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OLIVER H. PRINCE
—PUBLISHED WEEKLY-*
Editor & Proprietor
{VEH r SERIES—VOL. II. NO. 21.
MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1846.
WHOLE NUMBER 1010.
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Sales of L AND8, by Administrators. Execu-
nr Gosrdinn*. are required by law. to be held on the
* JT *t Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the
< nnoon. and three in the afternoon, at the Conrt-house, in
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* lesmust he given in a public gasette 81XTY DAYSpre-
l^nas to the day of sale.
Sales of NEGROES must be made at a public auction
the first Tuesday of the month, between the uaual h >urs
^sale at the place of public antes in the county where the
I"...,.'nf testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship,
b'sve been granted, first eiving SIXTY DAYS notice
Hereof in one of the public gaieties of this 8tate, and at the
Jonr of the Court house, where aueh sales are to be held.
- Notice for the sale of Personal Property mnat be given in
like manner. FORTY days previous to the day of«!e.
Notise to the Debtors and Credttora of an eatate must he
* , m!!| i iee < !lmt appfieslion will be made to the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell LAND, must be published for
four months.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES must be published
or FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute shall be
a ade thereon by the Court.
Citations for letters of Administration, must be publish
ed lii’f?* tbsjri—for dismission from administration.month-
iji itx Month* for dismission from Guardianship, forty
Kui.H for the foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
moatkto forfour month*—for establishing lost pspers./or
tkrfoti spore of thrre month*—for compelling titles from
Bser.ators or Administrators, where a llond has been given
bv ihc deceased, the full spoer of three mouth*.
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ptv the subscription ofa third person and frank the letter if
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W. T. COIiQUITT A A. II. COI.QVITT,
WILL practice Law in the several cuunties of the Flint
Circuit.
Ofiice over the (tore of Charles Day St Co., Macon.
W. T. Colquitt. Lagrange,
A. H. Colquitt, Macon
December 9. 1845. 11 tl
GEORGE W. FISH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
MACON, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the counties of Bibb, Baldwin. Wilkinson,
Washington. Twiggs. Pulsaki, Dooly, Houston, Macon.
Aaj proieasional business intrusted to his care, will meet
with prompt and faithful attention.
OFFICE on Third Street, opposite the FLOYD,
January 27. 18t6—18-ly.
WILLIAM T. WILSON.
WARE-HOUSE Jj- COMMISSION MERCHANT
Macon, Georgia.
THE unde signed having rented the
Wire-House Tecenily occupied by J. B.
ROSS.(.nearly opposite Mr. J. M. Fitt.o’s
Ware-House.) is prepared to receive Cot
ton in Store. His personal attention will be
devoted to the business. AH orders promptly attended to.
Advances will be made on Cotton in store. He solicits the
patronage of his fiiendaond the public.
Very Respectfully.
„ W. T. WILSON.
Macon. Oclolier 14,1815. 3 tf
HOROLOGY.
THE SUBSCRIBER
B. II. MOULTRIE,
WAREHOUSE COMMISSION MERCHANT
-7/.Jco.r,
THE subscriber will continue the Ware
House and Commission Businesaat the old
stand of Moultrie St Campbell, nenr the
lower end of Colton Avenue. He will
make liberal advances on Colton stored
with him. and afford every facility to the planter in disposing
of it; and will iilso attend to all orders for Goods, shipping
of Colton, Ac., hat roa v be necessary for the convenience of
his customers. He solicits the common nee of the patronage
of the customs j of the old concern, and the public generally-
U. H. MOULTRIE
August 19,1 US 47 tf
BENNETT BELL,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
EAST MACON,
Opposite (be Central Rail Rontl Repot.
HAVING leased the Store and Ware-
House, formerly occupied by Henry K-
Carter, would respectfully tender his ser-
\\ee» to Planters and others, and will
prompt v sl'i-Qtl to the receiviugof Cotton
and Merchandize entrusted t<7 l 1 '* cart.
Also will give hi* perronal nUe..‘ l > on to selling Cotton or
other produce, fitting orders for goods, atifl shipping Cotton
to Savannah. Charleston, or New York.
Hoping hi* best exertions will give satisfaction to all who
may favor hint with their business.
Macon, August 12.1845. 4C tf
W OULD respectfully inform the citizens ofMscon, »rd
the adjac cut counties, that he bat recently supplied
himself with an excellent slock of Watch materials from the
importers in New York, and is now prepared to repair
Watehea and Clocks of every description, in the best tran
oe.-and on the most reasonable terms.
All Watches entrusted in his care will receive bit person
al attention and be warranted to perform to ibe satisfaction o(
the owner, or the money refunded. All kinds of Jewelry
neatly tepaired. Gold and Silver work made to order.
He would also call the attention of the public to his new
stock of Watches, Jewelry Silver Plated and Britlannia
Ware, and Fancy Goods, embracing alineat every article
usually found iu h's line. all of which will be su'd at the very
lowest price*.
Also, just received a large lot of Brass Clocks, from the
mist celebrated manufacturers. AH of which are tested by
the subscriber, and warranted to perform well, for sale low,
by the case or single, at his New Store, in the New Brick
Block, Eaststde of Mulberry Street, opposite bu old aland.
C. K. WENTWORTH.
Watch Maker 4- Jeweller.
Macon, Nov. 24,1845. 9 tf
CONGRESSIONAL.
SPEECH OF MR. OWEN,
OP INDIANA.
In the House of Representative... January !!8.1848—On the
Resolution authorizing the President to give the notice
for the termination of the joiut occupancy of the Oregon
territory.
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WINFUEf L. SHOCKLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will practice in the following Counties :
Upson, Pike, Monroe, Butts, Crawford, Houston, Baldwin.
Bibb, Jones, and Twiggs.
All business entrusted to bis care will meet with prompt
attention. Office in Dr. Thomson's building,opposite Floyd
Hoase, Macon, Georgia.
Kzvmsncsi—
Kx-Ouv. Charles J. McDonald. Marions, Ga.
Hon. Hiram Warner. Greenville. Ga.
Hon. A. M. D. King. Forsyth, Ga.
Hast. C. B. Strong. Perry, Ga.
Dr. M. S. Thomson, "j
WbeVle’/ft Harrold. f M » c °*' G ‘"
Samuel J. Kay St Co. j
February 10,1846.
94 if
I)ti. CHAKI.Krt TBIbTIPSOiT
HAS taken Office adjoining George Ta/ne'e Drug Store,
seder the Floyd House. Dwelling at VineviPe.
January 6, 1846 15—3m
WM. DE.4UING A SONS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
CHARLES ! OX, S- C.
September 2, 1845. 6**1
BELlTl IANGING,
BY WILLIAM PATTERSON,
ID* Will be found at Mr. A. F. Sherwood's -hop.
It
MACON. GA.
*Iiu
JOHN CULMER,
IYense and Sign Painter nn«I Grain er,
MACON, GEORGIA.
December 93, 1*845. 19 tf
_ LAW NOTICE.
T HE late Law Firm of Ksli.t & Killzii having been
recently dissolved in consequence of the election of
James M. Kelly, Esq., to the office of State Reporter, the
undersigned lia’ve formed a copartnership to the practice
"f Lawonderihe firm and name of K1LLKH Ac DEN-
NAKD. They will strictly attend in the unfinished profes-
ainonJ business of the late linns of Kelly Sl Ri«*e and Kelly
ft Killen; and all business confided to them will be prompt
ly attended to and brought to as speedy conclusion as pos
sible. OFFICE at PERRY. Georgia.
SaMI/F.L II. KILLEN,
lT-8 ro » J. S. DENNARD.
l/inv Notice.
J OHN If. POWERS, having permenently located him
self in Perry, Houston county, will.attend strictly to any
business entrusted to bis care.
January 27, 1846. 18 if
D ^ N T I $ T S.
I OUIJAKO A PUTNAM, would respectfully say
JLd to their friends in Mscnn, thel ftnm the liberal palrnn-
»g« •!readv extended; (wliile at the Floyd House,) they
ere new induced to locate permanently, end have taken
Operating Hoqidi over Strong «Sc Wood • 8 tore* on becond
Street, thiee door* above the Marine and Fire Insurance
Bank. Business hours from 8 to 12 M. and from 3 till 5
P.M. 0*AU operations warranted to give entire tatis-
faction, an<i to stand the test of time.
Mseon. January 1, 1846. ^ ^
DENESStEifY.
D RS. G. ft J. MCDONALD gratefully acknnwlenge
the liberal patronage extended to them for the lest few
vein by ibe citixeni of Macau and vicinity^ and would in-
re
years _ _ , .
term them that they have removed their office to the brick
range north aide al Mulberry street, over the Jewelry Store
efC.K. Wentworth.
They have so arranged their business, as for one of them
v» make regular visiu to the neighboring villages end cer
tain portious nf tho country.
Macon, Deo. 31, 1846. 16
" Floy d h o u s e.
MACON, GA.
THE Subscriber, in announcing to his
friends and the public, by whom he has bean
so liberally patronised, his continuance of the
above Establishment, bees leave to assure
»them of his determination to sustain the well
established reputation of his house. Instead of a falling off
there shall be a progressive improvement; and if a liberal
outlay, a well furnisliecJ tabje. with every delicacy this and
other markets can supply; clean beds, comfortable rooms,
attentive aervan*s, and ih*e will to please and accommodate
will merit patronage, he expects to obtain it.
B, 3» ITEVVCQMB'
Oct. 7, 1845. 9—if-
Federal Union pleaaa copy.
Sew Fireproof* Ware-Uoane.
MACON, GEORGIA.
rilHE undersigned Having erected n
I Fire Proof Waie House, situated at
the head of Colton Avenue, tender, hia
service* to his friends and the public gen-
erally for the storage of COTTON end
MERCHANDISE, and the transection of
Commission Business
’**)! ilf branches, p'edglog himself to uae every exertion to
promote the interest* of, and render satiafaetton to, those
confide bqsine«a to III* charge.
The amragj) and sate of Cotton will be under the dtree-
. *"'r cm ilcn/ of'Mr. John Jones, who baa long been
awwajh the Ware-House business, and will give particu
lar aUaciiqu to the sale of Cotton and tlie filling of orders
” r goods. Lilujig} advance* will bg made on pQUou in
fl * or *orL*bo’ahlppej;
BAGg7' ,g > ROPE, AND TWINE,
S&2* ov other
j’ - B. •sor'I^r* 1 n '* , ket price- ■ —<•«.
" J Coma.ia.im, a,, u
CtfwLKS.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber having bought out the
i stock of John J. Jones, cons’tting of Car-
' i-iagea, Harness. Saddles, Carriage and
! Harness Trimmings, ftc. ftc .begs leave
to inform the public that he will sell on
i terms to suit the times, ite is prepared to
' build or repair Carnages on eno-t notice
in a neai and workinaniiae manner at re
duced prices. A share of patrouage is
respectfully solicited.
H. P. WESTCOTT,
At the stand formerly occupied by John J. Jones.
August 12,1845. 46 tf
ITCncoii Carriage Depositors'.
BETWEEN the Floyd House and
Washington Hall, and opposite Mr. George
A. Kimberly's Hat Store, on Mulberry
aireer, lu.just 0|>ened with a fresh and well selected stock
of Carriages, Barouches. Buggva and Rockaways, Saddles,
Harness "and Bridles, Trunks, Valices, Carpet Bags and
Satchels; Saddleiy and Harness Hardware, bkirting. Har
ness, Bridle. Top and Patent Leather; Moroccos of every
variety, and a lienutiful assortment of Carriage Trimmings,
consisting of Cloths. Laces, Tassels, Axles, Bands, Dash,
Frame*, Springs. Steps, Boughs. Lamps. Brussels, and Oil
Carpetings; Oil*. Paint* and Varnish.
Carnages of every description liuilt to order; repairs in
every branch of the above business executed with neatness
and despatch. Prices to suit the times.
r J. DELOACHK.
Macon, October 7, 1845. 2 tf
.1. J. Jones,
COMMISSION DEALER. AT THE MACON CAR
RIAGE DEPOSITORY.
W I1E RE lie wuuld be pleased to see bis old customers,
anrl all other* dU|>osed to favor him with a call.—
Persons desirous uf ordering Carriages from tlie North,
may rest assured of having them built by the best Manufac
turers in Newark, Bridgeport,or New Ilaveu, aud on tertus
to please.
Mi
lacon, October 7. 1845.
2 if
At Cost,
T O close a consign menu Three one horse Rockaways;
one Coacbee. and one Landauretle.
J. J. JONES, Commission Dealer,
at Macon Carriage Depository.
Macon Oct.7.1845. 2 tl
Clicrcy Street
SADDLE, BRIDLE, AND HARNESS
MANUFACTORY.
S. GRUMMAN ft CO., respect
fully invite the attention of their cus
tomers and the public generally, to
their new anil extensive assortment
of Saddles. Bridles, and Harness nf
every description. Trunks, Carnet
Rags. Medical Bags. Valises, Col
lars. Whips, in. ftc., which they
'jisw - .j will sell wholesale and retail, at prt-
drzOOUV4.V* ces that cannot fail to suit those who
wish to purchase. As our business is done strictly on the
cash system, we are enabled to sell goods at northern manu
factory prices
We particularly invite planters and merchants to ealland
examine our stock* before purchasing, as we are determined
to sell at a vet y small advance front cost preferring small
profits and quirk returns. Our work is manufactured un
der our own inspection, expressly for this market and we
can warrant it to be made of good materials aud superior
workmanship. Saddles, Bridles, and Harness, made to or
der. Repairing executed with neatness ami despatch.
N. B. Just leceived a large lot ufCnach, Barouche, Bug
gy and Jersey Harness, which will be sold at unusually
low prices,fm cash. Cherry Street, Ralston Rauge, direct
ly opposite Waits ft Moulton’*store.
November ,1845. 0 Dm
Kcw Boots and Shoes.
J W HITING & MIX respectfully in
vite their patrons anil the public
-j generally to call and examine their stock
***** of goods manufactured expressly for this
market. Their assortment consists in part
Of Gentle'i en’s fine French Calf sewed Boots of all qual-
U> Genllemer middling fine Celf sewed and pegged Bools
of all kind*. , «
Gentlemen edouble aole Calf and Rip sewed and pegg-
e< Gemlemer sCslf Gn*i and Lasting Brogans of all kinds.
Gentlemer sfine Calf end Kip pegged Brogana of all
kinds and qu lilies. . „ . , „ ...
Ladies’eo ored and black Gauere nf all qualities.
Ladies' K : i Buskins, thin and thick sole* of all kinds.
Missea’ G- iters and Half Gaiters, black and colored.
With alat ge aasortmeut of children's Shoes of all Linds
and qualities. , , , , „
Also a lar e assortment of Men’s and Boy s course Bro
gana. double end single soles, pegged and nailed, which we
will sell as low as the same quality can be bought in the
C> Also. Gor Igor’s Patent Metalie Gum Elastic Over Shoes
for Ladiesa nd Gentlemen, anew article iu this market,
AUo° W Ctd‘, Kip, Goal,'Lining and Binding
Skin x, Sole Leather, Pegs, Thread,
J'a 'enl Awls, Lasts, SfC. very low.
Bool* mndo nnd repaired 10 order*
Macon. Out. 21.1845 4 "
Boots nnd Shoes.
THE subscriber is now prepaied to of.
fer to the public a general assortment of
Boots and 8lioei, which be baa just re-
ce<ved from the manufactory at the north,
wltich he will sell at the lowest prices, ot
bis stand on Cherry street, next door to Clark ft Experi
ence. and two doors above Walt* ft Moultuu, amongst
which are the following kinds:
Men’s best black Brogans,
Boys* *• “ do.
Youth's Seal and Morocco Brogana,
Men's best Calf sewed
Youths’ Kip
Boys' coarse
Men's kip
Men’s fine Calf pegged
Ladies, Morocco and Seal.
Ladies’ Morocco Buskins,
Ladies* Cloth haT Gaiters,
Ladies' Morocco and Kid Slippers and French Ties.
Boys’ kip Boots,
Youth’s do.
Gentlemen's fine Cslfsewed Boots,
[)o. double sole pegged Boots,
Do Pumri Boots.
Kj* Also Boots and Shoe* made and repaired at the
shortest notice and in the best style. A share of public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
A. C. PAEMALEE. Agent.
November 25. 1845- 9 if
Strong; & Wood,
H AVE received by recent arrival* from Philadelphia in
addition to their former stock of Bootc aud Shoes,
Gents fine Calf Water Proof Boots; •
“ •• French Calf Light “
Ladies fine Bronze Gaiter Boots;
•• Half «
“ “ Black and colored GaUer Boots;
*• “ Kid Slippers and Walking Shoes;
Misses “ Morocco and Seal Lace Boots, thick sole*,
“ “ Buskin* “
Child reu’s fine “ “ ** Boot* “
“ Black and colored Morocco *ud Cloth foxed
Boots, thin soles.
Also, various other kinds of Boots and Shoes made ex
pressly for retail, al! of which they will offer at very mode
rate prices, aud invite all that wish to purchase to give them
ail. sign of the Big Boot.ou Seeoud street, opposite Geo
M. Logan ft Co.
■ December 9,1845. 11 tf
Wholesale and Retail.
G EORGE I. SHEPARD respectfully informs hi*
friends and the public generally, that he is constantly
rereivlng from the most celebrated Hat Manufactories at the
North, new and fresh supplies of Hats and Caps, embracing
every style and quality, and for durability aud cheapness
cannot be surpassed. 'Among Ins assortment may be found
Fashionable BEAVER. Nutria. Cassimer, Russia, Mole,
skin, and Silk Hats; and any quantity of Broad Brim Beaver,
Nutria, aud Russia Hals, warranted as durable as any
Hats over sold ip Macoo. Also, Genu’, Youths’ and Chil
dren’* Caps, it great variety. A Go, a large assortment ol
Fur Caps, consisting of Oiler, Shetland Seal, Nutria aud
Muskrat Hairand Sealelte Caps.
Together with a large assortment of Meu’s and Boy’s
black and drab Wool Hat*.
Ail of which will be sold at the lowest price* for cislt
Purchasers are iuvited to examine.at the store adjoining
Messrs. Whiting * Mix, a few doors above the Washiugtou
Hall.
Kjt* Otter, Mink and Raccoon Skins wanted.
Macon, January 6, 1845. 15 tf
15SPOTS AMI) SHOES,
In the Neur Uriel- Store on Second-street, al the sign of
the Big Snot,opposite George M. Logan’* Dry Good
Store.
8TRONG ft WOOD having removed
tneir entire stock of Roots and Shoes into
the above spacious building, invite their
old customers and the public generally, to
_ give them a call, assuring them that good
articles at hiw prices shall at all limes be furnished. Their
fall and winter stock, which embraces every article in their
line, j* now being received, and to which the attention of
the public *s respectfully invited. Tbetr assortment of
Plantation Brogans is the finest ever offered in this market,
and will, together with all other descriptions, be sold cheap.
They bays •>" band— ,
Double *r>d single sole nailed Brogans.
Double and single sole pegged do. several qualms*,
K>P Brognng of all qualities and sizes,
Calf Brogans of all qualities snd sixes.
Thick and Kip Boots, men aqd boys.
Cslf pegged double snd single sole Boots.
A •piemJiii moruneotof Gentlemen’s lino teweu Cali
B Genu’ fi to calf, sewed and lasting Brogan* and calf half
ladies’tine black and colored Gaiter BooU,
Black ami colored half Gaiter Boots, ’ ’
Fine Bu tkins and Tie Walking Shoes—kid and calf,
Fine bnmxe and blaok kid Slippers and Baskina,
Missea’ Leather and Morocco Boou, Buskins, 8hp*- •“‘J
half Gaiters, with a great variety of Leather, Kid and
Clqtlt Shoe* for children. _ .
Luatlici’Lasts Thread- P^p*. «* c *
irjp iio«-x md Bfibet made and repaired a/usnal.
Vnnqq, Oetobor 8,1815. *
Staple auil Fancy Wry CJoosis.
ASS1MEUES, Satinets, Tweeds,and Ksutucky Jeans,
J Lowell Plaids, Kerseys and Linseys,
Rose. Whitney, Duffic and Point HlankeU,
Red. White, Green and Yellow Flannels,
Black and Colored Aipacca and Bombazine,
Cashmere, D’Kcosse and Hep Cashmere,
Mousselain de Laities and Afghan Satins,
Gala Plaids and small fig. de Laines for eltUdreu’s
dresses.
Earislon and American Ginghams.
20 cases Calicoes, a great variety of patterns.
Bleached Sheetings from 4 4 to 12-4 wide,
Bleached Skirtings. Cotton Flannels,
Linen anti Cotton Table Diaper.
Scotch and Russia Diaper, “Hunchback."
Irish Linen. Linen Lawns,
Liuen Cambric and Cumbric Handkerchiefs,
Jaconet Cambric. Stripe and Plaid do.
Swiss, Tarletan and Book Muslin,
Corded and Marseilles Skirts, Grass Cloth do.
Silk Hose aud Half Hose, plain and ribbed.
Worsted and Cashmere black and colored Hose,
White. Slate. Black and Brown Hose,
Misses’ and Boya’ Hose,
Kid. Silk and Cotton Gloves, Net Caps,
Gimp. Paris Cord, Cords and Tassels.
Muslin and Cambric Kdgiugs anrl Inserting*,
Lisle Edgings and Inserting*,‘-Polk Lace,"
Taytom’s and Coau’ Thread,
Bilk Handkerchiefs aod Cravats. Gingham Hrtk’fs,
Flagg and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Suspenders,
Damask. Merino. Wool. Plaid and Net Shawls,
Check, Plaid and Stripe Homespuui,
Tickings, brown and white Jeans,
3-4.4-4, and 5-4 brown Homespuns,
with a great variety of oilier goods, which we have iuil re
ceived.and will sell wholesale and retail, at the loneil mar.
ket price*. RUSSELL ft KIMBERLY.
Macon, Sept. 16, 1845. 51 tf
IS. & J. Cowles,
H AVING removed to the new Fire Proof Ware House-
are now receiving a general assortment of GROCE
RIES. which they offer for sale al a small advance, consist
ing oi
Rio and Java Coffee,
Old Gov’t.
St. Croix and N. O. Sugar,
Lost Sugar,
New Orleans Molatses,
* Fine Cheese,
Sperm Candles. Soap, and Raisins.
Kentucky Bagging. Rope, and Twine.
•• •• very heavy—a now article,
Fine Ourd Brandy,
" Holland Gin,
Scotch aad Irish Whiskey, -
Thom Chantpaigne and Pott Wine,
TJlie above liquors are of the finest quality.
Nil *
November 4, 1845.
6 If
Vcnuin Destroyed!
WITHOUT FAIL IN ANY INSTANCE
S OLOMON LEVI ft CO., respectfully offer to the pub
lic their self-prepared, well tested and highly effectual
preparation for exterminating Rau, Mice, Coek-Roacbes
Ants, and Bed-Bugs!
S. Levi ft Co., promise those of tbepahlic. who m«y be
annoyed by these destructive vermin, that after using this
well tested and highly effectual preparation fur a few day*,
they will experience a complete riddance of all this vermin.
This preparation possesses the singular property, that
without being actual poison, it will not only kill the Rats,
Mice, ftc., but will, in consequence of the smoke it produces,
positively compel those that do not partake of it, precipi
tately to leave the house.
This preparation has now been in use in Germany and
France about three year*; and been pronounced, by every
one who has given it a fair trial, the best remedy they have
ever used for the extermination of Rau, Mice, Anu, Cock-
Roaches, and Bed-Bug*.
The articles composing this composition are in themselves
very innocent, ami contain not a particle of poison; but when
combined create a gas, which explodes die stomach, and
consequently destroys life in a few honra. As soon as it
hat effected tlie xtomacb, the articles become neutralized
and will affect nothing thereafter, so that there can be no
danger in its use under any cirenmsunces.
The directions for using the preparation accompany eve
ry box, and are cheap and simple.
S. Levt ft Co, guarantee the Expulsion of Vermin from
•ny plar^ where their preparation is nsedi It has never
IEP For sale, in Macon oaly by
rrr* . r * baittLETT
December 16, 1845. 19 *f*
3g
agreed to, the House resolved itsolf into Com
mittee of the Whole on the stale of the Union,
(Mr. Tibbatts, of Kentucky, in the chair.)
Mr. OWEN, who was entitled to the floor,
said: ; ,j
Edmund Burks, when a member of the
British Parliament, wna once asked, why min
isters, when, In any case, they had a well as
certained majority, did not press the questk>n
at once, without the trouble of discussing its
merits. “That has been tried,” was hia reply;
‘•but it would not do. The minister who should
persevere in it would soon have to go out.”
And yet there is no responsibility of the
British Premier to the people whom he governs.
Powerful he is; absolute, almost while he re
tains a controlling majority at his beck; but
still, he must defur to public opinion; or, if ho
neglect such deference, loss of power and de-
gradution from place, is the speedy penalty.
And thus, we of these United States, while
we are responsible for our acts as a nation to
no human power, must yet defer to the public
opinion of mankind. If we would retain our
station and influence among the nations of the
earth, not only must our public acts be justifia
ble, but, before we consummate, we must take
the trouble to j uglify them.
My motive in risiug uow is lo furnish such
small contribution as I may to the mass of evi
dence and argument eo ably supplied from our
Department of State,in vindication, to the world,
of the course pursued by ourgovernment, on the
great question of the day.
Accusations of a grave character are brought,
in respectable quarters, impugning the justice of
the measures recommended by the President
and now under consideration by tlie House, in
regard to the territory of Oregon. I do not
speak of charges coming from foteign and in
terested sources; but of language used by the
press here at home, and by members on this ve
ry floor. We of the majority may feel exceed
ingly well satisfied, that our course is just, and
these charges unfounded; but it is not the less
an imperative duty to defend the one and repel
the other.
1 select, as a specimen of the ground as
sumed by a portion of the press, a paragraph
from a New York paper of good standing.—
Speaking of nur title to Oregon, the Journal of
Commerce, ia an editorial of December 2-5,
says;
“The evidence, even as far south as Colum
bia river, is not all on one side, by a great deal.
And when we come to latitude 49, the English
claim is better than our own.*’
If this be true, then the President lost sight
of right and justice, when ho adhered to tho of
fer of 49 as au ultimatum; and Mr. Pakcnham
was justified iu expectiug from our government
some “further proposal more consistent with
fairness and equity.”
And, wheusorae London journalist triumph
antly quotes against us such a paragraph as that,
drawn from the pages of one among the leading
periodicals of the Union, he will find, in further
aid of an argument about the reckless and grasp
ing ambition of these States, certain resolutions
touching war aud Oregon, offered at your table,
not by some young, rash, hot-headed partisan,
but by a member from Massachusetts, [Mr.
Winthrop,] hotn able and experienced, a
gentleman whose talent aud standing no one
disputes. The second of these resolutions de
clares:
“That it would be a dishonor to the age in
which we live and in the highest degree dis
creditable to both the nations concerned, if they
should suffer themselves to bo drawn iuto a
war upon a question of no immediate or practi
cal interest to either of them.”
An eminent British statesman once said, that
“as we ought never to go to war for a profitable
wrong, so neither ought we to go to war for an
unprofitable right.’* There is much good sense
in the maxim; and the gentleman from Massa
chusetts doubtless considers it strictly applica
ble m the present case.
The direct inference from his resolution is, in
the first place, that the right iu dispute, if in
deed it be a right at all, is an unprofitable right;
that it is of no practical importance whether wo
cede to Eugland a part, or evon tho whole, of
tho territory lying south cf 49 aud north cf tbo
Columbia. He esteems it our imperative duty,
rather than resort to war, to make some com
promising division of the disputed tract.
I will ask tho gentleman to take map in
hand, and answer mo a question or two. It
avails nothing to talk vaguely of some compro
mise. Lot him tell me what compromise, be
yond that already offered, ho suggests. If he
recedo but half a degree south of 49, ho touches
already the straits of Fuca, tho entrance, and
the only entrance, to Puget Sound. If he
abandons to England but one degree out of the
three, which span this debatable land, the lice
cuts us whoily off from these straits, from Ad
miralty Inlet, and consequently from Puget
Sound; we might as well take the line of 47 at
once and surrender that Sound altogether, as to
cede its sole entrance and exit.
Is this, then, the gentleman’s proposition?
that England should have the harbors of Pug"l?
and that it is of no practical importance, wheth
er she has them or not?
Let Captain Wilkes, speaking in his recent
ly-published narrative, say a word to us, touch
ing the hat bora of that territory. He tells us:
“The Coast of Oregon, to the south of Capo
Flattery, (the southern cape on the Straits of
Fuca,) is rocky, much broken, and afferdB no
harbors, except for very small vessels.”—Yel.
IV. p. 296.
And again:
“No ports exist along any part of the Coast
of Oregon, south of the Columbia River, that
aro accessible to any class of vessels, even those
of but vory small draught of water.”— Vol. V.,
p.148.
As to the mouth of the Columbia itself,
which, for so many years, repelled discovery,
he tells us:
“Mere description can give little idea of tho
terrors of the bar of the Columbia: all who have
seen it have spoken of the wildness of the scene,
tho incessant roar of the waters, representing
it as one of tho most fearfui sights that can
meet the eye of the sailor.”—Vol. IV. p. 293.
Experience nnd accurate surveys will doubt
less diminish these dangers; bui yet it must re-
muin matter of doubt, wbothor the mouth of tho
Columhia can ever be uted, throughout the va
rious seasons of the year, as a general port of
entrance for vessels of every draught.
O.i the othor hand, nil navigators, from Van
couver to Wilkes, concur in testifying to the
safety of the entrance to Puget Sound, and to
the value of its harbors; as capable of receiving,
and sheltering in perfect security, the largest
fleet of line of bat.le ships the world ever saw
brought together. Captain Wilkes says:
“Nothing can exceed tho beauty of these
waters nor their safety: not a shoal exisis with
in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty In
let, Puget Sound, or Hoods Canal, that can, in
any way, interrupt the navigation of a ?4-gun
ship. I venture nolliing in saying, there is no
country in tho woriJ, that possesses waters
equal lo these.— Vol. IV. p. 305.
I repeat my question: is it of no practical im
portance whether or not we, as tbo future own
ers of Oregon, cede to Great Britain the only
safe harbors in that couutry, retaining not even
one road stead of value, ufeug the entire Paci-
ficcoasi? Is the maritime control of Oregon a
matter so trifling that we are tamely to surren
der it to England, merely because, without a
color of title, she sees fit to ask us for it? Ac.
cording to what code of logic or morals does it
become our imperative duty submissively to
givo way, fer this only raason, that she chooses
pertinaciously to lusist?
See, in hor pertinacity, the proof, how well
sho estimates—how differently from the gentlo-
man from Massachusetts, [Mr. WinthropJ or
tho gentleman from Virginia, [Mr. Pendle
ton,]—the value of this disputed tract and its
magnificent harbors. She is experienced; she
is fur-seeing. She looks to practical results.—
On the table of her cabinet lie minute topo
graphical surveys of the straits of Fuca, of Ad
miralty Inlet, of tho harbors of Puget. From
the first moment of negotiation she contended
for these; to the very last she has adhered to her
pretensions. And whenever tlie day comes, if
come it does, when she shall relinquish to us
that master key to the commerce of the Colum
bia valley, then will a favori e and long-cher
ished plan of hers fall to the ground: the plan of
settling, with British subjects, quietly but ex-
elusive!/, this district of country. A distin
guished gentleman from South Carolina [Mr.
Rhett] seems to perceive no evidence, or
danger, of any such plau. I ask him, is it to go
for nothing, that while seven thousand Ameri
can citizens have already settled south of the
Columbia, not one, no not even one, has found
a home north of that stream? Are wo to pass
over, as of no serious import, the fact, that the
Hudson Bay Company deliberately, if without
violence, induce the removal, to what they call
the American side of the river, of every citizen
of these States who attempts a settlement on
what they persist in calling the British side?—
Must we have stronger portents still? I can
furnish them* Tho following paragraph is from
Wilkes’* narrative:
“As the charter of the Hudson Bay Company
precludes their engaging in agricultural opera
tions, another Company has been organized un
der the title of the Puget Sound Company, and
its officers are exclusively chosen from among
them.” * * * "The capital of the Puget
Sound Company is .£500,000; (that is, about
two millions and a half of dollars.) “The ope
rations of tbo Company are, in consequence,
large: they began by making large importa
tions of stock from California, and some of the
best breeds of cattle from England. They havo
also entered into fanning on an extensive
scale,” &c.—Vol. IV. p. 329.
The Puget Sound Company, observ’o; their
centre of operations being Fort Nisqually, at
the southern oxtremity of the Sound; the vory
point at which, in all probability, a line of com
munication hence to China and the East Indies,
would terminate, and the consequent point of
ombarcation of the Asiatic trade; the New Or
leans, in short, of the Columbia valley, with half
the world directly open to the vessels that shall
leave her wharves. And this Pugot Sound
Company ha9 the chartered right, and the capi
tal, to found extensive agricultural settlements;
settlements of the most permanent kind; set
tlements which must inevitably and rapidly
spread out, from the centre, south to the very
banks of the Columbia.
And then, whose will that country be?—
How will the British government dare, even if
she would, neglect, or abandon, the British in
terests that will have sprung up, under the pro
tection und privdogo of her own laws and char
ters?
Does the gentleman from South Carolina
think, that all this is going on just as it should?
that wo have but to fold our hands, in sagacious
inactivity, and look quietly on. and all will be
well? Then may we also declare, when tho
thunder growls, that there is no storm in the air.
Then may the patrol slumber in security at his
post, even when tho enemy’s cannon give warn
ing uoic that ho is advancing, en mass, to the
onset.
I pass the second proposition of tho gentle
man from Massachusetts, that if, under any
circumstances, we suffer war to arise, we
thoroby bring discredit on our country, aud
dishonor on the age in whieli we live.
Discredit! dishonor! strong term*! I havo
already shown, that we contend for no trifle,
for no unprofitable right. The only remaining
contingency- under which charges can justly
apply, is, if we contend for that which is no
right at all; fer that which is but a profitable
wroug.
Sir, if there ho a situation in life, public or
private, .where a wise and just man will set
jealous guard on his reason, it is, when he
bends its pnwnrs to decide a question of dispu
ted right, to which he is one jf the parties.^—
The best of us are but men. Our longings
tinge our judgments. That which \vn desire
should he, how readily do we fiud, or frame, a
plea to justify! When our wishes urge, or
our iuteiesls solicit, how prone are we all to
rush upon conclusions, to which our uubribed
reason would never havo assented!
In a spirit of scrupulous self-watchfulness,
then, let us approach this question. In the
great cause now pending between us and Eng
land, before the tribunal of the civilized world,
let us adopt the principles of her declaration
rather than those of our own; let us take the tes.
timony of her witnesses, rathor than of those
it is our equal privilege to summon. And if,
even out of these materials, ol our opponent’s
own selection, we can still erect an impregnable
title, not only to what we havo claimed but to
much that wo have offered to relinquish, then
even seif-jealousy may be satisfied; and the
judgment of a candid world] must, perforce,
be given in our favor.
England, pending this negotiation, has virtu
ally abandoned all claims founded on discovery
or prior settlement; a very sufficient proof, that
she does not consider them tenable- In the of-
ficiil statement by her plenipotentiaries, ap
pended to the protocol of the sixth conferenso
held in December 1S*2G, they declare:
“Whatever titlo may have been, however,
either on the part of Great Britain, or on tho
part of Spain, prior to the convention of 1790,
it was, from thence forward, no longer to be
traced in vague narratives of discoveries, many
of them apocryphal, but in the text and stipula
tions of that convention itself.”—-Doc. 199 H.
R 2Qlh Cong. 1 sl sess. p. 52.
This proposition, if it be admitsd, narrows
down tlie whole controversy to a very simpl*
point; to an examination, namely, of the “text
nnd stipulations” of the convention in question,
as the only just source of title, in either catiuDi
lo territory on the Northwest coast.
Our negotiators have argued that this Con
vention, being hut of a temporary character,
was annulled by the war between Spain and
Great Britain, declared iri 1796. But Mr.
Pakenhatn still stoutly maintains the contrary.
In his letter to Mr. Buchanan of July last, ho
says:
“Tiie Nootka Sound Convention has contin
ued in full and complete force up to the present
moment ”
He argues, in another part of tho same let-
tor, in regarJ to this Convention, that
“It must be considered as an acknowledg
ment of existing rights, an admission of certain
principles of i.iternutional law, not to be revok
ed at the pleasure ot either party, or to bo set
aside by a cessation of friendly relations be
tween them.”
In so far as the Convention actually recogni
ses territorial rights, then existing, there is
force in the above view. And, at all evonts, af
ter such a declaration, England is forever barr
ed from demurring to any conclusion, to which,
following the text and stipulations of that Con
vention, we may justly arrive.
Now, taking the words of that Convention
thus expressly appealed to by Great Britain, in
terpreting these in their plain and obvious
sense, corroborated and elucidated by the most
authentic commentaries thereon, I assert, broad
ly and positively, that this very document re
cognises in Spain—and consequently in us as
Spain's assignee—an absolute and undivided
RIGHT OF TERRITORY, UP TO TIIE LATITUDE OP
FORTY-NINE AND A HALF; and, IN BOTH NATION %
A JOINT RIGHT OF SETTLEMENT THENCE TO THE
BOUNDARY SINCE AGREED UPON WITH RUSSIA.
I repeat it; by the Nootka Sound Convention,
England wholly relinquishes to Spain all terri
torial right south of latitude forly-nino and a
hulf; and grants to that country equal rights
with herself, north of that parallel.
As to the accuracy aud justice of this view of
the case, I submit it, without one doubt as to
the result, alike to scrupulous friends at home,
and to just-minded enemies abroad. If to tho
learned gentleman from Virginia, [Mr. Bailey,]
who did not allude tiFit yesterday iu his argu
ment on title, or lo any one else, it seems, ovor-
strained, his attention I ask to the proofs I am
about to adduce. Let him suffer me, in the
first place, to refer him to an episode in British
history, instructive in itself, as a specimen of
the temper aud policy of that powerful' govern-
ment, and especially interesting in connexion
with her diplomacy at the present day.
It was in 1790. William Pitt, the ablest of
tory statesmen, tlie best friend of negio freedom
in England and of feudal slavery in Franco,—
William Pitt was prime minister. In May of
that year, a royal message declared to Parlia
ment, that certain British vessels had been seiz
ed on the northwest coast of America, by a
Spanish officer, and that a demand for satisfac
tion had been fruitlessly made upon Spain.;—
The message therefore recommeuded vigorous
preparation for war.
In confirmation of this alleged outrage on tho
British fljg, a memorial was, a few days after
wards, presented to Parliament, signed by one
John Meares, commander of the vessels in ques
tion, in which he staled, that he had reached
Nootka, on a trading voyage, in 17S8; that he
had then purchased from Aluquinna, the native
chief, "a spot of ground whereon he built a
house for hia occasional residence; that he af
terwards proceeded to China; and in 17S9 sent
two vessels to the northwest coast; that theso
had. been seized in tho name of the Spanish
King, while at anchor in Nootka Sound, by
Don Martinez, who had previously made a
Spanish settlement there; that their crews had
been sent, as usurpers, to a Spanish prison; aud
that the flag of Spain had been hoisted on “the
lands” belonging to the memorialist.
A negotiation ensued. Spain offered to
submit the matter to arbitration, by any ono
of the Kings ol Europe,"to be chosen by Eng
land ; but the British Government, not then as
much in favor of settling a dispute as now, re
fused all arbitration and hastened her milita
ry preparations ; equipping, by incredible ex
ertions and at a cost of fifteen million dollars,
seventy ships of the line in five months.—
Spain, in this emergency, applied for aid to the
National Assembly of France ; and Mirabeau
reported in her favor. The language of hia
report might almost be supposed to have sup
plied a text for use iu our own day :
“ Shall we do so tuuch injustice (said he) to
tho character of two enlightened nctions, as
to suppose they would lavish their blood and
treasure for the acquisition of so distant, so
barren a spot of ground ?”
With many high compliment* to England,
the report concludes, that Spain must not be
deserted, at a moment of danger ; and, accor- •
ding'y, tho Assembly voted an augmentation
of the naval force. But the reluctance of
Franco to engage in a war with England soon
became so apparent, that Spain, finding herself
pressed, with haughty urgency, for a categor
ical answer, und considoring that Great Brit
ain had augmented her navy to a hundred and
fifty-eight sail cf the line, while her own num
bered but seventy line ships, finally, in Octo
ber of the same year, submitted to necessity,
and signed, at the Escurial, the celebrated
Convention of Nootka ; the same since
claimed by England ns tho basis of all her ter
ritorial lights on tiie northwest coast.
It behooves us to examine, wuh strict care,
tho provisions of thut Convention.
Its first and second articles declure, that “tho
buildings and tracts of land of which the sub
jects of his Britannic Majesty were dispossess
ed” in 1789, shall be made for all acts'of vio-
lence and forcible seizure of property, on tha
north west coast.
Its third article secures to both nations the
navigation and fishery in the Pacific an j South
Seas, “subject, nevertheless, to the provision