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AUGUSTA, GrA.
SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 29, 1860
STATE CONVENTION.
The election lor delegates to the State conreti
tion will take place on Wednesday, .Fan. 2d, and
the Convention will meet on Wednesday, the
16th ol January, 1861.
The following gentlemen are the nominees
of the Richmond county meeting, to represent
the three late parties of this county in the Sta,e
convention.
SKCeSSIOV TICKET.
H„m. GEORGE W. CR.UVFORO,
Mk. JOHN PHIVIZY, Ses.,
Dtt. I. P. GARVIN.
THE COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN.
A special dispatch from Senator Toombs informs
us that the Senate Committee of thirteen have ad
journed.
They are ordered to report back to the Senate
that they cannot agree on any plan of compromise.
The Black Republican Senators announced that
they had no concessions to make, and nothing to
offer.
Mr. Toombs has our most earnest thanks for the
early information he has given us of late important
facts, and is entitled to the thanks of the South for
demonstrating the utter folly of delay. He is the
first bold advocate of, and Ims done more for, st
ccssiou than any man in Georgia.
INSTRUCTIONS.
Os all the things which have lately come under
our notice, the resolutions of the co-operation
meeting in this city are about the niost absurd.
The beautiful part of them is, while they as
sume a tone of self-satisfied superiority, they sim
ply state us the grand result, that “no prudent
uian should undertake to dictate in advance what
intelligent and patriotic delegates should do.”
Here is one of the resolutions:
“Resolved, That in the present portentous crisis
when a whole nation is convulsed —when thou
sands of intelligent minds are intensely occupied
in the consideration of the vital interests of the
country; when lending poliUcidws live changing
ground, honest patriots struggling to save the im
perilled State; when events the most important are
rapidly pressing on each other, anyone of winch
may seriously affect the policy of Georgia, it is the
sense of this meeting that no prudent man should
undertake to dictate, in advance, what intelligent,
consistent, and patriotic delegates shall do.
It seems to us that the leadiug ideas are these :
“A whole nation is convulsed,” aud, therefore, it
is best to prolong the agony, that the convulsions
may do something, perhaps force us, bv sheer
pain, to submit. “Intelligent minds” are intense
ly occupied, and they must not be disturbed. How
kind in the “intelligent minds” aforesaid, to con
sider the vital interests of the convulsed nation as
calmly and coclly as a professor of galvanism
would watch the spasms of a convulsed frog.
“Leading politicians are changing ground”—and
that is really a good reason why the people should
wait aud see which side of the fence they choose
to alight on ! “Events the most important are ra
pidly pressing on each other’’—such as the refusal
of Vermont to repeal her laws—the taunts of the
whole Black Republican press aud party—the an
nouncement of the Tribune, by -Mr. Lincoln's au
thority, that he [would not recede au inch—the
arming mobs of Wide-Awakes—the refusal of the
Senate committee of thirteen to consent to the
peace measures of either Mr. Crittenden, or
Mr. Toombs, and the unqualified refusal to
amend the Constitution in our favor. The
resolution of all the Abolition Governors who
were congregated in New York, (seven States
represented), that they would push Abolitionism
into civil war, if need be —the disarming of that
fort which protected Charleston from foreign tnva.
sion—the ttirea’slof the Republicans to coerce us—
these, and a thousand other events are transpiring
and, therefore, we should wait !
We should not dictate, in advance, to intelligent
delegates! Grant their intelligence ; are the other
set deficient? Confident That would certainly
recotumeud them as curiosities iu that party where
they now act; but why give them absolute power
of charge., and still talk of consistency Patriotic!
Granted; but is love of country so rare as to deserve
special mention?
Here is another resolution of the same set:
“Rewired, That agreeing as to the necessity of
adopting som • mode of redressing existing and
preveming apprehended evils, with the gravity of
which we are profoundly impressed ; while re
cognising aud respecting many diversities of
opinion as to the “time, mode and measure” of
resistance which may be expedient, we express
the earnest hope that the delegates in convention
will be able, after mature deliberation, to hold
that the interests and honor of Georgia do not
require her immediate withdrawal from the Union;
but that such withdrawal, if necessary, should be
preceded by a conference with her co-States of the
South with the view of obtaining, if practicable,
their co-operation in the common cause.”
The first one seemed to imply that all popular
ideas are yet in a chaotic state, and we should
humbly wait until some oracle shall reveal the
path of right, this one, the first mutterings of
that oracle, recommends us to imitate the bird of
Minerva, rather than the daughter of Jove herself
and to enter owl-like into an indefinite course of
thinking, the final conclusion to be, that Georgia
is not required immediately to withdraw, but should
the system of thinking result iu a withdrawal,
“some time if ever,” that even is to be prefaced bv
an elegant system of consultations.
Indeed, were not “Little Dorrit” a work of fic
tion, we would fancy Mr. Sparkler agreeing upon
that plan, as not “having any nonsense about it;”
the scheme itself to be put through the “Circumlo
cution Office'’ by the energy of the Barniclr fam
ily.
The fluctuations of the waiting sentiment are
amusing. The nation was first to stand in trem
bling expectancy a few years, waiting for an overt
act. Then folks, (we were caught in that crowd,)
concluded that Lincoln was a bad boy, but was
tied to a Congressional bed-post for two vears, and
would behave. Then the whole North was to get
up some morning, its preachers converted, its
press decent, and morals and politics whitewashed.
The Constitution was then to be amended, and
several other things done. Co-operation was a
good dodge, and the musicians who were stopped
by the hisses of the uudieuce when they attempted
the “Star Spangled Banner,” were confident of
applause as they struck up “Wait for the Wagon.”
We were to wait “some time,” “two years,” “a
little while,” “until the 4th of March,” and now
the last expiring wail is, please don’t instruct in
telligent men !
The language of Georgia for years has been,
“we request our members in Congress, and in
struct our Senatorsit has been the custom in
county meetings immemortallv ; it has been dine
in this county in other days, and in other coun
ties lately; yet we are told that the people do not
know, in advance, what they want; and that after
a struggle with Abolitionism for half a ceutury,
we should give intelligent men time to make up
their minds! Those who can find reasons for de
lay now, will not be troubled in finding them for
ever, and Mr. Toombs has demonstrated that the
question is, disnniou or UniOD, and it is absurd
to seek a middle ground.
There is uc- compromise; for those who are not
for us are against us. Do not try to humbug any
body about instructions; they are right always,
and especially now.
No man can represent a secessionist, who will
not say what he will do, and say it now. A man
who cannot name the day he will pay, should not
borrow money—a man who is going to do right,
is not hurt by being bound to do it; and if neither
he or his co-contractors know wbat is right, let
them plead infancy and get a guardian.
Lincoln is elected; the North has refused new
guarantees; if they repeat to slavery the assurance
of the old Serpent, “ thou shall not surely die,”
we knew it is false, if they are trusted—the South
can stay, or she cannot stay, and girls and chil
dren having decided between the alternatives,
why cannot men ?
Thelastof the series of resolutions butone, tells us
men who are satisfied that they are not afraid to
fight, need not be in a hurry about it; that is, wait
till Lincoln gets ready! That is very brave, but not
at all discreet; we prefer secession new, under
Buchanan, to revolution at a later day.
Opening of an Agricultural College.—The
Country Gentleman gives notice that “The first ,
term of the New York State Agricultural Col- j
lege at Ovid, Seneca county, will commence on
Wednesday the fifth day of December next, con
tinuing three months. Charges are two hun
dred dollars per annum payable one half in ad
vance. Address for information, M. R. Patrick,
President, as above.
From the Macon (Chi.) Telegraph.
LETTER FROM GOV. BROWN.
Milledgeville, Dec. 5, 1860.
His Excellency, Jos. E. Brown :
Dear Sir ; We take the liberty of requesting you
to give to the people of Georgia your views upon
the issues involved in the election of delegates to
the State convention, called for January next. W e
are fully assured that they are eagerly desired, and
will be appreciated.
Verv truly and respectfully,
A. H. Colquitt, ‘ Hugh Buchanan,
H. R. Jackson, Lewis Tumlin,
Peter Cone, Hardt Strickland,
Wm M. Slaughter, Wm. A. Lofton,
O. C. Gibson, Wm. M. Mclntosh.
Executive Department, i
Milledgeville, Dec. 7, 1860 )
Gentlemen : Your letter requesting me to give
to the people of Georgia my views upon the issues
iuvolved in the election of delegates to the State
convention, which is to assemble in January next,
has been received.
Such is the extent of my official labors at pres
ent, that I can devote but little time to the prepara
tion of a reply. If, however, any importance is
attached to my opinions, in the present perilous
times, I cheerfully give them to my fellow-citizens.
I propose to discuss briefly three propositions:
Ist. Is the election of Mr. Lincoln, to the Presi
dency, sufficient cause to justify Georgia, and the
other southern States, in seceding from the Union?
2. What will be the results to the institution ol
slavery, which will follow submission to the inau
guration aud administration ol Mr. Lincoln, as
the President of one section of the Union ?
3. Wbat will be the effect which the abolition
of slavery will have upon the interests and the so
cial position of the large class of non-s’ tveholders
and poor white laborers who are in the South ?
First: is the election of Mr Lincoln sufficient cause
to justify the secession of the southern States from
the Union ? In my opmiou the election of Mr.
Lincoln, viewed only in the light of the triumph
of a successful candidate, is not sufficient cause for
a dissolution of the Union. This, however, is a
very contracted and narrow view of the question.
Mr. Lincoln is a mere mote in the great political
atmosphere of the country; which, as it
floats, only shows the direction in which the
wind blows. He is the mere representative of a
fanatical Abolition sentiment—the mere instru
ment of a great triumphant political party, the
principles of which are deadly hostile to the in
stitution of slavery, and openly at war with the
fundamental doctrines of the Constitution of the
United States.
The rights of the South, aud the institution of
slavery, are not endangered by the triumph of
Mr. Lincoln, as a man, but they are iu imminent
danger from the triumph of the powerful party
which he represents, aud of the fanatical Aboli
tion sentiment which brought him into power, as
the candidate of the northern section of the Union,
over the united opposition of the southern section
against him. Ttie party embracing that seuii
ment has constantly denied, and still denies our
equality in the Union, and our right to hold our
slaves as property, and avows its purpose to take
from us our property, so soon as it has the power.
Its ability to elect Mr. Liucoln as its candidate,
shows it now has the power to control the Execu
tive branch of the Government. As the President,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, ap
points the Judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States, when vacancies occur, its control
of the Executive power will soon give it the con
trol of the Judicial Department; while the con
stant increase of Abolition sentiment in the north
ern States, now largely in the majority in Con
gress, together with the admission of other free
States, will very soon give it the power in the
Legislative Department. The whole Government
will then be iu the hands of our enemies. The
election of Mr. Lincoln is the first great step in
this programme. It is the triumph of the northern
over the southern section of the Union, of northern
fanaticism over southern equality aud southern
rights. While, therefore, the election of Mr.
Lincoln, as a man, is no sufficient cause to justify
secession, the triumph of the northern section of
the Union over the southern section, upon a plat
form of avowed hostility to our righ s, does, in
uiy opimou, afford ample cause to justify the
South in withdrawing from a Confederacy where
her equality, her honor, and the rights of her peo
ple, can no longer he protected.
Second, What will be the result to the institution
of slavery, which will follow submission to the in
auguration aud administration of Mr. Lincoln, as
the President of one section of the Union? My
candid opinion is, that it will be the total aboli
tion ol slavery, and the utter ruin of the South, in
less than twenty-five years. If we submit now, we
satisfy the sorthern people that, come what may,
we will never resist. If Mr. Lincoln places among
us his judges, district attorneys, marshals, post
Masters, custom house officers, &o, Ac., by the
eud of his administration, with the contract of
these men, and the distribution of public patron
age, he will have succeeded in dividing us to an
extent that will destroy all our moral powers, and
prepare us to tolerate the running of a Republican
ticket, in tno~t of the States of the South, in 1864.
If this ticket only secured five or ten thousand
votes in each of the southern Slates, it would be
as large as the Abolition party was in the North,
a few years since. It would hold a balance of pow
er between any two politicat parties into which
the people of the South may hereafter be divided.
This would soon give it ihe control of our elec
tions. We would then be powerless; aod the
Abolitionists would press forward, with a steady
step, to the accomplishment cf their object. They
would refuse to admit any other slave States into
the Union. They would abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia, and at the forts, arsenals
and dock yards, within the southern States,
which belong to the United States. They would
then Abolish the internal slave trade between the
States, and prohibit a slave owner in Georgia from
carrying his slaves into Alabama or South Caroli
na, and there selling them. These steps would
be taken one at a time, cautiously, and our people
would submit. Finally, when we were sufficiently
humiliated, and sufficiently in their power, thev
would abolish slavery in the Slates. It would not
be many years before enough of free States may be
formed out of the present territories of the United
States, and admiited into the Union, to give them
sufficient strength to change the Constitution, and
remove all Constitutional barriers which now deny
I I Congress this power. Ido not doubt, therefore,
that submissotn to the administration ot Mr. Lin
coln will result in the final abolition of slavery. If
we fail io resist now, we will never again have the
strength to resist.
Third. What effect will the abolition of slavery
have upon the interest aud social position of the
iat ge class of non-slaveholders aud poor white labor
ers in the South? Here would be the scene of the
most misery and ruin. Probably no one is so
unjust as to say that it would be right to take
from the slaveholder his property without pay
ing him for it. What would it cost to do this?
There are in round numbers four million five
hundred thousand slaves in the south n States.
They are worth, at u low estimate, five hundred
dollars each. All will agree to this. Multiply
the lour million five hundred thousand by five tmu
dred, and you have twenty-two hundred and fifty
millions of dollars, which these slaves are worth.
No one would agree that it is right to rob the
southern slaveholders of this vast sum of money,
without compensation. The northern States would
not agree to pay their proportion of the money,
and the people of the South must be taxed to raise
the money. If Georgia were only an average
southern State, she would have to pay one fifteenth
part of this sum, which would be one hundred and
fifty million dollars. Georgia is much more than an
average State, and she must therefore pay a large
sum. Her people now pav less than half a million
of dollars a year of tax. Suppose we had ten
years within which to raise the one hundred and
fifty million dollars, we should then raise, in ad
dition to our present tax, fifteen of millions
dollars per annum, or over thirty times
times as much tax as we now pay. The poor man,
who now pays one dollar, would then have to pay
thirty doda'rs. But suppose the northern Suites
agreed to help pay for these slaves, (who believes
they would help do it?) the share of Georgia would
then be about one thirtieth of the twenty-two hnn
: dredand tiftvwnillious|ot dollars, or over seveuty-
I five millions; which,"if raised in ten years, would
| be over fifteen times as much as our present tax.
In this calculation, I have counted the slave
j holder as taxed upon his own slaves to raise money
| to pay for them. This would be great injustice to
| lam.” If the sum is to be raised by the tax upon
I others, the non-slaveholders and poor white men
of the South would have to pay nearly the whole
of this enormous sura out of their labor. This
would load them and their children w.th grievous
indebtedness and heavy taxes for a long time to
come. But suppose we were rid of this difficulty,
what shall be dunes with these tour million live
hundred thousand negroes, when set free? Some
of the northern States have already passed laws
prohibiting free negroes from coming into their
limits. They will help to harbor our runaway
-laves, but will not receive among them our
free negroes. They would not permit them to
go there and live among them. Then what?-
One may say, send them to Africa. To such a
proposition I might reply, send them to the moon.
You may sav that is not practicable. It is quite
as much so as it is for us to pay for and send
this vast number of uegroes to Africa, with the ’
means at our command.
No one would be so inhuman as to propose to i
| send them to Africa aud set them dowu upon a j
wild, naked sea coast, without provisions for at
’ least one year. What will it cost to take them
j from their present home lo Africa, aud carry pro- j
visions then to keep them a single year? (if left |
with only one year’s supply, maoy of them would j
starve to death). Itcanuot be done for two bun- :
dred and titty dollars e .ch. At that sum it would
amount to eleven hundred and twenty-five mil
lions of dollars. Where will we get the money ? j
Our people must be taxed to raise it. This would j
be half as large a sum as the above estimate of the j
value of the negroes. If the southern fitate3 had it !
to raise Georgia’s part would be over seventy five
million of dollars, which added to the part|of the
amount to be paid to owners for ihe negroes, would
amount to two hundred and twenty-five million
dollars, which must be raised by. taxing the peo- j
pie, or loading them with a debt which would vir
tually enslave our whole people for generations to
come. It must be remembered that we own no I
territory in Africa large enough to colonise four
million fire hundred thousand people. This, too,
must be bought at a very heavy cost. The north*
ern people would not consent to be taxed to raise
these enormous sums, either to pay for the uegroes
or to pay for sending them to Africa, or to pay for
land upon which to colonise them, as they do not
wish to do either. They wish to take them from
their owners without pay, and set them tree, and
let them remain among us. Many people at the j
X rtb say that negroes are our fit associates; that ,
they shall be set free, and remain among us—in- :
termarrying with our children,and enjoying equal j
privileges with us. But suppose we were over the
difficulty of paying the “owners for the negroes,
and thev were taken from their masters without
pay, anil set tree and left among us, (which is the
ultimate min of the Black Republicans,) what
would be the effect upon our society ? We should
still have rich men and poor men. But few of our
slave owners have invested all they have in ne
groes. Take their negroes from them unjustly,
and they will many of them still be Jtnore wealthy
than their neighbors. If all were left for a time
with equal wealth, every person who has noticed
man aud society, knows that, in a few years, some
would grow rich aud others poor.
This has always been the case, and always will
be. If we had no negroes, the rich would still be
in a better condition to take care of themselves
than the poor. They would still seek the most
profitable and secure”investment for their capital.
What would this be? The answer suggests itself
to every mind ; it would be land. The wealthy
would soon buv all the lands of the South worth
cultivating, then what? The poor would all
become tenants, as they are in England, the New
England Slates, and all old countries where slavery
does not exist. But I must not lose sight of the
four million five hundred thousand free negroes to
be turned loose among ns. They, too, must be
come tenants, with the poor white people; for
they would be able to own lands. A large pro
portion of them would spend their time in idle
ness and vice, and would live by stealing, robbing
and plundering. Probably one-fourth of the
whole number would have to be maintained in
our penitentiary, pi isons, and poor houses. Our
people, poor and rich, must be taxed to pay the
exoeuseof imprisoniug and punishing them for
crime. This would be a very heavy burden.
But suppose three-fourths of the whole number
would work for a living. They would have to be
gin the world miserably poor, with neither land,
money, nor provisions. They must, therefore, be
come day laborers for their old masters, or sucli
others as would employ them. In this capacity
they would at once come in competition with the
poor white laborers. Men of capital would see
this, and fix the price of labor accordingly. The
negro has only been accustomed to receive his vic
tuals and clothes for his labor. Few of them, if
free, would expect anything more. It would,
therefore, be easy to employ them at a sum suffi
cient to supply only the actual necessaries of life.
The poor white man would then go to the wealthy
land owner, and say, I wish employment; hire
me to work ; I have a wife and children who must
have bread. The land owner would offer, proba
bly, twenty cents per day. The laborer would say,
I cannot support nay family on that sum. The
landlord replies, that is not my business, I am
sorry for you, but I must look to my own interest.
The black man, who lives on my land, has as
strong an arm, and as heavy muscles, as you have,
aud can do as much labor. He works for me at
that rate; you must work for the same price, or I
cannot employ you. The negro comes into com
petition with the white mtiu, and fixes the price of
his labor, and he must take it, or get no employ
ment.
Again, the poor white man wishes to rent land
from the wealthy landlord, this landlord asks
him half the crop of common upland, or two
thirds or even three-fourths, for the best bot
tom land. The poor man says this seems very
hard, I cannot make a decent support formy fami
ly at these rates. The landlord replies, here are
negroes all around tne anxious to take it at these
rates; I can let you have it lor no less. The negro,
therefore, comes into competition with the poor
white man, when lie seeks to rent land on which
to make his bread, or a shelter to protect his wife
and his little ones, from the cold and from the
ram; and when he seeks employment as a day la
borer. In every such case, if the negro will do the
work the cheapest, he must be preferred. It is
sickening to contemplate the miseries ofour poor
white people under these circumstances. They
now get higher wages fur their labor than the
poor ot any other county on the globe. Most of
them are land owners, and they are now respected.
They are in no sense placed down upon a level
with the negro. They are a superior race, and
they feel and know it. Abohish slavery, and you
make the negroes their equals, legally and social
ly, (not naturally, tor no human law can change
God’s law,) and you very soon make them all ten
ants, and reduce* their wages for daily labor to
the smallest pittance that will sustain life. Then
the negro and the white man, aud their families,
must labor in the field toge’.hor as equals. Their
children must go to the same poor school togeth
er, if they are educated at all. They must go to
church as equals, enter the courts of justice as
equals, sue and be sued as equals, sit ou juries to
gether as equals, have the right to gtye evidence in
courts as equals, stand side by side'm our military
corps as equals, enter each other,s Louses in so :tal
intercourse, as equals; and very soon their children
must marry together as equals. May our kind
Heavenly Father avert the evil, and deliver the
poor from such a late.
8o soon as the slaves were at liberty, thousands
of them would leave the cotton and rice fields in
the lower parts ofour Htate, and make their way
to the jliealiliter climate in the mountain region.
We should have them plundering and stealing,
robbing and killing, in all the lovely rallies of the
mountains. This 1 can never consent to see. The
mountains contain the place of my nativity, ihe
home of my manhood, and the theatre of most ot
the acts of my life; and I can never forget the con
dition and interest ot the people who reside there.
It is true, the people there are generally poor; but
they ate brave, honest, patriotic, and pure hearted.
Some who do not know them, have doubted their
capacity to understand these questions, and their
patriotism and valor to defend their rights when
invaded. 1 know them well, and I know that no
greater mistake could be made. They love the
Union of our lathers, and would never consent to
dissolve it so long as ihe Constitution is not violat
ed, aud so long as it protects tlieir rights; but
they love liberty aud justice more, and they will
never consent to submit to Abolition rule, and
permit the evils to come upon them, which must
result from a continuance in the Union when the
Government is in the hands of our enemies, who
will use all its power for our destruction. When
it becomes necessary to defend our rights against
so foul a domination, I would call upon the moun
tain boys, as well as the people of ihe low lands,
and they would come dowu like an avalanche ami
swarm around the flag of Georgia with a resolution
that would strike terror into the ranks of the Abo
lition cohorts of the North. Wealth is timid, and
wealthy men cry for peace, and submit to wrong,
for fear they may lose t heir money ; but tne poor,
honest laborers of Georgia, can never consent to
see slavery abolished, and submit to all the taxa
tion, vassalage, low wages and downright degra
dation winch must follow. They will never take
the negroes’ place ; God forbid.
I know that some contemptible demagogues
have attempted to deceive them by appealing to
their prejudices, and asking them what interest
they have in maintaining the rights of the wealthy
slaveholder. They cannot be deceived m this
way. They know that the government of our
State protects their lives, their families, and their
property ; and that every dollar the wealthy slave
holder has, may oe taken bv the government of
the State, if need be, to protect the rights and lib
erties of all. One man, in a large neighborhood,
has a mill. Not one in fifty has a mill. What
would be thought of the public speaker who would
tippeal to the fifty, and ask them what interest they
have in defending their neighbor’s mill, if an
Abolition mob were trying to burn it down ? An-,
other has a store. Not one iu fifty lias a store.
Who would say the fifty should not help the one,
if an invader is about to burn his store ? Another
lias a blacksmith shop. Not one in fifty has a
blacksmith shop. Shall the shop be destroyed by
the common enemy, and tio one protect the owner
because no one near has the same peculiar kind of
property ?
It may be that I have no horse, and you have a
horse ; or that I have a cow, and you have no cow:
in such case, if our rights of property are assailed
by a common enemy, shall we not help each other?
Or I have a wife and children, and a house, and
another has neither wife and children, nor house;
will lie, therefore, stand by and ses my house
burned, and my wife and children butchered, be
cause he has none ? The slaveoolder has honestly
invested the money which it has cost him years of
toil to make, in slaves, which are guaranteed to
him by the laws of our State. The common ene*
my of” the South seeks to take this property from
him. Shall all who do not own slaves stand by
and permit it to be done? If so, they have no
right to call on the slaveholder, by taxation or
otherwise, to help protect their property or their
liberties. Such a doctrine is monstrous; and lie
who would advance it deserves to be rode upon
the sharpest edge of one of Lincoln’s rails. The
doctrine strikes at the very foundations of society;
and, if carried out, would destroy all property,
and all protection to life, liberty and happiness.
The present is a critical time with the people of j
the South. We all, poor and rich, have a common
interest, a common destiny. It is no time to be
wrangling about old party strifes. Onr common
enemy, the Black Republican party, is united and
triumphant. Let us all unite. If we cjpnot all
see alike, let us have charity enough towards each
other to admit that all are equally patriotic in
their efforts to advance the common cause. My’
honest convictions are, that we can never again
live in peace with the northern Abolitionists, un
less we cau have netv Constitutional guarantees,
’ which wi 11 secure our equal rights in the Territo
ries, and effectually stopjthe discussion of the slave
j rv question in Congress, and secure the rendition
i of fugitive slaves. These guarantees Ido not be
i lieve the people of the northern States will ever
j give, while we remain together in the Union.
Their opinion is, that we will always compromise
I away a portion of our rights, and submit, for the
sake of peace. If the cotton States would all se
i cede from the Union before the inauguration of
Mr. Lincoln, this might possibly lead to a conven
tion of all the States, which might terminate iu a j
re-union with the new Constitutional guarantees j
necessary for our protection. If the northern \
States then failed to give these guarantees, there j
can be no doubt that Virginia, Maryland, North
Carolina. Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri aud Ten
nessee would unite with the cotton States in a
Southern Confederacy—and we should form a Re
public injwhich, under the old Constitution of onr j
fathers, our people could live in security ana peace, j
I know that many of our people honestly believe J
that it would be best to wait for these border j
slave States to go out with us. If we wait for this,
we shall submit; for some of those States will not I
j consent to go, and the North will then consent to
, give us no new guarantees of peace. They will
I say that we have again blustered and submitted, j
1 as we always do.
In my late message to the General Assembly, I
recommended the enactment of retaliatory laws
against those northern States which have nullified
; the fugitive slave law. I think those laws should
still be enacted. They would have been equally
applicable bad either of the other candidates for
the Presidency beeu successful. Now that Mr. 1
Lincoln is successful, they should be upon our
| statute book, so long as we remain io the Union, j
There can no longer be a reasonable doubt, that
the gallant State of South Carolina will specie
from ihe Union very soou after her convention
meets. The States of Florida, Alabama, and Mis
sisippi, will follow in quick succession. While
our convention is in session, we shall probably be
surrounded on every side but one, with free and
independent States out of the Union. With these
States we have a common interest. Thus sur
rounded, shall Georgia remain under Abolition
rule, and refuse to unite with her sister States
around her 1 ’ I trust not. If so, we forfeit all
claim to our proud title of Empire S'ate of the
South. Why remain? Will the northern States
repeal their personal liberty bills and do us jus
tice ? No. The Legislature of oue of the nullify
ing States (Vermont) has just adjourned. A hill
has been introduced for the repeal of those uncon
stitutional and offensive laws. The question has
been discussed, and it is reported that the House
in which the bill was introduced, has refused to
pass the repealing law, by a vote of over two
thirds. This action has been had with full know
ledge of the state of things now existiftg in the
South, and shows a deliberate determination not
to do us justice. Is further notice to Vermont ne
cessary? lam aware that the fears of some have
been appealed to, and they have been told that if
we secede, the United States Government will at
tempt to coerce us back into the Union, and we
shall have war.
The President, in his late Message, while he de
nies our Constitutional right to secede, admits that
the General Government has no Constitutional
right to coerce us back into the Union, if we do
secede. Secession is not likely, therefore, to in
volve us in war. Submission may. When the
other States around us secede, if we remain in the
Union, thousands of our people will leave our
State, and it is feared that the staudard of revolu
tion and rebellion may be raised among us, which
would at once iuvolve us in civil war among our
slaves. If we must, fight, in the name of all that
is sacred, let us tight our common enemy, and not
fight each other.
In my opinion, our people should send tlieir
wisest and best men to the convention, without
regard to party distinctions, and should intrust
much to their good judgment and sound discre
tion, when they meet. They may, then, have new
lights before them, which we do not now have ;
and they should be left free to act upon them.
My fervent prayer is, that the God of onr fathers
may inspire the convention with wisdom, and
so direct their counsels as to protect our rights and
preserve our liberties to the latest generation.
I am, gentlemen, with great respect,
Your fellow-citizen,
Joseph E. Brown.
Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Hon. H. R. Jackson, Hon. W.
M. Mclntosh, Hon. Fetor Cone, Hon. Wm. M.
Slaughter, Hon. O. C. Gibson, Hon. Hugh
Buchanan, Hon. Lewis Tumlin, Hon. Hardy
Strickland, lion. Wm. A. Lofton.
MARRIED,
On theß7th inst.,by Rev. Wm. Cooper, Prof. E. A. Rtked,
of limits county, Miss., to Miss India Powers, of Scriven
county. Ga. *
FUNERAL NOTICE.
tlf~ The Relatives and Friends of Mr. E. A. Vi a*
non and family, and Mrs. J. B. Kenrlck and family, are re
spectfully invited to attend the funeral of the former,freiathe
Church of Atonement, THIS (Saturday) MORNING, Dec.
29th, it 10 o’clock.
s ] >EOIAL NOTICES.
Zif~ Masonic \oticc.— I The Member* of Social
Lodge, No. 1, will meet at the Lodge Room THIS (Sa ur
day) MORNING, 29th inst., at o’clock, to attend the funer
al of Brother E. A. Waunon.
Webb’s Lodge, No. 106, Harmony Lodge, Hamburg, and
transient Brethren, are respectfully invited to attend.
By order of theW.M. C. I>WELLE, Sec’y.
dec2U i
tV The Members of \iigusta, No. ft, Fir** 4'oin
pmiy, are notified to meet at the Engine House, at 9 o’clock,
l HIS (Saturday) MORN ING, for tlie purpose of paying the
last tribute of respect to Ihe memory of our deceased brother,
Edwaiii, A. IVagnon. By order of
dre"29 1 dipt. GALVIN.
IV The following (.entieinen will lie supported
for the office of Justices of the Inferior Court for this county,
at th ensuing Election :
JAMES B. BISHOP,
JOHN D. SMITH,
L. 0. BASSFORD,
JAMES MoN’AIII,
T. E. GREENWOOD.
dec2i> td*
tV Augusta ami Savannah Kailroad, Augusta,
Ga., Dk0.28, 1860.—0n aud after Sunday, DECEMBER 30th,
tlie Sunday Afternoon Trains from Augusta end from Millen
will be discontinued. W. C. JON ES, Agent.
dec29 ts
14? School Notice.—The exercise* of .Mrs. Fargo’*
School, on Ellis street, below Centre, will be resumed on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2d, 1801.
dec29 td
lit \ t’mnlry Company will be formed 111 llnm
burgon the 10th of JANUARY', 1861. All persons desirous
of jo nlng, will meet there ou the day above mentioned, at 11
o'clock. Several Speeches will be made.
If” Edgefield Advertiser will please copy twice,
dec 29 ttdacl
tV For Aew York. —The steamship “Marlon”
will leave Charleston, in the Republic of >outli Carolina, for
New York, United States of America, on SATURDAY
NOON. Dee. 29, at 7 o’clock.
Through Ticket * 417 60. F.C. BARBER, Agent.
No steamer leaves ou Wednesday, January Id.
die. 7 ‘ td
SYfi” li is seldom rimt we noilee anything in ihe
medical line, nor would we now.unless we could be convinced
that we are doing our duly as a journalist in recommend
ing to the public Dr. J. HOSTETTER’S CELEBRATED
BITTERS for the cure of that most terrible and fatal of aIT
diseases—Fever and Ague. From our own experience with
this valuable specific, we can safely say that for diseases of
the above nature, it stands without a rival. Its timely assist
ance has saved many a fellow being from a premature grave.
Every- day we hear oi its conquering the worst cases of Fever
and Ague. To those who are in the least afflicted with any
of the complaints arising from an irregulnrily of the digestive
organs, nothing can be more beneficial than these BITTERS.
We cheerfully recommend them to the thousands in this
State, who are suffering the most intense pain, as a certain
cure for their ills. Try them, and be convinced of their many
excellent qualities.
Sol I by druggists and dealers generally everywhere.
dec26 <l6ict
tV Important to Consumer* of tins—Letllngwell’s
GAS REGULATOR.—I have appointed Mr. E. E. SCO.
FIELD my Agent forthesaleof Lefflngweli’sGAS REGU
LATOR in Augusta, Ga.
Consumers are invited to call and examine its operation at
his office. No. 52 Jackson street.
Col. JOHN R. DAVIS,
of New Orleans, La.,
General Agent tor the States of Georgia, North and South
Carolina. lm deelß
• W~ Augusta dk Mavaillinli Itnllrond. lie*-, ft, IMiO.
Wanted te hire, F’ ,v able bodied N EGltO M EN, to work on
road. Apply to M. O'Conner, Supervisor, or to
(K . 7 dtf W. i*. JONES, Agent.
fV Augusta and Sav nnati Railroad.—On and al
ter WEDNESDAY, October 8, the evening Passenger train
will leave Augusta at 2:15 P. M.
oet2 ts W. C. JONES, Agent.
I V .Yotire.-l'enwils Indebted lo llie sulweriber,
will find their Notes aud Accounts at the Clothing store of
Messrs, Broom Jt Day, 238 Broad street., who are authorised
to receipt for me. J. M. NEWBY.
octO ts
12” Notice.—All IVrsons indebted to me, either by
note or account, will please call and settle, as I wish f close
up my old books, having formed a co-partnership w-lth John
(!. Chkw, on the 10th of las month. M. J. JONJiS.
ocf2 t”
tV City papers copy.
tV "The Subscribers, Land Owners and Planters,
having mutually agreed to sustain each other in prosecuting
and rigidly enforcing the laws against all persons hunting or
fishing on their premises after this date, take this method of
notifying all concerned of this agreement.
TURNER CLANTON, JESSE WALTON,
WM. JONES, VV. P.CRAWFORD,
J. B. GRIFFIN, VV. T. WALTON,
Mrs. E. F. BERRY, WH. M. THOMAS,
H. MUSGROVE, JOHN DOZIER.
Columbia county, Dec. 20, 1860. dl2ac2* deo2l
tV K <’. Mellette's Ladies’and Gentlemen's Class
in Singing will commence their second term THIS EVEN
ING, December 5, at 7>l o'clock.
Mr. M. is desirous of forming a Ladies Class In Vocal Mu
sic, at his Academy, on Thursday afternoon, December 6, a
4 o’clock. All interested are invited to he present.
| decs
l tV Among Ihe many Restoratives wlrich Nature
has supplied to relieve Ihe afflictions of humanity, there is no
more favorite one for a certain class of diseases than the “me
dicinal 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 andjudicious combination with
other ingredients, in themselves of equal worth. This happy
mingling exists in that
“Combination anil a form indeed”
Os medicine knowu as Dr. VVISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD.
CHERRY", whose value in curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis
VV hooping Cough, Croup, Asthma, Pulmonary Affection, and
Incipient Consumption, is inestimable.
GEORGIA TESTIMONY.
Certificate of Mr. E. Mavssknkt, a well known and highly
respectable citizen of Macon, Ga.:
Macon. Ga., March 19, 1860.
Messrs S. VV. Fowls & Cos.:
Gentlemen : Believing in tlie great virtue of your renowned
BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, I cheerfully comply with
the request of your traveling agent, in adding” my testimony
to the many which you have already received I have been
acquainted with the medicine for many years, and have ah’
ways heard it spoken of in the highest terms. A brother-in
law, who at one time was much reduced with a s-vere and oh
! stiuate cough, was restored by it. after other remedies had
| failed. I have also used it for myself and children for obsti
| uate coughs and colds, with an uniform and happy result: and
1 therefore recommend It confidently as the beet lung medicine
within my knowledge. Yours, r<spectrully,
E. MAUSSENET
FROM REV. JESSE M. WOOD, D. D.
Romz. Ga., April 4, 1860.
Dxar Sms: This certifies that four years ago I Buffered
with a distressing cough. DurP the winter and spring of
1856, I used Dr VVIsTAR’S BALSAM OF WILD CHER
RY, with considerable advantage. I consider it a valuable
! reined , for coughs and colds. J. M. WOOD.
| Caption to Pcrchabeks.—The only genuine WISTAR’S
| BALSAM has the written signature of “I. Butts,” and the
; printed one of the proprietors, ou the outer wrapper ; all
| other is vile aud worthless.
Prepared by SETH W. FOWLE A CO., Boston, and for
“ale by HAVILANDU CHICHESTER A CO., Wholesale
Agents.
Also, BARRETT A CARTER. PLUMB A LEITNEK,
and Druggists generally. dt*clm_ decl4
EM PLOYM KNT7~
MONTH. AND ALL EXPENSES PAID.-
*9 ” “ An Agent is wanted in every town aud county in
the United States, to engage in a respectable and easy busi
ness, by which the above profits cay certainly be realised.
For full particulars, address Dr. HENRY WARNER. 54
East Twelfth St., corner of Broadway, New York City, In
closing one postage stamp.
oeflo - daoJa .
SPECIAL NOTICKS.
tV We an* authorised to announce John 11.
MEAD as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns of Rich
mond county at the election in January next ,
decß3 dtf Mant Votitis.
IV The friend* of John O. Smith respecllnlh re
commend him as a suitable person to flil the office of J u.-tice
of the Inferior Court of the county of Richmond, at the elcc
lion in January next. Lotb of Voted.*.
dec2S dtf
-
dersigned respectfully announces himself acandidatefor Jus
tice of the Peace for the 120th Distriet G. M„ at the ensuing
election on the first Saturday in JANUARY next.
dec2o SAMUEL FROST.
i'V We are requested to stale that Mr. Thomas
SKINNER is not a candidate for Tax Collector, at the en
suing election in JANUARY. ts deo2o
Kor Tax Receiver.—The Friends of Joseph i'.
BURCH nominate him as a Candidate for Receiver of Tax
Returns, at the Election in January next.
decl9 td*
Os I ha. G. Butler, for Tax Collector.- I offer
myself to the citizens of Richmond county tor the ctfloe of
Tax Collector, at the ensuing Election in January.
dec2 td* CHAS. G. BUTLER.
ry For Tax Collector.-I announce myself a* a
Candidate for Tax Collector, at the Election in January, ami
will feel grateful to my friends ami the public for their sup
port on that occasion. ROBERT W. BUGG.
nov2o daetd
tV Wc are authorised lo announce Henry P
WALKER, Esq., as a Candidate for Tax Collector of Rich
mond county, at the Election in January next.
novl4 td*
W We are authorised to announce l)r. James T.
BARTON as a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond coun
ty, at the Election In January next. ts uov7
nr We are authorised to announce James Itrnn
don, Jr., Esq., as a candidate for Tax Collector of Richmond
county, at the Election in January next .
oct27* MANY VOTERS.
tV Fellow Citizens—l am a Candidate for Tax
Collector of Richmond County at the JANUARY election,
and respectfully solicit your patronage.
sep23 W. B. IHAVOUS.
tV We are authorised to announce John A.
BOHLER as a candinate for re-election to the office of Re
ceiver of Tax Returns for Richmond County, at the election
In JANUKY next. • dec2l
SV A Card.—Fellow Citizens of Augusta mid of
Rich MONO County : I am a Candidate for thcotllee 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 the office with satisfaction to all.
Should I not be, I shall raise ail the Water Melons, Sweet
l’otatoes, ami other live stock 1 can.
Respectfully, M. W. WOODRUFF.
declß * ts
IV Election Nolice.—Office Inferior Court of Rich
UOXD Codnty.—An Election is hereby ordered to be held, in
terms of the law, at the placesof holding Justices’ Courts, in
said county, on the first Saturday in JANUARY next, for
two Justices of the Peace for eacli District—the Polls to be
kept open from 10 A. M. to 5 P. H.; and, further ordered,
that the Clerk of this Court publish the foregoing erder for ten
days preceding the election, in the Chronicle Jr Sentinel and
Constitutionalist.
True extract from minutes. B. F. HALL,
<tcc22 td Clerk.
smith Carolina Railroad < ‘oinpaiiy.—Augusta,
Ga„ Dko. 20, IB6o.—The Sunday morning Passenger Train
from Augusta to Charleston, K ingsville, and Columbia. S. O,
will be discontinued on and afterSUNDAY MORNING, the
28dinst., until further notice. H. TANARUS, PEAKE,
dec2l d2 General Superintendent.
tV Sealed Proposal* will be received at the Clerk
of Council’s office until December 28th inst., at 12 o’clock M..
for furnishing, for the use of the city, for the year 1861. four
leen able-bodied hands, aud eight No.l Mules, with curt.-{and
harness complete; the equipments to be employed on tlie
works to be of the best quality; the contractor boarding, cloth
ing, and paying doctors’ bills ; tlie whole force to be employed
on the streets and drains within the corporate limits of the
city, and such other work as may he required of them.
WM. H. GOODRICH,
dec2o Id Chairman Corn, on Streets and Drains.
IV Onion Sells—We have just received our sup
ply of Fresh ONION SETTS. Dealers supplied as usual.
PLUMB & LEITNEK.
oct27 SuaYV mlAiltmarl
Classical and English School.—\Y. Frnen
putscih wid resume the exercises of hi,s School on MONDAY,
the Ist of OCTOBER.
School Room on Broad street, No. 96.
ep33 dtf
tV Lunch! Lunch ! The tisunl Popular and
substantial LUNCHES will be served up at the “Winter
Garden” every day, at 11 o’clock A. M., and 10 o’clock P. M.
Gentlemen will find something to suit their taste.
nov7 if
US’” Cash paid for Linen Cotton and Silk Rags by
CAMPFIELD A CRANE,
rnli2S ts Corner Reynolds street and Call c
Ufcf” Dutch Riilhous Root*!—Now in More, Hya
cinth*, forty cholc e st varieties; Tulips, fifteen varieties;
Gladiolus, four vai etles; Crocus, seven varieties!; Imperial,
five varieties; Lilies, sou varities ; Narcissus, seven vari
ics, itc., c. Just received by
PLUMB A LEITNEK,
nets ts etc Broad street, Augusta. Ga.
BFRapi,Rags.—The Rain Paper Mills will pay
the highest price in cash for CLEAN LINEN AND COT
! ON” RAGS, delivered at any Railroad Depot in Georgia and
South Carolina. ianl GKO. VV. WINTER.
IV The well known Skill ol Dr. .1. Route Dod*
in the treatment of Diseases incident to Females, aud the sue,
cess of hi* p.Hcties in Incipient Consumption, Weak Lungs
Chronic cases of General Debility. Weak Stomachs. Ac., in
duced hi* Mentis to urge upon him this duty of giving to suf
fering humanity his PREPARATION. in a form that could
be brought into general use. Wc are glad to aiinont.ee he lias
done so, as will be seen oy Ihe advertisement in another col
umn. Wholesale and Retail Agents for South Carolina,
VAN SOUAACK A GRIERSON,
Druggists, 2-21 King Street, Charleston, 8. C„
At the Sign of tlie Negro and Golden Mortar.
Wholesale and Retail Agents for Georgia,
PLUMB A LEITNEK,
febl oicly Augusta, u,
IV Otliee of the Milledgeville Railroad Company,
Sept. 3, 1860.—At a meeting of the Board of Directors this
day held, the following Resolutions were passed by the Board:
Ist. Kesolved, That the Chief Engineer he instructed to
employ such additional assistance as may be necessary to fin-
Isu the location of the lineof road by the first of November
next, to be let by sections after advertisement, so soon a* csoh
section has been reported to he Board.
2d. Uesolved, That the President be authorised to make a
call upon the Stockholders of the Milledgeville Railroad Com
puny for payment of the following Installments upon tlieir
stock, (In addition to the five per cent, required at the time of
subscription), to-wit:
Five per cent, on the 10*h of October, 1860.
Fifteen “ “ “ loth of November, “
Five “ “ “ loth of December, “
Hve 10th of January, 1861.
True extract from the minutes of the Board.
W. MILO OLIN, Sec'y A Treas.
Iu pursuance otthe second resolution above, the Stockh-M
ors of the Milledgeville Railroad Company are requested to
pay the instalments as set forth in said Resolution, at the of
lice of said Company in Augusta. N. D. HEARD,
President.
Augusta, September 4, 1861. tjanlO seps
IV Rond mid Relieve.—
New York, April 12, 1858.
VV. K. ITxuan. Esq—Dear Sir : About five months since 1
bought two bottles of your 11 AIR RESTORATIVE, and
am now desirous of obtaining more, and would Inquire where
it may be.found here. Mv hair, when quite young, turned
gray. 1 have used a number of articles for the purpose of re
storing it, but did not succeed until I obt lined this, which
produced the desired effect. I have been requested by a
number of my friends (among them several ladies) to procure
It, if possible. lam much pleased with It, for it has made a
great improvement in my personal appearance. By answer
ing this, you will much oblige.
Yours, very respectfully, II.C. GOODRICH,
Steamer Bridgeport, Peck Slip, New York.
Remember Mult, this result w:u produced by Heimstrekt’b
Inimitable, the original ami only reliable HAIR RESTORA
TIVE.
Price fifty cents and oue dollar a bottle. Sold by HA VI
LAND At CHICHESTER, and byall Druggists everywhere.
Vi. E. 11 AO AN & CO., Proprietors. Troy, N.Y.
deefio dtaclm
“Pis So!—Mora, Wise A Cos. have n Heavy
stock of Ready-Made CLOTHING, comprising all the newest
and most elegant goods In the market. They offet them at
very low prices. Call, and look at them.
Their stock of Southern nianutactured Goods always com
plete, and made to order In the most approved styles.
Satinetts, Kerseys, and heavy Cassimeres, made up for
Servants; bough very low, and will he sold accordingly,
octu tr HORA. WISE A CO.
Etf'” A Word (o the Ladies.—ln recommending to
you to use IIOSTETTER'S CELEBRATED STOMACH
BITTERS.it is but just to state that as a stimulant to the
system, In imparting strength and vigor during certain reri
odieal stages which arc oft times attended with much pain
and trouble, we know of no preparation more highly adapt
ed t( all afflictions consequmt upon this cause ; and fora
inothei nursing a babe, the BITTERS cannot be dispensed
with, especially where the mother's nourishment is Inadequate
to the demands of the child ; consequently her strength must
yield, and here it is where a good tonic, such as HOSTET
TER'S BTOMAC H 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 ot the
BITTERS, will recommend their use in all cases.
Sold by Druggists and everywhere,
deelit ddacl
Cherokee Itemedy an I rilniliiia Cure for
Gonorrhea and all disease's of the Urinary Organs. Tlqs ’
REMEDY cures when all other preparations fail. It Is
entirely unlike every other compound—containing no min
eral poison or nauseas 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 Its own intrinsic merits. It performs
itsduty qu'ckly and thoroughly. The unfortunate of either
sex will be r< paid by using this REMEDY instead of placing
themselves at the mercy of some (quack or Professor. This
REMEDY strike* at the root of the disease. It* tendency is
not 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 af
forded by thiß REMEDY, in all coses of Gonnrrhoe, Gleet,
Gravel, Strictuie, Fluor Albus, (Whites In females), and all
diseases ot the Urinary Organs has astonished the most sci
entific men of the age. This KE.MED i not only eradicates
all peison 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 its value is the entire absence of all
nauseous taste, being a pleasant and delicious Syrup.
Brice *2 per Bottle, nrthree Bottles for $6.
POTTER & MERWIN, Sole Proprietors.
St. Louis, Mo.
Sold in Augusta by HAVIbAND, CHICHESTER *CO
who will supply the trade at proprietors’ price*
Soiu by all respectable Druggists in the United States
null dacl'y
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Slw year s Up \
th&MfiJ wOTwfiilaa
AT
CONCERT HALL.
ritlli; Augusta Choral Society respectfully announce tuelr
JL first Concert of the season, on
Tuesday Evening, Jan. I, 1861,
At Concert Hall. ‘The proceeds will be distributed among the
Poor, by a Committee appointed for that purpose, ‘they pre
sent tlie following
Programme:
PART 1.
Chorus : Glory he to God on high Mozart.
Motet: Almighty Lord Byrnes.
Chorus : l was Glad Gould.
Solo: Flee as a Bird Koo*
Anthem: Jehovah’s Praise White*
Anthem : Child of Mortality Bray.
PAJiT 11.
Chorus: Away. Away! (from Masanlallo).
i'rio : Farewell the Joys of Earlier Ycars, (from Norma).
Chorus: Night Shades no Longer, (from More in Vigetto).
Duett: Robin Rough, (Russell).
Quintett: These moments Entrancing, (from Elixir of Love).
Chorus: The Night Is Advancing, (from Italia).
National Anthem : Marseilles Hymn.
ADMISBIO\ 5 O V E X T S .
IV Concert, to begin at half past 7 o’clock.
The Piano used upon this occasion is one of Chickering &
Son's new scale. 7.*.. Octavos, and is kindly furnished by Mr.
Charles Catlin, their Agent iu this city.
aecST td
FIRE IMJRaScI
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SECURITY AND ECONOMY!
SEVENTY-FIVE PFB CENT OF NETT PROFITS
DIVIDED ANNUALLY IN SCRIP
TO POLICY HOLDERS.
THE ELMORE
MUTUAL INSURANCE CO..
OF CII AR L E S ’l’ O JV, S. C.
CASH CAPITAL, .... . _ J _. $250,00C*
Tlie Insured partioipate in tlie Profits,
Without any I liability Whatever.
DIRECTORS:
WILLIAM M. MARTIN, President.
J. Legate Yates, I A. S. Johnson,
Geo. VV. Williams, | A. K. Tatt,
William O. Bee, | Henry Buist,
S. N. Hart, { J. Reid Boylston,
John B. Lafltte, | Hugh It. Banks,
Win. O. Courtney. | E. L. Adams,
Edw he bring, | C.V. Chamberlain,
JOSEPH WHILDEN, Sec'y A Treas.
The subs.- iber having been appointed Agent fr this citv,
will take risks as low as other equally responsible Companies.
A. M. JACK MIX, Agent.
dec39 8m 248 Br.-uii street.
LOST.
t IIAXD.SOMK Stone Marten VICTORINE was lost
IV. near Dr. .Steiner's residence, on Wednesday evening
last. The finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving it a:
Dr. Steiner’s residence, corner of Reynolds and Washington
streets. ts ‘ dec-29
Havana Oranges.
| a ikifcik 11 WA\\ ORANGES lust received and
ULIMMf tor aUe sit s:2<) per thousand* by
VV. H. HO WARD,
dec29 _d4_ Com’n Merchant.
Wanted to Hire.
ITOII t he ensuing ywr. a pood, steady colored man, to wr-rk
on my placi, ‘l% miles from the city, on the MiilciU’o
vil c road. Apply to A.’ BLEAK LEY,
deoil d6 210 Broad street, Augusta.
FOUND,
\T the enruer of Gumming and Broad streets, a gray
. ITORsE, and liUhO). ‘1 he owner can get his property
by paying expenses, at S. Levy's Shoe Store.
COOK FOR SILK OR HIRE.
ITOII Sale or Hire, A No. 1 Cook. Apply to
decSs d6 W. B. GRIFFIN.
PEACH TUFFS.
i il4 W t Trees, of the best quality, for sale bv
dee26 dO VV. 6. GRIFFIN.
Toadier YYauti'il,
VI‘O.MPRTK\T Classical Teacher, to take charge of
the Washington Male Academy for the next year. None
ree l apply but those who cau come well rtc mmemied. Ap
plications must be made on or before the 20th of January. \u
It. F. COLLY. r
J. J. ROBERTSON,
Washington, Wilkes county. Ga.
Dispatch copy. dec-Jd da.tjilfl
SAVANNAH JOCKEY CLUB.
milE annual meeting over th® Ten Broeck Course will
fl commence on the second TUESDAY in JANUARY,
1861, and. continue throughout tlie Wwek.
Pvoi*a m m e :
FIRST DAY, (TUESDAY.)
Colt stake for 8 year olds, mile heats ; one hundred and flfty
(4160) dollars entrance, fifty-(6o> dollars forfeit, to which the
Club will add one hi ndred (100) dollars, if the race is run.
Closed on the Ist of May, 1860, with tlie following entries :
1. Win Brallsford’s b. c. Sucker, by Imp. Albion, dam by
Imp. Leviathan.
. *: l’ J-Jennings’ c. f. Bcecy B„ by Highflyer, dam Eliza
belli McNarry,bv Imp. Ambassador.
8. H. C. CatTey’s b c. by Imp. Sovereign, dam Little Mis
tress, by Shamrock,
*■ Yooug’s S- g, “The Unknown,” pedigree unknown.
6. H. L. Cassey s hr. f. Emily Blount, by Brown Dick, d.llll
by Gero.
SAME DAY'.
Jockey Club Purse two hundred (4200) dollars, mile heats.
SECOND DAY, (WEDNESDAY.)
< ’oil stake for *2 year olds, mile heats ; two hundred (4200)
dollars entrance, fifty (450) dollars forfeit. Closed on the Ist
ot May, with the following entries :
1. 11. C. CatVey’s g. f. by lied Eye, dam Ardell, bv Gray
Eagle. v
2. Mr. Hardy’s e. f. by Imp. Glencoe, out of Kate, by (’ount
It adore, dam out of Reality, by Sir Charles.
SAME DAY.
Rickey Club Purse three hundred (43( :>) dollars ; two mile
heats.
THIRD DAY, (THURSDAY.)
Jockey Club Purse five hundred ($500) dollars ; three^"mile
heats.
SAME DAY.
Jockey Club Purse three hundred ($300) dollars ; mile beats,
FOURTH DAY, (FRIDAY.)
Colt stake for 3 year olds, two mile heats: three hundred (flip.)
dollars entrance, one hundred (4100) forfeit, to wlib h the club
will add three hundred (4Son) dollars, if the rue • i. tun
Closed ou the Ist. of May, with the following entries •
1. Wm. Bailsford’s b. c. Sucker, by Imp. Albion, dam bv
Imp. Leviathan.
. 71 TANARUS; J i, Jenni ," K9 .’ ‘ • f - Beccv B - by Highflyer, dam Eliza
belli McNarry,by Imp. Ambassador.
8. H. C. Caffey’sb. c. by Imp. Sovereign, dam Little Mis
tress, by Shamrock.
4. Thos. Young’s s. g. “The Unknown,” pedigree unknown.
8 ILL. Cassey sb. f. Emily Blount, by Brown Dick, dam
by Gero.
SAME DAY.
Handicap Race, three mile heats; purse four hundred
(4100) dollar*—the second horse to save his entrance.
FIFTH DAY, (SATURDAY.)
The requisite number of entries not having been made fi r
the tost Stake, there will he a Jockey Club Purse of one
thousand dollars, four mile heats, free for all ages—the see
ond horse to save his entrance. S. YATES LEVEY
c - 5 ts Sec'y and Treas.
PROF. A. SPEILLERS.
H AS commenced hie second course o! lnsrtuction iu sabre
short sword, and slick defence, and Zouave drill.
.The classes meet at the II UZZAR .S DRILL ROOM, from
Uiiie o clock A, M. ,to one P. M„ and three to flv.i P. M.
dls dtf
LAND FOR SALE!
A TRYCT containing between six and seven hundred
TV acres, on which there i* a considerable body of creek bot j
tom, within four miles of thedtyof Augusta, about seventy I
acres of which is cleared. The place Is unsurpassed for health. \
Immediate posse.-sion given. For terms, which will be liberal,
apply to dec22 ts J. P. FLEMING.
TO IiHXT.
Dwelling House on Hroa<i Street, thre<* doom below
A Campbell slreet, iately occupied by Dr. K.O Lilack.
FOR SALE.
One Horse, sound, goalle, and very fast—can be highly re
commended ; also, one Top Buggy.
For terms applvto EDWIN VV. ANSLF.Y,
J. McCORMICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE—On East side of Jackson St.,
(Bdicecn Broad and Reynolds,)
A.TJ GUSTA, GrA.
Prompt attention Riven to professional butrine** in Rich- 1
nmnd and adjoining counties. ts dec*2o
MACHINE
CRACKER BAKERY’,
•Vo. 341 itroad Street.
‘JVIIE subscriber, having made several recent improvemc
X to his Bakery, is now prepared to furnish the column
ty with any, and everything, in the BAKERY line, at f I
lowest prices.
ON HA NO, ANO MA HE h VEB Y DA Y,
Family Bread.
Biscuits. | Crackers.
gOA, . BUTTER,
I EXTRA BUTTER.
J w I WATER,
MJI-K. FANCY.
SEED, GINGER.
EUGAR, | LEMON,
PILOT BREAD,
Fine CAKES and PIES, fresh every day. of all kinds i
oc,l dtf JAMES BOWEN |
The Amalgamation of Lannag ( . s
THERE is a growing tendency in this age t,
the most expressive words of other Ungu:,. , ‘ .
a while to incorporate them into our own if to
Cephalic, which is from the Greek, signifying 1 ■•'J
is now becoming poptilari.vd in connection *|t y,
ing’s great Headache Romrdy, but it will 1 on be
more general way, and the word Cephal will kC”, 1
common as Electrotype, and many others vhose and C. 1
as foreign words lias been worn away b; linnet, ‘
til they seem “native and to the manor V
’ardly Realised.
Hi ’ail ’n ’orrible ’eadache this hafternoon, hand I -t,
ntothe hapothecaries, hand, says hi to the man, **i u |
hesse me of an ’eadache “Does it. I,ache ’ard, •~,
“Hexceedingly,” says hi; hand upon that V gave roe a (■’
lie Pill, hand, ’pon me ’onor. It cured me so quick that 1 ■„
realised I ’ad ’ad an ’eadache.
IV Kkadaohels the favorite sign by which nature make
known any deviation whatever from the natur-.l state 1 fn
brain ; and viewed in this light. It may he looked on a- !
safeguard intended to give notice of disease which , 1,
Otherwise escape attention, till too late to be remedied • f
its indications should never he neglected. Headache i T
classified under two names, viz: Symptomatic and IdiopuV”
Symptomatic Headache Is exceedingly common and q ti ‘
precursor of a great variety of diseases, among which are An
plexy. Gout, Rheumatism, and all febrile diseases Inu
nervous form it issympathetic of disease of the s’ • let, ‘ *
stitnting sick headache, of hepatic disease c.rvit j!’-'""’
headache, of worms, constipation, and othe disorden ■"’ ti
bowels, as well as renal and uterine affections j,.- i:e
the hears are very frequently attended with UeadachTs T ?
temiaanc! Plethora are also affections which frequently ores’
sion Headache. Idiopathic Headache is Vsn
0 atsti very coniracn
being usually distinguished by the name of mrnous V.,
—sometimes coming on suddenly In a s'a'e or apparent'”
sound health, and prostrating at once the mental and j.byslca’
energies ; and in other instances it comes on slowly, herald 1
by depression of spirits, or ascerblty of temper. In most in
stances, the pain is in the front of the head, over p:,p or
eyes, and sometimes provoking vomiting. Under this cb-is
may also he named Neuralgia.
For t ic treatment of either class of Headache, theCerha ,-
Pills have been found a sure and safe remedy, relieving th,
most acute pains in a few minute’, and by Us subtle power
eradicalingthe diseases of which Headache is the unerring in.
dex. „
Beidgit.—Missus wants you to send her a box of Cephal
Glue ; no, a bottle of Prepared Pills. But I’m thinking that’s
not just it mother; but perhaps yell be afther knowing what
it is. Y’e see she’s nigh dead and gone with the Sick Head
ache, and wants some more of that name as relaired her be.
fore.
Druggist— You most mean Spalding’s Cephalic Pills.
Bridget —Och, sure now and you've sed It, Here’s the
quarther and give ms the Pills, and don’t be all day about It
aither.
Constipation or Costiveness.
No one of the “many ills flesh is heir to” is so prevalent, so
little iinderr tiH and, and so much neglected, as Costiveness. of
ten originating in carelessness, or sedentary habits, it is re
garded as a rlig t disorder of too little consequence to sxclte
anxiety, while. In reality, it is the precursor and companion
of many of the most fatal and dangerous diseases, and unless
early eradicat and, it will tiring the s-iffercr to an untin
giavc. Among the lighter evils of which Costiveness is I:
usual attendant are, Headache, Colic, Rheumatism, Fu\;i
Breath, Piles, aud others of like nature, while a long train of
frightful diseases, such as Malignaut Fevers, Abcesses, I)\
seiitery, Dlarrhiea, Dyspepsia. Apoplexy, Epilepsy. Paraly.
sis. Hysteria, Hypochondriasis, Melancholly, aud Insanity,;flist
indicate tlieir presence in the system by this alarming syinp
tom. Nut (infrequently the diseases named originate In ( ■
stipation, but take on an Independent existence, unless the
cause is eraolcated in an early stage. 51 From all these cons’J.
erations, it follows that tlie disorder should receive immediate
attention whenever it occurs, and no person should negleit to
get a box of Cephalic Pills on the first appearance of the c in.
plaint, as tlieir timely use will expel the insi ions approaches
of disease, and destroy this dangerous foe to human life.
A REAL BLESSING.
I‘hysician —Well, Mrs. Jones, how is that headache ?
Mrs. Jones—done, Doct ir; all gone! The Pill you sent
cured me in.lust twenty minutes, and 1 wish you would seril
more, so that I can have them haudy.
Physician.— You can get them at any Druggists’. Call for
Cephalic Pills, I find they never fail, and 1 recommend them
in all cases of Headache.
Mrs. Jones.—l shall send for a box directlv.and shall tell
all my suffering friends, for they area real blesssng.
TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SAVED-
Mr. Spalding has sold two millions of bottles of his c.-le
brated Prepared O ne, and It is estimated that each L.Ule
saves at least, ten dollars worth of broken furniture, thus
making an aggregate of twenty millions of dollars reclaimed
from total loss by this valuable invention. Having made his
Glue a household word, he now proposes 1 1 do the world si. l
greater service by curing all tlie aching heads wit h his Cephal
ic Pills, and if they areas goodashis Glue, Headaches will
soon vanish away like snow in July.
tV Ovek ExeiTXMHT, and the mental care and anxiety ir.
cidentto close attention to business or study, are among tku
numerous causesof Nervous Headache. The disordered state
o niind and body incideul to this distressing complaint is .1
fatal blow to all energy and ambition. -Sufl’erers by this dis
order cm always obtain speedy relief from these distressing
attacks, by using cine of the Cephalic Pills whenever tin
symptoms appear. It quiets the overtasked brain, and sootln-s
tlie strained and Jarring nerves, and relaxes the tension of the
stomach, which always accompanies and aggravates thedts
ordered condition of the brain.
l'art II *ortli f* muring;.
Ypalding’s Cephalic Pills are a certain cure f.*-Hick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Nervous Headache, Costiveness, and
General Debitity.
OK EAT DISCOVERY.
Aiiion* tbi* most Important of all the (at medical discover
iesof thU age, may t>e considered the system of vaccination
for protection from Smallpox. The Cephalic Pill for relief
of Headache, and the use of Quinine for the prevent ion i.f
Fevers, either of which Is a sure specitlc, whose ben*fl* w 1
he experienced by suffering humanity long after their discov
erers are forgotten.
UP Did you ever have the Sick Headache ? Do you re
member the throbbing temples, the fevered brow, the loathing
iktul disgust at the sight of food. How totally unfit you wee •
‘or pleasure, conversation or study. One of the Cephalic
Piils would have relieved you from all the suffering which
you then experienced. For this and other purposes, y< u
should always have a box of them on hand to use as ocear
requires.
CURE*/>
CURE
Nervous Headache
‘n Si* c
Headache.
Bv the use of these Pill* the periodic attacks of AVri
Sick Headache xnay be prevented; and if Liken at tin
men cement of an attack. Immediate relief from pain and- *
ness will be obtained.
They seldom fail in removing tlie Nausea and Heudac’ ‘
w hich females are so subject.
1 hey act gently upon the bowels, removing Costiveness-
For Literary Men. Students, IMicate Females, and all I*
sons of sedentary habits, they are valuable as a I.aiat
proving the appetite, giving lone and vigor to the digest v
gans, and restoring the natural elasticity and strength of the
whole system.
The CEPHALIC PILLS are the result of long inti-da <
tion. ati'l carefully conducted experiments, having been i: “
many years, during which time they have prevented and t
lieved a vast amount of pain and suffering from Hea.L’
whether originating in the nervous system or from a d> r~
state of the stomach.
They are entirely vegetable in their composition, aud ■’
he taken at ail tmes with perfect safety, without making*:
change of diet, and the absence of any disagreeable !■’
renders it easy to administer them to children.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
The genuine have five signatured of Henry 0. Spalding
each box.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Me Heines.
A box will l>e sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of the
PRICE, 25 CENTS.
All orders should be addressed to
HENRY C. SPALDING,
IX. Cedar Street, ,\e ‘ t,rk
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