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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
S-.Ies of l*and and Negroes, by Administrators,
Ex ••ir-- or Gu.-utiiaus, required by law to be
i Ion the First Tuesday in tlih mouth, between
t .nuirs of l'i in the forenoon ami :i in the after-
ri ni, at the ('curt House in the County in which
t’i • property is situated.
iven in a public
lit < . ions t< e day of gale.
Noli', s for the sale of personal property must be
given iti like manner 19 days previous to sale dav.
> : s to the debtor and creditors of an estate
rat : also be published 4.» days.
X uire that appiie ition will lie made to the Court
r ! trdinary for h ave to sell l.aud or Negroes, must
be published for two im-utlis.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guardian
ship, must be published 1! 1 days—for dismis-
ri .1 from Administration, monthly sir months—for
dismission from Guardianship, -i f days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub
lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost
papers, for the full space of thro, months—for com
pelling titles from Executors or Administrators,
wher-- bond lies on given by 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
It A T E Si
Citations on letters of Administration, A c. $2 75
“ “ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50
“ “ “ Guardianship 3 00
Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00
Notice to debtors and creditors 3 00
Pa Ms of j»>rspenal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50
Sal • of land or negroes by Executors,&c. 5 00
Estrays, two weeks 1 50
Fora man advertising his wife (in advance) 5 00
Letters on business must be l’ost Pool to entitle
them to attention.
VOLUME XXVII.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, LS5G.
(NUMBER 12.
tails’ « ** i£t.Ab»:ii TOGETiillil
.J' f *. f
Splendid Chance lo Make Money!
AMERICUS VARIETY WORKS
for
ff HIE undersigned are appointed a committee
I to dispose of the SHOP and MACHINERY,
belonging to the Ainerictis VARIETY WORKS.
The SHOP and MACHINE RY, are new, and in
fine order ;well fitted for making S MSI I. 1 (LINDS,
IXM'RS. II KNITURE, Ac., in short, to do any
kind oi work done in wood. There is also an ex
cellent GRIST MILL, running by the same En
gine that propels theotln-i Machinery in the Shop;
consisting of Plaining. Surfacing, Mortising, and
Turning Machines, as well as various others with
Saws, A c The Works Will be for Sale, at pri
vate sale until toe lirst Tuesday i:i November
next, when if not disposed of, they will be expos
ed to public Sale in the city of Amcrieus. The.
attention ol Capitalists and Mechanics, is invi
ted to this property, as it is situated in a most fa
vorable locality, and already commands a large
and increasing business.
Terms, one-third Gash; April 1st, 1857, one-
third, January l»t, 1*58, one-third.
ROBERT J. HODGES,
WILLIAM L. JOHNSON,
HORACE THOMPSON.
August 12, 1855. J1 ids.
mm: undersigned having pkrehased the inter-
Aest of J. 11. Compton, in the late firm of Scott,
Compton and Oaraker, will coniinue the Grocery
and Hardware business at th. irold stand, opposite
the lost Otilce.
SCOTT & CARAKER.
The undersigned takes this method of in
forming the friends and customers of the firm of
Scott, Compton and Caraker, that lie has this
day disposed of his interest in t h ■ ■ Hardware and
Grocery business to Messrs. Scott and Caraker,
and solicits a continuation of the custom so iiber-
allv bestowed upon the old firtp.
J. R. COMPTON.
August Gili, 185b. 11 3t
J. B. MURPHY,
S u r g c o ii D enlist,-’
Would respectfully inform his friends and patrons
that he con iiap s to practice in Baldwin and Put
nam, and that he has not authorised any one to at
tend to his unfinished business, but will attend to
all his engagements in due time. I am now in
serting Teeth upon Gutta Percha Plates, especially
for temporary sets, aud when the gums are so ten
der and irritable that gold plates cannot be worn.
• Persons often object to having their teeth ex
tracted on account of the time required for the ab
sorption of tin* gums. This may be avoid- d by
the use of Gutta Perclia Plates. The teeth may
be extracted ;.nd a handsome life like set be put in
the same week, and at a small expense, and can
be worn with comfort. I have inserted a number
of sets that arc now in use and doing well.
I am now potting up a style of work superior to
that of Dr. Allen’s Patent, so admitted by his
agent, having purchased the right to use Dr. Al
len's in 1853, and tested ii to my satisfaction. 1
have discontinued its use, and tunv use single gum
teeth, which for beauty and strength cannot be
ext oiled.
Persons living at a distance who may need my
services can receive them by addressing me at
at this place.
Milledgeville, Ga , Julv 4ih, 1856. 6 6m
GEORGIA LOTTERY!
,f>fi FORT CAINES ACADEMY
HfK; -fsjjlwsss
3:-^ 10T5J2R7.
(Authorized by the State of Georgia.)
CLASS 17, To be drawn i:i the City of
Atlanta, (la., in public, on Tih'P.sday,
August 2Sth, 1S56, on the HAVANA
PLAN!
Ill o (i t i c n
shoo’d be the condition of a vast territory as to
slavery, as many of us thought was the casein the
organization of California; as was the case
with the whole Union and Southern Rights parties
in 1850, all of us who are candid would admit
that the principle is wrong. The Georgia Conven
tion said then that it was wrong, and what would
have been the action of tiic State if the issolalcd is
sue of California had been tend >ed, we are only
left to surmise. We of the S. R. party, in our
bAM’L. SWAN & CO., Managers.
PRIZES AMOUNTING TO
$204,000!!!
Will bo distributed according to the following
BRILLIANT SCHEME !!
31,0114 NUMBERS—15,185 PRIZES!!
.$40,000 is $40,000
Si
K
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A
HOLLOWAY’S PILLS!
WHY ARE WE SICK?
h has broil the !• i ot the humnn rnce !•• be w«*igb»'il
do a n by (!ihc*a$e 8iit! suffWiug. Holloway’s Hills
nr* sf inaliv miapifd to the relief ol the W eak, the
Nervous it. Delicate, *r.d the Infirm, of all climes,
ng<&, text's, and cufiKtiiutiiin*. Professor Holloway p<’
mm tally *U[H‘rin tends ihr ronniifnciiiro of In
in the I niu-il S**taies, mul olT-fs ilinni to n fr
lichtened people, ns the llie best remedy the wurlcl ever
biiw for the removal ol disease.
THESE PILLS purify the blood.
Thf-jf fimotjs Pills are expressly combined tooper-
nt* on the N'«omnoh, the liver, the* kidneys, the limp* llie
pkn*. find the bowels, rorreeling any derangement in
th ir fuiif L inri, purifying (Tie b|<H»d. the very fountain oi
life, and thus curing disease in ail hs forms.
DYSPEPSIA AND LITER COMPLAINTS, j
Nearly half I he human rare have taken these Pills. ‘
If has } e< n proved in all parisnf the world,that nothing
ha i been found equal to them in rases of disorders of the
Ii'. cr dyspepsia, and stomach c< mplniirts generally .They j
soon give* a heal hv time to these organs, hotvover much
deranged, and when all other means h ive failed.
GENERAL DEBILITY, ILL HEALTH.
Manv of the iaoft despotic Governments fiavr opened
their C’uhtom Houses to the introdurtion of these Pills,
that thev may brromelhe medicine of the masses Learn-
» d i *»liegps admit that this nt- dicine is the best remedy
ev« r known for persons of delicate health.or where the I
si * n» lia^ hern impaired,as its invigorating propertit^ j
ne\er fail to afTurd relief.
FEMALE COMPLAINTS.
No Female, young or old. should he without this eele- j
brak'd medicine. It eorrectsand regulates the m"rithli
e. nrses at ail periods acting in many eases like a charm
Ii is also ih** best arid safest medicine ttmt ran he given
to * hildren of all apes, and for any rompiaint; conse
quently no famiiv should he without it.
Holloway's Pills arc the hest remedy known
in the world for the following diseases:
Asthma, Df bilily. Liver complaints,
Ih*w«l complaints, Fever and Air no. L<>n ne>8 of spirits,
Coughs, F**mnh* com plaints. Piles.
Colds, fh*adae!ie, Nione and (travel
CheM diseases, Indigestion, btcondary symp-
(’oMiveness, Influenza, toms.
Dysp^p-sn, Ii flainmation, Venereal affection
Drrrhoea, Dropsy. Inward \viakn**ss Worms of all kind
{Tf m Se Id at ihe Manufactories of profeseor Holli way
SO, 31 I n I-an . New V 7 ock ami 244 Sti nd Litidun,
'
» L" - throughout the (h*i # * il States, and tiie civilized
world, in Luxes at 25 rts. 6*2| rts and S1 cnrfi.
iXjr There is i »»u.‘.i<lrrahle saving by taking ihe larger
mz* B—Di rent ion* for the guidunceuf patients
m every tli^order ■ r»* affiled to each Bex. !3eowly
GREAT SUCCESS!
H AVING met with extremely good success the
p;i<r week, I have, by the request o! many
of my friends, consented to stay one more week
And this is the only opportunity, perhaps, that von
may have for some time to get a good A.mi;ro-
TVI’E. Ainl now i would advise .‘ill of you who
have not got them to call soon, as this is positively
my lost meek. These pictures will never tade, tiny
wiil stand for ages—they will lie good pictures I
when we are dead and gone. Gail soon.
Instruction given in the art.
G. D. WEAKLEY.
Milledgeville, Aug. 11,1856. 11 tf
Bentons Thirty \ears' \ iew!
CG1YLTZ-ET22 m « VO£S.
mi IE WORK, or either volume of it, will be
1 sent to any part of the State by mail, postage
nieilirines j /""</, and securely done up, on receipt of the price
fr. eaiid eii- I of subscription. >"J 50 vol.
JNO. M. COOTER & CO.,
Gen’l. Ag’t. for Georgia,
Savannah, Ga.
7 The above work can be found at the Book
Store of E. J. WHITE N BRO.
June 13, 1856. 3
ETHERI DGE <S6 SON,
Fadors, (onimissioii and Forwarding
SAVANNA II, GA.
W. I) KTIIi:RID(.r.. W . V. ETHERIDGE, Jrl
July loth, 1856. 8 tf
Dr. Me LA HE’S
CELEBRATED
VERMIFUGE
PILLS.
Two of the best Preparations of 1 he Age*
1 hey arc not recom-
mended as Universal
Cure-alls, but simply for
what their name pur
ports.
The
A
FOR
Philadelphia, !x, York, &v,
Charleston and Savannah
I a 1XES.
Cabin Passage 820—-Steerage SU.
milE well known first class steam ships, KEY-
X STONE STAVE, Capt. R. Hardie, STATE
OF GEORGIA, ( apt. J. J. Garvin, will hereaf
ter form a IVerkly Line to Philadelphia, sailing
Decry Saturday, alternately, from Savannah and
Charleston, as follows ;
The Keystone State will sail from Savannah the
following Saturdays: July iikh, August Vnd and
loth, September 6th and ^ ith, leaving Philadel
phia the alternate Saturdays.
Tlr State of Georgia will sail from Charleston
tl e • ing Satm ; tys: July lirli and 26th, Au
gnstStli, g ird and t! th, September 13th and 27th.
leaving Phila I- Iphia the alternate Saturdays.
In strength, speed and accommodations, these
shins are fully equal to any running on tin* coast.
Inland navigation, 104 miles on Delaware River
and Bay, two nights at sea.
For Niagara Falls, the Lakes and Canada.
Sftorlrsl and Cheapest Haute.
These lines both connect at Philadelphia with
the Great Northwestern Railroad Route through
to Xiarnga F ills or Bnrt’do, in 16 hours from Phil
adelphia. Through Tickets, with the privilege of
stopping at Philadelphia and intermediate points,
for sale by the agents in Savannah and Charleston.
l"iD’ Fare t - Niagara or Buffalo, ijtM ; to Elmi
ra,$26: to Canandiagua, $27.
Agents at Philadelphia, Heron & Martin.
Agent at Savannah, C A. Greiner.
Agents at Charleston, T. S. & T. G. Budd.
6 3m
T. C. N IS BET,
FOUNDER <fc MACHINIST,
COTTOX AVE.A6E, J1ACOX, GA.,
(Successor to Xi.-d» t A; Levy.)
milE undersigned continues to furnish, at the
1 old stand, Steam Engines and Boilers, upright
and circular 8aw Mills. Bark and Sugar Mills, Gin
and Mill Gear, Water Wheels, Plates and Balls,
aud Castings and Machinery in gen ral. Particu
lar attention is called to a Wrought Iron Cotton
Screw, for pressing Cotton, which is believed to
be a cheaper and better article than any in use;
also to tlie Sugar Mills with Wrought Spindles,
the only kind which can be insured against br, ik
ing. The price of ordinary Castings will be 4
per lb. when paid on the delivery of the Castings
at the Shop. T. C. NISBET.
July 13. 1856. 8 24t
J Prize >f
1 Prize of
1 Prize of
1 Prize of
1 Prize of.
1 Prize of..
I Prize of
l!) Prizes of
100 Prizes of
-1 Prizes of §2 4-1 approximating to $40,060 )
FViOO is
10,0 'U is
5.000 is
2.000 is
1.000 is
1,000 is
240 are
100 are
10,000
10,000
5.000
2.000
1,000
1,000
2,000
10,000
are
expc
the
tor
i mcr Worms from
O
human system, has
also
with
.’It
CONFECTIONARY
i.YJD Fltt IT STOIIF.
A
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W
THE Sub-crib* r would respectfully inform the
i ns of Mill. Igevillc and vicinity, that he has
"'.i hand, and is constantly receiving fresh sup-
p!i S of ( ONPECi lONARV. 1 RU i S, Ac..
Granges. Lemons, Pine Apples Bananas, Ac.
Raisins, Pigs. Ilat*‘S, Prunes, Ac.
Preserves, Jellies. Pickles, Catsup and Sardines,
8-"Is. Biscuit and Butter Crackers.
NUTS, of all kinds, for sale in any quantity.
Pine Havana Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff.
It" ■ d If f and Beef Tongues, Bolongn a Sausages.
V!1 of which will be sold very lo« for Cash.
JOHN CONN. ,
Milledgeville, April 28, 1856. 4!) Cm
been administered
the most satisfactory
results to various animals
subject to Worms.
The Livf.r Pills, for
the cure of Liver Com
plaint, all Bilious De-
rani
'.MZNT5,
R-
Sick Head-
v/ill please
to ask for
N E «
CONFECTIONARY
EVrAKIAMUHAT 1
rpHK undersigned respectfully announces to the
A cilizctis ot Milledgeville and its vicinity, that
1 ;< ha? opened a
Coiifedionary Establishment
tins city, second door from Troanor’s corner, in
rich lie will keep constantly on hand
■ th‘ best quality, ]%’? a'S, S’It! and
* ' iy thing that is usually kept in that line. Also, j
Pickled Oysters, Lobsters,
DRIED BEEF, CRACKERS, PRESERVES I
of vr.ri. i« kinds. TEAS, Ac. Ac. WICKER i
baskets and
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES,
1 -..•-many other things too numerous to men
tion. He has also set-up a
SCCJL rCJiT” ;
latest and most improved construction, and
> v furnishes Ids customers with confessedly the
-■ Soda Water that lias ever been prepared in
! > Igeville. The ladhy will find this iicalthful
• eragu very cool and refreshing during tins Hot
ith-r, and the undersigned is determined to
•p his establishment in such a manner as to de-
‘ '• their patronage.
Mv Ice Cream Saloon will be open to-morrow.
WM. B. FERRELL.
Milledgeville, July 1st, 1856. ' 5 tf
ACHE, CCC.
Purchasers
he particular
Dr. C. Me Lane’s Cele
brated Vermifuge and
Liver Pills, prepared by
ln\uuq
(OP
T)n.cn.
sole
burM
PROPRIETORS, Pitts-
md take no
_ i, Pa.,
other, as there are various
oth
TO RENT OR SELL.
, THE Boarding House at Oglethorpe
/-%. University, now occupied by H. Gary.
To a famiiv wishing to educate cliild-
^ron, and one qualified to conduct such
• l| i cnUii'iislinii nt, tiic situation is a very desirable
O'lc, and every facility will be afforded to such an
applicant. For a permanent arrangement, great
j. iuceineiits will be offered, both as to accommo
dations and terms, to a suitable tenant.
Application should he made soon, as the next
t ol’.egc Term begins the 1st of October, when
. then! will be as many boarders as can be accotn-
m 'dated. It. H. RAMSAY.
Midway, July 18ib, 1856. 8 tf.
r 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,
GO Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sole Proprietors.
ScotH St Mead, No. 111 Charles st. New Orleans
General W hob-sale Agents for tin* Southern
State.-, to whom all Orders must be addressed.
* 7 ’ Sold by F. J. White; Jas. Hcrty; Win. L
White A' C**, Milledgeville; Geo. Bayne, E. L.
Strob.cker, Macon; I Newell, Gordon; lleall &
Chambers. Iwnton; W. H. Burn tt, Sparta; Z.
Gray, Sandersville; Long A Durham, Jefferson
ville; N. S Truden, Eatonton; llurd A Hun-
gerford. Monticeilo; and by one agent in every
town in the State. [march 25,'56, ly
Petition and Order of James Pitts,
GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY.
To the Honorable Court, of Ordinary :
The Petition of James Fitts respectfully shew-
eth that heretofore, to-wit: on the 0th day of De
cember, 1853, Thomas K. Huson of the county of
('obb, tlien in life, but now deceased, made and
executed to your Petitioner his bond, (a copy of
which is hereto annexed) binding himself, his
heirs, Ac., in the sum of two hundred dollars, con
ditioned to be void, if the said Thomas K. Huson
should make or cause to be made to your petition
er titles in fee simple to lot of land No. four hun
dred and four, (404) in the 16th Dist. of the 2nd
section of said county of Cobb, containing 44
acres, more or less. And your petitioner avers,
that heretofore, to-wit: on the 10th day of Nov.
1854, said Thomas R. Huson departed this life
without executing or causing to he made titles to
your petitioner for said lot of land. And your pe
titioner a\ ers that ho has fully paid to the repre
sentative of tli - * state of Thornes R. Huson, dee d.,
the entire purchase mom-v for said lot, which was
due and payable the 25th December last.
Wlicri tore, your petitioner prays that the ad
ministrator of the said estate of Thomas R. Huson,
dee d, be ordered and directed by this Court to
make titles to your petitioner, in conformity with
said bond of said Thomas R. Huson, dee d. For
which your petitioner will ever pray, Ac.
A. N. SIMPSON,
Att'y for Petitioner.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Ordinary's Office, July T>rm, 1656
It appearing to the Court by the above petition
and Copy Bond, thereto attach' d, that the said
petitioner is entitled to the relief for which he
prays. It is therefore ordered that notice of such
application and bond attached thereto, he publish
ed according to law, and that if no obligation be
fiied within the time prescribed f>y Statute, the
prayer of the petitioner will he granted, and an
order allowed him, directing the said administra
tor to make title as prayed for.
JOHN' HAMMOND, Ordinary.
[Copy Bond.]
STATE OF GEORGIA, Cobb County.
Know all men by these presents, that I, T. R
Huson, of the county aforesaid, am held and firm
ly bound unto Janies Pitts, of the same place, his
heirs, executors, and administrators, in the just
and full sum of two hundred dollars, for the true
payment of which 1 bind myself, my heirs, execu
tors and administrators, jointly and severally,
firmlv by these presents, scaled with our seals,
and dated this Oth December, 1853.
The condition of this obligation is such that
Whereas said Jam s Pitts has this day made and
delivered to me said T. 11. Huson his certain pro-
rnissroy note, for the sum of one hundred dollars
to become due on the 25th day of December, 1854.
Now should the said James Pitts well and truly
pay the said promissory note, then I the said T. R.
Huson hind myself to make or cause to Ire made
to said James l’itts good and sufficient titles, in
fee simple to and for said lot of laud number four
hundred and four, in the 16th District 2d section
of Cobb County, containing forty acres, more or
less, with all the rights members and appurten
ances to said lot in any way appertaining and
belonging, which, if the said T. K. Huson should
do, then this bond to be null and void, else
to remain in full force and virtue.
T. II. HUSON. [t.. s.]
Tested and approved bv
N. B. GREER, J. P.
July 22, 1856. 8 3m
4 Prizes of $100 approximating to §>10,000 prize,
are 4‘ : ".
1 Frizes oi "75 approximating to $10,000 prize,
are 3 )0.
4 Prizes of §>G4 approximating to $5,000 prize,
are 240.
I prizes of $50 approximating to $2,000 prize,
are 240.
4 prizes of $10 approximating to $1,000 prize,
arc I6n.
4 Frizes of §25 approximating to $1,000 prize,
are It:-'.
4 Prizes of §24 approximating to §200 prize,
art; 8. .
15,001 prizes of $8 are I20,( 00.
15,185 Prizes, amounting to $241,000.
Tim 15*4 o Prizes of $8 arc determined by the
number which draws the $KV)(4i Prize*—if that
number should be an odd number, then every odd
number ticket in the Scheme will be entitled to
§8: if an even number, then every ev n number
ticket in tii - Scheme will he entitled to §6, in ad
dition to any other Prize which the ticket may
draw.
Purchasers in buying an equal quantity of odd
and i veil number tickets will be certain of draw
ing nearly one-half the cost of the same, with
chances of obtaining other Prizes.
All those tickets ending with 0, 2, 4. 6, 8, are
even—all those ending with 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, are odd.
\W Remember that every prize is drawn, aud
payable in full without deduction.
rr-A'.i Prizes of §1,000 and under, paid imme
diately after file drawing—other prizes at the usual
time of thirty days.
All communications strictly confidential. The
drawn numbers will be forwarded to purchasers
immediately after the drawing.
Whole Tickets 10—Halves 5—Quarters 2j.
Prize Tickets cashed or renewed in other tickets
at either Office
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CLUBS.
As one-half nt the Tickets are guaranteed to
draw $8 we v i 1 sill certificates of Packages of lit
Tickets (odd and even numbers,) at the following
rates—
A!; that the 19 Tickets draw over the amount
guaranteed accrues to the purchaser,
t'eililieatc of Package of lo Whole Tickets, $S"
10 Half 3d
li “ 10 Quarter ■* 15
Address orders for Tickets, or Certificates of
Packages of Tickets, either to
S. SWAN & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
or 8. SWAN, Montgomery, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga.. 1856.
.1 \s. Hphty. Ag’t., Milledgeville, Ga.
A I) M 1 N I 8 T R A T O R ’ S X A L E R.
Administrator's Sale,
E )UKSUANT to an order ot the Court of Ordin
ary of Twiggs county, will he soid before the
Court House door in Marion on the first Tuesday
in SEPTEMBER m-xt, the following real estate,
to-wit : 81 acres of land belonging to the estate of
Ilillicr Hasty, deceased, known as the Dower In-
: rest, in Lot 3!) in 25th district of said county,
and adjoining lands of James M. Ware and others.
Sold for ft'. *ision final of said estate. Terms on
the day of ale.
HILLIARD S. NEWBY, Adm’r.,
July 7th, 185 J . [L. s.] 7 tds. dc boms non.
Postponed Adimnistrator's Sale.
\4’'!l.i J 1 e sold on the lirst Tuesday in Septem-
t T ii---- m-xt, hi fore tii - Court House door, in the
town of Wr eshoro, War:- County, between the
usual hours of sale th ■ following property to-wit:
One lot of land No. 1 6, in the 8th District of
said county, containing 434 acres, more or less.
Also, .1.5 acres of lot No. 4u7. in the eih Dist.
of.said county. Sold under an order of the Hon
orable Coni'* of Ordinary of Bulloch County as the
propi-ri v of John Wilkison latent Bulloch couatv
deceased.
STEPHEN CARPER, Adm’r.
July 7th, 18-56. 7 tds.
A (Im in ts/rator’s Sale.
YVTILL be soid by virtue of an order from the
Tt Ordinary Court of Jasper county, at Munti-
celio on tin- first Tuesday in October next, all the
real estate and negroes belonging to the estate of
James.I ve, late of said couniv deceased.
HARMAN W. PYE, Adm’r.
August 4th, 1856. (t* l“. I*.) 11 tds.
Postponed Administrator’s Sale.
Tf.TILL be sold on the first Tuesday in OCTO-
t t BUR next, before the Court House door in
Butler, T.-n lor County, between the usual hours of
sale Lot of Land No. 241. in the 12th District of
originally Muscogee, now Taylor county; Sold as
the property of Nathan N. Lester, late of Pulaski
couniv deceased, under an order of the. Ordinary of
said county of Pulaski, for the benefit of the heirs of
said estate. Terms cosh.
C. M. BOZEMAN, Adm’r de bonis non
August 7th, 1856. II tds
ill! Idl Silillt-s tla rs It ill's Sill If.
TTTTLL be sold on the first Tuesday in Septem-
T T her m-xt, before the Court House door, in the
city of Milledgeville, between the lawful hours of
sale the following property to-wit:
Lot of Land No. 390, in the 13th District of
originally Irwin, now Colquitt county.
Also, the west half of Lot No 2. in square C.,
in the town of Thomasvillo, Thomas County, to
gether with the improvements thereon, and known
as Ivey’s Livery stable lot, now in , possession
of James A. McLendon. Also, the Brick Store
House and lot, containing 32 feet front, and run
ning back 74 {get, adjoining the Hotel Lot, occu
pied by Lewis Davis, in the, town of Thoniasville
and now occupied by Dickson Carroll. Also Lots
numbers otic and two in square B ; in the town of
Thoniasville (except so much as is occupied by
the above nu ntioned Brick Store Lot) containing
nearly two acres, on which the Heti-l now occu
pied by Lewis Davis stands; Levied on as the
property of William A. Ivojq to satisfy a ti fa from |
the Sixth Circuit Court ot the United States for
the Southern District of Georgia, in favor of Wood-
gate and Iioome vs: William A. Ivey and .John J.
Ivey. Property pointed out by John J. Ivey.
THOMAS L. ROSS, U.S Dep. Marshal.
July 23d, 1856. 9 tds.
Executor's Sale.
YlurLL be sold before the Court House in the
IT county of Cherokee, on the first Tuesday in
OCTOBER next, by virtue of the will of the late
Joseph West, deceased, of Baldwin county, all
that tract or parcel of Land being and lying in the
1st District aud 3d Section Cherokee county,
known and distinguished in the Plat a- Lot No.
444. Sohi as part of the property of the estate of
Joseph West, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors.
WINXEFRED WEST. Exr’x.
W. B. WEST, ) P .
JOHN S. STEPHENS. ) )- ' x ls ’
July 26, 1856. 9 tds
Guardian's Sale.
\ \ ril.L be sold before the Court House door in
T T the tow ii of llawkinsville. between the usual
hours of sale, oil the first Tuesday in October
next one Land Warrant for forty acres, number
fifty five thousand nine hundred and one, issued
to Wm. J. Cherry, minor child of James J. Cherry
^Jec-.-isi-d; Sold as the Property ol Wm. J. Cherry,
for the benefit of said minor.
AlvI’iiUK NEWMAN, Gdn.
S IXTY days afterdate application will be made
to the Honorable Court of Ordinary at Irwin-
vliie, Irwin County for leave to sell all the lands
and negroes belonging to the estate of Win. Fletch
er, iate of Irwin county on the first Monday in
September next.
JAMES PAULK, Adm’r.
MARY FLETCHER, Adm’rx.
Julv 12th, 1856. 8 2m.
rjGTicx:.
4 LI* persons indebted to the estate of Joe Holt
UA.(a lice mau of color) late of Baldwin county
deceased, : re requested to make payment, aud
creditors of *aid estate will please present their de
mands to tl e undersigned.
JOSEPH SIMPSON, Adm’r.
August 7th, 1856. 1! 5t.
mVVO months after date, application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Pulaski
county, for leave to sell the real estate belonging
to the estate of R. W. Tavlor deceased.
P. F. D. SCAKRBOROUGH, Adm’r
August 5th, 1856. (R. c. c.) 11 2m.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Editors Federal Union :
Gentlemen: Permit tne to call the attention of
your readers to the following significant language:
“1 have no hesitation in saying what most of
“you know already, that 1 was decidedly opposed j wrath against the California wrong, overlooked
“to the disturbance of that compromise. Goad I t ] ie benefits of the more favorable features of the
“ faith as well as the peace of the country seemed | Compromise. Our friends of the Union party, in
“ to require that a compromise which had stood for ; their admiration of the principle of popular sov-
“ more than thirty years should not be wantonly ; en ignty in the future territories, thought we were
“disturbed. These were my sentim-mts then ful- J unpatriotic for being outraged by the wrong we
“ iy and freely expressed verbally and in writing,
to all my friends, North and South, who solicited
“ my opinion. This repeal seems to have been a
“Pandora’s box, out of which has issued all the
“ political evils that now afflict the country, scarce-
“ ly leaving a hope behind ; and many, 1 perceive,
“are ready to attribute ali these to our Southern
“brethren. But is that just ? It must be borne
“in mind that this measure originated with a
“ Northern Senator, was sustained aud sanctioned
“ by a Northern President.”
What was the repeal characterised above as a
“Pandora’s box’’ of “political evils” ? It was the
repeal of the Missouri restriction, by which res
triction the peoide of the South were prohibited
from holding propertyJn slaves in the Terri ory of
tee United States, the common property of all,
w-.ich lay north of a certain line, and by the repeal
of which restriction, we can carry our slave proper
ty ino territory north as well as south of that line;
and flu- people who settle the territory have the
j right to settle t!i>- question for themselves, wheth
er or not they will have slavery. Is there a single
! reader of this article so ignorant or so blinded by
I partisan prejudices as not to perceive at once that
| this “repeal” of the restriction of slavery is emin
ent y to ill*- advantage of the Southern people ?
Can any man deny tiie evidence of his own com
mon sense, that this repeal was but the establish
ment of a plain principle of justice, that ali the
people of ali the Srah s, North and South, .should
enjoy equal lights in all the territory, the common
property of all ?
unpatriotic
saw- in the organization of l. ali torn....
But now the compromise of 1850 is presented
with all its benefits, without the objectionable
features. The people who hoi.a fide settle the ter
ritories North and South, by their fairly expressed
will, are to determine the character of their insti
tutions. They can have slaves or not as they see
fit. This is popular—or as our American friends
see fit to eallit—“squatter sovereignty.”
Bv tin- repeal of the Missouri restriction. Kan
sas, which lies entirely north of the line of 36. 30.,
has been opened to Southern institutions. Kansas
is the “Key Stone of the Arch” between the At
lantic and the Pacific. By the settlement of the
question there, tie destiny tor weal or woe. ol
slav. i.- • -riled. If settled for the South, not, on
ly k( . as but oilier vast territory bullish an area
for ill -xt-.-nsion of slavery. If sc* tied against the
8entl .is doomed aud circumscribed for all time:
the h. iauce of power between the North and South
perpetually lost, and it reqniies no prophet to
foretell the downfall of slavery, or the next great
est evil, the severance of the ties of government
between the North and South.
The appeal may ho made with confidence to
every Georgian: does not the course of the Amer
ican party of Georgia tend to weaken the cause of
the South in the territories ? If it does so tend,
whether intentional or not, are we not fully sus
tained in the proposition that their ground is uu-
ti-nable ? Look in the speeches and platform of
Mr. Fillmore to vourovvn content, and see if there
present administration,” which platform Mr. Fill
more approves in his letter accepting tlie nomina
tion. It is true the American party of Georgia,
at the r. cent convention at Macon, virtually repu
diated the National Pat form of their party; but if
they approve Fillmore and he approves the Plat
form, can tin y, in the eyes of any candid man,
avoid the responsibility of approving the Plat
form ! Consider that they can, for the sake of ar-
.'umt-ni, cau they, by casting the vote of one State
for Fillmore on au isolated platform, effect his
*-onrse <4 administration, provided he is elected !
w ill lie not fi-el bound by the platform w hich he
approved in accepting the nomination?
The above extract from Mr. Fillmore’s Roches
ter speech is taken from the Southern Recorder, a
leading journal of the American party of Georgia,
publish' d at. Milledgeville, of the 15th July, 18.56.
In in editorial of that paper of the same date, may
bo fiuuid this very forcible language:
“We fully agree with Mr. Fillmore, that the
“Kansas territorial bill was uncalled for at the
“ time of its passage, and gotten up by Mr. Doug-
“ las and his coadjutors for party purposes aud po-
“ i.tical power, lie challenge, our Democratic co-
“ temporaries to show or prove that the South asked or
‘'desired the introdurtion of the Kansas bill at the
“time it trees introduced; not that we deny the
“ principle was correct, but the times did not re-
•• quire it; the settlers in the territory did notask
“it, for they were but a handful.”
It is said that some of the leading speakers of the
American party of Georgia have recent!)- uttered
similar sentiments. It is not the purpose of this
article to deny the patriotism or fidelity to the
South of even the leaders of the American party
of Georgia; but it is not unreasonable to insist
that they at this time occupy an unenviable posi
tion upon the great question of the canvass, to-
wit: the subject of “slavery in the territories.”
The feelings of no fair members of that party can
be injured by a fair criticism of their position and
its tendencies to prejudice the most vital interests
of the Southern section of the confederacy. The
time is upon us when the disposition to insult and
traduce each other should be lost sight of, when
petty differences should he healed in solemn con
templation of the vastness of the crisis which
evidently involves the security of the constitution
and the perpetuity of the government itself. It is
time for Georgians—Southern men—to take coun
sel together—not to keep intact a State party or
ganization, to retain the offices that may be in the
gift of that party—but to inquiic with an earnest
devotion to truth, what political organization
promises the administration of the government
up(ni principles that are fair and just to all scc-
tii.ns—that will preserve the rights of the States
and thereby tin- Union. If it is the American par
ty, can any patriotic Democrat refuse to co-oper-
ati with it, notw ithstanding his objections to some
oi its features ? I. it is the Democratic party, can
any patriotic American withhold his vote from its
candidates, whatever may be his peculiar views
upon minor points ? When these great principles
upon which our destiny rests ns a United Repub
lic. are put in contrast with “Higher 'Lawisin”—
wlien the bright future tlint awaits the triumph ot
the Cincinnati Platform is put in contrast with
the dismal clouds that lower ovi r us if the hosts of
Black Republicans aro not driven back—can we
not as patriots talk together in a spirit of fairness,
making ail proper allow ance for the frailties of hu
man nature, the strength of our passions aud the
defects of each o:her's judgment ? Let us at
tempt in this spirit to sustain the proposition, that
although the American party of Georgia may be as
patriotic and true to the South as the Democratic,
still their position upon the subject of slavery is
untenable. It is true that in the same article of
the Recorder, a part of which is copied above, it is
stated that Mr. Fillmore would be opposed to the
restoration of the Missouri restriction, but upon
what authority it is difficult to ascertain. The au
thority is not found in the Rochester speech —not
in the platform of Mr. Fillmore—for that platform
goes no farther than pledges the party to abide by
the laws of the land until they are repealed. The
writer, not knowing, would be glad to learn
where the authority is found, to support tin-
saving that Millard Fillmore would oppose, the
restoration of that restriction. But the author
ity is found both in the speech and platform, that
the repeal of that restriction w as wrong. We have
yet to be instructed in the system of laws or mor
als whieii acknowledges a wrong and refuses atthe
same time to correct it—that acknowledges tlie de
privation of right through the agency of the gov
ernment, and does not at the same time impose
upon that agent the responsibility for the injury,
and an obligation to restore the right. It is be
lieved that Mr. Fillmore will not so stultify him-
seF’as to takea position before the world as Presi
dent of the U. S. openly and palpable convicted of
inconsistency and a want of candor. But should
he approve and recommend the restoration of the
Missouri restriction, his Southern friends w ould
fail utterly to find any word or declaration of his,
either in his speeches or platform, w ith which to
taunt him. If reference is made to the platform of
the American party of Georgia, recently adopted at
Macon, Mr. Fillmore can truthfully reply, “That
is a small matter gotten up among yourselves to
control the offices of your ow n Slate It is con
fined to the party in Georgia. I occupy the same
position towards you that you do towards me. 1
did not participate in your convention and am not
bound by your platform. You took me on trust,
because you lik> d me and my former administra
tion, protesting against the tenet.-; of my platform.
All 1 can do for you now, gentlemen of Georgia, is
still to allow you to admire me and my former ad
ministration, and still to protest against my pres
ent platform.”
But objections are tirtred against the Nebraska
and Kansas bill, because of what they choose to
call ‘‘squatter sovereignty,” a short notice ot which
may not be amiss here. Much ot the odium cast
upon tlie bill might be removed in the eyes of the
uninformed by the use of the word “popular in
stead of “squatter ’ in that connexion. But let
us dispense with approbrious epithets, and come to
the principle, and u* termine for urselves il it is
right or wrong as enunciated in the Kansas bill.
If it were that people of every hue, and from ev
en- quarter, without reference to who were to be
affected by their acts, without law to control them
in voting,' without defined bounderies, aud with
out authority from the government or the States,
should seize upon the public lands in that irregu
lar mode, determine among themselves how much
of the public lands they would take and what
Then pray who is it speaking so is any declaration or pledge which secures your
strongly against the establishment of that plain j rights. Having failed there as fail you will, then
and simple principle of justice and constitutional J look to the (,'inoiiiiiati Platform, where your rights
right; Who characterises it as: Pandora's box j are clearly defined. See the doctrine of equality
of political evils ? Be not surprised, gentle read- j of rights proclaimed without a dissenting voice by
er—it was Millard Fillmore, in his late speech at j the delegates of thirty one States—then look
Rochester, since his nomination forthe Presidency, i around you and see if there is any hope lor your
in the 13th article of the platform of the Ameri- j country except in that organization, objectionable
can party, adopted at the time Fillmore was uum- j as it may be to you in some ot i s features. Pec
ulated, this repeal of the Missouri restriction is not j ble indeed may be the light ot even that star that
exactly called a “Pandora’s box,” hut it is desig- j points but feebly, it is true, to coming day. But
nated ;:s a “w reckless and unw ise policy of th ■ without it our darkness knows no coming morn.
If the star that now presides over the capitol, how
ever objectionable upon minor points, sets upon tlie
defeat of our principles in March next, “Illium fuit”
may then he translated—not literally, but in spir
it and in truth—“the Union was.” The stratagem
of tlie Northern Americans of running Fillmore to
defeat tlr-- election by the people, is well calcula
ted to open the walls that protect the citadel of the
constitution. It may he too late to heed the warn
ing of Laocoon when the disgorged hosts of Black
Republicans drag the body of Hector in the duM.
Turning from this subject I wjutid be glad to
put before you in contrast the progressive destiny
of our country, (if it escape a wreck on the slave
ry question,) as foreshadowed in our platform of
principles, with the stand-still conservatism of the
Americans; but it would take lip too much space
for the present.
Truly your friend, Ac.,
H. FIELDER.
Cedar Town, Ga., July 24th, 1856.
From the Boston Post.
Ano licr Old-Line Whig for Buchanan.
Tiie following important and interesting letter,
which was shown to us to-day by a friend, we
have asked and obtained permission to publish.
The writer of it is ageutleman well known in this
community, for ail those qualities which make a
good citizen. He is a partner in the old and long
established commercial and manufacturing house
of Crocker & Brother, of Taunton, and w ithal one
of the most intelligent and high minded merchants
in tlie state. He nas been, as be states in his let
ter, all his life a thorough and steadfast whig, and
a warm personal aud political friend of the great
statesman of Massachusetts, Mr. Webster:—
Taunton, July 4, 1856.
Hon. Hiha>i Ketchum, New York:
Dear Sir:—I have not forgotten tbe pledge I
gave you when wc last parted, that when I found
apolitical platform upon which 1 could stand with
confidence aud consistency as a Webster whig. I
would communicate the fact to you. Having at
tained that object, 1 don't knowhow lean more
appropriately spend this day, sacred in the caien-
i dar of ever American patriot, than by redeeming
tbat pledge.
You know, mv dear sir, I am no politician. I
never held an office nor had au aspiration for pub
lic distinction of any kind. My only ambition
through life nas been to merit the character of a
practical business man. My pursuits have led
me t" cultivate a faculty in no special repute fn
our i..ty—common sense. With such lights as I
have > i-n able to obtain from this source, I have
purs: J the even, tenor of my way. and w lietlier hu-
sriiess o. my duties as an American citizen, are
broil-Tt :n my consideration, 1 always try to take
a common sense vine oj the subject.
Tlie political parties which now divide tbe peo
ple of the country hate severally announced their
platform of principles, and presented tln-ir nomina
tions for the presidency. It is my pride to have
been, from its organization to the moment of its
dissolution, a member of tlie whig party—a party
national in its spirit, patriotic in its purposes, and
devotedly attached to the union of the states and
the perpetuation, the greatness and glory of the
republic. I am still a whig—as I have no doubt
you an—but I am a national w hig, and as inflexi
bly opposed now to any tiling partaking of section
alism, as [ was ou tbat day when tbe great leader
of the whig party was stiock down in the council
of his professed friends to give tlr- world another
demonstration ofth folly of the doctrine of politi
cal availability. The blow which prostrated him
prostrated also the party to which bis great name
had been the pillar of tire by night and the pillar
of cloud by day. The w hig party is no more, but
the principles on w hich it was founded, like its im
mortal leader “still live”—live 1 trust not only in
the memories of the people, but in their hearts al
so. I have entertained a hope that circumstanc
es, as they showed its necessity, might lead to its
reorganization; but it is too late to^bope longer,
and it therefore becomes you and me, and every
other man w ho acted w ith tiie whig party in good
faith, and for other and higher than mere partisan
ends, to look about and consider calmly and dis
passionately wliat course we ought to pursue to
give effect, as far as possible, to the principles we
still cherish.
Three political parties present themselves for
the support of the people: the American or know-
nothing party, the republican party, and the dem
ocratic party. The first of these, however, is so
broken up and disorganized that its success can
not be considered among the possible contingen
cies of the future. But were it otherwise, the
principles which it professes and the purposes
which it has in view, are not such as commend
themselves to my judgment or my conscience.
With the history of Ap’country open before me,
presenting on c-vu rtjPwe, prosperity and happi
ness, and growth in greatness such as the world
has never before witnessed, I am unable to discov
er any sufficient or even plausible reason for
abandoning that line of policy winch has been pro
ductive of results so auspicious, and of ingrafting
at this dav another and antagonistic policy at war,
as it seems to me, w ith the theory of our govern
ment and the fundamental principles of civil and
relfo'ious liberty. While, therefore, I entertain no
other than sentiments of respect for the candidate
presented by this party for the presidency, w ho as
the late chief magistrate of the republic received
niv cordial support in iiis administration from its
commencement to its close, 1 cannot reconcile.it
with my sense of duty to yield him my support in
his present position, because by so doing 1 should
be giving support to a party whose principles, as
already remarked, I do not approve, and which
representing but a singlo idea, could never suc
cessfully administer the affairs of the nation.
The same general considerations whicli operate
to prevent me from yielding the remotest support
to the American party, also require me to withhold
all support from the republican party. This party
is now in name, but is old in tendencies and de
signs, and these have not improved by age. As
the abolition party, I oppose it; as the liberty par
ty and as the freesoil party; as the controlling ele
ment in the abolition party of this commonwealth,
I opposed it; and I oppose it now, because, dis
guising its objects as it may, under specious pre
texts and professed devotion to freedom, it is
still, as it alw ays has been, in reality at war with
the constitution, aud hostile to the peace and hap
piness aud preservation of the Union. It is and
-=■
must be so from its nature and organization.—ItJ
existence is defended upon a single idea, and that
idea implacable aggressive hostility to institutions
of a portion of our common country. Sectional in
its organization.—The convention which recently
assembled in Philadelphia to put forth its nomi
nation forthe presidency and vice presidency rep
resented nominally but a fraction moie than one
half the states in the confederacy, and when it is
considered that the delegates in attendance from
Kentucky, Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland,
did not represent those states or any considerable
number of their inhabitants, (lie sectional charac
ter of the movement stands out so clearly as to
give just cause for the most serious apprehension
for the consequences. W henever it shall conn- to
pass that one half the states composing th-- Union
shall nominate and elect a president* and that on
grounds and issues directly opposed to what tlie
other half believe to be their just constitutional
right and privilege, the days ot the republic are
numbered, and the kneii of the Union tolled. The
truth of this proposition is self-ex'ident, and it is
from tlie point of view presented by it that the
claims of the republican party to the confidence-
and support of the people are to be looked tippo.
I have never learned to calculate the value pf.the
Union. I have lived in the hope that neither n:y
children nor my children’s children would ever
witness the condition of things which should reu-
der such a calculation necessary. I will cot un
dertake to calculate it now; but 1 invoke the man
ufacturer, the merchant, the ship owner, the me-
chanic—every man who has the smallest stake in
the prosperity, the wealth, the happiness oftho
country-—to consider how his interests are bound
up, w ould be affected by a violent disruption or
even a peaceable dissolution ol’ the union of these
states. It is common to hear the remark that the
north can take care of herself. Doubtless she can.
The enterprise of her people is boundless, and
their energy indomitable. But it must be remem
bered that a dissolution of tho Union with tlie for
mation of a northern republic wonlti cause new
combinations.—Commerce is essential to national
wealth, no less than national greatness. The
north is not ail exporting region, and from its cli
mate, soil and productions, cannot be so t“ any
uniformly general extent. It is mainly from tlie
south and,south-west that we are indebted for the
immense carrying trade which employs our navi-
gation. It is in the same states that onr manu
facturers find a large market for their goods and
our importers no inconsiderable proportion of their
orders. Now suppose the Union dissolved, and
the northern states forming one republic, tho-
soutli and south-western states forming aiiothe-r.
Suppose, what under such a condition would in
evitably be the. case, this southern republic, w ith
little navigation of its own to foster and with no
manufactures to encourage, in reciprocal commer
cial intercourse with all the manufacturing coun
tries of Europe on the basis of absolute and un
qualified free trade: suppose, wliat under the sen
timents of animosity engendered by the disrup
tion would be no less likely to occur, discrinina-
tion against our ships and goods of the north, and
whero would be that prosperity which now glad
dens our manufacturing towns and fills our sea
ports with life and activity? A dissolution of the
Union would depreciate the value of the property
of New England fifty cents on a dollar.—The
wheels of our manufactures w ould he stopped, the
implements of the mechanic would be put by, oar
ships decay at onr decaying wharves, and tiie
grass spring up in the streets of our towns and cit
ies. These would be the material consequences.
The moral consequences may be summed up in a
single line. The destruction of the world’s last
hope. To this end, in my view is the inevitable
tendency of the republican movement- If its
leaders be honest in their professions, such must
be the result, for the practical application of their
principles would destroy the equality of the states,
a condition which is indispensible to the existence
of the Union. If they be dishonest, and their real
object be only tbe attainment of political power for
corrupt and selfish purposes, the same result may
nevertheless obtain, for they may find themselv-s
without ihe ability to control the storm raised by
their fanatical appeals.
In this condition of affairs, and amid the gloom
which overshadow s the land, I discover but one
hope of safety. That hope is in the democratic
party. Whatever differences may have hitherto
separated this party and tiie party with which we
have been accustomed to act, however heated
the contests through which they have passed, one
thing must be admitted the democratic party has
at all times and on all occasions been a national
party. I was the party w hich met and crushed
the spirit of disunion when the standard of nuli-
fication was raised in South Carolina. It was the
democratic party which stood by and sustained
Henry Clay and our own Webster in the great
struggle with sectionalism in 1850, and it is the
democratic party which is now, without distinc
tion of locality, at the north and the south, in the
east and in the west, doing battle manfully for the
constitution and the Union, against a combina
tion of factions. In truth the democratic party is
the only conservative party remaining, and the
only organization to w hich conservatism may look
for a restoration of peace and harmony and obedi
ence to law. It is quite sure on some minor
points—minor as compared with the all-absorbing
issue of tbe times—I may differ with the party re
ferred to; but shall I allow such considerations to
interpose to restrain my action when the Union is
in danger and tho common wca at stake’—For
myself, I answer no. In this contest my vote and
whatever of influence I possess, must be given in
support of the democratic party. I should, per
haps, have been impelled by a sense of duty to
this conclusion, whoever might have been the can
didate of that party for the presidency. But the
prudence, firmness and wisdom displayed by the
late convention at Cincinnati, lias removed all
doubts. In presenting a platform of principles as
comprehensive as the l nion and consequently
broad enough for every friend of the Union to
stand upon, that convention also presented a can
didate wh*se name is known not only at home but
abroad, and who m every position he has occupied,
and they have been many and distinguished, lias
won not only the admiration of his friends, but
the esteem and respect and confidence of his oppo
nents. I regard Mr. Buchanan as the man of all
others for the times and I hail his nomination as
the first step taken towards a return to the old, but
not less wise policy of placing tlie conduct of the
government in the hands of statesmen. Possess
ing a strong and well balanced mind, comprehen
sive in his views, intimately acquainted with the
necessities of the country, and familiar w ith all
questions of domestic and foreign concernment;
firm but conciliatory in his character, and entering
upon the highest trust with the avowed purpose
of surrendering it at the expiration of a single
term, thus having no other ambition than to pro
mote the welfare of tlie republic and secure to him
self an honorable niche in the temple of national
history, 1 am deeply impressed with the convic
tion that the election of Air. Buchanan would be
in all respects a most auspicious event. His
whole life is a guaranty that under an administra
tion directed by him, we should have repose. The
announcement of his success, in my judgment,
would dispel the clouds that hover over our rela
tions with foreign countries, and restore that
sense of security which is so essential to a com
mercial people, which at the same time would w ith
equal certainty calm down the augry waves ol'in-
ternal strife which now threaten to devastate tho
land. I may be disappointed in these anticipa
tions, but in Mr. Buchanan there is assuredly hope
ot safety. Elsewhere I see only continued agita
tions, violence aud final shipwreck.
Yours, very truly,
WM. A. CROCKER.
Entire Change of Front.
The Staunton Vindicator reproduces, from the
Staunton Spectator, with telling effect, the follow
ing letter of the then Sacretary of the Interior aud
tin- present head of the bigoted aud proscriptive.
Know-Nothing party of Virginia. The language,
which we have italicised, demonstrates the plastic
facility w ith which Mr. “Madison” Stuart accom
modates himself to political circumstances. In
1852 he paid the highest compliment to a large por
tion of our adopted citizens—in 1856, he labors
assidously to refute liisown recorded opinions, by
indulging in a ferocious foray upon those same
“throughly Americanized” adopted citizens. Is
not Know-Nothingism the very synonime of po
litical tergiversation aud reckless “wild hunt after
office”?
Washington, March 13, 1352.
Gentlemen:—I have been favored with the
receipt of your invitation to attend a public dinner
to be given in the city of Philadelphia on tho 17 th
inst., in celebration of the anniversary of “St. Pat
rick's Day.”
The occasion is an interesting one, and there is
no portion of our citizens whom it xvould give me
greater pleasure to meet around the social board.—
I have always regarded it as as a happy omen of
tbe perpetuity of our Government, that so large a
portion of the emigration to our shores is of the
Irish race—kindred to ourselves—and who so readily
become incorporated with us. I hare been struck xeith the
facility with which they adapt themselves to our institu
tions, rightly entering into their scope and spirit—
becoming in a word, throughly Americanized. And I
feel assured iliat, while tho approaching festival
will naturally call up hallowed recollections of old
Erin, it will be with hearts full of a-.Uichment and
devotion to the home of their adoption, and with
sentiments that will do honor to the character ot
American citizens.
Regretting that official engagements will forbid
my acceptance of your kind invitation, and xvish-
iug you all joy on this festive occasion.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant?
ALEX. H.H. STUART
