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•* • ■ . * * VGL: 111. C|i (L : nttr prise: ...... . .I * l ’ S G. BR¥AN, 1 ’ rbpr.iet< >r. a • * ®* .ni B;Rii* rio.v • * fHRMS. I rhirn Enterprise ’ ia-puhlished tvgeklv nt 1 wol)aii aks per qpnom, jf paid in advance ® if • Thukk Dollars will invariably be charged. ® -® 1 • 4 n • ’ ‘'- J • oflhcir par* changed will notifj us flora ... ® ferred, with the Name #<>untv s * • wntten. 9 ® TKILM3. J ®” Om Doll h ►f tWtrA|| • Mon. WFind e.M-iT..,. - - q i<pt insertion: Thdß not specifit-ihua to the time, wiH be pubftshutiamtil order ci “if ; .. © ® ti* ARi Noth r- n■; exceeding six lines, will be. published jt® a ..f ou Dollar” lor every tu that number must iteeoinpany iffi longer notices. 9 ® i , ® -i. ..’ r lav.T !>>'•'- (V © ® —* . ((n l lA(^ 9 ADVIIKTINETipTH. Oor ©on tracts with Advertisers will fce governed b ® :he t;i:h vp'fUre tn-iiur composed of iwtSvc solid Minion tinea: Jf m , o |t ®~®~ ©, • **i * * ; i ® ® • a |B* ®2 *-5 Lek.hi of Ad*frtise'us/.t.- 5 J: * £ % J g : a. g * ® ® g ij! | m £* —q. J&. * * - - OiieftSquaoo s•> W $S 00 $1” oo gig © Two SipiaF- # 800 11 Oft 18 00 20 00 ‘JBiree S.|iiareß. - ® 10 00 I*> 1 I 21 00 25 o‘> 1 <®.r v a n-s % 12 On 17 -ft22 on or, no live N® • - . 0 1 I on -J” 00 ‘Jo 01- Ifttili'! S.jHn ® $ . 1 .1!) on £ . * One Unit’ Column. >0030o“ 35 i/ T •hi . Colamfi §J ■ 1 ,; oo 52 w 60 00 One C'nluiiin Jl 00 00 00 70 (ft 80 (Jif ets!>s,iiir tIH term of one year, will be j charged ul j yxfccnpy, 3t One |,i:gsu aitvi: it s ivi^*v?s. •XU persons having occasion to advertise Legal Sales, 1 Notices ©etc . are compelled by law compPftwitlwtheff following i£(Uj® -g <>> W Adminislrntorn, or Ggnrilinns: a ®Vll ♦ t Land ‘X. uroes ®v Administrat JP-j. Executor % • s ft held on th<Ssnibt Tii<?sftti Sith] tie tween the lnmi's , tft: n ■ ® ii © .on, and 1 ijge in the afternoon, at the Courtnpus|in tl fe cotmty in which* the property is situate. NriuoPst of these sales must j be givaain a ppl (iaz< Forty I>ays previous to of sale. % ji* of I > rr"oii:it I*rojerty: ® % Notices ot i®- s.i I- nal nnSt be aA given at least Ten Davsftrevious to the day of sale. (fj IJstnte Debtors :i : o! i ;>rw : <§ S ;i. ‘-to Dei.tors and Creditors of af! estate mfl&t be published Forty Days. g ® Court of Ordinary (.care to Hell: Ni.tieo tliiit ajiplieiitiot w iii n. snade to t!® Court of Ordinary for leave ;•et II Lao lor 2egroeß,£ * be published weekly for Two Months. Administration ninl Guimliandiip: Citation.’ tor Letters of A-I::iinis:ratio#must be published Thirty Days. Ar I >i<t r- : .>t. from Ana. n® uiration, monthly l>.r Six Months, for 4 hismysion from (ItiurJ vn.'l'::-.. !'>•:•( v ] >;o © 1 Forcelosurc ot .Uortgage: Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must fb pub lished monthly for Four Months. IStatiiisliiii” Lo*t I’jipers: N*;iees tor ostiiblisi-ii’ Lost I’.ipers tffust he jjg.il. lisle and for the lull term ct Tu!••••.• 3>onths. ® # @l Publications will al\\ :i; ™br* continued according to the above rul.-s, unless otherwise ord * • g •r" —— -4 LAW CARDS. * * • ® @ J. Ki. U. Stanley, 4 TTQRNEy AT LAW, * * l\ qlitmaN. brooks co.. >®\ W ILL pi ft he Soul hern Cir eui, and i'■ .tb'g. Cline! . ’>• uvo at. 1 * -Is ot’ '. Brtinswisk Circuil. dee 17-ts # m 0 • W. IS. ll^nilCty \TTORNEY AT LAW© • Ql IT.M \N.•CROOKS CO nA. AVU.rf Thomas, I.gwiuU-s, Brooks and A Berrien counties. * mli l<©tf W- ® J. IL®Ue\aml?r, # * * 4 TTORNEY AT LAW, mh 2 THOATASYLLLE, €TA: * I*. I®. lled(Ard, • • | ® 4 m •• * A „ \ A WARi-SBOIBU'CUI. GA. * WILL practice in the ©iuntVs 0 f lift Circuit, andeih Lowndes and Berrien of the South ern Circuit. © 9 I'd- $ * _ js • ® AI. Dyson, V TTORNEY AT LAwl © ® . % CItOMASVILLE, GA. # OFFICE next doer to IV. Brudt's* M xnh t'i A m rJi . *r.nS'one 1.. Him'*, ® V TTORNEY AJ LAW?’ • j&ti-tf TIMM ASVILI.]-’ GA. * —— r- —•— • —•—tr — © __ I>. I’. Hryan, ® 4 ttqrn£y AT LAW. s mhtl TIHiMASYIhLE, GA. | - —* 1- l'® €'. Alorsau,® 1 4 kC X ASHVILO’. BtfRRIEX t., C,A. . LL practice in the counties of Southern Cir ’ ®euit, and the counties of 1> h©. W .rth aui L>otft:!i erty of the Macon, fltffes, and Ware of the Brunswick Circuit. Address at Flat Creek Ga. * • #®lh 18-ts 11. T. tuples, * | S A®’KrORNEY * © }\ ©> AS IjjV lI.Ll> BLgRfcX CO., C. A. ,® je I*2 \ S .* .. •**_• ts Samuel Ilf ® ® 4 TTORNEY AT LAW, . ® ( • • THOMASviIiSf, ga. © ©W ILL give liisOen ife attention to the practice.of j Law in the counties of theS uthern Circuit, Of licw on the secoml floor of D )#dd >lc€.vnt©s brick building*. * ® vnh 18-ts ® ———. •- -*— * m ©p• ! m ® % 14. LiMcCaßdcl, ® rUSTItIE OE THE .AH busmesM entrusted -to niuPwili be at tended’ to promptly 1 s> |ud with Aspa'.cli g Office at the Courthouse Thom- j teasville, Ga. ® B @mh flo-lv * , 9 • V Clias. 11. Keiibinstonjs JUSTICE OF THf^I^EACK ® • * *i ® • o*ricf. @ Collections pf nil kinds taken on liberal terms, ea } fu Ou'Cti*'’ - Sut'-oxor or 1. - • e ® ouvts. ® • SclPflcld’s • • J.LIOJST. A\; < ( i CK'S, • Pt -• ■ ’ Macon e ® “ Georgia, 0 Manufacturers of * ST E A and Boilers, Mill and e @ ® ® s Cane 31111 sand I’ans. © ® 3 Syrup Boiler*. ® ® Shafting and Pulley. And all kinds of Machinery made to order at short notice. ’ 9 © . E. REMINGTON*& SON. j*n 14 1% jlgento. Thomasville. Ga •• • k • 0 • 1. iei r s .itii\ \\ , L<lhof St Proprietor. MEDfcAL ANp DENTAL CARDS. * m • • ‘ ! ® N•• Or. B. J. Bruce, vr 11 ■■ k: V icu rge fy at*t he oft I ff staodjtoceiipied by him for ; -trs. ®Jle pai ner tnd, therefore, will give his peraonsl * it !•• ■ WPre-eripri m- at. t. Patients. • 9 4* -'” ® “ n, -'o Hospital for the c nven ience of these owning slaves requiring surgical ; '"X. xt an i -©i ; ■- ‘ns, 1 t abjf to pay. $ ® . x.-. Ac.'vii:!x’ i-.-ieus comfortal'j^; Jannary, 186A. • _ M • —t— -• 9 ® (Physicians Card. - • * f'’ IJr. V. G. Mt Dnnaltl, ® % IN TKjyjERD&r his Prbfesstional tin* # ■Jt 1 “,;.d ■: 0 V utorm *• m “£t ; 9 *.. IK-, heiue iiSJeflfer-^ ■•ii 1 I .*1 -las ter five y-ar ♦ tring vfiich titie he met an i tre--. -."1©.. -#.-f the diseases which occur in t bi-Blatitude® ® • OFFICE, on tflv , the Lul.Office ot (_. J. I!.ti’r 1-. KESIIjfiNCE, the house formerly occupied by E. L. Anderson. * ® , Tliotti- -ville, Janu.ar\*7. 186<f? 9 ts ♦ _T • .• I>t. E. J. Oliveros w jj) ■ _ P’Amtioner of 3S?odicinfe aucf Surge#y, Jan 1 D > % Cos., G.f lv t lit-, s. # HER£RY TttfSTms and tl*e © thatg|i| will coiigitiift the •■it® ■ 1 ‘tan-1 :ftd re ; e -fulK tenders his | ices © £ f •“ *% • * ‘Wiotnqgville, 1859. 9 • * ts f 7 (RetbftnJ’ractiee.) • A * **?- *’• ; s - Bower, \ + /"life 9 £ • the citirons * / • ;’ I'..- m-! -v-1 iir.l vi..-i'iity 4 at *ll hours, prompgl.v attended. ©> © 4®i, --y ■ ■ V j Hr. BrSndfm, , •A J \ B 1 to t n i t-ly dtcupied by i; JlI dot.n Mii!er, -a ©Calls promptly attend^!. © Si^beial® will be given ts Tiuigcfy and Suugfcal Diseases. % j© , * - -®- •'*’ ■■ ©’ % f | tfe Jt%v*. KI. H.ii. E.fß. Arnold, • Rifsident Dentists, Ga. \1 T E UA3 E j©ie pra--’ -a tdv.nyage£)f If V irs cxp£# ts-e in every fr branch of the m-us. ssion. ‘ n We ban rfer lo many have 1 # ‘ • fTT lv I the benefit of but 1 operations in tlris Countv for the 1 a a ‘.© • i ‘■ ® v i-'"-i!:t;. t‘-*r t dug tl.* best Plate wpjrlv nfiw kn9wn* which is den >n inatffd Continuous Gum Wrirk, 4 on Platina j lit to any of the £1 -ids, e*u in a e n®‘titrati (| iorm. T-m [1 filled with*fire gold in .■> superior marmer. ©’ !-ivorp #1- with their confideifro raav, our utmost exevlions to perform every operation in as perfect jwnauner as possif e.* • . • !L .#'H 13rs. R. 11. iN, E. A. Eaton, i ll.r' 1 ’ ED rgspoctfulK’ inform the citizens of 1 Vs Thotßfhsville %rid* ® vieiniiy, lint they arc -’ ? fitting up* heir Medical \’ ‘ -V / aml I>Atal 9 © OFFICES t in Th % Den- K -.! r ‘ . tal floom is so arrang- Vj Tj ) TTJ -*2 - £ • 1” to b • rt'-b r.• I “ 3? i bv nnv busiti-'m .f tlie © be # li •; : icily private fff*Lafiies and tieniLmen v*-Ling i i® itul Opi-r V ion-. ® * A >d our paii'.fiis in T ■ v bo assured m ‘ ‘ pertient yili j ‘Ji(mtt„.<!arc / by any other than It. 11. EA TON, as lie Las It” l.'i >:■ ft; it! Mu'WlN!'. -xd As lK\rtS co'fiuECH vi i umup. OFFBIK second door Easlof the one l'orrnoriy'oc- 1 • ‘ m mh io3f % *Ne w # Drug* Store. •• nil. I’. S. l>i >\V - ;- £ 1, t 1 a Drug St ore fit the stand formerly aceupicd by Palmer & Bro. opposite E. is gjppar’efl to fiitnisli Drug*#, Pt rftime'rj, Inks. FANCY SOAPS, &C-, * pon fair terms to thoio who may favor him with a © i ‘ hi* r'-tbrin lAend- he would say, that he has on hat: 1 a fresh and reliabl “'.merit of 1 p- A ‘ Lk .... At •? j q Ai®l will beg! id ;o snt ply tbo-'c with ‘#>-h artieles# as tlt-y may need. m 10-ts # Y* - 0 . n Drug* tytd i 'lcdictnes. JEST received, a lavg-’B-md well selected stock of Med.i: itii®.. * !icmic::E jfel 1 ktntU. # \®„k Pain's. Oil' - . Glass Pgs, . Varnish, l®ushe?4 Dye ©tuft's. Patent Medicines, Garden weeds. Toilet I A":’.-*, Per fu; fu® B ’ # ' v ' lvor ©ine Oil , and Fauijm* Camphene,blunting Fluid and®Lamps. m 0 EDW. Druggist. Thomnsville. ‘• T-1 y 21,©1859i ts ( 1 - - , n . ml u , L 4 Tailoring L I? (* k tel**loi lid 7-ny, : “A rHRC if ANT -TAILOR, would respectfully in-j ’ ilif •‘•nt the citizens e; ®! ho mas ville and the surrounding fe; • j country that he.-hs oppbed a ® ♦ is i txfp * ; @ Next to 1® ling! “1 and Pekle’s J a g ® Furniture Sture* . (.pf\ “i| whr#- he will be pleased to wait w A >\ | on t who may favor#him * a j 4'-ith ♦call. # • * \ A * GARMENTS ] | 1; I 1 es cut antFutade up in"- the latest and most fashionable'-- ® “o’ siyV’- Clot lie. Oassiniets and Vcstnigs, dbiistantly on hand. Qttroqgge solicited.” ‘ mh 25-ts • John I 3 *. 4A_x*iiolcl, • ‘ MERC iy NT TAILOR, is still at his eld staled, , between the laege brick ‘ M i shores of Sharpe and Kerning- 0j , ton. where fh as • l usual, to do all kinds of work I in his line in ti. style 9 i and latest fashions. Wsf ® lie ha- on hand® good sup- |||r| M M | ply of time *Coate, Parits, Ye?ts, &t*.. ~- s * all tl* W- g * ‘X| mil ?s. which will*be cut and ‘'-g *, made to order. # ‘ e Cutting di-ne at ail times in the latest fashions and , lat the shortest notice.* Call and see for yourselt s j ‘Thopmsville, Ga.. Oct. 50, 1859. ts f Saddle and Harness 3lanuraciory. iS> V LARGE and complete assortment of Harness and Saddles, Bri- * _ • [.dies, IV ■ • £> ■-. : ® Boh. it,". II arnv- • atul , ? I Sole .Leather, tie., kepi /Ai-w euti.'i.uuly..hi hand and nl:i'.>itf:roii.vii. jj®“ilarness"and Sad- ‘ die Repairing promptly attended to by McGLASHAN A LITTLE Tltomasville ; Jan 21. 1860. lv TIIOM \SV'l,l.l.i;.-(.FOir(;IA. WEDNESDAY*, APRIL 18, 1860. 4 ® Fr P- ‘ ‘rson's Maimzine. * • Ml<; ii IS OK Si HIT I, AVO I. ® @ 4) *"*’ ft BY EARL C. BRONAUGJHt My Smith lie has two farms, * * * Broad fanns oF rertile soil, At-.-i brjiwny hands and .-tulwar* arms, ® £1 Three wore upon them toil. ‘* Whilst I have one broad, bright, clean hearth, A hearth ot old-time style, * ® *>* And t\v-> fair hands which s\ Vl -,.p U, worth The sixty, rank and file. * , My neighbor has great barn's, that groan * Beneath their loads of grain: • * The til... ks and herds he counts his own IE,- fn.-I-lo can scarce contuffi. •® m a, #’ M c!l. we’ ” two hearts as lartfe, and right _ > * VX- i^, i with vi c -fruits. 0 ‘’ And 1 i*e act nourrslied therft is quite * ® * £ ‘S irih al my neighbor’s brute# •> * Mys’iojiior SiuithAas gold to loan,# • f tj J'’ those who pay per cent.# But froi - old beggar John • • .* I- wnt & 1% <i? Wt-il, itve frugal ‘tis true, <9• % Bit yet#we can divide (fc With those who've none, and so w&do, # Andjiave enough beside. , 9 0 ® m My neiofftor drives Ids span” ‘*• To church on Sabbath dafs, *’ @ * Tiu^world calls Fim a ha{fj# man : • I wonder if he prays ? © %. We walk —y*ea, tlft-ough the blooming ticldsf i© And liearithe wild birds’ lays, ® S A“I tiius, #ui see, bright Nature yields * Xi:®v*natter l’-;i*0?-d'.s praise. *# k> t> a # *- % My neiglib >r lias two chiidre#—y ea, % * But toilet roses bloom “® > On theft- pale checks, and people say • They’re rip'ning'for the tomb. ® #- * While wihave four, a ruddy elan, Healthy, and hale, and spry— Nqjw which think you th>‘richer m#i, * My neighhoiAsmith, c* I? • # ♦ 0 (®) w. . fi” TBr REQUEST.] ACROSTIC—TO 3IISS A % •l b'i “Tiy t*'ie soft folds of the tjj|se and myrtle and dew, Up zephyr- of the morn they yield.their fragrance.- Goodness and vFtue, MisswbMA, with beauty combmiugly* true, (9 * % Advantagi.msly will make vimr bright charms more en- DisaprV'mtment should ever steal urom •thy brow its T _ And pallid disease drink thfi bloomUSf fcy youth, ♦ of jumper er all its trices". B'il'ely, time will not wither the sweetness of truth. *r * m • • 5#.... * ■*** ’ TIIE CONSTITUTION AL UNION PARTY “ROLL OjjT THAT BALL” .VDDRESS OITHE .NATIONAL CF..N R A L,£ X’T IV E COMMITF.E. To the. People o/ythe United States: * ♦ @L aspect.vjf the country fillsJtlie public tiiinci with painful apprehensions. Jhe people are Everywhere disturbed with theMear of Some disastrous crisis Many arealarmed for the stffety of the Unfop. ,\U are conftiotis that the sentiment of fraternity which once linked the Sta.tcs*tffgether, even more firmly than the compact of the Constitution itsell*has been rudely that discord lias crept into* the relationship of communities which*) should have found, both in the interests of the i present and in the memories of the past, the strongest mo'wVes sos mutual regard and eottfi® (fh"ce. 0 • What has prodtiC: and these general and unl!p. pv convictions * • ® It has been too apparent to •escape the most casual observation that, for some years past, tjtcro has Been manifested a design, in the move ments of influential political leaders, to force i the country into an organization of parties founded on the question of slavery. The first ifflroiluctiun this suhiect into, party engendeved a enatrovc.rsy which lias ccfnstaniiy in extent and.hitter- 1 ness, mingling with, or usurping the place of all ether p'*jit : wi!® pm iimeg an ‘ giving to those , party polities a greater and more hemeiiee. - Considegititifts of the public welfare seem to he cast aside, to make room for widely and more unrestrai# df onteutioy on this single andengrossing them-?. # @ The two great parties in the country (the Democratic and liepublicant) have been chief actors in this fiital confesP, if not its thor*. Whether they©have always exerted tfi cm selves to allay the excitement it i gp-vl vise, or, on the conlfary, have botft of them occasionally employed it for the promotion ol® plrPy’ purposes, it is not for us to determine.— it isPsufticientfto note that the ruindPof the peo ple ha JUgui industriously exercised 1 >y % this contc%t to tlF*service of secfcßmal agitation, and thifl in # progress the the fathers - oF t llepuhMc, the lights of lifstory, the land marks of ®oiistiUtional potter havejpeen re nounced, our old and revered traditions j>a4i ® v spurned, and the w#liare of the anA hopes of the futuiF been brought into jeo gpardy Si tl*.#ilternatioiJri oft passionatetthalleTige and defiance fouween I IPe angry^d is. ® It is not our purpose to arraign or to eitlfe©;®ol these parties for their past errors or but we regard it#as an indisput able fact that their conflicts they have been nattily instrumental in the present®, RmeiPable jiuhlic gilairs. It wotfld be ■ easy to establish this position by a reference to events in the revolt history ol‘ the country, with ®which the public is but s>o famiiijn; we furposijjy comtnents%pon them,® as inconsistent with the limits of this address, atul as tending torevive controversies is its objety.u allay. We will simply state, th# oiF'. by it#frequent aqd unnecessary @ sious of the slavery (Question ditto party politics, has exasperated sectional feeling at the North ayd increased the growing spirit of disunion at, the Bouth, whil? the other prompt @ to avail itself •of'Uiese opportunities for anti slavery agitation® _’ ® © # After having agitated the country by their reciprocal 19 as?ualts, parties are now preparing for Wsectional struggle, far exceedmg in violence yny that has @ ye-t occurred, the fe sulta of .which mjty be disastrous to the coun try. V ‘ . ® As an indication of 4he character a of this struggle, of its objects and possible consequen ’ ck.-. tve need only t- point to the significant fact; that a corfveptidß has been called by one of these parties to select a candidate fort he oflife# i of Chief Magistrate of the Union” froJn “which, by the necessary logic of construction, f?fte*en State%of that Uitioa are excluded. 8 ole in nly impressed with these facts, a num -her of gentlemen from diilerent parts of the r country, among whom, were members-of the present Congress of iormer date, recently, as sembled in the city of Washinnton to deliber ate on means for averting dangers to which* they may lead. .. It was the unanimous opinion of the meeting, that immediate steps should be taken to-organ- ize a “Constitutional Union party,” pledged to support “the L nioSi, tiro Coustitutiori*and the enforcement oT tfio laws.” * * ihisor_-uni/a:,.;,! v> accordingly commend 1 hy the appointment it’ a^“ Central Executive Committee charged with the general direction of the party and with the preparation of an ad dress to the people of the United S: u^s. \‘.e need mo you. follow citizens, that ta>k wfth diftideime and anxie ty We are aware of the tfiiiioimy which at tenda.,t!ie endeavor, at at?y time,*to persuade men to abandon poli*iji| a&sociat'fns to which I*o ey are allied, either by interest < r pret’ereuee. and we kumv how mud’ that diilftifity is ia ercascd vhenparty attachments the *ardor oi expected success or inflamed by the zeal of opposition. But there are. ncft-r theless, junctures when honest-heated citizens will be prepared* at any sacrifice of prejudice 8r opinion, to pet-form ibis duty to their coun ’ t ry # • ® • 4 ►i I^is # the puHc-y oP®the doiftiuarft parties to 1 ftnderrate the i"al strength of tlf sc whom dis approbation, indifference, or force into j the position of neutrals in political warfare. — r The ordinary Reties parties teach them to; ’ discourage those whom thsv eangot enlist. But the fact is demonstrable Hunt the nunkjrs®wh>, Occupy tlris position at all time*, and more es-.i B pecially at thc*present time, constitute a most ‘ influential portion of the whole neopfe. If the investigation could be made, tl;r is rea* *ns to j * believe it would result in disclosing Hyi fact that, as* parties are now constituted, lUt] # e®less ! than a milli(stfoi voters will be driven out of the sphere of active participation in*the comine | election. The old Whig strength of the coun* try will be found to furnish no snail gontribu- , * tion to thjg ass. * m * Even those of that association who ha*e take sides in recent elections with, one or the othefr of the opponent divisions, ac knowledged but scant fealty to lueir new lead ers; and the greater number of them will, it is | belie l ed, be prompt to join*their old comrades in rallying to a conservative field btfight i#n*w battle for the cause of the Constitution and tilt I restoflitiSff'af lost harmonj. oT .I the old democratic party, who withdrew from the line of marck when they difbovered it'lead-* ing towards infhrna! strife, and Hie .mssault of the traditional policy by wbiedt that party i former triumphs, would, we have no.doubt, | supply a powerful rcin&ifkerrfmt to theifriends j of the Ufflon. * # In the American party, to which the break ing ljj’i of pin organizations gave birth, which has been active iri tli e endeavor to li.sjj an intermediate power between the contend -1 big forces that nave engrossedjth c€i eld, will be j found a yeery lat%c element of conservative i strength to increase the the proposed I organization. ® tjk If we add to all tlt-sc that in a* pf quiet, ; unobtrusive citizens, who have always shunned * ; the turmoil of political life, content to leave the destiny of the country in the bands of those who, in the ordinary coalition of the * progress, were most ambitious to assume its di rection. and who have reposqgj sufh faith in patriotism of their fellow men as to feel no con cern jg> the question of the supremacy party, i but whom Hie extraordinary* iffrentives a Crisis like the present must awaken to tie re solve of an effort to protect the theateued sale- } ty of the confederacy, we hove elements suffi -1 cievit, by their combination, Inform a grefit par ity, to which additional strength will be impart ed exalted patriotism of it* principles and two contending parties to say, that we do not : dcspaiifof finding in the ranks of each, numer ous individuals who, tired of intestine stijfic, | and alarmed at the threatening aspect of affairs, will unite with the only party which liolds*out ] to the country a prospect of repose. % I Can it fe possible that, \flth so glorious a * cause®fobfore us, an appeal to the Kitriotisifi of the land founded on ind(¥bemenH as the present exigency supplies can fall upon unheed ing ears, or fail th* mftional he art® to the greJt of this commandingduty? ow, whrm every honest anß thoughtful citizen i‘ within the broad confines of this in ion, every trite son of the®llcpublic at home and every brother of ourjineage abroad, is dis , fnayt tli? sudden rupture oi’ tjm national con cord, caj) it be that the povfer which is able to poiS - oil upoff the troubled waters, and bring ‘gladness back to every go*d mfhi’s fireside, will tvifhhold ks from the labor? Tluyt tliig CjfAmeriean citizens, awakened be the clamor that threatens tin® integrity of our 1 nion,and conscious of it- iicnlty to the ending of mad to # re establish the foundations of a healthful just, and bcn* : administration of the of* tlie Constitution. will*play the sluggard jn this ; momeutous hour, And incur the •everlasting % sliamc of passively looking on ii}fju the tion of this labrie of confederate States? thak this generation profe itself so false s generations to come as ho jjfrmfc, the power to* forbid, the destruction of this glorious heritage 6f sfi many fnillions freeiuert* tvith g uch immortal memories clustering around B the path history,®'noth such hopes howering over career before them, | the central point®of so many blessings,®the sub ject of so many prayers of tliec*nlightencd hu-® inanity, of the wliolp world ?. ® Let ;dl me* reflect up B on |he incredible folly® qf our quarfel. ® ® J h* country is wrought Into a tempest of ex® citemom.t. T\vo gro'at political armies are*co- * tending for mastery. Both are infuriated with a @ rage® thatch reatdhs fearful extremes. The’ great mass of law abiding citizens arc*looking on with amazement, and,,aii ominous apprehen sion of mischief® And yet there is no danger p impending over the Republic which human pas sioJis have not created, and which human wis dom may myt prevent ® @ ® ® e have®po?nted out the cliiei source of the present agitation, and think wejiave siiffufient ly shown that neither of dhe two w4io j are now seeking to obtain the control of the Government can be silfely entrusted with the j management of publip affairs. Tlie only way to rescue the country from their hands is to organ- @ ize a party whose cardinal principles shall'be: —To ren’iove the subject of .slavery from the ! arena of .party it to the inde to IS\ 5* ® % ! * & -- ■ -- pendantconDul of the in which it exists, i|ud*to the unbiased action of the judicarv : lo remove :?il obstacles Imm the due anft laithlul execution of the provisions ren dition of fugitive slaves; ® # # 00 1 o cultivate and expand the f- uirces of tlie *< uitry by such j*rotectiun to evf'ry suit and interest as compatible with the ®cac ral welfare and equitable to aM; Jo ntaiutaip pehce, as far as possible, and honorable rehai-ms ft, aj nations;* * .§ guard and enforce the supremacy of th? i*Avs by an impartial and strict adtnTn.-tration of the power granted by the Constitution^; i’o respect the rights and reverence the Union ot the States as tiie vital source efi” present J peace and prosperity, ami the surest guarantee t power and happiness. To teach & reconciliation, fijternity and for- ! iFarattce, at? the great national charities by 9 v # ! *ch die Unio;*n ever to be preserved, as a fountain of perSnnial Blessings to thO'^eoylc. Lot principles betaken toAhe hearts of tho&6 who pk iusolves tt) support of# the party, and let (If. :# actuate their pntftte lift j*as well as tjjfeir public duty# #1 T-> prorate this movement, rneasifres sltoujd b*iadopted with as 39 deb#* as possible, such as will an opportunity to tp m-xert a cbptrolli fu 10q£nbe bnthe approaching ] (flection t to .-cleeC candidates u pen whom - its vote may be cfftive(y concentrated. To this* end, we propose tin A a Conventiombe immediately heirl in t - # - : i ghaljTa* ; duty of embody ing thg fholt* conser vative strength of eatdi in*such ©f>nii as shall . make it rndst effective; ® * m Wiat each ot tin sc Conventions make a ©pointn?ition oi # two cmididates for the Presiden- ( I C J"’ • “^dttirg @ to nominate a*A i#e President-.) to be selected %om tho* most eminent and ;q# t 4 yt'oved in < publi(#ostccm, one of which j ,* os * a , f ‘ i €a ' ! ’ be a ciMzfn s-mic^pther® tytate than that wliic® he is nlaminated. • J nat, tliftse kw^ t^md idatosifrom eacli &atc shall be.submitted to tje consideration of auH n <o;al Cqnvention, to benp.'sonibfe'l at Fhfladc-1- - Julia, at a time that .--hall I ts de-i j iti and bj©Jv National Jtxecuffte lt ( Convention shall be® empowered to select from the wiftde number of thiS'nominations ted to it, a (Ftndidate for President and Vice tic candidates of the Constitunon al l nion * ‘1 hat this a representation from each State, composed of the nuinh# of members tion in the two houses of Congress®* ® That this representation oj#each .State be chosen eitlicr by the State contention itseff, or in such olher manner #iclt Convention, in the shortness of the tii#e for the pro- , cefafrig, may-appoint. ft A ( onventiim instituted t? 5 accordance with this plan, vjp tnink, would he satisfactory to all g,parts of the and altogether competent! j to the duty of a discreet and judicious selection jot candidates. Iho people who have*,so much ! (treason, in their experience ot the in* sufficiency of Conventions, tg feel no little dis *rui. t^,e,se bodies, might prefer some other > mod” (JfthominFion, if a Eetter Uould no A* he adopted. Buiin emerg delay would ro# Jer any attempt ft) make a nomi nation for®the coming election useless, we are persuaded they will acquiesce in the plan pro posed, as the best tlie time will allow. Such a Convention will avoid some of the ; to whiFh the ordinary and accustom ed completion ot^(inventions is #xposcd. It will be confinftd to the single duty of selecting from a number ojeminent citi zens presented by the several States as worthy of the first office in the Government; and it will.most probably, find in the concurring opin ion ot tFi cral State Convcmtions in ftivor of one or intFe individuals, a useful guide to the most nomination. *Vnd as it will be S’yietdfl in its choice to the natfles presented, it under no circumstances uffcnij the public wish by sglecting candidates unknown to, or un respectcd lift 7 the country.® ®© ® any, other principles Jia h those we have emfmeratcd, be*ogunciatefll, it wfll be # |)r the Convention to tl g,ormine. “ Platforms” have boen so frequently employed t?- the Whit low devices fo’ part®,’ deception; thaFthey have jftime to be viewed with by ft'ie people, j We know of no higher atidFoblcr *itn tlfan the t® gj ration of peace and harmony“to {ftdivndcd arsd distracted*’- unity, aml no platform m--Tc to every thanFhc “*[ T nion, the Constiifftion, Fnd tla enforcement oLtlie laws.” m * # , Fedlow-eitizuus, the task that has*heen*rulot to ujj isipcrfortifr-d. AVe havcftpoinfcV •ut a path by*wltich, ili our opinion, the •country | may fro resmted froiTWts* perilous position.* J sis for you to dfttcrmine wffether you will pur- ! ; sue that pa if®, or continue in one till’ approaching struggle may teryunaft^ . mayTcad to victoryTTut nfit to peace; to a brief* I cessation of strife, ©buftifot ft; a of’ ®liarmoTiy. • ® ® February 22, 1860| JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, Kft., Chairfhan, WILLIAM C. RIVES. Va. “ ® ® WASHINGTON HUNT. N. TANARUS., * „ # WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. N. C ® # HENRY M. FULLER. Bn., • .JOHN P. KENNEDY. Mi. ® © SIENUY Y CRANSTON. K®l , * ©ALEXANDER BOTELER, Va., © • ©JOHN A. ROCKWELL, Ct., f L ®JOIINWIIEULER. Vt . % * % J. MORRISON HARRIS, Md„ LEWIS COSdICT, N. J.. ® „ CHARLES M CONRAI), La., # ® MARSHALL P. WlLDElfoMass., JOSHUA HILL, Ga.. # X sXALER. Ohio, ©* JOHN DUNHAM. Conn., ® JOHN A. GILMER, X. C., C. C. L.-fIMIROP./’a., ® # K. AV THOMPSON, Ind., ® N-W SHELLEY. Ala, J, * ® GEORGE BRTOGS, N. Y_* WILLIAM !■ BROW SLOW, Tcnn® ®® ft© AVILLIAM LftTOOLL. lowa, ® JOHN WILSON. 111., * JERE. CLEMENS, Term., , % I. J. WHITLOCK, N. Y„ a *, ® ® Committee. FRANCIS GRANGER.* Cliairman Nat. M’hfo • ® JACOB BROOME. ®, . @ . • @ Chairman Nat. A meg Executive Com. ®® m § ® “ Why don’t you come after cold victuals as usyal t sabi®a lady to a boy who had for a” long time been a daily visitor®sfor that species of® charity. Father has joined the Temperance® Society, and we have warm victuals ‘now, 1 ’ was the reply. ® ® ® ) TERMS, TWO DOI.EARS, i In Advance. © , ’ m ■ iaßb^ • the POLVomr. ho following L>@the for tli? punishment 4111.1 suppression o£ polygamy, which has just passed in the House at Washington: BILL to and prevent^the®pracricc of polygamy in tin* territories of tho United * States and other places, and disapproving and annulling certain agts offtthcglegislalivo ® a Seinblv of the territory or Latah and which p* ® @ sets rortli: <$ % ® i w Piereas, is th\t polygamy is 1 permitted by the municipal regulations of ono ‘4 the Teriitories of this L'niog, and is sought to be on the ground that ifbomin ation in a ChnsMan country, is a religious i@ito of sairr territory; and whereas, no principle£>f quire orgyflitjfethe pifetiee of such moral pol lution; there ® * e it enacted, etc., ‘Unit if any person ,pr person®beiug married and arypftiabitaQt of any territory* of Sie United .States, or Either place , the United Stafts exclu® * sive s 1 all intermarry with anv per ¥>n or persons, or cohabit wkh any. person Or persons, or live with any person or tpersons as* partners ackjlllwledgiti* conjugal relations, fho firmer husband or will alive,*ho, she or •they so olfeudii?.’ shall, on thereof,® pay a tine not exceeding five hundred dollars, I and be imprisonedtiot less tlfan two*years nor &ve years; provided, nevertheless,' * that or anything therein contained shall fiotftxtena tq,any personpersons whose® husband <jr wife shall absent herself one fromTne other, for the space of five years, tile one of thernnolfr kowii|jg the be ‘ within •that ftmfr nor to%ny person or peifrons who shall at the time of sfcli mar- @ r.age, divorced by competent authority, or :ll ifc v l K onfrlerson* whose former marriage, by sen ten (ft of shall ba£o been declaiw void. $ I Sec. 2. Be*it further enfreted, That the j lowing ordinance oi the provisional government jof the State Desert, so called,lamely, “An lUhdhiance jjicorporating Clmicli o%Jesus Christ of Latter Day faints, passed February eighth, in the ycarfrightecn hundftd nfrid forty one, and adopted Pi and inaJb valid by the Governor and legislative assembly of the Utah, by an ct January in the yeear eL 11 teen hundred and € fifty-five, entitled, “An f?.et in rehuion to tho compilation and revision of the laws and reso lutions in iui'ce in Utah territory, their publica tion and distribution,” aad aii other acts and parts of acts heretofore passed fry the said le gislative assembly of the Utah, which establish, support, maintain, shield or countenance polygamy, be, and thefrsame are hereby disapproved and annulled: provided, I that tins act sliall be so limited and construed, Tas not to affect or interfere with the rights Jf legal.y acquired under the ordinance Heretofore mentioned, nor with tin? right to ■‘worship (jod according to the dictates of con science,” but only to annuli ail acts and laws which establish, maintain,protect or counte i nance the practice of polygamy, evasively call | cd spiritual marriage, however disguised by le i gal or ecclesiastical soJemnities, sacraments, | or other contrivances. MR. branch's substitute. T>e it enacted, that the third and foufth sec tions of the act entitled, ‘-An act to establish a Territorial Government fo#Utah,” approved t!% ninth day of September, eighteen hun dred and fifty, be and the same are hereby re pealed. ® © ft Sec 2. And bo it further enacted, that here after frie legislative power, as defined and limi ted in said act, shall be vested in the Governor and thirteeu of the most lit and discreet per sons of the territory, to be called the Legisla tive CouiK:il, who shall be appointed biennially by d 9 with theftidvice and consent of the Senate, from among the citizens of the United ing therein, and without reference to any dis- which*bave heretofore been laid off. Sec. a. And be it further enacted, that tlio under this act shall be made on or beforo the fourth *f .March, eighteen , hundred and sixty-one, on which day said ap pointments sliall have effect. “ ® ft ft * . @ DEFIMXfi HIM PtfSFTIOtV. ®fhe editor Ringold (Ga.) i thus-pithilyftets f%rth his views and relations 1 with regard to the Charleston Convention: ® If Cobb, Huffier, >Y se, or anyj* man, whose record ideetif&d him* 1 witlft tiielnterests ofi* the South, should be chos en as sie standard health of democracy, we ex pect to support him, with all the zeal of a“scaly @Bark” Democrat. If Douglas should be the nominee, with no*matter lk)w good a we cannoT, and will,not., support under anv set of*cireumstanccs. ® m %/ n T Douglas will gn i^l o - tne convention with more vote.# th*n any other man,•land enough to prevent the nomirfration of any other man® If iends are firm and will thgreforc be DotTglas or nobody. His opponents, how ever, wiM be strong tftougn, at first, to prevent e his nomination. And we hope they may coif tinue so, but we greatly £ar they will not. If b®/ whi( h some# man never before heard of out side of the country of his residence, will be brought forthjjand a hundred thousand wool ° @ lmts will®be waved aloft, andki hundred thou sand “dimmicrafs” will the welkin ring widi their lyizzas. while .from Maine to Califor nia the hills backftthe eelio®“ for Dublin and McFagan.” If tkat is the game we are not in. @ * 9’ ‘ *“*♦*"• ■ ‘ ® M(A>LsTfroF Auxhorsuip.- Jho. JL Thomp son, editor of the Southern Literary 3lessenger, relates the following s once told me that upQn the occa sion of his lecturing for the first time in Lbn ®don, he*saw, on looking ever the audience, the well kriowai person of Macaulay on the third 3 1 bench from the front. Turning- to some friends | he*said: ® ® ® ® ® ® “ A ty;e pound note to any man who will get ®Macaulay out of®tlie .house a nd” s i “ Rgad, sir,”®said he in relating the circum-® s stance, “ I felt like a fellow- with six pence in ; his pocket in the banking house of the Bar * ings.” *® ® a s NO. 2.