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DIiLV CONSTITUTIONALIST
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j ES OA H DNEII,
HESTRY CLEVELAND—Editor.
AUGUSTA, GA.
SUNDAY MOENING, DEC- 23. 1860-
STATE CONVENTION.
The elecuon tor delegates to the State conver
tien will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 2d, and
the Convention will meet on Wednesday, the
16th of January, 1581.
Jjjr?” The following gentlemen are the nominees
of the Richmond county meeting, to represent
the three late parties of this county in the State
convention.
B*CKSSIOS TICKET.
Hon. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
Mr. JOHN PHIXIZY, Sen.,
Du. 1. P. GARVIN.
THE FAIR OF ST. JAMES.
The ladies who are engaged in thus obtaining
the means to complete the parsonage of St. James’
Church are entitled to the thanks of the public,
for bo pleasantly inaugurating the season of pleas
ure.
The rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation have, so far, been thronged by gay crowds;
and it is demonstrated that young ladies are the
very best persons in the world to “ to take up a
collection.”
There are plenty of things to buy. Pin-cush
ions for bachelors, whose garments are innocent of
buttons; little chairs, tables, &c., for the baby
houses of little friends ; dolls, that go to sleep
when laid down, and that don’t go to sleep ; cry
babies, and babies (wax ones,) that don’t cry; be
sides all sorts of things that the children appre .
ciate, and we do not.
In the refreshment room, the temptation to par
take of good things is greatly enhanced by the fair
hands which serve them.
To us, the greatest attraction is the multitude
of fair voung faces which meet the eye on even
side, are the children passing through the crowd
like glancing sunbeams.
The largest crowds are at night; but in the day,
there are more ladies and few men, and the little
children who go to sleep at night, are out then,
fresh and beautiful. Then, too, the nurses bring
the babies —surpassing the dolls in beautiful dress
es, and receiving kisses from the pretty ladies,
with a calm philosophy, which they forget as they
grow up.
If people want to spend money in a good !
cause, and hud such enjoyment as money cannot j
always buy, then let them attend the Fair on Mon
day night,and be sure to buy every thing offered
them by the little girls.
THE INDEPENDENT COUNTY TICKET.
At ibe request ot Mr. Davison, his mime is with
draivti from the new county ticket, advertised in
our columns yesterday morning. Mr. Davison is
true as steel to the cause of secession, and his
name was put on the ticket without his knowledge
or consent.
We feel authorised to State that he will nut in
anv way encourage any opposition to the present
ticket, calculated o weak-n it by division of the
trieuds of secession, and to permit the wait-a
while men tocairy old Richmond.
TH4NK crIViNG SERMON.
Delivered the First Ft eabyUriat, Church, Xtw
Or tans, on Thursday, AtMinberFFb. IS6O.
BY ItEV. B. St. PALMER, D. D.
Psalm X IV, 20. —“Shail the throne of iniquity
have fellowship with thee, which frametb mischief
by a law?
‘.•Obaduah, 7. All the men of thy confederacy
have brought thee eveu to the border; the men
that were at peace with thee have deceived thee,
and prevailed against thee; they that ale thy bread
have laid a wound under thee; there tsjnunejuuder
staudiug in him.”
The voice of the Chief Magistrate has summon
ed us to-dav to the house of prayer. This call, in
its annual repetition, may be lo often only a solemn
.Slate tonn; nevertheless it covers a mighty and a
double truth.
it recognises the existence of a personal God
whose will shapes the destiny of nations, and that
sentiment ot religion in man which points to him
as the needle to the pole. Even with those who
grope in the twilight of natural religion, uatnral
conscience gives a voice to the dispensations ot
Providence. If in autumn, “exietisive harvests
haug their heavy head,” the joyous reaper, “crown
ed with the sickle and the wbeaten sheat,” lifts ins
heart to the “Father of lights, from whom conaeth
down every good and perlect gift.” Or, if pesti
lence aud famine waste the earih, eveu Pagan al
tars smoke with bleeding victms, and cosily heca
tombs appease the Divine anger which flames out
iu such dire misfortunes. It is the instinct of
luau’s religious nature, which, among Christians
.and heathen alike, seeks after God—the natural
” homage which reason, blinded as it may be,
pavs to a universal and ruling Providence. Ail
classes bow beneath its spell, especially in the
seasons of gloom, when a nation bends beneath the
weight of a genera! calamity, and a comman sor
row falls upon every heart. The besitationg skep
tic forgets to weigh his scruples, as the dark
shadow passes over him and tills his soul with
awe. The daintv philosonher, coolly discoursing
of the forces of nature and her uniform laws, aban
dons, for a time, his atheistical speculations,
abashed by the proofs of a supreme and personal
wiil
Thus the devout tollowers of Jesus Christ, and
those who do not rise above the level of a mere
theism, are drawn into momentary fellowship, as
under the pressure of these inextinguishable con
victions they pay a public and united homage to
the God of nature and of grace. j
In obedience to this great law of religious feel- |
ing, not less than in obedience to the civil ruler j
who represents this Commonwealth in its unity, j
we are now assembled. Hitherto, on similar occa
sions, our language has been the language of
tude and song. ‘'The voice of rejoicing aud salva
tion was in the tabennacles of the righteous. To
gether we praise the Lord “that our garners ;
were full, affording all ruauner of store; that our
sheep brought forth thousands and ten thousands
in our streets; that oar oxen were strong to labor,
and there was no breaking in nor going out, and
no complaining was in our streets.’ As we to
gether surveyed the blessings of Providence, the
joyful chorus swelled Irom millions of people,
“peace be within thy walls and prosperity within
tby palaces.” But, to-day, burdened hearts all
over this land are brought to the sanctuary ot God.
We “see the tents of Cushan in affliction, and the
curtaius of the land ot Midian do tremble.” We
have fallen upon times when there are “signs in
the suu, and in the moon, and in the stars; upon
the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the
sea aud the waves roaring; men’s hearts tailing
them for fear and for looking after those things
which are coming in the near yet gloomy future.”
Since the words ot this proclamation were penned
by which we are convened, that which all men
dreaded, but against which all men hoped, has
been realised; and in the triumph of a sectional
majority we are compelled to read the probable
doom of our once happy and united Confederacy.
It is not to be concealed that we are in the mo:t
fearful and perilous crisis which has occurred in
our history as a nation. The cords which, dur ng
four-fifth- of a century, have bound toge'her this
growing Republic, are now strained to the utmost
tension: they just need the touch of fire to partasun
der forever. Like a ship laboring in the storm
and sudd niv grounded upon some treachous shoal,
every timber of this vast Confederacy strains and
groans under the pressure. Sectional dtvisons;
the jealousv of j rival interests; the lust of political
power; a bastard außOitun, which looks to a per
sonal aggrandisement rather than to the public
weal; a reckless radicalism, which seeks for the
subversion of ali that is an lent aud stab’e, and a
furious fanaticism which drives on its
ed conclusions with utter disregard of the evil it
eugenders—all these combine to create a porten
tous crisis, the like of which we lure never known
before, and which puis to a crucifying test the vir
tue, the patriotism, .and the piety of the coun
try.
‘You. my hearers, who have waited upon my
public ministry and have known me iu trie inti
macies ot pastoral intercourse, w:ll do me the
lusiice to testily that 1 have - ever intermeddled
w poll lieu 1 questions. Iu t-resied as I might be
in tb* progress of events, l have never ob-ruded i
either oubuciy > privately, my opinions tpoo any j
of vou; nor can t single .can arise and say tha:.
bv word or sign i.-ive i ever sought lo warp
bis sediment or control his judgment upon any
political subject whatsoever, the party quesii ms
vrLich have tutberto divided the political world,
have seemed to me to involve no ssue sufficently
momentous to -.arrant my turning aside, even for
a moment, from my chosen calling. In this day
of intelligence, l have felt there were thousands
around me more competent to instruct in states
manship; and thus, from considerations of modes
ty no less than prudence, I hare preferred to move
among you as a preacher of righteousness belong
ing to a kingdom not of this world.
During the heated canvass which has just beeu
brought to so disasterous a close, the seal ofa rigid
and religious silence has not be?n broken. 1 de
plored the division among us as being, to a large
extent, impertinent m the solemn crisis which
was too evidently impending. Most clearly did it
appear *o me that but one issue was before us; an
issue soon to be presented in a form which w-uld
compel the attentiou. That crisis might make it
imperative upon me as a Christian and a divine, to
speak in language admitting no misconstruction.
UDtil then, aside from the dm and at rite ot parties,
I could only mature, with solitary and prayerful
thought, the destined utterance. That hour has
come. At a juncture so solemn as the present,
with the deatiov of a grtat people waiting upon
the decision of an hour, it is not lawful to ue mil!.
Whoever mav Lave influence to shape pub ic
opimou, atsuch atime, must lend it orjprove faith
less to a trust as solemn as any to be accounted for
at the bar of God.
It is immodest in me to assume (hat I may rep
resent a class whose opinions, in such a controver
sy, are of cardinal importance—the class which
seeks to ascertain its duty in the light simply of
conscience and religion; and which turns to the
moralist and the Christian for support and guid
ance. The question, too. which now places us up
on the brink of revolution, was in its origin a ques
tion of morals and religion. It was debated in
ecclesiastical councils before it entered legis
lative halls. It has riven asunder the two largest
religious communions in the land, and the right
determination of this primary question will go lar
toward lixiog the attitude we must assume in the
coming struggle. I sincerely pray God that 1
mav be forgiven if I have misapprehended the dutv
incumbent upou me to-day; for 1 have ascended
this pulpit under the agitation of feeling natural to
one who is about to deviate from the settled policy
of his public life. It is my purpose—not as your
organ, compromitting you, whose opinions are for
the most part unknown to me, but on my sole re
sponsibility—to speak'uponthe one question of the
dav; and to state the duty which, as I believe patri
otism and religion alike requires of us all. I shall
aim to speak with a moderation of tone and feeliug
almost judicial, well befiting the sanctities of the
place and the solemnities of the judgment day.
In determining our duty in this emergency, it is
necessary that we should first ascertain the nature
of the trust committed to us. A nation often
has a character as weil defined and intense as that
of ihe individual. Tt is depends, of course,'upon a
variety es causes operatiug through a long period
of time. It is due largely to the original traits
which distinguish the stock from which it springs,
and to the providential training which has formed
its education. But, however derived, this indi
viduality of character alone makes any people, tru
ly historic, competent to work out its specific mis
sion, and to become a factor in the world’s pro
gress. The particular trust assigned to such a
people becomes the pledge of Divine protection,
and their fidelity to it determines the fate by which
it is finally overtaken. Wha'.that trust is it must he
ascetamtil from the necessitiesof their position, the
institutions which are the outgrowth of their prin
ciples, and the conflicts through which they pre
serve their identity und independence. If, then,
the South is such a people, what, at this juenture,
is their Providential trust? I answer, that it is.to
conserve and to perpetuate the institution of do
mestic slavery as now existing,
It is not necessary here to inquire whether this
is precisely the best relation in which the hewer of
wood und drawer of water can stand to his employ
er, although this proposition may perhaps be suc
cessfully sustained bv those who choose to defend
it. Still less are we required, dogmatically, to af
firm that it will subsist through all time. Baffled
as oar wisdom may now be, in finding a solution
of this intricate social problem, it would nevethe
less be the height of arrogance, to pronounce what
change may or may not occur in the distant future.
In the grand inarch of events, Providence may
work out a solution undiscoverable by us. What
modifications of soil and clitnaie may hereafter be
produced, what consequent changes in the products
on which we depend, what political revolutions
uiav occur among” the races which are now enact
ing the great drama of history; all such inquiries
are totally irrelevant, because no prophetic vision
can pierce the darkness of that future. If this
question should ever arise, the generation to whom
| it is remitted will doubtless have the wisdom to
| meet it, and Providence will furnish the lights in
I which it is to be resolved. All that we claim for
j them and for ourselves is liberty to work out this
problem, guided by nat e and God, without ob
trusive inte: ference from anroad. These great
questions of providence and history must have free
scope for their solution, and the race whose for
tunes ate distinctly implicated in the same is alone
authorised, as it is aloue competent, to determine
them. It is just this impertinence of human legisla
tion, setting bounds to what God only can regulate,
hat the South is called this day to resent and re
sist. The country is convulsed simply because
“ihe. throne of iniquity frameth mischief by a law. ‘
i Without, iliereh re, determining the questioM of
dutv for future generations, I simply sav, that lor
| , tSi as now situated, tile duty is plain of eonserv
! mg ami transmitmg the system ot slavery, with
i toe freest sc-.pe for its uarural development and
| ext. nsioa. Let us, my brethren, look our duty in
i the lace. V\ i h this institution assigned to our
I ke-ptug, whut reply stiaii we make to those who
! sav that’ its days ire numbered? My own con
viction is, tiiat we should at once lift ourselves, tn
-1 telUgentlv, to the highest moral ground, uud pro
claim to all the world that we bold this trust from
i God, and in its occupancy we are prepared to st nd
| or fall, as God may appoint. It the critical moment
lias arrived at which the great issue is joined, lei
us say that, in the sight ot ail perils, we will stand
bv our trust,and God he with the right!
I The argument which enforces the solemnity of
i this providential trust is simple and condensed,
j [t is bouud upon us, then, by the pnneip'e of seit
preservation. that “first law” which is continually
I asserting its supremacy over others. Need I pause
i to show how this system ot servitude underlies
and supports out material interests ? That our
wealth consists in our lands and in the serfs who
till them ? That from the nature of their products
they can only be cultivated by labor which must
be controlled in order to be certain ? That auy other
than a tropical race must faint and wither beneath
a tropical sun ? Need I pause to show how this
system is interwoven with our entire social fabric?
That these slaves form parts of our households,
| even as our children, and that, too, through a rela-
I tionsnip recognised and sanctioned in the set ip
| tures of God even as the other ? Must I pause to
! show how it has fashioned our modes of life, and
| determined all our habits of thought and feeling,
and moulded the very type of our civilization ?
j How, then, car. the hand of violence be laid upon
i it without involving our existence? The so-called
i free States of this country are working out the so
cial problem under conditions peculiar to them
selves.
These conditions are sufficiently hard, and their
success is too uncertain, to excite in us the least
jealously of their lot. With a teeming population,
which the soil cannot support—with their wealth
dependmg upon art, created by artificial wants—
j with an eternal friction between the grades of
! their society—with their labor and their capital
grinding against each other like the upper and
nether mill stone—with lobor cheapened and dis
placed by new mechanical inventions, bursting
more aftutider the bonds of brotherhood; amid
these intricate perils we have ever given them our
sympathy and our prayers, and have never sought
to weaken the foundations of their social order.
God grant them complete success in the solution
of all their perplexities! We, too, have our re
sponsibilities and our trials, but they are all bound
up in this instiution, which has been the object of
such unrighteous assault through five-and-twentv
years. If we are true to ourselves we shall, at this
critical junctures, stand by it and work out our
destiuy.
This duty is bound upon us again in the eonsti
| tuted guardians of the slaves themselves. Our
lot is not more implicated in theirs, than is their
I lot in ours; in our mutual relations we survive or
\ perish together. The worst foes of the black race
are those who have intermeddled on their behalf.
We know better than others that every attribute of
their character fits them for dependence and ser
vitude. By nature the most affectionate and loyal
ot all races’ beneath the sun, they are also the
most helpless; and no calamity cau befall them
greater thau the loss of that protection they ens
joy under this patnarchial system. Indeed, the
experiment has been grandly tried of precipitas j
ting them upon freedom which they know not ;
bow to enjoy; and the dismal results are before us j
in statistics that astonish the world. With the
fairest portions of the earth in their possession, ;
and with the advantage of a long discipline as j
cultivators of the soil, their constitutional indo- •
lence has converted the most beautiful island of I
the sea into a howling waste It is not too much !
to say that if the South should; at this moment, j
sur.t der every slave, the wisdom of the entire J
wo la, united in solemn council, could not solve
the question of their disposal. Their transportas
tion to Alrica, even if it were feasible, would be
but the most refined cruelty; they most perish with
starvation before they could have time to relapse j
into their primitive barbarism. Their residence
here, in the presence of the vigorous Saxon race, ;
would be but the signal lor their extermination j
before they bad time 10 waste away through lists ,
iessness, filth and vice. Freedom would be their j
doom; and equally troin b th they call upon us, j
their providential guardians, to be protected. 1 i
| know this argument will be scoffed abroad as the |
; hvpocritical cover thrown over out own cupidity ‘
aud selfishness; but every sou hern master kuows !
its truth and feels its power. My servant, j
whether born in my house or bought with my i
nionev, stands to me in relations of a child.
| Though providentially owing me service, which, \
providentially, I am bound to exact, he is, never- ,
theless, my brother and my friend; and lam to j
him a guardian aud a lather. He leans upon tn- -
i for protection, for counsel, and for blessing, and i
so long as the relation continues uo power but j
the power of Almighty God shall come .between !
him aud me. Were there no ai gimieut but tms, j
j it bmds upon ns the providential duty of preserv- {
mg the telation that we may save him from a
doom worse than death.
It is a duty which we owe, further, to the civil
sed world. It is a reuiarivaiiie laci that during
these thirty yea’- of unceasing warfare against
siaveiv and a nile a lying spirit has inflamed ihe
woi Id’against us, iha wurLl has grown more and
more depeuiLu upon it tor sustenance and eahh.
Bv- ry mo kn ws. that ad branches ot iuuustiy
;ail back upon the sod We must come, everyone
f us, to tue bosom of tilts great mother for nours
ishment. In the happy partnership which has
growu up iu providence between the tribes of this
Confederacy, our industry has been concentrated
upon agriculture. To the North we have cheer
! fullv resigned all the profits arising from mucus
i factnre and commerce. Those profits they have,
j for the mos’ part, fairly earned, and we have
never grudged them. We have sent them our su
gar and brought it back when refined; we have
sent them our ihread and brought it back when
spun mo iheffl or woven into cloth. Almost
every article we use, from the shoe-latchet to the
most elaborate and costly article of luxury, they
have made and we have bought, and both sec
tons have thriven by the partnerspip, as no peo
ple ever thrived before or since the fitst shining of
the sun. So literally true are the words of the j
text, addressed by Obadiah to EJorn: “All the
men of our Confederacy, the meu that were at
peace with us, have eaten our bread at the very
time they have deceived and laid around under j
us ” Even beyond, this the enriching commerce,
which has built the splendid cities and marble
places of England as well as of America—has
been largely established upon the products of our
soil; and the blooms upon southern fields, gather- j
edbv black bands, have fed the spindles and
looms of Manchester and Birmingham not less j
than of Lawrenca and Lowell. Strike now a blow j
at this system of labor and, the world itself totters
at the stroke. Shall we permit that blow to fall?
Do we not owe it to civilised man to stand in the
breach and stay the uplifted arm ? If the blind
Sampson lays hold of the pillars which support
the arch of the world’s industry, how many more
will be buried beneath its rums than the lords of :
the Philistines? “Who knoweth whether we
are not come to the kingdom for such a time as j
this?”
Last of all, in this great struggle, we defend the j
cause of God and religion. The Abolition spirit ;
is undeniably atheistic. The demon which erected J
its throne upon the guillotine in the days of Bo- j
bcspierie and Murat, which abolished^he Sabbath, !
and worshipped reason in the person ot a harlot, yet j
survives to work other horrors, of which those of I
the French revolution are but the type. Among a :
people so generally religious as the American, a
disguise must be wocn; but it is the same old
threadbare disguise of the advocacy of human
rights. From a thousand Jacobin clubs here, as
in France, the decree has gone forth which strikes
at God by striking at all subordination and law.
Availing itself of the morbid and misdirected sym
pathies of men, it has entrapped weak consciences
in the meshes of its treachery, and now, at
least, has seated its hieh priest upon the throne,
clad in the black garments of discord aud schism,
so symbolic of its ends. Under this specious cry
of reform, it demands that every evil shall
be corrected, or society become a wreck—the sun
must be stricken from the heavens, if a spot is
found on his disc. The Most High, knowing his
own power, which is infinite,and hisown wisdom,
wined is unfathomable, can afford to be patient.
But these self-constituted reformers must quicken
the activity of Jehovah, or compel his abdication.
In their furious haste thwy trample upon obliga
tions sacred as anv which can bind the conscience.
It is time to reproduce the obsolete idea, that Provi
dence must govern man, and not that man should
control Providence. In the imperfect state of hu
man society, it pleases God to allow evils which
check others that are greater. As in the physical
world, objects are moved forward, not by a single
force, but bv the composition of forces, so in his
moral administration there are checks and bal
ances whose intimate relations are comprehended
only by himself. But what reck they of this—
these tierce zealots who undertake to drive the
chariot of the sun? Working out the single aud
false idea which rides them like a nightmare, they
dash athwart the spheres, utterly disregarding the
delicate mechanism of Providence, winch moves
on, wheels within wheels, with pivots, and
balances, and springs, which the great Designer
alone can control. This spirit of atheism, which
knows no God which tolerates evil, no Bible which
sanctions law, and no conscience that can be
bound by oaths and covenants, has selected us for
its victims, and siavery for its issue. Its banuer
erv rings out already upon the air—“ Liberty,
equality, fraternity”—which, simply interpreted,
mean bondage, confiscation and massacre. With
its tri-color waving in the breeze, it waits to inau
gurate its reign ot terror. To the South the high
position is assigned of defending, before all na
tions, the cause of all religion aud ot all truth. In
this trust we are resisting the power which wars
against constitutions, and laws, and compacts,
againt Sabbaths and sanctuaries, against the
family, the State and the church, which blasphe
mously invades the prerogatives of God, and re
bukes the Most High for the errors of his adminis
tration, which, if it cannot snaich the reins of
empire from His grasp, will lay the universe in
ruins at His feet. Is it possible that we shall des
cliue the onset?
This argument, then, which sweeps over the
entire circle of our relations, touches the four
cardinal points of duty to ourselves, to our slaves,
to the world, and to Almighty God. It establishes
the nature and solemnity ot our present trust, to
preserve and transmit our existiug system of do
mestic servitude, with the right, unchanged by
tnau, to go and root itself wherever Providence
and nature may carry it. This trust we will dis
charge in the face of the worst possible peril.
Though war be the aggregation of all evils, yet,
should the madness of the hour appeal to the arbi
tration of the swori'i, we will not shrink even from
the baptism of fire; If modern crusaders stand in
sen ted ranks upon some plain of Esdraelon, there
shall we be in defense ot our trust. Not till the
last man has fallen bchiud the last rampart, shall
it drop from our hands; and then only in surrender
j to the God who gave it.
Against tins institution a system of aggression
lias been pursued through the last thirty years.
Initial ;d by a few lunatics, who were at first de
spised, it has gathered strength from opposition
until it has assumed its present gigantic propor
tions. No man has thoughtfully watched the pro
gress of this controversy without being convinced
that the crisis must at length come. Some few,
perhaps, have hoped against hope, that the
gathering lmposthuine might be dispersed, and
tne poison be eliminated Irom the body politic bv
healthv remedies. But the delusion has scarcely
been cherished by those who have studied the his
tory of fanaticism in its path of blood and lire
through the ages of the past. The moment must
| arrive when the conflict must be joined, and victo
!rv decide for otre or the other. As it has been a
war of legislative tactics, and not of physical force,
both parties have been maneevering fora position;
and the embarrassment has been, while dodging
amidst Constitutional forms, to make an issue that
should be clear, simple and tangible. Such an
issue is at leugth presented in the result of the
recent Presidential election Be it observed, too.
that it is an issue made by the North, not by the
South. Upon whom, therelore must rest the en
tire guilt of the present disturbance? With a
choice between three national candidates, who
have more or less divided the vote of the South,
j the North, with unexampled unanimity, have cast
their ballot for a candidate who is sectional, who
represents a party that is sectional, and the ground
of that sectionalism prejudice against the estab
lished and Constitutional rights and immunities
and institutions of the South. What does this de
clare—wbat can it declare —but that, from hence
forth thjs is to be a Government of section over
sectiou; a Government using Constitutional forms
only to embarrass and divide the sectional ruled,
and as fortresses through whose embrasures the
cannon of legislation is to be employed in demol
ishing the guaranteed institutions of the Souih?
What issue is more direct, concrete, intelligible,
than this? J thank God that, since the conflict
must be joined, the responsibility of this issue
rests not with us, who have ever acted upon the
defensive; and that it is so disembarrassed and
simple that the feeblest mind can understand it,
The question with the South to-day is not what
issue shall she make, but how shall she meet that
which is prepared for her? Is it possible that we
can hesitate longer than a moment? Iu our natu
ral recoil from the perils of revolution, and with
our clinging fondness fur the memories of the past,
we may perhaps look around for something to
soften the asperity of this issue, for some ground
on which we may defer the day of evil, for some
hope that the gathering clouds may not burst in
fury upou the land.
It is alleged, for example, that the President
elect was chosen by a fair majority under pre
scribed forms. But need I say, to those who have
used history, that no despotism is more absolute
than that of an unprincipled Democracy, and no
tyranny more galling than that exercised through
Constitutional formulas? But the plea is idle,
when the very question we debate is the perpetu
ation of that Constitution now converted into an
engine of oppression, aud ibe contiuuauce of that
Union which is henceforth to be our condition of
vassalage—l say it with solemnity and pain, this
Union of our forefathers is already gone. It ex
isted but in mutual confidence, the bonds of
which were ruptured iu the lat - election. Though
j its forms should be preset ved, it is, in fact, de
slroyed. We may possibly entertain the project
j of re-constructing it, but it will he another Union
| resting upon other than past guarantees. “In that
we sav anew covenant we have made the first old,
| and that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready
to vanish away”—“ as a vesture it is folded up.”
j For myself, I say, that under the rule which
! threatens us I throw off the yoke of the Union as
j readily as did our ancestors the yoke of King
George 111., and for causes immeasurably stronger
than those pleaded in their celebrated declaration.
It is softly whispered, too, that the successful
competitor for the throne protests and avers bis
purpose to administer the Government in a conser
vative and national spirit. Allowing him all cred
it for personal integrity in these protestations, he
is, in this matter, nearly as impotent for good as j
he is competent for evil. He is nothing more than j
a figure upon the political chess board —whether j
pawn, knight, or king, will hereafter appear—but
still a silent figure upon the checkered squares,
moved by the hands of an unseen player. That
player is the party to which he owes his elevation
—a party that has signalised its history by the
most unblushing perjuries. What faith can be
placed in the protestations of men who openly
avow that their consciences are too sublimated to
be restunned by the obligation ot covenants or by
the sanctity of oaths? No, we have seen the trail
of the serpent tive-uud-twenty years in our Eden ;
twined now in the branches of the forbidden tree,
i we feel the pangs of death already begun as its hot
! brvatli is upon our cheek, hissing out the original
i falsehood —“Ye shall not surely die.”
Another suggests that even vet the electors,
alarmed by these demonstrations of the South,
may not cast the black ball which dooms their ;
country to the executioner. It is a forlorn hope, i
Whether we should counsel such breach of faith I
in them, or take refuge in their treachery—wheth- j
er such a result wouid give a President chosen by j
: the people accordmg to the Constitution—are j
points I will not discu?s. But that it would prove :
a cute for any of our ills, who cun believe’ It is i
| certain that it wouid, with some show of justice, j
i exasperate a party sufficiently ferocious—that it J
i would doom us to four years of increasing str’fe
■ and bitterness—and that the crisis must come at j
last, under issues possibly not half so clear as the
I present. Let us not desire to shift the day of trial
by miserable subterfuges of this sort. The issue
| is up -n us ; let us meet it like men, aud end this
strue forever.
But some quietist whispers, yet further, this ma
i j-irity is accidental, aud has been swelled by ae
\ cessions of men simply opposed to the existing
i Administration; the party is utterly heterogenous,
aud must be shivered into fragments by its own
success. I confess, frankly, this suggestion has
! staggered me more than anv other, and I sought
to take refuge therein. Why should we not wait
i and see tbe effect of success itself upon a party
j whose elements might devour each other in the ;
very distribution of the spoil? Two considerations
have dissipated the fallacy before me. Tbe first
! is. that, however mixed th§ party, Abolitionism is j
J clearly its informing and actuating soul, and fanati- J
cisni is a bloodhound that never b -Its its track I
when it has ouce lapped blood. The elevation of
their candidate is far from being the consumma- !
tion of their aims—it is only the beginning of that j
consummation; and, if all histoiy be not a lie,
there will be cohesion enough till the end of the ;
beginning is reached, and the dreadful banquet of j
slaughter and rum shall glut the appetite. The j
second consideration is a principle which I cannot
blink. It is nowhere dented that the first article
in the creed of the new dominant party, is the re
striction of slavery within its present limits. It is
distinctly avowed’by their organs, and in the name
of their elected chieftain, as will appear fjpm the
following extract from an article written to pacify
the South, aud to re-assure its fears:
“There can be no doubt whatever in the mind
of any man that Mr. Lincoln regards slavery as a
moral, social and political evil, and that it should
be dealt with as such by the Federal Government
in ever} - instance where it ts called upon to deal
with it at all. On this point their need be no mis
givings as to his official action. The whole influence
of the executive department of the Government,
while in his hands, will be thrown against the ex
tension of siavery into the new Territories of the
Union, and the re*opening of the African slave
trade.
“On these points he will make no compromise
nor yield one hair’s breadth to coercion from any
quarter or in any shape. He does not accede to
the alleged decision of the Supreme Court, that
the Constitution places slaves upon tbe footing of
other property, and protects them as such when
ever its jurisdiction extends; nor will he be, in the
least degree, governed or controlled by it in his
executive action. He will do all iu bis power, per
sonally and officially, by the direct exercise of the
powers of his office and the indirect influence in
separable from it, to arrest the tendency to make
slavery national and perpetual, and to place it in
precisely the same position which ‘it held in the
early days of the Republic, and in the view of the
founders of the Government.”
Now, what enigmas may be couched in this last
sentence, the spbynx which uttered them can per
haps resolve; but the sentence in which they occur
is as big as the belly of the Trogan horse which
laid the city of Priam in ruins.
These utterances we have heard so long that they
fall stale upon the ear ; but never before have they
had such significance. Hitherto they have come
from Jacobin conventicles and pulpits, from the
rostrum, from the hustings, and from the halls of
our National Congress; but always as the utter
ances of irresponsible men, or associations of men.
But now the voice comes from the throne; already,
befo’’e clad with the sanctities of office, ere the
annointing oil is poured upon the monarch’s head,
the decree has gone forth that the institution of
southern slavery shall be constrained within as
signed limits. Though nature and Providence
should send forth its branches like the banyan
tree, to take root in congenial soil, here is a power
superior to both, that says it shall wither aud die
within its own charmed circle.
What say you to this, to whom this great provi
dential trust of conserving slavery is assigned?
“Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with
thee, which frameth mischief by a law ?” It is
this that makes the crisis. Whether we will or
not, this is the historic moment, when the fate of
this institution hangs suspended iu the balauce.
Decide either way, it is the moment of our des
tiny ; the only thing affected by the decision, is
the complexion of that destiuy. If the South bows
down before this throne, she accepts the decree of
restriction and ultimate extinction, which is made
the condition of her homage.
As it appears to me, the course to be pursued in
this emergency, is that which has already been
inaugurated. Let the people in all the southern
States, in solemn council assembled, reclaim the
powers they have delegated. Let those conven
tions be composed of aien whose fidelity has been
approved—men who bring the wisdom, expe
rience, and firmness of age, to support and an
nounce principles which have long been matured.
Let these conventions decide firmly aud solemnly
what they will do with this great trust committed
to their hands. Let them pledge each other in
sacred covenant, to uphold and perpetuate wluit
they cannot resign without dishonor and palpable
ruin. Let them further take all the necessary
steps looking to separate aud independent exist-,
ence, aud initiate measures for (taming anew aud
homogeneous Confederacy. Thus prepared lor
every contingency, let the crisis come. Paradoxi
cal as it may seem, if there be any way to save, or
rathor to reconstruct, the Union of our forefathers,
it is this.
Perhaps, at the last moment, the conservative
portions of the North may to see the abyss
into which they ate about to plunge. Perchance
they may arise und crush out forever the Abolition
hydra, and cast it into a grave from which there
shall never be resurrection.
Thus, with restored confidence, we may be re -
joined. a united and happy people. But, before
God, 1 believe that nothing will effect tuts but the
ltneof policy wh ch the South has been compelled in
sell-preservation to adopt. 1 confess traukly, lam
not sanguine that such an auspicious result will be
reached. Partly, because Ido not see how new
guarantees are to begratted upon the Constitution
nor how, if grafted, they cau be more binding
than those which have already been trampled un
der foot; but chiefly because 1 do not see how such
guarantees can be elicited from the people at Ihe
North. It cunuot be disguised that, almost to a
man, they are anti-slavery where they are not Abo
lition. A whole generation has been educated to
look upon the system with übhorence as a nation
al blot. They hope and look, and pray for its ex
tinction, within a reasonable time, and cannot be
satisfied unless things are seeu drawing to that
conclusion. We on the contrary, as its constitu
ted guardian, can demand nothing less than that
it should be lalt open to expansion, subject to no
limitations save those imposed by God and nature.
I fear the antagonism is too great, and the con
science of both parties too deeply implicated to al
low such a composition of the strife. Neverthe
less, since it ts within the range of possibility in
the providence of God, I would not shut out the
alternative:
Should it fail, what remains but that we say to
each other, calmly and kindly, what Abraham said
to Lot: “Let there be no strife, l pray thee, be
tween tne aud thee, and between my berdmen and
thy herduien, for we be brethren. Is not tiie
whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray
thee, from me—if thou will take the left hand,
then 1 will go on the right, or il thou depart to the
right hand, then l will go to Ihe left.” Thus, if we
cannot save the Union, we may save the inestima
ble blessings it enshrines; il we cannot preserve
the vase, we will preserve the precious liquor it
contains.
In all this, I speak for the North no less than
for the South; for on our uuited and determined
resistance at this moment depends the salvation
of tne whole country —in saving ourselves we shall
save the North from the ruin she is madly draw
ing down upon her own head.
The position of the South is at this moment sub
lime. If she has grace given her to know her
hour, she will save herself, the country, and the
world. It will involve, indeed, temporary pros
tration and distress; the dykes of Holland must
be cut to save her from the troops of Philip. But
I warn my countrymen the historic moment once
passed, never returns. If she will arise iu her
majesty, and speak now as with the voice of one
man, she will roll back for all time the curse that
is upon her. If she succumbs now, she transmits
that curse is an heirloom to posterity.
We may, for a generation, enjoy comparative
ease, gather up our feet in our beds, and die in
peace ; but our children will go forth beggared
from the homes of their fathers. Fishermen will
cast their nets where your proud commercial navy
now rides at anchor, and dry them upon the shore
now covered with your bales of merchandise.
Sapped, circumvented, undermined, the institu
tions of your soil will be overthrown ; and within
five-and-twenty years tbe history of St. Domingo
‘.vi Ibe the record o( Louisiana. If dead men’s
bones can tremble, ours will move under the units
tered curses of our sons aud daughters, denounc
ing the blindness and love of ease which have loft
them an inheritance of woe.
I have done my duty under as deep a sense of
responsibility to God and man as I have ever felt.
Under ihe full conviction that the salvation of the
whole country is depending upon the action of the
South, I am impelled to deepen the sentiment of
resistance in the southern mind, and to strengthen
the current now flowing toward a union of the
South in defense of her chartered rights. It ts a
duty which I shall not be recalled to repeat, for
j such awful junctures do not occur twice a century.
Bright and happy days are vet before us ; and
before another political earthquake shall shake the
continent, I hope to be “where the wicked cease
from troubling, and where the weary are at rest.”
It only remains to say, that whatever be the for
j tunes of the South, I accept them for my own.
j Born upon her soil, of a father thus born before
; me—from an ancestry that occupied it while yet it
was a part of England’s possessions—she is in
every sense my mother. I shall die upon her bo- j
som she shall know no peril but it is my peril— j
no conflict but it is niv conflict—and no abyss of i
ruin into which I shall not share her fall. May I
the Lord God cover her head in ibis her day of
battle !
MARRIED.
On the evening of the 19th December, at the residence of the
bride’s father, at Cedar Hill, >?t. George’s Parish, Dorchester,
S. 0.. by Rev. Dr Kendrick, Mr. Barnet G. Rkanford, of
m, and Mian S. Ella W„ second daughter of Rev.
R. J. Limehouse.
SPECIAL NOTICES. ‘
IW~ Rev. W. 11. Potter will preach in Si. John's
; Church this morning at half.past eu o’ lock. Also at, n ght
at the usual hour. dec33
lWMasonic \otic c.—A Regular Meeting of H ebb’s
| Lodge, No. 156, will be held TO-MoRROW (Monday)
I EVENING. 21th inst., at T o'clock, at Masonic Hall.
I By order of the W. M.
dec23 1 A. W. LEWIS. Sec'y.
We are amhorised to announce John 11.
, M EAD as a candidate for Toe Collector of Richmond county
at the election in .January next. Many Votxss.
rice-23 4 f
IfThf friends of John I). Smith respectfully re
commend him as a suitable peri n to Ml l the office of Ju-tlce
1 of the Inferior Ce irt of the county of Richmond, at the elec
! tlon in January next. Lot* or Voters.
dec?3 dtf
t*F~ A Lady desires a siUuation In some Institution
or family school. She wiU Instruct in the higher English
! branches. Oil Painting, and Drawing. Address Box 67, Angus
i ta, Ga. dl dec23
rw Fire Crackers.—Just received thirty boxes \o.
1 FIRECRACKERS. Also, PICKLES in vinegar for sale
by the gallon. dec23 3 HENRY J. SIBLEY.
SW~ Important to Consumers of lias—LetDngnell's
GAS REGULATOR.—I have appointed Mr. E. E. BCO
’ FIELD my Agent for thesale of Lefflngwell's GAS REGU
■ LATOR in Augusta, Ga.
i Consumers are invited to call and examine its operation at
j his office, No. 62 Jackson street.
Col. JOHN R. DAVIS,
of New Orleans, La.,
General Agent for the States of Georgia, North and South
| Carolina. lm declß
SPE< ’ lAi j NOTICKS. !
£r*To the Voters ot Ihe Second Ward : The Un
dersigned respectfully announces himself a candidate for Jus
tice of the Peace for the 120th District G. M., at the ensuing
election on the first Saturday in JANUARY next.
dec2o SAMUEL FROST.
\Yt* are requested to state that Mr. I hotnas
SKINNER is not a candidate for Tax Collector, at the en
suing election in JANUARY. ts dec2o
SK” Eor Tax Receiver.—'The Friends of Joseph E.
BURCH nominate him as a Candidate for Receiver of Tux
Returns, at the Election in January next.
decl9
13T t han. U. Butler, for Tax Collector.—l offer
myself to the citizens of Richmond county tor the o3Pe of
Tax Collector, at the ensuing Election in January.
dec2 td* CHAS. G. BUTLER.
HT For Tax Collector.-I announce myself as a
Candidate for Tax Collector, at the Election in January', and
will feel grateful to my friends and the public for their sup
port on that occasion. ROBERT W. BUGO.
nov2o dsetd
£® r We are authorised to announce Henry I*
WALKER, Esq., as a Candidate for Tax Collector of Rich
mond county, at the Election in January next.
novl4 td*
iff We are authorised to announce Dr. Janies T.
BARTON as a candidate fur Tax Collector of Richmond coun
ty. at the Election in January next. tl nov7
iff We are authorised to announce James Bran
don, Jr., Esq., as a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond
county, at the Election in January next.
ect27* MANY’ VOTERS.
tff Fellow Citizens—l am a Candidate for Tax
Collector of Richmond County at the JANUARY election,
aud respectfully solicit your patronage.
sep2S W. B. c HA VO US.
S3f A Card.—Fellow Citizens of Augusta and of
Richmond County : Xam a Candidate for the office of Tax
Collector of Richmond county, and there is perhaps no Candi
date before the people that would appreciate their support
more than the subscriber; and I expect none of them more
needy. Should I be elected, it will be my greatest pleasure
to discharge the duties of tbe office with satisfaction to all.
Should I not be, I shall raise all the Water Melons, Sweet
Potatoes, and other live stock I can.
Respectfully, M. W. WOODRUFF.
declS ts
iff Onion Sells—We have just received our sup
ply of Fresh ONION SETTS. Dealers supplied as usual.
PLUMB & LEITNEIt.
oct-7 Sax Want adtmarl
iff flash paid for Linen Cotton and Silk Hags by
CAMPFIELD & CRANE,
inh2B ts Corner Reynolds street and Call e
t®'” Classical and Kuglish School—W. Krnen
putsoii will resume the exercises of his School on M ON DA Y,
the Ist. of OCTOBER.
School Room on Broad street, No. 96.
sep23 _ dtf
i's Notice—Persons indebted to the subscriber,
wiil find their Notes and Accounts at the Clothing store of
Messrs, Broom A Day, 233 Broad street, who are authorised
to receipt for me. j. m. NEWBY.
octo ts
Notice.—All Persons indebted lo me, either by
note or account, will please call and settle, as 1 wish to close
up my old books, having formed a co-partnership witli John
C. Chew, on the 10th of las month. M. J. JONES.
City papers copy.
Lunch 1 Lunch ! The usual Popular and
substantial LUNCHES will be served up at the “Winter
Garden” every day, at 11 o'clock A. M„ and lo o’clock P. M.
Gentlemen will find something to suit their taste.
nov7 ts
if?” Dutch Bulbous Boots!—Now iu Store, Hya
cinths, forty choicest varieties; Tulips, fifteen varieties ;
Gladiolus, four vai eties: Crocus, seven varieties'; Imperial,
five varieties; Lilies, four varities ; Narcissus, seven vuri
lies, etc., .’tc. Just received by
I’LUMII & LEITNER,
oct2 ts 212 Broad street, Augusta. Oa.
if Augusta and Savannah Railroad, Vugusio,
Nov. 21, 1800.—During the Faif at Macon, commencing De
cember 3d, and ending December 22d, Tickets to go and re
turn for one fare can be procured at the office, as follows •
December Ist and ttb, to return on 7th.
December 10th and 13th, to return on 15th.
December 17th to return on 20m.
December 20th to return on 24th.
Articles for Exhibition will be charged regular freight ti
Macon. If not sold, will be returned free to (station from
whence shipped. W. C. JONES, Agent.
Hov2! tdec23 __
KSfßiigs, Sinus—The Stain Paper Mills will pay
the highest price in cash for CLEAN LINEN AND COT
fON RAGS, delivered at any Railroad Depot in Georgia and
South Carolina. janl GEO. W. WINTER.
iff Augusta V Savannah iiailrond. Dee. 5, lbtiO.
Wanted t hire, Fittv able bodied NEGRO MEN, to work t •
road. Apply to M. O’Oonnei, Supervisor, or to
dec? dtf W. C. JONES, Agent.
‘IW* Xusu-ln and Sav nnah Railroad.—On mid af
ter WEDNESDAY, October B,the evening fassenger train
will leave Augusta at 2:15 I*. M.
, W.(’.JONES, A.-
V Word in Ihe Radie*.—ln recommending to
you to use HOSTKTTEK*S CELEBRATED STOMACH
BITTERS, it is but.just to state that as a stimulant to tin*
system, in imparting strength and vigor during certain peri
odical stages which arc oft times attended with much pain
and trouble, we know of no preparation more high y ad a pt
ed tr ail afflictions consequent upon this came ; and fora
mothei nu'slng a babe, the BITTERS cannot be dispense
wi h, especially where the mother's nourishment is inadequate
to the demands of the child ; consequent ly her strength must
yield, and here it is where a good tonic, such as HOJSTET
TER’S STOMACH BITTERS, is needed to impart tempo
rary strength and vigor to the whole system. Ladies should
by all means try this remedy, and before so doing, ask your
physician, who, if he is acquainted with the virtues of th
BIT I'FRS. wfll recommend their use in all cases.
Sold by Druggists and dealers generally everywhere.
det!9 dead
52?“ Cherokee* Remedy nn t nfuiling Cure for
Gonorrhcr, and all diseases of the Urinary Organs. Thi;
REMEDY cures when all other preparations fail. Il F
entirely unlike every ether compound—containing no min
eral poison or nauseus drugs, as it is prepared solely from
Roots, Barks, and Leaves, and has been handed down from
one generation to another by the Cherokee Indians. It is of
fered to the public on Us own intrinsic merits. It performs
its duty quickly end thoroughly. The unfortunate of either
sox will be repaid by using this REM EDY instead of placing
themselves at the mercy of some Quack or Professor. This
REMEDY strikes at the root of the disease. Its tendency L
cot simply to suspend the poison, but to remove the cause on
which it depends. Full directions in pamphlet form accom
pany each bottle. The speedy and permanent relief a
forued by this REMEDY, iu all cases of Gonorrhea, Gleet,
Gravel, Strictuie, Fluor Albus, (Whites In ft males), and all
diseases ot the Urinary Organs has astonished the most sci
entific men of the ace. This REM ED Y not only eradicates
all prison from the system, but invigorates the most delicate
| constitution.
It does not affect the breath, or interfere with any class of
business, or require any deviation from the usual diet.
It requires no assistance from other medicines.
And what enhances Sts value is the entire absence ofali
nauseous taste, being a pleasant and delicious Syrup.
Price #2 per Bottle, orthree Bottles for $5.
POTTER & MERWLN, Sole Proprietors.
St. Louis, Mo.
Sold in Augusta by HAVILAND, OIIICHESTER & CO.
who will supply the trade at proprietors’ prices.
Solu bv all respectable Druggists in the United States,
my 11 d* cly
Oflice of the .Milledgev ili<* Ibdlrimd Company,
Sect. 3, 1860.—At a meeting of the Board of Directors this
day held, the following Resolutions were passed by the Board;
Ist. Resolved , That the Chief Engineer be instructed to
employ such additional assistance as may be necessary to fin
isn the location of the line of road by the first of November
next, to be let by sections after advertisement, so soon as each
section has been reported to he Board.
2d. Resolved , That the President be authorised to make a
call upon the Stockholders of the Milledgeville Railroad Com
pany for payment of the following Installments upon their
stock, (in addition to the five per cent, required at the time of
subscription), to-wit :
Five per cent, on the 10th of October, IS6O.
Fifteen “ “ “ 10th of November, “
Five “ “ “ loth of December, “
hive “ ** “ 10th of January, 1861.
True extract from the minutes of the Board.
W. MI LO OLIN, Sec’v & Treas.
In pursuance ot the second resolution above, the Stockheld
ers of the Milledgeville Railroad Company are requested to
pay the instalments as set forth in said Resolution, at the of
tice of said Company in Augusta. S. D. IIEARD,
President.
Augusta, September 4, 1861. tjanlO sei ft
Or Among the many Restoralives which Vilnrr
has supplied to relieve the afflictions of humanity, there Is ire
more favorite one for a certain class of discuses tlian the “me
dlclnal gum” of the Wild Cherry Tree ; but however valuable
it is, its power to heal, to soothe, to relieve, and to cure. Is
enhanced ten fold by scientific and judicious combination with
other ingredients, in themselves of equal worth. This happy
mingling exists in that
‘‘Combination and a form indeed”
(M medicine known as Dr. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD
CHERRY, whose valuein curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis*
Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma, Pulmonary Affection, and
Incipient Consumption, is inestimable.
GEORGIA TESTIMONY.
Certificate of Mr. E. Haussenit, a well known and highly
respectable citizen of Macon, Ga.:
Macon, Ga., March 19, 1860.
Messrs S. W. Fowle A Cos.:
Gentlemen: Believing in the great virtue of vour renowned
BALSAM OK WILD CHERRY, I cheerfully comply with
I the request of your traveling agent, In a iding'my testimony
to the many which yon have already received I have I een
acquainted with the medicine for many years, and have ah
ways heard it spoki nos in the highest terms. A brother-in
law, who at one time was much reduced with a s- vere and ob
urinate cough, was restored by it. after other remedits had
failed. I have also used it for myself and children for ohst ■
nateconghs and cold*, with an uniform and happy result; and
therefore recommend it confidently as the best lung meaicine
within my knowledge. ITours, respect ully,
A. MAUSSENET
FROM REV. JESSE M. WOOD, I), D.
Roue. Ga_ April 4, 1860.
Dear Sirs : This certifies that four years ago I suffered
with a distressing cough. During the winter and string of
1866, 1 used Dr WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHER
RY. with considerable advantage. I consider it a valuable
remed for coughs and colds. J. M. WOOD.
Cactiox to Purchasers.— The only genuine WISTAR’S
BALSAM has the written signature of “I. Butts.” and the
printed one of the proprietors, on the outer wrapper; all
other is vile and worthless.
Prepared by SETH W. FOWLE A CO., Boston, and for
sale by HA VILANDq CHICHESTER A CO., Wholesale
Agents.
Al.-o, BARRETT A CARTER. PLUMB A LEITNER,
and Druggists generally. dt*clm decl4
nr- The well known (skill of Or. J. Bovpp Oods
In the treatment of Diseases incident to Females, and the sue,
cess of his p.actlce in Incipient Consumption, Weak Lungs
Chronic cases of General Debility, Weak Stomachs, Ac., in
duced his friends to urge upon him this duty of giving to suf
fering humanity his PREPARATION, in a form that could
be brought into genera! use. We are glad to announce he has
done so, as will be seen by the advertisement in another col
umn. Wholesale and Retail Agent# for South Carolina,
VAN SCUAAOK A GRIERSON,
Druggists, 221 King Street, Charleston, S. 0.,
At the Sign of the Negro and Golden Mortar.
Wholesale and Retail Agents for Georgia,
PLUMB A LEITNER,
febl oAcly Augusta. Ga.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CIDER! CIDER!
It* BARRELS Champagne CIDER just, received and
Mr sale by W. H. HOWARD.
(j t e2S dt> Commission Merchant.
(lIRM’Mh &MW VEAR S
PRESENTS.
A LARGE assortment of Fine Books, Workboxes, Fancy
Articles, Toys, Papier Mache Workboxes, and Writing
Desks, and a great variety of articles suitable for Christmas
aid New Year’s Presents, can be foundat
GEO. A. OATES A BRO..
dec23 2 No. 240 Broad street.
’ HAVANA ORANGES.
BBLS. HAVANA GRANGES, just received, on
v J consignment, ami for sale bv
W. 11. HOWARD,
dec29 3t Commission Merchant.
LAND FOR SALE!
A TRACT containing between six and seven hundred
acres, on which there is a considerable body of creek bot
tom, within four miles of the city of Augusta, about seventy
acres of which is cleared. The place is unsurpassed for health.
Immediate possession given. For terms, which will be liberal,
apply to dec22 ts J. P. FLEMING.
~NOTICE.
OIXTY I) VVS after date application will be made to the
Honorable, the Court of Ordinary of Taiia crro county,
Ga., Dr leave to sell the interest of Mur of the minor children
of Albert It. Taylor, deceased, in three negro slaves Emily,
and her two children, Henry and Katy.
LITTLETON B. TAYLOR,Guardian.
December 20,1800. dtc22
T O RETSTT. i
fTYHE Dwelling House on Broad Street, three doors below
L Campbell sireet, lately occupied by Dr. R. C- Black.
FOR SAFE.
One Horse, sound, gentle, and very fast—can be highly re
commended ; also, one Top Buggy.
For terms, apply to EDWIN W. ANSLEY.
dec2l tltf s\t the Store of D. H. Wilcox & Cos.
J. McCORMICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE—On East side of Jackson St,,
(Beticeen Broad and Reynolds,)
AUGUSTA, GA.
Prompt attention given to professional business in Rich
mond and adjoining counties. ts dcc2o
Mill MD MiR!
/ 11 1! V MOLASSES, landing this day.
Barrels Crushed SUGAR ;
10 .. Powdered “
15
i/ •• Clarified A “
15 .. .. „..
15 .. .. „„
For sale by dec2o d6 CHARLES BAKER.
MADISON
EE MALE COLLEGE.
Spring Term, I Mil.
rill IK exercises of this Institution will open on the first I
I Monday in JA V UARY .
There will bu no change in the Board of Instruction.
All the Departments are supplied with experienced and
faithful Teachers.
For particular-, address the undersigned.
W A. WILSON.
dec2o d4\-c2 Secretary Facility.
IfflMON !
IJOH .Sale. Sixty Unit’ -rm ('<>ATs, of dark Green ( loth.
. trimmed with best quality Gold Late and Gilt Buttons—
l-iross >cales, or Epaulets, attached to each Coat. A bargun
may be had if applied for soon. The attention of Companies
nov organising is respectfully called to the above. Address,
or apply to BROOM A DAY.
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CONFECTIONARIES !
OF ALL RINDS,
W ILL B E HEIIEA FTE II
KEPT OF HAFIi,
BY THE SUBSCRIBER.
V. LATASTE.
dO declG
RICHMOND SHERIFF'S SALE.
/ k\ the list TUKSDA Y in JA Nt’AKY i„ xt. will bo -.hi
4 r at the Lower Market iio-rae. in tiie City of Augusta
within the legal hours ot sale, tne following ; roperiy, to wit
All that Lo, or puree! of land situate in the City of Augusta
on Marbury street, between Gardiner and D’Antignac str ets.
known r* Lots numbers twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty
three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, and
tw. l.ty eight, in a plan of Lots, made bv William Phillip-,
having a front of one hundred and sixty feet on Murburv
strut, and naming buck, ot Ilk*- width, two hundre 1 and toity
feet, said Lot composed of eight Lots, numbered from twenty
net - twenty-eight inclusive, being bounded North by Gard
ner street, East by H or Oak street. South by Lots numbi rs is
and 20, and West by Marbury sireet, together with the Build
tugs and M aehinery of every kind on the Lots before described;
■vied oh as the property of Solomon C White, JohuU.
Quein, an i Harlan Kigby, to satisfy an execution o i the fore
closure of a mortgage, issued from the Superior Court if
Richmond county, in favor of Leonidas A. Jordan, Adminis
trator on the estate of Benjamin Jordan, deceased, vs. Solo
mon C. White, John C. Quoin, and Harlan ltigby.
WILLIAM V. KERR,
decS Sheriff of Richmond County.
RICHMOND SHERIFF’S SALE
0\ the first TUESDAY in FEBRUARY next will \<e
sold, at the Lower Market House, in The city of Augusta,
with'n the legal hours ofsple, 1 Iron Bate, 1 Glass partition. 1
Writing Desk arid Stool, 4 Counter Stools. 3 Showcases. 2
‘ ’ounters, 1 Small Regulator, 1 Large Regulator, 1 Mahogany
Regulator Box. 1 Parlor Stove, about SO feet of Pipe, 1 Wateh
Bench, 1 Railing, l Jeweller’s Be ch, I M
Watch Case, two setts; 16 pair of Show Case Trays, 1 lot ot
shelves, anal Large Mirror : levied on as the property of
Herman A. Baroucli, to satisfy an execution on the foreclosure
of a mortgage issued from the Inferior Court of Richmond
county, in favor of Jacob Kanffer vs Herman A. Barouch.
WM. V. KEK, M.- !
ADVANCES.
] >L WI'EIIS and F ctors disposed to ship Produce to the
{ Belgian-American Company, of Brug-els. (Belgium), will
phase apply to the undersigned, who are authorised to make
the necessary advances. MULLER & MICHELS,
Agents for the Belgian-American
dev7 dim Direct Trade Company, Savannah, Ga.
(r 1 rr-tfr ti nrnnrnii-iwr irm mmii
tyindi’pendenl Ticket for the State Convent! on
A. C. WALKER.
Gen. GKO. W. EVANS.
iff KlectioiiAotlee—Office Inferior Court of Rich
KOUDCousir—An Election Is hereby ordered to be he and. in
terms of the law, at the places of holding Justices’ Courts, in
said county, on the first Saturday in JANUARY uext, for
two Justices of the Peace for each District—the Polls to be
sept open from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.; and, further ordered, j
that tiie Clerk of this Court publish the foregoing order for ten j
days preceding tiie election, in the Chronicle & Sentinel arid
Constitutionalist.
True extract from minutes. B. F. HALL,
dec22 td Clerk.
Smth Carolina Railroad Company.—Augusta,
Oa.. 1)eo. 20, IB6o.—The Sunday n.orning Passenger Train
from Augusta to Charleston, Kisgsv'.lle, and Columbia, S. C,
will be discontinued cn and alter SUNDAY” MORNING, the
23d inst., until further notice. H. TANARUS, PEAKE.
dec’ll d2 General Superintendent, j
iff Vt * are authorised lo announce John A.
BOHLER as a candiuate for re-election to tbe office of Re
elver of Tax Returns for Richmond County, at the election
nJANURY next. * dee’2l
fff The Subscribers, Latin Owner* and PI enter*,
having mutually agreed to sustain each other in prosecuting
a M rigidly enforcing the laws against all persons hunting or
llshlng on then promise* after tips date, take this method of’
notifying all eoinerneft of this agreement.
fCKNI K CLAN ION, JKSiSC XVALTON,
W M. .!<*N K>. W. P. CRAW FORD,
J. U. UKIKFIN, W. T. WALTON,
Mrs. s:. E. UKKRY, WH. M. THOMAS,
11. MUSOaOVE, JOHN DOZIER.
Columbia county, Dec. 20, 1860. dl2*c2“ decil
iff Sealed Uropoinl* will tie received at the Clerk
of Council’s office until December 28th inst., at 12 o’clock M.,
f'-r furnishing, for the use of the city, tor the year 1861, four
teen able-bodied hands, and eight No. 1 Mules, with carli-Jami
harness complete ; the ’equipments to be employs and r-n fire
works to be of tiie best quality; tiie contractor boarding, cloth
ing, and paying doctors’ bills ; the whole force to be employed |
on the streets and drains within the corporate limits of the |
city, and such other work as may be required of them.
WM. H. GOODRICH,
dec2o td Chairman Com. on Streets and Drains.
i ff” Head am! Believe
New York, April 12. 1-58.
M. E. Haoak. Esq— Dear Sir About five months since I
bought two bottles ol your HAIR RESTORATIVE, and
am now desirous of obtaining morejand woi.id inquire where
it may be-found here. My hair, when quite young, turned
gray. I have used a number of articles for the purpose of re
storing it, but did not-succeed until I obtained this, which
produced the desired effect. I have been requested by a
number of my friends (among them several ladies) to procure j
it, if possible, lam much pleased with it, for it has made a !
great improvement in my personal appearance. By answer- j
tng this, you will much oblige,
Yours, very respectfully, H.C. GOODRICH,
Steamer Bridgeport. Peck Slip. New Voik.
Remember that this result was produced by lleikstkeet's
Inimitable, the original and only reliable HAIR RESTORA
TIVE.
Price fifty cents and one dollar a bottle. Sold by IIAVI.
LAND A CHICHESTER, and by all Druggists everywhere,
vs . E. HAGAN A CO., Proprietors, Troy, N.Y.
<iec2 ° dtaclm
I. Mallette’s Ladies'and Gentlemen's ('lahr
m Singing will commence their second term THIS EVEN- 1
ING, December 5, at 7.H o’clock.
Mr. M. is desirous of forming u Ladies Class in Vocal Mu
sic. at his Academy, on Thursday afternoon, December 6, a
1 o’clock. All interested are invited to be present.
decs
• lis So!—Hctra, Wise A Cos. have a Heavy
stock of Ready-Made CLOTHING, comprising all the newest
and most elegant goods in the market. They offer them at
very low prices. Call, and look at them.
Their stock of Southern manufactured Goods always com ‘
pietc, and made to order In the most approved style#.
Satinetts, Kerseys, and heavy Cassimeres, made up for j
Servants ; bough very low, and will lie sold accordingly-. ;
oct!4 ts HORN. WISE A CO. j
The Amalgamation of Language
npiIBKK is a growing tendency in t :'s age t
X the most expressive words of other lauguag /ate
a while to incorporate them into our own ; th u , ‘ “fter
Cephalic, which is from the Greek, signifying r . “'♦■'rd
is now becoming papn litis and In connection wir.
ing’s great Headache Remedy, hut il will toon be ‘ ! -
1 more general way, ami the won! Cephalic will
common as Electrotype, and many others, whose and
as foreign words lias been worn away by eornn. r, u
til they seem “native and to the manor born.
. ’ardly Beaiised.
Hi ’ad ’n ’orrihle Yadache this hafternoon, hand I q (Dr ,
oto the hapothecaries, hand, says hi to the man,
hease me of an ’eadache ?” “Docs it kaehe ’arc! • “ . ‘ ■ ‘
says hi; hand upon that ’e gave me a ?’
lie Pill, hand, ’pon me ’onor, it cured meso quick that i- .
realised I ’ad ’ad an ’eadache.
%3f Headache is the favorite sign by wnich nature mike,
known any deviation whatever from the natural statu of the
brain; and viewed in this ligbt.it maybe looked on-s a
safeguard Intended to give notice of disease which
otherwise escape attention, till too lute to be remedied t
its indications should never be neglected. Head ad a ,
classified under two names, viz; Symptomatic and
Symptomatic Headache is exceedingly common, and is
precursor of agreat variety of diseases, among which
plexy. Gout, Rheumatism, and all febrile diseases ‘ in mi
nervous form it is sympathetic of disease of the . sloe id 3
stituting sick headache, of hepatic di,e„ t . const i in'higdi 2*l
headache, of worms, constipation, and otfce disorders •‘’tl?
bowels, as well as renal and uteilne afrctt : i Ai” IC
the hear, arc very frequently attended wi: h lie'aiU
ternlaand Plethora are also affections which frequently (*■
sion Headache. Idiopathic Headache is also veryTommi”'”
being usually distinguished by the name ol nervous hcaM,t
—sometimes coming on suddenly in a s'ate of apparently
sound health, and prostrating at once the mental and physical
energies ; and in other instances it comes on slowly, heralded
by depression of spirits, or ascerbity of temper. In most in
stances, the pain is in the front of the head, over one or both
eyes, and sometimes provoking vomiting. Under this class
may also be nunied Neuralgia.
Fort .e treatment of either class of Headache, the Cephalic.
Pills have been found a sure and safe remedy, relieving the
most acute pains in a few minutes, and by its subtle power
eradicaiingthe diseases of which Headache is the unerring iu.
dex.
Bkiixjit— Missus wants you to send her a box of Cephalie
Glue ; no, a bottle of Prepared Pills. But Pm thinking that’s
not just it nuither ; but perhaps ye’ll be afther knowing what
it is. Y'e see she’s nigh dead aud gone with tiie Sick Head
ache, and wants some more of that same as reiaived her be
fore.
Druggist—You must mean Spalding’s Cephalic Pills.
Bridget— Ocli, sure now and you've sed it. Here's the
quarther and give me the Pills, and don’t be all day about it
aitlier.
Constipation or Costiveness.
No one of the “many ills flewh is heir to** is bo prevalent-, so
little under.'to< and, and so much neglected, as Costiveness. Of
ten originating in carelessness, or sedentary habits, it is re
garded as a Flit? t disorder of too little consequence to *xcite
anxiety, while, in reality, it is the precursor and companion
of many of the most fatal and danperous diseases, and unless
early eradieat and, it will bring the sufferer to an untimely
grave. Among the lighter evils of which Oostiveness is the
usual attendant are, Headache, Colic. Rheumatism, Foul
Breath, Piles, and others of like nature, while a long train of
frightful diseases, such as Malignant Fevers, Abeesses, Dy
sentery, Dlarrhcea, Dyspepsia, Apoplexy, Epilepsy, Paraly
sis, Hysteria, Hypochondriasis, Melancholly, and Insanity,iflrst
indicate their presence In the system by this alarming symp
tom. Not unfrequently the diseases named originate in Con
stipation, but take on an independent existence, unless the
cause is eradicated in an early stage, all these consid
erations, it follows that the disorder should receive immediate
attention whenever it occurs, and no person should neglect to
get a box of Cephalic Pilis on The first appearance of the c m
plaint, ns their timely use will expel the insi tous approaches
of disease, and destroy this dangerous foe to human life.
A REAL BLESSING.
Physician— Weil, Mr?. Jones, how is that headache ?
Mrs. Jones— Gone, Doct>r: all gone! The Pill you sent
cured mo in jnsi twenty minutes, and 1 wish you would send
more, so that I can have them handy.
Physician.— You cau get them at any Druggists'. Call for
Cephalic Pills, I find they never fail, and I recommend them
in all eases of Headache.
Mrs. Jones. —l shall send for a box directly, and shall tell
all my suffering friends, for they area real blessing.
TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLAF.3 SAVED.
Mr. Spalding has st>ld two millions of bottles of his cele
brated Prepared G ue, and It is estimated that each l i ttle
saves at least ten dollars w. rth of broken furniture, thus
making an aggregate of twenty millions of dollars reclaimed
from total loss by thia valuable invention. Having made Ida
Glue a household word, he now proposes to do the world still
greater service by curingall the aching heads with his Cephal
ic Pills, ami if they arc as good as his Glue, Headaches will
soon vanish away like snow in J illy.
rr~OvER excitement, and the mental care and anxiety in
cident to close attention to business or study, are among the
numerous causes of Nervous Headache. The disordered state
o mind and body incident to this distressing complaint-is a
fatal blow to all energy and ambition. Sufferers by this dis
order cau always obtain speedy relief from these distressing
attacks, by using one of tiie Cephalic Pills whenever the
symptoms appear. It quiets the overtasked brain, and soothes
!!.■ strained and jarring nerves, and relaxes the tension of the
stomach, which always accompanies and aggravates Ihe dl?
ordered condition of the brain.
I'ftct II ’orfit Knowing.
Fpalding’sCephalic PiJisare a certain cure for Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Nervous Headache, Costivenesa, and
General Debitity.
G REAT E>ISCOV ERY.
Among the mobt important ofali the great medical discover
ieß of this age, may be considered tiie system of vaccination
for protection from Smallpox. The Cephalic Bill lor relief
of Headache, and the use of Quinine for the prevention f
Fevers, either of which is a sure specific, whose benefit w
be experienced by suffering humanity leng after their discov
erers are forgotten.
Did you ever have the Sick Headache ? Do you re
member the throbbing temples, the fevered brow, tiie loathing
j and disgust at the sight of food. How totally unfit you were
I for pleasure, conversation or study. One of the Cephalic
mils would have relieved you from all the suffering which
you then experienced. For this and other purposes, you
should always have a box of them on hand to use as occasion*
requires.
Nervous Headache
&
Headache.
By the use of these Pills the periodic attacks of AYrtv. ,
S’-ck Headache may be prevented; and if taken a! the i
mencement of an attack, Immediate relief from pain and .- -
ness will be obtained.
1 They seldom fail in removing the Saueea and Ueadae ’ cto
which females are so subject.
They act gently upon the bowels, removing Costiveness.
For Literary Men. Students, Delicate Females, and ali ! >:
sons of sedentary habits , they are valuable as a Laxative, in
proving tbe appetite, giving tone and vigor to the digestive or
gans, and restoring the natural elasticity and strength of the
whole system.
The CEPHALIC PILLS are the result of long Investiga-
I tlon. and carefully conducted experiments, having been in us-.*
; many years, during which time they have prevented and re
: lieved a vast amount of pain and suffering from Headache,
whether originating in the nervous system or from a deranged
state of the stomach.
They are entirely vegetable In their composition, and may
be taken at all t me# with perfect safety, w ithout making any
; change of diet, and the absence of any disagreeable tart
’ renders it easy to administer them to children.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
The genuine have five frigiutturea of Henry C. Spacing on
j each box.
1 Sold by Drrxftgi s!a and Dealers in Medicines.
A box will be sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of the
PRICE, 2/3 CENTS.
Ail ordvrs should be addressed to
HENRY C. SPALDING,
4S, Cedar Street, Sew York.
oovi & d*ciy