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The Prr«» and li»r
In the pro; nt political disorder, all the ludns-
trial enterprises of the country—the inaniifictura
of munitions of warcxcepicd — have suff-rod, to a
more or ! ;s extent. Some of them have been
nearly prostrated. With none other have its eff sets
been more serious'y fit, than with the newspaper
press. One un; versa! complaint comes up tram onr
•intern * iraries. of the loss of advertising business,
is tholifebiooi of every newspaper concern in which
the land. I'oere is not one that has not suffered .se
riously in titis particular, the result being caused
liv the general stagnation of trade “I every sort.
Practical non-intervention has cut off the northern
advertising from the press of the southern cities ;
hums merchants are lying upon the oars and have
no jubilant announcements of “Spring Goods '
to make to their customers; the Star Law lias
suspended the patronage of the Sheriffs and Clerks,
and nobody wishing to buy, sellers are cunlentto
keep w bat they have quietly stored away to await
the arrival of a better day. These causes com
bined have thrown unwonted hardship upon tic*
press generally, and wo doubt if there is one tnat
has not realized a painful void in its January col
lections, as compared with those of the years pre
ceding. ..
Hot, while all suffer, there is something peculiar
in the case of the press which the worid seldom
l.'iscs into consideration when it is enjoying the
fruits of editorial labor. When business slackens
in all other pursuits, a ready resort is f.uinJ against
actual loss, by the reduction of expenses. Em
ployees lira discharged, less work is done and to
Is- paid for, and a general curtailing is inaugura
ted throughout the establishment The expendi
tures are accommodated to the demand of the times;
and if men make less money, they have the con
solation of knowing that expenses are correspond
ingly reduced. Not so with the newspaper press.
Gdbd or hard times, the expenses are about the
same. Nobody expects a newspaper to fall off in
either the quality or interest of the matter it con
tains. and at the present crisis, when the public
are most on the qni rire for news, and important
events crowd upon the editor and demand a lm.s-
sion to liii columns, occupying even a larger
space and requiring much more money to print it
than in ordinary times, he finds himself compelled
greatly to increase his expenditures at r. time
when his receipts render him less able to encoun
ter the burthen-—.Sue. Republican.
Prayer by £>r. Ettanly.
The following is the prayer offered up
], v the Iicv. I >r. Manly, at fhe opening|
,1.„ -•.., cougiiiss iu tiiontgoTnery,
on the 4th inst.:
“Oh! Great Spirit of the Universe,
Thou niauest all things. r i hott inadest
man, upon the Universe. Thon hast en
dowed him with reason and the capacity
of government. We thank ’I lice, that
Thou hast here established a free govern
ment and a pure form of religion. W e
thank Thee for all the holy memories con
nected with our fathers’ history. '1 hou
wert fhe God of our fathers ; Oh, bo thou
our God. Let it please Thee to vouchsafe
thy secret presence in this Assembly. Oh,
our Father, we trust we can appeal to the
heart-searching God for the purity and
sincerity of our motives. It it were in
rebellion against Thee—if it were in vio
lation of any compact still obligatory
upon us that these Southern portions of
this great country are now withdrawing
from the government our fathers institu
ted, and proposing to set up a new one
if it were in rebellion against God, and
in profanation of any principle of pure
piety or dutv, we would not hope for thy
presence or blessing. Hut, Oh! I hou
licart-searcliing God, conscious as we are
of our sins, impurity and imperfection, we,
as a people, feel that we are in pursuit
mil) of our l ights—those rights guaranteed
to us by solemn campact and cemented by
the blood of our fathers—those rights
which the God of the Universe, whose are
all tilings, lias been pleased to bestow upon
us. And now, our Father, we humbly re
cognize thy hand, in all providences
which have brought this Southern Con
gress together, and since it is in thy goou
pleasure it has met agreeably to appoint
ment, O, Thou spirit of wisdom, endow
thy servants with all necessary grace—
with every gift—with deliberation, and
with purpose—and grant that they may
have wisdom adapted to the trying con
tingencies imposed upon all, and for all
that vast condition of affairs they are now
to consider and dispose of. Oh, let it
please Thee to direct their minds in all
those elevated matters and holy purposes
that should control the minds of legisla
tors. i hrpet tkem oil, w r o |*rnv i boo.
that they may immolate all the claims of
ambition, with the lust of spoils or the
desire of office and power—that they may
immolate every private and personal con
sideration and all party feelings in one
pervading desire for the welfare of this
great people. Oh, God, assist them we
pray Thee, to preserve republican insti
tutions and the purity of the forms of re
ligion without interference from the civil
government and bestow upon each one of
them health and strength of body, and
soundness and equanimity of mind, and a
calm and rational state of feeling and pur
pose, aiming directly at the glory of God
and the welfare of the whole people.
And, Oh, Father, let each one be prepar
ed to stand by the claims of duty, what
ever may come, and in all the hours of
trial which arc to supervene ; oh, God, we
prav Thee to preserve them—to enable
them to stand up with this great people in
the exercise of their proper forbearance,
in all grace, prudence and wisdom, and
with a just regard for the welfare of their
several constituencies ; and God grant that
the Union of these Southern States, and
of all that may come into the union there
of may he based upon such principles, as
shall be perpetual, and as long as the sun
and moon endure, oh, may the government
now formed continue to endure.
And now, oh, God, preside over this
body in its organization—in the distribu
tion of its duties and in its various labors.
Let this momentous era—this stirring oc
casion, be so regarded by the Father of
mercies, the Gofi of the Universe, that it
may he the commencement of a glorious
seige of truth and duty—of equal rights
and of a just apportionment of all the
prixilcgvs and benefits pertaining to gov
ernment.
And now, Father in Ileaven, we ac
knowledge Thee as our God. 01), do
Thou rule iu us. Do Thou sway us. Do
tliou control this body and all the people
they represent, and let the blessing of
Thy Son and Holy Spirit be upon them
now and forever. Amen.
From the Providence Post.
To the ©cneral Anwuiblr of Rhode Islanil
“l,i-t justice be don s t. oils'll the heavens fall.”
At the era of the formation of the Federal Con trhi
lion, t ic wonl territory was the popular appellal .is
.nr Ini d. sad is so used at this day by very old per pic
m that the clause in the Constitution under which
Congress claims the power to legislate for the territory
the word territories Having been since coined to meet
an evident exigency, should rend thus; “Tin Congre
shall have power to disjswe of, and make all m -dtui
rules and regulations respecting the land or other pro
party b ‘longing to the United States, ,Ve., that is, es
tablish agencies, land offices, &c.. &c.,needful to dis
pose of it to advantage; the same as in regard toots
■r property, such gs surplusuuu useless military stores,
rations, See. Of course, under a fair interpretation,
the words used cannot confer legislative jurisdietion-
whicli, as far as it is conferred on Congress by the Con
stitutiou for the government of the District of C<*
lurnbin, 4k**., is expressly and carefully set forth in
language Hint cannot be misinterpreted t "The Con
gress shall have power to exercise exclusive Icgisl i
t ion in nil cases whatever over said District" ot Co
luinbia, “not exceeding ten miles square,” See. Mark
iiow carefully guarded the expressions—wiien confer
ring on Congress full legislative power over a district
but ten miles square, and yet we arc asked to believe
that the simply conferring ou Congress the power I*
oak ■ ne.-dful rules to dispose ot or sell tin* public lain:
icr property, V inters
1c;
fislative, or sovereign
square miles
|Mnv,-r. in fact, over millions
torv. Was ever so tame a word before used by fur.
P'liple on earth to delegate sovereign power over so
va-*t a domain ; the pow-w to “make Miles?” Again,
at that .Jay. a great horror existed in the minds of Un
people, for obvious reasons, against consolidated gov-
•rnuieuts and had tin* question been stated to onr fore
fathers tinder its present forced interpretation, it
would not probably have received u tythe of their
Vilt'-S.
It lit let us give that all up and admit that Congress
has power I *» legislate fur the territory ot I he United
Stat.--; as the word is now interpreted; that is, the
public domain. Mark, not public domains nor terri
tories, no such word appears in the Constitution, nor
no word was intended to appear. Of course all rules,
or as the word is now interpreted. laws, made for tl:e
■Government of the people of the public domain, must
lie general. Congress cannot say that stealing shall
be punished with death in New Mexico, and with ini-
pri-sinmcnt in Oregon. Congress may divide the pub
ic domain into sections for the purpose of disposing ot
t by sale. &.O., but it has no power to divide it for
the purpose of exercising arbitrary legislation. The
law for one section, so far as Congress makes the law.
must lie the law for another section, and in fact the
r.w for the whole. Congress cannot make a law to
protect one species of property, made so by eonstitu-
ioun! law, that does not alike apply to every other
■pecies of prop rtv. Congress cannot deny the right
>f Hie people of New .Mexico to. keep sheep, while it
per;uJ those of Utah to do so. Neither can they
i;-.: .*. a mere artitteiai Hne, and say to the purchaser
of a farm lying on each side . here your sheep may run
1 n pasture without molestation ; but then on the other
side of this hue we shall not answer for their safety.
Congress can certainly have no more power to legis
late for the territory, or even territories, than the Gen
•■"i! Asse nh'.y has "to legislate for the people of Rhode
Island. And what if to-morrow some petition should
come up stating that it was inexpedient to keep sheep
iu certain parts of the State, and the General Assembly
-lunilil declare by art that the people of Washington
comity should Continue to keep that kind of stock, hut
that t lie people of Kent and other counties should not,
and that >o tar ns those comities were concerned that
kind of proyertv should be outlawed : what would tin.
ople say' Would they not begin to apprehend that
the Legislature had run mad ? Well now let's incline
the argument a little. The Constitution ot the United
States is the supreme law of the land. That instrn
meat ordains that tile judicial power shall extend to all
eases in law and equity arising under tile Constitu
tion, the laws of the United States. &e., thereby mak
ing a decision ct the Supreme Court as much an ar
ticle of the Constitution as any other, botii as regards
the spirit and implication of the laws. A tremendous
power to be sure, hut one that must bo conferred
somewhere, on some body of men or individural man.
What could our forefathers have done better - Had
tin* Federal party succeeded in investing the execu
tive branch of government with a veto power it might
have led to a consolidated despotism . had the Demo-1
[ erntie party retained the same for Congress it might |
have led to confusion and anarchy. They Jell it where
they thought it would be safest, well appreciating the
fact that the perpetuation of the form of government
established depended more upon the mutual forbear
ance of an intelligent people to press exciting and
doubtful questions to extremes, than it did on the wis
dom of any fallible tribunal, to determine their limits
to a fraction. Well now, this wheel within a wheel,
this power within a power, the Supreme Court, has de
cided that negroes are property. It may he morally
wrong. Hat tim Supreme Court has no right to set up
moral defences against laws established by the Con
stitution, and if iu the judgment of that tribunal, the
language of the Constitution, when judicially inter
preted, Imre the construction it has given it, there re
mained no alternative hut for the court to decide so.
Now. seeing th -u that negro slaves are property under
the Con titutioi.; which instrument clearly does aud
is meant to spread its broad wings as a shield, and a
shield only in respect to all internal and domestic con
cerns, over the broad domain of this Union, including
States and Territories; what right has it to say to a
purchaser of the nation's territory or land, oil this acre
your negro servant shall be assured to you by the
laws of tlie United States as property, but if you place
aim to labor on that oi lier acre, that adjoins it, the law
is dead, and will no longer protect voui property. It
w as by departing from the broad idea that our fore
fathers contended for, viz; that no one community of
men should make laws for another, that has caused our
present troubles. Had we, like them, continued to
have faith enough in human nature to trust settlers on
our national domain to make their own local laws, and
left the problem of freedom or slavery to be worked
out, side by side, bv those upon whom the responsi
bility lay, without invoking the national Legislature to
the aid <>f either, aud forborne, at the North, East and
West, from passing discriminating laws; in respect to
what use and for what purpose our State institutions
should be used by the officers of the General Govern-
| evade or gainsay by ivistating laws; the requirements
of the Constitution as exixmuded by the Supreme
Court, there never would have been a foot more of
slave territory nor a freeman less in the Unititd States
than there is nt the present day; whilst there cau be
no doubt but that, several States from the other side
of Mason and Dixon's line would ere this have fol
lowed the footsteps of the North. We of the North
know not how to appreciate the sentiment of the
South. Man is the creature ot education; as we once duties ill Xc
were, so now in their region the Southern mind is ed
ucated to regard slavery osa necessay and perfectly
moral institution ; thousands of noble minded men and
women there feel it as much a duty to hold anil protect
their -lnves as we fancy it is that they should free
them. As long as we treated the South ns equals,
and did not intermeddle with their domestic affairs no
attempts were made by them to spread the institution
of slavery. It was not their interest to extend it. I!ut
they were compelled to institute such proceedings be
cause of our impertinent intermeddling ; whereby it
became necessary to strengthen the influence in the j
National Legislature by the admission of new slav
States. Nav. un
Tilt* taix-alfst gtcniiiisiry
The fireside is a seminary of infinite importance. It
is important because it is universal and because the
education if bestows being woven iu with tiic woof of
childhood gives form and color to the whole texture of
!in- There are few wiio can receive the honors of a
college, but all are graduates of the hearth. The learn
ing oil lie university may lade from the recollection,
its classic lore may moulder in the halls of memorv.
Hut the simple lessons of home enamelled upon the
heart ofehtidliood. defy tho rust of years, and outlive
the more mature but less vivid pictures of after
d lys.
So deep, so lasting indeed, are the impressions of
early life, that you often s o a man in the imbecility
of age 1ml ling fresh ill hi- recollection tho events of
childhood, while all the wide space between that and
the present hour is a blasted and fogotten waste.
Yon have perchance seen an oi l and half obliterated
isirtrait, and in the attempt to have it cleaned and re
stored. vo.i mav have seen it fade way, while a bright
and more perfect picture, pointed beneath, is reveai-
e 1 to view.
This portrait, first drawn upon canvass, is no inapt
illustration of youth ; and though it mav be concealed
by some after design, still the traits will shine through
the ontwa: I picture, giving it tone while fresh, anil sur
viving it in decay.
Such is the fireside—the great institution furnished
by Providence for the education of man.
Sure the Sweepings —The New York correspon
dent of tic: Philadelphia Press says:
Happening at the publishing house of Harper
A Brother this morning, I was not a little sur
prised at a fact that transpired during my chat
with one of tbe firm. The foreman ot their Bin
dery, Mr. Kostnquest who lias for some thirty
years filled that position, came in with a bar of
gold valued at $307 .",4, accompanied with the as-
saycrV certificate. This amount wag the proceeds
of gold dust swept up tram the floor and wiped off
on rags used by binders during three months. I
was so much surprised at this bit of economy
that I asked what the value of their picked up
things amounted to in the course of a year, and
was told that the gold sweeping were worth about
$1,500, shavings from paper $5,000. Shavings
from pastboard $7,000, ana scraps from leather
Si 150—making an aggregate from those four sour
ces of $7.350 per aunum.
of monoplists, of dependents upon govern
ment bounties, of -contractors, candidates
for profitable jobs, and eager hunters after
places of pecuniary value.
By direct taxation, on the contrary, the
great majoritv of voters are bound to
gether by the ties of a common interest:
and, actuated alike, by considerations ol
self-interest, they will elect as their repre
sentatives the advocates of simplicity and
frugality in the government. Xoris this
all. Ina Confederation such as the late
one, and such as we are about again to
form, the industrial pursuits differ in dif
ferent States; and as it has so often been
clearly demonstrated, tbe agricultural and
exporting industry of one State is taxed
to give a bounty to the manufacturing in
dustry of another. This is a great in
equality. But what is more odious still, is
the inequality that this mode of taxation
produces between the. rich and the poor.
Duties on imported goods are a tax on
income, because the taxed goods are all
consumed. Hence it follows that the poor
man, with an estate valued at SI000, if he
spend -S200 annually in imported goods,
bought chiefly with the wages of his labor,
under a tariff of 20 per cent. duty, would
pay 40 per cent, taxes, or 4 per cent, on
the value of his property; while a man of
large wealth, with an estate of the value
of •>1100,000 for example, even if he spend
the large sum of >10,000 annually in taxed
goods; would pay but $2000, or about 70
cents percent, on the value of his proper
ty. The obvious impossibility, then, of
establishing anything like equality in this
method of taxation is, of itself, sufficient
to condemn it in the estimation of all boo
st legislators—those who sincerely desire
the equal distribution of the burthens and
enefits of government amongst the peo
ple.
In the case of the new Southern Con-
trdernev, the principle of perfect fire
trade with all the world, and of direct
taxes for the support of government,
recommends itself by new and peculiar
considerations of the, greatest weight.
By offering to England, France and |
other European powers the extraordinary ;
privilege of introducing their manufactures
amongst us free of all duty, you hold out
the strongest possible inducement for our
immediate recognition:—much stronger
than the supposed embarrassment to arise
from any interruption to the export of cot
ton, for this interruption will not be so
great, under any circumstances, as may at
first be supposed. The facilities for send
ing the cotton to any part of the continent
on the Atlantic, even into Canada, by
means of railroads and steamboats, are so
vast, that the stream of exports will readily
be turned in the direction of any port that
may afford facilities for exportation.
If we adopt the system of perfect free
trade, the Northern States will he com
pelled to adopt the same policy; and by a
sort of retributive justice, our enemies
shall tints contribute inducement to foreign
nations to recognize our separate nation
ality. Their manufactures, too, will be
kept in check by the competiiton of foreign
fabrics, and the truth be made to appear
that they have prospered upon the l ounty
extorted from the Smith through tho in
strumentality of their protective tariffs,
and not hv the superior economy and
virtue of white slavery over black, as they
have falsely professed to the civilized
world. Nor will any ingenuity of theirs
then suffice to make the South contribute
to the support of their Government. If
our people even adhere to their present
course of business, and permit New York
to continue the importation of the foreign
goods we consume, the goods will not come
to us charged with a tax that has already
been paid into the treasury of a Northern
Government. It has been argued that a
moderate duty ou all goods from abroad
would give protection to our commerce,
by subjecting goods coming from New
York, and that had already paid duty
there, to a second duty here. W e have
no confidence in the efficacy of this sug
gestion. Some goods will he warehoused
and exported to the South in unbroken
packages, as gunny bagging, for example;
and the great bulk of the foreign imports,
certainly all the tine goods that are sold
almost in retail quantities, will pay the
York, and be sent to the
South by a thousand channels of railroads,
rivers, Ac., and he introduced free of
duty. It would take half the revenue to
protect our widely extended frontier on
the North from smuggling. Aud if goods
can come by land ftee of duty, but not by
sea. it will be easily perceived that the
trade of bur seaports must be. entirely an
nihilated. And if the Northern Con-
collect taxes from any but our own people.
Why not then dismiss at once all these
complications and levy the taxes directly
upon the property of the country ? It the
associated Stales determine to laisc £2 : b-
000.000 of revenue, what difference can it
make to the people from whose pockets it
must he drawn by what method it is rais
ed. so that it be equally distributed ? We
have shown that an indirect tax cannot he
equally laid. A direct tax can be. If the
confederated States export the value ot
•>200,000,000 of their own productions,
wc may safely assume the value of their real
and personal property at $.'1,000,000,000
at least. Then $20,000,000 revenue would
be equal to 10 percent, import duty, or 6*
cents per centum direct tax. M ho would
hesitate to choose between these two pro
positions, when the last would emanci
pate our commerce from all restraints, give
equal taxation to our people, disembarrass
our relations with other States from every
complication, and force upon aggressive
neighbors an economical government and
a pacific policy '! Mercator.
.’Viitisnml Son" of thr Saiilh,
DIME DOODLE
Dixie Doodle is tlic tune
.Southern men delight iu;
’Twill do to whistle, sing or play,
And just the thing for fighting.
(’him.*:—Dixie Doodle, boys, huzza!
Down, outside, up the middle,
Dixie Doodle, fa, sol, la.
Trumpet, drum and fiddle.
Should uncle Sam, or Johny Bull
Wage war upon our shore sir,
We’ll give them such a gallant pull.
They’ll find their heads all sore sir.
Dixie Doodle, etc.
I’ll wager now a mug of flip,
And bring it ou the table;
Put Southern boys aboard a ship
To beat them they Hie able,
Dixie Doodle, <tc.
Now Dixie is a dandy place.
The people all are brothers,
And when one has a chicken pie,
He shares it with the others.
Dixie Doodle, etc.
. W« work and sleep and pray in peace,
Dut don't forget our triggers;
Our guns are ready for the men
Who co.ne to steal our niggers.
Dixie Doodle, &c.
Our girls are fair, our bo'ys are tough,
Our old folks wise and healthy;
And then we’ve everything enough,
That makes a people wealthy.
Dixie Doodle, Ac.
Tbe land we till is all our own,
Whate'er the price, we paid it;
And woe to any old John Brown
Who ever dare invade it.
Dixie Doodle, &c.
One God, one woman and one flag,
We worship and adore,—
Our motto is—let us alone,
We ask the World no more.
D ixie Doodle is the tune.
Southern men delight in;
’Twill do to whistle, sing or play,
And just the thing for fighting.
JHlflftO tOBKESrOADEAUE.
United States Steamer Niagara, f
Jeddo, Nov. 12, 1 Still, j
I sen.I by t|,.e first opportunity the amu.ur.oe.ncnt of
tne safe a* rival of tin* Japanese Embassy at tins
port one hundred and thirty-three days from New
lork. Tho entire puny h ive enjoyed the most per
fect health, and have returned in u most present side
condition. For almost the only lime since their de-
partmv from ourshores, when tln-y came in sigiit of
Fusijumm.r, the -Blessed Mountain,” their counte
nances displayed something analogous to wonder and
satisfaction, and indeed i*. was ujoyous sight, even to
the mariner whose tics of kindred and affection were
in other and distant lands. The immense bay was
stuided with myriads of sails, whose white canvass
glittered in the sunbeams, and whose graceful form
ski mined tin* waters ns if instinct with life—nioderii
murine architecture can boast no greater triumph tluiu
these beautiful boats For miles under slow steam We
pr« coed up the bay, the shore developing new and
picturesque scenes as we advanced, until suddenly
wo opened the immeusc mol wonderful city, which he*
that has not seen lurs not seen a wonder at least equal
to the renowned mid fair city of Seville. Our an
chorage is seven miles distant from the shore—a very
material objection either to safe or frequent visits,
as the weather is very cold un.i the winds are very
very fresii.
On the 10th the Ambassadors and the whole sop*
tuagint—kaniis, no kamis, cooks anil porters—were
landed in their own boats, fhe yards were manned,
the howitzers were fired, and the’ band playing iu the
best style ot Herr Rimbaeh, the leader, our own Amer
ican air, “Home. Sweet II,.uie,” and thus ended the
last net iu this eventful drama.
It: the evening many presc-uts were sent aboard,
consisting ot o.o di , b-ber, among which pre
dominated tin* favorite tipple of the facetious nod jo
vial Fulstull, aud here called suker Those who have
visited ttie shore to-day ali agree in the vast ness of the
city, and describe it us built, on lofty hills, ascended
by many steps aud traversed by noble Kis ers, spanned
by elegant bridges. The style of architecture is not
imposing; the palatial residences are surrounded by
high walls, enclosing vast areas of ot highly cultivated
gardens, fish ponds and ornamental trees.
Tin* residence ot our able anil excellent Minister,
Mr. Harris, is one of the ancient temples, which he
lias inude quite comfortable by the addition of many
American notions. For the officers of this ship a
temple lias been prepared. Horses, noiimons and
guides have also been plueed at their disposal, and
thus far there has been evinced a disposition to re
ciprocate the civilities extended to the Japanese Am
bassadors while on their visit to the United States.
A Prussian fleet is now at anchor in the bay of
Jeddo, having aboard a minister charged with the ne
gotiation of a treaty of amity and commerce. Thus
tar but little progress has been made, the Japanese
earing but little to extend the circle of their Commer
cial acquaintances. It is presumed however, that they
will again become the victims of necessity.
The Niagara will remain here ten days.—Corres
pondence of the A>«* York Herald.
From the Constitution.
Who h:irr fought the Buttles of the Cnion?
ham go for enforcing the laws ? No; he gloried in
defence of the liberties of America.—Momade that
memorable declaration in tbe British Parliament,
—“If I was an American citizen, instead of as 1
am.tin Englishman, I never wotild submit to such i
laws—never, never, never!’’ .Such is tha spirit j
that animates onr Southern brethren, and shall j
we war epon them for it? No, we must avert |
civil war if possible, and I close by exhorting my
brethren to do all in their poorer t) avert civil war.
Concession, conciliation—anything but that—and 1
no man amongst us, in his dying lionr will regret
that his conscience is clear, and that he can lay
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analyzed
twsys presents n* w.ti, the ilerneuD,
that ins conscience is clear, and that ho can lay ; y rf,.-os'VVv’Wait 'a , '‘““rat., and -i,,.. ,
, , , I- I 1 , II- II t.„. lit. KS lAhUAKI). A. dlv/.. the I, 1 .,... . * 1
Ins hand upon Jus heart and say, I did all m my j . ff,.riu*fro.„ c , igv n.wr c„nlpi»i„t, s> ' . ?*'>■■■+
in,wer to turn from th** bosom of my country tho I ■ kc. e,„i we tins m , , ..
. ., ,, lb* r«d rtobutrsol' Blw-t. Supply tuew rf-.. ... ' i'** ‘a
humble blow ot a civil war. ; w.-ii. >ri„* BLOOD Foot) i, * ,j..,, .f';? r V“*”
is.
[Southern Fed. Union.
i^roMidrnt.
ire, until our repeated aspersions and I f'ederacy arc prevented from filling til
[i had estranged the brot her! v feeling I, " , . , ■ , .
arts of aggression
,,f tin South from the North, even Abolitionists, who
sought to effect their ends only by moral suasion and
arguments; as did tie 'friends*'; were not only ttder-
Hted ut the South, in the very hot-beds of slavery, but
were received and treated kindly by tbe first families
in Charleston. And why / b-enn e the Charlestoni
ans felt that they were sincere, aud that their labors
were out of a desire to benefit the slave ratlu r than
out of bate to the masters. Ten thousands and lens of
thousands of slaves were offered to be freed by their
masters to the agents of the Colonization Society if
means could be raised to send them abroad. In many
instances large outfits being provided ’ey their masters.
And then was the time for tne friends of the colored
man to have stepped forward ami aided in the great
work of African colonization, by wbieli the limited
sufferings of a few, iu comparison, by affording n
school of instruction for pioneers and missionaries, wes
to work out the problem of African civilization.—
Harsh as is the law. innovation and irruption liav,-
ever b, -n Hie great civilizers of mankind. Africa was
an exception; there the white man could not live,
and irruption was impossible. Providence provided u
way to remedy the difficulty, and entrusted it to our
care. AVu have been faithless to our trust. Instead
approaching our Southern brethren iu the spirit of
love mid forbearance, we have treated a high.minded
and noble race of men with contumely and contempt
until we have driven them to madness. And what
has been the result? without benefitting ourselves or
I he slave, we have toppled down the most glorious na
tiontliat ever existed on earth in the full tide of its
prosperity. We have brought about a state of things
which, if not checked soon, very soon, will inaugurate
a civil war more sanguinary and dreadful iu its con
sequences than the world ever witnessed. To meet
tiiis emergency, let us retrace our steps until our feet
are firmly planted on the Constitution of the United
States, the only rock of defence that can possibly
withstand tbe coming storm.
THOMAS I£. HAZARD.
From the Mercury.
The Aontlirrn t'misrr.s nml I*'rre Trade.
One of the most important, if not the
greatest, of all questions to be brought
before tbe Southern Congress, will be the
question of taxation. Shall tbe treasury
of tbe new confederacy be filled by direct
or indirect taxation ? As a measure of
taxation alone, tbe latter method, whose
practical application is by a tariff of du
ties on imports. recommends itself by the
consideration that the tax is included in
the juice of the imported commodity
when it is sold, aud eluding observation,
is more willingly borne by the people. If
the object of governments was to raise
money, tbe scheme that would enable
them to extort the most out of tbe people
ought perhaps to obtain the nreference over
all others. But since it is or ought to be
the object of every people to have the
public business of the country transacted
us cheaply as may be consistent with the
respectability and dignity of their govern
ment, the method of taxation that reveals
to them most faithfully and promptly the
true cost of the government, and the real
source from whence the taxes are drawn,
should certainly command this preference.
If it is concealed from the view of the
mass of the people that the twenty millions
or fifty millions of revenue that flow an
nually into the public treasury are actually
drawn from their pockets, the effect is that
you have no class of conscious tax payers;
and as a necessary consequence, you will
have, as in the Congress of the United
States, no representatives of that class—
no champions of economy and law duties—
no advocates for a simple aud cheap gov
ernment. On the contrary, the representa
tive men like those in tbe Congress of the
United States, will bo the representatives
treasury by indirect taxation, aud forced
by our free trade policy to resort to direct
taxes, their treasury will be meagre
enough, and we shall be in no danger of
tbe extensive armaments, by sea and land,
of tbe present or any future military dicta
tor. Instead of the spoilsmen being alone
represented in their Congress, and combin
ing all over tbe country to possess them
selves of tbe rich prize of a redundant
treasury, the tax payers’ voice would al
most alone be beard; there would be a
lean treasury, a stinted expenditure, a
frugal government, and a horror of stand
ing armies and floating navies.
In our own Government tbe greatest
simplicity and the most prudent economy
would prevail. This economy would go
far to attach our people to their new Gov
ernment; and simplicity in our intercourse
with foreign nations, and still more with
the .States of the North, would afford us a
large security against the occurrence of
irritating questions, dangerous to the peace
and prosperity of the country. All na
tions would desire to trade with a country
that admitted its products free of duty,
and acts of hostility on the part of any, re-
sultiugas they would in the interruption of
their trade, would fail with most severity
on themselves; and other nations, profiting
by their exclusion, would have new induce
ments to maintain their friendly relations.
In considering this question, too, we
should carefully reflect on the altered re
lations to be established with the riparian
States of the upper Mississippi, and its
great tributaries, whose commerce finds
its chief outlet at New Orleans. Shall it
be said to them, you may come with your
teeming productions and export them with
out restraint to all parts of the world, but
when you bring back tbe returns in foreign
goods, we will tax them twenty per cent.,
or ten or one per cent.? Will these great
States consent to this ? For let it be ob
served, that no matter who imports tin*
goods, if duties are paid upon t Item in
New Orleans, the money goes into our
treasury; and when sold to the jreople of
tbe Northwest, tbe tax is paid by them.
Shall we who protested against the ine
quality and iniquity of such a system while
yet members of the Confederacy, expect
it to be borne by States who arc not mem
bers of tbe Government that would impose
this tax upon them ? Whether we expect
it or not, nothing can be more certain than
the certainty that they would not bear it.
How would all these complications be ad
justed I Aud wbat good end is answered
by creating them ? 'These States, if mem
bers of the Northern Confederacy, would
of course, in such a case, import through
the Northern ports, and put the duties into
their own treasury. W’e shall then lose
their trade altogether. If the) form a
Northwestern Confederacy, England would
compete with the North and South for their
commerce, and they could obtain free trade
through Canada if they had the wisdom to
seek it. There is no ingenuity or device
then by which this tariff can be made to
ii «<* ©i
i lit- fallowing is tin- Massacre of tin* President on
Ike preposition of Virginia to send coin mission era to
Washington on tke 4t!i of February, to take into con
sideration tin* iilarming condition o’t the country. It
was sent to Congress on Monday;
ro the Senate and House of Ilrprcsentatire.s
of the United States:
I deem it my duty to submit to Congress a series of
resolutions adopted by the Legislatnre of Virginia on
the llttli instant, buring in view a peaceful settlement
ot tlie existing questions which now threaten the
l nion. They were delivered to me on Thursday, the
tilth last., by Ex-President Tyler, who has left bis dig
nified and honored retirement in the hope that he inuv
render some service to his country iu this its hour of
need.
t hese resolutions, it will be perceived, extend an
invitation to ali such States, whether slaveliolding or
non slaveiioliiing. ns are willing to unite witli each
other in an earnest effort to adjust the present unhap
py difficulties i„ the spirit in which the Constitution
was originally formed, and consistently with its prin
ciples, so as to afford the people of the slaveholding
Slates adequate guarantees for the security of their
rights, to appoint Commissioners to meet ou the fourth
I day of February next, in the City of Washington,
j similar Commissioners appointed by Virginia to emi-
, siJcr, ami if practicable, agree upon some sort of ad-
I justment.
j I eonfess I hail tins movement on the part of Vir-
| giuia with great satisfaction. From the past history
j of this ancient and renowned Commonwealth we have
the fullest assurance that wlmt she has undertaken,
she will accomplish, it it ean be done by able, en
lightened and persevering efforts. It is highly grati
fying to know that other patriotic States have ap-
(minted Commissioners to meet those of Virginia in
council. \\ hen ‘ombled, they will constitute a body
entitled in an eminent degree to the confidence of the
country.
The Federal Assembly of Virginia have also resolv
cd. "that ex-Prcsident Tyler is hereby appointed by
the concurrent vote of each branch of the General
Assembly a Commissioner to the President of the Uni
ted States. and Judge John Robertson is hereby aj
pointed by a like vote a Commissioner to the State <
South Carolina and all other seceding States that have
eeeded or shall secede, with instructions to respectful
ly request the President of the United States, and the
authorities of such States to agree to abstain, pend
ing the proceedings contemplated by tbe action of
this General Assembly, from any and all acts cuicula
ted to produce a collision of arms between the States
and the Government of the United States."
However strong may he my desire to enter into
such ati agreement, I am convinced that I do not
possess the power. Congress, aud Congress alone, mi
ller tie war-making power, can exercise the discretion
of agreeing to abstain from any and ail acts calcula
ted to produce a collision of arms between this and
any other government. It would, therefore be a
usurpation for the Executive to attempt to restrain
their hands by an agreement in regard to matters
over which he had no constitutional control.
If he were tints to act they might pass laws whicli
lie would be turned to obey, though in conflict with
his agreement.
Under existing circumstances my present actual
power is confined within narrow limits. It is my du
ly at ail times to defend and protect the Federal
property within imrrow limits. It is my duty nt all
times to defend and protect the Federal property with
in the sec-ding States, as far as this may be practi
cable, nud especially to employ the constitutional
means to protect the property of the United States,
and to preserve the public peace of this scat of the
Federal Government. If the seceding States abstain
from any and nil acts calculated to produce n collis
ion of arms, then the danger so much to be depreca
ted will no longer exist. Defence and not aggression
lias been the policy of the administration from the
beginning.
But whilst I ean enter into no engagement such as
that proposed, I cordially commend to Congress, with
much confidence that it will meet their approbation,
!o abstain from passing any law calculated to pro
duce a collusion of arms, pending the proceedings
contemplated by the action of the General Assembly
of Virginia. 1 am one of those who will never de
spnir of the republic. I yet cherish the belief that
the American people will perpetuate the Union of the
States on some terms just and honorable to all sections
of the country*.
I trust that the mediation of Virginia may lie the
destined means, under Providence, of accomplishing
this estimable benefit.
Glorious as are the memories of her past history,
shell an achievement botii in relation to tier own fame
and the welfar
them all.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Washington City, Jauuaiv 28, lSril.
NORTHERN BOASTING BROUGHT TO THE TEST OF
OFFICIAL FIGURES.
The black republican press has dwelt often and
long upon tin* alleged preponderance of Northern
soldiers when tho battles of the Union were being
fought in Mexico. The North, it is said, lias con
tributed a greater portion of its bone and sinew
and blood to the army of ilia country than the
South has ever given : and the statement is reite
rated as a proof of superior loyalty, and oven su
perior courage.
Official records, however, exhibit tha utter falsi
ty of the pretension, and establish the fact that in
the Mexicau war, as in every conflict of arms, the
South gives up the best blood of iier citizens for
the maintenance of national honor and right with
a prodigality that stands in marked contrast to the
volunteer forces contributed by the free-labor
States. The following tabular statement is con
clusive upon the subject; showing, as it does,
that whilst fourteen slave States furnished 45,630
volunteers, tho free States and Territories furnish
ed hut 23,054. The disparity is marked; consider
ed from any point of view, but especially so in
regard to the relative population of the two sec-
lions. I he figures, we may add, are derived from
Executive Document No. (>2, ol ihe 1st session.
3ttth Congress :
N ati city ij the Regular Army m the Mexican \l'ar.
Non slaveholding States and Territories 28,556
From the LaUrange Reporter.
Is Drtnorrarj still to :*ulc.
The Americas Georgian, a Democratic paper, i
taking time, as it says, by tiie forelock, propos-s
what it considers a strong ticket for the offices
named, every one of whom are Democrats:
A. G. Brown, of Miss , President.
J. H. Haonuoud, of (South Carolina. Vice Presi
dent.
\V. L Yattcy, of Ala., Secretary of State.
1£. B. lihett, of South Carolina, Secretary of
Treasuay.
Jeff Davis, of Miss., Secretary of War.
John S;ideil, of La.. Secretary of Navy.
G. S. Hawkins, ofFta.. Secretary ot Interior.
M. A. Cooper, of Ga., P. M. General.
James Gardner, Jr., of Ga., Attorney Gene
ral.
Now.itth" Democracy are to mike old party
alignments the test for office, we shall believe that,
their only object iu erecting a Southern Confede
racy is to satisfy the cravings of Democratic office-
seekers. The Waynesbaro Xeics also has a simi
lar ticket—every man of which is a Democrat.—
We hope they do not reflect the sentiments of the
old Democratic party. If they do we now an-
nuance our intention to battle with all our might
against that diabolical old party. Indeed, we fear
tb it *ve shall have to spend the best years of our
life iu lighting that old rotten aud detestable con
cern. We would respectfully ask the Constitu
tionalist, Macon Telegraph, Columbus Times aud
others which we regard as a fair reflex of the Old
Democratic party, if they intend that such a policy
shall be pursued by their influence?”
The Atuericus Georgiau is certainly a very re
spectable print, but its administration appoint
ments will probably have to go before the South
ern Convention for ratification before th *y can
tjko effect. Till then, we would advise the Re
porter to take alarm or square itself for opposition
l'he idea that the party associations of the old, are
to control the new Kenablic, is about as absurd
and ridiculousas is that inveterate, undying prej
udice of which the Reporter furnishes a strong il
lustration. Hois inveighing against old party
spirit, and displays more of it in doing so than we
hope any other sensible man in the South will be
guilty of. He will “spend the best years of his
Ife”in fighting the new Southern Administration
—why? Not because it is in fault or unpatriotic,
but because it is [if so it should happen to be]
composed of men ivbo acted with the democratic
party under the government of the late United
States. I’oor fellow. He is cankered—corroded
—verjdiced with an exorable party spirit, which
outlives every possible occasion for it, and in tiiis
temper culls us to account foi tho exercise of par
ty spirit! Suppose the Reporter tries to elevate
its conceptions a little—to consider the past »s it
certainly is iu respect to party politics obliterated
and the future open to such new organizations as
may arise out of public necessities? — Telegraph.
To all
apt ion, iiir
itulie
•p!*’
tiering tr*u
r *»ui debility u! auy k
ti.rn, b.-oii-riit «m by l:ij cullb« ; or from
». > u dint***'* of tne k.dutyj* or biarider; anti t
from uiiy of tin* many tlihirussing casnjMauiu t
to, and which engroder commit prion, tbe
33XiOOD FOOD
is offered n-s u lh!l t’Al N AS i> RELIABLE UFMvu,
Differing in ••very particular from th- p.u-nr l, MKl) V.
•ifir, if ij m chemical oriiitnnatiuii of IRON. SUl plii » ° ! . l, ‘*
PHOSPHOROUS. •; very *„«t wortl,. ..i,,,,,/' fSb
!i*ar glad ami grutelul testimony to the heiivtitb it .JUl 5 *
ou them.
bremra■.*-;,*m-.re,r .a Mrenipti-.I trend, w l,„ vo
coior of the ouUuie wrapper Irom ml to yellow a,„i ***
the **izo of the bottle to 8 «»unec■*. B*- particMh.r’retef V >nf ^
k:od, and hee tuat the lac Rimiie ol our signature
h lihiti*
.toper
1 ^ thp
if the BLOOD FOOD * \ P t r bottl *.
Sold by CHUKCfl Ac DUPONT
’h»pr;-toi
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4oeox V 1 y*r. Sold by HKRTV & KALL.MiileJJS?*
Aud bv al! respectable DroggifttR throughout therooutrv ~ ' llf ‘
BELIEF i:i TEa 3IIMTLS.
BRYAN’S
puitrifionric WAFERS,
The Original Medicine Established in 1837, an i
first article of the kind ever introduced n n( U
tho name of “Pulmonic Waiters,” in this or an,
other country ; ail other Pulmonic waters V*'..
counterfeits. The genuine can be known by
the name BYRAN being stamped on each IV j
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tli-Iii
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Adtliina, Bronchitis. Difficult Breathing.
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Relievo Spittim: ol Bi »od. Pain* in tho Client
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Relieve Iuoip-*ut Consumption. Lung Disease*
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Relieve Irritation of the Uvula and Tonsil*
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U lieve fhe tti>*>ve < • • opl-ott** in Ten Mill life*.
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Are a BIcmii.j to a.l Clashes end CuBstltutiniit.
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Slavehoi
■States..
152
• 14,.loo
I olnuUers to Mexican War from Slaveliolding Slates
No. Killod. Wouuded
.1,323 22 3
. 323 I 1
.7,713 48 2d
.7,728 15 Ij
.5,410 57 13
.4,800 105 48
Arkansas
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Maryland and D. C...
Missouri
..1,393
... o.ui
...1,051
,. .2,047
..3,011
..2,319
.. 1,330
..0,733
0 —
115
II
lit:
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17
fit)
170
230
no
101
250
207
*,05b
45,63d 284
I dlunteers to Mexican War from Xon-Slaccholdino
States and Territories.
No. K; Uotl
...1.H47 2
Massachusetts.
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania..
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
2,005
424
2,401
4 ,<>04
4.4 Id
5,973
140
, 229
I'd
107
19-
21
21-
301
— 3
23.054 284 235 1,117
No volunteers were sent from Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, aud Khode
Island.
Power* of Judge aieit Solicitor.
The Macon Telegraph reports the following deci
sion made by the cupreine Court, now in session
in that city :
A- was indicted for assault with intent to mur
der, but tiie Solicitor General, after examining the
testimony, decided that the felony could not be
made out. No! Fro-s d the bill, aud preferred one
tor assault and battery. The Grand Jury ignored
the bill tor assault aud battery, and requested the
Solicitor to make out a bill for assault with intent
to murder. The Solicitor General refused, where
upon the Grand Jury preferred their request to
the Court. The Court, upon the refusal of the
Solicitor General, passed an order, reciting the
above tacts,_ and instructed B. a member of the
bar. to make out a bill for the felony. The Solici
tor General moved to rescind the order, which
was retns d by tiie Court, to which the Solicitor
General excepted.
The Supreme Court, Justice Jenkins deliver
ing the opinion, decided that the Court below bad
no authority to pass such an order—that the Soli
citor General was an officer deriving his commis
sion fiom the State ol Georgia, aud under the Con
stitution could not he suspended from the dis
charge of tiie duties of his office by the Judge—
that it he relused to perform his duties, the reme
dies were those provided by the Constitution, to-
wit: impeachment or removal by the Governor,
on tiie address of two-thirds ot each branch of the
General Assembly, and therefore reversed the
judgment of the Court below.
A very young and very ignorant preacher in
one of his discourses preached a doctrine in di
rect conflict with the plain words of St. Paul
Upon being reminded of this, he very cooly re
marked, “that's tchere Paul awl I differ 1 .'.'’
Another Resignation.—We learn that Lieut.
Charles Morris, of the Navy, has resigned, and
has offered his services to the Governor of Geor
gia. 11 is offer lias been accepted.
etrrfrfwion of Texas.
Galveston, Feb. 5th.—The Order of Secession
was passed on the 1st inst., by a vote of 100 ayes
to 7 nays. The Governor, Legislature, and Su
preme Court Judges were present. It is to be
voted on by the people ori the 23d February, and,
if adopted, will go into effect ou the 2d March.
The Governor recognizes the Convention of the
people, and declared his attachment to the South
and desire to join a Southern Confederacy. If
none should be formed, he will then unite to main
tain the Republic of Texas.
The secession news from Georgia, Florida. Al
abama, Mississippi and Louisiana, created much
excitement in Northern Texas.
Sttn to News.
We have gathered from various sources, the
following items of Georgia news, for tha week
past:
E3? The stock of Belgian goods exhibited at the j
late Fair in the city of Macon, will be offered for j
sale at public auction in that city, on tho 20th |
inst.
OTThe annual meeting of the Stockholders in
fhe Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road, was held in this
city yesterday.
tSPThe “National American’’ of Atlanta Ga. 1 having suffered several years with a severe lung affe
has changed its name to the “Gate City Guardian.” ; ! ‘ on ’ i ’* 11< ^ 1 dread disease, consumption is nnxictn
!u make known to his fellow-sufferers the means
No Family *l»ouM be without a Rnx of
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
IN THE HOUSE.
No traveler shouM be without a supply of
BRYAN’S PULMONIC' WAFERS
No peraon will over object to rive* for
BRYAN’S PULMONIC WAFERS
TWnNTY-FIVK CENTS.
JOB MOSES. Sob* Proprietor, Rochast
faleFor by nil r***p<‘'itah!t‘ Drnjsgiatn..
THE WONDER OF THE AGE.
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ANODYNE E.YIIiKOCATIOX.
Also, his Liver Alterative, a.id Tonic Pill.
THIS magnateLinimentuun cares articular Synovi-
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:*.vo or three applications. It acts powerfully on -
absorbents, aud cures by eliminating the lnorbuhu-
mors from the system. It acts as a disentient aswdi
■is an anodyne resolving tumors in a short time, li
Surgery it is destined to taken high place, supplantin'*
in some cases the harshness of the knife.
The LIVER ALTERATIVE AND TOXIC PILL
is an excellent pill iu all diseases of the liver biliary
derangements and in all eases in which a calhartiei.
indicated, acting as a cathartic, Alterative, Touic and
Deobstruent, according to dose.
These remedies are sold i,y HERTY & IIALL,
Milledgeville Ga.
Thus. B Daniel, Atlanta, Ga.; Humniit Sc Orovw.
Marietta, Ga., G, T. Anderson Sc Bio.. Ringgold 6a..
A. A. McCartney, Decatur. Ala., LeGrnnd, Rlonnt4
Hale, Montgomery, Ala,, Rains. Brown & Co., Nash
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King & Warring, Savannah, Ga., Hall A La;; nr.
Americas, Ga.. Smith & Ethridge. Stone Mounta::
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Calhoun, Ga., P. II. MoGraw, Natchez, Miss., Norton
A Fitch, Lexington, Ky., and by Druggists uud Her
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BLAKELY & WOODS. Proprietors.
Apr. 10, 1860.(40ly) Tullahoma, Tenn.
Oxygenated Bitters. To such ot our readers H-u; -
troubfed witli the debility incident to the appron. i •
warm weather, wc cordially recommend the use of the
Oxygenated Hitters, as an invigorating tonic—sn:.-.
efficacious, mid highly palatable when dilated acoi!,:-
tng to directions, containing no alcohol in its composi
tion, and possessing more real merit than any prepare
tion of the kind we have ever known. Many lemlinr
physicians use it in their practice, aid have spoken nt
it in the strongest terms of praise over their own signa
tures. Its reputation as a cure for dyspepsia is univer
sal.—Ogdeiishuigh Republican.
This peculiar aid excellent remedy is worthy of nil
the numerous tributes which has been paid to its ran
qualities as a healing inedecine.
To Consumptives.
r |8HE Advertiser having I -u restored to health :.i
L a few weeks by a very simple remedy, aft.
Concention of Southern Cotton Spinners'-A
Convention of those engaged in the spinning of
our great southern staple is to be held in the city
of Atlanta on the 13th iustant. Tiie object of the
contemplated Convention is to encourage and
promote the cotton spinning interest.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used (free of charge) with the direction*
for preparing and using the same, which they will
rind a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bren
rhi/is.Xr. The only object of the advertiser in semi
the prescription is to benefit afflicted, aid
Questions fir the times. —W nat do )otl think of | spread information which he conceives to be inva
Are there any more tombs I unble, and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy,
; as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a be
ing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Kev. EDWARD A. WILSON.
Will iamsburgh,
Kings county, New fork.
Oct. D, 1JG0. (c. * mca ) 20ly.
,»vv Vork Canveution.
The Democratic Convention of the State of
New York adjourned sine die on the 1st. They
adopted a series of resolutions denouncing coer
cion as the most ineffective arguineut which can
be addressed to the seceding 'States. Civil war.
say_ they, will not restore the Union, but defeat,
forever, its reconstruction. They recommend the
immediate action ot Congress in tho adoption of
the Crittenden proposition, or some other measure
acceptable to the bolder States, and in ease of the
failure of Congress to move in the matter, they
urge the State to take initiatory steps for the call-
ingot a general convention, and pending these
movements they* implore the seceding States “to
stay the sword and have the nation from civil
war.”
Ait affecting episodein the business of the Con
i' the wiiole country, would surpass | vent ion, was the appearance of the venerable
Chancellor Walworth, an oetagenarian. who, af
ter an enthusiastic welcome, addressed the Con
vention thus :
Gentlemen of the Coneenti in .
I am far advanced in years, and notin the
habit of attending Conventions of this character,
but I could not resist coming here to enter my
protest against civil war. 1 have seen the hor
rors of such a conflict. In the war of 1812, uiv
house in Pittsburg was sacked by the British. A
battle was fought oppo.-ite my very door, and the
bullets that were fired, fell like hailstones around
my dwelling. In the casement of my door re
mains to this day embedded one of those bullets, a
memento of the light.—In that straggle, I saw my
iellow citizens shot down by my side. I know",
then, the honors of a foreign war; and they ar*-
nothing as compared with the horrors {of a civil
war. A civil war is a war amouo* brethren.
We are dl brethren in this cout deracy of States
the people of the South are our brethren—not on
ly nominally, but actually our brethren. In Geor-
gia alone 1 have the names of one thousand citi
zens whose ancestors were near relatives of my
own. In the same Slate alone, are over one hun
dred relatives of the family of Hillhouse. whose
name is known as that of one of the patriots of
the Revolution, and whose descendant now occu
pies a scat in our State Senate And so, scattered
all over our Southern States are the near relatives
of the men of the North, and perhaps there is
scarcely a member of this convention who has
not some such ties in tiie States of the South. It
would be as brutal, in iny opinion, to send men to
butcher our own brother* of tho Southern States,
as it would be to massacre them iu the Northern
States We are told, however, that it is our duty
aud we must, enforce the laws. But why—
and what laws are to he enforced ? There were
laws that were to be enforced in tho time of the
Boston, January 24.
The Massachusetts Anti-slavery Snricty.—After
Ti'emont Temple was closed lust night by Mayor
Wielitinnn, at the request of the trustees, at least
o.tlOO people gathered in the vicinity, the majority
believing that the closing of the place was merely a
ruse to get rid of the mob.
After waiting two boars in a pelting snow storm
for the re-opening of the ball, the crowd broke up in
to separate parties and gradually dispersed.
About 200 of the crowd visited the residence of
Mr. Phillips in Essex street, and threatened to “clean
him out," but Deputy Chief of Police, Ham with a
squad of policemen, prevented tho outrage and made
several am sis.
The colored population became greatly alarmed, as
threats were inadebva few of tiie mob to visit their
houses. No such demonstrations, however, were
made.
The Police force culled ont to preserve the pence
Mmihcred one hundred and fifty men.
It is said that Mayor Wightnum was informed that
an organized attack by a strong force would be made
• in the Temple from the outside, in cose the Conven
tion re assembled in the evening, and to prevent the
destruction of tiie property of tiie numerous oeeu
pants in the basement and other portions of the
building, In* was induced to close the nail.
Tho Anti Slavery Society dre holding a sesuion at
the Society’s rooms, Washington street, to day. The
police are protecting them from outsiders.
The meeting adopted a series of resolves that the
Society lias proposed nothing, aud done nothing but
in strict accordance with love to God and all man
kind: that their constitutional lights have been
trampled upon by the mob and the Mayor of Boston;
that tiie entire responsibility rested npoii the Mayor;
nud appualingwith confidence from Ids inn! adminis
tration of tiie Ir.w, to the country, the civilized world,
and to God Almighty.
In the afternoon, an order was introduced in the
House to grant the use of Representatives’ Hall for a
public meeting of the Anti-slavery Sobiety this even
ing. After a worm debate, the order was refused pas
sage by yens Oil, nays 130. The House was densely
crowded during the debate.
A bill was also introduced in the House giving the
Governor power, on tiie application of twelve citizens
to use the military force under orders of the Sheriff
of any county, to suppress riot mid protect free speech.
I The hill was referred to tho Judieiaty Committee.
the Phoenix question
on Cockspur island!
LiPA part of the cily of Augusta, and the town j
of Hamburg. S. C., were overflown by the late I
freshet in the Savannah River.
Es? The Chronicle & Sentinel suggests Hon.
A. H. Stephens as th** first President of the South
ern Confederacy. Our friend of the Constitution
alist must look to his laurels, his neighbor seems
anxious to get ahead of him.
E^'Capt. Whiting, of U. S. Engineer corps,
has resigned, and intends to offer Lis services to
the State of Georgia.
r&* The late heavy rains have done much dam
age to public property in tho State. The Macon
and Brunswick R. R„ and the State Road have
suffered considerable damage by the freshet.
Us^We clip the following paragraphs from the
Thomson fOa ) Herald, of Feb. 0:
A Xrgro Killed --We learn that a negro felio
TO SHIP CAPTAINS and voyagers.—We km*»
of no class of persons to wi.om we could better re*
oinmcud ‘‘Jacob’s Cordial,” than those who follow
tbe sea. Subjected as they are to cold and best,
stonn and sunshine, renders them liable to the lnaio
diseases ol the lungs and bowels, and a ;n«i«t v«in»-
ble addition to tiie medicine chesr, would In- a pack
age of Jacob's Cordial. For Colie, Dysentery, Dim
rharn, Cholera Morbus, Ac., this medicine can be re
lied on, if the directions are followed out: and n* «
those, especially, who make long voyages, we won.d
recommend it as the best medical preparation tha !
can be laid in; and wc ore thorough' convinced that
if a trial is once made with the medicine, it will a ■
wavs after be thought indispensable to the medieit*'
chest.
For sale in Milledgeville by HERTT & IIALL. w«
RIEVE A CLARK. ‘ =« - >t
GL
JAXB’* SA ltN.V PARI 1.1,
belonging to Dr. Phinzy, a few miles from tiiis
place, while gambling in tbe woods, last Sunday, W
wit!, one belonging to Jesse Walton, a neighbor, KgUt.Lett,*an.igcW showers are to tbe vegetal*;,
got into a tight, and killed him (Walton s negro) j kingdom. When the proper circulation of t:i»* ' a
-A plentiful sut
mil life.*-
vegetal)!*-
, kingdom. When the proper
on the spot. We were uuabie to obtain any of the I fluid is impeded, sickness is the inevitable cons'-quenc
particulars.
ES^Peach Blooms.—We were shown, on the ' J, 1
30th ult, a stem of a peach tree in full bloom,
some of which were falling off.
Us**We clip the following from the Savannah
Morning Xeics, of Feb. Gth:
The Murine Bank of Georgia.—At an election
for seven Directors, held an the 4 th inst.. the fol
lowing gentlemen were elected: Charles F. Mills.
Edward Padeiford, George Hall. Aron Chmpion,
N. B Knapp, N. A. Hardee, James G. Mills, (new
Director.)
At a me“ting of the board held on the 5th inst.,
Chas. F. Mills, Esq., was unanimously re elected
President.
Merchants' Planters' P.atik.--It. will be seen
the accretions become unhealthy, tbe livers liisvan**
logged with impure bile, wbieii forced into tin* sp
urn vitiates and inflames the blood engendering seme
j oln; cutaneous eruptions, liver complaint, fe ver. *or*--.
| dyspepsia, consumption. See., to purify tiie blood *> '•
I ' speedily cure the «!sim- named diseases, not Ling is**'
efficacious as SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA
Prepared and sold by A. B. & I). SAND
Druggists, 100 Fulton Street. New York. Pni*
$1 per bottle, or six bottles for $5.
Sold also by GRIEVE & CLARK, Milledg*'
viile
Sold also by Druggists generally. 38 It.
jaSlTLS. WI2ffSI,OW.
Au experienced nurse and female physician, h«** »
Soothing Syrup for Children teething, which greatly ft'
cilitates the process of teething by softeningthe gw'”
this institution has declared a semi-annual divi-; reducingalUnflammation-will allay all
uen* l of four per cent., payable on demand. 1 sure to regulate tho bowels. Depend upo
pain.
and
... , sure to regulate tboboweta. Depend upon it, motnerf*
Atari election held yesterday, the old Board of wi „ give re8t to yourselves, and relief and fce»-
Directors were re-elected for the ensuing rear, as
follows: Hiram Roberts. John Boston, George'
Cornwell. John Screven, E. Moiynenx, Edward ;
Martin, Win. Wiltbeiger, J. W. Morrell. T. Neely.
U?”And fhe follow
the Savannah Republican
to your infants. Perfectly safe in ai! eases. Seeadv
tisement in another column. 14 ly
iW COUGHS. The sudden changes of our
- re®- pouuite. i ne suttuen caanges oi om
ring paragraphs we clip from ; U 'Y 8 ‘'“ r(V: ' of Pulmonary, Uronlicinl, f"i A'j
ran of Fsh Ytli* ; uiatic Ant*fif;ons. Experience having proved ina* *
.'...i _:n i ,! “' remedies often act speedily and certainly wbniW
B,v reference to our advertising columns it will
he seen that a reward of fifteen hundred dollars —
le early stag
peediiy
of the disease, resource *
be had to “Brown’s Bronchial Trocli*'
a thousand by the British Consul, and five bun- Lozenges, let the Cold, Cough, or Irritation
dred by the Mayor—has been offered for evidence Throat be ever slight, as bv this precaution“t'H
to convict the parties implicated in the outrage serious attack may be effectually wanted <*|T P“ !l ,
upon Hie person of Capt. Vaughan, of the British j Speaker*and Singers will Hud them effectual f" r
ship Kalos, Saturday last.
The Southern Congress.
U. S. Constitution Adopted.
Free Trailo with all the AA'oi-lJ.
Montgomery, Feb. 7.—The Southern Congress
received to day an official copy of the Act of Ala
bama appropriating $500,0(10 to aid in tiie support
of the Provisional Government of the seceded
States.
The Convention sat but a short time with open
doors.
The Committee to provide a plan fora Provis
ional Government made their report in secret ses
sion; it was debated fonr hours, after which the
Convention adjourned until to-morrow.
Later—A Provisional Government Adopt
ed.
The Constitution of the United States has been
adopted by tho Southern Congress, with the sole
addition of Free Trade, iritli all thr. World.
and Singers will ...... ........... B
ing and strengthening the voice. See adverfije®* 11
December 1800. - >s " ul
Ik
By tiie ancient law ot Hungary a man convic-
„ ted of bigamy was condemned to live with both
Americau Revolution, and the British Parliament, wives in the same house: the crime was, iu con-
and Lord North sent armies here to enforce them
But what did Washington say in regard to en
forcement of those laws ? That man—honored i
at home slid abroad more than any other man on
earth ever was honored—did lie go for enforcing
the laws ? No: lie went to resist laws that were
oppressive against a free people, and against the
I injustice of which they rebelled. Did Lord Chat-
sequence, extremely rare.
Jacobs Cordial.
This valuable’medicine can be obtained at tbe Drug
Store of HERTY & HALL, also for safoby GRIEVE
Sc CLARK, Milledgeville. No family shonhl be I
without it. See notices Ac. j
CireuiiDtaiiees vs. Education.
We do not intend to argue which of these g>'
man the best position; but we are “educated t°
lieve that “under the circumstances” « grey h* 1 '
person had better use Hkimstuket's Ilair Kei ,,:ir "
tive,uud t ike a “petition” among •‘Y*miig At# 1
icn.
Price fifty cents, and one dollar a bottle.
Sold everywhere, aud by llerty <k Hall, Mif'*-
vilie.
W. E. HAGAN & CO„ Proprietors,
36 4t. Troy, N J
U§s=*Glaerj IIuvo yon seen that lit** Ism**' 11
(her column of tiiis paper boiiiing. Roots
and Leaves or the Cherokkk Rinror.
I}.* 1 '
Woodruff’s Concords.
I T is a genera! acknowledged fact that
Buggies are far superior to any now use .
tbe State. They mu lighter, ride easref ? n ( .
longer, than any other Buggies: hence *“f ’ D state.
•al demand for them in many parts of t.n>■ *
•Iso, in Tennessee, Alabama and F lorii.a- F*:
want a good Buggy or Carriage of any kin 1
pay you well to go to Griffiu, or send yo“ r ^
Woodruff keeps a large stock from the fine
down to the Iron axle Plantation Wagon. ^
Any person can be supplied direct tri'n> - x
York by giving their orders to WOODK 1 r
Co.. Griffin, Ga.
May 8,-48611.
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