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<L()c (tntff prise.- * Lrcim t. wvA>. eoitow. • :• .imMASVILLK, GA.- ‘ : . # 4 • r...QCTOnpR ‘constitutional UNICHf TXCKTT. . FOR PRESIDENT, • * JOHNs B E.L L, • OF TENNESSEE. . • • • • • • * •. . * FOR YICE-PESHhEXT, • EcUvarcl Everett, .OF MASSACHUSETTS . • ’ * • electoral TICKET. • for ths: state at larot. . Umm. n-IV.LIVn LAW, ,f (hithnu. Hm. BK>J .4 ’I I > /I.• 111 EL,,* ms I rtupr. • FOR THE DISTRICTS. • Ist Districtj-SAMI EL B. SVEXE’ER, of Thomas. is3 District —NASCKLLUB DOUGLAS, of Randolph. S3 District —I* T. DOYAL. of SpaLding. Ith District—W. F. WKIOHT, oi. Coweta. * • • sth District*—JOSlAH R PAKIJOT. -fGaw. 6th District—ft BELL, of Forsyth- * t 7th District—f E DUPREE, of Twiggs. •Bill District—LaPAYETTE LAMAR, of Lincoln. . * • ♦-•••-*—* Platform of the ConstUutioHnl I’nioa l^irtf.* Th* Con?tit i*fion of the Country! the . Union of *tlie StrrteK ! :tncV fh* Enforctment oi fl*@ Laws 1 • o - A BELL \\li lA ERETT MEETIVCi, * We arc avA.pii/ed to announce that thebe wit! j be a BELL-AND* EVERETT'MEETING .in Thom- | MTille.sjn -Saturday the 3d of November, ‘"Several ♦ speakers will be present. John R. Alexander, whose , • • ® i ( effective speeches have boon so much applauded; j Samuel Is. Spencer, now Winning golden opinions* fn the East; M. Dyson, so vrtli known yud ap- j preeiated. -Vill all be therq, and*as marry others as ! “wifi be necessary to serve the occasion. ’ ; *| And ihjw, Constitutional Union Afeu of Thomas, . make thk> 3 Incus meeting, your grand ratty for the Constitution and the Unldta, by .turning out ey maisc. Yomtrfsll narneslly soJicjTed and Expected to be present, and the invitation is heseby exz*ended Jo tfferv votnr in the couniy, vjliether he Be*for Breck inridge, Douglas or Bell. Come one, e®m all; and. A,* . , • near the speakers have so s%y. . Lot there be • no hesitation but egme •nh let us take’counsel:—, Jt is time far the people of the Smith to be friends, and to take tHeir cause into their own hands. ‘The ; country is endangered, and must be*done • o far its salvation. < : * ’ • ‘ * * °**~See New Advertisements. r -. . r n>s& wh smoke time cigars hrould do we]J tckcay at the Drwg Store*of Dr. It. S. Bower, wher .they .will find a ftesh lot, We* have .tried them pud &now of yhat Vre speak, when we say they nre'real me. Go and try them. >’ • * ?—•>•>[ ,• • - .’ • * §9*-*We art pleased to lewrn tfiat -the report of Small Pox at Dry brooks 6ounty,.was a false and tlmt disease lias not*made it* appear ante in that neighborhood. . , •• •** • . Small Pox In llroofia, •. # • Our itrformation on fhis subjeti is more favorable. cases have been reported. Out of tile “four toen heretofore reported, five havs'died 4 ana only two of the remainder are considered in danger.— She others afe sa.icf to be rapidly resoverfng.” # * —• ■ —♦—• • • —* * * * Military. . In another cottirfts of* to-ddys issue.\w .publish 9•• * # from the Southern Recorder the Report of Gem J. W. A. Sanford to the Govffrnof, upon thp military con dition of Georgia. Every one.must deplore the-sad deficicifcy of .pur State military svstcyi anti feel anx-, ioutu fern tl\e Legislature adopt sftmg n.ens* by “which the ewil may be re*yedied"aud .the great Stafe tbs Georgia placed.in a condition of defence suitable te her wealth and power. This should be* attendgd to by*the tft thy earliest possible indment. it>v;w of /he. present political excitement ill the eountrv. • *. . --—*♦,*** r . ’ . . * ‘Singiitic. Stcb*ok ’ . . • The late’attempts jjt the.lTitfiitive Bajoirt Church to get .up a Singing School having gntirerly.failctl. ■parents, who dPsiri to*patronije such 2 School arc < r/questgtl to send their children And be prwfent them serves aj ihe Missionary. Bapiret” Church to-night at 7 o’blocL. A number qf young-me'* having taken the matter in hand will organize the School on nigltf, witii .MpGlashan as idstructor.. It is important that all who dcsAb'e to ■ anter as pupils’should*be there at the opaning of the ScHool. Jhe yos£ng ladies and gents, of Thomas vilje art incited to join the classes*; but ao audtenbe je de/ired. or expected until inyijefioir ia Lereafler “ .given. * . . / • • • -—, A Man Hilled by Ihe ArrUirutal DinNiarye rfa , *• *.€>■. . . . • t)n £\turd.-ty la/t a young nwn, Willi.an Hart, im company \yijh Charles T. lrain while engaged iai the sport of bird Shtmting in a pond near .the resi-* denceof Mr. Irwin in thi% county, Wass&et tKfough the body the accidental ilisaharge of a rifle, from which he died about 9 o’clock Saturday tiiglrt. on a small boat when the sad affair happened, chasing a wounded Ufane. It seenre that-thttir gum bad been laid down upon tha seats fefe the chase, \- when the bobt coining in contact with a stump threw • , # • r Tne ot.the guns Srom its position citjising it to ex plode, when .'youug Hart received ihe b’all ttirtugh” •h afdomen.* * • ••• • • • A OOOA Paper for Every ‘/ HiHile. • •AL our readers not be acquainted with one •f the most yaluable agricultural and family jour- • nals in the country, now in'its nineteenth volusee. refer to the. Anenean Agrmillrist , whicdi is p ‘•‘rgssand beautiful journal*, devoted t<he pfactical labors of the Field,Garden# and the Household. Tt is prepared practical men 1 and.*wonieu) who a,iow what they write about, atld it gives a great [ amount of ..aluable useful no* only to j o farmers, gardeners, stock raisers, fruit powers, and ! those'who have little feillage plots, but also to every ‘ family. We advise our readers to send $1 to the publisher, ‘Orange Judd, 41 Park Row New York, .and try Ihe Agriculturist ft yar. A specimen copy can doubtless be had by sending to the publisher. Those subscribing the twentiekh• vcUimc, . 1 1861,) will get the Remaining numbers .of thij rear without eh&rge. * • . *v • ‘ * Tb Mcw o CiIRe B f, r •!.. * The editor says: • • ‘^®** re t 0 out the whole of our Printing Establishment, with a view of jetiring from the busi ness, on the first of Jiftiuary, 186 L And.we are now prepared to give a better bargain titan ever we thought we should, i; no ale is the lime specified, we will be glad to get a partner, vwth a small amount of capital, who is competent to as sume the entire care and burden of the mechanical i department of the office. • • Our exchanges wid please copy this notice or give o (fee substance of it, and o *'? will reciprocate on call.® _ m Full** Ticket ia Geargla. We see that /trong etforts ale now being made to ... . • 0 do away with t&e present parry electoral, tickers in Georgia, aud cehtrj* thc.whol.e* vote of the iStat* up . on a fusion ticket, to be made up of the various tick #o ° r •is already in the*field, for the purpose oi taking Gccagia*dufc of this Ifands of opposing factiynfe and eating her ele.ctvt al.j'ote for either of tjie opponent# of Liucoln wlpost* success it will assist in securing. A great meeting tor this purpose wa3 helq ifi, Atlan ta a f<-w days ago, an account of wlych our rcatfers will find iu aTtothrt - pface. from a correspondent of ihe Savannah Republican. Another meeting was also held at New null. Great prevailed at both,.we Icftrn, nnd the ball seems really in mo , tion. Some of rtie Breckinridge men kick up at the move, because they are afraid Ben. Hill and other * 0 O Constitutional Unjon Inen will be benefitted by the “ spoils but many .of the nobler kind enter into it veith zeal and enthusiasm. * V*e Lope may all /ortake their prejudices, forget their*JfcudyanS cooie up finally fco the Rescue pf thescQuntry. * * • It je Pime for the press to ceas% their, reertmiua tion3.aud*{tctty strifes,’one ngainst another, find act like reasonable, sensibffe men, elfgaged ins a high and ’ ncible And a.ll will do this in.an hojtr'of Sc* greaf.langer to the whale country, but tliose-miset- whose littltftiess never permitted * them to rtitertain a rdsjtectablg idea. “ Base and slanderous recriminations are th on\\* sweetslthey enjoy in’.editorial life, because they havemoi sense enough* to JtLow* that, wjtile they tickle a fools df iTie*r oyn stripe, they dhsgust all sensible men. Wq say it.lq timf for all stich to cease! and the press of tjie counify t.uru its ‘attention to tlie restoration t> f our national, “equilibrium. Ther*‘is honorable ®rk enough Lcfoce-riie country for alj parties to do, ;md whatever may have been thi* ppguliar doc trines and dogmas, Consolidate in one b*ody : ♦or the good. Something.must be done, artd •as tli i.dge and Dougla* parties have given ( up"ihe Prcjilentil race tt> Liiicoln, and declaee that . no niftn in the’Soiith h'old oflico “under him, we shaft soon have our hands “full, if they are prophets ‘ and rulers’, fhc crisis is already beginning to be ‘ felt, Thf people everywhere are apprehending <wil to tjte nountry. • •**•* * *9 Speculators.are ceasing operations” and becoming quiet spectators of the movement in .stocks,* the Banks are upoli t# pois<* ajnl tbfraid to lot out their* bills ; and whop Ure fartner asks for a dra.ft.upon hi • unsold cofton and l>eafs himself refused, by. his sac- speculation dead, the I>£nks closwl and hfs pocket empty, lie’will begin to “enquire, whe dime'all this? The answer will be disunion, an Attempt so elbet Mr. Breckinridge, alnl the cowsequent eTection * of Abo,*Lincoln. But it will b£ }oo late to*enquire e • then—Lincoln \yill have been alieady elected, if at nil, and tlzc difficultiesfand dangers upon its. .‘The .‘•.Cotton States already precipitated into revolution” ‘• and no path to.Uirn back. ‘They will then be com pelled to st.em the floods tie it what it may. “If the Soviih to.hold office under Lincoln, provided-‘ he 13 elected, tjiat.-syill be th'e end of the Federal! ‘Government, the end of tho Constitution aiyl the Union, and no’ man n.eed flaUer jiimself to the cou.‘! tr twy. When the*Post. l Office.‘ind maiJlijies tljrough o#it tftc South ahe all.suddenty discontinued the truth will dot only flftsh upon. ll?, Dtit be felt iffeep i> every lie*rt. *Are our pgople.ready for so great a calamity sts the destruction of this*. Union ? If hot hew will you avert.it? By toting for JoluiC. BrcckinvitTge? Numbers of hts own party wdmit that there, is no ptjance for him to b* elected. And the Douglas men , a’dmit that thert is no him. Who “will you rote for tl'en ? ’You all say JJiv'BeH is your. “Second choice."’ His friends still believe there is.a , * 0 chance, to elect him. and as he is your second <?hbjce, ml you yos cannot’get youryfrjf choice, why ; not .vtc so him? Wotild* it not be fair and just* Suppose, as .pou say, his friends arc taistaken about ! ’his shance ; “if they believe i a chance for lnm, ! would it not -ljc better ;nd more patriotic in you to j throw your votes away upon him, than to tlvrovf theur j viway upon a candidate tliat neither you or anybody j else believes cn by any possibility be blectrd ? Nnw if thera be no chance for either of the *candidates | • • opposed to .Lincoln, why v®te forthqm %t all?. ft’our i voting inditfrtes a belief in your nrind* of chance for sonebcdly.* gnd common sensb teachejqu tliat if tbere.be a chance among three candidates it nnirt be lYitinitely betwr with only bn*. Which Would b. the ~ greatest calamity to yoq the election of John Bell, or twdi.sfw'lutioif of the. Union its iongjrain of evils? TTiis is the quesJi?)h*for ydu to decide now, j and your p&sterTty will hold you responsible “for the j decision. ••'Will yii leave thairt a d*fen crippled i wrangling petty Republics, or will you leave “tlicm tTwit mighty Empire *wdth all its. glory,* which tour ffithtfrt trsniittcd to you ?. •Remember that ••• • j you are to decide this qifestion. iu the approa<*bing for fjie Presidency. • f —— * ♦♦ • • —’ # *i Send for Eiectiun Tickets in timo, % full sup ply Ivillrbc printed afthis qffice. . i • * . . 1— * • Plltrraai Mngaxine. • W'* ligve received the November number of this popular monthly! This, like all precVjing conies fully up lo the promise of the publisher, who now oflVs attractions fiir 1861. Several : original jeopyright-novelets lire premised ; Metzotints and. oHier st.eel Engravings, )lorfi<i Fashion -plates, cblored embroidery P;rttcrns, lle cefpts for the Table, Toilet, Sick Room, &ft., &c ; , Will be givqn in every nymber, also a piece of *bew find fashionable music ettfh month! • It iseequal to • • • .all other Ladies*BooHs, it costs but Two Dollaj S while the ethers cost three dollars yyar. To every per ons.gett.ing up a dub for 1861, for This Magaziqe, tint Propaaetor wit! send ts Magnificent Mezzotint, A O JU inches by 27, of the largest size for framing: the subject “ Bunyqn s Wife interceding /or his lfelewe from Prison.” .Thus, to every person getting up a. Cltib of Three, and remitting Fifte D!hirs; ora Club of Fiv*, and remitting Seven Dollars and a Half; or , a Club of Eight, anti remitliqg Ten. Dollars, he will send gratis, his splendid. Mezzotint 0/ an Album, at ; the chojce of the person getting up’*the Club. To every person getting, up a.Club of Twelve, tfnd re- j mftting Fifteen Dollars ; he will aideither at* extra copy of the Magaaine for 1861, or the MezzotinT or •Album, as the remitter may prefer. To eVery per-’ son getting up a Club of Sixteen;* and remitting Twenty Doyars, he will*send the Mezzotint or Al bum, and also an tztra copt± for lbbl. Address Charles J.* Peterson, No. 306 (’hessnut Philadelphia. .•. . * . —; RmkiarHgf Dl**nls Last week we mentioned a statement of Colonel Seward’s, that he was ig possession of the fact,, ; shreugh the ebrrespondence of influential members of the Legislature, Bteekinridge men, that resolutions ‘were already written to be.presented to this, next Legislature, pledging Georgia to secession upon the ! election of Lincoln. Jhis statement was substan tially true, as confirmed by Colonel Seward, but now made stronger by his correction of a slight mistake of ours, o in which o we understood him to* say he came’ in possesion of the fact throtfgh correspondency, &c. 1 Colonel Seward received hie •intormatiofi from the >’ Breckinridge menfber? ot the Legiel%*tjre aihtded-to 0 m perron, duripg conversation; thus making the ense-as rMf as could he o desired- We knew.this exposure VcU make iW tittle, ilnwy, crawling CMO - connected with the partj squirm, agonize and .spew tip their inanity: but the sensible men of the party will fttok the truth boldly in the fact, and give it the consideration it deserves. ° a t - m o X|je Criaiii. • , • The Savannah Republican of the inst., con-, tains a long but excellent letter front ifte Hon.’ B .Ik H*l up*on the pre*en*r aspect of our political affairs, ami advices .all parties in jhe South to cease party strife and center up on cither tff the oiposuior* can didates for lift; Presid6n*ey, twith whom thev;<ian de feat Lincoln. Hisq letter is full of noble and true , patriotism, devoid of prejudice and seeking only’the good of the country, Our eglumns are aleady so crowded that we have only noom for tite*following extract: * • °*• ° o While I will’suggest‘whirl think is best, I “am prepared to yield ft any betted suggAti, jn . Wtfof tlft* Swrtg ai’e supporting thrne candidates. Two* ought to be withdrawn at once. Now, ft determine wlrich Urd—let us reason a lile. ..Wh*t makes Lincoln’sosflf>jectionabl% *..’• hitst. he is neStfonaT. Secondly, he is agitating tjie slavery question. 0 Thirdly, by this sectional ag itation he seekto obtain the gwernmem, to use it )to restrict slavery. . . I How does Mr. Douglas; stand ? H* opposes all i Congressional *rest rift ion on slaveny. lie is truU and eminently demoted to the* Union. Bin* has he not Was he not in the front of that policy t ?hi*-h reopened this agitation in lgodf Does nos lie msinil on tlia; policy now ?. I)ofs Re.unt advocate : thenry of*restriction objectionable to many 1 ilis best trieuds n*ust # say yes to*every question. This so. we cannot at pi;es;it, quiet and unit® the • country on Mr. DCaglas. For six years he has been identified with a policy of agitation, an.? is therefore olflectionable in one of t®e points which yjaltes Lin coln a disturber ot the publin peace. • stow stands 4lr. Bfecliinridgtk? He opposes Con gressional restriction. But he°too has been for six yntars policy which re-opene<A the slavery agitation in 18-34. He stands on *Lat policy j .now with an explanation—furexplanation which de mands/t//7Pr ayiytlion. Agjain* whether r. Breck inridge, in his opinions and*pfatfosmi is sectional or* not, yet in his gupportefs and tbf-ir appeals and ar- j guments, he presents a sectional abearance. I am now stating fact* .You can never tuyte the people on one secyod il agitat'ing candidate against another! sefftitmal agitating caMdtdiate. You.can never ap- j peal t"o*Northern men to abandon their j didate to vote for our sectional candidate. We must > -void, on tjiis jaunt, ‘the very appearance of tvvil. .• llow stands Join# B?1T? Me is not arid never was 1 sectional, ’lie is rind always has been sirtciiy na tional. He* never wtpj an agitator lie has always ! opposed agimgion. Nobly, nobly, Tias lie stood faith- j i.fittly’by tlie setilcnfent of°lS3tr, and the pledges of i :iIF parses in 18Id, and refused “upon any jnetext wiiatever ” to connect Ljmself with Hie policy tfliieli 1 ’ re-opqjied the slavery agitatioy in # 180 t. So, ulsq, Re has always opposed not only Congressional, but aPI kimls of'Jegislative restrictions on slavery. By hi* party, .by his platform, by his life,.by liis record, by rUI llie nob!? qualities wliich mlike liinf a model “statesman, *he repudiates all tfirt-ther slavery and sectional agitation, auiMemands universal td th§ laws of* th°e country, He fills every requisite , of “the* enemies *of Lincoln and tin? friefids of Die i Union. • , o*o o ® bet the South, tiien, ift.oncc with’draw ivery other candidate and unite on Mr.'llell, and speak to the Norfh thus;’ In lieu of your sectio’nal organization, ‘ we otter you a National organization. In lieu of your sectional platform, w"e otter you the Constitution and laws of i uucountry. In lieu of your sectional, agita ting,.™!! split tic an did a] e, we offer you an experi enced. National, Union Choose you by this electio‘which you prefer. This will puttliq, South om'high ground. It would make isfiue of Nationalism .and Sectionalism so plain, that the North, in my opinion, could not resist, anS them ; selves wiaild defeat Lincoln... Hut should the North 0 thus prefer Lincoln, and thereby show a defei;nnna tion’to nbandon the. faithful qbs’ervatme *of ouy ,V*- lionaLcompaci, all the world would adniitoujpright jto retire. .WheiYHie north byVncl* a distinct issie shall prefer fSecfignalisin tp Nationalism, all doubt as to who is right and Who is wrong, tnimt end. Then, not flnly the jvorld, but God hfmfielf, o will smile ap- 1 on*us as lie did upon his faithful servant of old, if wg repeat flie language of •.Vbrnfiayi; *; Let there be no strife,.! pray‘thee, between me and thecf simd between mypeople and thy people ; fo\ we he breth tl.n.” .Separate*thyself i privy fhec,°from me.” * i • * • [CO.MML'NICATED.] . * * Qn?MAS, , (!.v,‘, Oct. 22, IgGO. *j ** Editor Enterprise: T°he track wa* laidVit. Die de .pof on Saturday last, end at niglit tin; hoys liatl it frolic. Tlfe train wilkget i/i here to- night at. 12. o’clock. Regular business of *ll sorts t wjl commence jibout Thursday, l learn, so that the farmers need not lqngsr* delay tlveir cotton". The road is said to be doiri£ a fair business and I hate no dou*ht will be largely increased from. Mi is place. A large force is at work, sufficient, it is Relieved, to grade tho r.oa(f*ns.ftist, as tracklayers wiil want it, betnveen this place and Thomasvvllc.. £uitman i lively atul htvt a business appearaueb. . * Truly yoflrs, . ’ • Visitor. • • ——; — 1 —— .* * • • Mtartlins and lAiportnnt l>i* loaren. 7 Brcclptindge J'arti/ sold out to 1; at coin—Union ■ .* Men E vcrywhePe Read and Reflect. * * . “I predict fpom the signs prountT ny?. that in the , <*vent.of slr. Lincoln's election, his. administration j will have to rgly for suppert on .the conservative se-* .(feilors from the Republican . ranks, joined to the Demo- ■ eratif'party. . And.let ifi* furthermore say, tUat Mr. T.incoln°s<i shreWd and observing man, sees these signs of th 6 times, nncf wiU regrulate his administia ition accordingly. “Ilavfhg taken th oath to maintain ths Uonotitution he will do sft,’ and nothtjig ultra . *, * * //• tci/J hold fast to the Constitution ;. obey and caory into effect the'dcaSions of the Supreme. Court. * ft- * * , , He w'illjdraw around him the Constjlutidnal men of \ every of t the co’Vitoy. * * * Let them (4.1 le • ? e Sta.tes) await with ealmnesi? the onse*. the* ctyirke,.and*the final develojunent ofeliis Admifiistra-* tion.iwid supporting it whenever it deserves their, suppost, and 1 will tamirnntee that he trill achieve an i ’ ration a$ Constitutional , as cojfterrative of Jhe best interests of the country, as that of Fillmore. The •Slave States i’*ore or less, w#uld thus ye*upy* a* tr&e*yosii ion.* nnd-be the means of*| preserving Die Union, (tjid*•;/*steuriny thf.tr’ own just j ng/Ns as equal and sovorrlgn States.” ‘ *.Y. I'. Day Book. • * * , • . | This stalling and strong? declasation is from the Neir York liny Book, a leading Breckinridge .Journ al irithnt State, and a jfaper “largely patronized in the South, tlfe friendly of Buchauanis. Administra. tion. —Egitxville \\hiy*. * .’ • . —* • Important l*©M Ollier IN It will be.seen that at'frr. the licst of. Novem ber all unfiaiU domestic letters arc to lye sent to °the° l)?ad Letter.Offiee : ’* • IMst Office Department, Oct. 8, ’6O. •• ! * “Whereas, by the act oT the 3d Marc'll, 1&55, tl*e postage upon all lgtters.exeefit such a£ are entitled to pass free between prices i® the Uni ted States,, is required to b<i prspa.id; and whereas the Department th/ougli courtesy, lagi •hitherto at considerable” labor ejfgense, no- , tified th§ ]igrties addressed, in all instances in which the writers failed to prepay, that their letters would be forwarded on rfeieving the postaged.e thereon ; and whereas instead of diminishing, the number of such letters con tinue to increase, thus'showing that the omis sion to prepay is°intentionalf it is*therefor£ or ,’dered, that from and after the first day of No- j vember, 1860, all *such unpaid letters be sent to the Dead Letter Office, to be disposed °of in I like hjanner as other dead letters. - ‘ . J. HOLT, Posimaster-General. - ‘ * • *1 IN*. John Bell i*ing • Speak. As ‘Messrs. Breckinridge rfnd have taken •the s’uftnp,’ Mr. Bqll's friends, says the Nashville Ban nrs, have concluded to make an appointment for him. He will, addregs his fellow .citizens of all parties, fry>m J City, on the 4th day of Marti i nertf at l o’clock, p. ml All are incited to a;t*nd * % • ° ° e • Head Quarters, 3d Div., G. M., ) * MilledgevMle, Oct. Ist, 1860. j Sjr: I deeply fegret that 1 ha.ve to report .the Division under my command tis being in a state of complete disorganization; its Regw ments, Battalions and Companies unoSieered fail'd thvir strength, consequently unknown. — incompatible sis may be this state of things with a becouiifig military spirit. 1 fim neverthe less Billy persuadeji tbat.the feelings which have caused rhis result, ae n-i? confined to any par-° section or district, but shat they are ofc prevalence'and will be found to ejist in equal force in every Divison thnyighcut the State. Ppp tfiativ yearn, there has been a con .,** . , o stantiy unceasing spirit pf repugtyince and op position oj> the part of the people t*> the per fwniance of juilitia duty until this fe#lfug has at length become sufficiently 0 virtually, to°subvertthe institution itseU and.todispense with its service as a useless requirement and an unnecessary iiflposition. Such being the deei si®n of popular opinion, it. may be safely asum s ( ed our system Jias failed in its de sign it securing military efficiency, ant) that it ouiiht not {o°be felied on in ijs present inoper-<> ative comlitiQ.n as a means of protection, either in suppressing domestic insiß"rectioii or repey ing ihreigrv invasion. No -one calY seriously contemplate this fact without being fully im pressed with* tjie convitNion thnt- sopie scheme* ugbt to be devised vtfweh would,* in its \esults* operate as a guaranty that an *adequate and available forc6 would always be in readjness to meet any'bmcrgcmcy, bowev-r great or suflden. •Asa peopie, we possess abundantly all the ele jnenis ‘requisite iibr forming not only a yfiod, •but an unsurpassed soldiery.. Our men iire distinguished for fine •physical development, great activity and capacity of enduvai be. for* resolute determiifation and gigit personal gal lantry ; yes these.ljigh soldierly qu'litfrs’ can never be rendered fully effective without mili- 1 tary skiil and discipline. I cun suggest no pbm so*likelvto secure this great desideratum a* the organization of • \’o # unteer Con>panie,.* We* li;i4e..alrea*dy several admirable orps *of this* , dpset ijition. We need, Wmtever, at least twice ‘ or tlji'ice* their jftesent number; a*id, in my i.opftiion, our Legislature should, by its liberal patronage, il” not by its munificence, offer in ducements sutjcicnt for their immediate forjna- Jion. The force which‘wtvuld.be thus lflised by ifts fostering care* whilst, it vyould prgbaldy amount fe) tfen thousand,, would never be less than fife thousand wpll-armcd, wellftiisciplincAl tn<yi, hlwhjs prepared android, to ifnirch at*a ‘moment’s warning whoreverduty might demand their‘pjesmico.* J besc companies wohld be chiefly composed of persons residing in or near our villages and cities, wJiere, in general,,the coivvenient fyoxiipity of railroads would enable fhein to‘be rapidly conoentrated at any desigtta ted*tcnfiezvou.. Xhe.% r alue and importance of a body of di.‘*persed and living in different parts of tho State, can scarftely be over* estimated a mat ns of imparting and diffu sing dirbugfi fiia country that kind of knowl edge hi which we are at presont so sftdly (left- ( oeirnt and‘which would be sq incalculably im port.-Mit iVi our lft)r of trial. Having thus very* briefly pointed out .a nmde which, if adopted, would in a grdat rneasure obviate our present defenceless atCitude. I leave to others the task of adjusting its “details and fashioning its ulti mate organization. 1 am fu[iy sensible that the system which I hve*submitte4 to your consideration can be carried into operation only by legislative enact ment. • Its success will necessarily invojve the ftxpenditujt of money,.and this will create °a necessity of ttixatio®. Taxation, lam equally sensible, is an execrable souud *to tlie ears of mflst men. It is flic vailing cry of flip deimt ; gogue, ntiil ever a.read v argument in his mouth, agauist.all jiyblie a*cts of policy noeding tlie aid of money ; yet vhehufmey necessary to bq,raised ; by this prodess, is infinitely less than dust in. tlic’bulanee, coipptfred vyith the frightful loss aild ruin which hiiglit ens'ue in consequence of ; tlie unfortunate .want of the protective means | which this .amount would furnish. The ques tion very properly griscs it* neierence to tho : diameter and extent of this tax and she mat?-’ ‘tier in whfch.it shall he raised? I would* very.’ respectfully suggest that an ;innual taj of one dollar be unpiwed upon” ail persons subject to do militTa*’duty under oar present law. dliis shcpuM b the. max.iinum rate levied upon all I who-e property diu not feach of dive thousand dollars, finil jts payment finniially should exempt tkcjn from alTfurthcr military, requisition, Vxcept in case rti” wiV. Upon • a{l other persons, whiitspever, .whose property ex’ j ceeded th’rs. amount, 1 would tfcsess the o very 1 Lminutesflin of five cents dpqn every.additional ! fh’ousand dollars of tiieir • propfcrtj. None, I am sure vfilf be’ found so nrggardly parsiiuoni.- jous or so* besely unpatriotic* as to object to this small, very snalf, pittance exacted foi; the pro tection of*himself, his property, liis all. —or be .so monstrotlsly unjust to others, as not to con cede tli? equitable, principle, that those who • have the most,‘exposed to danger, should flon | tribute most to its dtrfence. No pfipole posses sing our great wealth.and .resources, have ever had so*"little cause to complain*of the weiglit of • public burthens; none, certainly,* have,, in a | military p!?nt of vievy, contributed less iu.the sdiape*either of personal services or iqoney to their general security . • From the sources which I have indicated, a milifary fund would b® raised, abund antly suffrcietj.t for all pro.per objects of.expcrt djturc, exce’ph thd purchase of proper inns and* accoutrements. * Upon this subject, my feelings i prompt. iue to go very Tar, gnd [cannot but irliink in a fight.dirfcctioti. would not appro-. I priate a solitary ce’nt of the net proceeds yf ! our llailrofttii any purpose whatever*— edu- I catina], or wjiat not—until we had established i within our borders ;H1 needfuf foundries, armo ries, magazines— until we had with in ourselves all the fit means and appliances of self-defence nJid win- —thns plating ourselves in an independent, self-relying;, .defiant condi tion, neither fearing commotion within® n<fr i dreading invasion without. ‘J rue, there may ; be n* threatening tfcuiger near, rfor present ‘war; but we hear in the distance rumors of war | —and who si.i|il say, in the present distemper ed, fuenzied state of public feeling, it will not , comej’ A period of unbroketj.prosperity °and pullic repose has rendered u overconfi dofit and ctireless of our situation. No terrible cahiuiity lias yet awakened us to a sense of our ins’ecurity. There maybe*the cry o£ peace when there is no peaee. Let us not deceivU .ourselves on this subject. Looking wisely “upon the madness of the b our ) we ®a/ be prepared • for the worst/- AIT the efefnents of civil strife ! and cojmiiotion o are in fearful activity, gnd sol emnly admonish us to look well to our condition. The tkne is a‘t “hand when we should arouse ourselves frotn o our apathetic indiffertyice upon : a subject so vitally important. In my opinion, 1 tlie Legislature, in whose hands ar® confided the safety and wollbqj-ng gs our people, should o 1 not hesitate fur a moment to° acquit themselves of the urave responsibility of their high trust,* ’by boldly and fearlessly enacting such measures as will leave us nothing to fear from liny possi ’ ble CQntuureney. | . J. \V. A. HANFORD, Maj. Gen.. His E*. Joskpii E. Brown, o . CommanJer-in-C’hief, Mrtledgeville, Ga. • . Eilivaril ltirrrll. * , of tfcc*striking: evidences of the politi cal anti moral degenenfcy®of the times, may be o ibttnd in tl\,e unsparing abusS heaped, by his political opponents, upon the head of Edward Everett, one of the ablest statesmen, purest pa triots, and*bcst*men our country has pro duced.’ It sliows the malign influence. that party is sftire to exercise over all who enlist in its service, and especially Jthose who, fro ft 1 pas.-. Sion or interest, degrade Ihemsclves by becom ing its slaves. In its eyes nothing is sacred, nothing right that does-not move in abject sub; ( ordination to its own will, aqd contribute to th'e attain mejit of its ojvn end.. . It has unfprtimately’become the habit of the South to revile and persecute its true friends at tlie nortV and we have no doubt this has had no small part in lessening the number of our friends rti that section of the Union’, and bring* in* the country t© its present deploraliltf condi tion. . In vifcw of.our own policy—or rather the policy of* tsu 1 Democratic majority ♦-how can we expect a different state Vs things ? • . Mover before has there been a more triking CKhibitiqp of this ingratitude and fatal policy, 1 than the cou*se of the sececfmg wpig of the Democratic party in the pending presidential contest. The*Union lijket happens to be”a lifln in tlfc path of this party, and straightway all the batteries of vituperation and detraction are opened upon .the noble statesm*aen who compose it. Joljn Hell, a southern man, a large* slavo*-, holder, and the ablest champiwn of tlie institu- • tidi\of slavery flint has spoken in (Mngross for a quarter of a century, is shamelessly denounced’ js unt-uc to thV South, dnd if sympathiser \4ith j , her cwtftfftl'es * ‘1 he n:cj*wiu> make these ehhre.es , do nyt in their hearts believe tlgmi, ahd we re joice to see that the* slaiftier is recoiling upon the heads of its authors. Mr. Everett^ though being a northern man. twid less knowfi Jo ilie unlettered.masses yf the southern! people, has com£ mi for a still larger sloyu of partisan vin dictively ss and abuse. .This great and upright man, whom e\*cry American should he proud to calj his countryman, is denounced* as nil aboli tiopist, a faifatic and a traitor, and merc’lessly held up to the scorn and hatred of the southern people? \\’hat a shiime upon hqmainr.y Itself ! These revilers.of. Mr. Everetf, who arc, for the most’ part, the* suppliant tools of ptyty, ready •to do its bidding without*a murmur’ in order to givg veu a colvY.of truth to their charges, travel back over the long period 6f twepty threc.years, anti even then can find no ."senti ment tlit was not at the time jield in common by tho entire northern people without regard to party. “There is not a lijje oti recorii which ► proves him timnable to any vjolen? or hoitifte measures agajnst the Though opposed to slavery'in the abstract, he has evet re.cognized the relation of tnastc* and slave t the south, and maintained that it was sfcognized and protected by the constitution of the country, and asfaf.bacb as 1820, we find him proclaim ing in Congress, that notwithstanding, lie was no sold it; r, there was no cause in which he won Id sooner “buckle on hi:? armor and*march to battle, than in a servile war upon* his brethren * of the South*. He .has brewer advocated any measure that*'would produce division between the North'anu the South by’an encroachment on the rights <jf'the States, and notwithstand ing his abstract vi jws in regard to. slavery in* ■ the District* of” Columbia aiwl th<r Terri tofics. lie cheerfully buried them all injhe Couiprom isqof 1850, which the southern States almost 1 unanimously approved, and has ever maintained tlfose’ measures as*a final settlement, in princi ple*and in substahfle,*of thoequostion of slav’ery , and that uflilur ni pretext should*it be allowed again to obtrgde itself upot\ the/fedotaf coifn , cils. He stands j ’st there to-day, and we ask, o , i all truth ami honesty! ought not such a posi tion to to the South ? 8 We l ave but one word mure*to acid. It has bean asked, from a'distinguished source, and flne which Imd.ti*) much of candor and truth to enter the list of Mr* EvereStVreVtlers. Why it was that be had ifever raised his voic® in rebuke 1 ;of the vile famjticisui of the Norrti. VVc have no doubt that the quest iuu was aske'd honestly, b'ljt in ignorance of thfe course of Mr. Everett j tor many, year* past, and we answer it with * equal cwndor. We make no exception when we, say, that no man ’at the North, of apy party, has ;’so often a’nj so eloquently raised his voice and rebuked the fell spirit of anti-slavery as Mr. Eyerett. • Though’ entirely* withdrawn frotn public life,” he has hardly written a letter for pubTieatton, or madft a speech on political af fairs, in which tlic.g’rcuit moral pflwer- of his detractor and his matchless elocftiunce were not brought, in the languag®of earnest entreaVy j and warnin’!:, to hear against these sectional dis turbitpces. . His great oititiyn ft.n Washington, which he lot? pronounced ainidst the p audits of his cojintrytnen. from Maine tcrGeorgia, con tains a rebuke and appeal to Which ImmtMi lan guage, is impotent to add. It is*for his very conservatism that he is driven from office’and denounced in liis own section, now the Eolith is called on to take a part in theftinholy crusade against one of the pares/ and men that any age or country has produced. ° For further views wish regard to the charac ter, opinions, and public services of Mr. Everett ■we reipr tlie remler to an excellent article which we copy to-day .from the 4 riioit Guard. We hope its lengtfi will not de:er one of fltir read ers front giving it a thorough perusal, and then,, goherly pondering’its truth ■‘-Savannah Rep ub/can t * , . *. ***** * — How Ihr .llrn rot.-.l iu ludiaua. * 9 M e copy the following dispatch from the Cificinnati Commercial of tlie 10th ilist. It J indicates who are responsible for the success iof the Republicans in that :—Constitu tionalist. Grkencastle, Oct.*9, 1860. Greengastle Township—J,ane 516 f Hen idricks, 403; Morton’s majority in 1856, 120. Breckinridge leaders and, candidates voted for ! Lane here to day. ° . Wm. Nash, Jr* • The Louisville Journal states upon good au thority that Senator Bright noted for the Black Republican candidate for Governor. • o ° • ■ ■ ■ ■■ ~ o Lre, If you love others, they will love you. If you speak kindly to them ®hey will epeak kindly°to yod. Love is repaid with love, and hatred with haired.~ Would you hear a sweet and pleasing echo, speak sweet and pleasant yourself. In the anatomy of the hand wfi find the muscle by which we shuf ii is ipuch $1 rongerdhan the one by which*we open it, and this ■holds true as to Jiving and receiving. I , *’ % From Correxpo7idencc of fhc Savannah Republican. j , Great 4‘o-o|irrutioii tlrdinj in Atlanta. The People Moving—The Politicians So* Aside—peorgia to be United. ® * • Atlanta, Oct. 18, 18C0. c had a great time here last night. Tlie lion. 15. 11. Hill, maiic a spegeh tmd ugged tun ion—immedi ate action—rhy (<■_#: cm, in view of Ihe re cent elccMonsnit the North. He m.iiigaiiicd that we ; ought to abandorf our temporary (Inferences, and” have a coftimon*lickot insuuclt-d to vole for whatev er man may prifve*hin*self able, by the vo.e ofUeor gia. to defeat the Black Republican candidate—or that each sfiuuld iusfrpct its electors so to vote. A lodou of all parties i Ckeorgia was urged on tho.gr ,und of true policy in the#deetion, and that out; people may be united to meet the fanaticisnrani madness triumph over us at the polls. Penosyhania and Ney York sfioufd know* how we feel on this momentous question, and before if is too late. The speech was a great one and struck home to the hearts of the people of all parties; Jim t IJiavg no power to rive you no tdequan ktea of its eogen ,cy and eloquence. * *. Al/er Mr. llillj'et rr meeting was at once to take into cofisideratioi* the policy ’ad vanced. T/ie hall Mas crowded, and aW parties’ were out l A resolution was (dieted that tlie three Btafe Executive Committees arrange'; common elec toral tjeket out of the ilfrcc now*iu tho field, with the inst fuel ions above indicated. ‘• ’ Mr. Wallace (Biajek.) oppo-ed*the resolution, nirti asked a postponenuSip until {Saturday. „ Mr.’liaskni, (Breeh ).took t4ie floor. lie said ‘Ht was tiuie 1( patriotism to tuke* control of pnrrj-.”— 54'lie whole audience here roared and shouted, and waved their hats and applauded for a long time. — Mr. G. m%dc a glorious apd stirring speech in lavor. ot the movement lTc urged the lieeknn idge pat-iy to go iiilo tUe’nrrangemenl—it was demanded th* > honor of the South aßd.tluosafety ot tlie Union—and openly declared that if tiic llreckiifridge [ijirty oppos ed the movoment and thA Douglas and 11**1 parties •dopted it, the Breokiundge party would be defeat ed, and ought to lie deleated, lor they Were opposing patty to patriotism. 4lis speeth’was of the genuine stamp, aml*recieleit with tbe greatest eir thusiaijm by the•uidicnce. • Ctft. Latham, of DeKalb (Brock. * made an excited and boisterous olfort to the Brcckitfrtdge por ’ tien of tjie meeting lYoifl voting for the resolution ; but Uiey actually iaug/ud ouise/ltl at him Uol. Simmes, /Douglas/ mafic a warm patriotic , spobcli in favot’of the resoluMun. ’ Mr. Wallace’s postpone /really to Hi!) > was voted down. ...Mr. Wallace then tiled another expedient; lie called on,the Breckiu vidge.meu anl .appealed to them lo"quit Lite concern, bifl n wti* 1 il*o *■ calliyg spirits fro’m lliti,vasKleef ’’ —not a man of tfieui leit. Tiie vote was then |aken oft the passage of the •resolution, and* it was parried with a trumendous snout, anel voted tor by ail par ties. * • • ’Thus you see,.Mr. Editor, the ball has staVil and . * w is roll in g in this section, and the independence of the people is proclaimed* ♦.'an you not ufcge it for ward in your sceiiotg and l It us let the*cn bo.rtd and ’the mountains come together in patriotic Union and harmony? U uge it. Gall upon t l*e Executive (.'om iniiteasyo meet and act. ° ,W q want our Ureckioridge. friends tomite with us and make a, unit ’of •die Em pire State ftf the Soutli. If they refuse, audji solve to set up pi*rty as ihebnly god liieli iln-y will wor ship, upon* them fall the coqsequenccs—(4ie Union movement will command the heads ot ■*lie ahd in/heelection swcopTall before it. openly swear they will vole fftr no party wliici* op pose the movement. _ * o o ’Voiirs, &c... * * * , FtLTO.V. TT W - - . The (rrepreasiblc C'oifllict in the North. • • I o The “Wide Awake,”or llepubhean processions at tlie Nortli, lufve, on several occa.-iotis!” met with trouble ii\, tlieir clemonsti ailons. The present ex cited slate of political feelirtg is calculated to create difficulty at Troy. N. V. On Siit*urdny* night la>t,” the *• Wide Awakes'.’ were out m proces.-iorf with their unique uniforms, banners, torches, tlieir march wag attended wiilt many inconvenien ce. Very frequently roclw and oilier annoying commodities xvefe projected into’their ranks—free fights were incidenftilly indulged in on o tTie flanks and in the rear of the procession—aiOj moved on, marching and fighting.’ t mi! the whole, concern was precipitated into a general row. The “ W ide Awakes’’ used the®’ white pine Idaffc and blazing tor dies in the’melee. until the sniffs and torches were Exhausted : a mfyorjly ofDheir heads “were broken; sundry teeth *knoeked ofit ; ’atid filter a hopeless contest, they dispersed to tlieir respective homes. •About one’hundred of tio W file Awake's” caps, numbers cf the lamps, many of their bankers,* mid other par.j|)lu*nialfi of tl*e* procesaiun, were t/ieu consumed in a public bon fire. ©liver Wendell lloln’as vividly describes death thus; ‘t By the silliness of.ihf leifnires by the blackness of tlie tearless ©ye, bf the fixed .ness of the smileless mouth, by the deafening tints, by.tlie.contracted brow , by the flilating ’tio-tf if.* w.* k*iow that the syi’l is soon to leave its notrial tene ment. and is already dosing its windows and put* ting out its lives. ° o o • * • .Inilginy Horses by C'ofor, Dr. Nash, presents the following londtisiUns, he , says as the relqlt of long experience ’ami observa tion : * * • • Sorrell, or cliesnut, with white feet and head, are marks of kindness, iffluoml ’find “fujl l.eiticeti the eves he can be depeniletf.on.as a horse of good sense and*capable of being’trained to anything. He is not one to stand to whip, however it Well fed A deep bay, withdu* i* white hair indicates ’ horse oii great* bottom, but rather y-icky nnd un safe* A black hors® Cifnnot irf.inil heat, nor • white one cold?. White about the head—the more the bgttfr —indicates docility. Some*suppose the ored horses belonging to cireusses, shows \c., wero selected for their oddity—not so, tlie selection vuis made on account of tlieir great docility nd gentle ness. * * . The man that don't advertise has got his a • store hun/; till around with sLwigles and pieces of barrel heads, inscribed, in lampblaeL with Ir sh l'ertateas,” “ Korn Meel,” “Flower,” “ AwJ kinds of Kuntry prodobse.” “ T\a!4ker” and “ Kandles,” “ Fof Sal Ilerq.” H c , 8a )' 8 . “ Thar ain’t no sencq in tniflspaper advertising, so long as a man is smart ’enough to tend to his oyn business, and kin stand at the dore *and hoTler # the tellers in I” lie has j-t made a “big speculation.*-Hearing that the crop Imd entirely jyn o*)t,’’ lie Ims engaged a,lot froyt the \\ ®sf aP one dollar atu^. thinir (Umis per bushel ! Won’t he open his eyes when he fintfc his neighbors* who dn° take the papers, ®elling it at ninety cents ?—Middle Georgian. 0 * ® •. •••* \) hnl .llnlim RlniJ, Itn'piiblirnin*. The following extract Irom a letter in 4he o Eulaula Express shows how the Northern mas ses are controlled and by their party leaders political tricksters and detuagjigues, who abuse their franking, privilege by circula ting the most abominable scurrilities upon the •Syuth, untier the guise of l'ub. Doc. “ Every’*politieal movement is sustained by tracts. The populace read bu/ seldom, if ever, anything but a spurious account ot political af fairs. A volume* would scarcely contain the letter? which are circulated as the genuine pro ductions of Washington written against slavery. The Society of “Good Templars,” a©e collect ing thousands of dollars for the’sale ol *“ lletp er’s Crisis.” There is scarcely a poor laborer in New England hut has given, or will give, to that hook. He is appealed to in the most soul stirring manner to give to a dhuse which he is assured will open to the poor of the North tho whole of the uncultivated lancls in the South’ in less°than ten years. ° • , John Jacob Astor is now bowed with the wei^htk of 70 years. Hj has been for years a hopeless im ’becU®. * o