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dians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday
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o in the afternoon, at the Court, House, in the county in
which the Land is situated. Notice of these sales must be
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Sales of Negroes must be made at public auction on the
first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hotus of sale,
at the place of public sales in the county where the Letters
Testamentary, or Administration, or Guardianship may
have been granted—first giving forty days notice thereof in
one of the public Gazettes of the State, and at the Court
House where such sale is to be held.
Notice for the side ot’ Personal Property must be given in
like manner, forty days previous to the day of sale.
“Notice to Debtors aud Creditors of an Estate, must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the. Court of Or-
Unary for leave to sell Land, must be published for two
ttranthn. . , ~ , *
Notice for leave to sell Negroes must be published two
ouths before any order absolute shall be made thereon by
he Court. . . ... .
Citations for letters of Administration must be publish
ed thirty days ; for Dismission from Administration, month
ly six months ; for Dismission from Guardianship, forty
Notice for the foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish
ed monthly for four months ; for publishing Lost Pa
pers, for the full space of three months ; for compelling ti
tlos from Executors and Administrators, where a bond has
een.given by the deceased, for the space of three months
J A B. WIIIIAIttS,
A TTO RN E Y A T‘ L A W,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the Counties composing the Flint
Circuit. By permission, refers to Hon. Hiram War
ner, Greenville ; Levi M. Adams, Greenville ; Hon. G. J
Green, Griffin ; Hon. Janies H. Stark, Griffin ; Rev. Will
iam Moseley, Griffin.
Jane 2nd, 1856 6 ly.
JOSEPH A. THRASIIEH, JAMES M. HAMBRICK
THItASHER & HAMBRICK,
ATTORNEYS AT L A W
McDonough, Georgia.
April 30, 1856 1 ly
■F. W. A. DOYLE, *• KANSONE.
DOYLE & RANSOMS,
ATTORNEY S A T L A W ,
Griffin Georgia.
April 16, 1856 50....3m
L- T. DOTAL, NOLAN.
DOYAL & NOLAN,
ATTORNEYS A T L A W ,
McOouougli, Georgia.,
WILL practice in the counties of Henry, Fulton, Fay
ette, Coweta. Spalding, Butts, Monroe aud Newton
a® - Reference —Themselves,"®*
April 2, 1856 4S ly
Q . c . GIIICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA.
May 15,1856 3 ts.
JAMES H. STARK,
ATTORNEY A T L A W ,
Griffin Georgia.,
TTTILL practice in the Courts of the Flint Circuit, and
W in the Supreme Court at Atlanta and Macon.
Feb. 13, 1856...41....1y
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office front Rooms, over John R. Wallace & Bros., comer
of W r hite Hall and Alabama streets,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
January 30,1856 ts
W. L. GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA
January 30, 1856 39 ly
HENRY HENDRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. Jackson, Butts Ccninty, Georgia.
May 3, 1855. ts
DANIEL & DISMUKE,
Attorneys at Law,
Will practice in the District Court of the United States
at Marietta. .
<r Georgia.
L. B. DANIEL, F. D. DISMVKE.
May 3,1855.
W. POPE JORDAN,
Attorney at Law,
Cebuloit, Georgia.
WILL practice in all the counties of the Flint Circuit.
May 3,1855. tr
J. H. MANGHAM,
Attorney at Law,
GRIFFIK, GEORGIA.
May 3, 1855-ly 1 ‘
WM. H. F. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ZEBULON GEORGIA.
July 4, 1855.
A. I>. NUNNALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
June, 27,1855. h-
UNDERWOOD, HAMMONDITsON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WILL give personal attention to all business entrusted
to their management, and attend the Sixth Circuit
Courtof the United States, at Marietta, the Supreme Court
at Macon and Decatur, and the Superior Courts in Cobb,
Morgan, Newton, DeKalb, Fulton, Fayette, Spalding, Pike,
Cass, Monroe, Upson, Bibb, Campbell, Coweta, Troup,
Whitfield and Gordon, in Georgia, and Hamilton county,
(Chattanooga,) in Tennessee. May 3,1855. ts
W. I>. GRICE, WM. 8. WALLACE.
GRICE & WALLACE,
ATTORFEYS AT LAW,
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
PERSONS intrusting business to them may rely on their
fidelity, promptness and care. Dec. 10, ’55-33-ly.
GARTRLLLfc GLENN*
attorneys at law,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WILL attend, the Courts in the Qonnties of Fulton., De
kalb Fayette, Campbell, Meriwether, Coweta, Car
•oll, Hnry,’Troup, Heard; Cobb, an *
Lpcius J. GaRTRELL, J. GiENK,
formerly of Washington, Ga. I Formerly of Sfcitoaougb.Ga.
May 16, L 855.
~ ‘ t 111 ■l’ .. m . ■*, *• ** •-- ■- ... ‘ ■'*
DR. KNOTT
HAS changed his residence and office to the first lot be
low Mrs. Reeves’ Boarding House, on the east side of
the Railroad, nearly opposite the Freight Depot, where he
may be found at all times ready to attend to calls, except
when professionally engaged.
Griffin, Ga., May 3,1855- ly
~DR. BROWN
HAYING associated himself in the practice of Medicine
and Surgery, with Dr. WM. M. HARDWICK, would,
by this means, introduce him to the confidence and patron
age of the community, satisfied that they, will find him wor
thy and well qualified to fulfil all the duties incumbent on
him as a Physician—under the firm, name and style of
HARDWICK & BROWN,
*3"During the absence of Dr. Brown, Dr. Hardwick wil
always be found in the Office, unless professionally engaged
WM. M. HARDWICK,. . . H. W. BROWN.
Griffin, May 14, 1866 3 ts
©. m. WILLIAMS,
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
GRIFFIN GEORGIA. ’
*3_Officeon Hill Street, over Banks” Boot* Shoe Store
May 3, 1855. t s
TENDERS his professional services as a Physician and ,
Surgeon, to the citizens of Griffin and vicinity.
Office on the same tioor with the Empire State,*®®
Griffin, March 6, 1856 44 ly
SCIfiRHUS BREAST can be CUBED
LET THE PUBLIC READ!
IN mercy to the afflicted, and the gratitude and high opin
ion I entertain of DR. MOSELEY as a Surgeon and Phy
sician, I deem it my duty to mention the case of roy wife,
hoping at the same time that all persons similarly afflicted,
may be benefitted by it. In the first part of this year, my
wile had several small lumps make their appearance in her
breast; they continued to increase in size, untiltbe whole
breast became a diseased mass, and very painful. I procured
the best medical aid in the city of Rome,and notwithstanding
the earnest and faithful attention of our most skillful physi
ciaus, she continued to grow worse and worse, until they
gave the case up as incurable, ami advised amputation. I
was advised by many of my friends, to visit Dr. Moseley, of
Griffin, Ga., which l'did, and, astonishing as it may seem,
he had her entirely cured within one month, and. she is now
in go<d health! I would advise all who arc afflicted with
Scit rbus, and Cancerous affections to visit the Doctor with
out delay, as I am satisfied by experience and observation,
that be is the most skillful phj-sician in the Southern States,
in the treatment of that horrible disease—cancer.
WM. H. MITCHELL,
M. E. MITCHELL,
Daughter of J. W. Bradbury, ROme, Ga.
Rome, Ga.. October 25, 1854. 5-ly
GRIFFIN HOTEL.
THIS large and Commodious Ilotelis now
nplljjjl open for the accommodation of the public. The
111 furniture is new, and the rooms comfortable and
J well ventilated. The table will at all times be
supplied with the best the market affords, and
no pains will be spared to render the guest comfortable. I
also have in connection with the house, the large and roomy
stable, formerly occupied by W. S. Birgc, by which stock
can and will be well taken care of.
11. F. M. MANN, Proprietor.
Griffin, Feb. 13, 1856... .41... .ts
Hack. Lines.
ASVfef. ‘Hm undersigned being the Con
tractor to transport the U. States
Mail on routes, Nos. 6339 and 6340,
takes this method of informing
the public generally, that he will run his Hack as follows :
Leave Griffin Mondays, Wednesdaysaud Fridays via Erin,
Warnesville, Jones’ Mills, Greenvilie and Mountville—ar
rive at LaGrauge the same days. Leave LaGrange Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays via the places above men
tioned—arrive at Griffin the sam6 days. Leave Griffin
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays via Zehulon and Flat
Shoals, and arrive at Greenville the same days. Leave
Greenville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays via the pla
ces above mentioned,and arriveat Griffin the name days.
1 will further add, that 1 have good teams and sober dri
vers, who will spare no pains in making passengers com
fortablc, and put them through in good time, at very mode
rate prices. R. F. M. MANN, Proprietor and Contractor
Feb. 13, 1856.... 41....tf
CARRIAGE, CABINET
AND
SASH MAKING!!
THE subscriber takes pleasure in
cing to the citizens of Griffin and sur
rounding country, that he still continues the
business of CAR*RIAGE and CABINET Making. C.AKKIA
GES, BUGGIES, and WAGONS made to order at short no
tice. A few of the best made Buggies always on hand.
He has recently added to his establishment the business of
SASH MAKlNG—cheap, and good as the best.
sea, newstyle. He will be found at his old stand, always
ready towait upon his customers. Give him a call.
A. BELLAMY.
Griffin, Aug. 29,1855.... 18.... ts
■ J. K. WILLIAMS, JNO. RHEA, WM. M. WILLIAMS.
J. E. WILLIAMS & CO.,
Successors to J. E. Williams,
General Commission Merchants,
AND DEALERS IN
GRAIN, BACON, LARD, FEATHERS, and TEN
NESSEE PRODUCE, GENERALLY,
Decatur Street, near the “ Trout House,” Atlanta, Ga.
*B“Letters of inquiry, in relation to the Markets, Ac.,
promptly answered. May 16,1855.-3tf
U JL. WRIGHT,
EXCHANGE BROKER ,
ATLANTA, GEO.
WILL attend to collections entrusted to him, and remit
promptly, at current rates of Exchange: buy and sell
uncurrent Bank Notes, Coin, Ac. The highest cash price
paid for Bounty Land Warrants. Apply'. W. C.
Wright, Griffin, Ga., for sale of land Warrants.
REFERENCES^— John Thompson, Banker, N0.2, Wall
street, and Carhart, Bko. A Cos., New York; Converse
A Cos., New Orleans. Atlanta, May 16,’65 ts
MARSHALUOLLrGE.
BEING left alone in the mauagemet of this Institution for
the present, the rates of tuition will be as follows :
Ist Term. 2d Term.
For Spelling, Reading, Writing, Ac 10 00 8 00
For Arithmetic, Geography,Grammar, Ac. .12 00 10 00
For Algebra, Philosophy, Geometry, Ac 14 00 12 00
For Latin, Greek, Trigonometry, Ac sl6 00 sl4 00
o_No extra charges, except for damage to the College
Building , „, ,
The first term will close about the 4th of July.
The second term will begin on the 4th of August, and
close about the last of November. J. M. CAMPBELL.
Griffin, Feb. 13, 1856... .41. ■. -ts
Fulton IpA House.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
D. L. GORDON, Proprietor.
January 30th, 1856. .39. .ly.
PEAS. FLOUR AND BACON~
JUST received and for sale, by A. B. MATHEWS A
CO.
I Oft bushels Peas,
10,000 lbs- IT lour.
14,000 lbs. more of choice Bacon.
April, 16th 1856 50 ts.
Tbe Best
BUSINESS STAND IN ATLANTA FOR SALE.
I will sell my store and stand, at the corner of Wnite Hall
and Mitchell Streets, at a fair price, for cash, or on rear
sonable terms, to a prompt and punctual purchaser. Call
and look,as lam’ making a change in my business. If 1
was going tocontinue in the mercantile business, 1 would
nob dispose of it at any price. W. W. ROARK.
Atlanta, March 19,1856. . .45. ts
“ to (wi)i qp tfficq Coi)ifi)cls ot|f {otoets —IV triple botpOle?? Coirfiiieirf is otfrs.”
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1856.
Mr. Buchanan’s Letter of Acceptance.
Wheatland, near Lancaster, )
June 16, 1856. )
Gentlemen :—I hove the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt o f your communication of the
13th inst., informing roe officially of my nomi
nation by the Democratic Natiohal Convention,
recently held at Cincinnati, as the Democratic
candidate for the office of President of the U.
States. I shall not attempt to express the
grateful feelings which I entertain towards my
fellow--citizens for having deemed me worthy
of this—the highest political honor on earth—
an honcr such as the people of no other coun
try have the power to bestow. Deeply sensi
ble of the vast and varied responsibility at
tached to the station, especially at the present
crisis in our affairs, I have carefully refrained
from seeking the nomination either by word or
by deed. Now that it has been offered by the
Democratic Party, I accept it with diffidence
in my own abilities, but with an humble trust,
that in the event of my election, I may be en
abled to dif-chaige my duty in such a manner
as to allay domestic strife, preserve peace and
friendship with foreign Nations, and promote
the best interests of the Republic.
In accepting the nomination. I need scarcely
say that I accept in the same spirit the resolu
tions constituting the platform of principles
erected by the Convention. To this platform I
intend to eonfit e myself throughout the can
vass, believing that I have no right, os the
candidate of the Democratic Party, by an
swering interrogatories, to present new and
different issues before the people.
It will not be expected that in this answer,
I should specially refer to the subject of each
of the resolutions ; and I shall therefore con
fine myself to the two topics now most promi
nent before the people.
And in the first place, I cordially concur in
the sentiments “expressed by the Convention on
the subject of civil and religious liberty. No
party founded on religious or political intoler
ance toward one class of American citizens,
whether born in our own or in a foreign land,
can long continue to exist in this country. We
are all equal before God and the Constitution,
and the dark spirit of despotism and bigotry
which would create odious distinctions among
our fellow citizens, will be speedily rebuked by
a free ani enlightened public opinion.
The agitation on the question of Domestfc
Slavery, has too long distracted and divided
| the people of this Uuiou, and alienated their
I affections from each other The agitation has
| asumed many forms since its commencement,
but it now- seems to be directed chiefly to the
Teiritories ; and judging from its present char
acter, I think we may safely anticipate that it
is rapidly approaching a ‘‘finality ” The re
cent legislat ion of Congress respecting domes
tic slavery, derived, as it has been, from the
original and pure fountain of legitimate politi
cal power, the will of the majority, promises
ere long to allay the dangerous excitement.—
This legislation is founded upon principles, as
ancient as free government itself, and in accor
dance with them, lias simply declared that the
people of a territory, like those of a State,
shall decide for themselves, whether slavery
shall or shall not exist within their limits.
The Nebraska Kansas Act does no more than
give the force of law to this elementary prin
ciple of self-government ; declaring it to be
“the true intent and meaning of this act to
legislate slavery into any Territory or State,
nor to exclude it therefrom ; but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and regu
late their own domestic institutions in their
own way, subject only to the Constitution of
the United States ”’ This principle will surely
not be controverted by any individual of any
party professing devotion to popular govern
ment. Besides, how vain and illusory would
any other principle prove in practice in regard
to the Territories ! This is apparent from the
fact, admitted by all, that after a Territory
shall have entered the Union and become a
State, no Constitutional pow er would then ex
ist which could prevent it from either abolish
ing or establishing slavery, as the case may be,
according to its sovereign will and pleasure.
Most happy would it be for the country if
this long agitation were at an end. During its
whole progress it has produced no practical
good to any human being, whilst it has been
the source of great and dangerous evils It
has alienated and estranged one portion of the
Union from the other, and has even serious
ly threatened its very existence. To my own
personal knowledge, it has produced the im
pression among foreign Nations that our great
and glorious Confederacy is in constant danger
of dissolution. This does us serious injury,
because acknowledged power and stability al
ways command respect among Nations, and
are among the be t securities against unjust
aggression, and in favor of the maintenance
of honorable peace.
May we not hope that it is the mission of
the Democratic Party, now the only surviving
conservative party of the country, ere long to
overthrow all sectional parties, and restore the
peace, friendship and mutual confidence which
prevailed in the good old time, among tho dif
ferent members of the Confederacy? Its char
acter is strictly national, and it therefore as
serts no principle for the guidance of the Fede
ral Government which is not adopted and sus
tained by its members iu each and every State.
For this reason, it is everywhere the same de
termined foe of all geographical parties, so
much and so justly dreaded by the Father of
his Country. From its very nature, it must
continue to exist so long as there is a Consti
tution and a Union to preserve. A conviction
of these truths has induced many of the pu
rest, the ablest and most independent of our
former opponents, who have differed from us
iu times gone by, upon old and extinct party
issues, to come into our ranks and devote them’
selves with us to the cause of the Constitution
and the UnioD. Under these circumstances, I
most cheerfully pledge myself, should the nom
ination of the Convention be ratified by the
people, that all the power and influence, ton
stitutionally possessed by the Executive, shall
be exerted, in a firm but conciliatory spirit, du
ring the single terra I shall remain in office, to
restore the same harmony among the sister
•Hates which prevailed before this apple of dis
cord, ia the form of slavery agitation, hd ; baen
cast in their midst.. Let tlhe mem bees of the
family abstain from intermeddling with the ex-
elusive domestic concerns of each other, and
cordially unite, on the basis of perfect equality
among themselves, in promoting the great na
tional objects of commou interest to all, and
the good work will be instantly accomplished
In regard to our foreign policy, to which
you have referred in your communication, it is
quite impossible for any human foreknowledge
to prescribe positive rules in advance, to regu
late the conduct of a future administration in
all the exigencies which may arise in our vari
ous and ever changing relations with foreign
powers. The Federal Government ne
cessity exercise a sound discretion in dealing
with international questions as they may oc
cur ; but this under the strict responsibility
which the Executive roust always leel to the
people of the United States and the judgment
of posterity. You tjUU therefore excuse me
for not entering into pai titulars, whilst I hear
tily concur with you in the general sentiment,
that our foreign affairs ought to be conducted
with such wisdom and firmness as to assure
the prosperify of the people at home, whilst
the interests and honor of our country are
wisely but inflexibly maitained abroad. Our
foreign policy ought ever to be based upon the
principle of doing justice to all Nations, and
requiring justice from them in return ; and
from this principle I shall never depart.
Should I be placed in the Executive Chair,
1 shall use my best exertions to cultivate peace
and friendship with all nations, believing this
to be onr highest policy as well as our most
imperative duty ; but at the same time I shall
never forget that in case the necessity should
arise, which I do not now apprehend, our na
tional honor, rights and nation, must be pre
served at all hazards and at any sacrifice.
Firmly convinced that a special Providence
governs the affairs of Nations, let us humbly
implore his continued bl- ssing upon our coun
try, and that he may avert from us the punish
ment we justly deserte for being discontented
and ungrateful whilst enjoying privileges above
all Nations, under such a Union as has never
been vouchsafed to any other people.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
From the Washington Union.
Mr. Buchanan and the war of 1819.
We see that several of the Know Nothing
and Black Republican organs have re-produ
ced a speech made by Mr. Buchanan on the
4th of July, 1815, in which are sentiments in
regard to the war with Great Britain that
had then closed which now find no repose in
the public mind. As objectionable as we ad
mit some of these seutiments to be, we think
the objection is made with an exceedingly ill
grace by those who are daily giving utterance
to opinions and doctrines far more unpatriotic
and uoamerican than any thing to be found
in that speech. Mr Buchanan’s position and
course of the war of 1812 have one re
deem-ng feature which cannot be found in the
present position and course of his assailants,
lie was opposed to the policy ot the war, and
censured the administration for its mode of
conducting it, but, after the war was dec'ared
he manifested his devotion to his country by
shouldering his musket and marching to its
defence. Like thousands of true patriots of
that day, Mr. Buchanan differed with Mr.
Madison's administrrrion as to its war policy,
but his heart and soul was with his country,
and he was ready to risk his life in its defence
He never belonged to that other class of op
ponents of the war who kept up their opposi
tion, and give aid and comfort to the ene
my, after the war was declared. Mr. Buch
anan’s assailants occupy a position at the pres
ent time which Uas a striking parallel in the
conduct of that unpatriotic class of opponents
of the war of 1812, who covered their name*
with infamy by the sympathy which they mani
f ested for the enemy.
But is not our purpose to dignify this stale
charge against Mr. Buchanan by an elaborate
detence. He had the magnauimity, soon after
the speech was made, to acknowledge the er
ror of the sentiments it contained, and to re
tract them, aud now, for more than thirty
years, he has devoted his talents and his ener
gies to those great Democratic principles on
which rest the continually increasing prosperi
ty and glory of the country. To show how
ready Mr Buchanan has ever been to retract
an erroneous opinion, as well as his firmness
and fearlessness in maintaining his position
when he believes it to be right, we have obtain
ed permission of Hon. G. W. Jones, of Tenn.,
to publish a letter written to him in 184*1, by
Mr. Buchanan, which will place this antiwar
charge in its true light. Mr. Buchanan was,
at the date of tho letter,a member of Mr Polk’s
cabinet, and in the canva-s in Tennessee, Mr
Polk was assailed for appointing to so elevat
ed a position a man who was opposed to the
war of 1812 Mr. Jones addressed a letter
to Mr. Buchanan, asking him for the facts in
the connection of the charge. To this letter
Mr. Buchanan gave the following frank and pa
triotic reply, which Mr Jones allowed us to
publish:
Washington, April 23, 1847.
Mr Dear Sir: I have this moment received
your letter of the 12th inst., and hasten to re
turn an answer.
(none respect I have been fortunate as a
public man. My polititical enemies are oblig
ed to go back for more than thirty years to
find plausible charges against me
In 1814, when a very young man, (being
this Jay 56 years of age,) I made my first
speech before my fellow citizens of Lancaster.
The object of this speech was to urge upon
them the duty of volunteering their services in
defence of their invaded country. A volunteer
company was raised upon the spot, in which I
was the first, I believe, to enter ray name as
a private. We forthwith proceeded to Balti
more and served until we were honorably dis-
charged.
In October, 1514,1 was elected a member
of the Pennsylvania legislature ; and in that
body give my support to every measure calcu
lated, in my opinion, to aid the conutry against
the common enemy.
In 1815, after a peace hard been concluded,
1 did express opinions in relation to the causes
and conduct of the war, which I very soon af
ter regretted and recalled. Since that period
I? have been fen years a merfiber ©£ the House
of Representatives, and an equal time in the
Senate, acting a part in every question. My
political etfemies, finding nothing assailable
throughout this long public career, now resort
back to my youthful years for expressions to
injure my political character. The brave and
generous citizens of Tennessee, to whatever
political party the ymay belong,will agree that
this is a hard measure of justice; and it is still
harder that, for this reason, they should con
demn the President for having voluntarily of
fered me a seat in the cabinet.
1 never deemed it proper, at any period in
my life, whilst the country was actually enga
ged in a war with a foreign eneeray, to utter
a sentiment which could interfere with its
successful prosecution. Whilst the war with
Great Britain was raging, I should have deem
ed it a little better than moral treason to par
alyze the arm of the governmenn whilst deal
ing blows against the enemy. After a peace
was concluded, the case was and fferent. My
enemies cannot point to an expression uttered
by me, during the continuance of the war,
which was not favorable to its vigorous prose
cution.
From your friend, very respectfullv,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon. George W. Jones.
Who is James Buclianan.
No man asks, or need ask, “who is James
Buchanan ?” His history is that of the coun
try for nearly forty years, and not a blot sul
lies the brightness of the page upon which it
is indelibly written. One who knows him in
timately, has well said : “We can name no
living man who excels him in the qualities
which command general admiration and re
spect. He always displays the refinements of
honor and the graces of a gentleman. Born
and reared among a manly race, the structure
of his body and mind are happy types of the
power and resources of his native State. His
friendship is warm, generous and sincere.—
His manners are familiar without coarseness,
and elegant without pomp. His extensive in
formation is the fair result of diligence and
study: and he imparts it freely, without ped
antry or ostentation. This gifted character
although comparable to any in the attainment
of knowledge, has made the science of govern
ment his favorite study And if politics be a
science, and really deserve so sublime a title,
Mr. Buchanan’s success in the pursuit of it
merits a diploma of the rarest sort. For
forty years this eminent statesman has trod the
stage of public life; and no matter in what
drama he was called to act, the stage wa?
clean, the lights were bright, the scenery was
fine, the performance was admirable, and the
spectators cheered till the curtain fell. He
has been tried in every crisis that could meas
sure the range of wisdom and the versatile
powers of the human mind, and was never
found wanting on any decisive occasion.”—
Wash. Union.
From the Atlanta Examiner.
Tlie American Party of 31uscogec.
In a late number of the Columbus Times &
Sentinel, the proceedings of a meeting of mem
bers of the American Party, are published at
length.
For the present we have only room to give
to our readers the two last conclusions to which
the meeting came, together with the names of
the patriotic gentlemen who composed said
meeting. They nre as follows:
“Although we have undiminished confi
donee in the patriotism, ability, and integrity
of Millard Fillmore, we consider it unwise
and impolitic for the South to run him for the
Presidency in the present contest, for by
giving him the electoral vote of two or
three Southern States, we might throw the
election into the House of Representatives,
where the same power which elected a Black
Republican Speaker, would ensure the election
of a Black Republican President, a result
alike destructive of the Union and the Constu
tional government bequeated by our ances
tors.
We consider that the Democratic party, re
cently, at Cincinnati, in convention assembled,
boldly, fairly and honestly placed itself in bat
tie array, and tendered this ‘paramount issue’
to our enemies and the world. And in view
of these facts, arid because of the before men
tioned considerations, we feel it onv duty, as
Southern men, to support its nominees, and on
this issue with it conquer or with it fall
We therefore recommend to our fellow citi
zens the election of JAMES BUCHANAN
and JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE as Presi
dent and Vice President of the United
States.’
Van Leonard, Henry Carter,
Wiley Williams, Nell MoEastham,
B A Thornton, LntherGaugh,
John A Jones, Cornelius Senn,
R L Bass, C S Whitson.
J M Hoges, John Fletcher,
M W I hweatt, T N McCleskey,
H J Smith, M Clarider,
J Vernoy, M McCleskey,
J J Trawicfc, Tim Hendrick,
Thos Chaffiu, sr Charles ShcrUn,,
John S„ringfellow, Quilla B akely,
T M Hogan, J Upton,
W P StringfoUow, David Pafcillo,
J 1 Brooks, J A McCleskey,
A G Terrcntine, John Duke,
John Ligon, \V m Bartlett,
Brinsfield Torrence, Geo. Holland,
W II Lamar, J V B Calhoun,
John F Gaußding, Samuel Ingraham
L D Johnson, W A Bedell,
Malcolm Covington, Charlas Cleghoru
John W Howard, R E Dixon,
! J Woodruff, I* Gambril
Mathew Eastwood, W C Hodges,
John E Davis, J H Bass,
L H Calhoun, D b Ellis,
John P Manly, F M Brooks,
John H Ward, R Potten,
U B Frost, M Woodruff,
Jas Roe,
Columbus, Ga
Forrest, the Tragedian. —lt is said that
Mr Forrest, tbe 4 tragediau, has determined to
visit artd play an engagement in every theatre
in the United States and Canada;, after which
will follow o dbzen or two nights itr New York,
Bostdm, Philadelphia and Baltimore, for
friend's, when he will retire to private fife.
leHtis~ss2,OOJn fiance.
What a Woman Can Do—As a wife and
mother, woman can make the fortune and
happiness of her husband and ehildhju : and
even if she did nothing else, surely this would
be sufficient destiny. By her thrift, prudenfcb
and tact, she can secure to hei* partner and
herself a competence in old age, no matter how
small their beginning, or how adverse a fate
occasionally be theirs. By. her Cheerfulness
she can restore her husband's spirit shaken by
the anxieties of buisness. By her tedder care
she can often restore him to health, if diS l
ease has seized upon his overtasked p'owers.
By her council and her love, she can wih him
from bad company, if temptation in ah evil
hour has led h;m astray. By her example, hfei*
prospects, and her sex’s insight into character
she can mould her children, however diverse
their dispositions, into good and nbbJe meri
and women. And by leading in .ail things a
true and beautiful life, she can refine, elevate
and spiritualize all who cothe Within rfeath,-
that with others of bet sex eraulailiig and
assisting her, she can do rriotc to regenerate,
the world than all the stiitesih'en or reformers
that ever legislated.—Shb bail do as much,
alas ! perhaps even nifcife, td degrade man, if
she chooses it.
Who can estimate the evil that woman has
the power to do? Asa wife she can ruin hes
husband by extravagance, folly, or want of
affection. She can make a devil and an
outcast of a man who might otherwise have
become a good member Os society. ,She can
bring bickerings, strife and perpetfclal discord
into what has been a happy horiie. She can
change the innocent babes whom God has
intrusted to her charge, into vile men and evert
viler women. She can lower the moral trine
of society itself, and thus pollute legislation
at the spring head. She cun in fine, become
an instrument of evil instead of an angel of
good. Instead of making flowers of truth,
purity, beauty, and spirtuality spring up in her
footsteps till the whole earth sthiles with
loveliness that is almost celestial, she ca
transform it to a black and blasted desert,
covcrd with the scorn of all evil passion, and
swept by the bitter blast of everlasting death
Tin's is what a woman can do for the wrong as
well as for the right. Is her mission a little
one? Has she no “worthy work,” as has
become the cry of late? Man have a
harder task to perform, a rougher path to
travel, but he has none loftier; bt more influx
ential, than woman’s.— WoWiak's Advocate.
# *
ItSrMr Brcckerrttdge is decidedly one of the
noblest looking mCri in the State of noble
men. He has the eye. of an eagle—large,
blue and full of expression. His bearing is
that of a fearless than, with a front to inspire’
awe and admiration.—Mr. Breekenridgc is a
young man, and remarkably young looking.—
lie generally wears a frock corit buttoned up
closely —His figure is tall and graceful, and
his whole air full of dignity and repose. The
expression of Breckenridge’s lower face in
dicates clearly and firmly the steadiness of his
character. There is a fixed appearance about
the jaws, as though he had a nail Os other hard
substance between his teeth—the certain
indication of nerve His raafltibrs a tc frank,
plain and cordial, as to tree & Kentucky expres
sion, his heart is in the fight plate. He will
preside over the deliberations of the Senate of
the United States as its presiding officer, if
elected Vice President, with credit to himself,
and with a thorough appreciation of the pro
priety and dignity due that aiigifst body repre
senting the conservative element of our
G o verment. —Ex thangh.
More Discoveries at Port I) ear ror'n
An Icon found in Trifi Earth — ln the jHtf
gress of the excavations at Fort Dearborn
yesterday, one of the workmen camri upon a;
small wooden image, imbeded many feet below
the surface of the earth, which ( on being re
moved was found to bear a stKkirig resemb
lance to the idols found by, the first
invaders in Mexico and Pefu The Image,
though of wood, was in a perfect state of
preservation, having evidently been coated with
a kind of imperishable varnish which preserved
it from decay. The body of the idol, which
was in a sitting posture, is but a few inches hi
length ; but flfion its head is a sort of cap or
helmet, as tail its the body itself. The eutire
length of the wood, comprising tiitt’ ftriage, is
about fourteen inches. The face Wears the
same unmeaning expression, which is peculiar
to all the images of worship which have been
discovered in Central America, Chid its resemb
lance to them is also apparent in other res
pects.
The depth below the surface at which the
image was discovered, and in a place where no
excavations ever before beeiv made, wowld
seem to prove conclusively that; it must have
found its way there at a very period of
antiquity. Presuming this to bC the case, the
discovery of this imagb is of the greatest im
portance in a historical point of view. It
points, we tliTnlc Clearly, t 6 the conclusion that
that mysterious and afrnbst mythical race,
whose history is written only in the crumbling
walls and forest grown aisles of temples, or the
fragments of hideous heathefi deities, which
though perishable, have outlasted the dust of
their worshippers, extended .from Central
America as fur northward as the great lakes,
and, by easy presumption', filled the whole con
tinent. Who were, tfirs,people ? Were they
the progenitor of the Indian race, or Were
they, in of their idojatry, blotted
out of existence by the divine Svil! ? I heuo
are inquiries which suggest themselves to the
mind, yet which cannot be answered.
The idol was taken care of t>y tnh contrac
tor in thh excftvhitioh/ arid is to be furnished
with a nCw suit; of clothes as soon as Tapper*
can find timri to make them up, when,it Will
address our citizens from 1 the steps .of £ne Court
house. Subject Kansas.— [Chicago TiMe*,
Railway to Jerusalem. —At s recent
annual meeting of the British’ Sobietv, the
chairman, Sir Coiling B. Eafdley, mentioned
the fact that a railroad is about; to be establish*
ed from the Mediterarieari to Jerusalem-, with
the sanction of the Turkish arid British govern
ments, and that it is liketfy that, the material
of the line from Balaklava to Sebastopol l will
be transferred for the purpose. Thus, ma
terially as well as politically, the war has
ended to open *p the East to Wester® enter
prise.
No. 10.