofore a rabid Know No
thing paper, and by the way one ofits
ablest chffmpions in Mississippi, lias, since
the nomination of Millard Eiilmore, the
man who advocated the Abolition of Slave
ry in the District of Columbia, and the
prevention of the extension of Slavery in
the Territories, cursed the Know Nothing
trick and comes out boldly for the Dem
ocracy. We see flying at its mast head,
Franklin Pierce for President, which is
pretty good evidence that the Intelligencer
thinks him sound on the slavery question.
—Thus, one by one, does the former sup
porters of Know Nothingism, back out of
the trick, whose object was to Abolitionise
the South Wonder if our neighbor of the
True American will call the editor of the
Intelligencer, a “feint hearted renegade”
as he has Judge Sliortridge, Albert Pikes,
Luke Pryor, and a host of others who have
deserted Know Nothingism on account of
its Abolition proclivity.
(Marion Commonwealth.
A Merited, Compliment.—Our city cotem
porary, the Mail, publishes the following
handsome compliment to a gentleman
whose numerous friends and acquaint
ances, here and in Georgia, will duly ap
preciate it. We most cordially endorse
ery word that is said in the paragraph of
our talented personal and political friend:
"An Address that will be Worth Hcar-
'•—Our young townsman, John W. A.
Sanford, Esq., has been invited, we learn,
to deliver an address before the Graduat-
; class of the Southern Female College,
at La Grange, Georgia, on the third of
Tuly, prox. We congratulate the young
ladies on having secured an orator of no
common powers—whose eloquence is
always as finished as it is brilliant and
warm. Air. Sanford is truly a man of fine
promise as a writer and a speaker, and we
shall be vastly mistaken if he doesn’t
carry all hearts at La Grange. Wc wish
we coul d promise ourselves the pleasure
of hearing what wc know enough of the
author to predict wil 1 he one of the most
chaste, striking and interesting addresses
ever delivered in Western Georgia.”
Acknowledge the Corn.—The Philade-
phia News, a leading organ and advocate
ot the K. N. order, has but confessed the
truth when it says: “In commond candor
and frankness, we must admit that we look
no longer for any good to result from the
deliberations of Know Nothing councils,
nor the organiation of that party. The
fact is—and it would be worse than folly
to disguise it—Know Nothingism is effete.
It has lost the respect and confidence of
the mass of the people, and now is only
the foot of the corrupt and unprinci
pled political demagogues who seek place
anti power by means ofits secret machine
ry, but whom the people have no confi
dence in, and never will support in any
movement they may undertake.
Cramt.—Those who may be subject in
the night time, to that excruciating pain
called cramp, will he doubtless glad to
learn that by tying any kind of band
age very tight round the leg, immediately
above the knee, this unpleasant sensation
will be instantaneously removed.
Damages for Breach of Promise,—In
Bedford (Va.) Circuit Court, at its last
term, A\ m. Steen, a gentleman 34 years
age, was sued by a young lady for
damages for breach of promise, and mulc
ted in the sum of $750.
Rev. Dr. Crawford, late President of
Mercer University at Penfield, has accep
ted a place it the Union University of Ten
nessee—what Chair he takes, wc have not
seen stated.
The Aiitioaal Capital Responds to the Democratic
Nominations—Speeches of Gen. Cass, and Judge
Douglas.
Nobly, patriotically, and enthusiasti
cally has the national capital responded
to the nominations of the Democratic
National Convention. Without any pre
paration. and with scarcely any previous
notice, the democratic citizens of Wash
ington assembled in mass meeting at half
past seven o’clock this evening to ratify
the nominations made at Cincinnati. In
consequence of the unfavorable state of
the weather, the meeting was held
Copp’s Baloon. The saloon, which is one
of the largest in the city, was filled to
overflowing. Hundreds were unable to
gain admittance, and the enthusiasm of in
siders and outsiders was never exceeded
at any previous popular demonstration in
the city of W ashington. Several of the
distinguished standard-bearers of the de
mocratic perty, as they took their seats
upon the stand, were vociferously cheered.
The appearance of Judge Douglas was
hailed with deafening shouts of applause.
The veteran statesman a,id paitiot, Gen
eral Gass, was received with tremendous
cheering—the Marine Band, which was in
attendance, appropriately playing “Auld
Lang Syne.”
The meeting was called to order by
Mr Ratcliffe, of this city, who moved that
lion. Samuel A. Smith, of Tennesse, be
appointed chairman. The motion was
unanimously adopted.
Upon taking the chair, Mr. Smith spoke
as follows:
Fellow-citizens of the District of Col
umbia: I should feel it au honor at any
time to preside over so large a meeting as
is here assembled to ratify the nominations
made at any National Convention; and
more particularly so do I now feel, that
you have assembled together in such large
numbers, and upon such short notice, to
ratify the nominations recently made at
the city of Cincinnati, and which, accord
ing to the enthusiasm which is manifested
and elsewhere over this country, must and
will be successful on the first Tuesday in
November next. [Cheering.] I also feel
highly honored in being called to preside
over this meeting, because it is to be ad
dressed by those whose long devotion
to their country, the constitution, and
the Union, has enshrined themselves in
the hearts of their countrymen, under
whose lead we have fought in times gone
by, and under whose lead we expect to
tight for years to come. [Applause.] It
is not my purpose, it is not my place, to
speak to you any further in reference to
the candidates who have been nominated
in Cincinnati. 1 can only rejoice with
you, in common, that the nominations
were made with such unanimity and such
harmony as always characterize the great
democratic party when assembled togeth
er, with the noble purpose that it did a
few days ago, to preserve the Union.
[Great applause.] There may he no one
here from the 8tate which I have the
honor to represent, nml I will travel out of
the usual course merely to say, coming,
as I do, from the State of Tennessee, that,
in November next, I pledge myself, and
the pledge will be redeemed, that we will
roll up such a majority for the nominees of
tlie Cincinnati Convention as lias never
been given by Tennessee since the days
of Andrew Jackson.
Air. S. took his seat amidst tremendous
applause.
The following vice-presidents were then
announced:
Geo. Parker,
C. W. Dunnington,
B. J. Seinmes,
Jerome Diggs,
Peter Hepburn,
Geo. AIcN eir,
Henry S. Davis.
Secretaries.
Jno F. Ennis, Francis McNerhany,
Janies S. Holland, Win. J. Donohoo.
Gen. Cass's Speech.
General Cass, on being introduced, was
received with enthusiastic cheers. * He
said: I do not come here to make you a
forma! address. 1 came to unite with you
in your congratulations upon the termina
tion, the fortunate termination, of the rep
resentative body of the democratic party
at Cincinnati. A \ oice lias reached us
from the AYest, borne by that mysterious
agent which defies both time and space,
announcing that the convention has named
to our party the name of a statesman and
patriot for the Chief Magistracy of the
Union and for our standard-bearer, during
the coming contest, who will unite the
hearts and hopes and exertions of the
whole democracy of the country. And
that man is James Buchanan. He is
respected h}' the American people for his
services and experience, for his usullied
integrity and unquestioned talents, his in
timate -acquaintance with public affairs,
and for his patriotism and his devotion to
the country; in whatever situation he has
been placed, at home or abroad. He has
filled with honor and distinction various
high stations, and left them all enjoying
a greater measure of public confidence
than when he entered them—a rare cir
cumstance in the life of a public man in
our country. And he is especially re
spected by his own party for his attach
ment to its cause and principles, his fideli
ty in trying times, aud his rejection of
mere local considerations, always regard
ing with solicitude the rights and claims of
every section of the country. The labors
of the convention are closed, and well
closed, and now ours—that is, yours and
mine, those, indeed, of the whole party—
begin. Let us determine to elect our
nominee. AVo can do it, and shall do it.
Let every true democrat buckle on his
armor—not the armor of triiarp’s rifles,
which arc supplied by some of the church
es of the country, instead of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, hut the armor of truth, of
reason, and of persuasion, and go forth to
the combat, and he is sure to go foith to
victory.
And never was there a time which more
demanded the patriotism and devotion of
every honest-hearted American than does
the present. Evil days are upon us, and
and in the very wantonness of blessings
and prosperity unknown elsewhere in an
cient or in modern times, we are engaged
in an angry and fearful sectional controver
sy, whose consequences no man should
contemplate without the most gloomy ap
prehension. One portion of our country,
Daniel Ratcliffe.
AATn. B. Magruder,
Thos. Carberry,
AValter Lenox,
R. H. Gillette,
Lambert Tree,
Dr. AA r m, Jones,
not satisfied with enjoying the rights of
self-government, seem to desire to govern
♦he other. The day of trial has come, and
the destiny of the Union, under the God
of our fathers and our own G od, who led
us through the waters and the desert to
this beautiful land, not of promise, hut of
perf- rmance—under His overruling Provi
dence the destiny of this Union is in the
hearts and hands of the democratic party.
Our old and honorable opponents, the
whigs—the whigs of the days ef the la
mented flay and Webster—who so long
carried on a contest with our party upon
great constitutional questions, and in a
spirit of liberal patriotism, are disbanded.
Its leaders are dead or discouraged, its
standard is in the dust, and its time-honor
ed distinctive principles are among the
kings that have been, and mainly out of
the ruins have arisen sectional parties,
some of them with avowed designs, fatal
to our national existence, and all of them
without any other connecting bond than
opposition to the democratic party. Let
us not underrate the strength of that op
position; but let us prepare for it, and we
can overcome it in fair combat, and save
the Union. And here, this night, at this
democratic meeting of appi :al and rati
fication, in the political capital of the re
public, let us pledge ourselves to each oth
er and to the party to do our duty,
and our whole duty; and if this example is
everywhere followed, as it will he, the bat
tle will be half won by the determination
to win it. Let every democrat sacrifice
his personal prejudices and predilections,
if he have any that will be injurious, upon
the altar of his party. And if I have one
single friend in this numerous assemblage
wiio, for the sake of auld lang syne, has
any regard for my wishes or opinions, I
ask him to do as I shall do—support zea
lously, heartily, earnestly, the election of
James Buchanan. He will find his re
ward in the good of his country and in the
stability of her institutions.
As to the candidate for the A r ice Presi
dency, the selection is honorable to the
convention and to the party. Those who
knew Air. Breckenridge best, best knew
his true democracy, his high and honora
ble character, his eminent talents, and his
claims upon the public confidence. He
will be a faithful co-laborer with James
Buchanan iu the capse of the country.
Success to them both! but, above all, suc
cess to this glorious Union, which has
given us a greater measure of prosperity
and freedom than ever before fell to the
lot of any nation! Withered be the hand
that is stretched out to touch the Ark of
the Constitution!
During the delivery of General Cass’s
speech he was repeatedly interrupted with
loud and enthusiastic cheers. At its con
elusion, shout after shout went up for
Judge Douglas. The chairman then step
ped forward and said that it was almost
useless for him to introduce to the meeting
one so universally known as the “Young
Giant of the AA'est.” As soon as the wild
applause which followed this announce
ment had in a measure subsided, Judge
Douglas appeared, and spoke substantial
ly as follows:
Judge Douglas's Speech.
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas said he came
before the meeting with a hearty good
will to endorse and ratify the action of the
National Convention at Cincinnati. [Ap
plause.] He came not as a matter of form,
not iu compliance with a custom, but with
heart and soul in the cause. He came to
congratulate them upon the unanimous
adoption of a platform which commands
the approbation of every democratic heart;
to congratulate them upon the nomination
of a candidate for presidency and vice
presidency worthy to stand upon that plat
form, and to receive the unanimous sup
port of every democrat. [Cheers.] The
platform and the standard-bearers were
worthy of each other—each acceptable to
the whole democracy of the entire ccuut-
7-
He felt more heart in this contest than
anj’ he had ever before been engaged in,
and there was more of importance to be
attached to it in its result, and more to in
spire the patriotism of every lover of his
country. This Union was made through
the constitution, must be preserved through
the constitution, aud cannot survive for a
single day the obligations, of that instru
ment. The democratic party now stands
before the country as the only national
party in the whole republic; the only par
ty which avows principles alike in the
East and the West, in the North and in
the South; the only party whose princi
ples must prevail wherever the constitu
tion reigns. [Immense applause.]
Look to the creed of the party as pro
mulgated at Cincinnati; and then upon that
disturbing element the vexed question of
slavery; you find a platform which has
received the sanction of cry democratic
delegate from every State in the Union.
Democracy is now the same in Massachu
setts, in South Carolina, [applause,] in
Michigan, and in Illinois, in Ohio, and
Louisiana; and wherever the American
flag waves there the democratic creed is
one and the same. What other party can
cross the Ohio river and Mason and Dix
on’s line and carry their principles with
them? [A A'oice, None.] Can this Union
be preserved in the hands of apolitical
party whose principle of action is hostili
ty on the part of one half of the States
against the rights and institutions of the
other half of this Union? Can sectional
strife, sectional animosity, and sectional
warfare—a part of the North against the
South, a part of the South against the
North—produce that fraternal feeling and
brotherly love which is essential to pre
serve the rcppblic as our fathers made it?
Have we not the greatest inducement to
stimulate our utmost exertions? No less than
the integrity of the constitution, the pre
servation find perpetuity of the Union, de
pend upon the result of this election.
AA'e had a candidate for the presidency
whose reputation was as wide, he was
about to f«ay, as the republic, but he would
say as wide as civilization—a man who lias
tilled the highest office in his country, save
that only to which he is to be inaugurated
on the 4th of Alarch next—[great and con
tinued applause]—a man of wide ex
perience in the House of representatives, in
the senate, in the cabinet, in the foreign
service, anu wherever commanding abili
ties and stern integrity were required for
the discharge of high duties. Everywhere
in the line of duty you have found James
Buchanan elevating his own reputation
while sustaining and carrying forward the
interest and honor of bis country. He wai
a man without a stain npon hi# private
character, and with a political record
equally untarnished, from the days of
Jackson down to the present time.
Allusion was made to the signal servi
ces which he had performed, not the least
of which was the delicate duty of represent
ing this country at the fiist conrt in the
world during the present administration.—
Such was the man whom (he democracy
had presented to them for their suffrages.
The candidate for the vice presidency wrs
too well known to a Washington audience
to require much praise. Alost of them
knew him personally, and all that was
necessary was to know him in order to
love him He possessed the highest quali
ties for the office for which he was now de
signated, or for higher stations in future
years when his experience should be more
fully matured. The democracy thus bad
standard bearers with which they could
defy the combined forces of the enemy.—
They were one compact party, professing
one common creed; and they were arrayed
against the allied forces of abolitionism,
know-nothmgism, and every other ism.—
He rejoiced that they had got all the isms
in one common line; lie had long been wish
ing to get them where the democrats could
rake them all down at once. These isms
were animated by one common sentiment,
and that was hostility to the democratic
party. Abolitionism and know-nothing-
ism were first cousins generally; but in
Illinois they were were at least brothers,
and Siamese twins at that. They would
always go for the same candidate, no mat
ter whether he was a know-nothing or ab
olitionist. The coming conflict, however,
he believed, was one in which the demo
cracy would triumph, and the effect of
that triumph would be to restore peace,
quiet,and stability to the Union. Ihere
were no longer any dissensions in the dem
ocratic ranks; for all who agreed in prin
ciple were now invited to act together,
without regard to past differences. Oneoi
the great principles of their faith was the
equality of the States, and the right of
self-government in the territories, subject
to the limitations of the constitution; or, in
other words, the great principle of the Ne
braska bill. [Loud applause.] There
were no more anti-Nebraska democrat?
now than there were white b'ack birds to
be found. The platform endorsed the
Nebraska hill; and what more, said Mr. D.,
could I desire? If there was anything
more to be desired, it was to he found in
the residue of the platform, and lie cordial
ly responded to every clause, therein em
braced. The democratic party was united
with a common crei d. aud common objects;
and they were marching certainly and
surely to a commmon victory.
The platform was equally explicit in re
ference to the disturbances in relation to
the Territory of Kansas. It declared that
treason was to be punished, aud resistance
the laws w as to bo put down. That was
the whole question involved—whether the
supremacy of the laws should be maintain
ed, or whether mob violence should over
come the officers ot the law. On this ques
tion. between law and violence, the demo
cracy had expressed their sentiments; they
say the laws shall he executed so long ss
they stand upon the statute-book. But
the black republicans say that they will
trample upon the law, and shoot down the
officers who execute it, because they do
not like the law. The question was,
whether law and order and the constitution
shall prevail, or whether lawless violence
and mob law shall rule in their stead. The
convention had met "that question with a
firmness and directness that must find a.
cordial response not only in the heart of
every democrat, hut in that of every iover
of his country, no mat’er what his political
opinions might be. l he great principle of
the Nebraska bill was the right of the peo
ple to make their own laws; and hence the
duty of the minority to submit to laws
made in conformity with the constitution
and the organic act. If they deny the
constitutionality or validity of any law, let
them test it in the courts of law, and abide
by ihe result; or, if they desire to have any
of the laws repealed, let them try to carry
their point at the polls, and let the majority
decide the question; but so long as the
laws stand upon the statute-book, so long
the courts pronounce them constitutional,
just so long they must be obeyed. These
remarks were applicable not to the laws of
the Territory of Kansas alone, but to all
laws. It was a universal principle in every
free government that the supremacy of the
law must be maintained; and if that princi
ple should be lost sight of for a moment,
what would the liberty of the people be
worth? Now, this was not the first time
that there had been a disposition to resist
the laws because some of the people did
not like them; not only had there been op
position to the laws of the Territory of Kan
sas, but to the fugitive-slave law, and in
each case they made the same excuse. In
deed, no otherexcusecouldhemadeforre-
fusing to obey that law Ilian that they did
not like it because it sends the negro hack to
slavery. But he ventured to expresss the
opinion that, if there could be found a hole
in it big enough to let every negro drop
through, they would call it the holiest law
that ever was made. The constitution of
the country, says that the slave must be
surrendered; and those who object to this,
object to the constitution of the country,
and not to the fugitive-slavelaw"
The principle of the black republicans
is to obey such laws as they like, and re
pudiate those they dd not like. They
claim protection under the constitution,
and refuse to yield obedieuce to it.
The difference between them and the
democracy is, that the democracy support
the constitution in all of its parts with
equal fidelity, without reference to wheth
er they like or dislike it. It is no excuse
for a man, to say that he does not like a
law, and therefore will not obey it. Did
they ever know a criminal who liked the
law? [Applause.] Law-breakers never
like the punishment that follows the act.—
Law-abiding men have no fear of the su
premacy of the law; and the question to
be decided in this contest is, whether
a law made in pursuance ofthe constitution
and as ex pounded by the courts, shall,
prevail, or whether such a law is naught, and
whether cowardly leaders may shoot down
the officers of law with impunity. .
He rejoiced that the convention, by a
unanimous vote, had approved ofthe creed
that the law must and shall prevail. [Ap
plause.] He rejoiced that we had a
standard-bearer with so much wisdom and
nerve as to enforce a firm and undivided
excution of those laws. A\ T ben, lie said^
the issues were presented between the
great parties—he said two parties, hecaus
know-notliingism was dead, and nothing
but black republicanism was left, [laugh*
ter;] they would find such a verdict as this
country had never rendered in favor
democratic platform or a democratic stauc
ard-bcarer. [Great cheering.]
He hardly knew where the opposite:
would get any votes, in order to let
know when the history of this conted
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