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Newspaper Page Textf|e |f omc Courier. ROME, a A. f£> DWINF.LL, Erm*. TU^ADAY MOANING, Jnn. 1. ‘ >Vhi 1'ontrml yn •tie With nmith mimiik that ye Are Drotlirouf” Tlio iminoilinto secession nml co-op- •ration" pnHTcs lmvo became to bo nt- iunt iilcntical in tlictf positions, uml :ioro ought to bo no bitter strife be- \*opii them, The co-operation pnvly star* 1 upon tho ground that some demand ught to ha,made upon the North bo- . wo vUHswting tho Union, and the ;• incipitl reason given for this was, not hat this lunch respuot- was dm »nr • loiuios, hut that the logical effect of i*. would he to satisfy the entire South, ih great unanimity in ail tho Status 'her that our rights, interests and ,^r.av rohdd not be preserved in tho Un . n: or else, wo would thereby obtain tlint reasonable! men could Ask, and us be enabled with anfety to main* hi our present federal relations. Hut how Hands tho matter now. nth Carolina has seceded, and it is ported that tho Governor o( that ate has ahvady declared war against ■ Federal Government, ami with “iv mail tho news of resounding - ms h looked for. When this conies, 10 is no doubt in the world ns to •hat course Georgia ought to pursue. fight with tho government against •' nth Carolina, would bo to figld against • urselvos, and for the ruin of our dear Ho Nkw Vka«.— With this day com mences n Now Year ami tho first Im pulse is to wish evoiy body a "happy Now Year." We do' most oordialy wish this, but it would seem Almost as ill timed as to wish a person joy at u funer al. Hut if wo cannot bo right happy is bo. as happy as wo can; borrow no trouble, do no wrong, and make tho best of bad circumstances. Tho bright sun of prosperity may yet shine upon "us even much sooner than we now an ticipate. Skhies ok I’iuykk MKKTi.Noa.~ln ac cordance with tho request of tho Geor gia Conference, there will bo a series of Prayer Meetings every morning at tho Methodist Chtnvh, during tho first week in. January, commencing on Wed nesday morning nt 9 o’clock. National Fast lhw—"President Buch anan has Appointed Friday tho 4th Inst, to bo observed throughout tho United .States as a day of public fasting, humil iation and prayer. We arc informed that there! will be service in tho Metho dist and Kpiscopul churches on that day commencing at 11 o'clock. Mcniciimi. Ki.kctio.v.—Tho election in this city on yesterday resulted in tho choice of Dr. J. T. Word for Mayor, and O'. II. Smith, W. F. Ay re, N. .1. Omberg, O. H. Kve, A. It. Harper, and J. M. Quinn, for Aldermen. Snow.—On Sunday night snow fell at this plnoo to the depth of tbroo inches— tlio first of any considerable amount wo have hnd tills season. Tho Result to Western Pockets. A contomporary Illustrates tlio effect of I,in coin's election out West by citing tho ease of one State. The others are as bud, If not worse oft*. ..Michigan gave Lincoln 20,000 inn- jovitv. Michigan has 4,000,000 bushels -f wheat to sell, which, before Lincoln’s lection, brought readily $1 08. It now >«“ «t HO cts. Tho loss on 4,000,- "00 at 28 cents por bushel, amounts to tlietmug littlo sum of one million one •"■ndrid and twelve thousand dollars.— ihi.« falls wholly on the fanners. Tho same may bo said of all the wheat Sta tes." LOOK THOU UP. Tilt KKCONSTRI.'CTKt) G'aUINKT.—Tll« Senate having confirmed Fdwurd M. Stnnton as Attorney General, the ouhl- not Is thrreforo now constituted ns fol lows s Secretary of State-Jeremlah S. Hlack, of Pennsylvania, vice Gen. Cuss resign ed. Secretary of Treasury—Philip F. Thomas, of Maryland, vice Cobb resign ed. Secretary of Interior—Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi. Secretary of Navy—Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut. Secretuiy of War—John H. Flovd, ol Virginia. Attorney General—Kdwnrd M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania, vice Hlack, promoted. Postmaster General—Jacob Holt, of Kentucky. over true it may be, it is of no ise now to any that this state of afihirs ' w,s keen unnecessarily precipitated ■.pon us, by tho incon-ddcrntc notion •f rash men. Wc do not question iheir motives, nml it may turn* out that then's wero tho counsels of win- "»m. Wc hnvo nil tho time urged the necessity of a mi'ed South, fully belie- ug that tiie safety of our peculiar in- itntion* depended upon it, and if this '••not be obtained in the way use -light easiest and best, wo shall Mill 1 v<* for it in any other way that «e- " plot cot ion and is free from perni- > ions effects, because, in our opinion, it is the great desideratum. If Alabama, Mississippi and Florida—whose Conven- t ons meet before ours—go out of the 1 nion, then, with tho lights before lH * Georgia should join them i t once, and without let or hindrance make a coinnioii cause against n coni' JU °n enemy, lldt in regard to this, tiie Convention will doubtless come to a iso and patriotic conclusions. It’s vastly cAHior to got into trouble tlnm to got nut of it, and wo liopo con servative men will bo largely in the ascendent in tlio Convention, thut " wisdom. justice and moderation” will oha- r.-ustcHno tholi proceedings, and that all men of all parrio* pill cordially sustain )io Stuto in whatever po*itio» she then .kos. Ai.ui vsta Election,—Tho Montgome ry (unfed, ration of Friday says : There i* hardly now a doubt that the co-operationUts will control the Conven tion by a majority of ten or fifteen. Tlio immcdlato secessionists also claim tlio State. lov. Moore. of Alabama, has is- sued bis proclamation convening the Legislature of that State on the 14tl» proximo. Umtkd States District Attorney nr.- suiNEii.—We learn that Hamilton Coil- per, K-q.. United States District Attor ney for thin District, last week tendered Ills resignation to President Hiichunuu. —Savannah Mir*. No Nuv>. It is continually thrown in our teeth by the Northern Press in their argu ments against a Southern <’onfedorncy, that the Smith has no navy—not a sail or or a ship of war. Granted but'has the North any? Tho navy belong* us much to tho South as the* North—nei ther nan claim for it exclusive owner ship, and it is partly to retain our shuro in it, an well us in other public property peration of tho here in no knowing whut u day inny .bring forth. The country in greatly excited, and/ whatever manner quiet may bo restor- 1, wc most earnestly hope that it will H ho done until tho South l»a» full nn- irniico of tho recognisnfico of her -'hts. Tliero has been sonto liopo •at this might bo accomplished in the niou by a co-operation of, at least a njority, ol the sluvcholding States.— u it now seems very probable that la., Fla.,ami Miss., will immediately fql- v South Carolina out of tUeUnioi\ttnd they do, it is hardly n question ns to hat Georgia will do under those dr* •mistances .“Uworal of tho leading statesmen of " country have materially changed • ir position sinco tho present cri.ds .unnoticed, and our ndvico to tho peo- le is to follow no politician or set of nlificiaus, hut their own best judg ment and honest convictions of duty to iiomselvos and their posterity. Hut hove all things, whatever may bo tho su.t, let Georgia bo a unit in tho sup- >rt cf tlio decission of the Convention, ‘war must nomo lot every Georgian y to her Banner resolved to conquor <>;«» under tho stainless colors of her onomblc eutlSe. Commcrcinl Relation*, of Mouth Cure* linn—The Ordiuniicc Paused. At a secret session of tho South Car olina Htutc Convention, on Wednesday hist the following Ordinance was passed and ratified: TIIE STATE or 801'TII CAROI.IXA. rVt a Convention of the people of tho Statu of South Carolina, begun and bal den at Columbia, on tlio litli day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred nml sixty, and thenoo continued by adjournment to Charleston and thero by divers ad journments to the20th day of Doc., in tlio sAtno year: .tu Ordinance 0 make provisional arrange’ menta jor the continuance of commercial facilities in South Carolina, Whereas, It Is duo to out* lute confed erates in tlio political Union known ns the United States of America, as also to tho citizens of South Carolina engag ed In commerce, that no abrupt or sud den change be mado in the ruto of du ties upon imports into this State ; and whereas, it is not desired by this-Stuto to secure any advantage in trade to her own port*, above tlioso ot' any of tho slavcliolding States, her late confede rates in the raid Union; and whereas this Ordinance, for tho considerations indicated, U designed to bu provisional merely. Therefore, IfV, t/u pccptc <f jfonth Carolina, in (in vention asMinlhd, do declare and ordain, and it is herein/ declared and ordained: 1st. That all citizens of this State, who, at tho date of the Ordinance of Secession, were holding otllec connected with the Customs under tho General Govern ment of the United States, within tho limits of South Carolina, bo, and they arc hereby appointed to hold under the Government of this State, exclusive of any further connection whatever with the Federal Government.of the United States, tlio same oilices they now fill un til otherwise directed, anu to receive the same pay and emoluments for their services. 2d. That until thisConvention. or the General Assembly, shall otherwise pro vide, the Governor shall appoint to all ucancics which may occur in such ottt- tlmt wo do whole South—the formation of a C< federney that could hnvo tho power to demand and obtain that justice in tb division of tho assets of the defunct Union which would most certainly not bo granted to a single State setting up for herself.—Chron. if '.Sen. A Winiu'ai.i..— It is stated that Gen. Harney, by the decease of hi.< wife re cently In Paris, bns conic in possession, as tlio property of himself arid children, $5,000,000. fie is a littlo rising fifty years old, and by much sorvico and ex posure, is someW'lint broken in health, lie Is the fourth in tlio list of our army officers—Scott, Wool and Twiggs ing before hint. Coo I*«n Dkk fid. Tlmt until otherwise provided by this Convention, or the General Assem bly, the IM'cuue Collection mid Navi gation laws of the United Status, so fur they may be applicable, bo, uml they * hereby adopted, nml mado the laws of this State, saving that no duties shall bu collected upon imports from the States forming the late Federal Union, known as tho United States of America, noi upon tlio tonnage of ves sels owned in whole or *m part by tho citizens of the said States, and saving and expecting tho Act of Congress, adopted tlio 3d day of March, 1857, en titled "An Act authorizing the deposit of papers of foreign vessels with the Consuls of their respective nations,” which said act L hereby declared to ho of no force within this State. 4th. That till vessels built In South Carolina or c Iso Where, and owned to the amount of one tl ird by a citizen or citizens of South Carolina or of any of tho slnvcholdiug Commonwealths of North America, und commanded by h citizen thereof, and no other, shall be lcgistcrd ns vessels of South Carolina under the authority of the Collector and Naval Officer. 5th. That all the official acts of the officers aforesaid, in which it is usual and proper to set forth the authority under which they act, or tho style of locumciits issued by them or any of Them.—-Count what? AVI count the mercies that have been quiet ly falling in your path through every period in you? history. Down they come, every morning and every even ing, as angel messengers from tho Fath er of light to tell you of your best friend in heaven. Have you lived those years wasting mercies, trending them under your feot, and coin timing them every day, and never yet realized from whence they came ? Do you ask what are theso mercies? Ask the •mn-bonm. tho rain-drrtp, tlio stain or the queen of night. What is the propriety of stop ping to play with u thornbiisb when you may just ns well pluck sweet flowers and out pleasant fruits f Happy is ho who looks at tho bright sido of life, of provideneo and of revolution, who avoids thorns, thicket and boughs un til his Christian character is such, that if bo cannot improve, bo may pass among them without injury. Wag*There are a class of people in tho world that wo feel a genuine com passion for, simply because they go a- bout with n spruce "don’t-I-look-well- enough ” air, when all who seo them are laughing at their appearanro. We refer to tho "dyed in the wool" men and women, who have been ‘larlerou*- ly ’ handled, and of whom a New Yc paper says—" A regiment may l o • countered any flno day on Hroachv with that dead shoe Hacking look which hair dye gives. Nobody is deceived, but the quantity of that forlorn swindle sold must be immense," That’s a fact, and yet the poor dupes think they When thy heart is full of trouhlo And sorrows on thee full, Look thou up ; the age of fulth Will overcome thorn all. • - When life to thee is dark And every joy takes wing, Lo.Jc then up unto the Source Fiom which all blessings spring. In every care that doth destroy Thy earthly pleasure hero. Look thou up, tlioneo joy will conio And bullish every fear; Through nil thy life, it matters not If the hearts from sorrow free ; Look thou up ; Christ Is the one To whom wo all must tloo. The Commander at Fort Moultrie*-* Who MiG* Anderson t*, mid whut he Inis done. Tho Leader has a biographical sketch of the present comm.mler ut Fort Moultrie. We copy a pa-sage: "Muj. Anderson*is now about filly* six years old, and was boi :i in Kentucky entering tho Military Academy from that State, and graduating with distinc tion, on June JUtli, i.v.5. The record of his military service -hows that ho w«* oted to n first lieutenancy in 183d nml mado captain by brevet in 1838 for gallantry nml so r’cssful strategy in in tl.c war against tho Florida Indians. In tho miiiB year lm was appointed As* iistnnt AdjutantGeneral, with the rank of captain—tho captaincy itself not coming until the O loher of 1841, and his present rank of Major only reaching him last year. His last service, previous to his tnk- iu command nt Fort Moultrie, was n member of the commission ordered lust summer by Congress, to inquire into tho liner ol instruction at the West int Military Academy. Tho labors of that roiiiiiiNsioii, in which Mqjor Anderson performed Ids part, have al ready been laid before Congress. "Inphyslciue, tho Major is ubou* five feet nine inches in height; his ’figure is well set and soldierly f his hair is thin nml turning to iron gray ; l*i-> complex ion swnthy; his eyo dark and intelli gent; his noso prominent and well d. A stranger would road in his air and nppenrnm determination nml nn exaction ofwh it was duo to him.— He has a good deal ol manner. In in* teroourso h- i- very courteous, ami his rich voice nml abundant gesticulations go well together. Ho is always agreea ble nml gentlemanly, firm and digni fied, a man of undaunted courage, and as a truo soldier* may be relied on to obey ciders and to do his duty. "Major Anderson has also performed n large amount of the start* duty inci dent to the service a few years since, and before it was mado distinct from duty in the line. ITo acted ns Assis tant Inspector of tho Illinois Volunteers, serving with Abraham Lincoln ill the "Hlack Hawk" war of 1832. He was Assistant I list motor and liudruotor of Artillery at the Military Academy tho years 1835-’Gn.nd ’7, and was aid- de-camp to Major General Scott 1838. "During tho Mexican war tho Mi\jor endured all the labors and dan gel’s of tlio campaign, bring severely wounded in the assault on tho enemy’s works at Mofino del U»>y, nml received hr ijority ‘for gallant nod meritorious conduct in that action.’ M:\jor Ander son lias also recived from the Govern ment many evidences of its trust nml confidence, other than those bestowed by tlio War Department. Late News. Slmctkh.—This fort is built in the water, ono thousand yards from the land. It can only bo attacked, there fore, from water craft. It is just finish ed, and is one of the strongest works in Christendom; mounted with thirty-two pound cannon, and supplied with one hundred rounds- of ammunition, for each gun. It is covered, bomb proof, and can only bo entered by the embra sures, which an attacking forco must crawl through, one man at a time, and hence two men at one of these could defend it against live hundred. With a j'ariison of one hundred and Mouth Carolina Convention. Charleston, Doc. 28. — Mr. RUoU made a speech to-day on the Addfess to tho People of tho Southern States; also on tho Ordinance relative to forming n Southern Confederacy. Ho ndvocuted the speedy organization of suelra, Con-, federacy for permanent protection ; nhd recommended that tho number of dele gate* lYotn each Stuto to u General Con vention for this purpose lie double tho number of its Representatives in Con gress. North Cnrollnn News. K.vt.Eiait, Dee. 28.—The members of tin Legislature have all gone homo.— Meetings have been held in various counties. The Union sentiment pre vails here but hope is well nigh gone. West Point Cutlet Regulations. W.VMIINTON, Dec. 28.—Cadets Hall and Kelly, or Alabama, cadets ip tho West Point Military Academy have re signed, and their resignations Imvo been accepted. Washington, Dec. 2*. -Tim Senate conimittcuof thirteen broke up. today, without any concert of action in rela tion to the present national crisis— They will request to l*o discharged next wvok. ", he House committeo will make the same request. The South Carolina C"mm»ssioncrs, in view of the alleged stipulation, on the part of the President, thut the gar risons in the forts in Charleston harbor should not be augmented, nor the status of the posts changed, requested infor mation of President iUiehiiimn, us to whether Major Anderson acted by uu- ilioritv or in consequence of any orders from headquarters. The President responded in the neg ative, und added that Major Anderson acted contrary to tlio well known wish es of tho General Government. The commissioners then requested the President to remand Mifior Anderson back to Fort Moultrie; but, aft- r a call- inet session of six hours no definite course was rc-olvcd upon. It is understood that the Commission ors will resign their position and return homo nt once, if Major Anderson is not removed. . Humors are rife here that troops have been ordoi od from Boston to Charleston but tlio rumors arc discredited in high quarters. Capture of Fort Moultrie ami CAstle Pinckney. CiiARu.vrox, Dec. 28,—The Pnlmot to ting was raised early yesterday after" noon over tho Custom House mid Post Urtice, At five in tho nlieriioon tho Palmetto Hug was raised nt Cast le Pinck ney. A large military force went over last night to take Fort Moultrie, l’lto ball has opened—chaser: round. [second 1>ISI*ATI’II. j Charleston, Doc. 28.—Fort Moul trie and Castle Pinckney wero taken by Carolina last night at 8 o'clock. Uculucky Legislature. Frankfort, Deo. 28.—The Governor of Kentucky calicd un extra session of tlio Legislature, to meet on the 17th January next. Washington News. Washinoton, Dec. 29,—'Tho Prosi- leht states that as it was never stipu lated by him that tho troops at Charles ton harbor should bo withdrawn there- , the Administration does not con sider that it is under any obligation to withdraw them now. And ns to tlio jiiest of the Commissioners for the (oration ol' the military stations til Charleston harbor, this is considered by u majority of the Cabinet as impos sible. Messrs. Floyd, Thompson and Tho mas. who hold to the Constitutional right of secession* were separated I'ronl the other members of the Cabinet on this South Carolina question. No positive conclusion was arrived at Cabinet meeting to-day, although l(clu ‘{(dbelrlisfltnMlIs!. mwVm NOTARY PUBLIC, * Accfftttttniit W ILL ntti'ial to "Posting Hooks, Kx« outing Deed j to Real EsU'e* Issuing Protests, Collecting and Semiring Claims, nnd «U «th- er Itudnws t« hit line. OlHee hi O. B. Eve's Carriage Factory, where lie may he found daily,frwiu. 8 tv4#», FOR CASH OR ITS EQUIVALENT, I N order to keep a good stock of (Jrom ric on hand we nm compelled to soil for Cash or its Equivalent only. Those indebted li» iis wi.l please ml and settle by JlONKY OU NOTH. If y.m ean*t settle by the former there b it oxouso for von lint settlina *-v tlio Inti-i 4 H ono or tbo’other. PKKK\ V A L.VMKIN. HARDWARE FOR. CA.sn. C II KA P And UKLIABLE TsHEAWS. Ulirettle-I state ot FOR CASH O NL, y To suit the Times. For the iio'xt six moilllia tliery will, in nil probability, bo more interesting News in tliu Papers tlmn ever before, nncl ns tiie times arc lmr,l, we inako the following liberal pro position : TO CLUBS. Wo will tiirnish the Tri-Weekly Courier For one year to Clubs of FIVE or more at Three Dol lars a year. To Club* uf Ten or more we will form.-! tin* Tri-Weekly nt Three Do’Mr- n year, on. Olio ropy to the getter up of the club. The Weekly Courier CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS H. A. SMITH, ipa goods a fee: IANCE MV THE SkcF.DERS. •1. F. S. Bartow made a speech in to City Hall in this placo last Saturday oiling. Among other things ho sta ll, what sovoral others of his party Lave also said, viz: " that f the conven- lion did not declare the State out of the Un- . m then there would ie civil war in Georgia." Jt is possible that Georgia will secede immediately on the meeting of tho Convention, but whether it does or not wo must protest against tho declara tion that the minority will not submit' Hiem, shall bo in tlio name of the Stuto »tho will of the mqjoiity, fairly expressed. This course if persis ted in, will inaugurate a most fearful anarchy, an 1 no mini can prodiet the end of it. Wo liopo more discrcot •tinsels will prevail. Our Government a Democracy, nnd not nn Oligarchy. 1 we hope it never will he. Dispatches, &c, \\ u may expect, soys tho Chronicle d'* Sent tail, until our election is over, a bountiful supply of telegraphies dis patches from Washington nnd sensa tion nows from other quarter*. Tlio action of Gcoigin is looked upon with moro interest than that of any other Southern State, slio has boon conserva tive—sbo has always lived up to her motto—"Wisdom, justice and Modcr- ld tho greatest ert'orts of Smith Carolina. fith. That all moneys hereafter col lected by any of the oHieors aforesaid, shall, after deducting the bums necessa ry for tho compensation of ortit’ors and other expenses, be paid into tin* Treas ury of the State of South Carolina, for the use of said State, subject to the or der of this Convention, or tho G6'nernl Assembly. 7th. That tho officers aforesaid shall retain in their hands nil property of tli United States in their possession, cus tody or control, subject to tho di-posal of this State, .who will account for thosnmo upon a final settlement with tho Government of tho United States. Done nt Charleston ‘ho twenty-sixth duy of December, in the year of cur Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 1). 1 •*. J a M i son . I 'res' t. Attest: H. F. Arthur, Clerk. Fki ectsok uoLines on dlsixkss.—Wc that almost genera.ly in MushiicIiu- to a|l right. FiRE-pRoor Women*—Tho nuniher of serious accidents to women from fire fenders, renders it necessary thut eith er they or their gossamer clothing should l*o rendered fire-proof. Ono ounce of phosphate of utnuiouiu to a quart of wuter, is said to insure dress es, ami n company is about organizing for tlio insurance of the woman against everything but an old flume, which no lady is sup|>OMed to wish to put out. •Su aui* Practice.—A German who had $300 in gold deposited in a bank in Springfield, 111., stepped up to the coun ter, presented bis certificate, and do- mandcil his gold. He was paid, when bo said to the banker: "Vot you gif for golt now, cli ?’’ "Five per oent,” was tlio response. "OU, yaw, dat isU gout. 1 sell you dese for goot nn per monish.” "All right,” was the reply, and $315 in currency .was handed tho ex-dejKisi- tor, who took $15 from his roll of notes and handed hack $300, suving, "Idepos. itsdut pi it you. You’re goot 1 sees.” And taking hjs now certificate, ho de parted with his $15 premium. 8gy*Many a poor woman thinks uho can do nothing without a husband, and when she g<*ts one finds that she can do nothing with him. Tiie Saints in limit oi.ee.—Official in formation just received from Utah, rep resents tho Saints in high glee over tlio prospects of disunion and Mormon in dependence. Hrigham Young claims to have prophesied the present condi tion of things—Gi'«t tho Lord would overthrow the despoilers ami deliver his chosen people. IQrThcro arc two languages thut arc universal—ono love and the other mo ney. Tho women understand one, and men tho other. teirTho beggars in Franco are licen sed. Any oiio begging without u li- i cense is puuishod. fifty men, it could only bo attacked by biego biiltcrh vy ordnance, ami then stand a Mcigo of weeks, months. The guns of this fort cr Moultrie, and could roduc< of ruins in twenty-four ho icssfully and .hea- fould with* >r, perhaps mini ml Fort it to a heap wears oompelUd to i ilato for TABU only. jiinltw'Jt-wtf 1IAUPKT A niTTLKIt. Polk She riff Sale. \\T ILL* be sob) bofore.tlie rourl Iioiiso .’oo \V In • c.ibw T..WII, polk eonntv, on tk first Tncsdnvin FeLrnnry next, between tin usual boars of snle, the following property* Tim place on which Siinniel O’nistcii nov ’a said town, cniitaiaing twelve acre less—levied on ft* the property of nndoi K. LYON, D. Sli'fi*. TUB EXEUCtBEfl CHEROKEE Wesleyan Institute CAVE 8 PHI NO, GA. Will commence .tannary I I'tli, and Hom Juno 27th.—Fall Sossioii begins July 2'Jtli nnd ctnsei Novemli r 1 till J.IMK8 fi. NOYKS, Prilieinnl. A. f. A.HUNTINGTON. Ass. elate Prineij.nl, Mis. it. N. NOYES, Precep i-$!«, 2-1, .12, 40 p Pa the school r wl friend* a isltars dee2.*»wSm NEW STORE IN ROME, Second Door above Norton’s. flK&OO. Have just opened a Film Stock of Goods in thoir Lino, lii their handsome now store, second door BOOKSELLER, STATIOjNEK ROME, GA., llavo Just nc.lv,il a lnr;„ of Biblos, Toatamcnta, Pfayer & Hymn Books, Annuals & Gift Books ■lititnl li« fop Priwui'h .11-.. .. .. ‘ PARIAN MA1UILK, AM) TEim.V niTTA VASES, TOILET HOTTLEt*, PA PE It WEIGHTS, CHINA FIGEKES, ^ WHITING DESKS, WORK BOXES, * rORT FOLIOS, WRITING CA8F3, MOROCCO BAGS, .* > CABAS, HAHKKTS, FANCY ARTICLES, And TOYS r.f entry dem ripth n for ti e “HOLIDAYS.” partly bongLt tar Kids he TlirriO (it Cadi, and will be hold at ' Reduced Prices. Tlio attention of tho Lndio.t pnrtinil-.rir d<*U » dieit. d, ‘"THE GEORGIA CIGAR;" MA.NTFACTU1IK1) FRflit Tho beat Havana Tooacco, 1»Y 11. VOI.UEll & CO., AUH STA, CA. A \ KlSKIt. who nr» Sole Agrnta fortlieu'* of them in . Homo. Gentlemen drairin; » good cigarenn gut tlu «e at a reugonablt* nri« octilil—4 wdm the action that wan luken wna certainly not favorable to the Commissioners.— This statement is strengthened by the fact that Secretary Floyd resigned his otHeotoday. It is said that Secretary Thompson would Imvo rodgned also, were it not that tho pending investi gation of the ltussel atliiir made it im perative for him to remain. A ropoit prevails, and it is believed i to bo correct, tlmt tlio Secretary ol the ftcgr-Tliore is many a man who is a | Treasury is disaflo tcil, nnd may re.- fool and don’t know it - who is the : -agn ; he is known to sympathize with laughing stock of all w'm meet him, Secretary Floyd's views, anil cannot seo it. Such a man is the No hope renin ins now of nn adjust- only ono who really enjoys himself— t meat of pending ditUcultu s. The who passes through life nt ease with Government is bankrupt, the Cabinet himself, and nt pencM with all the world almost dissolved, and the people dis- niiml is a thing ot repose—calm uHeeled, nil seem toTor DISSOLUTION. T HE firm *r Furell dissolved by inutn I A Yd j mutual en uquested to'nil clo.su the book*. Either party fettling up the 1m?bus*. J. T. F Jan. 1, 1801. J.G. Y nevTfirm rpHK unilersiiinod having 11-; 1 parlncrdiip in'tho Drajj 11 this day Our mu- lllo their c wish to II act in day for and will tnk.-u the flock ..r Fare 11 A Yci: nontinuo tho Drug Biisincf* in nil it* de partments, nt the old stand of Furell A Yci- Her. where we will bo plea-od’to see nil our friends and tiie former ciiteiilfrs of (lie hoiife. and feel confident tlmt we cau give full satisfaction to alt. J. G. YKISER, Jan. 1, I SCI. J. C. IIKKSK. A CARD. irufiled, like His blDs Of ; fen tin of profound us tho t iriinted nothing, whon rant sacrilege to insult. Tlio conscience of n fool i»“a dull, inert sense of repose —nothing more. RfcjyMIc who writes against the abuse of the nge in whieli lie li/o.s, inust do* j»ond on the generosity of tho few for his bread, and the malice of many for his fame. JflrjyThose who would enjoy good eating should keep good matured; an angry man can't tell whether ho is eating boiled cabbage or stewed um brellas. fl^ySwinging is said, by the doctors, to be a good exercise for the health, but many a poor wretch has come to bis death by it. B&r( i rent, events may be traced back to great thoughts, which st..ud to the in the same relation as ob uro proge it or* to illustrious d ••••i:dantv. I ruin; Congressmen liient employ *ar-nfi«nt longer have friends that . i not until wc no ns of solving our know who they made to Aim her from bar ancient and i hours of labor or jmy have been u, the vote,, of Ooofgia j S*S!l!u M', phue but little reliance upon news, I fourths time for busily disseminated on the eve of elec. * l )n '*' •rk.—Xew York Ex- Heavv Rain.—From Friday . Vermont iusuosi.u to put nv.nszi.v right.—Tho lloston Journal (Hepubli- . ..... . , , I cuu) lentil*from Vermont that there is undny night it rained almost constant- j n strong feeling in favor of u repeal of The Rivers nro high at this time the Personal Liheity law of that State, .acmbiy noon) but not yet out tho 1 ttU d adds: The Commissionois to whom •*nks. The stage from Jacksonville j t * ,e . nia Dev was referred at tho recent .. .. , ... , I session will, it is anid, advise a repeal, not got 111 on SuiHlny nl«lit, l-rolm-1 „ m i ,]„ v . Kiiirlraiik* fiivoi-s llioit no- <,1 ‘ Reioi.nt of high water. ! lion. i betimes. You r keep you an not recover begin to iot- t&'A Im>v in Paris. In tii mil Guard «i\v **11ur»**il shouted, ••lJurrali !•*< chloroform!"' whieli made a hearty laugh, j jftay-Tho proprietor of a butio-mill ad-, vertises that those sending their- own j lames to be ground will be attended to: with punctuality and dispatch. Homs on !—Toil and trial nro grim _ llr'lr 101 ? 1 b “.V l , " u,U of h °l 10 -» . J@-T1.0 wiki wil l hgoon 111 til. i.„l b .®m U , 'i., " fly botwoon four humlrml nnU five hun- i" 1 Ul ° l llj| -' 111QU ' u » 1 ' 1 | died miles in u dny. flarTho Great Eastern consumed two ' ' * thousand eight hundred and Revonty- flSF’Hon. Henry M, Fuller, Kx-Mom- f seven tons of coal during her voyago | * j from England to America. ^Correct yo will seldom c from falling, if you yourself when you fil ter. fi£>“The highest and most character- istie glory of cnithly beauty is to make us aspire to a heavenly one : and man is great in proportion to the ideal she tfUggMsl BJsxy**!that is good will infallibly be come better, and ho that is had certainly become worse; for vice, virtue nnd time, are three things that never stand jaill. ftig^irypocrUcA are beings of darkness disguised in garments ol light. fttjy-lle who c civt ought not to tells it. Texas derivos jts name from an Indian word sign tying "beautiful.” to)*Distinction is nn eminence which is attained but tiro frequently at tho ex pense of a fireside. el.u IV friends thut I shall r ; the I.OII-O, nml wonlfl be ploascl L my friends, nml solicit their natron I he ik w firm. J. T. FA HELL. Z, B, HARGROVE, NEWMAN & NOWLIN, ug bought tl.oiMitin. ht.i J .. department, n i’ resn unii nttmiiiio Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, Pure Liquors, For Medicinal purposes. Ac. I am prepared to fiiraisfi the people of Home nml vicinity, with nil and every article in the Drag line, as eli up mid on ns rvAinnabic terini us any other limiso this side uf Augusta. Mr, JOSEPH M. MACK, Who is uu experienced Pharmaceutist and Drngglid. will remain in the house, and give hii entire aUyntInn to the business. Pli.yid- orlii Colognes, Hair Oils, A XLU'Kim'MKUY -f nil kliul., S.« Iln'{«. (!nnl Pn<ci. 1‘lltr Hull,, l'ortlm n- me-, ilair Rut 01o;li, Tootli, l>n*ting und White wash hrudiic.*, A great rarirlv Inf sab* b.v TURN LEY'. febll. Ihinw^ A Howard Street Residence FOR SALE! TH E Urn’ll r igitr.1 oflerkhr ally jitcjuired, will find it to tlief • entrust thorn In his care. 7.. R. It AUG HOVE. Just Received, r Oil, ext. (J..d Id Oil, •ncy at tlio door of an empty Ticasury. (Private Despatch.) l-’rnin ClinrleHtoii. C’uari.kston, Doe. 20, 2 o'clock, P. M. —Tho laborers loft Fort Sumpter this ning for Baltimore, on account of refusing to do military duty. They left in the Key Stone State to-day. West Florida Against Secession. Marianna, Dec. 24, 1800.—Editor Col- thus Eii'/nircr—Dear Sir:—Election for delegates to the State Convention came ofl* hist Saturday. The disunion seces sion ticket is badly beaten. Ereckin- ridge curried tlio county by 53 votes; (lie disiuiionists are beaten by 45 votes. The Governor elect took tho stump and was associated with the Circuit Court Judge (Fiuly.) West Florida, you may rely, will go against tho disunion pro-' jeot by nt least 800.votes, nnd if tho Convention tails to wait for‘.lie co-oper ation of Georgia and Alabama, it will be killed off by 2,000. All this fuss and feathers is only so much bluster. The people stand on ilill and .Stephens’ position. Yours, truly, M. Milton, Fin. Deo. 24.—Editor Colum bus En'/uirer:—At tlio tho election for delegates to tho Stato Convention, in this county (Santa Rosa) tho co-opera tion candidates wero elected by four to one. Respectfully, F. tuk« Collecting Hlack Mail.—A young man from Cincinnati Ohio. w.ts recently culled upon to visit New Orleans, La., ssing husinoss. He had hardly up his quarters at a hotel, when somo swindler, who had seen tho visi tor's address upon the hotel hook, call ed upon him, and represented himself as a inombor of a "Vigilance Commit tee,” and succeeded by threats in indu cing the young man to pay him $50 as hlack mail. Tho stranger made known j the circumstances to the Mayor, who instantly took the nooeas tiie nnest of tho swindlt oyago ' her of Congress, died on last Tues i in Philadelphia, of Typhoid Fever. Tuesday teps Flora Temple.—Tho celebrated Amer ican mure Flora Temple has excited tho admiration of tho Froneh turf by the way in which she took tho Juniors of the recent trotting match ut tho Hois de Bologno. Mrs, E. H, Reeves’ School. M4U?. RKICVKH w mb! rrsjwct- fully niine.irr* to l.or -|mtr»iis ami frietid«. Unit lie- m-xt mch sloii uf br.r .Sulioul Will cotuinciict: Monday, Jan. 14,1861. Hendon 20 Week*. Tuition, per sc?sit-'n, $11 »Um*2U—twiwjw ATTENTION! I I t f 4 4 ROME LIGHT GUARDS! Y OU »r« lirrob.v ordered to attend the Regular .Monthly Meotii-g on Ttiea- day night. Jnn. |?t, lattl.at the City Hull, fur the election of Comuiisioncd Ofiii-c-r?, Ac. J. T. MOORE, O.H. ANNUAL MKKTINt; OP*TUB STOCKHOLDERS OF THE Ala, Planters' Steamboat Co Tlio Annual Meeting of tlio Rtockboldort of tlio A!|ili:ium Planters' -Htoninbotit Com pany will be bold in in niTorduu.-o with the By-Laws, ut Codur Bluff. A In., on Tuesdny. Jnn’y 8, 18«|, GKO. Jl. WARD,Son'y. «U-e2D—tw.lt a wit Krtos Concent fated' Lyo, Iho ||,s pure Pearl 8:nrali, too •• 8.11; pot re, .*• gro. s G'-rmnn water-rronf nmtrhc.4, 20,1 !Ih Kngllsli lied Lend. And other articles in the Drug line, A 1.80—A lot of line French Brandies. Ma deira, Sherry.'Port anil other M’ines of the finest i ( uulitv lor Metlicinnl purposes. ALSO—A largo M «.f Brown Wind«or, and oilier Toilet Hoops, together with a fine as- sorhie-nt of Perftnnery; Pomades, Ac. >f all 1he most pop. EVERY PLANTER SHOULD HAVE A Reliable Tire & Burglar Pro’f SAFE. to, from Iioighhors, and who •wnrtfinr have Ai ciision to keep large *nhls of ih-a.r or costly jewelry iu their Jioiqoe, or h^rt valuable documcuts to presi-rre, every pro dontial ooiisidern’ioii rcijairv* tlmt -fla ji I slihuld hnvo some ?n!V depository f‘V‘ nu" | property, that it may he entirely securefran the accident of fire or temptation lorohL-ry. Tiie loss of a single ntcount book or otL-r document, whether by tiro nr abstract" »• A Lhd—A fresh invo ar Patent .Medieincs. A 1*80—:;n00 Extra file ttt-twzwlm-toja.,1 LIVERY AND SALE STABLE, MORRISON & LOGAN. Broad Street, Rome. Ga. nfW, * Il i- R'ill burglar proof Safe*. v , itig hiicn depository carry their in- M'j. » nietime large fill III?. <ul tliejr ju;r?r-ll», olh- ers hid* it Iu .secret p'.ueos; oilier*, wl«- f entire forlnne is inverted in ■I'H-ks . bonds, nre known to kieit the i-videnn*;' | Hieb invistineuts in woinIoii trunks ur boxyz, liable at ijuy time to be destroy?! "f nro or taken by theft. All tin-i-e prnHkv* fire most imprudent. Mnrcovtr, if tlw P' r ' t tits of tlio times indicate political srd «" inovtie comniotloh, this is a strong rcnft-B i'' r procuring a safe deposit for money and v»! nnldcs w ithin the ftreitrol of the owiifr.'- Thls security is ntfordcj hy VALF.NTINM m-TLElfB Al.l’M 1-ATf^T HltE A 1 mmnLAH i-kook rafk. tm. t*“ nmiW upon til. voii. rhing ptlppiplr. *»*" I, III. only rnlloMo .ffllilS 1®. *:* natural niffs which remain perfectly t- r . mitiMieatid, wilt!) they discharge sikIi* volume of Htt-nin tliut the burning "f o<y; menU is rendered impossible. During ‘ »(ho This Htable is situated lic eit v, aiul iii point of ^ ^ eutral p endim citixei .111- high sellout THE Kxdi Li* hooi will The mechanics And working nion thrown out employment in New York City, are beginning to "agitato ” in ear nest. _ Meetings of tho cabinet makers anti piano forte journeymen have been ealled, to consider what they shall do. 7th of January next, .in the building known ns tho OLD I’UKSHYTKltlAN (Ill’ItCII. Tlio Academic vmirwlll he divivided into Two TcruiH, of 21 amt 10 weeks, first term to dose 2Sth June. TERMS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR OF -10 WEEKS, Primary Department $;i0 00. Higher English $10 Oil. Classics and Higher Mnthrinnfies $.»0 00. A prompt attendance U doMr.d nt the be ginning ol the term. K J. MAG RUDER. WM. 8. BOGTON. ^0*Militnrv Tnnties will I n tanglit if ap proved of by the patrons, and the number of j"»pils admit Uic i'ormotiaji of a Company. I’ipi Military duties will not interferu he roguiar school Imurs. Dec 18—t rl A w td. . frosh supply nt FAR ELL A VKI8KR. desiring tn look lu.l for long or short time, will always find at this Stable, the very best of foo! and attentive servants to take good earn of the imimals while hi ehnrgu of the pra irie tors. Horses nnd Mules will be bought or sold at the I test market prices. Ths Proprietors have ree.-ntly finished,im- tried lately In front ef their stable a fine two *tory Brick Building 7*'» Let long hr 40 wide. In tholouvr „tory is a alJXtEKL DRESSING RGOM, nii-lu No. I BARBER SHOP, kept by one •jf 'lie lieat of his trade. On tho second Splendid Billiard Saloon, Embracing the entire length amt breadth of the building witli Four of tiie bekt Bruns wick Tables. Thero is also'a . Genteel Eating Saloon, Ono door below the cntrancu to tlio Stable, up stairs. The Proprietors are greatly obliged to their immertmr patron* v»r past favors, nnd hope that now they have an largely hicrrus- eoiivc-nlc-nees, that tho patronage p;. tiie vest p.,LKVl. prices of sizos snilni.h-for riniilfn,*^ 70, $30, $03, $10j, $l |5, $125. Tranipf* 1 ' fall kinds lion oxputiseB aided. ■ „ I Also, Safes for Morcl.iints, Bank*, Ca.ub'J | Oflices, Ac. For sale by I.QmMdy, TO RENT! THE Undersigned ofl’ei DOUSE ANd’HoT ou‘how- ALS0, The Residence at present occupied by Cop A. T. Hardin, if not sold by Christinas. dce18lw2w G. 8. BLACK. thoni have been »ubj«|* ortleals, not one of ikt" 1 fMeqj cd in - ,-rost ordeals, not e..- lias had its contents destroyed by fire- | has the bnrgTur *siiCectdgd iu a eing’ 1 stance in entering them. The loeti proof, and the Ictfy oan be carried i» v!0tw*wtui Tomlin & McCarver’s STEAM SAW MILL. T HE proi.rkims *111 fiimi.l. M Inii* leaf Finn Luml«r. »>“ ! Millmi UlotVi.n Elver, I I miles from l«®“*- ''"Delivcrjil nl llic Mill Jlt .l,® jl!?‘"-ijjj or nt steamboat landing in Rome. or .‘‘ l '! r . t liiodinto laudingfi on tlio Rfvor at $1J’ j . liundred. For dried lumber 25 cent* 1 linudrcduddUiomtl will ho charged. ROBT. 0. TOMIdei JLMcCAnVEU- scp22twAw0m NOTICE. O N and after Soptomber Dl» ftD work « nt our Establishment must he Paid for on Delivery. «ni on all contracts oxcoedtng Thirty ., r One-third of tho ainount uiu»t be paid J . ordered, aud tlm balance wh°n th® ” >r i lukoii away. AH jinrtios Indebted w rcriuosted to inako Immediate Paymea - Noble Bros. & Co. Mlg.lOtf Steamboat Notice. , On -nml «n«r tp •«> 1 % SepIoml.ee ne*t, Ui» C““;“ cSaaSKBSa or Bteomliuol W--P“a n |„ elinreo „n Pookn-cs of Money eon'o"- p ., Ono Thousand Dollar, er lew [Will under Two Thousand , - ELLIOTT i B08SBLL, »ug25 As °