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Last \tor ns of Washington.—As ap propriate to the hour, wo ex trad the lol~ lowing from the farewell .address of the Father of his country. Words like these are "as apples ol gold set in pictures of ■ j silver.’’ They deserve to.ho written upon the memories and treasured in the hearts of all our people; "Profoundly ponelrntcd. 1 sltnll ent ry it . with me to my grave, ns a strong incite- ’ tnent to unceasing vows, that Heaven mnv ' .' coutinue to you the choicest tokens of its . • —iienificcncethat your unhid and 'brotherly. Direction may hit perpetual ; that the free .OiinslitijwM. tfliinh is the vViit It of your Imints.tiviy ho sncrodly mainlainod ; that its administration, ill every department. ~ —wwty.liu stamped with wisdom and viitue ; that, infine, tho happiness of the people of these Stales, under, the auspices of liberty, may be ninth cumplotc. by so easeful pro- •servnlion and so prudent a use of this hies sing us will nequirc to them the glut y ol re commending it to the applause, the nfi'ct:- tion, and the adoption of cvet y nation which -is vet a stranger to it. "The unity of government which consti tutes you one people, is nlso now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence,— the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad, of your snfuty, your prosperity, of that verv libortv which vou so highly prize. * “It isof infinite moment that you should properly c-slimn tcitlic im incitso vnlno id your national Union to your collective mul'indi viduol happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, mid immovable attach, ment to if; nccustnniing yourselves to think and spunk of it as the palladium of your political snfely and prosperity, watch ing for its preservation with zealous anx iety discountenancing whatever may sug gest even a suspicion that it can, in any ovenh bo abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon tlto first dawning of even , attempt to alienate any portion of our coun try from the rest, or to enfeeble the snerod . tics which now link together the various From tile Atlanta Republican—Extra. Saturday Night, 8 o’clock, December 14, 1850. We'hasten to lay before our readers the following Report;pf the Committee of 33 of thoGoprgia Convention. Wo luivo no time to comment, but by it it will bo seen that the Committee take firm Southern conservative ground ; The Committee appointed to prepnro and j-epuM (of t'ho consideration of the Conven tion, action' npprrfjjirinlo to tho occasion on Which they Imvc-lissetnbled, htivingcnreful- l.y oonsidoicd the papers roforred to them, nndWfecly intorqEnngffla opinions, respectful ly submit (lie following REPORT. She ■ vast- ft Mrs. pARTiNO-roN on WznntNos.—*‘l "like to tond wrddings,” said Mrs. PnY’tine- ' ton. nsslio enmo bnclt from oho in ohnreli, and hung her shawl up, and replaced the . black bonnet in the long-box ; “I like to seo youpg people como together with life .promise to love, cherish, and nourish each other. But it is a solemn thing is matrimo ny—a very solemn thing—where the min ister comes in the chancery with his sur plus on, and goes through the ceremony of making them ‘man and wife.’ It ought to bo husband and wife, for it isn’t every husband turns out to he a man. I declare I shell never forget, when l’aul put the nuptial ring on my finger, and said “with my goods I thee endow.” Ho used tn keep a dry good store then, and I thought ho was going to give me the whole there was • in it. I was young and simple, and didn’t - know till nftcrv’urds that it only incant one , calico gown n year. It is a lovely sight to sec young people plighting their trough os-Ihe song says, nnd coming up to to con- '. sumo their vows,” She husjled about arid ; . got ion ready, but abstractedly, she put ’’ on the broken ten-pr.t that had long lain away unused since Paul was alive, and the , tea cups mended with putty, nnd dark with age, ns if tho idon had conjured the ghost of past enjoyments to dwell for the mo ment in the home of widowhood; a young lady, who expected to bo married on Thanksgiving night wept copiously at her roitiarl imnrks, but kept on hemming the veil that as to adorn her bridalship, and Ike sat ailing bristles out of tho hearth-brush in pulling bristles expressive silence. i - Hon. Andrew Ewing gave utterance to n i sentiment in his speech before tho Union Meeting in this city, which knocks on the - head at the same time with equal force the ’nullification and secession resolutions of the first and second sessions of the Nnshvillo -Convention—to the former of which even . - Mr. Nicholson yielded n “reluctant assent,” Mr.E.said substantially; The doctrine of secession was not the doctrine of the north or of the south, or of the Constitution. The • ; resolution of the Southern Convention ns- - porting this doctrine, was “« heresy of the | Igrossesi kind." The people made tho Con stitution, and they alono are sovereign. The States entered the Union ns n man takes his * wjfo', “for better or for worse,” and separa tion,is not looked to, or provided for in Iho compact. The Supreme Court of the Uni ted Stales was the rightful arbiter of all ques tjons of controversy arising under the laws nhd the Constitution. The pcoplo in their . sovereign and primary capacity, if their G‘>v- : : ernments should become intolerably nppres- • sive, might call a convention, und resist the laws, but it would be an net of rcvolufipn, incurring all its perils and responsibilities— .and n bloody end disastrous revolution it would bo. He thought this doctrine had been understood in Tennessee since 1832 — Wash. Whig. "LIBERTY and Equality-—At “r. grent meeting of colored citizens” recently hold in Brooklyn, N. Y., one of the speakers sla ted that it became the duly of the colored - race to bestir themselves, and by all moans ,,lo increase their influence; and nnoll-.oi- sold he could support no one who was not iofavor of the Fugitive Slave Daw, mid that he would also inquire from the candidate for Mayor if he would divide the public works ith the colored people, and give them a 1J5 share, nnd, it he answered in the tiogn- coujd not have his vote nt it is easy for while laboring e-North to perceive what the agitation will be, if unre equal standing and a free nnd on the street, I it in tho work- ithey have .demand The people of Goorgia, responding to a VrovUmnlion ot their Chief Magistrate, have met in ConvcntVon for the immediate purpose of deliberating upon a law enacted' by the Congress of the United States, entitled “An act for the admission of California into the Union.” YY’.cro tho action of this body limited to the consideration of that act, its duly would be easily discharged. But a more extolled survey of Congressional leg islation nnd of our Federal position, Is not only nllowahlo, hut necessary to a just eon- elusion. Vo regard tho act under consider ation us one in n series of measures, ench capnhlo of an independent existence, but all directly affecting the institution of slavery ; each deriving from circifmstnnco its cnrdmnl interest, nnd nil in n crisis of fearful import, connected in a scliomo of pacific adjust ment. Two of the nits in thoserics had for their object the organization 6f Territorial govern ments for portions of the vast domain recent ly acquired'from Mexico. With them the sinvery question bccnuio connected by two opposilo movements, tho one proposing to prohibit, tho other to FstaGIiln sinvery in those territories by express enactment, the fmVncnlcs of theso extreme mensures, being alike relucltfllt to leave tho result dependent upon the future adjudication of the Courls A distinct phase of tho subject was present ed by the application nf the people inhabit ing one of llioso territories to be ndmitted into tho Union ns n Stale, undor a conslitu-1 lion formed by themselves, they hod assum ed tho settlement of lire sinvery question. Tho Acquisition of this territory moreover, hnd involved tho government of the United Stnlos in a controversy of boundary, pre-ox- istiug between Mexico nnd the Stnte of Tex as, with which also the sinvery question Wtut Unhappily complicated. Thus far, it will ho perceived, no one of the ponding measures was wantonly or gratuitously ob truded upon the National Legislature for tho purpose of agitation. Tlioy resulted inevita bly from antecedent tnensuros in which both tho North nnd the South were participant. But the difficulties I lint embarrassed tho action of Congress nre not yet nil told. Just at this critical juncluro, certain Repre sentatives front tho non-slnvcholding States, impelled partly by nppenls from Ihc inhabi tants of tho District of Coltunbin, nnd partly by the promptings ot their immediate consti tuents, pressed with increased urgency tho suppression of the slave-trade in tho District. To this was snperndded tho proposition, fraught with far greater oxci'cment, to nbol- ish slnvnry in I lip nisirir-t Furthermore, tho people of tho South, justly excite I by the faithless nnd long continued dcninl of their constitutional right of the extradition of fugitive slaves, demanded ndditionnl nnd efficient legislation upon this vital subject. This brief hut truthful statement of tho innny momentous issues, nil surcharged with this peculiarly exciting clement, nnd crowded into n singlo session of Congress, nnd n bare reference to the alarming ngitntion which, springing up in protracted debate, extended beyond tho halls of legislation, nncl pervuded tho public mind, will servo to Indi cate tho peril of tho dhy, nnd to suggest that the only esenpo Whs in that spirit of mutual concession, which gnvo birth to tho Consti tution, and which in times past had adjusted more than one controversy threntning disso lution. It is not proposed, at this time, to reopen tho exhausted argument,’upon tho merits of these questions severally or collectively. Tile result that partisans occupying extreme local positions in tho country, nnd holding diametrically opposite opinions upon the slavery question, in nil its phases, have vied with each other in clnmorous denunciation of the settlement. It may well be doubted whether upon the broad territory of the Re public, there dwells un intelligent citizen, whose judgement approves every part of ench link in this extended chain of adjust ment. Georgia, nt least, finds in it matter for objection nnd matter for approval. But such is likewise her opinion of our Federal and Stale constitutions; so is she accustomed to judge of the leading men sures of every Congress, mul every General Assembly, ns ench, in its turn, labors the iliHieiilt orolilein of oerfeetimr human Gov- diflieult problem of perfecting human Gov eminent, through the instrumentality of im perfect mid conflicting humiin reason. It is not mi this, more than on nnv other occasion, llio part of wisdom, or of patriotism, to sub ject legislative nets, under review, to the rigid lest of yielding either the full measure of right, or I ho full fruition of anticipated benefit. The practical questions presented for consideration me those: May Georgia, consistently vsillt her honor, abide by the genera! scheme of pacification ? II she mny, then door, her interest tie in adherence to it, or in fesistnnee r A brief reference to u few fuels of recent occuircnce will furnish an ufliirmnlivoanswor to tho first and most in- lore,ting inquiry Tho people of Georgia were fully uppr'ised that these great issues w ore Witling before the national Legisla te. Their General Assembly, being in session, and assuming to represent their' opinions, took them into consideration— gave a distinct expression of their own views', and virtually topmed of tlio Congress of die U. hi. conformity to llioso views. Nu merous primary assemblies of the Popple, pasagij upon tho sumo questions-.still ill nd- vanve ol'lho aelion of Congress, and whilst, in many of these, iho requisitions of the General Assembly were qualified, in none, (it is believed,) w ere they enlarged. These movements belong to the history of the con troversy ; and were intended to exert an influence at the eapitol Whether attributa ble in any degree to that influence or not, the result lias been strict conformity to the line of policy thus indicated, save ill one instance^ That one is i lie admission of “ "iiian. Uppi question of its constitutionality, still moreao. Surely, then, respeot for the opinions of tho other pni’ty to tho controversy, who have so largely conformed to our views, a proper allowance, for disngreeament among our selves, on the latter branch of this question, will enable even those, who : hold the net inexpedient and unconstitutional, to abide by it honorably and gracefully. ’ The proposition, that weighed Tn 1 scale of interest, the preponderate^ vn fly on the side of non-resistance, is t»o plain for argument. This net being in its nature unsusceptible of repeal, tho only compe tent measure ol resistance is secession.— Tills would' not repnir the loss sustain, viz; deprivation ofthe right to introduce sinvery into Cnlifornia. But it would sub ject Georgia, first, to the ndditionnl loss of nil she has gained by the rdjustinent.e. g. lie provision made lor the reclamation of fugitive slaves: nnd secondly, it would nns, nibV.ntc, torevot. nil the advantages, fur- o.ign nnd domestic, dcsibabla from w ndiiernnce to the confederacy. It may not ho overlooked, that aside from the new is sues presented by the late territorial ac quisitions, the position of the South upon the Congressional record, is better this day, limn ever before. Georgia, then, will abide by the recent action ol Congress, herein bef'oro referred to, in hopeful reliance that the people of tho i on-slavcholding States will yield qiiicaeqmtoiin, and faithful adherence toy that entire action. To this course she is impelled by nn carnost desire to perpetu ate the American Union, nnd to restore that pence nnd harmony, upon which its value to herself, to her confederates, and to mankind, essentially depends. Here if sense of duly permitted, we would gladly pnuse; but the signs of tho times invite to a more extended review of our Federal relations, nnd .o a more dis limit avowal of the position we occupy.— Tho country requires icposo. Vuin, ut Ici ly vnin, arc nil concessions (lint i'uil to tmminnio tills sectional controversy.— Through our Representatives in the Halls of Congress, we have long combatted the aggressions of the non-s'nvcholding States. But the sourccsof this turbid stream lie be yond; they nrc to bo found in the midst of their several constituencies. Wo deem this nn appropriate occasion for the sovereign people of Georgia, to commune with the sovereign people of those Stntes. Wa would address to them the language ol cnlm ami frank remonstrance, rather then ofdcfinnec or menace. Wo would recall them to the faithful discharge of their duty, ns cons federates, by art nppcnl to their reason und their moral sense, We would premise n few suggestions to the opponents of sluvery, which time does not permit us to elaborate. Slavery was introduced into this country by the onter- prize of Old Kttglnnd nnd New England. It wus maintained in the latter during the days of her greatest purity, when the spirit of an nusterc and uncompromising religious faith not only regulated social intercourse, but con trolled the operations of government. I was discontinued only when experience had proven its wnnt of adaptation to the soil and climate. It has been retained at the South by reason ot the lilr.ess of our soil urtd cli mate to its employment. Under its auspi cos the Negro has been secured, beyond contingency, in the enjoyment of physical comforts unknown to his trans-Atlantic an cestors, and elevated in the scale of being.— Let any man who questions the truth of this ussertion, go te Liberin und compare the Ne gro trained under the influences of slavery with the Negro of the same generation reared in his native barbarism. The Southern slave, uninfluenced by the promptings of mischiev ous inlcrmeddlers, is sincerely Juttnched to his owner, nnd happy in the condition as signed him by nn nil-wise Piovidencc. Fa miliarity with the practicnl operations of the institution would satisfy any ingenuous mind that these things nrc so. But npnrt from this abstract view, the South is entitled to absolute security and quieten this subject. Tho Constitution ot the United States is, in its terms, n bond of political union between separate sovereignties, and involved,n high moral obligation. Tho latter is indeed the scnl nnd sanction of tho former. The South ern States,'upon entering into this compact brought with them ns a part of their social system, ns the substratum of their industrial pursuits, the institution of sinvery, and the Northern Stntes, by the compact recognized its existence, nnd guarantied its secure enjoy ment. Beyond the obligation thus crented the people of those States have no more con cerii with it, than have the subjects of the British crown. The framers of the Consti tution declared, the purpose to be nccom plislied by it in the following terms:—“We the people of the United Stntes, in order to form n more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general wel fare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves nnd our posterity,do ordnm nnd es tablish this Constitution for the United Stales of America.” The people of each State, be coming n party to that instrument, are enti tied to nil the benefits therein distinctly enu mernlcd, nnd are under the most solemn ob ligation to abstain from all practices inconsistent with their enjoyment by the oilier parties. “It is nominuted in the bond” that the people of no one State shall disturb the “domestic tranquility” of any othor.- Georginlnys open the volume of her history, und proudly challenges her confederates to the adduction of a single incident violative of tins obligation. She does moro. In nil kindness compatible with the assertion of right, she charges upon ihe non-slaveholding States infidelity to this stipulation in the compact. She' instances the existence with in llioir borders of organized societies, avow edly devoted to the annihilation of nn insti tution unwronght with the frame work of her social system, and in no way - modifyin£r or ullecting their own; societies einpkdyiflS missionaries and subsidizing the press to pro's- pagnte their destructive doctrines, and even 1 to excite, within her own limits, n spirit of* disaffection among her citizens and of insub ordination among her slaves—societies whfe'h Imre boldly entored the polii' cd upon the balance of powel their fnnRticism into Legislature. In this state of things, the remedy to be ap plied by those Stales is appareut. It was foreshadowed in the able and patriotic mes- sago proceedings from the Executive to the Legislative Department of the State of New York, in the year 1836. It is by the active interposition of a conservative public opinion, and if that be insufficient, then by legislative enactment. If the onward movement of this insane crusude is ever to be stayed, it is time that measures of resistance be put in progress there. Dt from the reproach nourishing its foe. Go up to Tammany and the Tabernacle, and expel from the NATIONAL EMPORIUM the ge nius discord. Convene in the time-honored Fanned, nnd in tho name of Washington, ex- r u... m* ormseJ.be cvdl spirit from the CRADLE OF Desiring to distinctly understood, in orqer that incalculable evils mny be arrested by a timoly return to tho early policy of tho country, wo rest-nut this remonstrance upon generalities. The practical results aimed at by .these agitators are First, abolition of slave ry in the District of Columbia. Maryland never would havo ceded a part of her territo ry, nor transferred the jurisdiction over u portion of her citizens, bad she supposed their social system would be revolutionised ngainst their will, and a state policy estab lished in the heart of territory, materially vi- riant form, and hostile to her own. Such an act therefore cannot be consum mated, without had faith to her, and to Virginia, whose territory is coterminous, in the determined resistance of which they nrc entitled to the co-operation of their Southern confederates. Secondly, that kindred meas ure, sometimes threatened of abolishing sluvery in the military posts, dock yards, and other free holds of the General Govern ment, lying within the boundaries of the slave holding stntes. These possessions were ceded to the United States for purposes of utillity and convenience in the generous confidence, thnt they would not be used to the detriment of the ceding stales. Thirdly, nn amendment ofthe nets organizing territo rial governments for New Mexico and Utnli, whereby, sluvery shall he prohibited in these territories. Fourthly, the passage of nil act for the suppression of the sluvo trade be tween the people of the slave holding states, which we regard ns nn officious arid uncon stitutional interference with stnte policy The rejection of some of those mensures nt the recent session of Congress, comes within the scheme of adjustment, und materially influences the decision of Georgia. One other subject chnllenges our especial notice. It is the threatened repeal of the recent act for the reclamation of fugitive slaves. That stntute wns demanded, ns an unquestionable constitutional right, and as a remedy for a grievous nnd growing evil, nnd therefore can not lie surrendered. History hears testimony to the importance of this subject. It mingled in the earliest dis cussions upon tho formation of the American Union. It commanded the profound deliber ation of the framers of the constitution, who assigned it n prominent place in thnt instru ment. They ordained, thnt “no person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, and escaping into another, shall in consequence of any lnw or regulation there in, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall bo delivered upon claim of the par ty whom such service or Inlior may be done.” It is universally conceded that this provis ion wns inserted to meet the case of fugitive slnves, and thnt, without it, tho slave hold ing stntes would not have entered into the Union. No enndid rensoncr will controvert the proposition, that it is binding alike, upon the stutes as sovereigns, upon voluntary as sociations of persons and upon each individ ual citizen of the United States. Hence any obstruction to the recovery of fugitive slaves, emanating from nny one of those sources, involves its infraction. At nn early period in the history of the Confederation, the Con gress of tho United Stntes, believing thnt the character of our people furnished abundant guarantee of fidelity to the compuct, enacted n lnw devolving upon the several stnte au thorities the duty of carrying it into effect ; nnd the event justified the confidence repos ed. Those were the purer duys of the Re public, when patriotism was stronger than fanaticism. Then, the constitution of the United States as it is in theory, the funda mental law of the Innd, was recognised ns the paramount obligation between stntes nnd individuals. But n new school ol political ethics has arisen in the lnnd, a school affect ing n morality purer than that of the Apos tle Pnul who sent back the absconding Onesi- mus to his master ; n philanthropy more sub limated than that ol the Angel who, meet ing thofiigitive Hngar in ihe wilderness “said unto her, return to thy mistress, nnd submit thyself under her hand.” Under the aus pices of this school, new doctrines havo been promulged, public opinion perverted or over awed, the arm of Ihe law paralyzed, nnd even the records of certain stutes dishonored by enactments prohibited that to be done, which the constitution commands. The act of 1793, passed in good fuitli, has long censed to be effectual. The South, pa tient under this grievous wrong, nnd still with deferred hope clinging to the Union, was content to devolve upon federal olfieers and agents, responsible to federal authorities, the enforcement of her right. The present Con gress has responded to this demand in n tar dy, but full meusure of justice. At length all uf practical detail, and of penal snnetion, necessary to this execution uf constitutionnl lnw, is to be found in the statute-book. Law, is the grand test lo lie applied, whether or not, in this nge of advanced civilization, and in this boasted model Republic, law is potent for the protection of-.right, clearly defined, nnd solemnly guarantied, by a written Con stitution. if not, the experiment has failed. We draw no hasty conclusions from the clamor raised against this lnw by the wicked authors of the mischief it was intended tn remedy, not yet from their show of forcible resistance to iis execution. We will predi cate no extreme action upon their moasures, of repeal or modification. From such sources we nntiaipated such demonstrations. We hail with unuflected pleasure, growing indi cations, thnt where the greatest opposition exists, conservative men worthy sons of pat riot sires, ure organizing against the contemn ers of law and order, are rallying to the res cue of the imperiled Union. There exists the real disaffection lo it, and there must for its preservation be made.— Calmly owning t |, e i ssue) j ls friends hi the South will rcpugnize as brethren, its true de fenders, at tfi. North. AMERICAN LIBERTY. Every- where, East, North, West, decree its banishment from the high places of power. You owe the country this lustration. As for Georgia her choice is fraternity mid Union, with con stitutional rights—her alternative, self pre servation, be the nil liieuns which n favoring Pro vidence mny place at her disposal. ' To the end, therefore, thnt the position of this Stnte may bo clearly apprehended by her confederates of the South ni.d of the North, and that they mny ho blameless of all future consequences— Be it molvctl by thcjicojitc of Georgia in Cotiren. tion nstcmblcil, 1st. Tint wc hold tile American Un ion, secondary in importance only to tho rights and principles it was designed lo perpetuate. Thnt past associations, present fruition, nnd futaro prospects, will hind us lo it so long ns it continues lo be ihe snfe- gusr.t oi ibose rights and principles. Secondly, That if Ihe thirteen original parties to the contract, bordering the Atlnntlu In n narrow belt, while their separate interest were in embryo, their peculiar tendencies scarcely develo./od, their revolu tionary trinls and triumphs, atilt green in memory, found Union impassible without Compromise, the thirty-one of this day, may well yield somewhat, in the conflict of opinion olid policy, to preserve thnt Union which has extended the sway of republican govern ment over a vnst wilderness, io another ocean, end proportionally advanced their civilization and notional greatness. Thirdly. Thai in this spirit, the State of Georgia lias maturely considered -.he notion of Cengress em bracing n series nf mensures for the ndmisaion of Cal ifornia into the Union, the organization of territorial governments lor Utah und New Mexico, the establish, mem ofn boundary between the latter and till State of ^Texas, die suppression of die slave trudo in die Dis trict of Columbia, and die extradition of fugidvt slaves, and (connected witn them) die rejection of pro positions to exclude sinvery from the Mexican terri lories nnd to abolish it in die District of Columbia, cation westwardiy, we entreat him) science, not to taunt us with the rattling - a wagon, but reduce us at once to a whet, barrow, and let us have the very perfecti<& of bliss. If this new system of retrench ment and economy about to be introduced into the mail service, is to be carried out, we shall not be surprised to hear soon that the mail between Now York nnd Washington is carried in nn apple cart. We knov^not who is the contractor for I this route, but we .do know that for the last c four or five years the splendid teams and ^ coaches with which the line has been stock- v ed, and the gentlemanly conduct of Col. James U. Powei.i, and his Agents,hot drawn the travel in this direction, and if it is sud> denly cut oif and no public means of convey ance nflorded, the indignation of the people will be excited to a degree which can be al layed only by restoring tho line to its origin al condition, We trust the Department will tuko this matter Into consideration and do tie justice. and whilst she does not wholly.a|»|»raVF;'Will abide i>y • State, Ing member of thej a permanent adjustment of this sectional comro* versy. Fourthly. Thnt the Smtc of Guorgin, in tho judg ment of this Convention, will nnd ought to resist,even (usalasl icsvl) ton disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, nny uctof Congress, upon the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places subject to the jurisdiction of Congress, ineom- patild • with the safely of domestic tranquillity, tho rights nnd the honor ol the slaveholding Statos, or nny net suppressing the slave trode between slaveholding Status, or any refusal to admit ns a State any territory nereafter applying, because of the existence of slavery therein; or nny act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the territories of Utah nnd Now* Mexico, or any act repealing or materially modifying the laws now iti force for the recovery of fugitive slnves. Fifthly. That it is tin* deliberate opinion of this Contention, thnt upon the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Hill by the proper authorities depends tho preservation of our much loved Union. THE COURIER. THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 10,1860. But let tlitfn, „j ve |, ee( j lo t|, e wa |. n ;„jr voice of on^of ihe Old Thirteen She would sny to thein.iibe not deceive)), the destiny of leVltianrrntiv m1 * - ' •? . p veYrtlintently located ItvKomc, rcspoclfnl. r 10 Tie from Vv integ diimi-y),i, lf ^ “ Should Congress at ang time exhibit its purpose to war upon our property, or withhold our just constitutional rights, we stand ready lo vindicate those, rights, in Ihe. Union as long as possible, and out of the Union when we are left no other alternative.” -*■ y-j,. We shall not he able to issue any pa per from this Office next week, in conse quence of having to move our mnterinl into n dillerent room. Wc shall, however, give our renders the important news in nn Extra. We yield almost nil of our space this week to the Report of the Committee of 33, in the Stnte Convention. It is nn able document nnd will he lead with interest by every one who is in fttvor of Constitutional Union. We may have occasion to refer lo the Preamble and Resolutions adopted by the Convention, hereafter, as wo perceive in.them the found ation of a great National Union Parly, which will embody the greater portion of the patri otism of the country, nnd to which nil good men mid true must, sooner or later, belong. If suclt demonstrations as are being made in all parts of the country, do not indicate n great rally for the preservation of the Con stitution nnd the Union, we must conclude thnt the spirit which pervaded the bosoms of our patriot fathers when they formed the one nnd adopted t lie other, has vanished CORRESPONDENCE OF THE COURIER, MiLT.EDacviu.x.Gn., IVc. 19, 18VO. Ere this reaches you, ynu will lisve be.ri Inform* of the organisation of the Convention st Hit. pl.e.,- and have received doubtlets, nioit of Its proceedings, I oan enure you thqt Georgia may juatly fori proud of her palriotlo son. who ao ably repreoent tier in this' body A more rrapectabte and talented SMembtsg* it hat not been my good,Jbr!une to look upon lor many’ yean. Though there ore many here of venorablr year, and silvery lock., yet the greater portion of tbs members are men tn the vigor of manhood. Tho election of the venerable Thoms SriLtnm to preside over its deliberations, waa n very graceful an appropriate tribute to one whose name anil JjMKearw associated with the early history of Gfs/jfff Mr. R.. is now upwards of 90 ye^pM^-SnOthe only survlv-- ventlon who framed the Con- On being conducted to thr Choir, in few but impressive words, he expressed kir undying devotion to the Union, nnd the hope that be fore It should be destroyed, himself and his sbitdrsa- aftor him, should fade away from the earth. liars., tains to nn astonishing degree his mantel vigor, tad presides with great dignity amt ease. Last evening addresses were delivered tn ibo Re presentative chamber tn a vsat multitude by Memo. Toombs, Stephens and Poe. Tha addressee ware- patriotic and thrilling, and wore received with grass enthusiasm. Thit meeting wee preliminary to ono to be held to night, for the purpose of organizing • Union Party In Georgia, to be composed of men of oil pnrties who are willing to act with the Groat N’mion- nt Union Party, which ie now In progress of forma tion ’ 1 eq ’ ' Mr. Stephens la just from Washington, itnd ssetM to think a more fhvorable feeling exists st this tima among the Northern members towards ihs Snath than heretofore. A great National Canstltatisnold partyseems at present the only hope of our dlatrastsif country. The Southern Congress, and a sectional m ganixotion, seem to find but few advocates and J ' - little favor here. They are tn direct conflict with il farewell counsels of the father of bis country, and I justly viewed with suspicion. Up to tho present lime, the committee app present matter for the aelion ofthe Convent! not made tlicir reports: It is awaited with deep Cs tude. It will probably be presented this after nee* I to-morrow morning, and L trust will embody -1 prlnciplesand recommendations as will sail unite thefrlende of Constitutional Union, Nstflr J South. Aa Mr. Stephenavery impressively rat. last night, Georgia occupies a proud and teapot* position. Her repres-tfratlves at this ploce-f* their hands not only the destiny of our own hoi Stole, but po-sibly that of the whole Union.' the eyes of the whole nation aje now turned ledgevtlle. Most ofthe Individuals who env Convention seem auitnbly impressed with tbs nnd delicate duties devolved npon them; sum members, however, appear entirely obliy^ momentous character of the present eiisUf-, labor lo make themselves conspicuous by ^ ble.otne. Milledgeville is at present thronged with I Every Hotel nnd boarding house Is full to s It Is thought the Convention will break t or Saturday next. In haste, A TRitf Ur.ttDEx Hbrhdox, who lives in llio im mediate neighborhood of our City, killed on the tU11 i instant, seven porkers, weighing os follows: 503—498 _49fi_493—491—490, nnd 476. These pigs, as he terms them, were but nineteen months old, nnd from the scarcity nnd high price of corn, but ubout half fa f- tenet/. If there is a farmer in our county who haa bent our friend Herndon ill the wuy of" p : g" raising, we ahull be happy to hear from him. Tlio Mull Service. YVc have been informed that after the first oi January next, the four-horse conches run; hing between this place and Gunter’s Land ing, will be discontinued, and the mail car ried in a spring wagon. What consideration has induced the Pest Mnster General to adopt this course; it would be difficult to guess ; and if upon a full knowledge of nil the fan's, and the .importance of this route to the traveling public, lie persists in this determination, a grievous wrong will be done tho citizens of this community nnd qll North Alabama.— We are disposed to support the present ad ministration of tho Government, nnd to de fend the'most of its acts, to the best of our ability, but in this mutter the impropriety is so apparent and the injustice so glaring, .that we would not, if we could, hush the generdT clangor nnd dissatisfaction of the 'I ties.) -".y: fife-. Hall. thinkiiui,il»iiiRJTHrm SisMtfii dial. 20,f it- Arrivai. of a Load of Giris.-t dny, the cars on - the Little Mj. brought down two hundred and tig,. from 12 to 20 years. They cam* keedotn, and are going to the net' now just starting at Caralton, I. girls were, most of them, good, frost, specimens of the great Yankee ce Before they are two years older, I probably, all be married off and p«t. ing tho genteel in some of the elu sions of our Western men. Goo. them all. Where will Yankee end?—Cin. Enq, ..,,j Phices of Real Estate icc. naii.—The Savannah Republic* “The wharf, lot and irnprovemf? ns Taylor’s wharf, sold yestej^*' for $19,000. Fifty shares o) --^- the Bank of the Stole of Geofj^. $106, and 9 do. Bnnk of Au^ra- . f Of' ‘ price. v. J • Some $30,000 worth of Stock has lately been purch to be transfered to ntockholi •Some of this, is the stock ori ed by the city of Macon. ^ three fourths of the entire j is now owned in S par and interest. "than.