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p r Joseph Clisby.
TELEGRAPH.
. DECEMBER 29.
for Delegate* to the Convention.
HON. E. A. NISBET,
COL JOHN B. LAMAR,
HON. WASHINGTON POE
CONVENTION ELECTION.
1 Election for members of the State Con
. ..n?! >n and for county officers, will take place
... , n - *n-l the same day, and that is
. -■f-yEXI WEDNESDAY, the 2d Janua
ry, 1861.
Let the people take notice.
ATTENTION, MINUTE WIEN I
The - M. M." battalion, under their respec-
■ ve officer-, will meet in/'UZ regalia in front
of the
LANIER HOUSE,
«n Mon liy night, December 31st, 1860, at half
as.-r 7 o’clock.
* f 1 full attendance is required. By or
the COMMANDER
of Battalion.
mi— ■ ■>'
HIE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN.
\\ ■ are rejoiced to see that the Savannah
. mos yesterday declares distinctly for
_ .The time is short—next Wendes-
, t;<md:iy, but we hope the example of
, . IL - iibl -an will be widely imitated before
that time.
t IP I. HARDEMAN’S DESPATCH.
Washington’s note should have appear
-terdiv, but was left out without our
. , We will not cant about the mat
itr, Lnt in s<>ber truth, Colonel, does not Capt.
H .r s-man’s dispatch amount to a declaration
■■ in favor of secession ? we think so, and stand
ready t » underwrite any man as a secessionist
w . will endorse that despatch. Reader, look
at it ami give us your opinion.
THE FLOYD RIFLES.
I c - t corps paraded yesterday after
,,, , wth full ranks and in full uniform, under
L." ,H. Ross. The "Rifles” having tendered
■ . n - < s to South Carolina, sent a dispatch
< H .• deman, their commander, the mem-
gn-ss from this district, in Washing-
,tinting him with their action in the
: • ■ The answer came during their after-
- parade, and was read to the corps drawn
• t u Telegraph Office. Hardeman cordial
a provt 1 the movement, and pledged himself
,t the head of his company wherever it
went.
, < "co-operation” of the best kind, with
at :i of secession as a foundation.
A DJ USTM ENT 11 OPEL ESS.
W have a daily increasing conviction that
worth while for any body to delude
with the conceit that harmony between
can ever be restored in the Union.
I . particular dogma (and it involves every
a . io which the Black Republican party is
\ i' v committed, is the exclusion of the
s trom the common territory ; and this
t .re prepared and resolve to insist upon at
- izard. Lincoln, Seward, Hale, AVade
a . ii re than these, every important Repub
. , pre-s, have all recently announced, in one
:n or another, that it shall not be sur
r« ervd, ami it never will be. Can the
- .th ad nit it? Never, while her sons have
spirit of freemen. It involves every posi
t d eting their equality as citizens and
:: y holders under the Constitution, and
. ultimate effect, looks directly to the abo-
. -l.ivi-ry by the Federal Government.—
8 . pr<>p ry is property under the Constitu
i. • -r it s .-it. If it is, then is it entitled to
-a;..,- rights and privileges, as all other
r ■ rty ; and if it is prescribed of one, by the
" authority it may be equally proscribed of
a i if we submit to its proscription from
rritorie- by the Federal Government, we
; prepire ourselves to submit to its pro
. i on in the States.
• H fins foundation stone of the Republicans
w. ii v t -r be moved. They mean it shall stand
*' i.tfi- Union be fractured upon it; and
t:.e nly hope of peace for the country now
» r sts in an independent poiititical organ
- c i. Let it be effected and both sections
at r -I. The South, with a line square
■ : - to the Pacific, will be relieved of all ap-
■ ii-iuns of the threatened “suffocation” of
S iavery.
N "th, w ith a “conscience” released from
1 r. -pon-iibility about slavery, will find her in
i' -t in c iltivating anew those friendly rela-
- i h once su’ listed het veen the sections.
' : • mu-t take her position as a suitor for South-
■rn trade in rivalry with the European coun
■.ries, ai: I our ,-t■ urity for her good behavior
<>.- foim ! in her own interests, business and
- cial. She <-an t afford to feed and harbor run
iwjy> to any great extent, and her philanthro-
■ y will languish when it comes to be exercised
at her own cost We believe it is true, in refer
eH • to the divided churches, that both sides
' ire got along better since the division, than he
re—it is certainly true with reference to the
afiern churches. So will it probably be af
r a political division. The two sections will
e more harmoniously as neighbors, with inde-
pen lent nterests, than as members of the same
family.
‘ M. M ’ DEMONSTRATION.
Th. Minute Men Battalion are to have a
pr- 1 parade on Monday night. The Battalion
w ’> I assemble in front of the Lanier House, in
: • 1 regalia, with transparencies, banners, <fcc.,
will proceed from thence to the Fair Ground,
U if speeches will be delivered by several dis
mguished orators. The ladies, especially, and
‘ •-it zens generally, are respectfully invited
to attend.
A SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE
It is & source of serious annoyance to the
unity that our banks throw out
v nth Carolina money. Why should they do it?
• '• Alabama Banks, as we are informed, re
c‘ v t - Georgia and Carolina money on deposit,
*nd it does appear to us in the light of adding
ant-e Hess turn of the screw to an already strin
g it money pressure, to throw out of credit the
considerable amount of Carolina money now in
circulation among us.
OUR TRIAL TRIP..
| Yesterday evening we donned the “ soger’s”
clothes, and sought the Armory of that veteran
corps, the Floyd Rifles, where we were duly in
stalled into the ranks, to make our first parade
i before the eyes of the Macon public. “ Shoul
der arms;’ ‘carry arms,’ &c., &c., were all done;
well, “ proclaim it not from the house-tops;”
I suffice it to say, that the long dormant military
ardor (?) is fully aroused, and visions of Se
| cession Ordinances and zigzag approaches upon
I Charleston, are constantly flitting before our
imaginative fancy. Hurra! for Charleston.—
Hurra ! for war—“ war in every sense in which
the word is defined, or definable.” But stop,
J lest our “ vaulting patriotism should o’erleap
itself and fall on t’other side.” We do not pro
‘ fess to be adecided military man or in any way
dangerous, as one might infer from the forego
. ing, but do desire to quote from the ever de
scriptive and immortal Bard of Avon, that
those who are contemplating an attack against
Hie “ soger” may take warning—that
He who does these boots misplace,
Shall meet Bombastes face to face.
[Local.
8188 COUNTY.
Bibb is all right! Secession is not only in
a large majority already, but it is gaining rap
-1 idly, and we shall make a powerful and satis
factory demonstration of these facts at the polls
i next Wednesday. Let our friends of the sur
rounding counties do likewise, and all will be
well.
HON. THOS. HARDEMAN.
Mr. Clisby : —I have observed in your paper
of the 24th instant., the remark that it was the
street talk that the Hon. Thos. Hardeman “is
in favor of secession.” If by this it is meant
that he is in favor immediate separate State se
cession, I have only to say that it is a mistake.
In a dispatch received by me from Mr. Harde-
I man, dated at Washington, Dec. 24th, he dis
j tinctly defines his position as stated below, and
as an act of justice to him and his friends, I re
quest that you will publish it in your next pa
per. A>ry Respectfully,
J. H. R. WASHINGTON.
“ The Southern States should not submit.—
Separation is unavoidable. If all will not act,
co-operate with those who will. Co-operation
IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT CIVIL WAR, AND SECURE
A DIVISION OF PIB’IIC PROPERTY.”
T. HARDEMAN, JR.
“TRIBUN E” ON TH EMA CON FA IR.
Perhaps nothing can better illustrate the N.
Y. Tribune than the comments of its correspon
dent on the Cotton Planters’ Fair. It could
i not even print a paragraph about such an exhib
, ition, without lugging in the negro, and in the
I manner and form of a sheer fabrication ; with
out a particle of truth, and without a colorable
fact to base the statement upon :
“The Fair brings a large crowd of strangers
into the town, though not nearly so many as
was expected. Whereat the hotel-keepers and
they who anticipated heavy gains from the rent
of narrow beds mourn. Os the talk heard
I touching the great tonic of .secession I. will
write another day. But 1 must not forget to
. mention that, very appropriately, among the
| Southern productions on exhibition and sale, a
few likely negroes are catalogued. At least we
, i infer this from the fact that in the auction sales
- advertised for the end of the Fair various lots
. of slaves are to be put up, along with Ken
tucky kine, horses, and other cattle.
Belease of Col. Kudler.—We are pleased
to learn from the Mobile Register that Col. Rud
-1 r, the second in command of Walker's expe
dition, has been pardoned by the authorities of
Honduras. This intelligence is conveyed in a
letter from Col. Rudler himself, dated Teguci
palca Department of Olancho, the 31st of Oc
tober, and he adds that he will start for home
as soon as arrangements for travelling can be
made. He will probably make his home in
Mobile. This act of mercy on the part of the
liondurians is very gratifying, and we have to
thank them for their generosity in the matter.
■ I
GREAT EXCITEMENT AND INDIGNA
TION.
At an early hour yesterday morning, tele
graphic advices were received from Charleston,
announcing the news of the evacuation of Fort
Moultrie, and the demolition of its gun-carriages,
, and the spiking of the guns. The intelligence
acted like an electric shock on our city, and
thrilled through the community like lightning.
Groups of citizens might be seen through the
streets discussing the matter, and venting their
indignation on such a hostile movement. There
is but one sentiment on the question, and that
is of indignation and resistance. Georgia feels
that the cause of Carolina is her cause, and
their fate must be the same. If the Federal
Government expects to have no State but Caro
i lina to coerce into submission, it will find it
self wonderfully mistaken. This step has de
cided the matter of secession in every Southern
State, and nothing less should satisfy them.—
We might have been quieted by the adoption
of a milder course, but there are none of us so
degraded as to submit to be whipped into sub
mission.
WASHINGTON* NEWS.
Washington, Dec. 26.—1 kis not known or
believed here that any troops have been order
i ed to the forts in Charleston harbor; nor is it
the present intention of the Administration to
do so. On the contrary, it is asserted that the
President believes that such a course would
serxe to inflame Southern sentiment, which is
particularly to be avoided at the present mo
ment.
In relation to the affair of the removal of
guns from Pittsburg, it appears that the manu
| factory had contracted to deliver them, upon
• requisition, at certain points. The requisition
wis consequently made, and any opposition to
or restraint on their delivery by the citizens
will enure only to the injury of the contractor,
I should the service suffer from the delay.
| An address, or recommendation, lias been
J prepared by authority to be submitted to the
members of Congress from the border slave
States for their signatures, requesting their re
spective States, by enactment, or otherwise, to
appoint Commissioners to meet at Baltimore
on the 13th of Februery, 1861, for conference
in relation to the secession of the cotton States,
[ and desire a programme of action for the bor
[ der States in case of such an emergency. It is
[ thought, however, that all the members will
I not sign it, but still enough from each delega
tion to induce a favorable response fronvtheir
respective States.
Heavy Travel to the Sovth.—The Peters
ourg Express says: “The regular trains to the
south are daily heavily loaded, with through
Passengers, many of whom consist of Northern
italists m route for South Carolina and oth
er Southern States. A gentleman from the
city of New A ork informs us that there are
three thousand prominent monied men in that
city who are now prepared to coine to the South,
having determined upon this course in the
event of a dissolution of the Union.”
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1860.
Special Despatch to the Augusta Tree De
mocrat.
Washington, Dec. 25.—1 have introduced no
Union resolutions; voted for none —will vote I
for none. Eighteen Northern States proclaim
r Lincoln our ruler, the same power will rule us
lin Congress. Then comes Abolition Negro
Equality and taxation without limit for section
al denomination. SAA r E Y’OURSELVES BY
PROMPT SEPARATION. THE CAUSE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA IS T IE CAUSE OF
ALL. Martin J. Crawford.
SOUTII CAROLINA AFF A IRS.
Charleston, Dec. 26. —It is rumored here
that several hundred troops are en-route for
the forts in Charleston harbor; it is also ru
mored that Fort Sumpter was re-inforced on
Sunday last with marines in the disguise of la
borers.
Postal matters are to continue as formerly.
Many foreign ships took out their clearance
papers before the 20th mst., and are now load
ing; others will probably take out clearances
under protest.
Many Carolinians say that it is a difficult
{ matter to untangle the gordon knot of Union,
, but as a last resort, they will cut it.
The Marines at Fort Sumpter, it is said, ar
rived in the ships John Patton from Boston and
Middlesex from Bristol, and the bark London
I from Boston.
GOV. HOUSTON WILL CONVENE THE
TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
New Orleans, Dec. 25.—Gov. Houston has
| consented to convene the Legislature of that
| State in extra session, on the 21st of January,
i 1861, for the purpose of taking into considera-
I tion the present crisis in our National affairs.
The State Convention of the people will meet
I on 28th January. The secession feeling is in
1 the ascendant.
SEWARD SPEAKS IN NEW YORK.
New York, Dec. 24.—Senator Seward deliv
ered a speech in this city on Saturday last, in
which he said that if we would keep cool, calm,
and kind, a debate of a friendly nature will
' spring up, which will result in the restoration
I of fraternal feelings.
Excitement in Pittsburg in Relation to the
Removal of Public Arms>
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 25.—There was an in
tense excitement here yesterday in-consequence
of the intelligence that the Government were
! about to ship from the Alleghany Arsenal one
hundred and twenty-four heavy guns for the
' new forts in Texas and at the mouth of the Mis
i sissippi river. A meeting will be called to pre
j vent the shipment.
The Democrats here telegraphed to the Pres
ident to rescind the order. It is said that mus
kets, shells, balls and cavalry accoutrements
, have already been shipped.
\\ ashington, Dec. 26. —The War Depart
ment will not act in relation to the Pittsburg
affair, until official intelligence was received that
the transportation of guns to Southern forts
I was a recent order, but given in consequence
of the approaching completion of the forts
named.
CHARLESTON NEWS.
I Charleston, Dee. 24.—The South Carolina
Delegation retired from Congress to-day, and
; expressed the hope that amicable relations would
be continued between South Carolina and the
other States. '
Gov. Pickens to the ordinance
of secession, issued his proclamation proclaim
ing to the world that South Carolina is, and
has tixerrFigbi. tu w., a separate, sovereign,
free and independent State, and as such, has
the right to levy war, conclude peace, negotiate
treaties, leagues, or covenant, and do all acts
whatever that rightfully appertain to a free and
independent State.
RUMOR OF TROOPS FOR CHARLESTON
CONTRADICTED.
Washington, Dec. 26.—We hear of no ru
mors about troops moving to any point. The on
j ly thing of the kind is the statement about four
. : hundred sailors en route from Boston to Nor
folk to join the Macedonia.
EXCITEMENI' IN MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 26.—Dispatches receiv
ed here, state that a mob is engaged in tearing
up the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, to pre
vent the extraordinary influx of Northerners
into Kansas.
GENERAL NEWS BY THE CANADA.
A dispatch received at Petersburg says that
[ peace has been concluded, and t ic Emperor had
| returned to Pekin, but that the Tartar army
■ was still in the field. The dispatch also con
firms the sacking of the Emperor's Palace, and
i says that some of the private's shares brought
j thirty thousand francs.
The Canada passed the steamships Africa and |
Arabia, bound for Liverpool, outlie 16th.
The Earl of Aberdeen is dead.
The bombardment of Gaeta had been re
commenced.
The ship Gormana trom New Orleans, bound
to Liverpool, was burnt at sea. Her crew was
saved.
Garibaldi was making preparations for attack
ing Venetia in the spring.
The latest advices received at Queenstown,
from Italy, state that the Pontificial troops were
about to march against Pon tor to overthrow
the Provisional Government there.
The ratifications of the treaty between the
Chinese and the allies were exchanged on thesth
JUBILEE IN SAVANNAH.
Savannah celebrated the secession of South
■ Carolina last Wednesday evening in such a
demonstration as was never before seen in that
city. The Neirs says of it:
At o’clock the head of the column moved
off up Bay Street, greetedjiy most enthusiastic
cheering, while the welkin was literally blazing
with every imaginable pyrotechnic display over
and along the whole line, and singing with the
inspiriting strains of the Marseilles, played by
two brass bands.
Time and space will not allow us to give a full
account of the hundreds of transparencies and
mottoes ; the bare mention of them would occu
py a column of our paper. We shall defer the
mention of them until our next issue.
One of the most pleasing features of this grand
demonstration, was a splendid car, filled with I
sixteen beautiful young ladies, typifying the sis- I
teen Southern States, and the Goddess of Lib
erty, within an arch of evergreen, festooned
with flowers, flecks of cotton and rich boquets.
There was also another feature at the extreme
| end of the line, very different from the last
named, but equally significant. It was a car
! riage drawn by four horses with two cotton
’ bales, four pine trees at the corners, and about
a dozen members of our peculiar institution,
with banjoes in hand, joy in their hearts, and
song on their lips. No one in that vast con
course of beings seemed so full of delight as
these sable sons, singing and making the night
uproarious with their wild and rude demonstra
, tions.
Abolition Felicitations. —Geo. Thompson '
writes from London, congratulating Mr. Garri
son upon the triumph just achieved: Lincoln’s
election. He says : “ You have to reach forth
to the things that are before, pressing towards
the object you had in view when starting—the
> utter extermination of slavery wherever it may i
’ exist.’’ 1
For the Telegraph.
THE CONVENTION.
i The object for which the Convention is called
being one which so intimately concerns every
one of us; its deliberations and decisions in
volving the honor and the well-being of the
commonwealth of Georgia for all time to come,
indifference on our part as to the material of
which that Convention shall be composed,
would be highly criminal.
The Convention is called for the purpose of
deciding what Georgia ought to do in the pres
ent crisis. It is called together to decide wheth
er it is the duty of Georgia to submit to the ad
ministration of Mr. Lincoln and the Republican
party ;or whether to avoid that—it is her duty
to separate herself from the present confedera
cy : and if such be her duty, how she is to per
form it; whether judging for herself, what, un
der the circumstances in which she is placed, it
is fit, and becoming she should do? And, ac
ting upen her independent convictions of right,
she shall announce to the vorld, her fixed de
termination to resume her sovereignty, and, in
the face of all possible danger, assert and de
fend it, leaving the issue, where it of right be
longs —in the hand of the sovereign disposer of
events: or whether, too diffident of her own
wisdom, to judge what duty and honor demand,
and too timid to act alone upon her own con
victions. she shall hesitate; and falter, and seek
the counsel, the countenance, and the assistance
of those whom she judges to be involved in a
common danger with herself.
These among others, equally grave, are the
questions which the Convention must decide.
Upon its decision, for weal or for woe, for hon
or or for disgrace, hangs the fate of Georgia.
The position of a member of that Conven
tion, involves a responsibility, which is abso
lutely appalling! To covet, or to seek the place,
is to proclaim one’s self unable to comprehend
i its fearful magnitude, and therefore., utterly un
! Jit. to Jill it. He that appreciates its responsi
bility, must shrink from assuming it. Would
that the people of Georgia could be aroused to
a consciousness of this most momentous fact.
Iliey would then prow into the service, the most
sober, wise and best men that could be found,
and they would not dare rej’use to obey the sum
mons.
South Carolina acted most wisely in this mat
ter. She selected the very best men her State
afforded. In whatever walk of life they might
be found, she summoned them to her council in
the hour of her danger: men of age and expe
rience; men who had been entrusted with im
portant interests in other days, and who had
won for themselves a name and influence. It is
said that every judge of the State, with two ex
ceptions, was called to her Convention. It was
said by an eye witness, (a man familiar with the
grave assemblies of the country,) that the pres
ence of the assembly was awe-inspiring, from
the venerable, and grate, and serious aspect oj
those who composed it. There was not a man
in it under forty years of age. A large propor
tion of them were not only men of age, oflearn
ing and cf posfticn, kut also, of eertabl.shed rep
uUiiicmfor piety. There has not been such an
, assemblage called together for many years past
—perhaps not since the days of the revolution-
Let us seek such men for our Convention.—
■ VV e have such men in our county—we have
such men throughout the State: men of age
and experience, of enlarged views, and honest
hearts, and virtuous lives, and tried patriotism,
to whose wisdom we may confidingly trust our
safety and our honor. Let us call them forth
to serve us now, in our hour of peril.
Let every voter at the coming election, go to
the polls with something of the awe with which
he would approach the altar of God, and carry
with him the conviction, that to cast his vote
for any one, whom he does not in his own heart
believe to be amongst the very wisest and best
men whom the county can furnish, would bean
act something akin to sacrilige !
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
Indian Springs, Dec. 27th, 1860.
1 here was a Secession flag raised at this
place on yesterday, on one side of which was
. the merchant ship, Georgia, and direct trade,
; with cotton is King. On the other, the snake,
with his head in a striking position. Above
the snake is inscribed the words, “State so
vereignty ;” below, “ don’t tread on me.” It
was raised with a patriotic appeal to the citi
zens of Butts from the Rev. J. R. Willis to de
fend their rights at all hazards, and that seces
sion was the only remedy for the South. After
which Col. J C J. Bailey was loudly called for,
and responds in an eloquent and patriotic
speech of about three quarters as an hour, and
accepted the nomination as a candidate for the
Convention. Col. Bailey is too well-known as
a defender of Southern rights to be questioned.
The secession ticket will carry the county by
about six hundred majority if there is a Union
ticket nominated, as they speak of doing.
Y’ours, &c.,
BUTTS.
For the Telegraph.
CO-OPERATION MEETING SATURDAY
NIGHT.
The meeting of the “co-operationists” held at
Concert Hail on Saturday night, was attended
by a '■'•ruther slim" auditory. When the speakers
assumed the stand at 15 minutes after 8 o'clock,
there were one hundred and two persons in the
Hall, nineteen of whom were well known Se
cessionists, and fourteen others were youths be
tween 12 and 16 years of age. Without doubt
a number of the other individuals were among
our first citizens, but a great majority of the 71
others may have “a local habitation,” while it
would puzzle the “oldest inhabitant" to ascer
tain their name. “So endeth the last lesson.”
“ A Looker on in Vienna.”
The Effect of Secession in New York.
OUR NEW YORK DISPATCHES.
New A ork, Dec. 21.—1 t is now certain that
the President has authorized Maj. Anderson to
surrender the Charleston Forts, if any attack
should be made. The Abolitionists are attack
ing Mr. Buchanan very fiercely, because he re
fuses to coerce. They allege that force should
be used the moment any attempt is made to
prevent the collection of the revenue or to take
the forts. The Abolition papers are growing I
more savage every day.
The effect of the secession of South Carolina I
had been partially anticipated. The specie com
ing in every day helps matters. Money is un
changed. There was an uneasy feeling at the i
close. Cotton firmer. Breadstuffs steady.— (
There is much gloom and excitement prevailing.
By Electric Telegraph
1 IMPORTANTYrOM WASHINGTON!
The Carolina Commissioners de
mand the withdrawal of the IT.
S. Troops from Fort Sumpter.
Washington, Dec. 28.—The news of the cap
ture of Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney
reached the administration in Cabinet meeting
to-day.
The South Carolina Commissioners in con
ference with the President and Cabinet, demand
1 the withdrawal of the United States troops from
j Fort Sumpter, and say that, unless they are
withdrawn, this shall betheir last interview, and
i they will immediately return to South Carolina,
and prepare for the worst
FROM CHARLESTON.
( Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney taken pos
session of by the Carolinians.
! Charleston, Dec. 28.—The Palmetto Flag
was raised early yesterday afternoon over the
. Custom House and Post Office, and at sin the
f afternoon, it was raised over Castle Pinckney.
! A large Military force went over last night to
, take Fort Moultrie. The Ball has opened—
chassa round.
L later.
3 Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney were ta
i ken by the Carolinians last night, about eight
o’clock.
e Charleston, Dec. 28.—Mr. Rhett spoke, and
will issue an address to the Southern people, in
which he earnestly advocates the formation of
a Southern Confederacy, also, advocated speedy
organization for permanent protection—recom
mends a general convention to be held, in which
each State shall have twice as many delegates
] as they now have representatives in Congress.
- MEN FOR THE FRIGATE MACEDONIAN.
Boston, Dec. 26.—Three hundred men left
j the navy yard to-day on a special train to join
0 the Macedonian at Gosport navy yard.
“ AiARKETST”
t New York, Dec. 27? Sales of cotton to-day
3,500 bales. Market active. Middling Uplands
11@1H c. Wheat firm ; nett sales of 2,600
bushels, at an advance of 1 cent per bushel.—
- Sales of Com 84,000 bushels; Southern White
e 68 c. Rice unchanged.
t
Washington, Dec. 28, 1860.
To Lieut. W. H. Ross—Floyd Rifles :
I have heard of your action in regard to
South Carolina, and refer you to the book of
1 Ruth—l:l6, 17:
3 T. HARDEMAN, Jr.
“ And Ruth said entreat me not to leave thee
s or to return from following after thee. For
e whither thou goest I will go, and where thou
! lodgest I will lodge. Thy people shall be my
people and thy God my God.
1 Where thou diest will I die, and there will I
t be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more
i also—ls aught but death part thee and me.”
Mayor Macbeth, of Charleston, to Mayor
Jores, of Savannah.
Th reply to a despatch sent by Mayor Jones,
1 to Mayor Macbeth, the following reply was re
-1 ceived •
Charleston, 7 P. M.—Fort Moultrie has
been evacuated and dismantled. The govern
e ment troops have been removed to Fort Sum
e ter. We are informed from Washington that
1 the commander of Fort Moultrie acted without
’ instruction. There is a good deal of excite
r ment here, but we think that things will come
1 out right.
, MACON COTTONTiaRKET ~
Friday —Receipts 302 bales. Sales 1 bale at 6c; lat
satß; latßX: 76at9; -1 at 9% ; 53 at
7 9% ; 197 at tfr-total sold 375 bales.
j
1 Phcenix Guano.
t From McKean’s Island South Pa
i cilic.
TITE have for sale, in any quantity, the above Guano,
VV at $lO Cash per ton of 2,000 lbs., or $45 credit until
Ist November, 1861, without interest in Savannah ; dray
age $lO. bill in Savannah added. We will consign it to
any Depot, in Georgia. We have the Analysis of Profs.
Charles U. Shepherd, Charleston. S. C., and J. Darby, of
Alabama, which we can furnish, if desired, showing
’ this Guano equal to the best Fertilizer known. We
, quote from rof. Darby’s Analysis:
’ “I is a valuable Fertilizer, 'better, I have no doubt,
than the highly Ammoniacai Guano, in this climate so
liable to drought. In a wet climate, or wet season, they
, would be best for a time, but to depend upon here, I
should esteem this much the best. Although not so ac-
! tivc in itH first application as Peruvian Guano, it con
tains the best elements of vegetable nutrition, and its
Influence will be felt for years after its application/’
: We solicit the orders of our friends, and can furnish
valuable certificates from such men as M. Patterson, of
Crawford county, T. P. Janes, Green county, W. P.
Drumwright, Montezuma, John P. Ward, Randolph
county, and others. FEARS & PRITCHETT,
dec 27 d 4 w-60days
Negroes for Sale.
ON the Ist Tuesday in January next, will be sold be
fore the Couit House door in the town of Clinton,
Jones county, Ga., between the usual hours of sale, a
negro woman from 26 to 30 years old. She is an excel
lent Cook. Nurse, Chambermaid and House servant.
Enquire of R. W. BONNER,
Clinton, Ga.
Also, a negro girl, about nine years old, unusually
smart and likely. Enquire of James G. Barnes, Clinton,
and also at this Office. dec 29 d-2t
FOR SALE.
I OFFER for sale my residence in Vineville. It has all
the improvements necessary to make it a desirable
residence. It is located in the heart of Vineville, and
surrounded by the best of society.
terms are twelve months credit, for undoubted
notes. Apply to T. J. PRITCHETT, or,
FEARS & PRITCHETT,
dec 29 Grocers, 3d st., Macon, Ga.
SELECT SCHOOL.
THE Exercises of my School will be resumed on Mon
day the 7th of January, 1861. Both boys and girls
(received as pupils.
Terms.—sso 00 a year—one-half payable in ad
vance. at the beginning of each session.
dec 29 d-t Ist feb. BENJ. M. POLHILL.
NEGRO FOR HIRE.
THE undersigned has for hire for the year 1861, a No. 1
Blacksmith. He will be hired by the year or month.
Apply to [dec 29d-3t] COL. E. C. RATCHFORD.
JOST. —The Gold head of a Walking Cane, with “Dr.
t J. T. Coxe, Macon, Ga.” engraved on it. I will
give a liberal reward.to any one returning it to me.
dec 28 d-4tJ, T. COXE,
A LMANACS foj 1861, at '
A dec 28J. M. BOARDMAN'S.
DIARIES for 1861.
A LARGE assortment of the above for sale at
A nov 7BOARDMAN’S.
'V r EGROES FOR HlßE—Several men and women.—
11 Apply at the Office of
dec 28 LANIER & ANDERSON.
ATTENTION ARTILLERY.
VPPEAR at your Company Room Tuesday night, at
7M o’clock, as business of importance will be
transacted. By order of Capt PARKER,
dec 28
“NOLI ME TANGERE.”
SECESSION QUICKSTEPS composed and dedicated
to the Minute Men South, by Hermann L. Schrei
ner. In Press and copyrighted,
dec 28 JOHN C. SCHREINER <fc SONS.
LOST OB MISLAID.
ONE Note for One Hundred and Eighty Dollars, given
by J. H. Palmer, made payable to the undersign
ed on the Ist January, 1861. One note given bv J. L.
Muarray, for Eighty-Seven Dollars, payable to the un
dersigned on the let October. 1858. The public are cau
tioned against trading for the same, as payments have
been stopped. A reward of Ten Dollari will be given
for both the notea, by J C. LEONARD
dec2»d-#t Macon, Ga
WOOD’S
PREMIUM
■ r'lS
< 4 • Htw
CAU1III!
[TWTIie late FAIR just closed
in Macon, has settled the question
as to who takes the best Pictures,
and has awarded to W O O D,
the following :
Premium for Best Daguerreotypes,
“ “ " Photographs.
11 “ “ Ambrotypes,
Also, to the well known Artist of this Establishment—
CHARLES BERUFF, ESQ.,
PREMIUM FOR BEST PORTRAIT IN OIL FROM
LIFE-ON CANVASS.
Every one will therefore see that
Wood’s is THE Place
TO GET A GOOD PICTURE.
of the above Styles of Pictures can
be had at this GALLERY, at LOW Prices.
that WOOD’S GALLERY is
on the corner, over Boardman’s Book Store,
nearly opposite Lanier House.
R. L. WOOD.
/I o/* OQ
PUGHIWS
PREMIUM
GLIMRIB
Still ahead In producing
LIFE SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS!
The most correct and popular Pictures.
3^“We were awarded the Premium over all
others at the two last Annual State Fairs, held
in Atlanta, and at the Fair just closed in Macon,
(there being no Premium offered for colored
Photographs) we give the following extract of
the Committee on Fine Arts, W. B. Johnston,
Chairman:
“We have, by instruction from the general Committee,
examined other articles entered in the book of our De
partment, and recommend the Chief Committee to award
Premiums for the following: The large Photograph
Views of Macon, and large Photograph Heads, both
plain and beautifully colored in Oil and Pastel. By J.
A. PUGH, of Macon.”
H£sgr*We were awarded the Premium, also, for the best
Miniature in Oil. It will thus be seen that our colored
Pictures, from Miniature to Life Size, have not yet been
equalled in the State.
Ambrotypes, dec.,
We are still producing, in the beet style, at very LOW
Prices, and we never fail in giving entire satisfaction
to all our patrons Give us a call.
J. A. PUGH <fc BRO.
Prize Bonnets.
THE Beautiful Bonnets which took the Premium at the
CGtton Planters’ Fair, are on Exhibition and sale at
dec2Bd-8t MRj. F. DASEAU’S,
The Judgeship of the Ocmulgee
Circuit.
beg leave respectfully to say to the vo
ters of the Circuit, that I am a candidate for re-eiectlon
to thia office, on the 2d day of January, 1861.
„ IVERSON L. HARRIS.
Milledgeville, Dec. 12—w3t
TO THE VOTERS OF UPPER CITY DIS
TRICT, g. m.
Having formerly served as Magistrate of yon
istnct, I take the liberty of offering my name as a can
didate for re-election to that office. Election at the
Court House, Ist Saturday in January. The support of
my friends and citizens generally, of the District, re
spectfully solicited dec 28 AMOS BENTON.
£.-<7" U e are authorized to an
nounce«. W. SEYMORE as a candidate for Tax Collec
or of Bibb County, at the election on Wednesday, 2nd
January next dec 2S d . 4t »
e are requested, and au
thorized to announce the name of PETER M. CURRY
as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns at the Jan
uary election. dec
t-SF* e are authorized and re
quested to announce the name of 11. M. LINDSAY, as
a candidate for Tax Collector at the January election.
dec 25
We are authorized to announce J. B.
NELSON, as a Candidate for the office of Tax Receiver
of Bibb County at the approaching election in January,
subject to a nomination of the “immediate secession”
party of Bibb county, if any is made.
REV. R. A. CAIN.
k'SF” The friends and neighbors of Rev. R
A. CAIN, announce him a candidate for election to the
office of Tax Collector of Bibb County, at the election in
January nex. [dec 20*] RUTLAND.
The friends of HENRY G. ROSS, announc
him as a suitable person for Receiverof Tax Returns at
the January Election, subject to a nomination, if any
bemarie. [decl4-te]
The friends of Capt. WM. BONE, an
nounce him as a suitable candidate for the office of Tax
Collector of Bibb county, at the approaching election in
January next. Capt. Bone gave general satisfaction in
the same office in 1857 and 1858. MANY VOTERS.
'V ® are authorized and requested to an
nonce FREDERICK HARTLEY, as a Candidate for Re
ceiver of lax Returns for Bibb County, at the Election
in January next, subject toa nomination ifanybemade
dec fr-te*
authorized to announce JOHN
P. COOPER a candidate for re-election to the office ot
Tax Collector of Bibb county, subject to the action of a
Nominating Convention, should any be held.
nov 27
JdgT'l announce my name as a candidate for
Tax Collector of Bibb County, at the election in Jan
uary next, and will feel grateful to my friends and ths
public for their support on that occasion.
gee 8 IL A. THARP.
Three Exhibitions Combined!
Will be Exhibited at
CONCERT HALL,
Every day and night during
CHRISTMAS WEEK
From 10 A. M., to 9 P. M.,
The INFANT GIANT, Seven Years of Age,
Out-measuring any living man, accompanied by hi*
mother, who is but 24 years of age.
The Walters Family of Dwarfs,
Three of whom are over 40 years of age, and about the
size of Tom Thumb, very intelligent and perfectly pro
portioned Also.
WAS STATUARY
Os some of the Greatest Human Curiosities that ever
lived. Exhibition open during the day, under the double
Pavilion near the Fair Ground.
Tickets, 50 cents ; Children and Servants half nrico
dec 18-dtf
FACTS, FACTS.
PEOPLE OF M.ICOSI AND VICINITT.
Please convince yourselves that
E. Feuchtwanger sells
CLOTHING, SHOES, and a very large variety of South
ern Manufactured Cotton and Woolen Goods,
Cheaper than ever before.
jy Call soon. He sells very low, but exclusively for
CASH. E. FEUCHTWANGER,
dec 24 Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia.
Christmas is Coming
AND
OhD S.hVTA-ChJtUZ
CLOSE BY, LOADED WITH ALL THE LUXURIES
OF LIFE, POR
OUH STC
ON MULBERRY
50 bbls. Fine Apples,
100 boxes Fire Crackers,
A large assortment of FINE CANDIES of all kind*
[at Retail,
1000 WHOLE, HALF & QUARTER BOXES of fln*
New Raisins,
ALSO,
•75 Drums of Figs.
We will be receiving, all the week, during th*
Holidays, large quantities of FRESH FISH and OYS
TERS.
Send Jn your orders, if you want them filled punctual.
25 kegs Fine Goshen Butter,
FIFTY BOXES
STATE AND CREAM CHEESE,
All in Store and for sale low for CASH, by
IL N. ELLS & CO.
dec 22
c l o Th! ng
at
J. STRAHAN & CO.,
Cor, or 3rd and Chxrbt Sts., Macon, Ga.,
.... u-« ne(lt and BEST assorted Stock of WINTER
I turejij'iij this city, which they will sell at COST
' or me next Thirty days. (dee 4-d.hu]
MUSIC.
JUDGES.—Profs. Mathews, Schwartz, and Dr. C. J.
Rosevelt.
T7OR the best piece of Instrumental Music, adapted
J to the same (Piano.) 00
Among 14 pieces of Music, all composed in Georgia,
Prof. H. L. Schreiner received the Premium. The Judg
es particularly recommend “Cotton Planter*’ Cunven
tion Scottish. “Julia Shottlsh,” and “Home, Sweet
Home, by Hermann L. Schreiner, of Macon, Ga, For
eale ? t JOHN C. SCHREINER & SONS,
dec 28
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