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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. W { ■ w ‘***’ U 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.
