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MES8AO B, — ‘ OF TIIK PRINCIPAL CHIEF OF THE CHOCTAW NATION. Gf.nti.kmkx op thk Senate and House of Representatives: The nature of rapidlv occurring events lias been such, since the adjournment ol our last Council, that I conceived it to bo my duty to call you together in consultation. The position we occupy to the central Government of the United States is somewhat complicated and peculiar; and whatever seriously affects that Government, also affects us, either directly or indirectly. You are aware that the question of African Slavery, an institution that exists in fifteen States of the Government of the United States, and also in our own country—has been in agitation, with more or less violence and intensity, for the last thirty years, and it has finally approached a climax, and culminated into a crisis of momentous con cern to our best interest, to our peace, and to our prosper ity; and in the language of the venerable Ghief of the United States, in his late Message to Congress, “this un warantable interference by one section with the affairs of another, lias produced its natural result, an.l we behold with inteuse emotion, that splendid fabric of human gov ernment tottering and trembling upon the very brink of anarchy and ruin, and that proud temple of liberty is about to be desecrated and polluted, if not utterly destroyed bv the contentions, factions, and passions of man.” Let this sad picture, my friend* and brothers, be a warning to us, and never let contention and discord enter into our internal and domestic policy. Let the body politic be ever pre served pure and uncontaminated by passion and prejudice. I apprehend that it will not be deemed improper for me, in a brief manner, to refer to the present state of public affairs in the United States, which lias been produced by the continual agitation of this vexed question of slavery, and ascertain, if possible, who are right and who are wrong. The Constitution of the Uuited States declares, in Art. 4, Sec. 2, that “No person held to service or labor in one Stab 1 , under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be deliv ered up, on the claim of the party to whom such sen ice or labor may lie due.” In this clause it is plainly manifest that the framers of the Constitution recognized the institu tion of slavery, and the right of property iti slaves is guarantied; and the highest tribunal of the United States, the Supreme Court, has so decided: Xow, each State in the Confederacy is bound by the plainest terms of the original compact, to abide by, and carry into practice, every letter of the Federal Constitu tion, and upon no other basis can the Government be maintained. Whenever this instrument, which in its very nature is sacred, is violated, then the last bulwark of liberty has been overthrown and destroyed. Under the Constitu tion, we see that if a slave, or person, held to labor by a citizen of one State, escapes into another State, whose laws do not recognize slavery, or the right of property by one person in another, that State is Constitutionally bound, notwithstanding the non-recognition by its laws of the in stitution, to deliver up the fugitive upon the claim and identification of the lawful owner. For a number of years past, that portion of the Ameri can Union, known as the Southern, or slave States, have made frequent complaints against the free State brethren, lor the repeated and palpable violation of the above recited clause of the Constitution, by refusing to deliver up fugitive slaves upon the demands of their owners. A number of the free States, on the other hand, denied the right of property in slaves, and therefore that they were not bound to deliver them up. This denial, you must re member is made in pointed and direct opposition to one of the ablest and most profound decisions ever rendered by a judicial officer. The Supreme Court of the United States is the expounder of the Constitution ; it lias said that un der that instrument, the right of property in slaves, is a living, vital right. When an opinion of that august de partment of the Government is expressed, it becomes the law of the land, and all parties are bound by its mandates. It appears that the South had at least some ground for complaint. This state of things could not long continue, without an explosion. Consequently, in the year ls-50, those memorable laws, known as the “Compromise Meas ures,” were introduced into Congress, and after crimination and recrimination, until the Government was brought to the point, nf i/mv u].aon j*«..eo<l, up tH statute book, and became the law of the land ; and to the faithful observance of these measures all parties wer< pledged. Among these Acts, was one known as the “Fugi tive Slave Law,” which was designed to give practical effect to the Constitution, and more explicitly define its mean i'.ig. The Act recognizes the right of property in slaves and makes it obligatory upon the authorities of the fret* States, to deliver them up to their owners whenever de manded and identified. This is a solemn enactment of the National Legislature, in Congress assembled ; aud I appre hend that the intentional commission of an act by a State, which violates and defeats its provisions, constitutes in law and fact, treason and rebellion against the General Gov eminent. The perpetration of such an act by State authority, renders an absolute nullity the primary objects for which the central Government was intended—and that i* equal rights and equal protection to all, in person and property. A number of tin? free States have, through their Legislatures, placed acts upon their statute books, known as “Personal Liberty” laws, which abrogate and ignore the practical operation of the Fugitive Slave law. A large and powerful party has been organized by those ad vocating the denial of the right of property in slaves, and they have nominated and elected to the highest position upon earth—the Presidency of the United States—an ex ponent of their pretended right to set aside and disregard an act of Congress. Such an unwarrantable assumption is without a parallel in the history of free governments. These are the principal causes that have brought alarm and dismay to the patriot’s heart, and make him tremble for his country. This is why a number of the slave States, say they will resume the powers delegated to the central government, because they cau no longer be protected in their rights under it. It is not my purpose, here to dis cuss the various and conflicting opinions existing in the United States in relation to slaves in the Federal Terri to ries, or public domain of the General Government. I only desire to point out the chief aud primary cause of the pres ent troubles of the government of the United States, and that is as you have seen, the deadly animosity entertained by a large portion of the Northern people against domestic servitude, wherever it exists. From the best information that I have been able to obtain, five ot the slave States have already withdrawn from the Union, by separate State action, through conventions of the people, and have un furled their banners to the world, as separate, free, inde pendent governments, and it is intimated that the formation of a Southern Confederacy is the ulterior design of the seceding States. The cause that places these States in this attitude is one of the utmost concern to us: we and they by a close sim ilarity of institutions, climate, soil, and occupations, have a common destiny; upon their prosperity depends ours: if they go down, we go down, if they rise, we rise. By our Constitution and laws, the institution of slavery is known and recognized; it is a creature of our law, and as such we are bound to look to its protection. We have among us about two thousand slaves, who form a large portion of our national wealth and prosperity. It is not strange then that we should feel concerned, and view with the deepest interest the momentous events transpiring around us. From what we have seen it may be that our institutions may be brought into peril and danger. The seif sacrificing Missionaries among us, have already been deuounced and repudiated by a Northern Society, because they refused to interfere with the question of slavery in our country. We have ever been loyal and faithful to the government of the United States. The hand of hostility has never been raised against her citizens. We have ever regarded with masonic fidelity, all our covenants, treaties, and stipulations. The best blood of our friends and brothers has been poured out side by side with her citizens, in defence of their homes and firesides, under the victorous banner of Jackson, and it is not now, our purpose to desert the Star Spangled Banner, until it trails in the dust, and is renounced by those with whom we have a common destiny. We pride ourselves upon the fact, that we have never bcett a party to the violation of solemn treaty stipulations* It is not our iutcntiou to change our relations to the gov ernment of the United States as long as it is a government, and concedes and protects us in our lights. But, in the event that that government is destroyed, and the slave States form themselves into a separate and independent government, then I apprehend that interest and locality will prompt us to transfer our present relations with the General Government to that of the Southern States. We have beeu born aud reared in the South, and it is eudeared to us by countless associations and remem brances. It is the beloved home of our forefathers, and there their remains still peacefully repose, the cherished memory of whom, has erected in our hearts an altar of devotion to the scene of their existence. We have been nurtured and prospered by the generous products of her soil, and it would be unnatural if our feel ings and sympathies were not on her side. But we still have hopes that the hand of Providence will intervene, and save one of the grandest schemes of government ever de vised by man, from destruction, and that the people will learn the great truth that a Republican Government can only exist in the affections of the people. It is at this time, important to us, that the world should know and understand our position as a political body. We have fallen upon troublous times, the kind “that try the souls of men.” We would be unworthy of the name of freemen, and recreant to our country, and to our posterity, if equivocation aud evasion of the stern facts that stare us in the face, characterize our policy. Let us be equal to the occasion. The rights claimed by us, under treaty stipulation, with the United States, are plain and specific, and yet I do not think that they have ever been properly defined. The treaty of June 22nd, 1S25, concedes to us and the Clrickasaws, the following bounded tract of country. “Beginning at a point on the Arkansas River, one hundred paces east of old Fort Smith, where the western boundary line of the State ot Arkansas crosses the said river, and running thence due South to Red River, thence up Red River to the point where the meridian of one hundred degrees west longitude crosses the same, thence North, along said meridian to the main Canadian River, thence down said river to its junction with the Arkansas river, thence down said river to the place of beginning.” Now, to the above tract of country, we claim absolute title in fee simple, unconditionally, and that title is guar anteed by the act of the Congress of the United States approved May 2Sth, 1S30, and I presume and believe the same to be true of all the Indian Territory. We of the Indian country neither occupy the position of a State or Ter ritory towards the general Government of the United States. Our Constitution and Laws are not subject to the revision of Congress, like those of Federal Territories, and we have the unrestricted right of jurisdiction over the persons and and property of all those who are citizens by birth or otherwise within our limits. In the 1st Art. of the above mentioned treaty it is plainly declared “that said land shall revert to the United States, if said Indians and their heirs become extinct, or abandon the same.” Now, how is it possible to conceive of a reversion legally, without the pre vious vestment of the title. The very tact that it does re vert, upon certain contingencies, proves conclusively, that the title must be absolute and permanent, if those con tingencies do not transpire. The case of a private individ ual under the common law, when he dies intestate and without a legal representative, and seized of land, it escheats to the government under which he lives, is analo gous to our position. We hold that we have a perfect right to make whatever disposition of our real estate we choose, with the consent of the parties, and no power upon earth has any more right to dispute our title, than that of a private individual in the lawful possession of his land: and until a certain contin gency happens, that title remains with us, and in us, without the position is assumed that there is no difference between us and a wild savage tribe, which would be an outrage upon every principle of justice and right. The doctrine of the State Rights which is regarded as inherent in each State of the American Union, is applicable to our position as a free and sovereign people. The riffht to regulate our own domestic affairs, pass all needful laws for the advancement and promotion of our social and moral existence; the ri<rlit to defend ourselves against aggression, Ac., these are among the fundamental rights of a free and independent people. I conceive that our sovereignty is admitted and established, when we have legal requisites to make a Treaty with another independent power. The parties to a valid contractor stipulation must be able, willing, free and i n dop on <J on 1 9 on*l ttoy must act w iilioui restraint. How could it be said that we made a solemn Covenant with the United States or any other power, if we acted under the direction or at the will of a greater or higher power? Such a conception is a manifest absurdity. The treaty making power, is one of the legitimate rights of a sovereign community. And no other than an unreservedly free and independent government can make a treaty— freedom of action and will are absolutely necessary. Such a thing as a treaty between the American Colonies and the King of England prior to the year 177(5, would have beeu regarded as nonsense by the latter, because from the posi tion that the colonies sustained to his government, they had no power to make a treaty, resulting from the fact that they were a part of his government. But our position is widely different. The very fact that the United States has entered into a solemn treaty with us, shows that she does not regard us as a part of her gov ernment. In the 14th Art. of the treaty of 1S-55, the United States kindly stipulated in consideration of our ex posed condition to the machinations of designing persons, to protect us, and guarantees to us full indemnity for prop erty lost or destroyed by persons over whom we have no jurisdiction. For this magnanimity on her part we shall ever feel grateful. In consideration of the present perilous attitude of pub lic affairs in the U.fS., I would recommend that a general council be held at some central point which you may designate, of the Chichasaws, Cberokees, Creeks, Seminoles, aud Choctaws, to deliberate upon the best course to pursue, and to adopt a line of policy necessary for our safety and security. I would further recommend that in the event that the slave States should hold a convention for the pur pose of forming a new government, each of the above tribes should send one. or more persons to such convention, there to represent our interests, and make all necessary arrangements for our welfare. The question of sectionizing our country, and allotting so much land to each citizen, has of late excited much in terest and feeling among us. This is a question upon which the people should be fully enlightened, and it should be maturely discussed among them, and the position of all fairly defined. General acauieseence is the main thing tc obtain. My own opinion is that it would be conducive to our in terest, and to our national prosperity, in fact to that of all the Indian territory, if it can be done so as to give satis faction to all the parties concerned. If for instance the above named tribes were to have their respective tracts of country surveyed, and apportion an equal amount of land, to each citizen, that is, consume the whole, and divide it all out, so that there would be no public land remaining. This plan I think would place us in a much surer and safer position. We would then hold our land by individual ten ure, and title, and all civilized people resjiect the rights of private property. In the event that it becomes necessary to raise a public revenue, we could resort to direct taxation, and levy a tar iff* upon all goods or merchandise brought into the country, &c. Nothing engages the affections or strikes the imagin- tion of man, so forcibly, as the absolute possession of pro perty, in whatever shape, and it always acts as an impetus to industry and enterprise. I would recommend that you select one or more discreet persons to proceed immediately to Washington City, cloth ed with full power to peform whatever our interest re quires in that city. We have considerable monied invest ments there, in the security of which we are deeply in terested. I would advise that the person or persons sent by you, be directed to see the President of the United States have a personal interview with him, and obtain his advice and counsel in relation to our affairs. The office of National Attorney is one of great impor tance to the Nation. I would therefore recommend that his duties be enlarged and his salary increased, so as to ren der his services more effective to the country. And I would suggest that you empower him to employ the best legal talent in the country, to act in connection with himself, to arrange and digest the laws of the Na tion, and form a criminal code, subject to your adoption at the next council. Under the new Constitution there is no criminal law in the Nation, except what was passed at the last Council. I am informed that a gentleman of ex perience and ability, contemplates the establishment of a printing press in our Country, and designs issuing a Newspaper, which is intended for the advancement and promotion of the Indian interest generally in the Indian territory. Such an enterprise is great ly needed among us. We should have some mode of government expression, and iu an economical point of view we would be greatly benefitted. I trust that you will use every effort to sustain the institution among us. would recommend that you make pro vision to remove the National Library from Fort Smith and Skullyville to this place. In conclusion permit me to urge upon you the great importance of dis passionate action—by conciliation—yet firm in the right. Banish prejudice and passion from your mind, and suffer them not to deter you from the duty you owe your Country. Great events are rapidly transpiring around you Human Governments and Constitu tions are being hurled to the ground, desecrated, and trampled under foot My countrymen stand by your colors! Never give up the ship! We are few in number, but strong in principle. Though we may meet the unhappy fate of the Montezumas, and our exis tence be blotted from the face of the earth, our memory will go down to fu ture generations as a bright and bla zing light of unyielding fidelity to what we conceived to be right. Let the glorious banner of equal rights go proudly to the breeze, and rely upon the God of Nations to sus tain you. Let us show to the world that we are worthy of liberty, and our National reputation as a law abi ding people. Let not our time honor ed escutcheon be tarnished by rashness or imprudence. Let us act as a peo ple who know their rights, and know ing dare defend them. May a kind and benignant Providence ever pre serve, "uide and protect us. GEORGE HUDSON. CARRIAGE RESOLUTIONS Expressing the feelings and sentiments oj the General Council of the Choctaw Nation, in reference to the. political dis agreement existing between the Northern and Southern States of the American Union. Resolved, By the General Council oj the. Choctaw Nation assembled, That we view with deep regret and great solic itude, the present unhappy political disagreement between the Northern and Southern States of the American Union, tending to a permanent disso lution of the Government, and the dis turbance of the various important re lations existing with that Government, by treaty stipulations, and interna tional laws, and portending much in jury to the Choctaw Government and people. Resolved, further, That we must ex press the earnest desire and ready hope entertained by the entire Choctaw people, that any and all political dis turbances agitating aud dividing tlie people of the various States may be honorably and speedily adjusted ; and the example and blessing, and foster ing care of their General Government, and the many and friendly social ties existing with their people, continue, for the enlightenment in moral, and good government, and prosperity in the material concerns of life, to our whole population. Resolved, further, That in the event a permanent dissolution of the Ameri can Union takes place, our many rela tions with the General Government must cease, and we shall be left to fol low the natural affections, education, institutions, and interest of our people, which indissolubly bind us in every wav to the destiny of our neighbors and brethren of the Southern States, upon whom we are confident we can rely, for the preservation of our rights, of life, liberty, and property, and the continuance of many acts of friendship, general counsel, and fraternal support. Resolved further, That we desire to assure our immediate neighbors, the people of Arkansas, and Texas, of our determination to observe the amicable relations in every way, so long existing between us, and the firm reliance we have, that amid any disturbance with other States, the rights and feelings so sacred to us will remain respected by them ; and be protected from the en croachment of others. Resolved further, That his Excellen c v the Principal Chief, be requested to enclose, with an appropriate commu nication from himself, a copy of these resolutions to the Governors of the Southern States, with the request that they he laid before the State Conven tion of each State, as many as have as sembled at the date of their reception; and that in such as have not, they be published in the Newspapers of the State, Resolved further, That these resolu tions take effect, aud be in force from and after their passage. Approved Fet>. 7th, 18(51. R. E. GARDNER, (Successor to H. B. «fc B. K. Gardner,) Would respectfully announce to the public gener ally, that he has taken the SJ10P formerly oc cupied by H. B. A B. K. Gardner, where he in tends carrying on the business of Manufacturing and Repairing any and all kinds of Vehicles, in all of the various branches Particularattention will be given to the DOING UP of Carriages, Retrim- ing, &c. All kinds of Carriage Iron Work done with despatch. We will make to order any description of a ve hicle at short notice. A liberal share of public patronage is respect fully solicited, and we hope that those having work to be done in onr line of business, will^ive us a trial. We feel confident of giving them entire satisfaction, both in materials, durability, and in prices. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 13,1857. 33 tf. SAM L D. IRVIN. GREEM.ES BUTLER. IRVIN & BUTLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ALBANY, Georgia. P RACTICE in flie Superior Courts of the South W - i. ------ Western Circuit,—in Terreli, Randolph, and Ear ly counties, in the Pataula Circuit,—iu Worth and Ma con Counties, in the Muceu Circuit, in the United States Circuit Court at Savannah,—and by special contract,in any Count)' in Southern Georgia. January 1st’ 1860. 34 tf. NTOTICB. T HE SUBSCRIBERS HOUSE, will be open tor the reception of MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, at the ap proaching Session. Call and see me. E. S. CANDLER. Milledgeville, Oct. 1,1860* 19 tf. A An expo . wzttfsaow, imi F*‘Tnt»-’ • Physician, present* to tbe at tention of r jthere. her SOOTHING SYRUP, FOB f II I I, 11 It K IV T E E T III WO, which greatly faci'lt&ies tlie p tx-ess of teething, by softening the gnnis, reducing all inflammation-will allay ALL paix and spasmod ic action, and is isnre to Regulate Ike Bowel*. Depend njw.u it, mother*, it will give rest to yoursolvea, and RELIEF AND HEALTH Ti) TOUR INFANTS. We have nut up aud noid this article for over ten y**ar«, and can say, iv confidence and truth of it, wh&t we have never been able to say] ~~ >f 1*0 °f any other medicine —.NEVER HAS IT FAIL-/ AI KN. ED, f.V A SINGLE IN STANCE. EFFECT a, WINSLOW’S CURE » when timely lined. Nevt r did w< oAO'miv/i know an instance of dissatisfaction by anv ot-MM MlA(x one who had used it. On the contrary, all SYRl T P are delighted with its operations, ami r-.peak in —-1 terms of highest com mendation of its magical effect* and medical virtues. We speak iu this matter “what WE do know,” after ten years’ experience, AND PLEDGE OUR REFUTATION FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF WHAT WE DECLARE. Ill almost every instance where the infant is suffering from pain and exhaustion, relief will lie found iu fifteen or twenty minutes after the svrup is administered. This valuable preparation is the prescription of one of tbe most experienced and skillful nursks in New England, aud has been used with never-failing auroras in Thousands of Cases. TJl It not only relieves the child from pain, but invigorates the stom- h aud bowels, corrects acidity, and giv* stone and energy to the whole system. It will almost instantly relieve. Griping in the Bowels, and H ind Colic. and overcome couvul- — -ions, which, if not ipeedily remedied, end *■ in death. We be lieve it the lest and CHILDREN surest remedy in world, iu all C»- TF l' r, l II\( ’ dysentery, DIARRHCEA IN: ~ .i;ni LDRKS, whether it arises from teething, «>r Ruy other cause. We wo uni say to every mother who has a child suffering from any of the foregoing com* plaints—DO NOT LET your PREJUDICES, nor the PREJUDICES OF OTHERS, stand between your mi(1V-ring child, and the relief that will be SURE—ves. ABSOLUTELY SURE—to follow the use of this medicine, if timely used. Fnl| directions for using will accom pany each bottle. None genuine unless the fac-simile of curtis 4l perkixs. X‘*\v-York, is on the outside wrapper. Sold by Druggists throughout the world. Sold in Milledgeville by GRIEVE CLARK. Principal office, So. VS Cedar Street, S. Y. Price only 25 Cent a per Bottle. September-!, lHfiO. 14 I y. DIIRRHIEA! CRAMPS! CHOLERA! METROPOLITAN HOTEL, AT SPARTA, GA. rpHE undersigned having recently porchaaed the premise, generally known as “ Mackies old stand” has opened a Hotel for the accommoda tion of the people. The proprietor will nse every effort for tbe com fort ami convenience of all who may favor him with their patronage. The table will be fnrnisbed with the best that a Hancock county market affords. Drovers will be supplied with provender, good stables, and open lots for the exhibition of their stock. Conveyances can be had at all times to any point on either of the Rail Ror.-ds. J. M. STANFORD. Sparta.,Ga., Jan. 2, 1860. 32 tf. BRADFORDS P1LL», EXTRAORDINARY CURES, The Infallible Gum Coated Pills, f I Dis Are a certain and specific cure for all Urethreal Discharges, Gonorrhtcn, Gleet, Stricture, andIrri tat ion of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra, and Pros trate Gland. They are tasteless, and free fromgiv ing odorto tlie breath. Prepared l>v R.Bradfor./ New York City,and sold by HERTY &. HALL Milledgeville, Ga. Price $1 per Box. They will be sent by mail, free of postage, when ordered.- OCTb Permanently Cored, LE 8 FILES by the use of Cavanaugh's PILE S A L V E. This Salve has accomplished extraordinary cures, and has gained a lasting reputation. Try it,it has no equal. For sale by ClUKVE & C’l.AKK J\0. R. WILDER & GILLIE, FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ALSO Agents Tor New (York and ftnrannah SIDE WHEEL STEAMSHIPS, SAVANNAH, GA., S TRICT attention given to the sale of Cot ton and other produce—and orders for plantation supplies filled prices August 1st, 1860 ith dispatch—and at the lowest cash 11 ly" New Clothing! JUST RECEIVED AT THE Milledgeville Clothing Store. HOTEL NO. 1. A General Assortment of Gents, Youths, aud Boys SPRING & SUMMER CLOTH ING, all made to order, and the work warranted. Also, a general assortment oi HATS! Boebes fashionable Moi.kskiN and Cassimer, and a variety of SOFT CASS., and Light Summer HATS, for Men and Bovs. Also a great variety of TRAVELING TRUNKS, VA LISES, BAGS, &C..&C. A. C. VAIL, Agent. April 16th, 1860. 47 tf. BV8lN£iUl C a KI>» BRISCOE A deGAAPPUM^^ ATTORNEYS AT lT3T 8ILLKUCR»ILLL, U* VyiLL practice in the courts of the o,., Tf circuit. “‘••ti Milledgeville, Ga., March 1,1950. Messrs* 4. U* & L, <01, R* tAENAn Are Associated in the Practice o t - OJice 1st Door upon 2d Jhor 0 f MASONIC HALL. -Jan. 23d, 1857. 3;>tf DR A- II CIIJlMlyo Incinioit, Wilkinson County n r Tenders his Professional services to the of Wilkinson connty. [j an ^ It TIEOJ1AS J. COX ATTORNEY AT LAW NEWTON, Baker county, Ga ’ March 18, JSoG. 42 tf ETHERIDGE &, SON ^ Faetors, Commission and Fornardii o SAVANNAH, «A. ’ W. I). ETHF.KinOE. W. D. ETIIKRinr.r , July 15th, 1856. *• Jr 1’homas Hardeman, jr. j. \y q RIFi HA&DEBCAtf A GRXFFI& ™ WHOLESALE iiHOCViUs D ealers in wines, liquors, tout' CO, SUGARS aiul Groceries of ever, scription. •> Corxer of Cherry and ITiiun Srs, MACON «i Sept. 2, 1859. , 4 J. C A VI P, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 1C WORTH, COBB C0| \TV, BA., P RACTICES in Cobb, Cass. Cherokee. Mi’-. Paulding, and Fulton. 3.2FX!&E3?CES. (Ion. J. W. Lewis, Atlanta: Gi n. A.J II\xmji Marietta: Roberts,Coskf.ry A Co.Anw.'t- E. L. Litchfield, N. a. g. 8. Avfky a worth. ' tX^Any information as to responsibility of p a: . ties promptly given^A: March 9th, 1861. 42 j FXXi23S, FISTULA, STRICTURE of Rectum,! jUrethra Ac. Cures Guaranteed—Cancers and Scrofula CUHED. D R. J. A. CLOPTON, respectfully informs the public, that he has returned to" his his home in Huntsville, Ala., after an absence of several months iu Mobile, and tenders his professional services to the afflicted. Dr. C. refers lo the hun dreds of cures he has efiected within the last h w years as proof of his skiil in the treatment of thest diseases. Huntsville, April 28.1860. 50 ly. life uiiui UK NEVER FA! ItEM KDY. LIN Thin medicim* hu* Ih*cii TRIED. TES TED. and PROVED, bv TEN YEARS experience, to tae oi.lv CERTAIN, v\KB. and RELIABLE the all BOWEL DERANGEMENTS. Di A It R IKEA. DYSENTE RY, CRAMPS, PAINS. CHOLERA. CHOLIC. See., now be fore the public. One or two (tones of dnnis, will core the nrnnl severe cramps in 20 minute*. A single tioso often cures Diarrhea and it never constipates the howtd«. One dose will isly any one of its merit*. Price only 25 cents. Prepared by S. DT TRAIL, •LI Bowerv, New York. Sold in Milledgeville by HERTY A. HALL, and by Drug ists generally. (J. C. & co.) “ 5 lv. CITATIONS. GEORGIA, Twiggs County. W HEREAS, William M. Varnum makes ap plication to me in term;; oflaw, for letters of Administration on the estate ot James Knight, late of said county deceased These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and others concerned, to be and appear at my office on or by the first Mon day in May next, then, and there to show cause, if any, why said letters may not be granted. Given undei my hand and official signature, Marion, March 26th. 1861. 45 :.t. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y. GEORGIA, Twiggs County. VyHPKBAS. James Pearson, and F. F. Pearson Y T makes application to me, iu terms of law, for letters of administration on the estate ol James T. I’enrson, late of said county deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to Ik- and appear nt my office, on or by the first Monday in M«y next, then ami thereto show cause, if uny, wny said letters may not be granted. Given under my hand, officially at Marion, March 26th 1861. (loot ] LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y. Scrofula, or King’s Evil, is a constitutional disease, a corruption of the blood, by which this fluid becomes vitiated, weak, and poor. Being in the circulation, it pervades the whole body, and may burst out in disease on any part of it. No organ is free from its attacks, nor is there one which it may not destroy. The scrofu lous taint is variously caused l>y mercurial disease, low living, disordered or unhealthy loud, impure air, filth and filthy habits, the depressing vices, and, above all, by the venereal infection. What ever be its origin, it is hereditary in the constitu tion, descending “ from parents to children unto the third and fourth generation; - ' indeed, it seems to be the rod of Him who says, “ I will visit the iniquities of the fathers upon their children.” Its effects commence by deposition from the blood of corrupt or ulcerous matter, which, in the lungs, liver, and internal organs, is termed tuber cles ; in the glands, swellings; and on the surface, eruptions or sores. This foul corruption, which genders in the blood, depresses the energies of life, so that scrofulous constitutions not only suffer from scrofulous complaints, but they have far less power to withstand the attacks of other diseases; con sequently, vast numbers perish by disorders which, although not scrofulous in their nature, are still ren dered fatal by this taint in the system. Most of the consumption which decimates the human family has its origin directly in this scrofulous contamina tion ; and many destructive diseases oi" the liver, kidneys, brain, and, indeed, of all the organs, arise from or are aggravated by the same cause. One quarter of all our people arc scrofulous; their persons are invaded by this lurking infection, and their health is undermined by it. To cleanse it from the system we must renovate the blood by an alterative medicine, and invigorate it by healthy food and exercise. Such a medicine we supply in AYERS Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, the most effectual remedy which the medical skill of our times cau devise for this every where pre vailing and fatal malady. It is combined from the most active remedials that have been discovered for the expurgation of this foul disorder from the blood, and the rescue of the system from its destructive consequences. Hence it should he employed for the cure of not only scrofula, but also those other affections which arise from it, such as Eruptive and Skin Diseases, St. Anthony’s Firf., Rose, or Erysipelas, Pimples, Pustules, Blotches, Blains and Boils, Tumors, Tetter and Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ringworm, Rheumatism, Syphilitic and Mercurial Diseases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Derii.ity, and, indeed, all Complaints arising from Vitiated or Impure Blood. The popular belief in “ impurity of the blood ” U founded in truth, for scrofula is a degeneration of the blood. The particular purpose and virtue of this Sarsapa rilla is to purify and regenerate this vital fluid, without which sound health is impossible in con taminated constitutions. Important to Females!! Dr. Cheeseman’s Pills. N 0 T I C E—The combinations of ingredients in thf se PILLS are tlie result of a long aud extern give practice. They are mild in their operation, aud certain iu correcting all irregularities, painfui menstruation,removing all obstructions, whethei from cold or otherwise, headache, pain iu the.side palpitation ofiho heart, disturbed sleep, which al ways arise from interruption of nature. They ear be securely used as a preventive. Thesepillsshould never be taken in pregnancy, as they would be sure to cause a miscarriage. Warranted pureh vegetable, aud free from anything injurious to lift or health. Explicit directions, which should br read, accompany each Box. Price. $1 per box. For sale by Wm. Barnes, also by Herty A- Hail of Milledgeville, they wil he sent by mail, if wished, on the reception of $J. they can also be obtained of Dr.C. L. Chceseman. Box No.4531, New York Post-office. 17 ly Cure Cough, Cold, Hoarseness, Jnfuenza, any Irritation or Soreness of the Throat, ralteet the hacking Cough, in Con sumption, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Catarrh, and give straight to the voice Of Public Speakers, and Niugrn. Few are aware of the importance of checking a cough or “common cold’ - iu its first stage: that which iu (lit beginning would yield to u mild remedy if neglected, soon attacks the Lungs, BROWN S Brouchal Troches’ NEWELL & WELLBORN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Miiiedgeriilf, Ga. PRACTICE in the Counties of th- Octuulgee Circuit. Milledgeville, Ga , Feb. 16, 1S60. 39 lv I.-AW CARD. The undersigned have associated themselves Tether iu the practice of Uw, under the firm name,, CLARK, IRVIN &. TAYLOR, ind will give prompt attention to all business eDtnw. •d to their cure in the counties of Dougherty. Lee, Sumter Terrell, Worth, Mitchell, Calhoun, Early, Decatur, Miller, md by special contract-, in anv county in SoutMV, iu Gentgia. RjClPlt. 11. CLAUK SAME D. IUVIX WM. TAYLOR. Albany, Feb. 14. 1S61. ;J9 g . J. C. COMPTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, XKEXDZcXSDG-XiVXXiLX*, GA. (Gjp.ce in the Court House, oj>posite the OrHitnry', Office.) w ILL practice in tlie Comities composing the Oemnlgce Circuit. Februs-vl9. 1^61. B Si SADST; sg^SURGSOfi OFFICE IN THE MASONIC BUILDING, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., t Alloperations perforated with care su-i war- rented aatisi factory. HiUec^reviHe, May 5th, 18f*0. 50 tf TAILORING. J C.8PEK LINO, tiiiinkfal for pant favor* would inform hu oid fnVnds ami criHfoir.cn>'. tlmt h<» is *t?W n! h:« BUSINESS mifi cm found Best door '• tii - Recorder oftiue. - liis tils and work, warranted lo give contttinim* demulcent ingredient*, allay Pulmonary and Bronchial Irritation. “S3 Ayer’s Cathartic Pills, FOR AIL THE PURPOSES OF A FAMILY PHYSIO, are so composed that disease within the range of theil action can rarely withstand or evade them. Their pen etrating properties search, aud cleanse, and invigorate every portion of the human organism, correcting its diseased action, and restoring its healthy vitalities. As a consequence of these properties, the invalid who is bowed down with pain or physical debility is astonished to find his health or energy restored by a remedy at once so simple and inviting. Not only do they cure the every-day complaints of every body, but also many formidable and dangerous diseases. The agent below named is pleased to furnish gratis my American Almanac, containing certificates of their cures and directions for their use in the follow ing complaints: Costirrness, Heartburn, Headache, arising from disordered stomach. Nausea, Indigestion, Pain in and Morbid Innrfion of the Iloiceh, I'iatutency. Loss of Appetite, Jaundice, and other kindred com plaints, arising from a low state of the body or obstruc tion of its functions. BROWNS TROCHES BROWN’g TROCHES BROWN’S TROCHES BROWN’S TROCHES BROWN’S TROCHES BROWN’S TROCHES BROWN’S TROCHES BROWNS TROCHES BROWNS TROCHES BROWN’S TROCHES BROWN’S TROCHES “The trouble in my Throat, (for wbiel the “TROCHES - ’ are a specific) having made me often a mere whisperer.” X. P. WILMS. “I recommend their use to PUBLIC SPEAKERS. - Rev. E. H. CHAPIN. “Great service in subduing Hoarseness. - ’ Rev. DANIEL WISE. “Almost instant relief in the distressing labor of breathing peculiar to Asthma. - ’ Rev. A. C. EGGLESTON. “Contain r.o Opium or anything injuri oils. - ’ Dr. A. .V. Hayes, Chi mist,Boston. SATISFACTION. Nov. 1st, IStiO. ‘24 tf. UK. CHARLES H. HALL H AS removed his residence and OFFICE tc OTEFFESISOH STRSET. nritRStDicsfflS—the Honse recently occupied “A simple and pleasunt combination for jL r COUGHS, A-- l)r. G. F. BIGELOW. Boston. Beneficial in BRONCHITIS. - ’ DR. J. F. W. LANE, Boston. I have proved them excellent for Whooping Cough," REV. H. W. WARREN, Boston. “Beneficial when compelled to speak, offering form COLD.” Rev. S.J. P. ANDERSON, St. Louis “Effectual in removing Hoarseness and Irritation of the Throat; so common with Speakers and Singers. - ’ Prof. M. STACY JOHNSON, LaGrnnge, Ga., Teacher, of Marie. Southern Female College. Great benefit wlien taken before and after preaching, as they prevent Hoarse- From their past effect, I think they will be of permanent advantage to me.” Rev. E. ROWLEY, A. M . President of Athens College, Tonn. by Mr. Chamberlain. Jan. 5th. 1858. Office next door. 33 tf , ' V - ’■ v I December 1860. nr Sold bv all Druggists, r.t TWENTY. FIVE CENTS A BOX.^FJ (*■1 Rm m a ^ | o -6/S- * a. ^ o - 5 -t - f-tr ■A a Scholastic Year I860. rjtHIS flourishing Institution bts Five General De partments. 1st. A Collegiate Department, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, GEORGIA, Baldwin county. W HEREAS, Louisa Anderson applies for let ters of Administration, on the estate of Mary Anderson, late ot said caunty deceased. Tltis is therefore to cite all persons concerned to show canse, if any, on or before the first Monday in May next, why said letters should not be £ ranted. Given nnder my baud officially this larch 7,1861. 42 5t. JOHN HAMMOND, Ord’y. FOll THE RAPID CURE OF Coughs, Colds, Influenza. Hoarseness, Cronp, Bronchitis, Incipient Consumption, and for the relief of Consumptive Patients iu ad vanced stages of the disease. So wide is the field of its usefulness and so numerous are the cases of its cures, that almost every section of country abounds in persons publicly known, who have been restored from alarming and even desperate dis eases of the lungs by its use. When once tried, its superiority over every other medicine of its kind is too apparent to escape observation, and where its virtues arc known, the public no longer hesitate what antidote to employ for the distressing and dangerous affections of the pulmonary organs that are incident to our climate. While many inferior remedies thrust upon the community have failed and been discarded, this has gained friends by every trial, conferred benefits on the “ Eh i-5 | .= 2 (TvJ 8 5 I odd rH lonr yet..- ding nil the branches of Science necessary to niM** Young Ladies thorough mid acconrcplishnd scholar?. Tuition $5b 00 per annum. 2d. ■J 5 ao > ** a . — a * a - 5 * c a a: o eO 1 *» 1 cvj s-dM -ee- a § j- ® «- a S Sc * 'k 3 x. & £ •a '% 5 1-f j s c »■? c 1 a 8 - ¥0 ~G> ■a E H 3 =® e') nfc -ss Q PU An Academic Department, In which pupils are properly prepared for Collecr. and a good boets laid for thorough Scholarship. I 0- itiou from $20 to 4<> a year. ?d. A Music Department, For instructing pupils on tlie I’iaim Forte, Buaar. Harp, Organ, Harmonium, Violin, Ac. Tuition 4th..Ornamental Department, Where instruction is given in every variety n Painting and needlework. Tuitior from F- u otii. A Domestic Depart merit. 11 r c i- ti Blackberry Wine. For teaching pupils tbe Elementary and duties of Domestic Aflaiis. 4 PUKE article of this Wine, can'be hr.d nt the Store of Krirve Ar (’lurk, also at the Va riety Store of J. CONN Ac (SONS'. This Wine is four years old, and in taste much resembles the very best Old Port. A few dozen of this age can be obtained. Price $1 25 per bottle. d tf. afflicted they can never forget, and produced cures too rkable to be forgotten. numerous and too remarl PREPARED BY DR. J. C. AYER Sc. CO. LOWELL. MASS. For Sale in Milledgeville by GRIEVE &, CLARK and HERTY & HALL. THE SOUTHERN REPUBLIC. This Daily and Weekly Political and Commer cial Journal, edited by JAMES M. 8MYTHE, Esq , and JOHN B. WEEMS, Esq , Associate, Contains tlio latest news by Telegraph and Mail; is published in the city of Augusta. Georgia, by WM. J. VASON & Co. It is the cheapest Political Paper of its Size, issned Daily in the Confed erate States of America. 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Julv 2.— *>• Annual Examination, July 12, 13. Iti. . Commencement Sermoa, Rev. P. II. Mell, V. •• Athens.duly 15. Junior Exhibition, July 17th. Commencement day, July ISLh. ,. , Literary Address, by Hon. Mr. Douglas, Cut.; Fall Term will beein Aug. 2Cth. For fortur r iiiforutaiiou send for a Catalogue, . WM C. WILKES, Prest- R. T. Asburt. Secretary Faculty. July 9th, I860. 3 H- CASTLEN & VARDELL, WHOLESALE A AD RETAIL DEALERS IT DRUGS, MEDICINES, Ac. 26 dt» ly- MACON, GA. November 13th, 1860. ty If yon are afflicted with Piles, send to Hc f I A Hall and get a box of Sturdevant’s pile mant. and he cured. Price $1 a box - Cardial, which is an excellent remedy Jacafe’s inthe bac£^night-sweatsTrick-stomach7.VY f a3S»HS~n AH*tk ■ 1, WIlll’U IB QU C’AVClxa.aa* - - i in the breast, inflamed throat. advertisement in another column