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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. -~- Jfe--- ~~ Act* Passed by lUe Lcgislaime. 1 An act to provide Cor the common defence n| Ihf State of Georgia, ni;d appropriate money lor the same. • 2 To change the time of holding t!se Supo* ♦nor Courts in the couuty cl Bryan. 3 To authorize the areasurer to make cer tain advrnceu, 4 To authorize and require the Governor of the State of Georgia to call a convention of the peoplo of this State, and for othtr pur poses. 5 I’or the relief of Mary Wrav of the couiis ty < f Richmond, afld lor oilier jmrpi s 6 ‘Jo amend an act entitled an Act t£> change the time ofhokfing the elecii; u for county o! liccrs, Judges o*f die Superior Coarts, Attor neys and S Heitors, Gem- uts (except Ordina ries) in this State, passed Dec. JU:h, 1857. 7 To giant relief io the hanks ami the pvo. pie of this State, and ;o repetil cutaiii claus es of an act piissed 1840, its. (Vetoed- pass ed ;.vt r the Governor.) S To alter the thh bf liTelm A t. <d the Constitution of this Elate, so tar as ickiics to the day on w hich the Ordinaries are elec ted. 0 To incorporate the town of Ac worth in the coun'y of Col b, ; nd f-ir oilier pu i> iscs. 10 To n akc the Infeiior Court iirtlie coun ty of Lowndes successors in ollice to the Com missionezs appointed under an art entitled “an act to remove the county site of Lowndes county, Ate, Ac. 1 1 To aullioiizn Wilkinson Sparks, admin istrator with the will anuetteu, ol John Spinks. deecaMtd. and *diitiiii*Uau*r of Win. A Spall;*,, deeoaWf lato of H.viis county, to sell tin laud and neg/ois hcloi'ging to eacli of said estates on the Ist Tuesday in December: 1860 12 To amend an act enti fid an act to ii corporate the Piesbyltrian Clio eh of Wal tiiouiville in Liberty comity, and to incorpor ate the Savannah Flour Aj .il Company, Assen ted to, December 10th, I SAS. 13 To compensate the Tax llecer of Ciaik county for fur services rendenil. 11 T b change the tone of holding the ln feiior'Cuuit.o! tilasscock county. ‘ 15 To author’;:? the Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jasper county appointed by tjje Jus tices of said Court to (ill llus vacancy occa sioned by the deal!) of James H. ShoipsYre, late Cleik if said Couit, aid said oliice ami discharge the duties tbe'eof until his succes sor is elect and and qualified in January no: 1 . Hi To authorize the luft-iior Court ol Han cock comity levy an extra tax for county purposes. 17 To authorize the O dinar y of Challn hoochee enmity to pav poor school accciiuts. jS To authorize the Inferior Court W are count vto order a vote of (he citizens of said county relative to the building ol anew Com! House, the changing of the county situ theie of, and lor oilier pm rises. 1',5 To consolidate the offices of Tax Re cciverand Collector for the c iimv of Dole. 20 To ; epeal “an act to aln i and amend the Road Laws of this Slate, so far as relates to the county of Lumpkin. Assented to, Iti.ii December, 1857. 21 To incorporate the B. naid i.'riss. (LTu lid Brothers Association of Savannah ) 22 To amend the charter of the city of Da rien, so lar as the election of Mayor i con cerned. 23 To change the lice between the counl'es of Cidlioari and Baker. ~ £-1 lif nTJTlidrl the Inferior Court of Bald win county to subscribe lor stock in the Mil- It dgeville Railiout! Compativ, to levy and col lect a special (ax and issue Bonds for tiia pay ment of said stock. 25 To amend an act en:Ht and “an act to authoiizo the Thom iston and )!arnesvi!le 11. ii ‘ — road, (.'onijiaiiv io constriicl and extend tin i Radio - t to some point o-i the Rail ond id the (Muscogee Railroad t’ anpanv, and to ;iut ln■ > iz • and empower .4ho Muscogee Uai'ioud Comp-my by and with ilu* consent of the Tlioma-t in and B n nesviile R lilro.i i Guilin..— ny being liis! bad there o to e.ieiul their tuatl to soon- o'lnvenien! pomt on ilm said .dusco— geo ! lili.i.ui to Tlininaston in i js >n county, and for other pm puses then in mi i.tinned; and niso, to incorporate the Middle Georgia Rail— read Cuoijiany, >e sealed to on the JDili Die. 1850, s i fir as said act relates to the fvi’dd e G -oigia 1! lilm.ad Ginnpaiiv. 2(i To author!/.'! the legal representative ol Intestate and Testator ol other Slates to tuo in this State. 27 To prevent and pirriidi Gang) liunti g in Ba ke county bv iion-rc.-ddet Is 28 Ia alter die time ol ho! ling the - lee! ons of Tax Receivers an ! Gnl :• i this Slat ; to prescribe the mode in winch the i Hide nl Receiver ol ia ; returns m.t v l>e decla. ed va cant. 23 To change the law in regard to takmg depositions in Jusliei s Courts; aud ior otln. i purpmes. 50 To legalize and make valid ”■<> several si-.- i -ms of Ghottahoocliee and Quiunati Snpciiir Courts of the J’atiiula Ci'cuit ami also to change the time id h iding the Supplier ( ourts of Hike county. 31 To authorize (he counties of A * nlkoi and Chattooga to aid in the construction of Coosa and Chattooga River Rail o.id, and to i-site bonds theiefor, by a vote ol a majority of the citizens of said counties, 32 To change the lines between the coun ties of Pierce and Wavne so as to include the balance of Lot ofiaiul whereon Russell Itau lerson now lives in Fierce county. 33 l'o incorpn-ate the Alabama Planters Ste; ui Boat Company. 3i To ratily and m; i;c valid tbo ordinances and resolutions of the Mayor and Council of Columbus in re'breiico to any sutise.iptiou herotel’oro made by said Mayor and Council to the sto-'k ot the Opelika and Falludcga Railroad Company. 35 To lay out and incorporate the Dawson Turn Kike Road Company, 35 To alter and change the name of Thom nston and liarnesville Company ; to incorpor ate the same and for other purpose-. 37 l’o add the couuty ot Chattahoochee Io the. Chattahoochee circuit. 38 To incorporate the Union Conn ami -Building Association Jn the city of Ails-1 1. 3!) To confer upon tin- Inferior Courts of the several comities in lids State power to Catnbii.-h, change or abolish any election pie • cie.t or precincts within the same. -10 To appropriate money for the support of tha Pupils of the Georgia Academy for the blind. , ■4l To incorporate Bear Creek Academy in the county u l Honrv, in the State ol Gear* t'- 42 ‘i’o amend an act entitled an act o'gun iz'iig tho Independent Volunteer Battalion o’ Augusta, approved, March 3d, 1850, and foP other purposes. 43 To incorporate the town of Valdosta, in the county of Lowndes, and” to provide for the election of Mavo*, Councilmen, Clerk. Treasurer, and Marsh:-.! I>r tha same; and to regulate lire Sale and retail of spirituous liq uors in the town of Monroe; to authorize members of tlio City Council of Rome to elect a Mayor pro lan] to amend the act incorpor ating town of IMII.-boro’; in Floyd county; to exiir.pt certain properly in the town of Car* tcrville fiom ta: at ion for town proposes. • 41 from jury duty ail prac it-iug pilrv.-icians in the counties of Emanuel and Houston. 45 To amend an act emttled an aet to repeal an act to amend the root laws of ibis State, passed I** !i day of December, ISIS approved Decetrfner 21st IS.’2, so tar as respects the couipv of Cherokee. W 4O To incorposatetlie trustees of the Oconee Ceiuutry, arid to confer tha tides to lots thCieii) 47 l'o punLh the takiiigaml carrying nwav the woo l or timber Irom the lands of anothei i l the county of Fulton, and for other purpo.- ses. 48 The better to protect the importers of foreign laborers. ■ 40 To amend an act gjiirth’-d an act to amend an act cn'.iilcd act to incotjio.'ate the Coluni- Inn Saviims and .Multi and i.oau Association, approved March Ist Jfluti 00 Ksplantoiy of an act incorporate Col ic:;!.’ Temple, located in Newnan, aml to Ci lifer ajiproved 51 l'o incorporate the Seconii Baptist Ciiuicli. Ivolloch streat, Augusta, Georgia. A ! so, to hicdrporate Pleasant Grove Chinch and Academy, in the comity of Baldwin, A40,i0 incorporate IBackSpring Academy, in said coun'y of Bald win. 32 l’o incorporate the Mulberry Methodist Camp Giound in the county of Gwinnett, and to appoint Trustees for the same, :pid for oth er-purposes. 58 To exempt practicing physicians in tho counties ol Jasper, Dade, Laurens and Monroe from Jury duty and to compensate tales juiors in said couudcs 5 i To incorporate the town of Trenton, in llio cjunt v ul D,ide, and to appoint Cornmis .-loners for tha same, and to point out tho mode of electing the same, and other eilieeis of said town, and to confer ceitai i powers on the commis-ioncrs thereof. 55 For tho relief of George W. Reaves oi Pika couldt. 51) Further to amend the charter of the Sotr.li Western Railroad Company, and to authorize the luulier increase of the capital stock of said company, and for other pm poses. 57 For she relief of the children of Liitfe hery James deceased. 53 I o change the count* lines between the counties of Forsvih and Mi’ton. 5!) To repeal an act en'ided an act to alter ) and amend the Road Laws of this -Stato* so. j fir as i cin’ as to the county ot Oglelhoipe, and the Severn! counties theiein named, assented to D.'Cemher 13.1i, JM>B, so far as tho same relates to the county of ColciU’ t. (10 To legalize the e.vecuiorship of Thom as W. \ mici son, ajid for other pmposes til. To empower Elizabeth Lowthcr, a will ow, of loties ciiuniv, to ap oint Amo ieus U. I>. Mitchell of Barbour county, Alabama, and Temient Loin ix of ALintgoinery county ill samo Stale, or either ot ihum, bar tors or executor, and to entitle item to have letters testamentary granted. (',2 To compensate officers and frec-helders for their services for holding tee general elec lions and county elections; and petit jurors in the county of Emanuel. (ift To iuco porate Pine Grove I.odge, No. • J 77, of Fiee ami Accepted Masons at Bear Greek, IJe'tirv comity, G.i., and Kiiklund j Lodge, No i f;>, ol Free and accepted M - i -..ins, in ;•..! is county, Georgm. (if To postpone the operation of an net to [ if I'idatc tlio Agencies of Foieizn Insuiance I Go i panics, and to provide for the appoint- : ment ol an Insurance Comuiiisioner, asoeuf ed to F! h Dec. 1851). 05 To repeal an act so far ns relates to tax ing cattle of non residents live cunts per head above die cattle of non-residents of the couti iv ‘if Irwin n.-zt nled to Dec. H’lli, 18.;'.). tit) To amend an act entitled an act to tiin• p!i,v ai, I cuii iil pleadings at law. 37 i o o:xanize the office ot Adjutant and ■ Inspector General of ihe Stale o! vieov .pa. BH To furnish money to the Medical Col • lege.of Georgia for the purpose of educating I am! graduating cer’ain young men in Geor j eta and fur other purpose*. ti'd To provide for the removal of the J\ih- j , li.i |! •ii.fioi.s m :lie county ol Clinch, and Dr other purpo es. 70 ‘i lie be.ter ! >> regulate the liquor traffic in iie counties ol 1 aliatel'io, Giecn, Watliing ton ami Hi-niy, ami for oilie[ purposes. 7 I To change the time of holding tiio Supe- Hor t mu'.z ol ike county ol Bibb. 72 ‘i’o appropriate money lor tlie erection of a turnpike and Bridge across the Alapaha River, near Irwinvilio, on ibe Road from Jacksonville, ‘l’ellfair county, to the city ol Albany in Dougherty,comity, and build a In-Mge and turnpike across Spring Creek in Miller county, and for oilier purposes. 73 To ant Inn izo the Justices of the Inferi or Court, of Lumpkin county or a majority of them to levy an ext; a mx for the purpose of ropaiiing the Court House of said county, and to antlioiizo tho Justices of the Inferior Court of Bibb county to levy and collect a special tax for the support of the poor of said county, and .for other purposes. 71 To authorize and prescribe the mode of converting tfie answer to and to .rv issues made thereupon and lor other pur poses. 75 To authorize tho Governor to draw his warrant on the Tmasnry in favor of Leonard Simpson of the county of Cobb, f ;r ;he sum therein named, fur extra wivkdone and uia— leriul. l-.u ui.-bed by him in the erection of the Laboratory buildings of the Georgia Military Irsitnte. 70 l\,r the pardon of Win. A Choice of the comity of Fulton, charged with die ciime of murder. (F.ismd over the Governor's vv ! to) 77 For the relief of S. Jenkins. (Passed i over the Governor's veto.) 78 For the appointment ofTrustoes for the Giini'zia Acad, my for the Blind (Passed ovir ihe Goveruoi’s veto - ) 7!) To aulliotize tlio owner af skives charg ed . itli oflenses against the lawsof this State to give bail fur sttch slave or slaves. 80 To amend the 31st section of the attach ment law of this State, approved 4ih March, 1856. . . 81 To anthd'.ize Oidinaries of this Stale to dispose of insolvent estates when the. sanni shall not exceed the sum of one bund ed dol” lars. 82 To give to Clerks of Superior Courts time to make out copies of Bills in equity, and time to Sheriff) to serve the same. 63 To require the Judges of tlie Superior Courts of this Stale to give their charges to Juiors in writing in tho cases therein mon lioned. 8 l To authorize Guardians of free persons’ of color to make settlements with ihe Courts of Ordinary, and other pur peace. 85 To provide for tlio butter orgaivz ition of the Georgia Military Institute at Marietta, to appropriate money tor the same, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 86 To repeal the first section ol an act en titled an act to change the name of Wm. Ca pers Day of Green couqjy to that of Win. Capers Rhodes, and to le-giiimate the same, and for other purposes therein mentioned; ap proved Fell 21st, 1850. ’ 67 To lepeal an act approved. Dec. 29tli, J 847, entitled an aet to repeal an act entitled inflict to authorize tlio Justices of ihe InlTior Courts of the several counties in tins Slalo to create and lay out tiny new districts, in to change and alter tli * fines of those already laid out, as-ented to Dec. 23 I, )S“ci, so f r as ielntes to the counties of Habersham and Rabun. 88 To amend the Patrol Laws of this State so far as relates to the county of B; van. 80 To piinisli persons for obstructing the navigation of I’■nniloti C ei-k in the county of Tattnall, from the line of Fiuaiun. I couuty to the mouth of said ciclk in Tailnaii coun ty. 00 To authorize the Commissioners of the toe nos Wuresboro’ to open tbo stieets, and for other purposes. 81 To incorporate the Georgia Female College in the county of Thomas at or near Thomasville, for the education of young In dus. 92 To change the lies between the counties of Macon and Bunipter so as lo attach the ic-dilence of George Walker of iSumter to the county of Macon. 93 To suppress the use of intoxicating li qiiors at elections in the county of Henry. 91 To authorize the Infei ior Com t of Tay lor count v to levy an extra tax for tho purpose of ro-hiiilding the Jail of said county, 95 To authorize tho Justice of the Inferior Court of Baker county to pay the Tax Re ceiver of said county a percentage for the ! county tax. 96 To authorize the Justices if the Inferior • Court of Chatham county to levy and collect [ an extraordinary tax for the 1 uiiding o! anew comity Jail and for other puiposes. 97 To change and idler tile c- only Hue be tween .Macon and Dooly. 96 ‘1 o change the fine between the conn lies id’Wayne and Givim. DM To pi event the ; addling o’ spiiitu uis liquors in the coiin'i of U’uiili, and other counties therein mentioned, and ior other,pur | O Ur-'. 100 To add another section t > the Penal [ Cede, so far as relates to the county of Pick -i ell.r 101 To incorporate the Dallas Male and Female Academy and to appoint Trustees tharelor. VOU’-R OV A \'p.T’KMAH t?'KATHr*M-AH “ Lcßcr frees* E'.x <iuv, Litatf.lilt!. At Hour., Atuk.xs, Dec. 14, 1860. ’To the iion. Anon. Hull, Cu. ■■'. fHI, j Jilltilliwu /; li. A. 2 ojlot'y * ‘niUliy o,hci.<: (I, .■'hinni— In reply to your note of u-s urdav, al'ow ijio to c.iv that sii c>‘ my re.on* ment I'ioni t.(>!'<• ‘ t- “i JS* ‘ ! have mi hut , one in‘:-;tsi’ u i hi i iii;v am ve p’.i't in he poll | ties of tin: conns v, i. dial was on die com- . pnmiise inu■ :s <i’ 1 rod. 1 was tljmi in a j ! Humility in m\ b.aie, as win as die v.'iio'e l iiion. I yielded, williout coinohiint, and j have not j:ti'- : . ud iii anv |infi ical : i I since. But l i 0 and ca watch'd do pi• •.. •of public v.. .i!s. down | Io the ie.-.eiit caiasli opi:.* of die ebnion of a j l ink 1; *riu!■! can • c. n.d J’ i -idint of*the i iik.a Stales in tlie pel sou of .'•)■. Lincoln. The openly avowed pin nose if this hot -hi ti'iiin:jih.uit j nty being die ovetthrow and filial destruction, of the inslnminus of lii - alavehohdiig Biales of the l nion, has ii.cess snilv produced a deep sensation of (xefie ment ihrouglinut the slavehoidiiig Btaln; oi tho South, and the qiiesd.ui naiurally forces itself upon every person capable of utidfr stiuidiiigjfio qiicsiin, t.al ’■> the best renio ily to secure the interna of tlio Bouthe'ii States ’. But, gentlemen, \ou and many oth ers who have known me best and known mo Iniigrnt, .fi siui my Ctews upon this ail-impor tant subject, and you shall have them i . Cv. 1 have nothing to conceal. Aly motto i ‘God and my country.’’ i have, irom early boyhood and throughout inv life, gloried in ohi admirable foiill of free Government aid equal lights, and have enjoyed to the foil its on waul march to glory and inovvn amongst the great nations of the ear.b. Other bless ings, which are so eagerly sought by oar nice, ’ have never occupied so large a share of my lime or thoughts as that ol die honor and glory of my country. Therefore I have con stantly feit, and ol'ien sa’ i, when the country has heretofore been pa-.-ing through epochs of political strife and trial, “ Thr I l dii ill Uil ion must he preserved.” 1 have gloiitid in our Diiiim and its expansion, as well in con sideration of its beneficent iidliel.ee on the Governments of the human raee everywhere, as its beneii s to our own people ; and, up to a wry recent dale, my mind bus been ince.s sandy engaged hi devising plans to make even the hiiatiliating cntasli plie of Mr, Lincoln’s election the means ol bringing about a Ix4ter stme ol’ibings in regard to the slave question. Rut ala- ! A *i*r all tin t l h.-tv- s-d.d, un-.l ! r:dj sai l, lam forced to the conclusion that wn of the Fondi cannnot sine the Fid.-ral Oi.i-.-ii- We are a minority. ‘J’ho hireling. Slates can r. >v.-the Union, but they will mil. Tlie Union is ahead;.’ broken, never again to ibe united. The c uals wliizli once bound n iit fraternal bonds are sundered, “wounds of deadly li.ite have pierced 100 ifi-ep.” \ iol tled faith cannot* lie re inivd. The fanati sand j *pii jjiialisl?. of the Nonh aie l .fioiing under I .strong dehrdou—they lndi ve. lies w hich will , destrov tluni. Those who form the great nuts* -s of! 1:o [wople of the N* ;lii at t!:•> pres i ut day, believe that lii y are under a higher law limn human code, to ho tlio implacable and irrepressible enetnv of every slaveholder and of all others \v!jo do Hot think mid fiel in they <lo cn that subject. Tjiiir minds have been coninlotnly talurated with the one great idea which they entertain in ‘regard to negrne slavery. They hove been dyed in the togyL T heir !i st lessons received under tlie !>:mitul roof, at the breast of their mothers, and iu the nursey room of infancy, aided by startling pictures of cruelly inflicted on negroes by their demon-like masters, ‘yieii the teach ings in the Sabbath and common schools, done its tvi i k fai’hfull v in the same direction. .\iul*o more fully corfi-m these early teacti ings, die veneraied and holy iiiiiirs'el* of the Eimciuai v, has done his full share in blasphe my against God and man, in conti.tiling s-lan der and lalsehood upon tlio minds of these mi “uicj ‘ll people. f - *, What hope can we have of bringingtfneh a popole as this lo a knowledge of the tin: — 1 li*ie no Ifopo dint a people brogiit p under’ suck missppreliensioiis. and so thoroughly edu cated and instructed in regard to our slave institutions, can do justice to a slaveholder. Under all ihe existing circumstances, 1 be lieve !l.e best hope of prospeihy left toall the fdaveboUliiig States, is to seceoe bom our present Federal Union at once, without de la rand as may be. form anew and indepewl* j ent Confederacy. Jlt’l the .art of serf’- ion \ j should be <nc ‘’on.,- eoc ion if at.-h soo r . cinn i scj-m-lc S : (i>e Conirn-'ions. Jt i., easy to prove l -e indisputable pglitofa Stale lo recejlo from onr present Union. It is the most valuable rc.u'i ovd r’yhi of each State of Unmi And tlo idea of foicing a “S’ate ‘4rf: in in iin Union, is-quite ioo po-posierous to >ii’ ‘t refua ton, Uven bimsrlf i ea s wall scoin and deiision the nii aof fur.- c’ng Siaic3 in continue ia out present Union. 1 could g eaiiy lurrililv the ideas 1 liave rx missed, but lime will not permit, anil to ceniditi!” within ibe hour which I have allow ed my sc 11 to wii e ttiis lusty c'ommuifie.-ition, al'ow ms to say, I am apprised of their being dim sty of opinion oil this subject—-.ill good j and pa'i'nbc men. Let us be a band of broth | ••'•!a Georgia. L t all our s. b'es cease.—- Let in cea eno new ones. Ai.hough bu n I :n \ irgai'a. I have lived in Georgia upwards of 77 years, fi’c,v have lived in the Bia'e so ; lone—none have received a larger share oi ihe* kindness and coi fide’nce of her pec-plo ’ \v ere T net devoted to Georgia, and tlie fi ’-l interest of her people, 1 would be 1, ss 11. an a man. Hern are ifieg.avcs of niv parents andgrniid-paients, ofnibst of mv brctiie's, and six of my own i,Coved sons. Isay lo the people of Georgia, “v.iiilier i tbou guest 1 will go, and whiiber llrm lodg j est I will loilgo, i’!i_y people sliall be mv ; people, ami lbv God my God. Where thou j diest I will die. and lln-ro will I lie hur'ed I Nothing !,ut death shall part u - W i son LI ft!PRINT. f Whit PTfA DfSIAAT 7 ! J ■ 1 1 .: V . .5 ’ . ! z ff JA M ICS X. inCTJUTAK, KDITI’R. Ol LtU) mu : E c : . . u. i Tuesd y, Xaniiaiy 1.1861. se JJssioSi twkFtT lion. HENRY L. HENNING, A. S. RUTII Eli FORD, LVj., * : * .. Sleciian c.i Couuty ©Hirers. Bv tlie act of the last L gidaPuie the coun ty uJicezs are to be elected on (tie liz.-t Wed ni'zdiiv instead of tlie first .Monday in J.,tiii- ; -*>•’ . _ i ‘e’.m £s3s rtLsis. To-morrow, tbo people of Georgia will mst lit r volC3 for Delegate to the Convention tc det rune what ecu onr stato hall adopt.! [’here , i very lew w 1 - profess > ither t-i hoiro \ lb L any a:i:.. •-■ 111 -• 11 1 can L-e im do to save j the Union, or lodesiio it except on terms’ which there is no chauco to obtain. To us i; seen the most ui wtse course that can be adopted lo dthiv ‘he aeti'.m of anv Bt:ile in tli’., matter. The Colton GtCes are all mov iug lln v ail i xtiect to and .-.five their connection v. r i tl,e Nor ii. that dis-ofini.in must in aiv event fie the imlividu .! act of each Stale. ;ha sooner it is i. tfeCcd the 1 letter wi I fia their c lit ion to co operate and to, settle every thing down in a State of quiet. We notice in the papprs of yesteiday a card | i'secil fiv Messrs. Howaid, Ingram and Hill, { in which they sh: “we vediy ia-licve that i! i the co-operation actioii of as main* of the Scales as were w i.ling to met in council hud been bad. the tocsin of war would not now be suuiul* ing ia our midst.” We can tell tliem what in our opinion would have been a much better security fur it. If the cry of co-operation and delay had not been raised in tlie South and tho people hail united for immediate secession we should have he: rd nothing of the “tocsin of war.” The people ot the North have seen and heard so much of that spiiit at the South, and have semi the South so often sacrificed by it that it has bow laised in ibein the hope that the Eoutli will aga’n submit, and if sho should altompt tc secoede they will find allies here to helii them to whip us into submission. ‘Flint is what has given the Nonh so much encour agement and made the Black Republicans ia O.inoress and elsewhere so insolent and defi ant. flcttillicrn SFiol<! IFira-SljJo. This Literary Journal should receive the support of the South, nu. 1 now at tho close of the year, it is to be hoped that Southern peo* pV. will transfer their patronage from North i.i ‘i to Southern Literary production?, ‘i’lie I‘iold and Fire Side U, in many respoefs'supe rior, and in nothing (except pictures) inferior to tae Northern papers of its class. In one particular at least, it is far superior to the host of than, and this feature should commend it, specially to tho favor of tho 1 Painter and Fanner. V/'o allude to the Ag- I ricuitural Department. I)r. Leo, the Agri cultural Editor, is in our opinion, best agneukural writer in the Utiued States.. His articles alone, are worth fUou'ljj nx'ie than the subscription price B*i Address James Gardner, Augusta, Ga. Tho St(Uiii €o!(ivato>. Tbo December ntlftber of this work fs fen our table. This is we believe the oldest, and so far as our acquaintance with them goes, the Dost Agricultural Periodical'll the South, for our soil and climate, it is of course better than any Northern one. Every planter, farm er and gardener, ought to have It. Now is the time to subscribe for the coming year, price sl. Address,. D. Redmond, Esq., Au gusta, Ga. I Onr EHgfiti in.llio (Juion. It seems to us, that those of our people who’have said, and still say so, much about demanding our lights io the Union have not well considered the subject. The Constitu tion gives us, and 1 as given us, all tlie lights that wo are ontillcdao, m that vve claim or ever have claimed, What the present Con stitution docs not give are not entitled, either to have or to claim. Now, what more lines any man want? What monTcaii be have? Do those gentlemen want to make a new Constitution by which we shall be entitled to more than is our right under the original bargain ? We suppose they will hardly ad mit that as their position, Lien, what are the lights they expect to get by demanding If ihe Cionslilu J lion and the Laws as they exist, will not give : them to us, how do they expect to get them ? How can they expect.any thing more of any other Constitution or any other laws 5 We pause I’or a reply, ©iiot-Is. to Civiiizaliou. No. 5. “In Spite of the Government.” There is a significance in mv in ,Uo, as pro : li-iiiiii and tad as the soirow of Rachel weep icg for her cli’delreu; as tlie repentauce of the Judean, who, in bis madness, Tin-civ a pearl away, rßc’ner than all iiis tribe.” T o ray that the multiplied and complex in terests ol a great, fire people, have made ad vance in the line of civilization, “in spile of their Gove iimeiii” is lo state a loss which a ! patriot may well mourn over. \\ hat the peo| le of the South have thrown away on tho General Goveiniupnt in mind ■ and money, will never ho computed. But j ii is Eli ely enough to satisfy them in rndeav o ing to make the utmost profit of their luss ; i which they can only do by a tlioiougli iuvesti- I gati'in of.tlie sources of waste, mid a thorpu'di I j detci initiation to apply the right sort of rente i dv. j 1 -.ru not, bv any means, alluding to the mere “ita umulnLon if U'Ciil.lt, which govern ment man or may not have defeated ; t/ml is tim most insignificant item in tlio account. Neither do 1 refer, particularly to any impair ment cl w hich a people must e::pe under a government, in despite of winch, it is eoriipcitcu to Raise neaonray Such exercise may be valuable, as a sort of involuntary, moral calisthenics, strengthening ! tlie min, against contingencies, by hairy, i though altogether useless, buithens. T he evil that I speak of,. is doubly danger ] ous, Siam its treachery It comes.in disguise jOut vnully, it gives promise of a “merry I ‘-no t,” but nclnrilhl, it is siiylock without his i -cab s, waning against the “vny life of the j ii. leinlaiH!’’ It promises to lighten tlio bur -1 then ol a peopfi', while cutting their ham strings! aud it proposes to promote the general welfare, while throwing its whole in tolerable weight on the m u.nspiunu of civili zation ! A double-lax is a grievance which a man may encounter, add yet outlive; but, that whole nations should prosper in spite of a tax on the chief process by which they prosper speaks well for the endurat ce of iiumanl'y Somebody lias lately written a gigantic book on the comparative civilization aud pro ! g'es : ve vigor of diderent nations ; and lie finds it exactly proportioned to the amount of | non-“protecttve’’ interference from the govocti-* ment towards the peop'e! to the amount if freedom which they aie allowed in doing that wliicli their hands find to do, and in making tlie most of the result, by an unrestricted m terchenge of commodities. Therein lies the “mainspring,’, which I have spoken of; and tlie man that can rear range the constellations, without hazard to the universe, can sit down on that mainspring without a check to civilization. U’o see America more progressive than England (until lately, since the new Napo leon reversed the continental “policy” of the old) than France , Franca than Austria; Aus tria than i’mkcy; Turkey than China; China than those other still more protective people, where civilization is checked in its germ by an excess of paternal supervision on the part of the government; exampli gratia —Dahomey, and the Canibal islands 1 Civilization may bo measured by, 03 it large Iv consists in, the consumption of good, useful, and agreeable tilings. Toward the procure ment of these, no man, or nation, wiil ever make any copsideral le speed, without the production of a preliminary surplus. And this surplus acquires, and imparts, civilizing vigor and value, only as it is exchanged, anything that hinders tins exchange is a cheek to civilization. It stays the hand that would ‘.produce, and the mouths that would consume Such was tho effect of tiie late United States Taritf, That was the main source of loss 1 It was merely an incidental evil that wasted our best substance on our worst enemies 1 With the ordinary prevision of an i.hot, no nation will hereafter consent to quintuple its tax, for the sake of di-guising it, nor raise its revenue by a check on its civilization. SOUTH-DOWN; Check so Civilizutioil. No. 6. “Exchange Every man is a Free-Trader—with a reser vation in his own favor ! A volume which hardly needs a comment! Take the “reservation” and graft it on to Blackstone’s Commentaries, eacli man’s pet sin on the root of all sin, and you have the whole protective system! Blnckstoneism (dying out in England as it makes head here) teaches that nothing is right or wrong but ns the Legislature makes it so. The disciples of Blackstone, (and who, in America, is not a disciple of Blackstone?) hold that though a thing may ho “wrong’’ to everybody elre, yet it may become “right” to them by legislative enactment! lienee Legis lature?, whose business it D to repress evil in the aggregate, have rather turrfed their atten tion to its eu! iispeciality ! I need not of the “reser vation,’’ nor the of tlio legislation ” Lich fosters aids it, I will only say that (mo of the fust evifizV tjie latter is, the bringing of ail human l JfrTmlo contempt by tho violent contrast which they are made to present to the laws of God, •1 lie meanest iiian despises the power which tetris ; and'(Tie mast vile con temns the policyuvvliieli ‘Jpiiiguisbes the “/io?” ami illuminates’ Jho “.-^ a p> j„ (f‘ think) the eighth UnmnvinrbfNiA ‘ . Free- 1 tatle the communica tion of the valuable ti9t.:.-%ialiant •” ihe con versing of an “mi us'jWe’ (the un-useable being a unit in its un-ySolenes.-) into two, ac* live, powerful and lAM&Iy procreative, “use* fuls!” “v > Nobody, but a savage, will deny that a check to exchange, anywhere, is a check to civilization every w here. But who shall /. rsl, Dr the sake'of civiliza tion, and his ow n well being, surrender his pri vate icservation, and in short, inaugurate Free Tfade. Could we fmd a man, to whom God had granted a great monopoly, which no govern ment could improve. Or, could we find one, or. whom the bur. then of every beily vises’ restrictions had come to concentrate 1 isell ; we shall find the man for our purpose! And fortunately, in the Cotton Planter we have both; He is the mun, by a double | consecration ! it lie does not see and achieve bis Irgh de? tin.v, lie is Sin-ply the Incgest fool that ever countenanced burglaty by picking liis own pocket 1 Holding with ihe Homeeapatli, that the smallest dose is tho m-.st acceptable; and with the Editor, that just nos, room is a great*- er rarity than eloquence, I am, without reser vation. • RniTTii.nmv.v. 7T3s Frciiieiit’s tPredeislSsitvlion. \on can! but you can’t! Y*'U will 1 but you won’t ! A eu’tif d—d, it you do! Aou’re il—d if you don’t! Q. TJ-XKGKAI’iiIC ITDI> Sroutt Ui Seat <uS War! PALMETTO REPULDIC ! CTuklbston, Dec. 28, 10 P. M. All is quiet here to-night. Strong detach— nu-uts if Siate troops hoid Fort Moultrie, Cnzde Pinckney, and the Arsenal. Several of the beavv guns at Moult!ie have bei n utisprked. The people here arc in high sjdrits and waiting news from Washington City. ITossi WaskltStgUin. AYasiiisuton Cm, Dec. 29, 5 P. M. There is no decision as to Fort Sumter. Tilings look badlv here. Ail sz! .....V4 for adjusitncnt have failed. Let GeorN)fck>ok to herself. R. TOOMBS. .. > . • - ‘A Privdtii Dispatch* Montgomerv, Ala*, Dee. 29, 5 1-2 P. M. The immediate secession ciuididates have a majority in the Couventidh from six to twelve. We probably will have more, as a number of the secessionists are claimed by the co-ope rationists. _. . liATUST FRO^EI’ROPE. ARRIVAL OF TIIE tsk-jaE^-xgaa CANADA. Halifax, Dec. 26.—Tho steamship Cana da, with Liverpool dales to the 15tu in stant, has arrived here this morning, Liverpool Cotton Market.—Of the sales of the week, speculators took 7.500 bales and exporters 4,500 bales. Sales on Friday 10,- 000 bales, of w hich speculators and export ers took 2,000 bales. The. market closed steady. The following were the authorized quotations ; Fair Orleans 7 5-Bd. Mid. Orleans 6 7-81. Fair fiobiles 7 1 44. Mid. Mobiles 3 4(i. Fair Uplands. 7 1-BJ. Mid. Uplands 65 81. Tlie stock of cotton at Liverpool is 567,000, of which 414,000 are American. London Money Market, —Consols wero quo ted at 92 5 S to 92 3 4. The Earl of Aberdeen is dead. The Bombardment of Gacta iiad becii re commenced Tlie ship Gormara from New Orleans bound to Liverpool was burnt at a.-a-Mi r crew was saved.