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JiiIVfO\STiTmO.\JLIST office on m« HNTOSH-STREET, [,OOB FROM THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF BROAD-STREET. TERMS: .in advance per annum $6 00 in advance per annum.... 7 (at ;; : J «—eklv, in advance.. per annum.... 4 00 • in advance per annum 5 00 : ‘‘ in advance per auuuin 2 00 Discount for < ,'bcbs. ; »JOB» OFFICE. - r .-, <-Mtlv added a variety of New Sidles -gour Job department, we are prepared 1 ate every description of LETTER press printing •uperior manner, and on reasonable terms. .... assortment are some Mammoth Type for POSTERS. ...erv in the Territories Deferred Ma Debate. [CONCLUDED.] /ullicoffer— My opinion is, that, had I been ;aber of that Congress, I would liave investi • question, and that, having investigated ..-ould have come to the conclusion that the : compromise was not authorized by the ... : :iuiou ; and I would, of course, have cute,l . and sustained the pri iwiple truxirporated nprrjni-' bills of 1850. That is what I ■o sav, and have, in substance, several times Stephens —Tlten I understand the gentle -.iy that, in Isis, he would liave voted • v, hole (South, upon the principle that Southern members of the Senate and of . ly were more dangerous to the South than .(itionists themselves' After investigating ping about and looking in the dark fora would have come to the conclusion that - had no mi-h power, and would have voted ! nciples established in IHSo. Sir, the prin ■ 'ablished in l?ss> were the principles of • ,’h from the beginning. But when we were • _ to an extension of the Missouri line, we inj.-e of getting the principles of 1850. This i line of division was sustained by the only us an alternative all the time. The -i.ik i' in the beginning reluctantly. Bui ’ -ntleman attributes to me, and those who . .Mined it, the doctrine that Congress has nil original power to exclude slavery front : T-rritories. Now, 1 have said, and repeat, I -ach doctrine. On the contrary, I have •his House and to the country everywhere, 1 if Congress were to exercise such power, 1 ■} ■•.-/ r a-v sting it. While I was willing to di- Mirly in I*4B. and while that was the only : - •;! is. ■ 1 was for, and while I stood upon the : rinriple in 1850, 1 proclaimed to the country : a • did not get a fair division, if the North , .1 ■ whole territory, I was for reridance. Now, know where the gentleman is going to ! .Mrli a contingency? He thinks, us 1 do, . , i mi exercise of power would be unconsti ■u! Suppose a majority of this House should r. the Miss ouri restriction, and suppose it ; pass the Senate, and receive the Executive ii, vrhat are vou going to do ? .- Zoilicofter 'The explanation which the gen ii] has amplified to-day is the same which he , -terday, and I ain very willing that he hi extend the explanation. S.jpiiens The floor is mine, and 1 cannot :■ to the gentleman, unless he undertakes to werrny question. . Zollicotfer —I certainly will. >: ‘phens—Suppose, I say, that the restora . t the Missouri restriction is established, what . sreiitleiuan going to do ? Suppose Congress - vi'iviso the power to exclude slavery from iinv iri.’s—which the gentleman thinks is a •; ti of the Constitution—-what is lie going to What measure will he recommend to the atilt South? What theory of government ling to act upon ? ‘ir. Zt-llieoft. r—l hold that my friend from 'gis lias not the right to make up supposed vs. and pm a catechism to me upon any wild giuarv hypothesis. :: st.-phens - The gentleman himself first com t!i ■ system of catechising on supposed 11- ;1 iv! the resolution declaring that "lions of candidates should be known, and ■■■ l t o:> by a long string of questions. ■ Zuliirofler—-Will the gentleman permit me .-k him a question ? Sieplieus Ve«, sir, a hundred of them ; and a:: vou to answer mine, .Zullicoffer -In what clause of the Constitu yie.i ibid tin-power authorizing Congress e. e fair division of the Territories? - Stephens Ido not find it at all. Zollicotfer—You have a higher law, then, ■ Constitution V Stephens- No, sir; Ido not recognize any . r law r than the Constitution. I have said be ts it the government of th- Territories was -tde of the Constitution, springing from a re mg power incident to the acquisition, and that air division was not violative of it. That is ; t I said Now mswer l i\ question, and 1 will wet you a dozen more, if you put them to me. question is, what will you recommend your pl- to do, provided tin restriction is restored. Congress does exercise the power of excluding people of the Southern States from an equal tu-i nation in the Territories? Zoilicofter 1 will <lo that which a Southern loyal and true to the Constitution, should do that question arises. Ido not recognize the el the gentleman from Georgia to interrn tue upon supposed cases which may never ijion mv record 1 will answer, and I hold e his. \\ fit n the tune shall come, I shall be wit to act as a Southern and a national man, siding the rights of every section of this Union. I the gentleman's own record 1 have interega iaa ; but 1 have put no question to him as to ,• he would do in a supposed state of things h may never happen When the crisis comes the country, I shall be prepared to take that “vi winch a patriotic man, living in the South, in Died to the principles of the Constitution, . .'.d take. Stephens—As the gentleman has announced ’country who are the best friends and who worst enemies of the country, and that cer ium of the South in the Senate and in the flu igh patriotic in their motives, are worse -of the South than even the Abolitionists, s it is but right that the South should be en :.iriied as to what his position would be, if the 1 have supposed should happen. '•Zoilicofter Do [understand the gentleman Main thal the South assumes the power, and i it m prohibiting slavery from the Terri - a- Southern Senators, and members House from the South, upon this floor, did :-r a division upon the line of 3*s' 30', and •I unanimously vote to extend it to the Pa •ai\. They did it reluctantly, as an alterna some show of justice, but 1 take it for •i hat every one of them did what he -hi was right, under the circumstances, as the ■ . f two evils; and that none of them thought ■wiv violating the Constitution of the United :v - But the gentleman says that those who • • el, were the worst enemies of the South. Zollicofier - I have stated to the House, and repeated it again and again, that 1 did not " it those gentlemen who conceded the Oon ■ tail power of Congress to prohibit slavery, i—s patriotic than those who construe the - i'ution as I do. I did not say they were en mi:s of the South. I did say , that in my the theory, that the Federal Govorn •ct-t tlie right to act for the States to be ■1 the Territories of the Union, in "aug their permanent domestic institutions, is a ' ’a—: dangerous to the South, and the more - .vhen entertained by gentlemen living - UtC tvnith. ' hens The gentleman will not answer .' - i n. Be it so. The South can judge best •■> ■ at a theory most dangerous to her in • - Mv position was, and is this: 1 was wtll - to divide as an alternative only, but a majority NTib would not consent to it ; and now vve great principle, established in 18.50, ; ut in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, that Con ■ •'! removing all obstructions, is not to in iz iin-i us. This is the old Southern re au principle, obtained after a bard and pro ;#,i struggle in 185*.' ; ami 1 say, if Congress - u exercises the power to exclude the South 5 ju,i! participation in the common Terri '- bas a Southern man, am for resisting it. - ntl'-man from Tennessee does not say what 5 aid do in that contingencv. ‘ - ink-man upon my left wishes to ask me a h ovarii 1 understand the gentleman to say •v.ss in favor of an equal division, because just and fair, lie says, the Territories, be y e- ie of the Constitution, the giving the ,- 15 .in to one part, would be unconstitu ■ai, because uutiiir. ephens- No, sir, 1 did not say "the giving or tlv other,’ but “the giving exclu iy to one. ° Howard Ma> it constitutional to take ,!kT one ot those parties the share they got a a just division ? • v"te;>hens—No, sir; and that was not done; - v r;h herself would not abide bv the division 'trd. _ The Idea .. n which the line was ■ 'isblishea m iv 2 ■ was. that Missouri should ' • the l mm us a slave State, and that - } should be excluded from all of the Louisi purchase north of 3" , with a toleration of of that line, if the people chose. But at j- ses.d >n of Congress, in 1621, the North '• s, uri out. Site was denied admission terms of the act of 1 s-jo. The whole South I was for it, and the almost enttre North against it. The North would not sm ;bv the compromise in ] tended to give her an exclusive j.art. The MLssou ; ri contemplated division, therefore, has virtuallv | been a dead lett. r from that day to this; the { i North, or a majm >ty of her representatives in Con : gross, repudiated it themselves; the South never did ; they stood by it in 1821. And in order to see whether the North looked upon it, and considered it as a living principle, and not a repudiated offer to compromise upon the principle of division the South proposed in 1847 and in 1848, as an alterna tive tn lieu of the “Wiimot Proviso” to the Oregon hill, to abide in good faith by it. But tliD propo sition, voted for by every Southern Senator and I Representative upon this floor, was voted down, again and again, by an overwhelming majority from the North. They thus repudiated it over the very territory which we acquired with Louisiana: . the same repudiation was again and again carried I in this House in 1850, when the South was uuani mously for standing in good faith bv the principle. Therefore the South never even got the admission oi Missouri by their agreeing to take us an alter native a division on that line, and vve were thrown . back, in lSoo, upon our original principles, which were, tiiat there should be no congressional re i functions at all; but that the peojile settling the Territories from all sections of the Union should regulate this matter of slavery for themselves. That is the principle, as I understood, that the South stood upon in 182 n, before the Missouri re striction was moved. It was the old republican principle ; it was the principle that the Congress of the United States could not, on general principles, justify and rightly legislate for a people who are not their constituents ; and 1 sav to those gentle men who call themselves Republicans upon this floor, that, in assuming that misapplied title, tliev do violence to every principle consecrated by the name they espouse. The old republican idea of a representative Government, acted on in the beginning, was a very different thing from what you proclaim at this time. At the time of the formation of our Consti ■ tion, every State in the Union hut one was a slave State; and were they not all republican States? The Constitution says, new Slates may he admit | ted; and the only thing you have to look at, upon the application of any for admission, is to see that its Constitution is republican in its character, and you, gentlemen, who call yourselves Republicans now, say that if the Constitution tolerates slavery it is not republican, and, therefore, your fathers, I your republican fathers, with slavery existing in every Slate hut one, did not know the meaning of republicanism ? According to your interpretation of the term, they acted upon an idea that would have excluded any one of the Old Thirteen from the Union but one —Massachusetts alone could have been a Union by herself upon v.our principles. Is it supposed that the other twelve would have disputed over the character of a State Constitution, to be admitted into the Union, because it was not republican, if it only embraced the same principles ot republican : ism as their own ? 1 state to these gentlemen who ; cal! themselves “Republicans,” that they desecrate ! every principle consecrated by the name they bear, not only in this view, but they do so again when they undertake to set up that they are better judges ; of what is right in the Territories, and better leg islators for the people of Kansas and Nebraska, ; than the people of those Territories are for them selves. They do so when they set themselves up “as the masters and judges of the proper institu tions of the people of Kansas. The people of Mas sachusetts, and the people of the other northern States, not content with attending to their own bu siness, set themselves up to be superior to the people of Kansas and Nebraska, and pretend that they can know tlu ir interest and determine them better than they can themselves. Sir, 1 utterly der.v the republicanism of their pretensions. Mr. Stanton (interrupting) made an inquiry of Mr. Stephens, which the reporter did not distinct ; ly hear. Mr. Stephens lam going to bring my remarks | to a close; and l would ask the Republicans in tiiis House, and particularly the gentleman from Ohio, who objects to my proceeding, to listen. I read, sir, vvluit Mr. John Quincy Adams, who, I believe, was as violent an anti-slavery man in lii sentiments as any man, said to the Abolitionists at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in November, 1815; “As to the abolition of slavery in the District . of Columbia, I have said that 1 was opposed to it —not because 1 have any doubts of the power of Congress to abolish slavery in the District, for i have none. But I regard it as a violation of Re publican principle* to enact laws at the petition of 'one prop!? which are to operate upon another people agxinit their consent. As the laws now stand, the people of the District have property in their slaves.” Just upon the principle of its being anti-repub lican Mr. Adams would not legislate for the people of this District against their consent. lie did not question the power. Mr. Stanton, i interrupting. > 1 must make a question of order. Ido not think it advisable, in a discussion of this kind, tiiat a speech of this sort should go out to the country without there be ing an opportunity lirst to have it replied to. Air. Stephens—-I shall not tresspass on the time : of the House more than a few minutes longer. The Clerk —The Clerk would state that the House bv unanimous consent permitted the gentleman from Georgia t« proceed. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio—l ask my colleague [Mr. Stanton] to withdraw his objection and allow the I gentleman from Georgia to proceed with his re marks. If we are to have a debating society here, I will seek an opportunity to reply to the gentle man, and therefore 1 desire that he shall be fully heard. Mr. Stanton withdrew his objection. Mr. Stephens--It is noi my intention, Mr. Clerk, to trespass on the indulgence of this House, nor shall Ido it. 1 have been brought into the discus sion much further than 1 had any idea of when 1 rose. But there is one remark which 1 wish to make before concluding what ! wished to say; and ! that is in regard to the doctrine of squatter sover eignty, of which Severn! gentlemen have spoken. I think the gentleman from Virginia ; Mr. Carlilc spoke this morning- -if 1 understood him aright of the principle of squatter sovereignty embraced in the lvansas-Nebraska bill. Now. these terms of “squatter sovereignty” and “non-intervention” are words which bare been differently understood by different gentlemen, and differently by the same gentlemen at different times, as I liave stated. 1 wish to sav that, as 1 understand “ squatter sover eignty ” now, and as I have always understood it, there is not a particle of it in the Kansas bill. What I understand by “ squatter sovereignty ” is the in herent ami xorereiyn right of the people of the Ter ritory settling on the common domain, to estab lish and set up governments for themselves, with out looking to Congress, and independently of Con- Now, sir, that idea was embraced by some gen tinmen in 1848 and I.■>.>«'*, as part of tlieir doctrine of “non intervention” by Congress; and with thi-- vievv 1 call the attention of the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr. Zullicoffer. 1 who has read from my speech in 1850, when I used the term ” non-inter vention.” Many persons embraced that with tin other views in connection with that term which 1 have referred to. Against that doctrine, with that understanding of it, 1 always stood opposed, and am opposed now. There is not a single feature. not a particle of “ squatter sovereignty ” in the Kansas bill, on that idea. Why, sir, their whole organic law emanates troni Congi --. ITr-ir i.eg-s lature, their judiciary, every department and the whole machinery of their government proceeded from Congress: the inherent soieraem right ot the people to establish a government independently of Congress, is not recognized in a single clause of that bill. If gentlemen mean by squatter sover eignty this principle, I say to tlu-iu that there is not a particle of it in that bill; and I am as much against it as anybody Mr. Zoilicofter- Will the gentleman from Geor gia allow me to ask him a question ? Mr. Stephens—Yes, sir. Mr. Zoilicofter—l would be pleased to, know whether the gentleman from Georgia interprets the Kansas-Net-; iska bill to give to the people, to the legislative body of the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska the power to abolish slavery dur iug the existence of the territorial government? L Mr. Stephens -1 answer the gentleman I think that the Kansas-Nebraska bill y/ ; to the people . of the Territory, grant* to them all the power that Congress had over it, and no more. , Mr. Zoilicofter -I)o vou believe that Congress had no power io abojish slavery in that Territory ' during its territorial existence?" Mr Stephens - I think it would be unjust, and a great wrong for Congress to exercise nuy such power. . Mr. Zoilicofter —Do you think it would be uncon | stitutioual? Mr. Stephens—l think there is no power in the Constitution to doit, and it would be wrong from t snv resulting power, denying as it would an equal and just enjoyment of the public domain by all , the people- and unjust, and tantamount to usurpa tion to do it. Sir, I was going to say that the gen- F tleman holds that Congress has no such power e Mr. Zoilicofter. iinterrupting- Do yon believe that Congress has the power at all' i- Mr. Stephens - Hear me through. hat I was - going to say is, that all the power which Congress possessed over the Territories on this subject is in X this bill, given to the people. And the gentleman holds that Congress could not prohibit slavery. It so, the people then cannot. Now, what 1 hold is, e that the Constitution is silent upon the subject. But any such act by Congress in the case supposed, would be an act, in my opinion, of gross injustice, and would be tantamount tu an open violation of anv of the express provisions of the Constitution. All the power, however, which Congress had over the subject i' granted to the people, and they have git none else. I say this, and that 1 voted for the bill with this understanding of its import, and a determination that whatever the people of that Territory should do on the subject of slavery, whether their Legislatures should pass laws to protect it or to exclude ir, or simply leave it with out protection, 1 should for myself abide by their t. acts, f was for taking off'an odious discriminatioi l- and an unjust restriction by Congress against th< l- ] South, and leaving the question tor those to deter y mine who, going from all sections alike, were mos e deeply interested in it, according to the principles i- ot the territorial bills of lsso. r Mr. Zoilicofter—l do not wish to misunderstand e the gentleman from Georgia ; and I therefore ask d him whether 1 am to understand him as saying r that it would be wrong and unjust for Congress to e prohibit slavery in the Territory ; yet that it has i- the constitutional power to do so, and that Con ti gross conferred that power on the Territory ? i- Mr. Stephens—No, sir; the gentleman,"it seems, ll wishes to make me say vrhat 1 did not --.iv. I never i, said that Congress had the power to prohibit sla y very in the Territories. e Mr. Zoilicofter—The gentleman from Georgia misapprehends me, it he supposes that 1 intend to .1 represent him as saving what i did not understand - him to sav. Mr. Stephens—V cry well, then ; do not make me i sav what 1 have not said. - Mr. Zollicotfer—lt seems, then, that I misappre l hend edthe gentleman ; but that certainly was my i understanding of the purport of his answer to the - question which 1 put to him. Mr. Stephens—Well, then, the gentleman was i not attending to wliat 1 did say, because the whole tenor of my remarks shows that, in my opinion, there is no direct, or distinct, or original power - conterred on Congress by the Constitution to ex i elude slavery from any of the Territories, or any 1 portion of them; but on the acquisition of territo -1 UY’ 1101 contemplated by the Constitution, a fair .- division of the country tnight be mud*, as 1 have - stated, between the parties interested, byway of - compromise. 1 mean to say, Ido not think such division violates the Constitution ; but in no other sense do 1 hold that Congress could constitutional ly agree to the exclusion of slavery from any of ■ the common territory, or any part of it. Mr. Zoilicofter—That I may not misapprehend the gentleman from Georgia, as it seems I have done, for 1 find it difficult to understand him, I must ask him another question. I understand him to say tiiat in the spirit of compromise Congress has ihe power to abolish slavery in a part of the territory—say in one half of the territory. Now, if Congress lias the power to abolish slavery in half the territory, has it not aDo the power to abolish it in the whole V Mr. Stephens—l have not used the word '‘abol ish” in this connection to-day; but I say no to his question. Mr. Zoilicofter—Well, “prohibit!” Mr. Stephens—Yos, sir, 1 have used that word, and exclude, and restrict. I now sav distinctly that it does not follow, in my opinion, that because Congress could constitutionally provide for the ex clusion of slavery over part of the Territory on the principle of division 1 have been speaking of, that therefore the unlimited power exists to ex clude ii from the whole. I deny, hi into, the ex istence of such unlimited or unqualified power in \ Congress on the subject. Mr. Todd---Will the genteman from Georgia al low me to ask him a question ? Mr. Washburn, of Maine, also made the same | request ur the same time. Mr. Stephens I will allow both gentlemen to i put as many questions to me as they please. 1 will first hear the gentleman from Pennsylvania, [Mr. ; Todd]. Mr. Todd 1 understand the gentleman from Georgia to assume the position that the power does not exist in the Constitution to determine what shall bo tlie institutions of the Tenaiories belong ing to the United States. Now, i desire ask the gentleman wherein that power resides? Does it reside in the people of the Territories, or does il I reside in Congress V if it does not exist in the Constitution, from whence does the gentleman de- : rive it ? Mr. Stephens— I do not think it exists anywhere, 1 while the Territorial condition lasts, neither in the people of the Tei ritory nor in Congress. The pub lie domain, while it remains a Territory of the United States, is the common property of the peo ple of the s ‘vend States, to be disposed of bv Con gress, under the limitations of the Constitution, , for the just and equal enjoyment or use of tin- peo- [ pie of all the States; and there is no general or unlimited power existing anywhere, either in Con- ! gross or the people of the Territory, or anybody else, to deprive any c-itizeu of the United State’s from going there with his property, of whatever kind it may consist, so long as it i> a Territory. 1 have as much right to go there with mv property ■ as the gentleman from Pennsylvania has with his; and the people of Georgia have as much right to ! ■ go there with their property as the people of Penn- 1 sylvania have with theirs. The unlimited power ; to exclude slavery, and that is the idea l suppose I the gentleman is upon, exists nowhere, in my opin ion. The gentleman from Pennsylvania seems to be hunting for the power, and because ho cannot find it in one place, he takes it for granted that il must I I exist in another. His logic is about as good us : that of the man who undertook to prove that Co- I lumbus was not the dicoverer of America ; that ! this honor was due to some Norwegian navigators, who, it win claimed, discovered it, 1 believe, about the year 900, at any rate several centuries before Columbus. The reasoning by which this concltt sinn was arrived at was, that a Norwegian vessel, about that time, set out from the coast of Norway, sailing west, which was never heard of afterwards; and the argument was, that those on thm vessel must have gone to vineries, fur if they did not, where else did they go t*>? Laughter.) Mr. Todd —Do l understand the gentleman cor rectly? i understood him tossy that he advocates ■ the principle of the Kansas and Nebraska bill be- • cause ii is based upon th- gv-si republican princi ple of the right of the people to settle their own institutions for themselves. Mr. Stephens Yes sir, <m this subject. Mr. Toad- 1 understand the gentleman to say that the people have not tin; right, and that Con gress has not the power to clothe them >\ith that right. Now, 1 want to know where this great, rep resentative principle, of which the gentleman : speaks, resides, and how it is to be exercised, if neither Congress or the people possesses it ? Mr. Stephens - It is to be exercised by the peo ple when they form their State Constitution, That is my view of how and when the power is to he properly exercised; that is what 1 conceive the old republican idea was. Now, sir, 1 will hear the gentleman from Maine, [Mr, Washburn, > who desires to ask me a question. Mr. Washburn, of Maine 1 understood tin gentleman from Georgia to sav tiiat he believed that Congress has no power to abolish slavery in the Torritnrie ■, but tiiat the power resides in the people; and again, that the people of the Terri tories have no power except that delegated to them by Congress, t understood the gentleman to lay - down these two propositions. Notv, the question l ! have to a.-k is ilii- : if the people of the Tt rritories have no pen ■-r except that given to them by Con gress, and Congress has no power to exclude slavery in the Territories, where do the people of the Territories get the power to exclude it there? i Mr. Stephens -The people have, in my opinion, the power to exclude it only in a state capacity , or when they form their St itc Uou.siiuUou Then the> - -tit v.ltere all the States get it. The people, ; in a territorial condition, are Hut new States in embryo: this latent power m'/ <!»•<■ r, iynty, when they assume Suite form, then develops itself; wings to rise and fly, though latent in the chrysa lis, do nevertheless del e1..;, themselves in lull beautv, vigor, and perfection at the t roper time. Rut I have tins furtbet to xaj [n reply to the gen tleman from Maine, [Mr. Masliburnl. That gen tleman, and I suppose a majority of this House, hold that Congress has the full and absolute power [ to exclude slavery from the Territories. Well, sir, if Congress has Mich [lower, it has conferred that power upon the people of Kansas and Nebraska, 1 hold that Congress has not such unqualified power; but if it has, as the gentleman belli ves, then the people of those Territories possess it tinder the bill. This is evident from the language of the bill itseli : -- That the Constitution and all laws of the Uni ted Slates, which are no; locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect in the said ferrite -1 i v of Nebraska as elsewhere, within the United 8-tates, ex' i-jn the eighth section of the 'Act pre paratory to* the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March G, 18U>, which, being in : consistent with the principle of non-intervention by ‘ Congress with slavery in the States and Territo t ries, as recognized by" the legislation of 1850, coin moiilv called the compromise measures, is hereby ; declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of tins act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude L it therefrom, hut to leave the people thereof per i . fecrlv free to form and regulate their domestic in stitutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States: Proc ded, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to re v vivo or put in force any law or regulation which' i mav have existed prior to the act ot (>th March, 1 Is-20, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting, 1 or abolishing slavery.’ ” Now, sir, as I have slated, 1 voted for this bill, leaving the whole matter in the people to settle for themselves, subject to no restriction or limita tion but the Constitution. With this distinct un derstanding of its import and meaning, and with s a determination that the existence of this power s being disputed and doubted, it would be better n and much more consistent with our old-time re* a publican principles to let the people settle it than f for Congress to do it. And although my ownopin -9 ion is that the people, under the limitations of the !, Constitution, have not the rightful power to exclude slavery so long as they remain in a territorial con dition, yet 1 am willing that they may determine it for tlieuiseh i s and when they please. 1 shall never negative any law they may pass, if it is the result of a fair legislative cxpu ssion ©1 the popu lar will.. Nov,'i : 1 am willing that the Territo rial Legislature may act upon the subject when and how they may think proper. We got the eongres 'ional restriction taken oft. The territories were made open and free for immigration and settle ment by the people of all the States alike, with t .eir property alike. No odious and unjust dis crimination or exclusion against anv class or por- n tion; and lam content that those who thus go i if there from all sections, shall do in this matter as r- they please under their organic law. I wanted 5t the’ question taken out of the Halls of national ts legislation. It has done nothing but disturb the ; public peace for thirty-five years or more. 80 d long as Congress undertakes to manage it, it : k will eontinue to do nothing but stir up ag’ita g lion and sectional strife. The people can dis- : o po»e of it better than we can. Why not then. In .s common consent, drop it at once and h, revet ' i- Why not you, gentlemen, around me, give up vour i so-called and so-miscalled Republican ideas of r< - i, storing the Missouri restriction, and let the peo- ■ r pie in the far off Territories of Kansas and Ne i- braska look after their own condition, present and future, in their own way? Is it not much more ; a consistent with Mr. Adam’s ideas of Republican a ism for them to attend to their own domestic mat -1 tors, than for you or us to undertake to do it for i them ? Let us attend to our business, and let them e , attend to theirs. What else keeps this House dis organized and suspends all legislative business? ' - I wished, sir, in voting for the Kansas bill, and in carrying oui in good faith the great principles ■ ; established in 185 b—the memorable epoch, the middle of the nineteenth century—and fixing them 5 | as the basis and rule of action on the part of the : General Government in her territorial policy, to , get rid of this disturbing question here, by refer ■ ring it unrestrictedly, as far as I could under the - Constitution, to the people. If they have not the power to settle it while a Territory, as a matter of - absolute right— exdehito justitiu, 1 was w illing, so • • far as I was concerned and had the power to do it, to give it to them’as a matter of favor— e.iy/rutia. ' J urn willing, as Isay, that they shall exercise the power; and, if a fair expression of the 'popular ■ will—not such as may be affected by New England : emigrant aid societies, or other improper mter ' ference, but the fair expression of the will of the hardy pioneers, who, going from all sections with out let or hindrance, seek new lands and new homes in those distant frontier countries—shall de • clare, in deliberate and proper form under their or ganic law, that slavery shall not exist amongst them, and f am here at the time, 1 shall abide bv their decision. I, as a member upon this floor, never intend to raise the question of their consti tutional power to adopt such a measure. 1 shall never attempt to trammel the popular will in that ease, although I may think such legislation wrong i and unjust, and not consistent with constitutional duty on the part of those who enact it. Yet it will ; be a wrong without any feasible remedy, so far as I can see. lam for maintaining w ith steadfastness the territorial bills of ISso—the principle of leav ing tiie people of the Territories, without emigres- ! sioual restriction, to settle this question for them- j selves, and to come into the Union, when admitted i as States, either with or without slavery, as they , may determine. This principle was recognizee! j ami established after the severest sectional strug gle this country has ever witnessed, and after the I old idea, whether right or wrong in itself, whether I just or unjust, w hether constitutional or unconsti- ! tutional, of dividing the Territories between the sections, was utterly abandoned and repudiated by tiie party that at first forced it as an alternative up on the other. The Kansas and Nebraska act carries out the pol icy of this new principle instead of the old one- i The country, with singular unanimity, sustained I the measures of IsIh) ; and all that is now wanting j for the permanent peace and repose of the whole i Union upon all these questions, is an adherence to ] the measures of 1850, both “ in principle and tub- i staucJ’ as the settled policy of Congress upon all j such matters. That the people of all sections will I come ultimately, and that before long, to tliii- j stand, J cannot permit myself to doubt. Let ns i hear no more, then, of repeal. Let us organize I this I oily upon a national basis and a national sentiment. Ltd us turn our attention to the busi ness of the country which appropriately belongs to us. \ is, sir, the great and diversified interests of this truly great and growing country of ours, about which we talk and boast so much, and about ! ; which we have so much reason to talk and boast, j Let us look to the fulfillment of the high and noble mission assigned us. Do not let the party watch words of “liberty and freedom’’ for the black man, which some gentleman seem always ready to ! repeat, cause you to forget or neglect the higher objects and duties of Government. These relate essentially to cmr own race, their well-being, their ! progress , their advancement. Let tiie inferior race i in our midst take that position for w hich, by a wise Providence, it was fitted, and which an enlighten ed and Christian civilization in the different sec -1 tions of our common country, may think proper to assign it. Mr. Clerk, we hear a great deal now-a-days about Americanism —and by not a few of those, too, who : call themselves, par ex<xUmee, Republicans. Now, sir, has America -with her hundreds of millions of foreign trade, and millions almost beyond count of internal and domestic trade - with all her ineal- ; culable resources of commerce, agriculture, and ; manufactures in a state of rapid development -has America, the asylum of the misruled, misgovern- . ■ ed, and oppressed of all climes—the home of civil \ and religious liberty- - the light of the world and : the hope of mankind, no higher objects to occupy ; our attention than those questions which, whatever mav be their merits touching the condition of the Afrieau race in the States and Territories, do not properly come within tie- purview of our duties to look after here- que-.tious, the discussions of which in this Hail can have no possible effect but to create agitation, stir up strife, array State against State, section against section, and to render the Government, by suspending its legislative film tions, incapable practically of performing those great and essentia! objects for which alone it was expressly created. These views i submi: to the considersm atten tion of all. I shall trespass no longer upon your indulgence. 1 thank the House for their kindness in hearing me. I must apologize for the time 1 : have occupied the floor. 1 had no idea, when I arose, of speaking ten minutes, f barely wished to say to the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr, Zol lieoffer, that thus-- gentlemen from the South who had voted for the Missouri line, could not, because of such votes, be justly held or considered the ad vocates of the constitutional power of Congress to ; prohibit slavery in the Territories ; and but foi bis extended reply, bringing out new matter, 1 should not have taken up the ten minutes allotted THE CRITERION; A I.ITKItAHY ANl> CRITICAL WEEKLY - JOURNAL, 16 Payee, Mo, ’BJJ7' AS commenced on the third of November, 1 * V 15.',.",, and lias thus far received very gen eral approbation. 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To members of Historical, Literary and Scjen- ' tifiu Societies, Ltvecms and Debating Clubs, i the subjects discussed in this paper will, at all times, prove of peculiar interest, and it is tlm de- ; . sign of the editors to thorough',- vanvass, from time to time, those important philosophical ques tions which agitate all inquiring minds, correcting , false theories, and encouraging profitable investi gation. The CRITERION is published at *3 per annum, payable yearly, half yearly, or quarterly, in ad- i ranee. -Specimen eppu s supplied, on application to the Publisher. CHARLES R. RODE, janl3 lawSw No. 113 Nassau-st., N. Y. PARKS’ MINING COMPANY, ~ Columbia Co., Ga. FE’iIS K Stockholders in this Company are hereby M notified and required to pay to the Treasurer , on or before the loth day of LIBRE VRY next, . the entire balance due o:> their subscriptions to the Capital Stock. Bv order of the President. jai.22 tuiftFlo ' \VM. B. GRIFFIN, Soe’y. PRESERVES, PICKLES, Ac. 10 do/., assorted PRESERVES ; 10 “ Brandy PEACHES and CHERRIES; •>o “ assorted PICKLES: 1 - '• Tomato CATSUP ; 1•' “ fresh Cove () 1 STERS. tin cans ; ■z ■’ Prepared HORSE RADISH. Just re ; eoived by janlO DAWSON & SKINNER. Mackerel.— soo packages .mackerel, Nos. 1, a and 3, in whole, half and quarter - barrels, just received, and for sale bv , decaf- HAND, WILCOX &Co (General NOTICE. A PHYSICIAN wishing a location in a wealthy community, where an extensive and profitable practice can be secured, can obtain one by pay ing about £350 for Medicine, Instruments, Ac. An early application to i). 15. PLUMB, Au -1 gusta, Ga., will likely please one feeling interested. LAND FOR SALE. TUIREE HUNDRED ACRES of well timbered LAND, about five miles from the city, on the Georgia Railroad, will be sold. A bar gain. Apply to W. 15. GRIFFIN. Augusta, Dee. 1, 1855. dee2 CITY SHERIFF'S SALE. ON the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will he sold, at t-lie Lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale— -2 bbls. Vinegar, 10 galls. Whisky, half bbl. Mo- : lasses, half do. Syrup, 1 do. containing Gin, half do. : Peas, half do. dried Apples, half do. Fish, 1 do. On i- ms, 1 do. Coffee, 1 do. Salt, Id. do. Potatoes, 6 1 empty Barrels, 1 box Soda, 8 gross Matches, 6 Oys ter Dishes, o water Buckets, T Coffee Can, 1 lot of Jugs and Jars, 2 Wheel-barrows, 7 l.ooking-glass j es, 15u bottles Whisky, 12 Lamps, 1 Tin Can, part i bbl. Beef, 4 Brooms, 1 Tub, 1 set of Measures, 1 i Accordeon, 1 lot of Sundries, consisting of Gloves, I Jewelry, Combs, Ac., 2 Tea Canisters, 31 glass Jars 1 and contents, 1 box Fancy Soap, 3 half boxes To bacco, 1 Tobacco Cutter, 1 box Pepper, 1 box Soap, i i lot Crockery, 28 Glass Mugs, 1 lot Cut Tobacco, i 5 boxes Regars, 6 bottles Snuff', 86 pounds Ground ! Coffee, S 8 bundles Tea, 1 lot Tacks, Soap mid Ink, | 6 boxes Yeast Powders, 37 Decanters, 1 Clock, 6 Segar Mugs, C Waiters, 18 Frames and Pictures, 2 large Looking Glasses, 12 Kegs, 1 Ice Chest, 8 Demijohns, 4 Pewter Pitchers, 1 set Tin Measures, i Stove and Pipe, l Beer Pump, 3 pair Scales, 1 , keg Port Wine, 1 barrel Peach Brandy, 1 do. Wliis dy, 12 Hams, 1 tierce Rice, and one lot sundries; • levied on as the property of Thomas L. Williams, to satisfy sundry' ti. fas. from the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, iu favor of Wood, ! Bradley A Co. and others, vs. Thomas 1., Williams. At the same time and place, will be sold : Two ; boxes Sugars, 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. 8 ■, jugs Liquor, 10 bottles Wine and Curiso, 4 Chairs, ; 1 lot choice Liquors, 4 bottles Schnapps, 1 lot of Claret, in bottles, 1 box Matches, 4 kegs Gin and Brandy, and one barrel Holland Gin ; levied on as the property of George Bouchers, to satisfy a dis- j treks warrent for rent, in favor of I. P. G’irardey j vs. George Borchers. -—also — At the same time and place, will be sold: Three i barrels Red Paint, 5 Tin Cans, Glass Jars, 1 box Soap, and 4 Tin Dippers ; levied on as the property of Edward Baker, to satisfy two ti. fas. issued from j the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, in favor of Haviland, Risley A Co., vs. Edward Baker, D. B. Plumb A Co. vs. the same. jan‘2s WILLIAM V. KER, Sheriff C. \. CITY SHERIFF’S SALE. ON the firsi 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 j by a lot of Benjamin F. Chew, South by Fenwick . street, on the East by a lot of John Conlan, and ! West by a vacant lot. To be sold by virtue of an ■nil r from the Honorable the Court of Common j Pleas of said city, in an attachment case, carried j to 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- j ing on Marbury stria t, and bounded on the West by »aid Marbury street, and on the North, South j anil East by vacant lots, being near the Augusta 1 Factory, and occupied bv the defendant, Thomas Leek to. Also, alt that lot or parcel of LAND, situate in i said City, fronting 40 feet, more or less, on Fen-j wick street, and running back Hlo feet, and 1 bounded North by Fenwick street, South by > East In 0. Attoes lot, and West by the American I Foundry lot Levied on as the properly of Thomas Leckie to satisfy a ti. fa. issued from the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Augusta, in favor of I Thomas Dwver, Executor, Ac., vs Thomas Leckie jami ‘ WM. V. KER, 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 count v, Georgia, consis nig of men, women, boys and girls—as likely a lot as can be I tound in any countiy, not more than ten of them being over 35 years ol age. They are. the property ! of Win. S. Burch, deceased, and sold according to his will. 1 take this method < fanswerin numer ous inquiries that have been made of me, as to ! whether the sate will actually take place according : to my advertisement, begun several weeks ago in j the Chronicle A Sentinel, it was in contemplation by some f die parties interested, to institute pro- 1 feedings to stop the sale, for the purpose of having the property divided in kind, but all difficulties are now removed, and the sale will positive!' - take place. ReireiVibei the da- -firs; TUESDAY in FEB RUARY, I SAG. The sale will continue from day to day, until all : is sold. Tei’.ms Credit until the 25th of December next, with approved security JOHN G. LURCH, Executor. jan2s d+ietd - SIGN OF THE SKELETON WAGON. SOUTHERN CARRIAGE REPOSITORY. r»HI V, subscriber begs leave to inform the Mer -R chants and Planters, that be lias opened a Repo-.it -rv for the sale of GAKRIAOKS, BUG GIES, HARNESS, Ac., at Ah. 26 Mvhram-Hreel, running through to is Spruce-street - entrance on either street. The main floor, 1 185 feet in length, i affords am ple room for keeping always on hand, a large and : complete assortment of every description and va riety, an per chart, herewith. Having learned th ts.Atc to the Factory of his i father in. ... practically familiar with even depart- ■ meiit in the business, and is therefore enabled to oversee orders for any kind of work entrusted to him, and superintend every stage of it- munufitc- i ture. His long residence iu the South and West, and intimate knowledge of even section, and bis expe rience while with Me*-!s Baldwin A Starr, and Messrs. Frotliiugham, Newell A Co., gives him many advantages in the selections required for the different, parts of the country. Also, an acquaint ance with the character of Work, Draft Track, Height of Wheels, quality ami st,.v of Springs and Axles necessary lor the particular localities, Particular attention paid to special orders, either through merchants or to the subscriber direct, and . all prices gnammteed to lie as low as the work can possibly be furnished, and which will be equal, in every re.-pect, to that of the very best and oldest city or country establishments. 26 Eeehmn-ttmt is vv'.ihlu a lew doors of the Park, on the >,onuie,n,i side, across from the Astor House, ami m a line front Park Place, Murray, Warren and Chamber -is., near the Brick Church, Lovcqoy’s and Clinton Hon Is. Having convenient office accommodations, and papers from the Southern Cities and Towns, lie - trusts that he may have the pleasure of n call from his friends, and from those who will do him ; the favor to cyanine bis assortment, and being the 1 oniy establishment adapted to the Southern Trade, in the lower part of the ehy, be respectfully solicits a share of patronage. He begs to refer those unacquainted with him, to any of the Jobbing Houses in New York City, en gaged in the Southern or Western Trade Great care will be taken in pulsing and engaging Freight, Insurance Ac,, A aisdbunt allowed to the ! trad " Resneetfullv, vour obbdient servant ; wm. l. McDonald. N. B.—Wm. L. McDonald takc-s pleasure in re ferring to the Merchants of this place. New York, January, 1856. dies janffS pRisERYH YOi K MOOTS*SHOES. Ml —“One ounce of Prevention is worth two ! pounds of cured’ The Leahter Preservative, is just the article now needed, to preserve Boots, Shoes, and Har ness Leather, during the present inclement season. The price is only 15 v-nts a Box, which, no doubt, will be worth dollars, to all who use it according 1 to uirections furnished. For sale by Wli: HAINES, janlS Druggist A Apothecary, Angnata, Ga. ALT, SA LT. • yacks Liverpool SALE V, v now landing, and mr .-ale by & CO. IRISH POTATOES. - bbls. Irish POTA TOES. for sale low - , to close consignment : janl ' 6 THUS. P. STOVALL A CO. C"1 It YNITEV IT.LE SHIRTINGS 25 bales M of these Goods, for sals bv jan-5 HAND, WILCOX & CO. I WARPERS’ Magazine for February, leaves JL cut, for sale bv jan2 2 TIIOS. RICHARDS A SON. B1 SHEEN ! ' -- Hvvßrk SEED OATS, for s/d E. t KINCHLEY, tcul" No. 7, Warren Block. Refined sugar. ■ 100 bbls. Yellow Refined SUGAR ; 1 o “ Stuart’s A B and C SUGAR ; . 25 “ Crushed and Powdered SUGAR. For sale low, bv jnni-S HAND, WILCOX A CO. lotteries. GJtEENB AND !'!'[.ASKI MONUMENT LOTTERIES. Managed, drawn, and Prizes paid by the well known and responsible firm of GREGORY «Sr JIAURY. : — Drawn Numbers Class 20, at Savannah, Jan. 30. 67 12 10 61 71 34 4s 50 1? 41 ;;s 20 9 04 CLASS 23, at Savannah, on Friday, February Ist SPLENDID SCHEME. $10,000! : *2,500; -41.577 ; 5 of SI,OOO, Ac. Tickets $3 --Shares in proportion. Risk on a package of 26 quarters #11.22. EXTRA by Delaware 20, on Saturday, Feb. 2. GRAND SCHEME. $41,082! ' *20,000 ; 2 of slu.oon; 2 of *5,000; 4 of *2,500- lo of *1,000; 10 of $1,200, Ac. Tickets #l<> Shares in proportion. JOHN A. Ml ELEN, Agent On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel. ’ 1 All orders from the city or country strictly con - fidential. " tpy, j 30,000 DOLLARS! ! IMPROVED HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! THE FAVORITE! FORT GAINES ACADEMY' LOTTERY. By Authority of the State 0/ Gvoiyiu. j CLASS 12, To be drawn in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, the 25tli of FEBRUARY', 1856, when Prizes amounting to $30,000 Will be distributed according to the following UimtrprmahU Scheme: SCHEME. CAPITAL PRIZE SIO,OOO. 100 PRIZES—2O APPROXIMATIONS. No Small Prizes Prizes Worth Having ! ! 1-ItICE of tickets : Wholes $5; Halves $2.50; Quarters *1.25. Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty davs after tin- drawing, in bills of specie-paying Banks, with out deduction, only on presentation of the. Ticket en titled to the Prize. Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. All com munications strictly confidential. SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager, jan24 Atlanta, Georgia. ROYAL LOTTERY OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA, HA VALYA. Ordinary Drawing of the 12th FEBRUARY, 1856 : j : 1 Prize of *60,000 11 Prizes 0f.... .*I,OOO ; i 1 “ 20,000 20 “ 500 j : 1 “ 16,000 60 “ 400 ' | 1 ‘‘ 8,000 161 “ 200 : 3 “ 2,000 16 Approximation 4,800 275 Prizes, amounting to #192,000 ; Whole Tickets *lO ; Halves #5; Quarters $ 2.50. Persons desiring Tickets can be supplied bv ad- ' I dressing JOHN E. NELSON, Box j jan 19 Gh irleston, S. C. GOLD! GOLD ! GOLD! IWO PRIZES ! 50,000 DOLLARS ! ! HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY! JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY. [ BY At TUOiUTT OF THE STATE OF OROKGIA. | *4* I 10,000 Numbers Only! One Prize to Eight Tickets. Lino be drawn at Concert Hall, Macon, Ga., un- M. der the sworn superintendence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and J. A. Nesbit, Esq. This Lottery is Drawn on the plan of the Royal I Lottery of Havana, of single numbers. CLASS J. TO BE DRAWN FEBRUARY' 15th, 1856. Tin- .Manager having announced his determina tion to make this the most popular Lottery in the world, offers for February 15th, a Scheme that far surpasses any Scheme ever ottered in the annals of i 1 Lotteries. Look lo your interest! Examine the Capitals. IN'-’ OFF PRIZE TO EIGHT TICKETS! • CAPITAL 12,000 DOLLARS. 1 Prize of *12,600 1 •; 5,000 1 “ 4,000 ; 1 “ 3,000 ; 1 “ - 2,500 5 Prizes of.. .*I,OOO are 5,00 u 10 “ 500 are 5,000 60 “ 50 are 8,000 120 “ 25 are 3,000 500 Approximation Prizes of 10 are 5,000 j 500 “ “ 5 are 2,500 i 1200 Prizes, amounting to *50,000 Tickets *8 ; Halves *4; Quarters *2. Prizes Payable without deduction! Persons send ing money by mail need not fear its being lost. , Order.-, punctually attended to. Communications confidential. Bank Notes of sound Banks taken at . par. Those wishing particular Numbers should : order immediately. Address ' JAMES F. WINTER, janlT Manager, Macon, Ga. $60,000! IMPROVED HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY.' THE BEST SCHEME EVER OFFERED. Southern Military Academy Lottery ! BY AVTHOIiJTV OF TUR STATE Or VI. ABACI i H. i , 1 LASS Z, to be drawn io Moil;gouierv, Alabama, 5 on Ti ESDAY', February 11th, 1»56, when Prizes amounting to $60,000, .Will be distributed according to the following Unsurpassable Scfienu • I.hOO PRIZES! 10.000 NUMBERS! ! **Nt. PRIZK TO EVERY TEN' TICKETS. S C II KM E: CAPITAL PRIZE. $30,000! 1,1100 Prizes! son Approximation Prizes! APPROXIMATION PRIZES. The patrons .it this Lottery having evinced a preference for Schemes with Approximation Prizes, I have again introduced them, with the difference, that there arc a great many more Prizes than for merly. BRICK OF TtCKKtS Y\ hides *lO ; Halves #5; Quarters *2.50. Prizes in. this Lottery are paid thirty days after the draw ing, in hills of specie-paying Batiks, with out deduction —only on presentation of the Ticket '■ elrturinei the Prize. " Bills ot all solvent Banks taken at par. All | communications strictly confidential. SAM’L. SWAN, Agent and Manager, ianlo Montgomery, Alabama. JUST RECEIVED, LK Warp FLANNELS ; v'f Saxony do • YVeleli ; do ; Real YY'elch do • Union do*. Levy paced and super Red FLANNELS ; Green and Red Twilled do ; Salsbury Flannels, assorted colored for Sacks; English and domestic Canton FLANNELS. novPl J. P. SETZE. JUST RECEIVED, & NFAY supply of Rich Cassimeres and Mus dk tin DeLAXNES ; Real French MERIXOES ; Haiti and Figured black SILKS; French and Scotch GINGHAMS, fancy col’d ; J Lates styles French, English and Domestic PRINTS ; Alexander’s and other quality Kid GLOVES; Ladies’ CORSETS ; Velvet and Galoon TRIMMINGS ; Moire Antique and Cloth CLOAKS. novl3 __ J_. P. SETZE. . JOSEPH CARSON & CO.. SUCCESSORS to Thomas J. Carson & Co., Light street, Baltimore , WESTERN PRODUCE AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, j and dealers in Bacon, Pork, Lard, Sec. Orders respectfully solicited. 6m jan’. 3 NEW FAMILY GROCERY. potatoes, just received, on consignment; warranted to keep till planting time. Apply to T. GANNON, Opposite the Georgia Railroad Passenger Depot. dec22 ts FALrAND WINTER GOODS! BROOM At NORRELL are iu receipt of, and have opened, a large portion of their FALL and WINTER 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 ticle usually kept in a Dry Goods Store. Their Goods will be offered at very low prices, and their prices will compare favorably with the lowest and cheapest. Their stock of DOMESTICS, KER SEY'S, BLANKETS, and House Servants GOODS, is very full; to all which thev would call atten tion, aud respectfully solicit a share of public pat renage. janlS Auction Sales, BY S. C. GRENVILLE & CO. W ioiT be .l oll J’ FRII) AV Ist, in front of Store at o clock j Our usual assortment of Groceries, Liquors, Dry- Go ids, New and Second Hand Furniture, Ac., coif. 1 L-m lif "wT i ° f M ugar > Lard, Tea, Soap. ( ffldlcs, Watches, Mustard, Pepper, Onions, Yin egat, I ukies, Bacon, Tobacco, Sugars Brandv Champagne, Cider, Clothing, Chairs Tables Sofa Bureau, YV ash stands, Basin and Pitcher Mirror’ Bedsteads, Crockery Ware, Ac., Ac. Terms cash ‘ BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. SATURDAY', February 2d, at the United States Hotel Arcade, at 11 o’clock A. M., will be soldi, 10 Shares Augusta Manufacturing Co.’s Stock" Terms cash. -J - L-—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 precisely, will be sold, at the United States Ho" , tel Arcade— -5 shares Steamboat Stock ; 0 shares Summerville Plank Road Stock -a w . —also— , spares Ueorgia Railroad and Banking Com pany’a 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 74 shares Augusta Gas Company ’s Stock. Terms cash. ‘ jan27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO *4* Valuable and desirable Band Hill Property. A4« SATURDAY, February 2nd., at the United State* Hotel Arcade, at 12 o’clock, M., 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 ilrs. Carmichael. The lot is enclosed under a j good fence, has a kitchen upon it, with six rooms, yvhich can be suitably turned into a dwelling. A . plat of the property will be exhibited at Messrs. G., W. A Co.’s office. i Conditions—One-third cash—the balance 1, 2 and 8 years, yvith interest from date, property se cured. Purchaser to pay- for titles. Titles iudis putable. jair27 BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. A House and Lot on Fenwick street for sale. ! 011 the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, will be sold, at the Lower Market House, That House and Lot fronting 40 feet on Fenwick street, and extending back 176 feet more or less. It is located immediately opposite the South Car olina Railroad depot, and would make a desira ble stand for business. The bouse bus four rooms, Kitchen, Smoke House, Ae. Conditions:—One-half cash, balance six and : tyvelve months, yvith interest from date, properly secured. Purchaser to pav for papers. Titles iri : disputable. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. Will be sold, at the Lower Market House, within the usual hours of sale, by order of the Honora ble Court of Ordinary, A negro man, JOE; about 55 years old—a Car penter. _ Sold for the benefit oi the heirs and cred itors ol Martin Frederick, deceased, late of this city. Terms cash. EDW’D. GIRARDEY, jnn-7 Adm’r. BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO. ~ Administrators Sale. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, at the Lower Market House, in the citv of Augusta, between the usual hours of sale, in'ac 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,, on which there is a brick Blacksmith shop and YVork Shop;, 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, 80 feet, more or less, adjoining on the east lot of Mrs. Cary ; on the south by a portion of the sum.-, lot, owned by the said David Calvin’s estate am* Henry Calvin’s Im, and on the west bv the lot <•< the estate of \\ . V . Montgomery, deceased, am 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 pay for patrers. j all “7 ' rifeNßY' CALVIN, Adm’r BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO, Postjhriie l Erccutru Sale. On the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY" next, will be ■-old, at the Lower -Market, yvithin the usual hours of sale That desirable Summer Residence and Farm, about 4}D miles from the city, and near the S. YV Plankroad, containing about 270 acres, more ~r less, it will be offered in lots to suit purchasers —also — Fout' Likelv Negroes—Rosanna, Sarah, Rachel and Amelia. —ALSO— -5 Shares of Capital Stock of the Bank of Augusta. ,r> " " " Summerville Plankroad. 10 '• “ “ Southwestern li 011 which has been paid five instalments of slt ■ each. Sold as the property of the late Robert F. Poe, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and cred • itors. A plat of Real Estate can be seen on appli cation to Messrs. Girardcv, Whyte A Co. jan 1 o td ELIZA P. POE, Executrix. TO HIRE, A NEGRO -MYN. well suited for sedeutai ■ A labor. He is weak in one leg, but able-bodien in other respects. Terms low. Apply at this of fice. ts jan26 TO HIRE 4YY OMAN, who is a superior Cook. As she . lias two young children who must be taken with her. terms will be low. A place in the couu try preferred. Apply at this office. ts jan2o NOTICE. PLANTERS* HOTEL. - From the first or February, Day Board a ill be TWENTY DOLLARS *2o.oo) per month. Lodging Boarders terms made acceptable agree able to rooms required. jan2s JOHN BRIDGE* CLAIBORNE SNEAD, At TOR NE Y AT LAYY . Office, Law - Range, Augusta, Ga. i\nV jan24 MEDICAL CARD. ~ DR. JOSEPH HATTON, having resum ed the practice of Medicine and Surgery, <>f . tera his services to the citizens of Augusta ana vi cinity. Residence at K. P. Spelman’s Greene st. mar 22 l v THE SHAVING SOAP. VROOM & FOWLER’S AL.NUT OIL MILITARY' SHAVING w w SOAP 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 toifet, and to render agreeable an operation 1 usually considered a bore. The form is conveni ent, it is agreeably perfumed, and will produce a ; copious and permanent lather with either hard < r 1 cold water, leaves the skin smooth and unchapped None genuine without the signature, in lac similw of Y room it Fowler. Trv it. For sale in this city, by BARRETT & CARTER and YV. 11. TUTT. In Sew Y'ork, by the principal fancy goods houses and Druggists. Manufactured onlv bv JOHN B. VROOM, »u - i cessor to Y'room & Fowler, 72 Cherry street, NV.\ York. 3m jaat;,’ fob. sale! A TRACT of Land in Scriven county, on Em. Savannah River, containing about L acres; a portion of which is of an excellent de j senption of land for planting; the remainder is i heavily timbered with Fine, suitable for Lumber. Upon the premises there is a Steam Saw-Mill, with two engines of forty-five horse power, each’- and thoroughly furnished with all necessary machinery for sawing. Also, a Dwelling-house, Overseer’s house, and Negro quarters—in good repair For Terms—address, at Savannah, jan- 1 t 6 M. HUMMING. HORSE SHOER AND FARRIER. HjYHE undersigned would inform the -5* m public that he is prepared to do all ■ — _ kinds of BLACKSMITH WORK, ar hi* bi shop on Centre street, between Broad and El lis. He is prepared to SHOE horses in the best ' style, and he flatters himself that there is no Smith in Augusta that can surpass him in this branch of the trade. Those having lame or cutting horses j would do well to give him a call. jan‘24 thA*u4w P. SHARKEY. ONION SETTS. --25 busheialvhite, Veiiow and Red ONION SETTS, just received and for sale, in quantities to suit purchasers, at jan4 WM. HAINEB’ City Drug Store.