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immMBRtw [jtOlKilA TELEGRAPH PiBLhil^ KVKHT p.\V MOUNINtf. 11 \ R !n I ^ ADVANCE. ''"U where Die Miliscriptlor .^Ihe'Office. ' SPEECH OF I ««>»•'• TOOMBS, l 'JvtBl>T A(, K° RG,A ' r ,M.T. SKHT. 18.W. ' , 0 u In-'iight, in obedience political friends, to take Iff, Accruing the state of the I nu „: consitl'T your polite iuvi- v,,3 on this occasion a mere pis your right to know **2 iiuestiiins of public policy T*-.)«»wbicb may affect your inter- Ihardatr to give them. I now tli.it duty, aud to give m those special issues upon have thrown themselves FML" god seek its Ycrdict at the ,-itic party is now in power. ^ destinies of the Republic, in Alt* public will. Its principle* ^ 3l || of the living questions of ^ drtwlv defined, and well imder- U.-„ he competent to the task great trust, it is ready to in all parts ofthernion, rounds its adversaries may jj’ ’j'hc distinctive differences pilo marked these adversaries, u away, and the signs of the taous warning to the country ...truries. North and South, are It-jrpart the public mind for the [asteolr of their principles, but of fit right-', upon the altar of a com- ..tiihe Democratic party. These s it the North arc coinmouly known IfcsaMivaus: they agree in nothing, gammon hostility to slavery, the i-br liemocratic party. Wiser than pro allies, they know and acknowl- Lkuiucratic organisation to be the inner aud surest safe guard of the •he Union, against their wicked ami gv*a! assaults upon our rights and .tad for this reason, they wav a ■4 desire its overthrow. Theseen- he Republic consider every blow in™ the bnuocnUic party, cither at the u a-h, as a blow stricken in their [,J f„ r iW>r benefit; hence, tliey ro- ediug glad at victories over L-ratic party- anywhere and eVery- J.J e.iusiJ.r the victories of lilair, avis, Adams, ami Etheridge, as mtcivs,'*and as hopeful signs that s from without may soon hope for sfort from treachery from within, iclioa te the Democratic party at [wes its main strength to the old L mi hitler femls between that par- fddlVlug party. When the Whig t N -rth uarebed over in a body in Cuban camp, either directly and ttiy aud secretly through the nuatiou, a very large portion a saw that duty, patriotism, liamdrM and country required ■ta the Democratic party, and lately united witli it. The greater ui counsel from their party prej- atifathies, anil wholly distrusting *r. stood aloof for a year or two, fisagrd into a crusaue against for- thbics. and all other parties in the l# the appellation of the American a organization in the non-slave to very speedily sunk into the bo- kick Republican party, and the - which adhered t o Fillmore, aban- swn candidate iii 1856, and enlis- ti brethren who vent before them, Uck banner of Fremont The r>iun cihihitcd more tenacity of -t-.d a greater power of endurance fccr and defeat. They certainly dis- lamest desire to accommodate tbeir Be will of the majority of the people, ly defeat, they reconstructed their patform, ami softened or modified * to suit what they supposed to ' taste, and finally having des- ss, they have, this spring, aban- I tueir name and principles, and fi general order, disbanding their • If the object of this act of dis- < American party, be to prepare “ Bni °n of the South—for the * the Constitution, and her own lad well defined principles and eallyr approve it, aud extend the [fellowship to the authors of the bit if it be done with the iuteut f l D ?re perfect union and more uion with the lilaek Hepubli * purpose of overthrowing the Isdsunug the Government, then in behalf of the Constitution ■7 isd the people of Georgia, ''I The alliance will be unholy, ■progeny “unnumbered woes' diMolution having left the inem- Asiericaii party free to form P® tr-ociations, without com- Miner brethren, os in their *•< promote the public good, ■j - ’-vt o nsiJcration of the rca- »ow proceed to offer them ..^t co-operation and un- party. This party .. v-i'ir adversaries through- L? ** a ' f°r their position and HT, HKVK.-ll'K AND ^^"Jjorc great questions of ■til continue such as long “?! hsti; und the party which k to deal with them in a i uf loua ' “pirit, and to place i' J ust sud constitu- ■orthy of the confidence of that evades any of , Jr P°b!ic danger—the party Ili cuufe “ t » its imbecility tu-trusted with the destinies fl *■* Democratic party for Lg ***■* “* v e met and grappled , _J® Cs: ' on in all of its Federal L**®l * most bitter oppo- L. any period of our FT C treachery and desertion, ^ d the timid and the tolly ■ ‘“—led in placing it upon . j** 1 °t*rtitutional. anff satis- ■tnoan people. During this <iiTn 1 ’ 110 ™T °f men from khe i?' >u ' d ‘ c sufficiency nu ll « faction, have sought ®t£«!v whatever, cither on -her, of this question. 'The are content with its solu- >-^iJenee and security feid 41 *™ t ' D R rcmeilies arc lav. T , existing wrongs 10 *h* day in the evil there- been achieved by / enlightened pre- principle. The denounced the De- K^'iretdian.Mj Rio North to khey swept many fkiu-u., / row 'he public coun- M, .^ f f 7'‘dulcnrappeal, to "aO^jj^eWh. On the "*7^ °f ‘hc South, with and ,hc «ameap- C?: gC< * t * ,c SOUtil- t ^iaUriJf ^ 0n0r '*»it^.t 0f rv ,Uvcr y t0 ll ‘e **‘ e Democraticpar- Ss* tll Peaaoaal and selfish at the South, lilZL ow .“ hua of pub- ^tsiS^S*** 0 P art y dtare- 1,11,1 ll, e I the beaten paths h«k, of precedent and principle to the goal of peace ami of safety. The Opposition were [strong for mischief in the traditional differences of opinion on this subject between the North and the South. They were older than the Consti tution, they existed during the revolution, but were suppressed by patriotism and public danger; they disturbed the harmonious action of the government under the Confederation, mid raged with violence around the council boards of the convention which framed our Constitution. There wisdom and patriotism won its greatest and most enduring victory over the fierce passions engendered by thii apple of discord. It was found impossible under the form of government proposed to be adopted, to avoid the introduction of clauses iuto the Constitution in relation to slavery, I he representation in the House of Represen tatives being based on population, it was in dispensable to settle whether or not slaves should be enumerated, and in what propor tiou. In as much as the States were prohib ited from keeping stauding armies, it was necessary to settle what power in the govern ment should suppress insurrections. As the States were forbidden to make any treaty or compact with eacli other, it became necessary to provide for the rendition of fugitives from labor, by Federal authority, wherever they might be found in the Uniou. And the Afri can slave trade being then by the iaw of na tions, lawful commerce, was supposed ,to fail under the general power to regulate commerce, and therefore, under congressional legislation. 1 here was a wide diversity of opinions upon these questions, and they more than once threatened the defeat of the Constitution. The duly of government to suppress insurrection was unanimously admitted and adopted. The ^outh claimed that slaves should be counted per capita as a basis of representation. The North objected and replied, that under the confederation we refused to estimate them on that basis, for the purpose of taxation, and that therefore wc ought not to do so for the purpose of representation. The North had the argument on their side, and the South gave up the question, agreed to count them as worth no more in representation than in taxation, and settled the principle, that slaves should be counted at three fifths, in representation, ns they had been in taxation. The surrender of fugitives from labor does not seem to have been seriously contested per se, but the North was dirsatisfied with the restriction on the commercial power; they wished commerce regulated by a majority mstead of a vote of two thirds, and as soon as they succeeded in that, we had no morn trouble on the point of the rendition of fugitives from labor. The only remaining question was not strict ly a sectional one. Indeed Massachusetts dis played much more liberality on this question than even Virginia. She (Massachusetts) seemed to value pretty highly this description of commerce, and on the other side Virginia was charged with favoring a protective policy, It is difficult at this day to say whether these charges are but the insinuations of the wicked or were in truth hut the weakness of humani ty ; it is ccrtaiuly true that at that day the States were very poor, hard pressed and sore ly tempted to get little material advantages lint the slave trade would liave undoubtedly been prohibited but for the decisive action of the Representatives from Georgia aud South Carolina. These States resisted strongly its immediate prohibition. They "were eminent ly practical, they had vast raw material and wanted labor to reduce it to a commercial val ue, they therefore boldly declared that there could be no uuion withont commerce with Af rica in her only commodity (i. e.) labour. Mas sachusetts did not think Georgia and South Carolina wholly unreasonable, and as sbe owned ships which would find employment both in the transportation of labor from Afrii aud its products from America to Europe, she readily consented to continue a profitable trade (now called piracy,) for one fifth of a century. Tins was_ not only acceded to by South Carolina and "Georgia, but they com plimented the representatives from Massachu setts as having acted very handsomely in the business. So by a unanimous vote of the pa triots who framed our present Constitution, Congress was prohibted from interferring with this lawful commerce in the then States of the Union for twenty years, tc^be fully en ded and completed. This provision was not acceptable to Virginia, and wan exceedingly obnoxious to Maryland, and the history of the times proves that it was made a capital argu ment ngainst the Constitution in both States, and that history further proves that it excited but little hostility in any of the northern States. Before tlie power of Congress over the subject attached, a change came over the policy of both Georgia and South Carolina, and, in 179S, ten years before the jurisdiction of Congress attached to the subject, Georgia tolcmnly pro hibited the trade by her Constitution, and Car olina followed in her footsteps four years af terwards. So that when the act of Congres of 1807 prohibited it from and after the suc ceeding 1st of January, the slave trade was in fact extinct and unlawful in every State of the Union, and the act of Congress was in fact but an affirmance of the settled policy of all the then States. The question might have safely rested under the act of 1807, and the local laws against it, especially with the aid of the act of 1818; but some over-zealous people in 1820, animated by the bad spirit which prevailed in that year, concluded to stigmatise slavery us well as to prevent the slave trade, and with singular in felicity of language, and in direct violation of the plain meaning of words and the Constitu tion of the United States, declared this traffic piracy. Piracy was a crime against the laws of nations, and punishable by the laws of all civilised people ; it had a clear, certain, and definite meaning under the laws of nations. The framers of the Constitution used it in that sense, for it had no other. It did not include the African slave trade for the same law of nations at the same time held that trade to be lawful commerce; therefore when the act of J 820 declared it piracy, it did a stupid thing and attempted to do an impossible thing. It sought to alter thenature of a thing by chang ing its name, it destroyod all faith in human language and departed from all sound rules or judicial and constitutional interpretation, ami it cannot force the intellect and judgment of the country to abdicate its prerogative and stultify itself by bolding that the Constitution meant to stigmatise as piracy a commerce which it i<crmitted for twenty years. This act cannot be vindicated; but the ques tion of prohibiting the slave trade baa been settled for above fifty years, it is in harmony with the judgment and sentiment of the coun try, and its agitation^at this time will produce evil, and evil only, to the country. Uet it stand. All these questions were plainly anu distinctly settled by the compact; hut the Constitution, unfortunately for the country, did not expressly settle the powers of Congress over the Territories, and that omission has been the fruitful source of national disquiet, especially for the last fourteen yean. During the fint thirty years of the Govcrnmcn , the Territories were managed upon equitable aml-just as to preclude a ljMt w« of complaint. Virginia ceded to the confede ration all the country North-west of the Ohio river within the then limits of the Union; by her d”«l «f cession slavery was prohibited within it. Tho ordinance of 17&,, P* 0 *^** apian of Government for the inhabitant, of that country. The same ordinance excluding ihc dausc prohibiting .larejr,. r'KwSoSS... »Xf .1,0 firs? from l-rance. u (l ° param0U nt jurisdiction • • *n. opened it to the set- ple and r ;„ a and property wiinm s authority from time to salon of new > formed out J Florida ciscd exclusive and over the new acquis tlcmcntof all the p- protection to all p' the territory, until it time was superseded b> ' States, in the l nion which «er - of thia Territory .^authority again by purchase. ^ nec( . a . ul .y extent,... ‘ reigned throughout our borders. The action of the Federal Government was based on the principle of equal justice to all sections of the Union in the Territories. In 1820 Missouri applied for admission into the Union. The northern Federalists opposed her admission solely on the ground that she permitted Afri can slavery. Then this sectional war began and was commenced by the North. Scveu Slaveholding States had already been admit ted into the Union, when this extraordinary and untenable pretension was asserted. It was resisted. At the end of the long aud painful struggle, Missouri was admitted, but a section was inserted in the bill admitting her. prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude in all that portion of the Louisiana purchase exterior to Missouri and North of 30“JO North latitude. This was the first time that Con gress ever claimed or exercised the power to prohibit slavery in the terrritorics. It was then adopted rather as an expedient, to get rid of a great evil than upon any assertion of right. The country to which it was applied being ncurly destitute of civilised inhabitants, this usurpation at the time attracted less of the public attention than it deserved. But it sowed the seeds from which we were destined to reap a plentiful harvest of trouble in the future, Texas was our next acquisition, to which the same division line waj applied. The war with Mexico brought ns new acquisitions of terri tory ; the South proposed to divide it by the same division line; the North refused, and, with singular unanimity, demanded the exclu sion of slavery from all of the new acquisi tions ; then the great struggle commenced, in which political parties were toru up, ami the existence of the Government itself was greatly imperrilled. It resulted in what is commonly, hut erroneously called, the com promise of 1850. In 1846, when Mr. Wilmot moved to apply tbe Missouri restriction to all territories to be acquired from Mexico, I think there were but four votes from tbe entire North against it; but after near four years of strife and thorough, able discussion of the question, the truth was firmly established, and nearly the whole of the Northern Democracy, and between twenty and thirty northern Whigs, united with the South, and voted down the prohibition. Territorial governments in the usual form were established over New Mexico and Utah, providing that when they should be admitted into the Union, they should come in with or without slavery, as their own constitutions might prescribe. Thus by these p-eat measures, the principle contended for jy Rufus King and bis followers, in 1820, both as to States aud Territories, was over ruled and condemned, and the early policy of the Government restored. This condemna tion of the power usurped by Congress to pro hibit slavery in the States and Territories was unanimously approved by the Democratic party in convention, in 1852, and also approv ed by a majority of the old Whig party in convention, the same year. In 1851, it be came necessary to establish territorial govern ments for a portion of the country to which this prohibition was applied in 1820. The question then became practical—its solution was a necessity. The South contended for the application of the same principles which had been applied to New Mexico and Utah, and which the country had so unanimously approved. They demanded the repeal of the eighth section of the act of 1820, admitting Missouri into the Union. The great majori ty of the Democratic party at the North, amid the terrific clamor and denunciation of a largo majority of tbe people in tlicir own section, backed by defection.in the South, resolutely met the crisis, stood with fidelity and honor by their principles, and declared the eighth section of the act “inoperative and void."— Thus was this Congressional usurpation again condemned by the Executive and Legislative departments of the Government wielded by the Democratic party. Three years after these events, ttie validity of this eighth sec tion of the act of 1820 came judicially before ferred the English bill to all others which were submitted, and the American party in his dis trict seem not to have considered tliat he there in violated tbeir rights or their lionor, as they have again returned him by an increased major ity. The Crittendcn-Montgomery bilk which was supported by all of the rest of the Southern men (except Quitman and Bonham), who did not vote for the English bill, submitted tlic I-c- compton Constitution directly to the people of Kanzas for ratification or rejection. Thus, ac cording to the allegations and aspersions of the opposition newspapers and stump orators every man in Congress, except Quitman and Bonham, betrayed the honor and interests of the South. Let them pass, they don’t believe it themselves, and will be more "composed after the election. The principles in relation to slavery in the Ter ritories, established in 1850, and confirmed in 1854, it is demonstrated by this tedious review, were in no wise affected by any action upon the various measures submitted for the admission of Kanzas into the Union, except that all the bills proposed to admit her with or without slav ery, as her people might determine; and thus sanctioned and confirmed them to that extent, and put another and unanimous condemnation upon the odious principles advocated by Rufus King and the Federalists in 1820. Every Ab olitionist in Congress, by his vote, united with us in condemning them. - I have thus traced, as briefly 1 as possibly, the whole history of the legislation of Congress on slavery in the Territories, and States, from the beginning of the Government until the present time, in order plainly to demonstrate the cor rectness of the legislation of 1850, and 1854, in relation thereto, and to vindicate that legislation against all assailants and to prove its conformi ty with tiie Constitution and the sound practice of our fathers. This liecomes the more neces sary from the constant assaults which have re cently been made upon it, not only by the op position, but by leading gentlemen of the dem ocratic party, in the South and in tho North. 1 was one of your representatives when these measures were passed, when these principles were adopted. I gave them an earnest and ardent support to the full extent of my poor abilities, and if they inflict wrong upon my country, I am one of the perpetrators, and plead nothing in extenuation of your just condemna tion. The interests involved were too great to permit mistakes. “ Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.” 1 may safely leave the Territorial legislation of 1850 to the judgment already pronounced by the people of Georgia, in Convention assembled, and if that judgment need further vindication, it will be found in the practice of Government already reviewed; and in the remarks which I am about to offer in vindication of the Kanzas and Nebraska act of 1854, its legitimate and acknowledged offspring. There never was a public measure w hich re ceived more universal approval from the whole people of the South tlian the Kanzas-Xebraska act did at the time of its enactment. It was supported by nearly the entire delegations in both houses of Congress of all the Southern States, and the few who opposed were speedily condemned and punished by the people. The legislature of Georgia was in session and unan imously approved it The Democratic party approved, and the American declared that, the opponents of its slavery clauses were not worthy to liclong to tlieir party, not even .sound enough for a Know Nothing. It is true these latter speedily began tc cavil at it-; hut I U lieve that not tody doubts hut that it was rather from po litical necessity than conviction. Their candi date for tlie Fresidcney, Mr. Fillmore, liad then declared the repeal of the Missouri restriction, Pandora’s ltox! This act is still assailed by the Opposition on two grounds: First, They allege tliat it ac knowledges the constitutional right of the peo ple of the Territories, through the Territorial legislatures, to establish or prohibit slavery at their own pleasure. Second, Because ft abdi cates the. power of Congress to protect slave property in the Territories, until such Territo ries are admitted into the Union. But not only the Opposition make the listst charge, hut a few Democrats have united with them in it, among olleague has enrol- uouiHumn^u. J.“ J whom, I regret to see, my colleague has cnrol- the Supreme Court of the United States, and himse i f and i aul thus compiled to defend that august tribunal condemned it as uncon- ; of the Democratic party, and my own, stitutional and void. 1 bus has every depart- _ ^ J ■ • ment of the Federal Government condemned this doctrine of Congressional prohibition in the common Territories, and to-dny every Territory of the United States is as t ree and open by law to the settlement of tbe people of all parts of tho United States, with their property of every discretion, as the State of Georgia. To-day, as far as I know or believe, there is not a single inhabitant of any organ ised Territory belonging to the United States who complains of any want of protection to his person or property. No serious attempt has been made in Congress to disturb these great principles since the year 1854. The controversy which arose concerning the ad mission of Kansas into the Union in no degree legitimately involved them. The Territorial legislature of Kansas, by law, called a oon vention to frame .a Constitution preparatory to admission into the Union. The freeaoil party, who, it appears, were a large majority of the people, refused to recognise this legis lature, or its law, or the acts and doings of the convention which met under it at Lccomp- lon, but that portion of tbe people who adher ed to the Territorial government, acted under tbe law, elected a convention which framed a Constitution establishing slavery and refer- ing the slavery clanso of their Constitution to tlie people. The free soilera refused also to vote on this submission, its friends voted for tlie amendment, it was declared incorporated into the Constitution and a regular applica tion was then made to Congress for admission into the Union under that Constitution. The application was violently opposed by all the Black Republican party, by n small minority of the Democratic party in the Senate and by a considerable minority of that party in the House, and by a large portion ot the Ameri can party of the South both in the Senate and House of Repres wtatives. The bill to admit Kansas as a Stale uuder the Lccompton con stitution without condition or qualification, passed the Senate by a large majority, and was there supported by Democrats and none oth ers (except Mr. Kennedy of Mnryland, nn A- mcrican.) It was opposed by all of the Black Republicans, aud all of the Americans except Mr. Kennedy, and by Mr. Douglas and three other democrats. It went to the House and was there defeated on a test vote by one hun dred and twelve for, to ono hundred and twen ty votes against and in favor of the Montgom ery substitute. It was tlicro supported by all of the Southern Democrats, by thirty-one out of fifty-one Northern Democrats, by all of the Southern Americans except six—to wit Messrs. Davis, Ilicord, and Harris of .Maryland, Mar shall and Underwood of Kentucky, and Gilmer of North Carolina. If any four of these had voted for the bill it would have passed by the aid of the Speaker’s vote, but these South A- mericans united with the Abolitionists and de feated the bill. The House having substituted the Montgoiu- -ry-Crittenden hill for the Senate bill, and thus aimed it, it came liack to the Senate, was reject ed, and then went as usual to a committee of conference. This committee reported hack the hill known as the English hill. This hill in no wise differed in principle from the original Sen ate bill- it was in no respect worse for the South, for Kansas, or the country, and it received my hearty support In presenting her Constitu tion Kansas submitted a demand from her Con vention for above twenty millions of acres of the public land; that demand wc refused in tlie t proposing to admit her under the Lccompton constitution. She certainly had the right to refuse our act of admission, thus altering her proposition, whether wc expressly submitted not only against the assaults of the Opposition, hut against those of one of its own chosen lead ers. The hill vindicates itself from the charge; upon the sulject of slavery it contains no doubt ful word, phrase, or sentence. So careful were its framers on this point, that in order to pre vent the perversion of its meaning, a clause was inserted in it construing it for friends and foes, which led to tlie charge, hv Col. Benton, that wc had “injected a stump speech into its belly.” I aver that the charge that it ever had two con structions, or that any two persons who voted for it ever placed different constructions upon any single sentence in it, is wholly untrue, as far as my own knowledge or information extends. The nineteenth section plainly declares, in the language of the Utah and New Mexico acts of 1850, that the Territory, when admitted as a State or States, “shall be received into the Un ion with or without slavery, as tlicir constitu tions may prescribe at the time of tlicir admis sion.” The twenty-eighth section extends the fugitive slave act Over Uie Territory. The twen ty-seventh section allows an appeal to the Su preme Court’“in all cases involving title to slaves,” without regard to the value in contro versy. The thirty-second section declares that “the Constitution and all laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, sliall have the same force and effect within said Ter ritory of Kanzas as elsewhere within the United States, except the eighth section of the act pre paratory to tlie admission of Missouri into the Union, "approved March Uth, 1820, which being inconsistent with the principles of non-interven tion, by Congress, with slavery in the States and Territories as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise meas ures, is hereby declared inoperative and void, it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, hut to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form aud regulate their domestic institutiomt, in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United Stales—provided tliat nothing herein contained shall he construed to revive, and put in force, any law or regulation which may have existed, prior to the act of lith March, 1820, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting or abolishing slavery.” These arc all the clauses in the bill which affect slavery; nobody pre tends to misunderstand the nineteenth, twenty- seventh or twenty-eighth sections. The thirty second section extends tho Constitution and all laws, not locally inapplicable, over the Territory, except the eighth section of the act of 1820. That section of the law of 1820, prohibited sla very in the Territory; that was the hone of con tention. That law excluded more than one third of the people of the United States from the equal enjoyment of their own property, unless they first divested themselves of property law fully held in their own States. Tliat law this section declared “inoperative and voiih” and gave the reasons for it. The next clause was inserted avowedly and expressly to interpret the preceding clause. The Abolitionists were then charging the Northern Democrats as they are now, with extendingand establishing slavery by act of Congress. This was expressly denied by tlie Democracy both of the North and the South. We said that tins prohibition was un constitutional and unjust, and was tlie obstacle apd the only existing obstacle to our free entry into tlie Territory; that we wished tliat repeal ed, but tliat wc then asked no other legislation by Congress on the subject, nor did we seek in tliat hill any legislation directly or indirectly establishing slavery. Therefore, it being charg ed that the repeal of the eighth section of that act would, by legal construction, revive the old French pro-slavery laws, we accepted the last proviso, which negatived that construction— thaTQuestion to her or not. The lir>t act of ad-1 we were willing to accept a tabula rata, holding mission did not expressly submit the question that slavery was lawful wherever it was not pro to her • the English act did expressly submit it. | hibited by law—we were willing to legislate on Both hills admitted her with her pro-slavery our own principles, and to stand by them and constitution without challenge or condition, all of thetr consequences. Wc thus swept away 1 tll : s wa \j all tlie difference in them. Both I all Congressional impediment to the free enjoy- 1 t.Mn to me. and neither violated any I mem of our rights, and rescued tlie Constitution pretty. • The people of thc-gTerritories had in no one instance, from the foundation of tlie Re public, ever attempted any such iniquity, considered ft wise, prudent'and politic, to settle the question against our known enemy (Con gress), even i( 1 left it unsettled as to our known friends (the people of the Territories). W< could not settle tlie question of tlie power of tho people over slavery, while in a Territorial con dition, because the Democracy differed on tliat point; and whenever the Democracy differ, wc liave hut small hope from the Opposition even of the .South. They are generally in sufficient sympathy with the common enemy always to embarrass and frequently to defeat us. We, therefore, declared in the bill, that we left the people of the Territory “perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in tlieir own waj-, subject only to the Coustitution of the United States.” This clause neither attempted to give to or take away from tlie people of the territory a single right or power, but it provided for a con stitutional arbiter to settle not the bill, but the constitution. Our difference was not on the construction of tho hill, hut it was on the con struction of the constitution. We therefore, provided for a reference of the constitutional question to the Supreme Court. It has gone there, it lias been decided in our favor, and vet we have men who take so little trouble to in form themselves as to assert and pretend to be lieve tliat the Kansas aet acknowledged squat ter or popular sovereignty. If the Kansas hilr had never been passed, this question ofpopnlal sovereignty would have been still unsettled ; if if it had been defeated by the Opposition we would have hail the Missouri restriction settled against us by Congress and popular or “squat ter” sovereignty, standing precisely where it docs to-day! Therefore it is just as stupid as false, to charge that hill with establishing any such doctrine in any degree whatever. It kil led Congressional prohibition, and none but the friends of that iniquity have the least right to complain of it. It was well known at the time that the southern friends of the measure gener ally repudiated the whole doctrine of popular sovereignty in the Territories. I stand on the records of Congress from 1848 to this hour, its steady uncompromisingadversary; I have noth ing oil that subject to mollify, explain or recant By the laws of nations a people who arc con quered or bought arc governed by the will of tlie conqueror or purchaser; they have no road to sovereignty except through revolution or compacts. Until our Territories acquire sov ereignty by one of these modes I sliall continue to hold that the jurisdiction of Congress over them, is exclusive anil paramount, I do not Hay unlimited. All power must necessarily he lim ited by the terms of the grant, and the objects of the grant. The -power of Congress over the Territories is an implied power, therefore, lim ited by the objects of the grant In tlie lan guage of Mr. Madison, “the right being given from the necessity of the ease and in suspension of the great principle of self government ought not to he extended farther nor continued long er than the occasion might fairly require.”— Yet it exists, and Is wholly incousistent with popular sovereignty. From the day of the a- doptiou of the present Constitution to this hour the Federal Government have claimed and ex ercised the right to govern the Territories accor ding to tlicir own will and pleasure subject on ly to the Constitution of the United States. It lias steadily claimed and exercised the powers tocontrol tlieir legislation in all cases whasotever without question or protest, therefore, on neith er principle or authority has this new position of Senator Douglas a single leg to stand upon, yet I do not Ifilana In flmsu wlao denounce him ; the organization of the Democratic party lcavts this as an open question, he Is at full liberty to tike cither side he may choose, und if he main tain his ancient ground of neither making or accepting new tests of political soundness, I. shall .still consider him a political friend, and will accept him as the representative of the par ty whenever it may tender him, and in the meantime if he should even wander after strange gods, I do not hesitate to tell you that with Ills errors I prefer him, and would support him to-morrow against any Opposition man in Amer ica. I have but a single point remaining to present to you on this occasion. Wc are told that wc must put a new plank in the Democrat ic platform, and demand the affirmance of the duty of Congress to protect slavery in the ter ritories, whenever such territories fail to dis- cliargc" this unquestionable duty. Some of the Opposition leaders say if you will do that we will act with you. Now, I reply I do not think ise to do the thing proposed—and in the second place, I do not think tlie inducement proposed helps the proposition. While I have already asserted full and complete power in Congress to do this thing, I think with Mr. Madison, that such a power should he most pru dently and carefully exercised; that it ought uot to be exercised until occasion for it is im perative. • There has been no occasion for its exercise from 1789 to this hour; there is no case to-day calling for it, and I ain more than willing that the Territories shall continue to govern themselves in tlieir own way, so long as they respect the rights of all the people of the States and their own fellow citizens. I will not insult them by supposing them capa ble of disregarding the Constitution as expoun ded by the Supreme Court; I will not insult them by assuming that they are incapable of honest self-government and "are capable of abu sing power to the injury of their fellow citizens. If they should show themselves incapable of honestly exercising tlie powers with which we have entrusted them, perhaps the judiciary may he adequate to right the wrong. It may ho that the powers of the executive may be adequate to that purpose but if all these safeguards fail, I shall then he prepared to protect all the rights of all the people in tho Territories as well as elsewhere by all the powers of the govern ment But I sliall prescribe no new tests of party fealty to Northern Democrats; those who re main of them have hitherto stood with fidelity and honor upon their engagements. They have maintained the truth to their own hurt* they have displayed a patriotism, a magnanimity rarely equalled, never excelled in the world's history, and I shall endeavor in sunshine and storm, with your approbation if I can get it, without it if I must, to stand by them with a fidelity equal to tlieir great deserts. If you will stand with me and them wc shall conquor faction in tlie North and in the South, we shall save the country from the curse of being ruled by the heterogenous compound now calling it self the opposition, and shall leave this great country for our children as we found it, united, strong, prosperous and happy. fertilizers ' GENERAL* AGENCY. ryrhe undersigned respectfully announces Planters and others interested, that they are con stantly receiving direct from the Islands, and from the manufacturers, tho following most ArmorxD Fzetilizziu how shown, all of which have been thoroughly and satisfactorily tested, viz: No. 1 Peruvian Guano, Sombrero Guano, Rhodes’ Super Phosphate of Lime, National Fertilizer, Ground Plaster. These articles, wbicli will have onr brand, and be guaranteed as genuine, we shall, at all times, be prepared to furnish in amounts required, and at the lowest prices. The “Super Phosphate,” and "Fer tilizer,” at manufacturers’ rates, with expenses of transportation added. PATTEN -4b DULLER. Savannah, May 3—ly Change ot Schedule- SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON STEAMPACKETLINE IN CONK SECTION with the CENTRAL and North Eastern Rail Roads, rp IIK splendid and Fast Running ■ J file GOllDON, F. Harden,Commander,leavesSavan- nab for Charleston every Sunday and Wednesday afternoons at 3 o’clock und connects at Charleston with the traiu of the North Eastern Rail Road going North; returning, leaves Charleston every Monday aud Friday uight at o’clock (after the arrival of tho oars of the North Eastern R. Road.) and ar rives at Savaunah early the following mornings. By this mute Passengers can obtain through tick eta to and from Savannah, Ga., and Wilmington, N, Carolina. Having a through freight arrangement with the the Central Rail Road anu its connections, all freights between Charleston and the interior of Georgia con signed to the agents of this line will be forwarded with dispatch and FREE of CHARGE. J. P. BROOKS, Ag’t, Savannah. E. LAFITTE & CO., Ag’ts, Charleston. jan io MACON & WESTERN BAIL ROAR O N and after Thursday, 15th July, the Trains .vili be run as follows: Leave Macon at 12 night. Arrive at Atlanta 7.15 A. M. Leave Macon at 10 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 4.00 P. M. Leave Atlanta at 12 night. Arrive at Macon 7.15 A. M. ^ Leave Atlanta at 11 A. M. Arrive at Macon 5.00 P.M. The night train will not be run on Sundavs. The 12 night traiu from Macon conuects with the Geor gia R. Road for Augusta, at 10 A. M., and Atlanta West Point R. R. at 12.15 A. M. • The 10 day train from Macou, conuects with the Western and Atlantic Rail Road for Chattanooga. Dalton, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, at 5.00 A. M., with Georgia R. R- at 12.00 night and at At lanta Jc West Poiut R. R- at 12.15 A. M. • The completion of the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road, makes this the most pleasant and direct route to the -\7"±x-siML±£v Springs Through Tickets to which may be had at Macon, for *23 00, and to New York for *35 25. Further information in regard to this route can be had at the O-neral Tickrt iuly 12 Superintendent CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON THE Soiltli-Wcstern R. R. OVER WHICH PASSES THE GREAT NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS MAILS. this interfere Spring thee* thirl)’ years p*‘<* ,ition. l ur anil cued Fire Proof Composition to Resist Fire for Five Hqdm-—Dissolve, in cold water, as much pearlash as it is capable of holding in solution, and wash or daub with it all the boards, wainscoating, timber, See. Then di luting the same liquid with a little water, add to it such a portion of line yellow clay as will make the mixture the same consistence as common paint; stir in it a small quantity of paperhauger's flour paste, to combine both the other substances. (Jive three coats of this mixture. When dry, apply the following mixture: Put iuto a pot equal quantities of nclfiy pulverized iron tilings, brick dust aud ashes ; pour over them size or glue water; set the whole near a fire, anu when warm stir them together. With this liquid composition, or size, give one coat; and on its getting dry, give it a second coat. It resists tire for five hours, and prevents the wood from ever burst ing into flames. It resists the ravages of fire so as ouly to be reduced to coals or embers, without spreading the conflagration by addi tional flames; by which five clear hours are gained in removing valuable effects to a place of safety, as well as preserving the lives of all the family from danger! Furniture, chairs, tables, &.C., particularly staircases, may be so protected. Twenty pounds of finely sifted yellow clay, a pound aud a half of ileur for making the paste, and one pound of pearlash, are sufficient to prepare a square rood of deal boards. When the Chiuese were told the risk we ran of being roasted alive in our many- ‘ t "What lit- tliat compels ho persists in Two Daily Trains between Macon <$• Columbus Leave Macon at 11.45 p. m. and 9.45 a. m. Arrive at Columbus S.35 a. m. aud 3.45 p. m. Leave Columbus 4.00 a. in. and 3.45 p. in. Arrive st Macon 9.50 a. m. and 9.18 p. m. On and slier Sunday. September 4th. the Passen ger and Mail Train for Albauy and Cuthbert will run as follows: Leave Macon, at 10.40 a. in., arrive at Albany, at 5.41 p. ni. esve Albany, at 1.40 p. in., “ “ Macon at 8.44 he Mail and Passenger Train from Cuthbert will connect with the Albany Mail Train st Smitliville, No. le. South Western R. R. Leave Cuthbert, at 12.45 p. in., arrive st SmithviUe, st 3.18 p. m. Leave Smith ville, at 4.05 p. m., arrive at Cntbbert, at 6.39 p.m. Making the connection with the up and down Al bany Mail Train. Trans to Columbus form a through connection to Montgomery, Alabama and Augusta, Kingsville Wilmington. Savannah, Milledgoville and Eatonton. Post Coaches ran from Albany to Tallahassee Bainbridge, Thomasville, Ac., daily; also, tri-week ly from Dawson to Cuthbeit, Fort Gaines, Ac. Hack9 run six times a week from Fort Valley to Perry, Haynesville and Ilawkinsville, and tri-week ly to Knoxville, Qa. Passengers for points below Fort Valley, should take the Day Trains from Augusta and Savannah to avoid detention in Macon. For other points lake ei ther Train. First class steamships leave Savannah for New York, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Passage in the Cabin 815, Steerage *6. Through Tickets can be procured from Hail Road Agents at Montgomery, Columbus and Albany via Savannah to New York, by Steamships, in Cabin, as follows: Montgomery *26; Columbus <23 ; Albany *24 25. VIRGIL POWEHS, Eng rASnp’t. Macon, Sep. 6, ’59. STRONG & WOOD, Dealers in BOOTS & SHOES, Leather, Ilats A Caps, At their olil Stand on Second Street, Opposite BOSTICK & KEIN, MACON. GEORGIA, H AVE now a full supply of Goods in their line, to which they are making constant additions, of all the different styles of workmanship and wear, and which will be sold on as good terms, for cash or approved short credit, as any Shoe establishment in Georgia. They solicit a continuanco of the liberal patronage so long enjoyed by the firm, may 31—ly THE GREATFEYER AND AGUE 3EIEMEDY. THE GREAT ELIXIR THE GREAT ELIXIR IS WARRANTED TO CURE IS WARRANTED TO CURE FEVER AND AGUE. FEVER AND AGUE. TIIE GRENADA ELIXIR THE GRENADA ELIXIR IS WARRANTED TO CURE IS WARRANTED TO CURE CHILLS AND FEVER. CHILLS AND FEVER. THE GRENADA ELIXIR THE GRENADA ELIXIR IS WARRANTED TO CONTAIN IS WARRANTED TO CONTAIN NO MERCURY OR ARSENIC. NO MERCURY OR ARSENIC. The Grenada Elixir is warranted to cure in every esse where every other remedy fails, or the money will be refunded. Tins Elixir is warranted to con tain nothing the least injorions to the system, and can be given in all cases nnd under all circumstan ces with perfect safety. Try a bottle and be con vinced that it is not only tbe Rest but tbe CHEAP EST remedy before the public. A 61 bottle has enred from 5 to 6 cases. Prepared and sold wholesale and retail by PEMBERTON A CARTER. Colnmbus, Georgia.; Also, sold by all Druggists in tho city and through out the country, july 12—l in For sale by DR. E. L. STROHECKEK. To Southern Dealers! J. H. RANSOM & C0„ 39 COURTLAND AND 39 DEY STREETS, IIW VO It 14, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS & SHOES, HAVE constantly onhan«l a LARGE STOCK OF FINE and NEGRO GOODS, expressly for tho Southern Trade, which they will sell at the lowest market prices for cash or approved credit. jan 18 Book Binding’. CLANK ACCOUNT ROOKS made toorderof J3 Courts and Counting House, aud the numbers printed on the pages without extra charge. MAGAZINES, MUSIC AND LAW’ ROOKS, bound in neat and uheap styles. DAVID ROSS, Cor. 3d tuid Cherry Streets, feb 1 Over George T. Rogers A Son* T HE subscriber ha* purchased the Right to Kow- and'* Patent Carriages and Springs for Blank Account Books, which he will put on work when instructed. DAVID ROSS, feb l MACON DIR,XTGr MARKET For 1859, W ILL be kept constantly supplied with all the most desirable articles in the line of MEDICINES. CHEMICALS PHARMACUTICAL PREPARATIONS, SADDLE BAGS. INSTRUMENTS, SPICES. .MEDICINE CHESTS, PERFUMERY, Ac., Ac., from the Store of 7.EILIN * Opposite Telegraph Building, Macon, Ga. Now is tlie Time to suoserme LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL JOURNAL, DZTOTZD TO Art, Science, Literature, Agriculture, Eomanco, and Hews. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY J. BUSSELL & CO., IN THE CITY OF MACON, GEORGIA. The most Eminent Writers of tlie Day Contribute to its Columns. Trasc*, inyakiault ix Adtaxci—One subscriber on«» year, $2 00, with Lottery Ticket* worth $1.00—four subscribers one year, S6.00, with Lottery Ticket* worth $1.00— ten sub scribers one year, 812.50, with Lottery Tickets worth $10.00. the Ticket* to be rejected by the subscriber* from *ny of 1I0DGE3, DAVIS & CO.’s Scheme* of the Consolidated Lotteries of Georgia. N. B. A specimen copy will be sent to any ono who desires It, free of cost, when further particular* will b« 4 furnished and inducement* offered to subscriber*, superior to those of any other literary journal now published. {£?* Don’t fail to send for a Copy. Subscriptions will be received at the office of the American Republic, in Ralston’s Building on Third Street, until October 1st, when the office will be re moved to Ayres’ new Building on Mulberry street. *vg 30 FRESII ARRIVAL OF DRY GOODS. (\ c CASES PRINTS, 25 do. Ginghams, 25 cases /iOPrinted Muslins, 13 do. Stripes, 12 do. Bleach ed Shirtings and Sheetings, 5 do. Organdio and Ba rege Robes, 2 do. Printed Jaconets and Swiss Mus lins. The above, with every other article usually kept in the DRY GOODS LINE. Having been recently purchased in New York, at the Package Auction SaIes.-To purchasers of goods by the quantity, we would say, that onr prices will induce you to purchase, as we are otTering Great Bargains. (july 26 ) J. B. & W. A. ROSS. WAR! WAR!! WAR!!! ON DRY GOODS, E, EINSTEIN’S. I jEING obliged to repair < JU) menced a general warl our Store, we have com- U .u-J.irr "f ext« r.niimtion of prices on onr Goods. We are now selling the balance of our stock of Goods at !¥ew York Cost, To make room, among which will be fouud a bexu- tifnl Stock of French Lace Mantles and Points, Double Jape and two Flounced Silk Robes, Double Skirt and two Flounced Barego Robes, Organdies and Ja conet Double Jape Robes, Figured end Striped Fancy Silks, Plain and Fig ured Black Silks, Swiss and Ja conet Coliars and Sleeves, Embroidered and Lace Setts, Kid Gloves, Ladies&Misscs 3E5S Hosiery, Hoop Skirts, Muslins of all kinds, Men’s and Boy’s wear, Bleached and Brown Sheetingand Shirting. Irish Linens. Table Damasks, Linen Drills and far mer's Satin, Cottonade, Ac., Ac. EP*Call and see for yourselves. ELIAS EINSTEIN, jnne 7 Cor. 2d St. and Triangular Block. New Goods AT E. SAULSBURY’S. E is now receiving a very large and well assor ted Stock of SPRING CLOTHS, CASSl MERES and VESTINGS, of the latest importations.. Ho has also received the report of Fashions tor this Spring, with a wietyofnowandelegautslyles. His Stock of Fine READY -MADE CLOTHING will be replenished with tho changes of the Seasons from the best houses in Nc-w York. HisFURNISHING GOODS comprise everything that is new and desirable, in the way of Hosiery, Shirts, Collars, Ties. Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Ac.- AJI of which he invites his friends and customeis call and examine, mar 1 FOR SALE. O r. A RUNES CANDLES, 50 do. Soap, 100 do. Soda, 20 do. Mustard, 20 do. Yeast Powders, 20 do. Tea, 55 do. Pickles, 75 do. Starch. July 26 J. B. A W. A. ROSS. PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. 1 r Afifi LBS. Pure Lead, 5,000 do. Pure and J O.UUU No. 1 Zinc, 100 Boxes Glass, 80 Bar rels Oil, all kinds, with all kinds of colors, for sale low by (july 26) J. B. A \V. A. ROSS. FOR SALE. hoxesJCANDY, 10 do. Loaf Sugar, llOb.ir- 1 UUrels Sugar, 200 sacks Coffee, 100 boxes To bacco. 50,000 Cigars, 100 Gross Matches. jnly 26 J. B. & W. A. ROSS. FOR SALE. , r A sacks SALT, 50 hhds. Mol»*»®»,oso lihds J.OUU liarnu, cobarrels Lard, 50 barrels Vine gar, 25 dozen Brooms, 25 dozen Shovels and Spades 400 doz. Buckets, 25 doz. Axes. july 26 J. B. A W. A. ROSS. OSNABURCS, YARNS, KERSEYS AC., AC., AC. 1 Sft I*** 6 * No. 1, Osnaburgs, 95 do. No. 2 Osna- J.OU burgs, 175 do. Georgia Kerseys, 100 do Macon Sheeting, 20 do. Macon Drilling, 26 do. Ma con 7-8 Shirting, 200 Macon Yarns, for salesat Fac tory prices, by J. B. A W A. ROSS, july 26 BOLTING CLOTH, cr\ PIECES of the celebrated Dutcn Anchor O Ubrands of Bolting Cloth, for sale at New York prices by (jnly 26) J. B. A VV. A. ROSS. IIATS! IIATS! - CASES of Hats, all kinds, will be sold at cost OOMerchants purchasing by the case. jnly 26 J. B. A W. A. ROS . Spring & Summer Fashions for 1859. TO THE LADIES! MRS. F. DESSAU, TRIANGULAR BLOCK, Adjoining Bostick, Kein & Co’s Store. G RATEFUL for the very liberal patron age of which she has so long been the re cipient from both city ami country, begs to’ _ _ announce to her patrons and the ladies generally, that she is now receiving her Spring and Summer Stock, consisting of every description ot ITIillincry Sc. Dress Trimming Goods, which for richness of material, elegance of style, extent and variety, are worthy of attention. Hi SILK, BAREGE AND ORGANDY ROBES, Laces, Mantillas and Cloaks, Traveling Dress Goods, Embroideries, Ribbons, Head Dresses, Flow ers, Wreaths, and Bouquets are all of the very la test importations, and will be sold at reasonable pri ces. All orders by mail promptly attended to. mar 29—tf Fancy and Staple DRY-GOODS. YE W STOCK. W E have just opened & large and elegant Sfoci of Goods in one of the New Stores under GRANITE HALL, Selected with great care to init tho trade of Macon, and adjoining country—among which are: SILK ROBES A LEZ, SILK ROBES DOUBLE JUPE, SILK ROBES VOLANTES, or 2 FLOUNCES, FANCY SILKS in great variety, PLAIN and FIGURED BLACK SILKS, EVENING DRESSES. DeLAINE and MERINO ROBES A LEZ. PLAIN anu FIGURED DeLAINES, PLAIN and FIGURED MKRINOE8, VALENCIAS, POPLINS, PLAIDS, POIL DE CHEVRES. MOURNING, and varf ous other styles of Embroideries, Real French Cambric and Swiss Collars, Setts, Handkerchiefs, Ac. Valenciennes Collars and Setts, Linen and Piquo Collars and Setts, Mourning CoUars and Setts, Illusion Berthas, Real Thread and Valenciennes Lares, Hosiery and Gloves, great variety, Dress Trimmings, Ribbons, Cloaks, from Brodie’s, SHAWLS—Nett, Stella, Long, Mourning, ana oioer varieties. A full assortment of STAPLE GOODS, Which we offer to sell on ns favorable terras as any House in the State. jyPLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE. N. 8. I’KIIDDEX ,V CO., oct!9 Granite Hall Block, Macon, (1» Mrs. S. Audoin, H AS returned from New York with a beautiful assortment of • SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, Consisting of all the Newest and most desirable styles of Frencla Hats, of every variety. Also, many rich and fancy arti cles, beautiful Embroidery, elegant Laces, Pompa dour Lace Betts, Hair Ornaments of every style, Grecian Curls, Side and Back Braids, Wigs, Fans, Ac. Call and examine for yourselves before pur chasing, as it will be much to your interest. She is thankful for past favors, and solicits a share of the liberal patronage of our thriving city and surround ing counties. Terms Cash. [mat 29. FASSMAN’S RON HOOPS AND TIES, FOR COTTON BALES. Price G cents per pound, 25 per cent, less Otan Rope. Any one considering the advantages of Iron over Rope as a material for binding cotton bales, will be surprised tliat it has not been adopted long since.— In is security against fire, there is an overwhelming reason for Its adoption. The presses in the seaport cities have been the maiu cause of its not being generally adopted; but now that objection is removed generally, and the Orleans Press, the largest in New Orleans, gives it the preference over rope. The Passman Iron Hoop and Tie is the improvement of one of the proprietors, and is adopted from the fact, that it is found, after long experiment, to combine the greatest merits in simplicity and facility of application of anvone yet tie. It is so prepared as to require no change for compressing. Thus obviating the only remain- : difficulty at the seaboard cities. The hoops aru sent of any length, from eight ot ten feet, and a full guarantee given that neither the Ties nor Hoops shkll break. And further, that all cotton bound in them shall be received on the same terms, at the Orleans Press, as rope bound cotton.— The weight per bale is about the same as rope, not one pound more or less. To show the opinion shipmasters have of it, we give the following, among numerous commenda tions we have: The undersigned masters of vessels, bavins' had cotton compressed with Passman’s new Iron Hoops and Ties, hereby recommend the same. The bales being well compressed, and the buttons or Loops, never breaking when thrown down in the ship’s hold, or when stowed. Li. Condey, Captain of ship Moses Davenport, Robinson, “ t% Madras, James Thomas, 44 44 Henry, A. Talbot, 44 “ Ilareasecket, John Dean, 44 •* James Flint, John C. Wilner, 44 44 Mulhouse, II. Kopenholdt. 4 ‘ 44 Ella A. Clark- . P. Merill, 44 Bark Kimball. The price of IIoops aud Ties at New Orleans is C cents per pound, and all orders will receive prompt attention. Liberal deductions made to merchants for city acceptance, by F. BELCHER, Agent, may 31—Cm 124 Commercial Place, N. O. CITY HOTEL, ff TALLAHASSEE, FLA. H-'il •I. L. DEiVIILLY, Proprietor- LA* Til* Stage Office is kept at thia Hotel. HAVANA SEGARS; AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. M EES A SALCEDO, Importers of Havana Se- gars, keep constantly on hand a large aud well selected stock of the best Havana and Domestic brand* from fs to 8300 per thousand, Corner Cher ry Street and Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga. aug 1C—ly", Now Is the chance to buy SunuikOf CLOTHING f AT COST ANTX> LESS! FOR CASH ONLY'. 1STO HUMBUG-! Our policy is to have a FRESH STOCK EVERY SEASON. C. H. BAIRD july 26 TelegraphBui'ding. SEW BOOKS; NKWJMK3 TU8T received atBoardman’s, Mitchelet on Love: Memoirs of Empress Catherine the Second- written by herself; Triumphs of Paul Morphy; Tbe Age—by the Author of Festus; Tho New and the Old; Sixty Year* Gleaning* •- Popular Tales from tlie Norse; Diary of Lady Morgan; Tent and the Harem; The Jealous Husband; Life of Jas. Watt; The Avenger, Sec.—& new volume, by DeQnincy Horses and Hounds; Law and Lawyers; Eric, or Little by Little; The Roman Question, by About j Episodes of French History, by Pardoe; The Cava lier, by G. P. R. James; To Cabs and Back ; Popu lar Geology, by Hugh Miller, edited by bis wife ; The Tin Trumpet; Science and Art of Chess; Hand Book of Draughts, Cesar Borgia. Also, a new supply of Prince of the House of Da vid ; The Pillar of Fire; Anecdotes of Love, by Lo la Montcz; The Autocrat of the Breakfast Tabk* German Literature in 12 volumes; The Land and the Book, by Thompson ; Curiosities of Literature, Ac., by D’lsraeH; Matrimonial brokerage in the Metropolis; Tho Adventures of Kit Carson : Em pire ot Austria, by Abbott; “What will he do with it?” byBulwer; Comptes Positive Philosophy; the cheap Waverly Novels, 25cts. each; Harper, Godey, and Peterson for August. A fine lot of Engravi ugs, &c., See. aug 2 Grans, P2-ifl.es, <Sz7C., Manufactured by MARKWALTM&MORSE; 3NC-A.C03ST, C3-.A.- FTllIE subscribers having formed a co-partnership A for the purpose of Manufacturing RiilCS, Double-Barrelled Guns nnd PISTOLS, They are now prepared to make the 11m Kill-, manufactured in the United States, upon Mr. Morse's entirely new plan. Guns Re-Stocked and Repaired on the most rea sonable terms, at short notice. The undersigned being Practical Workmen, guar antee all Work entrusted to their care, and invito the public to give them a trial, at the Floyd Hou- -. op posite Dr. Thomson's Drug Store. WM. MARKWALTEK, Late of Augusta, Ga. T. MORSE, Late ol Hodgkins A Son, Macon, Ga. aug 30—ly MRS. WINSLOW, A N experienced Nurse and Female Phy. ii inn, I. presents to tbe attention of mothers her SOOTHING SYRUP, FOR CHILDREN TEETHING, which greatly facilitates the process of teething, by •ofteningthe gums, reducing all infianmiatior.— will allay all pain and spasmodic action, and is sun to re gulate bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it will give rest to yourselves, and relief and health to your in fant*. We have put up and sold this article tor over ten yuan, and can say, in confidence and truth of it. whatwe have ne- say of any other lias it failed, in a to effect a cure, used. Never did stance of dissat- one who used it. all are delighted .lira, 'Winfelow’i gooiliiiig al efie ver been «bte to vn-tii. i when timely we know an in- isfaction by any On the contrary; with its opera terpig r* ■ — <1 mediSkTvirtue*. We speak in this matter “what we know,” after ten years exp»*rionoo, ami pledge our reputation for the fulfilment of what we here declare. In almost every instac.ce where the infant is suffering from jai* and exhaustion, relief will be found in fifteen or twenty minutes after tho syrup is administered. This valuable preparation is the prescription M one ofthe most experienced and skillful Nur.-.-s in New England, and lias been used with never miling success in thousands of cases. It not only relieve* the child from pain, but invigorates the stomai h amd bowels, corrects acidity, and gives tons and * nergy to the whole system. It wilf almost instantly re lieve griping in the bowels, and Wind Col to, and overcome convulsions, which, if not speedily reme died, end in death. "\\Y 1*< Ueve it tho best ; ; and surest rein. - dy in tho world, * , . . , 0 J : in all c .se* ft Dysentery and: SJy 1 - r e Diarrhea ru chi I dren, whether it ; rcelh,n ff‘ • arise* from teeth ing or any other cause. \\ e would say to every mother who ha*_ * child suffering from any of the foregoing complains — do not lot your prejudices, nor the prejudices 01 othere, stand between your suffering child and tU .* V. I *‘ I that will be sore—yes, absolutely ••tire—1>* ifllfw this medicine, if timely used. Full directi. i> 1. r using will accompany each bottle. Nom• uiiiin- unless tho fac simile of CURTIS A FEkKLN - .« ■ u York, is on the outside wrapper. r^Sold by Druggists throughout the world. Principal Office, No. 13 Cedar-st, >. Y. sep'6 1S59 ly Frice only 25 cents per bottle.