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El'Cll'S C. BBVA.V EDITOR.
THOMASMILE, GA.
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WED>ENDAI° M)VE.HIEB 31, l<tOO.
9 Cavalry Company. °.° °
• All mentbcrk of the above company, together wfth
thix-e desiring t<< connect themselves with us.
ed meet on Saturday the first of De
cember nex ft gt In oil k. as immediate step? will beta
ken for a thorough organization. A prompt ftttehdsMft
is expected. • SaxCzl If. Spf..n< eh. Captain.
THO M AS t OI >TV .MASS :IEETI>G?
We publish elsewhere resolutions passed by the
citizens of Thomas county, irrespective of parties,
in jnass meeting on saturdSy fast, embodying tka
sentiments of our people the political iWfairs
oi Ike Bttidft.’ meet;nip was by the
ap|jjointnieiit*6F Janies*T. ilayes to the chair, and
.Win. J. Youhg secretary. A committee was then
• p%ointgd report “business,.during whose absence
Jdr. Dyson ass-called to ths staud, un3 addressed
the meeting until their return. Two reports were o
submitted, a majority and minority, which excited
considerable*discussion and explanation, participa
ted in J*y NJnssrs. Love, Alexander, Spencer, Hines
and Moore. The minority* report, supported by
Messrs. Sp'eneer°and Hines, was ‘voted dmvn, and
that of the majority adapted.* TPe vote was then
made unanimous, on motion of JJr. Hines, seconded
by Mr Spencer. A conciliatory “pirit*pervyided the
meeting, and “We think our people are willing to go
one wn£. it-%ill ftc stfen by the resolutions tiiat,
while all arejSgreed upon some im?de of fedress, tdie
citizens of Thomas are willing to ••make haste slow
i.and leave the matter y-) ft State Convention. —
We are pleascjl to see this spirit Tidumphifnt ift this
* county* and trust it may be so tl*roueht>ut the St;fte.
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In this connection we may remark, that it requires
many lftng years, na, centuries, to build up 3 nation;
but a*very/e;f days* o reduce it to anarchy*, revolu-.
tion and ruin. We rtt at any time take up arjns
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the North and plunge the country jnto civil
war, audit woftld then be fftr to
ward pifttceafile redress and reconciliation. Let’us,
therefore, take all those st.epsjfr/,and then*if we
fail. 4he sword is s.ill in Our hands ijpr revolution.—
We cafti present one hand for peace and the otl*gr
for war—the Norfli’cap chftofte which she will, If
will repeal :ftl her obnoxious and abstain
from*vitiation of the Constitution in the ‘future,
there will*be no further cause forqarrel; but if
#he refuses to and this, and is determined .to persist
in lier aggressions, tlfen we say our on!i *alternative
is dissolution, peaceably if we fan, forcibly if*u-e
i/iust.* We-:believe this spirit should cTialacteilze
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every true Southern man.’ • *
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flint. tiAitv hki aV
We copy in anotlfcr colutng, from the Reporter
•f last wet.*, an article from a’Louisiana paper,
aiming at a compliment to this"iady so well and fa-
tw’our readers, We should have
been nutojt more pleased if the writer .had been
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ltwirc polteljed, ami acquainted Vith the
true merits of Mrs. Bryan to do her the justice site
dfcsftrves. As it is, one would conclude that he sel
dom met with decent ladies ift ’that section, w*hen
we can assure hint that Georgia is full <jf them.—
The subject of,his well*ititaming remarks, however,
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is too well known to our read#rs, and to tiie liteva-.
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tnrp loving people of Georgia, to •.;* i>y at.
tempt on our part to speak ofjter merits., * *
.A V#TK OF TllA\iti SIV, LADIES;
We t ike pleasure in pufAishing the coinmiin*<a
tion, to be found frota’tJie latfies of Thfl*tt
asville, complimentary to Messrs. Jones,. Haves*
Maxwell and otl:rs,
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v&arsee New AGvertifceiiients.
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*. Another Fire its Albany. , •
Our sitler town, Albany, seems übfortuftrrte. Tlte
.following letter lrom the, Rea*. T. P. Smith tells us
of another destructive fire, wliifth occurred tlpn* on
Tuesd.iyJWorniug: • • * * <
Mr. Editor: At daylight „this morning the cry of
fire alarmed our town again. It broke out m
Express ofiifte, owned by Mr. Shaw. 0 Fourteen bug
gies and four all new, one lnind jed‘pack
ages iifoifice, with bM>s and jf.ifers, all lost. Mr.
Butler’s nfarble yard anTl liouje lfttrued also. Mr.
Gross'two briSk store houses,* wlter lie kept* his
harness shop lost, goods mostly saved; caught Mr.
Hill’* stables, one carriage house anti.some foddgr,*
> burned; caught Mr. Farmer's store, but brick wail’
and tin roof, with effort*of friends saved it. •JVlt*ie
loss of pro per A* in houses burnt, about s£*ooo. Mr.
ffross in sure if f(fr S2OOO. No insttrance*oft express
• ‘dice or contents —loss vefy he;tf y. jSiqtposed to be
the work of :t inonfliarv. • • , •
Now. 10, 1860. * *• * *f. E. Smith.
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* Mr. yrrrkinritlgr in Dnugfr, *
“On Tuesday evening last, at the Tost Office, the”
Telegram announcing J lie facutliat Mr. lfreckinridge
is coming South to advise tlm cotton States to re
main in th* Union was ‘under discussion, ;md we
heard one oftlu*Breclvittficfge'lenflers declar.e that
if he did ei*iie here on afly such mission, if be c*ould*
find anyAotten eggs in towfl, he would l. r o
cents in eggs totltrow at him.
these are the men tliat,ftwo*weeks.*ngo,*were the
best Union men in the country; now they are for
rotten egging # tl eiT choice fog the Presidency*if lie
•dare allocate tlte Union.— Griffin Union. •
A strong*Breckinrylge man in Thogmsville said
to us a day or two since, that ?f IVIr. Breckinridge
came Sauth wnakiflg. Union speeches he would be
tarred dnd feathered. • °
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, , “buthmi Medical S •*• ,
express surprise at the statement
that there are to De found in colleges,
at this'tnue, one solitary, soy them medical stu-,
,dent. ;We see it annout ‘eed, l!owcfer, o that very !
recently a large number of southern* stißlents ‘
in attendance at the medical schools in Neiv i
York, held a meeting ty> ‘‘define their position.”
And what did they determine on ? They’res
oljjed that when tl*nr States seceded from the
k nion, they would fiTm the northern i
wediesi colleges in New York.— Exchange.
• ie cea?e ]inyingtributeio
the North . \\ h?le we # write, notwithstanding I
’ the great excitement at the South, a ß d the erw
. of ‘7(om inttitutions” tliere is a large body of
southern meiieal students, patronizing “Xo'rth
° ern Colleges. Let Georgia pass laws preventing
all such from collecting bj suit, their bills With
in her limits. • ,
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Thr Reault iu Georgia. •
In our city edition of yesterday, says the Savan
’ We gave ,he result < according to our
lUnlc” •V l t i e couuties of ‘he State except two—
E:hols -f rom *'hich it appeared that
r TANARUS) was y otes behind the aggregate
• Z°l e of B * U , aad Douglas. By yesterday’s mail the
returns of these two counties came to hand, giving
Breckinridge 555, Bell and Douglas 125. The dif
/•irencc between these figures, 427, and the deficit
above stated, 351, is 76, which, if the returns be
correct, is the majority of Breckinridge over both
his competitors. There are, however, no doubt nu
merous. err ores in the returns sent to- the pres and
we conclude that an offieial ceunt will be necessary
in order to settle the result, J j
STATE AFFAIRS IN CETERA 1,.
The assembling of the Legislature, at MiUedge- !
ville, in the very midst of the danger to the country,
; threatened by the success of Lincoln, seems to have,
been the signal for the politicians of the State to re
pair to the D Capitol for the purpose of increasing
their reputaiions by grand of patri
otic hostifitv to Lincoln, to the Union, and by some
of them, to the very geniu% of the Government. —
It was very natural for the coming together of so i
ruauy conflicting elements to produce a whirlpool
of confusion, and from what we can learn from oifb
exchanges, tnd persons retiyned immediately from
the°scen<b of action, the early part of last week
witnessed excitement, 0 and madness raging
atpcyig the people* leaders in the rffost approved
style. Tuesday evening and night, we believe, wit
nessed the culmination *of the angry howling con
flicting elements, and # when at*tßei*r powering height, j
antidote seemed out of the questiqfl. Tom Cobb fc
it is reported, made his‘first political speech, and
“signalized hisdelyit. by declaring that it *would % no‘t *
do to trust tie pefjplt in the matter of di -• ■ 1 utioTi, nd .
therefore desired the Legislature to usurp” the peo- !
pie’s aud precipitate Georgia out of tl,<*
Union without Turther To tliese senti- :
meuts subscribed Henry U. Jackson of Savannaft, 1
Mr.'Bartow and Senator Toombs, butall tliftegen
tlemen, disaarced alTout the form of Gbv !
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ernment to be Established in the South after the dis-
soluti*jn rs ami so all went to work among tlte sover
eigns of Milledgevillc making speeches, tQ
them that “self governrnent” had proved a fa mure,
and that they must prepare to*dio*ossoriie other.—
•Mr. CoJ>b, we believe, did not set forth form—
Mr. Toombft (who everyVMy %ay\ was drunk.) ci
ted tlieagovernment of England as g model,oJaeksEn
was left “ bet wist an<? between,” while Mr. Bartow
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made bold to declare lor a “consolidated Southern’
Confederacy,” giviflg more jower to tlte supiwfne
head, and placing it kcvijid the.power of the ;<ro
ple To kick.up .-ytother evr. So discover
i all the bla me fs laid on th efpemple, when ice are ca- j
dy t?iis e momentto record our testimony for all suc
ceeding generations, that, till the present aflicting*
difficulnofi'brougiu upon.tjie country, is the work
of demagogue politicians. They have “itposccf upon
the “credulity of the people and taken advantage of
their i<*norancend letharp; to elevate themselvfts
and grow rich l*-oin th*e spoils if office, unfit their
conflicting sejtemes have Corrupted and ruined the
country, and now tlfe [wople are to Ife no longer
witlfth£ir liberties. That tltey ha we. been
foiHiil wanting in wisdong and energy to sustain self
government, and now therefore it must be abolished
b\ Jl*r. Jartow and his ‘co-laborers* in t lie work of
love, liberty and gatridtism, ayd somelhing new
must be tried—perhaps a French or Russian Empire
wwtulil suit him better, and give him a higher oftice
for the support of aristocratic notions, or perhaps
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•*an oyt and out Ariffacracg wfluld be sjill better.
Toombs, Cobb, Jackson and*liart*ow, Vrom ’
the reports, have gou? politjcally.macl. Strange
to sav% thg people elsewhere in the State seemed tobc
coal, calm and wltilg the*politicians assem
bled at the Capitol transformed themselves into ifi
vmg political maniacs.* The* are model leadens of
the people truly.. But-It remained soy Hot*. A.
If. Stfplieigs to calm the multitulle and hush tlietur-.
bftlent waters, which, it is s*id, ltc'did in as great.
tsp.eecTt for the Union on Tuesday night. It had tdie
etfgct of contiliating :ill*the factions, bringing to
gether in aJjody all the wise mpn #t the Capitol to
deliberate with the Legislative on the
Stale of the Republic, for th adoption <tf measures
of redress; and theif deliberation* resulted in the
‘reporting of a bill to the Legislature, providing fop
the call of a State Convention, to which the whole
matter should be referred. Thus tlte t^fficulties’
were for the ttnlc settled, hut we have not yet lteat if
*of the passage of tlm bilk We hope it will pass, s
and give oitV politicians time to gpiUiEr then- scatter-
I'd senses before “they are ftgain callgd upcyi to make
a demonstration* lest we loose Them altdjrether, “and
thus Tte deprived ok tliei*’ valuable services ltkur
of peril. . . .• •
, We believe it is agreed by all in
’ that some resis'auce is n*ecessarv, that some steps
shall be takEn by the State, either to secure
right* in
of spin ion among up<?n tie time and mode of
operation. * l*et us all reflect together, be patient to°-
gether, act together, aStd when we ltave w-isely.mjt-,
tured ortr plans, carry tliem likewnen o*f fft mness,
whether tljey be to seek redress in, or peace and
qiyetude out of the Union.. •
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• . Ga., N t ov*. 17, 1860.
.. In response to a previous 'call, a large portion of
the citizefts of Thomas cmjnty assembled at the
Court house .to-day, when, on Inotion pf lion. I*. If.
Love, James T.*Hayes was called to the chair *nd
Wm. J. Young requested to a?t as secretary.
The object of tlieVneeting having been stated by
t#e HAi, 4’t E. Love, a committee consisting of tlte
Hon. P. E. ,Love, John R. Alexander, E. L..llines,
B. IJ. Moore, and Samuel B. Spencer—appointed^ 1
upon motion, td report business for ?he action of the*
convention—through, flfeir Chairman, Hon. P. E.°
Love, submitted the following preamble and resolu
tions, Widely were adopted by the convention:
Whereas, the electioit of \luViliam.°Lincoln.to the
Presidency, and Hannibal Hamlimto tlieA ice IVes!
iilency, the United States, by an exclusively sec
tional party, hostile to'the interest of every Southern
home, lias precipitated"upon tlte South a direful
issue, which she has long tried to averttfor the sake”
•of preserving tlte integrity of the UniSbn, but which
is now upon fier, imperiling her peace, prosperity,
and .happiness, we, tlte citizens of 1.1 tom as county,
ccffiveneil without distinction of party, do concur in
Resolved, \st, That we regard the said election on”
ly as a steji taken by the Republican.party, to con
summate its grand scheme for the abolition of slave
ry throughout tlte entire Southern States, and that
we prefer to meet thaf step*now with effectuaPresis
kance. .
Resulted, ‘ld, That the exigency of the times re-*
quires a thorcugh organization and arming of the
forces of the State, and that, he Uie cost whftt it may,
we will bet*- ouT proportion cheerfully. o
• Resolved, od, That to flevise further anil more ef
fectual measure* of reifl-ess, wisdom dictates thj
calliflg of a convention of the people, and that we
| stand ready io endorse whatever they may such
a capacity. . “ .
Resolved, 4lAiat the preservation of this Union
as it now t*xists,is of lltr less motffent with us,
than the preservation of our honor and our
and tlyit the temporizing policy hitherto pursued
towards the spirit and temper of ahllitioftism, b f
the South, is no longer the policy that jite ough?*to
°
o Resolved, s th, That these resolutions be consider- j
ed as instructions for oui* Senator and Representa
tive in tl,£ GefleraP Assembly of the State of Geor
gia. aiyl that copies of the sifine be forthwith for
warded to them to beJaid before*the Houses of which
the}- arc respectively tm^nljers.
Resolved, 6 (hf That we fflrtlier recommend that
tlfe several Tatrol Commissioners in the different
districts, together witl? other citizens in each
district, to be selected by said several commission
ers, bfe appointed Comniissiortbrs of Police for the
several districts in the county, whose duty it shall
be to appoint Committees of Police in the several
districts to perform police duty in the districts to
which they belong; and a majority of said commis
sioners shall be competent at all times to aot.
On motion of E- L. Hines, it was
Resolved, That these proceedings be published in
the town papers.
IThe convention then adjourned.
JAMES T. HAYES, Chairman.
¥T. J. Yousg, Secretarv. ‘
Written for the Southern Enterprise.
° “I.IBCKTV OR DEATH,” ‘
[UNION IN THE SOUTH—SECESSION FROM THE’ NORTH.]
We have stood by the Union—our Union of old, .
The Union no factions could sever; *
We have watched the bright stars of our banner unfold,
And prayed it might wave o'er us ever,
But if union would palsy the arm, or the stroke,
That defends all the rights that we cherish;
If the South must bow down her proud neck tot’ie yoke,
We fecPthat mch union must perish!
W e look o’er the fields of the wide spreading West,
With theig thick waving harvest* of grain ;
°To the cotton fields, flicking the tmwj South's breast,
From the innermost land to the main,
o'er°rivers that sweep through our forests afar,
And bear their rich wealth to the sea: 0
O'er lakes that have home the proud navies of war,
_ And echoed the shouts’of the free!
j Our mountains, ouranines. with their howcls of gold,
* Our mineral wealth safely stored;
Cffir mighty resources as vet half untold, .
. These bountiful gifts from our God, .
The wondrous that art, skMl,and time,
Have patiently wrought to attain; #
Have liberty,"nature, and knowledge sublime, o
Spent their labors and bleaftngs in vain J °
We’ve counted the deeds that our # grandsires hsfve done,
1 Those deeds now so famous in story;
We've told o'er the battles our country has won,
That covered the nation with glory, *
Ehglory is lost /•and our country lies low,
* The death wound unstanched in her sidy ; o
Slu- must full! but her children remember the blow,
And the traitors shall die in their pride!
‘Thea’away with regret! there is woldt toJbe done,
Let the past to the future gve*way; . • *
Tiler# are t<>ito be met —tliure are odds to be won.
Let the bravgst and best have the dav! ’•
Minute men to your arms! we have still what is dear,
Though the hope of the Union be past#
Our honor utnrameled! our hearts without fear, s
For the ’South is our oten tu the tits'. J.
Nov. la, 1860. * * •
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Written for the Southern Enterprise.
dl'B NEW UIUDGE. * N
Mr. Editor: Ki*tHy permit us a word upon this
subject; although ladies are not usually allowed ,1
voice in such matters, and generally “have no con
cern in flugn, in this case we feel we are personally
interested,.and"our word, as far as it may go, should
! have some weight. We tefer of course to the<jross
intft lately conipleted"by the railroad company on
the road toJFletclie.rville. Having understood that
there was still some little dissatisfaction*>n thejmrf
of tli® n, we ilesir<?to givifour testimony’ in fa
vor of thejpreseift arrangement, and of the very ef
•ficient jynl faithful inanntr in which the work has
been performed. C&ossing the ground, as we have
daily, to and fro, we*can truly say, in common wifli
all ot’ those pupils of Fletcher Institute, who tra
verse the samtfpath, every incoiiflenience has
been avoided, and every accommodation afforded ,
foot passengers, during (lie progress of the work,
that w;fs possible uflder the circumstances; and no*’
it is completed, we can s#e no room for faqjt
"findiug. Thefoot bridge, rtiough slightly"raiaed, is
equally safe and convenient as® formerly, and the
lhain crossing alone is such a improvement
upon the ohk rtiat if company, had done nothinjf
more, the citizens .conlfl hardly have just ground
of As it is, tliere is ts good bridge, firm
ly built, which is not only a credit but reaTly an or
. i*iment to that part *f the town, ant> which the
company are to k?ep in good repair; added to this
they have put the foot way it? good order afco, and
that, if necessary to be kept up, will be n# heavy
lax the town, grnd they should, in our humlje
opinion, be sutisfietl wifli what has been dorfc. ,
Therefore* it is moved, *co?id#d, and pasted,*
by a handsome number of female . votes, that our
thanks be tendered to M<*ssrs. Jongs, Hayes, Max-’
well and others Soncerned, foi*th<? prompt and effi
cient measures taken to gender route, •in such
constant and pubiic use* jiot only dry and safe# but
completely ttyreetlole, at least, to T** Ladie/.
. The tender of the above thayks was moved, sec
onded and passed, not only by “handsome” number
of femalc.voters,” but i* number yif handsome feifiale
ryters.—Ed. . *
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. [Communicated.]
In view outlie aggressions of the Northern sec#
tion o the nglyts of the SoiHk, their resistance to
th<> execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, and lastly
tlttfir election to tlie Presidency of a man who lias
avowed his*®hostility to the institutions of the South,
aful who, before his nomination, declared tlyit, in
tii# event of tli#- election of a Black Ikepublfean, it j
•*wasthe duty of the Norths o see„to It,Hat the South !
did submit, or toymake us fare as John Brown fared
-filing— “ *
Be it res®lved, Thaf°we wifi not submit, that those ,
States wliic* have nullified Jhc Fugitive Slave Law",
or in any way,retarded the execution of th® same,
shall hot be allowed rep r esentalion either in the
Congress of Hie United States,°or in*be selection of
President of the Lnited States; that they he forced
to fepoal qll anti-slavery Haws, or forfeit all interest*
or in, or frtf ection of the General Go
wernmend; that we will never submit to the inaugu
ration ol a Pnesident, elugted by a jynrty that brand
us :*i their inferiors, murderei®, and thieves: •
• Or else, let us resolve, That we acknowlecfge our
inferiority, our w#nt of moral °w#rth, ask pardon of
•the North for any tjiing we may hyve said or d®ne
that wftsynnpudenf or insulting, anil humbly and un
■conrfitionally submit to any thing that sh# may deem
proper, and beg her, on nccatint of the past*lufvan
tages*we niay hwe been, to deal mercifully with us,
and pledgty ourselvfs if any representative of.
the Sotfth gets saucy, speaks of •Southern rigllts, or.
1 speaks lightly of the North, .w3 will send him hand
cuffed beyond Mason and Dixon’s line and leave him
to lifr tiyider merciPsfstrap him until ly; learns how.
tg behav# Jo wards liis superiors and mutters.
• * *. AxpNYMOIW.
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J.egislnlu re.
* The inillioi* appropriation bill for arming the
State passed* unanimously. .• .
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• Vote in Georgm—Official.
.In Till but two oountie®, Tattnal and Clinch,
the full vote of the State stands:* .
Breckinridge * 51,740
Bell \ ’42,085 *
. * Douglas . • * 11,574
It will be seen shat Mr. •Breckinridge lacks
-,519 of a majority over both Bell and Doug*
las. “It will be about*2,ooo when aH the coyn
ties are heard from.— Fuf. Cnkm. •
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.Tlnrvliuyl. •
Tha Baltimore Sun gives fujl of the elec
tion in Maryland, and sums tp the result as follows:
coln 2,198. The majority in the State fer BrecMn
(idge*over Bell is 389, over Douglas, 30,144, over
Lincoln, 33,427. * •
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•• o Virgtinin. # 0
Richmond, Va.,. Nov. 15*.—Gtfv. Letcbei;
has issued a proclam*ation calling an extm ses
sion .of the Legislature, to inedton the 7th o of
Jan. iflext, to take into consideration the condi
tion of public affairs, and to determine calmlv
and wisely what action may be nacessary in.this
emergency. # °
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o Virijliiin K*nr for Bell.
Richmond, Nov. 19.—Virginia has goife
for Bell by about four hundred majority.
This result i% certain.
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0 • The Itnlinn AVnr# ° 0
| „ The Sardinians have dispersed the Bourbon*
army, and taken eleven thousand prisoners.
Jllurst won The prize fight with .Paddock.—
Admiral Napier is dead.
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Cenaolldatrd Southern Government. 0
0 report of Mr. Bartow’s speech at Mil
ledgeville, on Tuesday night, the correspondent
of the Dispatch says :
Col. Bartow was called out, and made an elo
quent appeal for secession. He urged the es
tablishment of a southern Confederacy in which
all sovereignty should reside in the Federal
power, and State lines should be obliterated.
We trust that such views, in favor of oblit
erating State sovereignty, will find few advo
cates in any southern State. — Sac. Republican. ‘
Add re*# of the Committee ®f the House of Re.
preaentntivr* on the State of the Republic.
Milledgemlle, Nov. 13th, 1860.
To Messrs. Judge Nisbet, Gov. Judge Ly
ons, Judge Jenkins, Judge Lumpkin, Hon. A. H.
Stephens, John H. Howard, 11. L. Bcuning, Jno.
W. A. Sauford, Linton Stephens, Judge Baxter,
James Jackson, Col. Toombs, Judge Iverson, Gov.
Johnson, Judge H. R. Jackson, B. H. Hill, Judge
Andrews, Hon. It. I*. Trippe, T. It. R. Cobb, Esq.,
F. S. Bartow, M. J. Crawford:
° Gentlemen: At a meeting this morning, luffd by
the Committee on the state of the Republic, of £he
House of Representatives, it was unanimously re
solved. dhat the Committee address each of you, and
request that you will meet at as early a day as prac
ticable, in patriotic and conciliatory couiltil, and
make a noble and gr?ut and self-sacrificing effort to
unite nmong yourselves Wi the recommendation of
sone line of policy which, will save us our honor
and our rights,” and which will save our
further dissensions nmong themselves anfl
from all the sad conseqhenees of such*dissensions.
We believe that if you, gentlemen, who have long
enjoyed the confidence of our people, can agree upon
a policy—that ryliey will be adopted by rjie Legis
lature, and wilrbe approved by the people. We be
lieve too, that if the men who* have so ably beeß
the opponents of the piyncip!es*and polity advoca
ted by tli^ 1 several parties in Georgia, previous* to J
s the late Presidential election, shaU now fail to fra
terflizt# and to uniteaipon some wise and safe poli
cy, tl* dissensions and asper ities which have here
tofore divided the people, and haTmoni
ouj action, will not only continue, but will arow
worse, inde&l, we feel’tliat they arj; becoming eve
ry hour more aggravated and desperate. And it is 1
under tiie conviction that the very •worst conse
quences are to our Stale, and the whole countfy
from these divisions and animosities among oar
selves, tha* we appeal 4o yoi? as Georgians atut
,brethren —as our seniors in rank and talent and* in
fluence, to make one magnanimous eff’qrt to
save our people from the distractions and horrors to
which we are tending.
The Committee request that,you will call into
iyourcouncils such other distinguished individuals
present at the capitol, as you may think proper.
We request, too, that you will mak® known at as
early an hour as possible, your compliance with*our
request, and we will provide for a time and plaice
of your meeting. •.
* S. J.*Bmith* o J. L. Harris,
R. N. Ely, . Julian Ilaftridge,
.Walton Ector, . M. N. Mcßae, • 1
** W. F. Holden, # Wm. Gibson, •
ffarnett Andrews, Jno. T. Lofton, :
W. Ik McEver, I. S. Fytinyn, .
, ’ * Wiley Knox, “ John A. Rosier, ,
Dav. W. Eewis, “ Robt. J. Tuggle.
1 The invitation was accepted by all the gentiemeru
named. . . ,
It is understood the gentlemen to whom this is
addressed have agreed to•ecommend to the l#egis
latSre to set forth the grievances of the South, call
* a Convent ion, and Vecommend tliat of
Georgia will resist the election and inauguration of
Lincoln. ° • .
—•— O - —* •• *5 •
_ ° #toc<*Aeioiiit or SiibiiiissionivU.
° o
This is to be tlie watchword of tlie coming struj*-
gfc: among our people, as r# the course best to b<j
pursued by the State of Georgia. Jfhe words are
placed in opposition, and the latte#*is applied to
those who are not yet ready to take tlis fatal leap
into the abyss of disunion, now yawning before our
feet. • 0 • •
O A
Wo,think, howrt'cr, kliat there is a mistake about
this matter. The iqpst eow*ardly and abject tsub
* mission that we can connive of, would’be thegiving
ug any riyhl we possess, without fgr it.—
For a man to run away ftatm bis own castle*—to
“Vamoose” from his own house bectfust: his neighbor
impudently came in and attempted, to regulatb* lfis
domestic affairs, without the former giving battle*to
the intruder, would prove liim to be tlKi veriest cra
ven that ever lived, lie mould l>e a secessionist and
a submissionist—yea a “cowardly submissioahit at
that! Give us the man, “rather, who would first rh
monstrnte.witli the intj-udi?r k and, if'that rjould not
dp, kick Ihm out or die in the effort. * •
So it is of political seccv*ion as now jwoT>osed and
a# inaugurate*.? by Senators Hammond and Chest
nut, of Sou#h, Carolina. T[jej have vacated their
seats in flie l flutes Senate and thus reduced
majority opposed to Lincoln ! * Let a feiy others
•do the same tiling and tha Senate wifl be in fbe
| hands of Uie c#emy I Is not this the worst kind eff
’ sbmission ? Is if not • cowardly abandonment of
the post of duty in adcqnc of"any •real or certain
j danger ? We do not charge cowardice upon those
gentleman* persoiialh! bfit surely it is a mistaken
idea* to give up riiflits in possession and the alTility
and position to successfully maintain anil “defend
tire riglit*, without hwuji/utced t<f do #o !
No, gentlemen, let us tiglit the rascally abolition*
and Lineolnitos to |he last extremity, in ilmo
Union, and not run away—absquatulate—secede—
before a gun is fired or a man killadj
The New Oidtbins l’icivyune, in am aftle article
upo “secession,’* thus brings the fvholematter in
to a focus of burning effulgPncc! * ,
* “4f i were possible, what does ibis advice of j
peaceful secession involve? The. surrender of all
the commofl property of the States flit comprise
the Union; abandonment of a joint interest* in tfie
public treasury, the n;*vy, the national storehouses,
the arsenals and m*uufactories of arrtts ami mubi
<ionsjiT war, tfnd the entire public domain outside*
.of original SWites, is an essential element of such a
secession. The vcey object of all the controversy
between the free and slave sections of the Republic
is, then, to be given up in obder to escape tlie possi
ble evils that continuance in the Union may ripen!
This i:? the most intolerable of *nU submission. It is a
base surrender, when bolding an almost*impregnable
position, on ilie appearance* of the eemy. To es
cape the possible creation of free State? out of all
the unftccupied tej-nitory of the T’nited Stages,® we
are to abandon it to the quiet possession of freedom
—give up al? right even to‘vote, and remonstrate,
and act, to prevent such.a consummation.”
We say then to especially to the Qorf
.stitutional Union mel> of Georgia/>!lnd of the South,
holtf up your horses, ye who have mounted the Pe-
secession, until you bear tlie tap of the
Mrui, calling upon you to start in tbe doltn
race prepared for you by rttc political jockeys. Per
haps the sovereign people of Georgia, m#y not
efioasedo have you run that race at all! —Macon Cit
izen. . °
0 Whnt Prolectioi# S>lii|ll We
“It is conceded that liinauln” is elected. It
is a question of importance • now “WhaJ has
the Bouth for protection?” sict # us see.
1# The Supreme jjourt United States.
2. We shall still have the United States Se
nate; and * *
J. AVe shall have the United States House
of Representatives? • •
“No bill could come before the Executive fqy
his signature that had not 0 received the £anc
fton of both houses of Congress. 0 No appoint
ment could be” made by him without the sanc
tion of .the Unite‘l “States Senate.
o
Rut let us suppose that the attempts to do
unlawful filings,.that the nettmpts to violate
the rights of a portion of the people or States
of the Union, or t<s transcend in any respect
the°authority veste'd in him by the Constitu
tion and laws. What is the remedy? Itn*>
peachment by the llousu, and trial and punish
ment by the Senate if found guilty. Having
both branches of Congress oq the side of the
South and‘the Constitution, can any man
doubt that they would perform their duty ?
We should thus have three distinct ramparts
against aggression between us and the Presi
dent. Such a course would be at once dignifi
ed", constitutional, safe, and would raise us up
hosts of friends everywhere. ‘The sympathies
of all conservative men of all classes would be
on our side, and with such a basis of moral and
political power, and a cordial union North and
South, against sectionalism, can any reasonable
man doubt that at the next election the
publican sectionalist would be routed, horse,
foot and dragoons? — Exchange.
“False one 1 love thee still,” as the old bach
elor saitj to bis Jickcy, and the old maid to her
wig.
The Right of Srct'Mion—Hear Jli*ai*ippi.
In 1851 a Convention of the people of Mis
sissippi was Jield to consider the best means
and mat ncr of redress for alleged grievances.
The Convention condemned the manner in
which it had been cajled together and repudiat
ed the right of Secession. Upon these two
points the Convention adopted the following:
“ Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Con
vention, without intending to call in question
the motives of the members of the Legislature
flie call of’fliis Convention by the Legislature,
at its late extraordinary session, was unauthor
ized by the peoole, and.that said act, in* per
emptorily ordering a convention of ?he people !
of the State, without first submitting to them
the question whether there should ben /Conven
tion or no Convention,aras anjtnwarranted
swnjMon of 'power by the legislative, at war
with the sjiirit oji republican institutions, an
encroachment upon the *rights of tin* people,
and can never be +ighy\lly involved u.± a prece
dent.
“isV.svi?t'eJ, further, That, in the • optnion of
this ConvenJion* the asserted right rtf jseccssibn
from the Union <fn the part of a State, US’ l C
TEIiVA\ kWSAXCIJOXED BY THE
FEDERAL CONSTITUTION,'which teas
f, amed*to establish and'not t% destroy, the, union
of •the States, and thftt no secession can, mfaet *
*Ud;c place fbithout a subversion of the union
tAtufffishedjind which will not virtually amount
in its < ffeets and to a cu and revolu
tion.” *
- o ■ ► ■ *
niifl Orel'®* ill Vn^u-tii.
At*a very large meeting of the most rcspec
fable pf Augusta, held Saturday ai'tgr
nootfi.’Jdayor Blodget pfbsiding, a committee,
#o#upo9cd of Messrs. John lv. Jackson, A. P.
RohtrtsSn, Porter Fleming, W. JL.Howard,
VV. J. E\;e, G.T. Dortie, Janies M. Dye, John t
Phinizy, sen., W. H. Alexander, 11. 11. Gum
ming, James O. Clarke, J. H. I Dull, God. W.
Evans, X- 1L Roberts, Robert .Walton, T. R.
Rodes, S. 11. Crump, YY r . A. Walton, V. M.
Bame*s, “J..W* Butt and B? B. Russell, „report
ed the following Resolutions, winch were adopt-,
ed : \ . #
. Resolved, That we live under a government
erf’ law and order, and that it. is rfl#e bounden
.duty of every good citizen to see to it 4hat all
riglitS shall he respected, and all the wrofigs
speedily redressed in the forms provided by
•law. • •. •
* Resolved, jlliat th® genius of our institu
tions forbids the punishment of any citizen*
.jvithottt a fair trfal by jury. “
• * Resolved, That the assumption’by individu-*
als, however rpspectahle, 6f any df’the powers
of governmcn°t, is silbversive of all cik it liber
ty, and, in it® tendencies, fufal to the ‘vital in- ’
terest of any community.
Rmsolved, That if the exirting laws of *tlie
S4ate of Georgia :ife insufficient for th pro-,
tection of the rights of Tie/ citizens, the. pro
per course is to apply immediately to the Gen
eral Assembly, now sitting, to amend or mqdj
fy them as the of society ®iay re-”
quire. * . . :
occasion of thp meeting was* a .notifica
tion, addressed ley unauthorized persons, to^*two
citizens of Augusta to leave tlie city forthwith.
. — • *♦# > . .
• lelim* *#r;ilt ♦•*nl<* #liin) ord|.
Under.this headhig the St Lotfis (Mo.) Her
ald gives the followiVig suggestions : “*
* ’ if our southern Senators and Representatives
are men of nerve, and are not a pack of sjas*
•hags.of the Bombast®? Furioso ordev, they can
yet prevent. Lin coin from taking his seat. It
1 requires .two-thirds of both houses to he pres
ent at the counting of the votes for President
“and. V ie® President. Our pc**ple are nqt com* 1
polled to announce themselves present at the
count of votes, and can “remain silent tiH the
4th.of jlarch next, when Mr. Fitzpatrick of
Alabama, will become file President.
Another plan. When both Houses meet iq.
joint session, providing they decide to do so, a
coMiiiittce ® ill he appointed t® count the elec
toral votes, and report to the joint session.—
Let. 1 hat committee reject the electoral vofes,
of all Static that recognise n*egro suffrage, as
illegibly eleeftid. Negroes’ are not cititens of
tlr Upitt:d States, awd. therefore jno- not enti
tled 1o vott, and all persogs ejected as electors
by £uch votga> under the decision of the Su
preme (jourt and under the Constitution, are
no? legally crttitled to cast the votes of their
‘respective, States, for President and Yiccßres
ident, of the United States* **.
—* ♦ *
U liai Ur. ToahibAivilllta. .
Tri t3iese* exciting Jimes, jyany things are {
said’that are not so elar to common minds.—
• ® •
Among then* may he considered Jim. Pillowing
enigihatieananguage, said to have hcei® used
by Senator Toombs *ii* his late *at Mil
fedgeville. —(AVe copy from the Augusta *Dis#
parfch.> # .* * •. *
“They rob ail'd plu®dc us in the territories
and tbregten to outlaw us in thg States—ancf
*we are tipked to sulnnit. God save
us from that degradation, lie would wait until”
the 4th of’ March, and if his State did not
give Jiim redress, li# would be for appealing to
the sicoftl.” “
• - • *► *— °
( # Mrrtiug of Lr^ifvlaliirrs
In view of the menaced assemblage and sub
sequent action of Southern Legislature? in T-aac
of Lincoln’sjelection, it becomes a matterofin
tet’est to know those Legislatures meet,
although some of them are to°hc caljed togeth
er in special session immediately. The follow
ing States hold legislative sessions hiejiyially,
/*iz: flclewarc, Noikh Carolina, Alabama, .Miss
issippi, Arkansas, Florida, Tenne|se, Louisiana
MaryUnd,‘Missouri, and Texas, Alabama meets
Nov.J 12 At'hinisas, \‘ov. 5; Deleware Ist
Tuesday in June; Florida, Gcorgfe, apd Texßs
.Ist Monday Kentucky, Ist Mon
day in Deceufber; Missouri, last M # onday in
December, North Carolina, third Monday in 4
November; Sq,uth Carolina, 4tk Morukiy in
November; Tennessee, Ist Monday in October,
, and Virginia, 2d Monday in January.
c ®
Os the two ladies who opened the respective
baits of New York and Boston with the Prince
of Wales,oMr& Gov. Morgan was, in early life,
°a milliner, and Mrs. Gov. Banks a factory girl.
A tipsy man went into a gunday school, jid
for a few moments listened very attentively to
the questions propounded to the scholars, but
being anxious to show his knowledge of ‘scrip
tur’ atfd doctrine, he stood up leaning on the
front of the pew with both hands. ‘Parson
B —said he, ask me some of them hard
ques-shuns.
“ L ncle John,” said the parson ,with a sol
emn face, in a drawling tone, “ don't you know
you are in the bonds of sins and the depths of
iniquity.”
“ Yes’ir, and in the gall of bitterness too. —
Ask me another quesh-shun.”
We fancy we hate flattery, when all that we
1 hate is the awkwardness of the flatterer.
."Mr*. Mary K. Brfaa.
Wo have had the pleasure of becoming ac
quainted with Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, who late
ly arrived in our State from Atlanta Georgia,
and who is going to become a permanent citi
zen of the Paris of Natchitoches, we deem it s
duty we owe to the lady, and the parents that
raised her, to make mention of her name, and
the notoriety she has earned # for herself, as ah
literary character, whilst in connection with the
Crusader, that celebrated and well known jour
nal, published in Georgia, together with her
present productions thjit are to be seen weekly
in the Field and Fireside, a paper published at
Augusta, andsone that can't be surpassed in it#
literary mattei*in this or any other country. — °
Tkis lady’s eminence is already so well estab
lished that our comment can haFe no influence. 0
But notwithstanding her superior talents, and
the high position that slier holds “ainongs# the
literati of our country, other qualities that slid
possesses is equidly.as engaging. Thd* neafc
! ness of thclady, tlie gentility of lie* person,
the**grace, style and dignity of her conversation
her vivid eye*and flowing eloquence,
lated to Win the of ftll who may hart’
•the good*fortune to cultivate hei* acquaintance
and-are disposet Ito be pleased. „We haPve b<?en
in company with <he lady for an hour or tw,
■ # ami our dusty lore could no where fibrin a para
-1 l with y # the -
South Be proud ol'"producing sit fcimous a styir
in literature.. .We are proud to cap from Bur' ‘
I long acquaintance with Mr. Bryan, that Mrs.- *
“Bryiin has in him a kind and aflectionate hus
band. *A gentleman vh# is free, grilling an,t
able to procure for her that shg “
tieeds or that money can buy. o lie has ire
course of erection, which will be shortly finish--
|*d, a splendid*mansiop, wliioii is surrouudedl
by ap pxteneive and /ich plantation. Here
* Mrs. Brpu can cultivate her ‘poetical talent
here she can betufld the jessamine, the” ever
green and tile lilly of th§ valley, together with
►the h)fty*ping trqps when awaken by the winds.
TThcre is to be geo*i the sturdy oak that has
o stood the test of yime, with its nutperous
branches, which have extended, themselves all
1 over tlifd vast empire. Not inferior to eith'er,
is tjie mighty ‘cypress, upon which t*ic° poets
base so übly iyid delcneated. —.
Amongst all these superb of nature
slrs. Mary Bryan can live in thtwfull enjoyment
of health, happiness, and peace.
• . „ ‘ T. T. WALL?, M. D.
Campte, Natchitoches Parish, La. 0
Southern ( oniimri inl CaiiTrnlicn.
1 This Convention meet at Atlanta to-day#—
The Atlanta Intelligencer sa^s: “This will be one.
of the most important I’opventions tlmt lias wer
i>convened in the Southern country. Lincoln is no
doubt elected, and tv* trust the Southern Coroner-.
ci*l Convthitiyn will take b#ld and deciwve stejw to .
meet the emergency which is now upon us.”— San.
l*Newt, 12/A. * *
We went out on yesterday to find this most im- •
pprtaat of Conventions that ever convened in the
Southern counti-y,” and was till,(ship ,t tiirtbit!* It
soents not to have syrivfcd.—jdA American* *
* { §
a • * “ Uofil On.” “ ■
Utttler this hiding, says fly? Savannah Itcptfbll
c;i4 our Breckinridge cotempornrv, th\>l#eon Tele
graph, recalls certain of ouj lc^riuators to their pro
priety, and gives them some wholesome adyice. “We
i quote: • * • * * •
“If our telegjams are Correct, some of our Legis
latars strange ideas of the right#, power*
and daties #f the fien#ral Assembly of Georgia.—
They are resolving and billing the Siate'out
of tly? Federal Union, amt <|hcn propose to call a.
; Convention* of the people to ratify tjie.acl! Dili
anybody e*"er hear the like? Suppose the Con\;cn* -
tion should not ratify—wlmt them? Which will top
ple fclf the stfiifl —l he Legislature or the Convention?
Where does the Legislature? get its power to nullify
♦ ilw State Constitution and the Federal Constitution*
Do they find it in either instrument,.Both of which
\hey are *woup to “preserve, protest and defend 9” it
tlicy can declare the State out of'the‘Union, (here's
; nothing in the world tlfey eantl d5. They can hang
liveryman in Georgia before Christmas, and they
♦lave just'astnucli l ight to do the oe ns the oilier.
Hold on, friends. Don't blot the record with any
sch norrsj-nse as that. nlbve with prufric.y
aud dignity.” ° *
Bdtfcer say nothing thaft not t*> the purpose •;
and to speak pertinently consider both what i#
fit and When “it is fit to spedk. *
1 ■ ■’
.. . ANNOUNCEMENTS.
* — - -
ARE •AUTHOKJ-ZED to auugtuic*
R ; A -Hayes
tis a for the oflitVof Tax Receiver, of *Phomn
County, at thegnsnihg .lannary election. nov 21* ®
IW, the l Klein of Thomas ( ountT,.-
.* 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for your r lAx (Collector for the yey 186 r, and most re
spectfully solicit yoWt- suffrage; ttttu if you wil^fonti.lo
* tfiat much in me. 1 hope you will have no cause to regret
„jt. as iev only oUiect will b to faithfully execute tho-,
duties of thu.oflic.e. MILTOX'OSMITH*
• Thomasvine, Ga.. X®v. 7, rde
• a
‘ „ NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
—- * -
0 SJray o llules.
black horse mule* pml one dark bay ru, •
mare mule, were takdh up by Col. A. T. Mein
tyre, a few day 8 since; and maybe recovered
* by tliioownc-r upon his paying expenses of the M S T .
: stiine. * aug2l-3t
TRK AWI ltr.lt of the Atlnntic & Cinlf
L Railroad Company be in Thomgaville on Satur
day tbe “Jt#i of November, for the jmrpose of receiving
j tlie Instalments due on the eapitol stock of the Company.
, nov 21-lt D. MCDONALD, Treasurer. °
• 4<l mi nisi rutor’s Sale.
BY VIRTUE OF AX ORDER of the Court Ordi
nary*#) Tbortins County, will he sold on the
’liucMiluy in next, before the Courthouse
door ine the tow# Brooks County, within the
hours of sale, the land a®d negroes belonging to the
; : estate of Lewis Joiner, deceaseik Tcrin%niade known
j on the day of sale£> Nov. 14, 186(1, #
nov 21 ‘4od WILLIAM R. JOINER, Adm’r.
Administrator's “Sale.
TO AX ORDER ofthe Court of Ordi- •
•narv of Brooks County, will he sold before the Comt
■ house in said county, on the First ’l iirxluy {■
; January’ next, within the legal hours of side, part of
lot of land, Xo. 417, in the 13th district of originally Ir
win now Brooks County, containing.3oo acres more or
less; also one negro Ttoy. Sold as the property of John
Groover, deceased, of said county, for the benefit of the.
heirs ajid creditors of said estate. Terms made known,
(Si tit; dav of stile. Nov. 16 1860 *
nov 21 40d JAMES 11. GROOVER, Adm’r.
Administrator's Sale. * .
AVriLL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURTHOUSE
* * door in the town of Quitman, Brooks County on
the First TtiCN.lny in January next, within the legal!
hours of sale, one lot of hind, number one Jiundred and
twelve (112); also, the north-west half of lot, number one
hundred ami thirteen. (113), both containing seven hun
dred a (id thirtv five (735) acres, more or less, lying in tlio
14th district of Brooks County, belonging to the estate of
Henry Anderson, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the
heirs “and creditors of said estate. Terms made known
on the day of side. Xov. 13, 1860. •
L. B. A. C ANDERSON, ) ~ ,
nov 21 40d JAMES McMULLEN, $ Artm rR -
Administrator'N Sale.
AGREEABLE to an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Thomas County, will be sold on Wednesday th'o
sth day of Deeeniber next, at the plantation of Moee*
Futch, late o! said county deceased, the following prop
erty to wit; All the perishable property of the estate of
said Moses Futch, consisting of six horses, one mule,
thirty or forty stock cattle, a lot of stock hogs, eorn and
fodder; and other things too numerous to mention. Soltf
for the benefit of the estate. Terms made known on th*
day of sale. GEORGE BEAVAXi Adm'r,
November 14, 1860. <4