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I.I’CIV* >• EDITOR,
THOMAS GA. \
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Vinntolv. , J VMERBEIt 7. I *#o
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Constitutional Union Triumph in Thomas-
Tkc InU'lligcucr <*f ihr l‘i upir Prorail*.
• The elfitioß here jest jay was os f un
paradcled harmony, peace ai*d quietude reign
ing throughout. A glorious victory was aehte
•red lyr Qell and Everett, over the Breckinridge
and Dougins parties, polling .• majority of
three over fatotb. When it i> remembered th
the democracy have beoaa in the. habit f cSrry
. iog Thomas* by majorities ranging from 75 to
100, the yesterday f- r Bvi ami Kyofett
will be appreciated. The intelligence of the
• jicopje triumphed over party prejudfee, and
conservatism f>v r disuni < ni.fm. ami that ivitli
. outa hard fought battte. The follow in* i.s the
• result at the vartou# precincts in the county :
• li*i* Bteclainridge. D^nrltg.
Thomas ville, *... 291 238... *26
Seventeenth 58* 74 ;i
Duncanville, . 9 *34 ‘.ft 1 ... 1
Qjasgow 9 53 53 •. 1
Muruhey'a 24 10 2
Ocklocknec. .* 21 21 * 2
Aucilla 16 IS*.
Consolidated Return. —B*ll 100; Brcckfn
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inridge 402; Douglas 34* Bell * majority ovyr
Breckinridge, 37; over Breekitiridgfs and 4>ou-*
glas both, 3.
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As the political campaign js new ended
and we havc..but little fear of a “dissolution of
Ihe inion,” notwithstanding* the formidable*
threats the enemies of the foundry, ws ex
pect the Kxtkui'kise to.continuo*in existence,
and now, laying aside polities, we will eudea- !
vor to pay more attention t® the literary °de-.
partment, and which we hope tft make more
acceptable to all our* readers. .It /hay‘seem,
folly to sorae*shotff sighted, narrow Crained, or
puffed up self conceited people, hearing us
Hiking about literature in.a smyll weekly, pa°-
per, published in tire count'//; but foolish as
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it may seem, thes<? small country papers often
prove prodigies engines in*'.moulding public
opinion, and everything “gets behind without
them. We have often met wi*h*excellent iite-.
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rature yi very small volumes, and strange to
•ay, Ihe very best alias (so rare) are oftepest
found in the smallest compass *Like gold.
they are, to be sought in out <*/ tfte way places,
.whene flic foof ©f the sluggard never treads.—•*
lie, therefore, who will not see them in a nar
%
toic comjgiss will be very vipt to overlook them,
in a wider field- The larger .literary journals
#f the .country, with all vine respect to them we
•ay itj are obliged to paiblish a great deal of j
lnalter to fill up their.thirty ‘columns, and the
leader must therefore sift ?i great ileal of chaff,
to get tlic scattered grains oT wheat. 5 ,-vek’
thtless, the* furnish an Immense aintmht of
valuable infor*nati*in, aiui we shall always com
mend .tKem* to the reader, when properly con
ducted. •**..* • *
We don’t wish t® be understood as turning
our attention entirely away from the affairs of
the*country, for that ,w can never do*\while
Conducting a public jouiyial. Wc shall write
•ur feelings‘and opinions otj all subjects when ,
we chink proper, as heretofore.
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• • PH’ KIC. •
•Last Friday was a pleasant day foj the pic
aic #t Cuniby’s Ferry, .and jthe young ladies*
and gents, who assembled there, as wcH as those
of a mir§ sflbcr age aud condition, fully appre
ciated jt, and were ajl in the right* humor for
enjoyment. To us the time waS.vjery pleasant
ly whiled away, but to sjmc others, we thought,,
much more so. A liver picnic, where th<*rd “
are stgep And mo*sy banks, wavirtg fbrests of
evergreen, piurnmring water*,, singing birds
floiAtyf and rich viands for the appetite*,'how
ever averse th*; last named may be to mingling
With romance, is a favorite resort of Cupid \fith
his ipipltnicnts of warjtind many victories Jias
*e Won upon these delightful fields. TV*! ob-,
served him, (subtle fellow on this occasion,
busy layfng jus snares, then hiding in umbu-h,
now showing himself as a bold warrior, agirin
shighly retreating and then tantalizingly.allow
ing himself to We almost Raptured,but again soar
ing upon liberty’s win*:,* only t© return the
next moment to renew the .assault. The clwip
.had tdb irons in.the fire to dabble in *>ur
wffairs, and oY course we had ample opportuni
ty t§ note liis movement*..*
a.votiieit (;n 11018 E m’ir*\r.
It is reported to us that a gin hou*c was*
\>urnt on the Micosukie lake, T.eon countv,
00 7 * 7
on Sunday evening last aboul d-o'h. lh
longing to the estate of Charles lleTiry, and
that one hundrodpand eighty bales of cotton
were destroyed in the*conflagration. It \> be
lieved to be the work of an hcendilrr, and
, perhaps a part of the sanft Abolition plot allu
doif to by communication in our last issue.
The gitizens along the Georgia and®Florida
line should give the matter a close investiga
tion, and hang the fire and swqr3 dealers upon ,
the Dearest tree.”
ointebVai.opv *°*
. Jlr. Henry has opened* an Oys- ;
ter Sabon on Jackson street in llu’ise
opposite the Post Office* We have looked ‘
around in his estuljifehmeikt, and find hfk ar
rangements complete for the business. Fresß
Oysters and other luxuries will be served up
by him in fine stvle upon the shortest” notice.
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4 Special Ditputck to tkc Rcpuhlicnn.
Wiaalr ®l lln- Hoitiitior.- Hcpublituy (IruiOM
xtratioii.
Baltimore, Nov. 2.—The Republican pro
ce e . : i meeting here la-t night was finally
t>rc- n up and dispersed by the exasperated
outsi i The speakers were pelted with rot
ten £ggs and yelled and hid out of counte
nance. ft required two hundred policemen to
protect the niggerites from violent personal in
jury. Some of the nigger-worshippers were
badly brick baited, wd ti.CS whole concern was
finally put to route
Instructions to our Legislators.
The tlfttmj on kalH daf
a As tJje clectiou is r;u\v ovo\ it i* not impor
taut that we should • cr notice of the
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Bell antj Everett Meeting held in Thomasville
on Ifeßt Saturday, than simply to alltftle to its
further hearing npon matters not’connected J
with the Tuesday election. It is sufficient to
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sav that the meeting was well attended, influ-1
ential men of all tlwee of the parties being
present, and listening with interest to the
; which were made by*Messi%. Dyson
and Alexander. Tiie speech of Mr. Dyson
was principally jutrodnetory to what followed. *
delivered in *hls usually pleasant style, and
with good effect. ?!*• important speech bf tbo
! occasion, however, was delivered by J. li.
Alexander, 1 .-<*, and w- can truly say we have
heard no speech more convincing, eloquent, pa-
Jri-'tic 3nd conscrvatfve dtrring the campaign.
He was*list*ened t* with tin; most profound at
tention, fl, 1 htt exalmncd the issues before
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the country,, traced the c-au-A of the present
■ existing political evils, reviewed ‘the history,
aims.-md objects of tlfe eandidafes beforethe
country for the Preydeiicy,* and appealed in
eloquent, strains to jentiment
, of a patriotic people.* •
At the conclusion of his •peech, tin* sub
ject of a.coifnty conventidli, so? the purpose of
instructing our*Rej in the Legis
- latuj-e, having before been brought to nottce,
Mr. Alexander ifttroduiJod the following lTsolu-
which were unailimously adopted: .
• I£(-moImioiK ttfac Con.lltutioual :i
----•<•1 ol'fhomax 4 oimlv on Natw. *
day, Xovt inbrr Ad, ISGB. ,
The Unjustifiable interferent-e *>f the North, <
with the .institution of Alrican slavery as it ex
lists in our midst, calls for some action <pf a very
decided and retaliatory character, as a n>easure*
l ot defence and resistanot-.* Believing, as we
do, the institution 4 1 be of divine (Jrigin, and
intended as a benefit to both, the white and
black race, and recdgnized.by the A’onstitution*
wf the l nited States as our political right, we
cannot refrain from expressing our
condemnation of the Northern people foi; their
pernicious iotermediing with it; especially as
in 90 dfiing thgy violate tfiejr piighttJd faith,
and strive to set aside*tlie vefy* highest g[)uliti
•wl obligations wh*e*h ran b(?imposed upon*any
people. Iffifly to deprive us oC an equtri.
•enjoyment ot the common property in the ‘
ritories belonging to the United States; they j
taunt us with social and political inferiority be*
cause of the institution; they haVe resisted tin*
enactnlei t of judicious laws by ’Congress bar
.the recovery of fug five slaves; they have by
force and violence resisted t!*e*execution ot*
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sufth’laws when pal(g.l by Con-n they have
Irt counter legislation, in some of their State i-
Legislatures, nullified *and made inoperative ;
laws of Congress parsed for our protection,
wTiich lav v g were called for not only by the spi
rit but letter of the Constitution of the 7.nited ,
States; they have usqd the Dost Office depart*
ment the Fedefal.tiovernment to .Liroulate
incendiary publications; they lugve, by their
inva Kd tsoutluan soil amt® endea
vorcd.to corrupt our slaves and exgittf servile
insnrrcctton; they .have qpgamzed themselves
into tb treat sectional party for the avowed pur
pose of getting; control of the Federal G°overn
lnent, and so wielding jhepowiy thus squired
s to umke us politically inferior to them, and
placing us socially b&ucath them. In short
they have lion*’ everything against* ps tjiev
could dw with impunity, hud have omitted to
do evr*ryt4iing they werh.boului to do whfeh
recognized our political* inequality..:Sueh ,L*‘-
ing tiffi case, it is necessary that some mod® of
ucftjnce And i'osistanee should bo adopted.—
We oliject’to secession’ now,® because if a re-”
tugdy at ;*!!, i4*is not sucli an one as meets i he
ease. I >\ seceding wc woldd surrender our In
terest in the public la Ads, U* a just proportion
of which we arc.ontitleif. W’c would suvreu'’
dor our interest in the public Treasury; wc
would siurcnder our interest in the Federal
.army'aiid all the ’pubfie connected
therewith; be would surrender our interest
m*the Navy and all the public property con?
mccted therewith;.we woukh.suvrender our in
terest in the District of Columbia, tin* forts
abut arsenals all ovt'r thJ Union; we wouldsur,
render ti*e Capitol with all its archives and re
cords; wpukl tclease the Federal Govern
ment from all the pecuniary collations it i j
| under tp us. * Indeed secession furnjshes no re- j
medy for existing evils,, nor* defence •
*t.hatre threatened, hut would be pract*- ‘
1 eally a surrender to our eifpmics. The irapor
| tant question arises, what then shall be done?
•\Ve answer, fall bfiVk upon the reserved rights
of the States, and *4opt such.measures inside
the Union as she necessities of the case require. ‘
“ThS powers not .delegated to the United i
State* by the Coustftution? nor prohibited by it
to the Stafes, are reserved to the States respect- !
ively or to the penile, #nd The enumeration ii
tin* Conjtitittion of certain rights shall not. be #
construed to deny or disparage others regained !
• by the people;” and it is conceded bf all Jhat
qfich State has the power to pass such laws as
she may think proper to the morals,
hcaltji or safety of the community.®* ‘-.On the
same principle by whih a State may prevent
thei°introductioB o of infected persons or g*ocds
and articles dangerous t the persons or pro
perty ol its citizens, iT may exclude those who
will add to tho burdens of taxation, or who i
will oorvupf the morals of flic people. This
whole sulject is *iece*s:wilv connected with the :
internal police of a istate, no item *of which has I
to any extent been delegated to Congress, eve
ry bnyich ot which has been cNfepted from
*the pt*oly bit ions on the States and is, of Course, f
included among their reserved powers.” —
♦Therefore, * • °
li'.adred, Tltat injthe absence of any betttf
plan, we suggostThat the Jfldfciary Act of this
, State ought to be so altered and amended as
to reijuire that “in all suits brought in the
Courts of thy State on contracts made after the
first day of January next, which contracts are
uiiftle in, or for any goods, wares’ or merchan
dize to be forwarded any one of what are
usually called the Free States of the Uniorf,
the writ shall be filed in the 4 roper office and
served twelve moirths before the appearance or
docket term <4 the case, that two years shall
then chips^before the judgment is rendered,
t.’.id the defen’laiit shall, upon application, be
allowed to stay execution twelve months with
out security; and tiiat to iineet any temporarv
inconvenience which migi t resultTbercfrom to
our own people, the Staje ought to unite at
; once with such of her citizens “or incorporate
companies as may agree thereto in the estab- j
Jifhmcnt of a line of Steamers bet weep
nail and Europe to aid in the establishment of
a direct’trade. o
2d. Resolcnl. That the people of those
St.-.t-'', wh'i.v Leeislattiros have passed Perso- °
nal Libery lii 1 Ws. or other bills of like charac
ter, intended to act practically as a nullifica
tion* of the Fugitive Slave Law in their finite,
. and to prevent the owner from the recovery of j
his fugitive slaves, except at great hazard and
• expense, ought ty be prohibited from coining
.into this State at all, until tl*ev shall tirst have
uindl application t<> the Governor, and furnish- 0
.ed him .with satisfactory evidence that they
are sound, conservative law and order men,
and obtained from hiui a j • rmit, and the vio-.
• iatiou of such law ought to be prohibited by
proper pains and penalties. ®
3<j. Resolved, That our Senators and Be
presentatives be requested Jo bj-ing this sub
ject to the notice of Phe Legislature in such a
way as they may think most advisable. • *
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From (hr yfc*c Yot k Express ‘SPfh. •
letter I’rout 3Kou. IS. 11. Hill, of (U oryin.
We are requests! by softie of our city fri.ends
to call.attention to the fallowing important let
ter. Mr. Hill wa* the late Union Whig and’
An.* iacau candidate for (.Jovernor, and is one
of the ablest men in?the State: ° .
• Ga., Oct. 17, 18G0.
lu the hdih&s <>j the hi.vpre . *
• k our letter was this moment handed me.—
As lyy views on the subject mentioned aVe ful
ly formed, I will answer you at once.
The end of every duty *t tlys moment i can-’
dor. You “speak the truth when you say'th’e
recent election new* has produced a profound
sensation ip the South. AYc “liai'e no* expect
ed such'results. •
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lam a J nion man; have ever been so. I
am a private citizen ; never held.an office, and
really never desired one.* My®only connection
witU politics hay hail the purpose to break*.the
force of.populan.efrors. For this reason 1 op-
posed the Kansas bill. 1 have battled agftinst
sectionalism ai;d slavery agitationalways. This
agitation North and South I liavp ever regarded
*as hawihg no principle but dei?agogqeisfti; no
ptjrpi se but niii. p, iinif bo end bftt disunion and.
civil w>r. I supported Mr. Fillmote because 1
thought he was the vary atitagoTiisnf of all ex-*
tremes. 1 am, with all my heart, supporting
Bell and Everett, because 1 beli<®?g they repre
sent the litovement which is tlie embodiment of
and the only remedy for sectional
tUscord. • • . .
•This will* satisfy v*cry man that* [ am no dis- |
unionist.—no alarmist, and incapable of indulg
ing an empty threat.
f answer to your esteemed letter, and.know
ing Ttmr own practical business habits and your
identity.*vith the wal .interests of the country,
| I will speak honqst convictions *"rattier .than
wishes. • • .
The Northern people are mistaken. Many
t)f our Union speakers and papers are miylead
ing the public mind of the North. They have
taught that Mr. Lincoln'*election, will nqt en
j.dangvr this 1 nion. They will not be sustained
By results. They may prove by a technical ar
gument th-.ft resistance would be. wrong : but
1 *<hoy cannot prove, from thfc condition of pub- f
. l*c sentiment, that the passion of thy hour wilt,
heed that argument.
„We do not fear Lincoln; but we do fear the i
fanaticism he represents, the sectionalism tliqt
will triuuiph’in his election the passions !
wliirth his suoeess will engender. The Penn
sylvania election is weakening the faith of .our
•strongest Union, mop, We do i*>t like* tlp<?
current that is bearing us on, °bur we are be-’
ginyiug’fo feel that we will go with it* because
we must.. .Men are enquiring wfliat is the mat-
Iterftvitli thousands of old Whigs North ?
Where are such men as Corwiji and Peuning
*<fti ? ft\*hy do not they* support Mr. *Bell ?
*Ls lie not National f iTas h# not always Been
so? I>id lie ever pander to a single* sectional
feeling? Nchcr‘l Then why *lo they prefer
Lincoln? Why \till not the Democrats sup
port *3l r. Douglas iti the North ■ To, these
questions we of the Soutlf any beginning to feel
( there is but onb.answer, and that is—Because
the Nortfc prefei\s*SV <■ Fiona litni'to Xatinnalism
—an anti-slavery -platform* 4o the Constitution
| of” the Country.* T* confirm this will show us
to be two people, and separation inevitable.
W hen our Estate scciyirs we are going jvith®
her, whether wo*wish*or not. can*t help
it! We can’t tight our brothers*and neighbors
j to”preserve by force ft union with n peopje who
j prefer a platform that condemns as to a C<MSti
] tution°that protects us. If bur Northern peo
ple believe°patriotic 17nion speakersoand papfirs
I of the Qpuntry, tneywill fie wofully mistaken.
It is possible that The masses* of the .North
j will nyt reason? .Do.they believe tlfat, we will
* accept* terms of Ufiiftn flow lyhkh* even‘out pa
triotic fathers selected ? Xo gratffy ;* mere par-*
: ty feeling and promote men who excit* their
! passions, wilDtbey endanger the 4'onfederacy ?
How can the Union;live by force ? Hpw can
, a man. administer this Nation in weaee who
says its par*s are irrepressibly conflicting ?
Tlie North* cart fyave this Union or fcheran
destroy it. Tha power is afi with her. We
iweiii a minority. \\ can eldbtnoinan. W*e
canjt say who sbatl l*e president. T’u4 our peo,
. pie e;m and will say thorn Jhey will °obey.—•
We Union men of the’Suuth have don%*all *vc
can do. #ThC issue js with tlie North. In Ijeu
of an anti-slavery platform* # we tff'er them the
Constitution*.of slie country. TJie° South i/
reftdy t*i unite on either of these, and ttie Nyrth
yiay.say which. We are ready for peace *to
take either Bell, Douglas or Breckinridge.—
Our people will nevgr offer better, nor submit
.to less. • •
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If the North wiU still abide by the Constitu
! tinttAi.d laws, we shall continue ttwlac as we
wish to be, one people. If the Nrth \yill not
so abide, we shall be what we must be, two peo
! p ,e - • . . . .
?t is no use to deceive ourselves. • It is foily
*to shift our eyes. It is destructive to mistake
the real issue of I’uis Canvass.
I know the North is under the ftnpression
there is no danger r J,hey have been tauht to
ffielß've so. ° Southern speakers oftenVa
pored foolishly, (and they thiidv it is so now, )
l repeat they are mistaken. A Union man
warns against, because he sees the danger.—
J’as.sion is up. Safety is in Nationalism'alone.’
Danger Is in Lincoln most certainly. ®
o M ould that’our Northern friends and ene
mies too could see, as i have seen during the
last week, and hear*our best Union men speak
; oi’ the ’result of the recenkelections.
If there is a Union man in the North voting
for, Lincoln, he is mad. #
Asa Union man I have written this honest
warning. Asa Union man I shall votft; in No
vember. Asa Union may I *dudl hope°lbr the
right. °
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I Asa Southern man I shall mee 0 t the army, ,
t and go with my State. 0
Verv truly yours. 0
B. 11° HILL. !
Siiil mill Falnl Arfiilrnl on llio <;ult’ Rond.
ilnxiiuri 9 Killed.
We regret to record a painful accident, which
° occurred on the (JulV road, near station No. I*.
Tuesday morning “la.-t. The freight train of
down and left at the turnout, t.wo |
open- lumber cars, which were subsequently
pushed on to. the main track and down to the
Saw Mill, a few hundred yards beyond the sta
tion,.for the purpose of being loaded. Thy*
done, the mill hands allowed the°yars to remain,
•expecting the <kown passenger train Tuesday
morning to push them back to the gtation aifd
on the turnout, to he brought to the city by the
next freight train. Jhe passenger train relied
on fur°tliis purpose, was Station No. 9 at
°7 : rr <l. Mi., hut it appears tluuat the time of
arrival, an impenetrable fog sfirouJed. every
thing from view, and tlye loaded cjtrs were not
observed until riifl engine Jnu\approaHicd, un
jder lull headway,* to within a hundred yards of
the obstruction. The Eftigin*er, My. Wjlliam
(Jodfrey, perceiving that it was impossible
I to avoid ft collision, with great*prosc°nce of inintf
reversed his engine, put *d*o*wu tlie breaks* and*
j taliped for the grouni, as did also the firemen
who were with hitn at the time j> or at least both
attempted to leap, as* will he.seen hereafter. ••
The engineer acted suffieieSitly fjuiek in the
reverse movement ttf avoid an utter destruction
of tin? train; as ik was® tlie smoko, was
dashed off, the flue lwad hattired anJ Vfriven
in, and the locomotive otherwise damaged.—
J hP Express ear* immediately hciiind the ten
der, was completely crushed. Bnt poor God
tfrey; ala*! the leap he took to save his own
life caused him to hiseit, in falling he struck
some hard substance, fritcturing life spine, arol
received othfir ivijuites which caused li ini *to
linger a few hours in greaj ’agony, when lie
liquid relief ifi death. # The circumstance js in*
.deed a painful one, for a*ide from the waivn at
tachment his aeifuaiutange, and his fellow sol
diers, the OyU’thorpe Lir/ht Infant ly, Udt for
him, he was the object of atfectiotl at
hotue and the of four devoted sisters,
wffio are left to mourn his sudylaii aud ytlliicting
end? . . . .
Singular Jo rclaty\ one. fireman*, who.was on
tli** engine with Mr the same idrta
jpf selfepyeservation, ay*! alsiy made an attempt
to jiimp, hut his pantaloons hccyme entangled
in somctlrtng ayd his effort failed until the shock
was over, and.his®lift) has*safe. Another.swc
dbeded ia jumping and came safe to the earth,
cytcbpt a lqw indbnsiderahl: bruises. . # .
We hear tliat Presrdertti Screven and Super-*
interyient Fulton repaired immediately to, the
scenq of lhc° melancholy accident, and did
everything in tliei? power so? the oomfort us
the suffSryr. .
“The Unad is’now (dear, aftd Ijains are malt
ing regular trijiß. —Savannah lirp^Uicai * I>7.
instant*. ’ . •
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* .11 .'iHOiiir llrniil .
This Grand body ckeseii its t Vnhual Commu
nication in this ciJy, on last .evening having
.discharged all the business brought hefore it. *
The llcmova} Question has*bcen* settled in
favor of Macon, by a decisive majority Unam
•the cepoii of’ the Cpmmittec hn the subject we
learn that 128 Subordinate Lodgos Voted agitinst’
o #
removal, Go in fat or and 38 were uniifstructeS.
On the vofh taken in the Giiind Lodge *74 were
in favor of removal ami D>B against it.*
The fallowing are tlie Officers clcctc*d and
installed for the ensuing MaSonicuyear:
AY. g. Bock well, M. AY. G. Master.
Sami. D. Irvine} l*t Dist. It.® D. G. M. •
( John Harris, 2d u . “ “ “ V .
’AY. W. Boyd, i)d • “ “ “ “*“
1). K.*Butler, 4th f
R. T. Turner, Senior Gr. tVarden. . .
AY. A. I jOvc, Jutiio* ‘‘ ~*•
J. Jy. A\*eHs,‘Grand Treasurer. •
S. Bose,’Grand Secretary. * .
4>. B! Grand Senior Deacon. * • *
iP>. 11. w est, Grand .Junior Dgacon.
AY. B. Jones, Grand Marshall.
F. 11. Mitchell, Grand Pursuivant.
N. Anthon, (*rarid ChapUiin. ; ,
p. S. 11 unison, Ist Gmnd Steward. .
D. G. CaydlrT, 2d “ . “ * * *
Mac AV. Huff, M “ ••
J. A . Grier, Grand Tyler. • |
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Tlie Nyno'l oi 0
The Synod of Georgia iif hold its annual
meeting in the first Pre’bytqrian P’liurcli of
€T)lumhu3 Ga., on AA r cdncflay the 13th of No
vember ueftty at seven, o’clock j\*M.
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( The .\ul!iiul° of
Figures arc botli curiops and instructive. —
•The ittuns as*stated below illustrate .the liuui
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ner in which this great debt lnts’benn accumu- 1
luted, and fdiow for what objects these immense
sums Have bqen expended. How strikingly is
here® deftionstiy:ed tUe* tiftiflf iff the forewarn-j
ings .of the prophet Samuel to the Isralites, !
when*they desised a kinw, that he woyld prove
an espcnsivi; article of luxury See 1 S;tm*.,
viii, 18 -fS- ‘AYhenwvill nations fearn wisdom?
The first kJig, who borrowed money on the
national credit was Charles 11, in 1060. * •
I€GB—On4h accession of Wiuiam 111 0
Uheßlellt .'jinounteil to JBGt3O,OQD
17U2—On llie accession of Queen Anne ®
the debt amounted to i % W,500,000
I(l4—Mfn the accession of George I the
debt amounted to ?.. 54?000,000
4749 —At Gift end of the Spanish the ®
debt, amounted to ?• 58,000,004
,1763-*-At of the Seven Years’ °
•War the debt afhounttrti to..* 199,000,000
J7BG —Three IJears after the Americftn .
war the debt amjipiued to 268,000,000
1798—Close of* Irish Rebellion and for- *
eigu wars the d®bt amouted t 0... 402,500,040 ‘
1802—( lase of the lircnch
0 . • ary ai 11*® 4ebt amounted to*... *71,000,000
1814—Close of TVar against Roijaparte
ii tliqdeU* amounted to k . • .... 865,000,000
*Bl7—AVfem tho. English and Jrish Ex- . • .
• chequers weirt; consolidated the
debt amounted to 4 81ft,282,-f47 .
IB6o—The debt amounted t 0.... *£40,181,622 <
1840-jj-The de4t amryinted to ,®. 789,678,720
1845-jrTJhe dgfibaiqoijDtedftft *...*...! 768,789,241
IB6o*—The debt amounted to., |7^,022, 638
18-7y—Close of the Russian War tfie * . . ‘
* delt amounted to 800,p00,000
• This imonetise debt of about Sd.fipO,ooo,ooo
has been fm’cumulated mainly hy 0 the bloody
wars in which England has? been engaged. —
I his fearful legacy has been bequeathed to pos
terity for them to pay, if invlced they are able.
The annual interest, though only 3j per cent.,
is a fearful burden to°he borne, not by the aris
tocracy, hut by the laboring, the producing, the
energetic and active part of the population. —
Hence, everything is taxed to pay thq interest ‘
•and sustain the extravagances of lloyplty.
.‘ls your horse fast?’ fnquired a* A'ertnont
Iforse deiler. Beats ’all creation.’. ‘Good bot
tom ?’ ‘ He’s all bottom. AVhv, I drove him
si) far one day tlait it took me two days to get
him back again.,
O 7 o
% *-••• .
“Mr. Somerset why don’t you get maVried ?” j
| “Because I am too modest to ask any young la- j
: Jy to turn a Somerset.” °
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■On flnnagenriit in Farming. •
One defect in s me of the younger farmers of
’this day, is w.uit of good* management. ‘J liey
begin their errors, perhaps, by buying too much
, laud, and running into debt for it. ° An?i this
misstep they follow up by other misjudgments
\in buying tools, cattle, seeds, manure, etc. No
sooncs Jo they begin jtheiryear’s work, than tjie
interest on their borrowed money begins to ac
cumulate ; it rolls up, day after diTy, in rain aiyl
sunsliwiu, Summer :wid AA’inter,® and it eats up j
*ii small part of their earnings. They get dis- ■
couragcd, aftfl, a consequence, work less hope
fully, ltfes cnergeticafL*, and with less .success.
|* Somebody lias remarked that in England,*
where ’tyxes are laid upon everything, it costs
about as much to rent a farm, as it dobs in this j
country to buy one. . This compels t?ic farwier
to he very economical, industrious, and careful j
in* his management of Till fife of his j
year’s work. Not a particle of manure is suf
fered to l*o oufc in the sun amt rain, or’to leaeh
oft’ intn tlie brooks. .Not a square foot of ground
Is °allt.wed to 4ie fUle, certainly.flot to grow nox- !
ious Weeds. hired hand* or member of
the “family, who does not keep buyy at work*,
contributing something, dircQly or indirectly, 1
to the* general stock qf income. These
oftr brethern in tlie old country are compelled
. to tlu, to live at*all* by farming. “No\\, why
should not we something like it from choice,
and in hrderfto “prosper? i'ouhtlesj, it is so’mo
times wise and necessary to* farm with borrowed*
money, hut it is ofte’n a— ‘
Better ®work on *a. little smaller scale, and use j
inoje management, jhan aMcmpt a great deal at
ionsidcrahle risk. That spectre of debt will
haunt the farmer fifty andjiight, and rob him
of much of his peace. I,'mvisc it certainly is.
for the farmer to buy mflre land, than he needs, j
*to pay for it more than it is worth, and to npin
°age it with‘po skill at’all. First let him sit
down asifi compute how many acres he actually
needs, how he will work them, and ho\j much
they are sure to return in profits;* then, let him
tliinli seriously of purchasing. Nor lt l*m
forget That lie will want monjby also ffiTr imjile
meuts,*stock,.seeds, hired help, rtte,, an’fi soufc
U4i*l up against “;i ra*iny day.” If these thiflgs.
;ire all taken into the aecouqt, lip will he some
• wliat cautious in his investments ii* land.
*By all means,'det nothing he don inc a lwasty
aqfi thoughiless manner, taking it fo* granted
that, sortie how flr other, all will turn ®ut*wi®ll
in the end. Success will*not conic hv accident.
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of o Ol<l IVctvspapci-ji. .
thousand jumnds sterluig have recently!
been oflertjd.ili London fora wniplcte. set of*
the Tyncs newspaper, for a public liljrifryat
Mrtlbciirnc in Australia,hut without success.*—<•
Thtf fact is an instance ufqtli?; risitig importance
of the tilings, that, at tho> moment, seen only of
ttivTal value, scarcely, worth preserving hut
which to succeeding gcncrationiafford the nips*
autjjientic sources of* knowledge eonccrning.tlio
“form and pressure” of thcir.timc. The.*Brit
; • tish Museum now collects pm? preserves any,
th*irtg; and *lie Bodleian*LihraXy,* which [after
j much j deliberatiyn, and in the exercise of a
, .judgiitcnt no doubt considered sound a’t the
tiuiej Aas hxpiessly debarred ’by its fuuuder
! fia mi admitting tlie vain and trival light lifera
! lure of ilu* date of its ‘formation, now and to
puvhasc*thc six-penny amUshilling plavs;uifi
! pamphlet* of that day at prices from <A i to
Jffso qach. * . *
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• Viornizo
On one occasion ke took the liberfy, while*
preaching, to denounce a rich man ii the ueoifi
j muhity recently deceased. ‘The result was an
arrest, a trial lor slander, and’:*n iuiprisonmenf
in the county jiiil. After Loren/o got out of
[limbo,* be annoiwieed tjiat jn spitg of his (in
his opiniqji) unjust punishincnt’heslioitld pivhcli*
a given time, a scrnrtui about “ another rich*.
,1 man. The populace was greatly Fxcited, and a
i crowded Inrnse greeted bis.nppeftriinee. AA’itli
great gofemnity lie opeue’d the Bible; ami wad,
! And there was a rich nyiy*w*io died and went
j to then stopped short, *nd seen’eii to
bositake, and To bcsjuMenly impressed ;Ifre-,
thren, I shall r*ot mention tfce fHaee this rich
man went to, for fear tluj lie lias some relations
T*in this congregation who will *ue nre far defa-*
j mation of character. The effect yn tlie asseni-
I hleif multitude* was iflrcpressihle, and he niaife j
the impression permanent by taking .aimthev
text, and never alluding to the ufejccj agai.
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. A W oiii;iii*m A i* m vr,
> A writer illustrating the fact tliat’samc errors !
yire lifted into importance by effiufs to refute j
them, wlion they need to he treated with con- {
tempt and ridicule,, observes all the blows in
•dieted*by thg Herculean club of certain loi
---cians arfl not liylf so effectual as a tlie
epr of a celebrated athejst by the’liaml of'some
j charming heauiy.* * * • “ •
.After having in vain to a circlrt of,
* ladiesj he aUciypted to ftvenge liinfsey hv Sav
ing : ,
■ . Pardon jny cr’’or;lladlqs. I did not
’ine tliat in a house where svi.t lives with gracw,
I alone should luive the honor okjiot believing
! in God.’*’
“•You are u*)t alone, sir,” answeied the mis
tress ot the house, “my horse, my dog, nij’ cat*
share the honor with you; only these poor
bryics have tlie good sens* not to boast ol it.”.
.
. •°B hr I*n t*.
j* Kniforial Office holders. —'l li’t people seem
tr> appreffiate the editorial position. Ija Charles-
il. B, Ilhetf, Jr M .Esq.,‘editor of the M r
cuVy, Bichard, Yeadofi, Esq*, of the Courier,
♦ and Col. John Cunningham of tin* Kvcnirfg
: News, have been elected to the Legislature.—
An exchange records another instance tlms :
! “ Isaac.*M. I’T'rfcri Gge Esq., formerly an appren
tice in the Norfolk (A r a.) Beacon t>fliei', hut
! now tlie edilnr of the Vicksburg AA’hig lias
j heftn elected Alajor General of tl*e M
•j* Jlalitia. . This. Cartridge make- successful*
flight.” in Pennsylvania, Cob ‘l*. B.
Seawright a Democratic editor, has been eleef
, ed Prothonotary pf Fayette County j and Ma
jor Brady of the JVooFville Jffersonian, to tfie 1
tjtate Assembly. o AA T e notice® oply one® who
was defeateef. —Auausta Constitutionalist.
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Arlnnuf Wnrd.
The Chicago Journal says that “ Artemus
AA’ard,” whose hnniorous writings are knwwii to
thedailv papers, is .Air. Brown, the local Editor
|of the Cleveland Plaindealey. “Artemus AY ard
the Show niafti,” is a name assumed hv him,
.though there is. really a man by that name’
and a regular genius in the show business, who
exhibits wax figures and such like, and makes
a great deal of fun down in Indiana. ® I
9 o
I wo. worknlyn, passing if nicely cushioned
carriage, wfiieli was waiting for one of the great
.Manchester cotton lord* at his counting house
: door, one said to the other, “Bill, I’m darnt if
I shouldn’t loik to fiavg a drive out in that ere
tine eoach.” “ Then tnee get in, Jack,” was
i the reply, ‘ and tlie’ll very soon drive thee out.’
MARRIED,
T> v the Rev. G. W. Pratt. at ttie residence of Marcel -
las Morgan, Kwj., on the 18th nit., Mr. .1 un:s M. llawu
to Miss .Mvky I'. Monoan, all of (bek-den count v. Kit.
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° Oil the 25tli of Oetotier, ISfiO, by Iter. F. A. Branch,
Mr. Thom as M. Siiyi i k to Miss Emii.v C. llumphTiets,
all of this place. .
Ity Rev.°Milton Smith. Oet. *l>i. Mr. John R. I>e
vit.l.Sftf .Thomas coiuitv, Ga., to Miss Martha (J. Har
yin, of Leon county, Fla. ° .
On the sth inst., hv Jhe Rev. M.O. Smith, Mr. E. T.
| Homan to Mis* Sam.it L. McCokklk, nil of Thomas
A'Wle.
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PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL.
•ie e i h iit tg i: i:nx;;
,j CHAMBER, <>° r. 2!*. 1860.,
Present, A. I’. Wright, Mayor pio*teiii*-.\ld. Hubert,
Tooke, Dyson and lame. °
Absent, Charles C. H. all. Mayor—Aid. Swift.
Upon petition of Capt ( harles S. Rockwell, it was
Kcsosvcd, l ifat Milton Wilder lie notified to remove
all obstructions in the street leading beysmd Mr. GrilKn's,
into ll*e Magnolia road, in ten days. Passed. *
Committee appointed to confer with the Inferior Court
in regard to Marketlnmse location, were allowed further
! time to report.* °
There being no iurther business Council adjouiliod.
• 4'n fleal l|e< tint(t ° ,
(THXCIL CIIAMBIJL Nov. 1, 1860
• Present.. A I*. Wright, Mayor jre tcm —Aid. ilt,
llufiett, Tooke, Lane.
f Absent, (* C. Beall, flavor.
I'poll motion of Aid. Hubert, it was ordered tTi.lt Mr.
Wilder's notice to open the street iif ten days be reconsiiT-.
cred in point of time, and he be allowed till lirst of De
cember next.
Fitianef Committee submitted the following report,
whfeli was revived and adopted
•To tlie .flavor and Council of the Town of Thomasville :
The undersigned Committee on Finance, w hose dutv it
is, under the Ordinances ol said town, to.ascertain amt
* report to said CoiMieil, a Tax to he assessed and levied ou <
such (dti/en.s asjiie entitled by law to pay tax thereto,
sutiieient to defray and meet c x pens, sand indebted
ness ot*said town for the year eighteen hundred and six
tv- beg leave to make tint fallowing report:
A Tax upon all taxable property within tJie limits of said
town of 1 10 of I per cent on tlTe fltnoimt.
, A Tax ujion all polls, male persons .$ 50
“ •• 0 persons liable ty do street duty,... 300
free black persons, malt-S 10 14t
“ “ “ “ “• females 10 GO
“ . “ lmiTe slaves hired in town, the o\v
° nens living out or town •... 503
* “ i l females, do..* ~ 3 ytf
*• o precessions, Residing out of town,
Waving oliiees in town.. *5 00
j.* li “ InsnraneJ agencies withiti town.. 10 00
“ 0,1 Bank Agencies • 7# 00
l * “ truneiciit male slaves hired iu town 10*( 0
“ “ . “ fmnale 510
. Respcctfulty submitted.
• . 11. II Tookj:, 1
I* S. Swift, •Committee.
. . B. F. y
November 1, 1860. I .
TThere being no fnrtMbr business Council adjourned.
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4 illicit Meeting. . •.
COUNCIL CHAMBER *Xov. 3f 1860.
Pre.A-uf,*.f. P. Wright, May* prd tent —Aid. Swift,
• Hubert, Tooke and Dyson.
• Absent, C. C. Beall, Mayor, AVI. Lane.
, The attention ot CouncifaiaviilJj be< n called to the fare
• tliat one Jatkea Simpson, a book pmller, Laving been
• found in company with the siuvcs of lias place, at surii
times and pljfees well cnlciflati and to arouse the suspicions
| of the community against him; aifd altKLfor the violation 1
of one oli the City Urdiuatiees, in selling hooks as an
itinerant trader without license? it was ordered that the
said Hinmson ws sipninonea to be ana appear before this
Council to answer flic above ♦barges.
Mr. Simpson enters, tmd at*er a fair mg] ctmdid hearing
of the above tdmrges.lt was ordered by the .Ma vor and
1 Council, tlnrt Jamies Simpson pay into ni.hands of tbo
*Treasungr tile stun of $40.00, (forty dollars,) he being ait
L itinerant trader, Sot having taken out license. And be
it flirting
> Resolfedf That it the sense of this Cottneil* that
James sint]>siti is a shx/h ioks (iinruch r.o ami whereas
there are strong sftyui ions thgt “tlie said Simpson is tin
1 Abolitionist, and that tjie said Simpson ought not to he
t : permitted to remain in this comumigitv.
It is hereby oyle*ed, tlifit the f lerk hand a copy of
this resolution to the Marshal, and the Marshal notify
•said Simpson o) tin- same, and collect the wove line of
£IO.OO, and rcijaest and oaJel*eaid Simpson to leave t-
I planter. •
It is An i t Let- ordaredf that a committee of three citT
zens, assisted by three members of (lotyieil, look .into
| and examine his wagon ;.ud Ug>ks before he does lean.
I 1 here being no further business Council adjourned.
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Kegnlnr IMecliftg.
* • • COUNCIL CIIAMHER, Xoj. 5* D6O.
Present, ( . ( . Beall, Mayor*—Aid. Wrftrht Dvsou and
; Hubert. • * * *. •
Ordered, that the pmposition Jf Milton tiiuith I*- laitF
on 4he table.
•Aid. Dyaon was appointed to attend to the matter now*
pending In tween the Council and 1. 4 Russell.
,OI lejpi and, that the ( li rk at and Marshal be paid theij fees
gjit ol the line imposed upon Simpson. •
1 her* being no tnr; her Ims:i: s> Council adjourned
• • ° WILLIAM F. HLIUiRT, Clerk .
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FOR
A. H..WJJiSON -
Y®” - OFi'intu jiiiw i:\ i iiej: mtock oi’
-hi WOODS lor sale on fin* hiosfiireasonuble terms. Any
person wishing to engage in the
, MEItCASTILB BUSINESS, 11
• will hud <i bargain, ;t% wisiiV- to close his business at
Grooverville. m
0 TEAMS LIEERAL.
Ne will sell I3m*cntiic .‘■tot k and Store-house
ora purt **t the stock, w? ic i is made; up of about Ten
1 hotissytd Dtillars worth <f (loodspwellatssorted.
• ; y Customers lutying at tteu.il will Ibid bargains
; here tnat will tistonish all. The object is to SEIsI. at
“some price, and tor ( ASH. or prompt paying customers,
j Goods can be bojight fbw. ®
(Jrooverville. Ga., Nov. 7, 1860 “ Yf
| • OYBI I B ; ibk
rjA® run i.i Antv.i.ovnc raortt: of
? * “ THO.tUSVII.LE, /’ s.
I tske this opportunity to say, that I have'!,: \f * J
jut opened a regular 0 0 • „
£s^3LXx<j>OlM*,”
< hi Jackson Street, in this “Red Hsuse,’’ opposite the
l’ost 4HHee, wjtere 1 am j Si-pared .to Cos ve up OvsterV,
Ham and Eggs, Birds, Fish, and *very thing elise the
market allords, :tt short notice. upCn the most reasiifniblc
terms. 15i14s <,f fan- will be furnished sit the table.
:/ Good order and ill he a qaired hi*l enforced jit all
; times. HENRY H. SAN LORD,
f* Tliomasville, No% t . 7, I*6o. m *tf
.* 4dmla|stra(or’i Sale. *
• trii.'i , he sobl. atlhe Courthouse do >r in the town of
* * Tliomasville, Thomsts on the Fi(t
TueMiay in l><'ei'iiil*er next, the follow itig* propeutv,
to-wit: negro boys, from JO to 14 years of age.
Very likely. A beaitflful Residence, k-legantlv sitnateil
pud souvenient for business town. The fbt is large
afld dwelling and otlter Tfiytses all jisw. having been fit
ted up in aood style at large expense. This is a rare op
portunityJor proeariny a g<#>d and desirable residence m<
Tnomasvtlle, as few such plactVcan be purchased with
! out a hirge expenditure. •
•Also, a new # two-st(*v brick 1-tore house, in “excellent
condition, now occupied by. Mvssns. \\*dff & Bro. .This
house iyglocated on the main street, in the most business
part of town, is large jnd i otumtinding high
rents at all tinn* , Property in its neighbor
ttood is in demantriit tlie highest pi jci-s, and the attention
ot purchasers is especially directed to lifts store house and
’ h.uns an opportunity very r.uelv atlorded in Thomasville.
the Itenelit of life lietfs and creditors of the es
tate HgpoeLß. Steward, i- of Thodias county, de
ceased. ... ■
m>7 JAMgs*a. McLendon, a3>.
M
MV PLANTATION, IX MADISON COI N
ty, Florida, on the night of the 10th of June, my ne
gro bov SOLOMON. At latest accounts, he was above
Tliomasville. making Jds way towards Macon. He is
“perhaps in*the neighborhood of Albany; I think, how
ever he is near Thomasville. I will give
.ONE IU .NOKEO \M> FIFTY DOIJ.ARI
for his delivery- to me at my plantation in this fount y, or
for his confinement in some safe jail.
* Description.
S(jL<>MON is about 21 or 22 years old, weigh* about
150 or 160 pounds a very fine looking boy, with smooth,
sb-ek skin, and before lie .left had many bruises on his
body,caused by a nude miming away with him; in walk
ing he swings himself about, and when standing is Wi- ’
elined to he knoek-ndtd. /
oet 31 ts „ J(PrtrF:s A. LINTON.
° ° Wines, Wines.
JIHAMPAGHE, PORT, MADEIRA, SHERRY AND
Claret Wines; for stile hv
oet 10 * .MERRILL A PAINE,