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OPPOSITION NATIONAL INVENTION.
We are pleased with the sugges
tion of several of our Georgia cotem-
varies in reference to this n at
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ATHENS, QA.
THURSDAY MORNING, NdY’R 24,1839.
Thanksgiving Day,
This is the day, set apart % the c
Govcrnor -for the readers of the Fed
eral Union to observe as a day of
thanksgiving and prayer. The Gov
ernot’s parsimony will not, we hope.
The Southern Recorder suggests that
this shall be dono during the present
session of the Legislature. Some
body else has suggcstediiMhat such
ftr.
m* the Legislature' s^hlt empower,
them to act as delegates in a State
Convention, and that those who have
not shall at once appoint delegatee
prevent Uhriatinna frnm dUrlorging■ for_that special'parposfi,_whp_8hali]_ lt l e jailSUMUl
their duty. “0 coma, let us woraWp; an e!l, 'ly day repair to Millodge burdens numerous rest upon them,
let ns ta,l. •*,, »ndiJj&hM Megntnsio' ,1„ rft*MUWW
the Lord our Maker!” [National Opposition Convention.
’ D NVe arc not at nil-particular about-
New Gas Works. itku mannei in which these delegates
We were politely shown the new , „ . . V . ;
, , ,, . s-i , , . R ball be appointed; but we do con
gas works by >Iaj. Grady the other I ., . . ,
, T - .- ^ , V c. eider it very important that Georgia
the manner in which any of its pro-
risions may bettered or abolished.
gety one, that^here
resort to ac
but like Curtius, I am ready to plunge
dtesLe-
s oft __
ms; and the
ople thro
Conven
, I : must
fess I greatly prefer the former, be
cause when we elect this mode we
act in obedience to the Constitution,
and it is more regular. As to the
seconddjUfide, it is considered by
some of our wisest men, as revolution-;
-ary in tpKiharacter, and it lias been
so pronounced; but, sir, however a
Convention maybe considered,- cir
cumstances mjght exist, u^der which,
it wouhf be* obTK'rftory upon thbfreo-i
day. It was put in full blast on Sat
urday last, nnd on Saturday night a
portion of the street lamps were light
ed. There are now some thirty or
more private consumers of gas, and
some of the churches arc preparing
to light up with this brilliant illumi
nator Wo observed the tubes in
readiness in the new Baptist church,
to light.up.both the body of the church
and the basement, as soon as it shall
be completed. The Presbyterian
church is also preparing for it, and
we presume the other churches will
shortly do likewise.
Who would have thought a few
years ago that Athens would ever be
lighted with gas? We admire the
manner in which Mr. Grady has ac
complished this work. Noiselessly
and quietly it has gone forward, as a
private enterprise, and now it may
he safely announced as a complete
success. Such public spirited citi
zens deserve encouragement, and we
hope to see all our business bouses
lighted with gas.' It is offered here
lower than in Aqgusta or any other
town in the State. It is not only a
desirable substitute for other light
on the score of cleanliness and supe
riority, but also as a matter, of econ
omy. . .-
The street lamps will be completed
in a few days, when Broad street
and College Avenue will be render
ed passable the darkest night. This
is not only a matter of general con
venience, but a safeguard against
burglaries, kc.
on
ere refuse
and their Representative
-to remove them, "it is alike their priv
ilege ami ttieir duty to resort to ex
traordinary measures, and in. the ex
ercise of ah Inherent right to accom
plish'a reform in their organic laws
which their agents here refused.
shall be ( rqpresented.
We have fallen upon perilous times.
The Democracy have well nigh rq-
ined-tlie country, and whotthey have,
snared is now threatened with de
struction at the bauds £>f the Black
Republicans. We are threatennd
with civil war—treason stalks abroad
—public confidence is banished—fra
ternal feeling destroyed,! If some
thing be not done to arrest the down
ward tendency of affairs, we are lost!
Everybody knows that the Republi
cans will only precipitate the final
catastrophe--Democracy has brought
about the present untoward state ol
affairs—has tried toiijNncdy existing
evils, and shown itself to be power
less for good. There is no hope
from that quarter.
Wc see but one chance for the sal
vation of the country,and that is a un
ion of conservative men in all sections,
tation and thus saving the Union.—
for the purpose of putting down agi-
Nothing else can save it. Is not the
end worthy a sacrifice of partisan
prejudice and sectional feeling?—
Will not the conservative men of thr
country—the real people—of all par
ties, join in this glorious work ?
gulf to Bave my
my inmost
en x advocate reduction,
interest of this,
"iet us unclog
r go forward in
for power and
mense and varied ri
and intellectual, who can
tell what height of fame and renown
she may not reach ? and she is but
waiting for every let and hindrance
to be removed before she shall in
crease her speed in her future brilliant
p»reer.;
This bill was made
the order- of
the day for Tuesday, the 22d inst.
We hope it may finally pass both
hrinlbes b&hiyLto&liffuco. » X J-
sonve moments with the prolongs and “open fields” to all nags—weight, the citizens of the county, ( 1 U ‘J *. e
manifestation of approval. - for age! “Uv course,” they„j}»nt to scr.ve as jin ors
Wo regard both tbo an , . Sbc* 12. j3g it Jiiso enacted
the animadversions of the speech i i C:tUCns nommations and combinatftnf'j shil n g0 into effect on theli
Move
une, (.and. sha-
it before oi
Stiles hin
w days
lurthi
.-——In your last issui
an editorial or common'
the Ufy-onjcle
yon-doubtless unintentionally did if
justice, m my opinion, to the legal
refutation of two worthy gentlemen.
cmark,
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t!
f tl
successful operate
together wifli various a
pitfalls and
a nuts arc
ant request!
-Rut to
Yours,
' CdnomGlinffurnfDgsT
Who ever lijpyrd of‘ stub numbers
•of burmhgs of cotton-gins and other
I jfrl^dq. to Jbe disparaging r
as Yo the legal ability of lion’s. Lin
"forSfepE^anffWfiafff VrTTfbK"
une, 1860; and tka^t
ts of acts, militatipg
same, be and the sap^-ari
repealed. sN
“ sugges^Uat-WC
icments iiftome __
shillMat as it stands,
and 1*5 hope that it
by the Legislature.
ilTsIi petit Jury trials, which
farces, ^aod vewyv often
Justides of the>
property as have occurred within the known him since we were bays ti
Death of Gov. Gilmer.
The Hon. George R. Gilmer died
at Lis residence in Lexington on Wed
nesday last, in the 70th year of his
age- .
The deceased had twice served as
Governor of the State, and one term
as a Representative in Congress.
Ho was highly cstecmedjfpr jus ex
cellent social qualities by all who
knew him. w
Pardon of Wm. A. Choice.
The bill for the pardon of Wm. A.
Choice passed the Senate one day
last week by a majoriety of one!
Wc are opposed to the course gen
erally pursued by the Georgia Legis
lature on the subject of pardons. So
far as we remember nearly every one
who has applied for a pardon for
some years past has been turned loose
upon society. There are cases, doubt
less, where the exercise of mercy is
right and proper enough; but the .in
discriminate pardon of all oiiminals
who may have money and influential
frionds to back them, is certainly a
great evil.
The “Irrepressible Conflict.”
The Anti-Slavery Society, lately
in session at Bostor, resolved, among
other things, that should old Brown
be exi cuted on the 2d of December,
they will hereafter observe it as a ho
ly-day! Their idea is that “the
blood of the martyrs is the seed ol
the church.” A lot of men who; I ask, therefore, why the same rep-
gfcfitA
Sir,.this measure has been brought
out so early, to sound the members
of theSciiiite as to the intentions,
and tf it fail, there will be nothing
icft but to provide for the call of the
Convention of the people, to which
the question may be submitted, and
no man with proper understanding
can doubt that such a Convention
would effect a reduction as great, if
not greater than that contemplated
in the bill. The proposition before
us is short and simple ; it is precise;
it is emphatic. There is no ambigui
ty, no uncertainty of expression about
it. It marches straight forward to
the object to be acomplished; and it
seeks the accomplishment of its ob
ject in a manly Way. The earnest
friends of reduction have now an op
portunity of manifesting their sin
cerity. Is it that this proceeding
would commit to obenrity and the
shades of retired life, many who'hold
a scat on this floor? There is no one
I may say, whose ambitious n’spira
lions would so certainly vanish into
thin air as mine would, by the pas
sage of the biff; yet when I consider
the manifold blessings which wou’d
result to the whole State, I cannot re
fuse to give it my support; . nor can
I believe that any one whose love of
'patriotism . is greater" than himself,
would refuse to give the measure his
support, because he should there
by deprive himself of resonable hope
of a scat on this floor. As long as
the elective franchise remains un
touched, and as long as equality in
the representative principle is pre
served", it is immaterial whether the
Senate be composed of ten, or of or.e
hundred. Why should there be any
fear to commit our interest to a small
er number of representatives ? Has
there ever been any conflict between
two sections ? Can there arise any ?
The habits, feelings, interests of all
the parts of the state are identical
past fefw weeks ? Avo all these fires
accidental ? We 'scarcely pifck up a
Georgia, Alabama or'SoM.th Carolina
paper without seeing half-a-dozen or
move caBes reported. It ia- believed
by "many that-this is an effort to car
ry out the Abolition programme of
Forbes and others.
The whole country is full of suspi
cious characters. Let them'be well
watched. Our people are^ .we. are
afraid, sleeping in fatal security !—
Let them prepare por the worst !
There is no harm in preparation,
even if danger should never come.
gether, and I do not hesitate, to
I know of no member of the Bar i
Georgia, who combines^ in ipy judg
ment, .mo$e of, or in greater, -perfee .
tton, those qualities, which are esser.
tfufl tftfa Judge. His mihd r « of th-[
first oi-derhi3 legal attajnirien*‘
very great. The judgment oif all th
Bar, where he has presided since hi.
would thus honor the hanging of a
murderer and traitor, ought them
selves to be hung as high as Ha-
inun Y
resentatives may not take care of the
There is but one way to bring these
devils to their senses. Let the Leg-
islatures of-tlie Southern States make
it a felony to import goods from any
State where such fanatical meetings
are held. Let the law be rigidly en
forced, and the anti-slavery society
will soon find its true level in the dog
kennel, where it belongs.
fFhat Is the Matter?
What is the reason we can get
nothing from Milledgeville till it gets
old ? Letters;n«wspapers,every thing,
come to hand after they are stale.—
We can get a letter qr f newspaper
from New York in less time than from
Milledgeville! although nine hundred
or a thousand miles farther off!
Reduction or the Legislature.
Col. Billups, our able Senator, in
troduced the following bill in the
Senate some time ago:
AN ACT to repeal the Fourth ami
Seventh Sections of the first Arti
cle of the Constitution of the State
of Georgia, and to add an addi
tional Section, and for other pur
poses.
. Sec. 1st. Be it enacted, That se
much of the Constitution of the State
of Georgia, embraced in the Fourth
and Seventh sections of the first Ar
ticle be, and the same are hereby re
interests cf liabun, White, .Banks
and Habersham,or Camden,McIntosh
Glynn and Liberty, or in middle
Georgia, or any where else, why, a
cannot the interests of the people at
large be just as well represented by
a few representatives as by one for
each county? Can, sir, geographical
lines create any antipathy of feeling
between the different counties? Is
it not palpable that no section will
loose any of her rig'its, by the reduc
tion? Would not each section of the
State have her rights better'guarded
and preserved by the few to whom
, they would be under this bill com
mitted, than by continuing to add
to their number at the creation of
evury new county until discord and
confusion should rise supreme on this
floor? But adopt this resolution and
-new counties may be erected at the
pleasure of those who desire them.
No longer will it he objected to them
that they receive more money from
the Treasury of Georgia, than they
pay into’ it, and every militia district
if it choosea may erect itself into a
county. So the friends of new coun
ties ought to faVor this measure as
being the surest way of accomplish
ing their objects.
Mr. President, the true theory of
Private Executions.
Bill for the private execution of
criminals—Lost upon a division.
When Mr. Lewis of Green felt con
strained, though he disliked it very
much, to demand the Ayes and Nays.
He was really surprised at the oppo
sition here to the bill,- because the
Press, .which he supposed spoke the
public sentiment, was every where in
t'avor of private executions. He
der stood thnt the member from
Lumpkin, who last year killed a Sim
ilar bill, was left at home this year
for that very act.
Mr. Lewis opposed public execu
tions, because they vitiated the pub
lic taste; damaged the public morals^
and had utterly failed of their main
object; to deter persons from the
commission of capital offences. Pub
lic executions draw vast crowds, it
is true, but so would any other inde
cent show. Tho spectators being
generally ignorant and superstitious,
the sight produces an infectious ex
citement; leading to gross immorali
ties a3 all experience tenches, and
even tending to produce in some a
morbid desire to occupy the culprit’s
place. The idea of private death,
even by natural causes, is horrible—■
still more the idea of a private fel
on’s death- while a public death pro
duces rather a different feeling, a
feeling of heroic exultation.
Mr. Delony opposed the bill, and
thought all acts of the Judiciary
should be public. If justice required
man to be hung, let him be hung
where everybody could see him. We
want no Bastile in -Georgia£ The;
theory of our government required all
the acts of public servants, to be
ope&flo all the people; and if a poor"
wretch has to be hung, let him have
the minister, the crowd, and every
thing which can make kirn feel like
a hero! A very strange taste .for
such a decent looking man as he,
unless his people like such shows, and
he is talking for Buncombe.
So says the Milledgeville corres
pondent of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Gin-House Burnt.
We learn that the gin-house of Mr.
Christopher, in the lower .part of this
county was consumed by fire on Mon
day night of last week, and a negro
fellow, who accidentally setjit oh fire!, 1
perished in the flames.
pealed.
Sec. 2d. Be it enacted, That from _
and after the passage of this act, the 'Government is . that representation
following section small be added as ' should be based upon human beings,
an additional section to said Article living souls, not upon • anything like
of the Constitution, to-wit: “The" acres, and trees and mountains-aind
State shall be laid off in thirty-three i swamps; aud it ia the duty of the
Senatorial Districts, and into one hun- ‘ General Assembly to see that this
U. S. Mint at Dahlonega.
The resolution of Mr. Riley, from
the Senate, has been adopted in the
House of Representatives, instructing
onr Senators and requesting onr Re
presentatives in Congress, to use their
efforts to continue the United StateB
Branch Mint, at Dihlonega, for the
benefit of miners in that gold-produ
cing region; It appears from the
preamble to the resolution, says the
Recorder, that some attempt has
been made, in the last Congress, to
abolish this mint. From the large
operations recently contrived by
northern capitalists, it is probable
that the yield of the precious metals
in our mountains will be greater than
at any former period.
dred and one Representative Dis
Each Senatorial District shall’
tied to one Representative
ing the entire white popul
3-5ths-of the colored population
basis of Representation, the said Sen
atorial and Representative Districts,
shall be arranged as nearly equal as
possible, without dividing the coun
ties of the State. The said Senators
and Representatives shall be elected
from the. several districts on the first
Monday in October, for the term of-
two years—their qualifications being
principle is adhered to in the reduc
tion. Now sir should tbe Semite
onsist of 33 and the number of Re
presentatives be 100, would not the
rights and interests of the counties
be better-protected than when the
responsibility is divided among so
'many a3 is now the case ? Would
not each legislator feel more the
responsibility under which he would
act, aud tho people themselves-be
more eareful to whom they commit
ted the duty of representing them ?
'Sirj tbe Congress of this great Con
dpacrihf Aand determinegbv the J&leraoy of States numbering 30 mil
fire in Atlanta.
Wc regret to learn that an exten
eive ‘and destructive fire occurred in
Atlanta one night last week, destroy
ing property to $e amount of some
two bundled thousand dollars.—
Among the property destroyed, we
regret to. learn, was the printing of
fice, job-office and book bindery of
the Atlanta Intelligencer. This was
a heavy loss and will cause a tempo
rary suspension of that paper and the
Temperance Crusader. Our sympa
thies are with ’ our unfortunate and
E distressed brethren of the press. The
fire, we learn,'was believed to have
eial Assembly .of the State.
On Tuesday^ the 15th, the bill for
the reduction of the Legislatute be
ing tbe special order of the day, Col.
Billups delivered-the following re
marks in support of the measure.
We copy from tbe Southern Record
er’s report:
reduction of the legislature.
Tbe bill for reduction, which had
been made the order of the day, was
taken up and rend.
Mr. Billups: I think probably no
measure of greater importance - wili
engage tbe deliberations of thie body-
at this session, than tbe one involved
in this bill. So far as my observa
tion extends among the people of this
State, the passage of some bill for re
during the members of the Legisla
tureis demanded by all .parties, and
all classes of our fellow-citizens ; and,
BHyitwiirhaveto.be done by -this
Legislature in some shape or other.
lions of inhabitants, of heterogeneous
tastes and pursuits; consists of -only
about 300 members, whilst the Legis
lature of the State ofGeorgia compris
ing about one million of people of
.homogeneous tastes and pursuits num
bers 301. The" example is pregnant
with instruction. Again look at the
State of Massachusetts! With
population far greater than ours, she
-has a- Senate consisting of but- 30
members. The State of New "York
w.ith a population of three million five
hundred thousand; has a Seriate of
.but 32 members, and a Representa
tive branch of 123 members.; Like
wise the State of Pennsylvania whose
population: is two million five tran-
dveil thousand has but twenty-five-in
. the Senate, anti her- representatives
cannot exceed one hundred. I have
prepared, Mr. President a table to
-submit to the Senate, which I' have
lost or mislaid. This would have
shown that the State of Georgia is
without a parallel in the States of
cordsneo with the Constitution ej'
the State of Georgia which provides.
1 BUW&a ! M .... ’ • .. !■
A4CgiaiUkUi v tit vmioi j -- a # .
"or they willtoke independent action this Union for the number in her
to secure it. - The wav in which the <6epate.-’ -
“ Mr. President, I have offered this
to secure it. The way in whioh the
proposition is presented in the biff
before us, is to my mind" tho freest for the reduction of the members ol'
of objections, and it is in strict ae-* the Legislature, -from the best anr
.•ArHanm with till* Dmnntitutiftn of*. nnr#«t: mnfivna ‘ MvnmllitiniK cahi*.
purest motives.
ings would vanish
it! . r. •• t ;
rii xaott*
v’-.'i '< ■+' vtsseoi uflL/-*wa
1 ol i
is be adopted;
’ -
lateljK'elected judges of the Sopren
FrouvtUe Cuo»tU
An Iniportan
One .oLtha..
■ before "the Legislature
&
^ is that
troduced in'themeSute" BySmith;
Quart; As .16 Mr. Slopheiis, I , .of Talbot, to revise the jury system
' l * «' . . ‘ n f Of .thnltoW O TWI
appointment, sustain this opinion.
J Jdr. .LyOq, I have often so
in. the Supreme Court. .lie is a gen
tlcman of an a cut* legal mind, an
stood confessedly as a leader of th
South-western Circuit. To speak t
such men as “third rate lawyer?
would make a wrong impression wher
they are not known.
Western Circuit.
Athens, Nov. 17th, 1859.
Destructive Fire in Griffin.
A large portion of Griffin 1 was ffe-
struyed by fire one night last week;
For tie SoutMtrn itoSchmm.
Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 12
Friend Christy:—I have bee"
here for several days, witnessing th
beauties of our Legislation. Th
great crowd ' of office-seekers, “lef
oyer’’ and who, no doubt, though
everything was “over the left” with
them, have departed, cursing, no
dqubt, their disappointment, in tho
promises of .men. The Clerk’s offices
ace foil, it is said, but no doubt, room
will soon be found for a few more.-r-
If the pay was equal to the labor re
quired aiul competence of'the work
ing clerks, it would became inducer
ment to receive nnappointment; but
when, as is too often the case, the
lazy aqd inefficient, receive the saime
pay and do nothing, as those who
labor hard, night and day, as I have
done in times past, there is no equiv
alent offered and no inducement held
out; and even at tbe paltry pay now
given, our economical Joseph E., has
made an attack to reduce it! This
is ll hunghole and spideet saving,
such as modern democracy are the
acknowledged adepts at manufactu
ring. I maintain that tbe labors oi
the clerks are three times as hard as
the members, and that they should
be paid in proportion. Then efficient
ones can be procured, and when the
session ends, there will not be a batch
of Bills left over, enrolled so badly,
oftentimes, as to be unfit for a place
in the archives of the State. Merit,
capacity and industry, have no sort
of chance, when brought in contact
with log-rolling and partisan Maneu
vering! But enough on that head.
Speaking of heads, one was cut off
this week in caucus—I mean Judge
Benniug’s—whieh l: think will yet
speak in thunder tones to the Demo
cracy! ' *
State Printing came up last week
and with the usual Democratic econ*
omy, waa given to favorites, at an ex
Among the property consume^, iwe
regret to learn, was the office of the
Empire State. The Independent
6'outh+wyi they lost- everything—
presses, types, paper; account books
— all were destroyed. If ’our sym
pathies can avail anything, our breth
ren may rest assured that we do most
sincerely regret their great misfor
tune.
The South and Douglas—Mr. Stiles 1
Speech at the Capital. .
The most notable extra-legislative
event at the capital, since tbe.com-.
rnenceraent of .the session, 'was the
speech of the Hon. Wm. fit.
Tfiursday night last. In t?
an invitation from a number.'.off-the
members, he addressed them op the
5 csent Aspect of political affirirs..
1 - - -- ■"
of tho State, to Abolish appeal^, and
pijtit jury trials, to_ regulate con
tinuances, and fouf other.tpnrposes
ifierein* mentioned.
This. brlLpnoyidcs: that the Judged
of tho Inferior Court, in the different
counties in the Statey on the first
Monday in June next, and biennial
ly thereafter,.on tbei first Monday in
une, shall select, from the tax digest
of the preceding year, the names of
fit and proper persons to servo as!
grand jurors ; and ujso tke names of
fit and proper : persons to serve as
traverse jurors, which shall beplaced
in the two boxes, each with two
apartments; after which said justices
snail lock and seal said boxes, and
Commit them to the custody of the
clerk of tbs Superior Court, and
their keys to the custody of the
sheriff.
It farther provides that the Judges
of the Superior Courts, ateach term,"
held by them, shall draw from' these
boxes, grand and traverse jurors for
tbe next term, in the same manner
as jurors are now drawn; drawing
not more than thirty names to Bervc
as grand jurors, nor more than thir
ty-six names to serve as traverse
jurors. There are many other formal
provisions in the bill, which we omit,
to subjoin tbe . following sections,
which contain its most important
features:
Sec. 6. Be it also enacted, that
within thirty days after th© adjourn
ment of the Court it shall be-tbeduty
of tho Clerk to make out and prepare
a venue of the grand jury and also a
venue ofihe.traverse jury," and de
liver each to the sheriff or his dep-
ourts do their duty in the
ction of the names to be placed in
jury boxes) secure intelligent ju--
in all civil and criminal cases, nnd
materially expedite the business of
appeals and.lessening, tfic number ot
continuants." The changes which
the. Legislature makes, in the judiciat- j P ur P ose -
ry system of the-State, are not often-
reforms, but we do. not - think there
is an itflpprtan.t Change..proposed' in
this bill, which would not bu n reform,
ts of Gov. ttiu
tate Troops
v route fo r
h y prc*,. 1
■"•H willgS*
t° the popuU- »
ers and
prevent
m , - their rescue *“1
The latest accounts from Cl ir ]
town report that all was qumt.
A- The Government and ji cx1co
^PFLoufe, Nov.: 20.—The'
publican’s special con espoudeni f
Washington, says that the Gov!? 11
ment have determined unon a
seizure of the Northern States* r
Mexico. The troops from “OM o •
rt,’’ and two companies’
Leavcnwoith, bayebeen ordered •
Brownsville ^immediately fp r t ^ 10
Washington News.
, ,/gt<to,NW,20.-lti 3a
ed that there was an extraordi,,.,
.. , , . .Cabinet meeting yesterday, t?
and;we again express the hope, thatf^i^^ wcre unnTt ; m0liS in i ^
xta will be pagfgdv -. If >. /■' ; * the seizure of-the Northern States -f
x , Trlliutc br Respect. ’
'Xto railed meeXHig-of tbe AiheuvGunrda
the underjagoed having l*en appointed a
(Jommittee Vo- dnift suitable resolutions ex
presaive of the sincere regnrd of iBeOompn-
ujr Tor the'lieeessity lliat compelled C-ipf.
Genline to raigartWAffica holiss so aredita-
bljr.fi 11 e.l, beg leav# to-olfer tho following.Pre-.
amble and Resolutions;
Whereas, liie Atliens Guards have learned,
Mexico..
with profound regret, tUat.Caj.L VV.L.C.
Genline has resi^ued- the- offiee ho has so
ably and worthily filled, and that lie is shout
to remove from our By.* 1 Uwreture,
Resolved, 1st. -That the resignation ofCspt.
Genline, lias depri ved the “Athens Guards”
of au efficient and fuitjiful commander,
riat 'his ’ SMdTSim
Cadlflcation or the Laws.
Thomas R. Cobb of
anj Rjchanl II V Clark, of Alb*J}
were, on Saturday last, cletN
Commissionera'-to Codify the L ‘
of Georgia; in the place of the UrT
H< V. Johnson and Iverson L. Jfj'
rig, Esq., who declined the app 0 ; ru
ment. Messrs. Cobb and Clark y
no opposition..
2d: Thalflns'sfildte'rly heating and g<n-
tle.nari1y gepbrtment, has wou fp'r. : him.our
Highest respect and e-teein. .
;*»!■ That the -jjrofoim^- interest' he .ever
.manifested for Ibb prosperity of the Compa
ny his elicited fop him,: the warmest affi
tion ofhls brotiier, ^ojdiera-
Ath. That in taking leave ofCapt. Gerdine.
th« members of the “Athena Guards’* would
render him their sineereat wishes for his suc
cess find prosperity itvhis new home.
HrC. BIL'tlTPS, 1st Lieut,
A. M. W YNG, 1st Se’rgt,
TjITCkiE, 4th tjortfl,
E.T. BISHOP, Private.
. R. I). TAYLOR, /*;,
Fatal Street Rencounter in Nashville.
- A fatal affray occurred on Friday
last at Nashville, Tennessee, betweej
Allen A. Hall, editor of the Ka«k.
ec. ville News, and Mr. J. G. Poindexter
principal of the Union and America |
in which the latter was instantlr
killed, receiving a load of bockshot
in his breast, froip a gun in the h«4
of the former., Tho difficulty ori&
ipted in an editorial quarrel. *
uty.
pense to the State," of"4 fr 5,000 dol
lars, over and above, I believe, tho
bid of Messrs. Orrne and Son, who
tendered a bond to hatfe the work
done and ready for delivery in ’ one
month after adjournment ! !
State aid has been brought up in
a Bill, Somewhat different from Gov:
c maintained that on the only ques
tton now agitating th©- public, mind
there should.be nd difference-of opin
ion or sentiment at tho sotith—it in
volving our riglits, and all southern
men should be willing to maintain
them. They were 1 assailed, the
Speaker Said, fr'Oirf two" quarters, first
by the Black Republican party, and
secondly, tinder’ the guise of Democ
racy, by Mr. Douglas and his follow-
'Ench witig oif this hostile ar
my, ho thought, 'was equally to be
^detested and opposed by tli
"B’S. suggestions. Action, it is pro
bable/ will be taken upon it next,
week ; whan, it is to be hoped, it will
•be killed as dead as Stephens killed
the Clayton compromise! Let the
State grant chs.rtcis and franchises
to ouy citizens, protect their, rights,
&c., &c.—but let the State keep-out
of these “ta ngling alliances,” to the
crack of doom!’ . r .;
The usual tnissionafy from Savan
nah, has, during week, been
on hand, in Ific. person, tbis year, of
Hon r iMr. : Stile^—l«?t; jeari - Judge
H. It. Jackson fiUed theappotntmear-
—delfVerihg the nstfal-ftohuncianien-
to to the faithful! Tl lis has come to
be a regular work! \ Out of. Savan
nah, out of the weHikL i The yoke is
gettang-to bo" a little Onerous—a lit
tle gulling ! But in this instance, T
by the true
Jnen of tho soutii, though he regard-
qJ ♦ li .i 1 .v tf AW nn il n'n <• ahmmb
its' leading propositions; *, ;
Toombs came in for a "
nator
g T’e-
bukc, which wc regarded as just as it
was "severe. The thunders of ap-
ilause indicated an unmistakable pub-
iO sympathy With the speaker in thy*
"it regard. When he an-
particu:
nouheed, “Never—no never,” to the
ivention,
gfor
am ; prepareduto. excusethe.eTTort, u^-
on the grounds that he gave • vS most
elegant exoorietion te Senator Dbug-
tL-2 e ri.-js
No grand jury shall consist of
less than sixteen-nor moro than twen
ty-one. All free white male citizens
of the age of twenty-one, and not
oyer sixty vears^ nnd residents of the
eounty where the trial is had; and
not being idiots, luuatics .oc habitual
di uiikards, sbull be liable - to serve
on the traverse jury."
Sec. 7. Be it also enacted, that
the duties of grand jurors hereafter
shall be confined exclusively to tbe
investigation of offenses against the
criminal laws of the State, - present
ing those who violate said laws, acting
upon-indictments, and tbe considerh-
tion of all such matter and tilings as
a. grand jury by the laws and customs
oi tho State bare cognizance of, and
to nothing else.
Sec. 8. Be it also enacted, that
the traverse jury shall bo divided into
two pannels, to be numbered one and
two, and that all suits on the law and
equity sides of the Superior Courts
in this State, shall be tried by a
special jury, to be selected from the
traverse jury, which shall be struck
in the presence of the court in the
following manner: the clerk shall
furnish tbe parties with a list of the
traverse jury, including both the
panneta, from whioh the parties cr
their attorneys may strike out one
name alternately until twelve are left,
who shall constitute the special jury,
aud in all cases the plaintiff shall
have the jirststrike, or if the parties
choose, they may try- their causes
before eithrir of the pannels, without
striking a special-jury. The oath of
the traverse jury shall be in the fol
lowing words; You shall well and tru
ly try each case submitted to you dar
ing the present term. o£ the court, and
a "true verdict .give according to law,
<aOd the opinion you entertain of tbe
evidence produced to you; to the best
of y 'ur skill and understanding.with
out faxar or affection to cither party;
so help you God. The oath pf the
; grond jury shall be the same as that
mow provided, by law.
Sec. 9. Be it Also enacted,- that
when from any canto whether from
challenge or otherwise, or wheri
jury is but; and cannot agree upon a
verdict; and tfitfre is not a proper
number of traverse jurors in at
tendance, the court may order the
sheriff; oi* his deputy, to summons a
suitable number oi' talesmen to fill up
rire pantiel?; he. Clergymen, ordina
ries and justices of the Inferior court,
and post musters may “-be excused
from serving on the grand or tra
verse juries.
Sec. 10. Be it also enacted, that
aft civil suits in the Superior courts
of this Sta te, whether at law or in
equity, Shall stand fov trial, at the
second term of the cofirt -froin t^ie
commencement of the suits .or"fifing
0f the bill; and shall be tried by n
special jury, tp be selected as afore
Said, or byonfe of the pannels of.thi
traverse jury, .as the parties may
agree, neither plintiff tior defendant
s-ffiall have an appeal fro'm a confes
sion of judgment, or froin the verdict
of the jury. And no civil suits what
ever iu said courts, shall bo con-
tinuedimpro tfifin twice by the 'saipe,
party, except for providential J ’ * !
LATER •FR.6>I i #ROP4 f .
ARRIVAL of the fcANADA.' "*
Halifax,: Nov, 19.—The steamship
Canada has arrived. ’ She left Liver
pool on- Saturday, ^Noy.-r-5th*/but
ihiaet r^
teiegrapVfwm fcooU'not belp wnting you a lu» I
town. .
J Commercial SeTWV
Liyerpop), Monday, Nov. 7.—The
Cotton market was steady to-day, but
opened quiet^nder the news brought
by the stettnship Africa.
Bread^tqfTfc.^^^’ri*', . , •
General News.
Nothing of .general interest xvas
transpiring.
;d the latter as Vhe inoro dao^erhos, las add ifulirectly, Vo pur. Senator
the"Harper’s Magazine ;jttrtiefet and
answered, we tliiiik triumphantly',' all
long as Mprdecai, (Douglas) sits at
the King’s cate, there will bo miiotr
to Queens-
~ Btown K^tosca Auothec.Trial. "
Richmond, Va., Nov. 19.—The
Court of Appeals of-Virginia refused
tteitward flprior ,t®. th^ (Cir
cuit Courtro^deffcrton'CtHinfy in'tfi*
case of John Brown;. He. (Brown)
will therefore be bung on tbe 2d oif
December.
lielpwriting you a. line bj I
bfm. You are so headstrong you wifi
- not listen to me. Do, for God’s silt
--don’t go to Harper’s Ferry not,
you can. do nothing ifyou go*; Ifea I
for jyour iife.. Yo« can keep tack-!
ter for Capt. Brown until all is ;jft I
Yo"u cannot give it to him now; y«
would le suspected and taken up.
Come bac-k r.nd wait at Chambersk:* |
until Capt. Cook gets here. I sa
afraid this "business will get us into
trouble ,ye’t, Last’night I never slept
a wink. Do come back, for I shiU
be crazy until -you return safe. New,
for once, do listen to your loving wife.
1 ' •'» ■ t. Mary Houses.
- Troops for UrewnsYllle.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 19.—Eight
companies of federal troops under
the command of Cel. Brown, have
been ordered to proceed to Browns
ville immediately. t ■■
Apprehended Troubles at 'Charlestown
- ' Charlestonn/Hov. 19.-^Gof.’ Ha-
vis has called tor * more ' troops. .A'
rumor says- that letters have < been
intercepted cheering Brown and his
associated culpr its, ’and giving as
surances- that they shall ail be
rescued. ' The property of several of
thejurors Have been burned; Troops
leave- Richmond for. Charlestown in
the morning. There is considerable
excitement here.
The Insurgent at Memphis,
The friends of W. R. Palmer, «. I
rested at Memphis’ got out a haku
corpus for lihn, in.order to effect Va
relefcsc, blit failed, the Judge renwni
ing him" to jatf. Among the lettfll
read at his first examination, was tli I
ftfllowing t
Ciiambersburo, Oct. 20, IP59.
Dear Willi at)—As Mr. Martin "ca
Arrival of the Over!
St. Louis, Nov. 19.—The Over
land Mail arrived here to-day with
California: dates to the 28th ult.
Gov. Weller, has appointed Judge
Haun, formerly of Kentucky, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by Senator
Broderick’s death.
The other letter is signed Lavrewt
Thatcher. It is addressed from Melt
phis, to Capt. Brown. Wc make the
following extracts:
“I (lave just completed my to®
through (he Southern States, awl
am now on my way to Kentucky
In my last letter to you I mentioned
that I should give the States of Tew
nessee and Arkansas a thorough
scouring. I did so, and am satisfied
that of all Hie States, in the Sands,
*4 Tennessee and Arkansas are the best
fitted to make tfie first strike in.
Those two States have but few whites
in favor of slavery, while they contain
an. immense number of slaves already
ripe, and ready, at the first intimi-
tion, to ’ strike a decided blow for
their freedom ; while the large maffl
of tbc'Whites are against slavery, and
will be ready to assist them at»
moment’s watning. Several of then
stated trMne .that they had gone »
far as to. prepare arms for their slate
and instruct them in their use, nnd
Sofiv to aot when the worst comes»
the worst. While at Brownsville,
Tenn., I addressed a letter to the
School-teacher, Mr. II , and fr
came to Brownsville to see me.
“He says there is no avocation in
ydricli a man can do so much go«
, because all the country arouad
e so" much confidence in a school-
teacher who conducts himself right
lie; say«-tliat the large majority of
cpfored peopleinhis part of the State
are ready to take up arms at a mo-
ment’s-^arning, and a large numbff
reBluil Htka JS. j He
veil
to Walker’s liver, in contoquenee of
a mound 1 Jideevered,-the dirt of which
was .realizingIrom 0500 to ^2,500
to the- ton* :
The thariestown Panic/ ' r
Charlestown, Nev.19.—-There was
not ‘the slightest cause for the ridicu-
lous panic.: (Che firosgen, was simply
a stack of wheat burning.
” Texas News. " ' .
New Orleans, Nov. 18,—-^h©4
Ifrdiiinola Ce J i»ter pf;the. l|
that tpe express fi-pip the^..
Nueces county had arrived, who
reports that "Cortin is with 1,500 men,
and nine can Rons wsls in foil posses
sion of. the Rio Grande from Browns
ville to Roma, and his forces are
'tudh' dif 1 Wm# fcf ®mlii«m. *■"> w CJ
■ ‘V /Y" * / * j 1 ■ «£*ai> elnn riVCI
ever,■■ was not threatened.. ..... tn
Capt. Tobin; with-one hundred and
.of whites ate ready to join him.
says wo must send out more
qualified-men to the South as school*
tedcheis, and work them in ever J
where.”
The,writer tjtcn states that on sf-
at;Memphis he'had an mf° "
firing kI r m ...
view with Palmer, who pymtmtm*®
with. Gilptf, Brown. He
had made arrangements totukelfl'l
hundred' , dr a thousand slaves off ,
the swamps of Indiana. That he 5J
sfdftest steamers on ,
^ to* tie up and wait for them nt
fifty- men from'Corpus Clirisii/ hail l m«frh of Hatcliie ,river, nude* 1
been defeated, and it was feared cut pretence of undcrgoingrcpan--
off..
T *V£e gtoiffictjg^a^ l
probably exaggerated; as no Browns--
ville dates wf’r^ given.
. Tho jalp^t; *ss
by the Orleans merchants direct from
Bre t4toUlh,-«flixfirjaffaiiir
were unchanged. telo-
graplved to - tho -Government tu-day
pmy, .^ccM.ror provfdri'tial-cause.. .^pectin^Jift rii ii.1i -
/Sec. 11. Be it Also eniieled, thitt .... - <l -’ ■■ .
in all proceedings in said pourta, forj'.. 83 *; ^ ffiWlvrtfSfjrtHrSalh/ «J*H ml
offeixses not cnpita 1 ’ br'nqt amounting
tbYelony, the jury to fry the .satoe
sliall fib" tiikerr'from the traverse ju-
Stiles, Clay of Ala : , et id omnegenus,) < f ‘
who shall call in question, the acts
an 1 doings of the “Black Douglas.’’
The organ here, don’t seem to like
tho. putting off of tho Senatorial.elec-
from which ti> 1
the accused>*--
twenty-four w
vefse jurors at
the
~ also,
snnel of forty-e c .
leet tbe' jury to' ttV
be composed of the
ire serving as tra-
he, term when the
... ... . , trial is had, and twenty-four tales-
tion, and is almost daily warning tho ^ sfimnipned by order of the'court,’
faithful against cliques and cabals, indiscriminately and impartially from
. JTnifil.lD
A few days ago,' the daughter of
o.;'acgoimts' qre - 1 c,t ' a . en ’
merchant and wealthy man of A' *
,-Now York, was (bund in the str ^
by'aerrtP" friend of her father, >
state of intoxication,
e. /A crowd of id •
New.GBUans,. No>. \
bad not made any.attack on Browns-
yiUe up to the evcningrof'the 3d mat.
... 1 JB&StOo'i ■V- ■ ri.' T->Ii
, i I From Harper’s Ferry..
Ricbmorid, Va. Nov. 19.
Davis has.telegraphed to Qov; Wise
that a large body of armed nmn are-
npproaching from the direction of
V/heeling, Va.'
A regiment of I
has left Riclim:
lundred strong
;xtra tram.
and Goy Wise is ft passenger. Moro
troops have been ordered-to
themselves in
the river
t
under tic
tefecn
were about her, and were
throw 111 !
of Jbaves iqion her. Sh« ,
tafitefully and richly dressed,
wore a large amount ofje'“j,
Fromjsome cause or other, . 8 , e j
fiacoro? addicted to strong drini
her: parents uro obliged w ' c ?
Got -oontinual watcli upon her mo vei .1
She ip^beautiful girl, about w
teon yearui of 1 age.
Scientific . .Association^ , A»t,
ground Temperatu e,
with a thermometer sunk to too r
■ee-feet, the greatest ^
in FfthruarVe 'VmJ*
1 X.
.>j vara y - ii *.-aV 4.1 vJ”
to lb.
ri’xHig ’0 «or> *: - 1 At *pi
uiudonai (Ifewfioiad