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VOL. 2. THE LOUISVILLE iAZETm PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY IN LOriSVIU.E, JEFFERSON COUNTY, BA., AT TWO DOLLARS, A YEAR, PMlfflY IIJSIMEE. N. DIEHL & R. C. ROBBINS. PROPRIETORS. > *. > > . ■ a ' RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Dollar per square of ten lines, for the first insertion, anil fifty rents for eacli subsequent in sertion. All advertisements not marked or or tiered the number of insertions, will be continued until forbid and eliarped for accordingly. All transient advertisements must be paid in advance. Yearly advertisements will be publish ed at the following Rates; One Column one year, SIOO,OO Half Column one year, 50,00 Fourth of a Column one year 30.00 In the above rates, two changes will be allow ed. Obituaries over ten lines, charged as adver tisements. Announcement of Candidates, (in advance) $3 Professional Cards, not exceeding ten lines, will be inserted at $8 dollars a year. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. PalcM of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Kxeeutors or Guardian?, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month; be tween the hours of In in the forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette 10 days previous to the day of sale. " Notices for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner 10 days, previous to sale. Notices to the debtors ami creditor's of an es tate, must also he published 40 days. Notices that application will be made to the ’Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration, Guard- j ianship, Ac., must be published 30 days—for dis- j 'mission from Administration, monthly for ?ix months—for dismission from Guardianship, -10 Mays. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub 'lishi-d mouthiy for four mouths—for establishing lost papers, for the full space of four months— for compelling titles from Executors or Adminis trators, where bond has been given by the de ceased. the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless or dered otherwise, at the billowing RATES. VUation?, on Letters of Administration. Ac. $2 7.7 “ disinis.-nry IV-un .I lin'n. 4 Ml " Guardianship, 3On Leave to sell Laud or SegVoes. I nu Notice to Debtors and Creditor's, 25 ‘Hale of Personal I'rop • rty per square. IrtdaVs 1 .70 jFalc of Land or SVgroos bv Lxetrs. pr »qY\ .7 00 INvay*. twi.fvr. k •. - Publication will alway- he •'■mliiMir 1 a.-Cord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless oth erwise brill red. POETRY. Pay I)ay. ‘.The melancholy days have conic. The maddest of the year,’’ AThc.li notes are due and lengthy hills Come in from far and near: when “here’s a small account of vours,*’ Is whispered in otir Car, And “won’t you \ lea c e to settle now?” Is : ft’ll the talk you hear. Yen scarce can take a morning walk, Without ere long you’re met By Mr. Snooks, who wants to know If you can’t “settle” yet? - And at the hour of dusky eve, When you do homeward hie, Upon the parlor table, lo! A pile of bills do lie. Ye chaps whose salary amounts To ten times ten a year, Who sport your patent leather boots With such a “graceful air,” And wear your thirtecn-dollar pants And shiny buttoned vest, We wonder not when New Year comes You seek in vain for rest. Ye girls with empty bonnets stuck Upon your empty heads. With high-priced silk ami satin things, And hoops, and flowers, amt heads, We wonder what papa will say When Mr. Spriggins calls With just that little bill of his Uor bonnets, hoops and shawls. And now, dear stylish little chap And fashionable little maid, We’ll tell you what you’d better do, When tlWise long hills .ire paid.. Just spend\as many dollars now Upon yotjr addled brain As you have spent for costly clothes; And sec hoV much you’ll gain. STATEMENT OF MESSRS MILES k KEITT) Os what transpired between the J’resi dent and the South Carolina Delega tion. In compliance with the request of the Convention, we beg leave to make the following statement/ On Saturday, the Bth of December, several of the South Carolina Delega tion, including ourselves, waited upon the President. At this time, there was a growing belief that reinforcements were on the eve of being sen t to the forts in Charleston harbor. It Was known that the subject was frequent ly and earnestly discussed in the Cabi net.. It was rumored that General Cass and Mr. Holt were argot that reinforcements sliottld be sent. Upon onr being announced, the President, who was then in Cabinet Council, came ont to ns in the ante room. We at once entered into a conversation rrpon the topic, which Was so closely occupying his thoughts as well as ours. The President seemed much disturbed and moved. Ho told Us that he had a painful interview with tlie wife of Major Anderson who had come on from New York to see .■ S .uj ' | /ft 4 “EE JUST AND FEAR NOT 1 LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM’ST AT BB OCUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTH’S. '—Shakspeare. him. She had manifested great anxi ety and distress at the situation of her husband, whom She considered in momentary dangtfi of an attack from ,an excited unit lawless, mob. The PresicJerjfprofessed to feel a deep re sponsibility resting upon him to pro tect the lives of Major Anderson and his command. We told him that the news that reinforcements Were Oil then way to Charleston, would be the surest means of provoking what Mrs. Ander son apprehended, and what lie so much deprecated. W.c said, further, /that we ‘did not -Vyevo 'tj'f'.t vjjfc; -* j,;yp|vp Wintfaiityi any uanger orsueli ,smWutacK'; that the general sentiment of tfie State Was against any such proceeding, That, prior to the action of the State Con volition, then only ten days off, we feel satisfied that there would be no attempt to molest the forts in any jyay. That, after the Convention met—-while we could not possibly undertake to say what that body would see fit to do, —we yet hoped and believed that nothing would be done until we had lll'St endeavored, by duly aotfklitcd Commissioners, to negotiation- a peaceful settlement of all matters, in cluding 1 lie delivery- of the forts, be tween South Carolina and the Federal Government. At th'c same time, we again reiterated oitr solemn belief that any change in the then existing con dition r.if things in Charleston harbor, would, in the excited state of feeling at home, inevitably precipitate a col lision. The impression made upon tis was, that the President was wavering, ; and had not decided what course he j would pursue. He said he was glad j to have had this conversation with us, hut would prefer that wo should give him a written memorandum of the .sub stance of what we had said. This we did on Monday, the 10th. It was in these words ; To his Excellency James Buchanan, President of the. United States: In compliance with our statement to you yesterday, we now express to you onr strong convictions that neith er the constituted authorities, nor any body of the people of the .State of South Carolina, will either attack or molest the United States forts in the harbor of Charleston, previously to the action of the Convention, and we hope and i elieve not until an offer has rosentative, to negotiate for an amica ble arrangement, el all matters be tween the State and the Federal Gov ernment ; provided tint no reinforce ments shall be be sent into those forts, and their relative military status shall remain ;iti at present. .Unix McQit.i-.n-. \Ym. PoneuEß Miles. M. L. Bonham. W.AV Boycr. Laurence M. ivnrr. Washington, \)lh es December, 1860. The President did hoc like the Word “ provided,” because it looked as if we were binding him while aVoWing that we had-no authority to commit the Contention. AVe told him that we did not so Understand it. We were expressing oUr convictions and belief, i predicated upon the maintenance of n certain condition of things, Which maintenance was absolutely and en tirely in his power. If he mant.iincd such condition, then we believed that collision would be avoided until tlie attempt at a peaceable negotiation had failed. If lie did not, then we solemnly assured him that we believed collision must inevitably, and be precipitated. lie seemedJ^^Bjflcd, and said it was not bis to Send reinforcements, or make any change. We explained to him what We meant by the words “ relative mili tary status,” as applied to the forts : mentioned the difference between Ma jor Anderson’s occupying his then position at Fort Moultrie, and throw ing ldniself into Fort Sumter. Wc stated that the latter would be equiva lent to reinforcing the garrison, and would just as certainly ais the sending Vis flX’sll ttrmpn, lend tno J-couit which we both desired to avoid. When we rose to go, the President said in substance; “ After all, this is a matter of honor among gentlemen. I do not know that any paper or writing is necessary; We understand each other” One of the delegation, just before leaving tho room, remarked, “ Mr. President, you have determined to let things remain as they are,- and not to send reinforcements ; but, sup pose that you were hereafter to change your policy for any reason, Wh:#thcn ? That would put us, who are Willing to use our personal influence to prevent any attack Upon the forts betofe Com missioners are sent to Washington, in rather all. embarrassing position.” “ Then,” said the President, “ I would first return yoti this paper.” We do not pretend to give the exact Words on cither side, but Wet are sure wo give the sense of both • The above is a full and exact ac count. of what passed between the President and the Delegation. The President, in liis letter to our Com missioners, tries to give the impres sion that “our understanding” or “agreement” was not a “pledge.” We confess we are not suficiontly versed in the wiles of diplomacy to feel the force of this “ distinction with out a difference.” Nor can wc under stand how, in “a matter of honor among’gentlemen,” in which “no pa per or writing is necessary,” the very party who was willing to put it on I LOUISVILLE, GEORGIAI/uGDNESPAY FEB I 0, 18(51. ; that high footing can honorably descend | to mere verbal criticism, to purge him | self of what ail gentlemen and men of honor mitst consider ;l breach of faith. The very,fact that we (the repre sentatives from South Carolina) were not authorized to commit or “pledge” the State, were not treating with the President as accredited ministers with I full powers, but as gentlemen assum j ing, to a certain extent, the delicate , task of undertaking to foreshadow the course and policy of the State, should have made the President the more scatty «,-■ «t&jaagw*«Jb**o about and carry out that course and policy which he professed to have as much at heart as we had. While we were not authorized to say that the Coqv'eiition would not order the occu pation of the forts immediately after secession, and prior to the sending on of Commissioners, the President, as Commander-in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, could most positively say, that so long as South Carolina abstained from attacking and seizing the forts, he would not send reinforcements to them, or allow their relative military status I'd be changed. Wo were acting in the capacity of gentlemen holding certain prominent positions, and anxious to exert such influence as we might possess to effect a peaceful solution of pending polit ical difficulties, and prevent, if possi ble. tbe bnrrors of war. The President was acting in a dou ble eapaC'ty ; not 'o dy as a. gentleman, whose influence in carrying out his share of the understanding or agree ment, was potential, but, as tbe head of the army, and, therefore, having the absolute control of the whole matter of reinforcing rir transferring the gar rison at Charleston. But we have dwelt long enough itpon this point. Suffice it to say, that considering the President as hound in honor, if not by treaty stipulation, not to make any change in ihc forts, or to send rein forcements to them, unless they were attacked, we of the delegation who were elected to the Convention felt equally bound in honor to do every thing on mil- part to pi-event aiiy pre mature collision. This Cqnveiiiion can hear us witness as to whether of not we endeavored honorably ti! ont our share of tip; agreement. Vhi< pi.t •!••!..!..•* ... rite wty ooinminciment of the scssi n, em -1 a-n the evidence of onr good faith We trusted the President. Wo be lieved bis wishes eonenrred with his policy, and that both were directed to avoiding any inauguration of hostili ties. We were confirmed in our confi dence. and re-assured in our belief by a significant event which took place subsequent to our interview, lie al lowed bis premier Cabinet officer, an old and tried friend, to resign, rather than yield to his solicitations for tlie reinforcement- of the garrison, at Charleston. We urged this as a con vincing proof of his- firmness and sin cerity. But how have we been de ceived ! The news of Major Ander son’s coup produced a sudden and un expected change in the President’s po licy'. While declaring that his with drawal from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter was “ without, orders, and con trary to orders,” lie yet refused, for twelve hours, to take any action in the matter. . For twelve hours, therefore, without any excuse, lie refused to re deem his plighted word. No subse quent acts on the part, of our State— no after reasons—can wipe away the stain which ho suffered to rest upon his “hoiiol 1 as a gentleman,” white those bonis, big with 'portentous events, rolled slo vly by. liis Secretary of War, impatient of a delay, every moment of which he felt touched his own Honor, resigned, lie did so solely on the groundwthat the Government—Solemnly pledged— Was brrtkcn, if it failed promptly to undo what had been done contrary to its wishes—against its settled policy and in violation of its distinct, agree ment, The President accepted his rc >.iij n‘V* ii.ll \v-itJ ~ ifn <-}■<« not attempt to disabuse the mind of his Secretary as to what Wits tiie true po sition of the Government. What a spectacle does the President’s vascil lating and disingenuous course pre sent ? He allows otic Secretary to re sign rather than abandon a policy which he has agreed upon. Scarcely have a few short weeks elapsed, find he accepts the resignation tis another, rather than adhere to that Very’ policy, lie make-' an agreement with gentlemen which whil.* lie admits that they have faithfully kept it on tlieir part, he him self evades mid repudiates. And this lie does rather than redress a wrong— correct an cln or—what he liiqiself con siders an error committed by fi sub ordinate, without his orders, and con trary to liis Wishes I It was at least due to Mr. Floyd, who as one of his Cabinet, had officially and personally stood by his Administration iio'm its very commencement —through good report and through evil report—to have explained to him that ho was, in the President’s opinion, laboring un der a misapprehension. At least, to have said to him, “you are mistaken about this matter: —do not leave me on a false issue.” But no ;he coldly, un graciously, yet promptly, receives the resignation without a syllable of re monstrance, and tints tacitly, but une quivocally, accepts without shame the issue presented. He does not deny that, the faith of his Government is pledged, but he deliberately refuses to redeem it. ’jT \\' M . CljTneh Miles. LawL M. Keitt. ■ """ ~ Front the Newark (.V. .V\uung Juur. Her.™ The Southern (j pe our Cause. The Southern s(vL’|on movement deepens and strenajf ! ls - Ihe prac tical action of Soutii' ar olina 1 |:1S awa kened the liveliest Empathy in other States, and at. mnnjß 'Portaiit South ern centers the bcgwjing of the revo lution, which the SlflL bffves is to c'.-nthern U haired tmn sncL.^'^r'R'motisrrat ions as only follow tire -inVligpratiim of great political and: moral achieve- j meets. Not only'in extreme Southern : States is the inqepjiejenee of South Carolina openly recognized aim ap-j plauded, but in the border States of j Delaware and Virginia the news ofl the first step in secession is received j with joy, and wolcmnpd by the explo sion of gunpowder ato! the plaudits of j the Indies. The South are tonjibly in earnest, in ! this secession moydmont. It is.no] fanciful freak of hniiLiuin.ed families, ' striving to realize soine abstract the-1 ory of mortals, social] perfection, or po- ] .litical economy, but the result of a long Series of aggressions upon the ] property; the rights and the liberties of the S util by a political party in the . North, which has now obtained the power to make good its threats against ! them, and either ovYwhelm them in ruin or make them *>nbmissive sub jects of a sect i mal fnti-slavery gnv-j 'eminent. To submit to . one or the j other alternative 4' !>,, ld, show our; Southern brethren to be either uinv';!r-| thy of till! illl .•ssiiigs.jof civilization or , weak cowards, unable to appreciate ] their position or to pave themselves] from the fatal grasp Iff their enemies. | Nearly all classes of people in tlie I North are naturally inclined to regard i the a-tinn of South Carolina as unde niably precipitate, lit may be so. j Many of the people of the South so re-! card it. There are, doubtless, not a few individuals in South Carolina who | in’glit have desired tri pause and reflect 1 before severing the relations existing between that State, and the oilier mom- j ! tiers nl tlie No great j ] pTipiihi V liiovemei.fr ( air received iVie ' s V ntl -‘ 111 n l [ ninilii : l^ < 4p ‘’b'r iv :d ion i | ot indeperideiiee, ~v 7*. tlie world has 1 j admit ted to be as juff a cause as ever 1 j a, people engaged ill. iff a liigb ipstance . ] that no cause can bj so snored as to i | be exempt from foes.! The Bostonians j I who.consigned (lie If itisli taxed tea to the waves, were! disguised as In-1 d'.uis, and tiicre w>{ro tliosn wlm d : d ! i not hesitate publicly to aenoiinee ties ; il.eslruction of propcßtv. It required (lie eloquent tongue iff Patrick Henry to convince the tremhiing dofibters of 1 his day that war had actually com menced. from which jheie was, no cs i cape but degrading iSid cowardly sub- j mission. South Carolii a mat' he liable to ihe| charge of undue baste in declaring her j independence. But fflio is to be the ■! judge of her movements ? With re-] markable unanimity 1 slip \ias, tlirqwn 1 herself into tlie breach;, declnriiig j.iiat she will no longer Yeinaih , V ithiii a Union where siie ciiumt have htr rights, and be recognized as an iflnnl. ] She has declared luff indepciidenee, | resumed her sovereignty, arid with her rests the responsibility. AVe, wlm recognise the principle of State rights? and admit that wring of which the South.complain are lidther chimerical ; or trilling, c.aunmt surely join our exe ratio,t]a Vv'th those o! the Tribune vend the Mercury, against the action of South Carolina; If-that State has erred, ice miist regar| it as an error of judgment, of policy; bH by lib means as an act of tl’eason to the Constitution the Northern vidlatiisii of the provi sions of which had already practically dissolved the Union; , Kor can we doubt that jilost if riot all of the otit.er Soutlfeni States \Vill riot lie found laggiu; behind Soittli j Carolina ifi giving bitc.tical effect, to the. prevailing rights and Southern iiiiif r.-n4cncC< There will he occasioii .sit.artiy for i jfose : yliiisc voca ulary is stored with epi thets for the Palmetto. State to enlarge ] their treasury of exp* tires in order to ; include seven or ciglit additional re-j bellioue sovereignties; If Abe Bin-] coin, the,tVoilld be Presidoiit of the j United Stated, is inclined to codree these Seven of eight States into tile j attittidc of Subjects, Toi liis abolition j dynasty, ltd will find ihc fifteen Smith- ] er'ii States acting ad a unit in a,com mon defense of tlieir, homes ana fire side's, to Say nothing of the Northern difficulties in the wily of such a pro gramme’; Nothing short of a practical asser tion southern independence can now save this distracted ‘'fmtntry. It may be called secession, resolution, treason, if you please, but let those who char acterize the position If •South Caroli na as rebellions, rcMember that the tories of the Rcvoi not, rebels, but abject submissfajiists, and that the country Was festXfed from Great Britairi in spite of theso iriciids of coercion. We sec now that tlie Black Repub lican abolition fabric's tottering and reeling like a drunken man, in spite of its leaders to stay the rcaetio:ia.y tide and to keep their columns in close or der until they can ro*p the fruits of! their ill gotten and sectional victory, I by the cmptoymentujf force against. I the southern rebels; ! Daily the ran., j ] and file of tlieir army are leaving them, disgusted with present disas ters, and fof'eSeeihg notlrng but ruin . and htisei-y in tbe future. The defec tions from abolitionism have already been so. extensive that the panic in the ; Black Republican party is assuming fearful proportions. \\ hatever is to happen to the country, tlie sectional party which elected Mr. Lincoln.is in the last, throes of dissolution, and can hy r no possibility ever again .become a controlling power in tlie land. Nothing but the firm and deter mined. stand taken by the South in self defense tfc.dd have -tifiingur tin’s speedy and gtiUi.l.Ving result.. For this Work, We in tlie North, w.ho have eves boldly supported onr Southern brothrbii ag. ilist ALolitioni.sm, should cohlidUy thank the South whose prompt and independent action eis averted a worse ealaniity than disunion i. 0., abotit oiiism. lor otiiy, ffave no teiirS to shed because the South have determined to save themselves from disgrace mid destruction. As we have hated and loathed the whining liynn erites who have South Caroli na with Cowatdiee, and .iigihia with mental debility and general pauperism. Si I we sympathize most heartily with the brave spirits of the South, who, in a noble defense of. tlieir own liberties, will at the same time, enable the iriie friends of the Union in ‘lie NoVili to put down abolitionisih and biirv it so deep that its corrupt, carcase may ne ver again be thrust, .in.the faces of ho nest nVen. Bo tnolu it be. Mostoomerv, Jan. lltli, IstSl. My Dear George:— Alabama is no longer a. hiehltiei' of the Union.. The passage of the Ordinance of, Seces sion was celebrated to-day bv- the firing of cniin.oir and ringing - of hells. To-niglit bonlnjes are blazing, s.n.eoehes are being juade, music is swelling oil the air, and every conceivable demon stration "I jov and enthusiasm is every where being made. —God knows where all tins is to end. I see verv p'ainly tlie stones that, are gathering, but 1 do not see how \\c are to pass through theni. I resisted the passage of the Ordinance to the last moment in every form; and tjien, when no more was. to ' be aeeofnplisbi'd, 1 did what, 1 had pledged myscll to do on every stiunn. ami openly plncea myself on dm side ! us the State. The Confederation of to-morrow will.contain the proceedings and 1 will send Von a copy. We are out: wc have bid adieu to the stars and stripes, and abandened tin: high privilege of calling ourselves ' American Citizens—Ham not. ashamed to confi'Ks that 1 could not restrain my tears when the old .banner which t have billowed through so many dan ! gers Was torn down, and the ting of 1 Alabama was raised in its place—T ; cannot restrain them, now when I am I writing, but, the deed is done, anew ] era has dawned, and aM that I can | promise is that u<* effort, shall be ] spared on my part to prevent it. from ! becoming an era of. disgrace. If we ! are not. already Involved in war. we soon will be.—There is no hope, of j peace, |>id he is but little, better than : a madman who drouths of a long ex emption fv,an invasion I,shall meet ! it \yheit it eoities as a sohlier should. : i mid light through it as hang as ,a hope j remains ; v. licit every thing is lost, as I fear it may I*C, unless wiser eonnsels should prevail than those which have heretofore directed us, 1 shall drag my. body to the. nearest battlefield, find lay down a life which has lost its ] value. , . j The chief, if not. tlie only comfort I j now have, is the inward conviction I that in any and all aspects I shall bear myscll as becomes a man, and fail at last, il fall 1 must, with ns much of honor as mere courage aitd manly bearing can win You have much at. stake. At such a time coolness is the highest virtue. ] I know that.it will be fi sore trial, but j rCttloiffber tliat the late of yoiir wife 1 and children iiiay depend ppoji yoiir , action. Do nothing to divide Ihc peri-! pie df diir own State.. Oiir only hope ! is in tlieir itilidrl; Tell tljeiri so, .and urge theni as they love their families, as they love, their coiliitry—as they love God and hope for heaven, io come, outfit once in support of the action of the State. There is no other hone for ns—no other charted for peace, find that is a poor one. It. M. Patton, A. 0. Beard, It. .Tcm ison find a number of others have made speeches here to-night. . I, am not wel 1 and world not spbak if 1 was. 1 do not feel like rejoicing, nor do I feel like making any pledges as to what 1 will do. 1 know that 1 Shall do till tliat becomes a patriot, and if others have doubt Upon Hie subject they will find out in time. To-morrow i have agreed to assist Judge Dargatt iii framing an ordinance to protect the claims of Plairitiff's in (lie Federal and State Courts. When that arid other things of equal import ance are disposed of, T slialll begin a revision of oiir military laws. We have work enough before us, and there is no teliirig when I shall gel home. Yery truly, Yofir Friend, JERK CLEMENS The Convention. Its embarrassments and how to meet them ! It has gladdened onr hearts more than Words can well express, to.sce the great, unanimity and kindly fi , 1 : ing which have eharai'ierized the C m ; volition of the ]«■ jp.'ie of Georgia thus 'far in executing the v.eighty triir.t re j posed in his hands \.i ihenitier of ! this large ixitly , i as inteliigci'd an as semblage hr w\ e'. er i ,v. nr a- i idtld j be UhiVencd in any State of Arii'criea,) has manifested the slightest lartions 'liens' Ci obstinacy ; buts . soiih ae the decision id the t .'iivi-ntieii Was «1 >- tained, the minority yielded graeeiV.l ly, patriotietilly and heartily to the public will. 'The State wiii n'-nn.inbi i them with gratitude. But now' that- t]ie . foiiuqafioh has bcjtn luid in ’adept nt,]e , , M| i inem.es the slo\V, laboriom; ami tedimis work ot rearing (he si)per;-.t ruetlire .‘.nd adjusting the],arts o’! oiir late sys tem to the new conditio;'! of affairs. W ith.oul hearing ii ineiiiid'ieil parti cularly, we think -ve see and appre ciate the dilemma, in wl,iieh the Con vent ion flow- finds itself. If is too large, cumbrous and,(expensive a body to he employed, iff the niftiwrous do tails which will eoiiie befor.c it. It must work on tliem to Vast disadvan tages, and to an utter sacrifice of that public economy which ought to be a primary subject ot care and concern, at -a lime when every dollar and more ii:- neeiied tor (fie common defence. i; n the. other luuid, nothing would lie gained in the way of economy, by turning these details over to the Gen eral Assembly. Ii is just as larye just as expensive as tlie C-inveiilidu, and far, very far less intelligent add high toned. Move, Am- it ’.Vas elected without ar.y :efeiViiU.i: fit fill , Jlv . sent eniergeiieies and would, in re speet to the existing j nlibe will, he no I'epreseiitative body fit all . it is clear, t herd ore, that, hoiVeVer tile (.ojjvcn tion may desire to divide tlie labor and personal ■ sacrifice attending this! movement, they cannot shave it with the late General Assembly ; aini, if they did, the great objections of de- ■ iffy.itt-d Cxpehse would still exist. Well, then, what is to be done? W e say let the Convention take the] bull by the liofns,. and execute;, at ] once, a much needed reform \VliicH has ! been clamored tor; long iifid loni by : the press, but hitherto 3nccr:Ss!'fiil>, de feated by jietty logging politicians. Let them reduce braneli,*s of life Legislature in number— redisti iet tlie State; and order anew clcfitidii bi a ■ daeawfey ±.xxe\:.,. , m i the call of the Governor or ( inven tion. Let them cut down tlie Senate to tWenty-li.va members and the House I to Serontv-five, grortping the r unties < into Senatorial and Representative Districts as equably by pofinlatioii as possible, and then order a now elec tion forthwith. If they fail to do this; the public business, t imugli perhaps years of peril, Will be cursed by the incubus df an rinwieldly, in.v'; impotent ruinously expensive Unite Legisla ture,.at a time when evei-ytliing"calls trumpet tongued for promptitude, eeb nrul'y and oftieienby; Route will qrv oitt against tlie proposition to deprive aiiA bounty of its separate Represen tative; but the i.irifies do nut admit tis heediiig clamor. We IniVe ififil tiplied 'Comities too greatly; UiU cun afford to give, the nioro |> qiuloiis I’m one Rejm’septStiee, ami must gnhip the weaker comities Tlu.t is the ;va\-, and this Contention is just the body,' and in jtist the j’osition, to do tlie Work. Sdlilobody tdld tis fit Millodgi'villo tliat aii inquiry had becil proposed to the Convention as to its poWer oker oon.stitiHioiial ameiidmeiit either tlbin might be absolutely necessary tej efii ry out the particular purpose nten tltiiied ill the Legislative "call. We tf.Ft iio doiilit is entertained on i!ia( sitbjeet. The ('oiiventieff is fiirnied \Vitli all the powers of tlie people, and the limitation by the Legislature iiii-j plied iff M*(i Hum's of the call; is the! creature attoniptirig Hi liniit the crea te'iV The Convention have WhrttoVer ! pbWof the people of Georgia possess; arid caff abolish tlie L-egishuure alto gether ; and wc trust they will abolish the last one; and re-eonstruet a body fitted Hot merely to make a place for; county politicians, and spend a good deal of htoricy, but for the efficient and economical expression of the oebiie will loudly demand by the crisis Will not the Convention take lliis subject under consideration, and in its action thereon, lay aside every other idea but, the public weal v It is the part tis Statesmen, in times like these, to grasp matters \Htl! a strong lnlnd and shape them holdlv to the public necessities —-Macon Telertraph. From t!ii! Souihern liceorder. Prophecy Fulfilled Iri the liceorder of April..l, ISOO, We i published a communication; signed i “ Observe)',” iff which tho writer re j forred to the then approaching Clmvles -le'ff Convention, and the scenes likely to follow from the mob of outside dele gates which Illinois, Ohio and other Western States bad threatened to send, to influence the action of that body. Wo copy one paragraph in the' j language of our correspondent., italics j and all, just as he wrote it ; | “ I notice that the delegates front I Massachusetts arid their suite are to visit Charleston in a fine Ocean Steam er, with music and cannon on board to j celebrate Hie occasion, and that the 1 representatives of the California Pe , moeracy are to be furnished with tents ! by the War Pep'itrtrriorif, in which t<> | camp'out. and provision themselves. We suppose that a military band will be atta. bed to the .camp to (olive,i ; r no party ir»ops. and to escort them ; daily I".the I ’oiiyentioii. It (nay bit j excusable to wind lip the moekerv oi t resident mak ng by a grand display, as, 'in uty ‘•punmi. it will bo the last Presidential campaign in the I’uii-d ; States, ’the ('on\entiof; at Cliieago "•ill sound the death knell of tin* ! 1 Seward will l-e iis nominee, i and whether elecfod or hot iii.s doo ti nii 1 v, iii be pushed to extreniity, mid the Sla veholiling Slates will i live to '"rm a separate Government adapted H* < “<• n< eessitios-iif tlicit bonflitioii. i see no alternative,” ’ -■*> >uy (.re-tieti.in ~f onKe.irrespwiiileii t' !, de.;. and (bat was in regard tf> the® n-'niipee iff dm Chicago Convention, it is i.mt fair ( ( , say that no man other t han Sew ard was then proipinjuitiy be tore the eoiintry as the nrobable can ; ‘f tl»«‘ Black Republicans for .President. .Lincoln was far in tho bark gionnd. But the idya of our cor respondent lias been verified in the re sult. 1 l,ie I nioii has been severed, and we do not recollect to have seen it elsewhere, so distinctly foresha dinve.i at such an early' period of th« 1 ’resilient in 1 can vass.* We take the 1 1 1 1 *• 1 1 y oi milling that our correspond ent was an old line, whig, ronservative in his opinions, and that he voted for ‘'■“H :i “‘ ! Lverej t. He has. since he. eotne a pra -lieal secessionist, and is i 11 ” 1 son! with th<> Convcnfion "Inch has imti .ordained Georgia a se paiate i.ationality-. IVlucdi to be Dino. 1 ne Repu lie oi Georgia must either open its ports to free trade, or adopt a system ot revenue troip iniporis, leaving the other tax schedule to re main as at present, until experience or necessity sliall dictate a ciiange In regard, to postai exigencies pird vi a ion has alsp to be made. Tb.ns far we have heard of iln. interruption in our sister Republic df Soutli Carolina: 1 ho mail contracts will continue under a guaranty,or payment-, and postage w illle paid ,to the Republic,, as w<: presume will be the ease ip Georgia. It Will be incompatible with the new aidel ot tiling's tor a foi'e.yn gover meiit to.control oiir pos'-. offices/ \Ye are, glad to see. however, a comity of I eel ing niamiesteil in the matter, iqut ,!l:U .ti |u ' iii/d) facilities will not lie * r- ' Hiti ,; i inn (>#* if tin' Department were to notify eon tractors and post masters that, the 1 .al.-i-al Tavern mem had discontinued ilieu service, and would no longer l o ) e.q,>oiisd>le tor tlieir compensation. In. due .time, however, vVe /halt lmVo a. 1 ost Master. General and deputies of oui own, and let out the mails to com petition, under such rnle.s as mav be fieind expedient pud applicable. The Courts and the whole civil ad ministration of the Reyyiliiie will cofi tinne as heretofore, except as to the o.atii (it filiegifincQ 1 nun all eonimis isioned officers, find others who havd been required to support the Consti tution of the United States. We pre sume that legality’ aiuf in good coii ,science, there nas ajready’ been a re lease trom this obligation, operated by the withdrawal of Georgia and ait her citizens, (not omitting her sworn u/ih ers.) ironi the Union. business proper tor the Convention ill unfold it so] t in (fie eoiir.se of its procodings, and we take if for granted that whenever a vai'uuin may be pro duceii, or a .gap occur, by tlie new coii (iitiim oi things, it will be duly' sup plied to maintain the order of society; a.nd the supreme authority of the laws, lo this extent the people have a right to look to the Convention, and we pre sume they will not Ipok in vain, as tvei venture to say that.it is comprised, of men who, tor into ligeneo, patriotism ■and weight ot character, have not jierjii surpassed by any deliberative body that ever assembled iff Gerifgiil.— Southcm Bci‘order A List of Wonders. Among file thousand of niarveloffs invent.ioi.is which American genius has j i.idffeed it ijliin the last few years, ere inc loiiovving - , cottipiled iii afi abstract from the Patent Gfftee report; The report explains the prlticiple tis the eele.lnated Hobji lock. Its “iir.- ]>iekab;tity ’ depends upon a secoiidarv or false set of tumblers, which prevent, instruments used in (licking front tritich ing Hit .real ones. Moreover, the lock is powder proof, and may lie loaded through tlie key-hole tun! fired off till the burglar is tired of lii.s fruitless work, or tears that tlie explosions will britig to view liis experiments niofti winlessoH tliait lie de -ires. A harpoon is described whiclutiakhs the vVliale kill himself. 'The nlore lio ju.lle tlib liift*. the (ieeper goes tlie hat pooii. An ice.making machine has been patented, which is worked by a steam engine. In an experimental trial it froze several bottles ot sherry, and produced blocks of,ice the size ofaeu bie font When the thermometer was up to eighty degrees. It is calculated tha't for every ton off coal put into tins furnace, it w : !l make a ton of ice. I'rom Dr. Dale’s examiner’s vbpoit; we gather some idea of the value off patents. A nfait Who had nlaiic :i , slight improvement in straw cutters; tpolc model ot his machine throtfgh tis" Viestent Stale's, and after a tour of eight months, returned with forty thou sand dollars. Another man had* a ma chine to tlirasli and clean grain, which iin fifteen month lie sold f..V si.viv thoti .Gn-i dollars. XO. 1.