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tihiti’Hud statx-t audit 4 irt-iiaer.ee
1 and the African Race.
OOXCLTOED.]
n-your calm consideration of the st-e
--c. i ini lei are, iam fully persuaded
1, if I should succeed in convincing vour
.:id jo igment of its truth, I shall have n ,
. iur sympathies in'this work; yet if the
upon which vour social system is finin'-
vuind, the system itself is humane and
•veil as n ■ iry. It™ permanence is
• up in the idea of the superiority bv nature
idte race over the African; that this au
i- not transient and artificial, but pe -
and natural; that the same power which
skin unchangeable black, made hint in
inTellectuallv, to the white race, and ine ■-
: an equal struggle with him in the career
•it ss and civilization; that it is accessary
, pres 'rvation in this struggle, and for his
■rest, as well as that of the society for
.; is a member, that he should he a sen ant,
jY man, in the commonwealth. 1 have ;
—(I that African slavery existed in the !
. „i the commencemen! of the American j
T . paramount authority of the j
w ; without the consent of the colonies, 1
, ,i, .„!iic ' l it, and it was inextricably intei - i
1, Hit. Iwr framework of society, especially j
• . Soudiern Suite. The question was not j
; '. dfi»r mr decision whether it was just or
dal to the African or advantageous to us t . j
; . i .wav by force or fraud from bondage in I
. ,c- .iiiitry and place him in a like condition j
: I and the ( Ihristian world had long
vitlvi that question for us.
iaal o.'et throw of British authority ia
our ancestors found seven hundred
. , i,l African* among them already in boud
,~j r,mi "iitrated, from our climate and pn
-dy in the pr sent slaveholding States.
. .1,,: ■ their duty to establish governments for
,7 They brought wisdom, experience, 1
,md patri itism to the great work. Wha ;
- ,_ii* was that system of government which ’
. 1..•.• lire the greatest and most enduring hap
.. i!;•> whole.societv. They incorporated re j
i: , ti,-i,ri s 111 their system. They did no 1 |
h iM vrn themselves about what rights :
.1 nnc.lit possibly have in a state of nature, as ,
■ he ought to have in a state of society, i
. . It with political rights as things of com- j
net of birthright; in the contrete, and not in ]
(byr.iet. They held, maintained and incor- j
th ir systems as fundamental truths, ;
i, is the right and duty of the State to de- j
tad fix, as 'Villas to protect and defend, the I
• tit.il rights of such members of the social 1
, j, and to treat all individual rights as sub
■he area' interests of the whole society
.! -th". denied “natural equality,” con- •
i is ■:••■ governments of men necessarily re
_ t -i ./front, and established governments of ;
! i r live, sovereign and independent I
\ verv slight examination of our State
, dim : ,11-, will show how little they regarded
ms of abstract liberty or natural equali
.. ,11 . rights of the white race as well a
fib-.-k The elective franchise, the cardinal :
»>'«,: syste'it, I have already shown was j
!. •.•.ithh-ld or limited, according to their !
- f eohlie policy and the interests of the ,
Sum tous restraints upon the supposed
: i_lots of a more numerical majority to
a- •ici ,in all eases, are to be found planted j
• ir C institutions. State and f-deral ; thus I
lima this subordination of individual rights
1- inter-, ms mid safety of the State.
'•.•'..holding States, acting upon these prill
liudia: die African race among them in j
iiatit to be trusted with political power,
t, .of-, as freemen, of securing their own liaptv- 1
- , r promoting th" public prosperity, recogniz |
•.•undidhi as 'laves and subjected it 10 a j
, inti Ti ,«r abundant means of as
•Ui'uv.ug th effects of this policy on the slave 1
lou *•«> -tv i •••'»il»le to all who seek the truth
c sav ns wisdom i- vindicated bv its results, and !
it 11 j.Jer it, tile Ainc.iiirn the slaveholding States :
'mind in a better positi m than he has ever at- i
,ed in any other age or < .aintry, either in bond 1
udVei loin, in npp on of this poiui, I propose
• _!■ •• Jilin rapid!* from his earliest history to the
si ni time. The monuments of the ancient
carry hi .1 back to the morning of time
than tin- pyramids they furnish the evidence, .
~f his national identity ami his social degra
-1 I e.ire history began. We first behold him
. ■in foreign lands. We then find the great
• f hi' ru-.-e slave* in their own native land,
i after tiii:; centurcs* illuminated by both an- .
.rid modern civilization have passed over
- ill find him a slave of savage masters,
ijnihle as himself of even attempting a single
in civilaiiou; we find him there still, without
a neat laws or protection, without letters
..ns nr iinl -irv, without religion, or even the
iiisiis which would raise him to the rank o!
.: .l iter: mid, in his lowest type, his almost on
■:.,itk n! humanity is that he walks erect in the
ae,. i,f die Creator. Annihilate his race to-day,
. , : will find no trace of his existence written
•' a ,'tni of years lie would not leave behind
j a single monument, invention or thought,
-es remembrance by the human family.
dir Ease, ru hemisphere, he has been found in
gr.'. scattered among the nations of every de
-1 virilization, vet interior to them all—always
1 s rviie condition. Very soon after the (liscov
• .ad s-itlcment of America, the policy of the
is:: world bought large numbers of these
a of their savage masters and countrymen,
ipiVu-d them into the Western world. Hen
mibh.d to view them under a different and
; ,fc fin ..raid'* condition. In liayti, by tin
jdgemeut of the French government, after a
, vnbatiou of slavery, thev became free; and •
. bv die conduct and valor of the mixed races,
i by overpowering numbers, Uft-'V massacred
•null number of whites who iuliabitad the is- ,
i succeeded to the undisputed sway of tin
:d best of to West India islands, imdei
•st state of cnltivaihits. Their condition
o, left nothing to be desituii for the most 1
. ' experiment of the race, for ecltgovcrii
ad ci'ilation. This experiment has r,ow
’ sted for sivti years, and its results are be
world. Fanaticism palliates, hut cannot 1
•A :he utter prostration of the race. A war
s began on the very moment the fear of for
. -'ibjsig.tfinn ceased, and resulted in i';;c rxter
; mi of the greater number of tlie
had rosem d them from the dominion of the
•1 •. Revolutions, tumults and disorder,
• a ihe ordinary pursuits of emancipated
halustrv has almost ceased, and their
i'ilizatioii has been already exhausted;
, now scarcely distinguishable from
- from which they were torn iu their native
entl v the same experiment has been tried
under the auspices of England. This
' ; 'hi most beautiful, productive ami pros-
Br'.'ish colonial possessions. In lsdS,
. t to', towing the false theories of hei‘ own
•lUcts, proclaimed the total emancipation of
•• i. race in Jamaica. Her armt and her power
■ "aiche-.l ov-r and protected them , not Duly
•■ '•.'. li.e In absolute necessities of the
tropi ietors of the land compelled them to
inducement ar,d stimitlai t to industry ;
''••• - viicr::...'n! stands before the world a cou
'• i .tin. Ruin has overwhelmed »)ie propri
' -:i lth negro, true to the instincts of bis
t- buries himself in tilth, and sloth, and crime,
ve ear. compare the Africa;.. all himself i:i
.tie .us -in freedom and i . bondage; and
■*’•• •' aip.uv him with his race, in the same c'i
• ~ -'ie t il.'owiug the -ante pursuits—compare
’ ■ Inui'clf under the two different condi
-* m Havti and Jamaica, and with his race in
-. 'iCuba And every comparison deinon
>'i' the folly of emancipation.
■ : a t.iiiei States, too, we have peculiar op
ies oi studying the African race tinder dis
: tit. ri' lief 1 we find him in slavery ;
' T e i .id him also, a freeman in both the slave
- slid tien-'i i-reholding S'ates. Tiic best
a -f th-. ft '■ black is to fit found in the
'■ ■■■ s, in she cl<>st st contact with slas ery ,
‘ ' !l '• 'to many of its restraints. L'p >n tb«
d ' ' - aift-slaverv tiu n . Ihc most favorable
' tyiti which vou can vteC , * l,> African is in
“luveholding States of this pfij-ni. There
- ''v xpect to find hhn displacing a ]l the
••- u-°‘. hl * race for improvement and pro
- 1 '' l ” ; a temperate climate, with the road of
‘.’T i' e . Q before him—among an active, indus
v, ~: . r L ‘ yi ' and educated people—surrounded
- ' oiygliizing frien !>, and mild, just and equal
' ; . j l '- If he fails here, surely it can be
tm'hing but himself, lie has had
‘ • in which to cleanse himself and hi*
4 ••• th ■ tepr- -V of slavery Yet what is his
• >n tere today • He is free—he is lord oi
| himself; but he finds it truly a “ heritage of woe.”
j After this seventy yoais of education and probation
among themselves, his inferiority stands as fully a
; confessed fact in the non-slarenolding as in the
slaveholding States. By them he is adjudged unfit
t | to employ the l ights anil perform the duties of citi
zenship. Denied social equality by an irreversable
law ot nature, and political rights bv municipal
law, incapable of maintaining the unequal struggle
1 w ith the superior race, the melancholy history of
his career of freedom is here most usually found in
j the records of criminal courts, jails, poorhouses
and penitentiaries.
i hese tacts have had themselves recognized in
j the most conclusive manner throughout the Xorth
ei 11 States. No town, or city, or State encourages
i theii emigration; many of them discourage it hv
I legislation. Some of the nou-slaveholding States
I ! |rtve prohibited their entry into their borders, un
-1 der any circumstances whatever. Thus it seems
i this great fact of inferiority of the race is equally
j admitted everywhere in our country. But we treat
it differently. The Northern States admit it, and
jI" r *d. themselves of the burthen, inflict the most
; j cruel injuries upon an unhappy race; they expel
j them from their borders, and drive them out of
. their boundaries, or into their poorhouses, as wan
derers and outcasts. The result of this policy is
everywhere apparent—the statistics of population
supply the evidence of their condition. In the non
slaveholding States, their actual increase during
the ten rears preceding the last census, was but a
j litth : over one per cent, per annum, even with the
1 addition of emancipated slaves and fugitives from
! labor from the South; clearly proving that in this,
their most favored condition, when left to then:-
. | selves, they are scarcely capable of maintaining
their existence, and with the prospect of a denser
population and a greater competition for employ
, 1 ment consequent thereon, they are in danger of
j extinction.
The Southern! States, acting upon the same ad
j mitted facts, treat them differently. Thev keep
j them in the subordinate condition in which they
found them, protect them against themselves, and
compel them to contribute to their own and the
j public interests and welfare; and under our sys
i tein we appeal to facts open to all men, to prove
that the African race has attained a higher degree
i of comfort and happiness than his race has ever
j before attained in any other age or country. Our
j political system give the slave great and valuable
| rights. His life is equally protected with that of
his master—liis person is secure from assault j
! against all others, except his master; and hispow- !
j er in this respect is placed under salutary legal ro
! straint. He is entitled by law to a borne, to ample j
food and clothing, and exempted from “excessive” |
j labor; and when no longer capable of labor in old
1 age or disease, is a legal charge upon bis master.
: Hi s family, old and young, whether capable of la
■ bor or not, from the cradle to the grave, have the
same legal rights. And in these legal provisions
they enjoy as large a proportion of the products ot
j their labor as any hired labor in the world. We
know that their rights are in the main faithfully ;
secured to them ; but 1 rely not on our knowledge, j
but submit our institutions to the same tests bv !
which we try those of all other countries. These ;
are supplied by our public statistics. They show !
that our slaves are larger consumers of animal j
food than any population in Europe, and larger |
than any other laboring population in the United !
States : and that their natural increase is equal to j
that of any other people. These are true and in
disputable tests that their physical comforts an j
simply secure. In 1700, there were less than seven |
| hundred thousand slaves in the United States ; in |
! IS.To, (he number exceeded three and a quarter
millions. The same authority shows that their in
crease for the ten years preceding the last census
was above twenty-eight per cent., or nearly three
per cent, per annum an iavrca.se equal, allowing
for the element ot foreign emigration, to the white j
race, and nearly three limes the blacks of the -
North.
But these legal rights of the slave embrace but i
a small portion of the privileges actually enjoyed ;
by him. lie has, by universal custom, the control j
of much of his own time, which is applied at his
own choice and convenience to the mechanic arts, i
to agriculture, or to some other profitable pursuit,
which not only gives him the power of purchase
over many of the additional necessaries ot life, but j
over many of its luxuries ; and in numerous cases j
enables him to purchase his freedom when lie de- |
sires it. Resides, the nature of the relation of nias- !
ter and slave begets kindness, imposes duties and j
secures their performance, which exist iu no other |
relation of capital and labor. Interest and lm- i
inanity co-operate in harmony for the well-being
• of slave labor. Thus ihe monster objection to out i
institution of slavery that it deprives labor of iis 1
wages- cannot stand the test of a truthful investi j
gation. A slight examination of the true theory ot
wages will further expose its fallacy. Under a ays
tern of free labor, wages are usually paid in mo !
nev, th ‘ repres *ntative of products—under ours, in j
products themselves. One of your own most ilis ;
anguished statesmen and patriots President John
Adams said that the difference to the slave was
“imaginary.” “What matters it ('said he) whether
a landlord employing ten laborers on his farm j
gives them annually as much money as will buv
them the necessaries of life, or gives them those
necessaries at shorthand?” All experience has
shown that, if that he the measure of lubor, it is
safer for the laborer 10 take bis wages in products
than in their supposed pecuniary value. There
fore, if we pay in the necessaries and benefits of
life more than any given amount of pecuniary
wages will buy, then our laborer is paid higher
than the l.tbiTei who receives that amount ot
wages.
The most authentic agricultural statistics of
,ngland, show that the wages of agriculture atul j
nskilled luhor in that kingdom not onlv fails to
irnish the laborer with the comforts of our slave,
ut even with the necessaries of life; and no
laveholder could escape a conviction for cruelty
> his slaves, who gave them no more of the tieees
ities of life for their labor than the wages paid to
loir agricultural laborers by the noblemen and
'•nth-men of England would buy. Under their
vstem, man has become less valuable and less
ared for than domestic animals ; and noble dukes
ill depopulate whole districts of men to supply
heir places with sheep, and then, with intrepid
ndaeitv, lecture and denounce American slave
adders. The great conflict between labor and
apital, under free competition, lias ever been how j
he earnings of labor and capital shall be divided j
iclwecn them. In new and sparsely settled coun
ries. where land is cheap and food is easily pro
be -il, and education and intelligence approximate
quality, labor ear. successfully struggle in this
warfare with capital. Hut this is an exceptional
md temporary condition of society. In the Old
iVorld, this state of things has long since passed
uvav, and the conflict with the lower grades of
nbo’r lias long since ceased. There the compen
dium of unskilled labor, which first succumbs to :
■apital, is reduced to a point scarcely adequate to
i continuance of the race. The rate of increase is
.earcelv one per cent, per annum; and even at
hat rate, population, until recently, was consider
'd a curse, in short, capital has become the mas
er of labor, with all the benefits, without the natu
ral burthens of the relation.
hi this division of the earnings of labor between
t and capital, the Southern slave has a marked
idvnntage over the English laborer, and often equal
o the free laborers of the North. Here, again, we
ire furnished with authentic data from which to
•cason. The census of I*so shows that on cotton ;
•states of the South, which is the chief branch of .
,ur agricultural industry, one half of the arable
apds'are annually put under food crop. This half
s usually wholly consumed on the farm by the la
borers and necessary animals. Out of the other
naif must be paid all the necessary expense of pro
duction, often including additional supplies of food ;
bevond the produce of the land, which usually
equals one-third of the residue, leaving but one
third for nett rent. The average rent of land in
the older uon-slaveholding States is equal to one
third of the gross product, and it not unfrequently
amour.ts to one-half of it, tin England it is some
times even greater, ' the tenant from his portion
paying all expenses of production, and the expen
ses of himself and family. Then it is apparent that
the laborer of the South receives always ns much,
and frequently a greater portion of the produce of
the land than the laborer in New or Old England.
Besides, here the portion due the slave is a charge
4 p>in the whole product of capital, and upon the
capital itself. It is neither dependent upon sea
sons nor object t,o accidents, and survives his
own capacity for labor, tu,d even the ruin of his
master.
But it is objected that religious instruction is
denied t!:fi slave. While it is true that religious
instruction and privilges are not enjoined bv law
in all of the States, tin number of slaves who are
in connection with the different churches abun
tly prove the-universality of the enjoyment of
these pi is ih-ges ; and a much larger number of the
in * in slavery enjoys the consolations of religion
than the efforts of the combined Oristain world
have ever been able t" convert- to Christianity out
of all tins millions of their countrymen who re
main in their native land. Vet the slave, and of
those connected with slavery, are constant themes
of abolition denunciation. " They are lanmntably
j.j.-at; but it remains to he shown that they are
greater than with the laboring poor of England or
anv of her countrv. And it is shown that our
slaves are without the additional stimulant of want
! > drive them to crime—we have at’least removed
from them the temptation and excuse of hunger.
Poor human nature is here at least spared the
.. retched fate of the utter prostration of its moral
nature the first of its physical wants. Lord
Ashley’s report to the British Parliament shows
that in the capital o# that empire— perhaps within
hading of Stafford House and Exeter Kali—hunger
alon? datlv engulphs its thousands of men and
jyofuen in the abyss of crime.
1 1 u ais--objected that our slaves are debarred
tlie benefit oj A. fj education. This objection is well
taken, and is not without force; and for this evil
•he slaves are greatly indebted to n.t Abolitionists.
Form -rlv, in some of the jdaveholding States, u
was not forbidden to teach slaves to read and write;
but the character of the literature sought to be
furnished bv tfie .iboiitjoipsts caused these Btates
» | to take counsel rather of their passions than their
n | reason, and to lay the axe at the foot of the evil.
a : Better counsels will in time prevail, and this will
e j be remedied. It is true that the slave, from his
t I protected position, has less need of education than
j the free laborer, who has to struggle for himself
e | in the career of society; yet it is both useful to
j I him, his master and society. The want of legal
0 : protection to the marriage relation is also a fruit
,C j fill source of objection among the opponents of
t) | slavery. The complaint is not without foundation
N —this is an evil not yet remedied by law; butsuar
i riage is not inconsistent with the institution of
a j slavery as it exists among us, .mil the objection,
therefore, lies rather to an incident than to the es
i sence of the system. Rot, in truth and fact, inar
r | riage does not exist to a very great extent among
s | slaves, and is encouraged and protected by their
{ owners; and it will be found, upon careful investi
j gation, that fewer children are born out of wed
i lock among slaves than in the capitals of two of
‘ t j the most civilized countries of Europe Austria
j j and France. In the former, one-lialf of the ehil
t i dren are thus horn; in the latter, more than one-
I j fourth.
j-j Rut even in this we have deprived the slave of
ino pre-existing right. We found the race without ;
. i any knowledge of, or regard for, the institution of
! j marriage, and we are reproached with not having
| as yet secured them that with all the other bles
. : sings of civilization and religion. To protect that
J I and other domestic ties hv laws forbidding, under
, j proper regulations, the separation of families,
, would be wise, proper and humane, and some of
the shaveholding States have already adopted pai
’ tial legislation for the removal of these evils. Rut j
the objection is far more formidable in theory than I
| practice. The accidents and necessities of life !
produce infinitely a greater amount of separation
I in families of the white than ever happens to the ,
colored race. This is true, even in the United States, •
where the general condition of the people is pros- j
perous. But it is stiil more marked in Europe.
The injustice and despotism of England towards
Ireland have produced more separation of Irish j
families, sundered more domestic ties, within the
last ten years, than African slavery has effected j
i since its "introduction into the United States. The !
! twenty millions of freemen in the United States
j are witnesses of the dispersive injustice of the !
! Old World. The general happiness, cheerfulness
i and contentment of the slaves attest both the mijd
i ness and human it \ of tin ir treatment, and their
natural adaptation to their condition. They re- !
[ quire no standing armies ioenforee ihcirobedienec.
: while the evidences of discontent and the appli
i ances of force to repress ii, are everywhere visible j
among the toiling millions of the earth. Even in !
• the Northern States of this Union, strikes, and j
labor unions, aud combinations against employers,
attest at once the history anil discontent of labor j
among them. England keeps one hundred thou- j
sand soldiers in time of peace, a large navy, and
an innumerable police, to secure obedience t.i her
social institutions ; and physical force is the sole j
guaranty of her social order - the only cement of
| her gigantic empire.
I have briefly traced the condition of the African
1 race through all ages and all countries, and de-
I scribed it fairly and truly under American slavery.
I aud I submit the proposition is fully proven that ;
his position in slavery among us is superior to anv
which he has ever attained in any ag“ or country.
• The picture is not without shade as well as light. 1
1 Evils and imperfections cling to man and all of hi
[ institutions, and this is not exempt from them. I 1
j The condition of the slave offers great opportuni 1
i ties for abuse, and these opportunities are fre
quently used to violate humanity and justice. But
i the laws restrain these abuse' and punish tho.>f
! crimes in this, as well as iu all other relations of
life. And they who assume i; as a fundamental ■
i principle iu the constitution of man that abuse i‘
j the unvarying concomitant of power and crime of 1 ’
I opportunity, subvert the foundations of all private t
; morals and of every social si stem. No where do
i these assumptions find a nobler refutation than in ,
the general treatment of the African race by
Southern slaveholders; and we mat with hop"
; and confidence safely' leave to them the removal of i
j existing abuses, and such further ameliorations us j
| may be demanded by justice, humanity and (’hri
i tianitv. The condition of the African, whatever
! may be bis interests, may not be permanent among
|us:' he may find his exodus in the unvarying law • t
!of population. Under the conditions of labor in j
i England and the Continent of Europe, domestic 1
j slavery is impossible there, aud could not exist '
! here or anywhere else. The moment wages de t
: crease to a point barely sufficient to support the la
1 borer and his family, capital , ,:nnot afford to own
| labor, and it must cease. Slavery* in England
j ceased in obedience to this law, and not from any -
j regard to liberty and humanity. The increase of (
■ population in this country may produce the same ; (
result, and American slavery, like that ■ f England,
i may find i’s euthanasia in the general prostration
• of all labor.
The next aspect in which I propose to examine 1
this question, is its effects upon tl>* material into j
1 rests of the slaveholding States. Thirty years ago j ,
• slavery was assailed mainly on the ground that it
was wasteful, unproductive and unprofitable labor.
Some years ago we were urged to emancipate the
blacks in order to make them more useful and pro
ductive members of society. The result of the ex 1
periments in the West India Islands, to which I 1
have before referred, not only disproved, but utter- ;
ly annihilated this theory. The theory was true , -
as to the white race, and not true as to the black ; s
and this single fact made thoughtful men pause
and ponder before advancing further with this fol
lv of abolitionism An inquiry into the wealth
and production of the slaveholding States of this j
Union, demonstrates that- lave labor can be eco t
nomicall;. aud profitably employed, at least in agri
culture, and leaves the question in great doubt ; ,
whether it cannot he thus employed in the South
more advantageously than anv other description of ,
labor. The same truth will n made manifest by
a comparison of the productions of Culm and Bra
zil, not only with liayti and Jamai'-a, but with the
free races in the similar latitudes engaged in the
same or similar production* in anv part of tin (
world. The sla\. holding Stan well one half of (
the white population and between three anil four
millions of staves, furnish alone three-fifths of the ,
i exports of the republic, containing twenty-three j
millions of people; aud their entire products, in
1 eluding every branch of industry, greatly exceed ,
those jier capita of the most jiojmhms Northern .
States. The difference in realized wealth in pro
portion to population, is not I s- reinarkabl" and j
equally favorable to tile slaveholding States. Bui
this is not a fair comparison- outlie contrary, it
is exceedingly unfair to the slaveholding Suite.-.
The question of materia! advantage would he set- .
tied 011 the side of slavery whenever it was shown
that our mixed society was more productive and
prosperous than any other mixed society with the j
inferior race.free, instead of slave. The question
|i* nut whether w- would not be more prosperou '
and happy with these three and a half millions of
slaves in Africa, and their place- tilled with an 1
equal number of hardy, intelligent and enterpri
iug citizens of a superior race, hut is simply v.heth- |
er, while we have them among us, ive would he
most prosjierous with them in freedom or bondage.
With this bare statement of the true issue, 1 can
safely leave the question to the facts aI: uly refer
red to, and to those disclosed in tlie late census.
But the truth itself needs some .‘Xplanetioii, as it
seems tv lie a great mystery to the opponents of
slavery how the system is capable a t the same time .
of increasing the comforts and happiness of the
slave, the profits of the master, and do no violence
to humanity. Its solution rests upon verv obvious
principles. In this relation, the labor of the coun
try is united with and protected by its capital, di
! reeled by the educated and intelligent, secured
against its own weakness, waste and folly
i ciated in such form as to give the greatest efficien
cy in protection, and the least cost of mainleiian c.
Each individual free black laborer is the victim
not only of his own folly and extravagance, but of
his ignorance, misfortunes and necessities, ilis
isolation enlarges his expenses without in 'Teasing
his comforts; his want of capital increases the
prices of everything he buys, disable* him from
supplying his wants at favorable times or on ad
i vantageous terms, and throws hint into the hands
of retailers and extortioner*. Rut labor united
with capital, directed by skill, forecast and .intelli
gence, while it is capable of its production, is freed
from all these evils, and leaves a margin both for
increased comforts to the laborer and additional
profits to capital. This is the explanation to the
seeming paradox.
The opponents of .slavery, passing by the ques
tion of material interests, insist that its olivets ou
the society where ii exist- is to demoralize and
enervate it, and render it incapable of advance
ment and a high civilization, and upon the citizen
to debase him morally and intellectually. Such i.
not the lesson taught by history, either sacred or
’ profane, nor the experience of our ■>" npa t or pn
sent.
To the Hebrew race was committed die oracles
1 of the Most High. Slaveholding priests admiuis
: tered at his altar, and slaveholding prophets and
' patriarchs received his revelations and taught them
‘ to their own, and transmitted them to nil other gen
‘ erations of men. The highest form of ancient civ
ilization and the noblest development of the indi
vidual man are to be found in the ancient slave
p holding commonwealth* of Greece and Rome. In
r eloquence, in rhetoric, in poetry and painting, in
p architecture and -eulpture, you must *tiU go and
‘ search amid the wreck and ruin* of their genius
forthe “pride of every model and the perfection
1 of every master,” and the language and literature
J j of both, stamped with immortality, pass on to
> mingle with the thought and the speech of all
s i lands and all centuries. But 1 will not multiply
0 , illustrations. That domestic slavery neither eu
t' feebles nor deteriorates our race—that it is not in
A , qons*-u.i.t yith the highest advancement of men
and society, is the lesson taught by all ancient, and
d confirmed by all modern history. Its effects in
II strengthening the attachment of the dominant
il race to liberty, was eloquently expressed by Mr.
i. j Burke, the most accomplished and philosophical
it statesman England ever produced. In his speech
i on conciliation with America, he uses the follow
e ing language: “Where this is the ease, those
• \ who are free are by far the most proud and jealous
of their freedom. * * I cannot alter the nature o;
man. The fact is so, and these people of tht
Southern States are much more strongly, and nit!
a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to lib
: erty than those to the northward. Such were al
the ancient commonwealths—such were our Gothit
ancestors, and such, in our day, were the Poles
and such will he till masters of’slaves, who are not
. slaves themselves. In such a people the haughti
ness of domination combines itself with the spirit
of freedom, justifies it, and renders it invincible.’’
No stronger evidence of what progress s >ciety
may make with domestic slavery could be desired
than that which the present condition of the slave
holding States presents. For near twenty years
foreign and domestic enemies of their institutions
have labored, by pen and speech, to excite a dis
content among the white race, and insurrection
among the black. These efforts have shaken the
; national government to its foundations, anil burst
the bonds of Christian unity among the churches
of the land, yet the object of their attack tlies ■
j States -have scarcely felt the shock. In survey
ing the whole civilized world, the eve rests not on
a single spot where all classes of society are .-o
| well contented with their social system, or have
' greater reason to be so, than the .slaveholding
States nf this Union. Stability, progress, order,
peace, content, reign throughout our borders; not a
single soldier is to be found in our widely extended
domain to overawe or protect society. The desire
for organic change nowhere manifests itself.
Within less than seventy years, out of live feeble
colonies, with less than tme and a half million of
j inhabitants, have emerged fourteen republican
•Slate-, containing nearly ten million of inhabi
| cants —rich, powerful, educated, moral, refined,
■ prosperous and happy; each with republican gov
ernments, adequate to the protection of public
1 liberty and private rights, which arc cheerfully
obeyed, supported and upheld by all classes of so
ciety. With a noble system of internal improve
ments, penetrating almost every neighborhood,
'■ stimulating and rewarding the industry of our
; people; with moral and intellectual, surpassing
physical improvements; with churches, school
j houses and colleges daily multiplying throughout
! the land, bringing education and religious instruc
tion to the houses of all the people, they exhibit a
spectacle which challenges the admiration of the
world. None of this great improvement and pro
gress has been aided by the federal government;
we have neither sought from it protection for our
private pursuits, nor appropriations for our public
improvements. They have been effected by the
unaided individual efforts of an enlightened, moral,
energetic and religious people. Such is onr social'
system, and such our condition under it. It- pr ; .
litical wisdom is indicated in its effects on society ; ,
iis morality by the practices of the patriarchs ;.!-d
the teachings of the Apostles. We submit to the
judgment of the civilized world, with the firm co:
f iction ih-.; the adoption id no other system undo!
our circumstances would have exhibited the indi
vidual man, bond or free, in a higher development,
or society in a happier civilization.
BY 1 1 ELEGEA PIT.
From the Fejee Islands,
New \ oitE, Feb. ItStb.— Intelligence has been
received by the St. .amis that the Sloop-of-War !
John Adams had burnt five of the largest towns in
the Fejee Islands, in. consequence of the inliabi- 1
turns having plundered several American ships.
A treaty nf peace was afterwards signed.
The Kansas Troubles.
IV vsmxino.v, Feb. IGov. Shannon will leave
fur Kansas to-day, and will immediately remove
his office from the Shawnee Mission, to Leeompton,
the centre of the difficulties Orders will be is
sued by the War Department to Col. Sumner, au
thorizing him to aid in suppressing disturbances
by force, if necessary. If circumstances require
it sno troops at. Fort Leavenworth, aud 400 at For*
Riley, will be called out.
Letter from Gen. Houston.
New t ontc, Feb. -The Post contains a letter
from Gen. Hoi srox, addressed to President Pieroi:.
in which the writer declares that no consideration
would induce him to remain, in official position,
at Washington.
Markets,
New York, Feb. 15. Cotiou is buoyant, with
sale of 7,000 bales. Prices stiffen Flour is dull !
Ohio : *-57; Southern §9 2" Wheat unchange**
Corn quiet.
Nr.yy Okj.ba.v3, Feb. Id.—-Sales to-day of 0,500
bales Cotton, at decline. Middling it 5$ cts.
Receipts of the week 45,500 bales, against 82,00*>
bales last year. Increased receipts at this port
300,000 bales. Stock 224,000 bales.
Ngk! OTIt.'E is hereby given, to a!! parties in in
iM teres*, residing out of the State of Georgia, i
tin.: t shall make application to the Court of Ordi
nary of Scriveu county, a: the next June Term of
said Court, for an order to distribute the estate of !
Martha Herrington, late of said county, deceased,
among the heirs and distributees of said deceased.
SIMEON HERRINGTON, Adm’r.
f- hi 2ani4m
Vkf OTIt E i-i hereby given, to ail parties in iu-
L « ten-s!, residing out of the State of Georgia.
Fiat I shall make application to the Court of Ordi
nary * I Serivi'ii county, at the next June Term of
sai'i Court, for an order to distribute the estate of
Joseph T. Herrington, hue of said county, deceas
ed, among the heirs and distributees of* said de
ceased. ' JEFFERSON HUBERTS, Adm’r.
ft-bo 2am4ni
COZZENS’ HOTEL,
(hi net- of Uroadir n / and (Jatud-st., .V. York t it//.
rifTH fc undersigned desire to inform their tVieiic
H ami the public, iliat they have taken for a
term of years the extensive establishment hereto- j
fore known as the Rratidreth House.
llav.ng made many alterations and improve
ments ili the buildings, the house is now prepared
to teceive company.
They respectfully invite the attention of their
friends and the public to their new establishment,
jmW lath I sac J. 11. AS. T. COZZENS.
ADMINISTRATRIX SALE.
lini.l, he sold, at the Lower Market House,
V to ’h.; city of Augusta, Richmond county,
(in accordance yvitli an order obtained from the
Ordinary of Richmond county,! on the first Tues
day in APRIL next, between the usual hours of
sale, nil that Lot and improvements ion which
there is a Brick House;, in the eili of Augusta, on
Ellis street, having a front on Ellis .street of 2:'; s
feet, and running half way through back to the
south. Hounded on the north by Ellis street, on
the cast by Col. Turner Clanton's lot, on the south
by Hr. Joseph A. Eve’s lot, and on the west by the
Palace Stables lot. Sold subject to a mortgage to
tlic Franklin L< an and Building Association.
—AX.SO
At the same time and place, Eleven Shares of j
tin; Franklin Loan and Building Association Stock.
The II nuse and Lot and Loan and Building Asso
ciation Stock will lie sold together, as both are
pledged for the mortgage. All sold as the property
of Frederick Tischer, deceased, for the benefit of
tin-heirs and creditors. Purchaser to pay for wi
pers. Terms cash. FRANCES TIScHER,
febl.o dlaw.vetd Administratrix.
*• 77.1- InU/ii’ctmil FtVjw nf a People is indicated ty
the Character of its Literature.’'
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
PF.SFIELD, G Y.
r vet i.TV :
KEV. N. M. < It YYVFORD, 1). I)., Presi
- dent,
S P. SANFORD, A. M., Prof, of Mathematics.
J. E. WILLF.T, A. M., Professor of Chen*istiy
and Natural Philosophy.
Rev. S. G. HILLYER, A. M., Professor of Belles
Entires.
R. M. JOHNSTON, A. M„ Professor * elect) of
Languages.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY:
Rev. .T. T.. DAGG, D. {)., Professor of Systematic
and Pastoral Theology.
Rev. N. M. CRAWFORD, D. D„ Professor of Ec
clesiastical History and Biblical Literature.
ACADEMY:
Rev. T. D. MARTIN. \. M., Principal.
Commencement is held on the last Wednesday
, in July. The regular College Course requires four
years for iho degree of A. B. Those wishing to do
so, may omit the Languages, and pursue a scien
tific course of three years. ,
Having he- n originally designed for the educa
timi of young mm preparing for the Gospel Minis
try, this Institution keeps that object steadily in
view. The Seminary embraces a three years’ course
of such studies its are pursued in the most celebra
ted Theological Seminaries in our country.
The Academy is kept under an experienced
Teacher, and has been established with special ref
erence to fitting pupils to enter College.
The price of Board in the Village is §IO.OO per
; month; washing, room-rent, fuel, Ac., §3.oti.
The next Term commences on the first day of
February next, 1 's*s.
With a full and able Faculty, students are with
confidence invited to the usual benefits of our best
Institutions, with the special advantages of a loca
tion removed from the tempations and vices of
towns.
Bv order of the Board of Trustees.
iieC-1 c2m S. LANDRUM, Sec’v.
CITY LOTS FOR SALE.
fOYIIREE small lots, running from Reynold to
* Bay street, bounded on the East by Mr.
Jones’ lot, on the West bv Mrs. Thos. Gardner’s
There is a small tenement on each.
For terms apply to JAS. T. GARDNER,
febl? ,dlawiw ar JAS. P. GAIRDNER.
General
SADDLERY, HARNESS, TRUNKS, &c
SPRING TRADE, 135*1.
JESSUP & CO., No. 341,
Broad street, two doors above the Bank of
Augusta have now on hand, tlieir usual large and
well selected assortment ot SADDEEb, BRIDLES,
HARNESS, WHIPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, CAR
PET BAGS, and every description of Goods adapt
ed to the trade, manufactured by themselves, ex
pressly for this market.
■ —A LSO —
A heavy stock of Saddlerv HARDWARE, Coach
materials, springs, axles, malleable
CASTINGS and BANDS, including a very full as
sortment of Goods in the line, which are offered to
, manufacturers and dealers at low prices,
febl 5 datim
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
ON” the first Tuesday in MARCH next, will be
sold at the Lower Market House, in the City
’ of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale
All that lot, or parcel of LAND, with the im
provements thereon, situate in the City of Augus
ta, and bounded on the north by a lot of Aimer P.
j Robinson, south by a lot of Patrick Keniffe, east
. by a lot of the City Council of Augusta, and west
by Twiggs’ street, upon which it fronts. Levied
on as the property of William Cofly, to satisfy a
~ Ji. fa. from the Court of Common Pleas, of said
City, in favor of John Phinizv vs. William Coffy.
febfi WM. V. KERR, Sheriff, C. A.'
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in APRIL next, will he
sold, at the Lower Market House, in the city
of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, all that ;
Lot or parcel of Land, with the improvements i
thereon, situate in the city of Augusta, and known j
as the Jacksi >n Street lee House and Lot—bounded
north and cast by lots of Thomas S. Metcalf, south
In a lot of Thomas Richards, anil west by Jackson ;
street. Levied on as the property of the Jackson j
Street Ice Company of Augusta, to satisfy 3 tax ti. :
fits, for City Taxes for the years lssß, 1854 and
1855, in favor of the City Council of Augusta' vs. .
the Jackson Street lee Company of Augusta; and ,
three ti. las. in favor of the City < Vmticil of Augusta j
vs. the Jackson Street Ice Company of Augusta, for
Canal Tax. for the years 1853, 1854 and 1555.
feb2 'WM. V. KER, Sheriff C. A.
mimv COMING INTO STORE, onr stock '
Iwl of WOOD WARE, for Spring Trade, consist- :
iug of BUCKETS, all kinds, TtJBS, CHURNS,
I'fGGINS, BREAD TRAYS, WASH BOARDS, j
and mill wares generally,
fobs S. S. JONES & CO., 210 Broad-st.
HERRING’S PATENT CHAMPION !
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES.
riYUE great interest manifested by the public j
-fi to procure more perfect security from Fire
; for valiuible papers, such as Bonds, Mortgages, j
Deeds, Notes, and Books of Account, than the or- '
• diuarv SAFES heretofore in use had afforded, in- j
i duced th.e subscribers to devote a large portion ot i
time and attention during the past fourteen year* *
: in making improvements and discoveries for this oh- ;
jest, and they now beg leave to assure their numer- i
j ous friends, and the public generally, that their j
efforts have been crowned with complete success. '
: and now offer the “ Improved Herriug’s Patent |
World’s Fair Premium Fire-Proof Safe,” as the .
Champion Safe of the World,
having been awarded medals at both the World's j
Fair, London, 1851, and in New York, 1,53, ns su
perior to all others. It is now, undoubtedly, enti- j
, tied to that appellation, and secured with HALL’S
PATENT POWDER PROOF LOCKS, (which also ;
was awarded Medals as above,) forms the most j
perfect Fire and Burglar Proof SAFES ever before j
offered to the public.
The subscribers also manufacture all kinds of
Boiler and Chilled iron Bank Chests and Vaults,
Vault Doors, and Money Boxes or Chests, for Bro- I
kers, Jewellers, and Private Families, for Plate, 1
Diamonds, and other Valuables. And arc also j
Patentee.-- *bv purchase) and Manufacturers of
.TONES’ PATENT PERMUTATION BANK LOCK
SILAS C. HERRING & CO., Patentees,
Green Block, Nos. 155, 157 and 13S Water Street
Agent i in Georgia, BELL A PRENTICE, Sa
vannali. 2m febl2 j
~EXECUTORS’ SALK
WIUIj be sold, on the first Tuesday in I
MARCH next, at the Lower Market House, !
n the city of Augusta, between the usual hours of ’
sale, the following property belonging to the estate ;
; of Isaac S, Tuttle, deceased, to pay the debts and i
I legacies, to wit: Twelve Negro Slaves: Lewis,
Nod, Doctor, Milo, Bill, little Bill, Bob, John, Laura, j
Margaret, Elizabeth and Adeline.
—also —
§4,"50 7 percent. Bonds of the Georgia Railroad 1
and Banking Company.
§17,000 ti per cent. Bonds of the State of Georgia. :
500 Shares Stock of Georgia Railroad and Bank- j
ing Company.
I**" Shares Siock of the Bank of the State of
i Georgia.
loti Shares Stock of the Bank of Augusta.
50 Shares Stock of the Augusta Manufacturing >
Company. Terms cash.
GEORGE M. NEWTON, ) r .
JOHN 11 MANN, i ‘'- xr
jaiil7 dietd
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBT
ORS OF F. V. IJURDELL, DECEASED.
jjL'fij A\ IS(« had all uiv papers, connected with i
MS. the estate of K. A . Burdell, deceased, burnt ;
with my law office in the late tire in Waynesboro’,
I must hew all those who have rendered demands !
against said estate, to render them to me again.
All persons indebted to said estate, by note, will
please do me the kindness to give me their notes I
again. As this misfortune will retard the settle
ment of the estate, 1 must also beg the indulgence
of creditors until I can place matters in utatu quo.
ieblt d«c2m JOHN .1. JONES, Adm’r.
ALEXANDER’S KID GLOVES.
WILLIAM SHEAR has received from
New York, a full supply of Alexander's
Ladies’ Kid GLOVES, of white, black, dark and j
: medium colors, warranted the genuine article, and
to which the attention of the Ladies is respect full v
invited. dt.ee janS ' :
WM. M. DAVIDSON,
IMPORTERS and Dealers in BRANDIES
ST GIN, ALBANY A LE, CHAMPAGNE and other
W'ues and Liquors, TEAS, SEGAIIS, &c. .Ye.
is fnmjre-v nut S7 Jit. Jtditn Street*, Savannah,
Ga. djtc my‘23
WARRENTON MALE AND FEMALE
ACADEMIES TO LEASE.
npilE Village is healthy, and accessible by ■
A Railroad, and has a population of sixty or
seventy boys and girls, of suitable school ages.
One id the buildings is new, and both in good re
pair, and situated on eligible sites. A first class
Independent School can be readily built up here
by a Teacher who will he in earnest in the matter.
Anv person, wishing the situation, will please conic
and make a personal examination, or address the
Trustees. d&elm feb!»
BLEACHED SHIRTINGS AND
SHEETINGS.
lirihfilAM SIIKYR has receii i'd, from
%A? New Shirk
Extra Water Twist 1-1 Bleached SHIRTINGS;
New York Mills 4-1 Bleached SHIRTINGS:
White Rock, Water Twist, 4-1 Bleached SHIRT
INGS, (soft tinisli :
Manchester 4.-1 Bleached SHIRTINGS ;
Boot Mills 4-1 Bleached SHIRTINGS ;
Superior L 2-1 Hamilton Bleached SHEETINGS;
Superior 12-1 Allendale Bleached SHEETINGS ;
Wani.-etta Mills Bleached Pillow Case COTTONS;
Lac*■■tiia Mills Bleached Sat’a JEANS ;
A. C. A. Amcskexg and Pearl River TICKINGS.
Tin above comprises the best make of Goods, in
this country, and w ill be sold at very low prices j
for cash. The public are respectfully invited to
: cal! and examine the assortment.
fehl d hi c
NOTICE.
& PHYSICIAN wishing a location in r.
AML wealthy community, where an extensive and
profitable practice can be secured, can obtain one
, bv paring about £BSO for Medicine, Instruments,
Ac. An early application to l>. B. PLUMB, Au
, gusta, Ga., will likely please one feeling interested.
. ; ' jan22 tectf
1 &%■. BULK, superiordouble distilled Peacock
& Co.’s celebrated WHISKY, just receiv
ed, and for sale by
GiRARDEY, WHYTE a GO.
The above brand is superior to anv Rectified
1 Whisky ever offered in this market, put up in hand
■ some packages.
feb:! ts G., W, k CO.
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
undersigned, having located himself just
1 below Phinizy & Clayton’s Ware-house, and
immediately' above Dr. J. 'l. Hill’s, will receive oil
Commission, all kinds of Produce and floods, and
receive orders for the purchase and sale of hands
in anv part of the State.
Wills Deed«, Mhiftgages. Ac., executed on fair
terms. ’ LEON P. DUGAS.
jauVt dlawiw3t
rinilE UI -MVEK’S FEAST, or Conversa
§ lions around the Camp-tires; by Capt. Mavne
Reid, author of The Rifle Rangers.
Kate Weston, or To Will and To Do; bv Jeauuie
DeWitt.
Claude in his Dungeon, or Maggs, the Traitor.
Just received, and for sale by
M. G. McKINNE,
decuT Bookseller and Stationer.
IA E ATHERS. —12 bags FEATHERS, fir sale
<by jaalS HAND, WILCOX 4 CO.
lotteries.
r. GREENEAND"PULASKI MONUMENT
i LOTTERIES.
I Managed, drawn,and Prizes paid bythe well knowi
j- and responsible firm of
1 GREGORY A MAURY.
- CLASS 42, at Savannah, on Monday, Feb'v 18th
SPLENDID SCHEME.
810,000!
§2,sih»; 51,250; 5i,"72; Ac. Ticket:
, §2.5n —Shares in proportion. Risk on a pack
] age of -2.7 quarters §7.2.1.
JOHN A MILLEN, Agent,
1 On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel.
All orders from the city or country strictlv con
fidentia). l'eblti
LOOK AT THIS ! LOOK AT THIS !
1200 PRIZES ! 00,000 DOLLARS !
HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY!
jasper county academy LOTTERY.
fur at thobitv or the state of oeoroia.
CLASS K,
! TO BE DRAWN MARCH I.lth, 1856, at Con
cert Hall, Macon, Ga., under the sworn superin
tendence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and J. A. Nesbit,
i Esq.
r fbe Manager having announced his determina-
I tion to make this the most popular Lottery in the
; world, offers for MARCH 15th, a Scheme that far
| surpasses any Scheme ever offered in the annals of
Lotteries. Look to your interest! Examine the
Capitals.
■ ONE PRIZE TO EVERY EIGHT TICKETS:
CAPITAL 15.000 DOLLARS.
j 1 Prize of 115,000
j 1 “ 5,000
1 “ 4,000
1 “ 8,000
1 “ 2,000
5 Prizes of SI,OOO are 5,000
!' lo “ 500 are 5,000
00 “ 50 are 5,000
120 “ 25 are 8,000
| 500 Approximation Prizes of 20 are 15,000
| 500 “ “ 10 are 5,000
! 1200 Prizes, amounting to *OO,OO
Tickets §10; Halves $5; Quarters §2.50.
Prizes Payable without deduction Persons send
ing money by mail need not fear its being lost.
Orders punctually attended to. Communications
i confidential. Bank Notes of sound Banks taken a(
par. Drawings sent to all ordering Ticket.-. Those
! wishing particular Numbers should order imme
; dintelv. Address JAMES F. WINTER,
; 0-1)15 Manager. Macon, Ga.
$30,000!
IMPROVED HA YANA PLAN LOTTERY!
-
[by AUTHORITY* OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.]
Southern Military Academy Lottery !
FOR MARCH—CLASS A—NEW SERIES,
j To be drawn in the City of Montgomery, MARCH
13th, 1855.
I CAPITAL PRIZE. SB,OOO !
PRICE OF TICKETS I
Wholes §5 ; Halves §2.50; Quarters SI 85,
*+*—
Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after
: the drawing, in bills of specie-paving Banks, with
out deduction —only on presentation of the Ticket
drawing the Prize.
S-3F” Bills of all solvent Banks taken at par All
communications strictly confidential.
SAM’L. SWAN, Agent and Manager,
t'ebl‘2 Montgomery, Alabama. j
HAVANA LOTTERY,
GRAND ROYAL LOTTERY
OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA, ILA VAX A.
Grand Drawing of the Queen’s Lottery, 6th of
MARCH, 1856 •
1 Prize 0f... SIOO,OOC
i 1 “ - 50,001-
1 “ 20,00 i
i 1 “ 10,001
: 1 “ 5,000
G Prizes of $2,000, is 12,001
| 22 “ 1,000, is 22,001
40 “ 500, is.. . 20,001
i 120 “ .. 400, is.. 48,000
1 322 “ ... 200, is... . 64,001- j
16 Approximations.......... 4 800 ;
| 581 Prizes, amounting to. . ..$360,201
Persons who desire to invest in tins Grand
| Scheme, which is by far the best in the country,
: must apply early Bills on all solvent Banks re
| ceived at par. Those who desire certain Numbers
i must write immediately. All orders will be confi
dentially attended to. Address
JOHN E. NELSON, Box l>m,
feblo Charleston, 8. C.-
30,000 DOLLARS!
IMPRO YED HA I I NA PI.A E LOTIER V!
THE FAVORITE!
FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY.
By Authority of the State if 0 '
t’ijASS 12,
To be drawn in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on
Monday, the 25th (if FEBRUARY, 15 .6,
when Prizes amounting to
$30,000
Will he distributed according- to the following
1 7? s u -rpattable Si 'h e :» e :
SCHEME.
CAPITAL PRIZE §IO,OOO.
100 PRIZES—2O APPROXIMATIONS.
No Small Prize*! Prize* Worth Ilariny !!
PRICK OP TICKETS :
Wholes $5; Halves $2.50; Quarters $1.25.
Prizes in this Lottery are paid thirty days after ;
the draw ing, in bills of specie-paying Banks, with- j
out deduction, only an prt*t>nMirin of the Ticket en- I
tilled to the Prize.
Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. All com- j
munieations strictly confidential.
SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager, j
jan2l Atlanta, Georgia.
teJ I N DRIES, ON CONSIGNMENT.
Y* 8"0 sacks SALT ; 500 Mils. POTATOES :
5o casks RICE; 200 bids, sup’fine FLOUR •
100 boxes B. C. HERRINGS;
lo hhds. New Orleans SUGAR •
20 bbls. -
5o “ CREAM ALE;
50 “ Champagne CIDER;
fit) eighth casks COGNAC :
Soil bbls. Rectified WHISKY •
100 bags BUCKWHEAT;
50 M Spanish SEGARS;
100 gross MATCHES;
100 baskets CHAMPAGNE ;
50 bbls. LARD ; 50 kegs LARI');
20 kegs Goshen BUTTER ;
25 *• Country “
10 cases SCHNAPPS;
10 “ Madeira WINE;
lo " French MUSTARD;
300 bbls. LIME;
10 casks Peach BRANDY. For sale by I
GIRARDEY, WHYTE A CO..
leblS General Commission Merchants.
ON €ONSTGNMENT.-20 bblsT - N~O.
SCO AR ; lo hints, do. For sale hv
GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO . i
febl 2 General Commission Merchants.
SEGARS
20,000 Rio Honda I’rimcna;
25.000 Hcrmosa Consular Prinitna ;
80,1 Augusta Fair. Ju. t received and for
saleat GUST. VOLGER’S,
febl 2 Segar and Tobacco Store.
rjIALVIAS. for Misses’, may be found at T.
8 DUNHAM’S, successor to J. K. Bancroft.
decl6
A MERICAN ALMANAC FOR 1856.- Ma
aMt canley’s England Boston edition.
Kate Weston, or to "Will and to D o
The Great Iron Wheel; bv J. K. Graves.
The Hunter’s Feast, or Conversations around the
Camp-Fires ; by ( apt. Mavne Reid.
Phcenixiann, or Sketches and Burlesques; and
! another supply of Memoirs of S. S. Prentiss.’ For
■ a -Be by lehr. TIIQS. RICHARDS A SON.
I%TEW RAISINS.— SO boxes Bunch RAISINS
L w 2“ boxes Sugar RAISINS, for sale bv
jams HAND, WILCOX £ CO.
K BUSHELS Prime White Corn~
. OyMr"? 500 bushels mixed Corn.
500 bushels Cow Peas.
1 1 do Prime Red Wheat
100 do Seed Oat --.
50 bags No. 1 Flour, for sale bv
deck? E. F. K1 NTH LEY, 7 Warren Bloc k.
HORSE SHOER AKD FAR'RIERT
fBHIE undersigned would inform the
B public that he is prepared to do all > * —. —»,
kinds of BLACKSMITH WORK, at bis /tfj\
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
i the trade. Those having lame or rutting horses
would do well to give him a call.
j»n24 thisuiw P. SHARKEY.
Auction Sales,
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & 00
i TUE>DA\, the llith inst., in front of Store, we
will sell our usual assortment of Groceries, con
j listing, in part of-
N. O. Sugar. N O Syrup, Rice, Mercer and
Planting Potatoes, tobacco, Sair. Brandy Gin
Whiskey, Cordials, Soap, Ciprs, Buckwheat Her'
I rings, Cheese, Onions, we., Ac.
1 Also, a splendid lot of Second Hand Furniture
. . New and Second lhmd Buggies.
Also, a splendid lot of Dry Goods and Ready
j Made Clothing. Terms Cash. febl.7
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CCT
•
Watch*s, Jewelry and Sihec Wu '- at A ueMen
*♦* —-
; -lust received, a large consignment ts Gold and
| Silver Watches, in Open and Hunting Cases,
! from the most celebrated makers; comprising
I Chronometers, Duplex, Magic, English, Anchor
Lever, Lepine Watches; s me extra fine Swiss
j Watches, in Enamelled Cases, suitable for Ladies.
| Also, a large assortment of Jewelry of every
description, Silver Ware, Dressing l as- Work
I tones, Card Cases, Opera Gins-, s, Gold Guard,
' est and Fob Chains, Keys and Sod-) Pencil
Cases. Also, a large assortment of Fancy Goods,
too numerous to mention.
The goods arc all of the best qualify being the
| stock of a dealer declining business. Every article
: warranted as represented. They will be open for
J examination, and for private sale during tha day—•
at auction every evc-ninsr, at 7 o’clock, till the em
! tire stock is sold. Dealers and others would d;>
i well to attend the sale, as tin y will bo sold without
I reserve. Lots to suit purchasers. Tern -cash,
j febl7 ts
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
Clinch Loan Aesociation St- at Pricati Sale.
Ten Shares Clinch Loan Association STOCK for
sale. The instalments arc all paid in, and a good
investment made in Real E.-oate, in a central part
of the city, and in a respectable neighborhood-
They will be sold at a bargain, a- the owner u
about leaving the Stale. fobls
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO~
•<*♦
Adntin ietraton: Sale.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in MARCH
next, at the Lower Mark*.-: House, in the city of
Augusta, between the usual hours of sale, in ac
cordance with an order obtained from the Ordina
| rv of Richmond county, all the right and interest
of David Calvin, deceased, in that lot or parce l of
Land and improvements, (on which there is a brick
Blacksmith shop and Work 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,
s 0 feet, more or less, adjoining on the ea-'t lot cf
Mrs. Cary ;on the south by a portion of tSie same
lot, owned by the said David Calvin’s estate and
Henry Calvin's lot, and on the west bv the lot of
the estate of W. W. 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, de< r.-ed. Terras cash.
Purchaser to pav for papers.
jan£7 ' * HENRY CALVIN, Adm’r.
PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
ran his new, though well known and pop-
JS ular HOTEL, is now being cnhmrecl, . elf
and will be ready, bv the fir:; t ofOcu 1 «• nest.
to accommodate twice as many as heretofore. Pre
viously, it could only in part, in the bu dness season,
accommodate day and transi. n br-er-lcrs. From
the above date, families, as well as single persons,
can be well suited with desirable qur.r e : ■>. The
undersigned is now ready to engage rot ms as
above. Second story Hall will hare"suites of rooms
j with a parlor and bed li- uis attach, i. Every
room in the addition will have a fire-place, rid as to
ventillution, cannot be surpassed.
jy2± JOHN BRIDGES.
(T 111LIIL AIN S—E XCE LSIOR~ME DI CATE D
J .SOAP.—This article has been known to cure
the worst cases of Chilblains, in a few applications.
It is also a cure for Ring and Tetter Worm, iialt
Rheum, &c. For sale bv
D B. PLUMB & CO.,
feblO . Sole Agents for Augusta
WELDINGS TO RENT—If appii • i for
immediately. A PIC'QUET
feblO ’ "" It
SHIRTS, made to order, in all 'ha
newest stvles, at short notice.
febl3 WM. O. PRICE ACO , 2-33 Broad-st.
rpiN PLATE, SHEET=IIION 5 &C.-
■ “ The subscribers have now in store—
Tin plates, all kinds.
Leaded plates for Roofing.
Iron Wire and Block Tin!
Pig Lead and Bar Lead.
Russia and English Sheet iron
Sheet Zinc, Ac!, Ac.
Together with a large and well a* ~>rted slock r-i
Tinner’s Trimmings—-uch a Keltic Ears, Riveu
Periorated Tin, Pressed Cover... Ac., Ac., to which
thev invite the attention of ihe Trade.
S. S. JONES A CO..
febT siuccessf rs to L. Hancock A Co
C'IOKN II ROOMS. V large
-■> superior Corn Sweeping, Hearth' 'ah : Whisk
i BROOMS, for sale cheap.
t decSO D. B. PLUMB ACO
. i| EREVOS, LACES, Arc.- We l-.ntTjSkt
received a beautiful assort;.: tit r.| Frets'- 1
and English MERINOS, to which we invito t’
tention of the Ladies; Narrow Black I.Ai’FS, Blend
LACES, Ac. The above Hoods sue full-, S', t>-r
cent, less than their usual prices.
dec23 _ PICKET A PHILIPS.
I' IVERPOOL SALT. 1,1 sacks ~u .
.1 landing, for sale low from v.
ianll LEWIS A ALLEN
C'tOl'T' lOE. Hot) begs fair t.> prim .■> T
J FEE, just n-ceive.i, f< r s:-t.- bv
jaur._ ' SCRANTON, KOLB ACO
ENCH ’ WINDOW' i. LASS." . - boxes,
assorted, from 2-ix3G ;■> -\ ’o, \n tine order
j just landed, and for sale low. bv
; WM. IT TUTT.
j fehl o _ Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
TT»RESI Rll TMINS, Anal* --es anti Family
G. orders, executed with tlm utr.:- an del'
| the purest materials, bv an experienced ChenrM
| at feblS WM.'H. TUTT’S Prop Store ’
TOOTH BRUSHIA- t'l , .nufu,
■Ji article, of our own iuipamlL ti. Thoie it
i want of an extra Tooth Brush, should call on
| fob 1-3 __ AVM. H, TUTT, Druggist.
! ft. UININE. -150 ounces received by
febld WM. IE TUTT
CAERE Til \T I Ml tIH.-'-l v.emv
J of TUTT'S PECTORAL ELIXIR, It is sure
and pleasant.
feb!s WM, H. TUTT, Druggist
CAHEEKE —100 boxes Env. D A- CHEESE.
J just received, and for sale low, b\
feb!s ’ >, A 11/ OX A CO.
PLANTING POTATOES.—W ■ M>! TxtH
Ml Planting POTATOES, for sale i,.-
i febls HAND, WILCOX A <JO
j %’ O. SUGAR AND MOI.ASSI .s ... ,v l-e •
-i« » prime New Orleans SUGAR; I--, bbls. >
I 0. MOLASSES, just received.
febld HAND, WILCOX A CO
VC it Eli EL. " i.bK vandard andlarg •.
ifH. No. MACKEREL, for rale 1. w. bv
j febir. HAND, WILCOX & CO.
C GEORGIA, AVARREN COIALiW
Jf Whereas, William Johnson applies to me for
| Letters of Dismission as Administrator on ti
estate of John C. Reese, late of said ccnntv, <]»•
! ceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ril
| concerned, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, and show cause, if any
| they nave, why said letters should net be .ranted
Given under mv hand, at office in W;.rrcn cc,
. this 27th dav of November lS5d
iiot23 ” ARDEN R MERSIION, Ordinary
CAEO RGIA, HI ,’RK I.J ’O#—Where a
% eon Brinson, Administer: *r of t.h ■ Esix- : of
Nancy Brinson, deceased, appii, 3 for Letters Dis
■ missory :
I These are, therefor.- to cite and admonish, all
, ! and singular, the kindred, and other persons inter
-1 ested, to he and appear before the Court cf Ordfna*
' . ry, to be held in and for said county, on the Erst
Monday in June next, and show cause, if any thc-v
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office in. Waynesboro’
this Ist day of December, 1555.
1 dect EDWARD CLVRLICK. 0. B. C.
jf i I out; IA, AY A uitlx AY
” John 11. Beall applies tor Letters Dist.us •
from the Administration of the estate ci Mart bat
T. Beall, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and summon, all con
cerned, to be and appear at rnv office v> ilhin the
- : time prescribed by law, and show cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not he granted
Given under my hand, rv: office in Warren tort,
this 4th dav of December, !>SG
JOHN J. PILCHER.
I I dec? Deputy Ordinary
t (CjfdMjßtiiiXG NEW-F.-r Debility,‘ lk?~
i gestion, Ac.—Pleasant and efficient ’ TONE
f BITTERS is immediately prepared by pnuiii gu-■ >
s ; the Quassia Cup, a portion ot clear water, cr ’ .
1 ting it stand about a minute, a few of these n o
«t received, by jan'J D. IE PLUMB iCO