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fCi, the Citizens cf ZiowuJs County Missis sippi. I beg leave to call your attention to the subject of taxation for Rail Road purpo ses. Has the Legislature the right under Kite Constitution of the United States, or ‘of this State, by statute, to put the ques tion in this county, and, by a two-thirds vote, compel the minority to become stock holders in a joint stock Company without their consent? Before ray God, and yon, ray countrymen, I tremble at the thought! The people of a sovreign State have the right to alter or amend their Constitution; but the members of the Legislature are the representatives of the people, created by virtue of that instrument, and sworn to ob- provisions before permitted to oc- in the Tlills of our Legisla do they, T ask, derive the confer sovereignty upon one sin gle county, that by a two thirds vote the Constitution may be rendered void, and the citizen’s private property taken with out his consent., and that without such compensation as is specified in the Consti tution: “Nor shall private property be taken for puflic use without just compensation.” [ V'ule Constitution U. S. Art. 5. “Nor shall any person’s property be ta ken or applied to public use without the consent of the Legislature, and without just compensation being first made there for.” [ Vide Constitution Miss. Sec. 13. Now, I ask, if the Government cannot take private property without just com pensation, in gold or silver can it be, that a two-thirds vote of this county can have the right to convert private property into gold and silver, and, against the will o_ the individual, force him to be a stoekliol der in a joint stock Rail Road Company’ and when the compensation is to be paid in Rail Road stock having none of the re quisites of a legal tender and of no value, clearly proven to be worthless, for if it possessed the value asserted by the tax party, you would see none of the present strife to compel those to take it who know it to be worthless. I those who have taken stock and now regret it, hoping to find their way out by voting for the tax, trying to involve others and putting them, selves deeper in. Such men in the end will obtain the whistle by paying dearly foi it. The advocates of this outrageous tax arguc that there are wealthy men, having large estates in this county, living them selves, out of the State, and that the tax ought to be levied to compel such men to build the road; and, at the same time, they assume to themselves the right to fix an increased value on private property and levy taxes accordingly for Railroads, with out the consent of the owner. All this is in direct violation of the supreme law of the land. It is to me and others adding insult to injury. To meet it with argument would be as idle as to argue against a foul wind. I will present to your views three indi viduals, and many others are equally wor thy, viz; A. V. Brown, Ex-Governor of Tennessee, Thomas Martin, of Pulaski and tCoLWm. Winston, of Tuscumbia. Where were those men in 1812-13—a period, the -events of which darkened our political (horizon, our mountain peaks were obscured by thick clouds, our valleys were made to drink the blood of those who met the storm, while our little Navy hovered around, struggling with an enemy they could not couquer, upon the bare hope of preserving oar national existence. Free trade and bailor’s Rights was the watchword. All this occurred to preserve private rights and ai&tional honor. U nder such circumstances those men reached maturity. Poor, labor ing men, they grappled with poverty and prevailed. These men own large estates in this county, bought with their honest labor at the highest rate the market would give They have placed highly respectable gentlemen with families to manage their interest. Their property pays taxes for Government in all branches. These men have raised families of sons and daughters creditable to the country. They adorn so ciety, and their sons are to be found in the councils of the country. Fellow-citizens, I appeal to you in can dor, do not such men deserve your sympa thy and protection to the full promise o the Constitution? My personal safety forbids my giving names, fellow-citizens, but, I will not leave you ist darkness. I will give you the marks and brands by which you may know them. They associate with men, seem to be much iueiined to piety, have a great aversion to Penitentiary confinement, and such is their terror of the doctrine of capital punisement it shocks their tender nerves, and they re gard Moses as having been a very bad man This project was originated by a clique in Columbus. At their instance the vote was taken and the proposition lost; and by the management of the same clique the vote was taken a second time and again lost. The defeated party by manoeuvring have caused the vote to be ordered to be taken a third time; on the 31st inst. This is a case without precedent., and is persisted in with unparalleled impudence. It merits the just indignation of the people. This has and will cost the people $363,00 of] which the real estate of the sixteenth sec tion in Columbus pays no part. There is about three-fourths of Colum fcas on the section, the real estate im mensely vul'aalAfßmd exempt by law from Stair, Con Tax. And if this tax of levied and will pay nothing, there will be about two hundred and fifty persons voting taxes on other citi zens and deriving full benefit from all their funds—the property alluded to bearing •hottc the burden. Many who voted for the tax heretofore without knowing, (I am persuaded,) possess too much to do so again. Th s may, perhaps, be Iff swered thus; Columbus has taxed herself $50,000. I ask, for what? Tobeappropria-; ted for their own use, if at all. Any citizen ‘) has the same right without just claim on their neighbor for anything. Our State credit is ruined, the Treasury without funds the Bond fever increasing, and our Rulers in full and hot chase after their constituents, the people, to take from them their pri vate property. Our present tax is next to intolerable. For 1852 the State, Coun ty, and School Tax is $18,911,78. The last Legislature put on twenty-five per cent, the county will on twenty five more, which will bSBpBS3, $26,367,- 67. If this tax is laM be $33,000 for five years, being an increase on 1852 of two hundred and twenty-five percent, amount ing to $61,361,67, per annum. And this, too, only to test the question, for, you see, they have raised their figures in the last six months, sixty five thousand dollars! — Bear in mind, if this tax is not paid in the time limited by law, you are liable for twen ty-five per cent more, at the mercy of the Sheriff. A proposition was made over conspicu-. ous names at the last election, to the peo ple of Lownds county, that all those who would, by the tax being levied, pay under five dollars; they would take their stock in exchange for goods at their (the mer chants’) prices. Jf my tax had been un der five dollars, I would have understood the offer to me with a view to influence my vote, thereby using me as an instrument to assist them, iu chasing down some of my neighbors who might have to pay over that sura. Thus using the ballot box for fraudulent purposes, contrary to the true intent of the Constitution. There was too much virtue in the people for the proposi tion to effect the object, as the resnlt of the election proved. This trick was conceiv ed in the dark recesses of Columbus, in a miasma suited to its nature, and was bro’t forth in the face of a noon-day sun, in its black deformity, under the chimes of from four to six church bells tolling on their ears a solemn sound, warning them of the evil to come, and admonishing them to deal justly with their neighbors. All was with out effect, however. Wm. L. Harris, of known ability and eloquence, having the conclusion, exhausted his power last sum mer iu a speech at Caledonia, to prove to that people that all the names signed to the proposition were gentlemen of the, highest standard of virtue. I did not dare | to gainsay it. But, fellow-citizens, the speaker proved clearly to me that his opin- : ion agreed with mine in reference to their position, and it required all and more than he could do to extricate them. It is not my purpose to be misunderstood in refer ence to Columbus in view of this question. According to my opinion, the voters of that place should be classed thus: one portion is made up of just and righteous men, voting openly against the tax; an other consists of good men who would vote against it were it not for surrounding in fluences. Hence, they act the part of Peter. The third is in numbers more than equal to the first two, and they have determined to have the “thirty pie ces of silver.” Fellow-citizens, I have placed this snbject before you briefly. 1 am aware Chat it is in great weakness. You deserve an abler advocate, but you, the people, have the power. 1 not only solicit you, but urge it upon every man to turn out and vote upon the question. By so do ing save yourselves, the Constitution, the safety and welfare of this'our highly fa vored country. L. L. GRIFFIN. Jan. 12th, 1853. LATER FROM MEXICO. Resignation of the President—Recall of Santa Anna. News has been received from Mexico up to the 9th ult. M. Santiago Blanco, resigned his post of Secretary of War, on the 2d ult. On the 3lst Jan. ult. Generals Robles and Uraga met at Ar royance, a town some miles from the Capitol, and agreed upon a plan for go verning the country. On the night of the sth, they entered the city of Mexico and repaired at once to the Palace to con fer with Cevellos. ‘I he garrison of the city having ascertained the nature of the conferences, sent a commission composed of Bianco, Carrera and Uevilla Y. Pedre quera, to confer with the Generals. Af ter long conferences, the parties came to an agreement, and proclaimed the Guad alajara pain, with additions of the follow ing purport; That the Executive to be elected un der this convention will enjoy, until the promulgation of the new Constitution, the powers requisite to re establish so cial order, to organize the public admin istration, to create a national treasurv and mark out the powers of the judiciary, without altering its independence. That a popular election will take place, and the Government will,before the expira tion of a year, convoke the National Convention alluded to in the Jalisco plan. Juan B. Cevellos, President of the Su preme Court of Justice, is to have charge provisionally of the Executive power, and on the 17th inst. he is to count the votes for President; As soon as the Provisional Government will be established, the article in the Ja lisco plan, which solemnly recalls Santa Anna, is to be put in execution. A general armistice is granted for all the purely political offences committed to the day of the signing. Incase Juan B. Cevellos refused the mission given him under this convention, the Generals of Divisions are to meet and appoint his successor. The garrison at Mex'co, which had promised to support the government of Cevellos, abandoned him by sanction ing this plan, and Cevellos refusing the semblance of power thus given him, presented his resignation on the 7th, and retired to his home as a private citizen. On the night of the 7th, Uraga, Lom bardini and Robles proceeded to the nomination of a President ad interim , in the place of Cevellos. Lombardini vo ted for Theodosio Lares and Uraga and Robles voted for Lombardini, who en tered upon the dischatge of his duties on Shrove Tuesday, and is to continue in office for forty days. • On the 7tb, Uraga issued a circular to all the Governors and military chiefs, in forming them of the events of the 6th, and, on the Bth, the firing of cannon and military parades celebrated in Mexico the installation of Lombardini. Vera Cruz has pronounced for Santa Anna, and the garriso i refuses to accept. Nothing will be done in Mexico until his return. Anew enmmision to recall Santa Anna left Yera Cruz on the 7ih. From a private letter received by the editor of the Nueces Valley, from Chihua hua, via El.Pastr, we are in possession of some important news. The Jalisco movement or the plan of Guadalajara has not been acted upon there. The senti ments of many Chihuahuans of weight 1 and influence are favorable to peace able annexation, and perhaps some move ment of the kind will be acted upon in a short time. The crops have not been very favorable. The Indians have been very troublesome. In Durango they have appeared in greater than their usu al number. An old lady, sleeping during dinvine service in a church in Liverpool, let fall her bible, with a clasp to it; and the noise partly waking her, she exclamCd aloud, “what! you’ve broke another jug, you slut, have you!” A Truth.— She who can tell a frightful story to her child ofllfiow one to be told, ought to have a gaffhaa appointed over herself. THE JEFFERSONIAN ~ __ _ 4ps GRIFFIN, MARCH 3, 1853. Wc are requested to state that Kid. D. Hook, and! Atlanta, will give a few Lectures on ‘Spiritual Communications/’ at the Christian Chapel, com mencing Silurday evening at 7 o'clock. Nothing will le said to wo nvi the feelings of a:y one. A general attendance is soliciied. G n. L. L. Griffin. We publish to-day by request au address from the venerable individual whose name heads this article, to the people of Lowndes county, Mississippi, upon a subject which seems to have elicited much feeling on the part of the writer. Although the subject is one of a local character, and in which our readers may feel no interest, yet the address, coming as it docs, from the foun- J der of our city, whose name it bears, and [ one who has contributed so largely to the | building up of this section of our State, will doubtless be read with by ma ny who knew the General in the days of his prosperity and usefulness among us. The Congressional Districts At the last session of the Legislature, the Union party} being largely in the major ity, reorganized the Congressional Dis tricts so as to give that party the majority in every District in the State. In this wc think they have rather overacted their part. They proceeded upon the supposi tion that the Union organization would be perpetual; but iu this they have been de ceived. A Presidential election happen ing to intervene blew their organization sky high, and parties have fallen back into the old alignments. How stands the mat ter now ? Upon examining the Districts as now arranged, we are brought to the conclusion, that the Democratic party, composed of the supporters of Gen. Pierce’s administration, can carry every District but two, viz : Toombs’ and Stevens’. We are not prepared to say what political complexion the sixth (Hillyer’s District) will assume; bnt we are inclined to the opinion that though Ilolsey and his adhe rents may fly off at a tangent, yet there will remain a sufficient number of good and true Pierce men to carry the district- Tiie Third may be considered the most doubtful of the other live, but wc feel con fident that with Bailey, Wiggins, or some other good and efficient standard bearer, success may be made to perch upon our banner, even on this “bloody battle ground.” Rail Road from Griffin to Decatur. ’ This enterprise, fraught with interests . of so much magnitude to the seaport of Georgia, is beginning to be the topic of ■ much conversation among the people re siding in the section of country through 1 which it is intended to pass, as well as the subject of discussion in the public prints, which are favorable to the protno , tion of Savannah and middle Georgia.— This road is intended to start at Griffin, pass through the counties of Fayette, Cow eta, and Carroll in Georgia, and the inter, vening counties between the eastern line of Alabama, and the town of Decatur on the Tennessee River. That this road, , penetrating as it will a section of country of remarkable fertility, and rich in mineral resources, will throw a vast amount of trade into the lap of Savannah, no one , can for a moment doubt. The Western, and Atlantic Rail Road, and the La grange and Atlanta Rail Road being mainly under the control and influence of , Augusta and Charleston, never will con , tribute a great deal to the commerce of Savannah. A road running through the section of country above designated would , lie almost exclusively tributary to our own seaport, and would tend greatly to the enhancement of its now growing com mercial importance. West Tennessee, North and North East Alabama, North Mississippi and Middle and East Tennes see, would by this route find a direct out let to the Atlantic. Two hundred thou sand bales of cotton, and a corresponding amount of grain and other produce and merchandise would annually be transport ed over this road, and the Macon and Western and Central Roads. The amount of business of these latter would be dou bled, and the value of lands on the route be enhanced from one hundred to five hnndred per cent, and the population of Griffin be increased at least two fold, and all her interests be therefore doubled.— That such a road would pay large divi dends to its stockholders, the vast amount of business which it would certainly secure affords a sure guarantee. The great Pa- cilic Rail Road will doubtless in a few years be built, and this will be the most direct and certain route at all seasons of the year for the vast amount of travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. The question at once arises whence is to come the means to build the Griffin and Decatur Rail Rpad. The answer is readi ly hand. The Central Road will con tribute largely to this enterprise, and the Macon and Western Road prompted by the vast benefits to accrue to her, will be lavish in her contributions to this great work. The planters residing on the route from twenty to thirty miles on each side, can very well afford to invest half their real estate to carry on this improvement and will doubtless come forward with promptitude to lend their aid to its aecam* plishment. Thus, it will be seen that the resources for building the road arc ample, aid all fiat is wanting to its speedy cpn t .mmation, is prolhbt’ and ac tion on the part of those interested. Agi tate ! Agitate ! 1 Agitate !! 1 Let this be the motto of every press, and of every f. icnd of the enterprise from Savannah, all along the line to its Northwestern terminus at Decatur on the Teunesscc River. Gen Pu)ro?> Cabinet. Before our nexft issue shall reach our subscribers, the long mooted question, “who shall compose the Cabnetwill have been solved. ,.*< £&eo. . Pierce, for rea sons no doubt satisfactory to himself, lms seen proper to keep his own counsels, in reference to this matter, and the great mass of the people are as much in the dark as to the he has made, or will make, as they were the day after the election. In this ivc think lie has acted wisely, for reasons* which wc deem unne cessary at this time to mention. News mongers and letter writers have furnished the community from time to time with va rious casts of the., Cabinet, all of which arc about as much to be relied on as a description of the “man iu the moon.”— We have never given ourselves one mo ment’s uneasiness or anxiety about the complexion of the Cabinet. Confident in, Gen. Pierce’s good sense, judgment and discrimination, we have felt no fears that from the vast multitude of good men and true, out of which he had to choose, he would select none but those of the highest * ability, and undoubted patriotism—true to the principles of the Democratic party— true to the Government, true to the Con stitution. With- such men as these we are bound tp be,’ content, let them come’ from what quarter they may. We shall -feci gratified when the true , character of the Cabinet is known, for one reason at least, if for no other. It will afford some of the- politicians of Georgia aq excuse “to get off the fence.” Sonia of them who profess friendship for Gen. Fierce, say they arc waiting to see the political com plexion of his Cabinet, before they deter mine whether they will support or oppose his administration. This pretext for refu sing to take position in the Whig or Deni’ . ‘ap* ■ ° . ocratic ranks, will, in a very few days be taken from them an l we shall then be able to discern between the real and the pretended friends of the President elect and of the Democratic party. Among this class of politicians we regret to find our friend of the Athens Banner. We had hoped from the loud protestations of devotion to General Pierce, made by that print during the canvass of the election, that he would have been the first to have enlisted without reservation, under the banner of hiss. Administration. But to our great mortification we find him halt ing between two opinions, and putting his •support of the administration upon the contingency of a Cabinet appointment to his taste. If 1 /this should not .be made to his liktng, hc mnsit .bid a long farewell to Democracy, and fall into the sweet em* braces of Whiggery, whither his footsteps have seemed for spoie time to have been tending. O t<jflnpora, O mores. Hopkins Ilolsey, enlisted- under the banner of Whiggery ! “Tell it to the Marines, Sail ers won’t believe it.” But wc trust that our apprehensions may not be well found ed; that our friend of the Banner may be pleased with the Cabinet, and again enlist under the Democratic flag, and do battle under it, as ably and zealously as he did in days of yore. Fears are entertained by some of our friends, and predictions have been made by our enemies, that the Cabinet will ne cessarily be composed of such discordant materials, thatyits members will not long harmonise, and that an early explosion may be expected. Wc arc not of those who entertain any such fears. We doubt not that the njcn .whom Gen. Pierce will place at the,bead of the several depart, meats, though-they may differ upon sonic matters of minor importance, will never theless be hafmonjous upon all the great principles upon which the Democratic ad ministration is j to be conducted, and agree ing upon these will be a unit. Wc repeat, that wc have no fears of the result, and shall wait with patience the announcement of the long desired information as to who is to compose the Cabinet. Caution to the Citizens of Griffin. Ihe public is warned against trading for jewelry, at the Auction of one Mr. Turner, who is now selling a large a •nount of base metal , as fine gold. I pur chased a pin from him and he warren!ed it to be eighteen carets fine, and if it did not prove to be fine, that he would take it back. 1 tested the pin in the presence of responsible witnesses, and it proved to be the very basest kind of metal I present ed the pin to him, and he refused to take it, thereby falsifying bis own word Every person will do well to look out for iheinselv*. (or he is a gross imposi tion, ion the public. March Ist 1853. JOHN Y. M. PUCKET. Sunk. The steamilr Retrieve, Capt. W. S. Nell* was, by accident; driven upon a rock near Owen’s Island and sunk in deep water* a few days since. She bad on boarJ, we are informed, about twelve hundred bales of cotton, most of which will be saved* though in u damaged con dition. The boat will he a total loss, it was owned principally by Capt. Nell and C. A. Clink, the Clerk.— Times <s■ Centi nal. v4’ ■ South Carolina Gold. — During the month of January, eight hands employed in the mine oHwV. Wm. Dome, in Abbe ville and Edgefield districts, (S. C ) io>.k out $19,000 woith of gold, and during twenty and a halfdays in December they aeoused $20,500 worth. The aggregatV yield of gold since the commencement of work in the mine, about <en months, has been upwards of $200,000., * l ANTI LIQUOR TRAFFIC CONVEN TION. Atlanta, Georo'a, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1853. Pursuant to notice, “The Convention for the restriction of the Liquor Traffic,” met in this city at 10 o'clock, A. M. and was organized by the appointment of Col. John B. Walker, of Morgan, President, Wfr. King, of Chatham, Howell Cobb, of Houston, Ek G. Cabaniss of Monroe, J. E. Kobinson of Coweta, BArrington King, ot Cobb, John C. Johnson, of Clark, Thos. J. Burney, of Morgan, and Robert Hester, of Elbert, as Vice Presi dents, and W. S. Williford, of Bibb, and Thos. W. Lane, of Chatham, as Secreta ries, with the following LIST OF DELEGATES. Baldwin . —James C. Whitaker, S. G. Daniel, C. R. Jewett, G. Macauley. Bibb.—r'V. A. Brewer, W. S; Williford, S. Landrum, E. H. Myers, James Tin-, lay, L. F. W. Andrews, A Cook. Butts. —L. M. Wilson, 11. L. Nas ’ Worthy, F. M. Britton. Campbell. —-Edward Dean, James Riin water, Solomon Zellers, C. 11. i\layfield. Carroll. —D. H. Witcher, L. H. Davis, James Baskins, H. H. Johnson, F. D. Palmer. Cass. —R. C, Word, G. W. Kelly, M. A. Higgs. Chatham. —>M. Lufbtirrow,T. VV. Lane, C. H Duryee, Wm. King. Chattooga. —J. F. Jones, J. T. Finley. Cherokee.—\i. H. Brewster, Kohl. Hill house, Joseph Grisham. Clarke. —John H. Lowe, Sr , D. W. folder, J. P. Holloway, A Woodson, John Moore, John H. Grogan, J. C. Johnson. i Cobb. —J-Jones, David Ardis, W. J. Griffin, G. Tennant, W. T. Skelton, A. R. White, J. W. Murphy, L. Simpson, !H. M- Hammett, VV. P. Anderson, E. ;T. Hudson, J. F. Arnold, J. L. Hendry, J. L Rogers, J. K. Sangers. C. A. Full wood, B. King, Job Rainwater, L. - P. Rainwater, A. D. Gentry, Wm. Sampler Cowsta. —D. P. Jones, J. E Robinson, M. W Cole, VV. B Pinsen, JS D. i>Jc- Kinley, C. P. Rainey, Thomas S Col lier, Benj. Leigh, J. V.. Davis, T. *L. Banks, XV. J. Arnold, P. H Skean, :A. C. Russel l , VV. E. Talbot, R. D- Cole, G. P. Rucker, G. C. Clarke, J P. Tay lor, A. VV. Ugilvie, W. M. Whatley, J. E. Ctuyers, J C. Mixon, ‘Thos. F. Rai ny, T. 8, VV'right, James Davis, D. W. C. Wence, E. Stafford. DtKalb —H H Dean, J Norcross, VV | G Forsyth, A B Forsyth, Charles D Parr, J N Craven, VV H Robert, VV H Evans, Jl O McDaniel, J M Born, D Hooke, A G Brewer, VV T Bell, R E Oslin, VV L Born, J L King, VV H Clarke, Andrew Wells, Lewis Kenneau, Russell Ren |neau, J Wells, Thos Haines, C H Strong, John T Wilson, H F Buchanan, Thomas I Murah, T L Thomas, I) Emanuel, G G Smith, C H C Willingham. Elbert —Robert Hester. Fayette —LL Landium, J S Shell, J S L Holliday, C G Murphy, V A Gas kill, Rubt. Murphy, L .G Ship, John Murphy. Floyd— H B Ransom, A M Laub. Forsyth Noah Strong, Arthur Irwin, A D Bell, G N Lester. Greene — Hinton Crawford, H Sifford, V D Grisham, B. Brantley. Gwinnett— James Flowers, John Mills, jr, Thomas McGuire, J C Patterson, G Anderson. Hancock— B T Harris. Harris —Janies G Cotton, F M Mose ley, Win Worrill, J E Borders, John J Little. Henry WVV Cochran, D L Gordon, VV L Darby, D L Duffy, L T Doyal. Houston Howell Cobb, Samuel Fel der, J Rentz, J VV Oslin, J C Harris, C West. Jasper —VV N Kiikpatrick, 8 C Tal mage. Jefferson — Charles R Moore. Liberty —E Q Andrews. Lumpkin —Lewis W Quillian,. Wm Swift, Geo Bright, Benj Martin Meriwether —lsaac C Bell, VV D Mat thews. Monroe —E G Cabaniss, VVm S Nor man, D Sanford. Morgan —John B Walker, B M Pee pies, John Robson, Robert Harris, VV’m Woods, Joel C Barnett,’ L G Andeison, T J Burney, A Atkinson. Murray —VV B Brown, J A R Hanks, E M Galt, Thomas Cleveland, J , A VV Johnson. - ~• Muscogee —-L M Biggers Junes E Evans, L Pierce. Newton --Allen Turner, McKendry Tucker, A Means, New nan B iker, VV J Sasnett, John A Harper, A G Hulsey, A T White - , F H Gay, L L VVittick. Oglethorpe—M ial Smith, M L Rains, D T Gillum, Sylvanus Bell, John H Til ler. Polk —Charles H Wood, J M Wood. Spalding—\S J Kei h, J V Jtcksoo, ~ J M Ca/npoell, J 0 Simmons, Win Free man, C W C Wright, Thomas fl Bray, /osiah Allen, J E Nunnally, A M Moore, J E Johnson. Stewart —VV II Clark. Snmter —John S Haines, P A Stobel Teliaferro —James F Head, Jackson Henry, John Chapman. Tatnall —Josiali Sikes, Ashury Tippiis, Tronp —T F Montgomery, 10 Palmer, Early Baker. Twiggs —M VYilder. o<_s Walton —V H Crawley, D Crenshaw. Washington — M C Smith, Hen i y Wood, Win F Purnell, S A II Jones. Whitfield —F W McCurdy, Thomas T Christian, VV C McGaughy, James A Paxon, VV H Stansell. Wilkes —C W Key, G F Buchanan, C VV H ancoek. SECOND DAY’S SESSION,. The committee appointed for that pur pose reported the following resolu ions, which were adopted. Resolved, Ist. That in the view of this Convention, the profligacy and moral and political evils originating in the illy regulated traffic in spirituous liquors, make it the duty oi the citizens of the State of Georgia to petition the next General Assembly of the State : First —To (lass a law embracing all necessary regulations for authorizing the legal voters of each county to decide by j vote whether retail traffic in spirituous liquors may be allowed, or shall be pro- j hibited, in their respective counties. Secondly —To make effective the pop- j ular voice thus expressed, and to extir pate the retail traffic, however it may be disguised, by ordaining that no traffic in spirituous liquors .-ball be allowed, ex cept with! mid that no license shall he issued until the licensing power is satisfied that a majority of the legal voters within the Militia District where the traffic is allowed, consent to such traffic. Thirdly —To pass a law, guarded by such provisions, and enforced by such penalties as shall preserve it from eva sion, or unpunished violation, and secure 1 fully the objects iu view, of protecting the people against the evils of the retail traffic in spirituous liquors. Resolved, 2d., That a committee of: three be appointed, to prepare a Memo rial, embracing the above views to he signed by the President, and Vice Presi dents, and Secretaries of this Convention, to be presented to the Legislature of the State, at its next session. Resolved, 3d, That to carry out the objects of this Convention, Ist, A general etrninittee of one mem ber from each tfoirrfty in the State be ap pointed, who shall he charged with the duty of providing t in whatever way may seem best, for the circulation of the peti tion in their respective counties. 2>l, That a Central Committee of sev en be appointed, whose office shall be at Macon, which committee shall he charged with the fluty of printing the petitions, and furnishing them to the County Coin? mittee-men 31, That said Central Committee be empowered to fill all vacancies in its own body, or in the General Committee. 4th That all the petitions designed to go to the Legislature, be as soon as filled up, forwarded to the Central Com mittee, attested by the county Committee-man, to be consolidated, and prepared for pre sentation to the Legislature : and that said Central Committee be instructed to h/tve a day appointed, it possible, when this consolidated petition of the citizens ofGeorgia may be presented to the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the State; that they announce the day, and make and give publicity to all necessary arrangements for enabling ail the petition ers, and other persons interested, who may so elect, to join in the ceremony of presentation, that a grand demonstration may be made on that occasion.’ On motion the report was then taken up as a whole and unanimously adopted. The following resolution was offered by Dr. Pierce of Muscogee, and adopted : Resolved, That the petition provided for in the report of the Committee of e leveu, be presented only to the voters ot Georgia for signature. Mr. VVilliford, of Bibb, offered thefollow ing resolution which was adopted. Resolved, That the Central Committee be requested to prepare a petition, to be circulated among the women of Georgia, fur their signatures, and that the petition, when signed, be disposed of in the same manner as the petition of the voters. On motion, the officers of the Conven tion were appointed a Committee to nom inate the “Central Committee,” The following gentlemen were appoint ed a committee to draft a memorial to the Legislature, to be signed by the officers of the Convention: Mesrs. Myers, of Bibb, Duryee cl Chatham and Pierce of Muscogee. Mr. Strong, of Forsyth, offerstfc the following, which was adoj. ted: Resolved, That this Convection views with pride the patriotic and philanthro pic course of those public papers in Geor gia which have taken position against the liquor traffic. On motion the Convention adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. The first bnisness in order was the reading of the Memorial of the committee of three. Mr. Myers of Bibb read that document; as follows: MEMORIAL. To the Senate and House of Repre sent! ves of the State of Georgia, in general assembly met: The Citizens of the State of Georgia, who feel that the Traffic in Spiritous Liquors as now allowed, is destructive of the best interest, moral, social and po litical of a* free people,” having rnet in General Committee, would respectfully present to your honorable body: That by the present License system our fellow-citizens are betrayed into habits which result in vice, poverty, degradation and crime; unfit them for the discharge of domestic, social or political duties: entaiLupon their families a heritage of woe, and ‘curse their country with the role of fallen freemen. Our children are early seduced to a course of intemperance which blarstsall our hopes, and destroys all their pros pects for life. Our Slaves are corrupted, their health destroyed, their morals depraved and their value depreciated.—Neighbors an 1 friends are embroiled in feuds, and peace able neighborhoods made io witness re vtmitig of strife and bloodshed. Life and property are rendered insecure by the druuken carelessness of those to whom they are intrusted. Pauperism of every form is rendered familiar to a people blessed of God with the means of honorable independence above any other people on earth. Taxes are levied upon the sober, the industrious, the economical, to support in drunkenness, indolence and waste a large portion of the population, or to pay the expense of pauperism or crime, re suiting from the reckless improvidence or ungoverned passions of the intemperate The purity ofou. popular representative government is tarnished, and the entire system is endangered, since the grog-shop has become the center of power to un scrupulous demagogues. These and numberless other evils yodr memorialist would present us originating in the present system of Licensing the Traffic in Spiritous Liquors. Your memorialist would futrher.present that they believe that the time has fully come, when the sovereign people of the State of Georgia demand that such change as your wisdom may devise be made in the entire system, and they would there fore, respectfully pray your honorable body, First, to pass a Law embracing all necessary regulation for authorizing the ! lg al voters, of each county, to decide by vote whether retail traffic in ardent spirits | may be allowed or should be prohibited ’ within their respective counties. Second, to make effective the popular voice thus expressed, and to extricate the Retail traffic however it may be dis guise!, by ordaining that no Traffic in Spirituous Liquors shall be allow’ed except/ with Licenses; amt that no’ license shall \ be issned until the licensing power is set* isfied that a majority of the legal voter* within the Militia District where the’ traffic re allowed, consent to strch traffic , 31, Ter pm* a Law j guarded 1 by such provisions and enforced by such’ penalties as shall* preserve it from evasion, or un*- punished 1 Violation, and secure fully the objects in view, of protecting the people against rfi’e evw of Cfre’ Retail Traffic iny Spirituous- Liquors. On motion .of Mr, Duryee of Chatham, Resolved , That the County Committee* men be requested to furnish the Central! Committee, and by them to be laid be fore the Legislature in such manner and. form as to their wisdom m.ty seem* best',, the following statistics, viz: Number of Churches in each conntyy with number of members—number of schools with the number of scholars—• number of ‘Temperance organizations’ with aggregate membership—number of cases of known death from intemperance —number of tarvens, distilleries, grog shops or doggeries, licensed or uchcensed ; —cases of crime, superinduced by tho* sale of intoxicating liquors, with the cost to the county of their trial, together with the cases of pauperism with ttia cost o( its maintenance. being no further business the Convention then adjourned sine’ die, w ith prayer fiorn the Rev. J. H.” Campbell of Spalding. JOHN B, WALKER, Presh. Wm. S. WILFILORD. ) Th s. \V. Lane. } Secret,m Fire. On Saturday night, a little after miif night, a building known as the old Then-- be, on Cratvford street, was discovered to be on fire. In a few moments it was completely enveloped in the flames which communicated on one side to the Livery S:ahie of Messrs. Dudley & Martin, and* or. the other to the residence of Mrs. A. J Hall, all of which was consumed in a very short time. The wind was high and the fire was only prevented from crossing the street by the active’ aod energetic efforts of the fire companies who were prompt on the spot and as on all similar occasions; labored’manfully f< save the property of their fellow Htizens-. The property consumed was of no verv great v due, so far as the buildings were concerned, but the suffereis who were Tenants are but Very little able to bear the loss.—Messrs. Dudley & Martin lost the most of their carriages, and buggies, &<*. Mesrs Smith and others, wagon makers, lost a)l their tools and a large quantity of valuable and well selected ber, Mrs. Hall the whole of her provi sions- kitchen furniture, &p, and Col. Spivey a large quality of rye and other forage together with a valuable horse.— So far as we can learn*, there was no* insurance on any of the property destroyed the fi e was in all probability the w ork of an incendiary. In the chapter of losses sustained by ,the fire we would not tail to mention the Rmgold Artilery Company. Their beau tiful b ass cannon had been deposited in one of the buildings consumed, the wood work of which js entirely destroyed.— >Ve trust that the liberality of our citizens will enable the company to remount rt again, and .that wp, may hear its thunders yet, in time, louder than.the roaring ol the flames that have so* rn-ucb tnarreJ its beauty. Now this own.— Would not our citizens (Contributing something to* sffll No fire that ever happened, more honest, industrious and wonfca§M of men than this. When the Mach smUB on such occasions every bo to the rescue. The needy, generflQHfehot fare so well. In the case befwPHPme small assistanae granted and unfelt many, in the aggreggate might prJjHp 1 immense benefit to the suffering Coliunbus Enquirer. 1 I have cmjfl Plrom the unpublished census educational statistics of Georgia, which may be interesting to your readers. They show that in 1850 there were.in Georgia Colleges. MaJc, 4; teaclieis 30; students 456; in come 537,370. Female Colle"*-., 7; teachers 43; students 029; income 537,560. Medical Col leges I; teachers 0; siu.lents 150; income 510,500 Com. Schools, 1231; teachers 1268, students 32,- 825; income 189,366. Academics and Pr vale Schools, 220; teachers 318; students 9059; income 5173.124. From which it appears that there were, including the Medical College, 5 male Colleges, with 600 students—with an inr come, or ratHef ah amount of receip’s for their support of $47,870. And 7 female Colleges, with 929 pupils, suppo ted T y an incline of $57,560. The oilier Schoo s and Academies bfthe Slate number 1,474, with 41,551 scholars, .supported by an income of $352,/90. The aggregate amount of the itif Qrp j of all the “Schools and Colleges, in the State is put dow’n at, S4SC,2?? ; This is certainly a had showing f< r Georgia, with a while popu lation of 521,573. The most striking fea'u e in it is the number of her female Colleges, and their flourishing condition. Bui it is a fact well known to all informed upon the subject, that s nee ISSO, quite a number of new female Colleges, have been esta blished in different parts of the State, and perhaps at this time there are not less than 1503 young ladies taking a regular colle giate course ! What Sta'e of the Union, or what part of the civlized world cau. make as good a showing in this depart ment of education? With a little more system and efficiency in her Common Schools, she may well lav claims to be the model State for “ the general diffusion of knowledge amongst her people.” Let her mu'.to be “Unward and Upward.” . „, Hamilton, A Man Shot.— We learn that John W'ade was shot. by Simpson Clem,., on Tuesday, ISth inst. in Augusta, Ga, and is lying in a dangerous condition. The difficulty originated in the reprehensible practice of throwing brickbats at houses. Clem was arrested,and after examination before a Magistrate, was discharged- The New York Journal of Commerce reports that the health of Mr. R. J. Walk er is materially improved. His disease has taken a favorable tHrn and he is upw considered out of danger, with a. gsospech of being restored to his usual health-artiil activity. Jenny lind, —It is announced in the New York C’owitjwi’eui/,, that Jenny. LiiiU will visit the United States- nexA season, and remain here two or three yearns,.giv ing concerts i, the pi incipal citifa.