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SOUTHERN TBIBUSE. EDITED AND H'BI.ISHKU WEULV, BY W 31. B . HARBISO X . From the Tallahassee Floridian 6,- Journal. Southern Convention. Meeting of Ciliitni of Gadsden County. At a meeting of a number ofthe citizens of Gadsden county, held at the Court-room in the town of Quincy, on Saturday the 23d day of February, 1850, on motion of A. K. Allison, Arthur J. Forman was called to the Chair, and Thomas Monroe appointed Secretary. After a few intro ductory remarks front the Chair, explana tory of the objects of tiie meeting, on mo tion of C. H. DuPont, a committee of eight was ordered to be appointed to draft and report .Resolutions for immediate con sideration. The following gentlemen composed the committee, viz : C. H. DuPont, S. 11. Stephens, R. K. Shaw, William Munroe, A. K. Allison, W. T. Sockton, P. W. White, J. H. Ycr dier. The committee having retired, return ed after a short absence and reported the 1 following preamble and resolutions, which were ably advocated, in a speech of some length by the chairman, C. H. DuPont : The Coinmitteo who were charged with the duty of piepaiing for the consideration of this meeting an embodiment of its sen timents beg leave respectfully to submit as ttie result of their consultation and de liberation the following report: Your Committee are sensible ofthe so lemnity of the occasion which has induced the people of this county, to leave their o dinary business avocations, and to con vene in iliier primary capacity—They are convinced that nothing short of the high obligations of patriotism, could have produced this result ; and while they in dulge a pardonable pride in this indication of the confidence of their appointment to their present position, they feel that the respousibi ity imposed upon them is of the most delicate and weighty character. A question of momentous import is sub mitted for their deliberation, upon the so lution of which by the American people, may depend per chance the integrity of these confederated States ! —Alive as are your Commit'ee to the importance ofthe subject, they have, with an anxiety promp ted by the highest aspirations tor their country’s welfare, endeavored calmly and deliberately to review the causes which have induced the present antagonist posi tion ofthe two great sections of our coun try. It is in vain any longer toendeavour to conceal or hide from ourselves the fact, that the patriotic admonition ofthe Father of his Country, ‘‘to beware of sectional or geographical parties" has long since ceas ed to exercise any saving influence over the great body ot the Non-slaveholding States, who under the aggressive prompt **’o* -.e - r - r t.;t..^.i— rj ., , oc Ki,. traced upon the once unblotted map of our common country, a geographical line’ so broad and distinct that “he who runs ; may read.”—lt is a political fact which j must stand out prominently upon the pa-! ges ofour history, that at this point of time, ! “Mason’s and Dixon’s line,” which under the healthful influence of an enlarged patriotism, had long since vanished into an ideal fancy, is again restored to form and substance; and its portent is any thing but grateful to the patriotic bosom ! Tits responsibility for producing this antagonistic position rests not upon the South—she can ap[)eal with confidence to the history of the past; her vindication being written upon the political records of onr country ! The principles which have influenced her actions have been those of “Justice and Equality,”—she has sedul ously refrained from interfering with the local institutions of her Sister-States of the North ; and she had a right to expect, in view of a common ancestry, that the same measure offoibearance would have been meted out to her. With a generous devotion to country, her people have chosen even to submit to aggression rather than do violence to the bonds ofour common Union—A Union cemented by the blood of our Revolution ary Fathers endeared by a thousand re collections to tho bosom of every patriotic Son ! Whenshehas demanded “Justice.” she has received only aggression—when “Equality,” she is met only with insults I Uuder these accumulated wrongs the South has hitherto submilted and desired to adhere to the Union as the first and highest of political blessings, fondly hoping that she would yet find full reparation for her wrongs and insults in a returning sense of justice of her Sister States of the North I But this fond anticipation has been blas ted by the developements of the last few months, and she is now constrained to make the announcement that, “Union with out Equality, is degradation I”—Whenev er the issue involved in this announcement shall be fairly presented to the people of the Southern States, your committee can not doubt the result. Tour Committee are not prepared to say that the Union of these States may not yet be preserved ; but to compass this ob ject so dear to the bosom of every patriot —to restore perfect health and sound ness to the body politic, the remedy must be changed—the nostrum of Concession, must give place to an unyielding demand for justice. “Compromises” out of the Constitution, must yield to the Comprom ises in the Constitution ! With a public sentiment at the South, united upon these jiriuciples, your Committee indulge the belief, that the integrity ofthe Union may yet be preserved, and if it cannot be pre soived upon these principles, they are free to declare it as their opinion that its pre aorvtttion will not be worth the effort. Entertaining these sentiments as to the great preventative remedy against a disso iulion of the Union, to wit: a united pub lic sentiment at the South, your Commit tee have naturally turned their attention to the means of obtaining a proper con centration of public opinion, and upon this point they earnestly recommended as the most effective means which lias yet been suggested, a full representation of tiie Southern States, in the Convention pro posed to be held in the City of Nashville in June next. Tiie next point in order of consideration is, as to the mode and manner in which the representatives of this State shall be appointed 1 Upon this point your Com mittee acknowledge that they have eu countered some difficulty in arriving at a definite plan ; and this embai rasment has been produced more by the diversity of suggestions, which have lately appeared in the newspapers of the State, than by any difference of opinion amongst them selves. It will be recollected by the meet ing, that in consequence of our Legislative Assembly sitting only biennially, no or ganized body emanating from the people have convened in the Stale since the “ Nashville Convention” was proposed, and consequently any action in reference to the appointment of Delegates thereto, must be had, if at all, by the people in their primary capacity. Indeed your Com mit'ee are inclined to the belief that such is the source from which the delegates ought to receive their appointment and commission; and that were the General Assembly now in session, it would not su percede the necessity for a Convention of the people, to deliberate upon this all absobiug question, and to take measures to have the voice of their State heard amongst her Sisters of the South. Two modes for embodying the public sentiment of the State has been suggested —the one through District Conventions, to he held in each judicial district of the State—the other through a State Conven tion to be constituted ofdelegates appoin ted from each county in the State. Your Committee under other circumstances might have been inclined to recommend the latter scheme for the adoption of this meeting; hut believing as they do that the former plan will meet with greater favor from the counties at large; and in view of the fact that the Eastern and Southern dis tricts are now probably organizing a Dis trict Convention to be held at Ocala in April next, they respectfully suggest that it bo recommended to the Counties ofthe Middle Judicial Circuit to take measures forthwith for the organization of a District Convention. In reference to the time and place for the meeting of the proposed Convention, your Committee would re spectfully recommend that it be held at the Capitol in Tallahassee, on Wednesday the the first day of May next. Your Committee be entitled to send to the said Convention the double of its en- in uie Cfcnerat Assem bly, and to be appointed in such manner as the people of the respective counties may determine. Your Committee would further recom mend that this meeting do now proceed to appoint delegates to represent the County of Gadsden in any State or District Con vention which may assemble for the pur pose above contemplated. Your Committee, the more fully to em body the sentiments and feelings of this meeting, beg leave to recommend the adoption of the following Resolutions:— 1. Resolved, That the unceasing agita tion amongst the people of certain States of this Confederacy, forthe abolition of the institution of African slavery as it exists in the Southern States, which agitation has now invaded even the Halls of our Na tional Legislature, imperatively demands of us, the adoption of such measures as will be most likely to protect our Consti tutional rights. 2. Resolved, That in order to give effi ciency to any action in reference to this question, a perfect and harmonious una nimity of sentiment is demanded of the whole South. 3. Resolved, That our Federal Union was originated in a recognition of the principle of "•perfect equality” amongst the members thereof, and that no gross in fringement of that principle can be made, without materially endangering the inte grity of the same. 4. Resolved, That in the openly avowed purpose of a large majority of the Repre sentatives of the non-slaveholding States, to pass through Congress bills containing the principle of the “Wilmot Proviso,” we recognize an increasing spirit of fana ticism, which in total disregard of our Constitutional rights, aims at the abolition of slavery in the States, ultimately; as it now avowedly does in the Territories. 5. Resolved, That vve hold it to be the right of the citizens of every reguarly or ganized Territorial Government, when they may apply for admission as one of the States of the Union ; to adopt for them selves a State Constitution with such limi ts ions and restrictions (notin conflict with the Constitution of the United States) as they in their wisdom may deem expedient, but believing the present application on behalf of “California” to be irregular and illegal, and not within the purview of the above stated principle, we are unanimous ly opposed to her admission. 6. Resolved, That influenced by an anxious desire to arrest if possible the tendencies to a dissolution of our cherish ed Union, by presenting for the considera tion of our Brethren of the lion-slavehohl ing States, a frank and candid declaration of the grievances of which we complain, and in view also of the adoption of such measures as may be deemed best suited to the exigency of the occasion, vve cordially approve of tho proceedings which have been adopted by the people of the State of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia, for the calling of a Southern Convention to assemble at Nashville in June next. 7. Resolved, That it is our opinion that Florida ought to be represented in the proposed Southern Convention, and that in order to the same, we respectfully re commend to our fellow-citizens of the re spective judicial districts, the appointment of such number of delegates as they may be entitled to, upon the ratio suggested by the action of the above named States; to wit: the double of our entire representa tion in Congress; which ratio would enti tle Florida to six delegates; and distribu ted between the four judicial districts in to which the State is divided, would give to the Western district two, to the .Middle District two, and to the Eastern and South ern districts conjointly two. 8. Resolved, That with a view of car rying out the recommendation contained in the last foregoing resolution, we re spectfully recommand that a Convention of the Counties constituting (he Middle district, be convened on Wedensday the first day of May next, at the Capitol in the City of Tallahassee ; and that each County send to the said Convention, dou ble the number of its entire representa tion in the General Assembly. 9. Resolved, That with a view of im parting to the delegates who may be se lected by the people of the several judi cial districts, tiie character and authority of State Representatives, we respectfully suggest that each District Convention, should adopt a resolution recognizing all the delegates who shall beelected.es Re presentatives of the State at large. 10. Resolved, That we earnestly, but respectfully urge upon His Excellency the Governor, to give bis official sanction to these proceedings, by Proclamation, recommending to the jteople of the State to carry out the object contemplated in the foregoing resolutions. These resolutions, having been atten tively read and considered, were then unanimously adopted. On motion of Mr, John Erskine, it was Resolved, That the chairman he au thorized to nominate, subject to the ap proval of this meeting, ten delegates to represent Gadsden county in the Conven tion contemplated to be held by the fore going eighth resolution, and that the Chair man and Secretary form two of the num ber, and that said delegates have the pow er to fill any vacancy that may occur in their own body. In accordance with the foregoing reso lution, the chair named the following gen tlemen as delegates, all of whom were approved by the meeting, viz: W. T. Stockton, C. H. Dupont, Jesse 13. McCall, A. K- Allison, J. VV. Poin dexter, P. W. White, S. 13. Stephens, Richard Jarot, A. J. Forman, Thos. Mun roe. Un motion of A. Iv. Allison, Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be furnished by the Secretary to his Excellency the Governor, to each of our Senators and Representatives in Con gress, and to each of the newspapers pub lished in the State of Florida. The meeting then adjourned. ARTHUR J. FORMAN, Chairman, Thos. Monroe, Secretary. From the Augusta Republic. “Wc are in favor of the admission of Califor nia with her present Constitution and bounda ries; vve do not want the latter reduced because of the greater influence it would give the free States in the Senate ; (unless the line of 36 deg , 30 in., be established to the Pacific, and even then we have serious doubts whether slavery would exist in the state immediately south of that line.” — Chronicle and Sentinel, 26 th ultimo. Suppose California is admited now with her present constitution and boundaries, how is that to prevent her subsequent sub division into free states, when her popula tion increases, or even before, under the ridiculous example of her own admission, vvithcompartively no population at all ? From the most reliable information vve can receive, there are in California at least ten thousand foreigners who have never been naturalized in the United States or Mexico, 1 hey could notown an inch of soil, serve in the capacity of a juror, nor vote for a constable to morrow, if Califor nia were legally and properly admited in fo this confederacy. Yet they have as much to say as any body in California, a bout her admission as a free state, ami they arc always included in the general allusion to the probable population of California: when that illusion is made with reference to the claims her popula tion give her to admission. It does seem passing strange to ns how Southern presses and Southern Statesmen can deliberately consent to advocate a measure, which is in this nature a quasi compromise, and that nevertheless guar anties no single right or advantage to the South and that may be pointed to through all coming time to justify as many similar wrongs and outrages upon our rights as in the troubled dreams of fanaticism, it may become necessary to perpetrate.— Truth needs no authority to bolster it up. It is error alone that clings with such un dying tenacity to precedent. Admit Cali fornia to-morrow, and when shall we see the end to the begining of similar demands from the North. Will it not also entail upon us immediate results disastrous to our rights. Will it not make this huge cold blooded Northern giant feel all bis physical power, and in the day (for come, it surely will,) when resistance “man to man and steel to steel,” becomes absolute ly necessary, will we not be rendered too contemptible and weak to resist at all.— Such in our bumble opinion must be the fatal consequences of yielding tothoNorth, this light that is fairly and legally ours. — If the Union is ever dissolved it will be the fault alone of treachery to the South. It will be the result of the division, when there should be harmony here. \V e love the Union with a devotion deep and holy, but the bright and stainless honor of the South we iovc more dearly still and wo be to the sacrilegious hand, we warn the North, that offers violence to its virginal purity. Sooner than see the pioud spirit of the South brook an insult from the North, we would bail with joy the politic al earthquake that would mingle every glorious recollect! nos the past amid the wreck of constitutions and the crush of confederacies. We ardently hope and trust that whether there is enough of the spirit of ’76 in the north to recognise our rights or not, there is at least enough in the south to maintain them to the last ex tremity. The southern blood that was poured out like water upon the parching sands of the tropics, cost our fair daugh ters many a bitter tear, but they stand to day with an olive in one hand and a laurel in the other. If on terms honorable alike to all parties, the north will accept the emblem of peace, the prayers of millions of southern hearts will consecrate the present, but if it is recklessly rejected, we’ll meet your attack, if necessary, with a couched lance and a waving plume.— No southern heart ever quailed when the front of battle lowered. Forthe sake of argument, admit that no slave ever would be owned in Califor nia south of 36 deg., 30 m., is this not an unanswerable reason why the North, if their designs be honest, should not meddle with our right to take them there. It is contended in the North and in the South that slavery will never exist there in any event. Is this not then ovenvelming and conclusive evidence of the fact that the Northcalmly contemplates ourdegradation however profitless it may prove to them ! Southern men, what say you to this cool audacity l Are you prepared to purchase peace with a cowardly immolation to your honor I Consent to the admission of California with her present population and limits, and you virtually surrender every right dear to the South involved in the odious Wilmot proviso itself. If you fancy Northern flattery, do it; but as surely as you do, we warn you, your children will curse your memories, and history will preserve the deed only to contrast your despicable infamy with the deathless glo ry ofour fathers. Send down to posterity, we abjure you, nosucli damning evidence upon record of treason to your country and perfidy to your offspring. To our representatives in Congiess we say, do nothing your constituency will be compelled to undo with the sword ; we tell you they will inevi ably resist the ad mission ofCalifornia with her present pop ulation and boundaries ; many of you have richly earned and already received the cheeiing congratulation ot "Well done thou good and faithful servant.”— Forfeit not past praise nor merit future reproach by your conduct, wc implore you, in this crisis—this dark and fearful hour of Southern peril. Harmony at the South is the last hope of the Union. Internal dissensions here will embolden the North aggression will succeed aggression, and insult follow insult, till no compromise can wipe out the memory of our wrongs.— Act now for your native homes in the sun ny South where your memories will be cherished and the warm hearts of your offspring ho made to kindle with exalting pride in your fame, when the syren harp of the North hangs upon the willow and the sod of the vailcy is green over your tombs. Mr. Bell’s Resolutions. Whereas considerations of the highest interest to the whole country demand that the existing and increasing dissensions between the North and South on the sub ject of slavery should be speedily arrested, and that the questions in controversy be adjusted upon some basis which shall tend to give present quiet, repress sectional animosities, remove, as far as possible, the cause of future discoid, and secure the un interrupted enjoyment ofthosebenefits and advantages which the Union was intended to confer in equal measure upon all its members: And whereas, it is manifest, under pres ent circumstances, that no adjustment can be effected of the points of difference un happily existing between the Northern and Southern sections of the Union con nected with the subject of slavery which secure to either section all that is contend ed for, and that mutual concession upon questions of mere policy, not involving the violation of constitutional right or principle, must be the basis of every pro. ject affording any assurance of a favora ble acceptance. And whereas the joint resolution for an nexing Texas to the United States, ap proved March 1, IS4s.contains the follow ing condition and guaranty, that is to say ; ‘New Statesofconvenientsize, not exceed ing four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall b« entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution ; and such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of 36 degrees 30 minuetes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri com promise lino, shall be admitted into the Union wither without slavery, as the peo ple of each State asking admission may desire : and in such State or States as shall he formed out of said territory north of said Missouri coiuprmise line, slavery or involuntary servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited :’ ‘Therefore— 1. Resolved. That the obligation to comply with the condition and guaranty < above recited in good faith be distinctly recognised, and that, in part compliance j with the same, as soon as the people of Texas shall by an act of their Legislature, signify their assent by restricting their lim its thereof within the territory lying east of the Trinity and south of Red river, and when the people of the residue ol the ter ritory claimed by Texas, lying south of the 34th degree north latitude and west of the Trinity, shall, with the assent of Tex as, adopt a constitution republican in from, they be admited into the Union upon an equal footing in all respects with the orig inal States. 2. Resulted, That if Texas shall agree to cede, the united States will accept a session of all the unappropriated domain in all the teiritory claimed by Texas lying west of the Colorado, and extending north of the 42d parallel of north latitude, and to pay therefor a sum not exceeding millions of dollars to be applied in the first place to the extinguishment of any portion of the existing public debt of Texas, for the discharge of which the United States are under any obligations impliedo orther erwise, and the remainder as Texas shall require. 3. Resolved, That when the population of that portion of the territory claimed by Texas, lying south of the 341 h parellel of north latitude and west of the Colorado, shall be equal to the ratio of representation in Congress under the last proceeding ap portionment, according to the provisions of the constitution, and the people of such territory shall, with the assent ofthe new States contemplated in the proceeding resolution, have adopted a State constitu tion republican in form, they be admitted into the Union as a State upon an equal footing with the original States. 4. Resolved, That all the territory now claimed by Texas, lying north of the 34th parallel of north latiiuqe, and which may be ceded to the United State by Texas, be incorporated with the territory of New Mexico, except such part thereof as lies east of the Rio Grande and south of the 34th parallel of north latitude, and that the territory so composed form a State, to be admitted into the Union when the in habitants thereof shall adopt a constitution, republican in form, with the consent of Congress ; but in the mean time, and until Congress shall give such consent, provi sion be made for the government of the inhabitants of said Territory suitable to their condition, but without any restriction as to slavery. 5. Resolved, That all the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of Gua dalupe Hidalgo, lying west of said Terri tory of New Mexico and east of the con templated new state of California, for the present continue one territory, and for which some form of government suitable ( to the condition ofthe inhabitants be pro vided without any restriction as to slavery. 6. Resolved,, That the constitution re cently formed by the people of the wes tern portion of California, and presented to Congress by the President on the 13th day of Febuary, ISSO, be accepted, and that they be admitted into the Union as a State upon an equal footing in all respects with the original States. 7. Resolved, That in future the forma tion of State constitutions by the inhabi tants of the Territories of the United States be regulated by law, and that no such constitution be hereafter formed or adopted by the inhabitants of any Territo ty belonging to the United States without the consent and authority of Congress. 8. Resolved, That the inhabitants of any Territory of the United States, when they shall be authorized by Congress to form a State constitution, shall have the sole and exclusive power to regulate and adjust all questions of internal State policy, of what ever nature they may be, controlled only by the restrictions expressly imposed by the constitution of the United States. 9. Resoleed, That the Committee on Territories be instructed to report a bill in conformity with the spirit and principles of the foregoing resolutions. Southern Meeting. —The communica tion of the Mississippi delegation in Con gress transmitted by Gov. Quitman, to the Legislature, which we noticed last week, was the subject of a resolution at a large meeting held, without party distinc tion, at the Capitol of that State, on the 10th inst. The meeting, without a dis senting voice recommended their “St;na tors and Representatives in Congress, to remain at their posts, and resist all further aggression on the rights.” The ci mmi tee which reported the re solutions, nineteen in number, are among the leading men of the State of both par ties, and we are pleased to see the resolu tions, drawn in the proper spirit. They were passed by an “an overwhelming vote.” Mobile Register. Counterfeiters. —Two men and two women were arrested in Cincinnati on the 15th ult. The officers found in the rooms occupied by these poisons,moulds forcast ing five franc pieces, half dollars, quarter dollars, five cent pieces, and a considera ble amount of bogus money. They also found a quantity of metal, the apparatus used for galvanizing, and all the tools ne cessary for the manufacture of spurious coin. Look to your Punctuation. —A toast drunk at a 4th of July celebration was given as follows : “ Woman—without her, man would be a savage,” '1 ho Boston Post thinks the punctua tion erroneous, and should be corrected tI)U3 : “ Woman, without her man, would be a savage.” MACON , G A . "SATURDAY MORNING, M Mis* Kimberly.—This lady read on Tuc, day, Wednesday and Thursday evaning | M , , numerous, respectable and delighted audience Shakspeare's celebrated plays of ** Ilamle! ' “Romeo and Juliet," and “Macbeth." Her per formance elicited much praise ; and with p cr [ n , the exception of too masculine a tone in j Kr female characters, her enunciation* were clear characteristic and very good, whilst her imp J sioned personifications of the different other characters were quite forcible and true. She deservedly ranks high among those who have heretofore undertaken to represent so many dis. fereut characters, as are displayed in these plays Mu. Macallister—This prince of Magicians has been delighting large aiidieuces in thiscity during the past week, with his legerdemain, in’ the art of which he has attained a wonderful de gree of proficiency. Indeed his performance] cannot be excelled. [CPIt will be seen by reference to the notice in our advertising columns, that anew paper en titled “ The Georgia Citizen," will be comment, ed in this city on Thursday 21st inst., by L F W. Andrews, Esq , late editor of tho Musco.eo Democrat. May the “Citizen" become » t . rnanent and useful resident of this community. Godey s Lady s Book. —We have received the March Number of this valuable Monthly, which fully sustains the high reputation of it] predecessors. This periodical has done much heretofore to improve the intellect and elevate the moral sentiment ofits numerous readers; and we wish it a prosperous and happy career in the future. Published by L. A. Godet, Philadel phia, at $3 per annum, in advance. Holden's Magazine —The March Number of this cheap Monthly Magazine, has been re ccived, and its contents are varied and interest ing. Published by W. 11. Dietz, New York, at $1 per annum, in advance. The Southern Convention* It will he seen by the Proclamation of Gov. Towns in another column, that tho citizens of Georgia arc requested to elect on Tuesday, 2d April next, Two Delegates from each Congres sional District, one from each political party, to represent the people of Georgia in the Nashville Convention in June next. This is right, and we observe notices in several papers in this State calling meetings of the citizens, without distinction of party, to choose delegates to the district nominating conventions. When will tho people of Bibb hold a meeting? Bring out the candidates and “face the music” gentlemen We perceive that notwithstanding the attempt to prevent, indirectly, the assembling of the Convention at Nashville by a few party leaders, in refusing to appoint delegates from Tennes-er, the people will take the subject up and sec that she shall be represented there. A spirit of un qualified submission to any encroachment oti Southern rights under the name of the Union, probably exists there and elsewhere, but that e majority are in favor of the Convention, we have no doubt, and as the time fur action is at hand, vve hope the preliminary arrangements will be made in due time. Mr. Cai.iiocn’s Speech.—Mr. Mason read this speech in the Senate on Monday last. It is just such a production ns might have been ex pected from this distinguished statesman, and we shall notice it hereafter. We have neither time nor space now to give even a synopsis of it, and will only state that lie thinks the Union is in danger, and can only be preserved by pro. tectmg the constitutional rights of the South,who had no compromise to offer. If the difficulties now existing could not he satisfactorily settled it would be judicious to part in peace, and the admission of California with her present bounda ries should he the test question. Bank Robbery.—We regret to learn from ike Savannah papers that Geo. J. Bclloch, late Cashier of the Central Railroad Bank left that city on Wednesday, 20th ult., leaving the Bank minus $103,000. His securities are bound for $-10,000. The President, Mr. Cutler, has of. ffered a reward of $5,000 and 5 per cent on the amount recovered. It is supposed that Mr, B. has either gone to Cuba or Wales, and great ex ertions are being made to have him arrested. Florida—We regret to see the course purstf ed by Gov. Brown, in opposing the Southern Convention—but that he will have ‘to give it up we have no doubt, from the evidence given by the people of Gadsden, an account of the pro. ceedings of which will be found in another column. When the people move in this n ' an ' ner those who would dictate to them must step asido or their location will very soon be in 'he dreary regions of “ nowhere.” Florida will he represented in the Nashville Convention, whether her Governor desires it or not. Missionaries.—The Rev. Dr. Boring, ari'l his colleagues, Rev. Messrs. Pollock and Wxs>, Missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Churcit South, embarked recently on hoard the spit’ l did steamer Ohio, at New Orleans, bound h ,r Chagrcs, and they probably have arrived in *' mC to take a steamer which would leave Fananu for San Francisco, about the present time. MiLi.EDGExriLT.r. Rail Roao.—The Record'- says: “ At a meeting of the stockholders of tl- c Milledgcville and Gordon Rail Road Comp 3 ".' held on Saturday last, the fallowing gentle^ 1 were elected Directors, viz : George L. Deu» l, l’ J. U. Horne, I. L. Harris, and Isaac Newell, 1 0 Mayor of tho city John 11. Brown, Esq , 1 6 Director on the part of the City Council- At a subsequent meeting of the Board, l-" 1.. Doming, Esq., was elected President. First Congressional District. —The 01 cinl vote from the Ist. Congressional District, ns follows: _ jrji) Jackson, Sfoo I’lkminc, _ go* Jackson’s majority: