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<&;onnntl£ & j [Cbm*}wMtiu>e v.f tkc CkronicU t£ S*niineL'± (iEOBUU STATE CO> Vi:>XIOS, Eifiiir^AT. Mn MMMSEVtu.I, 6*., Jan. 24, IS*!.—Tbe Con- i • Tnlion nut at lo’o'clock. A M. Prarer bv Iter. William Fiinn, ol the Preahrtc nan (‘imrcfi of thia citr. The following resolution*, which were intro- i dnecd hr K. f. Cochran, of Wilkinson, on the tilth, and by me sent to you at that time, were > rend : “The aggression* of the people of the Northern State* of the Itepubiic of the United States of j America, upon the Constitutional Rights of the j State of tleorgia, having been deemed by the 1 people of Georgia snliicient cause to itnyel . her iu the maintenance of her rights, and honor. . to withdraw her connection with the Federal | U nion, and to resume her sovereignty na mde ! pcudcnce, jostice to he-self requires that she should demand her part of the public property. | And, intending to preserve untarnished her honor j in the discharge of every moral obligation, and in good faith to the creditors of the General Gov ernment, contracted whilst Georgia was a mem ber thereof, Urge her to a guamutee ot her pro | rata part of the Public Debt of the United States, ! ex at tie time of the Act of Secession of this j fsUt* from the Union— be it, therefore, K**olved That Georgia will demand and en force her right to her proportionate part of the public prop- try held by the General Government | *it the time of the d:- v sointien of the partnership. | Resolved, further, That Georgia will assume and guarantee the payment of her pro rata share j r.f th Public Debt of the U cited States existing at the 11 trie tA her secession from the Union. Resolved, further. That the foregoing re so lotions \ he comm untested to the Governor, with the re quest that h* lay them before the Legislature upon its* re-a* ambling, with the recommendation of this Convention that the Legislature take auch action as may be nectary to carry the same into effect. JV v i Vieorgia, respectfully call the attention of our ei tier seceding S tates to thia subject, and their co-operation in the policy, and that the Governor of Georgia bo requested to communi rOfsrred to the Commute on Foreign Affiura. Mr. Cochrau was, on motion of Mr. Hill, of 4 Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, from the Commit tee on Postal Affairs, reported the following Ordi nance, which was taken up and read: AN ORDINANCE, I To make Provisional Postal Arrangements in j Whereas, It is durable that there should be no distuibanco in the pro cut Postal Arrangements in this and other States— Tber* fore, Re it ordained, and it is hereby or dained and declared, by the People ot Georgia, in j Convention assembled, That the * xiating Coo- • tracts and Postal Arrangements shall be continued, ! and that the persons charged with the duties j Cic'*-of shall continue to discharge said duties! until a Postal Treaty shall be concluded, or until j sr.io. iri'rjM- the Government of the^United | : i officers Vruch mav keen up sulli 1 eieut mail facilities to meet the wants of the peo- j pie of Georgia, until otherwise ordered by the proper authorities. JL L. Beunirtg, from the Committee on the He- i lationa of the Slave-holding States of North Amer- t it*a, made the following report: The Committee on .the Relations of ihe'Slave bolding States of North America have had the subject of the Inter-State Slave Trade under con- ! sideiatioii, ami they instruct me to report the fob j lowing Ordinance, and to recommend its adoption i by the Convention : AN ORDINANCE, j In relation to the Inter-State Slave Trade. Be it ordained, by the People of Georgia, in I Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained bv the Authority of the same, That all the laws relating to the Lite-State Slave Trade, which were in force at the time of the passage of the Ordi nance of Secession, shui! be deemed and held to be still in force. Passed unanimously. Thu following K port, from the same Commit tee which was laid on the table yesterday, was taken up and read. Tn* Committee on the relations of tb** - be holding States of North America have 1. • ! umU-r consideration the subject of sending < i . - 1 \ *>rs to the slaveholding States and instruct me to j report the following resolution, and to recommend , its adoption by the Convention. Resolved, That this Couveutior: appoint a,P m missioner from the State of Georgia to carl: o! the Stut< h of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Ten nessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas, to present to the Legislatures or Con v. ntions, or in the event neither shall be in ses sion, to the Governors of those States, the Ordi nance of Secession of Georgia, and to invite their co-operation with her and other seceding States in the formation of a Southern Confederacy. The Ordinance was read twice and motion to adopt the same. Mr. Reynolds, of Newton, said : :President, I see no practical necessity to put the State to the expense of sending Conmiissionars to each of ihe.se States. If our Ordinance, properly signed, ! was forwarded to these States, the operation would he the same. It is now time to commence to hus band our resources. Mr. Henning said : Mr. President, wc have al ready sent Commissi tiers from this State to Tex- as ami Louivauu. It now would appear as if we, did not feel the proper respect for the opinions of tli * other States it vve refused to do the same to wards them. What is the object of sending Com missioners V Clearly to obtain the co-operation of these States. The only question the if before us is airnplv, cun that object be attained as soon to simply send copies of an Ordinance? Your Citmmitiee think not. We wish our Commission er not simply to read the Ordinance, but to confer with them, and do all in their power to obtain our end. v The vote was then taken and the Ordinance passed. Mr. Alexander, of Upson, offered the following Resolution*: Resolved, That a Committee of live be appoint ml bv the president of this Convention to examine the Great Seal of the State of Georgia and report whether any ami what changes in the same have been rendered necessary’ by the withdrawal of this State from the late Federal Union. The President ruled the Resolution out of order, on the ground that the object of the Resolution was uot genuain to the objects of the Convetitiqn. An appeal was made from the decision of the Chair. An interesting discussion ensued, in which the powers of the Convention wen* brought into ques tion, although the decision of the President did not uecessarily involve such questions. I give your readers a sketch of the arguments advanced j tlmt ili-'Y mav >. .• what their delegates think ol \ iho poiversVif the Convention. Mr. Toombs,.of Wilkes, on the question of the j * Mr. President: I shall by my vote sustain the j appeaL These three hundred gentlemen who j surround me are the people in their sovereign ca paviiv. Our million and four thousand people of j Georgia are here by their delegates. The poorer I of the people i* unlimited. Our power as their • representatives is the same as theirs. Where can : it be limited? The Constitution of the United j States is disposed of by u*. The Constitution of this State is our creature. Can the creature be j higher than the creator? We are only limbed by j God and the right. We are the peopio, t.w :ug no 1 allegiance to any Prince, Potentate, rower, or any I thing under Heaven but ourselves and Soen-tv. I We should be very careful, iu tig* exercize ot j these sovereign rights, uot to transgress the rights i or privileges of those who sent us. Indeed it would be bad faith to do so. Mr. Stephens, of Hancock, said : Mr. President—The gentleman from Wilkes! tays wo are here, the people, with unlimited powers. I casual agree with him as to the basis j of our powers. Wc are certainly, here, not the j people but representatives. W horn do we re- : present ? What do we represent? We repre sent the people, and have only such powers as tl ev have delegated to us. We h:tvo assembled j under a graut of power, and cannot exceed it. I j do not ibink that our power is derived from the Legislature, it is our creator, but our power comes from the people. All power rests in the j people. This is the genius ot republican govern- j • meats, in contradistinction to monarchies, where ] the power rests absolute in the government. We ! assembled as delegates from the people. Our chart of power is derived from the Act cubing us j together. ‘Mr. Warner, of Meriwether, said : Mr. President-- The first question before us, is j tin act calling us together. I read it. Read 5 preamble A This certainly specifics the ob- j u&uieh : “ Resistance.” This is the object. Re *,>tauce how is it to be done ? (Read jth sex*- • tiou.) This power would seem to be a very Run u*d one were it not for the ’ th section of the Act. j \ Read 6th section.> Now. Mr. President. I have read the Act. The Legislature have invited the people to assemble in a sovereign Convention, under certain conditions and for certain purposes, and the pc ‘pie have responded. These aid your j powers nothing more, nothing less. Mr. Reese, of Morgan, said : Mr. President —I agree with the gentleman from Wilkes, that we are sovereign, with unlimited power. But 1 also think that if this Convention j pass an Act not clearly defined m the purposes of ! this Convention that such action ought tc be re-! forced t* the people for ratification or rejection, i Mr. Hill, of Troup, said : Mr. President —1 agree with the gentleman ! * from Wilkes. We are certainly sovereign. If ! we have no power to alter this seal, and it w ; from it a flag which we no longer allow t*> over our Capitol, then certainly we bud iower . to secede. The power which is greater c t nniy mefudes the power which is less. We are .r ----tainly the creators of the Legislature, and mere- ; fore far above our creator. Mr. Stephens, of Taliaferro, said : \lr. President—l do not think that tue question prt-mi nted sustains the principles and arguments. But a$ the question ot the powers of this Conven tion hav# been raised, l will take occasion to say that l agfV'e with some gentlemen who have pre- • cedetl me, aud with the l*rcsideut, as to some of! the powers of this Convention. Mo have assembled, Mr. President, according . to law. We assemble as delegates from the pim ple, invited to assemble on a certain day, to take into consideration certain mailers by the Legisla tore. Had we assembled wiiiont such iuritation. we would have not beeu hero according to the law. We would have been no more than i>orr j and his followers were in the Dorr rebellion.— j Tlu v assembled without Uw. If we assembled j lv invitation of the Legislature, what powrs do the people eoufer on us. Only such as have been specified in the call. Not that 1 w ould think that the Legislature can limit our powers, but the people hare done so by accepting the mutation 1 of the Legislature. Had the people thought |pro- j per to confer greater power, they would have j aid mv Some gentlemen have said that we are vested with unlimited power over the lives, liber ties. and fortunes of the people we represent.— j To that I *av no. no. The geu- j demon from Wilkes, yields the point that it would ! be bad faith to exercise the questionable cowers. This concedes all. Why would it be bad faith t iVcausv when the people seat us here thev ex pected us to dr certain thii:-s. This is the object of j u.is 1 onvention, and to do any thing vise would occasion, although out es or . r, to express mv ! views as u> t he powers vi the i onrenuou. I will clo. e by .siyiig that I differ v . . the rivsidcat as to the power to appoint this C* anniice. Mr! 1-resident —i w domy sav a word in re- | tpw*e to my friend from ilWv>ck. We differ j vK* differ’ fondamemaHi. H- tb.nk* that* * the j i her are oar creatures.’and n the can dot* limit the pow the creator. Mr Toombs. Mv certificate from the pc-rleofl Will:os count v, that I received a majority of their : Why the C.til Section J 1 do not hold that the This should be our rule ol ae- . tuui W cs>*;o not hear all oi Mr. P’& remarks.] j The Pre*Hinm here stated that he was mistaken j as to the verbiage of the resolution. It sf emson ■ farther exatmoaiicu to h* simply a committee of i i r.quiry. The Choir recedes from its decision. Ihe resolution cm? then adopted. and the TTesi- ■ dent appointed as such Committee Messrs. Alex ander of Upson, Logan of Fulton, Glenn of Oglethorpe, Glover, and Phinizy of Richmond. Mr. Bartow, of Chatham, then said : Mr. President—l am directed by the Committee on Military Affairs, to make certain report#—thev | desire the same to be done in secret session. 1 therefore more that the Conrension go into secret j session. Agreed to. . j The Convention remained in secret session tor ; nbout half an hoar, and the doors of the galleries | were ordered to be opened again. No member of j t. >- ‘•ijmli corps” has been able to bad out what ; was up daring that session. I The (’hair announced the special order to be the elect. on of Delegates to represent the f-late in j I the Congress at Montgomery. A motion was agreed to, first to elect delegates j ; froio the State at large, and then from eash Dis- j trict. I Mr. Fbiniry, of Richmond, said : Mr. President—lt is my doty and my pleasure j ’ from the delegates of the Eighth Congressional j District, to recommend the name of Hon. Robert i Toombs, of Wilkes, as a* a Delegate from the j .-t ile atlarge. Mr. liurcn, of Elbert moved, that Mr. Toombs; \ he elected by acclamation. The vote was pat aud , | carried. j Dr. Means, of Newton, presented the name ol ; ; lion. Alexander H. .Stephens, of Taliaferro, as a j candidate for delegate from the State at large. At the request of Mr. Stephens, so lam informed; ; Dr. Means withdrew his name, and substituted in the name of the Hon. Howell Cobb, of Clarke. ♦ ! Mr. Ramsay, of Muscogee, Dominated Jlon. | Alfred I vereon, of Muscogee. j Me. Remolds, of Newton, nominated the Hon. I ChaHes S. Jenains, of Richmond. Mr. .nominated Hon. Herschel V. Jobn- I son. of Jefferson. The first ballot resulted as follows : Howell Cobb ** Alfred Iverson 4d Herschel V. Johnson 7b- Charles J. Jenkins 53 Henrv R. Jackson 8 K. H. Hill no can.) 1 11. V. Miiler “ “ 1 1. A. Nesbit “ “ 1 \V. H .Stiles “ “ 1 Geo. W. Crawford “ “ 1 * Rtauk F Thu second ballot resulted as follows : Johnson lob Jenkins 23 Hill inocan.) 1 lllauk 1 T .( names ol lion. Alfred Iverson and of Judge ; Jenkins, were withdrawn. The third ballot resulted as follows : Cobb 145 Johnson 127 Iverson 2 blank 4 Whole number of votes cast 278, necessary to ■ a choice 140. Ex Gov. Cobb having received more than a majority of all the votes cast, was declared , elected. Mr. Styles, of Ware, said : Mr. President, in be half of the delegates of the Erst Congressional Dieiiict, I nominate the Hon. Francis S. bartow, as a delegate from that District, to the Congress ,u Montgomery. 1 move that he be elected by acclamation. Agreed to. i Mr. Hood, of Randolph, said : Mr. President. —11 is my pleasure, as well as my dutv, to nominate in behalf of the delegates Iroiri the Second Congressional District, the lion. Martin J. Crawford, and move, that he be elected I by acclamation. Agreed to. | Mr. Poe, of bibb, said: Mr. President.-- I havetlie pleasure to announce to the Convention, that the delegates from the i Third Congressional District hat e nominated the : Hon. Eugenios A. Nisbet to represent ns. I move that lie he elected by acclamation. Agreed to. When the Fourth District was called, it seem ; tfcal the delegates had not agreed astoacandi j date. _ , : Mr. Johnson, of Clayton, said: i Mr. President.—l nominate the Hon. Benjamin 111. Hill, of Troup. i Mr. Logan nominated Hon. Benjamin C. j Yancey. * I The Convention proceeded to ballot Tor these gentlemen. The lir.st ballot resulted as follows : Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, of Troup 183 Uoi. Ben jamin C. Yancey 4>) Dr. William C. Daniel lu “K.A. T. Ridley, of Troup (no cun.) 1 lion. JL Warner, of Merriwether. “ “ 1 Simms*: “ 1 Rink j.. 1 Whole number of votes cast 24-3. Necessary to : a foiaice l‘J*2. The Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, of Troup, having received a majority of all the votes i ‘M.-.t, was declared elected. On motion of Mr. ; fohiisou, the same was made unanimous. When the Fifth District was called, Mr. Wofford of Gass, said : Mr. President—ln the caucus of the delegates from this District, we required our nomination to lie made by a two-thirds vote. I present the name cf the Hon. Augustus R. Wright, of Floyd, as the nominee of two-thirds of the delegates from the Fifth District. .Mr. Fouche, of Floyd, said : Mr. President —In the caucus of our District, I plainly notified all concerned that.,l would not be bound by it. We of the minority were willing to take any man wJjO was a member of the co-opera tion party, who had shown a determination to stand by the action of the State. This gentleman has not done so. Indeed, we are not satisfied to accept such a man, and hope that the Convention will not do so. We present the name of Dr. Homer V. M. Miller, of Floyd. Mr. Shropshire, of Floyd, said : Mr. l’r< ident It has been said that Col. A. R. Wright, who is presented by the Fifth District, is unwilling to abide the action of the .Statu of Geor gia. I have reason to know, and speak that which I do know, when 1 say that this is a mistake. The last thing that Judge Wright said to me before I left home was this : “Whatever course the State may take, whatever position she may assume, my life, my fortune, my services, and if necessary, my heart’s warmest blood, are at her disposal.”— When 1 say this I speak what I do know. Again, Mr. President, it has been industriously circula ted that Judge Wright has made use of danger on.- arguments this campaign, telling the people that it was a contest belwaen the rich and the poor, aud that the non slaveholder had no iuterest m it. Well, Air. President, I have occasion to know us to the truth of this charge. I had the honor to be the candidate who was run in Floyd county a. ainst Judge Wright for this Ch nvention. He made but one speech during the campaign, which 1 answered, and in that speech he made use of no such language. Audi declare the whole charge false, from beginning to end. In regard to this matter 1 speak that which I know. A ballot was then held, and resulted as fol lows : Augustus R. Wright, of Floyd 140 Homer V. M. Miller, “ “ 135 Harrison Riley, of Lumpkin (no can.). 1 Whole number ol votes cast 276. Necessary to a choice 131. Judge Wright having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared elected. Mr. Bell, iu behalf of the delegates from the Gtli Congressional District, presented the name of Hon. T. R. R. Cobb, of Clarke, aud moved that he be nominated by acclamation. Agreed to. .Mr. Reese, of Morgan, in behalf of the delegates from the 7th Coingressional District, presented the name ol’ i|ou. A.TI. Kenan, of Baldwiu,aud moved that he be elected bv acclamation. Agreed to. Mr. Toombs, of Wilkes, said: Mr. I'resident —l have the pleasure'to announce io this Convention, that the delegates from the Eighth Congressional District, present the name of the Hon. Alexander 11. .Stephens, of Talliafer ro. I move sir. that he be elected by acclama tion. Agreed to. Ou the motion to u_reeonlv one voice voted no. i Mr.—, of , offered an ordinance to prov i !e for the organization of a mounted police, in every county iji this State, which was ou mo turn, referred to tho Committee ou Military Af fairs without being read. Its provisions are as follows : Sec. 1. Authorizes the Governor to accept the services ot one company, of not more than 50, uor lc>s than Li mounted police in each county. See. Shall be officered us other Cavalry corps now are, and commissioned by the Governor. Sec. 3. To constitute a distinct arm of the ser vice, aud not be under control of Militia, or other officers. Sec. 4. Authorizes the Governor to furnish them arms. Sec. . Their quarters when in service to be at the county site. Sec. 6. Justices of the Inferior Court in each county, shall have power to call them into service and discharge them whenever they think ucces sarv. May also pass an order directing the commanding officer to discharge or reduce the number of the rauk and tile. Sec. 7. Officers shall always retain one third of their force at the county site. TheV are also to sec that the county is properly patrolled. Sec. v . The ration, Ac., to be the same while on doty as the Cavalry of the R gular Army. Fucn officer and private to furnish his own horse and to receive a Iff re for the same. >ee. . The privates to serve for oue year, unless sooner discharged. Aud to be bound by the laws ot h !;■, whilst in service. Are uot subject to load, patrol or militia duty. NINTH PAY. Milluh.eville, G v.. Jan. 2.5, 186!.—Tho Con vention met at 11 o’clock, with prayer by the Rev. Habersham J. Adams, ot the M. E. Church of lUis city. Mr. Burch, of Elbert, presented the cretftntials | of the Hon. Thus. W, White, Commissioner from , the Slate of Mississippi. On motion, the Commission aud papers of Mr. White, together with the Commissions of the i Commissioners from Alabama aud South Caroli na, w ere ordered to be placed on the Journal as au appendix. Mr. Alexander, of Upson, moved that a Com mittee of three be appointed to wait on the Hon. j Thomas W. White, invite him to a seat on the > ’ioor, aud to inform him that the Convention were ready to hear him whenever it may suit his con j ver.ience. Adopted. The President appointed as said committee, Me*srs. Alexander of Upson, Reynolds of Newton, j and Simmous of Pickens. The President, Hon. Geo. W. Crawford, pre sented to the Convention, a communication en closing the following series of resolutions, as the expression ot the opinion of the Legislature of Tt'uuesseo, in reply to the resolutions of the State ; of New Ytrk, tendering aid—men aud money—to the President of the United States to enforce the laws m the seceding States, j rbi-it AV,W utioti* adopted by the Legulature of Retired, by the General Assembly of the State of Tenuessce, That this General Assembly has Lard with profound regret of the resolutions re cently adopted by the State of New York, tender ing men and money to the President of the United States, to be used m coercing certain sovereign States of tlu South into obedience to the Federal ! Government. Resolved, That this General Assembly receives the action of the Legislature of New York as the j indication of a purpose on the part of the people , of that State to further complicate existing diffi j culties, by forcing the people of the South to the j extremity of submission or resistance; and, so regarding it, the Governor of the State of Tennes see is hereby requested to inform the Executive of j the State**f New Y’ork, that it is the opinion of tins General Assembly that whenever the autho- j niie* ‘! the State shall send armed forces to the Swath for the purposes indicated in said resolu- ] t: us, the people of Tennessee, uniting with their j brethren of the South, will, as one man, resist >u-ii invasion of the soil ot the South, at all haz | urns, and to the last extremity. W. C. Whittborne, Shaker of the House of Representatives. Taz. W. Newman, Speaker of the Senate. Adopted January 1", IS*>l - the reading of the communication, the I President said that the envelope* seemed to be from j the Executive Office of Tennessee, but as was no letter accompanying it, he would not voucr] for *. r s genuineness. The Vn - dent then said that the document was j bef< re the Convention —they could do as they j <in „ :\u, the same was tabled for the present. ! Mr. Ah-xaudar, of Upson, from the Committee ! : u:- ; * wait w;. v u*the Hon. Thos. W. White, Commissioner rum tueb! ate of Mississippi, j * REPORT, i tt the Committee have waited upon Mr. 1 W Lite, t i informed him of the action of this j Convention, inviting him to a seat upon the fioor \ . I t:.e Convention,’ aud express-mg the readiness I uad desire of the Convention to receive him at j Midi tiii.e ..> *ill be most agreeable lo himseil. and 1 that he informed the Committee that a would be lu Liui to appear before and sddreaa \ the Convention at noon on Monday next. Mr. W billhead offered the following resolution ; | Resolved, That when t hi# Convention adjourn i on Tuesday next, the -.>ih iu*tant, u adjourn to J meet in Savannah at the call of the President. Lies ou the table for one day, under rule. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Constitution, | Ac., reported the following Ordinance „ AN ORDINANCE, In rolation to Oaths heretofore required of Public Officers aDd Attorneys at Law. The people of Georgia, in Convention assent- ; bled, declare and ordain, That the Oath heretofore j required to be administered to Public Officers and 1 Attorneys, and Solicitors at Law, to suppoit the | Constitution of the United States, shall be hereaf ; ter discontinued. The same was read the second time and adopted, j Mr. Cobb also reported from the same Coin m it ! tee— AN ORDINANCE. To aeSne and declare what shall be Treason, and misprision of Treason, in the State of Georgia ; and also certain felonies. * The people of Georgia, in Convention assem j bled, do hereby declare and ordain, that any per | son or persons, owing allegiance to the State of ; Georgia, sball levy war against said State, or shall adhere to her enemies, giving them aid and ‘ ! comfort, within the said State, or elsewhere—or shall in the name of the late United States of j | America, or any other foreign power, seize or ! j attempt to seize, or hold possession against the ; ; declared will of said State, of any fort, arsenal, ‘ mint, or other building within the territorial limits i of said State, and shall be thereof convicted on i confession in open Court, or on the testimony of ; two witnesses to the same overt act, of the treason whereof he or she shall stand indicted— such person or persons shall be adjudged guilty of treason against the State of Georgia, and shall suffer death. Any person having knowledge of the commission of any of the treasonable acts aforesaid—and con ceals and fails to discover the same as soon as may be, to the Governor of said State, or someone of the Judges thereof, shall be guilty of misprision of treason, and ou conviction shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary not leas than five nor longer than years. Any citizen of the State of Georgia, Wherever resident, who shall, without the permission of said State, directly or indirectly, commence or carry on any verbal or written correspondence or intercourse, witl®any foreignJGovernmeut, or any agent or officer of the same, with an intent to in fluence the measures or conduct of such Govern ment adversely to the existence or interests of ‘ said State, in relation to any disputes or contro versies with said State, or to defeat the measures of the government of said State ; or if any such person, uot duly authorized, shall counsel, aid, advise, or assist iu any such correspondence, such ‘ citizen of Georgia shall be guilty of a felony, and ou conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment iu the penitentiary uot less than oue nor more than three years, and by a hue not exceeding five thousand dollars. On motion this, with several other ordinances introduced by Mr. Cobb, were ordered to be printed. Mr. Hill, of Clark, offered the following : Resolved, That th floor ot the Convention be tendered to our late Senators and Representatives in Congress. Adopted. A resolution was adopted to allow Maj. 11. J. G. Williams, Secretary of the Executive Department, who had so beautifully enrolled the Oraiuance of | Secession upon parchment, to insert the following ou said parchment : “Enrolled by 11. J. G. Wil liams.” A resolution was then offered to authorize the j Committee ou the relations of the slaveholding j Slates to nominate suitable persous to represent j Georgia before the States of North Carolina, Vir ginia, Tonuessce, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Arkatisas aud Missouri. Which was tabled for the present. Mr. Poe, of Bibb, offered the following resolu tion : Resolved, That llis Excellency the Governor, be requested to afford such facilities to the Secre tary of this Convention as will enable him to have taken a photograph of the “Ordinance of Seces sion” provided uo expense accrue to the State therefor, and provided also, that no risk of the loss of, or damage be done to said Ordinance in taking said photograph. Taken up and adopted. The Ordinance introduced yesterday by Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, relative to Postal Ar rangements, was taken up and adopted. The following Ordinance introduced yesterday by Mr. Cobb, was taken up and adopted. AN ORDINANCE. To resume jurisdiction over those places within the limits of Georgia, over which jurisdiction has been heretofore ceded to the late l/uited States “of America, aud to provide for compen sation to the said United States for the im provements erected thereon. The People of Georgia in Convention assembled, do hereby declare and ordain. That the cessions heretofore made by the General Assembly of this State granting jurisdiction to the late United States of America over specified portions of the Territory within the present limits of the State of Georgia, be and the same are hereby revoked and withdrawn, and the full jurisdiction and sove reignty over the same, are hereby resumed by the said State. Be it further ordained , That the buildings, ma chinery, fortifications or other improvements erected on the land so heretofore ceded to the said United States, or other property found there in, shall be held by this State, subject to be ac counted for in any future adjustment of the claims I between this State and the said United States. Mr. Banning, from the Committee ou the rela tions of the slaveholding States of North America, i is instructed to report the following Resolution aud recommend its adoption by the Convention. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven- ! tion uo State ought to be admitted into the new Confederacy to be formed at Montgomery, unless such State shall tolerate the existence of slavery a* one of its own domestic institutions, and shall I permit an inter-State traffic in slaves with citi zens, and that should any State at any time abol ish the institution within its limits, such State shall ipso facto cease to be a member of the said Confederacy. On motion 300 copies were ordered to be printed. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Postal Affairs, reported the following : Whereas, The policy of Direct Trade between the States of tbe South and foreign i ations as sumes more than ordinary importance in view ol the relations which the seceding States must be % to the world. Therefore, be it Resolved, That this Convention is forcibly impressed with the necessity, to the future welfare and honor of the South, of direct trade with European Nations, from some port or ports on the Atlantic coast at the South, under the dominion ol the Southern Confederacy. Resolved, That our members to the Southern Congress, to be held at Montgomery, are horeby earnestly requested to bring this subject forward at an early day before the assembly, and to urge the adoption of efficient measures to accomplish this greut measure of Southern Independence. The same was adopted. Mr. Stephens, of Taliaferro, reported the follow ing resolution : “Resolved, That the Governor be requested to have published in such newspapers as lie may think proper, ail the Ordinances of this Conven tion as they pass, that immediate and general notice may be given of tho same, unless otherwise directed by this Convention. Adopted. The Convention then went into secret session, and remained until their adjournment. “Taw.” Through the politeness of oue of the obliging Secretaries of the Executive Department, I am enabled to day, for the first time, to obtain an ac curate copy of the Ordinance of Secession, us by* the Delegates. A description of the documeut may not be uninteresting to your read ers. The Ordinance was drafted ou parchment, by Maj. H. J. G. Williams, Secretary of the Exec utive department, in u clear, bold, round, flowing hand, aud is equal in cbirographical execution t* anything of the kind extant. The parchment on which it is enrolled, and to which the signatures of the delegates are attached, is about eighteen I inches broad and about seven feet long. The sign I manual of each delegate is remarkably plain audJ bold. It will be remembered that when Stephen I Hopkins came to sign the Declaration of Indepen dence, palsy bad so shattered his nervous sys- ; tem, that his name was signed as if lie trembled. ‘ The English laughed at. what they called the far of the old man. This parchment contains the name of “Dickinson Taliaferro,” from Whitfield, written also with a paired hand. If Yankees think it fear, let them laugh, and come and hang this ola palsied patriot, by this act a “traitor.” We send your readers a Copy from the Ordi nances as filed in the office of the Secretary of State, seriatim etpunctuatim. We hope you will arrange your types as to print it just us we send it. AN ORDINANCE To dissolve the Union between the State of Geor gia and other States united with her under a compact ot Government entitled the Constitu tion of the United States of America. We, the'people of the State of Georgia, iu Con vention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, ‘that’ the Ordi nance adopted by the people of the State of Georgia, in Ocuveutiou, ou the second day ot January, in the year of our Lord seventeen hun dred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America was assented to, ratified ami adopted ; aud also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State,] ratifying and adopting amendments of the said; Constitution, are hereby rerepealed and abro gated. We do further declare and ordain, that the Union now subsisting between the State of Geor gia aud the other Stutes, under the name of the j United States of America, is hereby dissolved, j and that the State of Georgia is iu full possession t and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty w hich belong aud appertaiu to a free aud inde- ; pendent State. Ckorge W. Crawford, President, From the County of Richmond. Seaborn Hall, of Appling. James H. Latimer, of “ Alfred H. Colquitt, es Baker. Chas. D. Hammond “ Lucilius H. Rriscoe, of Baldwin. A. H. Kenan, “ Win. R. Bell, of Banks. Samuel W. Pruitt, “ John C. Lamb, of Berrien. Woodford J. Mabrv, “ E. A. Nisbet, of Bibb. Washington Poe, “ Jno.B. Lamar, “ Henry Briggs, of Brooks. Chas. S. Gauldin, “ Jno. B. Hvnes, of Bryan, i’lem C. Slater, “ Samuel L. Moore, of Bulloch. Samuel Handle, E. B. Gresham, of Burke. E ; A. Allen, “ Wm. B. Jones. u David J. Bailly, of Butts. Henry Hendricks, “ Elijah Padgett, of Calhoun. Wm. J. Sheffield, Francis M. Adams, of Camden. Nathaniel J. Patterson, “ Jas. M. Cantrell, of Campbell. Thos. C. Glover, “ Bright W. Hargrove, of Carroll. Allen Rowe, “ Benj. H. Wright, “ Wm. T. Wofford, of Cass. Turner H. Trippe, “ Hawkins F. Price, “ J. T. McConnell, of Catoosa. H. M. Smith, of Charlton. H. M. Mershon, ** Francis S. Bartow, of Chatham. Jno. W. Anderson 44 Aug. Seaborn Jones, of Chatham. Wm. Pans, of Chattahoochee, A‘ Der H. Flewellen, Lowry Williams, of Chattooga. Wesley Shropshire, 4 * John McConnell, of Cherokee. Elias E. Field, Wm. A. PeasLey, Asburv Hull, of Clarke. Thos. R. R. Cobb, 44 Jeff. Benj. F. Burnett, of Clay. WH. Davenport, Clar. Jas. F. Johnson, of Clayton. Radford E. Morrow, ’*• Thos. G. Ramsey, of Clinch. Benj. Sirraan, “ Geo. D. Rice, of Cobb. v A. A, Winn, 44 E. H. Lindley* u J. H. Frier, of Coffee. Rowan Pafford, 44 W. A. L. Collins, of Columbia. Henry R. Casey, 44 Richard S. Neal, 44 John G. Coleman, of Colquitt. H. C. Tucker, Andrew B. Calhoun, of Coweta. Joseph J Pinson, 44 William B. She'l, “ W. C. Cleveland, of Crawford, law Donors, 44 R. M. Pans, of Dade. Shadrack C. Hale, ‘■ Alfred Webb, of Dawson. Reuben H. Pierce, 44 C J. Munnerlyn, of Decatur. Richard dims, “ Rolivar H. Gee, “ George K. Smithy of PeKalb. John Sherrod Thomas, of Dooly. I Elijah Butts, “ ’ i Richard H. Clark, of Dougherty. Charles E. Mallory, “ . ] Robert W. Sheffield, of Early. j i James Bucbanau, Harris Tomlinson, of Echols. J. P. Prescott, “ 1 Ed. W. Solomons, of Effingham, j Albert G. Porter, “ i John C. Burch, of Elbert. L. H. O. Martin, “ X. L. Kirkland, of Emanuel. John Overstreet, “ Elijah W. Chastain, of Fannin. Mial M. Tidwell, of Favette. J. L. Blalock, Simpson Fouche, of Floyd. Francis Shropshire, James Word, “ g Hardy Strickland, of Forsyth. Hiram P. Bell “ S&m’l Knox, of branklin. John 11. Patrick, “ Joseph P. Logan, of Fulton. James F. Alexander, “ Luther J. Gleuu, “ Joseph Pickett, of Gilmer. William P. Milton, “ Calvin Logue, of Glascock. Joshua F. Usry, “ i). H. B. Troup, of Glynn. John L. Harris, “ N. M. Crawford, of Greene, T. N. PoulUin, Sr., “ R. J. Willis, Wm. H. Dabney, of Gordon. James Freeman, “ Robert M. Y'oung, 44 [No signers from Gwinnett county.] R. 0. Ketchum, of Habersham. S. Sisk, “ E. M. Johnson, of Hall. Linton Stephens, of Hancock. Benj. T. Harris, “ Thomas M. Turner, “ Win. J. Head, of Haralson. Abner R. Walton, “ D. P. Hill, of Harris. Wm. J Hudson, “ E. D. Williams, “ Richard F. Hill, of Hart. James E. Skelton, “ Rufus P. Wood, of Heard. Charles W. Mabry, F. E. Man sou, of Henry. E. B. Arnold, “ John If. Low. “ John Mason Giles, of Houston. B. W. Brown, “ Daniel Franklin Gunn, “ - M. Henderson, of Irwin. Jacob Young, “ John J. McCulloch, of Jackson. John G. Pittman, “ Dilmus R. Lyle, “ Aris Newton, Sen. of Jasper. R. Jordan, H. V. Johnson, of Jefferson. George Stapleton, “ Wm. Hurst, of Johnson. J. R. Smith, “ James M. Gray, of Jones. Peyton T. Pitts, “ Nathan Tucker, of Laurens. John W. YoppJ “ Goode Bryan, of Lee. W. B. Richardson, “ W. I>. Fleming, of Liberty. S. M. Varnadoe, LaFayette Lauiar, of Lincoln. Isaiah 11. Tilman, of Lowndes. Charles H. M. llowell, “ Win. Martin, of Lumpkin. William H. Robinson, of Macon. Jos. J. Carson, “ James S. Gholstou, of Madison. A. C. Daniel, “ William M. Brown, of Marion. James M. Harvey, James M. Harris, of Mclntosh. G. W. M. Williams, “ Hiram Warner, of Merrivvether. Wm. 1). Martin, 44 Henrv It. Harris, “ Charles I*. Whitehead, of Miller. William James Cheshire, “ J. C, Street, of Milton. JacKsou Graham, “ William T. Cox, of Mitchell. Jesse Reed, “ Hiram Phinazee, of Monroe. Robert L. Koddey, “ John T. Stephens 44 [No siguers from Montgomery county.] Augustus Reese, of Morgan. Thomas P. Saff’old, “ Euclid Waterhouse, of Murray. Auderson Farnsworth, 44 Henry L. Penning, of Muscogee. A. Rutherford, 44 James N. Ramsey, 44 A. Means, of Newton. Purmedus Reynolds, “ % Williams S. Montgomery, 44 W. Willingham, of Oglethrope. Daniel I). Johnson, 44 \ Samuel Glenn, “ t John Y. Allgood, of Paulding. Henry Leston, 44 William T. Day, of Pickens. J. W. Stephens, ot Pierce. Knock 1). Hendry, “ It. JL Gardner, of Pike Geo. M. McDowell, 44 W. West; of Polk. Thomas W. Deupree, 44 C. M. Bozeman, of Pulaski. TeomasJ. McGriff, “ l>. C. Adams, of Putnam. Richard T. Davis, 44 Lewis T. Dozier, of Quitman-. E. C. Ellington, “ Samuel Beck, of Rabun. Horace W. Cannon, “ Arthur Hood, of Randolph. Marcellos Douglass, 44 John Piiiuizy, of Richmond. Ignatius Poultney Garvin, 44 Wm. A. Black, of Schlev. Hiram L. French, “ Curtis Humphreys, of Screven. J. Lawton Singleton, “ Henry Moore, of Spalding. Wm. G. Dewbarry, 44 James Hilliard, of Stewart. James A. Fort, 44 George Y. Banks, “ Timothy M. Furlow, of Sumter. Willis A. Hawkins, 44 Henry Davenport, Jr., 44 Levi B. Smith, of Talbot. William R. Neal, 44 A. 11. Stephens, of Taliaferro. Toby H. Perkins, “ Benjamin Brewton, of Tatnall. H. Strickland, 44 Henry 11. Long, of Taylor. Wm. J. F. Mitchell, “ James Williamson, ol Telfair. Hugh McLean, “ William Uerington, Terrell. Demethius A. Cochrane, 44 Aug. Harris Hansell, of Thomas. Samuel B. Spencer, % 44 William G. Ponder, 44 John Corn, of Towns. Elijah Kimsey, 44 Benjamin ll.’Hill, of Troup. Wm. P. Beasley, “ James M. Beall, 44 John Fitzpatrick, of Twiggs. Stephen U. Richardson, “ J. i*. Wellborn, of Union. James S. Huggins, “ Thomas S. Sharman, of Upson. Peter W. Alexander, “ G. G. Gordon, of Walker. R. B. Dickerson, “ Thomas A. Sharpe, “ George Spence, of Walton. Wiih.s Kilgore, 44 Henry I). McDaniel, 44 Carey W. Styles, of Ware. William A. McDonald, “ Madison D. Cody, of Warren. Ntßliauiel A. Wicker, 44 E. b. Lauginade, ot Washington. Lewis Bullard, “ A. O. Haines, 44 Henry li. Fort, Jr , of Wayne. Henry A. Cannon, “ Peter F. Brown, of Webster. M. H. Bush, Elijah F. Starr, of White. Isaac Bowen, “ Smith Turner, of Wilcox. Daniel A. McLeod, 44 R. Toombs, of Wilkes. V J. J. Robertson, “ R. J. Cochrane, of Wilkinson. X. A. Carswell, 1). Taliferro, of Whitfield. Francis A. Thomas, 44 John M. .Jackson, 44 Terrell T. Mounger, of Worth. K. G. Ford, Jr., Attest: A. It. Lamar, Sec’y. This January 21, 1861. Enrolled by 11. J. G. Williams. Your readers w ill see that all of the delegates have s.gntd except from Gwinnett 3, from Mont gomery 2, from Talbot i, from Lincoln 1, from ; i> Kalb 1, from Fannin 1, from Pickens 1, from Hall 1, from Catoosa 1, irom Lumpkin 1— in all 1 13. Mr. Strother, from Lincoln, will sign it as : soon as he is able to leave u bed of sickness. The same may be said of Mr. Marshall, of Talbot. Hon. Charles Murphy, of DeKalb died just pre j vious to the meeting of the Convention. This I leaves io who refuse to sign. Seven of tiiose ! gentlemen entered their protest, winch I sent your i readers. TENTH DAV. I Millbdgrville, Ga., Jan. ‘2O, 1861.—For the I first time in several days the sun showed its bright | face. The streets of this quiet little city present j a very muddy appearance. ! The Convention met at 10 o’clock A. M., and ; was opened with prayer by Rev. William Flinn. i On motion of Mr. Bartow, of Chatham, the doors i of the Convention were closed, and remained ! closed for about fifteeu minutes. | When the doors again were opened we of the i press took our positions (standing) in the gallery. , Although the day was far from being pleasant and ’ the streets in no condition for pedestriunism, vet i carriages full of ladies came up to the capitol aud j tilled the galleiies to overflowing, j Mr. Styles, of Ware, from the Committee on Elections, to whom had been referred the case of the disputed election in Wayne county, reported j that they had examined the election returns from ; that county —that they were in the forms of law, j and the superintendents ot that election gave to ! the sitting member, Hon. Henry A. Cannon, acer- ! lificate ofelection. Furthermore, that the gentle | man who contested this election objected to the return only on account of the action of the super intendents in rejecting the return from one of the i precincts, on the ground that the superintendents I of said precinct had failed to be qualified accord j ing to law. The Committee found ou investiga i tion, that the superintendents had failed to quali j fy according to law,’and their return ought to ! have been rejected. If the return of that precinct | had been counted, the vote between the sitting | member and the contestant would have been a tie. The Committee also found that the contestant had not proceeded according to the act of 18-34, in re ference to contested elections, aud therefore the case could not legally come before the Conven tion. Mr. Styles took it upon himself to say in justification ot‘ the course of the sitting member, that he had beeu informed that he retused t<?take his seat until requested so to do by a majority of his constituents since the election. For all these reasons, the Committee reported a resolution, j that Hon. Henry A. CaDnon is entitled to a seat j ’ ou this floor as delegate from the county of ; ’ Wayne. The report was taken up and agreed to unani mously. Mr. Shropshire, of Floyd, from the Committee to enquire into the power of the Convention, as to the reduction of the members of the General As sembly, aod if they thought necessary to report an Ordinance to carry out the above object, made a report. He said that there was a difference of opinion among the Committee, as to whether this Convention had the power to take such action. A majority, however, had agreed to report an Ordi nance on the subject to take effect only when the people had Lad a chance to vote on it. The Secretary then read anOrdinance to amend the 3d, 4th, 7th, and Bth sections of the Ist Art. ol the Constitution of this State. The provisions of the Ordinance are: 1. The Senate to consist ol forty members. 2. The State to be districted off similar to our present Congressional Districts. 3. Senators to be 25 years of age, and at least five years a citizen of ibis State and one t ear a citizen of the county from wtiich he is sent. 4. The House of Representatives to consist of } 132 members, from each county. 5. A Representative to be at least 21 years old, • | and five years a citizeu t of Georgia, aud one year a ! citizen of the county from which he comes. I 6. This Ordinance not to invalidate the Commis ! sion of the present Legislature. ! 7. The first election under this Ordinance to J take effect Oct. Ist, 1861. i ] 8. Governor to submit the question of the adop ! tion or rejection of this Ordinance to the people in | April. . j j Mr. Mallory presented the views of a miLoniv of the in a minority report, wbiefi j j bers of the Legislature, that if the people so de- \ sired, let a Convention be called for that purpose, j But if the Convention decided that they had the ‘ . power, then the minority would differ from the ! majority, as to the manner of so doing. The mi- j nority then presented a plan. Ist. The Senate to consist of eight from each Congressional District as now laid out, or may be j by the Southern Congress at Montgomery. I -d. No two Senators to come from the same | county. goes on to say that in the opinion pf the minority ! the Convention was not called to reduce the num- ; | 3d. Qualifications of Senators to be the same as now required except so far as refers to citizen ship of the United States is concerned. 4th. The twenty largest counties to have two Representatives, all the remainder one. i oth. Qualification of Representative to be the , same as now required, excepting citizenship in tbe U. S. Mr. Beall, of Troup, said that be desired to pre sent a substitute for both of the reports, which , was laid on the table. It is as follows : Ist, The number of Senators to be fifty-seven ; to be distributed according to population and wealth ; which is to be decided by future action of the Convention, iid. The number of Representa tives one liuudrod and twenty-three. Also to be decided by future action. The Chair ruled the whole matter as out of or der, on the ground that this Convention was not ! called lor such purpose, aud the people did not I contemplate such action when they sent us here. I An appeal was taken from the decision of the j Chair. Mr. Toombs, of Wilkes, said that it mattered little what might be his opinion as to the merits of this question. He arose to request members to postpone actiou on it for the present. When they came into that hall, they came under a Gov ernment; they had thought proper to destroy that Government. The tiist business, then, for us all to do, is to go to work aud build up another one. Let us act on our Federal Relations first. Then, we are better prepared to< look after home mat ters. The people can wait for the reduction, they cannot wait for a Government. Mr. Cobb, of Clark, then moved that the whole subject he on the table until alter the recess, and that 300 copies of both reports, and the substi tute, be printed for the use of the Convention. Agreed to. .Mr. Hamilton, of Lumpkin, iutroduceda resolu tion to instruct the Committee ou Foreign Rela tions to inquire into the propriety of having some change made on the present die lor stamping coiu at the Mint at Duhlonega, and to inquire into the expediency of having Stale Coin struck at said Mint. Adopted. A motion was then made, aud lost, to add Mr. Hamilton to that Committee. The resolutions of Mr. Johnson, of Clayton, to have 25,000 copies of the resolution in favor of secession; the Ordiuauce of Secession, and the ] uamesofthe siguers, printed for the use of the ! Convention, were laid on the table for the bul- I ance of the session. j Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Postal and Commercial Arrangements, reported au Or j dinance to continue iu iorce the revenue laws of ] the late United States, hs provisions are : Ist. j It authorizes the Collectors of Customs to hold i their positions for the present, and to receixe and collect customs. 2d. Postmaster* are to hold their positions for tbe present until further or ders. 3d. Custom House officers are to clear ves sels as formerly for the present. 4th. lu case of the discontinuance of the postal service by the Government of the Uuited States, the Governor is authorised to make temporary arrangements. sth. In cuse of the resignation or refusal to serve of any officer, the Governor to have the power to appoint. On motion of Mr. Huderson, 300 copies were ordered to be printed, and the Ordinance made the especial order for Monday next. UNITED STATES COURTS. The next business in order was the considera tion of the Ordinance introduced on yesterday by Mr. T. R. R. Gobb, front the Committee on Con stitution, Ac 7, as follows : AN ORDINANCE To abolish the Circuit asd District Courts of the United States for the District of Georgia, n>ul to establish other Courts in lieu thereof, and to continue in force certain Judgments and Exe cutions. The people of Georgia in Convention assembled hereby declare and ordain, that the Circuit and Districts Courts of the late United states for the State of Georgia, be aud the same are hereby ! abolished as Courts of the said United States ; and ! the same are liereoy re-established as Courts of | the independent State of Georgia, with the same ] jurisdiction and powers as they had under the laws of the United States—except so far as the same are modified by the ordinances of this Con vention. 2. The commissions of all the Judges and off! cers of said Courts are hereby terminated; and the Governor of this State is hereby authorized to appoint and commission Judges and officers of said Courts to hold their commisslDiis until the further action of this Convention. 3. The causes now pending in said Courts, civil and criminal, are continued without prejudice in the Courts hereby established, and the judgments and decrees heretofore reudered therein, and the executions issued thereon shall lose mdPight, lien or validity by the operation of this ordinance or the ordinance of secession, but shall continue in force as if the said Courts remained in existence. Which was read the second time. Mr. Clark, of Dougherty, moved to amend, by extending the provisions of the act of 1860, gene rally called the suspension law, over the Courts. Amendment accepted. Mr. Clark then moved to amoud by allowing tbe Governor on tbe happening of certain contingen* ces, to announce to the world, that the citizens of certain States, not in actual war, should not be allowed to sue in Georgia Courts. Mr. C. in advo cacy of his amendment, said, that circumstances might arise in which wc ought not to allow the citizens of such States to be made parties in our courts. For instance, lie bad seen from tbe pa lters, that the Police ot New \ ork had seized upon Georgia arms. If this is so, citizens of New York State should not be allowed to sue here. An in teresting discussion ensued, as to the right to pass such an amendment. Messrs. Kenan, Cobb, Hill and Hood against, aud Messrs. Toombs, Clark. Bartow and others in favor. 1 have already tresspassed upon your columns, to such an extent, that I will not send it. The amendment was agreed to, and the Ordi nance passed, by ayes 2u4 and nays 54. Mr. Hood, of Randolph, offered an amendment to the Ordinance, which was cut off’ by the call lor the previous question, it was to abolish all United States Courts, and Georgia to tuice charge of them. The following Ordinance, relative to Treason, Ac., also introduced by the same Committee yes terday, was taken up and read. [The Ordinance will be found in Friday’s pro cedings.] Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, moved to amend by striking out the second paragraph. He gave as a reason for it, that it rendered the crime of Trea son of .so complicated a nature, as to confound and confuse rather tiian simplify law. Mr. Cobb, of Clark, said, that be hoped tbe House would not agree to that rnotiou. These words and this section, have been drawn almost literally from the definitions as given in the law's of the late United States. Not a State iu the Union is without the same law. The motion to strike out was lost. Mr. Price, Cass, moved to strike out the third section. Mr. Cobb said lie hoped not. Georgia had a simi lar law on her statute book. If there is an ene my in our midst conspiring against our welfare, he ought to go to the Penitentiary. The motion to strike out was lost. The Ordinance was then adopted. The next Ordinance iu order was one introduced ou yesterday by Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on the Constitution, Ac., as follows : AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING CITIZENSIIIP. We, the people of the State of Georgia, in Con vection assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained : Ist. Every person who at the date of the Ordi nance of Secession was residing in this State, aud j was then, by birth, residence or naturalization, a citizen of this State, shall continue a citizen ot this State unless a foreign residence shall be established by such person, with the intention of expatriation. 2d. So, also, shall continue every free white person who after the date aforesaid may be born within the territory of this State, or may be born outside of that territory, of a father who was then a citizen of this State. 3d. So, also, every person, a citizen of any one of the States now or lately confederated under the name of the United States of America, who within twelve months after the date of the Ordi nance of Secession, shall come to reside iu this State, with the intention of remaining, upon such persons taking the oath of allegiance to this State below’ provided. 4th. So, also, every free white person, who shall be engaged in the actual service, military or naval, of the Slate, and shall take au oath of his inten tion to continue in such service lor at least three months, unless sootier discharged honorably, and, also, the outn of allegiance below prescribed. In this case, the oaths shall be administered by some commissioned officer of the service in which the ’ applicant for citizenship may he engaged, superior in rank to the applicant, and thereupon certificate of the citizenship of the applicant shall be signed by the officer and delivered to the applicant. sth. So, also, every person not a citizen of any of the States above mentioned, at the date afore said, who may come to reside in this State, with j the inteutiou of remaining, and may be natural j ized according to the naturalization laws of this i State. Until they may be altered or repealed, | the naturalization laws of the United States, ac commodated to the special condition of the State, are hereby made the law's ot this State, except that instead of the oaths required by those laws in the final Act, the oath of allegiance to this State, and of abjuration below provided, shall be taken. 6th. In all cases, the citizenship of a man shall extend to his wife present or future, whenever she shall have a residence iu the State, aud shall extend, also, to each of his children, that} un der the age of eighteen years, may have a resi dence in the State. Iu like manner, the citizen ship of a woman shall extend to each of her child ren, that under the age of eighteen years, may have a residence in the State ; Provided , That in no case, shall citizenship extend to any person, who is not a free white person. 7th. That the oath ot allegiance to this State, shall be iu the following form, to wit : “I do swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and true allegiance bear to the State of Georgia so long as I may continue a citizen thereof.” I stb. The oath of abjuration shall be in the fol i lowing form, ta wit: “I do swear (or affirm; that I do renounce and forever abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every prince, potentate, State or sovereignty whatsoever, except the State of Geor gia.” Which was read. Mr. Cobb moved to amend by inserting after the word “now,” on the second line of the 3d section, the words “or lately.” Agreed to. The ordinance passed as amended. Mr. Benning moved to take up the report of the Committee on the Relations of the Slaveholding Relations of North America. Agreed to. The report was read as follows: Mr. Benning, from the Committee on the Rela tions of the Slaveboldtng States of North Ameri ca, is instructed by that Committee to report the following resolution, and to recommend its adop tion by the Convention : te*ohed, That in the opinion of this Conven tion no State ought to be admitted into the new Confederacy to be formed at Montgomery, unless such State shall tolerate the existence of Slavery •! one of its domestic institutions, and shall per mit an inter-State traffic in slaves with its citizens, j and that should any State at any time abolish the ! institution within its limits, such State shall ipso ‘ facto cease to be a member of the said Coufeder } acy. i Various amendments were proposed, and on ; motion the whole subject was referred back to the i Committee from whence it erninated, with instruc ! tions to report at a a early day. i The next Ordinance in order was as follows : AX ORDINANCE I To adopt and continue in force the laws of the late United States, in the State of Georgia, ex cept as therein excepted. The people of Georgia in Convention assembled j do declare and ordain as follows : Sec. 1. ihat such and so much of the laws of j the late United States as are not inconsistent with the Ordinance of secession, and the other Ordi : nances of this Convention, and as are applicable j and adapted to our present condition and necessi- j ties, be, and the same are hereby adopted and j continued in force in this State —saving and ex- j cepiing, Lowever, the laws on the subjects follow- f ing, to-wit: The Army, Bouuty Lands, Cadets,! j Census, Coasting Trade, Treason, Fisheries, the j : Navy, Lands, Pensions, Printing, Public Money, Timber, Treasury Department, and the War De- i partment. Sec. 2. That in ail cases in which remedies are provided in civil cases, or punishments are pre scribed in crimiual cases, both by the laws of the i said United States, and by the* existing laws of this State—then, and in ail such cases, the laws of tbit State, shall take precedence to, and be ad ministered before tbe said laws of the U. States. adjournment to savannah. Mr. Whitehead called up his resolut.on, iotrq- , duced yesterday, that when the Convention ad- J jonrn, it meet again, at the call of the President, at Savaunah. 1 Mr. Corn, of Towns, offered a substitute, that when they adjourn they do so to meet at the cal! of the President in Milledgeville ; or in case of the death of the President to be called together by the Governor. Mr. Toombs said that he hoped this whole mat ter would be allowed to lie over. The Convention were now here and at work. There was a great deal of work to do. The public records are at the Capitol, and it is almost indispensably necessary , to be at the Capitol. If any member wanted to : go to Savannah ou a pleasure excursion after the ; Convention adjourns, I will go with him—but let ! us stand to our work until it is finished. The whole matter was laid on the table for the present. Mr. Nesbit, of Bibb, introduced a resolution to appoint a Committee, to inquire into the propriety of establishing a State Armory. The Convention adjourned until 11 o’clock Monday morning. I went to the office to-day and took out of my ; box, your issues of ,lau. 2tth, (Thursday,) Jan. li.'.th, (Friday,) and Jan. 24th, (to-day.) I know not what is the matter. In one of those 1 notice the absence of my letter, and two published on I one dav. I will say this to your readers: the ; mail closes at this place for Augusta at 7 o’clock. : At uo time since I have been corresponding tor you, have I beeu later than 6% o’clock in getting j iny letter in the mail. I have received but four Chronicles since the Convention met. Ferret out I the laggard. Inform the Postmaster, that al though the State has seceded, Joseph E. lirown Governor, Ac., will be looking them up very shortly in case of neglect. “Taw.” j Chronicle & Sentinel. AUGUSTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY MOBNTNU.M.VVY 90, I*6l. OUR TERMS.—Single copies, $2 per annum; three copies $5 ; six copies Jill; ten copies sls. Invariably in advance. No name will be enter ed on our subscription books unless the money accompanies the order. The notes of all specie paying banks taken at par. We employ- no travelling agents. WE ALWAYS stop the Chronicle 4 Senti nel at the end of the year, or the time for which it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive due notice by letter, so that if you wish to con tinue it, it would be well to renew your subscrip tion at least two weeks before the time expires. WB C ANNOT change the address of a sub scriber unless he gives us his former as well as his present address. Military Election. —An official notice appears in anotherlcolumn, that an election for Colonel to command the 79th Regiment, G. M., will be held in the several election precincts of Richmond county on the 18th of February next. Meredith’s “Baby-Wakcr” was brought out, and a salute fired last Saturday evening, in honor of the secession of Louisiana. The Constitutionalist of Tuesday publishes the letter of resignation of Capt. W. M. Gardner, of this county. New Military Company. —A meeting of a num ber of the citizens of the lower part of the city, principally from the Ist Ward, met at the Hough ton Institute last Saturday night, pursuant to ad journment, for the formation of a military com- pany. About forty-five names were enrolled, and the following officers elected : Captain—E. V. Sharpe. Ist Lieutenant—E. Richards. 2d “ J. 11. Taliaferro. 3d “ Willis Seat. Ist Sergeant—J. If. Rodgers. 2d “ J. M. Gkrmqn. 3d “ John M. Weiole. 4th “ 11. Martin. sth “ Geo. Pearce. Ist Corporal—E. 11. Thompson. 2d “ J. F. Fcss. 3d “ Geo. P. Weigel., 4th “ John Piiilpot. The name adopted was the Independent Blues. Uniform of the “ Independent Blues.” —The uniform of this new Military Company, which was fully organized on Saturday night last, is as follows : The uniform of a private will consist of a dark blue frock coat, made after the style of tbe present U. S. coat for privates, with a single row of gilt buttons, with tbe Georgia coat of arms thereon. The pants are to be of the same mate rial, plain, ‘flic hat is to be black, of tbe same material, after the stylstof tbe present IJ. S. bat, with a white silk star two inches in diameter upon a blue ground; the left hand side of tie hat turned up. The uniform of the commissioned officers is io be the same as that of privates, with a double row of gilt buttons to the coat; and hat the same, with a white ostrich feather ou the left side. This will make a very neat, substantial dress; and when the “ Blues” have their first turn-out in these new home-made habiliments, we shall give them a “ first-rate notice.” Le Bon Ton. —This magnificent Monthly report of Paris Fashions for February, is again in ad. vance on our tabic. When the celebrated Dr. Johnson was asked which he thought was the best of Shakespeare’s plays?—he replied the one he last read. So with the Bon Ton —all are good, but tlie last number is always the best. Price $5 a year. Address S. T. Taylor & Son., 407 Broad way, N. Y. LOUISIANA SECEDED. Baton Rouge, Jan. 2ii. —In the State Conven tion to-day, at 10 minutes past 1 o’clock, the fol lowing was declared to be the result, of the vote on the adoption of the Ordinance of Immediate Secession:—Yeas 113—Nays 17. A Card. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 2,1,1861. Sir:—l am in receipt of your communication of this hist., notifying me of my election on Saturday last, to tlie command of the “Augusta Volunteer Battalion. Allow me through you to tender to the Battal ion the high sense I entertain of the honor thus conferred upon me, and to express the pleasure with which 1 accept of it. 1 am Sir, Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t Alfred Cumming. To Lieut. J. V. H. Allen, Adjutant A. I. V. B. The Charleston papers publishes a letter from Byrd Douglas, of Nashville, Tenn,, enclosing a check for SI,OOO, to be appropriated to the de fence of South Carolina. A Washington dispatch dated the 20th, says:— Two nights ago, Fort Pickens, Fla., was in imme diate danger of assault; but since, a dispatch, signed by numerous secessionists in Congress, lias been sent thither, their friends urging them by all means to avoid a collision with the Federal forces. There seems to be no danger, therefore, of an immediate conflict in that quarter. Colonel Totten of the War Department, it is stated, has received a dispatch from Governor Pickens, refusing permission to officers to visit Fort Sumter on regular inspection duty. Change of Name. We inadvertently neglected to notice the change of name of our neighbor of the True Democrat. — That paper is now called the Daily Republic —the name of a paper formerly edited and published by Mr. Smythe, which was devoted to the old time honored principles of the Whig party, and to the support of Henry Clay. We are truly glad to see this indication of a return to first principle *, and tr ue principles. “Homogeneous.” —This awkward word has gme into very fashionable use of late. It signifies “having the same nature.” It is vehemeutly in sisted upon, that all the slave States are “homo geneous.” Now we should bo glad to know what “horaogenety” there is between Delaware and Florida, or between Georgia and Missouri ? We are afraid that in the Southern Confederacy these “homogeneous” States will be found rather “het erogeneous.” Therefore, we are in favor of our State “going it alone.” Mr. Bowes, the newly elected Mayor of Toronto, Canada, in a late speech to the Council, stated that large accessions to the population might soon be expected on account of the troubles in the United States, and recommended a policy in regard to taxation, Ac., as will especially favor such emi gration. _ Address of Virginia Congressmen to the Peo-’ i'le of Virginia. —Ten Virginia Congressmen have sent out an address to the people of Virginia, giving a view of the Congressional proceedings in reference to the great question of the day and the probable action of Congress, saying that it is vain to hope for any measures of conciliation or ad justment from Congress which the people of the South could accept. Also, saying they are satified that the Republican party designs by civil war alone to coerce the Southern States under the pre text of enforcing the laws, and unless it shall be come speedily apparent that the seceding States are so numerous, determined and united as to make such an attempt hopeless. The address concludes by expressing the solemn conviction that prompt and decided action by the people of Virginia, in Convention, will afford the surest means, under the Providence of God, in averting the impending civil war, and preserving a hope of reconstructing a Union already dissolved. —~ -Wtt— — \ Accident.— We regret to learn that one of our most worthy delegates to the State Convention, Dr. Wn. A. L. Collins, of Columbia County, was seriously injured on Sunday evening last, while on his return from Mil ledge ville. He left this city on the afternoon train Sunday, and going from Thomson to his residence, after nearly reach ing home, the horses attached to bis buggy ran away, throwing the Dr. and the driver violently against a tree. We hope the injury is not dan gerous. The Flag of South Carolina. —The Charles ton Mercury says : “On Saturday last both Houses of the General Assembly finally concur red in the design of the flag which is hereafter to ( represent the Sovereign State of South Carolina. The field is dark blue. Upon the upper inn'er • corner of the flag is the crescent, in white, the ! horns pointing upward. In the middle of the flag j is an oval, in white, emblazoned with a golden | palmetto, upright.” Fatal Affray at Friar’s Point, Miss.— af. fray occurred at Friar’s Point, Coahoma county, Miss., on the 19tb, between Mr. Clark Bobo and Dr. A. Whitaker, in which the former was K.lled. Whitaker was arrested. - Both gentlemen J Weae among the most esteemed citizens of the county, and the sad affair has cast a gloom over the com ‘ munity. = military Matter*. Wednesday had been fixed upon for a review of the Augusta Volunteer Battalion by Gov. Brown, and a notice to that effect was published. The several companies were to form in front of the City Hotel, at 11 o’clock, A. M. But the weather was so forbidding—the rain pouring ceaselesslv, as it had done for the most of the night previous —that the idea of a parade was abandoned. The Oglethorpe Int mtry and Richmond Hussars how ever, marched up to tbe Planters’ Hotel, aud paid the commander-in-chief the honor of a salute. Gov. B. appeared upon the balcony, aud spoke briefly to the soldiers and citizens assembled, lie paid a well-merited compliment to the companies, strongly assorting liis conviction that they would be found ready at any moment to act in the ser vice of the State of Georgia. lie alluded also to the recent action of the State Convention which had passed the Ordinance of Secession, with al most entire unanimity. Wo were unable to take notes of his remarks, aud caDnot therefore report them in full. After apologizing to the soldiers for keeping them longer in the storm, the Governor retired, notwithstanding the repeated cries of “Go on,” “Go on,” from the crowd. The Oglethorpes turned out with very full ranks, as" Bid the Hussars. They were well equipped to battle with an enemy or the elements. A detacbmeut of the Burke Sharp Shooters, un der command of Capt. Holmes, were also on hand, and remained over until Thursday. 0 Capt. Stcrges, of the Burke Guards, also vo lunteered his services, and took position as a private in the ranks of the Oglethorpe Infantry. Gen. llarriss and his Stall’, of the Georgia Mi litia, were here, aud held a conference with the Governor. The Mounted Riflemen, Capt. Kirkpatrick, made their first appearance Wedesnday. The two companies of Minute Men also muster ed on that day. These military movements, and tlie presence of Gov. Brown iu the city, were understood to be for the purpose of taking possession of the Arsenal at the Sand Hills. We have the authority of the Dispatch for saying that Gov. H. on Wednesday sent a message to Capt. Ellskt, in command of the Arsenal, though Col. W. Phillips, of his Stall'. The result had not transpired, but it is believed it was not satisfactory. The volunteer corps and militia were under 01- ders for that morning, being notified, we believe, to report themselves for duty at S o’clock A. M. What the day’s proceedings were appears below. Military Muster Thursilay—Cnpituln-! tiou 01 the Augusta Arsenal. j Thursday was one of the liveliest days of the season among our soldiery. The weather was any thing but pleasant; morning and the rain clouds broke simultaneously; but nothing daunted by the discouraging aspect of things overhead aud under foot, the several companies promptly responded to the call to arms, and hastily bolting their breakfasts, the men assembled at their drill rooms at 8 o’clock, to await the orders of the commander itrehtef. About 9 o’clock, an order was received for (heir dismissal, to meet again at 1 o’clock P. M. This order gave considerable dissatisfaction, as the troops were all ready for active service ; but of course tbev yielded gracefully to the fiat of a higher power, and scattered in all directions- - making our streets look like the headquarters of a large army. And there was indeed a formida ble force—amounting, probably, to one thousand strong. The Clinch Rifles mustered about 80 men ; the Oglethorpe Infantry about 90 men. The Irish Volunteers, Montgomery Guards, Washington Artillery, Richmond Hussars, com panies “A” and “B” Minute Men, all turned out with full ranks. In this enumeration the Georgia Militia must not be forgotten. Although in plain citizens’ dress, they are an exceedingly formidable body ot soldiers, and can do creditable execution, if need be. Tbe company from the 122d district, (First Ward) numbered 75 men. The officers are : Capt. H. L. Leox ; Ist Lieut. E. Richards ; 2d Lieut. Wm. Bottom ; Ensign A. 11. Crump. The 600th district, (Fourth Ward,) numbered SO men The officers are : Capt. Wm. Davis ; Ist ‘Lieut. J. 11. Spears ; 2d Lieut. A. M. Houslev ; Ensign Jas. Dunham. There was also a respectable de tachment from Hie 120th district, Second Ward,) under command of Capt. .1. A. Dortic. We are thus particular in speaking of the Georgia Militia, because there is the “timber” there of which effective soldiers are made. And, by the way, we must not forget to mention that during their parade, the Militia marched up to the Planters’ Hotel and sainted Gov. Brown, giving him three cheers us President of the new Repub lic of Georgia. Os the companies from abroad, there were the Burke Sharp Shooters, Capt. Holmes ; and march ing iu the ranks.with the Oglethorpes was a de tachment of the Greene Cos. Volunteers, dressed in Continental uniform, with the new U. S. hat and white feather. Although not exactly from abroad, the “Piney Woods Rangers,” under command of Capt Kirk patrick, helped to augment the number ready lor duty. But there was uo call lor these gallant men to engage in actual service. They met at 1 o’clock P. M., when it was announced that Capt. Elzey had capitulated, and the Augusta Arsenal wasnow in possession of the State. All hopes of work on the Sand Hills being abandoned, the several corps paraded in their own way—making u good dis j lay, notwithstanding the difficulty of marching in the mud—and were dismissed. Gov. Brown went up to the Arsenal about 9 A. M., aud had a long conference with Capt. Elzey. IV e get the terms of surrender and other details from an intelligent military friend, who is posted. Capt. E., it is understood, wished to make it a condition of the capitulation that they should take their arms with them when they left the post; but to this Gov. B. would not consent, as he said they had brought none with them, and could take none away. It was finally agreed that they should make a full surrender of the Arsenal and all the arms and munitions of war it contained. Capt. Elzby then, about 12 M., fired a national salute of 33 guns, lowered the stars and stripes from the flag-staff, and formally gave up the position. The independent flag of the Republic of Georgia was then hoisted in its stead, and thfe affair was over. Capt. Elzey and his men are allowed a suitable time for retiring, carrying the necessary baggage. We understand that a detachment of ten men was detailed from the Ogletborpes, to take charge of the Arsenal. They will, of course, be relieved by guards from the other volunteer companies ol* the city—the same system being adopted, proba bly, as in guarding the Powder Magazine. We learn, also, that the Washington Artillery went up to the Arsenal in the afternoon, and fired a salute. The statement is probably correct, as we heard firing in that direction. By the taking of the Arsenal, Georgia secures the possession of a tine battery of two 12-pound howitzers, tw# cannon, and some 22,000 muskets and rifles, many of them of the best kind. There are also large stores of powder, cannon balls, grape, etc. NKW BOOKS. 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Many of these tales and fables are highly interesting and instructive; while the illustrations are quaint, characteristic and well executed. The series will be popular here as well as in Germany. The Adventures of John Capkn Adams, Moun taineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California. By Theodore H. Hittell. Boston : Crosby, Nichols, Lee A Company. These adventures of an itinerant New Englauder are sufficiently thrilling to interest the young, who delight in reading of moving accidents by flood and field, and hair’s-Ig-eadth escapes from the clutches of savage beasts of prey. Whether it be a veracious history or not, we cannot decide; but the author tells his narrative in a plain, straight forward way, without circumlocution or rhetoric al flourishes. Passionately fond of travel and novelty, with an inborn love of hunting, it would would be strange if, with a good pair of eyes, and a mind stored with a modicum of common sense, he could not tell us something of interest. The volume is well illustrated. This, and the volumes noticed above, are issued in that style of elegance and taste for which the Publishers, Messrs. Crosby, XichoLs, Lee A Cos., are distinguished. Ex-Presiden Tyler, Commissioner from Virginia, on Thursday last, had an interview with President Buchanan. The latter is reported to have ex pressed the opinion that there would be no col lision between the Federal forces and those of the seceding States during the remainder of his ad ministration. Incorrect Rumors.—The Montgomery Adver tiser , of Tuesday 22d, says : “One of the editors of this paper is at home on lurlough, and will ro-- turn in a few days to Pensacola. All rumors in regard to the re-inforccinent of fort Pickens, oi the voluntary surrender of Lieutenant slimmer, or the intention of Gen. Cas to make an immedi ate attack on Fort Pickens, are entirely formed upon conjecture, and are incorrect so far as the writer of this article has bad an opportunity ot ascertaining.” TUc Southern t oiigrcu, It seems that, by a sort of general couscnt, we are to have a Southern Congress, called to meet at Montgomery, iu the State of Alabama, on next Monday week, the Ith-of February. So far as we are advised, we believe that four States have, by their Conventions, appointed delegates, and very worthy delegate they are, as a general thing. Mississippi has no delegates yet, we believe, but Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina have duly- accredited theirs. The design of this Congress, as we understand it, is to organize anew Confederacy of the seced ing slaveholding States, and such other slave holding States as shall shortly secede and join the first, and to organize a sort of Provisional Govern ment, intended, we believe, to prepare for the general defence of those States which are linked together by a common interest iu the peculiar in stitution, aud which are threatened with coercion by the late Federal Union. We do not believe that it is the iuterest of Georgia, the Empire | State of the South, to form any more Unions, i looking to the history of the past, especially as it 1 is now required on all hands that any new Union ! shall contain a distinct constitutional provision for secession—that is, a plain declaration that the Government to be formed is, in fact, just.no Gov ernment at all. In the progress of events it may. become politic, aye even necessary, for this Em pire of ours to take possession of tbe peninsula of Florida, for the purpose of strengthening itself, by holding the key of the Gulf, and even perhaps to re-annex her ancient territory of Alabama and Mississippi, those fair daughters of ours ; but, we see no necessity for any extension eastward, es pecially when we regard the all-important inte rests of our chief seaport, Savannah, a far better port than Charleston, and than any other South ■ of the Chesapeake, except that other of ours, Brunswick, which, if properly fostered, should become the great seat aud centre of what must eventually be the chief cotton and slave interest of the State, to wit—Southwest Georgia. However, we have au abiding confidence, that tbe patriotism, int. lligence aud wise statesman ship of our chosen delegates will induce them not to form any Union, except upon terms which will be for the interest and prosperity of the citizens of Georgia, present and prospective; and from the known character of these delegates, taken in connection with’ the action of the Convention on the I-oreign Slave Trade, we sincerely hope that such Union as they may form will be agreeable to our views. Os the delegates appointed we believe | all but two have beeu, formerly or latterly, acting [ with one .or the other wing of what was once known as the Democratic party—while seven o| the ten delegates were original States Rights Whigs, two original Democrats, and one (Hon. B. H. Hill) came into public lifo as a Taylor man, aud was not therefore either an original Whig or Democrat, though always in opposition to tlie De mocracy'. As all those Whigs, lately acting with the Democratic organization, or organizations, abandoned tlie Whig party on account of ques tions aflecting slavery, or else, more recently, on account of the secret order of Know Nothings, and as that order and its principles are buried with the past, and as there are 110 slavery ques tions likely- to arise, of such moment us to cause old Whigs to abandon one another, it is now most sincerely hoped and most anxiously expected, that we shall see a revival of that true, honest and tried patriotic organization, kno'wn as States Rights Whigs—the very salt of the earth. We can call to mind now very many of these, 111 fact, nearly’ all the great leaders in Georgia, who can surely forget old prejudices and heart burnings, and unite again, forgetting all the past, upon the old, and, we know, well-beloved landmarks, pro, vided this new Confederacy is to be organized. Let oar delegates, at any rate, bear in mind, that if even a Provisional Government seems re quired by the exigencies of the times, there can surely be no necessity for haste in the organiza tion of an Executive Department, such as that of the late United States, nor will any President, provisional or otherwise, be needed, at least for some months, or perhaps years, to come. Let us recollect that the South was always conservative - —that Whigism was conservatism—and lot, 11s put aside all those animosities which surely must now be tbe only obstacle to keep apart old-time friends. How our hearts would rejoice, could we come again into close communion with the loved and mourned of the other days. John J. Crittenden. We can scarcely conceive of a spectacle Wuich lias in it more of the moral sublime, says the Bal timore Ameritan, than this brave old man strug glmg for the salvation of liis country. If “plan D-lntas” cxcitos our admiration in bearing old Anchises from the flames, how much more this venerable Father of the .State stipgglingto rescue from the scorching blaze of sectional fury tlie pre cious deposite of the Constitution and the Union. Oh, “old man eloquent,” a thousand blessings on thy venerable head ! Surely the spirit of Henry Clay has descended on Crittenden, the mantle of that Elijah has come upon Elisha and invested him with tenfold power. As we sec this aged and patriotic statesman pleading day after day,for the salvation of his country, it is no great stretch of the imagination to suppose that one of tlie sages of’76 has arisen from the dead and is interceding for the salvation of the Republic with those who are more dangerous enemies of its peace and lib erties than the minions of George the Third. Whatever betide the Union, the noble efforts of Chittenden will command tlie respect of mankind and the admiration of posterity. If this grandest structure of human wisdom shall survive the storm, the people of America will enshrine iu their deepest hearls the name of this second Sa viour of liis Country, and even if it shall perish, if that old line-of-battle ship, heaving and pitching in the tempest-tossed deep, shall godown beneath the engulphing waves, long, long as mankind will remember that most melancholy wreck in ail the tide ol time, they will remember the grey-haired and high-souled seaman, faithful among the faith less, whose last words were, “Don’t give up the ship,” and whose last act was to wrap the Stars and Stripes nround his .manly form, determined that they- would “sink or swim, survive or perish together.” Maryland. —A despatch to the New* York press, dated Baltimore, Jan. 22d, says :—“ Georgia’s secession has struck a melancholy blow to the hopes of Mary laud. We arc now at the mercy of Virginia. If she secedes, and no speedy compro mise is made by Congress similar to Mr. Critten den’s proposition, I have positive knowledge that Mho people of Maryland are preparing, indepen dent of the Governor, to elect and convene a sovereign convention, which will with draw the state from the Union before Mr. Lin coln’s inauguration. Marylanders pray for peace, but will not part from Virginia. Intelligent Vir ginians, fresh from different districts of the State —men anxious for the Union—tell me that, nothing but a speedy Congressional concession can pre vent that State from seceding. It is now under stood that Gov. Hicks will promptly call a con vention if Virginia retires.” A dispatch in the Charleston Courier , dated Jan. 24, says: One Trodwell, of New York, in tends to file affidavits, charging treason against Messrs. Toombs, Iverson, Wigfall, Slidell and others. He has been before the Judge of the District Court to see if he could not get a process issued. Judge Taney, of the Supreme Court, re fused his application after three days’ advisement. Letters for Pensacola.— The Montgomery Ad vertiser says until some definite arrangement is made, letters intended for persons at or near Pen sacola should be directed to the post office at Warrenton , Florida. Heavy Sales of Produce and Provisions. —At Louisville last Friday there were sold to fill Southern orders, 14,550 bushels of corn, 1,684 barrels mess pork, and 86,000 pounds bulk meats. The Chicago Zouaves have offered their ser vices to the United States government. The Weather.— The Charleston Courier of Fji daysays: “For forty-eight hours past we have had a strong North-east gale prevailing, at times blowing with great violence, and from its dura tion and force we fear that it has extended all along the Coast, and that it may lead to damage to the shipping. During yesterday it laid an em bargo on all movements of the shipping here hav ing detained the steamship Columbia, bound for New’ York, and several other steamers and ves sels. Large quantities of rain have also fallen, and at the time we wo ite it continues to rain and blow without abatement. Mississippi—Signing the Ordinance of Seces sion.—The Jackson Mississippian, of the 16th in stant says: “ The impresßive ceremony of sign ing the ordinance of secession took place in the Convention yesterday. Every member except two, who wefre absent, (Messrs. Thornton of Ran kin, and Wood of Attala,; affixed his signature to it, thus making it the unanimous act of the Con vention, and of the people in w r hose name the sol emn edict was registered.’’ A Messenger for the South. —Wm. H. West has been despatched to certain Southern cities in great haste, with important despatches from the U. S. Government, the purport of which has not tra.pHpircd- The Commissioners appointed by Virginia to meet such Commissioners as may be appointed from other States at Washington on the 4th day, of February, w hose duty it shall be, after mutual conference and comparison of opinions, to devise, If practicable, a plan for settling the peuding diffi culties between the slavebolding and non-.dave hoidiogStates, areJEx-President John Tyler, Hon. Wm. C. Rives, Hon. Geo. W. Summers, Judge John W. Brockenbrough, and Hon. Janies A. Sed don. The Brooklyn’s Force.— The companies now on board the steam corvette Brooklyn, and which w£re taken from Fortress Monroe, at Old Point, are commanded by Captains Vogdess and Lang horne. Schooner Fired Upon from a Louisiana Fort. —The New Orleans Crescent, of the 16th, has the following : latest from Fort St. Philip — A Schooner Fired Into. —Private Julius Elbe, of the First Company Chasseurs a’Pied, came up from Fort St. Philip yesterday morning. He reports that at 9 o’clock the night before, a schooner came up the river and anchored the fort; and that, being haded, and givimHk) answer, she was fired into irom the fort. Wey were unable to make her out. Capt. St. Paul sent Sergeant Legendre up tothe city with dispatches ordering the remainder of his company down to the fort at once ; and these men were to leave on the steamer Empire Parish last evening. The Policy of Georgia. By an act of the Legislature of the State, passed unanimously last November, a Convention of the Sovereign People, through delegates legally elect* ed, was called for the purpose of “Resistance ” That Convention, by a large majority, determined upon immediate secession , as the measure and time of such resistance as was demanded by the facts of the case. This decree is the supreme law of the State, and irreversible—and to it every citizen owes, as every good citizen will render implicit obedience. The alleged reasons for that great dissatisfaction which demanded resistance on the part of Georgia, grew out of questions con cerning African slavery— the enactments of State Legislatures, designed or calculated to hinder the execution of the fugitive slave law of the Govern ment, exhibiting faithlessness to Constitutiona obligation, disregard of the comity which shoul exist between equal confederates, and decay of J li aternal feeling—the denial, by a majority, of the | clearly equal rights of the minority to colonize ] ami settle the common domain, and to curry to the Territories whatever was property in any of the States, to be there held, aud to be recognized aud protected ns any other property, by the com mon agent—and finally, the crowning ignominy of j the election to the Presidency of the Republic, of J a sectional candidate, avowedly hostile, by his | own declarations, and by the creed of his party, to \ the rights of the slaveholder. It were a great fallacy to assume that the colo- J mes declared their independence of the crown on M account of the paltry stamp tax, or the tea tax, or 1 both together. So, also, it is equally fallacious to fi suppose that the Union has been dissolved solely, I or eveu chiefly, on account, of the slavery busi- fl ness. Many events and occurrences have con ■ spired together to produce this effect —but thefl chief cause, lying far down at the bottom of it all,l just the same as drove the colonies to independ fl enco, is as old as Adam. It is the spirit of dis-fl content, that brooks uot control by any powerfl which assumes superiority. Just as the vouth,fl arriving at manhood, wants to set up for himself, I so with peoples, and parts of peoples, when designs to give law and to hold supreme t\, and the other feels capable ot successful sistance. In fact, this country had grown large ; aud we wanted our own separate omit, inasmuch as our interests, or at least institutions, were different from those who clared an intention to make their will our rdUe.^B This will be readily understood, whence re flect that the decree of secession by Xreorgin, when it shall have been fiually consummated, as it must and will be, prior to the 4th of March, is I er/iphatic, actual resistance only to the foul domina 1 tiou ot Lincoln and his fanatic black crew. No one supposes that this act is any resistance to the so-called Liberty bills of our late confederates, but on the other hand a renunciation of nil the protection, such as it was, that was afforded by , the Constitution and laws of the former Union. J Nor is secession, by itself, resistance to the claim * of the dominant agrarian majority of the late Gov j eminent, to undisputed appropriation of the whole j common donmiu to freesoil forever. Whether I our secession is ultimately to amount to resist-J ance, even at the point of the bayonet, to this just and most outrageous claim, remains to BP seen. And, in this connection, we hail with fi,, light the patriotic and manly proposition off Mr. 1 Cochran*, of Wilkinson, declaring our demand, J ami our determination to* enforce it, to tiou of the public property, which we hope is signed to agply to the Territories, in which I Georgia has rights, not only to the land as prop-1 ertv, but rights of settlement and colonization,l v whieh should never be surrendered, except to afl superior force, or for a valuable consideration, fl And now, as (Jcorgiu is out of the Union, whafl should be her future policy ? It may strange to some that we should have desired c*fl operation of the Southern States previous to cession, and now oppose a Southern of the .slaveholding States, or of so many of as may consent to go into it. lint we desired operation, in order that the South might possible, upon some arrangement which be accepted by the North, so as to preserve tnß old Union, with its memories and fearing that the destruction of one might not result in the reconstruction nf which would he acceptable, hoping, at least, ease of failure of agtcement upon terms we assent to, we might still all unite in such to make terms of separation which would the dire calamity of civil war. But as no tation and co-operation, looking to terms of servulion, or terms of peaceable sepura'ion, lie had, as each State is acting for itself, as it the undoubted right to do, as six States Imvcflß ceded and civil war is imminent, we !y believe that it is the highest duty of Georgian to regard alone, the rights aud and prosperity of this Empire State. Our giance is duo to Georgia alone, and to no power under Heaven. i|f i| It, is quite true that the interests ar 1 of Ot'orgiu him y become involved ami ! with those of other State similarly situated; so our common sympathy will, and should, ( our oxer l ions, to the last farthing, and soldier, to stand by ami defend the seceding against ooercii• i* by the late Union again attempts to invade, to overrun, to brethren of the slaveholding South. But does not. necessarily, nor hy any nteans, re< ; that \ve begin anew the experiment of sucßß Federal Union as we have just retired That e\ |M i intent proved a gr.ind faU- re, \ oml all shadow of desire or doubt, and the I'tflß i alive .system—whatever he the future o! Jfißi government—may well be regarded as an ploded humbug. With this experience, ho and so recent., what inducement have we an attempt which must prove an abortion, human probability, within less than the oin geih rafittn. We ma vhe in the minority believe that truth, justice and right usually the minority --but were this the last word 1o utter we should warn our people to accursed Unions. JHgg Men must surely see that in order to ourselves, and to protect, a common availed, the hostile intents of the old : .- der to wage successfully tl-e seven yi-ai^B just about to open, we may very safely fni^H example of the Colonics in ;hc war of lulion. They required no Federal rnion^KP and feeble and scattered as they were, successfully against Hie greatest ear.!). Nor do we ri.-quire any to beat cal Abolitionists of the North. It is m mpatiiics and inf -r Ms i.erorii ii v ne.v confederacy of Maveholding ow II to the M mpaMiirs, but ti ill are ? ad b*• t w veil the < ‘olonie , 1 < ii! welded together, as it were, by the cfflPH ferings and common glories of the var of 1® pendence ? And as to interests—i re the si® holding States more firmly bound by inte® than the thirteen Colonies that made the CoS tuton and the Union? When those Colo® formed the Union, the fond expectation was it should endure forever, the proudest umiiiiiH of human wisdom, in the administration of <® ment, a beacon to the nations, an asylum for H oppressed of all climes, the land of liberty and ® Vet three generations have not passed away B fore we witness the destruction of this pronii® fabric. Are our interests and sympathies stroH er than those ,of the Colonies ? Does Geojfl have any business intercourse with the Southern States? Very little—she sells fl little, buys little of them, consumes little of products. We make a surplus for cotton, a litfle rice, naval stores and scarcely anything else. Our immediate neigl^H do the game. We seek the best markets—si they. How is Union to advantage Georgia isl matter of trade and business, the other quen of defence, strength and sympathy being lef‘9 of consideration ? 9 We warn ourpeople to reflect upon whatß are doing. The Congress at Montgomery sfl will attempt only to form a provisional g<B ment for defence. Afterwards the Union u® considered - Dut no Constitution delegate® make will he binding on Georgia till her people. And, in conclusion, we woul® that unless we can have less intolerance dictiveness of party-spirit, more patrioiis® conciliation, less demagogweism, more aud honesty in the public councils, less to the cuprices of the hour, and more right, than we have witnessed for tbe last years, we seriously fear that, under rarigement, .self-government is rapidly destruction -republican liberty swiftly to its self-made grave. |ffi Another I'laii ot Ad.iu*fmcn® The following paper, prepared by Rep® tive Montgomery, was on Wednesday last® lated in the House, and, among others, h® signed by Messrs. Bocock, Martin of V® Sickles, Florence, Montgomery and Clcine® “We the undersigned members of the H sixth Congress, convinced by the various® taken on the several propositions preset® Our consideration from time to time, that H no hope that any measures which will existing differences between the tww sect® our country can receive t the vote of aC® tional majority, and as none of the present® hers were elected in view ot existing troub® believing that in a time of so great pc® proper to refer this question to the people® .•several Districts, propose that the memfl this Congress shall resign on the 21st Os fXi® next, and that w*e immediately provide ft® election of our successors by the people, wl® assemble here on the 22d of February to these representatives, bearing the of the people, the various propositions of rnise now pending and hereafter to be shall be referred, the said election not sere with the officers and employees House.” The Batteries on the Mississippi’—’ ville Journal is informed by a highly Kentuckian, direct from Vicksburg, that ject of the batteries erected at that the State authorities of Mississippi is possession of the steamer “ Silver \\ Pittsburg, upon which it was said States ordnance was to be transported South ; and probably to prevent the pa*M Federal troops. The same informant three of the military companies of w’ere in charge of the battery, and they it from the shore on Tuesday last, aud United States Hospital, which they are n|H Pying. __ H Cannon Foundry in \ icksburg. burg Sun says that .Messrs. A. B. Reading ther proprietors of the foundry in that bears their name, are perfecting which will enable them to cast cannon equal in every respect to those cast at foundries in the United States. They uered tnis branch of their foundry to Gov. giving him a carte blanche to use it in any hat may be deemed essential to the good .-state and the interests •! the South. TEXAS NEWS. New Orleans, Jan. 27. —Texas returns indicate an overwhelming majority for secession.