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I , J.... VOLUME •&ISAT2 ;|t |m»t 'V»W*««D «T«BK rltlWAT M0RXI50. ny■ h:'dw'' INKLLr KiUtot *«* fWtlMBti "Ter** of Hobecrlptloa. liiilritoEBaK^Uic a” I Terms of Advertising. I . i win ba inserted at the l T.H S..B» rWwrlWinett* at I ! •* Twelve Mouths, : : 10 00 i lilwsrat Dirount will be luadi to those A «lrerti« larger amount*. ;/ll , r ,of more than fire lima charged a.ivertia^uteuti. ,vi 0/ iTorrUfttoolDtath, ant «- ' Fiire Llue* >“ nr. nuhll.hed r .ihioudr in the Courier. The friends of rSiHXcrenu.-i.tod toeendln them no- I: l ^omponM with a roapouaibU iuune [il thrr will b: published with pleasure. The Low of Newspaper*. < I, —S ibj wlb'rt who do not elve expriM no i;'t„ (hr contrary, are eotutideirtd aa wishing rLtlnue their subscription. ■ « If sub'cribers order the discontinuance 1 r h,r.»t«w ■ ■■■• NEW ENTERPRISE. U T. NEWMAN, Exclusive Dealer in I CROCKERY, CHINA, will bo seen tbat the connection, that wSt T. St^hitherto dmd' with this paper, has been dissolved,— Wn Very much regret the circutmtan* ccm that have caused ibis separation, for the ftmoniation has beon, to us, in ovory respect, a huppy one. During a con- ridorablo portion of tlio post yoar lie 1ms had,, almost exclusive management of the Editorial Department of the Courier, and the meed of prnUo for its digni fied ability is, to a lurgo extent, due to him. He has our most cordial wishes for hie happiness and prosperity In whatev er field of labor ho may bo ongoged. * ~VAi7e I) 1C TO It Y. riie renders of tiio CburiVr are aware that for r two;montl}M ( post 1; havo not boon connected With 1 lie hdiibrial man agement. 'Chufha* been owing, a por tion of tho time,to nbscuco from Rome, ami »ineo tho oleotlont-to H diversity of opinion hottvoen Mr. Dwineli'and my self as to tho correct policy of the peo* Georgia In tho crisis now upon A‘ formal withdrawal of my nnmo has boon deferred, partly for roe sons of-'it private nature, and partly ^ tho lion* that tlio citizens of FI©) d’ lounty lypuki- uftit ticket in the compel Hfato to *bv< ■l’ssWar© Wu ALSO, tonkin? Glasses & Plated Broad St„ Romo, Oa. Urge supply of all kinds iWlwiry and is Ware, will .nsUntly kept 1 ianl ineluling , and Dinner€35 A splendid aMortmeutof Fine Mirrors. Alw a good supply of Plated Ware, lnclud- ’a*t«ri, Spoons, Mngar-Tongs, Cake and •r Knives, Ac* Ac. ^ __. • subscriber-will kedp <a larger stock of .cry and ‘Maw Ware, than lias hitherto kept by ilt the Merchants of Rome—the ■trged *tock in Cherokee On., and by buying InUrger ^nantitiM. lie trill g**t them cheaper, Ini be able to sell lower than the farmer •riwi, I Tbr public are rcspentfuBy Invited to eall It hie store, first door abovc’M-Clung’e, and |v«'iiin«* and prinos. tfWlUrlly. WM. T. NKWMAN. O. B. EVE, maniifartubeb of And Dealer Extensively in AM* 88 of all Styles. •entity, Quality and Prices Challenged. THE FARMERS HE reiiueeted t<» examine my large as- K _ sertmentof Plantation Bridle*, Collars, Ifwhing and T*y»m Gafr eojnplele, at the Iiowcst Possible Cash Prices. Itnuiand Gear made to order, and repalrt tAsrt antlee. My stock, will heat; inspc m. pnmo and »«« Tinfnre parch using. to'Scs Ad vurtiscmgnt in another column, I tbllSftO. O, U. EVE. t. t. vcnxahoo ’rSS, IHOO. nol'bo inflpprcprlste W .into coir ’ tl.b reasons Wliloh have fo'itiJ! seas—HSBHHBSS- To Ike to-ot.crat.oo Fort, of Floyd Couoty—Hcport oftko CoMo.lt.ee to Oil Vneanclci. Tlio umlcralgnnl having boon ap pointed, by a resolution passed at a Riblic meeting of the citizens of Floyd Go., held In tho City Hall in Itorao on Tuesday the 4th Inst, a committco to All vacancies if uny should occur, |n Uro ticket Hint day nominated for delo- gatos to tlio State Convention, bog leave to make the following repp,i&, [ Tlio committco greatly regret the cir cumstances that made it necessary for thorn to ac* and When they first learned from tho proper source, that Cols. Colh- ran and Fort lmd declined, still hoping to avoid tho responsibility of acting, they appointed on, of their number u committee to wait upon tlic gcnflcmen nominated. Through this means they learned that Col. Fort waa confined to hia rcom by sickness in consequence of which lie poiitivoly declined running, but express ed an ardent dcslro for success of. the principles adopted by tho mooting at which ho was nominated. A letter was received from Col. Colli ran, in which lie positively declined to £5SK»raB3?«a! committee |p dUclmrgo tho duties impos ed upon them by tho Convention.— ilia they proceeded to do nnd uni.nl- atualy agreed to till, thd vacancies int lmd occurred, with tho names of lion. A. R. Wright nnd Xfaj. Robt II. >10ore, T^yee gentlemen litiyebec^ op^. ttnltcd, and, both, though reluctantly! Imvo consented to run. We deem It unnecessary to make any othor or further reply to tho miss- Itatement Uiat appeared in tho 7V«e Fluff, that wo lmd repudiated tho action of the Convention. A. DEAN, J. II.GII.L, t. ti. WATTERS, R. H. MOORE, T. ACQUIRE. Deo. 19th 1800. ROME GEORfilti, TUESDAY MORNINO. DECEMBER 2-5. 1860. NUMBER 8, grievances of whioli they ho justly com plain, nr« speedily and effectually re- cctaaazCTKs ^ lU varioiis rdptionof evory tio that bind* us to uxlldM* for tabic aadoultuarr] Wcj , Un|ou# m M .1M0K Yet wo aro divided. ^ Many think that if tho united South should asKcm- a in Convention, and alter cousultnl make a demand upon, the North, of a remedy fp^xtyinguyils, and ^unt- Ah ties for future secuiity , it would be acceded to; nUd 4h' t lie event of' its rejection, ail the Southern States would withdraw in a body and inaugurate a separate Government. 'Others,again, believo that so fur from [er existing, 1 am now ti<*»$f]*lut£ iitwhieh *'lutt been an agrecalde one in every reaper., and in justification of this conclusion it may pi cUely »K/. The legislature of Georgia lias unani- mhusly declared that the triumph of n Northern soctiouat party with the solo and avowed purposo ot reducing fifteen ovorai^n Staton of the Union to a con- ditimof dependence, dog rndation attd ruin “demands resistance.” Tho people with nlmgsfc equal unnnimity Imve^re- +%* solve*l* uuless the insufferutdc >Vhy don’t they publish the Letters ef Toombs «ndT. D. it* Cohbi Wo have not seen, yet, tho recent lei tors of Ii.Cpbb; ...... operation, in any immediate-iecession nnd-scpnrate-Stntc-nction paper, uot let the peojile see these lcttois they not eminate from the great 'in of that party that only a few days since denounced ovory man as a “*u£- mwnoiiwf,” whodnreil, in nny way to oppose immediate seeeemn t Tho fact is Ttxnub.s and Cobb have taken compara tively conservative grounds in their re cent letters, and, wo four that nnmo of their follower* are afraid of being ehttfg- ith inconsistency if they 'folk Georgia's itesponsc to Mississippi. Tlio Iaeglslaturo passed unanimously, tho following resolutions, in res|tonse to tho Commissioner from Missstssippi, Hon. W. L. lluiria' Address: Mr. IUrtridgo from the Joint Select 7 Committee, to whom was referred tiio communication of tlio Governor of Mississippi to the Governor of this State, asks leave to submit tho fol lowing REPORT, Where is, A largo portion of tho peo- plo of the non slaveliolding States have, for many-ycars past, shown in many ways a fanatical spirit, bitterly hostile to tho Southorn States; and have, through the instrumentality Of Incendiary pub lications, tlio pulpit and the newspaper press, finally organized a political party Tor the nvowtxl purposo of destroying the institution of sluvery, nnd coti- seouontly spreading ruin nnd deso lation am * * Home Female College* The Curd of tho Rev. lir. Caldwell,pub lished in your last issue, Was prompted by the dissatisfaction expressed by lomoono \2pth,Cfcu*AM»4i Mnglish IMcrn- urc, a worK-MilSsfoS inti^fuc^ into many of out Sohoolsand Col^giSr It is a valuable Vwk, hut unfortunate ly contains, in a quotation from one of the.Kngiish Poet* some obimxiqii!iex« pression orpottiliJenJu^iUolcJesf tion of slavery. The (act however, .had eseapdih'^btlrfoftii^fr^aJ'd .Faculty until recently. It is well ’known to every one lt£all conversant with the course of study adopted In our the instrumentality t»f tncehtllnry pul schools and .Institutions of lca^nhig,; that one or more Toxt Books lmve long been in use which contain sentiments not only opposed to slavery but unsound nlsq*u|K>n the dpetrinos of Christianity. WonUvul© to tho works on Moral Phi losophy by Wayland c& Pa (fey. These hove boon use«l not as a matter ol choice but necessity, thero being- no 8qUthorh works extaut upon the subject, lat terly, however, attention hns boon drawn to tho mntter. and soon to ije relieved from Hitf hupnQiitipg depon- deuco upon . N^rtjitrn- and foreign ad- In tho Romo Fcmolo College those books were long sinco rejected. The oiis- ton^ among Southern teachers lias been either to skip the okjootiouablo chap ters, or uso tho opportunity to impress a wholsomc lesson by pointing out the errors of tho author. Wo like to see a spirit of vigilance among our people at all times; and it Is no matter of sup- prise that an unsual degree of suspi cion and scrutiny hns.beeu ongeudorpd by tlio prosoht political aspoot of tlio country. Yet wo should endeavor to guard against that inordinatexoal which in its efforts to reach tho enemy. Oft times rashly wounds and Inflicts injury upon its< If and Us own &cnd*. Tho Faculty of the Romo Female College we are glad to knot? is compos ed of individuals of long tried and well knowu.integrity. Tho Trustees too nro our own citizens—and tho writer, though ono of their number, may bo allowed to say what is true bis colleagues, that such a proposition being even respect- * ^ ** better to be right now (hail consi*- NEW TRM MOORE & DUNNAHOO, [GROCERS! A full AsSortniont of family supplies. IXCMJDING Flour, Meal, Sugar ot all L Kind*. (Jtiireo, Bultor, Eggs, Fish of dlf* | f ' r( *nt kiiitU, Driod Fruits, and Preserved E r «'b. All kinds of Nut*,. Oandios, Cigars, ToWco, Fine Liquors, Ac., Ac. ~ "® Wish It Distinctly Understood that . We will SeU on Credit to 111 responsible men, who are ljQ the habit of paying at the ■time agreed upon. W« will dupliosto upon tiiuo to prompt iRoawf mcn * nn r cash purehaso made In Oir« ua a call and latilfr y pur selves as to <7?* and prices. febOwlj.J MOORE A DUNNAHOO. fully considered by our cnouiies, it would be regarded as additional evi dence of our cownrdlce, bo insultingly spurned and furnish the signal for re newed aggressions; and further, that while this course, would not produce greater unity of action among the Southern .States thau already exists, or would bo effected by the secession of tho cotton States, tlio'doluy necessarily attending it would be dangerous, if not fatal. Mr. Dwinoll concurs in the first view of this question, while I us firmly be lieve the othor to bo t|ie true policy of Georgia, Wo must therefore separate. Although my ncqunintiit\C«V.ith tho inouibors of the Editorial fraternity has been of short duration,still 1 have be gun to regard them ,nsjam||iur friends and part with them with reluctance— perhaps temporarily—perhnp* for ever. Tho tolationrf which have existed be tween Uio gentlemanly proprietor of tho Cburfer and myself lmve been of the . pleaauntcst nature and 1 bespeak for liim'Oii The part *of our friends the most liberal pntronago and tho utmost C °To'uf6* < >ca(lehi ol* (lie CWr I sin- coroly.. regret to say—Farewell 1 but it f S^untor^To^mbs^nU 7hos. R. they ore true Southern men, substam nfT Vmlch^he^^boriHayoV co- *tial, outerprising, nnd fntellgeiit. As to their soundness there can be no quea H9n. They have ut much individual SXSStXSiSXZ be proud and for which they nro en titled to the looting gratitude of tho community. Wo (|U'4 tlio eUlgphs of Romo will not' so fat* foi-get their''few'll; interests, and the wolfato of tlio Oily as to cc-asn for a, mmnenbto fo»torinnd {m- •urnge lbi> CuUogo. It is confidently •lie.’cd that there U no institution in Georgia wluop-ia nmnagctl with greatpr care, abllhy. and efficiency than tho Romo EHpwle College. A Citizen or Rome. among the (teoplo in every ‘por tion of tlio States whore it now exists, and Whereas, Tills spirit of fanaticism has allied itself with a design long en tertained by leading politicians of tho North, to wield tho taxing power of the S rnment, for the purposo of protect slid fostering tho interests of that on of the Union, and also, to ap propriate tho common territories of the United States to the exalusivo uso of Northern emigration, for the. purpose „of extending, consolidating, and rendering .that power irreversl-. bio: And whereas, These designs and movements lmve attained sucli ascend ancy, as to combine a large majority of the Northern people in this sectional party, which lias elected to the .Presi dency and Vico Presidency of the Uni- tod .States, candidates-wluMivo-pledged in tlio most solonm form aud th«r plainest repented declarations to wield all the influence and power of tho Federal Government t.» accom plish tho oLyocts ami purposes of the party, by which (hey .have been olect- od. And whereas Many -of tho slave- holding Hintes era about to assemble in Convention for the purjKMe of adopt ing measure- for Ihe protection of their rights, and tlio security of their Insti tutions ; And whereas, Tlio State of Mississip pi has, in a noble spirit of fraternity sent a commissioner to communicate to ilsif General Assembly, her desire in the emergency in onr Federal relations Therefore be it, Resolved, 1st. That tbo General As sembly of Georgia, hue listened with sentiment* of profound sympathy and respect to tho - Message of Mississippi, on the subject of tho |.resent threaten ing relations oftheN.v tfiern and South ern sections of tl.— -United States, communicated by !ihj> distinguished Commissioner, the lJou. Wm. L. Har ris. :Resolved, 2d. That h 'liaving as we do, that the present crisis in onr National Affairs, demands resistance, this Geno- rul Assembly, at its.present Hossiou, has, with great unanimitv, passed An Act providing for tlio r.*U of a Convention to assemble • A.en Howard association, J PltlLADELFlIIA. I “JWvolent In.*tltHtion establishod byipocl- | °* Rnilowmont, for tho Relief or tho Biek »n« Diitressod, afiliotc.l with Virulent snd “PWsniio DiscaNOB, and uipociuUjr for the ■X rf.. BDm«8 08 of the Soxunl Organs. 11\'| “P’CA-L hdvleo given gratis, by tho |w- IbJ rail.® 8ur 8«o“* to »U who apply by let- I,. ’ wltl * » dcaoription of thoir eondition, Itj.m 0 f CU l' al ' 0U , habits of.life, Ao.,) and in. 1,4 ( r ° r "ztroroo i>overly, Modioims furnish' I' 1 '«• of charge. loth,. ro PorU on 8pormatorrhaja, and lth« vul?, 0ftsasn f th« Soxual Organs, and on !r!u» w Remedies ompiovod in the du. Kfy.HnttotheamiotA iu scaled l*t- re I°l >ei * fi 1 ®® °f chargo. ‘T*vo or threo I ?,!;* f °r posUgo will bo acceptable.' Act& ,s * DR ' 8RILLEN HOUGHTON,v SWi*v llr * oon » Howard. Assorifttion, No. 2 ■or,i! i ?'," th Street,-Philadelphia, Va. By I r of the Directors. ■ G.zv t, EZUA D * HEARTWELL, Bros, ,0 * Faibchild, Bco'ty. fobfltrily. tent, nnd those great lenders dare not at tempt longer to sustain themselves In positions they now deem erroneous.— Let all men. who, In ths great excite ment, have taken wrong positions, abandon them, at once aqd pet freni a conscientiouseonviotlbn of duty with nil tho rights nou) before them. Tkcir Kctolutions a Nullity. .. The resolutions passed in the meeting of Monday the 3d inst., in this county nro made of no effect, so far nk obtain ing redress in the Union ia concerned, by tho non-action of tho, Legislature % After giving a specification of tho de mands they would have made upon tho Northern Slates, tho meeting W solved: That in the event tho States upon which these just and reasonable de mands shall be made by tbo I tivo Assembly in the nnmo, nnd behalf of the people or Gcprgia l give unmistakable evidonde of a deter mination to accede to them, in good faith, by or before tho 10th of January next, Georgia' shall abide in the-Union, otherwise secession is the only ade quate re nibdy left hor fertile mainte nance of her interests, rights, liberties and honor. of the people of Geo.gia, to assemble on tho lfitU day p! January, lttftl, for tlm, purport of determining, on UlO tir-- aluHC; I.Cgi;!"-\ r „ rl m l on 'be f |. v-uull to**** The Co*operntiou movement .every, where gaining grouuil. So fat as wo can learn, in every county of tho Stato, the immediate se cession and separate* Stale action party is “ growing smaller. by tjegrccs and beautifully less.” A f>cm, unitednwd effi cient resistance is wliat tho jicople all desire, and the co-operation tickets, in this section of tl»0 Stale, will, we pro- l^»t uo man bo deceived or wheedled out of-his vote. The great issue to bo fdecided by 'l.o Convention Is shall Geor gia go out of tho Union immediately aud ; or slmti slio first maL 'anlhonest ef- concert, with her Southern sisters tlio mvh tance. Resolved. 3*1, That wo cordial^ ro- jnond to the pal riotie hopes of Missis- sinpi, so earnestiv expressed by her Leg islature. nnd so ably oommunlcntod by her Commissioner, and we do hereby give our sister State, the confident assu rance, that in our judgment Gcoruia will promptly eo-yperato with her in the adoption of elliciest measures, for the common defence, safety and honor of the .South. Resolved, 4th. That should any. or all and time, o( that rcsis- Lcttcr of %V. W. Merrcll* Carroi,lton, Ga. Dec. 21,1BOO. Km Tons Rome Couriers—Being u can* didnte before tlio people, of Ihe Tula- poasa Circuit for. their support; I deem it due tothetfftG know tho opinions I entertain ’6n tho groat .questions iibw, agitating tlio.ocuntry* ’«lam in ihvorof. tlio Southern States, by thoir Conven tions, to appoint delegates to a General Convoi.tion of nil the Soutlicrn States^ That convention to lay down a. line of policy demanding of tho Government nil of our eonstHutional rights; should they bo secured tou*,‘the matter Is then tiled. Bhbuld tho government fhil so tedo, either from wajtb of.,power, or will, then the govoriimant will hare proved a failure, and the South will he justified, In the eyes of tlio world; In lotting up a Southern Confederacy. This In my humbk opinion, will unito tho whole Souths and this, or some liko course, is tlio only means by-which this dcsirahiu oljevt * an be mtidned, and a .Southern Confederacy sot up without strife aud civil nr. 1 am o]iposcd to unconstitutional .Stato socoiMion (or tlio reasons, 1st. The causes that exist nro not suf- ficient to justify till? step, until the Skates, in their sovereign capacities, do* rnand [if tho Goncral Government (heir rights,Y.nd the ramo nry roftwod. fie- ccir slop asiuihcs tlmttbo government (si either unable or unwlllirig to-socuro us our rights. • 2d. Soco* don admits Sowaril and Lin coln’s irrvpi-OAsiblc conflict doctrine, to int; That the Government cannot vx- 1st, ono 4ialf free nnd the other slave, while wo claitn to Vo right initials coii/fie^. Yet socosslon yields to this dootrine, backs right down and gives it up with* out a struggle, wbon tho oxperienoo of «enr eighty years gives the lie to this doctrltie. The Government has so ox- isted, part free r snd part »inv^. from its foiindftiioii up to tbo present time. 3d. If the time has oome, (and I am Inclined to think It has,) when the North and South cannot.longer live , together in peace, single State setewiiou U uot tho proper way to go'about forming au inUapcndent Southorn C-onfedora- °y* It may bo construed into a want of propor respect for thwepinions ot our sister Southern States; I hear Some say, that tho border States will ho cbmpcll" ixl eventually to join ua ; allow that to bo jm, would it not be better to have (hem go with us at firct; and would nob this tond to strengthen- the--bond of U:)k>p In tho new Government? It certainly would. I am no submlssionist, no union man perse; this question ought to be settled, and settled note. I prefer that it bo settled in tho Union. If this cannot be done u(Kn ah honcsf, earnest and deliberate effort on our part, so as to throw tho blame upon the North of hroaking up the best government ever devised by hum, then I am for inde" pendcnce out of the Union, und, al though “iny days nro in tho -yellow leaf,” I woutd shoulder my mUskot in defetico of tho rights and honor of my beloved. Soulh, as -I have dono in two campaigns to vindicate tliehonor oi my country. Hut I npprohond no war, if Latest News. Roath GaroHaa Onllaaacc a, Boom- S|«B| C«*uuuito», Deo. 20.—The Ordinance ofSocfaal.w. l.'ui paned. U will lie roll- lied at 2 o elooT p. m. The utmost cn- thuauum prevails. Salutes, are beine Iii ihI, nnd other domonitratlona of joy nrc mnnirastodi ...... Month Carolina Coartatloa. CaaauuTON, Doo. 20|—TheUnllnaitoe to diaaotretho Vnlnn between the State of South Oirolinn nnd Ihe other States- united with her, under the oompaot en titled the Constitution or the. United Statoa of America ia as follows: “IVo tlio people of the Kluto of South Carolina, In Convention ussembled, dor declare and ordain, and it Hr Imrehy de clared and Ordained, that thoOi-dinanee adopted hy ua in Convention on thn23d duy of May, in tho year -of Our Eon I, 1788, whereby Ihe Convention at the United States was ratified, also alt net. ami part, of aota, of the Uonofal As sembly of tho Slate of South Carolina, ratifying amendments to said Ordinan ces, aroTu ereby repealed, and that the Union how aubsisting between South Caroline and the otherS'.atea, under tho riamo of tho Unitod Stato.'of Amerind, is hcroliy disKlrod. This bnituanco wHa passed unani mously, and will bo rallnwl In eolomn form to morrow ut 12 o'clock. Rejoicings Iu Heath Cnroliaa, Monti* 100 mili South HesIgaaUoa of Col. Walker, ' Washington, Doo. 10th.—Brovnt Col. Wm. ltv.-s.ry Walker, i of tho . United States, Army, now rfuiditia in Ooorgla, has re.igucd his .oomuilsslon, Washiagtaa Sews. WasiiinotON, Deo. 10,—A raajoritv of the Non York delegation, composol iiriiioipnlly of t'-MitiMloam, held a eon- foronco to-night, anti unanimously pass- cd> resolution Ibr tho enlbrcoment of all tha law. and provision* ‘of tha Oou- atltutlon. . !*WiV “ U Dsnsacoi.a, Fla., Deo. 20;—A ! saluto of 100 guns wasfirod beret to-day 1 in honor of the seceaeion of South Caro lina 'amid much enthuaiusm. ■nlnte m Roatfoaery, Alu. Montoonzsv, Ala., Doo. 20.—OoV- or Mooro |uu ordered 100 gulls to bo > them hack but the Federal Oov ernment and the Federal Constitutimi. Oen. Houston, himself, if Texas quits the Union, will lead the van in the march forwards. ft* ..'I .»>•. 1 -d* U V 7*-1 . , .. Rome market. Cbrrettni Tri• Week!) by. I’erry <fc Lamkin, Vmcry Merthmts. t. Ho»«, FriJay, Doe. 21,1800. CorraN.-Tlte prices remain unchang ed. | Wo quolo from 7 to 0 els. , D.\co*.—Very scarce and with a mod- prate demand. Supply equal to tha demand. Wo quote ribbed aide* 13), clear 14, hams 14, should*™ 12*. Daar—On foot 4 cts., retail 0 to 8 eta. Duma.—15 to 20 ots, Dauo Fanis —Peeled peaches are in demand at 81 50 perl,a. Uupeeledfl. Thera is no demand for. Dried apple. Green have declined, we qqote U to 55 ,eta pert , Euos—Demand prevails at 12} to 15 perdos. ’ ’ " Flods.—Good OAuhtt'J'FamllyFlour is in demniid at 84 per hundred | Su- ptrfine *3>0.pc«,lW>M.! w, inDia—Stook. ample, , Prices with downward tendency, lOots for dry, dots jtnuifnt, •guts milk nutiiiiii unjr,wi imi oouiivry. uui i npprouenu no nnr t it of the Southern State, dotertuine, in ' M Aw m.ioad bf .««*a I. adopted, the present emergency, to withdraw 1 from the Union, and. resume their sov- ilospeotfully, ,. erciguiy, it it thesehso of tliis General l •- W* W. MKRRELL. Assembly, that such soceoding States | should form a Confederacy under a ro- C'ntuosa County Meeiisix* .Tames B. Douoiiihtv.—Wo have just read a latter from this young man, a .son of Chas. Dougherty, of tills county, and has not-made any “demands,” what ever, on tho Northern States, and even, ‘ivword that has boon; and must be.” j If they had, no “unmistakable evidence 1 have endeavored to discharge faith-. of a determination to accede to them” fully my whole duty to them. If 11 could be received before the 10th of hav’o succooded, I am satisfied. If I ^ January. vThusrWfcordblgtflUifeirplHt- havo failed, I ask > tlseir churitablo jud;- form, they have no remedy-left but so- ment. Asa last word I would onrnestly | cession. All who ngreo wilh Ihom * T , , | dated Washington co., Texas, Nor;- 24, Now tho Legislature has Miourned „ 0 ia pf-aceably engage J in over- rd has not made anv “demands, what- . „ ^ 1 „ . . seeing for Dr. Handle of that county, entreat them to lot no bitterness maijc tho approaching contest. Wo w.e brothers-i-oui* interests :iro common— our foes t}io_f$inio-y-,-ydestinies insep arable. Tho'strUggie will be short, and soon, we will either once more repose peaceably • nnd happily under our own vines and fig trees, or stai. 1 shoulder to shoulder to ropcl the invad* ors of our soil. If (ho fonnef lot us bo suitably grateful; if tho latter, may tht? God of our Revolutionary Firth ors be wiih us in our time of trouble. G*o. T. Stovall. «,^® r °8lno Oil and Lamps llr , T HE BEST QUALITY, FOR SALE 1 - .M a P • « TURNLEYr No. 3 Ohoico Houno i Ke ’° ,on ®» Machino Lard, Tnhner 5 1 1 FARELL A YEISER. Ora Pai'BR.—The next number of tho weekly Qntrier will bo issued on Tuesday instead of Friday of next week, in order to give holidays to the printers. Tiie Tri-Weekly Courier, for next year, will commence regular issues on Tuesday, January 1st, 18(11, provided suf ficient oncdurageinoiit is (jffered. What say you,patrons, shall the Tri-Weekly Cbu rier be sustained? Your efforts in its behalf aro earnestly sollelttxli A lHtlqoffort on the part'ofeaoh one of our-present »ubj soribers would seoitro for us ample re- muneratiou, ^ ^ ^ Tpys 'and Curistmas Prese.vt?.—A- ny ouo in soareh of Children's Toys or Christmas gifts, should call at the Book Store of 11. A. Smith. He has a splendid assortment, and any taste,oven tbo most fastidious, cun bo satisfied. should vote thoir ticket. But all who think tbnt thoro ought to bo .one more earnest effort to preservo tlio rights, inter ests and honor of Georgia in the Union;, should voto' for Wri.hit, Johnson and Moore, ns Delegates to tho Conven tion. . A Significant Fact;—That only thir ty out of ono hundred and twenty Southern Mombers in Congress, signed the Sou( horn Secession Address recent ly published. Immediate Secession and separat* 1 State action does not seem to bo vary popular in Washington City, A Rare Bird.—John A. Winn in. forms us that on last Saturday he killed on John’s creek in this county, a white hawk, “as whito as tlio driven snow,” and measuring throe feet (Vom tip to tip of its wings. publican form of Government, ntid to that end, they sl/duld adopt the Consti tution c! the UnitMl Statos, so altered and aini. dmended ns to suit tbo new state of aitiiir*. . Resolved, Oth. That wo do hereby ex press our cordial appreciation of the dignified and gentlemanly bcai ing of the lion William Ia. Uarris, toward tttis . ... l4 , . . ... General Assembly,-as well as tho satis* save the Union, nml then, failing in this, factory manner in which he has dis- And as a lust resort, with dignity, “sov-1 charged tho responsible duties of hUt meeting* of all parties held in liinggold on the 10th, the following Fes-' olutiom were adopted, and J. T, Mc Connell, Esq., and Mnj, Presley Yates nominated in accordance with tho cr the ties that bind us toguthor.” and wus entirely Ignorant of the slan derous falsehood that somoonc, in this community, lias circulated about him, Lincoln’s Position.—Tho Clarksville “«y 3»J that c rcmarkabln cliannc in tho tuna of a Albany 9)W.n' ffl Jmmty, .(Thurlmv •'Oa'ifThliOr.) ivli-n*).v it araws favor “ ii.MaU- Ujv- . nnllilr-, V law, fill in tho ultra nnti-zlava- . arty iirea., u lli.Ti'fillt- o’f a'consultation bntwcWr Mrfor*. Wood and Lincoln, nnd is in accordance Avitll ilia oNproas wi.hcs; nnd further that it meets the he arty sanction of Mr. So vard. who is extracted to back tlio nioremcnt with all hit infincnco in urn I oi. t of Congress. . New Yjbx a. a Free Fort.—.V letter in the Philadelphia Ledger, from New York, snys: ■ Tho declaration of Mr. Sickles yostor- day, that if tho Union is broken uj>, Neiv York City will not consent to" bo nn appendage of o Furitan (Now Eng- „„ . land) province, but will assert her own The Masonic r esti val.. — I no wives of; | lu iependcnoo, means milch more, nn- Jlasons who propose tonsslst in furnish- ing thafiiVjQfcfc tho'27ih ln«'t.,:aro — quoste^ tfl*(!(id. tjjoif coqtr.ilipti tha City I Vrlook, at dayf Christmas Times. r v Veal k (Jo. will open during the next tou days, a splendid lot of goods, suita ble for Christmas presents. Tho young folks aro all impatient to see them. Call in time, at tho New Store, socond door above R. 8. Norton k Sons* dcc8twAw2w high commission. Resolved, further, That His Excellency the Governor be, and ho hereby is re quested to cause all the proi-uodinjrs in the reception of tho Commissioner from tho State of Mississippi to be en rolled on |>arolmient, signed by the offi ccrs of both House of tlio General As sembly, and by the Governor, with the Seal of Stato attached thereto, and that the same lie presented by him to tho lion William L. Harris as the response of Goorgia to the friendly greeting of Mississippi. JULIAN HARTRJDGK, . 0. N. LESTER, ISHAM L. FANNIN, m. w; LEWIS, CLIFFORD ANDERSON, GKO.T. BARNES, JOHN L. HARRIS, Committee on part of tf*»- llouso of Kopi-caentatiVM'. T. BUI’LER KING, HUGH M. MOURE, I*. II. BRISCOE, HINES HOLT, A. tt. LAWTON. D. 8. PRINTUI*. Committee on put of .Senate. ISSrTlio Hartford Times relates tho following witty j <r de' esprit: In a story. yt-stuWlay, in North Main street, a Democrat and a Republican met, when the (o!lo)vmg dialoguo.took place;* . ltep.—Well, friend,, hpw do you feel sined-the dlcotion ?’ Dein. —I feel as Lazarus did. Rep.-^But how is that ? Dom.—f feel as though I had boon lickal by dogs. fired at noorf to morrow, iu honor of tho notof|K)c,osalo|i.qfSoSil)piij-^ip ,,, Tho Houth Cnrolinn Convention. OltARLUTON, Deo, 10,—The Conven tion HMcmiiled at flic usual hour tlilv morning Tho itay wax spent In' pro* paring bnslnns-toba accomplished af ter tho Ordinance of Secession, shall have passed. The Committee appointed , to draft tho Ordinance or Secession'will probably report to-morrow and it will bo passed by tho Convention'on Frida; After this is done, it is probable tlrtrtli Convention will lake a recess. Among tho prococdtngi of lo-dny was a lengthy discussion On Dio suhjcoi of jrastal nr rengemonfo. Tlio Convention then ad joumod. [seccoxo DISrATCIl.] Mr. Fdoioro, the Cotrimlsslonor from Alabama, presented to the Convention, to-day, a communication, enclosing a telegraphic dispatch from Oov. Mooro, of Alabama, requesting him to toll tho Convention to Iliton to no proposition for compromise or delay. Some discussion arose upon a motion to admit (Ions were was ono U „ Charleston and tho South, hut tho fur* tlier consideration of tbo subject ’^riVo policy of sitting with closed doors was also'diftsuased, and warmly P, fhosubjoot of tho ndraissloa of Ro. wrlon was finally dlipdaod or by lenv- Jiig it to tlio discrotion of tho President to Issue tickets to such R*}»rters as ho may choose. ; Jt was proposed to refer the subject of sitting with closed doors tpa Commit tee. ' "" Congressional. Washington, Dec, JO.—SenaVe.—In the donate to-day,, Mr. Joh-.-son, for groon. May—fa ill good dcinaad. LAaD-SuiipTyliglit,' Now lardwiilcom- maud H en. The supply ia not equal to Uio demand. ■ ' MeaU—Tito market ia overaloeked. There is no domand for it at present. Oats.—The demand is limited. Mens declined. Slow aalo at 50 to 55 ehk.par bushel. FpTAXOEs—The market hat bean over I stoked and - prices nominal. W« quota ; MV? Mots par .bushel.. Irish 81.00 per l'r.'S—In-demand. Wo quoto 75 lo‘ 80c!; per Inukel; Poulra^—Turkovs 40'to 50ola. Full grown Chickens 12| cts. Fork—Is scarce with a good domand. Ono lot sold to-day at 7 ets. : TaUow—11i« demand ia not equki to tho.supply. We quoto it at 8 cts. WnEAt.—OOoii Red 81,401 Whltp 81.50. There is very llttlo offering, not enough'to supply the niarkot Wish flour. Hiring to tho extreme pressure in iftney matters,-togotliorwith, tho un- 'Ulod conditions of onr national.affidrs our Fall Trade is unusually light, not withstanding thoro is good .tooks of all- kinds on hnnd and prices low. . Tho River is in gowl boating order and tlpo boats aro making their regular trtjia. Wit j* proper for us to .remark that these are tha ourrent rates paid out of wagons-j^Of. course retail price* are a mm iisousalOn arose upon a motion t reporter Soventl Proirad. o submitted. Among fithci s, to admit only tlioeo from John C. Cauiovn'i Union Toast,,— Wliiio Vioe-Fresidont, Mr., Calhoun cession takes pllwt . you may rely upon i , rbe -Jutoand General Govomments it, a roovemonb will take place here . sninnffArttirln i viewatl'aaxenar* h'ioii only await4 .tho culmination,.ra ovents elsewhere to bring about tho ex plosion. ./ ‘ • i i y i. f Tiir Palmetto Flag in Connecticut. —An enthusiastic Stato Rights mau in West Hartford has procured s palmetto flag, and raised it on a polo 40 foot high on his own premise*, gqvcrnraepts, but, tc on.fts a whole, forpiinj; ono system, wiU each checking and oontr Oiling tho o^ er. unsurpassed by any work of man, in wisdom uud sublimity.” *©-Hon. L. M. Koitt member of Con gress from the the third congressional district of South: Carolina, has rosigned his seat. c.;ni4. Resolved, Thai we approve of the call fora State Convention,' the onlyjegul and responsible organ of “tlio people,” whether they' coin© from “tlio cross roads” or from tho uitU-s. Resolved, That wo doprecato ovory movement tlua looks to soparate -State action on the part of the Southern States, as fraught with mischief nnd confusion, ami which must'ultimately end in humili itinn, bnnkrupey and hlojdslied. In a-.fprration alono is wis dom and sntoty. Embarked In the same cause, identified with- the same institution* with a common ennso to moot, (in the opinion of this mooting,) iV ifouid bo wrong for a single Southern State, by separate notion and without consultation, to attempt to docido the great ipieation which now presses upon the South. Not only* for herseil. but for ihe remaining fourteen- othor Southern sister States also. Rejoiced, That tho tirao has come for a final settlement of tho slavory ques tion upon an unequivocal and enduring basis, and to a general conference of all of the Southern Statos \yo would en trust tho duty of declaring what that basis Find 1 Bo with'theU(stinpfc.qn«l*H*- stnudiqg that whatever may lie the* 1^ term!nation of said conference, the vrliolo South' will abide by it as ono Resolved,, That wo uncompromisingly oppose tho overthrow of our-present Republican form of Government in these Southern States. Surely such an idea can find no favour with tho friends of oiv|! and religious liberty; and can proceed alono from disappointed partl- z:iii8 who vainly iwagino that the gov ernment and all i(s ctfieers and honors rightfully belong to the favoreil few who are “afraid of Conv|Bhtions and unwilling to wait to hear from the peo ple,” even iu matters of the most vital concern to tin people, tlionisoiv The Result t»» Western I’ockkts.*—A o»(tempc1rmy lUitstrate* tlio offeot of Lin coin’s election out West hy citing the ease of one Stato. The others aro as bad, if not'worse off: . “Michigan gave Lincoln 20,000 ma jority. Michigan lias 4,000,000 bushels of wheat Vo soil, whiah.’boforo Lincolns eioetion. brought readily $1 08. It' is now a drug at 80 beriUT Tho loss on 4,000.000, ut 28 cents' per bushel, amounts to the "snug llttlo sum one mil lion one hund^&d and twel. c thousand dollars Till* falls almost wholly on tho farmors. The same may be said of all tho wheat States.’? uieoonnie io*ui>y, , mr. ovuuwuut L . «A simnlo sihI oUassat com Tennessee advocated _hls resolution, brown’s binxtioa lor C proposing amendmentsTo tlie ConstUn tion, in a speech of great length, deny ing the right of secossibti, and advoca ting coercion if necessary. Mr. Lane, of Oregon, lepHod, advoca ting tlio right of secession, and defied the Republicans to attempt coercion. In the House to day the deficiency bill was passed including on amendment appropriating $90t),0tH) for the suppres sion or the African slave trade. Death of II. Y. Mortix, Esq. Columbus, Go. Dec. 19.—B. Y. Mar tin, Esq., long the efficient Clerk of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and Elector TROCHES from the Second District on tho Doug las and Johnson ticket in the late Pres- dontial canvass, and an -oble^awyor and lighly esteemed goutlomnn, dual .in this city, at 2 o’clock this morning, , Death of Ex-Gov. McDeaald. Januens*, anjr-Irritkm oi Soreness of the Throat, Relieve the Hack- . ing Congh in Consumption, BrouoUitls, Asthma, and Catarrh, Clear aad give strength'to ihe Vole© of PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND SIKGER8. - Few nr® aware of tha importance of check ing a Cinigh or .“Common Cold” la-its first attacks th« limes. •»Brown y * Rronehlul Troches,’* eentiiipiM deinuleent Ingredients, allay Pury lmonaend Bronchial Irritation. — “That troebla in lily Throat, (for which the “TroeW arc a TROCHES spcclfto) having made mo oftcu a m«fe^whISjpere* “ BROWN’S ^Mblic Speakers. TROCHES' Rfav. E. H. CHaPIN. “Great ren - ice in subduing Hoarseness. • BROWN’S R*v. DANIEL WISE. “Almost instant relief in the Hot. A. C, KUOLK8TOX. DROWN'S “ConUIn no Opium of anjr- thiax injurjoui. TROCHES Dr. A.-A. HATS, Couotu, Ao. BIOELOW.Bo.ton. 1st la Bronchitis." Tw.LARK, Boaton. a “I- have praved them txcri BROWN'S lent for Whooplnv Cough." Rot, H. W. WARREN, Busina. TR0CUE8- l^h BROW2TS TROCHES Hon. Charloa J. McDonald, Ex-Gov« ernorof the State, and Ex-Judgo of the Supremo Court, departed this life at fi o’clock, P. M. t on Sunday the 10th inat. at hisrcflidoucc in the village of Mariet ta, Cobb county. Governor - MoDonald was the leader of the 'Southern righto party of Georgia In the memorable con test iu 'this Stote in 1851* 4t which time he was defeated for-Governor by lion, llowell Cobb. Gov. MoDonald was also an Elector for the State at'largo, on tho Brock i nr id go tioket in 1801V .* tf < lie was a mau of unexceptionable character as a citizen—a man of clever abilities—and a consistent democrat.— Confederacy. , ■ _ For “the Halle of the Montcxunsns.*’ Washington, Doc. 12.—Information from Texas has beon reeeived, und from well informod sources, that in case the. 1 Republic orumblra up, the inarch oC Texans “to tho halls of the Moutoxu-* mas” will forthwith begin. Nothing ticn.gW infield 8cuU Washington, Doo. 12,18G0,—The=im- pression in gaining ground widely here that Gon. Scott is the only mam livinm whom now both the North and South will hear - and heed. The oltL man’s great heart is ^most breaking, as his his eye soaps the .'Crumbling of the Re- publio,’ to the service and honor of which ne has now given over lialf a contury of lobbr- in tent, in field ns well as in civil lift*. The Roman* in times of distress* liko these, oreated d “Dictator.” Who knows, but tho wlioleoountry may unite and beg him to bo that Dictator, * ‘ between the North and -the South, deal out justice to both. “Beneficial When compelled to speak, siUbriaff from Odd." rS’v.o.j.f.andeboon. “Effectual in removing boarso- swmsss Singers.’*' 1 Prof. M. STACY JOHNSON, LnGrnnff.*, Go., Teaobor ofMuilo, Southorn Female College, BllAn - in , ‘‘Great Leuefit when token BR0WJ» S bufore and after preaching, as they prevont hoarsenes. Prom TROCHES, thoir,past effect; I think they to rtA" 0f ' 1 ’ W “ ?tl ‘ aJvaat “ g, ‘ BROWN'S. 1 Ror. E. A. ROWLEY, A.N., novSQwCin, . fiPftgirabl^ Ppm" frrgsjp I Wish to Mil my Und lying n the Jacksonville rood 1# miles from Cedar Town. r*-“ toifiiog 204 acres, M cleared, vmSSmjigt known hy the.community to bo No. 1 Cedar V.lky toad, aad I. on. of tha bait improve P' A I" .ft* Vallov. Having on it a now from, dwelling with fivo room., and front and book porches frauo negro cabin., cook room, .mokediou.e, .table, and crib.: nl.n, flatly watered bv » fine well ten .ten. from thebnu«,andBlg.C«da r Creek running on mo.tty With naw rath, outoidc, and eron fen- ees. The neighborhood is excellent, and’eun- vonlent to Ohurohes. Schools, and^ Mills.* This plooo will be sold at exceedingly tow fitfiree. For furtherpartlculur? apply to Wm. T. Newman, Romo, Oa., or to mo.ou the prom, isos. . Q. W. NEWMAN. scp20twAwtf Something New for Fanners, SEED WHEAT. “CHILIAN" mid “TURKISH FLINT" ■SEED WHEAT. lUMH * YKISEH barn just ro. fit ^auseMs^eaem > Who j] i,. 1 n rTii l “ ito Pm i. 5^ EM r Mbit, ig Pure Train Oil,, gpABRBLfi J«* rec.lv^.^tor,.!. Ko, 3 Choice House PS