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[rOR THE SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.]' ;
Macon, Bibb County,Georgy, Oct. 8, 1860.
Mr Editor—You has published the letter I
writ list, to correcVthe mistakes which I was
certin would go out bout our meetin ; und not
withstanding I newd our organ would speak of
it, as usual, in his romantic style, sorter like the
hero of Inglish histry, Sir Falstaff, spoke of his
bravery, yet I wanted our sober thinkin men
what dont like romance, to hear the truth from
one who writes the plane language.
Now on the day your paper cum out the ‘Fire
eaters,' as we cal! um ; I say we, cause I mean,
our papers, what's in for a great, good and holy
consolidated Government, believiu whatever is,
t> right, specially cause bout politics Mr. Editor’
we lives in a free Government, and the majority
rulos in such Governments, and Congress is our
grand Legislator in spite of the States, an no
laws kin pass only by the majority, an every
body then orter submit to the laws.
\V ell, tho other ‘Rebel party’ had their meetin
in opposition to ours, and I went down to see
what they was gwine to do, in opposition to the
true principles of loyal subjects and ACQCI
ESCLNCL, (you see we is no Submissionists,)
to Captin Fillsmore, and the great humane
Senator from New York, Mr. Seward. And
when I got to the Court House, I didn't like the
looks a things. They was a standing bout in
groups, talking every which way, and tliar was
so many of um on the steps, an in the Court
House, an in the yard, an so many individuals
from the country, talkin bout cotton, the dry
weather, an one thing another. Says I to one
of our men “Hut tut, hows this ? They must a
sent out in the countiy for folks to come in, or
it’s sale day I reckon." Nose/, he, 'taint sale
day, it's Saturday—Ah ha, sez I—Sez I, “I
don't see as many boys here as we had, cos you
see we had all the boys bout the size of Jim,
(what you gin the fisliin hooks to last April) that
was bout town. Sez he, “You see, our folks
is stuck up to directions, — there's none of um
down, but tho Committee what was pinted to
report, you and me and brother John I
seed him lookin round sorter sarchin, like he
was lookin for keows .” Well they all went in,
and we three inongst um, and Mr. Thomas King,
who had his gray hairs all kombed back smooth
and long a hind his ears, and he looked so old
and venerable like, they thought he vvusn't
enough, so they called a young gentleman to
sit up tliar with him, who was Mr. Henry G.
Ross. Then Judge John Bailey moved that Mr
Marg in and Mr. Colquitt he Secretaries, (an 1
thought to inyself you’d better ax Mr. Thomas
Hardeman, Jr., he’s good at it,) hut I sot still
and sod nothin, for 1 felt mournful.
Then Col. Bailey, what our Sledge Hammer
(you know) writ them things bout, rose and sed
be moved Twenty Four men be pinted to write
a preamble and resolutions for the meetin,which
was agreed to of course, and they was cordingly
by the old President.
While they was gone off, they called on a little
black curly-headed lookin sort of a man to speak.
Sez I, all ha, you cant speak mournful and sen
timental like our speaker, Col. Washington Poet
who if you was to make a man out of fat liglit
ord and set him up, and let Col. Poe read our
resolutions to him, speak on um, he would most
make the turpentime run from his eyes. But
they kept callin Howard, Howard, Howard of
Crawford ; I sorter fell curious like, — so many
every which way—first thinks I, that's his name’
then they put on Crawford, then I sposed it was
Howard Crawford Then he come a creeuin
from the folks jammed together outside the bar,
an went up by the President an begun to address
the people, and lie gin our party at the Nor’od
powerful hard licks, he showed what they had
done to hurt the South, (thinks 1, I'll stop him
and ax hill) if the Scriplur doesn't say “bo obe
dient to the poieers that be?" meaning you know
the majority in Congress—and agin, “if thy
brother take thy cloak, give unto him also thy
coat," as our Union party wants to do—An agin
“if thy brother pluck out one eye turn to hint
the other,” and so on, — But I sorter feared and
sot down anil sed nothin. Well, he spoke mighty
like a book, an w hen he got through the Twenty-
Four had come down with the Resolutions and
Col. Bailey read um.
Mr. Editor, I never in all my life, hoard of so
many injuries which the preamble sed had been
done to the South. It bad as many as was put
in the Declaration of Independence which Great
Britian done to the Colonies and very much like
um, and if I believed um, I'djiuc the party and
vote lor the South ; hut I didn't want to blieve
um no how, cause how, I've been croperatin
with our org in so long, I thought I'd suspend
my judgment, as he advised us all to do, durin
this campaign. It sed they (incanin our Nor'od
friends what they eall abolitionists) had prohib
ited slavery North of the Ohio, wliar it had ex
isted in a territory ceded to the U. S. by Virginv
—they holished slavery in most of the Luisanna
'•purchase, over country enough to make twelve
States,leavin hardly soil enough for three States
to the South—that they stole thirty millions
worth of slaves from the South in about thirty
years ; that they murdered our men, and beat
and misused many more who were tryen to ketch
their niggers which had scaped over the line
mongst them ; and in no case had they been pun
ished; that tho grand juries of Virgin ny had found
truo bills gin our confederates for stealing nig
gers ; the fellers fled to the free States and they
would not give um up aecordin to the 4th Art.
of the Constitution, sayin 'twas no harm to stoal
niggers. That their Legislators past laws to
punish the officers who assisted to carry out the
Constitution. That officers and magistrates had
seezed southern men and put um in prison, when
they had there niggers carryin um home,and let
the slaves go and the master was glad to get
away with there lives, without redress—that
they had held meotins in the U. S. and in foren
lands to excite hatred gin the South cause she
had slaves, and this is done every day by our
party at the North, that they preach agin us and
lamed the children in the school-houses to hate
us us barbarians. That in tho Mexican war
they sed they hoped the Mexicans would “wel
come us to hospitable graves,” and when wo had
filled tin sc graves an conquered tlu-Mexicans an
got >j country u« hig us a qn irtey of E'trpjy, they
an the Ch inert s.nlngins an Mulxtters nn other
barbarians took it, an sed we were not good
enuff to have any for us and our negroes—an
this is not half of the abuses they sed had been
heapin on us—an then the Resolutions, an there
was twenty two of um, went right home, an I 1
am glad our party wasn’t tliar, for I tell you* j
you cant get every man to suspend his judgment •
like me and a few more—an my observation is, )
that it is decidedly the best plan to keep our
party from gwine to the meelins of the Southern
Rights party, for if we dont I tell you now, its
a caae with us in this county an in the State, and
we might as well not a past that resolution tha 1
we would vote for no man who wouldnt swar to
betray the honor of the Slate in the Convention!
Well, alter Col. Bailey had made another
speech ginst “our rules and resolves," (now that
was a powerful oversight in us, priutin them
things, «v e might a known sum lawyer would
got hold of um like Bailey, an made gun wuddin
of um ; if they hadn't been printed by our papers
we could a swore 'twasnt um—us twas you see
they had us foul,) —they passed their Reso'utions
an its oh use tryin to answer um, for 1 tried evry
one of um as they come—no use bitin a file
the best plan is not to let our folks see um no
how, and propriate sum a that money to buy um
up as fast as they cutn out and burn um.
Then they pinted a Committee to go out an
select candidates for the Convention to run in
tlte county of Bibb for the Southern Rights parly,
they bein appinted, riz an went out, an while
they was outconferin,somebody called on Squire
Smith for a speech, an I thought he was right
arter ine two or three times, specialty wliar he
alluded to Arnold the traitor— thinks I, I've got
my judgmentsuspended any how, an thar's wliar
they tried to git Arnold—but I sot still an didut
say a word and looked kind a keerless. Well,
when he got through, (an 1 was glad cause I felt
like I wanted somethin on my stomach, as twas
gittin late an I wanted some support,) then the
Committee reported the names of Col. Leroy
Napier, Charles Collins, Thomas A. Brown an
Rohert A. Smith, as the persons lit on by the
Committee, — the Report was adopted by ayes
and noes, but tliar wasnt no noes, an Col. Bailey
was the fust man a-said aye, cause I wasnt done
lookin at him when the question was put. Then
they past a Resolution that the President pint at
his convenience, a Committee of good an true
men to consist of one hundred, to provide for the
general welfare an advance, 6y all honorable
means, the interest of the Southern Rights party
—Then Mr. Hill, as I heard his name was,
moved the same motion as was moved in our
meetin at the close, that the city papers and all
oilier papers friendly to the cause, he requested
to publish the proceedings of this great meetin,
and Judge Bailey sed he wished to amend the
motion by “excepting the Citizen,” which pro
duced a mighty laughin, anil* one man sez lie*
“nuft'sed old boss,” but thar wasnt nothin done
bout that, but just laughin that's all, an thinks I
l knows the reason, you all knows that’s a par
ticular kind a eat your arter now. But this time
I got so disgusted I put on my old broad brim
an mi ked off, thinkin what kind of a eat that
was. .
Mr. Editor, I wish to ax you one favor afore
I quit an that is, that you will sorter look to the
aulografi, as my seoolin was neglected in mv
young days, an these Southern Rights fellers
might use it agin me in the election.
Yours respectfully,
ISAIAH HANCOCK.
Notv Buriy Pleas be so obligin, Mr. Editor,
ns to ax who Mr. ‘Screw Driver’ is, I was sorter
larmed like, when I seed that instrument in the
paper, praps its one of the liine writers, from a
cold climate, imigrated South for his health, ou r
climate docs improve sich ; if you fine him out,
tell him, by the powers I'm no inimy of his, but
with him,coin in for Union an peacenn submis
sion an a-a-arragh ACQUIESCENCE —And all
I sez is in the sense of the great an good Mr.
Pickwick- I. If.
['communicated ]
Me. Editor —l see by the last Journal & Mes
senger, that the Union men contemplate having
a “Rally for the Union" in this city on Thurs.
day next, and I would suggest to the Southern
Rights B’hovs the propriety of meeting on F rid iy
the 18th inst., to discuss before the people the
questions at issue. Let us meet our opponents
on the field of argument and the victory is ours.
‘NuffCed.” HARRY HOMESPUN.
U*Tho Atlantic has arrived, bringing Liver,
pool dates to the 25th ult., showing an advance
of Jd. per lb. on Cotton, within the previous
three days.
Later. —Accounts to the 28th, show a decline
of Jd. which leaves the market the same as
when the Cambria left.
THE MEETING AT KINGSTON.
The following ate the Result].ions which
were adopted unanimously at the Mass
Meeting held at Kingston, on the 26th till.
Resolved, That the people of Georgia
are, in the opinion ofthis meeting, pledg
ed to some effective mode of resistance to
the encroachments of the North upon their
just and constitutional rights.
Resolved, That the State is not commit
ted to any particular mode or measure of
redress, and that in the opinion of this
meeting, it isthe object of the Convention,
to be convened on the 10th of December
next, to deliberate upon, and recommend
to the people of Georgia some such mode
and measures of redress, as they may be
lieve adequate to secure and perpetuate to
them and their postetity, their rights and
libei ties.
Resolved, That any mode and measure
of redress which the Convention may re
commend should he submitted to the peo
ple themselves for their ratification or re
jection.
Resolved, That the true issue to he da
te! mined by the people in the election of
Delegates to the Convention is—uncondi
tional submission, or some manly and effec
tive mode of resistance.
Resolved, That we are irreconcilably
opposed to submission
From the Cherokee Advocate.
To lUc . People pf Oeorsitt-
Fellow Citizens —After consultation with sev*
■eral gentlemen from different pans of the State*
during the late Fair of the Southern Central Ag
ricultural Association held at Atlanta, the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted;
“Resolved, That a Committee of five be ap
pointed to prepare and publish an Address to
the citizens of the State general! v, respectfully
calling their attention to the importance of
Common School education, and of some united
aetion for the advancement of that cause.
ll ßesolted, That the interests of this great
cause call for united counsel and co-operation of
the entire State; and that for this end we earnest
ly invite each county to take the subject into
consideration, and to send Deleatca to a Con
vention to he hold at such time and place as the
above committee, after consultation, may desig
nate,for the puipose of maturing some practicable
systemof common School education, to be pre
sented to the next Legislature.”
No subject more deeply concerns us as a State,
than that presented in the above resolutions
In ail civilized countries, general education is
considered of vital importance. Ploperly conduct
ed, it l. : es at the foundation of all that "is valua.
ble in the political and social relations of man
kind; and in proportion as it is general, or limit
ed, or thorough, or superheial, so will the State
rank in the scale of real greatness.
The State of Georgia is rapidly advancing in
many respects, to the foremost place among her
sisters ofthe South. Her natural advantages and
resources are unsurpassed; and the enterprise
and industry of her citizens are beginning to de
velope these resources and to employ these ad
vantages. Her population is rapidly increasing;
and her capital begins to be largely invested in
works of intenal improvement and commerce.—-
A laudable attention is beginning to be directed
to Agricultural and Artistic improvements, as is
abundantly shown in the increasing numberswlto
attend our great Agricultural Fair, and the
interest taken in its exhibitions. In past time,
the appeal in behalfof these various improve,
menrs lias been restricted mainly to the more
wealthy and educated, but now it is made to
every class of citizens. All are now invoked,
especially the farmers and mechanics, to enlist
in this common movement for elevating the
State in all the elements of true greatness.
In is to be feared, however, that the most
important means of realising these desires
and expectations is too much overlooked. Be
fore the people can be efficiently enlisted in
these enterprises, they must be enabled to un>
derstand the nature and extent of the desired im.
proveinents,the means by which they are to be
accomplshed, and the interest which every citi
zen has in the results. In no other way can a
general and steady co-coperation be secured.
Now this is the business of education, intel
lectual and moral, extending to every class of
our white population.
Georgia has recognized this truth from the
earliest days of Iter existence as a Stale. Her
first Constitution adopted in 1777, provides that
I “Schools shall he erected in each county, and
I supported at the general expense of the State."
' The endowment of the University, and of Coun
ty Academies, and appropriations for common
and poor Schools, have followed at different pe
riods in obedience to this provision of our first
Constitution. And in addition to these provi
sions by the State, private munificence has fur
nished the means of establishing many valuable
institutions of learning forboth inalesand females
But while these various institutions furnish a
highly creditable provision for academic learn
ing in our State, all the atte.mpts of our Legisla
ture to establish Common Schools have been
singularly unsuccessful. Various schemes have
been adopted, and then abandoned us failures.
So that after all that lias been expended, there is
a lamentable deficiency of good Common Schools
in the Statu. Tho means of a good common
education are not furnished to the mass of our
population. And yet such an education is the
right ofevery citizen under our Constitution. —
The blessings derived by all from our higher sent
inaries are indeed great,and we desire to see them
cherished and sustained but yet vastly more is
due to the groat body otthe people who cannot
avail themselves of these higher advantages.
What then is to he done ? Snail wo allow
this sad deficiency to continue ? Shall this
greatest hindrance to the elevation of our State
still exist ? The failure of our common sc hool
systems In relofore is mainly attributable to three
causes :
1. They have not been adapted in their de
tails to the actual condition and wants of our
population.
2. There has been no adequate supply of well
qualified common School Teachers.
3. There has been too little interest felt gene
rally in tho subject itself.
To remove these obstacles, and to put in ope
ration some practicable and efficient plan cfgene
ral education, is confessedly a work ofgreat dif
ficulty. This difficulty is felt especially in those
portions of the State where the while popula
tion is very sparse. But yctsoinething must be
done, and we think the undertaking a practica
ble one, if entered upon with an earnest zeal.
During the Sessions of our Legislature there
are so many exciting questions, and conflicting
interests, litat little time is left for the considera
tion of this subject, about which so few feel any
real concern. In addition to this, of our
Legislators have either the materials, or the
thorough acquaintance with the subject itself,
from which to digest jny comprehensive plan of
general education. Committees have several
times been appointed during the recess of the
Legislature, but they have either failed to report
or been unable to suggest any practicable scheme.
Perhaps therefore no suggestion promises bet
ter results than the second resolution under
which we now write. If Delegates be sent from
the several Counties, chosen with reference to this
single matter, we inay hope for some good result
from their united wisdom and zeal. We feci
assured that the Legislature would not be back
ward to adopt tho well digested recommenda
tions of such a body ; and in any event, the
meeting and deliberations of such a Convention
would tend to inspire new interest into tiie pub
lic mind on this important subject.
Wo therefore earnestly invite each County to
lake up the subject, and to send Two Delegates
to a Convention to be held in the City of Macon,
on the Second WEDNESDAY in DECEMBER
Next,for the purpose of taking intoconsideration
the whole question of common school education.
Delegates should go prepared with all the
necessary statistical information as to the area,
number of childri n, number of schools, &r.—
The first Tuesday in November would probably
he a suitable day for the appointment of Dele
gates. Let all the friends of common education
whether many or few, determine to act promptly
in this business, that every portion of the State
may take part in thrso de iberations for the
common welfare. Nothing is more worthy of
our prompt and earnest attention.
Fellow Citizens : This is emph.tic.ally the
cause of the People—that which tends to elevate
and bless every one ofour population, ft deeply
concerns our advancement in all the elementsof
true greatness, physical, political, social,
intellectual and moral. And wo arc. sure we
utter the feeling of every true Georgian, when
we say, that in all these characteristics of great
ness we desire our State to stand unrivalled, not
by the depression of others, but by raising hers
self to that commanding positron.
THOM AS F. SCOTT,]
ALONZO CHURCH, |
8. FOUCHE, jCqmmittec
B. BMDER,
JAMES A. NISBET. I
MACON MARKET, OCT. 12.
COTTON—Our market is firm and prices
are nutlidutchange. Wc quote 12a 13$ cents..
Prices here are based principally upon the
prospect of a short crop. The receipts amount
to about five hundred bales daily ; and the
weather continues very dry.
HIILL I K E K
A MRS. DAMOUR informs the Ladies
HJP of Macon and vicinity, that her Stock in
the above line is complete for Fall
Fashion, with the most desirable Goods. As
these Goods have been mostly purchased in Paris
for this place, they will be sold cheaper than
ordinary. Ladies would do well to take a good
look at them and compare them with other Goods
before purchasing elsewhere. The Stock of
SILK and STRAW BONNETS, RIBBONS,
FLOWERS, FEATHERS, EMBROIDERIES,
M ANTILLES and DRESS SILK,is worth any
one's trouble to examine thoroughly.
net 12 40
La Grange Collegiate Seminary,
For Young Ladies, La Grange , o' a.
MILTON E. BACON, Princiral.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT—The An
nual Examination of the Pupils of this In
stitution will commence on THURSDAY, 24th
of October, 1850, arid will continue every day
thereafter until completed.
The Examination of the Seme* Class will
take place on Saturday the 26th,and on Monday
the 28th inst. On the intervening Sabbath the
Commencement Sermon will be preached by
Rev. N. M. Crawford, of Mercer University.
On Tuesday, 29th inst., the commencement
Exercises will take places and Diplomas will be
awarded to the Graduating Class.
(CTThe Friends of the Institution and the
Public generally are invited to attend.
Bv order of the Faculty, *
H. H. TUCKER, Secretary,
oct 12 40—2 t
K E ill OVA L.
PAYNE & NISBET would most respectfully
inform their friends and customers, that
they have moved their stock of DRUGS and
MEDICINES to the corner of the new Brick
Building opposite the Washington Hall, where
they will be happy to see all their old customers
and others that may favor them with a rail ; and
where they will keep a general slock of fresh
DRUGS and MEDICINES, LEECHES,
PERFUMERY, &c., and put np Prescriptions
with care and neatness, and ulways give
satisfaction.
oct 12 40
Wesleyan Female College.
THE Exercises of the Wesleyan Female Col
lege will cominne on the FIRST MON
DAY IN OCTOBER.
The Primary Department will be in the charge
of a competent Teacher. Terms in Primary
Department, for one year, $29 00.
E. H. MYERS, Sec’y Fac'y.
sept. 21 37—2 t
Bibb County Academy.
MALE DEPARTMENT—The Exercises in
this institution, will he resumed on MON.
DAY, the 2d day of September, at H o’clock
A M. P. A. STROBEL, Rector,
aug 24 4t.
nnEAS ! TEAS ! !—Those in want of choice
A Teas, both Green and Black, will always
find a complete assortment, by calling at
sept 7 MOULTON'S, on Cherry Street.
SUGARS. — Brown Havana, Crushed and
Pulverized Sugars, at MOULTON’S,
sept 7
"VTUTMEGS, CLOVES and CINNAMON—
-F™ sept 7 At MOULTON'S.
boxes; Figs, Citron, Prunes. Dates, Fi Iherts,
Brazilian Nuts, Fresh Almonds and English
Walnuts at MOULTON'S,
sept 7
CIOCOA, &c.—Cocoa, Chocolate and Mac
> caroni, at MOULTON'S,
sept 7
CtOFI’EE —Best kind of Java and Rio Coffee,
> sept 7 At MOULTON'S.
O ARDINES, Tomato Catsup, Pepper Sauce
O and Caper Sauce at MOULTON’S,
sc pi 7
CANDLES, Ac.—Sperm and Adamantine
Candles ; Ohio Starch, and Iris h M tss, at
*"P)7 MOULTON’S.
TNDIGO and MADDER— At MOULTON’S.
-L sept 7
OOAP Castile nnd Extra White Family Soap
sept 7 At MOULTON'S.
TATHITE WAX—At MOULTON'S,
V V sept 7 Cherry Street.
BRANDY AND SEGARB—A fine article
of Old Cognac Brandy, in bottles or by tho
gallon—Also a choice article of Segars, at
sept 7 MOULTON'S.
DRIED FRUIT—At nil times, at
june 1 MOULTON’S, Agent.
TRICKLED CODFISH—A nice article, just
i received and for sale by
june 22 W. FREEM AN.
Mackerel— io half and 10 qr . bbis. No
1 Mackerel, just recaived and for sale by
june 22 W. FREEMAN.
LOGAM & ATKINSON,
T)ESPEC TFULLY inform the public that
-LL they are now disposing of their Stock
°f Goods at .Veto York Cost, at their new store,
corner ofThird and Cherry Streets, formerly
occupied by Messrs. Graves & Wood.
o*Ladies are particularly requested to call
and examine the Goods and prices.
march 2 B—ts
Wanted Immediately,
rruvo OR THREE JOURNEYMEN CABI-
J- NET-MAKERS. None except good work
men, and such as are willing to make themselves
useful, need apply.
WOOD & BRADLEY,
oct 20 47—ts
Canal and Baltimore Flour.
1 1/\ BBLS. Extra Superfine FLOUR
l_ l_\f'2s bbls. Extra Family Flour, very
choice, just received and for sale low by
april 6 GEO. T. ROGERS.
New York Steam Helmed Candies
* STILL Larger assortment of CANDIES
lx. just received and for sale as low as any
Candies in Town, at VV. FREEMAN’S,
june 8
Segars,
TWO Hundred Boxes Segars, a great variety
of brands from common to verv fine. For
sale cheap by GEO. T. ROGERS.
I june 8
©SDaajujio
GEORGE W. -TOIVN9,
Governor of said Stat*.
To the Electors thereof —Greeting : .
Having been officially informed, that the Con
gress of the United States has admitted California
into the Union of the States of this Confederacy,
upon equal terms with the original Slates, a duly
devolves upon me in the performance of which,
1 shall trespass upon the public but briefly.
An unfeigned deference for public opinion,
and the profound regard I entertain for the wis
dom, firmness, and patriotism of my fellow citi
zens of Georgia, will not justify me, in a paper
of this character, in repeating my known and
unchanged opinion as to the duty of the South j
in repelling Free-soil encroachment, and arrest
ing, by all proper means, usurpation by Congress, j
Whatever iscompatihle with the honor and
obligations of the People of this State to the
country, its laws, and its institutions, I doubt
not, will receive their warm support.
In an hour of danger—when your institutions
are in jeopardy—your feelings wantonly out- j
rHged, your social organization derided, your
honor deeply wounded and the Federal Consti
tution violated by a series ofaggresaive measures
all tending to the consummation of one object, 1
the abolition of slavery when your equal right
to occupy arid enjoy the common territory of all,!
has been dented you, in the solemn form of law,
under pretencas the most shallow, it well be-;
comes you to assemble, to deliberate, and coun
sel together for your mutual preservation and
safety.
Whatever eourso the extraordinary events by
which we are encompassed, will demand or jus
tify, must bo left, as it should be, to the patriot
ism, firmness and prudence of the people them
selves. Upon them devolves the duty of re
dressing present wrungs, and providing other
safeguards, for future security • Neither tho one
nor the other of which, however, will ever he
effectually accomplished, until, by patriotic ef
forts, perfect harmony and concord of feeling
are restored, and confidence and concert of ac
tion producep among the people of the South.
In view, therefore, of the atrocious free soil
sentiment and policy, not merely of the non
slaveholding States, but of the Government—of
the imminent peril to which the institution of
slavery is reduced by the act of Congress admit
ting the Slate of California into the Union, with
a Constitution containing the prineiplo of the
Wilmot Proviso, in defiance of our warning and
earnest remonstrance—in view of the deplorable
fact that some diversity of opinion exists in some
of the Southern States as to the proper mode of
redressing tho wrongs, and averting the dangers
which all must see and feel, lot me, fellow citi
zens, earnestly entreat you to cultivate for each
other a deep and abiding sentiment of fraternal
regard and confidence. Approach the task, from
which there is no escape, of deciding upon your
duty to Georgia and the country, with a firm
step, but not without calm, deliberate and pa
tient investigation, consuming neither fears nor
dangers on the one Itand4 nor permitting your
selves, from exasperated feelings of wrong on
the other, to be rashly urged to extreme measures
which have not received the full sanction ofyour
judgment. Then 1 shall not despair of seeing
the whole Slate, as one man, proposing nothing
beyond what the emergency may demand, or
I failing to perform whatever patriotism, honor
and right, may require at your hands.
The General Assembly of this Stn e, by an
act approved Btli February, 1850, having requir
j ed me, upon the happening of certain events, otic
of which is the admission of California as a State
! into the Union, to issue a proclamation, ordering
! an election to be held in each and every countv
| for Delegates to a Convention of the People of
this Slate, to take into consideration such meas
ures as comport with tho extraordinary posture
ofour relations to our co-Stales, and to decide
upon what steps are necessary and proper to be
taken compatible with our honor and constitu
tional obligations, as well as more effectually to
i secure our right of property in slaves, and to ar
j rest all aggressious, by one section of the Union,
upon the free enjoyment of the constitutional
lights of the other, and lastly to preserve invio
late the equality of the States of the Union, as
guarantied under the Constitution ; Therefore,
be it known, that I, Gf.orgk VV. Towns, Gov
ernor of the State pf Georgia, by the authority
i and manduto of the law, do issue this iny Pro.
| claniHtion ordering and directing that the quali-
I fied Voters for the most numerous branch of the
| General Assembly, do meet at the several places
j of holding Elections, as fixed by law, in ’’„e sev
| eral Counties of this State, within t!, e hours fixed
: f, ; r j;;'us?u";;. Mo>:DAY ’ *•* t*«» *l*
,of NOVE.VIf Nest ; and then ami there, by
ballot, elect two Delegates in each of the Coun
ties now entitled to one Representative in tho
General Assembly, and four Delegates in such
j Counties as aro now entitled to two Represen
i tatives.
! The Managers of said Election are required
, to certify and forward to this Department the
I Returns of said Election in the manner prescrib
| ed by law for the election of Representatives in
the General Assembly ; and it is further order
ed that the Delegates who may be olected by a
majority of the legal voters of their respeetive
Counties, do convene at the Capitol ofsaid State
on TUESDAY, the Tenth day of DECEMBER
Next.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Ex.
ecutive Department, at the Capitol in Mil
ledgcville, this 23d day of September, in
ths year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and
fifty.
1 „ GEORGE VV. TOWNS.
; By the Governor ;
■M. Patton, Sec'ry Ex. Department.
WALL & BRANTLEY,
HAVE just received a well selected assort
ment of DR Y GOODS and GROCEIIILS,
which embraces almost every article in their
line of business. These Goods make their stock
extensive, which has been selected recently by
one of the firm, and they nre determined to" sell
their Goods upon reasonable terms, and at the
lowest prices. Whilst they are thankful for past
favors, they respectfully invite their friends and
the public to call at their Store on Cherry Street,
and examine their Goods and before nur.
chasing elsewhere.
inarch 23 11
Guardian’s Sale.
BY leave of the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Bibb County, when sitting as a Court of
Ordinary, will be sold before the Court liouso
door in Macon, Bibb county, within the legal
hours (if sale, cn the first Tuesday in January
next. Four Acres and Three Chains of wild
LAND, situat at Vineville, with S.T. Bailey's
Land on the South, Mr Freeman’son the West,
Mr. M. M. Mason’s ffnd the Academy on the
North, and Mr. Benson's on the East for boun
daries. Sold as the property of Mortimer H. G.
Nixon and Calvin W. Nixon, and for their
benefit. JOHN D. WINN, Guardian,
oct 5 39
NOTICE.
ALL Persons interested are hereby notified
that Four Months from this date, we shall
apply to the Honorable Inferior Court of Bihb
County, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for
leave to soli the Real Estate of Mortimer H.G
Nixon and Calvin W. Nixon, minors, situate in
I lie City of Macon, on Cotton Avenue.
Priscilla nixon, i r .
JOHN D. WINN, j Guardians
june 29 25 4m
A Bargain in Land Add Mill*. -
Consisting of a fine body of Land of
Hundred and Ft fly Acres,
with an excellent Saw and Grist Mill
•wtherbon. .within three miles of Atlanta,
Four Hundred Acres in the woods and ahOonri
ing with superb timber. This Property wi4l be
sold low if applied for before the first of
and terms made easy. For information apply to
REES H. LINN, Atlanta,
sept 14 *■ 3G— -
To KtM,
MTlte large Bick STORE HOUSE,
with a good cellar, on Cotton Avenue,
now occupied by C. G. Wheeler. Pos
session will be given the first of October. Ap
ply at Bostick, Johns At. Co's, for terms.
VVM. B. PARKER
aug 17 32—ts
LANIER HOUSE,
MA CO JY, GA.
a The Proprietors are pleased to an
nounce to their old Frictidsand the Pub
lie generally, that this NEW HOTEL
is now open for the reception of company.
Having had it erected and fitted up at great
expense, on the most liberal, ilegant and exten
sive scale, they confidently expect a generous
patronage. ST. LANIER & SON.
june 8 22—ts
WASHINGTON HAUL.
MACON, GA.
ME. S. ROGERS respectfully in for it a
the public that he has now * tho sole
charge of this old established and well
known HOTEL, which has recently undergone
thorough repair, and that he will spare no pains
for the accommodation of those who may give
him a call. Every department of the Hail will
be under his personal supervision, and every ex
ertion will he made to keepupthe Establishment
to the extreme point of neatness, comfort and
good cheer. E. S. ROGERS,
june 1 31—ts
MARIETTA IIOTELo
a is The subscribers take this metfrod of
informing the Travelling Public, that
.l.Uijß.their House is now ready for the recep
tion of all who may favor them with their patron
age. Their House has now more than forty
Rooms, large and conveniently arranged, and
well ventilated.
They nre also prepared at their Livery Stablea,
wit)) good Riding Horses, Buggies and Carriages,
an that llioso who wish pleasure, nnd these on
business, can be accommodated at a moment's
warning.
Thankful for past patronage, they hope to
merit and share a good portion of that which is
yet to cotne ; and particular attention shall be
given to see that “none go away dissatisfied.”
JOHN F. ARNOLD, ) „
GEORGE S OGLESBY, 5 Pro P r '* tor s-
Marietta, Ga., May 25,1850. 20—1y*
DR. CARI COY,
a i Informs the Public that he is prepared
for the reception of persons suffering
with chronic diseases, at his Water Cure
or Electro Hydropathic Establishment, near
Marietta, Cobb county, Ga His Baths are sit
uated near the principal Buildings. The scene
in the immediate vicinity is picturesque, being
near Kcnnesaw Mountain. The scenery, pure
water, the great elevation above the level of tho
ocean, (being 450ifeetabove even the Tennessee
line on the Western and Atlantic Railroad,) the
convenience of access by Railroad, the refined
and intellectual society, and pure atmosphere,
have all most admirably conspired to render the
location suitable for un establishment of thu
kind.
The Proprietor deems it needless to say any
thing relative to the curative power* of cither
Water or Electricity, eg the general mass of the
people in this country have attained a knowledge
of their great value in removing disease. He
flatters himself that he is able with pure Water
and Electricity, to remove any character or des
cription of disease that could, under other treat
ment or circumstances, possibly be removed—
together with a numerous host, that all Other
remedies must necessarily fail to remove.
The expenses per day, for a I’uticnt at his
Establishment, will he for Board, use ofElectric
Shocks and Uftths, with Water Baths, Medical
advice and attention, with ordinary attention of
Servants,sl 50; which includes all necessary
expenses,except washing an outfit for the svVeat ■
ing process, bandaging, &c.—payable weekly in
advance.
For further particulars, post paid coinmenicn
lions will meet with prompt attention if address
cd to Dr CARY COX, Marietta, Cobh co., Gn
july 20 28—ts
BASIL A. WISE,
77. V MA.XVFACTIWER, Cherry St , Maton.
Respectfully inform* t-h« public,that
. he ia prepared to execute all order* in tho
above line with despatch and upon favorable
terms, lie constantly keep* on hand an exten
sive assortment of TIN WARE, which pur
chasers are invited to call and examine.
ID-ROOFING, and all kinds of JOB WORK
June at the shortest notice,
aug 24 3.'(
SASHES, DOORS AND BLINDS.
-| AAA LIGHTS of SASH,ofatt sizes
AvyoUv front 8 by 10 to 12 by 20.
I<SO pair BLINDS, for Windows of all sizes.
50 do PAJVJiL DOORS, differed si zee and
thicknesses. For sale by
CHARLES VAN HORN,
No- FS3-Bay Street,and N0.6 West Broad St.,
Savannah, Ga
july <5 26—6ui
Cl OBB'S PENAL CODE.—This Work, aT
y thorized by the last Legislature, and just
published, is now for sale by
JOS. m. boaßdmAn
- aug 24’ ' 33 ra3m
Porter.
TEN Casks of By-ass’ celebrated Porter for
sale by W. FREEM AN,
march 30
Viueßsu-,'
WHITE Wine and Pare Cider Vinegar for
very superior quality, just received and
Sir sale by GEO. T. ROGERS.
j*ne 1 2!'.
figars, Cigars
1-jMFTEEN Thousand Cigars various brands—
among them are some genuine and most ele
gant Cigars. Lovers of a good article will be
certain to get it at W. FRfcEjWAN’S.
ms roll 30
LOGAN & ATKINSOIt.
HA VL the pleastrre of announcing that they
have received nnd.are now opening it their
new stand, corner of Cherry and Third Streets,
a verv large and entirely hew stock of FANCY
DRESS AND STAPLE GOODS. These’Goods
have been carcfhlly selected in the largest and
most fashionable houses in New York, are war
ranted of superior style and qualrt-y, aftd will be
sold on very nvod-eratc term-si --
april 6 '• . .. .13
Flwni’t IHeal, Corn,
BACON Hants, Sides and Lard,
Irish and Swefct Potatoes—in storennd for
sale by J. S. RICHARDSON,
• Cotton Avenue.
march 24-
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