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Kean ] Mu.ntoomert, Ala., May lSth, l»5fl. n. pending question being on the report of Mr. .yj, of South t’arolina, favoring the re-opening of ti'rican slave trade, j[ r- Hunter said; Mr. President, I rise not for the of making a speech, but I rise for the pur- .1 of expressing, with as much brevity as possible, : rrtsona which will induce me to vote against the report as well as the substitute offered, by j'V.incey. In order to do this, and that the subject , Se distinctly understood, it becomes necessary ,joe to advert to tha history of the legislation of . t r< f» upon Ibis subject. j gentlemen who preceded me have already re- r . ,i m that article in the Constitution which' pro- ,d that Cnngreaa. prior to 180S, should not pass ' liw prohibiting the slavetrade The gentleman I 1 ',, rddressed the House last (Mr. Harper, of Ala ,) ' rrt .j to the debates which took place iu the Con- ■ .,n upon the subject of the slave trade, the re- of which was the embodiment in the Constitution gihs article prohibiting the passage of any law by c„, wtss to stop the African slave trade. The gen- S from Alabama (Mr. Yancey) insists that that " j, „ direct recognition of the constitutionality ,.; s ve trade. Laying down thatyosition to be light be able to vote uestion when called up id Knoxville Conventic e find there 1 We fin ate from Virginia repor immittce, a resolution, ihdraw tin nier-t iiidingly upon this i to .do so. We come to held in 1857, and what do Mr. James Lyons a dele- ig back from the business king that Congress shall ram tbq, coast of Africa which tbo government bound itself to keep there. Now-; sir, what.was the actio.) of the Convention up on that resolution. We find by looking at the pro ceedings that upon the passage of the resolution Mr. Snead, a delegate from Tennessee in the Convention and recently a member of Congress from the State, proposed to amend it by declaring that it was “ex pedientthat was the extent of the amendment, and the question came up upon the adoption of the amend ment. I should have said that bis amendment also deolari d that if was. “inexpedient and contrary to ■the settled policy ol this country . to repeal the laws prohibiting the African slave trade." This amend ment was adopted, as alsr, the original resolution in reference to the recommendation to Congress to withdraw the squadron from the coast of Africa* What next! We find on asubsrquent day daring that Couvention that Mr. Fpratt, Irom South Caroli na, introduced a resolution requesting that a com- mitee be appointed for tile purpose of obtaining in formation upon the subject ot the African Slave trade, and rcjiortiugthe results.of thlilr rCseacIi to this Convention. The r< solution was strongly op posed,' but was subsequently carried by a small ma jority. This is the history of the action of the Com mercial conventions upon this subject. And now we come to the report whieh the gentle man baa made under that resolution. The report up on your table which has been presented to this Con tbs stave ir.»uu. 1**7* r:,7 ■” rr Motion, is a report which I acknowledge, is drawn .. he assumes that all subsequent legislation on I „p with no small degree of ability. In it there are of Congress, ns, for instance, the law pawed , wrt propo.itiuns laid down. * - lonking that trade • misderocwior, »nu jnat j Mr. aoUer, of Alabama——The gentleman from in 18io making it piracy, were unconstitution-1 Georgia, has fallen into an error which seems to pre- I will not d» Mr.'Yancey the Injustice tossy, that I »sil throughput the Convention. Ido not understand iv-umcd that'position before the Convention. 11 that report to be the report of the committee. It is • , v ,. not thu plwiOJ© of ^ personal iiPQniiuitftnco I but tho report of wontiamon ntm st tn Nihilist gentleman, but I know him well by repo- tllL . convention. , I;,® I s« 00< l b ? b,m in ,lle conflict of 1850. I lol- ,. H , _. ;_,i i s gallant load on that occasion—I have the I* 1 ’" intnlliifnnor. o,„l BS - 1 am OWare i -t respect for his patriotism, inte.lligenco and " Viiiees. mid I shall not. iff can, misrepresent what ’our, ive to be his position. I umlerdood him to say, not that subsequent legis- on the subject of the slave trade was uneonsti- ,»l in loiter, but that the laws passed to prohibit / .^ve trade, were contrary to the spirit of the * j .iitution. inasmuch as they discriminated unjust- TH ’“’ - gainst tho South. \y t ,,iu coino to tho next notion taken by the fed- r .; <-ovtrmnent on this subject We find that the „Vp takeu by it is embodied in the treaty of 6 ! Vi. which was concluded at the close of the war jjjj-j. That war, as you know, grew out of the . .iii nf search claimed by the British government, Lfd with a view of preventing all future difficulties - » i that point, tho federal government hound itself w ,n legitimate efforts tor the suppression of the African slave trade. This took place in 18M. Hero, was a recognition by the federal government II•he illegality of this traffic. Hero was a solemn -iirtnlee inserted in that treaty by which our gov- and people were hound in good faith not to |„ that truffle . and wliat bnt a conviction of i ' niiconstitutibnnlity ol that trade couid_ hare in fo,reed our government to such a concession 7 But, sir, we advance a step further. _ The treaty vo concluded; this article was inserted in the treat)’; tsl then came the legislation of V819-’20, by which . African slave trade was declared to bo piracy.— Sin is that all 7 No, sir. From 1814, at tho time OT i 'conclusion of the treaty of Ghent, down to 1820, tail subsequently, the government of these l.mted Slates, ill good faith, kept a squadron on the coast of Africa, in connection with the British government, n slop the African slave trade. This squadron was kf].i there for the purpose of carrying out the treaty of .-11. mid of enforcing the legislation of 1813- 20.— Brant Hritain, to her credit be it said, had also acted a good faith from that period down to 1842, when the Ashburton treaty was concluded. This plighted null on l he part of the federal government was ob- orved: a fleet was kept upon the African coast sue- Mifally to suppress this slave trade; but we find in vhen-tno North-Eastern boundary question to agitating the Union, when the horizon was cov ed with dark and. ominous signs of war—wo find toniel Webster, who was then Secretary of State uti- r fvler. and Lord Ashburton, on tho part of the irti.li government—concluding a treaty in the citv : Washington. And what do we find in that treaty i -A distinct recognition upon tho part of ourgovern- itiit of the nnluwfuluess of this traffic. You find i,t this government bound itself to keep a squad- •>a upon the coast for five years, and as much loug- t: the contracting parties may choose to do so. La treaty received the sanction of the Senate of the Ciia d States; and Mr. Calhoun himself, in the Sen- i:t, during a diseuxssion upon the subject, admitted ft- propriety and the justice of that clause iu the trwlv. lie said, “ho was happy to find that a treaty i . ooiicludi-d, by which this traffic would, in tuture, 1- lupprvssed.' 1 I can thus invoke tlm authority fit !>. Lalhiiun.tban whom higher authority could not k'mvikcd, against the authority of the report of the r-iii.siao from South Carolina, (Mr. Sprait.) I say, tut in the discussion upon thi* question Mr. C. dis- i.nctly n-cqgniaed the justice ol that article in the ;v»iy; nud from that time the government of the Viiiit-d Suites bus kept a squadron upon the coast of .Utica, fur the purpose of putting down this trade. in 1855 the quintuple treaty was concluded, to viiih m.r Government was attempted to bo made s party bv England and France, for the purpose of a . pl'iag more stringent measures upon this que-tion. But Mr. Cass was opposed to any conecjimi on the fsrt ol this Government with that treaty ; and Ids op- . • ; n prevailed But it is enough for my purpose :'know that in 1848, when this clause was inserted :ih»t treaty, the Federal Government.in pursuance itrt-of, m nt a squadron to the Coast of Africa, for th« [lurjune of enforcing tb« treaty, and preventing lit African slave trade I Ms. then, is partly the history Of the legislation ly li t-Guv, rim ent of the l nited States in relation '. theinpprrsshiB of the African slave trade; and fa in this it will be seen that the policy of qurGov- UMmt lias been nniformly directed against this '■ . and exercised for tho purpose of suppressing : is trad-,; a .id now, for the first tirre or ratherat U eit-eiiiig of the Convention at Savannah; this >-tiun has been Irought forward to influence a. • in die policy of our Government, la le.'«6, a resolution was passed at the Savannah C.;.vemion,directing that a petition be aent to Con- Ft«. aaklng a repeal of the laws passed to suppress tin-Slave trade, upon the grounds advanced here by 1: *e«ntl«nen favoring thereport. Froml606down ' * law, nearly half a century, the legislation of Con- ; o upon this subject has been uniformly directed ■• lie suppression of this trade, and” never till 1856 *m »ny attempt made to change the policy of tins (■“vemment In that regard. Then, for the first time, »« a movement set on foot to influence Congress to r 'r?«! these prohibitory laws. Well, sir. what was ■it result of the action on tho part of the Convention h Sxvannah ? Mr. Orr, the distinguished gentle*. -m from S. Carolina, now Speaker of the United v -n* House of Bepresentatives. in consequence of “* action of that Convention, introduced a reaolu- ’•-■i in ihe Bouse at the Congress before last, which ■ Lvc now before me. The language of that reso- -We must take it as it is presented to » of the fact that it comes before the Convention in a very doubtful shape. The gentle man from Virginia (Mr. Pryor,) who was a member of that committee, dissented from it; so did the gen tleman from Alabama (Mr. Yencev,) who was a- notber member of the committee. 'But, sir, for th» “fiwolved. That It is inexpedient, unwise, and con* -uy to the settled policy of the United States to ro- i T dthe laws prohibiting tbo African slave trade.’ Nil is the precise language of the resolution In* : iuetd bv Air. Orr in the Congress of the United of lisfi. What waethe action of Congress »that resolution 1 There was tho State of South ’-uclina, represented by ono of her most distiuguielt- r «|>ri-sii|itativea, declaring by resolution, to the ~ >t emphatic form, that it was “inexpedient, un- ' Cato contrary to the settled policy oftlie United >: -i« io repeal the existing law* upon the subject *Yt’AlricaiiT»tave trade.” Just tho very reverse 4 the resolution 'Which the gentleman trom Ala- ' *«. (Mr. Yancey.) has laid npon your table. He :, bs Uriio with the resolution of the gentleman from ' nil Carolina, (Mr. Spratt.) He says that it is «i*«, expwllent and politic lhaf Congress should *»1 these laws.” Upon tho vote taken upon the , t , !l Ntlun intrudneed by Mr. Orr In- the Ilouse of 'Jiyseutatives, consisting of two hundred and odd *a.it*ni, there were to bo found but eight gentlemen ‘via iiKiuvli to come out and avow themselves in ,?.'“-itlon to that resolution. Who wore they! tad the gallant Brooks, now no more, were •*« only member* from South Carolioa who came '■-t and voted against the resolution; while the rc- ®*“uler of tlie delegation from that State voted m f at the resolution. Tbeso are the facts as given ‘‘seri-rird. ’ did Alabamaro on that question T Tho only F*»i>tr»of the Alabama delegation found arrayed '»"piH.>i,ion to that resolution, was Shorter, and •jilit-r gi-nlleman, whose name 1 do not recollect: .. ’ ,,| i. sir, this resolution was offered, a^d this ac- i« n,T **had by Uoo^rcMin coiim-!|uenco # of tno^c-' ■'p “I thn Sod I hem Commercial Convention «tSs- iv®** 1 in 1856. It sprung directly out of it, but has emphatically declan i by g iircidve Y' , |w n Ibis subject, that the legislation now exist- 1:1 ( ftard to the slave trade, is n“t to he cluing- ■•'- m that it will adhere to the policy adopted by ’fii ii"V 1,meDt from 1808 to tho present time, to "Shave an unequivocal condemnation mi the i^" " r b'e popular branch of tbo government of the i # * UrB which this Couventioh is now attempting True, that action is not binding on the (Vm- CDIlon ■ hut it is conclusive as to the policy of * r N*' oud may be regarded as very high author- .O.'.? 1 ?* 1 «uy action that may be taken here upon C„m* c ". toe n °w to tho action of these Commercial cjeuuooa upon this qnmtlon. 1 have already rw- mhjlVljh^tociplentn' lim , i- i‘ “t Savan "fthulv 1 have til- record of lb* prm .-cnin^a IlLJbonveation, tmd have Uken lb- trouble since .J i*? here to look ' ‘— * ■ — There are two prominent lead'mg ideas contained In this report, which 1 shall refer to as briefly as pos sible. What are these two leading ideas ? The first is. that it wonld bo beiitficial to the African race, the barbarians who inhabit the interior of Africa, if the slave trade was re-opened, and they imported into the United States, and brought in contact with the civ ilized slave of the South. Who disputes this? No body, I presume. There is no question as to this, and I shall not enter into any controversy with the Chairman of the Committee on this point. But is that a legitimate question for the consideration of tbia Convention ? Why is it that we indulge to such aiitbropy, thesickly sentimentality in regard to slave ry, which prevails there. And yet, the gentleman who presents this report, as well as Us friends, would have the people of the slavehojding States be guUty of the same thing. They would convert us into pro pagandists ofnegrocivilization. The endaudobject of this report, and the ground taken in it, is, that it would ameliorate the condition oftbe barbarians who inhabit the interior of Africa, to import them into the United States, and bring them, in contact with the more civilized of that race among us. I thought that this Convention had assembled here for a different purpose than that contemplated by this report. I was silly enough to believe, before I left home: that subjects pertaining to the development bf Southern agwriculture, Southern, manufactures, and Southern comerce, would occupy tho attention of this Con vention. I thought these were the subjeots to be discussed here, and like others, I must confess, my surprise was considerable when 1 saw a labored ef fort made here to change the whole end and purpose ofthis Convention, and by the adoption of this report to convert the people of these States into a set of pro pagandists of negro .civilization. [Applause] If 1 un derstand the legitimate objects ot this Convention, this is not one of them. If I understand the mission npon which wo came here, we came here for tio such purpose as this. If I understand the mission tip -n nbich we came, it is to promote objects far different from that under discussion, as the very title of the Convention itself wonld imply. I shall not, there- lore, waste (lie lime of this assembly by discussing an abstract question which no body contradicts and which no body disputes. But enough of this. ‘-t.'ite*. and to this number you would have to add ten millionstd establish this equilibrium which seems so much the object of the gentleman. How is that to lie done ? When would it. when could it be done? Why, sir. nt the close of the Bevo!ation«ry war. when our federal Constitution was adopted, we had hut three hundred thousand stives in the United States, and in fifty-six years the number has only in ’crensedtoabnntthreeandhalf millions The young est person who hears me to night, would not live to seo the day if Ihe prohibitory law was repealed, when even three and a half millions would be im ported into the United States Thu scheme, sir, is perfectly Utopian. Ten miliions'of slaves. Imported from the coast of Africa, to restore the balance o power, to npake the houib equal to the North ! My only astonishment is that the genileman who drew up this report should have ever offered it for the con sideratiou- of a Convention like this. That is the proposition that you subscribe to if you vote for thi- report. I si.all not consume the time of this Con vention in arguing this proposition further. It is only necessary to present it in its true light before this Convention, to secure for it ihe condemnation which it merits. But, sir, I pass on to tho consideration of other points. I have demonstrated that the main ideas iu this report are perfectly untenable ; and I come uow to oonsider briefly some of the views that have been presented to tile Convention by the distinguished gentleman from Alabama. (Mr. I ancey ) I say here that I listened with the utmost attention to that gen tleman ; and if 1 could subscribe to his position, it would afford me much pleasure to go with him in support oi his proposition. But before 1 proceed to cousider his position. 1 beg leave to m .ke this re mark: Y’ou haVe upon your table, resolutions re ported by the committee, of which the gentleman from South Carolina is chairman. The first of these I subscribe to cheerfully, affirming, as it does, the principle that slavery is right iu the abstract, that it is right whether viewed to a mural or religious aspect The second resolution proposes that the Africau slave trade be re-opened, and that it is tin policy of this government to re-open it. Now let us look to the histoiy of these measures. When the gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr. Spratt,) preseuted his report, a discussion sprang up; views were elicited; and there was a strong expres sion of opinion against the resolution. Then came forward the proposition of the gentleman from Ala bama, (Mr. Yancey,) conceding that the resolutions could not be sustained, that they were in fact im practicable iu consequence of the legislation of Con gress to whieh I have referred, and treaties on the subject of the African slave trade concluded by our f o vernment with the government of Great Britain. (e says that these resolutions could not be sustain ed.—Wliat, then, does he do to relieve the merer of these resolutions from the dilemma in which he is placed ? He comes forward with a'proposition, set ting forth that it is the policy of thisgovernmeutto re-open the African slave trade; but that resolution^ yon will observe, is oautionsly and ingeniously wor ded. What does that resolution propose ? Why.it simply proposes to Tepeal the existing laws upon the subject of the Africau slave trade, leaving that trade denunciation of the North, because of their conduct „ . ... Lm.„_, towards tho South? ItU ^n..rfttMrWMphU; thStM mlimentiuity in regard to slave- .. ...... a v i.-._ i.:. tbe position which I understood him to take in his speech. He proposes to repeal these laws, and leave the trade where these laws found it. Let ns cousid er the question in that point of view. Mr. Yancey.—There is, jierbaps, a slight difference between us, according to your understanding of my position. I do not propose, simply, the repeal of these laws. My position in argument was, not ,to leave the trade where the passage of these laws found it; but my argument was, that simply repeal ing the laws would not open, or establish the trade; but that would be a question to be decided by the law of (jeniaud and supply. There may not be that distinction between what the gentleman couceives my position to be, and what I conceive it to be. I expressed the idea, that whether it should be opened or uot, would be a question for consideration here after, either for the estate Legislatures which would have control over it, or the law of trade which would > govern it without a statute law. Mr. Hunter.—That is a distinction without a differ ence. Now, there is no prohibition iu the Constitu tion against the slave trade; and according to the authority of one of the ablest jurists,- one of the ablest exponents of international law, there is nothing iu the law of nati ns which prohibits the African slave trade. Oue ol the ablest jurists that ever eat in a British Court, laws down the doctrine, that there is no international law prohibiting tbo African slave trade. Then, there beiug no prohibition in the Fed eral Woustitutiou against trade, none iu the law of nations, if tbb acts of Congress upoc this subject are repealed—1 mean the act of 1808, declaring it amis- . , , « I demeanor, and the act of 1819. declaring it piracy—if IV bat is the next proposition ? I shall proceed as I U|ege j g> „ ( ar(] repealed, what is the <etate ot this rapid!v "» possible, as 1 do not wish to consume the I tra( j u ? j t standi precisely where it stood before time of the Convention. Look through this report. . .. h £ j - I have analy zed it very closely and stripped it of Ihe ,h « P**"**.®* “““ drapery of words in which It is clothed. _ I cometo the main object of this report; and what is it ? Ac cording to the best judgment that lean form, it is to restore, what is called iu this report, the lost political power of the South. In other words, it is to equalize the political tiower oftbe South with that ot the North—to restore the balance of power between ihu North and the South. Why do I say this ? The re port sets out by declaring that there is a vast inequal ity between the North and the South, that the pop u lation of the North ezeeeda by six millions the popu lation oftbe slaveholding Mates, and, as a conse quence the Northern States ImVetbe ascendancy iu the government, and we should devise some scheme bv which the political power ot the South may be * , . ..L i:.i * i«. 4.1... V.vMl. *ri. 1 admire the great caution with which the gentle man from Alboma came up to this subject. He did not take the ground in bis resolution, that it was po litic and expedient that this trade should be re-open- ed. The gentleman knew that it was opposeu to the policy of the Federal Government, lie knew- that the popular branch of oucGoverumeut h. d placed the seal of its reprobation upon this trade, by reluaiug to re-open it. The gentleman knew that public sen tiineut was opposed to it, uud he therefore took this g.ouud; but he does what is equivalent to a propusi lion iu favor of re-opeuiug the trade- He proposes a repeal of this law, which will have the effeet of re-opeuiug the trade, while he does uot commit him self to a direct proposition to re-open it. Sir, Ihe effect of the gentleiiiau’a prop.-sitiou will be re- made to equal the political power ot the North. Hiatts (be Slave trade, whatever may be said to ill, the chief objectot the repert. disguise it as you will. ^ u , T hu8 much upon ibai branch ol the sub VVelJ. I Cntilesa that I subscribe lieanily to the seiiti incuts and concur wiih the position laid down in the report, that the North has the advantage of us. in coo Sequence ot her larger population. Itut. then, sir. does the plau proposed by the report', restore the equilibrium ? Is it a practical plan-such a plan as should meet with the concurrence of rtiis Convention! How is it proposed to effect this ol ject 7 How is that lost power as it is Called—I don't cousider it lost be cause we never bad it—bow is it to be restored ? The argument with reference to this, in the report is, first, that you must increase tbe slave labor of the Mouth.—Well, sir, the honorable gentleman from Al abama (Mr. Yancey) has demanded that the propo sition cannot be maintained. Slave labor irthe great want of the South! How so ? Where is there a de ficiency ? Goto Maryland; is there a deficiency of slave labor there 7 Are there not more slaves tho.-e than could be profitably employed T Go to Virgiij- ia, and is it not (he same case there t Go to North Carolina, and do vou not find tbe same state of things existing there ? 'Go to South Carolina, and the same remark will be found to apply to that State.as well as to all tbe Southern States, except a few cotton grow ing States. It is not true, in point of fact, that there is a want of slave labor to the South. This report lays down the proposition that South Carolina is im- outrary. . ject. 1 now come to consider the position which the gentleman assumes upon these law*.' *lt 1 could subscribe to Ihe proposition, that these laws discriminated u justly agaiuat'iheSouth, I would go with him. because 1 tigot under the bauner of sou'hern rights: and nil the sympathies ut my nature lead me to support of any measure which wilt have the effect, directly, or indirectly, of relieving the South from a stulu of vassalage iu whieh she lia« been placed to the North. Iu the dark and perilous day of 1850, when the fed eral government had dismembered a portion of our territory—I mean Ual.fornia—when that monstrous wrong was inflicted upon the South ; when a federal officer, with the federal bay met iu his hand, wrested Ualforuia from the South -, when foreigners—aliens to us in feeling, in' sentimeut and in blood—under the direction of this federal officer, had seized upon and dismembered this slave territory; which had been won by the valor and arms of the Southern peo ple ; when that moustrous wrong w_as inflicted upon the South, my voice was for disunion; and, in con nection with other gentlemeq from the South, in the Nashville Convention, I then and there advocated the line of 36 30.U3 the ultima thule—the poiut be yond which the South would not go. Then, sir, I maintained the sentiments which the gentleman. poveri*ed for,want of Slave tobor.. There are many (Mr Y ancey.) expressed on that occasion. 1 then other States ruined owing to an excess of slave lanor, fcjt t ^ a t the Unload n which wethen lived, was not because their lauds are improverished by tillage.’ Is uot this a fact, sir ? The gentleman who drew up this report says, that in the neighborhood of Charleston, lands that formerly sold for $60 an acre, will not now sell for $6, owing to the want of Have labor; and be say»,from tbe same cause land Is cheap in South Carolina; but extravagantly high in. New England.—Why is it so high in N. England? Take a tuna of one or two acres, and plant it with Irish po tatoes or onions, and it will yield more profit than five, ttn or fifteen acres in the Cotton growing States 7 And why 7 Because there ere paying consumers there who create such * demand for the produce of these two acres, that the demand is enormons- But not so in the slave States There is not that de mand here, for the products that are gro *n upou the land that there is there. We have no markets for our products here. T he raw material is sent across the ocean and sold there subject to enormous deduc tions for freight and other charges; . •The report goes on to say, that, the great want of tbe South is population. Just as it contends that the want of labor is tbe groat want. But it is not worth while to argne that. I venture to assert that the ma jority here who have good experience in the matter, will agree with me say in saying that there is no such want in the Southern States, except in a few States bodering upon the Gulf. But it is said that there Is a want of population, and thatia the chief Idea, after all. Well, how is that want to bo supplied 7 Let us look at the reasoning upon this subject. I admit that if the South had more population, it would have more influence and power in the government. -I admit all this, but the question is. how it is to be supplied 7 By the importation from Dahomey or the coast of Guinea, of these hordes ot barbarians who roam over the African deserts T These savsires are to h* fransfored from their native wild& to these Southern States, and this is the class that is to supply tbe great want of population-at which we complain. How does tho white papviinvu of the North compare with that of the South 1 Inc white population of the North is estimated at ten mil lions ana that at tho Smith at eix milli‘>ns. Neglt is proposed to equalize and make the white pnpula- tion of the South < qual under the federal basi*. with the white population of the North, by tbe Importa tion of African slaves. Under the federal basis, live ill only to thri-t this caleu] tb that of the no Five miUii lillimis of i s represented of ihe North, » ”i .Uric.iiis • and a half mi t,flection oftlo of Mr dry an aid be id. r tho federal ipaUtionofthe would hT.ve to Vo have got nt is in the Lailed 11 the Co the In aty ol Washiugto it el’K a I* -Ol- h IU. ’ll, lllllliu.eau I-.OIJ .o’- u-ni; ““ihvertd for, and against the question, that I i atnondmeut, adopted as It •nt of tin til \\ (ill'll tins wi i origiuully offered 1. roliua, irti -le a Union of the Constitution. I then felt as the gen tlemin uow feels, that that Union had been,i issolv ed by this moustrous wrong that had been iuflicted by the North upou the tiontb. I then felt not only that the Uuion was not a Union of the Constitution, but I felt that the Constitution was a fetid mass, that stunk in ttie nostrils of every Southern freeman. 1 felt then, as the gentleman now feels, that the govsrnmeut of this Union, was not the government that we had received at the hands of the patriots of the Kevoludon—Washingson, Jefferson and Madison but that it was a government of popular tyranny. a government controlled by Seward and Bale and Giddiugs and that detestable brood of Northeni fa natics that have been hatched to the slime bf aboli tion ; and that government tuus controlled I regard ed as more tyrannuical. odious and despotic tli in that of a monarchy, because it was many headed more unappeasable, more furious In its appetites, more lasting in its duration anddepotism which was to have no end; and the dry expanse ol tlmf which it covered was not lit up by a CiEsar.aCroinwellorn Bonaparte, (bond applause.) , This was the feeling which I then entertained.— But, sir, we fought the battle of the South in that Convention. Wo laid the line of 36-30. The South ern rightsparty called upon the Southern people to stand by them, to run the line through California, and to insist upon their rights in all the territories South of 36-30. What was the result 7 Wo went before the people upon this issue; we called upon them and endeavored to excite their patriotism and rally them to die support of Southern rights, and what was the con equence 7 A failure; and from that day to this there has been a settled conviction on my mind, that no matter how flagrant the legislation by thegoveru- munt with reference to the Mmlb may he. the people will submit. And they will submit to the settlemeut of thiaKansas question. _ /• But, 1 come back to the point that I left just now, and 1 repeat if 1 could satisfy my own mind of the correctness of the opinion laid down by tho gentle man from Alabama (Mr. Vancey) that these lawa a- -aiiist tbe slave tiade discriminated against the Janitli. I, for nee, would go with him and demand a repeal ol liiem. . , 11;.. ^entI m in from Alabama, {Mr. Hilliard.) demonstrated; that the acts of Congress, prohibitory of the slave tnuie ire not unconstitutional, nia col- Mr. Yancey, says they areunc institutional. I.,-." th«rr nnerate nneimally/ Now, in wli.il does Inequality is a term that •eference to tile subject unequal7 Do tlmy ope rate in favor oftbe North, and against the South. - ll tla-% do thi”. would I).. mi- qual in thi-:r operation. Hut how is it'.' Is there any inequality a.* between Hi,, (v.rth and tbe South Murk you. these laws are "i-m-ral la" s. They prohibit all persons trom enga ging in tbe African slave trade—not the citizens ot Uie'Southeru States alone. The penalties ol these laws are ..of directed exclusively against tile citizens ol Ihe Southern States, but against nil die uoii-siui c i.uldin - .state?, as well a. ttie slavehoiding States That p'oiitiou beiug true, in what, 1 a»k, does the •quality cc : undersea inequality consist? At the time of the passage of these laws, tbe New England States were engaged tn this tratlii- It was carri ;J oil in New England ships The South was not engaged in it. Then theprnhtbi tion and tbe penalties were levelled against New England as well ns against the Southern people. What was the object of these acts 7 As 1 under stand them, it was to discriminate iu favor of the slaveholding States, and how? Because they secur ed to them a monopoly iu the traffic ot slaves.—* Prior to that time, this traffic had been carried on by New England ships and people. After the passage of these acts, a monopoly in tbe raising and Selling of slaves was secured to the people of the botithern States and they were passed tor the protertmuot the Southern Slaveholder aud not against him. (Ap- pl Let us look at the effect ot these acts. They, were passed in 1609 and 1819 ’20. What has been the ef fect of these discriminating laws upon South ru in dustry and Souther* prosperity t 55 by. no country upon the face of the cart" has prospered to (he same extent that the Southern people have. Liid.r ihe opsrsllon of these laws, slave labor has advanced the prosperity of these people be\ ond that ot any other people on earth within the some length of time. They hive protected the inJustiy of ibe slave labor oftbe South, and not discriminated against It. as the gentleman contends ; mid they constitute now Hie great security of the South, so lar as slave labor is concerned. (Applause) These are the view's which I entertain upon this subject, and these are the views which have brought me to the conclusion to vote against the original re port aud resolutions, as well as the substitute which has been offered by the gentleman from Alabama, (Mr. Yancey.) . , , , Matters collateral to this question have been drag ged into discussion, and wtiich do not legitimately belonged to the question under consideration. 1 refer to the Kansas d fliculty. The honorable gen tleman from Alabama (Mr. Yancey.) has indirectly dodged this question. He has hadthe p r udence and the wisdom to make no issue upon it, and for tbe cantion which he thus exhits. I cannot help expres sing my entire admiration. Bnt, he refers, however, iu a tone of dissatisfaction, to the passage ot this Kansas bill, and cites it as another evidence of the injustice and oppression of the North with reference to the South. 1 will only say, that the Kansas con ference is a measure of the present national Demn- cratio Adminstration, and will. I apprehend, receive the sanction of the Democratic President. It is an act of our own Senators aud Representatives in Con gress ; and, for one, witii the lights now before me, 1 am uot disposed to attack them forthe coupe which they have thought proper to pursue in this matter. (Applause.) Who brought the present Administra tion iuto power? The national Democratic party, of which we of the South are component parts. We elected them to office; and it is not to be supposed proved a Pandora's box to the democratic par ty. Witii the advent of Mr. Bncbanan the controversy liad ripened into the most delicate and alarming sectional quarrel that human in genuity could invent. But he saw that a de cisive policy and a resolute purpose would alone meet the exigences of the ease, and his policy and his purpose were quickly defined. After five months of incessant agitation in Con gress, of cross purposes and factious opposi tion, wcat last fiud the President's policy sub stantially triumphant, and this whole Kansas business transferred and confined to the people of Kansas, witii whom it properly belongs.— And the most remarkable thing in all this Congressional agitation of the Lecompton con stitution is the fact, that in some shape or oth er that constitution has the recorded votes in | its favor of every man, of every party and every faction, with scarcely .a solitary excep tion in either house. Titis much for the Kansas question. It threatened a four years war of sections and factions, tlie destruction of the administration and all concerned ; hut it is now so quiet that we scarcely hear anything more of it thi n of the Northern-Eastern boundary or t'.eOiepm dispute. And it is to Mr. Buchanan'sreeaute purpose to have this thing settled that the country is indebted for this pacification. We see that it works like a charm, and wc all feel that the trouble is over, t The Central American entanglement inheri ted by Mr. Buc lanan was as complicated as the late Rusian war. What with (’layton Bul- wer treaties apd Monroe doctrines, and Brit ish interpretations and violations thereof. Grey- town bombardments, Walker filiibustering governments, .Mosquito protectorates. Hondu ras coiouie8. wriggling steamship Transit mo nopolies. and conflicting local authorities, it was difficult to conjecture where to begin to settle these Central American complications; but Mr. Buchanan began at once tvith the fili busters, and having put them out of the way, the coast was clear. The doctrine of non in- teivention being thus faithfully applied, the field was opened for a fair understanding with each of the Central American States and with that they occupying tbo high position they do, would I || f ore - p 0 w er8 concerned, perfectly con- the rights of local sovereignty I, for ooe, shall subscribe to the bill, and support and the obligations of international law.— tbe national Democratic party, so long ns they give | Thus much for the Central American imbrog- *' Ho. It is substantially, settled, and by a pro cess as sinple as that of Columbus with the egg. But the most remarkable fact in connection with this Mormon questiou, this Kansas diffi culty, and this Central American web of en tanglements, is the fact that, iu tlie work of their solution, Mr. Buchanan has had to con tend wjth the most disorganized, demoralized and factious Congress iu the history of tlie country. With a decided party majority iu both houses, aud with a violent opposition patty arrayed against him, the successes of the administration upon the Kansas question, the Mormon question. Central Ameri can affairs, and other important questions, are due to the incidental support of opposition members. Thus the Deficiency bill, which was at first defeated in the House by demo cratic votes,was finally passed by opposition votes; thus the original Army bill was defeat ed in the Senate by the opposition of Mr. Toombs, and other sectional democratic dis- orgauizers, while Mr. Seward was among its most active supporters; aud thus the modified Volunteer bill of Mr. Quitman was passed iu the House My opposition votes. Thus; by democratic malcontents, the Kansas squabble would still have been upon the carpet but for the intervention of some opposition members in behalf of peace. Titus too, but forthe con victions of right and justice, which had their weight with the opposition, the administration perhaps would have been rebuked for failing to support the expelled General Walker as the rightful dictator of Nicaragua. We may, therefore, well regard the great achievements of the administration thus tar as very remarkable, inasmuch as they are due, not to the discipline, harmony ami unity of the democratic majority of Cougrcss, bur to the sense of right and justice which has governed, upon the measure and lhaf a sufficient, opposi tion balance of power to carry them against the factious deserters from the administration. Here, then, we perceive what may be accom plished by a Nett and resolute President, gov erned by principles of justice and right, in spite of a rebellious, disorderly and intractable party majority in Congress. Upon wise and needful measures of legislation..where his own I such proofs of fidelity to the South us their course upon ttiis measure exhibits. (Applause) I shall stand by that party at this dark hour, when Douglas and liis allies have deserted it, and gone over to the enemy. (Applause.) I shall not desert this glorious party, and our noble Democratic President, in this hour of trial, but shall stand by them and sustain them in the settlement of this question; and I venture the prediction, that Southern Democrats, who have thus far witheld their support from the Admiustra tion, upon this Kansas question, will ultimately ap prove its action, and come zealously to its support (Applause.) And although there may be in this bill some features that are objectionable to the South, yet, I venture the predic-ion. that as a whole, the cenrse of Ihe Administration, and of the Democratic Senators and members in Congress, will be sustained by a large majority of the Southern people. (Ap plause.) The Democratic party, as the gentleman i Mr Yancey) has properly said, is tho only ligament which preserves this Union, and binds the North and South together, 1 say, then. wlnlo there may be ob jectionable features iu this Katisas conference bill, 1 will, nevertheless, sustain it as a measure of the great party, which is tbe only wall, the only bulwark, of the South; aud I feql assured, that \ irgiuta, as well as the other Southern states, will sustain it. from that consideration alone, if for no other. They sus tained the California compromise, which was fir more obnoxious to them ; and they will sustain this, too, or I mistake much tbe tone of Southern seuti meut. (Applause.) I thank the-Couvontion for the attentive manner in which it has listened to these remarks -. aud I trust it will be its pleasure to reject both of the reports submitted. ed. DELIGHT F U L TO THE EYE Aud accessible to Hie Purses of the Million 2 & H ill LULU NEW STOCK OF SPRING AXD SUMMER GOODS, JUST RECEIVED, Silk. Berage, Gingham, Cambric and Margravine ROBE3S. Printed Jaconet, ttviss and Orgundii MUSL.1T5, of every grade; Bordered Prints, Expan sion Skirts, French Lace Rod Chan tilly Lace M antillas. Domestic Goods ot every description. Head Dresses, Gloves, Hosiery, Cor sets and Articles for the Toilet. All of which being purchased late in the season, can be offered at a great reduc tion on former PRICES. may 25 » » . WOOD’S GSIgEMMIRfl ©AlLiLEiST 8 8 Presents greater attractions than ever! HUNDREDS OF PICTURES ffl’3f-3fi2S3tV : 2®‘S-8 THE PHOTOGRAPHS Taken at his Gallery, surpass any thing ever offered to the public, both as regards quality ix n *1 Price. By sending a common Daguerreotype you can obtain a for a very small sum and as natural as lite. Call and aud see them—they speak for themselves. MR. BEKUFF, a a is ay a is a* a a a a la atilt the Atiiat nt this Catlery. AHSlOTt'ffSS Taken in superior style and at very low prices. Macon, May 25.1858. tf ^ [From the Home Journal.] Catechism lor the Eng; Before I trust my fate to thee. Or place my hand iu thine, Before I let thy future give, Color and form to miue— Before 1 peril all for thee. Question tnyf soul to-night for me. 1 break all slighter bonds, nor feel Oue shadow of regret; Is there one link within tho past ~ That holds thy spirit yet ? Or is thy faith iis fair and free As that ubicli 1 can pledge to thee ? Look deeper still. If thou canst feel Within thy inmost soul, That thou hast kept a portion back, While I h ive asked the whole, L~t no false pity spare the Slow But iu true pity tell me so? Is there within thy heart a need That mine cioiiot fulfill ? One chord that any other hand Could belter wake or still ? Speak iniw, 1, st at gnme future day My wnele life wither aud decay. (tlr. Bui'hanan's Administration— Its Successes—Its Enemies aud its Supporters iu Cougrrcss. With the closing of the present session of Congress we can begin to comprehend what has been accomplished within the first sixteen months of Mr. Buchanan’s administration.— Its practical results within this interval are greater, better, more comprehensive, and more decisive than all the work done by poor Pierce and Fillmore put together. Theseresuitsem brace the practical settlement of the Mormon question, the Kansas question, and the virtual settlement, not only of our Anglo-Central American embarrassments, but also of the right of search in reference to the African slave trade. The Mormon difficulty, the Kansas en tanglement. and the Central American imbrog lio, were among the legacies transferred to Mr. Buchanan by Pierce and Fillmore ; and it was generally conceded iu the outset, that if Mr. Buchanan could bring these formidable and complicated troubles to a definite solution du- ring'his term of office he would be remarkably fortunate. The real origin of the Mormon trouble was the appointment ofBrigh tm Y'oung as Gover nor of the Territory of Utah by Mr. Fillmore. This was equivalent to the official recognition, of Mormon sovereignty. Mormon polygamy, and all attendant abominations by tho federal government. But this grave mistake of Mr. Fillmore might have been readily corrected by his immediate successor, in the dismissal of Young and his Mormon subordinates in tbe Territorial executive government, and in the substitution of discreet and competent men. Mr. Pierce, however, had too many other irons in the fire; and, with the failure of a little army movement to Great Salt Lake, Brigham Young was quietly left the absolute dictator of the Territory. Thus encouraged and stiinula- - f -,t,_ ,.t **\f° i • i were an eye witness to some ot tlie pannin ted, the abominations or Monnondorn npeued J • •- GrEQRG-IA Mastic Roofing Company, PROPRIETORS OF RUSSELL’S PATENT FTre <3z> "W”a/ter Proof MASTIC ROOFING OFT O -A. 1ST V -A. s. HAVING purchased the right to use and sell the above ROOFING for several SOUTHERN STATES, we are now prepared to do HOOFING or SELL RIGHTS to use the same. This roofing is adapted to new or old BUILDINGS steep or flat roofs and can be put over Plank or ol(l leaky shingles.Tin or Iron Roofs - it costs about half the price and is much better than Tin—is not affected by heat or cold and is impervious to wa ter ; it is fire proof, and it is the best roofing ev er invented for STEAMBOAT DECKS, Hail Road Cars, Bridges, &c, Jcc. It is warranted to give entire satisfaction. F oi rapidly, so that when Mr. Buchanan entered the White House he immediately saw that noth ing would be competent to abate this Mormon nuisance but a new corps of executive Territo rial officers, under an escort of a strong de tachment of tlie army. In this connection our readers are familiar with tlie events which have followed tlie active policy at once* adopted by tlie administration ; and we may now congrat ulate them, iu consequence of this decisive line of action, upon the early’ evacuation of tlie United States by the whole .Mormon com munity’. Thus much for the Mormon difficulty, plan ted by Mr. Fillmore and stimulated by the feeble wishy-washy poltey of poor Pierce into a monstrous, cruel, abhorrent, fanatical and rebellious despotism. It vanishes at the touch of a determined and decisive administration. The Kansas question was a still mote formi dable and difficult thing to deal with. Intro duced as a Presidential experiment by Mr. Douglas, and greedily suapped up by poor Pierce, that Kansas Nebraska bill had indeed jan!9 tf party ...ay tail, the right minded and patriotic further ^formation apply m ot' tbe opposition camps will come to the res cue. Thus Mr. Buchanan has dine well, be cause his measures have been fair, just, need ful aud proper; and thus, upou tbe important work of tbe regulation of the fiuaneial embar rassments of the government and the country, we have no doubt lie will be amply sustained in the general policy of relief and reform which he has foreshadowed. This will be the great work of his administration ; but from the cool ness, prudence, courage and decision of char- | actrr which he has exhibited, w.e feel assured | that he will neither shrink from tlie task, nor enter upon it without mature deliberation.— N. Y. Herald. Sea 3nfri.iT Caught.—A marine monster of formidable dimensions was exhibited at No. 93 Wall street for a short time on Saturday morning, having been caught early the same day. by Joseph Crary, while fishing off pier I No. 1 East River, with a hook and line. It was of the viper tribe, 94 feet long, and 12 in-1 cbes in circumference, iu the largest part, cov ered with brilliant diamond-shaped spots, inyel- | low and black, and very handsome when first caught. skilled in the art of stuffing, and when thus preserved will be returned to Wall street. If: not tbe veritable Sea Serpent of which so | many talcs are told, it must have been oue of i his lineal decendauts. Mr. Curran, to whom | it belongs, says he has seen the same kind of rep- j tile on the coast of Florida, but of smaller di mensions.—iY. Y. Journal of Commerce. Gold Discovkuv.—Our former predictions j are being verified. A quartz, or according to j the gold diggers’ phrase, pocket mine, lias re-1 cently been opened by Messrs. Findley. Nix, | & Co., on lot one thousand and forty-eight, twelfth district, first section, that exceeds any thing of tlie kind since the days of the intru sion. We visited the mine several times, and EMAN A ROBERTS, or A. P. CHERRY Macon, Ga. Patent Wire Braced Grain CRADLES, c AND 4i FIGURE? and warranted Blades: SIL ,p. , , I .OverSTEEL BYTHES, SNATHES, sickles, I he creature was sent ofi to a person ; GRA?S hqOKS ; STRAW RAKES, f r sale by N. WEED. Macon, Ga. which was uo less pleasing than astonishing from five to thirty pennyweights of the shining metal at each successive panful of the slate anti traced quartz was tlie result. \\ e have not been out to the mine for several days, but we learn that it is not so good ,ts at first, but pros pects still flattering. We learn that the vein has been prosecuted to tlie depth of forty or fifty feet. ,This discovery itas had a wonder ful invigorating effect upon our mining.com munity. \ uu can scarcely turn your eye any direction but wliat you can see some individual armed with a pick, shovel and pail. The con sequence has been si veral discoveries but none so valuable as the oue described.’—Dahloncga Signal, June 12. The Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher was in atten dance at the church of his son, in Brooklyn.— Some one in an address, said that the father must feel like Simeon ot old, ready to "de part,” in view of wliat he now saw. The Doc tor started to i is feet, and said that, so fai horn it, he never wanted to live iu all his lite as he did now. — fADF. by k.tfr.KV ItKO, amt warranted to VL work well. BR05VN’*j Virginia Wheat Thtesh- ?, for sole by may 18 N. WEED, Macon. Ga. HORSE POWERS. E MOR VS Celebrated Rail-Road Powers ; SINCLAIR'S Lever Horse Po WHITMAN’S Lever Horse l all of which are wsrrantod to work well house. For sale at Manufacturer's prices, by in field or by N. 55'EED. Macon, Ga. W lieat Fans. G IjANT'S Patent Fan Mills, all sizes ; ft INTON’S Celebrated Fan Mills, all sizes : BROWN’S Virginia Fan Mills, all sizes, •Hi enmnlete with Sieves and warranted, tor sale by A ? " N. WEED. Macon, G». Mackerel and Shad. NE HUNDRED pac o Dailv expected by a pi 13 Mackerel, Pickled Shad, 15. A W. A. ROSS. sale uy may 4—tf Bacon, on nnnLBS. A No. I. Tennessee Bacon, well DU.UUU cured and trimmed, in store aud fur ■ BEARDEN fc GAINES. NEW DKl'G STORE. ALEX. A. MENARD, RALSTON'S BUILDING, CHERRY ST., MACON, GA H AS just-received and is now opening a fresh stock of l>ru j?** ChnnirnlK, Paiqjs, Oil*, P-erfnrocry, Pli .TI «*«l ic i r* PH , VviNtrn menu*, |*nl« ill tlrdi- rriiticnl Prrpnrnlioiif. At. My Dross have been selected with strict refer ence to their purity and quality : they are tresn and may he* fully filled nn. Order- Faithfully Kxccnf«*d ^ Physicians' Prescriptions ami Kamil} Mcdi- oines put up with neathess and accuracy, at all hours »f the day or night. rgr A large lot of Arlilirinl Trrlfc just received DECLINE IN DRY GOODS. great reduction in prices. BOSTICK & KEIN TTAVING lieeit ex -eedlnqly sucoessful this Spring o ill the sale of their .Merchandize, having sold ,t it ETA1L, bv far more than an house ever sold be- >„•<■ in Maeon ol RICH. FANCY DRY GOODS in one season, would now oiler to their t lULNOb AND PATRONS Extraordinary Bargains FROM Tlll-i DATE TILL FIRST SEPTEMBER; Tho following are our reasons, why we CAN AND 5VILL SELL lower than any Other house, viz : Every body knows tlmt we' have no eld dilapidated Goods to work off on our customers. Our t*toc-k is FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL, And our concern lms been represented THREE TIMES TH S SPRING IN NEW YORK. by one of ihe BEST and nm-t TASTEFUL b; yers, (and the best posted according to trie N > w Y uric Jl. relmnts) that visits the Northern Market OURDRESS GOODS are direct from the auction sales, Vnd our c-TAPLE GOODS fresh from the .Manufac turers, Bought principally for Cash. We have been so tlironged with customers during tlie entire season, that tie have not had time to take an' EXACT INVENTllHY ot OUR STOCK but will say that OUtt’S is complete and decidedly attractive. OUR THIRD AND LA-T STUCK if this Season just opened. THE LADIES INFORM Us is the , RICHEST and CHEAPEST ,n the ci:y. and from the way they' ‘pitch into them, we cannot doubt but wliat they speak correctly. Again—We have already sold more Goods than re expected to sell this Spring and Summer, and as we intend preparing for an # Enormous trade this Fall, ft is necessary that we should rusticate some litt.e during the warm weather to be qualified tor that work. Consequently our prices will be inane so VERY LOW, that we hope to sell almost out by (he !st of July, so as to enable us to visit our friends, and obtain a lew reeks’ respite from husina**. \^e have elegant five striped, double Skirt-and three FLOUNCED ROBES of every quality, just received, and many other styles of Dress Goods, at Per Cent. below ordinary prices. OUIVS is the HOUSE for BARGAINS. In fact, if you want to get taiove than the worth of j^ncy, coil soon tm & New Spring Goods. \ f as. AUDOUIN is now receiving a BRIL- _>« VI LI ANT ASSORTMENT OF SPRING StoJ ,ND SUMMER J G O O U S, 'onsisdne «’f Fine French Crape and Straw BGN- v ICTS, Hair and Droid BONN KTft, 11 ATS and LiTSii all the new,-St and most improved ; s ?jr?<’*, „, j, f,,r Ladies' and M,s-es\ Infant-' and Buys Hats, Embroideries. Mourning Sets.' Dre.-s Trimmings, lair Brrids of every variety.. Fancy IL.tr I'mabn- ,1 Wreaths. Head Drosses of every style, and bans. klso t a foil assortment ot Corsets, hxtelision, vv ave, te*d, Spring and SU:eleton Sltirts. Also, a general assortment of FANl( V A KIT LES, sll of which she offers LOW h OR LASH.— Ladies are espm tally invib-d to .-all an 1 examine elsewhere. 1 Irtnkiul citts h tdmre of patron- uro espc-—-„ ier Goods before purch: or past favors, she still COMMENCEMENT. w 7TLI. bo Uken at FCCH’S FINE ART GAL LERY. for a short time if wanted b.v the doz. t Superior Photographs, FOK ONLY 50 CENTS APIECE. Now is your time; yon enngive all of yonr friends igood likeness at a less ef.-t by a hundred per cent. ; Inin If you go elsewhere, and wo wilt warrant every Picture us good as can bo had at any Gallery m the state. COLORED PHO'l OQKaHHS life *i*e»till taken at KEAaONABLL PRICES. Ambrotypes, Melaneotypes, &c., put up iu neat cases for ONE DuLLAK and up- Our motto is to do a large business at smaii prn- rits. So give us a call and m*»- it we don t please }ou. Rooms in TRIANGULAR BLOCK. jm.e 8 ICE ! ICE ! ! ICE ! ! ! MACON ICE COMPANY. D DF.MPSEY, J-., Third-Street, Macon, Ga . .Agent of M Rowell A Co, Savannah, grateful lor past patronage, begs leave to inform tlie citizens of Macon and surrounding country, that he is pre pared to furnish Ice in any quantity during thosea- son, at the following prices, viz : Ice by the Block, lj cents per pound, cost price for Blanket. Ice by the Hlid. 1J cents per pound, cost price for Hhd. ' . ■ Ico by tho Bbl. 1J cents per pound, cost price for Bill. Ice bv the small quantities. 2 cent.- perpound. Messrs. Fow. il A Go., being for three years tho only wholesale dealets in Geo-gia-lsa guarantee that we can be relied upon for a jolt supply at at. ttn.f i, and a superior article, as we nouse our own Ice North. , . . _ .. Orders from the Country addressed to D Dempsey. Jr , Agent. Macon, will be faithfully intended to. The public may rest assured that liiere will be no increase on above rates during the season. 55'e ask lor a share of public patronage and shall endeavor to merit it. V. Dempsey, Jr., also offers a fresh and choice sup- ir , £Yi3CLily Groceries Fruits, Fish in .-eason, Pickled Meats, Ham, Bacon, Lard. Fine Butter and t amily Supplies in general— constantly renewed. »s good as can be furnished in •hi* market aud at tlie must reasonable prices Cali and see. 1>. DEMPSEY, Jr., may 25 lm - New bteam baw Mill. H AYING started a Steam Saw Alii 1 in Houston (Jocmty, about seven miles from Perry, near the r ads'ending from Perrv to Macon, we flatter our selves, that we can furnish as good if not better Lum ber than any other Mill, having the best of Pine fimber, and good Sawyers. \\ e will till Bills from Macon, Fort valley. Perry and tbe surrounding country, upon as good terms as ..ther Mills, or the times wi'l admit ot. Those who want Lumber will, no douht, find it to their interest (Agio us their bills, as w« intend to give satisfao- tion it possible- Add-ess Peirv» Houston county, Ga. AUO.tss i eiry, JOUX THOMAS, and JOHN A. i HOMAS. june 15-tt Ihe Journal & Messenger copy tz.