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R. BLXiIS & CO., Proprietors.
Volume XV.
BaowNWoai institute,
Near L.a( j-ransro, Oa.
Flfiu TY.
WH. JOHNS, Prtml|>nl& Proprietor.
Instructor in Mathematics, Moral and Mena!
Science.
19DWAKD R. DICKSON,
Instructor iu Ancient Language* aftd Physio*]
Bcienas*.
RODNEY DENNIS,
Instructor in Kugli.di Language and Literature
-11. M. 11KA Kl> AND LADY,
Boarding Department.
2 TllK Scholastic'Year is divided
AM~UjUsSt mtn two Term*. Thu Spring Term
will eouuueuue < u the 2d Monday
iu .Titu’y and dfoso on the first week in July. Yin
Autumn Term will open cm the first Monday ir
September, ami clow on the first Thursday ir
December.
EXPENSES :
TCTTION—Spring Terra $lO. Autumn Term
120. B ard per mouth IU.
Tuition payable iu advam*?. Board halt iu
advance; balance at the close of the term.
A pro rata deduction will be ramie from tbc
Board in < use of protracted absence, but not
from the tuition.
l or further information, apply to the Princi
pal. _____ dolWh-wlm
GUSSETA HIGH SGHQOL,
For Young Ladie and Gentlemen
The Eieiviaes oi tin* In mutton tv hi
he|ili on me
**GO.\D MONDAY IN JAN INK)
xflS The tol on iu *tu Until unty he purMO ii
shj . t to the discretion ut the teacher*.
4i22&r an• i the ojm.-o •>! he parent or guanliaD
L. u-.-iq* —Latin, Greek and Hebrew
Modern L*nj>u.i<es—Freilcli, l a!mu and German.
ALBhttiu lU s -Aritbuielic. Ala>r*, Geometry. Shir-
Ve>.;i IVifuiioiuetry, Analytical Geometry and La;
cum*.
Na antes- —Philosophy, Uhcunetry, Geology,
English iStuilics—Orthography. Bending, Writing,
Elocution, E.g lsh Oiaumiiu, Geography; lliatoiy,
Ancient and Mu.h rn, Ac.
I HARttKtt lEOR WEKKfi.
For OrthOftopliY, Elocution or Pcnnutnshiii .sls 09
For (.raiiini tr, Gcugraphy. Amhiueiic, or ilisto
ry, wuh die above .. 1100
For Ki or Arithmetic concluded 3vJ flu
For htgliei M itlie uoilua, l.annuages. Ancient or
Modern Natural Awuer* 40 n
Pupils will lie ch trged fiotft the time of rtitnuim In
the ti.ue. of withdrawal. No entrance lor a teas tunc
than ten weeks.
Board i'om seven to ten |o|| ire peT mCir.th, includ
mg washing and lodging, Tnilpra unit Hoard due at
the corse <ij s. tio. l Mr W'nliuiußaglcy will board at
#7, con cement to school.
It is the leierm :rtt. ■ i of Uiu teacheni to make, this
lnsiuuti'>,i s.condt” loin ■ of a hk< kind in Geo gia—
tn afford every poseihle fiiniity to yoiinf men nud in
die* to procure a good education.
Tiie constant olj t will be to tit Lite student for the
duties of an alter life, and therefore while system and
thoroughness arc to he panic tinny care I for, the mor
al umurC must also be w itched and trained.. Parents
or guardi-tus sending th*ir children or wards to this
Ida e in ty rest assured that nn'ltfng shall he oinuiad
which can contribute to their w.irarc, and ihat the
student an-il ever (Maunder the watclitui carenftboae
wlio wtli pariieitiarly look after his or her moral diar
ocler.
The experience nf the teachers warrants them in
saying i young meu whs wish to prepare the tussive*
th roiighis tor ten. In-g mat it-y will find advraitaccs
in tin- s hool s rp ir- i hynono. and will be trained
lor that partn alar object, if desired.
J \M EH H fauFf. / Pri-rn . la
< IIAIIK H HAMM, A M \ j
rnsseta, Chat'atioo'heo County, Ga. |
The su’is liber {I muerly of JS lerslie. Harris county,
6a.) takes this method “t mtorining his rioiids Umt J
Mr. Hamm if a regular graduate •>> one of the most aj- I
proved CoII-g sin the Union,and hu had live yea is |
experience in teaching Me tvonid say in < audorto all
his old patrons that Mr. datum has no superior as a
tea’ tier. J B. 11
Refc-rence Hev. K B Teigue, LaGrangc. Ce igiH;
Howard College, Marion, Ala novil—wim
COLLIXSWOHTU INSTIItTE ,
TALBOTiON, GA.
Exercises will be resumed January ‘
Jl 1
Tuition S3O, S4O, and SSO, per au
nuiu. Total expenses, including ,
oSsa&r Board and Tuition, from sT4otosl6o.
For further information address,
slay a McLaughlin,
decl2 —wst Pi un ipals and Proprietors.
Valuable Plantation
FOK >ALE.
HAVING determined to remove my plant
micriMi* imui tin* >• ction, 1 Oder lor Hair
m Macon county, Ala , lying 12
‘oiO* xoaiUi of Tuskegee, <m tbeLukußLiiiie
fret-fc, containing
Sixteen Hundred Acres,
about tiOO of wbtoil now in cultivation, there are
on ‘lie plate all ne.Kaary uuthuildipxn for plaiiUCion
purposes, with a well riiunliail and conilitrlabiu dwell
ing house wini in-'lit rooinM. a beautiful country resi
dence, and the place is we.l supplied with gossl water
from two atosian we Is- the lands arc principally a
rich >*audy liw-v soil, with three ..r four hundred acres
of black bottom lands on the CuHahatcbee • reek,nnd
very rich. This is one of tfre best pUniatiuiui in the
C itton Valley country, (known fonn u rly a tie* Burr
Johnston Plantation ) Am parson wishing to put
chase such a plantation, would do well to ajq<> soon,
to iiiya*’ i, in riiikrfrr, for inform ttion I refer ti
H* t*:rt A ‘ohnslon, Esq. in Toskegae, .r to Wm P
Wood, A. Barton or George Jones on adjoining pian
tation* Iwi I sell the place at a very low price for
lands of such quality. Terms ran be mad to etui al
most any purchaser■ Possession given immediately.
There is an abundant supply of corn, I odder, ~u<t moot
of h-* on the place. ‘AMOS JCMNEg.
Nov Qb -w4t.
SANFORD’S
LIVER IN VIGOR ATOR
NLVLit DEBILITATES.
IT Ist COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY from .ums.uiul
1 Itas become an established fact, a standard medicine
- approved by all that . have used it, and i* is
soned to with nmfl a* dence in all diseases for
wiu..n it is recommend- ft* ed.
It lias cured iiioiiH.uid w ithiiMUe last two years
who had f iveii up hope -of relief as numerous
unsolicited certificates in niy jiossession show.
The dose must be adapted to the tempsranjent
of tire individual tak my it and uflyd in such qh an
titles as to act gently oi> 2 the bowel*
Let the dictates of your judgment irunfe you hr
use.ifihe LIFER T.\ ‘f FIUORATOR. audit
will cure /.its* O’*- pisnu.-, bJLltjl ’•** At
tu- />l'4i|'EFS/., HU (’kronu biafriirr.
S VMM F. R CV M ‘ VLAIXTb. D iSEHTY
RY, HROPSF. SOUR STOMACH, Ha>utal
CUK/JPEMEpS, Card- CHOLERA Chute
ra M “ t,UJ. Cf/OL E ft. i am UfFAMTUM FLA TO
LE.YCE JAUMJ/CR. Fraud, n KAKE.YB+
ES, and nmy be csed successfully ns auGriifs
a o Famuii Meltrme. —’ It Will cure SICK
HR AHA CM F., (as ™ thousands can testify iin
Ivesi* siMh*. I’ mm tiro or thru ira
•l'lwujalu art taken _* at commencement otlhe
ait .a* k
All who sm it are ptrtKff their testimony
in its favor m*
mix water in the mouth with the iv-
VHMRVTOK ANDWAI.LOW BOTH TOGETH
ER. PRK’E ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
Family -
Chathartic Pills,
COHPOVNDED FROM
I'ur. VeltUliltßiliitu, and p,u
In 0i1,.. < ... Air li,hl, and will
keep In any Cllmata.
The FAMILY C\ NWAanc Pru. is a gen
tle out active <,*tn*iru V.J which the proprietor has
used hi his practice more . t in twenty years.
Tb constantly incrt-mins JR d* nand from tln.se who
have longused the PILL* _ and me satisftu tion which
all express mregardlotheir rj,use, ha* induced me to put
them in the reach wf ail -4
The profession we!! know that diAWent chatharica
acton and itfe re in portions of 17 the bowel*
The FAMILY IA[>IX ART 1 C PILL
has. withdu*> ,'eh reiicn to‘ r this well *sTaL:i**hed fact
been compounded from a W variety oflbe |*un-t vege
table extracts, which act *Tuiik! on event part of'the
alimentary canil. and arc Fj food and sale in aii ra**
e* where a chathanic is lj aev)ed. such as I>e
utoiann <, f the I?STOMACH, Mcki.pi
nkhs. PAINH ttv theQRAOK fND LOINH,
C'W riVKNBS 8, PAIN can Hoilgfft OVEB
thr WHOLE BODY u from sudden cold, winch
frequently, if neglected. “ end in a lon* rewrite of Fe
ver. LOSS UF AI’PE w TITE. a ( hkm ino Res.
ratios or Cold over the Body, Bksti.eb* i
wess, HEADACHE orn wiibht i* Tilr. Mead,
all INFLAMMATORY M Diri:ses. WnßMri.ir
Ciiii.drem or Ant LTS, P Riiki matihm, a (Jrea.
Purifier of the Blood re andinnnydie<.*nsestowhicb
flesh is heir.too numerous W'to mention in this adver
tisement. DodE 1 to 3. ■
Price 30 Cent*.
_TJIE LIVER myroORATOR Mid FAMILY CA
THAKTI’ PILLS are retailed by Druggists generally
and sold wholesale and retail by the Trade in all the
large towns.
0. T. W. ft AX FORD, IH. D.,
_ Manufacturer and Proprietor,
tmgnoirSm. 3d6 Broadway, Now York.
®lw (foiumlms Tt c chttf fimei.
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IBHMBIA, TIESDU, JAMABI’ 10, ISOO.
A Step ID (lif right Dlrrotlon.
Siuce the raid at Harper's Ferry, and the ex
itement consequent upon it, rnuoh has beeu said
md written ur to the proper oourse for the South
o pursue.
The popular mind has beeu greatly exercised
it the bloody outrage committed by tho oituons
rotn one jrortion es the Union upon those of an
ther, and the almost universal verdiot is—that a
liuolutiou of the Uuion slid that right speedily,
* the last and only remedy loft for Southern
wrong. Men who once ridiculed Secession, uud
til the advocates of that dootrino, have suddenly
lonnoii a salamander suit, and now give suoh ex
raonlinary exhibitions of “fire eating” as would
uake even the “Hotspur” of the “Coffin Kegi
uont of 1.Hb0,” tremble for his laurels. To those
who have for years zealously urged upon the
■*nuth the necessity of a unity of action and sen
men t among her sons as the only safeguard of
Southern rights, those changes are refreshingly
‘ratifying. But this feeling of gratification is
HiHtttwhiit alloyed by the reflection which pro
-cnu itaelf in & moment of quiet, that the South
is even now only united in giving expression to
her indignation at the wrongs which have been
perpetrated upon her.
Duriug the present fall, the various legisla
tures of the several Southern States have been in
session, and in all of them resolutions au4 mo
t ions have been introduced looking to tho great
!*sue upon which the country is at present agi
tated, but m> concert cf action has been brought
about, and little of practical importance has been
done towards putting the South upon a proper
footing to meet the great question likely to be
forced upon her . Mississippi, it is true, declared
her intention to accede upon the event of the
election of a Black Republican President, but
met no ready and cordial response from any of
her sisters. Louisiana instructed her representa
tives to withdraw upon the election of Skoruinn.
This has mot no second. Rightly perhaps, for
while we admire the spirit and pluck, wo confess
to no admiration for the plan proposed. When j
the disruptionconaes, we would prefer to command |
tho reins of government and wield the “sinews
of war.”
AYe wish the South to hold a oapitol situated
upon Southern soil, and to seise a Treasury,
whose coffers are filled with the proceeds of her
industry.
Virginia, i* likely to take good care of herself.
She has alrcudy shown her capacity to do so, and
now sinoe it hits been announced that the States
can look for no aid and protection front a govorn- ;
ment they have created and supported, the no- i
cdssity for urmiug and equipping theuiselvea, is ;
I>o apparent to m>ed the aid of argument. But j
Georgia, to whom, a short time ago, in moments (
of peril aud danger the South want to to look, ‘
has done Htorally nothing. Her representative*
failed even to pass resolutions, those windy com
forters of timid and time serving men; and save j
the appropriation of a paltry sum to purchase
arms - stands to-day naked and defenceless in the
very jaws of a crisis.
But gallant little Carolina, over alive to her
own interests and those of the South, has march
ed up to the issue boldly. Already possessed of a
well artued And well discipliued militia force,
I sho has appropriated money for more arms, and
I has declared her belief that the time Las arrived
j tor the Southern States to meet by their repre
-1 -out.atives, and devise some plan for a concert of
! action among themselves. The resolutions which
wo append below, and which otnbrace this declar
! at ion, were drawn up by Mr. Mcmminger, oue of
the acknowledged leaders of the “Conservative
Party,” in Scnjii Carolina, and Oovernor Gist,
following the dictates of a wise discretion, has
appointed him Commissioner on the part of South
CsrolinfetfreoDfer with Virginia. Should not
every Southern State emulate this example ?
Will any one of them do it f
The scenes now being enacted in our National
Legislature are appeals louder than any at our
command, to enforce those queries upon a wrong
ed and threatened people.
The time has passed for the temporizing palli
atives of “Union Meetings” and ••Oonservstive
Parties.” They are drugs which lull tho patient
to unconsciousness, only to awake to a renewed
sense of suffering. We are of the opinion that
the whole South should join Virginia and Caro
lina, hiid that the Governors of the States should
re convene tho legislatures, and enforce upon
them the necessity of doing something tangible
for protection now. and defence in the future, and
we submit it to the people of Georgia, if now,
when the peril is imminent and the storm about
to break in all its fury, she is to resign her place
at the head aud timidly close up the rear of the
column ?
We give the resolutions of the South Carolina
Legislature:
Whereas, The State of South Carolina, by
her ordinance of 1852, affirmed her right to se
cede from the Confederacy whenever the oc
ct a k>u should arise justifying her, in her ovn
judgment, in taking that step, and in the re*o-
Hitipn adopted by her Convention, that she
fore bore the immediate exercise of that right,
from considerations of expediency; and where
as niorwthati seven year* have elapsed since
that Convention adjourned, and in the inter
veniug tune the assaults upon the institution
of slavery, and upon the rights and equality of
the Southern Mates, have unceasingly contin
ued with increasing violence, aud in new and
more alarming forms ; he it, therefore,
Ketoirrd, muunutnualy. That South Caroli
na, Mill deferring to her Southern sisters, nev
ertheless respectfully Announces to them that
it is tho deliberate judgment of this General
Assembly that the xlaveholding States should
lin rued lately meet together to concert meas
ures for united action.
Resolve,4. uiiauimoutly, That the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be communicated by
1 lie Governor to all the slavebolding States,
with the earnest request of tliia State that they
will appoint deputies and adopt such meas
ure* as, in their judgment, will promote the
said fleeting.
Resolved, unanimously , That a special com
mittee be appointed by his Excellency, the
t Jovernor. to communicate the foregoing pre
amble and resolutions to the State of Virginia,
! abd to express to the authorities of that State
he cordial sympathy ol the people of South
Carolina with the people of Virginia, and their
earnest desire to unite with them in measure*
of defence.
Resolved, unanimously. That the State of
South Carolina owes it to her own citizens to
protect them aud their property from every
enemy, ami that, lor the purpose of military
preparation for aoy emergency, the sum oj
$U)0,000 be appropriated for military contin
gencies.
Jew fork,—Dr. dupin’* Uurefl
Dr. Chopin, on outlaw in religion, as well a*
politic*, preached a very eloquent sermon on
New Year's day in New York City. It being
their Sabbath for communion, he invited oil to
the Lord * table; ho did not invite euinte only,
but all. Hu had no right to say to one man that
he was good enough to partake of thoee emblems
of Christ's and to another he must go away;
but would invite all, whether mcmbera of this or
any churehor no church at all, if they wore eon
seioue of an inward desire to do so. He wished
to all a “Happy New Y'ear,” and that it might
he a happy year to them, he would invite them at
Jesus’ feet where Mary sat.
During the communion service Dr. Chapin was
unusually eloquent, and made many impressive
allusions to the New Y ear’s Day being suoh an
appropriate season for celebrating the Lord's
Sapper. .
TUK 1MI) N U F m STATES, AMI TUK SUY K H KIU NT V UK THE STATES.
An American iu Mexico
Late advices from the Western coast of Mex
ico inform us that old Gen. Alvarox, the Tiger o
the South, is again in arms, mtd that hie ad
vance, under tho command nf (lon. R. Wheat,
was to have marehed ere this upon the Capital.
We know Wheat well; and a more noble fel
low never buckled a sabre around him. He is
the most out and out filibuster tliatevor left those
shores. Tho entire aim of the last fifteen years
of his life has been to extend tho “area of free
dom” over Spanish American lands. He was a
Lieutenant and Captain during tho wur with
Mexico, and distinguished himself highly in tho
Battles of the Valloy, and at the capturo of the
City of Mexico. After the war he Went to Yu
catan, barely escaping with his life, in an up suc
cessful attempt to appropriate that province*—
lie was with Lopea iu bis forays upon Cuba; and
with Walker in Nicaragua. And he is ift>w a
General in the service of his old foe, to say uuth
ing of the minor expeditions in which he haH
iieeu on: aged, suoh as Sonora, California, Ac.
Wherever hard blows were to be given and re
ceived Wheat was always in the van; and we
look anxiously for nows from Mexico, assured
that whenever ho “pitches in,” ho will give a
good uecount of himself.
EF*Hn. C. J. Mr Donald will not accept tlie
appoiutmeut of nlteruatu delegate to the Con
vention to be held iu Charleston to nominate
Democratic Candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States.
Sai.k or the Savannah Line or Steamers.
—On the 24th ult.., the steamships City of Nor
folk and Commerce, of the Savannah line, were
sold at auction at Baltimore. There was butlil
tlc competition, and the vessels were purchased
for $25,500. It is understood that the sole was
made for the purpose of winding up the nfliiirs
of the old company. The stoutuor* will continue
on the line.
Gen. Houston's bid roa the Presidency.—
On the occasion of his recent inauguration as tiie
Governor of Texas, Gen. Houston made a speech
ilroin a synopsis of which in the Galveston News,
{ we clip the following:
In regard to our federal relations he said
he did not think there wu* any danger to
this State; that when Texas cuinw iuto the Union
she knew of the of the antagonism between tho
two section* ofeur country, and that Terns ten*
neutral bettceen the Xnttk nud the South.
Going to the hide that Pavsl—Among the
signars for a Union meeting to be held iu Hav
erhill, Mass., which is understood to be a bid
for Southern shoe trade, is the man who presided
lit a meeting iu the same town to raise funds for
••Id John Brown's family. Ho is a boot and shoe
muker.
Railroad Election.—At a meeting of the
Stuukhulders of tho Savannah, Albany aud Gulf
Railroad, held on Tuesday, the no luriuut.,
i following gentb men were elected directors for
i the ensuing year;
Jehu Screven, Wm. Duncan, Soluiuon Cohen,
Rhbiud D. Arnold. Rev. Stephen Elliott, 8. F.
Bartow, John Stoddard, John Boston, Henry D.
Weed, Charles Green, 0. A. L. Lamar, lliram
Roberts, Edward C. Anderson, new Director.
At a subsequent meeting of tbe Board, Irtdd
oa the -Ith instant, John Screven was unani
mously elected President.
The Branch and Grow Ulffiruliy.
Washington, D.c. 20, 185 W.
“Sir: Will you please name a time and place
outside the District of Columbia, at which you
will receive from me a communication in writ
ing.
Very respectfully,
L. O’B. Branch.
Hon. Ga LUSHA A. Grow.”
On the copy f this note returned, i* an en
dorsement b.v Mr. Winslow in-these words:
“The note of which this D a copy w handed
to me by Mr. Branch immediately after the col
loquy between him and Mr. Grow. No op
portunity occurred of delivering it without at
tracting undue attention until 1 met Mr. Grow at
the Capitol on Friday.
Warren Winhlow.”
During Friday evening I received from Mr.
Grow, through the Hon. R. K. Fenton, of Now
York, a reply, of which the following is a copy :
Washington City, Dec. 30, 1850, I
7 o’clock, p. m. j
“Sir : Your note of tho 20th instant, was plac
ed in uiy hands by your friend, Gov. Winslow,
at 12 o'clock ui., to-day. 1 know of nothing that
makes it necessary for me to name a lime and
place outside the District of Columbia to receive
from you a communication in writing. Your
note was doubtless, us nothing ulse has occurred
between uc, based upon remarks made by me in
debate in tbe House of Representatives in reply
to your speech impugning uiy motives aud the in
tegrity of my acts as a legislator.
On that occasion I used no language In viola
tion of parliamentary luw, and none not warrant
ed by your remarks thus impugning my con
duct.
“If your note is to be coufcidered of a hostile
character, then I have this to reply : Regarding
duelling a* at variance with the precepts of the
Christian religion, and tbe scutiineuts of Chnstiun
people, and it being prohibited and declared a
crime by the lawß enacted by the body of which
we are members, I cannot recognize it a justifi
able mode of settling difficulties among men even
in cases of unwarranted provocation. But my
personal rights and freedom of debate guarantied
by the Constitution, I shall defend whenever they
are assailed.
Very respectfully, yours,
GaCUsba A. Grow.
Hon. L. O’B. Branch.”
By thoHu who are acquainted with the penal
code of this District, to which luy attention is
drawn by Mr. Grow in his letter, it would be
readily understood that no other course is loft
me than to publish this narrative, and leave the
whole matter to the impartial judgment of honor
able men of all sec lion* of the country.
L. O’B. Branch.
Washington, January 2, 1860.
A Mailer lor AgrlrulluriMs.
The investment* of the Southern planter are
heavy. Lands, negroes, mules, utensils and cur
rent expenses require the outlay of considerable
capital, in seeking the annual return of crops.
Yet in this form is bound up the wealth of the
Boutb. Planting constitute* the staple employ
ment of our people. On it depends directly, or
indirectly, the it terests and occupation of every
man iu our community. And judicious planting
is an employment of great profit, as well as com
fort and independence. Put there ure thousands
of agriculturists at the South who, by a want of
wise enterprise and a small and short sighted par
simony, with all their outlay of capital and ex
penditure of personal exertion, fail to succeed in
making their planting pay. They do not adapt
means to ends. They look to obtain a large yield
out of thiu or exhausted soil, by some miracle of
the seasons or the bounty of a beneficent Heaven.
Fail they must, and the failure is a necessity of
the conditions under which they spontaneously
place them selves. For it has been put within
the reaeh of all our planters to restore their lands
to a state of productiveness, by artificial manatee.
Those results of modern chemistry are amongst
the most, beneficial though not the most striking
discover!#* of science; and with the facilities
which we, in Georgia and Booth Carolina, within
reach of the seaboard, enjoy, tlidse exhibit a lack
of sound judgment who refuse to make use of
their inestimable assistance. We hazard nothing
in saying that no investment he makes will as
well repay the planter as that which gives heart
and strength to his impoverished laud, By a
small outlay in this vital matter, and no more
capital or work, the crop may be increased five,
ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and even fifty per cent.
Ab the planter makes only one crop a year, It if
all important that he should avail himself of
every means of rendering each crop a good one—
for who does not understand tho damage of even
a single lost crop ?
It it said that Hard Shell Baptiste bath*
themselves in rock oil.
COLUMBOS, GEOKGIA, MONDAY. JANUARY Iti, 18(10,
/???♦- As Ir the heavens so arc our livta—some
limes fair, sometimes overcast, tcmpc.-tuou.i, and
then serene, calm. Or like a rose, life has its
flowers, hut also its prickles. Life may be com
pared to a tine summer, and a bard winter, a
drouth, then pleasant showers. Our whole life Is
intermixed with joys, hopes, fears and sorrows.
We have n succession of pleasure uud pain, in
which, however, the latter predominates in moat
men. The great majority of us get only a quart
of honey to a gallon of wormwood an ounce of
pleasure to a pound of pain, an inch of joy, to u
foot of trouble. These miseries if life cutwiuo
themselves around tho human soul us .he ivy
docs around tho oak. Life is like u ihoqtter
board, has its black spots and its white. It wo
are not armed to endure this fate wo are still
more Our pleasures and pmns are
unitad, and succeed oitoh other with as much cer
tainty, as night succeed# tho day, though not
with such regularity iu tho duration of each.
Chime in New York.—-The New York Herald
in its chronological record of events for 1860,
gives tin aceouut of tho murders, homicides and
suicides committed iu tho metropolis of N York
during that period. Tho increase of crimes of
this UHturv in New York, for the present year,
amounts to fifty per cent, over the returns of
murder and homicides for last year. The fallow
ing shows tho aggregates for the two periods.
ISSB. ISSO.
Murders 10 10
Homicide* 30 44
Suicides 07 77
Total 107 186
This increase is wholly disproportionate in the
growth of No v York population, uud is attributed
by the Herald to tho inclhcieticy of the police
system and the imperfect administration es tho
criminal law.
iaff' , “Wha’ a pleasure it is to pay one's
debts"—V.iys Shen-toue. It removes that unea
siness which a true spirit feels from dependence
and obligation; it gratifies tho creditor; it pro
motes future confidence; it leave* a consciousness
of our virtue; it is whut we know to be right in
tho point of justice and osonomy; uud it is the
main support of simple reputation.
When Sir William Duu was about visiting this
country, he asked the opinion of Mr. Maoroady,
the eminent uud dignified > tragedian, nud ho got
it: “Don’t go, Eir William; before you have been
in the country three minutes, some fellow will
couio up and slap you on the back and say, “old
hose, how do you do?”
Olh Father Luring.—Good old father Lur
ing editor of the Goldsboro’ Tribune, was seventy
years old on Monday, lie has spent a lifetime
in the editoriul corps, nud bis declining strength
it seems only adds vigor In his pun. An agedaud
esteemed lather of our craft, we look upon him
as the patriarch and pioneer of nowspnperdoin,
and trust that many year* may yet he giveu him
to labor so ably and faithfully as he has hereto
fore. Energy, ability and consistency arc the
reigning traits of his character.—[Fayetteville
North Loro Union.
To Cure Sore Throat.—Take the whites of
two eggs and beat them with two spoonsful of
white sugar; grate in a little nutmeg, und then j
add u pint us lukewarm water. Stir well ami
drink often. Repeat the prescription if nccessu
ry, and it will -urc the most obslinuto case of
hoarseness iu u short time. So says an excbuugo
A Harp Hearted Schoolmaster. —A Ger
man magazine recently uuuouuced the death of it
scko'diiiHMti r in Siiubia, who for Hi ty one years,
had muperintended a large institution .with eld
fasbiouedseverity. From an uvernge, inferred
by umans of recorded observations, one of the
ushers had calculated that, in the course of bis
exertions, he had given 011,500 catlings, 121,000
floggings, 200,01*0 custodies, 136,000 tips with
the ruler, 10,200 boxes on the ear, and 22,700
tasks by heart. It wus further calculated that
he hud made 7000 boya stand on pens, 6000 kited
on tho sharp edge of Wood, 5000 wear the fool's
cap, and 1700 bold the rod. How vast (exclaims
thejourrialis:) the quantity of human misery in
dieted l>y u single pervot so educator. lie would
hare been a reiiurknhly line nutidoto for the
“Young American” proclivitiesol oiir times.
Population of 7t.ru*.- The population of Texas
wus according t” tho census of IHSO, 154,0 :1
whites and 58,161 slaves. By the census of lut
year it was 816,866 whites, and 286,702 slaves, i
The white population thus Increased more than
double, and the slave population Hourly one bun i
dred and lifty per ceift. ty eight ycrs. The slave
population iu Texas to-day is quite as great as
the whole white population was in 1860—a pretty j
fair increase, and one which dues not look as
though the institution of slavery whs iu danger
of u decline in Texas. Many thousands of slaves
hare arrived with the immigration from other
Status the present season.
TfrAf Bishops Polk, of Lu., and Elliott, of Ga.,
arc now iu Suwanee Mountain, arranging to
break ground in luyiug the comer stena of the j
new University of tho South, which has beer, on- :
dowod with hail a million of aioney. Bishop |
Hopkins, of V 0,., is with them, iiflrihting by hi>
run* taste in selecting the 9 to and laying out the
grounds. A number of comfortable oettages
wero built last fall by the resident engineer, O’- K.
Barney.
Death t Cai*t. May.—This gentleman rlisd j
after u few hours illness, in New Mexico, win re ;
be was stationed in the U. 8. Army. Capt. May i
was a gallant officer, and as a man, beloved by j
oil who knew him. lie had as many of the noble
aud mure generous qualities of human nature ns
it often falls to the lot of oue individual to pos
sess, mixed with as few of its faults. The regi
ment to which he was attached was tho Mounted
(titles, to which corps he was appointed at tho
date of its formation iu IS4B.
The late Gen. M. B. Lamar.—The Rich
tuond Reporter has lull account ol (be burial of
ex-Prcsiuent Lamar, who was a citizeu of that
place.
The Deepest Smac Yet —We have again been
visited, says the Quitman Herald, by a heavy
snow, falling to the depth of 15 inches. This in
decidedly tho heaviest snow we have ever seen,
and is unprecedented in the recollection of oldest
inhabitants of this section. 80 fur we have had
a brash beginning for a severe winter, and fears
are entertained that great damage hits been
wrought among the stock, particularly cows, hogs
and sheep.
Letters that are too well Written. —-Hannah
Moore says very truthfully :
“If I want wisdom, sentiment, or information,
I can find them better in books. What 1 want i
in a letter is the picture of my friend’s mind, and
the common sense of his life. I want to know
wbal he is saying or doing; I want him to turn
out the inside of his heart to me, without dis
guise, without appearing bettor than he is, with
out writing for character. I have the snine feeimg
in writing to him. My letter It,, therefore, worth
nothing to an indifferent person, hut it is of value
to the friend who cares for me. Letters among
nesr relations are family newspapers meant to
convey paragraphs of intelligence and advertise
ments of projects, and not sentimental essays.”
Gen. Jaekmn't “ Union” Sfuitiiuent, —The name
of General Jackson is invoked by every “Union”
orator aud speaker of the present dav. “The
Union must and shall ho preserved,” they quote
as the language of Jackson. Such in the quota- |
tion made by members of Congress, editors and ,
others. Now, we would liko to know the partied- |
lar occasion on which Oenorul Jackson expressed j
the sentiment os now quoted hy kis surviving
friends and admirers. We do not believe that
any of them could designate the time and plain.
We do not believe he over put on paper the uhole
passage credited to him.
General Jackson attended the celebration of
the 87h anniversary of the birth of Jefferson,
in Washington, in April, 1830, and gave -this i
sentiment; “Our Federal Union, it must bo pre- |
somd.”— Virginia Index.
Illumination or the Capitol.—ln aceordanco
with u custom long observed by our General As
semhly, the Capitol was splendidly illuminated
last night at the expense of the State Treasury,
in honor of the brilliant victory, achieved under
General Jackson at New Orleans, on the fltb of
January, 1815. About dusk a squad of the
Montgomery True Blues fired thirteon rounds
with their cannon. —Montgomery Adv.
Sal am mi or the Corporation or Att6l?mta.
—The City Conned of Augu"ta have fixed the j
salary of the Mayor at $1,000; City Recorder, I
$500; Collector and Treasurer, $2,000 ; Clerk of
Council, $800; Marshal, $l,lOO, Deputy AMsr-
Rhftl, SBOO.
tOUMHIS MKBNFHNAT, JANUARY 11. 1860.
Mltledgcvtllc i (invention
From the expression of opinion throughout the
! State, ii is evident that tho ••all for a Convention
i by the Executive Committee will be acquiesced in
jby the democracy. Never iu the history of the
i democratic parly of Georgia have we known the
members of tlio Legislature to act in a body as
appoint ml dtloffatet to u Convention. If the
right exists to act for the party in ono particular
it exists in all, and it is only necessary when
members of tho Legislature are elected to send up
a prayer for the party over which they assume
especial and exclusive guardianship. Act for it,
s|H‘iik for it, appoint delegates for it, adopt plat
! forms for it; in a word, assume a fee timple title
!to all its privileges nud emoluments. Eighteen
counties only in tho las* Convention were repre
sented, leaving one hundred and fourteen without
delegates. Scarcely half this number wero eveu
j represented by members and clerks. It behooves
the party iiMhe State to take active stops toward
a fall representation in the March Convention.
Not to strike at the ITou. Howell Cobh, whose
friends have Caused all this trouble in their hot
haste to pay him a compliment, not to wound the
deliento sensibilities of a single delegate appoint
ed t” Charleston, Cut to heal tho sore in the side
of the party, which can only be done by lotting
.thepeople have a voioe in the matter. Let one
delegation go from Georgia to Charleston, and
• •uly one for the sake of harmony and peace. If
any delega ion is received, it will be without
doubt the ope appointed by the regular Conven
tion. Surely nothing but good can result from
tho secoud Convention. The people want it and
intend to have it. It will bo imposing in num
bers and the counties represented. As an ex
pression of the voice of tho people in favor of har
mony uud union, we publish the following jour
nals which advocate the March Convention from
reasons of duty, as well as policy, vis i
The Constitutionalist, Augusta: News and
Express of Savannah; Albany Patriot, Bain
bridge Argus, .South-Western News, Americus;
Cutkbert Reporter, Lumpkin Palladium, New
iulii Danner A Sentinel, Southern Democrat,
Griffin; Atlanta Confederacy, Lnwrcnecvillo
Nows, Dalton ’limes, Cartersvilie Express, Bruns
wick lloiuld, Marietta Advocate and Columbus
Times.
The Federal Union, and the few other demo
cratic papers will not oppose the Convention, if
wo understand their positiosi.
Thf. French Mails.— Tho French Govern
ment has arranged for taking advantage of the
despatch of nulls to America from Queenstown.
Closed mulls from France will bo sent, under au
agreement with the English Postoffico, in time for
Queenstown steamer. Belgium, Prusia and j
Northern Germany, but especially ITmnburguud j
Bremen are also likely to avail themselves ol the
Queenstown despat-h.
The Financial Con onto* upthk Coijmtbt.—
Thu tiuaudal views and facts given hy the Presi
dent in his message, are highly important. Wo
have the statement that tho rovenue will not ho
udoqiiato to tho oxpendituru* for Ibis and the next
fiscal year; and a resort to a higher tariff is pro
posed. Tho President does not repeat, in so
many words, the recommendation of specific du
ties, hut be says his opinion, as heretofore stated,
remains unchanged. Congress may so far com
ply with tbo President's views on litis subject, as
to go hack to the tariff >f 1846.
The Pim.ic Eve on cremator Seward.—Tho
public eye is anxiously fixed on Senator Seward,
ami tho public ear attentively waiting to hear
what he 1 going to say about tho irrepressible
eon 11 let ; but ho is nut going to any anything un
til lie gots into the Senate, and then wo may ox- ,
1 poet a long tr utise on that iuterostiiig subject. I
Sahaii Raymond, a Salem nogress, is firing
away in the London journals at Mr. Dallas. She !
wished a passport to Paris. The secretary of
Dallas refused it. Female nigger was impudent,
aud secretary threaten’ and to turn her out of tho ;
Minister's uQieo. Negress appeals to English na
tion in London Times.
#?•/¥* Mike Woods, Esq., has boon elected iu
Montgomery county, Alu„ *0 tho Honso of Rep
resentatives, vico Mr. 80floId resigned.
Bisiioi’ Elliott. —This eminent divine deliv
ered a most eloquent sermon to a very large con
gregation at the Protestant Episcopal Church, on
last Sunday. Ilia text was taken from tho l'.th
chapter and 22d verso of John—“ What I hate
written I have written ;” and his discourse was
listened to with the profouudust attention. —Mont
Coo led• rat ion.
Tar. Df. moor a tic Convention in Virginia to
appoint delegates to the National Convention to
itse<-iiiblo at ChurlcsLon, assemble on the 16th of
February.
Exchange fob Cuba. Sumo of the Southern
papers are in favor w of exchanging the six Now
England Status for the Island of Cuba.
par Items from the Albany Patriot Jan. slh.
hale of Negroes.
The sale of the negroes belonging to tho Estate
of the lute Joseph Bond, commenced in this city
on Tuesday morning last, and endod Wednesday
evening. Wo have not hewn able to see the cor
rect list of the sale, but sufficient Ik ascertained
for us to state that 536 negroes in families, sold
at an uvorugo of about one thousand and twenty
five dollars. There are thirty yet to ho sold.
One negro girl which was offered as unsound,
brought SIBOO, and negro girl 17 and negro boy
20 years ohl, brought S2tH)O; one field hand 30
years old. brought $2000; several boys brought
overs2ooo; boy Gilbert, wife aud child, purehus
od by Gen. Smith, at $1500; one family, Jock,
wife and eleven children, from . to 18 yours old,
(average negroes; brought $16000.10, purchased
by Wui. 8. Moiighun, Esq.
Nsils* of the Tarver Properly
One hundred and twenty-six negroes belonging
to the estate of Paul K. Tarver, was sold ou
. Tuesday of Inst week, in this city, at itn average
of $1,083 87,‘a. One family, eight in number,
with only three bands sold lor $10,025.
At tho plantation the day following. 31 mules
was sold at an average of $203 10 ; 06 cows at
$2 per head ; cotton seed from 400 bales cotton
brought $1,208. One fine mule brought s3t>6,
j and several went as high as $276.
The sum total, including stock of ail kinds,
| amounted to $144,870.
Hamm* or a rroinvK Slavic.— A letter
from Washington says : Mr. Guiding*, a gentle
man from Texas, who is uow stopping at the Na
tional Hotel, wa* surprised yesterday at the re
turn of his servant Jane, who was taken from
him by fore* while he was making a visit at Nia
gara Kalis last July. Tho girl gives a deplorable
account of her ill-treatment by the Canadian
free negroes. The marks upon her body show
that she has received severe whippings, Kluding
her captors she reached the American sldo of the
river, where she procured the means necessary to
reach her master. Sbo expresses great joy at
her return homo.
ClDfllt ik Ouunkcticitt. — More eider is now
made in Connecticut than in any other State. —.
Tho Now Haven Journal says in the town of Che
shire, within iri a few miles of that city, four es.
tubiAliment* have made the past season from 1600
to 2000 barrels each, which is already disposed of
and will he sent to market as soon as ready sot
i use. This, when clarified, is as pure as wine, and
| is sold readily in Nuw York to bottle, at $1 por
barrel for the liquid, and when bottled it in great
i demand at the South at 96 per doieo. Thebuii-
I nM il rftpidly increasing.
The ban against Pi tiding.
Ilelow will bn found tho law passed by uur last
Legislature against peddling:
An Act to levy a tax on all goods peddled in this
Btatc, or sales by suuiplo or otherwise, by itin
erant drummers, or other persons, and for oth
or purposes.
See. 1. Tho General Assembly of Georgia do
enact, That it shall not bo lawful for any* itiner
ant persons to Vend or sell any article or thing
of value, not manufactured iu this State, by sain
pie or otherwise, without a license from the In’
ferior Court of the county in which aid article
or thing is vended or sold, for which license
they shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars,
or other sum, m tho discretion of said Court; und
said itinerant pervou shull, in addition to said li
cense, pay a tux on all artielos sold, or its value,
•>f one per cent, on each hundred dollars sold by
him; and for any violation of this luw, said por
soti shall, on conviction thereof iu the Superior
Court of the county, be lined smi imprisoned, iu
the discretion of tiie Court.
Assented to, Due. 15th 1860.
Florida Lkoislatuhk.—Joint Resolutions
—The following arc the resolutions on Federal
Relations, which have passed the Florida Senate,
without dissent:
Renolved, By the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of Florida, iu Commit Assembly con
vened, That in view of our national nfliiirs the
time for argument has passed, the time for action
arrived; and that Florida, as ono of the Southern
States, abides tho dostiny of thor sisters, extends
her warmest assurances of co-operation iu any
course their united wisdom may deviso.
ltvnolved. That in tho event of the election of u
President by u Northern party, opposed to slave
ry as it exists iu tho Southern States, it will bo
the duty of the Southern States to take pome
means in common to protcot themselves; uud as
••no of the Southern States, Florida hereby
pledges hcrseli to do her duty.
Jletolved, That to give offset to this assured
eo-operation, ihu Governor be and he is hereby
uu borised, upon tbu call of any of our sloyeliold
ii g Slates, to take any and all steps necessary for
tbe maintenance of their rights, aud to convene
tho Legislature in extraordinary session, should
tho ueeossity occur.
Reeolvtd, That tho Governor be requested to
forward a copy of these resolutions to our Rep
resentatives and Senators in Congress, and to the
Governors of all the Southern States.
licmorriiur Meeting in Uwinuett.
We find iu the Lawrenoeville News of the sth
inst., the proceedings of u democratic meeting,
appointing dulegutes to the Millcdgeville Con
vention to he held March 2d, and which was call
ed by tbe Executive Committee for the purpose
of appointing delegates to the Charleston Con
vention.
We insert tho preamble and resolution* ns
adopted .
Whkrkah, A portion of the members of the
Legislature have ansumed to them selves the pow
er and authority •to dioiaio to the Democratic
party ; aud by ibclr action have endeavored to
perpetrate a cheat and swindle upon the musses
<>f the Georgia Democracy by endeavoring to de
prive them of their unquestionable right to be
beard iu the Charleston Convention; there
fore :
lletolved, That wo will send delegate* to the
March Convention, culled by the Executive Com
mittee, and that we regard that body as the only
| one having the power to call a convention of the
I party.
I /letnfveil, That we repudiate the notion of tho
! self constituted Legislative Convention, which
j has, in its blind devotion to the interest of one
I man, pursued a course not only calculated to
! prejudice the honest masses of the democracy
against the claims of aspirants, but to disorgan
ize the party when it should be uuited for the
great contest in 1.860.
Resolved, That I. M. Voting, T. T. Terrell,
Newman Green, Burton Cloud and G. 11. Weav
er bo appointed delegates to represent Gwinnett
in tho Miliedgevillc Convention.
On motion, tho names of Win E. Simmons and
Win. J. Born was added as ddrgutea.
Carkyinu a Joke too Far.—Tho Albany
Knickerbocker thus chronicles the arrival of tho
! Hon. Wm. 11. Seward in that oity:
Tho quiet of our city was interrupted but night
j by the long-looked for uud much-talked of “lrro
’ prcssiblo Conflict.” We had supposed this non
! descript was n myth, but itsurrivul last night, on
cased in bouts and breeches, and enshrouded iu
an overcoat and shawl, had proved this statement
to he a mere “glittering generality.” Its arrival
was welcomed with the tiring of cannon, tho
burning of tar barrels und discharge of rockets
j and Roman candles. It proceeded up State
street amid the shouts of our oldest burghers.
INSTIM CTJONH TO THE VIHOINIA DELEGATION
in Congress.—A joint resolution has passed the
; Legislature of Virginia recommending, on the
part of their delegation in Congress, the union of
, ull tho elements of opposition to “black republi
■ can ism” aud its candidate for Speaker.
I Lieut. Gov. or Kentucky.—By the death of
1 Hon. Linn Boyd, Hon. Thomas I*. Porter, Prosi- j
dent us the Senate uud Seuatur for the thirty- ;
second district, composed of tho counties of j
Woodford, Jessamine and Franklin, becomes the
I Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
The Seceding Student*.— The Nashville
Union learns that five of the Students who with
drew from the Medical Sohools at Philadelphia,
arrived in that city Monday. They have accept
ed an invitation to unite with thw schools there.
Quick Trip.—The Baltic is becoming as cele’
brated lor her quick trips on the route between
New York and A spin wall, as she was when sin
formed a portion of the Collins line. She made
the lost trip from New York to Aspiuwall in s ; x
days and twenty-throe hours. Sbo left Aspin
wall on the night of the 17th. and arrived at New
Turk on tbe morning of the 24th, her passengers
making the through trip from Sau Francisco in
eighteen days and twenty hours.
In time or Peace prepare eum War.—Just
j hear how Mrs. Corly, the lady local of the Rock-
I or<l Daily News, counsels her sex in view of the
1 fact that 1860 is Leap Year:
Aro the girls aware that next year is leap year
—a grand chance for those who feel that they are
! verging towerd uncertainties, to make a dosper
| ate plunge. We know oue or two gentlemen who
i certainly ought to be married, and probably the
> right kind of tactics would induce them to come
*to the same cone usion. A little care, a little
• caution, so a* not to sear* the poor victims, uud
I the game may lie your own, girls.
Tbe Kleetlon
Merriwether County.—The election in this
county resulted as follows;
Sheriff, Blalock; Ordinary, Kendall; Clerk Su
perior Court, Adaius; Clerk Inferior Court, ‘l’e
low; Tax Collector, Stone; Tax Keceivor, Miller
—all Americans.
Chattooga County.—The following were elec
ted county officers in Chattooga county, at the
recent election:
Sheriff, John Abridge; Ordinary,.Sam’l Haw
kins; Clerk Bup'r Court, W 0 Edmonton; Clerk
Inf’r Court, G W Clemons; Tax Colloe’r, M Ken
drick; Tax Uccoivcr, ——• Murphy; Treasurer,
Thomas Wood.
Dougherty County.—The election which took
plaoo In this county on the first Monday in the
prosent mouth, for County Officers, resulted in
j tho election of tho entire democratic ticket: -
I County Clerk, Lewis <l. Hutroo; Sheriff, James
1 8 Brown; Ordinary, Samuel D irwin; Tax He
! r-eivor, John Kitchen; County Surveyor, B F.
Roberts; Judge Inferior Court, T. Jones; Coro
ncr, Jesse Wade.
Baker County.— I Tb> following Democratic
ticket was olnoted in Baker County on the Ist
Monday in this month :
Sheriff, W E Tucker; Clerk, T AUon; Ordina
ry, T J Co*; Coroner, A Odum; Surveyor, L.
; Kpurlin; County Treasurer, L P Jordan.
* Worth County.—Wo loarn from a private
source that the democratic ticket in Worth ooun
! ty has been elected.
i Lee County.—The democratic ticket has been
| elected In this county.
| Calhoun County.—A* usual, Calbouu elects
i her democratic ticket by a good majority.
QOLIMBIS, THUHfiDAYi JANUARY It* (MO
The Kfleets of Deinugogiichni.
In these days of political degeneracy, it would
be well for mankind, for society, and for the
world, if there woroouiUin tests for the sincerity ,
and honesty of man’s professions. Virtue would
then shine forth in all its brilliancy and lovoli
nss, and there would be no intervening cloud to
dim its lustro. Unfortunately, however, no such ;
tests are giveu, and we are misled by tlio false 1
lights >f hypocrisy and corruption. Vico and
dissimulation Vssume tho livery of purity aud.
troth, aud tho minus of religion, virtue und pat- ;
riotisui full in sickly accents upon the ears of the 1
good. Wo do not claim sutlioiont wisdom und
experience to suggest a remedy for uu evil so j
universal and so fatal. Wu can only say that j
uu* ambition falters, our aspirations aro humbl- I
ed, our resolves annihilated, while ondcavuriug |
to imitnto the virtues of departed statesmen, to j
hear tho shouts of approbation issuing from a j
thousaud bills to cheer the mock- patriot in his
course, and to laud the shining hypocrite in his
guise. Tho n into of Union is tho watchword yf
success, aud before its shrino aro sacrificed the
dearest interests of tho people. Tho .South, sleep- ,
ing in fancied security, has her dornuiu invaded
and her inuoccul children butchered, aud yet, j
warms to her bosom the very instigators of tho j
crime. Tho love of Union is substituted for tho |
lovo of Country. The power, tho will, the spirit :
to assart uur rights uud dure vindicate them, thus
securing tho blessings of true equality to the
South by tho fear of disruption, yields without a
struggle to tho ioduotivo influences of submis
sion, which invites aggression, aud fans into a
Ilame tbe tireof tiniHticism. Tho lovo of oouniry
is appealed to, thoutaud associations awakened
tu subjugate fears and to subdim excitement,
while iu reality, tbetiue patriot, tho devoted lov
er of his country is he who wottld shield tho Con
stitution from violation at every hazard; prefer
ring a rupture of governemut to a >ucritioc of tho
nublust instinct* of an enfranchised manhood aud
a glorious independence. This class of politicians,
however, are not appreciated and are denoiuinu-
tud “flro-* ntr“—-proud epithet—by way of do- j
rision. It is cany then to see how the people urc ,
misled in their attachment for the country, by the
boastful strains of the demagogue, nud become
the dupes of his studied hypocrisy. They cannot
discriminate between high sounding notes of
patriotism na they fall from the lip* of the duinu* .
gogae and the lover ol his country, Ambition or
oorruption prompts the fine to iminil'eMt as much |
zeal for public good as the other, itutil the dear- !
est names are made hateful; aud a people often ,
cheated, aro mode to conclude that all public men j
nro alike, aud that no honesty dwells nmoug !
politicians.
In thi* state of uncertainty as to whom they J
dare trust the mock-patriot has tho decided ad- ,
vantage over the sincero luver of his Country.— i
There are no acts to which he will not descend,
no moans so base but ho calls them into requisi
tion, and no falsehood so glaring, but he publish-,
os it abroad, if it nut promise success.
Wisdom, virtue and patriotism are made tho
sport of calumny and detraction, wldlo selfish
uess, duplicity and impudence are the high attri- i
bates of greatness and excollance. Tbe price of i
liborty is forgotten, the value of free iuwti utions j
overlooked aud with the loud cry of country on ;
his lips, he treads its Constitution under his foot, I
to build up a faction or ensure the triumph of u
party. It is thus that tho demagogue pursues !
bis triumphant career, until, like Brennus, he
casts his sword iu tho aoalc and his fellow-citizens
become his slaves.
CcE. Joe Lane, of Oregua
Notwithstanding tho firm position of Gen. |
Lank upon the question of slavery in the territo
ries, hi* speech, wherein ho ununtinccd his posi
tion, eliciting the highest encomiums from Sena- j
tor Brown of Mississippi, be is eudorsed in Ore- I
gon and recommended for the Presidency. The |
delegatus selected aro requested to use ull honor- |
able incurs to secure his nomination. The whole
Hunt h will respond “aye!” to this proposition, if j
the selection is to ooiue from tho North. Gen. I
Lane is sound to tlu* core, undone of the few, i
perhaps, the only democrat in tho nation, who
can defeat a Republican for President.
Camels for Military Service. —The Bee re- ‘
tiny of Wur thinks the experiment with camels,
during the lust year, has been eminently success- !
ful, and recommend* the purchase of a full sup- :
ply, especially for the frontiers, aud uitcr-oceanie j
| routes. They require no forugo but Abut they
i gather in tho most barren uud sterile part* of the
•outinont, und with heavy burdens will go safely
overground so rough and precipitous that a mule .
will scarcely pas* uvor it unladen, without as
sistance.
Jf-if A lad, tho son of Mr. John Jaugatetter, of
Macon, was killed on Friday fayt,fa the acciden
tal discharge of his gun, while Liuitiug near the !
city.
Floyd, the runner of the ougine which
exploded on the Slate Head last week, died oq
Sunday morning last. His remains w< re taken 1
to DcKuib county for interment.
Death of Henry Faulk.—WcTogrot to learn ;
that Judge Henry Faulk, of Twiggs, it prominent
citizen of that county, died suddenly last Wed
nesday morning, at his residence.
Maiuktta, Ga., Deo. 24,
To the Editor* oft Jig Marietta Advocate :
GsntA.—l beg lw oto say through your col
umns, that I do not accept the appointment of
alternate delegate to the Convention to be held in
Charleston to nominate Democratic candidates :
for President and Vico President of tho United 1
States. My absence from the State, prevented ‘
my making this communication at an earlier ‘
day ; but no party inconveiiionco can result (rout
the delay, as it will not probably bo ne<***ury to j
supply my place. I tuke ‘ Ibis step for reasons ,
altogether satisfactory to niyscll. and which it is |
unnecessary to state.
Respectfully yours,
Ciiam. J. McDonald.
Illinois Drinorrullr state Convention
Ki'Hiftot'iKi.D, Jan. 4, IHGU.
The democratic Sfnie Convention met at noon
to-day. lion. John Moore was elected chairman.
Delegate* to the Charleston Convention were
selected.
Resolutions were adopted reaffirming'tho Cin
cinnati platform iu the word and spirit in which -
it was adopted; utterly repudiating suck now I
tests ns the revival of the slave trade < r a Con- j
greanional slave code for the Territories} dvfly- i
iiik that slavery derives its validity from the con- j
ntbutton of the Unit and Slates- declaring thoj.o- |
sitioA of the democracy of Illinois to bo that of j
Mr. Liuchutiau in his letter of acceptance; deny- i
ing thointorpretati-n winch the republicans give
to the Bred Bcotl decision; that it denies the right
of the people to regulate the slavery question to
suit themselves; deprecating the foray of John
Brown, into Virginia, and attributing such inva
sion* to the teach it gs of the republican party; in
structing the delegates to vote for the rendoption
•>f the Cincinnati platform, and declaring their
determination to abide by the decision of the
Charleston Convention.
The Convention also instructs tho delegatus to ]
use all houorahle mean* to secure the nomination
of Stephen A. Douglas for tl e Presidency,
Thu Convention then adjourned.
Heroism lives longer in the mind when asso
ciated with woman than with men. Florence
Nightingale and Grace Darling will be remem
bered when hundreds of their matouUu* peers
gnd superiors are forgotten.
PisiYIONH. COLUUITT, i VAif ~ ra
JAMES W. WAHREN, \ Ed * tor *-
Number 3
Foil gross Negroes.
Tho following extract of a debate in Congress
i* nut uninteresting.
Mr. Hagan inquired wbother negroes in Mass
achusetts have more rights than white men ?
Mr. D.twcs —No more, no less. Every man
who claims freedom has tho right of habeas cor
pus under tho laws under which he lives, aud any
man who charges on the republicans anything
beyond that dues not understand the facts of tho
case.
Mr. Hill, (S. opp.) of Oa., asked—What had
’ become of tho American party in Massachusetts?
Mr. Dawes replied—ll is opinion was that the
American parly was made up about ono half from
■ the democratic patty and the other half from the
whig party. Tho latter had gone into tho ropub
-1 Bean party, and the forinor hud u-turned to their
! original and first love. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hill asked—What, had become of Gover
nor Hanks, who was originally a democrat?
Mr. Dawes replied—Governor Banks thought
bettor of himself’ uud tho country, uud joined the
republican party. lie and Governor Boutwell,
like others in Massachusetts, urc like brands
: plucked from the burning. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hill saw gentlemen to-day whom ho had
met in American days, and they then gave early
indication us to what their purpose was. They
declared that they would come into the Ameri
can party to control it. and if they could not do
so to destroy it. As for himself, he was willing
to inaugurate a party to ctubrae* every conserva
tive do men t, tu give peace and happiness tea
distracted land. Who would come up and join
him iu this work? He Appealed to the republi
cans to haul down their black flag, and unite
with national men.
Mr. Cox, idem.) of Ohio, addressed a few words
to hi* A morion u friend (Mr. llill,) to show him
the law in .Massachusetts on the alien suffrage
question, adding that it is a positive disadvantage
nud misfortune to be a white uiau there. [ Laugh
ter.) While a negro can become a citizen in six
months, a man from übroad must serve a proba
tion ol two years alter naturalization, and must
be dipped iu nitrate of silver before he can b on
an equality with u black man.
Mr. Hill’s reply was not distinctly heard. Ho
was understood to say that be hud no objection
to the probation; ho never expected to go to
Massachusetts.
Rhode Island KrpiibMcaii|Sial ionvcnllon.
Providence, January 4, 1860.
A Republican StatejUonventiou met in Provi
douce to-day, to nominate dfindidafea for Btate
“tfloors and to elect delegates to the Chicago Con
vention. Hon Thomas Davis was elected Presi
dent. Beth. P&dell’ord, of Providence was nomi
nated for Governor, over Thomas G. Turner, the
proscni Governor, and Samuel G. Arnold,fctephen
N. Mason, of Smithliold, was nominated lor Lieut
Govorin r over Isaac Bunders the present iueum
bciit. John R. Bartlett was renominated for
hoc rot ary of Stale, and Samuel G. Parker for
General Treasurer. Thomas K. King was nmni
iiaied fur Attorney Gene cal in place of Jerome B.
i Kimball, who declined a re nomination.
The Convention was large every towu being
represented. The more radical portion of tLe
republicans had tho ruling of the Convention.
The resolution* affirm in the strongest manner
the opposition of the Convention to the extension
of slavery over oar Territories; charge the exis
ting excitement upon the democratic party; de
clare that we look only to legal and couatitutiou
al remedies for political evils; that wo condemn
all measures of violence, whether for the estab
lishment of slavery in Kansas or for its aboiitiou
iu Virginia; that wo entertain towards ull the
members oi this great confederacy no feelings
blit those of kindness and good will; that w look
with indignation upon the persistent misrepresen
tations of public opinion in tbe Bouth; of increa
sing tbu sectional character of the democratic
party and wcukuuing the bonds us the Union,
and that we regard thy threats of resisting the
inauguration of a Republican President as au
empty threat to subserve the interests of political
pur lies by deterring the people from exercising
frueiy I heir constitutional rights, and that it
ought to be ranked among the basest uud most
cniitcuiptahle services of political profligacy.
The delegates to tho Chicago Convention are
—James l'\ Simmons, Benjamin T. Kamos,Henry
Staples, Benedict Taphuui, Rowland R. Hazard,
Simon Henry Green, Nath uniat B. Durfee, and
K. G. Hazard.
FasfeiM.
i As regards tlio making of dresses, three points
S in tho back and two in /rout is the most recherche
I w ith the Pompadour corsage, for full evening or
home dress. Plainer style* arc made round
waist, with a belt buttoned closely to the throat,
or surplice, with an edguof Valenciennes in tbe
neck, in sleeves, there if much latitude. The
; Mosquetaire, with the broad cuffs turnc l hack, is
I comfortable, though not adapted for full dress.
Then there arc coat sleeves cut hius, with a scum
i on the outside of the arm, beside the inner one.
A cap at the shoulder relieves the stiHness. This
stylo promise* to succosriully compete with the
open sleeve, whiob, however, will bo equally as
much worn, and very wide, in order to display
[ the fashionable puffed uudcrsleevus with their gay
i little, knot of ribbon, or quite as pretty noeuds us
’ very black narrow velvet
Basques still hold their sway, in velvet or
’ uloth, lor skirts whose waists have outlived (heir
use or beauty ; aud tight basques with skirts ul
mo.-t reaching <he bem ol the dress, are revived,
and are soon by the legion in Broadway. They
always will look stiff, yet are certainly very com
fortable under one's furs.
Two flounced robes are as fushion&ble as ever;
also flounces numbering in quantity from ten to
thirty. These are ot course straight not bias,
and for thick dark silks narrow vuivet is useikon
each rutile, while lighter material can be pinked.
Some few of the beau monde, who rejoice in a
; new fashion which is eyed suspiciously by people
I generally; ar** wearing the gored skirts, made of
one piece w ith the coraye, and nine yards around
! the bottom. The bell shaped hoops are suitable
1 for these; they are odd, and, in iny humble opin
ion, very ugly. Hide stripes are only worn by
the barbarians ; und such is the force of habit
that uftue with tbe slightest pretence tu fashion
would dure to be seen with one en promenade.
Bayadere silks are still worn, though their sur
| prising cheapness is a sufficient hint to the Initia
! led not to buy. Goode going out are always
marked down to a low price. Asa proof, some
magnificent double skirt robes, heavily embossed
with rich velvet designs, arc exhibited iu the show
windows as l<>w ns thirty and forty dollars, which
a year ago were cheap at eighty and one hun
dred; they are popular yet, hut perhaps another
season will see Uwm out of the market.
Flounces ire sometimes graduated, or fashioned
in groups of four or live, either in regular order
or graduated, frequently with one deep flounce,
headed by a succession of extremely narrow
Hounces, as many as choice or taste dictates.
Auolhcr bygone fashioif is being revived, of pla
cing u box-plaiting, pulling or braid of tbe same
material u* tbe dress at tbe heading of the llouu
; res, with sleeves to correspond.
Homicide.—Near Palmetto, Ga., on Monday,
the 2d iust., l.uku Haundcrs, was fatally slabbed
iiy a man of the name of Thomas, we understand.
) Bounders lived about two hours after the wouud
was inflicted. He was stabbed in the abdomen
with u Bowie knife. The difficulty occurred at
the election precinct, a few hundred yard* from
Palmetto, iu Coweta county, and originated iu a
tight between a.Mr. Ponn and some other party,
when Saunders interfered to separate tho parties,
•nd then received tbe total wound. It is said
that all parties were under the influence of li
quor.—Atlanta Confederacy, Jan. 7.
Bur.AKtNQ T n not'd it THE Ick! — Man drowned
ap t team lost/*—Just as wo were going to press
la*t night we had the following particular* from
Mr. Ynllmer, of the M<>ndell lloitse: Night be
fore last, as Charley Baldwin, formerly of this
place, but now of the McGregor livery stable, in
cotupauy with Mr. E. L. Johnson, landlord of
the Prairie Hotel, and another man whase flame
we have not learned, wore returning to Prairie
du Chien from Clayton, lowa, in u two horse
cutter on tho ice, tfley suddenly broke through,
when within four or livo miles from town; and
Mr. Johnson being bundled up well, was thrown
| nut of the*, utter sideways, and was carried away
i under the ice by tho current. Baldwin and his
other companion* just bad time to make u leap
j for the strong ic, when the horses and cutter al
so went under and wore curried ftway. Up to
lust night, neither tho body of Mr. Johnson or
thu team had been found, although diligent
search was made all through yesterday. Mr.
Johnson was a uow coiner from Madison, having
very recently leased the Granito Hotel in lower
town. —Pruirie Leader , 22d ult.
A writor in the last century quaintly observed
that when tho canons of tho prince* began war,
tbe cautions of the ohurch were destroyed. It
was, said he. first miter that governed the world*
and then niter—Aral it. Peter, tnd then saltpe
ter.