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TUtBTV-FOVBTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION'.
DISMISSAL OF THE BRITISH MINISTER.
u-iiiv<;tox. May 29. —Senate.—The message !
President, informing Congress that he had !
i to hold intercourse with the minister pleni- ■
a rv of Great Britain having been read, to
il j!i the last communication of Mr. Marcy
", \fr, Dallas —
- Mason moved that the message and accom
* ,ndocuments be referred to the Committee
reigu Relations, and be printed.
Cass said : I have listened with pleasure to
reading of the despatch of the Secretary of
It is a powerful and conclusive analysis of
.ehtde case. It appears to me that the honor
rhe country imperatively required the dismissal
:iis officer. My desire is to have the facts
• ad before the people.
i:. Mason—L read, as doubtless other Senators
a ill great care and deliberation, the despatch
h the British Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
"d Clarendon, has written in reply to the de
:;J made by this government for the recall of
Oramptou, the British Minister, and to which
despatch of Mr. Marcv, just read at your table,
a answer. I was gratified to find that its tone
I' ‘lnperate, courteous, and counciliatorv. It
ia d a full, unreserved, and unqualified dis-
I ?! of all intended offence on the part of the
~h government, couched in language which
I . ~-ii me as peculiarly emphatic and well suited
I -he occasion. So far as the act of its Minister
j was concerned, the despatch stated, in sub
] •, that the contents of Mr. Marcy’s letter hud
I a made known to him lor the purpose of ex
-1 .nation, and that his own government was satis-
I ; that their Minister had no desire or purpose to
unit any infraction of our laws or any disres
: to our sovereign tv.
whole despatch of Lord Clarendon, as I
said, was conciliatory, and, as I thought,
ami justly conceived; but it contained no
! response directed to the demand of this
eminent. The British government did not
whether it would or would not recall its
and 1 construed it to mean that if, as I
. -a . J in the despatch of Mr. Marcy, t.ierc I
mained an opinion in the American govern
i: that the British Minister here was tmaccepta
. it, they did not feel themselves at liberty to
I use further. Iso construed it.
Tiie ven interesting and able document which
h a read. lam gratified to tiud, is of the
-nrueter with the despatch to which it is an
. t. It, too, is temperate, calm, and conciiia
, li receives, in the spirit in which it was of
i. the disclaimer on the part of the British
u-riim ‘tit, and 1 confess, for myself, 1 thought
i After recapitulating the proofs implicating
.-British Minister here in acts discourteous to
autre, which, whether so designed or not.
r in derogation of the sovereignty of the cotin
: ,v. - intended, as I understand, to show the
- i government that our self-respect required
original demand should he carried into execn-
T British government was therefore iu
,mvd that the British Minister continued unac
dile in this country, without any imputations
i'ii as a a nth-man or a Minister representing
oen judgment, as he considered, in the best
.it;:; r, tie- im-rests of his own country.
-a Britain lias Ir-. n informed that, because of
■ .• relations which lie bad established here, he
continue unacceptable tons, and probably
til not be useful to bis own Government,
uric 1 know, from the temper of our people, and
nelievc 1 know from the dispositions of the pre
-■u! administration, nothing could be furtherfrom
■a. ir purpose or design tiian to commit any dis
i: s\ la the British Government, I hope, from
i u actor of the correspondence, no discourte
- will Be inferred. I can see none in the temper
■ the paper, and I can see none in the occasion ;
hm I am free to declare-as a Senator and thus
irii. ipating in the Government) that, under the
•vunistnm es existing, under the proofs connect
.g tin- British minister with the enlistments for
.a Foreign Legion of Great Britain, however he
not have designed it —and 1 take his dia
ler as it has been given to us, however lie may
i have designed to complicate himself with a
:estion which would be offensive to our country
a disregard of our laws, the fact remains that
did so, and there is no alternative on the part of
.is Government but to dispense with his further
-idence among us. I can see no cause in the
ild even to alienate the two countries. 1 shall
,ve misapprehended the despatch of Lord
! un ndon if it will not be received, as it was in
uded, to place this subject at the disposal of our
Government, without construing the dismissal of
cir minister into any discourtesy whatever.
Mr. Cas-—Mr friend from Virginia intended to
i..ve for the printing of an extra number of Mr.
.Marcy'.- Ivspatch, but be omitted to do it, and 1
now suggest that it is a measure which ought to
■ taken. The despatch is a very important one.
1 bare already expressed my gratification at its
vner, at its logical purport, and at its general
... "or. It is written with great power, and in
nc of courtesy becoming our Government in
- diplomatic intercourse.
Tii suspension or interruption of diplomatic
lations between the two countries is a very ordi
nal v event in the intercourse of nations, and can
’ lead to war unless one or the other of the par
- is determined upon that extreme measure. N’o
is; cause of war can arise out of such an act. In
tirst place, the British Government should not
> • t it- displeasure upon our Minister in London
..-mis-ing him. There is no pretext for it. It
■ 1 bclii-ve, the comitv of nations that when a
Mm - cr is ofieusive to the Government to which
- accredited, he should be recalled. An am
ador, who is a Minister of the highest grade,
an ! represents, as it is said, the person of the sov
'■it'ign, is never sent to a European Government,
•'■ iiluHit, iii the tirst instance, ascertaining if lie
will be acceptable. This is the common law of di
plomacy. leaving everything else out of view, I
ill; the moment the British Government ascer
tained that Mr. ('tampion was unacceptable to the
1 icvernmetit and people of this country, it should
at mce have cheerfully recalled him ; but it has
>t seen proper to do this, and now Mr. Cramp
tun leaves here at the desire of our Government.
1 repeat, the suspension of diplomatic relations
-a very ordinary occurrence in national inter
■ mrse. When l was commissioned as Minister to
France in ISffi?, there had been mfdiplomatic inter
course between us and France for perhaps two
ears previously. I did not go to France at once.
1 was instructed by Gen. Jackson to go to England;
and 1 went there and remained until, through the
British government, it was ascertained that it
a mid hr agreeable to the French government to
. ive a Minister from the United States. I re
mained there until that answer came, and the an
swer was a very courteous one, and I immediately
repaired to Paris, and was well satisfied with my
reception.
1 merely allude to this circumstance to show
tV.nt the suspension of diplomatic relations should
im’ serious cause of apprehension to any man
m th> "imtrv. The case of the dismissal of the
fI::: - Minister in Spain is a very recent and well
known , vent. The act gav eno serious offence to
the British government. 1 need not review the
vgeumstances. The occurrence is a well-known
diplomatic fact. The Spanish government sent
t’.e British minister out of the country, and with
it the observance of much courtesy. England
- If has sent an atnbassabor home u> bis coun
try under a guard.
I re;* *;,t, unit's- Holland wants to go to war with
us. no injury will result from the termination of
'hf tlipl -matie services of Mr. Crumpton. If she
- determined *>n war. and seeks only a pretext,
that is another question. I do not believe she
<l*v>. and have no apprehension of the result.
I now suggest that ten thousand copies of this
document he printed, as it is a verv important
one, and will be read with iuterest bv the Ameri
can people.
Mr. Pratt—lt e-the motion include the whole
correspondence 1*
Mr. Cass—The despatch of Mr. Marcv.
Mr. Mas<’n 1 think it would be better to have
au extra number of the whole correspondence
printed.
Mr. Cass —Perhaps so; it is an important ele
ment of history, and it is too extensive to be pub
lished by private enterprise. 1 move, then, for the
'■ ituiug i*f ten thousand extra copies all the
documeuts.
The presiding officer, Mr. Foote in the chair';.
Cnder the rule of the Senate the motion for print
ing the extra numbers will go to the Committee on
Printing.
Mr. Too uls. —While 1 agree with the honorable
Senator from Michigan, that the dismissal of the
British Minister does not necessarily lead to a dis
t i rounce of our peaceful relations with Great
Britain, 1 must express my regret that the matter
has taken this course. Our government, having
been satisfied, as it acknowledges, with the repre
, sentations of Great Britain upon the question in
dispute, ought to have allowed the Britishj Minis
ter to remain as a necessary consequence. It is in
vain for this government to say that the subject in
dispute is satisfactorily explained; to declare that
I the apology ( >r explanation of the British govern
j ment is accepted, and then to go on and remove
j l ' le Minister who was the very occasion of the dis
j P ut «- While I agree with our government that the
explanation was sufficient, I think they greatly
| erred, after obtaining a sufficient explanation
; from the British government, in interrupting the
I diplomatic intercourse between the two countries.
| Mr. Cass.-—I cannot agree with the honorable
| Senator from Georgia. I repeat what I said on a
I former occasion, the error committed bv this gov
ernment was in not sending awav Mr. Crampton
as soon as his conduct was ascertained. I think
j 11 should have been done the very moment our
government found he was an accessory to these
I proceedings. That error has, howeveV, been re
paired bv the present measure, which I think is
j fully justified by the circumstances.
If I understand it, for I heard somewhat indis
j 1 * net iv, Mr. Marcy has said, with due courtesv,
! that our government exonerates the British goV
! cm ment from any intention of violating our laws,
■ but he does not exonerate Mr. Crompton. The
t responsibility of the Minister is to his own govern
, ment. That government has not chosen to recall
I iiitn. He is, under the present circumstances, an
unacceptable diplomatic agent-disqualified to
manage the concerns between that country and
our-. He has placed himself in such a position
that he is unacceptable to the American govern
ment and people. Our government has credited
the disclaimer of the British government of any
intention to violate the laws of our sovereignty,
and, in my opinion, has gone quite as far, to say
the least of it, as the facts justify; but yet Mr.
Crompton has placed himself in a very different
predicament.
The misfortune is that in our diplomatic inter
course with England, she is prone to adopt a vo
cabulary of her own, or rather to affix new mean
ings to old words. She tells us, m effect, that “en
listment ’’ now does not mean, as it formerly did,
enlistment for military services, and as common
sense tells you it does, but that it means hiring a
man to perform a railroad contract. It is an illus
tration of the position that “occupy” does not
mean “occupy,” but means that you shall not
hereafter acquire land. If, Mr. President, you
should make a contract that after a given day you
will not occupy any land in a certain district, one
would suppose it meant what it expressed, and
that after that day you must cease your occupation
there. Not so, says the British Government; it
means quite another thing—that you shall not
thereafter acquire any land within the prohibited
district, but you may hold what you previously pos
sessed ; or, in other words, that occupation means
acquisition. Enlistment has now got to be a dif
ferent thing from what it formerly was. We are
told that it is no violation of our laws or sovereign
ty to hire men and to pay their expenses to go to
Halifax, under the pretext of a railroad contract,
with the understanding that they are then to enlist
into the British army. If the law can be thus
avoided it is not worth a straw. I think that, un
der the circumstances which have been developed,
Mr. Crompton is useless in this country as a diplo
matic agent. I say this without the least intention
of uttering a harsh word in relation to that gentle
man, who no doubt thought he was serving his
j own country while violating the laws of ours; but
j I repeat that the moment this Government inform
ed that of Great Britain that its Minister here was
uuaccep’able, he should have been grucefullv with
drawn. without hesitation and without complaint.
Mr. Toombs—l concur in the last remark of the
Senator from Michigan ; but we have got beyond
that point, and I think the result is an unfortunate
one. When 1 rose before, it was only for the pur
pose of expressing my disapprobation of this un
fortunate result of the controversy. I did not
■boose to go into the enlistment question pending
between the two Governments, because 1 differed
from my own. 1 think that matter lias been press
ed to a point rather of pettifogging than of .states
manship. Ido not concur in the extent to which
our Government has gone in construing our neu
trality laws. I do not think the British Govern
ment has violated them in anything which it has
done. 1 have heretofore refrained from an expres
sion of an opinion on this subject, because the ne
gotiations were going on ; and now that they have
been terminated, I take this occasion to express i
my disapprobation of the construction placed bv >
>ur own Government on the neutrality laws of the
United States.
Mr. Butler L think, with the Senator from |
Georgia, it is v«rv unfortunate that the British
Minister has been dismissed after this protracted i
correspondence. During the time when the allies
and Russia were engaged in war, it was highly pro- i
per for the United States to say “hands off!” so
far as regards our own people in this controversy-, •
and especially, in my opinion, as yve had every !
reason at tliai time to conciliate, or, at least, not t
to offend, the Russian government. After that oc
casion has passed, when the subject has been t
lenghtily discussed, ami everything is on the ebb, ;
I think this course is hardly proper. Ido not say t
that the British government has a right to take ex- t
ceptiou to it, but I would much prefer to have had I
the thing don: at once or not at all. 1 know no
reason why the two governments should he in- t
voiced in commercial difficulties and retaliation, ;
much less in war. If the sword is to be drawn I i
should regard it as a great calamity; Ido not lies- ;
itato to say so. I would avert it, as far 1 could, t
by my counsels ; I would avert it, as far as 1 pos- t
siblv could, consistently w ith the honor of my I
country. 1
The British Minister has been dismissed, and I
suppose the developments will afford what our 1
government considers justification for it; but 1 j
think, considering the temper which pervades the 1
torrcspondencc of Lord Clarendon, (though I have 1
not read the trluilc of it, and the tone which now 1
seems to pervade the public mind in both coun
tries, this will be looked upon as an inopportune 1
’inie for the dissolution of our diplomaficrelutions 1
with Great ISreat Britain. lam sorry to say that '
such is my opinion. T know the sage counsels of a
my friend from Michigan will go very far, and his *
remarks may make an impression on the public 1
mind in Great Britain whore mine perhaps will s
never eveu drop, i do not say that our govern- '
ment is not justified ; 1 only sav that I think it has 1
chosen a very inopportune time.
Mr. Mason Ido not mean to continue this con- 1
vernation (for it is such) further than to add a very '
few words. I understood the Senator from Geor- 1
gia, to say that, in liis judgment, ihe laws of the 1
United States had not been violated by the acts of I
the British Minister in the enlistment matter. 1
Mr. Toombs— Yes, sir.
Mr. Mason—ls his judgment he right, of course *
there \aas not only no ground for dismissing the
Minister, but no ground whatever for complaint, j
It is, then, a question of fact which will go to the j
country, and the country will decide whether the ]
Senator from Georgia has taken a correct view of
the facts as shown by the evidence, or whether the ]
correct view has been taken by the administration.
But 1 suppose the Senator from Georgia will ad- (
nut that if the fact be otherwise, and if the British '
Minister, by liis conduct here, did violate the laws
of this country, the action of our government .
upon it, whether delayed too long or not, was
rightful.
I have now a word to say in reference t# what
ha-, fallen from the Senator from South Carolina,
who, l know, looks as closely as any other Senator
to the honor of the country. He says he thinks
the conduct of the government may be justified.
Sir, if the government has done right, its conduct
is to be sustained and applauded. This is the
view which I lake of it. The Senator from South
Carolina says the time had gone by, the war was
over, the occasion for these enlistments had ended,
the public mind had assumed a more conciliatory
tone, and that, because of the delays, it should
have been looked on rather as a by-gone affair.
Sir, let the Senator remember that "the demand
for the re-call of this Minister was was made in a
despatch dated at Washington on the -28th of 1 >e
cetnb r last, which reached the British govern
ment in about ten or twelve days at the furthest,
and the reply was dated on the :50th day of April.
About four mouths elapsed between the date of
■ the demand and the date of the reply. During
I that period of four months the war was ended.
, We were not informed of the result of this demand
■ until four months had thus elapsed. The British gov
i eminent during that time sent to Mr. Crompton to
i >ret his explanation, and was engaged in negotiat
i~tur the peace. All this was satisfactorily ex-
I plained as cause for delay. Our government is
- certainly not responsible for that delay in any
form.
Then it results, as I understand—such at least
is mv impression of the posture of the correspon
dence -that the liritish Government declared they
oave no instructions which could be construed in
ti, a purpose on their part to violate our laws or
show disrespect to our sovereignty. They endea
vor to show that, so far as the liritish Government
■ire concerned, it has not been done. They regret
tb it we should have entertained such an opinion.
Tliev disclaim it. It is very well done on the part
of the British Government —perfectly acceptable to
our Government, and is so declared most explicitly.
to the acts of the British Minister here, the Bri
tish Government do no more than say that the
minister disclaimed such a purpose to them. Our
Government are satisfied that although the Min
ister did disclaim it, and doubtless disclaimed it
as a fair and honorable man—l do not mean to
questii n that—the facts remain proven to this
Government showing that he did violate our laws.
In mv judgment, therefore, if this Government
had failed to dismiss the British Minister, the Bri
tish Government failing to recall him, they would
have been derelict in their duty.
| Mr. Cass—Mr. President, in my opinion we
j owed it to our position among the nations of the
j world to dismiss Mr. Crampton. We could not
| have maintained our character without doing it.
j The powers of Europe were watching our course,
i We demanded his recall when England was en.
gaged in war ; we got no satisfactory answer. The
tacts are all disclosed now in time of peace, when
i the heavy pressure on England is removed ; and
for one, as an American, I do not want it said that
we made a demand when England was engaged in
a mighty conflict, and now, when her difficulties
j are removed, abandon the just reparation we de
manded. In my opinion we should have received
the contumely of the world if we had not brought
this matter to its present consummation.
The honorable Senator from Georgia says there
was no justification for this course. Sir, I* believe
there is not a nation of Christendom, and hardly a
Mahommedan or a Pagan one, within the verge of
civilization, which does not prohibit the enlistment
of its inhabitants within its dominions, whether in
the form of a railroad contract or a war contract,
for the purpose of hostile operations against a
friendly power. That we did so, was perfectly well
known to the British government and to Mr.
Cramptnn from the commencement of the recent
European war. In fact, it appears by the report
of the Department of State, that when the war
first broke out the Secretary explained to the
French and British Ministers, who called upon him
together to announce that event, our duty and our
policy tinder the circumstances, and I believe fur
nished them with copies of our statute upon this j
subject It was sent by the British Minister to his
government; so that ignorance in this case cannot i
be offered as an excuse. After a while England j
got pressed for men ; she had more money than i
soldiers. Then was contrived what was called the
foreign-enlistment bill, for the purpose of procur- j
ing recruits for her armies. Able men in England
opposed to the ministry, such as Mr. Cobden and
others, warned Parliament of the difficulties to
which that measure would lead. It has led pre
cisely as Mr. Cobden had foretold, into serious dif
ficulties with us.
The British government said they were told that
men in this country wanted to go to the Crimea.
Men may have been deluded into that service; but
for them it was a most unfortunate delusion. The
proposition undoubtedly went from the British
Minister here, and, I have no question was the re
sult of his interviews with persons who desired to
manage the affair for their own personal advanta
ges. Any man in this country, seriously intending
to leave it and join the British army in the Crimea
as a private, would have been fitter for an insane
hospital than for a warlike camp ; here, free, com
fortable, and if industrious, well paid, and with an
encouraging future before him ; there—but I need
not say what was before him but death. The
British Government may have been deceived;
how Mr. Crompton could be, with his knowledge of
our country, is incomprehensible to me. Still, or
dinary sagacity in the men at the head of military
affairs in England out to have saved them froth
this false movement—ought to have taught them
that this was no country to come to recruit men
for European armies. The expense in proportion
to the success was enormous, and will 1 hope, fur
nish a lesson of precaution for the future.
What was the operation of this matter? Xo
candid man, looking at the facts as disclosed in the
Philadelphia trials and otherwise, can doubt that
the true purport of the instructions was this: Get
men in the United States, but do not get caught;
take care and avoid any violation of their laws;
bat the men you must get; call them railroad
laborers, and send them to Halifax under a con
tract to enlist there, and provide them with their
passage. This is the plain English of the matter
when divested of its diplomatic garb. Xo man
can look over the whole papers and read them
without being satisfied that this is so. The British
government knew that the proceeding was against
our laws, as a similar proceeding would have been
against their own. Mr. Crumpton knew it. Os
course we are ignorant of the language of the in
structions, but their purport is sufficiently disclosed
by the occurrences.
Bo not get caught, was (lie practical}njunctiou.
But some ot the offenders have been caught; and !
I repeat that our national character and our stand
ing among the nations of the world require that !
Mr. ('tampion should return home by the act of j
this government, as lie has not been called home, |
as he should have been, by the act of his own. I
Mr. Toombs 1 had not intended, by the few i
words which 1 uttered si pi ply as an expression of
my own opinion, to draw out this debate and j
evoke the comments of the honorable Senator from ;
Michigan. lam afraid that the principle upou
which the Senator from Michigan lias placed this
matter is the very one on which our government j
has acted. It is one which I heartily disapprove !
of. The Senator says that we could not maintain !
ourselves before the nations of the world if we j
made a demand on Eng!aftd when she was under ;
the pressure of war, and then abandon it when
peace was restored.
Mr. Cass—State the whole of my proposition, if !
the Senator pleases.
Mr. Toombs—l will do so; or the Senator can ;
do it himself.
Mr. Cass —I did not say that that was the rea- j
son. I >.iid distinctly that the acts of her Minis- j
ter had injured Our sovereignty and nationality, ;
and now this is not the time to give it up.
Mr. Toombs—At any rate, the Senator intima- ,
ted that that might he a reason. I say it is area- j
son which ought not to operate upon a great gov- i
eminent like this. It would he very unbecoming j
for this government to make a demand, or to al- j
low it to be suspected that it made a demand, on i
account of the peculiar position of England. Such ]
an act would be offensive in any nation. Above !
all, would it be improper for this government to
allow a state of peace or war between England
and France and Russia to have the slightest influ
ence on her conduct? When the government of
the United States accepted the explanation of Eng
land as perfect, the other consequences ought to
have flowed from it. lam afraid that it has re
sulted from an idea of what other people might
think as to our maintenance of our national honor.
In mv judgment there is a safer rule for maintain
ing naiional honor. It is not to he found in the
opinion of others, but to pursue the course dicta- i
ted by justice.
Now, as to Ihe other question, to enlist men in j
tins country, 1 admit, is against our laws; hut 1
deny that what the British government did was a i
violation of them. 1 f the British Minister had is- :
sued proclamations and stuck them on this Capi- !
tol, stating that American citizens who chose 1
might go to Halifax and there be enlisted to take
sides for Russia or for England, it would not be a
violation of the neutrality laws of the United States.
I hold to the right of expatriation. I hold to tlie
doctrine of Mr. Webster in his letter to Mr. llulse
manii. They had a perfect right to go there. This
whole dispute has been a technical argument
about engaging them to go to enlist. I think the
question is too small a one to be made a matter of
great demand between two governments. The
moment the British government disclaimed, as it
did from the beginning, any idea of violating our
sovereignty or territorial rights, our government
ought not to have gone into matters of conflicting
proof as to what had been done by the British
government and British Minister. When they
disclaimed any idea of violating our laws, or inter
feriug with our sovereign rights, the questions in
regard to oaths at criminal-court trials ought not
to have been allowed for one moment to make an
issue with Great Britain. She disclaimed it; so
did her Minister. Whether that disclaimer was
true or false, thg national honor was satisfied, and
the question ought to have remaimed there. Such
is mv judgment.
Mr. l’ratt—There is one fact which 1 wish to
state, which I think has not been alluded to by
others—namely, that the letter of apology on the
part of the British Government is dated after the
peace lately established between the powers of
Europe. Then, whatever may have been the state
of allairs at the time when the offence was given,
England was certainly relieved from all expecta
tion of difficulty with any European power at the
time when she made this apology, which has been
admitted by our Government to be acceptable.
The offence charged was, that she attempted to
enlist soldiers while engaged in a war with a
Government with which we were at peace. Her
Government has, in a letter dated the 80th of
April, since peace has been established in Europe,
disclaimed any intention of violating the law, of
the violation of which we complain. Our Govern
ment says this is entirely acceptable to them. I
concur, then, with the Senator from Georgia and
others in saying that I think it was beneath the
dignity of this Government to turn off the mere
of the British Government, who has made a
similar disclaimer, when the British Government
itself is relieved from all responsibility.
Mr. Mason —Mr. President, it is the tendency
of the human mind to differ on facts as they are
presented—to draw different inferences and differ
ent conclusions. The honorable Senator from
Georgia construes the enlistment laws in a man
ner very different from that in which I construe
them, and in which they have been construed by
the federal courts. It is a breach of those laws,
as I understand them, not only to engage persons
to enlist, but to offer inducements for a man on
American soil to leave it and go on a foreign soil
to enlist in a foreign service. The Senator from
Georgia says he does not understand this to be
any violation of law ; in fact, he went so far as to
say that if the British Minister had set up a proc
lamation here on the Capitol, under his own name,
informing persons in the United States that if they
would go into the adjacent British dominions they
would be enlisted, it would Jiave constituted no
violation of the neutrality laws. I take issue with
the Senator from Georgia, but I shall not go into
the argument. I understand that the federal court
at Philadelphia decided the direct opposite. I
certainly should have so decided if I had been in
court.
I apprehend that, when the correspondence is
examined, the facts will be found to be substanti
ally these : the British Minister at Washington un
dertook to construe our laws for himself, and to
determine what acts he could do and what acts he
could not do in reference to them. His opinion is
that what he did, did not contravene our laws. Our
courts have decided that it did contravene them,
and our government has so decided. If the fact
be that he did not violate our laws, he ought not to
remain, and he has been dismissed in consequence
of it.
• Mr. Hamlin—ls there any question before the
t feenate?
1 The Presiding Officer—The motion for printing
t extra numbers of the correspondence «oes to tho
i Committee on Printing.
> Mr. Fitzpatrick—My colleague on the committee
• Mr. Johnson and myself have consulted upon
the matter, and, as the document is one of great
interest and importance, we have agreed to report
at once in favor of printing ten thousand extra
' copies.
The report was concurred in, and the Senate ad
!journed.
The Cincinnati Convention.
We extract from the Baltimore Patriot the fol
lowing, in addition to what we have received and
published, of the proceedings of the Democratic
National Convention, now in session at Cincinnati.
On motion of Mr. Harris, of Illinois, the fol
i lowing gentlemen were appointed the Committee
on Credentials, to be selected by delegates from
I each uncontested State:
Vermont, B. Marlow; Massachusetts, James S.
Whitney; Rhode Island, H. J. Burrows ; New Jer
sey, S. S. Cannon - Pennsylvania, H. B. Wright;
Delaware, Jas. A. Bayard; Maryland, Otho Scott;
; Virginia, R. H. Garrett; North Carolina, R. 11.
j Heath; Alabama, W. Ackley; Mississippi, S. M.
I Yulee ; Indiana, Samuel W. Telford ; Ohio, James
B. Stedman; Kentucky, John Stevenson ; Maine,
• Benjamin Wiggins; Tennessee, J. 11. Thomas;
Illinois, Thomas L. Harris; Michigan, Wm. Hale;
| Florida, David L. Yulee; lowa, Barnard Henn;
| Wisconsin, Paul Jonsan ; California, J. Lancaster
Brent; Arkansas, Albert Caldwell; Texas, J. M.
Bryant; Georgia, James Gardner; South Cur
j olina, G. G. Moses.
The following Committee on the permanent or
j ganization was appointed :
Maine, J. D. Credwell; New Hampshire, Henry
| R. Rust; Vermont, Robt. Harvey; Massachusetts,
' Isaac Davis; Rhode Island, Albert L. Gallup;
Connecticut, Peleg C. Child ; New York, .;
New Jersev, Charles Bates; Pennsylvania, John L.
Dawson; Delaware, Dr. 0. Salisbury; Maryland,
James M. Buchanan; Virginia, Paulis Powell;
North Carolina, J. li. Horton ; South Carolina, C.
Macbeth; Georgia, Alfred 11. Colquith ; Alabama,
John Forsyth; Mississippi, E. Barksdale; Loui
siana, E. A. Morse; Ohio, 11. B. Dorsey; Kentucky,
Beverly L. Clark; Tennessee, J. Knox Walker;
Indiana, Phineas M. Kent; Illinois, T. S. Voting;
Missouri, John J. Phelps; Arkansas, Richard M.
Gaines; Michigan, J. G. Thurbcr; Florida, Chas.
E. Dyke; Texas, Richard P. Hubbard; lowa, Jas.
C. Randlett; Wisconsin, Wm. J. Gibson ; Califor
nia, P. C. Hast.
The following named gentlemen were then ap
pointed a committee to draft the platform: New
Hampshire, E. Sayer; Vermont, C. J. Eastman;
Wisconsin, Benjamin F. Hallett; Rhode Island,
W. B. Lawrence; Connecticut, Alim R. Hyde;
New Jersey, E. R. V. Wright; Pennsylvania, J.
Glaney Jones; Delaware, S. W. Salisbury; Mary
land, C. J. M. Gwinn; Virginia, Augustus A.
Chapman; North Carolina, W. S. Ashe; South
Carolina, G. W. Dudley; Georgia, Augustus R.
Wright; Alabama, John Cochrane; Mississippi,
Jacob Thompson ; Louisiana, Pierre Soule; Ohio,
('. L. Yallairdingham ; Kentucky, B. M. Corbin ;
Tennessee, W. A. Walls; Indiana, John L.
Rhodes; Illinois, Q. B. Ficklv; Missouri, E. T.
Hudson; Arkansas, (ten. John llutt; Michigan,
Michael C. Grerutt; Florida, S. D. Rogers ; Texas,
11. B. Bee; lowa, Thomas S. Wilson; Wisconsin,
Satterlee Clark ; California, S. W. Inge.
second pat’s prockedinus.
Cincinnati, Junc3.—Tlic Mississippi Delegation
met this morning and resolved to insist upon the
adoption of a platform before going into the nom
ination of candidates.
The committee on credentials heard this morn
ing the argument of the New York contesting
delegations. Ex-Governor Seymour,j Lorenzo li.
Sheppard and Colvin li. Taylor, appeared as coun
sel for tin- Softs, and 11. W. Rogers, Judge Beand
sley and Gen Ward, for the Hards.
All kinds of contradictory rumors are afloat as
to tiic prospects-of the candidates.
OI'KMNU OK THE SBCOBD DAY'S SESSION.
The Convention was called to order at 10%
o’clock.
John 1.. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, from the com
mittee on permanent organization, reported the
following names :
President—John E. Ward, of Georgia.
Vice Presidents Joint Smith, of Maine; 1..
Woodbury, of New Hampshire; 1. P. Kidder, of
Virginia; li. 11. Childs, of Massachusetts ; P. IV.
Gardiner, of Rhode Island; J. 1. Pratt, of Con
necticut; John L. Darcy, of Now Jersey; John
L. Hutchinson, of Pennsylvania; Edward Ham
mond, of Maryland; Wm. F. Boss, of Delaware;
T. C. Lyon, of Tenn.; Robert R. Banks, of Vn.;
Bedford Brown, of N. 0. ; B. Wilson, of So. Ca.;
J. N. Lewis, of Ga.; K. Chapman, of Ala.; N. S.
Balfour, of Miss. ; Alexander Morton, of La. ; .1.
W. Bolden, of Ohio; M. E. Chnufoot, of Mich.; L.
Tyler, of Kentucky ; W. liochill, of Indiana; Joel
A. Mattison, of 111.; J. S. Roane, of Ark.; D. D.
Berry, of Missouri; S. R. Mallory, of Flu.; Matt.
Ward, of Texas; 11. L. Walling, of Iowa; Nelson
honey, of Wisconsin, and J. 11. Hill, of Califor
nia.
Also thirty-one Secretaries.
The announcement of the President’s name was
received with applause.
SPEECH OK THE PRESIDENT.
The committee also recommended the adoption
of the rules of the last National Convention for
the government of the present Convention.
On motion of Mr. Rockhill, the report was
nnanimouslv adopted, and Mr. Dawson conducted
the President to thejehair, who, on taking his seat,
said :
The summons to preside over the deliberations
of the Convention was as unexpected as the honor
was undos -rved. The distinguished gentleman
who yesterday presided was the connecting link
between the past and the present, lie had parried
them back to a period when the Democratic party
was accustomed to assemble, go forth and do bat
tle with a great, noble, anil gallant party.
That party with the issues that divided us inis
passed away. The great leaders of that party :
have, one by one, stolen away to their silent resting
places, filled with years and honors, mourned by
pol itica 1 frion ds—fo r
“ How sleep the bravo who sank to rest
With all their country's honors blest.”
Others of that noble band who still survive arc
with us to-day to take part in our deliberations, and
go forth with us to battle for the Constitution and
the Union.
But, that great party passed away. We find
ourselves surrounded bv dangers before un
known; and our land from end to end, convulsed ]
with faction. On one side are men who will admit
foreign born citizens among us only on the condi- 1
tion of serfdom. They would dictate laws that 1
power should onlvbe held by those who bow before
the same altar as themselves. They hold that '
they only are tit for power who approach the
throne of grace after the fashion they themselves 1
prescribe.
On the other side is a faction only more mimer- 1
ous than the lirst—a faction with liberty on their
tongues but with treason festering at theii hearts,
who profess love for the Union only that they may
bury in the ruins of the Union the glorious memo
ries of the past and the hopes of the future.
This faction is formidable only in case of the
success of its attempts to unite against the Demo
cratic party with the first.
The National Democratic party have met to-day 1
to appoint standard bearers to carry on the war I
against these factions. Let us come together like 1
a band of brothers to lav on the altar of patriot
ism and of the Union, a willing sacrifice of per
sonal preferences, sectional feeling, and, above all, '•
private dissensions.
Let our deliberations and actions be sanctioned 1
bv higher and firmer motives. Let our preferences
for persons be lost in a desire to protect and save
the Constitution of the country.
With abiding confidence that the kindness
which summoned me to this place, will beat" with
me in the performance of duty; and that that
kindness will pardon any errors I may uninten
tionally commit, 1 accept the honorable position
in which the kindness of mv friends has placed
me.
BLINDS, DOORS AND SASH GLAZED.
VDK of Northern White Pine—strong, light
if I. and cheap. J. DANFORTH.
ap2s djecOm
ICE! ICE! ICE!
THE KNICKERBOCKER ICE COMPANY, OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
CIHARTEREI) by the State of New York,
J with a capital of $‘,100,000, is prepared to sup
ply orders for ICE for shipping at the shortestno
tice, and on the most, reasonable terms.
The managers of this Company have had more
than twenty years experience in the Ice trade, and
are able to refer to persons from all sections of the
State for their success in packing Ice for shipping
in away to secure from waste and loss by melting.
This Company has now in store 25n,000 tons of
Ice, of a quality and thickness equal to any ever
offered to the public.
Orders sent to It. T. COMPTON, President of
the Company. No. 163 Canal street, will receive
prompt attention.
N. B. —Vessels taking in cargo at our depots on
the Hudson river, will not be subject to port
charges, whilst they will always be provided with
good dockage and safe harbors.
The juiciest despatch given to vessels taking
in ict at their flocks. 6w jel
STRAW MATTING.’
4M 5-1 AND 6-4 Checked and Plain
:• White real India MATTING, just re
ceived by aply J. P. SETZE.
ON CONSIGNMENT—SO bags FRESH I
MEAL, from selected White Corn, aud for ;
Ba le low, at No. 7, Warren Block, bv
my 22 E. F. KINCHLEV. |
| BY TELEGRAPH,
r i ‘ ~ - =r: ~-
’ F. A. ABBOT, REPORTER, 70 WALL STRKER, X. V.
> ARRIVAL
t OF THE jjjjfo STEAMSHIP
NIAGARA.
Three Days Later from Europe.
Halifax, June s.—The Royal Mail steamship
- Niagara, Capt. Rynk, has arrived with Liverpool
I dates to May 24th.
Foreign Markets.
The cotton market exhibits a decline of 1-16 to
%d. in the lower grades. The sales of the week
reach 37,000 bales, of which speculators took 6,000
and exporters 2,000 bales. The receipts of the
week are 76,000 bales.
Fair Orleans 7d j Fair Uplands 6%d
Middling Orleans. 6%d j Mid. “ 6d
The market closed steady.
Corn—Has declined from Od to Is.
Manchester Trade.—Goods and Yarns have 1
slightly declined.
Th Bank of England has reduced the rate of j
interest to five per cent.
Political news unimportant. j
COMMERCIAL. j
Augusta Market, June 5, 4 P. M.
COTTON.—The market remains quiet, without
change in prices.
CHARLESTON, June 4.— Cotton. —The market
is unchanged, and prices are still in favor of buy
ers. The sales of the day have reached SS4 bale’s,
as follows: 83 bales at S%; 4at 9; lat 9V; 355
at 9% ; 120 at 9% ; 28 at 10 ; 105 at \O% ; and 188
bales at 10% cents.
SA\ ANNAII, June 4.— Cotton. —The market to
dav was dull. We report sales of 444 bales at the
following prices: 9S at 9, 177 at 9%, 8 at 9% and
161 at 10% cents.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—JUNE 4.
Baik E. Churchill, for Belfast, Me.—lßß,ooo feet
lumber.
Sehr Walter Raleigh, for New York.—9o.B bales
Upland cotton, 16 casks rice, 9 boxes tobacco, 1135
bags wheat, 27 empty bbls. and sundry boxes
maze.
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVALS FROH CHARI.KSTD.N.
Steamship State of Georgia, Garvin, Philadelphia
Steamship Mount Savage, Watson, Baltimore
Steamship 11 B Beach, Sanders, Philadelphia
Brig Argo, Auld, Alexandria, Ya
Brig Moses, Jarvis, New York
CHARLESTON, June s.—Went to sea, steam- j
ships Isabel, Havana; Marion, New York.
SAVANNA 11, June 4.—Cleared, b’k E- Churchill,
Bellas!, Me : schr Walter Raleigh, New York.
ST AN DING COM M iTtEeT OF~THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR 1856:
AC CO II N T S—Conley, Chairman ; Stark,
Snead, Tutt.
Streets and Drains—Dve, Chairman ; Hall, Muv,
Blodget.
Bridge—Blodget, Chairman ; Walker, Goodrich,
May.
Pumps and Wells—May, Chairman; Goodrich,
Snead, Laßoohe.
Engines—Butt, Chairman; Snead, Goodrich,
Tutt.
Hospital—Tutt, Chairman; Hall, Walker, May.
South Common Stark, Chairman; Conlev, La
lioclie, Snead.
City Hall—Blodget, Chairman ; Walker, Butt,
Hall.'
River Bank and Wharf—Stark, Chairman; Dye,
Tutt, Butt.
Jail —Tutt, Chairman; May, Hall, Dye.
Market —Laßoche, Chairman ; Conlev, Dve,
Stark.
Health—Dye, Chairman; Tutt, Hall, Butt.
Police —Hall, Chairman ; Blodget, Conlev, Wal
ker.
Printing—Walker, Chairman ; Laßoche, Butt,
Stark.
Plank Roads--Walker, Chairman; Goodrich,
Bnit, Laßoche.
Water Works Goodrich, Chairman; Snead,
Conley, Blodget.
Magazine—Laßoche, Chairman ; May, Stark,
Dve.
Augusta Canal—Snead, Chairman; Goodrich,
Conlev, Tutt.
Cemetery -Conlev, Chairman; Blodget, Good- j
rich, Walker.
Houghton Institute—Butt, Chairman; Stark, I
Blodget, Dye.
Lamps- Hall, Chairman; Snead, Laßoche, Mav.
RECAPITULATION.
Blodckt -Bridge, City Hall, Streets and Drains, i
Police, Water Works, Cemetery, Houghton Insti- i
tote.
Birr Engines, Houghton Institute, City Hall, i
Printing, Health, River Bank and Wharf, Plank j
Roads.
( -onley - - Accounts, Cemetery, South Commons j
Market, Police, \\ ater V orks, Augusta Canal.
Dye -Streets and Drains, Health, River Bank j
and Wharf, Jail, Market, Houghton Institute.
Goodrich— -Water Works, Bridge, Plank Roads,
Engines, Augusta Canal, Pumps and Wells, Ceme
tery.
Ham. -Police, Lamps, Streets and Drains, Hos
pital, City Hall, Jail, Health.
Laßoche .Market, Magazine, Pumps and. Wells,
South Common, Printing, Plank Roads, Lamps.
M vv —Pumps and Wells, Bridge, Hospital, Jail,
Magazine, Streets and Drains, Lamps.
Stark River Bank and Wharf, South Common,
Accounts, Market, Printing, Magazine, Houghton
Institute. |
Sni-.ah Augusta Canal, Accounts, Pumps and
Wells, Engines, South Common, Water Works.
Lamps. 1
Turr -Hospital, Jail, Accounts, Engines, River
Bank and Wharf, Health, Augusta Canal.
Walker —Blank Roads, Printing, Bridge, Hos- 1
pital, City Hall, Police. 1
The following named gentlemen, together with '
the Committee on Health, will comprise the Board 1
of Health for the ensuing year: 1
Ward No. I.—A. P. Robertson, John Foster, B.
Bignon.
Ward No. 2. Dr. 11. 11. Steiner, Wm. J. Owens, *
Dr. C. R. Walton. f
Ward No. 8. —Dr. W r . E. Hearing, Porter Flem-
ing, Dr. R. C. Black.
Ward No. 4.—Wm. H. Howard, AY. AY. Spink, *
A. A. Beall. S. 11. CRUMP, 1
my7 ts Clerk Council. 1
STONE MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
rjAiiE prt iprietors of this largo and splen- c
JIL did new Brick Building, which has just If ily *
been fitted up in elegant style, with entire IlMllt s
new Furniture, would respectfully inform the [mb- 1
lie that they have at. length completed and opened 1
it for the accommodation of permanent and tran
sient Boarders.
They have made every effort to arrange it in such 1
a manner as to render their guests comfortable.
And having had a long experience, they do not in- 1
tend to be excelled by any landlord. 1
The Furniture, as well as the House, is perfectly '
new.
Those acquainted with the topography of Geor- 1
gia, know that within her limits exist some of the t
most sublime and "magnificent works of Nature,
and Stone Mountain justly ranks as one of the '
number.
Southerners who wish to spend their summers at
the South, instead of going North, will find the cli
mate bracing, and the water pure as the purest.
The climate is not surpassed.
The proprietors flatter themselves that those who
call once, will be well enough satisfied to call again.
v -**“ Georgia Railroad Trains stop for Supper at t
this House. ” ALEXANDER & CLARKE, ;
Proprietors.
S. F. Alexander, J. A. Clarke,
late of Lawreneeville. Social Circle. (
apß d*c3m ,
NOTICE. ,
South Carolina Railroad, ) :
Charleston, June Ist, 1856. f 1
ON and after the Ist July next, this Company i
will advance the expenses (ship freight anil
incidental charges) on ail Merchandize delivered i
at their Depot, to be forwarded to Augusta, Ham- ;
burg, Columbia and Camden,- on the South Caro
lina Railroad, aud to all points on connecting .
Roads in this State, Georgia, North Carolina, Ten- ’
nessee, Alabama and Mississippi. 1
Produce will also be received at the above sta
tions, and from connecting Railroads, to be for- J
warded from Charleston, without charge of com- '
mission, to any designated point. In such case, !
receipts must be taken at the Shipping Station and •
forwarded to the “Agent of Down Freight, S. C. >
Railroad, Charleston,” with instructions; if do- I
sired otherwise, shipment- will be made by first 1
opportunity, at current rates of freight. ■
Any further information which may be desired, '
can be obtained at any of the Company’s Freight I
Offices. H. T. PEAKE, Gen’l. Sup’t.
je4 ditc
GEORGIA RAILROAD AND BANK
ING COMPANY’S STOCK.
SII ARES of the above Stock for sale bv
‘ GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO..
I apsj- General Stock Brokers. <
Cottcvies.
GREENE AND PULASKI MONUMENT
LOTTERIES.
Managed, drawn, and Prizes paid bythe well known
and responsible firm of
GREGORY & MAURY.
| CLASS 130, at Savannah, on Friday, June 6th.
SPLENDID SCHEME. '
$10,000!
} GvX’o; *-2,500; $2,000; *1,500; $1,262, Ac., Ac.
| Tickets s2.so—Shares in proportion. Risk on a
I package of 26 quarters SBX2.
CLASS 137, at Savannah, on Saturday, June 7th.
. PACKAGE scheme. '
$4,800!
, I S l - 200 > Ac. Tickets $1; Halves 50 cents; f
Quarters lo cents. Risk on a package of 25
‘ quarters $3.40. 1 “
| EXTRA 17, by Delaware June7.
$40,000!
: $20,000 ; $10,000; $6,000; ss,<>oo ; $4,000; $3,255 •
j 20 Prizes of SI,OOO, Ac. Tickets sloi-Shares
; in proportion.
JOHN A. MILLEN, Agent,
j On Jackson street, near the Globe Hotel.
All orders from the city or country strictly con
i fidential. * "jes
Grand speculation for a small investment
1300 PRIZES ! 60,000 DOLLARS !
Improvement on ihe approved
HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY!
| J ASP Eli COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY.
i [by AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.]
lO.OOtTNUMBERS ONLY! '
| ORE PRIZE TO EVERY EIGHT TICKETS!
CLASS N,
| TO HE DRAWN JUNE 16th, 1856, at Concert
; Hall, Macon, Ga., under the sworn superintend
j ence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and J. A. Nesbit, Esq.
j This Lottery is drawn on the plan of the Royal
j Lottery of Havana of Siugle Numbers; this lias
j only 10,000 Numbers, and the Havana Lottery
| 34,000 Numbers—the Havana 249 Prizes—this 1200
j PRIZES. Look to your interest! Now is the time’
CAPITAL 15,000 DOLLARS.
1 Prize of $15,000
1 “ 5,000
1 “ 4,000
1 “ 3,000
1 “ 2,000
5 Prizes of 1,000
10 “ SSOO are... 5,000
60 “ 50 are... 3,000
120 “ 25 are... 3,000
500 Approximation Prizes of.. 20 are... 10,000
500 “ 10 are... 5,000
1200 Prizes, amounting to $60,000
Tickets $lO ; 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
confidential. Hank Notes of sound Banks taken at
par. Drawings sent to all ordering Tickets. Those
wishing particular Numbers should order imme
diately. Address JAMES F. WINTER,
my 14 Box 98, Augusta, Ga.
SELECTED.
The carriages were filling fast,
When o’er a railway platform pass’d
A youth who bore with tread precise,
A package with this bold device,
BLISS' DYSPEPTIC REMEDY!
His arm, a parcel held beneath ;
He drew a package from its sheath,
And .shouted with well practic’d lung,
Accents that through tlie station rung,
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy!
In happy hours he saw the light
The Cynic's lantern’s glowing bright,
Resolved to make its greatness known.
His lips soon gave the welcome tone,
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy !
“One hither puss,” an old man said,
(Life’s tempests showed his aged head;)
lie oped his mouth with suffering, wide,
While still the clamorous vender cried.
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy!
“Oh, stay!” a maiden cried; the rest
Around her were as much impress'd ;
Each looking forth with eager eve.
Urging the vender to supply
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy!
Beware! the train mot es from the branoh,
The “Remedy" flies like an avalanche;
The boy’s blue eyes with pleasure shine,
While voices shout far up the line.
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy!
Far on the way, with breaks down hard,
Two trains each other rush toward ;
And ’midst the wreck so fearful there,
oices are heard still loud and clear,
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy!
A traveller on a rugged mound,
Was in a hundred pieces found;
His hand still grasping, like a vice,
The package with its bold device.
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy!
Then, as he cold and lifeless lav,
Smiles seem'd around tii> Bps to plav ;
8-till in the air his accents are,
And echo through each passing ear.
Bliss’ Dyspeptic Remedy !
Which is for sale, wholesale and retail, bv
CLARK, WELLS & SHEAR,
J°‘f +3&cl Augusta.
GEORGIA MEDICATED SOAP.
Tin Empire State of the South still ahead in he
Improvements.
TMIIS article compare t'avora-
bly with any of like character
in the known world. .eSPfecIV.
1 find that by putting it in the form
of a Soup it gives it a decided advan limS
tage over any Balm, Salve, Liniment.
or Ointment that can be made for the cure of dis
eases herein enumerated; it also prevents its vir
tues front being impaired by age or climate, and
renders it very convenient for use.
Its action is prompt, and at the same time harm
less, as it contains no mercurial or other prepara
tion injurious to the patient. This article, there
fore, beinjr highly medicated, will cure Ulcers,
Cuts, Flesh Wounds, Ring and Tetter Worm, Files)
Erysipelas, Scald Head, Itch, Nettle Rash, Salt
Rheum, Chilblain, Prickly Heat, Scurvv, Sore
Lyes, Bone Felons, Old Sores, Sore Nipples, Ac.,
extract scurf and dandruff from the head, thereby
preventing premature baldness. It is also one of
the best remedies for Burns or Scalds, and will
cure the Fistula and Scratches in horses; extract
tar, paint and grease from clothing, and is also a
superior dentrifice to the teeth. For shaving soap,
it forms a rich lather, softening the beard, and
curing such sores as may be on the face.
In the cure of all the enumerated diseases, and
particular old sorts, this Soap has proved a balm
indeed, by its wonderful healing powers.
I can procure certificates innumerable were it
necessary, but believing that a single cake is onlv
requisite to prove its efficacy as above stated, and
wishing to avoid everything like humbuggerv, I
leave it to those who will give it a fair trial, not
doubting they will then declare this to be the Tie
plus ultra of the age in Hie healing art.
Prepared by C. Pemble, Augusta, Ga., and sold
by I). 11. PLUMB A CO., Druggists.
Price So cents. d.*c3mins ap2
LUTHER ROLD
In rear of Augusta Hotel , Augusta, Georgia.
Has now on hand, and is constantly building
and receiving the largest and best selected
assortment of fine COACHES, BAROUCHES,
ROCK A WAYS, top and no top BUGGIES, Ac.,
in this city'.
—also —
A large and complete stock of every description
of materials used by Carriage, Harness and Sad
dle makers, such as —
CLOTHS, DAMASK, SILKS, LACES, Patent
and Enamelled LEATHERS, CLOTHS, FRINGES
SPRINGS, AXLES, HUBS, FELLOWS, SPOKES,
BOWS, LAMPS, Saddle TREES, HOGSKIXS, Ac.,
Ac., at the very lowest prices.
sass Work done to order, and repairing done
with neatness and dispatch. Give him a call and
see for yourselves.
Augusta, May 31, 1856. Ltctf mv3l
GARDEN SEED FOR THIS SEASON.
raiHE attention of Farmers and Gardeners is
■ particularly directed to the large and exten
sive assortment' of GARDEN SEED, particularly
those varieties adapted to the present favorable
season. I have now on hand a fresh supply of the
following imported English Seed : Large Drum
head, Green Glazed, Drumhead Savoy, Large Ber
gen, Green Curled Savoy, and Large Flat Dutch
Cabbage. Also, a large assortment of Bunch,
Snap, and Running or Corn-field Beans, Long
Green Collards, Ac., for sale, wholesale or retail,
for cash. WM. HAINES.
my2l +4c2w Augusta, Ga.
~ WM. M DAVIDSON,
1.11I .11 PORTER and dealer in BRANDIES. GIN
ALBANY ALE, CHAMPAGNE and other
WINES and LIQUORS, TEAS, SEGARS, Ac. No.
IS Congress and 87 St. Julien Streets, Savannah,
Ga. d*c my 23 '
Sales,
BY HOWARD & DUGAS.
D- A. PARKER, Auctioneer.
I W lr wuL S °tn in front of office of the
i W * Augusta Insurance and Banking Com
; pany in the eitv of Augusta, on FRIDAY the
Ah daj ot JLNL inst., and it necessary, from day
o day thereafter, durmg the usual hours of pub
lic sales, the following property. part ot ' the e P ate
of Thomas Cumming, deceased, to wit
About forty lots, suitable for buildings laid
out on a tract of land adjoining, on the West the
village of Summerville; bounded South, in part
by the Summerville Plank road, in part by a road
running between said tract and the United States
Arsenal grounds, and lands of Mr. William Robin
; sop and others; West by a road about seventy feet
wide, at right angles to the last mentioned; and
North by a roadway thirty-three feet wide, separa
ting it from lands of Messrs. Fitten, McKee, Ans
lev, and others. The U. S. Arsenal, opposite the
eastern portion of the lots referred to, is about two
miles from the western boundary of the city of
Augusta, and the road dividing them from the
Government land is, opposite the Arsenal build
ings, about three hundred feet higher than the City
Hall lot.
A plan of these lots may be seen at the Post
Office and at the office of 11. H. Gumming, in Law
Range.
Also, a tract of Pine Land containing about
.Acres, commonly called the “ Quarry
1 ruct, on which is a valuable quarrv of White
r ree Stone.
Terms of sale—One third cash, the other two
thirds in two equal annual instalments, with inter
est from day of sale, secured bv mortgage of the
property sold.
£31?” The Executors, while offering the property
and the Lots above designated, mav, previous to
the sale, for the interest of the Estate or the con
venience of purchasers, make some change in the
parcels offered, by throwing together portions now
separated—subdividing others now offered entire
or modifying the subdivisions above mentioned.
Distinct plans of the Lots, as offered, will be
prepared and ready for examination before and at
time of sale. ' WILLIAM GUMMING
HENRY 11. GUMMING,
Acting Executors of the will of
Thomas Gumming, dec’d.
Augusta, June 4, 1856. ' jes
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
♦♦♦—
Liquors, on account of all concerned.
FRIDAY, 6th inst., in front of store, will be sold,
on account of all concerned—
-20 % casks Brandy; 1 pipe Gin. Terms cash.
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BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
A Desirable and Delightful Farm for Sale.
Will be sold, if not previously disposed of, on the
first TUESDAY in JULY liext—
The delightful FARM on the eastern boundary
line, ironting the commons, south of Greene street,
containing fifteen acres, under a high state ot
cultivation, a good crop of wheat, rye, oats and
corn being upon the land, and a fine vegetable
garden.
The improvements consist of a one and a half
story House, all necessary out-liouses all having
been recently built.
Terms—one-half cash, balance first of January
next, properly secured.
For further particulars apply to
J. MEYEIi, on the premises, or
je4 GIRARDEY, WIIYTE & GO.
BY GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
FRIDAY . 6th instant, in front of store, at 10k,
o’clock, will be sold -
A general assortment of Groceries, Provisions,
Dry Goods, Ready-made Clothing, Cutlery, Sad
dlerv, Crockery and Glassware, Ac. Terms cash
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BY GIRARDEY. WHYTE & CO.
Retidt/-mad. Clothing at private sale until Fri
day, which, it not closed out then, will be
sold out at auction.
The following attractive invoice of Ready-made
CLOTHING wili be opened on Monday, and of
fered at private sale until FRIDAY.
The Clothing are all seasonable, and fresh from
the manufacturers.
16 dozen Duck Coats.
15 “ Linen “
14
14 “ Union Linen Coats.
11 “ Whitt
11 “ Linen Duck “
13 “ Printed Cotton “
12 “ Worsted “
12 “ Fancv Cassimere Coats.
12 “ Habit Cloth
12 “ Gray Linen Drill “
13 “ Fancy Cotton Pants.
12 “ Linen Drill “
12 " Black Drab d’Ete Pants.
13 “ Fancv Marseilles “
16 “ “ * “ Vests
13 . “ “ “ “
12 “ “ Cottonade “
12 “ “ Marseilles
10 “ “ - “
16 “ “ White
Merchants and dealers are invited to call and
see the collection. Prices low. Terms cash
jel GIRARDEY, WHYTE & CO.
WILLI AX MAILLER,
(From Jurat ur, North Alabama A
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT AND
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
St. Joseph, ifismuri,
j 117 ILL attend to the purchase and sate ol
" " Real Estate, locate or sell Land Warrants,
invest money, collect debts, and pay taxes for non
residents, Ac., Ac. AY ill also attend the Land Sales
in Kansas Territory, for the purpose of buying
Lands, and locating Land Warrants, for attv who
may entrust me with their business.
Punctual attention will be given to all business
entrusted to tu t care, and prompt remittances made
with Eastern Exchange, in all cases requiring it.
Communications by mail will reach me at
“ Decatur, Ai.a.,” until the 15th April next. After
that time, please address mo at Sr. Joseth, Mis-
SOURI.
REVERENCES:
Robert Mure, Esq., Charleston, S. C.
Fackler, Coleock A Co., Charleston, S. C.
Scruggs, Drake A Co., “ «
J. J. Howard, Esq., Cartersville, Georgia.
A. W. Mitchell, Esq., Atlanta,
Isaac Scott, Esq., Macon, “
R. R. Cuvier, Esq., Savannah, “
B. Chandler, Esq., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Hon. Joint A. None, Memphis, **
“ F._S. Lyon, Demopofis, Ala.
John \\ biting, Esq., Montgomery, Ala.
S. O. Nelson, Esq., New Orleans, La.
Dr. George A. Sykes, Aberdeen, Miss.
J. W . Garth, Esq., Decatur, Ala.
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NOTICE;
firm of CONNOR A RIVIERE -in the
M I.iverv Stable business -is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. The Books and Notes can be
found at the office of E. Connor at all times. All
persons indebted to us, either bv note or account
are requested to call and settle immediately with
either of the undersigned, or Wit. O. II \le.
Mr. E. CONNOR will continue the same business
at the old stand. Thankful for former patronage
be still solicits from his friends and the public gen
erally, a continuance of the same.
ELIJAH CONNOR,
JOHN K. RIVIERE.
Warrenton, Ga., May 12th, 1856.
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THE HAZARD POWDER COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
GUNPOWDER,
HI I ING reduced their prices to correspond
with the reduced cost of Saltpetre, continue
to otter their well known brands of ELECTRIC
INDIAN RIFLE and KENTUCKY RIFLE POW
tttl ? catl '. s * els - Also, Gunpowder for
end MINING, comprising a full as
sortment of qualities and kinds required bv the
trade, guaranteed to give entire satisfaction.
the standard of their Powder, which has now
enjoyed the highest reputation for more than
twenty-five years, will be found unsurpassed bv
any other manufacture of the kind in the world.
For sale by the principal dealers, and also at the
office of the Company, No. Wall, corner Water
street, New York.
A. G. HAZARD, President.
A. E. Douglass, Secretary.
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COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS.
If. I . yi. CAlt\ , of Savannah, having
at ■ secured the services of two eminent Artists
trmn London, respectfully informs the citizens of '
~‘ at he 13 now prepared to execute PHO
1 ’t-V KA 11ls >. elt ucr in Oil, Pastile or Water Colors.
Ihe subscriber lias so far perfected his arrange
ments in the Photographic line, that perfect Like
nesses can be taken from Daguerreotypes and other
Pictures, no matter how small, and enlarged to
anv desirable size. By this process, no sittings for
coloring is necessary. A general description of
the Eyes, Hair and Complexion is onlv required,
and a LIFE-LIKE PICTURE can be painted in all
the natural colors.
Specimens now exhibited at Messrs. Leigh A
Tucker’s Gallery, where orders are solicited, and
every information given. Ini my 22