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IwritaJ 6 Hlfsscngff. J. KNOWXBB and S. BOSK. EDITORS UfD PROPRIETORS- fcx th* K-pafcU.'*r Georgia Slate ('ufivtuiiou. SaVansaH, March 7, IS*}. Tiki# hoHv rubied, as per pail of the Provi dent, Hon G W. Crawford, at Masonic Hall, in tbi’ vitf to-day at noon. There were about two hundred and sixty members in attendance. Some ol'the most prominent are Kill absent at Mont gomery, a portion of whom, 1 understand, will, however, return and take their seats on Monday. Such men as Toombs, Stephens, Hill, Cobb, Bar tow ke., though we mis* them here, can, perhaps, serve our neteig mtatrttd right * better in the Con gress of the CoNncrtm Sritts. The Conven tion was opened with an appropriate and impres sive praver, by the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, of Trinity (*.•>, Church of this city. The Journal of the last day’s sitting in Milledge viCe was read and confirmed. Mr. Hood ottered a resolution in relation to the oath of the President and members ot the Con vention. The oath is, to support the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States, Mr. B. supported the resolution. When ibis body assembled at Milledgeville, it was not nec easary to take the oaih to support the C. S. Constitution, but he thought, as since that time a Government had been formed, it had become necessary. M>\ Robinson of Macon, wished to till the permanent constitution was adopted, and Mr. Fouche saw no necessity for swearing at all; he was opposed to it in the abstract. Besides, this was a Convention of the sovereign people, and 1 above all constitutions. Mr. Hood’s resolution was put and lost by a | very large majority. Mr. Smith, of DeKulb, moved a resolution that Dr. Hoyle, of said county, be allowed to take his seat as a member, he having been elected in the place of the Hon. Charles Murphy, a delegate from DeKalb, who died during the session ot the Con vetutOQ in MilUdgeville, never having taken his seat. The resolution wa* read, taken up and nnani- 1 juouslv adopted. Mr. Safioid ot Morgan, off. red a resolution in relation to distributing to member* equally, the 10,000 copies ot the address of the Committee oi Seventeen. It was taken up sad adopted. Mr It am J ton—A resolution authorising the Governor in furnish, free oi cbarg an) location it. Georgia which might be selected as the capital of the Confederate States of America, union was loat. Mr. Garvin presented a minority report In rela tion to the reduction or members ot the Legisla ture. I tie Senate to consist ol forty tne inhere, tour trout each of ten Districts, iuto which the State shall be divided, and the House of oue hun dred and tbirty-two members. The whole ques lioo to be subroil ted to the people for ratifies lion ft was moved, but lost, that o") copies of said report be printed. Mr. Shropshire moved, with the convent of Mr. Garvia, that the two reports be recommitted be fore the adjournment, aod again reported to the Convention. Adopted. Mr. Bell, of Forsyth, moved a resolution that the people of Georgia, by Convention, heartily approve the election of Messrs. Davis and Ste phens, to the Presidency and Vice Presidency ol the Confederate States. Adopted. Mr. Crawford, of Greene, moved that a copy of the same be transmitted to the Congress at Montgomery, which was adopted. Mr. Johnson of Clayton, offered a resolution, which was adopted, that seaa on the floor of the Hail be tendered to representatives of the Press, wad that the Messenger prepare the same for their accommodation. [Thanks Col, we owe you one, for some of ui, at least, not not bring musical or engaged to entertain the Convention in that way, while in session, prefer downstair* to that delight ful locality intended lor orchestras.] Mr. Tatum offered a resolution that Dr. Uovle, if DeKitlb, be allowed to sign the Ordinance of Secession, which was taken up and adopted. The President iiated that he had received sev eral communications from some of the States, one of which was from the Governor of New York, iu relation to the resolution of the Convention, ap proving the ?ouf*e of Gov. Brown, iu taking Fort Paisaki, which was —short. Two from the Gov ernors of Maryl&od and Alabama, and two from Commissioners to this State from the States ol Delaware and Kentucky. These several commonicalions were rend end laid unyi the fable U)r fG Tt. * aod Kentucky would make common cause with the seceded States. 0q mouon, then, the Convention adjourned to meet to-morrow, at 11 o’clock, A. M. Was Dt.rar.TKtST, . AojrTa.vT GrxKßtt’s Omen, BsAiytß, March 1, 1801. | The following order is published for the infor mation of the Army : Was Department, March 1, ltsOl. By the direction of the Pkmidc.nt of the United States it ie ordered that Brigadier General David £. Twiggs be and is hereby dismissed from the Army of the United States, for hia treachery to the I Sag of his country in having surrendered, on the | 18th of February, 1861, on the demand of the! authorities of Texas, the military post and othet j property of the United States in his department! and under his charge. i J. HOLT, Secretary of War. By order of the Sncretarv or War. 8. COOPER, Adjutant General, j 1 hr Capital. The Montgomery of tho Charles ton Mercury writes A house h been rented here for the President at an enormonx rent. Kit whether Montgomery wiii becotee the permanent acaf oi government i* uroblrui.rie_ HunmlQe, ori tbe an.) Mctnphie lUiliuad, would be a poo l location, lint lor the abominable Union wniwuent ihai jiicuil* there, and makes it more like Teune®-ee than Ala bdina. The hlsdiug of .Soadiei u men Nasi.ri!!,*, in 1350, b j a mob ia tbe can neither be! forgotten or overlooked in *e!ecilug a mi ol gov* *-rr meat. I>r the Cotton State* a locality soul 1 •*f the mountain range would be most ap[woprutt<.. Macon, Georgia, ia snggested a* a good place.— But !ti,H4 reran S. Gw. Tw iCui.-~T(w toilowing are the orders of Gwb. Twigg* to the forces under his command re lative to tbe evacuation of the Federal uiUlitarv posts iii Texas: HkADQCAanubt, Decasi mi st, Texas, San Antonio, Feb. 18, 1801. ) The State of Texas bating demanded, through ha Commissioners, the delivery of the Mil lit ary posts and public property within the limit* of this cc-rnroand, and tbe Commanding General desiring to avoid even the possibility of a collision lie tween ! the Federal ami State troop*, the posts will be! evacuated by their gun Dons, and these will take up, so soon as the necessary preparations can be made, the line of march oat of Texas, by way of the coast —marching out with their arm>. (the light batteries with their guns.) clothing, and camp uad Garrison equipage, quartermaster’; stores, Sbb Gsten-**, wvedicat, hospital <u*re j , and such wmwim of transportation nf every kind as may be noceu *ry for an efficient and orderly movement of the troops, prepared for an efficiently aod orderly attack or defence against aggressions from wriv source. The troop, will • arry with them provis ions as far as tho coast. By order of Hrcvet-Maj. Gen. Twians. r— £5?“ A writer in the Country Gentleman, says: Were I about to leave to a son a large sum of money and desire licit he should heroiue a Rule nouled, narrow minded, hard-hearted creature, with contracted view* ol every thing but money, I would say to him, heed my parting advice—never dn aught with your tnearu, hut to keep it breeding in the same line, and that with as much rapidity a* possiole. Keep it at • high a rate nf interest as pomibks—live cheap, spend nothing that you ran m avoid; harbor no foolish scruples in usoney mat ter* ; they are enemies in money circles, and above all keep an eye single to securities ; trust not with out double-hack or gilt-edged security. 1f be faith fully followed the admonition he could hardly fail to become a groveling minded, mean-sou led, insin cere, heartless rich man—despised, and justly so, for the want of every generous and manly trait, deserving nor commanding any respect except what li-tie deference Is paid to wealth bv the obse quious base o*cr. But the chief end and a T m of life is not money. •jive me neither poverty nor riches’"—rather let me bask amidst the works of nature, amidst the green fields, the ripening harvests, the lowing herds, and the playful lambs, cheered by the mustc of tbe warbling songsters, and hum of the insect*, tbe murmur ii.g of the forest winds, and the ripliug of the meandering brook. These are the delighu continually surroutidrlug tbe tanner {!• t* R^V it *U vmt* u MomtU *•. % TffS FHITID $ JATIS SENA Dues not seem to command, at present, anj 1 very large amount of respect from the looker* on.’ The greatest disorder characterised tho close of the session. TVe extract from the proceeding* of Saturday and Sunday: Oa the 2nd, the special order iieing the Peace Convention prepositons, was taken up Mr. Lake resumed hi* remarks speaking against ibe propoei.ton*. anj defended him*elf against the speech ol the Senator from Tennessee, (Mr. John *on.) He referred to the withdrawal of aeveral ot ilie Mates, and declared that Virginia would •also go if nothing was done, and join the great Southern Confederacy. He aho argued at °otne length in favor of the right of secession. Mr. Prater made a report from the Conference t’-ommimee on the civil hill, and the report was agreed to. Mr. Lax* continued, commenting severely on that portion of Mr. Johnson’s speech advocating , coercion as a settlement for the present difficulties | of the country. He (Lane,) was in favor of a, peaceable settlement. He claimed that the Repub lican party would not let the slave States go; into the Territories with their property. The Re-’ publican party will not let the Southern States •tay in the l nion, nor yet allow them to go out of it. Mr. Lane spoke for nearly three hour®. Mr. Jouv*ok, of Tennessee, thou rose to speak. Mr. Hhjllß wished to knoa - if it war. the inten tion nf the Senator to put off action on tbe great questions before the country, If he choo**- to do *o, it was in the power of any Senator to put off action until it was ioo late. Mr. Jonssos said lie would only occupy a short time. He then proceeded to reply to Mr. Lane, lie said he had been attarked bv tho*e who favor disunion. Personalities towards him had been indulged in, but he (Johnson) fell himself above personalities. As Mr. Johnson proceeded he was applauded ly the galleries, when the Chaiiman, Mr. Polk, ordered the gentlemen's gallery on the right to be cleared. Mr. Docolas moved Urn: the rule be suspended. Som. debate look place on the motion, when Mr. f.vxr. said that he hoped the gentlemen in | the gallery would Iw* permitted to remain and ap plaud as much a* they pleased. It did not make vnv dillercnre to him, for he was standing up for right. Mr. Hat * said that those in the galleries were I probably new comers, lad got their ideas of ! the ?enste from tiie uowspa[er.i. lie thought ; they had better be excused. The discussion continued for nearly an hour, and several motions were made and withdrawn, until at las? Mr. Douglas withdrew his motion, it nemtr considered out of ordr-r. Thf I'h.iir tin'll suspended the older to clear the gallery, and kI. JyH SSO.N proceeded with hi* speech* fie -aid he might talk about treason ;i the fathers of ‘he country had talked about it. The Constitu tion defines treason a* levying war against the government and aiding those who do so. Show him (Johnson j those who make war on the gov ernment and lire on its vessels, and he would show you a traitor. If lu* wa* President of the United States he would have all -ueh arrested, and if tried and convicted by the Ktermtl God lie would have them hung. AG. Johnson then referred to ■he action of Tennessee in regard to seceawioa.— It seemed iu ii the Senator from Oregon had not i heard tbe news. Mr. Johnson referred to the votes on the resolutions of lust ses.-iou when the ■ Senator from Oregon voted against tlic resolution 1 T bwt it was accessary to protect slavery. But that was before a Presidential election ; now it id after j such an election. Six State* have gone out of the ! L nion, but the people have not passed an ordin ance ol secession. Conservative men have been overpowered and u->urp;i;on has triumphed. The stars and stripea ire changed, and the Palmetto, the Pelican and the Rattlesnake run up iu their ; place. Mr. Johnson clo*ed with an eloquent ap- ; peal for the dag of the l nion, expressing the hope that it might ever wave over the land of the free, and declaring that Tennessee would ever re main in the Union. Applause broke out in the galleries when Mr.! Johnson cloed. The Chair orilered the galleries to lc cleared. A few hisses followed, wheu the whole crowd rose and burst out with most tumult non- apptan-*, bellowing and shouting, and culminating ia three rousing cheers lor the Inion, causing the greatest excitement. The Chair ordered the Sergeimt-ai-Arms to ar rest any one causing a disturbance. Mr. Kixxrnr asked that the doors be locked. After a little time ail the galleries were cleared, the door* locked, and the Senate proceeded in thier busines*. Mr. Urittexpkn moved that when the Seuate adjourn, to adjourn to meet to-morrow, even Mr. Tni-Mec/A suggested that they adjourn to seven o’clock Sunday evening. Mr. Kiev said in relation to the disturbances he hoped the Senate would do somethin'’- to prevent sueh crowds in the galleries. Mr. Klx.vtbv said, he hoped, and would more, • bat lor the rcsidoe of the se.-hon the gallery door* should be locked. He thought the disturb ance of to-day was the greatest insult ever offered to the Senate, and that it was like a market house mob. The Senate took a recess until 7 o’clock, Sunday evening, when toe scenes of disorder were re newed, insomuch that Mr. Douglas declared they were legislating under the serveilance of a mob. The Cal after the flat*. The Richmond Dctpaitih say*: “The town is all ago” over a most amusing caricature of Lincoln and the Seceding States, in which the former i* represented a* a ferocious looking cat, with one paw on the llat unfortunate rat, Virginia, while Uw rest rtf her s:-ters are scampering for dear life, couth i arnUna len-i* the race, Mississippi and Georgia are next, Alabama and Florida are going neck and neck, Uien-coutes l<ouDiaiia ; whilst Texas has barely .-K-aped the right paw of Gkiualkin, j hich nearly toochfi the tail of the fugitive prey! fn orif* rorurr h a rat fytvtg on the ft it of ft I* to-Msli, with iu a.I off, the I nite! Staler Asig waving over iio. and bcoeatb, the **Tie ('nion wwt <0)1 shall be preserved.” Virginia I* held Itiriy iii ilie cat’s sinister mw, wliiNt out of his room h coiiicb the words: “Nothing is going wrong. Nothing really hurl- uuyboitv. Nobody is suffering anything.” and ihe unhappy victim consoles himself wiib the excUimtiou, “We emi go out on the Ith of July as w ell a* the 4th of March.” This capital prodoeiioii is, we unilentrand, the production of an acoiriplisiit-d young lady of our city, who give* line promise ol success as an artDb” 1 kt Fowifion ol % irainia. It now appears that had a vote been taken in the Pea--e t'orilerence ou tbe propositions adopt ed OS a whole, the vote of Virginia would have been recorded In their htvor. Judge Brocken borough, though objecting to some special point®, was willing to Tote !or the propositions as an en tire plan. The point was raised, that after adopt ing the different section*, a vote should be taken on the whole; but ex-President Tyler decided adversely, and thus the vote of Virginia was pre ■ vented from being cast in their favor. Virginia must. Iks very easily satisfied. I.onbiana Male < onieiiihin, Ni.w Ori.eaws, March B.—The Convention, to : lay, in secret session, transferred to the Confed ierwte Stan** five hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars, the sum of collection from custom? at this port, and of bullion in the mint at this city. AlHliaiutt Mule l outnitioii. MoNT-owniv, Ala., March t*.—ln the Stale convention to day, an ordinance was adopted, iransferring military operations to the Provisional Goverunienet, together with the arms and muni tions of war, acquired from the United States Gov ernment, acquired by the recent seizure of Gov ernment property. It al*o transfers the authority , over the forts and arsenals to the Confederacy. Norili ff'nroliDa Com vent in • Flection. lUlcigm, V. C., March 9.—The. State has voted agniost holding a Convention by about 1,000 ma jority. The members elected are two to one for Union. Pure Tits.—John Mitchell deliver* himself a* Pllows in his last letter from Pari* to the Chirle®- on Mercury. John ha evidently been unable to arrange inafters to his satisfaction : On the whole, I would beg most earnestly to im press* upon you the conviction that in I'.urope gen erally, but in Rngland particularly, you have no chance, no Iv-nt no pretension to be considered as Christian men, or perhaps a* huni in being*, except the cotton field alone. But for that, j and the interests hanging upon that, you would be ‘ hurred from the face ol the earth, and erased from creation by the indignant voice of an out raged nineteenth century ! It falls to you—it devolves i upon you—especially, you Southern men of Ameti i c*, to bring back men’* minn* to the manly and sveightlorwarddaysofold—days when there were no poor houses, and wheu fathers and mothers did at *trt*|lq thyjr children (or Uic sake of t]* bqrifl solution. | MoNfnoVFßv, March 11.—The Permanent Con stitution was adopted on Saturday night, in secret session. Secrecy having been removed, I send ton the following synopsis of its main new fea * urea: No person of foreign birth not a citizen of the Confederate States, shall be allowed to vote for UiT officer, civil or political. Slate or Federal. I ndcr the first census, South Carolina shall be entitled to five liepresenialivcs in Congress, Geor gia to ten, Alabama niue, Florida two, Miisitiuppi ; ‘even, Louisiana six, and Texas six—and each I State to two Senators. The State legislatures inay impeach Judicial or Federal officers resident or acting in said State by i two-lbiid* vote of both branches of the l>egi*- ’ lature. Congress may grant seat* on the lioor ol either House to the principal officer of each Executive Department, with privileges of discussing the inra ’ sure* of hi* Department. i The representation of three-fifths of the slave I population in the elections is continued. Congress is not allowed, through the imposition i of duties, i. tester any branch ot industry. The foreign slave trade is prohibited. Congress is prohibited from making appropria (ions, unless by a vote ot two thirds of both Houses, except an appropriation be asked by the head ol some of the Department* or by th® l’re- Mdvnt. No extra compensation eliali be allowed to any contractor, officer, or agent, after a contract has been made and service rendered. Every law, or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, which shall be ex pressed in the title. The tenure of the office of President and A iee President shall he for six year*. The principal officers of the Executive Depart ment*, and of the diplomatic service, shad be removable at the pleasure of the President. Other civil officers shall he removable whenever their services shall become unnecessary, or for other good causes, but the causes and the reasons for the . removal must be repotted to the Senate. Praeti : cally. no captious removal shall be tolerated. Other states are to be admitted into the Confed j eraev by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses. The Confederacy may acquire territory ; and slavery shall W acknowledged and protected by ! Congress, and by the Territorial Governments. AN hen lire Stat.-s ratify this Constitution it shall be established lor the said States; and, until rali : tied, the Provisional Constitution shall continue in ! force, not extending, however, beyond one year. Nothing of ■'pocial interett was transacted lo usy. Duties. We have received iuforin-t ion, says the Augus ta relative to the requirements’ ‘of (lie Custom House, as will be u-efttl to our bus , iuess community at this time, when there are many : at st lu-- to know’ “what to do, and when to do it,'’ Ito aec r<* the prompt receipt of goods. We leaf iij that ail good* imported via. Savan nah or Chat lesion, must be regulaily entered at ; the Custom Mouse, even if purchased before the tirbt day ol March : and to pa?* them through the Cu-toui llou.-e free of duty —in accordance with the law making “free gooda” of such as were pur chased prior to March Ist., and actually laden for I importation before March IMh—an Invoice of the [ goods, with the value, accompanied by an affidavit j from the consignor or owner, particularly deacrib f ing the trunks, numbers, Ac., of the case or cases ■ in which the good* so invoiced are packed, the I time they were (!>ona fide) purchased, (prior to March Ist.) and that they were on board ship be fore March Uth, must oe deposited with the Col lector, through an agent, or in person, to whom the Collector will issue a permit for the goods to i be forwarded. Our friend, Mr. Plant, Superintendent of the Express, inform* * that he lias secured the ser vice* of an experienced Custom House Broker for their business, and we would recommend our mer chants to call upon Mr. Plant for any aid or infor mation they may require. All goods purchased on and after March Ist will be subject to the duties levied under the United ’ State* Tariff ot !8. r i7. Tc pass through the Cus tom House, the owner must furnish t.|ie Collector with invoice® accompanied by hi* oath that he is the owner; when, if the price® in ihe invoice are the correct value in the port from which the good* were ship|>ed, they will be passed, on pay ment of the duties in gold or silver. The owner should be represented bv a'* agent at the port of entry or delivery, (unless present in . person,) to facilitate the forwarding ol his goods. Our business men will, no doubt, find it incon i venient at first to comply with I lie many rules and regulations of the revenue service, but we know they will cheerfully acquiesce in. pdCOfltoif with. AA HAT Daniel Wrh-trr thought, nf <le*frovll!g the l nion, with a view to it* “reconstruction,” tnay be leAroed from the following sentiment con tained in hia address on tbe character of Washing ton : “ AS'ho shall reconstruct the fabric of a demol ished Government? AVho shall rear again the . well-proportioned columns of constitutional liber i t.y ? AVho shall frame together the skilful archi tecture which unites national sovereignty with •State rights, individual security, and public pros perity? No; if these columns fall, they will be raiseo not again. Icke the Coliseum and the Par thenon, they will be drstined to a mounful, a mel ancholy immortality. Bitterer tears, however, will llow over them than were ever shed over the toon • unients of Roman or Grecian art; for they will be the remarks of a more glorious edifice than Greece or Borne ever saw, the edifice of constitutional 1 American liberty II nett iHriew. On Saturday night, a? we learn, a burglar effect ed an entrance iuto the house of Dr. Schley, near this city, and by mean* of false keys opened a secre tary in which Dr. li. Pierce, general agent of the Georgia M. K. Conference, and absent on the hua'mesA oi hia ugeocy, lim<l depo-itod about *1 in, collected by bint for other persons. H iving secur el this* auti other booty, the burglar was interrupt ed in his exploration by a lady of the house, who had been aroused by some noise that he had made and con I ron led him with a gun in her hand. This . so alarmed him that he beat a precipitate retreat, dropping tbe niouey and other articles that he had ! collected. He had a dark lantern arid other bur- I glar’a tools. Ihe rare presence of mind and reso j lution of the lady defeated bis plans. On Tuesday night ‘lie store of Mr. Jkiiky Tkrry, corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets was ; entered through the back door by a burglar and robbed of about 813 u worth of groceries and other good* and a small amount of money in tho drawer. There are unquestionably expert and daring rogues plving their occupation in the city, and too good a look out cannot be kept.—tW. Kmjuirtr. ’■'lie Fla”. Oa Monday the 4th inst., at half-past S o’clock p. m., the Flag of the Confederate States of Amer ica was Hung to the breeze from the capito! of Ala bama at Montgomery, and was received by a salute from canuun and by tho clieer3 of assembled thous and*. The Montgomery Adctrlisev thus describes it: “The Flag of the Confederate States was the ’ work of thej committee appointed by Congre-s, none of the designs sent by individual* as models having been thought suitable. It consist of three j bars of red and white. The upper red, middle white, lower red. The lower bar extends the whole width of the Hag, and just above it, next to ■ the stall’ in the npper left hand corner of the llag, is a blue Union with seven stars in a circle. The I design is simple, easily recognized, ami sufficiently distinct from the old Gridiron. Long may it wave over a Iree, prosperous and united people.” i Macon A AVehtkhn Railroad.—The correspond ent of the Augusta Dispatch, writing from Atlanta, except* I lie above road in his compliments, as regards reduction of fare, on soldiers going from this place to Savannah and Augusta. We are happy to learn that Mr. A. L. Tvler, Superintend ent of this Road, has given to Uaptain AA’allace, a j ticket authorising him to carry his recruits over : the Road upon the same terms other roads con necting at Atlanta do. The same courtesy will no doubt bo extended to other recruiting officer*. ! Atlanta. Intelligencer. Fate or Ehitors.—Some twenty-eight or thirty years ago Horatio King, the present Postmaster General, and Hannibal Hamlin, tho present Vice President, were engaged in publishing a weekly newspaper in the small and obscure village of Pa ris, on the Little Androscoggin River, away down in Maine. Notiiinu AA’rono. —Mr. I.incoin says there is nothing going wrong, and there is nobody hurt. Will the six hundred thousand mechanics and laborers at the North who are now out of employ ment, please s'and up and give their evidence ? Rich me,ad Whip. Commissioner to France. — Tbe New Orleans Commercial Bulletin understand* that Judge P. A. Rost, of that State, has been appointed by President Davis, and confirmed by Congress, as Coamissiour from thu Sum to MACON, GEORGIA : j Wednesday, March 13, 1861* C OTTON M %1C K FT. Receipts have been light lor a lew days past, as planter* are busily engaged in preparing lor a ft.- ■ ture crop; in doing which, it is hoped, they will weigh well the experience ol tire past year, be tween what the? had to acII, and what they had lo bay —Cotton vs. Corn— aud where iluir means went to make their purchases. The sale* of Cotton have been at about the same prices as tho*e of last week —generally Irom 9 10 \fV ot*. FIRE AVe regret to state that the Livery Stables of Messrs. Sptikxk Adderhold, Dearth* Brown IIou?e were burned on Monday night, consuming nine horse?, corn, fodder, harness, Ac. with the hooks of the concern. It is supposed, it w?as purposely fired by some malicious person. Our Firemen ns usual, did their duty, exeep', that they occasionally wasted some water on tbe crowd, which could have been better applied else where. TEE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION, It will be seen, ha* been adopted—a synopsis of which we give from the Augusta Sentinel. — With its general provisions, we are decidedly pleased. AVe have no time for lengthened com ment, to-day. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. AA’e are gratified to learn that Messrs. Oarhart & Brother, well known in thia community, will soon resume business in this city. Sre their card. The poetic adveriisetneni of Mr. Kein is a gem which the ladies will appreciate these prosy times. Messrs. 7. -ilin A Hunt, it wid be seen, are not unobservant of the ills to which llesli i* heir. The planter and farmer will please take notice that anything ami everything he want* in (he way of Agricultural Implement*, can be had at Nathan Weed’s. Mr. T. (.’. Nisbet Is in fn!l blast at hi* new estab lishment and merits the mo*t liberal patronage. TO OUR PATRONS Our grateful acknowledgements are hereby ten dered to our many and valued patron*, who have stood by tlit’ “GW <<'eor<)bi Journal and Meaxen per,” “through evil as well as good report.” We are happy to assure our advertising friends, es peciilly, that we are having regular accessions to our subscription list—one of the largest and best in Middle Georgia—and hope they will continue to avail themselves of it to make themselves known to the trading public. AA'e intend, so soon as the times get settled, to make some improvements in the general aspect of our Journal. Will not those of our patrons who are largely in arrenrs, aid us to carry out our wishes and de signs ? GOOD NEWS By reference to late dispatches from Washing ton, it will be seen tbe prospects of peace are more cheering. This will carry joy and gladness into every patriot heart. I.et every man, woman and child, in every portion of out once united and happy land, devoutly and earnestly labor for a peaceful solution of our present unhappy politi, cal difference*, and whether we shall again he re-united or separately work out our allotted desti ny, Heaven will smile propitiously upon us, and make us a great, and prosperous people. With peace we may anticipate plenty. With war, crime poverty, wretchedness, weeping and lamentation all over the land. AA’e hail, then, with heartfelt satisfaction every peaceful omen. THE STATE CONVENTION. Agreeably to the call of the President, assem bled in Savannah on Thursday last. Several consideration. We are gVa.r'to “b’lfse'/Vl’ friends oT legislative reduction are early pressing the passage of an ordinance for this purpose.— We have strong hopes that they will be successful. If there were legislative reasons formerly why our General Assembly should be numerically di minished, there are now, euperadded to these, economic considerations of a weighty character, under our present changed political relation*.— The voice of the people, almost unanimously, de mands the change. We trust there will be no hesitancy on the part of their servant* to obey their will. THE SLAVE TRADE. AA r e believe a very large majority of tbe people of this Confederacy will approve the action of their deputies on this subject. Rut it i* urged by some, that the traffic in slaves with those States upon our borders which still continue in the United Stales should also be inhibited by Constitutional provision or Congressional legislation. To this we are opposed. It will be remembered that not many yeare ago, Georgia and perhaps other cot ton States, prohibited by law the Introduction of m-groes for Sale Horn other States. These acts, so far us our own Suite was concerned, we deem ed in harmony with sound political economy and public safety. We should be glad to see them restored. But whilst the prohibition of this traffic nia} be wise and expedient in resrard to Georgia, it might prove detrimental to the prosperity of her younger sisters, whose agricultural resources are yet comparatively undeveloped. Each State ought to know best her own interest and to be permitted, unxestricted by Federal interposition, to determine the character of her own internal policy. it ha.* been suggested that the slave trade with the border States should be prohibited as a retal iatory measure, for their refusal to join the seced ed State*. TMf, we humbly conceive, would be unwise and unjudt. It certainly would be unwise f - 0 aggravate the animosities which we regret to believe already existj between the cotton and border States. Are we strong enough and secure enough to dispeuse with their friendship and sym pathy ? But it would be unjust. Hid the Cotton State* proposed a Convention of all the slave holding States, previous to their withdrawal from the Un ion, we believe they could have united upon some plan by which their rights would have been secure in the I'nion ; or failing in this, they would have rtired from it iu a body’. AA’e believe Congress would have regarded the unanimous demand for new Constitutional guarantees from all the slave holding States. A revolution, however, was pre cipitated upon the country without consulting the border Stateu, and In disregard of| their remon strances; this, too, under the official avowal that it was designed to “drag them out of the Union.” But it is too late now to recall the past or to re trieve the consequences of precipitate action.— By a judicious policy, we tnay yet secure the sym pathy and good will of our border brethren, per haps their ultimate affiliation and hearty co-opera tion. Looking at the events and developments of the last few days—the animus of the Black Republican leaders—we believe nothing but the exercise of a genOrous forbearance and the exhi bition of a fraternal apirit, is requisite to bring to our fellowship and aid all the slaveholding States. We have received the March Dumber of the Fchctic Magazine from the publishers, W. 11. Bidwcll, of New York. It is adorned by a like ness of Lord John Russell, a spirited, but of course imaginary picture of Sheak9peare’s trial, before Sir Thomas Lucy for deer-stealing. The are well selected, as usual. The one entitled *'TU Constable of the Tower” ia a terrible atiac]? oatha character of U?nrv VIII, of (iloglantL SIX 2C&GI&3 On 7 ~ t IJfeUGtfe&l. An interesting and important debate occurred :h the Uuited Stales Senate on Wednesday. On a motion to print, the usual number of copies of the Breswleni’s Inaugural, Mr. Cllngtuan attacked the Address as a proclamation of war against the se ceding States. Mr. Douglas replied, dissenting from the conclusions of the North Carolina Sena tor. Though the Inaugural was not as explicit on some points as he desired, he (Mr. D. ) had come to the conclusion that it “was a peace rather than a war message.'* Mr. D. then entered upon an analysis to maintain this view of the Inaugural.— We have only spaee tor the closing remarks of the Senator, which are as follows : This brought him to the construction of another clause —the most important of all and the key to the entire policy ; but he was rejoiced when he read it. lie invited attention to it as showing conclusively that the President is pledged to a policy which looks to a peaceful solution of our difficulties, and against all others. He says: “The course here indicated, will be followed, unless current events and experience shall show a modi fication, or change to be proper, and in every case and exigency, mv best discretion will be exercised according to circumstances actually ex isting, and with a vipw anil a hope for a peaceful solution of the national troubles, and the restora tion of fraternal sympathies and affections."— In other words, the President says if the collec tion of the revenue will lead to a peaceful solu tion, then it will be collected. If the abandon ment of the collection will have that effect, then it will be abandoned. So of the forts and arsenals in the seceding States. He will recapture or not re capture them, and will reinforce or not reinforce Forts Sumler and Pickens. He is pledged in either place to a peaceful policy and to acting with this view. If this is not the true construc tion, why was there not inserted a pledge to use coercion, tefake the torts, recapture the arsenals, collect the revenue and enforce the laws, unless there was attached to each one a condition 011 which the pledge was to be cat tied out ‘i Hut the pledge is only to do it in order to a peaceful solu tion, and for no other cause. When it is known that Mr. D. had an interview with Mr. L. before his inaugural, that he not only attended the inauguration ball, but danced with | Mrs. Lincoln, the friends of peace will be relieved by the above exposition of President Lincoln’s views and feelings. M Principle*. Time, the test of .ill things, says the Augusta N. ntinel , stamps truth upon another of the prin ciples tot which the old Whig party was condemned and vilified. Tiie Missouri Compromise, the re peal of which the Whigs opposed, and for regret ting which Mr. Fillmore was defeated, has beeu •auctioned again by some of the very men active in piocuring its repeal. They are now willing to acknowledge that Mr. Fillmore’s assertion was true that the repeal has proved a “ Pandora’s box,” lull ot evil to the country. We fear that the box has remained open so long that not even hope remains. The destruction of that compromise has done its work of evil, and there is little hope that its res toration, proposed by the Peace Congress, will re pdrthe calamity. It is always easier and more pojular to destroy than to reconstruct. A tariff for revenue with incidental protection, was another Whig principle. The Democracy of the North have, by their acts, fully recognized the justice and expediency of such a measure, and in our new Confederacy we have adopted precisely such a taiiff. True, “ free trade” has still its ad mirers here, but we seem to be just as far from it as we were thirty years ago —the necessities of trie Confederacy will always stand in the way. £o far from having free trade, trade is more shackled than ever—we have not only import but export duties, and we have likewi-e the dictum of our Premier, Mr. Toombs, that any reduction of the IT. States taiiff would be “ unwise in the last de gree.” A sound paper currency, national and cur rent every where in the country, was another Whig principle. North and South, ali parties have given up the idea of an exclusively metallic cur rency, and propose now to issue government promises to pay in email sums, such as may serve al currency in many transap*taa The nnlv /UK ——*•• img lJeuiocratie and the old Whig ‘<* ‘!>“• ‘to rap money is not based OH specie, nor on demand convertible into coin. The cry of “ hard money” is no more heard in the land, unless the words signify that money is a great deal harder to get. Tho Fiflmi yi liliou l oan. There can be no sort, of objection to this act, of our Government, says the Augusta Constitu te ohftlixt. If ilie money is needed to put the wheels in motion, tlu-re are thousands with open hands who stand ready to take such share as their circumstances will permit. In this first loan ol the “Confederate States,” the greatest difficulty will be in its distribution.— \\ o would like to see it apportioned out pro rnta in the States, according to their population, and subdivided in 9iieh sums that all ntav have a small share. \\ o think that, thus issued and distributed in the form of Treasury notes of denominations from fifty to one thousand dollars each, they would answer more purposes than one. The wants of the State would be supplied, and anew circulation to the extent of the loan be introduc ed, which would have the advantage over all others, inasmuch as it would appreciate every day in possession of the holder; at the same time it would form a safe medium of exchange between the different and distant sections of the country. Tbe Treasury note system is a good one, par ticularly in extended lines of country. All know the authority by which they are put forth. They are the issues and representatives of the State, and their security gives them great advantages over the common paper currency, which, as too inanv of us know, too often vanishes in value “like the baseless fabric of a vision,” and leaves on/ 1, “a wreck behind.” A Severe Affliction. Elsewhere in this paper says the Columbus En quire, may be found an obituary notice of Mrs. Virginia A. Scott, who died in Alabama on the 3d inst. She was the daughter of Major John 11. Howurd of this vicinity, and the death of one so loved and gifted, in the morning of life, was a most afflictive bereavement to her relatives and friends. But soon, alas! was it to be followed by still another mournful dispensation. On Tuesday uiglit, the sth iust., her mother, Mrs. J. 11. How ard, died at the residence of Major 11., thus quick ly following her lamented daughter to the tomb, and adding to the weight of anguish that already crushed the hearts and hopes of the sorrowing family. Mrs Howard’s death was no doubt hasten ed by grief for the death of her daughter. She was an estimable lady, who*e less will be severely felt by a large circle of relatives, friends and ac quaintances. The afflicted family have the sympa th'es of this entire community. A Rkconi imatiox.— The Augusta Chroniele says, and we participate heartily in the sentiment: It affords us considerable gratification to be able to announce to our readers, on the authority of the Montgomery correspondent of the Gate City Guardian, that the most friendly and cordial per sonal relations have been restored between Vice President Stephens and the Hon. It. 11. Hill. Wo are truly glad of it and know the fact, will send a thrill of joy to the friends of both these eminent gentlemen. Our beloved country has need of such men, and we rejoice to think that, their ser vices are together offered to the land of their na tivity, and that no old personal bitterness can now stand in the way of concerted setion. As (he United States are given the sobriquet of Uncle Sam, a Republican paper proposes to call the Confederate States, “Cousin Sambo.” “We always thought the Republicans were in some Wav related to Sambo.— k'jre/tonge. If Sambo i & bright he will diaowii Republican kin. 1 THE *TaM AND fTftlfE#. The Augusta Sentinel thus jubilates Over oar new national flag: Then, by all means, we rejoice still in the Stars and Stripes. They are justly as much ours as thev are the property of the old Union, for under them our commerce has sought all seas, and our soldiers and sailors have encountered vietorously all dan gers. Up with them then, and may they wave proudly and triumphantly forever, in their new arrangement, over a great, prosperous, happy and contented people,- To all w hich we say, Amen ! THE COMMONWEALTH.” This is the title of anew and handsome daily just commenced at Atlanta, the fir9t number of which is on our table. J. S. Peteisou, late of the “American,” Kditor, Samuel Grubb, publisher.— We cordially extend the right hand of fellowship to our friends of the “Common wealth,” and wish them God speed. The paper is to be strictly a news and commercial Journal, independent on all subjects. Daily $5.00 per annum. Weekly |I.OO. Address Samuel Grubb, Atlanta. CLOSING SCENES. In the United States Senate on the 4th instant, twelve o’clock having arrived, the Vice President, Mr. Breckinridge, called the Senate to order, and said : Senators—ln taking my final leave of this posi tion I shall ask a few moments in which to tender mv grateful acknowledgments for the resolution declaring your approval of the manner in which I have discharged its duties, aud to express a deep sense of the uniform courtesy which, as presiding officer, I have received from the members of this body. If I have committed errors, your generous forbearance refused to rebuke them, ami during the whole period ol’ my services I have never ap pealed in vain to your justice and charity. The memory of these acts wifi be ever cherished among the most grateful recollections of my life. For my successor I can express no better wish than that he may enjoy those relations of mutual confidence which have so happily marked our in tercourse. Now, gentlemen of the Senate and officers of the Senate, from whom I have received so many kind offices accept mv gratitude and cordial wishes for your prosperity and welfare. Mr. Hamlin, the Vice President elect, then stepped forward and said: Senators—An experience of several years in this body has taught me something ot the duties of its presiding officer. And, with a stern, inflexible purpose to discharge these duties faithfully, rely iug upon the courtesy and co-operation of Senators and invoking the aid of Divine Providence, I am now ready to take the oath required by the Con stitution, and eater upon the discharge of the official duties assigned me by the confidence of a generous people. Vice President Hamlin then took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, as follows : “I, Hannibal Hamlin, do solemnly swear to support the Constitution of the United States.” Mr. Breckinridge then said—Having arrived at the termination of this Congress, I now declare the Senate adjourned without day. Vice President Hamlin then took the Chair, and the proclamation calling the extra session of the Senate was read. Mr. Biaciiuuau. The Departure of Mr. Buchanan from Wash ington took place yesterday at 3 o’clock P. M. says the National Intelligencer of Wednesday.— Since leaving the Executive Mansion, a little after midday ou Monday, the Ex-President has been the guest of Robert Ould, Esq., United States District Attorney, from whose residence he wa3 escorted by the Union Battalion, consisting of two compa nies under the command of Captain Carrington, and Captain Kelly’s company of Union Guards, and the President's Mounted Guard, CaptainX)wen. A large assemblage of citizens had collected at the railroad depot to witness the Ex-President’s de parture ; and the warm ami friendly feelings of the people towards Mr. Buchanan were expressed by lrequent hearty cheerings. Miss Lane accompa nied her uncle. Since Monday morning she has been staying with the family of Captaiu S. S. Lee, of the United States Navy. Itlaj. Rigbaiu’g Residence Burned. We regret to chronicle says the Lagrange Re porter, that the handsome residence of our respee /ni Hiwmiuiii wj. i*. rt. xhoham, was Dmea down ou Wednesday night. It was discoverd to be on fire at about 9 o’clock, when the alarm was given ; but so far advanced was the tire before aid arrived that it/was impossible to save any thing from the house except portions of the furniture from the two froDt room®. The out-houses were all saved, though with considerable damage. The loss cannot be less than four or five thousand dol lars. A Union I’artt Movement.—The Washington Star of Monday last says :—Several Democrats in Congress {Messrs. Andrew Johnson, John Coch rane and others; are to-day drawing up a manifes to, to be signed by as many leaders of all parties as w ill sign it. It is to be a pronunciamento form ing the basis of an Union party organization.— From what we learn, it is likelv to be a very tem perate and moderate paper, designed to include in the proposed party all who approve the policy of compromise. At the Inauguration Ball on Monday night, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln danced with Mr. Stephen A. Douglas. (Ild Abe, it is said, did not indulge in the light fantastic, not having had time since he arrived with his family iu Washington to learn the steps. Appointment. — We learn from the Marietta Advocate of the Bth, that Gov. Brown has appoint ed Cos). William Phillips, of Marietta, Brigadier General, under the Act to raise ten thousand vol unteers. Thu New Government Loan.—lt is with much pleasure and satisfaction, remarks the Montgom ery Advertiser, that we inform our readers that we have intelligence from a reliable source, that a large portion of the new loan offered by the Government of the Confederate States will be taken by the citizens of New Orleans at par. This confidence of our people in the securities of this Government, contrasts quite favorably with that of the fragmentary parts of the late United States in the loans recently authorized bv the Congress at \V ashiugtou. The prompt disposition of confidence thus evinced by our people, is, how ever, not surprising, when we consider the char acter of the investment, and the ample means provided for securing the payment of the princi pal and interest. We clip from the Washington correspondence of the Charleston Courier of March 2d: During the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Linelon usually devote an hour to receiving the select company of the second floor. The gentlemen and ladies are presented to both. Mrs Lincoln presides with some grace and dignity for a lady of her age, but is by no means attractive, either in person or manners. It is quite easy, however, to see that she is of a more decided temperament than Old Abe, and is by no means disposed to allow the erviwd to impose upon his good nature. It is quite well understood that Mr9. Abe is for compromise, and is Southern in feeling, and quite often in sen timent. Perhaps this may account for the expres sion in Lincoln's speech last night, that the more he saw Southern people the better he liked them. There are many here who assert, on good authori ty, that if it were not for the stiff-backed Repub licans Lincoln would for go acceding to every right demanded by the South. southern Trude-tiupoi tuni to Ueri liuntf. To W. ii. Dinsmore, President Adams Eipress (^oinpiny: The *'ollector* at Charleston and Savannah will pans goods sent hy A Jams Ex press Company, if each case is accompanied by an invoice of its con tents, with the affidavit of the seller attached, eer lift ing that they were honu fde purchases made prt vicus to the first of and an affidavit that they were put on board ship before the 4th of IW “eh. The Seller’s affidavit must particularly describe thf number, mark, &c., of the case or cases in A’ftioh the invoices cf goods are packed. Unless ■ h|s requirement is complied with, we cannot for ward goods beyond the port of entrj. T (Signed) H. & FLA NT. Southern SupH | Adams’ Express Cos. ffjv srri trijn st^tr Mms*.*. Editors;—Our National Ship hi# launched—“all aboard"—breakers ahead— let one stand still to wonder how she is to meet the crisis, but every one to his post—to his duu none exempt from exertion from the peasant m Nabob. Rarely, there never was a period, in any country when a higher degree of patriotism was required than Rt the present time in ihe Rouihern Confed eracy, both in making liberal donations of moner as well as bestowing active physical exertions the general welfare. We would first call attention to a few remarks on a plan for raising funds for a Southern Navy All acknowledge that extraordinary ocrasiut/ require extraordinary efforts. The plan we suggest is, that we, the people of the Southern Confederacy, make a free will offer ing for this great purpose, according to the folio* ing scale, to be paid into the Treasury at Mont gomery, Alabama: 1. Thai every man worth ten thousand dollars be recommended to donate, for said purpose, one hundred dollars, to be paid at his earliest eonren ience. 2. Those worth less than ten thousand dollar® be recommended to donate according to the above ratio. S. All those worth between ten and twenty thousand dollars, be recommended to donate ao cording to the same proportion. 1. those worth twenty thousand dollars, be recommended to donate two hundred dollar s/paid as above. Thus continuing, in like ratio, through all grades of wealth. If the people would generally act on this plan, and make their responses as prompt as possible, the Naval department could, with hut little delay, proceed to buy up small vessels and turn them into war ships. We mention small v P o. sels, because we believe small vessels would be better adapted to the defense of our sea coast and seaport towns, than larger ones, from the fact, that small vessels could slip into almost any of our harbors and find safety. Certainly it would re quire a large number of small vessels to defend our towns; in fact, we believe that we should never cease our exertions in that direction until wo can display from half a dozen to a dozen of these kind of little war ships for every important sea port town, so that we might be able to meet and heat off any marauding vessels that might, at any time, be found hovering on our coast for sin ister motives. We could, also, have a few large vessels built at certain points. Brunswick fur nishes, perhaps, sufficient depth of water for launching large vessels, Ac. The above plan, we think, recommends itself strongly in another point of view. It would en able us to receive our portion of that navv, to which we have a strong claim, much sooner than we could do otherwise. I repeat it, and ask do we not have a strong claim, when we and our iraradiate ancestors have been heavily taxed, for more than seventy years, for the purpose of build ng up the navy question": If we cannot obtain justice by fair means, should we not take it ? Another cogent rea3on why we should adopt the above plan is, that our income from excise duties may be interrupted for a while. What means that dark cloud in the distant east ? Will fanatical insanity drive its possessors to their own destruction aud to the annoyance of others?— We w ill see. We think all will agree with us in this fact, that is, we should prepare for the worst. Some may demur at first at giving so much; it is not so much after ell—it is no more than the Israelites gave regularly under their theocracy, even when they had the arm of Omnipotence to tight their battles for them. And may we not have the same arm to fight for U 9 if we do our duty? Let us examine: what have we at stake? Some say about two billions of dollars, and the itraa ur that would only be tie beginning of sor rows. One fact we should not overlook, thßt is, every effort we make, either with money or otherwise, we do as if it were a family of which we aie mem bers, deeply interested in each others welfare, and each others safety depends on eacn others exer tions. Who can stand back from his duty under such a state of things ? There is one great evil under which onr coustry labors, and has labored for many years, that should be corrected if we ever hope to prosper as a na tion, this evil must be driven from our land, we allude to the evil of extravagance, let this great evil be put away, and then might we claim with truth, the motto, “millions for defence, but not a cent for tribute.” We repeat it, this curse, ex : travagance, must be remedied. Look at the i silks, the satins, the French muslins, the broad i cloths, and other foreign fabrics of a costly char acter, also, a thousand yankee notions, that we have suffered forced upon us for lo! these many years, and, for the past few years, the momentum of increase has been awfully sad. Even many South erners sweep their houses with Yankee brooms.— The aggregate of the above summary can only be told by millions. Shall we say it? Some of the Southern ladies will wear a single dress worth from one to two bags of cotton ; perhaps repeated several times in the course of the year; and many young men are equally extravagant. Os course these may be claimed as extreme cases, vet the examples are followed generally as ability will allow. Reason, common sense, our exhausted lands, the circumstance* with which we are sur rounded, all call loudly for a remedy. We think a remedy may be readily given, though it will re quire much self-denial, vigorous moral courage and practical patriotism to carry it out, yet our remedy is simple. Let every class of society place their veto against wearing any foreign fab rics of any kind whatever. What we mean by foreign, is any article manufactured beyond the limits of our Southern Confederacy. Yea, from the President down to the door-keeper, from the generalissimo to the corporal, all professional men, all ministers of the gospel, and all prominent classes should adopt the remedy in question, and very soon might we hope to see the balance of trade largely in our favor, and very soon see this a great anil flourishing Confederacy. Ladies to the rescue, and the work will be done. Aristipes. President Lincoln’s Cabinet. The following is a correct list of officers in the Cabinet of President Lincoln : THE NKW CABINET. Secretary of State—Wm. H. Seward, of New York. Secretary of the Treasury—Salmon P. Chase, ol Ohio. Secretary of War—Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl vania. Secretary of the Navy—Gideon Wells, of Con necticut. Secretary of the Interior—Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana. Attorney General—Edward Bates, of Missouri. Postmaster General—Montgomery Blair, of Mary land. The National Intelligencer says : We are glad to announce to our readers the ar rival in this city of the Hon. John Bell. The preseuce among us of this eminent statesman and sage counsellor has given great satisfaction to men of all parties, and we learn that on his journey hither lie was at all points on the route gu eted by warm demonstrations of that popular respect in which he is so justly held as well for his tried patriotism as his ability. Andrew Johnson Endorsing Lincoln's Inato craJ.. — A dispatch from Washington says that a party of New Yorkers, on the night ol he sth, called on Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Cameron, and Hon. Andy Johnson—the latter at the St. Cbm es Ho tel. Mr. Johnson came oat and made an eloquent and earnest Union Speech, endorsing the dfU'i vitUgut