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TWENTY-FOfUTH CONGRESS',
SECOND SESSION.
A Kill It aocnre freedom of Eltninnt.
WtafWi complaints are made that officer*
of the United States, or persons holding offices
and employments under the authority of the
same, other than the heads of the chief Execn
tivti Departments, or such officers as stand in
the relation of constitutional advisers of the
President, have been removed from office, or
dismissed from their employment, upon politi
cal grounds or for opinion’s sake; and w here
as, such a practice is minifestly a violation of
the freedom of elections an attack upon the
public liberty, and a high misdemeanor; and
Whereas-complainls ace also made that of
freer* of the United States or persons holding
offices or employments und *r the authority of
the same, are in the habit of intermeddling in
elections, both State and federal, otherwise
than by g : ving their votes; and whereas, such
a practice is a violation of the freedom of elec
tions and » gross abuse, which ought to be
discountenanced by the appointing power, and
prohibited by law ; and
Whereas, complaints arc also made that,
pending the late election of President and
Vice President of the United States, offices
and employments were distributed and confer
red, in many instances, under circumstances
•Hording* strong presumption of corruption,
or that they were conferred asthc inducements
to, or the reward of, influence employed, or
to be employed, in said election ; and whereas,
such a practice, in the administration of the
patronage of the Government, will speed ly
destroy the purity and freedom of the elective
franchise, and undermine the free system of
Government now happily established in these
United Males, therefore, to prevent the recur
rence of any practices which may give rise to
similar com plaints in future.
See. 1: Be it enacted He. That, from an I
sfrertlsc fourth d»\ of Marcli, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty seven, no officer, a
g tit, or contractor, or oltur person, holding
a office or employment of trust or profit,
•i rid :r the (,'onsti ution and laws of the United
States, shall by the contribution of money, or
other valuable tiling, or by the use of the (V lik
ing privilege, or the abuse of any other official
privilege or function, or by tl.r< at* and men
aces, or in any other manner, intermeddle
with the election of any member or members
ofeilhcr House of Congress, or of the Presi
dent or Vioc President of the United Stales,
or of the Governor, or other officer of any
Stale, or of any member or members of the
Legislature of any State ; and every such of
ficer or oth r person, offending therein, shall
be held l» be guilty of a blgli misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction in any court of the Uni
el Status having jurisdiction thereof, shall pay
a lino not exceeding one thousand dollars; anil
any oflloevollier than the President, Vice Pres
ident, and judges of any of the courts of the
United States, so convicted, shall be, thereup
on, removed from office, and shall he, everaf
ter, incapable of holding any office or place of
trust under (he authority of the United Slates:
Provided, That nothing herein contained shall
he so construed as to interfere with the rights
of suffrage as secured by the Constitution: Jlnd
provided further, That nothing herein contain
ed shall so operate as to prevent the President,
or Ihe head of any department, who is invest
ed by law with the power of appointing infer
ior officers, from removing from office, at anv
tiin ■, any incumbent, who the -President or the
head of a department, as the case may be,
shall be satisfied has intermeddled in any elec
tion, Slate or Federal,
See. 2. Ailbe it further tll 'led, That,
from and after the fourth day of March, 1837,
no officer who, by the Constitution and laws
ofthe United Slates,, is authorized to appoint,
or nominate and appoint, any officer or agent
of the Government, shall, by himself, or by
any other person or persons in his behalf, give,
or procure to he given, or promise to give, or
procure to he given, any office, place, oe em
ployment to any person or persons whatsoev
er,with intent to corrupt or bribe him or them,
or upon any agreement that such person or
persons to whom, for or whose use, or on
whose behalf, such gift or promise shall be
made, shall exert his or their influence in r.ny
election, or by himself or themselves, or by
any other person or persons, at his or their
solicitation, endeavor to secure the election of
* any person or persons to represent any State,
or any district in any State, in Congress, or of
any person to be President or Vice President
ofthe United States, or of any person to be
Governor or other officer of aiiy Slate, or of
any person or persons to be a mttuicr or mem
bers of the Legislature of any State . and eve
ry such officer offending therein shall he held
to be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, up
on conviction in any court ofthe United Slates
having jurisdiction thereof, shall pay a line
not exceeding five thousand dollars ; and any
officer other than the President, or the judg
es of any ofthe courts ofthe United Slates,
so convicted, shall be thereupon removed from
office, ami shall be incapable ever after of
holding any office or place oftrust under the
authority of the United States ; and every
person who shall receive or accc •(, by himself,
or by any other person or persons, lor or in
b'halfofsuch person, any office, place, or em
ployment, with Ihe intent aforesaid, shall be
held to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction in any court of the U. S. having
inn-deton thereof, shall pay a fine not ex
c-e ling one thousand doll rs, be removed or
dismiss: d from such office, place, or employ
me i , and - lull be incapable ever afler of hold
ing anv office or place of trust under the an
t'.i v nf' ie U. S
./■: / ■ firth: r enabled. That the
■- it: ,-i by this act shall, when ;
- ;!■> the Treasury as other 1
- 1-: . 0.-gme- to the U. S.
'■i ti ■ -si 1 In asking leave of the
iv luce his bill, he was actuated
*>' ■ ■ - - v i-eh. he thought, would be more |
' ■ garded by the House than any j
‘■li,, . could ariie from any design on his pelt •
l-i reek- ; i opportunity for effect, here or else- 1
where, tridi: g oritnpo I nt, to make an argu- !
Went, or to address a speech, cither lo in s
House orto the country. He had submitted i
this motion with the purpose of making an ap- j
jie d to the House, and, so far as his humble j
abilities would enable him, lo the country, |
temperately, seriously, but earnestly, on tile 1
importance of local enactments in relation to |
the abuses comp!, inedot in the preamble to
the bill. He admitted the obligation of evert i
gentleman of honor on this floor, when he I
b.- .ugut forward a proposition, containing !
tvn it might be considered charges of so serf- [
ous a ia ure as those set forth on this occasion,
to take care that those charges are not unfund- |
yd in fact ; so that he may not be subjected to |
the imputation of introducing them fur effect 1 j
or for the low purposes of party, or to gratify |
any unworthy feeling, wnich should never find j
an entrance l ore.
In this respect (Mr. H. said) be felt that he j
stood on a sure foundation. And in relation I
to the charges, express or implied, which
might be found in this preamble, he was pre
pared to prove, to the satisfaction of every im
partial mind in every section of the Union, the
tenth of those charges : and he now challeng
ed an opportunity to make that proof, and in
the name and under the authority of this
House, to the satisfaction of the whole nation.
in relation to some of the charges contain
ed in the preamble, he could scarcely suppose
that he could he called upon, from any quar
ter, for proof—those charges which had reler
enceto the removal from office for opinion’s
afc sake, or upon grounds purely political. At all
mfr events, gentlemen from certain sections ofthe
Union (,he did not allude particularly to the
South,) lie wis s-ire would not* calf for any
proof. 15 it, as be was aware that, in some sec
tions of the Union, il was denied that these re
movals had taken place under the present Ad
ministration, he might recur to this point at a
future period.
Next, as to the charge tiiat federal officers,
from the highest to the lowest in authority and
denomination, had interfered in elections, and
na ire especially in the late election for the Pres
ident and Vice President ofthe U. S., indus
triously, actively, oienly, he presumed no
gentleman h.*re was prepared to deny it. lie
did not aay that this interference w&e immor
al though he might say it had been general.
There sverr none ofthe charge*then which
. were glanced at in the preamble on which he
i could, on any plausible ground*, be called up
i on for proof, except only the one which related
- to the d'atribulion of the public offices as the
. wages of political tergivisation—as the reward
i for party service*, upon contract* either ex
. pressed,nor understood, or clearly implied. In
• insinuating such a charge, he was well aware
of the responsibility which he assumed ; lit
knew the responsibility which must attach to
■ any gentleman in this Home,or in this country,
wlicn he undertook seriously to support such
charges. He knew the difficulty of making
proof of such charges, especially where there
was so much power, and influence, and intimi
dation on Ihe one hand, arrayed against so
much weakness and want of influence on the
other. He was aware how very difficult it was
even in communities and Stales, where a crime
was known by circumstantial evidence to ex
ist, fertile accusers, even v/ith bit fact upon the
proof, to bring it home by direct evidence to
the door of the accused. These responsibili
ties and difficulties he bad fully considered;
and yet, with all of them standing in all their
threatning influence before him, be here seri
ously and solemnly re-affirmed the truth of this
charge. Let him not be misunderstood a* lo
the extent or nature ofthe charge. He was
not so illiberal in his principles, so rigid and
puritanical in his feelings, as to infer a bad mo
tive or corruption when appointments lo office
were made from among the number of politi
cal friends, or even when appointment* were
given to active political partisans in a Presi
dential contest. He knew that vacancies in
office must be filled ; the public service de
manded it, and no patriot could find fault. He
would never complain when appointments
were made among political friends exclusively,
if the appointees were only honest and capable:
but when an appointment was made from a
mongtbe opponents of the Administration, and
the appointee change* bis policy,and becomes a
violent assailant of the candidate whom lie once
bad supported ; when, as a reward for bis con
version to a now political creed, an individual
receives an office, and, from being an oppo
nent ofthe Administration, becomes one of its
most zealous adherents ; these were cimim
slmccs which, lo Mr. 15.’s mind, were conclu
sive on the question of corruption. This was
the highest evidence of which the nature of
the transaction would admit. Mr. 15. stated
lie had now said enough on opening this point,
and that lie might refer to it again
At this point of Mr. It's, remarks, (he
House, on motion of Afr. VANDEUPOOL,
passed to the Orders of the Day.
TntmDAT, January ’J6.
FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS.
The unfinished business of the morning
hour was tho motion, submitted yesterday by
Mr. Bkm., for I ;nvo to bring In a bill to *o
cure tho freedom of elections.
Mr. BELL continued hit* remarks. lie
said that, at the time his remarks were arres
ted, yesterday, hy the motion to proceed to the
orders of tho day, lie hud been making such
statements as lo the charges, alleged or im
plied, in the preamble to the bill, as he thought
would ho sufficient on the mere opening of the
subject. He thought, however, ho had said
enough to satisfy the House that ho had not
brought the measure forward on vague or
idle grounds Considering therefore, that
these charges must he fairly taken to bo well
founded, he would at once make an appeal to
the members of tho House, whether the char
ges are not of sufficient importance ; whether
the subject was not intrinsically of such mag
nitude as to demand an immodiata investiga
lipn of the questions presented in the bill;
and whether the session was to be allowed to
pass away without some determination man
ifested hy tho House in relation to them.
Notwithstanding the tone ofcoiifidencc which
he had assumed, ho knew that there were
gentlemen in this House who would probably
iindertaku to justify some of the principles of
the proceedings which he had thought proper
to arraign as abuses. But he had, also, the
satisfaction of knowing, from his experience
and observation amongst individual members
of tbo House, that there was a very respecla
slo portion of gentlemen, connected with the
party now in power, who did not approve of
the principle which some of their political
opponents would defend mid justify. And,
upon this ground, he expected, in the course
of his remarks, to have the patient and the
favorable ear of at least a portion of those who
arrayed themselves under the standard of the
parly in power.
But, as ho had appealed to the patriotism
ofthe House for immediate action on this sub
ject, he wished to answer an objection which
might he made as to time, lie knew that
many gentlemen would say that the session
was too near its close, and that there was
such a mass of private and public business
awaiting the action of the House, that this
bill could not bo taken up. It. might be fur
ther alleged that the House had before the man
entire Presidential term to settle questions of
this ‘nature, before the recurrence of another
election. But il was precisely because he
regarded the present ns the only period likely
to present itself, at which it. was possible the
subject could receive a d spass ouate examina
tion and decision ; it was because ho knew,
from Ins experience of tho country, at how ,
early a period Ihe excitement attending a can
vass lor another Presidential election would
i interpose to set)lo tho impartial judgment of
j the House, that h had felt convinced of the
I propriety of bringing the subject before the
I House at as early a day as, under its rules and
| orders, lie would he enabled to do.
| But there was another consideration, in ad
| dilion to the magnitude ot the question itself,
| winch demanded ilmt a decision should be had
|at this time. It should be remembered, ihat
I the canvass and election in which all these a
) liiihes bad been carried on, and which had
j erealeJ a very general interest, had just pass
|cd away. The abuses were yet fresh in the
i recollection of she People, and Ihe (Amstitu
| tion of the country, where it had been viola
i tod, was yet bleeding freshly before their
I eyes, if apathy and Jiiditlerence were now
| siiifered to take the place of that excitement
| and healthful perception of abuses and injury
j to the spirit of the Constitution which now
j pervaded ihe minds of the People, tho subject
I would not again bo heard of. No member of
i the House would again have it i.n his power
j lo present it, or to create interest in the House
ior the country about it. The consequence
j would be, that the period of another election
! would toll round, when every evil, now com
! plained of, would bo multiplied, and every »■
I buse aggravated.
| But there was another reason. A new Ad
ministration was about to commence. That
Administration was not committed, in prac
tice, to the principle ot these abuses, it he
might call that a principle which lay at the
bottom of any of them. This bill, therefore,
could not bo looked upon its an attack or as
sault on that coining Administration ; and be,
for one, would beg leave to state here that it
should be Ids study, ns an individual member
of the House, and as a citizen ofthe republic,
to forget, so far as possible, what he consider
ed to be the irregular means which had been
employed lo bring the present Administration
into power; and lie would, in every instance,
give to iis measures that impartial considera
tion which they ought to receive. He was
the mure disposed to do this from the convic
tion which he tell that, unless the elements of
opposition, as they now existed, should he
considerably changed, unless there should be
a recasting of parties, any systematic opposi
tion to the new Administration would bo un
availing and fruitless.
He thought it must have struck every Intel
, ligent and impartial spectator and observer
of the course of things in tins country that,
whatever might be the cause, there was some
malignant duo asc or distemper affect ing doep-
• ly ouf political institutions. lie knew that,
under , all former Administrations, there had j
i been much parly excitement, »nd a great deal
i of crimination and recrimination, charges ot
gross abuses a»d mfractioas ot the Constilu-
I tion, violent invective and person*! dcnuncia.
lion ; yet, he weuld ask if there were not par-
I ticulsr features m the present political condi
’ tion of the country, in the action of the Feder
' al Government, which had been unknown at
any previous period since its foundation 1
! Was be not justified in saying that a new
' character was rapidly attaching itself to our
political institutions? Was he not warrant
ed in saying that existence had been given to
new theories in relation lo the ultimate desti
ny of this confederated republic ? He did not
intend lo go into details but he would call the
attention olThe House for a moment to some
of the connections and parallels in relation to
these newly-developed theories, rather than
go into a minute investigation of the causes of
them.
He did not know what conclusions other
gentlemen had formed, but ho was himself of
opinion that, whatever new theories might
have been formed in relation to government
there w»n an old theory which, of late, had re
-1 ceived considerable accession in proof, and
' that was, that power was never so rapidly and
1 so fatally concentrating itself, and becoming
absolute in particular bands, as when it was
used in the name ofthe People. He conten
ded that recent experience had demonstrated
that the proper divisions of the powers of the
Government had been found insufficient, in
practice and in fact, to prevent, not the legal
and constitutional, but the actual concentra
tion of all powers in one branch of the Gov
ernment.
A few yearn ago it had been remarked by
a distinguished gentleman, thaljpi revolution
hitherto bloodless had heen commenced in
this country, the tendency of which wns to
concentrate all powers in the hands of one
man. The remark did not at the time receive
Ihe consideration it deserved. The truth of
that observation was now too obvious. A re
volution had not only heen commenced, but,
in some souse, find been actually accotnpl'sh
ed. Ho (Mr. B ) had been long enough in
this House, & had made his annual travel here
too ollen not to know that a great change
had taken place in public sentiment. When
our fellow-citizens mid distinguished foreign
ers inquire into the course of policy contem
plated by the Government of the United
A tales, did they, as formerly, inquire what
Congress would do ? What, the House of
Representatives would do! What the Semite
would do, on any question of groat national
interest! Those were once the inquiries, and
members of Congress once assembled hero
under the conviction that each one would
have a voice of his own in tho disposition of
the public affairs. How was the fact now! He
put it to the candor of this House to say if
such was the fact at this time! The inquiry
was not what the House, or the Senate, or
Congress would do but wlmt would the Presi
dent do! What would the Executive do? What
would General Jackson do! Ho (Mr. B)
would not however proceed any further on this
topic, except to remark that this single inci
dent was sufficient lo mark the transition of
this Government from being a Government of
the People to being in fact ami in point of
practical opertaion tho Government of a poli
cal chieftain. It was no longer a Government
of the three co-ordinate branches, each acting
according lo the Constitution, as a check
upon the oilier; il was in substance, in fact
and in truth, a Government of one depart
ment or head, and, ho regretted (o say with
so much truth, that that head was merely
the head of n parly.
Recently, however, there had been an il
luatrious exception to tho power of that de
partment, which he had no doubt, would at
once rise up to the recollection ot the inem
, hors of tho House. He alluded to the cele
brated deposite hill ofthe last session of Con
gress; and he would, for a moment, call the
attention of the House to the circumstances
under which it was passed. This was the
only instance for the last two or three years
in which, where Executive influence had
been exerted, Congress had acted on its own
independence. That bill, bo it remembered,
passed by opposing patronage against pat
ronage, money against money, corruption
against corruption. Tho People of the .State*
were excited to desire and demandifrom their
Representatives in Congress a division at
least of that portion of the spoils of party
which, theretofore, had been employed gener
ally, not on individuals, but upon districts,
States, und whole sections of the Union.
This was the only way under the sun in
which it was possible to resist tho manifest
determination of those in power to secure to
them the largo surplus in the Treasury in ad
dition to the other spoils of power. What
was the effect l The moment it was seen
that the money wns about to slip from their
grasp, what did we sec 1 A gentleman from
North Carolina was immediately on his legs,
with a proposition to reduce the revenue of the
country to the wants of the Government.
There were morn patriots sprung up in one
moment than had been seen ibrytrars, and the
whole parly seemed ready instantly to find
out some means by which to reduce the re
venue to the wants ofthe Government.
Mr. B. was then proceeding to remark on
. Ihe change which the opinions ofthe Presi
dent had undergone in relation to disturbing
the principles ofthe compromise bill;
When, on motion of Mr. CAMBRELENG,
the Mouse passed to the Orders ot the Day.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
iiiHixn.
<6
TUursduy Evening:, Feb. g, 18:57.
HEALTH OF AUGUSTA.
Our City Sexton reports the interment of thir
ty-three persons during the month ending 31st ult.
—l7 whiles and 16 black ami colored.
The communication of “Justice” was received
for yesterdays paper, but at an hour 100 late for
insertion, Tbo writer handles our neighbor
■ Guicu vvitb considerable asperity. Os the cor
rectness of his remarks in relation to the Banks
of this city, we know nothing, and therefore have
no feelings on the subject. We presume that
Mr. Guicu will not notice the communication, as
he ia 100 deeply and busily engaged in writing
articles on the subject of Bishop's appointment,
which he has just heard of for the first time!
In our remarks sometime since, on the subject
of the transfer ofthe stock of the Insurance Bank
of Columbus to Nicholas Biddle, we spoke of the
Insurance and Trust Company of this place as
having purchased half the Mock ofthe Mechanic's
Bank, for the purpose of exercising Banking pri
vileges, which had heen refused to them hy the
Legislature. Wo were in error—the Trust Com
pany will have no voice or control whatever in
tire rleclkm of officers, or in the management of
the Banking operations of the Mechanic’s. This
was one of the terms of the contract for the pur
chase of the slock.
FOR TK* CRKOXICI.It SRI! SKNTtXEf..
Mr. Guicu it seenn, for a considerable length
•f time, has been under the operation of a Bank
fever, mxl judging from his article of yesterday
morning, one would suppose that ho is fast verg
ing towards Bank madness. It is amusing to
| see, to what absurdities he hits resorted in the
course of hit m daily. At first he threatened
those individual* who might become director* in
j th* Branch of the Insurance Dank of Columbus,
contemplated to he established in this city, with
a bold attack of CAPITA!, LETTERS—their
namea would be placed at the head of his journal
in bold relief, from day to day, to arouse the in
dignation of the community ; and these poor fol
low* would be overwhelmed by an insulted
and outraged people. Finding that he made
few proselyte* beyond the Bank parlors of
1 our city, he has, either from his own resources
and knowledge of war, or the advice of the
"potter behind the throne changed his mode
of warfare. He now warns that Institution to
keep within the limits of its charier, or it will be
taken away. I would advise this organ of the
JDanht and the Danko themselves, to be careful
how they agitato this question of violated
ciiahtkrs !! Let them once set that ball in
, motion, and they will see, when it it too late,
• that they have raised a tempest which will de
rraor friends as well as foes. If Banks hold
their existence by a rigid adherence to the very
letter of their charters, I hazard the opinion, that
there is not a single Bank in the city but what
has violated ill charier, and with an “ UN.
PACKED JURY,” it could ba made manifest
that their rights and franchises arc gone. What
right have they by their charters to place largo
amountaof money in the hands of agents in other
Stale t, with which they purchase paper at usn
riout rate » of interest. Do they not frequently
compel persons having paper discounted, to lake
checks on distant places, and charging for such
checks high rates of premium* 1 This is fre
quently the basis of their discounts, and taken
in connexion is usury, and in exacting usury they
violate their charters. It has been so decided in
Massachusetts, and on that ground alone, Banks
there have been deprived of their charters.
Mr. Guicu makes considerable pretensions in
his editorial career, to independence and fair
nett, and all that sort of thing, but he has always
kept back his vouchers. For the purpose of
showing his fearlessness and independence of cha
racter, I would call his attention to some resolu
tions passed in 1834, in the parlor of the “ PET”
in this city, whose acts ho so frequently applauds-
Those celebrated resolutions areas follows:
“ Resolved, That the account of any person
or firm dealing in exchange, who shall draw spe
cie directly or indirectly from any hank in this city,
when such persons or firm can obtain funds on
the North, or on Charleston, S. C., at a premium
of not more than one half per cent., or funds on
Savannah at a premium of not more than one
fourth of one. per cent., shall bo stopped at all
the Banks of thocily as soon as the General Com
mittee shall be satisfied of the fact.
And when the account of any person or firm
•lull have been closed under this resolution, no
tice thereof shall be given by the Secretary of
this Committee to the several Banks of Georgia;
and if after such notice, cither of said Hanks
shall alTord the said person or firm facilities for
making specie calls upon cither of the Banks of
Augusta, the latter will from that time require
specie settlements from the Bank or Banks afford
ing such facilities.”
Here is* direct interference with the legal rights
of our citizens by corporations. They not only put
our merchants under the ban ; but they under
took to destroy their credit with other Banks. I
challenge Mr. Guicu to point to any act of the
United Slates Banks, which equals in any de
gree this high handed and outragons proceed
ing of hit darling “ PETS,” in this city. His
tilence at the time, proves that ho is a complete
tlave to the Banks and their measures, and all
hi* senseless attacks on Mr. Biddle, and the In
surance Bank of Columbus, are nothing but the
vapor and spleen which emanates from the Bank
junto of the city, to whom it would see**, like
Esau of old, ho has sold his birthright and inhe
ritance, Jcstice.
FOB THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL
THE INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS
•UOHT TO BE ACKXOWttUtIED BT THE U. S.
A piece is going the rounds of the gazettes,
which is stated to have come from the pen of a
veteran in war and law, in"which the writer un
dertakes to show from the Constitution of Mexi
co, and the situation of Santa Anna, that no trea
ty or stipulation made by him would bo binding
upon that government: and so far the views of
the writer are sound enough, and satisfactory
enough. But he does not stop here. He draws
a conclusion from his reasoning which is both un
sound and deceptive—to wit: that the United
Stales should not only refuse to recogizo the in
dependence of Texas, but should listen to no sug
-1 geslions of Santa Anna which go to encourage
| such a recognition. Now however reverend this
writer may be in war and law, he is certainly hut
a tiro in logic. What connexion is there between
i the competency of a prisoner to make binding
• treaties, and the right of the capturing nation to
' be recognised ns independent I It is true indeed,
thatifSanta Anna could hind his country by trea
ty, his stipulations acknowledging the indepen
-1 donee of Texas, would ipto facto make her so,
beyond all doubt or cavil—no nation under heav
. on could hesitate a moment afterwards, in ac
knowledging her independence: but the converse
A ...
■ of the proposition is not equally true. \V hat are
■ the great leading principles which should govern
a nation in recognizing a revolutionary people as
• independent 1 These, ami these only, I take it .•
First, They should have assumed the attri
butes of u state or nation—that is, they should
j have formed a government.
Secondly, Their situation should he such as
to make it improbable that they will ever bo sub
dued by the parent State, or subdued within a de
finite period of time.
Texas has established a government. She can
j now speak as a nation, act as a nation, and treat
as a nation. She can giant privileges to foreign
nations; she can claim them in her social or cor
porate character from other nations.
And how does her position correspond with
the second principle laid down 7
t She has immolated the Mexican army sent
t against her,and in the person of Santa Anna, taken
c prisoner the leader of the army, and the great
3 executive head of the Mexican government. The
s shattered remains of that army have been ordered
. by the royal prisoner (whether through policy or
, fear, I care not a groat for the purposes of this ur
- gument,) out of the Texian dominions, and they
i have obeyed. Months have rolled away, and no
f other army has been brought against them. The
s laic executive of Mexico is, at this moment, be
. speaking the interposition of the President of the
United States, to bring the war to a close. The
capture of Santa Anna has literally dissolved the
Mexican government. The Government which
i now declares him an outlaw, is not the Govcrn
t meat against which Texas rebelled. Its features
f are changed—its character —its elements are ra
- dicnlly changed. Its present foim is not as old
a a* the Texian government. An expelled rene
s gade is now at its head; who if no more sue
-1 cessful than Santa Ana, will he declared by his
people eqntflly incompetent to treat or stipulate
for them. *
In such'4 position, does not Texas present tlie
the highest claims to independence that any peo
ple ever did on earth, who were in an actual hos
tility with a parent country 1 It is likely (potsi
blc is not the question) is it likely, that she will
bo ever subdued by Mexico! If sp, when 1 We
hear of Bustaraente’s (6,000 troops it is true;
and before Santa Ana’s invasion, we beard of his
16,000 troops also ; hut they could never be got
into Texas. Nor will Bustamente’e my word
for it; or if they shall be, half of them will perish
by famine before they ever get out again. But
suppose they go, is Texas then conquered I No;
she will not face an overwhelming force. She
will retreat until a favorable opportunity offers for
cutting them up in detail. A retreat is not a de
feat as Washington’s movements just before the
battle of Trenton, and Houston’s before the bat
tle of St. Jacinto, prove. And when is the war
to end 7 when, to end, in the conquest of Texas 1
What, if Santa Anna is incapable of entering
into a treaty—what, if he cannot represent Mexi
co at Washington City 7 Is it nothing to the
claims of Texas, that she has actually disrobed
him of his majesterial authority ! Is not her si
tuation politically considered, like that of Buona
parte, dictating terms to the Emperor of Austria,
at or near bis own capital,—or like the same Ge
neral ordering the King of Spain from post to
pillar, like a menial servant! It was just about
this time, that our American Ministers, with
Chief Justice Marshall at their head, were bow
ing and scraping to the Citizen Directory of
France—a bloody trio, just risen, unfledged, from
the gore of the revolution.
“ But let us not he too hasty,” it is said, “ let
us wait another campaign,” “ the war has not
been carried on long enouglv as yet.” Now to
my mind, this is outrageous injustice to Texas.
It is testing her right to a place among nations, by
the length of her struggle, and not by their suc
cess. If she were now actually carrying,the war
into the enemy’s country —if she were actually
investing the city of Mexico, would any one in
his senses, refuse to recognize her independence
bocau e she had not warred long enough as yet 7
Why not 7 Simply because her struggle would
then he the obvious measure of her claims, and
not the time of her warfare. And why not now 7
Did wc refuse to recognise the present dynasty
of France because it was established on a three
rfays revolution. “But may it not involve us in
difficulties 7” I answer it ought not; and that
is as far as I look in a question of this kind. I
fear no consequences when I act upon principle
—I believe none are to bo feared. But this is
turning the question into one of policy, and if
policy, and not right, is to bo the test, then every
Southern man should cry out with one voice for
the recognition. Its importance to the South all
must see; but I put policy out of the question, at
least so far as wo would be the gainers by it. But
whence are the difficulties to come 7 From Great
Britain 7 It would bo hard to convince me that
the British nation would ho dragged into a war
with the United States, because they acknowledg
ed th* independence of Texas. She surely has
more policy than all that comes to. But if she
choscs to interfere with our negotiations with
other nations, if she choscs to take up the cud
gels for Mexico, for no other crime on our part
than treating Texas as a nation—why in all con
science, let her come on ; and the consequence
will be, that Texas will be tacked on to one end
of the confederacy, and Canada to the other.
Will Mexico take it in high dudgeon T
Very probable she will. So did Great Britain
when France acknowledged our Independence ;
and so will every nation on earth in like cir
cumstances. But what of it 7 Will the time
ever come when we can acknowledge the
Independence of Texas without offending
Mexico! probably never. But fat justitia,
runt calum,” is my maxim. The position of
Texas demands that she should be acknowledged
as a nation, and I would do it, come what willi
could I direct the United States’ Government.
At all events, let us ndt measure the claims of
Texas upon us, by the powers of Santa Ana over
his own government. Baldwin.
Major General Nat. Smith, of Tennessee,
has been appointed by the Secretary of War, Su
porintendcnl of the Cherokee Emigration, in place
of Major Currey, deceased.
’ Bt TIIE EXI'RESS .11 A IL.
From the Boston Evening Transcript, Jan. 87.
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
Cheat Bank Failure in Manchester
1 (England.)—A gentleman of this city placed in
5 our hand a Idler from his correspondent in Man
i Chester, England, dated December 84th, from
which we arc permitted to make the following ex
tract : “One ot the largest Banks in England,
having its head at Manchester, has just stopped
- payment. Their liabilities arc over £1,500,000
, —say about $7,000,000. Manchester will be
. all in an uproar to-morrow when it is known, and
halt the Merchants in the country will be ruined.
The New York fire was nothing to what this
e will be, and you have the first intelligence.”
1 Franklin Volunteers. —The volunteers from
s Franklin country, says the Athens Banner,
.. whose march through this place on their way
to Florida, was noticed two weeks since, were
‘ on their arrival at Milledgville, ordered to
1 Port Mitchell, to protect our frontier from the
incursion ot the Creeks who still remain in
, Alabama.
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COMMERCIAL.
i AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT,
t Revised and corrected semi-weekly, for the Chronicle
•J' Sentinel.
. Bagging, Hemp 28 a26 Pepper, flail
Tow 16 a2O Spice, flail
Bale Rope, 10 a 14 Raisins, (dull) 230 a 275
, Bnc n, new Htce, 3; a44
Hams 15 a 17 SpirPt, Whiskey 52 a6O
Shoulders 12 all N.F-. Rum 53n60
t Sides 15 al7 Cog. Brandy 150 a 250
Butter , Gaihcn 30 a35 Holland Gin 125 a 150
1 N. Carolina 15 a35 P. Brandy 874 a 123
t Candles, Sperm 33 a39 Sugars, St. Cr. Hi al4
Tallow 16 alB Muscovado 81 all
* Cheese, 14 al6 Porto Rico 8 a 101
I Cofee,gr. Cuba 13i al6 New Orleans Sail
, Java 14 al6 Havana, while 14 als
Common Rio 121 al4 Do brown 10 al2
Cotton, 11 a 17 Salt, 60 a75
Flour, Canal sl3 a 131 Soap, yellow 71 a 9
Baltimore none Shot, 9a 10
, Coni, 871 a 100 Teas, Hyson 70 a 100
. ,•£!’?*’ , , I 1 a lB Imperial 95 a 125
i/tdes,dr. salted 111 al3 Gunpowder 90 a 125
’ 84 a y Mackerel, No. 1 sl2 a 130
, ololasscs, 42 a44 No. 2 sll al2
Nails, 74 aBl No. 3 871 a 8
! Oils, Sperm, 125 a 137 Wines. Malaga 60 a75
, Linseed 125 a 137 Teneritfe 874 als
Whale 55 a65 Madeira 150 a 300
I ork, .Mess 38 a3O Claret, per cask, $250
. l rune 24 a25 Champagne 810 a 150
5
REMARKS.
J COTTON—The operations of our market con
tinue small, and ilie receipts light Our ware-hous
■ j cs are crowded, and the planters still hold on for
- 1 higher price* than our prejcnl quotations. Nolhing
» ha* been doing to-day, *nd it is feared that the fail
lira of lie Bink of Manchester |wiU have a serious
effect upon our market Wo now quote 141 ali
cents per lb as theextrecms of the market.
GROCERIES —The business also continues
light. Sales of domestic Liquors have been made
this week in low, at 53 cents for Whiskey and
Rum.
B AGGING—A sale o 100 pieces of Bagging of a
good quality, weighing about 85 pounds to the piece
of 70 yds., was sold on Saturday at 20 cts ,J 4 mos
33 cts., 4 mos , has been refused for a lot of a superi
or quality, weight about 100 lbs.
EXCHANGE —Sight Checks on.Ncw York, 11
per cent;; 30 days, 1; 1 per cent lor city Bills.
BANK NOTE TABLE—AII Georgia & South
Carolina bills pass correctly in our city. Florida
Bills are at a discount of from 2 to 5 per cant.
FREIGHTS. —To Savannah, one dollar per bale
—To Charleston 1 cent per lb., by Steam boats &
Rail Roads.
From the Constitutionalist of this morning
STATEMENT OF COTTON
In Augusta and Hamburgh on the Ist inst.
1837 188«.
In Augusta, 21,158 14,441
Hamburg, 3,325 2,348
On wharf and board of boats, 546 00
Total stock, * 25,029 16,789
| SHIPMENTS OF COTTON
From Augusta and Hamburg to Savannah and
Charleston, from Ist Oct. to Ist Feb.
1837 1836
From Ist to 31st Jan.
To Savannah, 5,970 14,310
Charleston, by boats, 624 960
do by Rail Roal, 346 849
, • 6,940 16,119
Shipped from Ist Oct. to Ist Jan. 83,825 70,604
Total shipments, 90,765 86,723
RECEIPT OF COTTON
At Augusta and Hamburg from Ist Oct. to Ist inst.
1837 1836
______ . .
Stock on hand Ist inst. 25,029 16,789
Shippod from Ist Oct to Ist'lhit. 90,765 86,723
115,794 103,512
Deduct'stock on hand Ist Oct. 3,39 ft 3,493
Total Receipts, 112,404 100.019
Deduct received to Ist Jan. 99,794 86,066
Receipts of January, 12,610 13,953
THE CHARLESTON MARKETS.
COTTON. —The sales of Uplands, since our last
weakly report, amount to 952 hales, as follows :—4B,
mi 150, 171; 213,171; 156, 17; 24, 16};
206, 16} ; 14, 16} ; 80, 16} ; 5, 16; 17, 151 ; and 4
15} cents. In long Cottons, a few Sea Islands and
Maines'at last week’s prices. The mark et is firm for
Dualities ranging from strictly good to choice ; other
escriptions are heavy. The weather on Monday
was very unfavorable (or out door business.
RlCE.—About 800 barrels sold from s3l a 31.
ROUGH RICE.—IO,OOO bushels brought from 71
a 93 rents.
MOBILE, Jan. 28.—Cotton.—Received this week
13, 1 i bales; and exported 5438 bales this week, to
which we add 442 bales exported to N. Orleans,
(agreeable to their account, and of which we had no
clearance reported,) making in all 5862 bales, and
leaving the s!o»k in port, not cleared,ol 49,860 bales,
—being an increase this week to stock of 8,855
bales.
7’ho transactions of this market, since our last re
view, taking the quantity on sale into account, have
been quite limited, and will probably not much ex
ceed 4000 bales. From the date of our last until
Tuesday noon, the prices at which the week closed
wore sustained ; on that day the express mail brought
to hand Liverpool advices to the 19th ult. inclusive,
being 23 days later from that market. These ac
counts show the unsettled slate of ourstaple, which
arc represented as one week advancing and the next
receding. On the 2d Dec. an active demand and a
slight improvement, which in the succeeding week
was lost; and on the 10th it is staled {a } decline
had been submitted to, on good qualities, in conse
quence of the large quantity of new pressed on the
market. On the 16th, and the weekending that date,
the demand was good, with an improvement on the
lower qualities of our Colton, and a further decline
of } on the better sorts. On the 16th and 19 no
change in prices, but inferiors are remarked os more
saleable. By yesterday’s mail, accounts are received
to the 21st inclusive ; on the 20th, sales were only
1500 bales, at steady prices, exceeding those of the
previous week, with a fair demand. An improve
ment appears to have talten p ace in all branches
ot trade. The effect ot these advices on our market
has tended to vary but slightly our quotations. Hold
ers seem quite anxious to sell, but are not met by
buyers with any degree of freedom, who appear re
luctant to operate extensively at present rales.
The subjoined table of quotations, corrected by
, actual transactions, are deemed to be correct, at the
close of the present week, with the remark, that a
few fancy parcels have been sold at. 174.
Liverpool Classification— Ordinary, 12} a 13; Mid
-1 tiling, 14} and Ml; Fair, 15} a 15i; Good Fair, 16}
, a 16} ; Good and fine, 17 a 17lc.
Marine Intelligence.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Etiwan, Stssard, Charleston. Merchan
dize, etc.—to A Lamond, agent.
DEPARTED,
Steamer Chatham, Wray, Savannah with boats
j Nos 7 and 10. 746 bales cotton.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 31._Cl’d, Br. ship Samuel.
Jameson, Liverpool; schr. Exit, Si.aoa, Charleston.
, Charleston, Feb. I.—Arr. Cr ship Carouge,
Robinson, Liver peal, 77 days; Sp brig Malaga,
■ Lemat, Havana, 6 days; brig Chapman, Thompson,
= Naw Orleans 10 days ; Br schr Jane, Hudson, Nas
can, N P, 7 day*.
MOBILE, Jan 23.—Arr. ship Tuskma, Post, New
York.
> OBITUARY,
Departed this life »n the 21st ult., at his residence'
I in Beaufort District, V. C., Benjamin Tuorapsom
. Esq ~in the 51st year of his age. He loft an affec
tionate wife and five children, and a numerous circle
j of Inends, to mourn their irreparable loss. As a man
he was just and true, as a friend sincere and con
stant ; and his last words gave evidence to his afflict
■' *d family and friends, that their loss was his gain.
110-P \ IITNE RSHIP.
r F WE l subscriber having this day taken his Brother
-1 EDWARD LAFITTE into Co-partnership the
business will hereafter bo conducted under the
* fil® °£ ft; I ' afi,tfl & Brother. Office on Central
• f *V barf, Charleston.
i „. „ AUGUSTUS LAFITTE.
3 F, ' b - 2 $7 Iw
‘ NEGROES FOR 84LE. -
, subscriber, residing in Hamburg, South
’*• Carolina, at the second house from (ho bridge,
has on hand a large number of likely VIRGINIA
i AYES, and will receive new supplies every two
Weeks. Persona wanting to purchase, Planter's or
i rader’s, would do well to give us a coll.
JOSEPH WOOD <& CO.
: . T »e rily papers and the Macon Messenger will
insert the above once a week for three months.
. F °b 2 27
- IVOTICE.—I offer for sale or lot the celebrated
LN well bred Stallion Heritooa. This horse is
so well known I deem it Unnecessary to give the
5 catalogue of Ins pedigree ; let it suffice to say, that
in the Stale of Virginia, where the blood of this
-lock is will known, they stand unrivalled, and in
the vicinity of this place, where he has stood for se-
I) vcral years, there can be a lot of horses and colts
J shown, for the saddle and harness, that will equal
i or surpass any in the State, Many of bis colts have
been sold from S3OO to SSOO, and insorqe instances
the latter price has been refused—they being of a
, stout,- muscular size, and superior durable saddle
horses.
Her!toga is a beautiful sorrel, rather over 16 hands
nigh, compactly built, and in short, elegantly form
ed in every respect.
In consequence of my indisposition he was not
offered for sale at the races, and will now be let out
I to any person who w ill take him to a good stand at a
I (air price.
> L „ - HENRY MEALING,
i F<,b2 27 3tsw
NOTICE. ""
ALL persons indebted to (he Estate of James J,
Smith, dec’d, of Burke County, are requested
i 1“ ma k® immediate payment; and those having
, claims will present them, duly attested, in the time
prescribed by law.
A S. B. PIOR, Adm.
SARAH SMITH. Admx.
1 ' < ‘ b - 2 - ' 27.
TVTEGRO WOMAN FOR SALE-About forty
■ J Y years of age— she can he seen at the jail, and
| will he sold low, if (aken out el the State ; is sold be
cause she will not live with her present owner
Jnn 14 11 ,f
PUBLIC SALES.
CARRIAGE (y HOKSfcs.
BY W. E. & J. C. JACKSON.
ON the first Tuesday in February inst., at the low
er market bouse, in this city, (if not previously
disposed of at private sale,) will be sold :
A second band Carriage (made to order) and suit- .
able for travelling, being very light, with Harness M
complete. —and a pair of fine large Hay horses 6 & 7
years old, warranted gentle, one a very superior hoSo 1
for any service, the other less valuable from having
been foundered. " . , ■
7’hey may be seer, and tried by any ode wishing
to purchase, by calling at the Engle A I’homix Ho
tel Stable. Terms, 6or 12 months credit allowed for
approved paper.
Feb, 1 26
by W. E & J. U. JACKSON,
On the first Tuesday in Febuary next, at the lower
Market House in this city, within the usual hour,
of sale, will postively be sold by the highest bidder.
9 SHARES OF STOCK in the Warehouse, on
Mclntosh street occupied by Gen. Dawson, on which
SIOO per share has keep paid.
yhree years lease of the middle t©»iement ot
Wheeler’s brick building, commencing on the Ist.
October ensuing—at present occupied by the Branch
Bank of Doaien. . t . ,
One third undivided interest in the W arehousc and
Lots on which the same is erected, in Hamburg,
know as the upper Warehouse, and formerly occu
pied by Adams, Walker and others—cost S6OOO.
Title indisputable and terras cash. i
also
50 (Shares new stock of the Central and Western j
Wharf Company.
Terms—One fourth cash, balance 60 days—scrip
to be issued on payment of the notes.
Jan. 31 HI,
BY W. E. <k. J. U. JACKSON,
AT AUCTION. |J
On the first Tuesday in Fobrrrary next at the lower
Market house in this city. A Good Cook, age about
36 years. 'Terms cash. jan 26
AUGUSTA THEATRE.
Positively the Last six Nights.
CHANGE OF PERFORMANCE
First night of the celebrated GUN TRICK,
SIGNIOR BLITZ, sensible o( the support con
ferred on his perlormances, will have the honor
of introducing some new and extraordinary (bats
THIS EVENING, Feb. 2,1837.
And Every Evening this Week :
The .amusements will commence with new an
extraordinary
Illusions and Metamorphoses, '• ■ fflj
When will be introduced.
The Multiplication Postman. ■ .
Flora and Bacchus; v l|
Humerous Bottle.
Incomprehensible Money.
The Goblets of the Great,
Wonderful Produce.
The Plum of Mystery.
eßelzebub’s Light.
The flowers'of Admiration.
Fist Proof.
The Magic Cup of Produce,
with the
Dance of Six Dinner Plates!!!
To conclude with the astonishing and celebrated
GUN TRICK.
.Sig. B. will allow any gentleman to bring his own
Fowling Piece, with powder and balls, and in pres
ence of the audience load the same, previously mark
ing the balls. He will he desired to fire at Sig Blitz,
who will receive the balls in his hand. Gentlemen
allowed to bring their Fowling Pieces and ingre
dients for loading.
it>* Doors open at half-past 6, Performance to
commence at 7 o’clock.
{KrAdmissiun 50 cents—Children undtr 12 years t ’
of age, half price.
Tickets to be had at the Theatre.
Private performances and lessons given, on appli
cation to Signor Blitz, at the Theatre, where may s
be purchased a variety of apparatus for family amuse
ments—magical Scrap Books.
Feb. « 27 | |
GEORGIA STATE
LOTTERY.
For the benefit of the
AUGUSTA INDEPENDENT FIHECOMPAM ls
CLASS NO. S.—FOR 1837.
Determined by the Drawing cf the Virginia Sum, ;j.,i
Lottery, for Wellshurg, Class No. I, for 1837.
To be drawn at ALEXANDRIA, 4 a. on Saturday,
February 4, 1837.
D. S. Gregory' & Ce. (successors to Yntos A Me
Intyre,) Managers.
HIGHEST PRIZE,
30,000 DOLLS.
«;uam> sen i:nu.
1 Prize of $30,000 is $30,00}
1 “ 10,000 is 10,000 I
1 “ 6,000 is 6,000
1 14 3,140 is 3.1# ’ 5
1 44 3,000 is 3,000
1 41 2,500 is 2,500
1 44 2,000 is 2,000 *
1 50 44 1000 is ' 60,000 S'l
> 20 44 500 is 10,0(10
20 44 300 is 6,00) 1
123 44 200 is 10,980 I
■ 126 44 100 is 12,600
122 44 60 is 7,500
126 44 50 is 0,300 !
126 44 40 is 5,0#
3654 44 20 is 73,000
23436 44 10 is 134,300
. 27,814 Prizes, amounting to $486,180
Tickets slo—Shares in proportion.
•n A1 or<lers f° r Tickets in the above Lot lory
, will meet prompt attention, if addressed to
_ A. READ,
, Contractor and State Agent, Augusta, Geo.
. _J*n 31 25
VAUCLUSE FACTORY.—The Stockholder! 1
of the Vaucluse Factory aro requested to inert I
’ °n Monday, the 20th of February next, to decide j
uoon matters of importance to the Company.
, geo. McDuffie. *
Feb. 1 26 td
Inn DOLLARS REWARD.-A vaiuahltll
TH vs GOLD WATCH was stolen trom a trunl ra|
, in Augusta, Geo. on 21st November last; the watch !|)
, wa made by Benj. Steuart, Solin Square, I,ondon,|s|i«
and is numbered 719. The above reward will to |r
, P ai( i to any one giving information that will lead
its recovery. Apply at this office.
. Jnn M n6t |g
BLANKETS. FLANNELS, Ac. Ac.—The sub |pt
scribera have just received
3 bales Duffil Blankets
1 do super Bed do
2 do white Flannels
r 2 do red do
o 2 do red Lindseys,
I 2 cases Satinets, (low’ price)
I W ith a variety of other Guods in their Into, wliicK HR
having been lately purchased, and a part of
own importation from England, they are enable 1 PjTB
to offer them below tho present market prices.
, n EDGAR A CARMICHAEL f t
Jnn 9 _ 6tl
t /CARPENTER'S Compound Fluid Extract d„■
i, Y / Bonesel —A valuable remedy m Intennitl ctt |H|
i revere, general debility, loss of appetite, Ac. Ac
, For sale by CLOUD & BOTHWELL, 1
r Jan 19 15] No. 2328r0ad-sired,
f iIHOMAS BARRETT At CO, having I
A to the new Brick Store of Mr. Stovall, on Hroad
' f tre ,n,’ nearly opposite the store formerly oceuji* l IN
by Thomas Barrett, takes this method of iiifiini' l ' , t.dSH
their friends and the public, that they are now 4 y
- ceiving and opening a large and well sfleelcd inr* '1
ntit Medicines, Paints, Oil, IVinfa UK?!
» Glass, tyr., which they are prepared to pur np at t* —E *
s shortest notice, and hope to receives portion of it* m
t public patronage. rJan 11 Blm
» - \ >VV;
! ■RBpNEZER SKINNER, sine» the disasters* ||
- JLA firo, has taken a Store on the South siilcfß
Broad-street, opposite the Planter's Hotel, near Ik t
former stand, No. 330, where he will keep constant! ji
on hand a good assortment of Groceries. He
thankful for the patronage heretofore extended, n"®
hopes for a continuance of the same.
9 _ an 10 7lm >
« pERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, Ac® ft
- A- Orange Flower Water, Lavender do., Colcp l '
do., Florida do., Haney do., Snuff Boxes, Fanfl | ,
t Soaps ofevery kind, Pomatum in pots and rolls, “ J
I dtan Dye, for coloring rlio hair, Bear’s Oil, AnlilUß
t do., Macnssardo., Ward’s Vegetable Hairito., l .jHL)
of Roses, for the complexion, Compound C’hlor#«J
looth.Wnsh. For sale by , 'a'
CLOUD & BOTHWELL, 232 Broad it ■
Jan 2
Genuine cotton seed.—The suhscriHß
has on tho river, a lot of Petit Gulf C<)t l "H
1 Seed, that has been selected on tho Gulf Hill P* :U Vipp'
• lions by Isaac Ramsey, Esq. of Columbia counlf
Those wishing an article that can he relied on W
pure, will do well to send their orders or call n, c “ ,;S
as convenient. This lot of seed has been si le l ' *
with great care, more with a view to the planting 1 J
(•rest, than to profit on the article. ,
Jan 17 13 sm ßt] BENJ. |
FOR SALE.—A likely young Negro woman .JE
three children. Apply at this office thi**^