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Clk (tntcrprisc.! - ■ ■ ■ ■■ ■■ El'Cll'S C. BBVA.V EDITOR. THOMASMILE, GA. o ♦ ♦ ♦ - 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. • 9 * o * o 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 ♦*• ® o 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 • * ‘ ° • ° •• every true Southern man.’ • * •• • • 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 • • 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, * • • * is too well known to our read#rs, and to tiie liteva-. • • 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, • • • • • O m <♦♦* % —— O o v&arsee New AGvertifceiiients. • • • —— ♦- ft w- *. 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. • • • c _ * 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. • ° .* . ‘ , , “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. • , • o • ° , 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 ! ° o’ o 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 • • 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 # # * • •*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.. • . .* - ..*— —.—_ • s • . 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. * * • . . . * * 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. . * *#• • . [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. *•••♦*• J.egislnlu re. * The inillioi* appropriation bill for arming the State passed* unanimously. .• . —— • 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. • • o m *■* ~ o .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. * • * • *- ► •• 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. # ° — °• • • o Virijliiin K*nr for Bell. Richmond, Nov. 19.—Virginia has goife for Bell by about four hundred majority. This result i% certain. ► ° • 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. o o O 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