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About State press. (Macon, Ga.) 1857-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1858)
GA. Thursday, May 20,1850 THE KAMAS ADIUSTMEN < rhe South in the Union and dSt ol it. If the speeches of politicians and the tone of the public press be a true index of popular sen timent, it ts to be inferred thut the people of the South are satisfied wjtk the l;.te settlement •f the Kansas question. But we are inclined : > believe tpatin matters involving Smthern rights, interests and honor, the people are far .'head both of the politicians and the press. We -.-cl assured tha ‘he ins- of our population are cot satisfied with the way in Will 4i this vexed j-.testion his be.en disposed bt. and that they h ive been compelled from the force of circum stances to yield to it a Fr?«rt«nf acquiescence. On our first page we publish accounts of the '-juicing* at Washington on the passage of the Conference‘Pill, in which Southern Congrc * man participated and sung no uns .< the Union. Now We art not disposed to accuse fl.e South ern members of want of fidelity to their sec tion, but this we trill say that the federal in luence of life at Washington has so clouded | .i<id myslefied their vision that they do not see xs their constitueuts see. and in supporting the j English Bill they have net reflected Ute views of these who placed them in power. VYe do tot intend to arraign auy of them, but recent de velopments have proved that there are some who put the honor of the South secondary to their own political schemes. In our humble judgment, our representatives should have ta ken their stand upon the naked Lecompton Constitution, and proclaimed to the Black Re publicans or.r determination to have that Con stitution ftriy recognised,* or to run up the secession banner. All praise to those patriots, •he chivalrous Quitman and Bonham of S. ('.. vho had the firmness to do their duty boldly nd manfully without regard to the conse quences! The demagogues having endorsed this ad justment, the papers follow suit, and conse ,'ienfly most of our exchanges from all parts ■ if the South come to us filled with congratula tions upon the result. Different views are ta ken of this settlement by the various prints.— Some say that we have gained all that we strove for, others that we have made a sacrifice of principle; some that the Administration has triumphed, others pint it from its orig inal position ; some that the Lecompton < ‘onsti •ution is re-submitted to the people, other.- that It is not; but nearly all of them rejoice at its settlement inany way forlhrmLeof peace. Vlas, , this love of pence has been the undoing of the South I For it we have conciliated Abolition dom from the outset —for it we have made compromise after compromise, and conces sion after concession. The first great cone.es- ! •ion was when wc consented to the prohibi- ' 'ion of the African Slave Trade in ISO**. This was an unjust discrimination against the South, since the Northern States have been continu ally receiving accessions to their laboring class ■ by immigration, w hilc the South is prohibited from mnortina su<-h laborers as are best Jsuit ed to her climate Tail or : th- wealth of a State, and by curtailing our -iipplig- tjr South ' bav been sadly crippled, Jhis then was the first great encroachment —an encroachment which should have met with prompt, determined ami uncompromising 1 resistance; for, in the language of Mr. Cai.-' novs, it is in the extreme limits of right that all wrongs are the most sensibly felt and easi ly resisted. But we tolerated this deed of in justice and it has paved the way for numerous others, for when was rapacity ever satisfied by irrantibg Its demands < The play has gone on for the last forty' years, the his' act being the late so efitfed Adjustment of the Kansas ques tion.' 'The'Admimstruti. I ':' n“ ! th? So 'th took the position that' Kansas should to admitted with the plain Lecompte r.Cbristitut'mn'‘with out any Cbngre srnhal interference, lias tins been done? No. As a Democrat it is morti fying to our party feelings to acknowledge thut the Administration and its supporters have backet! 4pwu. As a Southerner we see with - * indignation that it is impossibly for a Territo ry to be directly admitted with a slave Consti tution. Who would have heard a word about election frauds, land grants, or anything ot the sort, it this Kansas Constitution had been tree soil 1 But say the friends of the Conference | Bill, Kansas is admitted with the Lecompton Constitution. We deny it Is there not n c-oxnmox precedent that the people shall vote upon the land propaittioii, an’d is not vot ing against this proposition tantamount to vot ing down the Constitution t It is replied tliiit in that event Kansas will be kept out of the Union until she ha* the requisite population (about 98,000) for admissidu as a State. -But what, we would like to know, will prevent her from'framing a now Constitution and entiling before the next Congress to be ail'mltted. This she will undoubtedly do, provided'"Mie rejects ' the present Congressional “ proposition.” In any event Kansas is lost to the Smith aud it is utter folly'ever to expect the admission of another slave State. The Black Republicans 1 have sworn against it, and if they have tougbt: so bitterly against the admission of Kansas with a pro-slavery Constitution when they were well aware it would be made free-soij within a few months—if they have so strenu duslydenied us this bare principle, is it at all like ly that they will sutler a State to be admitted where slavery will be permanent? .And if with their present strength they can carry their point, will we not be completely in their power—absolutely at their merey—when they become re inforced, as they' soon will no. by half a dozen new Abolition States ? The ser pent is every year winding his', folds around us j clvser spd closer, and this is our only tithe for j ediiape. We proclaim it boldly— nt the risk of j Wing denounced os g'f'reeater arid disunion- ' ist by old-fogy conservatives —that now is the day, and now is the liodr ts choose between Union and slavery, subritission or secession.— , We regret that this Karisns affair link been'dis l>osed of as it hn« been ; for ff <u? Congress men had done their duty and the acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution uti rc.-.rjitionally, then if it had been rejected, we wtltiid have been justified before the wt.-ld in withdrawing from the Confederacy BiWlet ibkt pass; other Issues w ill soon spring up th|;f will force us to the »tep. jx»oking then upon disunion as inevitable (sooner or later) let us calmly consider what the Union U worth. Mr. Webstki: was horri-; lied at the attrocious crime of weighing its val ue It is well enough for those who pocket the profits of the concern to tw’.k that way, but iisuepoer dogs of the South have to gnaw the bones we may be permitted to count the 1 ■ost. We will find that the South produces I the bulk' of ex|H,rtations— upon her falls the 1 burthen of taxation —vrougs and insults are heaped Upon her —the North exacts tribute and grows fat u|k>u her labor—unju t discrim ination-- ar mad* against our property- —our I voice D hot heard iu the Councils of the na tion : and although our ■,-tion is the main pil lar of the Government, w e are compelled to take | the second rents in the synagogue. The South ! is aireaqy redmed to a tributary province, and , v hat have we iii return for all this ? Nothing but the empty name of the ‘’glorious Union." I Wc submit to anything for the sake of the , Union, because forsooth our forefathers " fought and bled ’ f<>" it. Never was there a greater I mistake A'«f <t tingle drop of lilood tratthed 1 for the Our ancestors fought to ne'er ‘ their connection wish Greatßritaui. They , cared nothing for 'Union, further than it t was expedient, n means ol strength during the < war; but after the w.ir (os <1 they were ro in- ’ different on the -,’bject that it was several | year- peforo a permanent Confederacy was . agreed upon. *l'he I mon (leaving l-ourth ot i .July platitudes out of the question )is merely a ' means to accomplish an end ; and no honest man will deny that it has now failed in its J guarantee of equal rights of the States. Jhe I < Southern States are no longer co-eqmd sever- I eignties- then there is no policy in their re- 1 iriaitiing i» t iy Jkiiger in the Union, nor can they do so without danger and disgrace. It is, we t conceivel both their policy and duty to with- i draw. No revolution will bo necessary, the right of secession being reserved to eafeli and every State. Then why not exercise this re served right? The North threatens that we 1 * ehall not go out; but how can she help it ( If 1 a Southern Confederacy were formed, the •' Northern people would not dare to go to war ’ with us. They know our strength, and what ' is more tin y know their own interest-and they 1 would certainly not be willing to loose our trade; on th mtrary a much better feeling 1 would spring up between the two sections than ' exists at present. All that now binds us 1 1 I to the North is the faithful Democracy that; I ■ have heretofore stood by us in every emergen cy, but even they are beginning to desert us, ' and then every tie. w ill be broken We repeat that there must be, a’ no distant 1 day, a dissolution of the Union. Nor do we look upon it as a calamitous thing for either I ' section—certainly it will not be "so for the 1 Southern States. Cut loose from dependence 1 upon the North, the South w ith her vast re sources and productions would command the trade and hold the balance of power in the j world. The different i.iv'ilized nations would become rivals for our .ustom; we could be-i c..me involved in n war without hai ing allies wlio would find it to their intercstto take sides with us and w ith an independent Government— , 1 with free trade with the importation of Afri 1 can laborers—w ith the acquisition of Cuba and Mexico —tin- Southern States would soon take that pre-eminent position among the nations of the earth for which nature ami nature'-- God designed them. SOUTHERN CONVENTION The Southern Commercial Convention, or. ss the Savannah liep'ibliean calls it, the ‘ Dis union Filibuster" Convention, com-lndcd its wssion in Montgomery last l-'riday, and ad journed to meet again next year at Vicksburg, Mississippi. A resolution was recommending a , rep al of the Fishing Bounties; also a resolu tion condemning the Federal Government for ■ , its unwarrantable interference with the atfairs of Nicaragua, declaring that the American set tlers there hail been twice most grievously ! wronged, first by the act of Commander Davis at San Juan del Stir and Rivas, and recently by the utterly illegal and disgraceful conduct of Commodore I’anlding at Punta Arenas. This resolution moreover declares ' -That the people of the Southern States en tirely repudiate these wrongs to their former conuirymcii, but also regard them as indirect insults to tj.entscjves; and we accordingly warn the federal government that a further persistence in such hets will render t’ e govern- . inent odious to the people of the States and contemptible to foreign nations. 1 ’ Most of the time during the.session was con sumed in debating the re-opouing of the Afri- ‘ can slave trade. Roowt B. I’kyoh, editor of the Richmond South, opposed it in a strong ; argumentative speech; and Wm. L. Yancey, , ' of Alabama, delivered a series of eloquent speeches in favor of repealing the act of Con gress prohibiting the trade. We have room for only one of his speeches, which we present on onr first page. Several other gentlemen I participated in'the debate The resolution was Gin.lly |al>l«L It is lobe regretted that so much time was de voted to this debate when there were other ques tions that deserved attention, such as free trade, direct intercourse with Europe, and other top ics of importance both in a /ailitical and com mercial point of view. We Were also sorry to notice the want of harmony and unanimity in I the Convention. It is full time for us to cultivate union among ourselves, but we fear there is too much truth in tlje remark made by one of the members that ‘‘we are ui.itcqonly qn the subject of tub mieeion." It is said, however, that there was a | strong disunion sentiment in the Convention. THE CONFERENCE BILL. In the late Montgomery Convention, a gen tleman asked the opinion of the Hon. Wm. L. Yatteey on the question whether the Schedule ' and Laud Ordinance ai-cwmpanying the Le j eompton Constitution submitted to the people us a condition precedent to the admission of the State of Kansas, was, in effect, a rejection of that Constitution. Mr. Yanecy replied, that when the people of Kansas called a convention to frame a consti tution, ar.d that convention presented a consti tution to CiAigresu and asked admission under it, she was entitled tn < >me into the Union un der the same conditions as attached to the original thirteen States. Thai Congress had I im-further pow er of scrutiny, ever that Consti tution than to see that it »»»' republican in form'—and that, as notje :>t tile original thir teen States had had a eondilion Attached, to their admission to the effect that they niu»t give up a certain quantity ol hind within their limits, he considered the action of Congress iii this particular of the Lecompton Constitution as a wrong done to the South and the great principle of equality ; and he hoped that the sovereign people of Alabama would shortly have an opportuni’y of discussing this question iu a convention called' by the Governor in ac cordance with 'he resolutions of the late Leg sla’are of this "State. I , on . ■ ' rbe that marries a man because lie is “ a gopi* match," must not be surprised if he turns i out’;! **L'ucifer." TILE NA vAi CHAPLAIN AGAIN -tfr Editor : In your independent and real- - ly Southern ‘‘Press,” of last week, I read the I following card, with S. laindrum's name to it, ' as Chairman of the Index Coii-mittw of the Georgia Baptist Convention “Ist. It should be known, it it is not, that | the Georgia IfilieX'publislnsl in tin* city, is the I |>roperty of the Baptist Couvctitiou of the State of Georgia, llii- Uoinention cleets an nually a Committee to manage the atfairs of the index." This Committee for the present year Its'k'omjK>e<-d of the following persona: I Judge E. G. f'al-iness, of Forsyth, Rev. B. F. Tharp, of Perry. Rev. Henry Bonn, of Twiggs, i .liukson Del.oiu-hv. George S. Obear, Thomas B. Else, and myself, ot this City. This Coin mittee coutravt tor the publication of the j!h pc: cleet the Editor, and make annual reports to th- Convention. They elected Rev, Joseph Walker, formerly Corresponding Secretary-of th>. Home Mission Board ol the Southern Bap tist Convention, Editor—and the Georgia Bap tist Convention have at two nnnunl meetings approved the iippoiiitmeiit. This statement « ill enable you better to decide how far an at tack upon the Editor of the Index must of ne- , ce.ssity be an attack upon the denomination to which it belongs. “2d. It is true that the Baptist', so far is 1 ; have heard an expression, do not understand 1 and cannot possibly discover what Alvolition- | ism has to do with the discussion of the Naval Chaplaincy question. The simple question, it seems to them, is whether the United Spates government should compel a Chaplain, ks in the case of Mr. Stockbridge, against his conlwi eneious convictions of duty, to read the Ephco pal service in the discharge of his otti' ial du- , ties. Surely this question stands alone with- : out any connection whatever with slavery. I “3d. I may remark that having recently at- ■ tended the Baptist Convention. I speak know- , ingly in saying that the denomination approve Mr. Walker’s position in the late qisi'nsson with Col. Bailey.” So then we have a Baptist Pope here in Geor gia. No matter what the Editor of ihe ladex may do or say, it is the Baptist Church that acts and speaks, and an attack on him i w an I attack on that Church. He is always tight, I because the Baptist Chur-h is infallirle! Bnt I ' made no attack on Walker. I attacked the j New York libelers, and tor this Walker at- ! tacked me. I had hojied this controversy was ended, but this card tells me that the Baptist Convention approve the positions of Mr. Wal ker in the late discussion with Col. Bailey.— Well, gentlemen, it is a mixed matter of taste and morals—l shall not dispute with you touch ing the taste, remarking, however, that in old times it was not deemed in good taste for any body of men calling themselves Christians, to endorse falsehood and slander. But, Mr. EJi- j tor, they shall not put me iu a false position, . , nor your readers by a false issue. They I , “cannot possibly discover what Abolitionism has to do with the discussion of the Nava) 1 Chaplaincy question"—hey ? When they say I this, no one believes them who has read all I 1 this controversv. But leave out the Abolition- 1 I•- . * ism, if you please, and where is the excuse for ' the libel! It is naturally hard for an Abolition- ! ist to avoid lying, he is therefore more excusa- ' ble; bnt if those New York Baptists are not Abolitionists there is no apology for their men dacity. lam not going over all the grounds of this discussion again with this second inter- I taper. I have shewn heretofore, why the gov- i ernmeiit has been justified in all its action to- i vv aids Stockbridge, and in the rules they adopt- : <•<] ; t!-"t there was no departure from the ' i i.riK'ticc of the Nav v, from the time of its first i I 1 establishment, and that they never have reject ed noy applicant because he was a Baptist; but that no matter who was the Chaplain they | expect him to conform to the rules of the Na- j vy ; that Stockbridge was nor -ompelled to ' enlist or go aboard the Savannah—iiri •oqght I the office—lie went of his own free will and I I choice, and might have left at any time, but 1 his contclcnre required him to stay alrnard two 1 year', to foment and practice rebellion and ! teach the sailors mutiny '. When he returns | anil appeals to the government, they, on the ; proof, condemn him ; and who takes him np j and condemns the government and the Episco- ' pal Church —which Church had nothing to do ! in the matter —who but the Abolition Baptist j ■state Convention of New York ? and semi, , their vile slander over the Union ? And yet these wise acres of Georgia “cannot discover ' how the discussion is connected with Aboli tionism!” Well, suppose it is not, leave that : out for what I care. It is the falsehood and 1 slander of the libel that wc object to—why approve of that? I'that a Bapliot privilege? Tliis lengthy and foul libel the Index takes 1 from the Examiner,—the exponent of the New- York Baptist State Convention' The editor of ■ ! the Index could not be ignorant of the corrupt ■ source of its origin, for the edit or of the Ex aminer states expressly at the beginning of the , article, that the charges in that emanate,; I from the late meeting of the New j!"ork Bap- ■ 1 tist State Convention. That article is a gross ' 1 libel upon the government of President Pierce, I and the Episcopal Church, and has been so I proved by the government. That libel I con demned when republished in Georgia by tlje Index, without uttering one word of censure or disrespect towards Walker, notwithstanding the injustice ot thus giving it circulation in the South; and I charged, and repeat the charge, without the fear of the Rev. Mr. Landrum and j the Baptist Convention before my eyes, that that infamous libel was the work of the black est nest ot Abolition traitors that ever pretend ed to a white skin; ami yet to my amazement i and that of all honest men, the next issue of ' the Index defended that libel, qiid puked its slime upon me? Do the Georgia Baptists want ; 1 to be informed that none but Abolitionists were capable of such a libel ? that none but tliey were thus hostile to Mr. Pierce and the Epis copal Church? And that, too, because Mr Pierce and the Northern Episcopalians defend ed the rights of the Southern people? No, no. | they have no such excuse, for there were him- I dreds in that Convention, who knew that that | New York concern is nothing but a nest of Abolitionists, who would sooner admit the I • "father of lies” to their communion table, than ■ one of these their endorsers anil defenders at Americus. Nay more, there were two of the most intelligent preachers in the Convention st Americus, to my certain knowledge, and probably there were some others, who had been refused Christian fellowship, when among these their friends, and were not only not per mitted to preach, but were never asked, at the table of their relatives, to say grace, because they were slaveholders! Their names I can give if wanted. T|iu»e are the crowd who j may utter slanders and fidseliooi] against the friends of the South with impunity ; aud pro v ided th,le friends are Episcopalians, their . slanders must not lie guinsayed without offence t« Southern Baptists! Yet more, the gaiqaayer tiiust be covered w'q". the slime of the black guard, and the poison'i.f thedefamer, and both I rubbed in by a Southcrii Kat jst Convention ! ■ Very well, gentlemen, this looks very much ! like bigotry to me—l am i-ertam it is not chris ' tianity if my Testament is translated right. ! This edition reads, that it is of no avail to wash the uut-dde without the heart is baptized.— i This translation, however, having been made | by the “small minority Church of very doubt | fu] loyalty‘in the Revolution.'' and besides un der the" direction of a King, is very likely ' wrong. Let us patiently wait fora Black Re publican translation of thu Bible, when it may | turn out that I am wrong, and Walker and his endorsers right. 1 tainly these defenders of ! the New York Bapti'ts can afford to wait for ' “the good time coming." 8. T BAILEY. As the term - interloper" in the above | article i« applied to Mr. Laxton m. wc would state in justice to him that w e do not think his ' communication of last week was written in an intermeddling spirit, but was called forth by ; certain editorial remarks in the preceding num- ; berof our paper. We cannot, however, grant I ' his pnqiosition that an attack upon Mr. Walk er is neces-arilv *u attack upon the Baptists. , nor are we willing to admit.that 'Abolitionism I has’--1t 1 ■gto do with this discussion of the 1 Naval Chaplaincy case”—neither can we be- I lieve tbai the Georgia Baptists snstain the Edi tor of Uie Index in his endorsement of an Ab olition slander. With this, vv e are content to ■ consign the whole affair to the "tomb of the ! Capulets. " —Ei>s. St vte I’ri:". THE PROSPECTS OF THE SOUTH. The great question now to be solved by the South, is, will she pcrjM-tnnl-.- the inMitution of 1 African slavery, or suffer it to be blotted for ever from her soil by the aggressive hand of the North. Ihe eqmdity of the two sections ean no longer be maintained in the legislative ■ councils, since the irrevocable fiat has been pronounced by the North, that no more Slave States shall ever be admitted into the Union. That this is no mere id” ik-crae. spoken in tlie ! heat of exciting debate, can easily be perceiv- i I ed, by tracing, for a moment, the history of 1 1 Kansan, who. for years, lias been made to I "bleed" for the purpose of stimulating the ; prostituted philanthropy of the North. The ; South must yield, or Minder the bands that bind ns together. This proposition may grate harshly upon the sen-itive ears of many a U nion man, and startle from their lethargy ma ny who repose in the blissful belief that the union of the American States is so perfect and complete, that the hand of dissolution can nev er reach them. But it is n proposition as true as it is startling. How is it possible that ano ther Slave State Can enter the Union? The North has inc power to prevent it, and is it to be supposed that she will gratuitously relin ' qnish the power so long sought ? It is worse ! than idle to contemplate an event so improba ! ble. Nor is this all; but merely the first step 1 towards the subjugation of the South. How easy will it be, when Black Republicanism 1 shall have been inaugurated, to remodel the I constitution itself, and exjjnnge any clause that maybe distasteful! It is true a few years would be necessary to rooMinimnte such a 1 plan, but what are a few years in the history -of a nation ? If, by concession, the position of I the South were strengthened and her resources ! developed, smne advantage might be gained: but she is already strong, and a reference to the masterly effort of Senator Hammond de -1 livered a short time since in the Senate, would be sutlicient to convince even the most skepti ' cal, that, she possesees all the elements to form , as mighty an empire as the world ever saw.— ! To abolish slavery in the States where it now I exists, is a work vv hich might require several 1 years for its completion —since Texas, when , she has the requisite population, may be divi ! ded into four States, and thus for a while pre i serve the senatorial equilibrium. But before this population could be obtained, Black Re publicanism would have complete control of the Government; and we eantmt, for a mo ment. believe that the South would be so covv ; ardly, so forgetful ot her interest, as to yield to the rule of so virulent an enemy, or consent I ro'nger to a union so unnatural. We know that 1 the mete whisper of "dissolution” is regarded iby some, even now, as high treason; ami he who is so buhl as to advocate such a measure. I is branded with the epithet of "fire-eater," and regarded as a disturber of the public peace; I but "tlie dhy is coming, and now is," when all such should be regarded .-is tin true custodians lof Soißln 11 interests. The temporising policy i of many of tlie ablest men of the South, is. in deed, unfortunate, since it only gives encour agement to the oppo-iuop, and'nerves the hand that is preparing to strike the final blo>v of 1 suljligation. This policy is, ininany cases, the result ot a hope that some day the current < f events may bear theui to the Presidency, or I some other high office of emolument and dis ‘ tinction. How vain is such a hope! ’Tis but 1 the mere "baseless fabric of a vision.” No party favorable to the institutions of the South 1 would be willing to hazard its chances of suc : cess with any Southern man in these days, I when candidates are nominated for availabili ity and ”>t for merit. Such a step would be to nder the victory w ith a bine show of opposition. Such men, while true at heart to ■ the interests of the Smith, in endeavoring to reconcile their personal ambition with their duty to their State, lesseii the confidence of 1 their constituents, and render their own pre ' I ferment only more remote. How much more enviable would be their position if, like Ham mond, of South Carolina, Garnett, of Virginia, , 1 and others of the gallant advocates of equali ty, they would present a bold and uncotnpro ! mising front to aggression, looking to the Con -1 ■ sfitution as the only chart by which the ship of State can be safely guided! The history ot , : political parties of every ago aud nation fur . i nish a pleasing and most instructive study, but no party combinations and movements were ’ ever fraught with more interest and moment • [ than those of the present day in the United States. Each of the two leading parties are i already marshaling their forces for the coming contest for the Presidency, and idly singing - pie.-ins in praise of the Union; but, in our mind, there is not a shadow of doubt as to the result The Smith, if she prove true to her pledges and interest, will then be forced to sev- . er the ties of union. But why delay so long ? We have already heard the “cherished” prinei- - pie of Black Republicanism often reiterated in . . Congress, and w here is the wisdom of the , South's clinging to a union with an enemy whose dearest object is to lead her captive at the wheels of her victorious car ? One of the leading objects of the States was “to promote , the general welfare, ' anff aurvly no sane man can hldievt- it expedient that the institution of slavery, so essential tj the welfare of the ; South, should be left subject only to Northern I legislation and control. While a union, such I as onrs in its pristine purify and perfection, ' | was highly benefit i -.1 to each State, even each I a union is not, at this day. essential to thegen -1 eral welfare of the South. With a territory of I eight hundred and fifty thousand square miles, , surely we have an ample areil for the forma tion even of many republics; but the ties of interest and reciprocal reg-ard would unite all the Southern State- of mrr firesenl Union in one harmonious Confederacy, 'fertile in natural resources, abounding with rm-n of the highest moral and intellect mil culture, and rieli in all the elements that eonstitntd'the wealth and power ot a nation. To disstjve tlie Union, some State of the far South, now ready and prepared to take the step, nttst lead the way, and every slave State will fAUow. The pro , gressof Northern aggression has been Constant and rapid, and if the South !<• not veparatod from her before the next Prw-iderta! election. ( that event mu«t put a periml to'h nriion that I retains but the name of its ij'rmCr' Self.— Charleston Mercury. Col. Benton, in speaking of tvr-gressional matters, says he never “paired off” buttmeein Ids life, and that was with a young wojhAtt, the night he got married. I Gtowiso Cso? PkjgMcrs ra Tuas—W. lake the following paragrraph from the Galves ton News of the Bth : From all sections of onr State except in the grasshopper reg on, we Lave the most flatter mg accounts of the growing crops, and the prediction that crops of all kinds will be larg er than have ever been qeen in the State be fore. It has been estimated that the cotton crop will exceed a quarter of a million bales, and that the wheat crop wiil not fall far short of two and a halt niilliith bushels. Sugar cane is looking remarkably fine, the late rains hav ing been of immense service to it; ami of corn will be more than enough for all the wants of the |>eople. Altogether we can congratulate ourselves on our prospects, and that we are anything but behind in the racß of progress. J-jT” A difficulty occurred a few days ago between Cadets Beall and Manning, of the Georgia Military Institute, at Marietta, in which ' Mr. Manning was severely stabbed with a knife, inflicting one or more wounds from which it! is thought to he impossible to recover. Young I Beall left the place immediately, but some of his fellow students are said to be in pursuit of ! him, and will take him back to Marietta, if overtaken. FROM WASHINGTON Washington-, May 14.—1 n the Senate a communication was received from the Presi dent relative to the recent outrages on Amer ican commerce by foreign cruisers; also one from the Naval Department recommending the I establishment of a naval depot in the State of ' Georgia. Official advices from Tampico were laid be fore the Senate, from which it appears that Garza has destroyed property of American cit izens to the amount of half million dollars.— He has promised Captain Altnyto behave bet ter in future. (Jet*. Robles says his govern ment is indignant at Garza's acts and promises to punish him when the city is taken. May 15. The Semite was occupied to-day in transacting business connected with the Dis trict rd' Columbia. In the House several private bills were pass ed ; but the bill to refund the duties paid on 1 goods destroyed by the tire in New York in 1 1845, was defeated. May 10.— The Treasury Department invite proposals until the 14th June for the whole of ’ the $4,000,000 Treasury notes. Well informed persons intimate the possibil ity that Congress will continue in session un til the present difficulties with England, Spain and New Granada arc fully settled. May 17.—The Senate to-day passer! tlw gen . eral appropriation bill. A resolution ww* adopted to impiire if any legislation is neees- , -ary to enable the President to protect our I 1 commerce against British aggression. In the House, to-day. Robert B. Hackney, I the door-keeper, was dismissed for malfeasance, by a large majority. A resolution was adopt- I ed rerpiestisg the President to communicate any information in his possession concerning i the boarding and searching of American ves- ; seis by British cruisers. The other business transacted w»» nnimportont. The President has demanded explanations 1 from England am! Spain in reference to visit- j ing and searching American vessels in the vi- ! oinity of Cuba. The frigate Colorado takes out orders to the ! Home Squadron to stop those interferences, and the Government, plainly intimates that if j Spain cannot protect our shipping in tier har bors, this country will do it for her. , May I.B.—There is a strong latent feeling here against the recent British outrages on onr vessels in the Gulf. In the Senate a resolution of enquiry was made if further legi-lation was necessary to enable the Fresidi nt to protect our commerce. It v us adopted. The Oregon State bill was passed, and a res olution adopted to promote a settlement of dif ficulties in Neu Grenada Mexico and Central America. In the House they elected Mr. Wright, of New Jersey as Door-keeper. The Civil Ap propriation bill was up before the committee ot way s and mean-. They reduced the bill about 81,4 t M >,GOO. Qv"i -ip r.iNi-i:si anvTEttE. O John Hi t.t, VXIIZ.NIIA Xo.-tl’A ? ol AMOtt NOS ETIA.M Ft UoK tsrn Tt vs m i m:: :We swear by the Styx we ought not to stand such insults as the follow ing from 11. B. M. war-steamer Styx. ('apt. . Homes of the schooner Mobile, arrived in New York on Tuesday night from Mobile. He reports that on the 20th nit., when 25 miles south of Ivey West, saw a steamship to windward, bearing down for him; hove to to , speak to her, and when within title shot dis tance, she commenced tiring rifles at him, the ' balls from which passed between the men on 1 deck and lodged in the bulwarks; then hauled J down the jibs, when they tired two more shots; ! they then sent a boat on board of the Mobile and overhauled the vessel’s papers and declar- \ ed their intention to seize Lite vessel, she not having a foreign register on board, but after wards left without doing so. They gave no reason for acting as they did, nor did they de- ' ny plainly seeing the American ensign on the Mobile. The vessel was the British war steam- ■ er Styx.— Georgian. Doi guertv Superior Court.—The number i of cases returned to the next term of this Court, is four hundred and forty eight. is the > largest return, (with one exception) Jia; has ! : ever been made since the organization of the i connty.— Albany Pairiot. M e regret to learn that Rollin John- I ' son. the overseer of Mr. William Dean, of Ba ■ i ker county, u hipped one of his employ er’s ne- ! ' gro girls so severely last week, that she as- ; ■ terwards died. Mr. Dean otters a liberal re- ! i ward for Lis arrest. — lb. [PHOM THE YANKEE BLADE.J What has Improved Yor so in Appearance? i Wook's Hair Restorative. What lias given ! i you such a youthful look? Wood’s Hair Re- I storative. To what agency am I to attribute i your increased beauty, my dear madam ? Sir ' you arc very complimentary, but I am indebt ed to Professor Wood's Imautilrf! hair tonic.— Sir, since I saw you last you have grown twen ty years younger, how is it ? A fact, my dear , sir. Jam using Wood's Hair Restorative.— Why, my dear friend, you wore a scratch a year ago. and now you have a splendid head of ; black hair, to what miracle are you indebted? Professor Wood is the miracle man, his tonic did it. 1 am told madam that the nervous ■ ! headache you were once troubled with has left yon ? Yes sir, by the aid of Professor Wood's Hair Restorative. Such is the language all over the country, and there is no fiction or im agination about it, reader. Wood's Hair Re storative is an honestand truly medicinal, as i well as scientific preparation and trill do all ! this. Try it and see if we are not correct. Caution. —Beware of worthless imitations as several are all ready in the market,’ called by ; different names. Ise none unless the words I (Professor Wood’s Hair Restorative, Depot St. ■ Louis, Mo., and New York.) an- blown in the bottle. Sold by all Druggist mid Patent Med icine Dealers. Also by all Fancy and Toilet goods dealers in the United States and Can j adas. Ater's Cherry Pectobal.- —We believe this ; to be an excellent preparation, and shall there- I fore not hesitate to recommend it ',o our read ers. It has been testeain numerous instances j in this city, and in several which have come under our own observation, it has accomplish- ‘ ed what oilier popular medicines and some of our most skillful physicians had failed to ac complish—a perfect cure, in eases of (apparent ly) confirmed consumption. It is the only medicine for this disease which we can heart- . ilv recommend.— Temperance Ad r orate Pror. 1 R1 . . TfARRIED, In Milledgeville, on Sunday evening. Mav 16th, bv S. B Brown, Esq., Mr. David W. Kai and Miss Sa kab J. Jannas. At Scotsboro, ou the l?.th inst., by Rev. W. Lane, James T. Mntsrzz, Esq , to Mias Clara L. Wittischz, both of Tuskegee. On the 6th inst., bv Thomas 8. Cobb, J. ?., Mr. Tao*ve Cahawav and Miss M.vuv Tatlor, all of Houston county, Ga. ~ X>XXOED, Near Tarvcnville Twiggs co., May sth, Mr. James H. Forkhand, aged about 35 years. An upright, cor rect man, his death is much regretted. Also, Mrs. Penelope Ellen Forehand, his wife, died .May 18th aged about 32 years. She was a con- , sisteut member of the Methodist Church, her end was peace. They were lovely in their lives, and in Meath were scarcely divided. ’ A. M. T. In Mississippi, of Typhoid, fever, John Howard Banes, sot! of Edward W. and Emily Banes, on the 17th day of March, aged 22 years and 15 days. In this city, on the morning of the 6th iost., at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Eliza Trapp, i Mrs, Le ri k M. Brown, wife of Doctor Win. T. Brown of Lafayette, Ala., aged twenty years, nine months and two days. In New Orleans, on the 16th inst., of Apoplexy, Mrs. Caroline K consort of Col. l»nac G. Seymour, Editor of the ••Commercial Bulletin,’’ and formany years associated with the Journal A Mes senger us this city. ( <).MMER( lAL. MACON COTTON MARKET Cotton firm with a good demand on a basis of 10 to j U h 4 cents. Stock on hand light. The market has ; advanced fully an eighth of a cent since the arrival of the steamer Xorth Amtri/n. MACON MARKET BACON. Hog Round 10% cts.-Sides 11 a 11\' —Hains lo’7 a —Shoulders alO cts. BUTTER—Good Country 18 a 25 cfs.—Cotton Seed 15 cts—Northern 30 a 35 eta. BAGGING.—Gnnny cents. COFFEE —Rio cents per pound. L»- guira 15@16 cents. Java rrMs. CORN —7O cts. per bnshd, sarked. FODDER. Very Iftfle evtoing in, and drrnand good at *1 (iFtl-bX’. per hundred. FLOUR—There is a good supply in the n»arkrt Superfine s2.so(<r*3.OO—Extra Family FEATHERS - SO cents per pound, HIDES Dry Flint 9(i£lo cents per pound. Deer skins 12@13 cents. Demand good at these prices. LARD is scarce; a go<*} article is worth lla!2c. LI ME— 12.0"(ii-*2.25 cents per barrel. MOLASSES—Cuba cents per gallon. New Orleans 45@50 cents. MEAL—Scarce at 7V(<t7s cents per bushel. NAILS — cents per pound. OATI?—SO cents per busheL OlLH—Linseed Qt SLoO per gallon. Best ( Sperm $1.75@*2.00. Bleached Winter Whale ' (1.15@f1.25 cents. Train 75@f1.25 cents. Tan ner’» per barrel f POTATOES—Irish fS@f4. RICE— 5@6 ctnttf per pound. ROPE—Kentucky IC*@ll cents per pound. North ern cents. SUGAR—Clarified cents. Crushed, and Powdered I2}sal3 ; Loafl3@ 14 cents per pound. SALT—per sack. TALLOW- cents per )>ouDd. WHITE lA'.AD IN OIL- Pure cents per pound. Extra 9)£@lo cents. WHISKEY—Common 2s a 30 cts. per gal. by the barrel. ZlNC—lo@Jf>) a ' cents per pound. SPECIAL NOTICES. % IF yOVB HAIR IS HARSH, Use Prof, Wood’* Bair Restorative. If your Hair is Gray, I se Pi»4 Wood’s Hair Restorative. If ynur Ilaii is Thin. I se Prof. Wooil’s Hair Restorative. If u are Bald, I se Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative. It’ you have Nervous Headache, Use Plot. Wood’s Hair Restorative. If you have Dandrul), Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restoratiw. If you have Eruptions, Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative. If you desire Glossy Hair, Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Rvstoratire. If you desin* to preserve the color. Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative. , If you desire not to lose the color. Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Reatewative. , If yo» want a Cheap Article, Use Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative. If you admire the Beautiful Lock, Use Prof, Woo«l’s Hair Restorative. If you admire the Beautiful Ringlets, Use Prof. Wood’s Hair I»e«torative. If you w i>h a Beautiful Complexion, Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative. If you wish a Face free from Pimples, Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative. If you wish to appear Young, Use Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative. If you want testimony overwhelming. Read the Circular of Prof. Wood’s Hair Restorative. If you want to find it, i The depot is at 114 Market street, St. Louis, Missouri, It is also sold by every popular Druggist in city and country. feb 11-onoy \ SPRING MEDICINE. s The system of most people need regulating and l cleansing as the debilitating weather of tins st-jaod i approaches, causing lassitude, languor, loss of appe tite, headache, and general debility. A Liter luniff -1 orator is needed to renew the energies of the system, . anti prepare it for change as the season advances.— ' Such a medicine is Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigora tor. It gives quick sure relief to all troubled with Wllkrnsness, weakness and depression of spirits, I and many other ills that many persons, particularly i ladies, are sabyert to. The ing and life-giving power of this medicine is almost astonishing to all who use it, and none but speak in the highest praise of its merits, until it has gained a reputation second to none as a Liver Invkkirator. Families of children should not be without it, as it is very efficacious in curing attacks of worms, cholic, stomach and bowel derangement, while it is perfect ly harmless for the smallest infants to take. Try it, is our advice to all.—JfemyjAta Courinr.. For sale by ZEILIN, HUNT A CO., Macon, Ga. apr 28-im BURNETT’S PREPARATIONS. Cocoaine, a compound of Cocoa Nut Oil for promoting the growth and preserving the Beauty of the hair. Florimel, a new and delightful Perfume for the hand kerchief. Kalliston, a Cosmetic for removing freckles, tan, sun burn, redness and roughness of the skin, Ac. The attention of the Ladies is respectfully invited to this elegant article for the toilet. Oriental Tooth Wash, for the preservation and beautv of the Teeth and Gums. Jonas Whitcomb’s Remedy for the Asthma. j Superior Extracts of Lemon, Orange, A anilla, Almond, • Rose, Ac., for flavoring Custards, Pies, Blanc Mange, Ice<'reams. Jellies, Sauces, Ac. The superiority of the above named Extracts con sists in tbeir perfect purity and great strength. Manufactured by Joseph Burnett, A Co., Boston. For sale by E. L Strohocker, A Co., and Druggists generally. Macon, Ga„ Jan. 21, 1858—ly WM. R. FREEMAN, PORTRAIT PAINTER Studio in Pugh's Photograph Gallery. Office hours, from 10 o'clock A M , to UH and from 1’ to 4P. M feb 25-ts THE GREAT HOLLAND REMEDY I Bsrrave’s Holland Bitters.—Persona subject to nervous or sick headache, will find in Bocrhave’p Holland Bitters a sure, safe and pleasant remedy. Il soothes the throbbing head, corrects aridity of the stomach, assists digestion, and creates a healthy ap petite. It is without doubt, a most delightful prepa ration, and an effectual remedy, Thf fact is that it is now a very popular medicine throughout all the Holland settlements in Wiscnnsion, New York, Mich igan, Illinois and Indiana, speaks much in its favor. See advertisement in another column. may xil-it MEXICAN MI’STANG LINIMENT. Its wonderful effects ami consequent popularity— perhaps no article in the history of the Afaterfa Af<4* ua, ever acquired the same patronage, was subject to the same number of severe and different tests, ami met with so few failure as the Mustang Liniment. Il has justly been styled a Panecca for all external Wounds, Cuts, Swellings, Sprains, Bruises or Erup tions on Mun or Beast. It is so far a medicine of mir* prising virtuc, that Physicians arc compelled to pre scribe it; and from some remarkable cures of Chron ic and Distorted Rheumatic cases it has naturally at tracted much attention from the first scientific minds of the age. No family can uflord to be without a bottle of the Mustang Liniment in the hmise. Be ware of imitations. The genuine is sold by all respectable dealers throughout the world. BARNES A PARK, Proprietors, may xix-im New York. The Campbells are Com- lISTO, ' POSITIEVLY FOR THREE MIGHTS ONLK RALSTON’S HALL, THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY t M AY 20th, 21st aud 22d. STAR TROUPE CF THE WORLD. |>LMSEY A NEWCOMB’?* World renowned and 1W only Campbell Minstrels aud Bras* Band! Or ganized for I*sß. Eighteen Mar Performer*. The Company is composed of the first order of tal ent, gentlemen of versatile and artistic qualifications, selected frnm the star performers of the country, com bining in one organization the best Negro Dvlineu I tors and Comettoans, the in«*t pleasing and best vo calists aud balladists, the most distinguished and best insfrwnientalists and dancers at present engaged in tlw Ethcopian Profession ; and the Campbells, now as ever, offer a challenge totheworld t» compete wUb tb*in CfjP* Tickets, 50 cents—Gallery 25 cents. Doors open at 7 o’clock, concert to commence to 8. P. A. CLARK. may six it Agent and Business Director. Just Received, J-. M’ELROY’S I REFRIGERATORS of all kinds, 1 I Ire Pitchers Bratania and Plated, Musser's Ice Cream Freezer, Austin's “ “ '* Water Coolers, also, Ice Picks, Plated Castors, Spoons and Forks, i Anther’s Sell ScawngCans, Glass, Earthen and Tin, . of all sizes, Upright, Plunge, Shower and other bathing appa j ratus, »>n bund and ready for use. Broom.-*, Brushes, Baskets, Tubs, Buckets, Travs, and innumerable variety of fancy and useful articles, cheap for cash. may xix-3m Land and Negroes for Sale. ONE Plantation in Worth county, lying on “Jones’ Creek about 16 miles from Albany, and 12 frvaL Wooten’s Station S. W. R. R.J containing acres, about 300 cleared and in a fine state of cultivation. Also, the following uiiitnpwtd lots, some of which join the above, Nos. 134, !■'».>, 156,142, 15", 11*1,124and 126, all in the l >th Dist., and lot 275 in the 7th Dist. Worth county. Also, 173 in Ist and 208 in the 14th Dist. Lev, also, 47, 82 and 355 in the 12th Dist. Early county ; also lot 29U in • '! Dist. and 4th section (’her oker ; also, lota 3 and 4 in Block H city of Albany; also half acre lots No. 8 and 6 in 5 acre range city of Brunswick, < known as Academy lots.) Also, several families of \ cry likely young negroes. Terms accom modating. Apply V- A. J. MACARTHY, nuiy xix-ts Albany, Ga. / * FA>R<.IA Crawford County. \ f Whereas, TS n.a- Stripling, Administrator <fe bon with the util annexed of Samuel Com mander, of said countt, deceased, applies to me for let ters of dismission from suai admin Ist rat ioa as afore said. These are llivivf>rctw cite and admoiiiah ail ami singular, tit. heir -, and •creditors of said deceased, tn be and appi ar at my ofisce within the time prescribeti by law. ami show eaus** i' any they have, why said letters di'ii»i»*»ry Mio dd mil be grunted to the sai<i applicant. Given in.<hr mv hand at office this 11th Mrv 1<- JAMES J. RAY, i nmy xi\- Ordinary. BOERHAVES HOLLAND BITTERS THE < l.i:ill:.VTEl> lUUIAXI) KBMZIIY FOB I>l SI’EP.MIA, DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, LIVER COMPLAINT, WEAKNESS ()F ANV KIND, FEVER AMI ALI E.- And the various Lpte lions eonsequent upon a disor dered STOMAQH OR LIVER, SUCH as Indigestion, Acidity of the Stomach, Col icky Pains, lleai tbui n, Loss <»f Appetite, Despon dency. Costiveness, Blind »n.d Bleeding Piles. In all Nervous, Rheumatic, anil Neuralgic Affections, it has in numerous instances proved highly beneficial, aud in others affected a decided cure. This is a purely beneficial compound, prepared on strictly scientific’ af‘»,r the manner of the celebrated Iloßanu Professor, Bbcrbieve. Rreanse of »t* wees* in most of the European States, its introduction inlo the United States was intended more especially for those of our fatherland scattered here ami there over the face of this mighty country. Meeting with great success among them, 1 now offer it to the American public, knowing that its truly won derful medicinal virtues must be acknowledged. It is particula ly recommended to those persons whose constitutions may have been impaired by the continuous use of ardctil spirits or other forms of dis sipation. Generally instantaneous in effect, it finds its way directly to the seat of life, thrilling and quick ening every nerve, raising up the drooping spirit, and, in fact, infusing new health and vigor to the system. Notice. —Whoever expects to find this a beverage will be disappointed ; but to the sick, weak and low spirited, it will prove a grateful aromatic cordial, pos sessed of singular remedial properties. C AUTION: The great popularity of this delightful Aroma has induced many irailatkms, which the public shouly guard against purchasing. Be not persuaded to bud anything else until you have given Boerhave’s Hol land Bitters a fair trial. One buttle wiil convince you how infinitely superior it is to all these imita tions. Sold at tl.Ov per bottle, or six bottles for |5.00, by tie SOLE PROPRIETORS, BENJAMIN PAGE, JR. &. CO. MANFFACTI’KIXa Pharmaucetists and Chemists, PITTSBURGH. PA. ! ' Sold in Macon bv E. 1., STROHECKER A CO.. ZEILIN, HUNT A I <>. GEQRGE PAYNE, and Druggists generally throughout the Slate. ; may xix-ly Notice to All. C* TRAYED from my residence in Twiggs county, kTJ one yoke of steers in June last. I bought them | from James Holt us Dooly county, eighteen jniles south-west of Hawkinsville; Mr. liolt bought them j from one Mr. Wood of D<x4v, they are in Mr. Wood’s 1 mark and brand ; it is likely they have got back to their old raising ; they are inclined to be white with black pides on their fore parts; very wide oetwecn I the horns; will weigh five hundred pounds apiece.— , I will well satisfy any person that will give me any j information of them. Address me at Gnswoldvilie, Joaes county. DANIEL T. EPPS. I may xix-5t PI LASKI mort<;age sale. YXTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July next, y V before the Court House door, in Hawkinsville } Pulaski county within the usual hours of sale, the fol lowing property to wit: Fifty acres of land, the same ; being a part of lot number one hundred and ninety ’ four, (1!*41 in the fourth (4th) District originally Doo ; ly now Pulaski connty. bounded on the north by the * road known as the Vienna road and John H. NVal , lace, on the east by John H Wallace, on the south and ' west bv Levi Harrel. Levied on as the propertv o( 1 Berry Hobbs, to satisfy one mortgage fi fa issued out I of the Superior Court of >ard county- rn favor of Levi Harrell ve. Berry Hobbs. Mav 20th, 1858. E. A. POLLOCK Dep. Sheriff. ! fX EORGIA-Bibb County. t V M ‘AH persons indebted to Dr. M. A Franklin, late of said county, deceased, are requested to make im mediate payment, and all having demands against his estate, tu present them to me in terms us the law. Claims against the estate may be left at the office <>( L. N. Wbdtfe MARY L. FRANKLIN, Mav 19th, 1«58 ts Executrix.
