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• n KTT-FOI.’KTH CONGRESS — -FIRST SESSION.
i,aiNGTON, Jan. 17, 1856. —HorsF..• —Mr. Ste
. i ask the indulgence of the House hut for
moments. 1 wish to make some inquiries of
. .ruble gentleman from Tenues.- e, Mr.
ir, in reference to some remarks made hv
;!ie debate yesterday. He is reported as
X pinion is, tliat the advocates of the con
sul power of ( ongress to establish or pro
. . i ry in the territory of the United States—
; :hey may live in the South, though thev
'fess to be the advocates of the Constitu
te rights of tiie South arc doing to the South
i .aage, and are more dangerous, than the
..■ienists of the North.”
,ih to ask the gentleman from Tennessee
means by that declaration; and also if he
any gentlemen, or persons, at the South
•coir the Constitutional power of Congress
ibit slavery in the Territories V
ZollicolU-r —l am pleased that the gentleman
Georgia has put the question to me, and i
e obliged to him, and to the House, not to
me strictly to a categorical answer. My
i iTi is, that the theory that the Congress of j
united States has the Constitutional power to
f .. s graphical line through the public Ter
[ -j.-s. ana to sav where slavery shall exist, and
■ -lav ry shall be prohibited forever, is a
giving to Congress a power which the Con
j in has never conferred upon tins bodv. Mv
i i~, that this theory has done more damage
i iistit .’iona! rights of the Southern States
Union, than the open warfare of Northern
unmsts, upon the institutions of the South.
ii.it mean to he understood as saving, lhat
aen who entertain tliis theory of tiie Con
n are less patriotic than gentlemen who be
•.s 1 do, tliat the Constitution does not confer
nvr; but my position is, and what 1 wish
.ndi'tstood as saying is, that the theory is an
,iis and most dangerous one. And here lei
irk, that many gentlemen of the South,
patriotism 1 have never doubted, have fallen ;
a belief of this theory; and some gentlemen
t'.iras to demand that the Congress of
■fill'd States should mark out the line divid-
Territory between the North and the South,
, : ,-iiv determine forever where slavery
i* : ;! go, and where it should be prohibited. But
, .raliiied that many of those gentlemen have
■ ■-d their opinions.
. o'.ieman from Georgia [Mr. Stephens] asks
i Miint him to a man of the South who enter- '
. b opinion... I would say to him that my
Hixling is. that the gentleman from Georgia
Mr. Stephens has, upon the floor of this
- maintained, with regard to the territory ac
i irom Mexico, that unless Congress would
[ in- Missouri compromise line to the Pacific
i , i>v a geographical line, divide the territo
i determine forever where slavery should ex
| ,1 where ii should be prohibited, that he had
i :n ,• alternative than to return the territory to
I ■ hot us keep our money which is to be
1 it," said he, ‘‘and let Mexico keep her
1 n - and her people.” That was his position,
- id it. lam gratified that the gentle
v n warr-vl against the principle of “non
i 1 s,” has changed his opinion, and now
i the country as an advocate of the
i.f non-intervention” by the Federal
i at with the territories of the Union, np
| ■of slavery. Mv opinion is, that the
- , -.in he carved out of the public Territo
[■ i: n they shall be admitted into this Union,
a i vine in upon an equal footing with the old
i. - under the plain letter of the Constitution
l. > v should come in full-fledged, with all pow
| c.ermining their fundamental and constitu
f.vi! w - as is conceded to the old States of the
I repeat, I do not mean to say that gcntle
: ' entertain the opinions 1 ascribe to him
- patriotic than those who embrace the pi in
if nou-intervention ; but 1 mean to say that
. . arc more dangerous to the South, par
••jt’v when presented by Southern gentlemen,
■a when presented bv open and avowed Aboli
mists.
Mi . Stephens The g • dleinen is mistaken in a‘
.'•iiting to me any such position or opinions as
—ems, from the tec n d he refers to, inclined to
,m me, 1 did not then, or ever, advocate the
- utional power in Congress, to prohibit slave
i'he Territories; but I maintained tliat upon
principle of the compromise I should be satis
. -vit‘i nothing but a fair division of this Terri
i have always, and I do now, maintain, as
' i-iiial question, that the Territories of the
■J States are the common domain, in which
'pie all the States have an equal interest;
■ 'vat the people of the States who choose t
1 ilietri, should determine their domestic insti
fa- themselves as they please when they f
v form their State Constitutions. But when
' rth would not permit the South toenjov all in
tenn, to colonize all in common, and to settle
a common, without restriction, then only on
principle of division, as an alternative, would 1
vi-e the question at all. Now, sir
■ Znllieoffer, (interrupting)—Will the gentle- :
from Georgia allow me to read his declared
Stephens—Not now. 1 know all about my ,
1 opinions. Ido not wish to have my time
; taken up by reading.
Zuliicoffer—Very well, sir.
' phens— If the gentleman has anything
contradiction to what I say, I will, when 1
tough, hear him read it; but I do not wish
Vbe diverted from other points. The gent le
- stated to the House, when he began, that.
- mil Mi n who voted for the Missouri line
- graphical line—where slavery might exist,
it should not, were more dangerous to
• -T- of the people of the South than the
"-uists of tiie North. Does he believe that
- :i -,v ’; n 3 ago—when the South was
i to the wall -when thev took that measure
- :tn itternatiee —when tiie North insisted on
- every foot of the country, and when, only
eial! majority, the South reluctantly took
in lieu of total prohibition—does lie be
i ask, that those men wore more dangerous
South than the Abolitionists of the North
Does he say that your Lowndeses and Clays,
majority ot the Southern members, were
. mgerous to the rights and interests of the
t. and the peace of the country thau the avow
iiiionists?
Znllieoffer Perhaps the gentleman does not
"Stand me. 1 again repeat, and 1 wish to be
-iv understood, that this theory has done
damage and is more dangerous to the consti
• • rig’nts of the Soutli than the open efforts
■'ionisrs. Many patriotic men at the peri
which the gentleman alludes, fell, as I bc
iato the error in submitting to what they re
-1 as the smaller of two evils, namely : in ad
’-'•s; that the Federal Government has the pmrei
• s-.ipwhich are yet to be formed out of
T-rri tones of the United States in the eburac
r • uni <tic institutions forever. I feel
l' v i' more dangerous to the South
•a warfare of the Abolitionists.
»s—Then I wish the gentleman from
,• . state what theory he means V Does
■' any s cithern man in the beginning, in
vie, or down to the present, or at any time
progress of this controversy, who ever en
"•'v i - ■>, (tkt'<ry as he speaks of? And does
»au\c of any southern man who voted for a di-
R'd the public domain, except as an alterna-
Did the offer to divide even originate with
aien? Has it ever been defended by
-f wen, except as an alternative?
:iii ;jjr If the gentleman from Georgia
- ' me, l will read an extract of his speech
. on the subject ?
Now, sir, you may read it.
l Mtcotler -On the 13th of June, 1850 j the
gentleman from Georgia is reported, in
v- '’-, as saying:
, 1 ‘ / ! kgiutuag been, as the gentle
•••‘in Mississijypi says lie is in favor of the ex
• ••? Missouri Compromise tine, or some
, . of the Territory. But 1
dit ision which will not give as ample priv
ant security to the South lu the enjoyment
, •». as it does to the North. The ex
, ’ae Missouri Compromise, without the
-v“ ; _‘”'‘ ot slavery south of that line and all the
protection would, in mv opinion, be a
i nuK-kery of right, Just a* much so os the doe-
Tfc ,f • Hterrer.ftOß. This was my position
■ ag" upon this floor, and upon which 1
;*• d 1 should stand or fall. [ hold that,
.... ju:-;n..>i ,-t these Territories, their
v, derived upon Ot>*#re*s, and 'that it
.r, V Jt d. !‘ f Congress to pass ail neeessarv
Ulf iair and equal enjoyment of them b\
* . k'M le of the United States, or sueh of the:n
‘ go the re with the property of every de
“As a difference of opinion exists between the
.North and South upon the subject of slavery 1
.thought and still think, that for the purpose of
■ ® uch . J u>t 1U1 “ equal enjoyment a division, of the
| Territory would be best. That Gmyresx had pf/UtT
; top&M all (ruchl-fitr*, f never doubled —indeed I was
j amazed at the position of those who claimed the
constitutional right to carry and hold slaves there
and yet denied to Congress the power to pass laws
for the protection of these rights. The dextrin* of
j ‘non-intervention' denied the power.”
Air. Stephens—Yes, sir, and 1 endorse every
word of that now.
j Here the hammer fell.]
j Mr. Stephens—l ask the indulgence of the House
to permit me to conclude my remarks.
The Clerk—There being no objection, the gentle
, man is at liberty to proceed.
Mr. Read©—\Vill the gentleman from Georgia
allow me to ask him a single question, so that I
may be sure I understand him correctly?
Mr. Stephens—Certainly.
-Mr- Reade —I want to ascertain whether 1 under
stood the gentleman from Georgia, in the extract
just read by the gentleman front Tennessee, to
j have spoken of the principle of nou-inferven
tionas a mockery? 1 want to understand that ex
tract correctly. Did the gentleman from Georgia
speak of the principle of non-intervention as u
mockery ?
Mr. Zollicoffer—This is w hat 1 understand his
language to amount to.
Mr. Stephens—One at a time—and one thing at
a time, Mr. Clerk. What 1 wish the House right
here to understand clearly is this: “Non-interven
tion,” as the word was used at that time by me,
w as a term altogether different in its meaning and
import, and practical effect from the same word as
! it has more recently been used on this floor and
elsewhere. At the time of the acquisition of Mexi
i can territory, there were local laws—4s [ under
stood them-prohibiting slavery. I held it to be
I the duty of Congress then, to annul those laws,
and to open up ail the Territory to the free and uu
resiricted colonization of the people of all the States
of the Union. There was then already “interven
tion” against us. Non-intervention over lhat Ter
ritory at that time would have been exclusion, par
ticularly in connection with the idea that the peo
ple there should never be permitted to change the
existing statue, as f showed in that speech from
which the gentleman has read an extract, or some
other, or at least thought 1 showed. This was my
| opinion upon a question, however, on which South
! era men differed. But it is proper for the gentle
man from North Carolina (Mr. Reade] and the
House to understand the import with which the
! term “non-intervention V was used by me in that i
speech. I t was that “ non-intervention ” which, ;
1 m n>>" judgment, would have absolutely excluded |
; a portion ol the people of the Union from a just
and fair participation in the use of common terri- j
tory, and [ wished all to be equal participators j
therein.
Now, sir, in that speech from which ihe gentle- ;
man has read, I was speaking of a settlement of i
this controverted question on the principle of divis
ion, as the people of the North could not injustice j
be permitted to take the whole territory—every j
loot of it, North, South, East and West, which t hey |
were claiming, and seemed determined to have. ;
My theory was, and the whole Southern theory was, !
as i understood it, as an original question, to leave i
the whole territory free to colonization by all alike, 1
and without restriction anywhere. But, sir, w hen j
we were forced to the wall, when we were outvoted
by a large majority from the North, win n we had i
no hopes of getting' that theory of ours realized, then j
w’e were willing, as 1 sail!, in consequence us tJiis see- j
tional disagreement, as an alternative, to* have the ;
territory divided with ihe same guarantee against, j
the previous intervention against us on one side of j
the line to the people of the South, as there was on I
the other side to the people of the North.
The House will indulge me also in another idea.
In the speech to which the gentleman from Ten- j
nessee lias alluded, he quotes me as having express
ed astonishment as to the power of Congress to do j
what f thought ought to be done ; that is, to in-.ti- j
tute Governments for the Territories, and to effect j
what I desired. Now, on this subject, in both a-- ■
poets .if it, there was a division of sentiment as
well North as South. I held that Congress had j
power te govern or to provide governments, and to !
pass such laws as were necessary to give security |
to since property, which some, holding the doctrine |
of “non-intervention,” as then used and under- i
stood, denied. I was amazed at some gentlemen
who held that by virtue of the Constitution alone i
we could hold slaves in the Territories, and yet de
nied the power to protect them. 1 hold the same
sentiments now . I held that it is the duty of Con- .
gross to protect slave property as well as other pro
perty in tin common territory of the United Stales,
just as it might protect any other kind of [ i iper.y
That is what I held n> be tiie power and duty ot ;
Congress, i did not bold that ii liad tiie unquali
fied power to prohibit. Now, 1 ask ihe gentleman
again, does lie know any mau in the southern :
country who advocates, or even defends, the un
limited constitutional power of Congress to pro
hibit slavery in the Territories?
Mr. Zollicoffer—l would ask the gentleman from 1
Georgia, whether in 1-S4B he did not, on this llo.ir. I
take the position, with reference to the territory ;
acquired from Mexico, that there were but two i
courses to pursue; that there were but two alterna
tives with hitn. ! ask him if he did not suite, that
unless tiie Federal Government extended the Mis
souri Compromise line to the Pacific ocean, so that !
slavery should exist forever on one side of the
line, and should not exist on the other, his only
alternative was to return the territory to Mexico?
1 ask him if he did not demand that Congress
should not merely protect slavery in the territory :
on on ' side of a geographical line, but should pro
hibit it on the other? 1 ask him if lie did not d<-
T/nt/id that, and demand it as the only alternative
to the returning the territory to Mexico ’
Mr. Stephens Only, Mr. Clerk, byway of com- ;
promise.
Mr. Zoliicoffer Ah I
Air. Stephens-—lt was only as a compromise that
I would agree to or demanded the extension of the
Missouri line, recognizing and protecting slavery
South of the line as well as excluding it North.
This was the only plan of division, itself an alter- .
native, that 1 w ould agree to. I was then in favor {
of running that line through to the Pacific—not as
au original proposition, but us an alternative—-to
settle the question upon some principles of justice,
j as the South and North differed upon slavery, and
: the North, so far from lotting the South have the .
: free common use of all, seemed bent upon not let
ting her have any. But the North would not agree,
then, even tofthai —they would not divide. An over
whelming majority itt this House were opposed to
it. On the loth day of January, foil, a large, an ■
i overwhelming majority in this House repudiated
the adoption of that line byway of settlement—a
line, or a principle rather, which the South was
forced to adopt in foOn. not as a theory of her own,
but as her onlv alternative.
Now, Mr. Clerk, I voted in Is is, ;ls all tiie men
from the South upon this floor voted, to extend ,
that Hue to the Pacific coast. It was no measure
of our choice.
Mr. Zollicoffer—f suppose 1 do not mismidcr
stand the gentleman from Georgia. I now under
stand him to express the opinion that the Federal I
Government lias no constitutional power to restrict
; slavery in any of the Territories of the United
States; yet. in a spirit of compromise, he was
willing, in this instance, that the Constitution
: should be violated in the measure proposing to re
strict slavery in half the territory, and that the
Federal Government should thus (in what the Con
stitution itself prohibited.
Mr. Stephens -No, sir, j_, hold no such dotrine.
The gentleman can assign me no such position. I
voted to extend the line as an alternative; but 1
did not hold, nor do I now hold, that I violated the
Constitution in thus voting. And I want to know
of the gentleman from Tennessee if he would not
have voted for the extension of that line if he had
been here? When the whole South united in
agreeing to extend the line as an alternative, bv
way of compromise, in Ist-., [ want to know of the
gentleman from Tennessee- and f call the atten
tion of the House to his answer - whether he would
not, if he had been here, have voted with the South
for that extension? Would the gentleman, or
' would he not?
Mr. Zollicoffer--Mr. Clerk, it will be remetnber
i ed that when this little sparring between the gen
tleman h orn Georgia and myself commenced
Mr. Stephens -1 do not yield to the gentleman,
except to answer my question.
Mr- Zollicoffer- —1 will give the gentleman a di
’ rect answer.
Mr. Stephens- Very well; go on.
Mr. Zollicoffer—l say it will’ be remembered that
this little sparring between the gentleman front
Georgia and my self grew out of the fact, that when
the gentleman from I‘ennsvlvania, Mr. Fuller,' for
whom 1 have been voting as a candidate for Speak
er, defined his position the other dav—when hi
announced himself as occupying the-high national
position which he did, the gentleman from Georgia
rose and complimented him upon having revised
his opinions and corrected his position before the
House and e-mnlry. 1 confess, sir, that 1 coulu not
help supposing that those compliments were ironi
' cally tendered, and ! stated, in reply, that it would
be well to remember that other gentlemen had cor
rected their positions besides the gentleman from
Pennsylvania.
And now, sir, in reply to the interrogatory of the
j gentleman from Georgia, 1 have to say that from
the day of that crisis in 1850, when I saw what I
saw in the Nashville Southern Convention, as it
- was called—when 1 saw that body demanding the
• extension of the Missouri Compromise line to the
Pacific —when 1 saw that body advocating the e:c
--; ereise by the Federal Government of the power to
prohibit and permit the extension of slavery upon
i tbs' respective sides of a certain geographical line
1 through the Territories belonging to the Govern •
, ment, a power that 1 felt was not delegated by the
r Constitution- when I saw that position taken by
t the exireme men of the South, sir, 1 planted my
■ self upon the position, that they :/«V of the Terri
• lories, when they come to form Shite Governments
a for thejnsdi s, had the mlc right to determine for
u themsebes whether they would have slavery or not.
Alt . Stephens The gentleman has not answer
' !ed my question. I ask again whether in 1848,
1 when the proposition was sent down from the
‘ Senate proposing to extend the Missouri Hue to the
? Pacific toast, would the gentleman from Tennessee
“ ! have voted for it V
' Air. Zollicoffer—Well, Mr. Clerk, I will answer
j the gentleman in this way
; Air. Stephens—l cannot give the gentleman mv
j, \ time except for a direct answer to my question. T
want to know whether, when Congress was provi
ding governments for the Territories acquired from
Mexico, he would, if he had been here, have voted
for the extension of tiie Missouri line through those
j Territories or not?
Mr. Zollicoffer —The time has been, Mr. Clerk,
when the great bodv of men at the .South, for the
■ sake of choosing what they considered the smaller
of two evils, had fallen in with this Missouri eom
i promise line; but, sir, my own opinion is. that had
lat ti.a time occupied a seat upon this floor I
should have felt it to be my duty to investigate the
subject with care, and to vote deliberately upon
that investigation; and that I should have voted to
sustain the pr.nciples recognized in the compromise
1 measures of 185 u.
Mr. Stephens—My question is, would the gentle
man have voted for the Missouri -compromise line
at the time I have stated ?
Mr. Zollicoffer—Afy answer is, that I would have
voted in accordance with the principles of the com
promise acts of 1850, to have the people of the Ter
, ritorUs to determine ihx question of slavery for them
selves, when they came to form a istate government.
Mr. Stephens—The gentleman said he would
give me a direct answer. He has not. Now I wish
to put to the gentleman from Tennessee another ‘
question, that is, whether, when those Southern
men he has spoken of, before they got the prtnei- j
pies of 1850, now carried out in the Kansas bill,
chose the less instead of the greater evil, as he
has said—when every man from Tennessee, every j
| man from Georgia, every man from South Caroli- ;
na—in a word, every man, Whig and Democrat, j
Soutli of Mason and Dixon’s line, voted for that
| measure, were they acting upon a theory more dan- j
gcr.ms to the South than Abolitionism itself?
Air. Zollicoffer—The principle of 185" and of j
the Kausas-Nelitaska bill were then urged, and are |
as old as the Constitution. I repeat what I stated >
at the very outset, and i do not mean to be under
j stood as saving that those gentlemen were less pa- I
triot.ic in their motives than those who understood, j
as the gentleman from Georgia now understands,
the principle of non-intervention in the Nebraska
, and Kansas bill, or that their theory was more dan- |
gerous than Abolitionism itself: but I say, never
j theless, that the theory, whoever may entertain it, I
| that the power exists in tiie Federal Government !
1 to determine forever, for the States to be formed j
out of the Territories of the United States, the
; fundamental constitutional principles of those :
; States to determine whether slavery should ex
i ist there or not—is a theory more dangerous to the !
South than the overt movements of Abolitionism
; itself.
Mr. Stephen'. lam here to defend that theory
: so far as niv action under it is concerned. 1 say ,
it was a wise theory, looking to the peace of the j
i country under the circumstances. I say it was a
i just theory so far as was founded on the principle j
i of a fair division of the Territory, but it was not, :
' nor is now, any favorite then of mine. 1 preferred
| another—the principle established in 1850. Still, j
there was nothing so aggressive in it, that the coun
try might not have been satisfied with it if it had !
been abided i iv. J acted on it only as an altema- !
live. Nor do I hold that the whole South in ad- j
heriug to it were more dangerous to themselves
than Abolitionism itself. Nor, sir. do i hold that
a division of territory', as stated, violates the Con
stitution of the United States. This 1 sa_v, while 1
I also maintain that the Constitution gives to Cun
i gres no original or substantive power to prohibit !
i slavery iu the Territories of thiscouutry. The
; gentleman cannot find, in any remarks that I have j
| ever made, that I have ever advocated the exis
tence of any such power. 1 never have entertain
|ed any such Opinion. I have always warred
I against ii from the beginning.
1 have always maintained that this theory of the !
i creation of territorial governments was outside
| the contemplation of the Constitution. It rests 1
i upon a power resulting from the acquisition of ter
ritory which the Constitution never contemplated.
I Hot when acquired, the duty devolves upon Con
: gross either to govern it or to provide a government
I for it. And in governing or providing govern
ments, Congress Ims no power, either express
or implied, direct or incidental, to pass any
law which would deprive any portion of the
people of the several Slate-, of their right to a
i just and fair participation iu the public domain, j
Hut a law or regulation, looking to a disposition of
; the publi domain as common property, based up
on the principle of division between the two sec- i
j lions, disagreeing, as they do, upon the subject of
! slavery, 1 hold, may be constitutional, or, at least,
; not violative to it. While the exercise, therefore, I
i of such power by a general exclusion would be j
' wholly unconstitutional, yet, under circumstances ;
; qualified as I have stated, it might be properly ex- 1
! orcised. As 1 understood the honorable gentleman ;
from Illinois 'Mr. Richardson ; iu hold, the other
I day, the exercise of this power may or might he
| perfectly consistent with the Constitution, just, and j
proper in mu instil , anil wholly inconsistent with
it, unjust, and improper iu another.
Mr! Znilirorter Mr. Clerk, 1 desire to say, that
| if [ have not done justice in every respect to the
position taken by the gentleman from Georgia, on
a former occasion, t desire now to do so. 1 sent,
some tifhvn minutes a ■>, to the Congressional Li
brary for a copy of the Congressional Globe, con
taining ihe remark- of the gentleman from Geor
gia, to which 1 have referred, upon which the ;
statement i have made, as to his position, was pre
dicated. 1 have not yet received it. I hope to re
j eeive it presently, and then [ will give to the House
the record upon w hich 1 based my opinion,
Mr. Stephens The gentleman misapprehends mo
if he supposes that I ever held the idea or opinion
! that Congress has the general or unlimited powei
j to exclude slavery from the Territories of the Uni
ted States. Never, sir; hut 1 have held, and Ido
hold now, that the powei iu organizing govern
. merits and disposing of the common territory, can j
j be properly and constitutionally exercised on the j
j principles of a fair division. The gentleman seems
to belong to a class of men who argue that if Con
gress can exclude slavery from a part, on the prin
ciples I speak of. it could, therefore, exclude it from
all the Territories,
1 Mr. ZollicUfter That is the position of the gen
j tleman’s candidate for speakership, as announced
last Friday in his place, that if you can exercise
power over a part of the Territory, you can over
the whole of the Territory.
Mr. Stephens No, sir. 1 endorse every word
t that the gentleman from Illinois lias said on thi>
subject, lie says that lie voted for the extension
of the Missouri compromise line, and that he did
1 not think in doing so that he was violating the
Constitution. I think so too. He says that the
exercise -,,f the power, other than by compromise,
or a fair division of territory, would be wwijawl
uiijuxt, and ( ii iu>i. ot /-/M A ko , o' \ oj
Utf »piritof iic- ihii-A-uui«n. So I say too. And
why would it, in my opinion, he unconstitutional to
exclude slavery front all the Territories? The
1 Constitution is silent on the subject of the govern
ment of the Territories. 1 have at way's maintain
ed that the power was an incident and resulting
one; and, as I look on all resulting powers, this ;
i one is to be fairly and justly exercised, When ex- |
ereised in that way, I hold that it is constitutional. !
: If not, it is wrong and unjust, and tantamount- to j
a violation of an express provision of the Const!- '
lution. It is a violation of the spirit of the Con
stitution, because of its injustice.
Mr. Zidlicofter-- If Congress lias the power to ;
exclude slavery from one-half of the Territory, has
ii, not the power to exclude from all the Territory?
Mr. Stephens No, sir. That is the point, "it
1 would be unjust; and for that very reason, no such
power of general exclusion could be properly exer
i cised. The Government of the United States, un
: der the operation of the revenue laws, and not
within the purview or contemplation of any of the !
granted powers of the Government, acquired a
surplus revenue. Ii was never contemplated by
- Constitution that such a fund should be amass- j
ed. A distribution of the fund fairly and justly
between all the States, 1 hold, was perfectly con
stitutional. Ilut suppose the North had said, “Here j
is a ease outside of the Constitution. There is not ,
a word in that, instrument on the subject. The j
fund has been unexpectedly acquired under the op- j
; eration of the Government; but ii shall not be ui
j vided among all the States equally, it shall he ta- j
ken exclusively by those where slavery does not ;
exist; tli.t- uo slaveholding State shall touch a dol
lar of it.” Would that have been constitutional ? j
This is an apt case, in point of illustration, for j
the Constitution is silent on the subject. It was j
, never contemplated, by that instrument that a sur- ;
plus fund should be accumulated ; but such a fund
did accumulate, and may again. The power of
distribution was a resulting power, and, when fair
ly and jtistlv exercised, was constitutional. I do
not now discuss the expediency of the distribution,
but the constitutionality of it. Ido not doubt that
it was constitutional, if the distribution was fair i
[ and just, but it would have been nothing short of
- usurpation for the North to have taken the whole
i of it. That is my answer, and so with the Terri
tories. Here was an acquisition of public domain,
. which the Constitution never looked to or provided
, tor, made by the common treasure, by the common
[ blood of Northern men and Southern men—-men
t trmn all sections contributed in acquiring it. In
i some States slavery existed, in others jt did not;
. and was it not right tiiat the people of all the States
should have an equal enjoyment of, or a just aud
, i fair participation in, this public domain ? dust as
i * n t* lo casy pi the surplus fund; when that fund
g came to he divided, it w ould have been monstrous,
and unjust, and violative of the Constitution of
its spirit, it not its letter —if the distribution had
v . not been an equal and a fair one.
Mr. Zollicoffer i have at length been able to
obtain, aud will read the extract un which I based
s rav opinion of the gentleman’s position. Mv nb
ject in doing so, at this time, is merelv to'show
that I had no purpose to misunderstand or misrep
resent him. f call attention to the following ex
, tract of a speech delivered by the gentleman in
■ 1848, on the floor of this House.
“T have no objection to compromising the ques
tion, but I have only two plan* of compromise; one
is, a fair dimwn of the territory by fair and’ dis
tinct lines, by which every one may know exactly
to what extent his rights will be protected. I care
not much whether it be by an extension of the
Missouri line, or whether it be by adopting as a
line one of the mountain ranges, giving the South
all on this side and the North all on the other. I
am, however, rather in favor of the latter: but
shall insist on some fair and just division. That is
one plan of compromise I shall favor; and if 1 can- :
; not get that, I have but one other to offer, and that *
. is, to reject the Territory altogether. " Let us keep
: our money which is to be paid for it, and letMexi
j co keep her provinces and her people.”
Mr. Stephens—Well, sir
Mr. Zollicoffer—Let me proceed.
Mr. Stephens—Show in what I differed then
from what I now state. Why do you bring my re
cords to back what 1 now say ?
I Mr. Zollicoffer—l do not say that it differs from
what the gentleman has said in the last few min
; utes ; but there does seem to me to be some differ- !
ence between it and the non-intervention banner
which he so boldly flaunted on yesterday.
Mr. Stephens—Not at all, sir." Permit me to re
, peat just here that my original view was, that Con- 1
gress should not interfere or intervene against us; 1
that Congre.'-. should leave the eommon territory
was free and ope nto colonization by all alike. This 1
what I desired; this is what we have now got. But i
when that speech was made, this hope was a fore- I
gone conclusion ; the hand of Congress against us
could not be stayed. None of us expected, if the
territory should be acquired, that intervention ;
; against us by Congress in some way or other could j
ibe prevented. We were voted down. I, however,
i was still willing, as an alternative, to compromise ;
i on the old principle of division ; but if I could not 1
| get even that, then my last alternative was not to j
take the territory. The gentleman front Illinois,
Mr. Richardson], and the Senator from Illinois,
Mr. Douglas], and a few more, not exceeding half 1
! a dozen, I believe, were the only gentlemen from •
the entire North who voted to give us anv showing
at all -men who seem to be now hunted down.
While the gentleman is reading me a lecture in re-
ference to the honorable gentlemen front Pennsyl
vania, to which I will reply, his whole argument
seems to be to hunt down .Mr. Richardson.
Mr. Zollicoffer—l think that assumption is a lit
tle unkind to me. I feel that such is not my wish;
j but that, when Southern men seem to be hunting
: down sound and national men of the North who
l stand with me, both sides of the question should
I go before the people.
Mr. Stephens— Let me go on, if yon please.
Mr. Zollicoffer—l will say that I now understand
the gentleman’s position to be somewhat different
from what I supposed. 1 understand that, as a
matter of compromise, he was willing to see this
geographical line run to the Pacific; that slavery
should exist on one side, and be excluded from the
other. 1 now understand him to say that he be
lieves that Congress has power to make this dispo
sition ?
Mr. Stephens—l do.
Mr. Zollicoffer—And I understand him, at. the
same time, to sav that, while Congress has power
to prohibit slavery from one half of the Territory,
it has not the power to prohibit it from three quar
ters. This, I must confess, to me is inexplicable.
Mr. Stephens -It maybe so to the gentleman ;
it. does not seem so to ate. 1 say that there is no
violation of constitutional power to divide fairlv
and justly, but it would be violative of every just
principle of the Constitution to take the whole. If
that is inexplicable to the gentleman, I suppose it
will not so appear toothers. I suppose that this
was the view of all the gentlemen from the South
acting with me on the extension of the Missouri
line; at least, it is the ground upon which i stood.
Now, Mr. Clerk, l am willing that the gentleman
shall search all my records, and bring them up
here and read them. I think that, upon this point,
the gentleman will find that L have never changed
sides, or positions, or opinions. If I were to do it,
1 would not hesitate to avow it; I wish the Gen
tleman io know that. But I wish the country also
to know that my opinions upon this point, so far
us I am a proper judge of them, have been the
same since I first came to Congress, and just such
as l entertained before I came here. The position
of the South from the beginning was, that Con
gress ought not to interfere or intervene against ns
upon this subject. That is my position, and al
ways was, as an original question. That was the
Southern ground anterior to the Missouri restric
tion in 182". That was only supported by South
ern men as an alternative. It was when the South
was voted down by the North, and when the South
was about to lose the whole of the Territory, that
site consented to the principle of a division ■ and I
■say that Congress has the power, in my opinion, to
divide fairly and justly, but no power to give the
whole, exclusively, to one section, just as in the
case 1 have put. about the surplus revenue.
Now, sir, the gentleman remarked that mv allu
sion to the gentleman front Pennsylvania Mr. Ful
ler was unkind. 1 disclaimed yesterday- 1 dis
claimed most emphatically yesterday—and 1 do
again to-day, any intention of alluding to the gen
th-m.m from Pennsylvania in an unkind spirit. 1
did it because 1 thought the occasion required it;
1 thought ii due to the progress of our cause here.
1 felt extremely gratified at the announcement of
the gentleman s opinions, and so 1 said then. 1
say now that my intention was not to cut down the
gentleman front Pennsylvania at all, but it was to
strengthen him and to strenghen his friends and
our cause at the North it was to give our friends
{■very assurance and induce them to stand firm :
for we have evidence now that if they do so, the
great principles established in is,7o,'and carried
out in the Kansas-Nebraskn bill, will iilliimivh
prevail in this country, notwithstanding the clam
or at the first elections against it.
Mr. Zollicoffer lam happy to hear that I mis
apprehended the purpose ot the gentleman ; but
whi'ii he, by implication, stated that the gentleman
from Pennsylvania had seen new light-
-Mr. Stephens -I'did not say that he had seen
new light.
Mr. Zollicoffer \S ell, that light had dawned
upon him.
Mr. Stephens I did not say that.
Mr. Zollicoffer-- The impression upon mv mind
was that the gentleman did imply this in what he
said.
Mr. Stephens—No sir. What I said was
Mr. Zollicoffer—Well, Mr. Clerk, may 1 be al
lowed to ask the gentleman, in order that I mav be
able to understand his position—for 1 have some
difficulty in understanding him -whether lie be
lieves the Missouri Compromise line to have been
constitutional or unconstitutional ?
-Mr. Stephens I believe that it was constitu
tional.
Mr. Zollicoffer- Well, that is what f understood
his position to amount to at first.
Mr. Stephens I believe it was founded upon
the principle of a fair division of the territory as
ii was then understood, and a> such it viola
ted no constitutional provision. ! ask the gen
tleman from Tennessee now again, whether he
would not have voted for ii if lie had been here?
Mr. Zollicoffer Mr. Clerk, 1 can only repeat
what 1 attempted to say in reply to the same ques
tion a few minutes ago Had I been a member of
the House at that time, my opinion is, that I would
have done what ii lets been mv uniform habit to
do—that I would have investigated every question
upon which 1 was called to vote upon it's constitu
tional principles; and mv opinion is, that upon an
investigation, such as I gave to this question in 185: i
and in 1854, 1 should have come to the conclusion
that there was nothing in the Constitution author
izing the Federal Government to exercise the pow
er of prohibiting the new States, to be formed out
of the Territory of the Union, from adopting such
permanent institutions as they chose to adopt when
they came in as Stales, I should, therefore, have
held that the Missouri compromise was in deroga
; tion of the Constitution; that is, that there was
nothing in the Constitution authorizing such an
act; and that inasmuch as the power is claimed
upon ihat clause of the Constitution which author
izes Congress to make “all needful rules and reg
illations" for the Territory and other property of
the Union, and inasmuch as a regulation perma
nently prohibiting the States to he formed out of
: that Territory from acting for themselves when
they took on themselves sovereignty, was not a
‘ “needful rule" that Congress had no such power.
I That is my present opinion.
Mr. Stephens—The gentleman, then, was oppos
:ed to it, and would not have voted for it. I ttnder
i stand him to say that he would not have voted for
the Missouri compromise.
Mr. Zollicoffer—For the third time, 1 will endea
vor to make myself definitely understood.
Mr. Stephens—-I have asked the question wheth
er. the gentleman would have voted for the exten
sion of the Missouri compromise. The gentleman
has been several times upon the floor, and has not
answered that question.
(CONCLUDED TO-MCRROW.)
!%7 EW HOOKS.—Macaulay’s History—vol. 3
s - and 4.
Prescott’s Philip the Second—vol. 1 and 2.
Gillis expedition to the Southern Hemisphere.
A Plain Commentary on the Four Holy Gospels,
intended for Devotional Reading,
i Looking I nto Jesus ;by Rev. S. Ambrose.
Village and Farm Cottages; by Cleveland and
! Backus.
Flora’s Dictionary, new and splendid edition ; bv
Mrs. Wert. ' J
Chambers’ Journal for September and November.
Songs and Ballads, of the American Revolution.
Poems ; bv Gold Pen. For sale bv
jan-24 THUS. RICHARDS A SOX,
M.\( K liR EL.—BOO packages MACKFUEL,
Nos. i, 2 and 3, in whole, half and quartei
barrels, just received, and for sale bv
dee2o HAND, WILCOX & CO.
ONION SETTS.— 2r, bushels White, Yellow
and Red ONION SETTS, just received am
for sale, in quantities to suit purchasers, at
jan4 WM HAINES’ tfit v Drug Store.
(Dcncral iUrocrttscmmte.
NOTICE.
A PHYSICIAN wishing a location in a
wealthy community, where an extensive and
profitable practice can be secured, can obtain one
by paying about $350 for Medicine, Instruments,
Ac. An early application to I>. B. PLUMB, Au
gusta, Ga., will likely please one feeling interested.
j»u22 + *utf
LAND FOE SALE.
rfIHREE HUNDRED ACRES of well
-1 .M. timbered LAND, about five miles from the
citv, on the Georgia Railroad, will be sold. A bar- ,
gain. Apple to W. B. GRIFFIN.
Augusta, Dec. 1, 1855. dec-2
CITY SHERIFF S SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will
be sold, at the Lower Market House, in the
city of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale—
-2 bbls. A inegar, 10 galls. Whisky, half bbl. Mo
! lasses, half do. Syrup; 1 do. containing Gin, half do. 1
, Peas, half do. dried Apples, half do. Fish, 1 do. On- ;
ions, 1 do. Coffee, 1 do. Salt, V-u do. Potatoes, 6 :
empty Barrels, 1 box Soda, 3 gross Matches, 6 Oys- .
ter Dishes, 6 water Buckets, 1 Coffee Can, 1 lot of ;
Jugs and Jars, ‘2 Wheel-barrows, 7 Looking-glass
' os,Too bottles Whisky, 12 Lamps, 1 Tin Can, part j
bbl. Beef, 4 Brooms, ‘ 1 Tub, 1 set of Measures, 1 •
Aceordeon, 1 lot of Sundries, consisting of Gloves, j
; Jewelry, Combs, Ac., 2 Tea Canisters, 51 glass Jars j
and contents, 1 box Fancy Soap, 3 half boxes To
bacco, 1 Tobacco Cutter, 1 box Pepper, 1 box Soap,
1 lot Crockery, 28 Glass Mugs. 1 lot Cut Tobacco,
5 boxes Segai's, 0 bottles Snuff] 36 pounds Ground
Coffee, ss bundles Tea, 1 lot Tacks, Soap and Ink,
a boxes Yeast Powders, 37 Decanters, 1 Clock, 6
Segar Mugs, 6 Waiters, Is Frames and Pictures, 2
large Looking Glasses, 12 Kegs, 1 fee Chest, 8
Demijohns, 4 Pewter Pitchers, 1 set Tin Measures,
1 Stove and Pipe, 1 Beer Pump, 3 pair Scales, 1
keg Port Wine, 1 barrel Peach Brandy, 1 do. Whis
dy, 12 Hams, 1 tierce Rice, and one lot sundries ; !
levied bn as the property of Thomas L, Williams, |
to satisfy sundry fi. fas. from the Court, of Common 1
Pleas ot* the City of Augusta, in favor of Wood, j
Bradley A Co. anil others, vs. Thomas L. Williams, j
—ALSO —
At the same time and place, will be sold : Two
j boxes Segars, 1 Picture and Frame, 5 Waiters, 1
Bagatelle Table and fixtures, 1 Chess Board, 1 lot
empty Bottles, 2}.J dozen bottles Porter and Ale, S
jugs Liquor, 10 bottles Wine and Ouriso, 4 Chairs,
i i lot choice Liquors, 4 bottles Schnapps, 1 lot of
Claret, in bottles, 1 box Matches, 1 kegs Gin and
Brandy, and one barrel Holland Gin; levied on as
. the property of George Borchers, to satisfy a dis
! tress warrant- for rent, in favor of 1. P. Girardey
vs. George Borchers.
—also—
At the same time and place, will be sold: Three
barrels Red Paint, 5 Tin Cans, Glass Jars, 1 box
Soap, and 4 Tin Dippers; levied on as the property
i of Edward Baker, to satisfy two fi. fas. issued from
; the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Augusta,
! in favor of Haviland, Risley A Co., vs. Edward
i Baker, D. B. Plumb A Co. vs. the same.
| jan WILLIAM V. K ER, Sheriff C. A.
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will
be sold, at the Lower Market House, in the
: City of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale,
. the following property, to wit:
All that lot or parcel of LAND, situate, lying and
being in the City of Augusta, and bounded North
by a lot of Beniamin F. 'Chew, South by Fenwick
street, on the East by a lot of John Conlan, and 1
West by a vacant lot. To be sold by virtue of an
order from the Honorable the Court of Common i
Pleas of said city, in an attachment case, carried ;
1 io judgment, wherein Michael Green is plaintiff, :
and Charles Shaw is defendant.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, i
all that lot or parcel of LAND, situate in the City :
of Augusta, with the improvements thereon, front
ing on Marburv street, and bounded on the West
by said Marburv street, and on the North, South
and East by vacant lots, being neat the Augusta
Factory, and occupied by the defendant, Thomas ;
Leckie.
Also, all that lot or parcel of LAND, situate in
said City, fronting 4 > feet, more or less, on Fen
wick street, and running back 160 feet, and i
bounded North by Fenwick street, South by , i
East by C. At toes lot, and West by the American
Foundry lot. Levied on as the property of Thomas
Leckie io satisfy a Ii fa. issued from the Court of
Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, in favor of
Thomas Dwyer, Executor, Ac., vs. Thomas Leckie. !
jam! WM. V. KICB, Sheriff C. A.
101 NEGROES FOR SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, 1
will sell one hundred and one NEGROES at
public outcry, before the Court House door in El
• berton, Elbert countv, Georgia, consist ing of men,
women, boys and girls—as likely a lot as can be
toitud in any count! y, not nit re than ten of them
being over 35 years ot age. They are the property
of Win. S. Burch deceased, and sold according to
his will. I take this method t f answering numer
ous inquiries that have been made of me, as to
whether the sale will actually take place according
to my advertisement, begun several weeks ago in
the Chronicle A Sentinel. It was in contemplation
1 by some of the parties interested, to institute pro
ceedings to stop the sale, for the purpose of having
the property divided in kind, but all difficulties are
, now removed, and the sale will positivelv take
place.
Remember the day- first TUESDAY in FEB
RUARY, 1856.
The sale will continue from day to dav, until all
is sold.
Tr.ir.ts Credit until the 25th of December next,
with approved security.
JOHN C. BURCH, Executor.
jan‘2s dfaetd
SIGN OF THE SKELETON WAGON.
SOUTHERN CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
i’S’tll E subscriber begs leave to intdnn the Mer-
M. chants and Planters, that lie has opened a
Repository for the sale of CARRIAGES, BUG
GIES, HARNESS, Ac., at X>. 26 Jieehman-Hreet,
running through to Is Spruce-street entrance on
either street.
The main floor. 1 185 feet in length,} affords am
ple room for keeping always on hand, a large and
complete assortment of every description and va
riety, ae per chart, herewith.
Having learned the trade in the Factory of his
father, he is practically familiar with every"depart
ment in the business, and is therefore enabled to
oversee orders for any kind of work entrusted to
him, and superintend every stage of irs manufac
ture.
His long residence in the South and West, and
intimate knowledge of every section, ami his exge- !
riettce while with Messrs. Baldwin A Starr, and
Messrs. Frothingham, Newell A Co., gives him ■
many advantages in the s. lections required for the j
different parts of tin country. Also, an acquaint- i
ance with the character of Work, Draft, Track, ’
Height of Wheels, quality and size of Springs and j
Axles necessary for the particular localities.
Particular attentionpaid to special orders, either i
through merchants or to the subscriber direct, and j
all prices guarranteed to be as low as the work can i
possibly be furnished, and which will be equal, in 1
every respect, to that of the very best and oldest i
city or country establishments.
26 Bechmart-street is within a few doors of the
Park, on the southeast side, across from the Astor
House, and in a line from Park Place, Murray,
Warren and Chamber-sts., near the Brick Church.
Lovejov’s and Clinton Hotels.
Having convenient, office accommodations, and
!• papers from the Southern Cities and Towns, he
trusts that ho may have the pleasure of a call
; from his friends, and from those who will do him
the favor to examine his assortment, and being the
only establishment adapted to the Southern Trade,
in the lower part of the city, he respectfully solicits
i a share of patronage.
He begs to refer those unacquainted with him, to
any of the Jobbing House- in New York Citv, en
gaged in the Southern or Western Trade.
I ' Great care will be taken in packing and engaging
Freight, Insurance, Ac. A discount allowed to the
trade. Respectfully, vour obedient servant,
wm. l. McDonald.
X. B.—Wm. L, McDonald takes pleasure in re
; ferring to the Merchants of this place.
New York-, January, 1856. d&c-4 jan 2i»
E|R eserveyoijr BOOTS & SHOI
—“One ounce of Prevention is worth two
j pounds of cure.”
The Lkatheb Pheservative, is just the article
now needed, to preserve Boots, Shoes, and Ilar
! ness Leather, during the present inclement season.
The price is onlv 15 cents a Box,, which, no doubt,
will be worth dollars, to all who use it according
to directions furnished. For sale bv
WM. HAINES,
jan 13 Druggist A Apothecary, Augusta, Ga.
SALT. sacks Liveiq 1 SALE
1 Cv now landing, and for sale bv
dec!6 HAND. WILCOX A CO.
IRISH POTATOES. 50 bbls. Irish PnTA
. TOES, for sale low, to close consignment,
jan! 6 TIIOS. P. STOVALL A CO.
CNRANITEVILLE SHIRTINGS.- 25 bales
H of these Goods, for sale bv
jaim HAND, WILCOX A CO.
HARPERS’ Magazine for February, leaves
cut, for sale bv
jano2 THUS. RICHARDS A SON.
d* K BUSHELS heavy Bl’k SEED OATS,
, f* vv for sale by F. l\ FINCHLEY,
r Xnl7 No. 7, Warren Block.
Refined sugar.
100 bbls. Yellow Refined SUGAR ;
r 100 “ Stuart’s A B and C SUGAR ;
1 ] 25 “ Crushed and Powdered SUGAR,
i For sale low. bv
1 jan 15 HAND, WILCOX A CO.
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j 1 “ 20,000 20 “ 500
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j The patrons of this Lottery having evinced a
; preference for Schemes with Approximation Prizes,
j I have again introduced them, with the difference,
that there are a great many more Prizes than for-
I meri t.
price of tickets:
W holes #lO ; Halves #5 ; Quarters $2.50.
■ Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after
' the drawing, in bills of specie-paying Rank's, vvith
} out deduction —only on nwntution' of He Ticket
j (inuring the Prize.
. IN' Hills of all solvent Banks taken at par. All
communications strictly confidential.
SAM’L. SWAN, Agent and Manager,
ianlO Montgomery, Alabama.
JUST RECEIVED,
WarpFLANNELS;
i 4™ Saxony do ;
Welch'; do ;
Real Welch do;
Union do ;
Low priced and super lied FLANNELS ;
Ureen and Red Twilled do;
Salsbury Flannels, assorted colored for Sacks; [
English and domestic Canton FLANNELS.
npvtS J. P. SETZE.
JUST RECEIVED,
A NEW supply of Rich Cassimeres and Mus
! il. lin DeLAIXES ■
Real French MERINOES :
| Plain and Figured blai k SILKS;
French and Scotch GINGHAMS, fancy col’d ;
Lutes styles French, English and Domestic
PRINTS ;
i Alexander’s and other quality Kid GLOVES;
I r.adies' CORSETS ;
j Velvet and Galoot) TRIMM INGS ;
Moire Antique and Cloth CLOAKS.
novl3 J. P. SETZE.
PRESERVES, I-rCKLES, &c.--
. to doz. assorted PRESERVES;
to “ Brandy PEACHES and CHERRIES;
20 “ assorted PICKLES;
10 “ Tomato CATSUP;
10 “ Fresh Cove OYSTERS, tin cans ;
2 “ Prepared HORSE RADISH. Just re
ceived by jan!9_ DAWSON & SKINNER.
NEW FAMILY GROCERY.
olfed | UHLS. POTATOES, just received,
on consignment; warranted to keep
til! planting time. Apply to T. GANNON,
Opposite the Georgia Railroad Passenger Depot
i dec ~ 22 ~ ts ‘
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
BHOO3I At NORRELL are iti receipt of,
and have opened, a large portion of their
FALL and \\ INTER purchases, and are now' pre
pared to exhibit to their friends and the public, a
handsome and varied assortment of STAPLE and
FANCY DRY GOODS, embracing almost every ar
' tide usually kept in a Dry Goods Store. Their
Goods will be ottered at very low prices, and their
prices will compare favorably with the lowest and
cheapest. Their stock of'DOMESTICS, KER
SEYS, BLANKETS, and House Servants GOODS,
is very toll; to all which thev would call atten
tion, and respectfully solicit a share of public pat
ronage. jaHlB
JOSEPH CARSON & CO.,
SUCCESSORS to Thomas J. Carson A Ca
iTw Light street, Baltimore, YVESTERN PRODUCE
’ AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
and dealers in Bacon, Pork, Lard Ac.
Orders respectfully solicited. janlS
Auction Bales,
I BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
j This day, THURS DAY'* *at 11% o’clock, will be
sola—
i A P en eral assortment of Groceries, Provisions,
I Dty Goods, Segars, Liquors, Wines, Ready-made
I Clothing. Terms Cash.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & Cft g
This dav, THURSDAY', in front of Store, at 10y
o’clock, will be sold, for and on account of the
Underwriters and all concerned—
Four Crates Crockery, consisting, in part, of
7 doz. C. C. Hooted Ewen and Basin, 2-4, 5.5
3 •• (‘ “ “ “ 3-9.
lb “ “ Fancy Teas, fancy pted, % Sets,
lb “ “ French Plates, % Soup Blue Edges.
6 “ « Twi filers.
24 “ “ Dishes 6-9, 6-10, 6-12, 6 24.
I 13 “ Nappins, 6-10, 6-12.
j 13 “ “ Sets London Tea plates.
12 “ “ O. C. Nappin, 6-10, 6-12.
j 9 “ “ Tea Pots.
■ 9 “ “ Sugar do.
| 9 “ “ Cream.
5 “ “ Bowls, 1-12, 1-24, 1-31.
j 5 " “ Dist. Jugs, 2-6, 1-12.
i 2 “ “ C. C. Chambers, 2-6.
j gp “ “ Bowls, Plates, Ac., Ac. Terms cash
BY S. C. GRENVILLE & CO.
Will be sold, FRIDAY' Ist, in front of Store at
10V 2 ' o'clock—
Our usual assortment of Groceries, Liquors, Dr)
Goods, New and Second Hand Furniture, Ac., con
stating, in part, of Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Tea, Soap.
Candles, Watches, Mustard, Pepper, Onions, *\ in
egar, Pickles, Bacon, Tobacco, Segars, Brandy,
Champagne, Cider. Clothing, Chairs, Tables, Sofa
Bureau. Washstands, Basin and Pitcher, Mirror
Bedsteads, Crockery Ware, Ac., Ac. Terms cash!
jan3o
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
SATURDAY", February 2d, at the United States
Hotel Arcade, at 11 o’clock A. M., will be sold,
10 Shares Augusta Manufacturing Co.’s Stock.
Terms cash.
N. B.—Persons having unlimited stocks for sale,
and wishing to sell, must report them at our office
previous to 11 o’clock. jan27
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
——■ —***
Arcade Sales.
SATURDAY, February 2nd., at 11 o’clock, A. M.,
j precisely, will be sold, at the United States Ho
: tel Arcade—
{ 5 shares Steamboat Stock ;
5 shares Summerville Plank Road Stock.
—also —
I 5S shares Georgia Railroad and Ranking Com
• pony’s Stock. Terms cash. jan27
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
SATURDAY, February 2nd., at the United States
Hotel Arcade, at 12 o’clock, M., will be sold—
-1 74 shares Augusta Gas Company’s Stock.
Terms cash. * jan27
BY GIRAEDEY, WHYTE & CO.
Valuable and desirable Sand Hill Property.
SATURDAY February 2nd., at the United State*
Hotel Arcade, at 12 o’clock, SI., will be sold—
That desirable property, known as Dr. Kitchen’s
lot, containing about seven acres, more or less, near
the Plank Road, and adjoining the residence of the
late Mrs. Carmichael. The lot is enclosed under a
good fence, has a kitchen upon it, with six rooms,
which can be suitably turned into a dwelling. A
plat of the properly will be exhibited at Messrs
(i., W. A Co.’s office.
Conditions- One-third cash—the balance 1, 2
and 3 years, with interest from date, property se
cured. Purchaser to pay for titles. Titles indis
putable. jan27
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
—
A House and Lot on Fenwick street, for sale
—
On the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be
sold, at the Lower Market House,
That House and Lot fronting 4n feet on Fenwick
street, and extending back 17t> feet more or less.
It is located immediately opposite tlie South Car
olina Railroad depot, and would make a desira
ble stand for business. The bouse has four rooms,
Kitchen, Smoke House, Ac.
(4'.motions :— One-half cash, balance six and
twelve months, with interest from date, properly
secured. Purchaser to pay for papers, lilies in
disputable.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
Will be sold, at the hover Market House, within
the usual hours of sale, by or,ter of the Honora
ble Court of Ordinary,
A negro man, JOE; about .>5 years old a ('a;
penter. Sold for the benefit ot the heirs and cred
itora of Martin Frederick, deceased, late of this
city. Terms cash. MOW'D. GIRARDEY,
jan‘27 Adm’r.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
•♦e
Ado, 'n,'Orators Sale.
Will he sold on the first Tuesday in M ARCH
next, at the Lower Market House, in the city of
Augusta, between the usual hours of sale, in ar
cordance with an order obtained from the Ordina
ry of Richmond county, all the right and interest
of David Calvin, deceased, in that lot or parcel of
Land and improvements, i.on which there is a brick
Blacksmith shop and Work Shops in the city of
Augusta, on Jones street, having a front of one
hundred feet, more or less on said street, and run
ning back towards Broad-st., to the dividing fence,
So feet, more or less, adjoining on the east lot of
Mrs. Cary ; on the south by a portion of the same
lot, owned by the said David Calvin's estate and
Henry Calvin's lot, and on the west by the lot of
the estate of W. AY. Montgomery, deceased, and
bounded on the north by the said Jones street.
Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
the said David Calvin, deceased. Terms cash.
Purchaser to pav for papers.
jan27 ' RENBY CALVIN, Adm’r.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CG.
Postponed Feecutrir Sale.
On tho first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be
sold, at the Lower Market, within tho usual
hours of sale—
That desirable Summer Residence and Farm,
about 4}..< miles from the city, and near the S. \Y.
l’lankroad, containing about 270 acres, more or
less. Ii will be ottered in lots to suit purchasers.
—also —
Four Likelv Negroes—Rosanna, Sarah, Rachel
and Amelia.
—also—
r> Shares of Capital Stock of the Bank of Augusta.
“ " Summerville Plankroad.
: 10 ‘ “ “ Southwestern “
on which has been paid five instalments of SIOO
each. Sold as the property of the late Robert F
I’oe, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and cred
itors. A plat of Real Estate can be seen i n appli
cation to Messrs. Girardey, Whyte & Co.
janlt) td ELIZA P. POE, Executrix.
TO HIRE,
A NEGRO MAN, well suited for sedentary
- labor. He is weak in one leg, but able-bodied
in other respects. Terms low. Apply at this of
fice- ts ‘ jan26
TO HIRE,
A WOMAN, who is a superior Cook. As she
has two young children who must be taken
with her, terms will be low. A place it), the coun
i try preferred. Apply at this office. if janiij
NOTICE. " ~
PLANTERS’ HOTEL.—From the first of
February, Day Board will be TWENTY
DOLLARS $20,001 per month.
Lodging Boarders—terms made aeccptableagree
able to rooms required.
i _jan2s JOHN BRIDGES.
CLAIBORNE SNEAD,
41 TORN E Y AT LA AY. Office, Law
' Kaa g e > Augusta, Ga. fim* jan24
MEDICAL CARD.
DR. JOSEPH H ATTON, having resum
ed the practice of Medicine and Surgerv, of
fers his services to the citizens of Augusta and vi
cinity. Residence at R. P. Spelman’s Greene st.
rnar22 lv
THE SHAVING SOAP.
YROOM A FOWLER’S
\M r ALNLT OIL MILITARY SHAVING
¥ ¥ taOAP is admitted by the thousands who
have used it during, the past twelve years, to sur
pass anything ever introduced into this branch of
the toilet, and to render agreeable an operation
usually considered a nogt-;. The form is conveni
ent, it is agreeably perfumed, and will produce a
copious and permanent lather with either hard or
cold water, leaves the skin smooth and unchapped.
None genuine without the signature, in sac simile,
ot X room A Fowler. Try it.
For sale in this city, by BARRETT A CARTER
and \\ . H. TLTT. in New A ork, by the principal
'• fancy goods houses and Druggists.
Manufactured only by JOHN B. VROOM, suc
cessor to Vroom A Fowfer, 72 Cherry street, New
A ork. 8m janle