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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
CO UN Oil* PHOCEEDINGS.
REGULAR MEETING.
Council Cliatphrr. /
M.icoe. Oa., .'•cpti inker lOtb. )
Prc«c:i!—A. 11. Adams, Mayor,
Ml. Win.-liip, Flanders, Findlay, Bostick, Bloom,
EDO. Klfy.
Abjrut—Aid. .10*1 nMnr.
Tne ninutec of lln- la.-t met tins were read, and
1 Bridge K per reported tolls for the week,
to data. =■ i; 7.'».
i . ■ t'k-rk of Market reported fees for the week t
(Jiiird Hooso Keeper reported fees for the
on. Inn
MAt-COiNT, GhA,.;
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 15, 1857
Democratic ?Iominations.
date.
Til.
. to whom
erred, in rala-
oil Cotton Av
- Com.
XV. ok 10 (late.
1 .... i'.'in niit. "ii Street En
tin- F. ion of J A. Ilal-t -n was r
ti m to iron Stairway for his bnildin
enae, hes lt-avu to report favorahl
J. II. ELL.IS,
THUS. B. KLFE,
Adopted.
Th Uuildin" Oomrnltt.e beg leave to report that
haw re ii, - • VV. Walls,' beins the lowest proposal re-
cei\ od, the* ha\. ate .-d into the followmROontraCt
for dnj( tile hr work of the Now City■ lla.ll s
Which was adopted.
GEORGIA, limn Coistt.
Kn e.\ all men by these presents, that we, the .May
or and Connell of the City of Alacon, have this day
•alt*!.-d Into contract with Lawrence W. Wall to ex
ecute the lu -ikwork forn new City Hall, to he.t-r-
reeted on sipiaro No. SI, lots 7 and 6. corner of 1 op-
Jar and Second street-. City of Alacon, as per plaus
and specificationsoftko work tnrnishetl. Said ,ay-
or and Council will excavate the ground for founda
tion and famish all brick and iron work for the
building, but said Wall will furnish all other mate
rials, includingscafToldlncandcentres, Ate., Ac., for
said brick work. 8 dd Wall agree* al-;. to commence
tie- work of laying b: i.-k ass .on ns the ground is ex-
<-avatid and properly leveled to receive foundation
wulls—agrees furth- r to proseente the work steadi
ly after cotninencoinent,' with sufficient force to lay
two hundred thousand (iOO.OoO) brick every thirty
days, until the walls are raised t.. the height r. r-.dy to
recalvo the tiret door limners. Said walls must then
be properly protected from the weather by cover
ing, until tiro ci.Mung Spring, when the work shall
be resumed as early us bricks can be obtained, and
pressed forward to completion. Setting ofiron keys
for arch. -, for extra sixe of bricks, nnd any stono
work to be paid for the same as if brickwork.
For all of which, said Mayor and Council agree
to pay said Lawrence W. Wall, the sum of Five
Hundred ami Eighty-seven dollars and 50 cents for
each one hundred thousand brick laid, except where
esment is required (of which the Building Committee
•ba I be the judge*,) for whioh ninety cents (90) per
thousand extra shall he paid. The payments ahull tie
at follows, vis:
Fifty per ceut. (50) as each one hundred thousand
brick are laid, until the biick walls are rendv to re
ceivii f he t-econd tier <>t floor timbers, at which point
of thewoikau additional payment of twenty-five
per ceut. wilt bo made—from which point the pay
ment will be seventy-fire (75) percent, on the wo-k
until its completion,’ which must be on or before the
first day of November, IBM. The remaining twen
ty-five per cent, on tho whole, to be paid within
ninety days thereafter.
It is however stipulated and agreed that said May
or and City Council of th« City of Macon shall re
serve the right to declare this contractual! and void,
ahould said Lawrence W. Wall at any time fail or
refuse to comply, with the fureguing stipulation in
commencing or in progress of the w„rk, by delay or
iu violation of the contract, upon fire days notice to
him to a, ‘ ' “ ' " ”
Council
t ice the said
they may and sfiall have power to declare this con
tract void, and said contractor to be paid for work
done up to the time of notice, and no longor, upon
the baaiaand terms of the foregoiug contract, and
no further or othur compensation to bo allowed or
paid said contractor. Aud said Mayor and Council
to take |>o.-session of the premises, and all its prop
erty connected therewith, and removo the contrac
tor and hia property, if auy, from the premises, as a
tenant h olding over against the consent of his laud-
lord.
For the faithful performance of the foregoing, tho
aaid Lawrence W. Wall has delivered bis bond, with
security, in tho sum of twenty-five hundred dollars,
conditioned to bo void on fulfilment of this contract,
else to rumaiu iu full forco autl virtue in law.
An 1 it is further nnderstood and agreed between
the contracting parties, that tim number of brick in
the building shall be determined by the number
purchased Irom the brick makers for said building—
deductiug therefrom what may be left on baud, when
the bid.ding is completed.
Sigued aud seateu,
a.aeon, 10th September, 1857.
ROBERT FINDLAY, Ch’n.
A. <». BOSTICK.
THOS. 1!. KLFE,
F. 8. BLOOM.
A. B. ADAMS.
Lawaxxcx W. Watt, Contractor.
Couucil then adjourned.
R. CURD, C. C.
Cirr or Macox, Sept. 10,1557.
J os
FOR GOVERNOR,
EPH K. ii R 0W
J-’iil’. CONGllE-S,
1st Jji'ir
■/VI—JAMES L. SEWARD.
id
MARTIN J. CRAWFORD.
3d “
DAVID J. BAILEY.
4<A
L. J. GARTRELL.
5 th “
A. R. WRIGHT.
6th
JAMES JACKSON.
Ith
LINTON STEFnENS.
8 th
A. H. STEPHENS.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
for Senator—NATHAN BASS,
for Representative*—J0I1N J. GRESIIAM,
ABNER M. LOCKETT.
Judge Brown's Appointments.
Judge Brown will address his fcllow-citizcns
at Augusta, Saturday night, September 19.
At Greensboro’, Monday, Sept. 21.
At Madison, Tuesday, Sept. 22.
At Covington, Wednesday, Sept. 23.
At Monticello, Thursday, Sept. 21.
At Jackson, Friday, Sept. 25.
At Griffin, Saturday, Sept. 2G.
At Butler, Monday, Sept. 28.
At Perry, Tuesday, Sept. 29.
At Americas, Wednesday, Sept. 30.
At Albany, Thursday, Oct. 1.
Hon. B. H. Hill is "respectfully requested
to attend and discuss upon equal tcru.*.
Mr. Powell.
Jt will be seen that this distinguished pro
fessor of the Saltatory art proposes to recom
mence his dancing classes on the 29th ult.
Mr. Powell is a man of gentlemanly manners
nnd wc presume there is no more competent
instructor in this polite accomplishment in the
whole country.
Wo have received tho Prospectus for the
publication of a new paper in Thomnsville,
which has risen “on the ruins” of the Tuom-
asvillo Enterprise—to bo called the Southern
Entity. We hope the publishers will find it
an “Entity” indeed. Price $2.00.
The President’s EiClter.
“ He can find time, say opponents, to notice a
protest of a few Northern abolitionists, but can
not find time to respond to the resolutions from
Georgia.” To say nothing of the manifest impro
priety of singling ont one political convention of
many, had the opposition carefully examiued the
correspondence they would have seen manifest indi
cations that it is not, after all, so mucli a reply to
allegations of the memorialists, as it is an effort
to vindicate himself against the charges which
have been made in this section of the Union. In
a word, the President has seized the memorial
mainly as an occasion for placing himself right
upon the Kansas issue.. In what doctrinal point
docs the letter leave him in error.”
‘•Franklin.”
The Telegraph differs with this writer in
some of his conceptions of fact and some of his
ratiocination; but we publish in accordance
with a general purpose to encourage free dis
cussion within the bounds of a manifest pro
priety.
Right Atiout Face in Kansas.
The black-republican lenders, a short time
since, ordered their dutiful brethren not to
vote at the coming election. Extensive ar
rangements were made to enforce and carry
out this decree. Within a few days, however,
these orders have becu countermanded and
others authoritatively issued. No satisfactory
reason for this change is publicly assigned.
There is a siuglo notorious fact which may ac
count for it. The Kansas papers furnish evi-
dcuce of a difference of views iu tho democrat
ic rsuks in relation to the. support of Gover
nor Ransom for Congress. The extent of this
difference, if any, we do not know. But M.
J. Parrott, already elected by the Topekuites,
is all of a sudden nominated for a delegate to
Congrt -s. to be voted for at the coming elec
tion. This fact would render it probable thnt
the black-republicans anticipate his success
through divisions among the democrats, al
though tho race would he hopeless if they are
fully nulled. We cannot doubt that tl,.-re is
wisdom and patriotism enough among the dc-
inocraey of Kansas to avoid the possibilty of
such a result by concentrating their whole
strength upon an acceptable candidate. This
supposed incurable division is the probable
solution of this last black-republican move
ment. Their mode of disclosing their sudden
umerset Is somewhat peculiar. The offer of
t ie convention of services of Lane to aid Gov
ernor Walker in the execution of the laws of
tho Territory smacks most strongly of brazen
impudence- It is worthy of tho party who
made it. It would doubtless be accepted by
t!it; Governor whoa he deems it wise to em
ploy a wolf to watch and protect Jambs.
The lolluwings are the resolutions referred
to :
Whereas it is of (ho most vital importance
to the people of Kansas that the territorial
government should be controlled by the Iona
fide citizens thereof; and whereas Gov. Wal
ker has repeatedly pledged himself that tin*
people of KnnBns should have n full and a fair
vote, before it.martial judges, at the election
to be ill on the first Monday in October
next t.-r .(.'legal.-, lot oiigrl^ff and members of
the territorial legislature, and other officers:
Therefore,
He- Ive.l, That we. the people of Kansas,
in in-.-s c.invention assembled, agree to par
ticipate in said election.
licuolved, That, in thu» acting, we roly up
on the faithful fulfilment of the pledge of Gov.
Walk, r, and that we. Its lit etofoie. protest
t tl • enactments forced upon us liy the
Veters . the pt pie of Missouri.
Resolved, Thai the mass convention proceed
to a committee to wait upon the terri
torial authorities. and urgently insist upon a
rews&an mid correction of the wicked appor
tionment endeavored to be forced upon the
jn-ople of Kansas, to govern the selection of
mciiilic- "t the territorial legislature.
Resolve I, That Gen. James H. Lane be
authorized and requested to tender to Gov.
Walker the force organized by him, under the
re.-ohmon pH--. I by the convention held tit
Topeka, on the 15th July last, to bo used for
the protection of the ballot-box.
Re- ,• !. Th it this mass convention express
their unalterable determination to adhere to
the Topeka constitution and government; and
that all our actions shall he pointed toward
selling that government in motion, in a legiti
mate maimer, atan early day.—Washington
Union.
Tlic Camels.
The War Department has received an in
teresting report from E. F. Beal, tlm superin
tendent ot the expedition 10construct the wag
on read from Fort Defiance, dated El Paro,
Juiv 2-ltli. Mr. 1$. writes in glowing terms
of the success of the camel experiment. The
War Dt p irtmeut furnished him with some of
tl.cue an i m al* (only three of which were males)
to be used as beasts of burden—he loaded
them with 700 pounds each, of provender for
the mules. They bore the journey across the
plains—eating little but bushes, preferring to
browse on them to grazing on the best grass—
far better than the mule* of the expedition.
'They suffered much less than the mules lrom
tbc usual casualties of such a journey tore
backs, Urns feat, iui.—Star. .
Pntnaui’s Maguzinc
Is pnblicly announced as dead ! The litera
ry jury of iuquest assign other causes, bnt the
reader will hardly fail to recollect that some
time about the passage of the Kansas bill.
Putnam “contracted” Black Republicanism
badly, nnd abandoning tho exclusive literary
sphere in which it at once vaulted into eminence
aud prosperity, aspired to a sort of scholarly
dictatorship in higher law and Scwardism.
Thenceforward it languished, nnd languishing
has at length died of abolitionism.
We are requested to call attention to the
advertisement of the sale of the valuable Bil-
liagslia Plantation in Jones County.
Mr. Trippc and Col. Railcy-
Why will not Mr. Trippc attend the appointments
of Col. Bailey ? Wc feel warranted in saying that
lie will’be welcome—w ill have an equal chance and
courteous treatment. Wc believe it would be verr
agreeable to Col. Bailey to canvass the District iir
company with his competitor—not in the expec
tation of overwhelming him in debate, but in the
belief that the issue before the people can be more
satisfactorily presented and discussed in open and
honorable debate between the rival candidates aud
in the hearing of members of both parties.
Journal A Messenger oil Mr. Bu-
CIIANAN S LETTER.
“Sofarfrom removing Walker, Mr. Buchan
an in his recent letter to the free soil clergy of
the North says ho has “entire confidence” in
him, and reiterates that the Kansas Constitu
tion will be submitted to “bona file inhabi-
itants” for ratification.”
That is all the Journal & Messenger of last
Wednesday had to say upon the subject, and
if the editors live many years, they will hard
ly be able again to compress in five lines so
gross a misinterpretation of any document.
Mr. Buchanan docs not express entire confi
dence in Walker, except ns to tho particular
thing that he will not employ the troops for
any other purpose than to resist actual aggres
sion or in the execution of the laws. Mr. Bu
chanan does not “reiterate that the Kansas
Constitution will be submitted to the bona fide
inhabitants,” because lie could not reiterate
what he had not said. A single sentence in
lii-s letter seems to imply a belief thnt in point
of fact it will be so submitted to the bona fide
inhabitants, qualified to rote under its provi
sions, while the grand principle distinctly
avowed by him is to leave the people of Kan
sas “perfectly free to form and regnlato their
domestic institutions in their own way.” He
lias not before assumed, nor does he now as
sume, to instruct or influence the people of
Kansas in that or any other kindred matter,
and so far as the right of suffrage is concerned
In- distinctly endorses tho propriety of the
Territorial requisition of three months’resi
dence. It seems to ns that if the Journal &
Messenger had published the Letter he would
have hardly dared to hazard his reputation
on such statements in the same issue. Quite
ns unfortunate, too, would have been his long
quotation of CambrellingY soft-shell, free soil
Letter, with the attempt to charge its doc
trines to "Mr. Buchanan as the head of tho
Northern Democracy.”
Tlic 'fine Constitutional Doctrine.
The Charleston Mercury Washington cor
respondent writing of the President’s letter to
Silliman <vr. Co., lays :
In his reply to Professor Silliman and con
freres. President Buchanan has crossed tlie
Rubicon, and proclaimed his position upon the
radical point ot difference between the North
and the South. "Slavery existed at that pe
riod (when he came into the Presidencv) and
still exist in Kansas, under the Constitution of
the United States."
Mr. Buchanuii was across thnt Rubicon long
before he wrote the letter in question, lie says
of this doctrine, "How it ever could been seri
ously doubted u a mystery.”
TlicK.tV. CandidalcsonDirect Tax-
AT10N.
Mr. Elam, the "American” candidate for
C ongre.-s iu the 2nd District, publishes a let
ter avowing himself “unequivocally in favor ot
free trade and direct taxation.” Mr. B. 11.
Hill, according to the LaGrange Reporter, at
the close of a speech iu Carrol county, on the
27th ult., was catechised on the subject by a
committee of gentlemen, and gave very prompt
answers which lie proposes to furnish the com
mittee in writing. The same committee pro
pose to interrogate Judge Brown, and a great
deal of curiosity is expressed about what he
will have to say. Wc think the Judge will be
able to dispose of that matter, so far as ho is
concerned, without difficulty. The subject of
direct taxation has been “agitated" by Gen.
Belhunc iu Georgia for some time—duriug"
which several Democratic State Conventions
have met and adjourned, without incorpora
ting it into their creed. The substance of Mr.
Hill’s replies may well be a matter of more
reasonable curiosity; and if he, like Mr. Elam,
is on the direct taxation platform of Gcn>
Bcrtbune, it is as fair a bargain as ever was
made in Georgia. The “considerations” are
of equal practical value. Our amiable friend,
the G encrol, makes over the support of his par
ty—highly respectable gentleman but too few
to help—while Messrs. Hill and Elam offer as
an oftsett an official influence in support of di
rect Taxation which they will never have as
long as the moon shines. It is like one of
those trades which small lads sometimes make
In the way of a swap of horn handled jack
knives which the careful parent has purchased
upon assurance that they will never cut
Neitherparty is cheated—neither is the better
for the bargain; while it must be confessed
the Knownothings are in no condition to suffer
much injury even from such a negotiation.
They evidently mean to take all the chances.
Failure of Hie Colonization
SCHEME.
We believe the Liberian Colonization scheme
had its origin in a spirit of real benevolence,
bnt also in practical mistake. It was found
ed in the notion of the natural equality of
races, or in the scarcely less erroneous idea
that the negro race, civilized and tutored by
the whites, might afterwards work out for it
self a progress and development, greater than
it had been able to attaiu in a condition of ser
vitude or a quasi freedom which subjected it
to an unequal competition with the whites.
This fundamental idea of colonization the
experience of the world is demonstrating to be
a fallacy. The negro, as a slave, under the
government and protection of a kind, intelli
gent and provident master is in his best and
happiest condition. Kclease him from it, and
with rare exceptions only, he sinks iu every
condition—physical, intellectual and moral.
All history—all impartial observation, shows
tliis to be true. The Colonization Scheme
has, therefore, done aud is doing mischief, by
cncouragiug the emancipation of slaves upon
a mistaken idea of benevolence or duty. It
has practically wasted estates and brought
calamity and mischief upon emancipated slaves.
The practice of emancipation ought to be dis
continued and the public mind ought to rest
assured that Colonization offers no solitary in
ducement to it which did not exist before Li
beria was thought of; and the benevolent
slaveholder should be satisfied tbat he can do
better for tbc welfare of bis black family, than
to secure to them a position of well regulated
servitude.
When, some months ago, the Telegraph re
published from the Atlanta Examiner, with
comments, the statement of “Jeff'—an eman
cipated slave, returning to Georgia and servi
tude from the privations and distress of free
dom in Liberia, the "AfrieanRepository,” the
Home Organ of Colonization, took us to task
and bantered us to controversy. Jeff’s story,
however, is fully verified by the paragraph
appended below. The scheme itself is an-
uuunced at an end. It is a failure, 'like ail
other schemes of throwing negroes upon their
W. Horne, predicts a yet worse condition of
things, and that •• the end of all things out
there is at hand." The dhi ress does not seem
to be confined to the natives, for lie comma
his account in the words, "Wc iu the republic
have been aud arc in a fearful condition 1
want of food, at --ome points worse than at
others.”—.V. l r . Com. Advertiser.
“ American Platforms.”
The Knowuothing Party of Ohio, have, in their
recent State Conrieniion (Aug. 5th), furnished a for
cible illustration of the value of those vague gener
alities, in the shape of Platforms, with which thnt
party has sought io satisfy itself anil the country.
Wc quote two of the resolutions by way of illu
tration :
“ The American party of Ohio, in Convention
assembled, deem it proper to announce tho follow
ing proposition, as expressing tho opinions of the
party in Ohio, vie:
“ First, The Federal Union mast bo maintain
ed. The Reserved Rights of tlic States must be
respected. The union of Church and State must
be prevented. The Rights of-Conscience must bo
guaranteed. American interests must be promo
ted. An American Nationality must be cherished,
Sectional Agitation must be terminated. Foreign
Paupers and Criminals must be excluded. Th
Naturalization Laws must be amended. Squatter
Sovereignty and Alien Suffrage must be repudiat
cd. Americans must rule America.
“ Second, That we repel, as false and unjust, the
charge against us tbat we are in favor of the ex
tension of Slavery into Free Territory ; but we
deem it also our duty to condemn the spirit of see*
tionalism which seeks ta array one portion of the
country against another, aud to declare our unal
terable devotion to the interests of the whole coun
try, one and indivisible.”
Here is the same conglomeration of “ musts"
adopted originally, wo believe, by that musty af
fair, tlic Philadelphia National Convention of 1856,
with the addition of oue more—that slave labor
must be kept out of the territories! In a word, the
Ohio Knownothings arc in favor of protecting the
reserved rights of the States—“ cherishing Atneri
can Nationality” and “quieting sectional agitation”
on the basis of the Witinot froriso ! ! They say,
too, very positively, that it “must” be done wheth
er or no ! Perhaps they will imorrn tho “ breth-
ering” out here how they are to do it. Mr. Hill,
we venture to assert, will be unable to tell, and
the ingenuity of even our friend Ranse will be puz
zled. Preserving honesty by tbelt—public order
by riot, and life by murder, are means and ends
just as harmonious as those by which these Ohio
frecsoilcrs propose to quiet sectional agitation,
maintain State Rights and preserve American Na
tionality. And then to cap the climax, how sensi
tive these gentlemen arc about “ Squatter Sover-
ereiynty.” Mr. Hill himself could not be more so.
“Squatter Sovereignty must be repudiatedF It is
as horrible to the Oiiio abolitionist as to the Geor
gia “Americans.” Now contrast this meaningless
but high-sounding flummery of “musts," with the
plain declaration of the Ohio Detnoeratie State
Convention, endorsing the Dred Scott decision and
pledging themselves to uphold the lawful Constitu
tional authority of the United States in maintain
ing the same! That means something and looks
like preserving American Nationality and State
rights, and quieting sectional agitation! Tl,o
Georgia Knownothings say that they, too, are on
the Dred Scott decision; and if so, where would
they be if in Ohio ? According to their own plat
form they would be compelled to “ repudiate” tbc
“(American party of Ohio.” Upon tlic only vital
point of doctrine iu their creed! they would be
compelled to join the democrats. It is only mate
rial space which keeps them from bitter doctrinal
conflict with the Ohio Knownothings, who, wc
will wager a sixpence, with all their “musts," are
to a man supporters of the treasonable Btatutcs of
Ohio against the recovery of fugitives. “Section
al agitation must be quieted,” indeed! They re
mind us of Dicken’s Squeers in Dotheboys Hall,
who flogged his pupils all round because they were
low-spirited. “Cheerfulness and contentment,”
says he “mustbe kept up !”
Compensation Rill—Col. Dailey.
Hon. David J. Bailey, in a speech in Crawford
last week, took occasion to put at’rcst the misre
presentations that lie is in favor of the compensa
tion bill passed at the last Session of Congress. He
said he was opposed to and should have voted
against the bill, but it was not, in his judgment, an
issue of the canvass, and he had no disposition
whatever to impugn the course of Mr. Trippe upon
it. He alluded to tbc matter only to place himself
right.
own resources, in whole or in part. It won
do. It is not in harmony with the negro char
acter. He wants a master—he must have
somebody to look up to for direction and guid
mice—somebody to hold him to immediate per
sonal responsibility—somebody to eljcit that
strongest affection of which his nature is capa
ble—founded on reverence of a superior to
whom he is an object of care and concern.—
Without this, in nine cases out of ten, the ne
gro is a thriftless, graceless, comfortless
vagabond.
So strong is this intellectual necessity of a
negro for a master, that our Railroads in Geor
gia, with ample means, and, one would think
with every apparent reason for owning per
ihanent corps of laborers, choose rather to pay
extravagant hire, because, as the remarkably
intelligent aud sagacious President of our
largest company tells us’, the negro is not con
tented with a legal fiction for an owner—he
wants a master, iu bodily shape and presence,
and is not contented unless he has one. Though
the Companies furnish the best of food in abun
dance and provide for their laborers in every
respect with u systematic care and wise liber
ality, they can’t own them advantageously,
because servants are discontented unless they
have a master whom they can address as such
and feel that he “belongs to them." The prop
erty is mutual. If the master owns tho ser
vant, the servant owns tbc master, aud that,
too, in the majority of cases, iu a much more
than n verbal sense. Sec, then, this mental
constitution of the negro, which qualifies him
for tho position of a slave and is altogether iu
compatible with this Liberia Scheme, or with
the notion of erecting free, civilized and pros
perous Black Republics. All tho education
and training in the world will not divest him
of it, and he is in his happiest position when,
in consonance with it, ho is under the care of
a good master.
We append after this long and unexpected
introduction the extract referred to:—
“Famine in- Africa.—Information has been
received at the Methodist Episcopal Mission
Rooms in this city that there are apprehen
sions of a geucral famine in Liberia: that al
ready several of the poorer people have died
of starvation; that ssmo of the missionaries
on the country stations arc without anv 'other
food than green plums, und that around some
of the settlements the natives arc cutting down
the palm trees, for the sake of the palm cab
bage, to sustain life. One of the missionaries
there remarks that this state of things has
b.-.-n coming upon them for years,’ aud attri
butes it mainly to three causes: first, the great
number of idle and worthless persons in tho
community, who will not work and who live
by beggary ; second, that this class of persons
is con.-tautly increased by the immigration
(or the United States, numbers of immigrants
consuming a great deal and producing noth
ing ; und third, to the failure of the native rice
crops several years, owing in t he part to a bad
season, but mainly to the natives’ “general
attendance upon the Devil Bush, when they
should have been able to recover themselves.
\\ hat l ice lias been gathered for a year or
two past h is not been enough for food, so they
have saved none for sowing.”
“ This is a gloomy prospect, and the mis
sionary who gives the information), the Rev. J.
Stirring Times in Crawford
From Crawford wc hear that daily meetings were
held during all last week; with the best results.—
“ Old Crawford,” says our correspondent, (whose
f .vor is crowded out by the press upon us,) is
“ right side up with care."
K. IV. County Ticket.
The opposition held a meeting last Saturday, and
after appointing a committee to consider in reference
to a Ticket for this County, adjourned OTer to to
day, (Tuesday,) when we presume they will make
a nomination.
Views of Judge Elmore of Kansas.
We arc indebted to a friend for a copy of the
“Note Book,” a democratic paper published at
Teciiiuseh, Kansas, and containing the follow
ing communication from Judge Elmore, over
the signature of “Fctrio.” As a great deal of
interest lias been felt in regard to the views
of reliable .Southern men now in Kansas—par
ticularly those of Judge Elmore,—our readers
will doubtless be plea-ed to have them so clear
ly stated.
FiomtlioToouD. il, Kansas. Note Bpoh.
Ma. Editor:—I trust you will permit mo
to occupy a small space iu the columns of the
Note Book, to express my views on the course
that some of the Southern journals and poli
ticians have seen proper to pursue towards
Gov. Walker, of this Territory.
I, however, wish it distinctly understood,
that I do not appear as tho champion of Gov.
Walker or as the apologist for the course he
has deemed proper to pursue; on the contra
ry, I hold my own views and opinions on all
matters of Public Policy, without reference to
the opinion of others. There are some things
in Gov. Walker’s administration, which I do
not approve, others that I can endorse. I be
lieve, however, in the old Bible adage, that
we sltou’d “render unto Ctcsar, the things tbat
arc Ctcsar’s.”
I have noticed for a month past a disposi
tion on the part of certain Southern poli ticians
A Great JLack or Space
It is remarkable how many of our Georgia
Knownothings prints have been “ unable to
find space ’’•for President Buchanan’s Letter.
There is a sudden scantiness come over them
unacountable upon any techuical principles
Theybave found “ space ” for a good many
democratic documents lately of great length
and very severe upon Mr. Buchanan; but
when it comes to a comparatively short letter
from the Chief Magistrate of the United States
upon asubject of almost exclusive agitation and
political interest, "space” gives out in a minute,
They either treat the letter very cavalierly,
in n brief paragraph, or denounce it as hereti
cal ; but “ space fails ” for the Letter itself.
All this lack of space rightly interpreted, is a
striking commcut on the production. The
Georgian very correctly says:
He (Mr. Buchanan) has, however, whilst
coolly settling the question with these North
ern Agitators, as to what lie intends to do,
just as quietly and strongly given tho Know
Nothings of the South a blow on tho Kansas
nnd Walker bubble, which they are so indus
triously blowing, that must make a serious
drain upon the small amount of political capi
tal which they have been enabled to manufac-
tur for the purses of this campaign
It has been contended, by ti large propor
tion of thoso who denounced Walker, that he
transcended his instructions, and a confidence
has been entertained that Mr. Buchanan would
not endorse the opinions and threats used by
him. On the other hand, the Know Nothings,
thinking that the Democrats had obtained' tho
vantage ground in the contest, have waged a
furious war of wind and words upon Mr. Bu
chanan, nnd have attempted to get tip a dazzl
ing exhibition of Southern Rights, with the dis
union and fire-eating elements prominently
displayed.
They have repeatedly charged that Mr. Bu
chanan had fully instructed Walker, and that
Walker had acted iu strict accordance with
the instructions, and both of them had conspir
ed to take Kansas from the South, nnd not
withstanding the fact that the Know Nothings,
in the preceding campaign, had argued before
the people that tlic Kansas Bill itself contain
ed provisions which would lose that Territory
to the South, and that, too, before Walker
went there, yet they very suddenly discover
ed the rights of the South to be endangered,
inti a necessity for them, asaparty, to rebuke
the trench ary (as they term it) ot the Presi-
nt.
In his letter, Mr. Buchanan has laid down,
fully mid distinctly, his views upon tho right
of belt-government ami free suffrage, wniclt
do not agree with those expressed by Gov.
Walker. This should put the matter tit rest,
and wo will patiently wait to see who does
justice to the President, of those who have
abused and misrepresented him, and what new
objections the ingenuity of Know Nothings
may invent to the very just and statesmanlike
opinions as expressed iu his letter.
and journals, to deal harshly with Gov. Walk
er, and as I conceive to place him in a false
position before the Southern people, with re
gard to the course of policy he has seen prop
er to select in the administration of the affairs
of this Territory. I do not say that they in-
tionally do so, but from an entire misaprhen-
sion of the facts in the case. I intend in this
communication to notice only one or two of
the positions, which they allege the Governor
occupies.
They charge him first with having ndvised the
Convention, which is about to assemble, to form a
State Constitution to submit it to the people, and
they seem to be laboring under the impression,
tbat by the term people, lie intends to say, that it
should be submitted to a direct vote of all the peo
ple who may happen to be in the Territory on the
day of its submission. I do not understand Gov.
Walker as occupying any such a position, nor can
1 well see how others can come to that conclusion,
from the language in which the sentence is couch
ed. I understand Gov. Walker to mean, that after
the ConstitutionTins been formed, it shall be sub
mitted to the then bona fide citizens of Kansas,
not the people in Kattsas, and now tlic question
arises who are citizens of Kansas V I say, unhesi
tatingly, that those are citizens, who have been in
the Territory that length of time recognized by
law, to entitle them to vote for Delegate to Con
gress, members to the Legislature, the payment of
taxes, working tho public roads, &e. I understand
that it takes all these things to acquire citizenship.
Tiiis I conceive to be Gov. Walker’s position. If we
are correct, then I say that Gov. Walker is right.
To this proposition, 1 cannot see how my Southern
friends can object. To say that the Constitution
should not be submitted, or, that if submitted, it
should be for a vote of the registered votes only,
is simply an absurdity ; under that rule and a
strict construction of the law, not one-half of the
actual citizens of the Territory for the last twelve
mouths, would be allowed a vote ; then should the
negligence of officers, disfranchise the citizens of
the Territory ? I think not. But to the question,
for whom aud for whoso benefit is a Constitution
formed ? The people’s ? Then if the citizens are to
be affected by it, they tire the proper persons to
determine their system of government. But they
say, that those only should vote who had a voice
in electiug tlic Delegates to form that Constitution,
for the Delegates then elected, represented tbc
will of the majorities, and that majority shall de
termine tliis matter. That majorities shall rule wc
all acknowledge ; but suppose thnt the Convention
which meets in September, determine not to sub
mit the Constitution formed until December or
January next, and at that time those only are to
vote whose names appear on the registry of last
March. You certainly cannot say that a majority
of the citizens of Kansas at the time of the adop
tion of the Constitution, voted for the same. Con
sequently you canDot have a Constitution repre
senting the will of the majority at the time of its
adoption. You may have the Constitution repre
senting the will and opinions of a majority of the
people, one or two years ago. According to that
doctrine, if the Legislature had ordered an election
for a Constitutional Constitution two years ago,
and one had been agreed upon, but Congress for
some reason had declined accepting it, up to the
present time; although nineteenth-twentieths of
tho actual citizens now were opposed to it, it
would be impossible for them to change it, and
thus you see at ouce, the Constitution so formed,
would not be a Constitution representing the voice
of the people at all, for if the people that were here
in March last, ha"ve the right to form our Constitu
tion for us, the people here two years ago had the
same right, if the Legislature had only ordered it.
Then we say that every man, who by law is enti
tled to vote for Delegates to Congress, or Legisla
tors, and subject to taxation at the time of its sub
mission, should be entitled to vote, for or against
the Constitution. These things being the pre-re
quisites of citizenship.
As to the propriety of Gov. Walker's sugges
tions to the members of the Convention, we look
upon Gov. Walker us an American citizen, having
■ the same rights and privileges in the Government
that I have, and being Governor of Kansas, does
not destroy his individuality, in my estimation.—
He was sent here by ttie President to govern Kan
sas, nnd not to be governed by Kansas. If Gov.
Walker thought then, or if lie thinks now, that he
can use bis iufiuence to maintain peace and harmo-
tiy in the country, and advise the people to pursue
that course of policy which would be fair to all, and
compromising the rights of none, I say that it is
his duty to do so, and cannot see the impropriety
of such a course of jiolicy. I do not think it would
be right or proper in Gov. Walker to give his in
fluence to cither party in tliis Territory further
th lln liis duties require. At the same time as a
citizen and a man, I accord to him the right to
think and speak as he pleases on any matter of
public policy. This is done by every President of
the United States, and every Governor of every
State in the Union, year after year. I am for the
Union under tho Constitution, ’ and according to
the letter and spirit of that Constitution, nnd 1 am
not willing to allow pride, nrabition, hatred or jeal
ousy, to swerve me from what I conceive to be the
line of duty, and I regard all the long editorials,
platforms and speeches against Walker, as being
superlatively ridiculous. When the North attempts
to wrest the rights of the South from her, I am
then with the South. 1 am sorry to see the South
mrsuing the course towards Walker that she is. It
is calculated to endanger the stability of the Dem
ocratic party, and I cling to that party as being
(he only hope and guaranty of tho South for her
Constitutional rights. SCIP10.
For the Georgia Telegraph.
Mr. Editor :—With much interest I have
hitherto perused the several communications
in vonr valuable Journal, touching the now
ult exciting topics of Kansas, Walker, &c.,
without the thought of offering to the public
any views of my own, until reading in your
last issue an article which to me appears ex
pressive of a radicuilen neither patriotic nor
just-
Viewing, as I doubtless do, in
lie-lit from some others, tins qucslion non- egi-
taiingthe public inind, and anticipating.also
different cm ■•-■'i , i' , n.'e.-, iv.-nUing fr *m its de
cision, as affecting the interests of the South,
I am pained to see uncharitable reflections up
on the course now pursued by our pro-SIavery
friends in Kansas*and cannot but think it ex
ceedingly bad taste, to say no worse, in any
true Democrat to attempt to stigmatize as a
“Traitor worse than Arnold,” our worthy and
honored Chief Magistrate, iu case ho shall not
pursue precisely the course marked out for
him by superior wisdom.—At least, until
be has given the South some reason to suspect
that after forty years’ faithful attachment to
her interests, and iu return, almost by her a-
loue, elevated tohi3 present exalted station, he
is about to join the baseness of ingratitude with
desertion, I cannot believe him capable of it.
It should be borne in mind not only that Mr.
Buchanan is President of the whole Nation,
but that be lias better and more reliable
sources of information as to Kansas affairs,
than we, and therefore may, and doubtless
does, have reasons for his course, which may
be entirely satisfactory to us of the South. Is
For the Macoa TeW^
Nothing to Do. ?r '^
I1Y S. q. LAl'irs, j,. u
M.r m.t t( ’ be ? that t- th 9 ,
o l
hetlier't
The slings anil arrows ofoutra.
arm* against a sea of tro;
'nobler in the mind 10^''°“
taiwi
nft’er
eous
ibU "
Or t<i
,\!Di, by opposing, end them!
What's more prepossessing than the it
“gentleman of leisure ? ll e ,' s a ca] “‘‘•of
i or of passing events—reads the mornir^^'
different i and with no tearful eye perceives q
lias declined one eighth, for he is ^
speculation and cannot therefore
“outrageous fortune.” The increase' Cf
price of Bread stuffs does not enhance hi ° ^
ta!, and the Chinese war is lonUa „ ca P-
u Pon a,.
looked
Robert J. Walker and
ham ditto of Nicaragua notoriety
inry evil.
in
Melancholy Occurrence.
We are sorry to learn in the annexed para
graph from a Jacksonville (Florida) paper, the
death of abighly intelligent, accomplished gen
tleman, with whom we were personally acquaint
ed. Dr. Speer was a brother of Col. A. M.
Speer, of this city, nnd a son of Rev. A. Speer,
of LaGrange. He was widely known in Flori
da, had been for several years a member of the
General Assembly and sustained in all his re
lations an elevated and irreproachable charac
ter .—
We learn from a passenger by the steamer
IVclaka, arrived Saturday, that on Wednes
day last ns Dr. Spear, a wealthy planter of
Lake Monroe, was having a small steamer
which he built for his private use, towed by
tlip steamer Darlington to Jacksonville for rc-
jifirs, his vessel was sunk, and be and one of
ills negroes were drowned, the particulars of
which, as related, were as follows : While in
tow in the middle of Lake George, the small
steamer badly leaking, was suddenly swamp
ed by tho heavy sea running at the time. D'r.
Spear, his son, (a lad,) P. Everlett, and a
’gro. were on board at tho time of her sink-
tg. .Mr. Everlett was rescued by a boat from
the Darlington; Dr. S’s son was saved by
clinging to a floating box from which ho was
ken on board the boat. Dr. Speer nnd his
■gro sank. It is supposed that in making an
fort to save the negro, the latter drowning,
clung to the Dr. (who was an excellent swim
mer,) in such a manner as to disable him en-
y from keeping above water, until the
boat reached them. Capt. Brock, of the Dar-
ton, made every effort to recover the bodies,
but in vain.
Dr. S’s lady—a daughter of Col. I. D. Hart,
of Jacksonville, Fla.,—and children, are now
at their residence on Lake Monroe, and will
not hear of the melancholy tidings until Tues
day of this week.
not a most significant fact that both the Ad
ministration and Gov. Walker, are most bit.
terly vilified and denounced by every aboli
tionist and Abolition Press, both in Kansas
and in the Northern States, while both are
unanimously supported by the Democratic pro
slavery party in Kansas? Does any reasonable
man pretend to say that the pro-slavery party
in Kansas are not as capable of judging what
is for their interests as are their friends two
thousand miles from them ?
It is presumed that no one is insensible of the
great importance of the issue iu the struggle
now pending in Kansas, not only as, affecting
the future destiny of that Territory, but the
interests of the South, as well as the whole
Union. The question is simply this, Shall the
institution of slavery be established in Kansas
on its admission as a State into this Union
And what will be the consequences to us of the
South attending its decision cither one way
or the other ?• That the decision is to be made
by the bona fide settlers, the inhabitants of the
Territory, and nof by the politicians two
thousand miles distant, cither in New England
or Georgia, is disputed by no one—and like
every other people in every other place, is
not likely that they will, and just that they
should, consult their own interest in the estab
lishment of their own institutions ? Shall they
regardless of their true interests, decide that
Kansas shall be a free State just because Mas
sachusetts is a free State ? or that it shall be
slave State because Georgia is a slave'State
Shall a settler in Kausas be denounced for being
in favor of having it a slave State, because it hap.
pens tbat he was from a free State; or vice versa,
for choosing to have it a free State, although he
•may bare been raised in a slave State ?
Shall not the same principle of self interest be
allowed to determine the question in Kansas, as it
has already done in every other State, both North
and South? What sensible man doubts but that
if slavery had been found profitable, it would, at
this day, have existed in every State in tho Union
or that any State where it now obtains, would
be so foolish as to persist in holding on to it for
any length of time after it was found to be unpro
Stable.
If the people of Kansas, finding free labor more
profitable than slave, choose to have it a free State,
and “ cut up into small farms to suit the small free
eoilers from Germany and New England,” it cer
tainly seems to me that it does not lie in the mouth
of us, two thousand, miles distant to complain,
it just to ask tlic people of Kansas to burthen them
selves with an institution, which, from her geogra
phical position, and the hostile character of a large
proportion of her population, may retard her
growth and prosperity just for the purpose of in
creasing the power of the South in the National
Government ? Shall wc, acknowledging our weak
ness, ask her to become a bastion for our protec.
lion ? For It is certainly nothing else that the South
wants of Kausas as a slave State. It is not her
lands. Far better lands await the Southern Settler
in States where the climate is adapted to slave la
bor, nnd the institutions permanently fixed, with
no internal enemy to render it either unsafe or un
profitable. Look at the position of Kansas, even
supposing its climate adapted to slavery—entirely
disconnected from the South, with foes within and
enemies of slavery surrounding it. Who,-I ask,
ould risk slave property there ? Even now our
enemies have carried the tear into Africa. Look at
Missouri—a State where slavery has been cstab ;
fished thirty-six years, with a population of over
million, its freemen are to the slaves as eleven to
one aud the relative disproportion daily increasing.
Look at its last election returns. Like King Pyr
rhus, the Democratic party well may say, that
another such victory would bo their ruin.”
Out of nearly ninety-six thousand votes cast, the
abolitionists come within three hundred and thirty
fire of a majority 1! He must be blind who cannot
see the doom of slavery in Missouri.
And why do wo see this result ? It is simply be
cause the climate is adapted to free labor, and the
flood of foreign emigration pouring into the State,
rendering it cheaper than that of the slave. And
the same reasons will operate in Kansas. Let
slavery be established in Kansas, and I do not hesi
tate to predict that in less than ten years it will be
abolished, and that the reaction will operate much
more injuriously to the interests of tho South, than
ould its non-establishment in the first place. Ftil]
say, if the majority in Kansas are in favor of
slavery, let it be a slave State, and should Congress
for that reason, refuse to admit it into the Union,
I would be among the first to throw.to the breeze
tho standard of a Southern Republic. Knowing
our rights and conscious of our strength, daring to
maintain them. I say let tho Constitution of Kan
sas be submitted to the people. If wo arc in the
majority, our victory will be above board and de
cisive. If in the minority, acknowledging the prin
ciple that the majority govern, we will nt least
suffer nn honorable defeat.
It is arguing its own weakness, for the pro-slavery
party to refuse to submit it to tho people. The
Constitution of Kansas cannot be rande like the law.
of the Medes and Persians, unalterable. And who
so simple os not to know that if the abolitionists are
the majority, and a pro-slavery constitution is forced
upon them, they will alter it within the year ?
Therefore, looking forward beyond the excite
ment ; of tlic moment, let us of the’ Sonth with wi c
statesmanship and calm determination so shape our
* "'ll-- -. til i - 1*.- hn\ e hit! no it.).; ■, - v , e shall I
continue to exercise and enjoy our just proportion
of the power anti benefits resulting from this out
glorious Union.
FRANK UN.
Rai
miml, insignificant individuals brouJ'^
notice by accident, and the recall o' ^
er or the defeat of the latter would bf o'
matters of trivial importance, jj , ° ^
the “Nothing to do” association *
anxiety as to whether the human rTh?
“Nothing to wear," or dress in ^
and ashes.” In fact the “gentleman ofkj
is a my th—the world owes him a ihjJ 1 * 1 ’ 5
he obtains it. lie slumbers in no palatial ^
sion—bis chamber is not decked with ix*
elegance, and show -he is not screened /’
the rude observer by damask curtail J
floor is adorned with no brussels-.hi 3 coa ",.
not of down. He selects a more roasntiet
—Ins covering is the biue vault of heaven^^ i
as he retires lie can truly say “here I h ^
down to sleep,” on terra firma. Yet b ***
times procures a stall in the market an/
••Stretches bis tir'd limbs and lsyshfffc„j
Down on his own delightful bed." ^
The gentleman of leisure believes withp
ron, that * l'
“When dinner has oppress’d one,
It is perhaps the gloomiest hour’
Which turns up out of the sad twenty-...
No banquet waits his presence, and fat
joy mashnlsno golden goblet for him; b
taper’s dazzling beam that illuminate bi 3 /,
does not rival departing day, for be hasn 0 >
per” wherewith to deck his “hall'’ as.} „■
"hall” wherewith to deck a “taper.'’ m
takes delight in standing near a Restinru*
where bis nasal organs may be exhilarated b
the fumes of fried bam and other regeielhl
his sense of smell is so cultivated that it can a;
once distinguish a “good egg” from one u:*
which its feathered proprietor has too 1 *.
held undisputed sway. The individnaihaii/
“nothing to do” procures his meals from
unknown source, aud seeks from without tl*
busy city a first class hotel where hemajes-
tentatiously with one portion of a goose re
move the superfluous amount of food thatnar
have accumulated in the bicuspids ot tatHet
of the same class of animals. Though the “gea-
.tleman of leisure cannot visit the circus he as
serts with the immortal bard
“The man that hath no music in his soul,
Nor is not mov’d with concord of sweet msmj
Is tit for treason, stratagems, and spoil}."
Therefore, he locates himself without the
canvas and “gives his ear that he mayhem'
the dulcet sounds that awake slumbering M -
ture. He takes pride in criticising the works
of art—thinks that Rail Roads are nuisa:;»s
that contaminate the atmosphere with dm
of turpentine smoke, to the great annoyance of
people that live to enjoy life. The JIaccei:
Telegraph is, in his opinion, an invention :::•
ten up for the purpose of cpnveying false ia-
telligence and he would frown it down if pos
sible, yet he believes it is already consigned
to a watery grave ’neatli the billows of the A:-
lantic- 'The “gentleman of leisure” adroas
the construction of the City Hall as being
ornamental and useful, (to him perhapsjrii
the Water Works are considered, by hia, t
useless expenditure of the public funds, Re
asserts tbat he has always been enabled to p::-
enre a plentiful supply of the aqueous find
more at times (when it rains) than he desist
He is conversant and familiar with the tops
of the day and always has a vast amount cf
historical knowledge at command. Hekcon
who struck Billy Patterson, and also whopu- I
loined the goblet from Rose Hill Cemetoy;
but these are secrets which he cannot disclose.
He reads all the late works but considerss:- I
thors at the present day a lean, mongrel, iff
starved set of beings, who write because the
are too indolent to attempt any manual labor-
The gentleman of leisure takes the latest pi
pers (when he has an opportunity) and El-
withstanding lie condescends to read them, hi j
wonders “why editorsdo not hang themselves."
In a word though at peace with all the wor—
and indebted to a great numberof its inhabitants,
the gentleman of the “Nothing to do,”fraterm-
ty lives that he may benefit humanity and bj
his example “teach theyoung idea” the way ia
which it should go. Having observed the gen
tleman of leisure, aye! and having been a mec-
bon fihat fraternity, 1 havepaintedapancriC' I
ic view of hiiji to the best of my ability,an-
although no longer a gentler urn at large I tsTi
the consoling assurance that at least, I am not
large gentleman. Macon, Sep. P, T •
Brown Holler, 9;h, September.
I'oixou iit Wilts key.
The Rogersville (Tenu.) Times ssys i-s;
ton or twelve cattle drovers are down seiions'
ly sick, occasioned by drinking rectified * Fa-
key, which they had obtained in the country
near that place.
Mr. Telegraph:—Seeing this piece in jo-’
paper, I thought I would write about a deci
sion on Strucknine whiskey in the Holler- ^
Brown Holler Scientific Association” met • li ‘
tturday: Subject, whether and bow
orso the Strucknine war than the"p* s -
Corn Sperrets.” After the discussion, a
mittee nur appointed, and tbar decision w--
that it made uo grate material difference J
long run. The one burnt and theothers M '
ned, and the Strucknine made theta®®
with bloody chops and bright red aud
round their tales, when leastways *
should be ski blue. The association p ut ^
ote and so decided, but the cheermau pro.o
edaginit. Ifo say’d they could’nt deterniio
bekase the plane sperrets wur&tlnrgonii*®
bushel,
wur e***!
if do* 3
ince corn wur over centi a
hen a man drunk whiskey now, it
question how much Struckr.ine wee ^
s throtc, fur some wur bound tc goal-.' •
Tennessee men wur nigh a mill and dr®
it tin* 5
s settled. Ef they’d a gin
and clarify, as Dr. Stilgen sal
hyderW
had ft®*
Road Con section at Augusta.—
The Augusta Dispatch of the 2!ffh ult. says
that the Laying of the new track, to connect
the South Carolina Railroad with the Georgia,
is progressing. The new portion of the track
is to be laid with heavy T iron, and the curves
are arranged so as to render it possible for the
locomotives to pass over. A few days will
complete the track, as it is under the direction
of Mr. Bjjckhalter, who is conceded to be the
best constructor ia that part of the country.
?en druj
forment
2association, untwell the gasseous
nated vapor of the pizeu Strucknine
merited into a sedentitious mass atthi. ®
of the bar], ihevmoughthave lived ayeu r
through •““*
after, instead of burning a hole
innerds with the first pint. yjj
The doctor thinks ef a man will rest a
atween drinks, say a week, so as to g*^ ^
system time to recover from the str ‘’ '
may live several years and still drink tJ® c
mon Strucknine, but will be liable to
flake, and ef after sieh a dose be will , e
leetle caster oil, as he says, tocoleagi* 1 ®^ ^
embranous lining of the stomake, b®"
still more secure. Yours.