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L xoouibO TnritT Speeds
[StMte record" will hardly show a more
comprehensive, powerful speech than
Kclivered by Mr. Toombs in the Senate,
iOth instant, in res|>onse to a certain
f,jon submitted by Mr. Bigler, of Penn
ni:i, declaring, as the sense of tins Sonnto,
, revenue under the existing tariff is in-
!t to meet the unavoidable expenses of
crument. and that Congress should nt
oceod to readjust the tariff act. and sup
• the resolntion in a speech pnrticulHrly
. ja increase iu the duties on iron. Ur.
• response occupies, with the frequent
options from different Senators, some
dtrrn columns of the Globe, nndis, we
t<> say. too longfbr oa to publish en
tails with tremendous force tlic dec
of insufficiency in respect both to the
„{ tereuue desirable and the expense
'—reviewing the expenses of nil
: ears of government-showing where
tin' crept in—how expenses have been
|y swelled—and in entire freedom
r thing like niggardliness or demagog-
one of the most masterly appeals for
leal reform in the public administra-
hare ever read.
append the following extract, only re-
,jr our inability to print more :
I come to the Post Office Department,
table friend from Pennslyvania yea-
ore us some tables, by which he at-
to s mw that the southern States were
beui tiled by the existing post office
:nmt. 1/e gives us tables, to show
:be eiee*s of postal expenditures over
I* in Georgia, for the last five years, has
and upon the same basis, he says, they
lohave been so much in Pennsylvania. lie
blook upon the Government of the U-
|Sttics at a great eleemosynary beggnr-
winch there ought to be a fair di-
l plunder. I have a plain story that
that Senator down very readily. I
I would show him what his tables
, tb. I say there is not a State in the
1 whose expenditures for carrying the
year, according to the report of the
t General which 1 have before me,
-cod the receipts, except Mnssachn-
■Kbodc Island, New Vork, and the Dis-
Columbia: Rhode Island and the Dis-
Columbia, because they huve no terri-
jver which to pay for carrying the mail;
hand Massachusetts, because more than
Uion dollars of foreign postogo were re
in those States, which we pay to Eug-
id other couutriea for doing tho service,
'ore, there is, in fact, not n single State
titory iu tho Union in which the post
1 act a burden.
has brought about this state of things?
tcu reduced your postage to three cents,
■ said. " Let us unilato England; she
say postage, equal to two cents ofonr
:t ; three will give us money enough."
inile friend from Vermont. [Mr.C’ui.-
u] told you that would not do; be brought
ul cood sense to bear, and told C'on-
«u a policy which would not keep the
Btmat self-sustaining; but it was prov-
■psrtally, by those wbo seek to put tlie
of their bittiness upon the people of
d States, that three cents would pay
tipensc. I protested against it, and
({sins', it, and never believed in it; nnd
t think anybody believed iu it, except
ptry simple people.
•LEI!. Will the honorable Senntor
at to say a word!
TuOMltS. Certainly.
BIGLER. I am satisfied that it is not
(tutor's intention to misrepresent any
wit riieh I made; but the effect of his
ml will do so. I was perfectly aware
’statement which I presented, in the
" --b the Senator takes, was not accurate,
distinctly, that I had thrown out of
rant the expenses of the General De
ll. and the expenses of the foreign mail
tad the Pacific service; so that the
unbodied only tho local service with-
strtral States—the expense for trans-
(thc mails and for the postmasters. In
sat. I stated, further, that I acted 011
sunieation of the Postmaster General,
tktl o honorable Senator has just refer-
Wul that these general cxpeusca bc-
i bile >'tatespro rata. 1 know that,
thty co divided amongst the States,
*»««* which pays its expenses in full;
*< foci not in any way disturb the ac-
*k<41 presented, which Is for the local
* within the several States.
TOOMBS. I have stated the Senator
v *ihe said ; but be left out important
u necessary to get at the trutn _ The
; f did my that the southern section of
-teJ Ststes was benefited by it at the
* of the l.’orth. If his argnment did not
it meant nothing.
SIGLER. I certainly said, and 1 meant,
States to which I referred had a large
0 of their postage paid out of tho
; but in what light did I present it J
? to meet the complaint which was made.
“ manufacturing States realize large in-
“ henelits from our revenue system. In
1 n P the account, I threw out the foreign
*to which the honnrnt,!., Ins re -
I think the Dutchman iu Pennsylvania would j carrying the mail to six hundred thousand peo
not be fool enough to stand that partnership, pie on the Pacific coast. I am willing to give
That >s just what your present system actual- them all necessary facilities; and I know it
ly is. rhe nicn who write letters, and whoso can be done for §2.'>0,000; but if it cannot,
business it is to do so, for it is an industrial pay §500,000; and if you cannot get the ser
pursuit, "Ly this scheme throw the expense of
that business on honest labor, and then they
talk abont protecting the laborers whom they
are robbing for their own benefit-robbing un
der the forms of law. I say it is robbery. —
Suppose I were to propose to my overseer to
divide our postage between us, I writing a
thousand letters, and he, perhaps, not able to
writo one, for I have known such cases s it is
not just. The policy of the Government for
sixty years was that the men wbo write letters
should pay the cost of thorn; that the men
benefited should pay for the benefit; bnt when
you got to the system of putting it on the gov
ernment, it was done that the merchants, the
manufacturers, the newspapers, the shrewd,
adroit, skillful, and enterprising men, might
levy pence out of poverty, to case themselves
of the legitimate expense of their own business.
That is tho. way it works, and it affects a man
iii Maine as well as in Georgia.
Itb not sectional. Yonmay try to get peo
ple to go into it on the idea that it is sectional.
The Netr Vork legislature may send a memo
rial here against raising the rates of postage.
The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Hale]
the other day wanted to know if you were go
ing to tnx the poor man in his State on bis let
ters'. How is in fact ? He says he will not
pay more than three cents postage. That is
not enorifeli; and where dose the rest come
from ? Out of the public Treasury; and who
pays that ? All our taxes being levied, in the
main, by dntics on consumption, it comes, ac
cording to consumption, out of the rich and
poor. There is no just relation between wealth
ami consumption.' A poor man, with an in
come of §500, may use more dutiable goods
than I do. I know many neighbors, planters
down iu Georgia, that defy your revenue laws,
who do not buy a hundred dollars’ worth of
“ store goods ” in a year. They make their
own shoes and bats and blankets; their daugh
ters weave their socks, nud their wives weave
their cloths, They would beat yon all day at
But take a man working in an
vice for that sum, pay $700,000; but that you
should, for political nnd commercial reasons,
pay for keeping up a mail route by Panama
and through Nicaragua, and through Tehaun*
tepee, and for two or three overland routes
besides, lias uot thn recommendation of wis
dom or justice; it is not plain common sense.
There is not a man in America who would
manage his own business in that way. There
is not a man whoso estate would not be taken
from him and pat into the bands of commis
sioners, if be managed his business in that
way. He would be, to uso a polite torm,
what the Scotch call an. innocent, favored of
the gods, and who ought to be protected of all
men. ; ,1 j. r . .
Bringdown the Post Office Department, and
awe some twelro'or fourteen million dollars.
I have not gone through the various Depart
ments, for I will not fatigue the Senate, and 1
have not the time. Now I will come to a single
point upon this great question. My friend
from Pennsylvania cares little about "the ex
penditure ; he 1* not more concerned to main
tain this expenditure than I am; he has no
more concern that money should he improper
ly expended than I have. I do not suppose
he would vote for it any sooner than I would.
I make no allegation of that sort; but there is
another object which he thinks is to benefit his
constituency. 1 do not -think so. Whether
protection be right, or free trade be right, in
my judgment, iu the main, it is as right iu
Georgia as in Pennsylvania. I think the idea
is a mistake wholly. There are incidental ad
vantages in favor of tho manufacturer; but 1
cau carry wheat from Georgia to the iron foun
deries of Pennsylvania cheaper than many
farmers in tho western part of' Pennsylvania
can carry it there. I think wc get seme in
cidental advantages, if there be any. But the
Senator imagines that, because the iron mong
ers have raised this clamor, wc must increase
the taxes. I do not believe the people of Penn
sylvania have raised this clamor for protection.
Why should it have arisen ? It has been al-
this business.
iron fouudery, who has to bny his sugar, his I ready shown, in the very able report of the
cloth, and everything else that be uses, and who Secretary of the Treasury, that there was less
either has to for them to the foreign mnnufactn- iron imported lost year than there had been for
rer, ov who must pay an enhanced price for | many years before, and, therefore, there was
them here. Probably many a man with an in- I very little foreign iron to come ipto com-
comc of a thousand or fifteen hundred dollars petition with the Pennsylvania article. My
a year docs not use more dutiable goods than
a poor man who lives by his daily labor. I
have seen it stated in the newspapers that a
very worthy gentleman in New York, whom I
have the pleasure to know slightly, pays 85.-
000 a year for taxes on realized property. He
has no bigger stomach or broader back tban
his coachman ; nnd it is a little doubtful wheth
er he consumes any more rum, whisky, brandy,
or broadcloth, than bis coachman. If he
paid according to bis realized wealth, he would
have to cousume nearly a quarter of a million
of dollars’ worth of dutiable goods in order to
pay his proportion of the public revenues. Of
course men can only drink and eat and wear
a certain quantity of dutiable goods, and there
is n limit to it. .Most of our people arc well
enough off to uso all they need; and they use
very inncii tho same tilings. I think it is a
bad plan in my friend from Pennsylvania, if
bis laborers are distressed, to put new burdens
on them. I would advise him not to put addi
tional duty upon the sugar that sweetens their
sngnred rum that solaces them in their mis
fortunes ; but that is whnt be wants to do.
Indirect taxes, ail taxes on consumption, arc
unjust taxes, whether they are excise duties or
impost duties. They toll terribly on labor.
They lmvc destroyed the labor of Enrope, and
they" will destroy yonrs, if you keep them up
long enough. They arc unjust. They eat
up the substance of the laborer, by taxing him
for his necessaries. England, in this way, has
destroyed her Inborers in Great Britain and
Ireland, and they are fleeing to America, to
Australia, to every portion of the earth, to get
rid of uujust taxes. They do not operas* «,
hard on our laborers, on account of the differ
ent relation iu which they stand.
I say it is unjust to levy postage out of the
ordinary revenues of the Ilopublic, because it
is a tnx upon those who do not write as well as
thoa.i who do, and it ought to be put upon the
business of the merchants and manufacturers,
and those closes whose pursuits require them
to write a great number of letters. Whatever
they may think about ir, whatever the New
V/srl r.sxrixliitnrn inAV HAY. W'lliltOVCr tllC SCO*
which the honorable Senator bas rc
** far as I could get the information;
getting it, I did not rely entirely ou my
augment. I endeavored to make it’ac-
and I hope it is so; for I should regret
incorrect statement.
1 dOMBS. The honorable Senator will
more to answer before 1 have done
, 'object, aud perhaps he had better
(tower me altogether. My complaint
**nuent which he made, was, that it
* P«!nt alt the facts. He went hack
[**■ He did not go back to the time
“'Post Office Department was aelf-aus-
Cj»hen all the expenses were looked
worthless expenditures and extrav-
” r wekept oat; when the expenditures
ttolled by law; and the Postmaster
* *ss looking at the servico to bring it
ue li m i t of the law. But the momont
«it on the public Treasury ; the mo-
‘-c manufacturing classes and comincr-
* »nd the literary classes were able
* the expense of their business on hon-
they began to expand. While
f"tm* paid £ w own postal expenses
7* *go. as moat of tho States of the
, 1 »ay that in 1857 she did not. If
c*° c >' o,, j, e Treasury, she was a
with the rest The Senator grouped
? years that did not show the true
the Post Office Department. Iu
hare continued annually to inreease
il 00 Mt* Treasury, and will
^ increase to ten, twenty, thirty, or
■>ou dollars, if you let it atay there,
nd* »»inevitable as that tho sun will
“* Je * compariaon with Vir-
I believe the reduction of postage
S «nu got no vote from that Stato in
"oiise. Sir, the principle on which the
■■•Mrtood, upon wUeh ahe stands to-day
^ future, it, that justioe, tree policy.
man who is benefited by the
th*** department; pay bis share f not
*1 00 all the Statu, 1 do not want the
J*wwic and fanner in my State to go
• i7 r m letters, when I write a thousand
one. I should like to kn >w
1?? * bought if the Senator were to
of hit, an honest old farmer
, V'j*’ *nd «ay to him: "My friend,
* a fi- he * e In 1 be port office, and go
“•« business of paying postages."
York Legislature may say, whatever the Sen
utor from New Hampshire may say, it is a
plunder of the poor for the benefit of the rich.
Sir, wc of the South have maintained justice;
wo did not vote for this system. We say,
make your Post oflico Department pay for it
self. if New Englaud, on tho account of her
dense population, can support the postal sys
tem nt a less expeusc tlurn other sections, my
frieud from Virginia [Mr. Hunter.] present
ed a scheme, allowing the mails to be carried
as cheaply as could bo done- I do not want a
dollar out of your New England postage. I
want no franking privilege; I hope you will
strike it off 1 want to send no documents.
If vou undertake the business of carrying peo
ple’s letters, do it ns cheaply as it can be done.
1 have no doubt it is a bad system, and I hope,
in time, to see it abolished. If I could to-day,
1 would cut off your 1'oat office department, at
one lick from the-Government, and 1 should
consider it the greatest service I should ever
be able to render to my country.
Sir, you have no more right aud no more
business tomndertake to carry the correspon
dence. than you bava to carry the products, of
the country; awl it works as unjustly. \\ hy
do you uot carry the hay and potatoes of the
New Hampshire man, and the cotton of the
southern man, awl say, ’’let us all unite and
pay for ships to carry our productions, as well
as pay for mall transportation.’’ One man in
Mississippi' may have five thousand bales of
cotton to sefcd off. worth 300,000; another man
has ten bushels of potatoes worth ten dollars;
and you say. let us make a common stock of
our transportation; and all pay for it equally
according to the consumption. There is some
sense in Fourierism in preference to such a
system. They divide their property equally,
after allowing something for talent, and some-
thirg for labor; but this is worse than hour-
icrism. The great object of this scheme is car
rying us back to the old rude system of Gov
ernment that existed twenty centuries ago—
that •• they should take who have the power,
aud they should keep who can.’’ IV hen you
get labor into such a partnership, you take the
lion's share and leave it the bone. Sir, I ain
the friend of labor. I am the friend of every
laboring man, no matter what part of thceoun-
try ho may live in. North, South, East, or W cst.
I will give no vote to plunder him of the earn
ing of the sweat of his face, for the sake of tha
Government, or anybody nnder the Govern-
If you arc in earnest about the Post Office
Department, make it pay for. itself; let eve
rybody who sends letters pay for them, and
then those who cannot write will have nothing
to pay. Everybody knows the postal service
can be done for half the money that you spend
on it. 1 do not suppose that Adams & Co.,
have half the trouble to get employs* for their
offices that tho Government bas. If a post
master is to be appointed, several men from
the locality spend two or three months in this
citj\ aud there are various committees to urge
the claims of this men and that man. After
the appointment is made, there is sometimes
K eat difficulty in getting the confirmation
re; and they lmvc a good deal of trouble
when they go home, to get securities. Men
would not take so much trouble if they got
only the rewards of honest labor. But a man
wants sach a place because it is an office, and
pays more than ho could get anywhere else;
because it puts bim to fattening on the Govern
ment, rather thau on his own industry; and
he wants to get it that he may live without la
bor from the industry of thoso wbo do labor.
Gut the Post Office from the Government, and
there will be an end of that.
The Postm: -ter General requires $!>.o00,-
000 from the Treasury next year. I wiu not
giro it; and. therefore, I hav °^fe Cy
to provide for; I will not pay $2,400,000 for
friend says, however, be wants to make better
iron tban England; and he presents us statis
tics to show that Pennsylvania iron does not lose
more than six or eight per cent, a year in wear
and tear, whereas British iron loses ten or
twelve per cent. I tell him the safest place
he can leave that question is with the railroad
contractors. If he has not auy of them in his
State shvpe enough, send them down to
Georgia and they can work it out. They know
good iron from bad; they know profit from
loss. Send it down to a Georgia railroad pres
ident and he will work it out for you. It is
always safe to leave the quality of a commod
ity to the man who is going to use it. Govern
ment is tfie worst judge; for if anybody is to
be cheated iu such a case, the Government is
sure to be.
But the Senator says be must have taxes to
relieve the people. As I said, I am not going
into that question. But he says bo will unite
the two systems of ad valorem and specific du
ties. The tariff of 1857 was founded on the
idea of a revenue tariff, discriminating in favor
of the industry of this country. It was a pol
icy that met my support—a wise policy. The
single question is, is it enough 1 1 ask my
friend from Pennsylvania, is not twenty-five
per cent, on iron enough protection ? Is not
one fourth of the commodity to be seized by
the Government which they have a right to do
—twenty-five bars of railroad iron to the hun
dred—enough to encourage the domestic man
ufacture ? The school in which I was brought
up as a protective Whig, was, that wc were to
raise no more revenue than the economical
vants of the Government required; and in
levying tnai,r.. j™- f our in
fant manufactures. Whnt for r TiSil •• -
might divert capital into them, that we might
irevent them from being crushed in their in
ancy.
Well, sir, when is the iron manufacture going
to get grown T I want to know. That was the
ground it was put on in 1842. I want to know
when the iron interest will ever attain its ma
jority. It has had, taking the fluctuations in
duties and prices, as much as one hundred and
fifty per cent, protection for forty-three years
—from 1816 to this day. Have they 110't had
enough experience in making irony Is it a
very occult science? Has not the world gone
on until it is made for half the price it was in
1816?, I think railroad iron ought not to be
taxed at all; it ought to be free of duty, and I
would free it to-morrow if my vote would do it
1 would not tax the transportation Of iny coun
try. I would not tax the wheat and com of
the agriculturist, that arc now down as low as
manufactures. Look at the Northwest She
raises nothing but rude product—millions of
wheat, millions of com, millions of lumber, all
rough, all cheap according to bulk; and she has
the highest possible advantage in cheap trans
portation both on land nnd on water. Why
should vou tax her twenty-five percent upon the
great element on which she transports her com
modities to mnrkct ? I say it Is unjust; and if
I have got to raise more revenue, I will not put
it upon an article necessary to the transportation
of eight lentlis of the labor of my country. I
say, let it stand where it is, and you will soon
find the thousands of millions of capital inves
ted in railroads demanding theirrights, and they
will enlighten you on free trade. They arc not
going to stand this tax of twenty-five per cent,
and you cannot hold it for three years. Look
to it These thousands of millions of capital
will no longer submit to the burden of twenty-
five per cent, on iron, on their roads, the
iron for which costs on an average $5,000 a
mile, in order to support Pennsylvania iron man
ufactures. They will say to them, “you have
had forty years to learn how to make this iron,
and we will not tax ourselves any longer for
vour benefit f and they are right
Mr. President I shall detain the Senate but
a few moments longer on the question. 1 have
stated that the tariff of 1857 was a tariff for
revenue, discriminating for protection. It dis
criminated largely. At the period wc found our
revenues abundant, and we determined, to read
just the tariirsvstem so as to lessen the revenues.
My friend from Virginia and myself; and gentle
men all over the country,with different views of
protection and free trade, thought as the country
was generally prosperous, as we must reduce
our revenue, we were content that even advant
ages should be had. The woolen manufactur
ing interest said that we had allowed a duty of
thirty per cent on wool, which had worked
lianl on them; nnd they asked us to give them
coarse wool free of duty, that they might com
plete with England, and to put woolens in the
highest schedule. W* did it; and they went
on their way rejoicing. We dealt fairly by
every branch of industry. The Senator from
New Yoric, [Mr. SEWARi»,|tho representative,
not of free trade, but of free soil and protection,
was a member of tho committee of conference
on that bill, and it received the approbation or
his judgment.
AH parties are committed to this policy.
lYhst did you bring the revenue down to #50,-
000,000 for? Didyou not understand it? Did
you not know what this tariff would bring in ?
SVere you statesmen? Did you not know,
what everybody else knew, that the reduction
was sucli that it would bringdown the revenue
on the same portations which you had the pre
ceding year, and that you had to look to a grad
ual increase of the importations for a gradual
increase of revenue ? Yes, sir, you did under
stand it; hut, because monetary convulsion has
overtaken the country, and because protection
entered into a State election, the whole world is
to be disturbed; and our revenue system, which
vou agreed upon as national settlement, is to be
readjusted. I say it was a national settlement,
because all sections harmonized upon it; and I
congratulated the country at the time that Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina, East and West.
North and South, all united in favor of iL All
the Senators in this body except eight, and two
thirds of the members of an opposition House,
deliberately said: “Wo will make thi* hereaf
ter a financial question, not a party ; and iv«• the In-t fiscal , nr, more than StitUXXJ.IXMJ. 1
will put it on this basis," But now the Senator say then, you must retrench. You may try to
^ ^ One Week later from Europe*
from' Pennsylvania tells ns—and we are tuU by I got protection, and pretendthat'it’wHl'do.Ind Unwyt AMERICA -
the Government organs—that we must have a double your duties. But here arc the tables, lm{ LAIKMNG CONDITION OF EU-
readjustment of the tariff that although it has and I challenge any protectionist on this floor,’ ™ r>r ' nr ” '
had but little over a year of un]rarfllelcd com- to show that the act of 1842 could have brought
M * M ;*1 .ILartnf In t.w♦ it 1... nlB.cml _ A nn/v ....a
jncrcial disaster to test it, it uit st be altered
Well, I know not wlrat you can get now.
I know not whether gentlemen here are ready
to cat their own words. I Iiave seen a great
many strange sights in my time. 1 am not ready
to do it 1 believed at the time that it was a
wise act; I believed so now.—f believe it gave
fully as much protection to American industry
as ought to be given.
The honorable Senator from Pennsylvania
complains of the mode, and prefers specific du
ties. My opinion has been that specific duties
were always the best rule. Thirteen years
ago, the arguments which are now brought up
were used by me against the act of 1847. I
said it would give you the most revenue when _in ui! , y ~
you needed the leit; that it would give the ! 1,1 ultlm ately make tt necessary
most protection when the least was necessary; ; \
and that, therefore, it was not wise to make a! n >■ . , , . „
uniform rule of,id valorem,. Thirteen years' ! 0,1 *** of , Jan . l “ r -'' K 1850, one of
experience has satisfied me of the truth aud
ropriety and justice of the opinions I then
us more thau $60,000,000. Then yon would
hare a deficiency of $15,000,000 of revenue
uuder the highest protective tariff you ever
passed. If you look to high duties to help
manufacturers, you must ally to protection di
rect taxation, as they do in England* When
she protected her manufacturers, she. had to
increase her internal taxation. When you
carry it to the extent of shutting out the for
eign commodity, you must go to internal tax
ation, and you are the natural allies of that
"y - tom : II**: my friends of the South, who er
roneously suppose they would introduce direct
taxation with a view to break down protec
tion. Protection is the allv ofdireet taxation,
ROPE-COTTON DECLINING—MAN
CHESTER ADVICES UNFAVORABLE
STOCK OF COTTON INCREASING IN
LIVERPOOL.
Halifax, Feb* 14—Midnight.—The steam-
sliip America bas arrived from Liverpool, with
dates to Satnrday, Jan. 29th.
Commercial News.
Livenpool Cotton Market.—The sales
of cotton for the week^reach 40,000 bales, of
which speculator tooks 1,000 and exporters
3,500 bales. All qualities had declined Id.
and particularly Uplands. The decline was
caused in consequence of the increasing "re
ceipts in the United States, and the large ar
rival of cotton vessels during the week.
The sales on Friday reached 6,00Q bales, of
Goldcu Wedding Extraordinary. which and speculators took .1,000
*| . r j , bales, anil the market closed dull.
QUOTATIONS
eld on that point. But, sir, while I believe
tlial upon Uianj articles spcvlflc Julio .. uul.l
be better, the great majority of those, with
whom I act, those who with me arc against
raising the taxes, prefer the ad talorem system.
Wc agree that the public burdens shall not
be increased ; but they differ from me as to the
manner of imposing them ; and as my great
object is to prevent an increase of burdens, I
shall yield to them the manner. I think it
probable that at another time, with further ex
perience, they may change their opinions on
this point; but I can only look to those wbo
are for ad valorem duties, to save the country
from additional taxation. I am against addi
tional taxation ; and therefore I act with those
who are for the ad valorem system, rather
than with those who are for specific duties;
and wbo go for Specifics, not because thcy.are
hot : lift becaCM- tli.-y urr wi-e.-t fur the rev
enue, but for the purpose of increasing, the
public burdens, for the purpose of raising the
public taxes.
If yotr presented mo a measure likely to
meet the approbation of the country, wiiiclt
did not propose to increase the public burdens,
but simply to change the mode of collecting
them, I should be for it; but the Senator from
Pennsylvania says all he wants is a duty of
twelve dollars on rails. I see by the accounts
received by the last steamer, that rails were
£610s. at Cardiff. Twelve dollars a ton duty
is only a small matter of forty per cent, ad
valorem on the present price, lie is not for
raising the duties to a high point, but he sim-
ily wants forty per cent, in place of twenty-
our ! He only wants fifteen dollars a ton up
on bars which were worth £6 6s. by tho latest
advices from Europe. That is a small matter
of about forty-five per cent. All he wants is
a revenue duty with incidental advantages.
He says “pile on the burdens; I will get the
incident” That is the policy of the Senator
from Pennsylvania. He begs for burdens.
He does not go for protection for protection’s
sake; he is for a revenue tariff, if be gets the
incidents, and therefore the more weight the
more incidents. That is the Senator’s doc
trine. He is dying for the incidents. Give
him taxes; give him burdens; make them as
high as you pan; the greater tho burden the
greater the incident; and therefore ho mod
estly asks for from forty to forty-five per
cent, on bars in order to get the incident. He
will moke the salt worth more than the dish.
1 cannot stand it. I believe his colleague
wants eighteen dollars a ton duty on bars.
Mr. CAMERON. Oh, no. I take no part
iu this. I am listening to the gentleman with
great pleasure. It is a fight between tnum-
bers of the dominant party.
: Mr. TOOMBS. I can tell the Senator from
Pennsylvania, wc have passed all that. This
question has got beyond the point of party. I
am arguing the question to American Sena
tors, who, without reference to party, voted
for the tariff of 1857. If a gentleman with
tions on this great question I must meet him with
arguments of principle. 5Iy friend from Penn
sylvania says that he is for a revenue tariff,
with incidental protection; but be will find
that he can never carry, and Pennsylvania
cau never carry, such a scheme as he favors—
aud she may as well look it in the face—until
she goes to the enemies of at least the Demo
cratic organization in that State. -I have giv
en you all the protection that I could ever a-
gree to give under any circumstances. The
country has passed that point. \Ve were a
young country forty years ago; but manufac
turers were feeble; we wanted skill, and we
desired to devote it to manufactures; and iu
layiug our revenue, we used it to build them
up, and hare built them; and they will go on
in spite ot croakers, in spite of convulsions, in
spite of parties. Our manufactures, our agri
culture, our commerce, are on a firm basis, and
they will go on increasing and gathering
strength every day, every decade, every cen
tury It is a mistake to think of putting down
manufactures. Certain men set themselves
up as the peculiar friends of the manufacturers
to get votes. They want to use them, Man
ufactures are established in this country ; all
the handicrafts are established; the great pow
ers of. machinery are established. We have
the skill, we have the education, wc have the
experience, we have the capital; and strike
down your custom-houses to day, and the iron
interest in the United States will lire and flour
ish everywhere, not only in Pennsylvania, but
in Georgia, in North Carolina, in Tennessee,
in Ohio, in New Jersey. You cannot stop it.
You might as well attempt to pull down the
stars or pluck out tbc moou. Some men seek
to give themselves consequence by allying
themselves with an interest which is truly great
and immortal. I am content that it shall stand.
I am content to go with you when the time
shall come when you propose really to lay spe
cific duties for the purpose of giving more
at No. 129 Livingston street, Brooklyn. "Fifty
years ago last 27th of December, the Rev. Barn
abas King was ordained nnd installed as pastor
"i Uk-Presbyterian l 'hiir-'b m Itoekaway, N.
ail I ill Jess Uuui ■ uiuuUi afiernari^ viz., on the
evening of the 19th of January, 1809, he solem
nized the marriage of Mr. John R. Jlinchman
and Miss Mary Morris De Camp. The grooms
man on the occasion was a spruce young gentle
man, Mr. IV nx Jackson, and the bridesmaid a
lady worthy to stand with him. Miss Susan
Hinchman.
After the honeymoon was over the young
couple settled themselves down into their appro
priate sphere, having a good mixture of the good
and tho bitter tilings of life, but always leaving
that very good tiling in a family which is named
love. With this even their bitter experiences
were quite tolerable. In process of time ten
children were added to their circle, all of whom
are still living, and as time moved along their
children married. The result ofthese marriages
is twenty grandchildren. It is a very unusual
circumstance that this circle has been exempt
from theorisitations of death for more than thir
ty years.
We now come down to the period of the Gol
den Wedding. On the 27th of December last
venerable Barnabas King preached his fiftieth
anniversary sermon to his people in Rockaway.
Early in January a very beautiful card was sent
to the especial frtdnds of tho family in the follow
ing words.
certainty, more fixedness, and to avoid frauds,
which it docs. I admit that, as an original
question by itself, ealerit paribus, I prefer it
to all other modes; but I will not make it an
excuse to levy thirty or thirty-five per cent,
on woolens and forty ]5er cent, on iron. I say
the policy of those with whom I now act—the
Democratic party of tbc country, and of t?ie
whole country—has been to bring down the
expenses of the Government. By a union of
all parties, and of divisions of all parties, lat
terly. they have been carried beyond its legit
imate sphere. Bring them down to legitimate
expenditures, make them honest, make them
efficient; bnt do not squander the public mon
ey and then increase your revenues. A great
majority of the southern people believe that
every burden you impose, every percentage
you lay, is injurious to their interests. It cer
tainly enhances tho price of all articles they
consume. Still they say they are willing to
make that concession for common harmony,
for common interests, and for common glory.
Mr. President, I have before me tobies show
ing the effect of tbc tariff of 1857, the tariff of
1846, and tbc trriff of 1842, upon our imports;
and these tables, which have been prepared
with great care, show one remarkable resnlt.
They show that tho tariff of 1842 would not
bring you more than $60,000,000 of revenue,
although it laid duties of forty-five and one
hundred per cent, and a great many specific
duties. If you had collected the revenue un
der the act of 1842, for every year up to June
30, 1657, you would not have got over §60,-
000,000. By the act of 1646, ou the basis of
the same importations, you would get $51,-
000,000; and by the actofia57, $43,000,000.
I say, then, neither the act of 1842, nor the
act of -1846, nor the act of 1857, would sup
port this Government, in an expenditure of
seventy or eighty million dollars. The high
est protective tariff you ever had, would uot
give you revenue enough for the present ex
penses, unless yon increase tbc imports; and
would not favor that. You now pretend that
vou want to alter the tariff, because, in the
last disastrous year, it did not bring in money
enough. The tables which I have, show that
tbo act of 1642 would not have produced, for
ing
MB. AND MRS. JOHN K. HINCHMAN,
At Homc.
Wcdsetdan Evening, Jan. 3 So 10 o'clock.
Jan. ISM, ISOS. ) \o. 129 IJrington street,
Jan. toIk, 1859. J Brooklyn."
The extraordinary combination of circumstan
ces was made known at the house that evening,
that not only were the bridegroom present, but
that the officiating clergyman of the actual
wedding, fifty years ago, was present also on
the occasion of tho Golden Wedding. Besido
these, there were three others present on the
late occasion, who saw the marriage fifty years
before.
The marriage feast at the Golden Wedding
was all that the most fastidious could desire.
Tho Rev. Dr. Bcthunc invoked the blessing,
alluding very beautifully to the aged couple,
and to the way ‘they had “been led and blessed
in their family and friends. ’ A stranger, look
ing in at the cheerful scene, would have sup
posed it to lie the nuptial feast of some young
couple, so joyfully and happily did the hours
flow on. When this important part of the oc
casion had been attended to with all becoming
propriety, the large company adjourned to the
parlors to engage in another scene still more in
teresting.
Here the excellent pastor of “the observed of
all observers.” the happy couple, was the organ
of communication between them and their diil-
dren and children's children. Turning to tho
bridegroom, he handed him a splendid gold
watch, with chain and seals, and read the fol
lowing note:
To Father: A loken of our affection. May it
lung be his companion, and mark the time for him
through ms ny years of health and happiness, sur
rounded by his children, a united family.
-if/rook/yii, Jan'y 19th. 1859.”
lows- on the watch itself Is as fol-
To J. C. Hinchman,from his children, on t*e m*
anniversary of his teedding."
On the movements of the watch was inscrib
es! :
“Manufactured expressly for the donors, by A. La.
Fargo, Geneva.”
Mr. Van Dyke then presented to Mrs. Ilinch-
man a purse of gold, and read the following note,
indorsed
"To mother.
"To onr mother, atso, wo present our gift—in that
which, pure in ilself and imperishable in its nature,
is a fit emblem of our love for her. May her years
with as still be many—os bright, peaceful and serene
as this day. In which we celebrate the union of our
parents—January 19,1859,
With this was a second purse of gold dollars,
with this note, indorsed:
" To Grandmother.
“Our little lore tokens for the golden time. May
we love her as we ought, and learn to practice her
virtues f
In addition to these golden presents, was a
magnificently-lmund copy of the Testament
and Psalms, in which was the following inscrip
tion :
'A token to Mr and Mrs. J. K. Ilinobman, Jams
ary 19,1859—their Golden Wedding.
“May you and all yon love inherit the wedding
garment of a Golden Eternity—the nnspeakable
gift herein bequeathed to a dying world.”
The officiating clergyman read the notes which
accompanied these present, and in a very happy
strain added a few words to each, and then
dosed the scene by a very tender prayer for the
aged couple, “that their years might be pro
longed, and Hint they might “at last meet all
their diildren and children’s children in tho
better land where there is no parting.”
As the striking scene gradually transpired
and finally closed in so appropriate and beauti
ful a manner, many eyes were suffused in tears,
and many lips murmured a heartfelt blessing
on the couple so extraordinarily favored.
There were two magnificently frosted cakes
on the table, which must not be overlooked.
One of them had in large letters the names of
tfie persons married, their attendants, and tho
ctergyman who solemnized the marriage. On
the upper edge was inscribed, “Jan. 19, 1809,”
and on the lower edge, “January 19, 1859.”
Between these were the names as follows, viz.:
J. B. Hinchman,
Mart Morris De Cant,
Bev. Barnauas King,
W«. Jackson,
Susan Hinchman.”
The second cake had in the center inscribed,
“Jam 19, 1809.” The space outside the center
was divided into ten apartments, on which were
inscribed the names of the daughters and daugh-
ters-in-law, except that the clergyman has not
yet pronounced on "Frank’s wife." The ten
spaces were tilled with the names of “Lesbia,
Louisa, Busan, Nancy, Cornelia, Elizabeth,
Mary, Anna, Julia, and “Frank’s wife.”
The groomsman. Win. Jackson, esq., of Brook-
-w. la ac livnlv ns n luir nltfintio’h 70 voniN
Fair Orleans 7Jd.
Mid. do ' Bid.
Fair Mobiles ,. ,7d.
\r;,l .1*. . .gs,\.
Fair Uplands........ 6 ] 1-1 Cd.
Mid. da.,. , .T„ .TT7;t.\ . . .6 f-16d.
The Stock in Liverpool 424,000 bales of which
:>y. \\ ere American.
State of Trade.—Manchester advices Were
unfavorable, and the trade closed dull. It is
expected that for Lidia good spinners will ac
cept easier rates.
Havre Market.—Orleans tres ordinaire
quoted at98 francs, at the opening of the week,
but the market closed with a declining tenden
cy. The sales of the week were 10,000 bales
Warlike Preparations and Pros-
PECT8.
Rumors of impending war continue to cir
culate in Paris, and letters from that city say
that extensive warlike preparations are mak
ing. The general impression is that Europe
has approached a momentous crisis. The Paris
Buiir.-e is sen-drive, aud securities are fluctuat
ing. .
England is exerting herself for peace, and
it is believed that upon her attitude will de
pend the question of peace or war. The
British Government, however, is preparing for
the worst, and ha3 given out large contracts
for gunpowder and cannon
lyn, is yet as lively as a boy, although 70 years
old, anti can outwalk one half of our modem
beaux, and all the survivors of that Jong distant
wedding are in extraordinary health for persons
of their age. To help the occasion along, the
weather for several days was charming. Never
did Winter give kindler smiles than on the oc
casion of the Golden Wedding. As the largo
circle of friends looked on the couple, wc suppose
many of them thought tliat the gentle and lov
ing woman, the bride of the Golden Wedding,
might have adopted as her own, the words which
genius puts into the lips ol another loving wo
man:
“Jolm Anderson, my jo John,
We clamb the hilt the githcr.
And mony a canty day, John,
We've had sri’ ane anither;
Now we maun totter doun, John,
But band in hand we'll go.
And sleep the githerat the foot,
John Anderson, my jo."
Salt and its use to Gardeners.'
In another part of this paper, a correspondent
speaks of common salt as a chief agent in his
successful cultivation of tho turnip. The em
ployment of salt as a manure is so little under
stood, and at the same time the reports of those
who have used it, in the majority of cases, speak s-,
favorably of its action, tliat it is well worth ex
tensive and varied experiments by horticulture
ists. We think its chief power lies in its hy-
dropical qualities; or, to speak more plainly,
its capacity for imparting moisture to the soil,
than to any inherent fertilizing property. Thus
whatever contains salt, will always be damp
and nothing more is important to the cultivator
in many cases, than that his soil should retain
•t rortaw seasons, a uniform degree of moisture.
We recommended a friend who was lay ing down
a lawn last spring, on a naturally dry soil, to
sow a portion of it with salt before putting in
the seed, and the difference between it and that
not so sown, in the green color of the: former
during the past dry season was very striking.
Salt, in dry soils, has been for some years past,
admitted to be a valuable means, of increasing
the fertility of an asparagus bed, which is doubt
less principally owing to the moisture, it is
able to afford to tho succulent stems of that
plant There is a wide field open for its appli
cation. Pears and quinces, gooseberries and
currants, and some other fruits which dear
ly love to be in a dry soil, but near moisture;
tender-rooted plants, such as natives of New
Holland and the Cape of Good Hope, which
must have a regular supply of moisture at the
roots to enable them to get through our dry
summers, and yet will not bear constant arti
ficial watering; succulent growers, as gerani
ums and calceolaria, bulbs, and many other
kinds, would no doubt be vastly benefitted—
In cases where a humid atmosphere is required
gooseberry t/Wk KMuHVmliSfe?
atmosphere surrounding it so regularly moist,
as to insure a perfect crop in cases otherwise
ndcred futile by mildew. Admitting air byr
side lights into cold vineries, by suddenly chang
ing tiio hygrometric conditions of the atmos
phere, is now so well known as being one
of the chief causes of mildew in grapes, that
side ventilation is abandoned by some of our
cultivators. By placing salt canvass over the
apertures, the advantages of the air might be
obtained, without its concomitant disadvantages.
Experiments are wanted from gardeners. Ag
riculturists arc rather ahead of us in its appli
cation though they seem still unacquainted with
its mode of action. In another place wc give
an extract from the Genesee Farmer, which, if
not satisfactory, is at least suggestive.
Raising: of Sheep.
Near Geneva, 5th Jan. 1839.
Dear Sir: I have received yours of 21st ult-i
and contents noted. The Journal has not yet
arrived—you had p.—iUy I*.tin- mail another.
It would be difficult for me to state what the
keeping of five Merino sheep would be worth in
Georgia—that in a great measure would depend
on the market for wool and mutton. Here, 1
should think five Merino sheep, not extra kept,
but reasonably kept, may pay as follows:
20 lbs wool at 40 cents, ’ $8 00
Increase in value of five sheep, 7 50
$15 60
That is, supposing the sheep were purchased
after shearing, and kept one year. Or, take a-
nothcr view of it: say keep a|ewe stock, say
five ewes raising Lambs might give, without be
ing extra kept—
17 j lbs of wool at 40 cents, $7 00
Say four lambs from from five ews, which
would bo a low per centagc for tho
lambs, 8 00
DEPARTMENT.
MACON GEORGIA*
T il hi buhscriUeifro;*,
for Iron "RduUnprs oltl
to I.l i!v#r
works a special department,.
cilitu-s for the manufacture of
i^rnnutl
manufacture, nave
. at’branch tiPfhoir
department, potoessinfc superiaivfisr
)>'ni]r«ftfnrAnf < "*■* ' ’* »
IRON RAILINGS,
fiirnny and all pnrp’oies of the most approved de
signs, either plain ommamental. They are assured
in saying to the public, that in point of variety and
substantial work, together with moderate prices,
that they are determined to please.
In addition to all thn'usual styles of this ilass of
work, they are makingV . •
Fuller’s Patent Hailing.
This is a new article, .possessing extraordinary
Strength by a combination of Wrought Iron in its
structure. All of which will be warranted equal to
the best made in the Union.
fob 1 11. FINDLAY Jc SONS..
SCHOFIELD & BROTHER,
1111113 LXj ill j
Jllacon, Georgia.
JOHN S. SCHOFIELD,.. .JOSHUA SCHOFIELD.
We arc prepared to Manufacture ...; ;
STEAM ENGINES,
©3IF?©!yJ!LAI^ MQILLSp
MILL AND GIN GEARING,
Sugar Mills,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS,
OF EVERY DeSCBYPT lOV."
IRON RAILINGS AND VERANDAHS.
Having the most complete assortment of Iron .Rail
ings in the State, which for elegance, neatness,(dura
bility aud design, cannot be surpassed, and ue suit
able’for the Fronts of " ,
Dwelling*. CVmelrry I.ol*, l’ublic Squares,
Church Fence* aud Ktalcomc*.
Persons desirous of purchasing RAILINGS, will
do well to give us a call, as we are determined to of
fer as good bargains as any Northern Establishment.
I*p*Specimens of Onr work can.be seen at Itose
Hill Cemetery, and at various private residence* in
this city. ■ novae • ty
HAKDWAREy
IRON AND STEEL.
AT
Carlmi’t cfc Curd’s,
MACON, GEORGIA.
W HERE c&n be seen one of tbe largest Stocks
of HARDWARE, IRON’. STEEL, and CAR
RIAGE MAKER’S MATERIALS to bo found in
Middle Georgia* Importing largely, aud buying di
rect from tho Manufacturers, enable us to offer
greater inducement*, to those wishing to purchase
anything in our Hue. Call And see us. and be con
vinced. . , CARIIAKT & CVRD.
3.%,W*SWEDES,
or 3)385 Bars of Swedes Iron, assorted, from I to 12
inches wide, of our own importation, in store and
for sale by CARHART A CURD
PLOW STEEL,
Manufactured expressly for thfc market, and assorted
from 2J to 14 inches wide, together with a full assort
ment of Refined Iron, all sizes, Hand A Oval Iron, all
sizes, R. und and Square Iron, all sizes. Horse Shoe
Iron, all sizes. Cast aud German Steel, Blister Steel,
Anvils .,rid Vises, Bellows and Screw Plates, Smith
Hammers and Tongs, Planter’s Hoes, various ma
kers, Brade’s Patent Hoes, ILimes, Traces, Plow
Corn 8b ell ere. Straw Cutters, and all
Tools, can
jan 4
WATCHES,
Jewelry, Pianos, <fec.
NEW AND ELEGANT STOCK
KOW OPUUtO FOh - I*I‘- '
1858. Fall & Winter Trade, 1859.
&n consisting i.v part or
WATCHES of all tho and Medium
•■•qualities eased In Gold and Silver, for Ladies
and Gentlemen’s wear, warranted good time keeper*
CHAIN*, K*'v«. Seal*. a,»„ of the best styles
worn. .T.iiTOTcD .
J i:\VKI.KY in sets of Diamond, Opal, Pearl
Garnet, Cameo, Lava, Mosaics,’ail Gold. 3cc.
PEN AND PKXC1V. CA*R* of Gold and
Silver.
1 HPECTACIsi:*, of Gold, Silver, Steel, nnd
Common, including :i fine lot of Scotch Pebbles.
SILVER WARE, Tea Sett.-. Pitcher*. Gob-
Diets, Cups, Dippers, Butter Cooler*, Waiter*, Forka,
Spoons, Knives, Ac. Warra.’»»*-d equal and superior
to U S. Coin
PLATED WARE, in Waiters, Baskets. Ca»
tore, Wine, Ejpf «Jc Frnit Stands, Snuflereand Trfiy».
£<*., orgbod quality. •
FANC Y <*OOl>*. an endless variety of new
and elegant deMgna, selected for Hridfl and other
PreseiiU. * * * - ' "
A 1,40 A FINE STOCK OF Cutlery torTa-
bloanl Pocket use. Guns, (’olt’a PhHl Pocket
Books, Banker's Cases, Bun f-yor's CtMnpa§*£]•,
Chaim , Gas Fixtures, OU Paintings, Tooth and liair
Brush'-s. Walking Canes, Military Goods, Knight
Templar's Swords, Basket?.Games of various kinds,
Billiard Balls, ditto Chalk Leathers, Ac. Mechani
cal and Magnetic Toys, Ac.. Ac.jail of which will ho
sold on the nest terms. A Ck.ll is respectfully so
licited with an assurance that our best 'effort# will
be to please in quality and price of our Goods.
E. J. JOHNSTON & CO.
PIANOS AND
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. [
A nen nnd tin. 1 lot expected daily, nnd will b'j sold
zt Manufacturer's Prices.
E. J. JOHNSTON Jc CO.
I ' HAIR WORK.
We are now prepared to have all kinds of Hair
Work done with neatness and beauty.
ncvS - E. J. JOHNSTON Jc CO.
■TjUTj
The individual who tried to clear hi
science with an egg, is no endeavoring to raise
^ _ his spirits with yeast If he fails in this, it is
certainly the friends of the manufacturers his deliberate intention to blow out his_ brains
$15 00
In tho above estimates there would be a de
duction to make for attendance, washing, shear
ing, 4c.; also for death and desertions, interests
of money, 4c., that you can make as well as I.
The Merino sheep are the healthiest sheep I
ever saw ; they seldom die but from age or
poverty. Occasionally I lose some when fatten
ing for Spring market, but never over one per
cent, and some winters none. When high fed
some will die.
I have done well in keeping sheep, both as a
regular stock, and also by buying in the Fall,
and fattening for the Spring market, keeping
them from four to six months. If I had Sum
mer pasture enough, I would prefer buying in
lean weathers after shearing, and keeping a year
and then selling for mutton. They would then
average CJ pounds of wool—the better they
are fed the better they pay, at least with me.
I have over five hundred that are now fat. It
would require very good land to keep five
sheep to the acre the year round. I should
doubt you bavo none in Georgia would do it
If five could bo kept to the acre, and them
thoroughly, it would pay better than anything
else, as the land would be improving wonder
fully every year.
If you have a market for mutton, a bushel of
com to each sheep during winter, would pay
well; you would get one and a half pound
more wool per sheep; and then the sheep here
would be worth a dollar more to tho butcher,
and even to keep over to feed another winter.
If a ewe stock, you could calculate on ono and
a half pounds more wool for a bushel of com,
and twenty to twenty-five per cent more lambs.
I have often raised a lamb to every ewe when high
fed, and Merinos seldom have twins. Now take
the average of this State, I doubt if over the half
of lambs is raised, to the number of ewes.—
con ’ South Countryman.
Punch says that the characteristic of a time-
— - .... ■... •2>r-TxirYj: v piece is modesty rather than rudeness, for ''it
with a pair of bellows, and sink calmly into the always keeps its hands before its face.”
arms of a young lady. Spurzheim was lecturing on phrenology.
A woman with no friends can’t be expected “What is to be coasidered the organ of drunk-
to sit down and enjoy a comfortable smoke, for I cnnessF’ said the professor. “The barrel organ,”
the hasn’t got any to back her. ' shouted ono of the audience.
D. C. HODGKINS & SON.
Iv£a,oon., Gr-a..
I NVITES the A
attention of '
Public aud otli-
rs, to t h e i r '
lanre selection of DOUBLE GUNS. BIFLES, PIS
TOLS. POCKET AND SPORTING CUTLERY,
FISHING TA< KLE. WALKING STICKS. FOR-
EIUN AND DOMESTIC AM UN’ITION, and every
article found in a FIRST CLASS
Sportsman’s Emporium,
NORTH OR SOUTH.
By careful attention to the business, and keeping
tho best GOODS in onr line, we expect to receive a
continuation of past favors.
Repairing carefully attended to n> hereto-
Oct. 28. fore.
MENARD & BURGHARD,
jt\i *r itsir.iKERs
AND
e weler s,
•TTAVE jMt received and opened a large and
Jtl splendid assortment of Goods, in thein line,
consisting in part of the following articles,
GOLD. AND SILVER
W A. T C H E S ,
Hunting Magic Case, Independent 2d, Ac., for Gen
tlemen.
(sOLD WATCHES for Ladles, rich and beau
tiful. • ,
KIIk VEK WARE, such as Spoons, Cups, Gob-
lets, Ac. ..
SILVER PLATED WARE, such as Cas
tors, E,?g Boilers, (with Gold Plated Gold Cups and
Snonns.) Fruit Baskets, Pitchers, Candle bticks,
Waiters, Ao.
JEWELRY.
Consisting of Diamond and Gold Bings, Pins, -Sec.,
Jtc., sparkling nud bright.
Musical Instruments,
Such *» Violins, Flutes, Guitars, Banjos, Tomb..-
' "fiolil Pens, and Pencils. Guitar and Violin Strings,
and a varied assortment of — :
*i !.. Fancy Ciootls,
Music Boxes, too nrunerons to particularize in an
advertisement. • . ,
Thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed upon
them, since they commenced business, they solicit a
continuance of the same, and will spare no pains to
give satisfaction to their customers, both in style
and quality of their Wares, and in price. • ' — •
Watch and other repairing executed with dispatch
and on reasonable terms. M. Jc B.
oet5 ~
TO PLANTERS AND
MERCHANTS.
W L oficr the fallowing articles on verjr accom
modating terms:
1000 rolls Gunny Bagging,
1000 Sacks Salt,
25 barrels Potatoes,
410 bale* heavy Gunny Bagging,
1100 coils Richardson’* Green Leaf Rope,
1000 pounds Twine,
175 barrels Sugar,
200 sacks Coffee all qualities.
150 boxes Candles all qualities,
100 do Soap, 75 boxes Starch, 100 boxes Candy,
100 do Soda, 125 kegs Nails,
150 bales Osnaburgs,
50 bales Georgia Kerseys, 25 bales Yarns,
100 bales Brown Sheetings and Shirtings,
25 hhds. Molasses, 20 barrels Syrup,
Large Stock of fresh and new
Dry Groods,
Daily receiving in Store, which we will sell at living
rates, consisting of the following :
90 case3 Prints,
15 cases Ginghams,
1000 nieces Merinoes, Delanes,Slially and Alpaems
1200 dozen Hosiery,
25 bales Marlboro and other domestic Stripes,
10 bales Ticking, 10 eases Llnseys,
10 cases Flannels. 525 pieces Satinets and Jeans
150 pieces Cassimeres,
50 pieces Fancy and Black Silks,
800 dozen Handkerchiefs,
1200 pieces white Muslins,
Also, a large Stock of Clothing and Hats, with 350
coses ol Shoes of all kinds, and 1000 Negro Blankets.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of tbe public.
Oct. 2«-tf J. B. Jc W. A. BOSS.
WOOD’S
GALLERY!!
Is the resort«of all lovers of the Beautiful,
TTE is daily adding new specimens to his large
XX coUcciionof Pictures, which ore attracting
crowds of visitor*.
PORTRAITS IN OIL, PASTEL, or WATER
COLORS.
Aquircll and Imperial Photographs,
new style—only to bo had at WOOD'S. Call
and see os. £5?“Ambrotype5 ONE DOLLAR and
upwards. jan 25
^ GJtFLJD.
C ONNOI3EURS In Art. are solicited to examine
Specimens now on exhibition at Pugh** Fine Art
Gallerr, most of which are life-size Photographic
Portraits, and one full length, painted ou a landscape
background, by Mr. Poindexter, and amid to be a
master piece bv all who have seen it.
We can furnish better and more elaborate works
of Art, than can be obtained in Macon, and our spec*
linens will corroborate what we say. Ambrotypes,
&c„ in neat gUt frames, for only •!. Hundred* of
specimens on exhibition, taken at my Gallery.
Macon. Jan. 17, 1859. J. A. PUGH.
IV JEW HOT El,
At Tliomas-p-ilie.
T HE undersigned having opened the McBAlN
HOUSE, for the reception of the public, invite
the People generally to give them a call.
No pains will be spared ti> make their (iu*-.-ts
comfortable ; and their table will be supplied with
the best the market affords,
jan 18—tf AMANDA L. LITTLE & SON.
WANTED.
AM still buying Military bounty Land Warrants,
„ and will always give the highest caah price.
Maoon Ga. uly28 Jy G. J. BLAKE
.V.1TI/.I.V H’UXU*.
DEALER lit ; •
tt ar <X w are,
AGRICBLTfRAL IMPLEMENTS, &c.
H as just received, and will con-
| tinue to receive a LARGE AND VARIED
assortment of
FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
among which are the following:
No. lOJcll Cast Plows,
1 and 2 horse;
Self Sharp’ningTIows,
Steel point, 1,2, 1 A
6 horse;
Eagle I’lowr, with aod
cutter;
Side Hill Plows, 1,2 A
(horse;
Steel Plows of the best
makers;
Sub soil Plows, for 1 and 2 horse;
2 and 3 Farrow Plows, for grain ;
Plow Casting* of all kind* and sizes;
Plow Castings, complete without stock*;
Hand and Garden Piorre; Harrow s *
Iron and Steel Rakes ; Potato Rakes ;
Spading Forks ; Straw and Manure Forks;
Spades; Shovels ; Plow U&mes; Plow Lice* i
Rail Road and Garden Wheelbarrows;
Post Angers and Spades : Road Scrapers;
Planting and Weeding lloes of all sizes and
•nijiri.'-ing Seiivil’s, Word's Brade s
Patent Crown, Cane, Grubbing, Garden, &c.;
Axes of the best brands, from 3 to 25 lbs ;
Axe, Pick.Sledge, Fork and Rake Handles;
Bradley’s Picks and Mattocks ;
Crow Bars; Sledges ; Screw Wrenches;
Hay and StrAw Cutters; Horse Brushes ;
CurryCombs; Horse Cards ; Mane Combs;
Steel Grain Scoops; Me&snres ; Grain .Sieves;
Grain Cradles; Fan Mills;
Wheat Threshers, (Horse Powers,) warranted;
Corn Shelters; Corn Mills, (Iron and Steel;)
Well Buckets; Well Rope; Water Buckets;
Thermometer Churn*, all sizes, warranted;
Plow and Wagon Traces of all sizes ;
Tongue, Lock, Stay Breast, Fifth, and other
Grindstones; Grindstone Cranks and Fixture*;
Beaver Traps of all sizes ;
Bush Scythes and Hook*; Scythe Blades;
Sickles; Mill and Cross Cut Saws ; Files ;
Carpeuter’s Tools of all descriptions;
all of which he can afford, and will sell on as favor
able terms as any extabllshment in tho country.
CSPPlanters aQ d others will find it to their inter
est to call and see tbe subscriber.
NATHAN WEED,
feb 1 Macon, Georgia.
ELIAS EINSTEIN,
Corner of 2d St. & Colton Avenue,
O KGS leave to inform the Ladies of Macon and
L> the public in general that he has just returned
from New-York and is now ready to show one ot the
Largest and liandsouiesl Stocks of
FANCY, STAPLE AND DOMESTIC
ever exhibited in tbe S«>u!hern marker, which will
be sold at remarkably low figures to cash and prompt
tying time buyers.
The Stock comprise*, in part, the following, viz :
Milk Drrtt Good*.
Robes a Lis, and Bayadere Striped Fancy Silks,
Black Silks, such as Gros do Rhine, Gros de Naple
and Bishop Silks.
Woolen Dre»» Good*.
French, German and English Merinoes,
All wool Robes a Lis, De L&ine Robes a quille
Cashmere Robes a quille.
Imp. Foulard, Brocaded Rut era. Foil de Cheore,
Imperial Paramattas, Mohairs, Cashmeres,
Balmorals, De Laines, Do Beges,
English, American &. French Prints & Ginghams.
ShnwlM ami ^cnrYii.
Mantilla Stella Shawls, Mantilla Shawls,
Stella Shawls, Chenille Shawls,
Waterloo Long Shawls,
Bay State Long and Square Shawls,
Crape, Basket and Blanket Shawls,
Chenille, Cashmere and printed Scarfs.
Cloalm—A Choice A»Mor(uaent of
Talisman, Rosalie, Eva, Casta Diva, Pandora,
Cordelia, Duchess de Beni, Rob Rov,
Grey Maneuvering and Velvet Cloaks,
of tbe very latest and most fashionable styles. JJ
Embroidericn.
Kibb. Jacconet, Color de Paris,
Jacconet and Swiss Gt. Setts,
Ribb. Jacconet Setts dc Paris,
Ribb. Jacconet Prima Donna Setts,
Lace trimmed Setts, Embroidered Bands,
Flouncings, Skirts, Children** Waists and Robes,
Lace and Aluslin Curtains.
A complete AMorlDjeul of Iloaiery,
nixl limitation Furiiitshing Good*.
and all other articles usually found in a regular Dry
Good Store. Remember, nt
ELIAS EINSTEIN S,
Sep. 29. Corner 2d Street and Cotton Avenue.
i
EOCA’S BALSAM
for Pulmonary & Tubercular Consumption.
T HE public is now put in possession of one of
the most extraordinary remedies extant, for
what has heretofore bden considered an incurable
disease; being an OUTWARD APPLICATION,
the action of which is seemingly miraculous, and
lu.ving none of those attribute.-* which make up
5 numerous compounds now in general use.
L Pamphlet containing directions, letters from dis
tinguished and well known individuals, aud other
documentary evidences will accompany the remedy,
Mr. James Kee* having c( used to be the Agent
for the sale of this Balsam, the price has been re
duced to S4 a Jar, and 50 cents for the Bandage.
It can only be obtained of the proju .btor by letter
directed to j V u a
dM 14 Box 17M P- 0 ftnisimfbls, Pa,
