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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. X.j
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per annum.
sd. All rule and figure work double the above ptices.
Leual Advestisemekts published at the usual
rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions ol
the law.
Ai.r. Sales regulated by law,must be made before
tin; Court House door, between the hours of 10 in the
morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in
the county where it is situate ; thone of Personal
Property, where the letters testamentary, of adrnin
i tuition or of guardianship were obtained—and are
• required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
Sheriff;;’ Sai.es under regular executions for thir
ti n >. 7i. under mort ;.tire ii fas sixty days, before
the day of sale. i
Sales of Lard and Neoroes, I>v Executors, Ad*
mii.t>.tr.itors or Guaniian i, for sixty day* before
the day of sale.
Sai.es of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty
DAYS.
h r .Tin vs bv Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary, upon
a ptM.tr i - , ton rca i.frrrr.t of adminLitration,must
be mdilished for thirty d.* vs.
Citations upon aptlication for dismission, by
Cxecutors. Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for SIX MONTHS.
Orders of 0 of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy ol the bund o’ - agreement) to make title*
to t. • ri, rr.tr,t he publHio.i three months.
Notify > by Executors. Administrators or Guardians,
of application to the Court of Ordinary for leyve
to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, y-our
MONTHS.
NoTiers bv Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors and Ore !i,,-rs >1 ar Iv tale, so- six weeks.
S.ieriy fs, Clerks of Court, .tc., will be allowed
the u rial d<; iucti'iti.
if jP* Letters <ti bu.nncss, must bo tost raid,
to entitle i’ m to attention.
AM. H UQil Ii 5, Attorney at I.aw, Cuthbert
• t ori'ia.
la i >|B4o II if
MA.VSIOX IIOUSIO.
JACOB li ARROW,
7 r T) ESPEO IFULLV informs the public that he
>vfcj ha; opened a HOUtSE in the business part of
Hroail Street for tho accommodation of Travellers,
and has bmlt in .v stables on has o.vn lot by the solici
tation of his customers.
March 81, 5 if
OdLKTHOiIPK IIOUSK, )
September 7,1839. )
WM. P. Mcf'EEN & G. W. K. BEDELI
have associated themselves togellier for tin
purpose of managing ami conducting this establish
ment, which has been lilted out in a mat am* genlec
style. This ostablishnmm i a largo three story hrick
building, on the corner of Oglethorpe and liandolpl.
streets, where the Post Office has bet n lately remo
ved, and convenient for stage passengers, goiiigfto ant
from, when opening and and uvering the mail,and havt
ample time to get tiien meals and refreshments, whicl
will always be nrepared for their aceotnmodati n. Wi
have associated our !ve', not only v.itii the ditpor.-
turn, but with the ability to give gem “R : satisfaction t(_
nil of our frien Is wh . may favor us vith a call. Wt
< • in it utmecess irv to say much on t!;is subject to
Min e v.ho are a ij i;;;:;*! ! with im, mni those untie
<1 : imed with us. : rr respocttoliy invited to try our
• .teer and satisfy themselves, li i.’ sufficient to say,
tln.t tins estabh hnn nt shall at till times he well fur
nished, well arranged, well attended to personally In
the proprietor:;, and kept free from riots, druid illness
and its consequences, and, it! short, such attention w ill
bo bestowed as- will deserve public patronage.
Stii. 19 33 if Me KEEN & BEDELL.
COTYU.nUTJS IiOTET., JSIO.
f rYVIe subscriber respectfully informs Ins friends and
the public generally, that he still continues to
occupy the above establishment, -where he promises
refreshment and comfort to the traveller and border,
llis own personal att■ ntion will be given to his busi
ness, in which lie hopes to give genera! satisfaction,
and share a liberal patronage amongst his brother
chips. JESSE B. REEVES.
Oolurnbus, Ga., Jan. 21, IS-10. 51 ts
caub;nated or. soda water.
fTS'V.IK subscribers are now prepared tofurni h their
Ji. customers and the public wnh (Carbonated or
Soda Water.
Their apparatus is constructed in such a manner,
and of such materials as to prevent the possibility of
any mctalic or dele.ions impregnations.
TAYLOR & WALKER,
Sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad st. Columbus.
April-21. 10if
WARE HOUSE
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
HSIHE im lersigned would inform his triends and
.M. the public generally, that he will continue the
above business at his Old Stand in Front street, oppo
site the now brick building of Janies 11. Shorter, Esq.
and that his personal attention will be exclusively devo
ted to the same. By strict attention thereto,he hopes
to have a continuance of the liberal patronage hereto
fore bestowed upon him. lie will as usual attend to
the sale of Cotton, from wagons or in store ; and from
a general acquaintance with the purchasers and true
situation of the market he believes he can generally
more than save the commission in the sale of cotton.
WM. F. YuN’GK,
Columbus, Sept. Id, I?S3. S3y
He has in store tor sale,
Liverpool and Biown Salt in sacks,
Chewing Tobacco a id Segars,
Champaigns Wine, in baskets and boxes,
Bagging and Bale Rope
GERMAN, INDIAN AND TMOMSONIAN
OR,
PRIMITIVE, PRACTICAL. BOTANICO
MEDICAL SCHOOL.
located seven miles /.’us/ f Marion, near Hamburg
IN uniting these several Medical Systems or inodes
ot practice, I>r. B. R. THOMAS, the Principal
of the School, begs leave to state, for the inform i>.on
of the afflicted and public generally, that he h i; been
many years engaged in the practice of Medicine, and
has it- voted much of his tune, labor and practice, with
many of the most intelligent and succe-V.iii German
and Indian Doctors, both in the UnittJ S.ates and
Canada, to the treatment of acute and ch .m e dis
eases of every name, s.ge and type, and ot the most
malignant character ; and lias, by practicing with them,
acquired a thorough kn >wledge of all their valuable
secret Recipes and manner of treatment, which is tar
superior lo any thing known or tauaht in the Medical
Schools, and which has been succissfut. by the bles
sings of the Almighty, in restoring to health, hundreds
unT thousands of persons that had been treated tor a
number of years by many of the most learned and
a -ientitic Physicians of the day, and pronounced to be
entirely beyond the reach of reinedv, an t given over
odie. Yet by thesimple,efficacious Vegetable Mdi
tcines, not poisons,they were snatched front tiiejawsof
the giim monster, death, and restored to health, the
greatest of all earthly blessings; for what is riches
nnd elegant dwellings, without health to enjoy them.
Health is the poor man's wealth, and the rich man’s
bliss. To a man laboring under disease, ihe world is
little better than a dreary solitude, a cheerless waste
enlivened by no variety, a joyless scene cheered by
n•> social sweets; for the soui in a diseased body, like
a martyr in his dungeon, may retain its value, but it
has lost us usefulness.
Will be added to this institution, as soon as the ne
c issai y arrangements can be made, an infirmary—toe
cold, ho:, tepid, shower,sulphur and ihe German, Rus
sian aid rhomsoruan Medicated Vapor Baths; ai;J
everv'king that can possibly be of any advantage in
icstoriug the sick to health*ot relieving suffenng hu
man:‘.v,’will be promptly and constantly attended to;
and where the student will learn by practical experi
ence, (ihe best kind of logic,) the true pincSpies of
the he* mg art. Price of tuiiion will be §2OO, payable
in advn <ce.
fr jf** All persons affiicred with lingering and chron
ic diset-'js, (of auv name, state, stage or type, for we
have bi tied disease in a thousand forms,) who ca .not
convent ntly apply in person, will send the symptoms
of their lise.tues in writing to Dr. 13. K. Thomas,
llanba , Ala., where Medicines will be prepared in
the bos’ mnner to snit each case. Although they
may hi* a b ,a i of many years standing, and treated
by a daz n different Doctor , it is no good reason vb -
ihey can >ot be cured by the suhsenher. Persons iiv- !
ing at a iisranc? must expect to pay for their f.lsdi
cinesl-vh l they get them, as no Medicines will be
sent fr n’ iho office on a credit.
E.etters addressed to the subscriber will not
b' 1 taken cm the office, unless post-eaid.
Nov.Jl 4 off B K. THOU AS.
|I>ISSOLUTION.
THE copartnership heretofore existing under the
firm of W ilson & Cravey is dissolved this day
by mutual consent of both.
SANFORD T. WILSON.
OWEN W. CRAVEY.
Gilbon, July 14, 1640 23—ts
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
rgpHE subsenoers have this dav formed a connec-
J 1 tion, under the firm of ROWLAND & BAR
RTOW. for the prrpose of transacting a (TEN EK■
AL,COMMISSION BUSINESS in SAVAN
NA ii. Particular attention w.li be paid to receiving
and forwarding Prince and Merchandise. They
are not interested in any of the Transportation Lines,
and assure their friends, that, in all cases, such con
veyances shall be selected as to promote their intei
est. WILLIAM P. ROWLAND,
ELIAS B. BARS TOW.
Savannah. 26th June, 184Q.-im6i-22
LAW,
7 K sabscribers having connected tbcmselvesi
JR. the practice of LAW, wifi attend all the
County Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and the
adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosh
Row, immediately over Allen & Young's Store.
ALFRED IVERSON,
June 14. 19tf J. M. GUERRY.
LAW NOTICE.
THE undersigned will attend to the PR ACTICE
OF LAW, in th name of JONES & BEN-
NlNG,in most cf the counties of this Circuit, arid a
few of the adjoining counties of Alabama. Their
Office will be found near the Oglethorpe House.
SEABORN JONES.
HENRY L. BENNING.
Sept. 16,1639. S3 ts
PHOENIX HOTEL,
Lumpkin , Stewart County , Georgia.
rjrviK subscriber having taken the above house,
it situated on ttic North East corner of the court
house square, formerly occupied by Mr. Beacham,
takes pleasure in informing his friends and the public
generally, that this new and eommodious establisli
m< nt is now completed, and in every way fitted up
for the accommodation of boarders and travellers : the
subscriber util give his personal attention to the super
vision of the house, and no pains or expense will be
spared to render all comfortable who may favor him
with a call.
N. B. 11 is stables are excellent and will at ail times
be bountifully supplied with provender, and attended
by a steady industrious and trusty ostler, v.lio will at
ail tirn s ho in his place and subject to the commands
of tho visitor. GIDEON H. CROXTON.
Jan 20—51-ts
HOARDING,
MRS. LUCAS having taken that largo and com
modious two-story house on Front street, direct
ly opposite Mr. Win. P. Yongc’s residence, would be
willing to accommodate a few respectable Boarders.
None but those of strictly moral habits need apply.—
Terms to suit the times. June 11,1840. 17 ts
NOTICE.
rWN'TE partnership of HARP & TRASK in Mus-
Ji cogee county, was dissolved in Match, 1838, by
mutual consent.
March 14, 1840. 4tf
THOMPSON’S UTERINE TRUSS.
An effectual and radical cure for polapsus
uteri .
subscribers have taken the agency for the
.s*. above valuable instrument, and have now on
hand and will constantly keep a variety of patterns,
which they will sell at Manufacturers’ prices. These
Trusses are superior to any instrument of the kind
ever invented, and are now extensively employed by
som of the most eminent practitioners in the United
States.
We annex the certificate of the late Professor Ebcrle,
who used them with great success in his own practice.
‘ Ciwcinsatti, Ohio, May 11th, 1859.
‘ T have carefully examined the Uterine Truss in
vented by Dr. Thompson of this Sute, and I can con
fidently declare, that it is tinquestiun b!y the most
perfect and useful instrument of the kind that has evei
been offered to the public. It differs essentially in
construction from the Utcro Abderoinai Supporter
non. tructrd by Dr. Hull, and is in all respects a fir
superior in: trumenl.’
The subscribers have also received the agency for
Dr. Chase’s Improved Surgical Truss, which is'iini
rersally admitted to be the most certain and lasting
:ure ever discovered for Hernia or Rupture.
TAYLOR it WAKER, Druggists,
Sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad-st.
Columbus. June 20,1839. 26tf
N THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
“'(OST’IIKEEAS, a bill lias passed both branches of
V w the General Assembly, changing the times of
holding the sessions of the Legislature, from annual to
biennial; but whereas, it is proper on all occasions to
ascertain the will of ihe people, whenever it can Uc
done without interfering with the ordinary course of
le'is'aiion: Therefore
R e it resolved by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
snine , That on the first Monday in October, 1849, the
voters of this State be requested to endorse on theii
tickets, tho words ‘‘ Annual” or “ Biennial ,” as they
may favor the meeting of the Legislature every year,
or once .n two years; and that, the resolution be pub
lished in the newspapers in this State for three months
before the first Monday in October aforesaid.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker oj the House of Representatives.
Attest—Joseph Stuiigis, Clerk.
In Senate,concurreu in. 2T?t December. 1839.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Attest—David J. Bailey', Secretary.
Approved December 24;h, 1839.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD, Governor.
July 11 21
V ALU Alt LB PLANTATION FOR SALE
t/TA OXTAINING Two Hundred Two and a Hal
Acres of Land,mixed with oak and pine. There
arc eighty acres cleared,. Also, a comfortable dwel
ling, with all necessary out offices, a good gin house
and pack in s screw, a peach and apple orchard. The
entire under good fence. Jt is situated within 4 miles
of Columbus, joining the plantation formerly owned
by Thomas C. Evans, Esq. Persons wishing to pur
chase cannot find a more desirable location than the
one offered for --ale by the subscribers.
JOHN CODE,
Dec. 6. 44tf JOHN QUIN
look at this.
RUNAWAY from the subscribers, about the first
March last, a negro man by - name Presiev,
about forty years of age, somewhat grey hair, very
thin, or perhaps no hair on the top of the head, quite
black, eyes small and deeply sunk in the head, wide
between the teeth, broad shoulders, and stoops, he is
rather intelligent, though unprepossessing in appear
ance, makes great ptofessionof religion, and prays in
puli’i< - every oppor unity. He was in the neighborhood
of Greenville, Meriwether county, some fifteen days
af r leaving this place; where he left on the 29rh ult.
taking his wif - with him, who belongs to Freeman
McClendon, living near Greenville; she is by the
name of Julia, twenty years of age, common size, a
hright copp r color, and very likely. It is believed
that they were taken off by a white man, and probably
travelling west in a gig, as such nformaiion readied
Mr. McClendon.
A suitable reward will be given for the apprehen
sion ot said negroes and thief who earned them awav>
and information given to either of the subscribers.
FREEMAN McCLENDON,
JOHN C. MANGHAM.
April 16.1840. 9tf
TO TK3 SOUTH.
11. PETTIS, Counsellor at Lew, from O
• range County, Virginia, having been located
ui the City of New \ ork, for the last e'ght years, re
spectfully tenders his grateful ackrsowledgi.tents to his
friends in the South, for their confidence and patronage
in various matters of business, and solicits their conti
nuance. He has bad much experience, both in this
State and that of Pennsylvania, in cau-ing fugitive
Slaves to be secured; and will continue to effect such
objects, if possible, whenever called upon. His plans
are so well matured, by having, at his command, the
rnoefficient aid. located at different points, and sttc
cessftiHy- harmonizing, that he cannot but flatter him
self that lie will have more complete success, if possi
ble, in future, than heretofore. In defiance of the Ab
olitionists. he can cause to be secured anv fugitive
slave, who shall be north of Mason and Dixon’s line.
There neither is, nor can there be, any law of this
or anv other State, which can militate against the Fe
deral Constitution, which authorises the master, or his
regularlv constituted Agent to arrest his fugitive slave,
taie him before a Judge or Magistrate, prove property,
and take him away. To the end therefore, it will be
necessary for thorn who may wish the services of Mr.
P.. to forward him a Power of Attorney, duly execut
ed. end minutely descriptive of the fugitive, and also a
fee of twenty dollars to defray preliminary and contin
gem expenses. Vi lien the siave shall have been se
cured and handed over to the master, one hundred dol
lars ad !i;ional charge xvili be made.
Mr. Pettis will promptly at;d faithfully attend to any
and all business confided to him, touching his profes
sion. All letters, o;i business, must be post-paid, to
his address. No. 3 Wail street.
N. B.—The Southern papers generally would sub
serva the interest t” slave-holders by noticing the a
bove. _Y ne York A IB4O.
•WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BURN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1840.
LIST OP LETTERS,
I3BEMAINING in the Pc*t Office at Columbus,
CL Ga., Ist August, 1840.
A
Atwood, F G fit W H 2 Allison, Catharine, in
Atwood, F'G care of Too. Parkins
Adams, Mrs Henrietta Allen, Albert
Ai.ey, Nicholas Allen, Early
Alexander, Hugh F Aldrich, James K
Atwood, Wm H 2 Aldrick,Daniel
Aden, John Alsobrock, Anderson
Armstrong, Elizabeth Adamschree, Frances
B
Bradley, Wna Barrett, Dr Clement B
Benning, Rev T (J 2 Blossinger, Benj T
Bates, H I Boykin, Francis
Brown, Joseph T Burt, Richard L
Baldwin, DA Blackman, James
Berry, Wm Blair, G W
Bootif, F F Baker, Benj H
Bowen, Mrs Elizabeth Banks, W
Btdieiiger, Joseph J 2 Beal, Martha
blake, Kev Frederick Brown, Isieal F
Bruce, Robt H Brennon, Rodger
Brownchrs, Ann 2 Bcndchr, T
Burt, Wm Bright, Thos W
Britt, A C Bradley, Edward
c
Coleman, Margaret Conking, Wm
Crouch, Chany Christian, Edward
Crowell, John jr Cook, H
Clarke, Miss Narcissa Conklin, Wm V
Cox, James B Chamberlin, Richard
t rump, E G Culberson, Wm
Cooper, James Colquitt, Alfred
Commissioners of Com- Cox, Wrn H
man Schools of Musco- Card, Daton T
gee Coleman, James
Chandler, Wm C Cannufax, Wm
Cox, David Clayton, P A
Chapman, Wm Cobb, John Snorting
Chapman, Samuel Cameron, C care of Jas.
Cerveau, F Van Ness, PM
Cushion, L R 2
D
Dozier, Augusta Doles, Francis
Dorson, Coi Henry C Driggers, M/s Ann
Dales, Zachariah Day, M C
Day, Willie L Dunn, Axum
Dewell,Mrs Ann Z Deens, Elijah
Duncan, John S Dent, Richard H
E
Evans. Abram Evans, R K
Eagan, Mrs Ely, Seaborn
Estes, H Estes Eitand, Stephen
Essex, John S
F
Field, Lawrence Frasier, John S
Floyd, Mrs Tabitha Fortson, Lucy
Freeman, Newton Fair, Larkin
Freeman, Mrs Nancy Farmer, Rufus
Fagaur, Letty
G
GUI, Lewis II Guerry, Dr Peter Vjr 2
Gentry, Daniel H Granger. Barlow
Godfrey, James G Griffin, Andrew B
Glenn, James 2 Gideon, Mrs W
Gunn, J Gray, Richard
Giddtns, Miss Eveline Greenwood, Smith
Guren, Wm Granberry, Eider Geo
Graves, John Gray, Hezekiah
Green, George W Grantland, M;ss E
Grariniss.J W
H
Hill, E Haines, W Jr
Hudson, S Hand, H ev T J
Ilolstead, Mary A Hancock, James
Hood, A ‘ Haines, L
Herringdine, Thos Haney, John
Hudson, Eliza Harris, F D
Harris, R H Hutchinson, R H
Holt, C W Harp, Richard
Harris, J N Hart, W
Hays, Robert Holman, J B
Hallenbeck, B N Hearn, W
Harp, J L Haughton, R J
Hampton, J C Harris, John H
Herron, W Holmes, Miss M B
Hudson, .1 B Harris, Jas H
Howell, NW 2 Hill, J C
Harper, Miss Elizabeth 2 Hicks, Francis V
Hinson, M M
I
Iverson, Frances
J
Jefferson. Col D Jones, Selina
Jaques,Jß Jamison, R
Johnson,J F Johnson, Z
Jones, Geo H Jchnson. R G
Jordan, A J Justice, D J care
Johnson. F C E Calhoun,
Jones, HT Jewett,
Jones, F C Johnson, W E
K
K.rger, F Kimbrough, Frances
Kay, Jersey
L
Lamar, J J Lent, And.
Lamar, W H Laney, Sarah Ann 2
Lloyd, John B
M
Moore, Martha M A Martin, G W
Mitchell, J 2 My rick, H
Moore, R Martinez, A
Murrell, Eliza Mathews,CL
M ore, John L Moore, Jas H
Mendenhall, M T 3 Morgan, John W
Moore, WB Marshall, Jordan
Marshall, E B Melans, Henry
McCrary, T G McElvy, Francis
McMichael, Miss F McClesky, G A
McG ruder, A McMichael, L
McKay, John McCiendon, W V W
McKay, Thomas
N
Nelson, J Nelson, A
Norinan, J S
o
Oliver, P Oliver, Berrien
Owens, W H
P
Paradise, John Porter, H B
Perry, A Porter, Uriah
Pride, John Preston, John
Partrida, John 2 Pettigrue,J L
Pace, Wm Jr Paradise, Ann
Parkman, S Pardue, Jas A
Park, EE 2 Powell, W B Dr
It
Russell, A J Robinson, Richard
Robinson, F J Robinson, Margatet
R ichards, Jas R iehardson, O J
Richards, Jas or SJ or Reed, Elias
Win Webster. Roclunore, John
Reed, Jas Reed, Sarah
Robinson, F M Robinson,Col Sam’l
Rowe, Miss Ann Riley, W H
Rule, Charles Richardson, Silas
Rutherford, A S 2 Rowling, Thomas
Rodgers, Robert Richards, Thos
Russell, James Robertson, Margaret
Richards, James Rivers, JohnG
Rude, Col
s
Searing. S 3 Staggs, EB
Simmons, Miss A Sims, John
Smith, Mrs S W Sears, John
Sullivan, Wm Sibley, Jos S
Sullivan, Jas Smith, Mary Ann 2
Sherman, Jas 2 Smith, W G
Stroud, Eli Slacto, Jas T
Str ngfeliow, R Sen SaiTold, A G R
Smallwood, J L Stanley, Sealii g
Spear, Rev A Smith, L
Smith, W T S
Thompson, H B Trayvick.’J M
Thompson, M S Townsley, V S
Tozer, John Terry, A” M
Taylor, KH Terry, GW
; Thornton. Richard Ttfomas, S
Tilley, W W Tarver, E
Taylor, M M Thornton, J M
V
Veligue, J L
w
Woodburn, Johu 3 Wynn,G W
Willard, B C Williams, S M Miss
Worihington, Webster, W
Whitner, J M Webster. Sarah F 2
A ilkerson, J M Wright, W J
Woodward, II W Williams, J S
Walter, S II Whitten, A
Weatherford, R Wilson, J
White & Stamper Williford, II
Willis, G W Westmoreland, Jar.e
Wvehe, D Wynn, MrsC F
Wimberly, 3\ illard, Goorge
Wiley, G D Warren, Johd
Wood, P Wimberly, Gen P
Walker, Martha A Walton, John
Weatherford, Rebecca Ware, John II
Willing, Jas S
JOHN SCHLEY, P. M.
DISSOLUTION.
THE copartnership heretofore existing under firm
of Drs. CHLPLEY & SCHLEY, is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. The books and accounts
are in the hands of Dr. Schley, who is authorized to
settle them. Persons indebted to the firm are respect
fully requested to cal! as earlv as possible and settle.
’ W. S. CHJPLEY,
WM. K. SCHLEY.
; July BS, 184 C.
REMARKS OF MR. LINCOLN,
OF MASSACHUSETTS,
[Copied from the National In-tlligencer.]
In the House of Representatives ,
April 16, 1840 —In reply to Mr.
Ogle, upon the proposition of the
latter to strike out of the General
Appropriation Bill a small item
for alterations and repairs of the
President's House, ifc.
When Mr. LINCOLN obtained
the floor, it was late evening, and
perceiving that he was fatigued by
the long sitting, it was proposed to
adjourn the debate to the following
day, but Mr. L. preferred saying at
once what he had to say. He began
by replying to some remarks by Mr.
Ogle incidental to the main debate,
taking occasion, in the course of his
reply, to state certain particulars in
which his remarks on a former day
had been misstated, probably be
cause misunderstood, by the Re
porter for tiie Globe newspaper. Af
ter disposing of this preliminary
matter, Mr. L. proceeded to the
main subject before the Committee
of the Whole, upon which he spoke
as follows:
The member from Pennsylvania
(said Mr. Lincoln,) has insisted that
the tendency of my remarks was to
justify the purchase of extravagant
articles of furniture for the Presi
dent’s House. I repeat that I at
tempted no such justification, for I
had neither seen many of the excep
tionable articles nor inquired into
their price. The argument, so far as
it went, was against that false stan
dard of economy which measures
the value of a thing by its cost, and
decides upon its fitness with no refer
ence whatever to the place or occa
sion for its use. The selection of fur
niture for such an establishment is
matter of taste, about which minds
may well differ; and I said that
while some would consider as most
appropriate the rich and showy,
others would prefer the plain and
simple in fashion; but that, for a
mansion so spacious and so magnifi
cent as that which the nation had
provided for the residence of the
Chief Magistrate, the furniture, so
fur as I had seen, was neither too
good nor too abundant. In this, I
am not aware that I am alone a
mong the Whigs, although I may
not indeed he so happy as to meet
the approving voice of all. But
does such a difference imply dere
liction of principle any where ?
The member suggests that my man
ner of life and habits of thinking
may have given me a taste for ar
ticles of extravagance. What does
he know of my habits of life? Sir, I
can tell him they have been as honor
ably laborious, and as plainly repub
lican, at least, as his own. Be it from
necessity or choice, I am in no wise
ignorant of those duties and offices
which become the humblest station.
I have been taught to toil as faith
fully, and to direct my thoughts as
uprightly as the least proud one
here. One lesson more have I
learned, that, in reference to the
conduct of others, the tongue is an
unruly organ, which an evil spirit
muy indulge, but which candor and
a love of truth ought always to re
strain.
Mr. Chairman, it can only he ne
cessary to review the remarks of
the menber to show the absurdity
of their intended application.—
While he condemns the extrava
gance of the furniture, he is silent in
respect to the appropriations
through which it was procured.—
These appropriations are the grants
of legislation by the Representatives
of the people. Whose was the work
of constructing the costly mansion,
and to what end was it reared?—
More than forty years have now
elapsed since the building was erect
ed, at a charge of more than half a
million of dollars to the nation, and
from that time to the present it has
been occupied in the manner in
which it is now used. Congiess,
through all this intervening period,
have voted the sums for furnishing
the house, as they had previously
done for its construction. If it were
intended that the occupant himself
should provide the furniture,
wherefore these grants ? They
commenced before the house was
first taken possession of by the el
der Adams, and the occasions for
further supplies have since been vo
luntarily anticipated upon every suc
session te the Presidency. Besides:
the spacious halls and lofty ceilings
of such a mansion require much;
which would he suited to no other j
residence. The reasonableness of
compelling a Presidens elect to an
outlay exceeding his annual salary
in the purchase of furniture for a
house, the occupancy of which he
has not the election to refuse, and
the tenancy of which at the expira
tion of every four years, is at the
disposal of the popular voice, with
the certainty of the sacrifice upon
the cost of the property in the at
tempt to dispose of it for any other
place or use cannot gravely be con-
tended for. The ere.lit of the coun
try itself would sutler hv such an
ai rangement; for either the officer
by tin; absorption of bis salary in
the purchase of sufficient and suita
ble furniture for the house, would
be deprived of the appointed means
for bis proper support in the office,
or, by the neglect of such provision,
would exhibit to the world, it! h:s
public station, the discreditable con
trast of magnificent apartments
meanly destitute or scantily furnish--
ed with whatever was appropriate
to their occupation. It is a great
mistake to suppose that those accom
modations are fur the personal re
lief, or the private advantage of the j
President. He is made by them, :
the amplitude of bis salary, j
emphatically the host of the nation* j
His guests are the guests of the peo
ple. The Executive mansion is the
place foi their reception. This
house cf the people is the sitting
position in which, in the person of
their Chief Magistrate, they receive
from the representatives of other
people the homage due to the sove
reignty of this great Republic.—
Here ambassadors and ministers,
messengers from the proudest and
most powerful, the enlightened and
most refined of the kingdoms of the
earth, are received and entertained
in the name of the hospitality of the
nation ! And here, too, the courte
sies of official station are exchang
ed between the high functionaries
of the Government, and extended
to all classes of the citizens. The
house, it is well known, is open to
all, and is daily visited by many.—
It is too much, then, that the place
and its appendages are beyond the
requirements of private station ? I
venture the assertion, that so far as
the personal interest of the Presi
dent is concerned, (I speak not of
the present incumbent, but of who
ever has been or may he in the of
fice,) it would ho preferable, far pre
ferable, to him to occupy, at his own
cost, a smaller and more humble
dwelling, than to submit to the in
conveniences and heavy exactions
which his required residence in the
Executive mansion necessarily im
poses. Sure 1 am that, in a pecu
niary point of view, it would be
much better for any incumbent in
the office to receive ten thousand
dollars, and furnish his own habita
tion, than with twenty-five thousand
to maintain the style of living and
public hospitality which every Pre
sident in succession has deemed hut
in conformity with tho design, as
well as the liberality of present pro
visions.
But the member complains of it
as a monstrous abuse, that the Pre
sident of the United States, iu ad
dition to his salary, and the use of a
furnished house, should have the
grounds about the latter kept in or
der at the public expense, lie says
the President ought to furnish his
own house find employ his own gar
dener, as his salary is amply suffi
cient. I have only to add to what
I have hefore said on this subject,
that such has not been the judgment
or pleasure of the people. For for
ty years, their Representatives sit
ting iu these Lads, without division
in sentiment or vote, have provided
the house, supplied the furniture,
dressed the enclosure and improve
ment of the grounds, and required
their occupation by the Chief Ma
gistrate. The salary may he suffi
cient for the officer. On this point
I take no issue with the member.
So may the per diem of eight dol
lars he ample compensation for a
Representative in Congress. But
does the scrupulous member him
self receive nothing more? I de
mand of him to say if eight, dollars
a day is not abundant recompense
for the value of his labors here; and
yet, does he keep his hands clean
from all the perquisites of place ?
Has he no Government stationery
in his room? no Congressional pen
knife of costly extravagance at this
very moment in his pocket? Has
he never ordered to his lodgings the
beautiful ‘embossed and lace-edged
note paper’ and ‘fancy sealing wax,’
for the use of any of his family, or
received to his own use a distribu
tive share of the ‘spoils,’ in costly
editions of hooks printed at the ex
pense of the Treasury? Sir, let me
not he misunderstood, I do not
condemn him in this, for the legis
lation cf the House allows it. But
I say he receives these things by a
more questionable authority than
; does the President of the U. States
the accomodations which are made
the burden of his complaint. When,
therefore, the member goes to his
constituents and to mine with the
objections that t he Chief Magistrate
of the nation is (in his most courte
ous language) robbing and chealing
the people iu receiving, under an
appropriation of Congress, the use
of a furnished house and the care
of a garden, in addition to his sala
ry, let him, at the same time, ho
nestly admit, that to his own pay,
he adds, at the public charge, per-
quisites of considerable vaine, end
which a colleague of his [iiir. Po
trikin,] on another occasion, pro
notinced, althougth I think by gross
exaggeration, equal in amount to
the per diem. Sir, the President
is much rather to he justified in the
use of his furnished lodgings than
the member in the enjoyment of his
perquisite*-; for the latter may hi.
refused, while the former, consist
cnt ly w ith the ex ist iilg arrangenienis
of the Government, cannot ho de
clined.
I regret, Mr. Chairman, that if
is necessary for me to pursue this
ungrateful subject Lrther. i fear,
in doimr it, I shall exhaust tho pa
tience of the committee. But the
member cavils with me for sustain
ing the appropriation for the salary
of the gardener at the President’s
square. In my remarks, on a for
mer day, to which he excepts, I said
that this hud been a usual appropri
ation for many years, anti that 1 saw
no new reason, at this time, for its
discontinuance. 1 have now in my
hand a certificate, from the Com
missioner of the public buildings,
shewing that the gardener, the very
same individual, with the same cha
racter of seivice, and at the same
rate of compensation, has been in
the employ of the Government for
t lie continuous period of fifteen years
having been first engaged in *1825.
I will read the certificate here, as
notice that 1 shall offer it on the tri
al of t'ae issue between the member
and myself hefore my constituents:
5 Office of the Commissioner of Public
Buildings.
‘lt appears from the hooks of this
office that Johu Ousley was appoint
ed gardener at the President’s
square on the Ist of August, 1825,
at a regular salary of four hundred
and fifty dollars pe annum for his
services. He has received that sa
lary quarterly, up to the 31st De
cember, 3838, and is at this time
the gardener at the President’s
square. W. NOLAND.’
In respect to the grounds about
the President’s house, they, in com
mon with those around the Capitol,
are, at all times, open to the public.
They have been laid out and orna
mented at the public charge, and if
not now cared for by Congress, will
soon become neglected and an un
sightly waste. The President has
no motive to the expense of their
improvement. Like the spacious
walks and cultivated borders of the
beautiful enclosure within which we
are here situated, they are for the
enjoyment of the people, and in the
frequency of resort to them, and the
freedom with which they are used,
it is easy seen how little they are
regarded as private. They are, in- j
deed, accessible to all. and I would j
recommend to the member himself,
at some pleasant eventide, to repair
to this (piiet retreat, and indulge in
the meditation to which it invites,
which, upon the fidelity of his de
scription only,ho asks a sentence of
condemnation? I did say, however,
generally, I have already today re
peated, and I now reiterate, that to
a casual observer the furniture ap
pears neither too rich nor too abun
dant for the size and magnificence
of the mansion, nor too good for the ‘
use of the first representative offi
cer of a free and sovereign people.
But of this I make no matter of per
sonal controversy with the member.
I understand him now to say that
lie has never been at the house.—
liow well, then, it mav comport
with a becoming modesty, or sense
of justice even, to denounce unseen
that which prudent and honorable
men have sanctioned, I leave for
others to consider. He condemns
the articles as the exhibition of aris
tocratic pride and splendor. We!i,
sir, I defend not the purchase of
these articles, but ta>;e my position;
behind the character of those by
whose authority they were procured.
I insist that whatever Ihe fault has
been committed is wiili those who
furnished the means of such extrav
agance —if extravagance there be
—with the Representatives of the
people, who, again and again, tin
der every Administration, with a
full knowledge of the manner ir.
which the money would he expend
ed, have voted the appropriations
without restriction or qualification.
I have shown that whatever re
proach attaches to the pronounce
ment and use of such furniture has
been incurred by the head us each
successive Administration. Jf, in-
deed, the fashion of the House be u
display of regal splendor, stern and
sound Republicans have been be
trayed into tliis foolish error.
Again: It is made a heinous of- j
fence in me that, in addition to alii
which is now within and about the 1
House, I gave notice that the com- :
ndttce of which l am a member ;
would propose, at the present ses
sion, a small appropriation for one!
ot tiie rooms most frequently in use,
and which is now entirety destitute
of furniturt, The bill which con-
J tains tint epproorintion it.- > e
been reported from the r.o .un
ami gives a few liundr >d -*;:*;• i j.
the purchase of plain furi.irare.
American munufactnrc, for ! ‘a
room to the h'rcd.Nmt’s
The number objects that this i- ai
together unnecessary, end the iea
son he assigns fur this opinion is m;
singular as the objection is extra
ordinary in itself. “Ia the ur.to
rooms of prince-s,** soys the mem
ber, visiters are kept standing until
they are admitted to an audienc v’
When I addressed the com- linoe,
on a firmer day, I described t!:>
room as the apartment into which
visile s, whether for ceremony or
business, were show.: previous to
their introduction to the President.
Here they dispose of their overgar
ments, in ail weather and seasons,
and wait, if need he, toe pr< vious
engagements of the President; tied
in this room there is not the accom
modation of a mirror, a table, or a
chair. Whatever may be the forms
observed it) the courts Europe, or
the habit of princes in the treat
ment of their subjects—of which !
profess to be but poorly advised—
it. strikes me as hardly becoming
that they should he quoted in Re
publican America as fit rules to be
adopted for the regulation of inter
course between free, independent,
enlightened citizens, and their elec
tive officers. The courts of Europe
forsooth! And such is the authori
ty relied upon by this Whig from
Pennsylvania for denying a chair
to his constituents and mine, in the
very house provided by the people
for their own honor, and in excuse
for denouncing me for seeking to
make provision for their more suit
able accommodation. Because the
princes of Europe keep their vas
sals in servile waiting upon their
pleasure, is that a reason why a
Republican citizen of the United
States should lack the comfort of a
scat, while the President may be
called from his table or his study to
offer him those courtesies? It is
not thus my Democracy teaches.
The free citizens of a Republic are
themselves sovereigns, and the
measure of their right and the re
spect which is their due are not to
be looked for in the conventional
etiquette of courts, nor are they the
boon of princes. If the constituents
of the member shall visit Washing
ton, and desire an introduction to
the Chief Magistrate, and he dare
trust himself to accompany them to
the “White House,” I venture to
say he will be made sensible of the
deficiency which the committee
propose to supply; and whatever
may be his own views of subservi
ency to the customs of Europe, the
indignant expression of reproof
which be would hear from those to
whom he should offer such an excuse
for any want they might witness,
would bring conviction to his mind
that this was not the country of
prince®. What! himself a Whig,
and propose a conformity to the
manners and customs of aristocrat
ic power—aping the fashions of a
royal court? Himself professing to
be a Republican; and condemn diet
which respect for a Republican peo
ple demand ? Sir, l repeat, this
is a poor concern to lie muon the
occasion of so much clamor s It
hardly become? the member, for
saeii cause, to read homilies upon
political c msister.tcy to others.
The inducement to his gratuitous
labors may be found in the n rro.v
ness of his own views, rather th in
in a default of fidelity elsewhere.
Ho mistakes a small matter of
mere business expediency for a
great question of principle. Mr.
Chairman, lest, from the vehemence
of his renunciation, any should bo
led to suppose art abandonment of
party by me, I will even volunteer
a confession of fait!]; and J here pro
fess, testify, and declare, that I am
no less a Whig than if i had never
seen the Executive mansion; ay,
that I am as much to be confided
in for steadfast oppositon to the
present Administration as though,
like the member, I had the new
born zeal of a convert from Juckson
ism! Sir, 1 am as thoroughly op
posed to Mr. Van Huron as the
rnembet was devoted, at one time,
to hi3 ‘illustrious predecessor!’ I
regard the policy and leading meas
ures of the Administration as hos
tile to the best interests of the peo
ple, and destructive of the prosper!
ty ot the country; and, as such, from
the first, i have been their uncom
promising opponent, and to the ut
most of my power shall continue to
resist them. But in this } have
riot, nor shall 1 demean myself, by
| indulging in hard names and coarse
I invectives against t..c high officers
| of Government.
Mr. Chairman, 1 might now rest,
s It is not my intention to enter into
1 an}’ defence of the propriety < ; th *
particular appropriations w.iien,
| from time to time, have beer: made
for the accommodation of the Chief
Magistrate of the nation. Much
c
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