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Offoutljcnitntfrprbe.j I.u I! i c. BKVA.V i:niTOR. 0 GA” a <tt ( ‘ © w ’rn>'F<D.iv •. >ovi:nrer _ _ ° Cavalry Oompany. * • •• All nymbea of the a mpany, together with • let {hen selves vnth ns, are reqqe- . ted to meet it • 8 tordaythe first of Da ’ ccroLe*n<xt. at lit o’clock, a. immediate steps will be ta ken for a thoro g h organization!* A pronjptattendance t o Sawi'Kl. B Spi!W til, Captain. A .* • * . I ISTIX; ASI> I’RtVER, Xt-dy has been set apart by the Governor | *for Fasting, IlumifiatiojJf and Prayer by the ” pcogle of Georgia. A consemporttry says he presumes, from tlie Governor having his proc lamation published only in the Democratic pa pers, thutjiis Excellency thinks the epnserva ti. people of the Stat# havejicwneed of pray-, or. y this be true, It* us pra£ for the prvfjj* itators who need it. Let us j)hj that ‘they nSaj have npre wisdtya and delibertion Chan ; rashly to disrupt our Government before they have made sure of*li better. Rashness always o prcci4*tate* *lf yoif would be superior to your enemy of meet him Cm* equal grounds, igeet him coolly and calmly, after, having, re- . solved ujfci.youf *ool*l sc. ° A♦• ► * KEKVIfKN AT THE •METHODIST • • • CIII'RCII. * In accordance with.*? he requisition ‘of the ! Go\t;rnar cf Georgia setting apart this day-for fitting, humiliation and praVer throughout the * * • * „ • • “ Bta}e, service*; yill *Je held at -the Methojst cfjurch by the Rev. F. A. Branch. < • • .• ‘ * ni:rVk i?s at 1711: BjuptfriMT <ni ncif. There willPe’scrvice.+ at the Baptist Chprch at*loi /'clock -this day,*in. accordance with the recommendation in the Governor’s Procla matiorf. An address may ht expected by der 8. E. Brooke, # off itljbert—preaching at t mht f>y Elder C. Smith, of Blakely.. 4 • -► —• See New Advertisements. • * • FEETt'IIIAt ns ri'Pl TU. Mr. M. A. McNulty takes his place *tliis< week as one of the Board of in * * tliis Institute He is well kno%'n ait fine o • classical scholar, and a thorough teacliep of flic Latin, Greek anu French languages, and will” be a very valuable acfquisuicJb to our school.— As no expelrse has befn spitr<jd bv the* Princi .*• • 1 - •• ■pal of the school to procure the \cry best tea-* chers to aid him in making the school one of the best ill tjie'latjd, *t *s hoped that the *pec* pie will come*forward wargily to* the* support of tjre Institution, both with kind words find f.le’nty of children to clLcute. *. J • • ♦ DOV JT B 1 BI.INII I BS fctf ’I. • • *\\ e are surprised ak the course of the Sou thern press in publishing every abusive tajnit* i*.g ary] ridiculous article that appears tu a*Xor-j # th # ern paper. fYe publish all the North does, u*id Jic’will publish nothing from the ‘That is tUe* way they build # uji and sustain ft Rja&k Kepultlican party, and ours is the way we disseminate auioiii; our people Northern sen* • • 0 • 1 1 _ . Uunent. Why these pubjicaiions in the South? .J o tne precipitators hope to profit by them ? . Are the ranting braggadocio vulgar*speeches* and articles df a few fanafic negro loviag fools the of the Northern people, and bhall •such men scaYCUs out of the Union.before we • . • can act remh/ to leave? “ C 1/ • • • —►— * •JfcSrAVe were b few flavs ago looking through • * the tin ware *establisTiment’*of Messrs. Trav*- • • • • • “ wick & Smiths, and were quit£ surprised at the’ great.variety of which, theii* stook is composed. Stoves of all sizes, shapes, kinds a*id price*./ Hardware, cutlerv, fancy tricks, of the latest* inventions by tlu.’ Yankees. Tlie truth is, we have not room.to mention.one half they‘have, “and ifc.wf had room, tve •dmuld never he able to call half their names. Their.stoik is full apd fresh, f'all in amt -ec sos \*ourselves. . • • • - BALM OF BAV.|AXAII. c. neglected last woek to Inform our read • • vrs tlfhf Ur. Royer liadysecured a good lot of ibis'excellent hair tonic. There is no humbug in the Balm id Savannah. It is manufactured _ in the city of Savannah, by a SoutVerh man, andafter a good test we pronounce it all that i? claimed for it. Dr. *Bow*er will hereafter ,kyep a supply on lianj. • He’ftlso has a Jrcsli ( cigars of a superior quality. *TAM,AII.U?SEE HA H.JKO’.V D UOXEY. ’ •At the^fust “meeting of our city Council,, it* wag ordered that “ the C levk. be instructed to i fteceheviq Tallahassee lfailrpad money in pay-, ment ot city taxes, Agaio these bifis arc disturbing business among ojlr people. Wht cannot they be stopped from amoijg us ? They only promise* to pay*in transj>ort<ftion’ nil how . vriH they be redeemed hereafter to Georgia cit rzens?. • The jrutli is, we do “not believe tht company To redeem Jojlf they have ;*=ued. Not that they would rtf use to redeefh by Tansportation as promised,-ITut ttfey know it is worthless to Georgia, and that gret num bers of. their bills will never be pre'sentefl for redemption. Thomas oewnty can boast a re-° sgectable supply of thftn. and we think we may say at letst thre of them* are almost £nti # rcly woTl otft. May of these cld‘ragged balls are thrown atjay, and every one thus destroyed is a flea*r gaiu to the com pany. issuing them. * When” will odr people otase to'bring them out of Florida? Let tßem stay* there where they-belong. Discourage .their circulation and get them out /rom lynong us’gradually, and begin now while it is patsa- U . Do wait until they fall dead upon ©ur hands. When you go'into Florida carry them whith yon. and when you return leave them all there. They are good in Florida where they need Florida transportation, but in Georgia they are not worth a copper. O STATE COVVE.fTIOV. In another place we publish the bill recently passed by the Legislature providing for the call fa State Convention to determine the course Georgia shall persue in view of the election of Lincoln. The tim<*appointedfor ftie assern-. blwig of the Convention is the 16fti of Janua ry- Every county having one Representative in the°Legislature will be Entitled t9two *dele • • a gates to the convention, and every countv enti o • o tied bf the hist apportionment to two Repre-. sentatives will be entitled ?o three delegates.—•* In other words ea’ch county wilPbe entitled to as .many delegates id she ha,s Representatives Vid Senators in the Eegfslattrre. Thewiast ap, portionment gave Thomas County two Repre sentatives and she is theitforp entftled to send three delegates. Some of our pe*opk> have been exercising their heads*about tl;edelegatcs to I*:, sent, ami qjideavoring t<J*keepmp the present . harmony by selecting compromise men from th*c. two.pnwailjng factions. We think it js a.very* 2:oo*J plan to kbep. down all* tQwar*! ATivision, and if men c;gi be elected to plcg.se e• 0 . • hll parties and run vhtllout opposition w shjll take pleasure 1n supporting thtitn ; Jbpt we should nevertheless object to an owt’*and out : unqualified secessionist as i*e sho&ld, alsdto an abject s’uEAiMssionfsf. “Neither Af tfiese ex-, trerues will answer thy present emergency, ftfr *e regard botbas dangerous to the interests of w • . kh.e country! * Wh are not*in Jivor T>f destroy hig* tills governßienuntil we are sure of a bet- o ter, and .we therefore ‘oppose all rashness and ! haste. . Our delegates ought Jo be men of firm ness apd determination bixt at the same time yioderale. The dissolution 0 f thi%, government no light matter to be Seated as o childS playq foi'no man may be able to foresee all its consequences. .The relations i these 84ate*s ought not to be dissolted \j'ith impunity nor handled by*rash 4ml impetuous hands. N ° people.c;m h e and prosperous who tliu.- peraiit their iijterpsts to be trifled with. t , 1 * THE PI.AVTATIO.*. • *.*We acknowledge the *J*eceipC of the first, sey-*! ond and third niifnbers of Tiik Plantation a Magazine by J. A 4 ; ‘ Turner of Geor gia. W e have made some, examinatiou of rhe : . . • o . work since its arrival and take pleasure in rey^ * . • i otnnmnding it to otfr as’worthy af every c-ynsideration. slr. Turner *s a Georgian,•eiliks his magazine at Eatonton I’utnaup Cos., and'a.w # •sumcS for it a character that *Hiould ynt.tle Mm to the patronage (J’ all true southern Judies and gentlemen. 80 far as we have examined 4 he j • * * • • work, Vc confess ourself mfleh pleased wiJi its contents, and entertain a very high regard for 1 the learning and ability 4>f editor. J-ke avows his object to by- the publicaffon of a Journal for the defence of thy rights of *the O•• • 0 H Southr ‘‘Where,” he writes, “is tlje Journal j in*our yiidst wlvieh blends*the litersry and the political in such a way as to inaky, itsc*lf reada ble like The on ’thte side *of the’ • # ocean and Black umod on the other. \Ye do , l not propose for our.self it standard lower tharj that of either of those journals. We* hope and* ! expect to make The* Plantation as powerfuTin the formation ot* publje opinion througliouf the civilized work! asj. the Edinby-ryh Jfiarterly or Jl/mckwood. . Our southern are not o-hly not understood, but arc slandered and be-.! o 0 lied by those who do not “understand then;.— We have no apology to make for slavery in the Southern States, but stand up boldly, and in the face of the world proclaim that it is a just, a humane, atid a useful institution, having,fehe sanction both of Nature and*of Nature’s God.” It is then iu the truest sense of that ttfrm a Southern pro-slavery journal, ami assush.Tmght ,to be sustained by till tfho hold slavery to b<7 a valuable institution tb the South. SiicU .a • • journal is necessary to correct tpe sentimenbof foreign nations on the subject of in the Soufh,'and refute tin? •unnfitigated slanders’ of its base nd uijdign'jnt enemies at home and abroad. We ought to have an advocate to ( maintain our cause at foreign courts and carry the truth vindicated to the very sanctsms of * * . • foreign newspapers and tlwit they. nyiy be able to see ibr thenfselves that.we have the ability both mentally and physically*to dc ! feed and uphold our institutions. Some malig i nant slanderers .at the North even in our* own • • • • i country (e-litor Boston Atlas) says we of tlicf “South afe not possessed .of sufficient intelli ; gaverpment, and to maintain any position we might takg ouf of tlitr Uiiion. This ’ too, iu the very facu of the fact of a charge ® o e • mjde up.en us by other equally* unscrupulous ‘"and villaiu&us Black Republicans, that jfe of.- the South have for the last si.tly yettrs had con trol of and conducted ,the Government. We miglit. add.t® this that two * thirds of ufl th< grtat men produced by this nation Fprungfrefm. Southern soil, and thatJby j-eference Jo the cat alogues of their own publishers it will be found that a large majority of the popular wprks *of the day°are by Southern authors. Rut* it?is need less to pursue thissubjeet. We regard the Plan- ■ tation as an able advocate of our rights and po- . —a i “ o sition, socially and politically* and if we extend ‘ . * • • ’ •. i . . •, to it a.*patronage commensurate with its just de tnahd, we shall make it a potent engine of southern .institutions Whatever#it may now lack in the opinion of some will be supplied by the strong •arm of patronage, and bring 0 to it not only the ability Bf orfc man, but of scores of able Southern writers who lufVe heretofore been driven to the support of Northern period icals.* *Let Georgia and the South look to their* own interests ifi literature as well as in politics. * j EII.A woman calPed Kate Bailcywas shot and severely wounded in town, on Monday night, by a )' o Oung man named David Kellam. We know nothing of the origin of the difficul ty. A warrant was issued for Kellam, but he i lias not yet been taken. | GEORGIA TIIE KEVSTO.tE OF SECEfE SION.® The editor of the Atlanta Intelligencer says : one of the most prominent citizens of ‘South i Carolina wrote him a letter the other da*y and alluding to the secession of the South said : i “ All here consider Georgia the Keystone of o • * ?l e movement.” Florida too, continues the ed itor of the lnt<Ui/ji acer, that lioble. peninsular State—true to the interest# <jf the South ag the needle to the pole —look# to Georgia as a lead er in the movement. Then ®he asks “shall we o deceive and disappoint #her? .“Emphatically we answer JVYjyr * . * • .Now we may ask “just hre‘*what is it that gave Georgia the proud* dignified position „of ’ 1 “lemder” to Soutlj Carolina and Florida? Is it. the strength of her arms, Wealth and glory or is it the wis4om of her statesmen *yid"th&* cons#*quent*political p*>wer she has gver wielded in the Federal # Government ? “Without an es- a fort and unassumingly Georgia has gradually takeirthe l-aj of the South from Virginia, ly th,e she has brought” to the “Federal i counsels, and the wisdom, 6rmn®ss # and modera o tion she ha* ever exhibited anJbng her sputherrf ! sisters. If South Carolina and Florida regard hgr a*“leader” let them follow her. We be lieve Georgia will do right as®sl?e has alwavs ddne, but if a refusal on her part 4> tlissplve; * tire ynion without a demand, and an earnest I effort to secure her rights under the Constitu ti9n will “ disappoint and deejeve” South Car j olina a*id Florida, then we fear are dcstjn ! ed.to be o disappointed and deceived. If shg yiouhl use s o uch rashnostj she would *be unwor thy the *d< adersh ijj” of any Stoitc, ..and. she would justly loose her .‘proud positkm. * When .• # * * I Georgia has surveyed the ex tee t of .the evils now threatened to .the country, Voighed ‘the. j.daqgfcr,* measured her*, resources a fid’ set ?i*r compass*she will move. B*it what ship hauls in bet; anedior, spreads till her saifs and puts out |to sea Without• compass or supplies? Every ■ bodv would say tha Captain*. was .crazy aqd that lie had'nfiiol crew <*n botyd. Let Georgia ex ercise Tier accustomed wisdom and sagacity. Ts sha determines to go ouGof the Union, let her for the present s/ay in until she -has made, ample preparation to abidp the result of geyhg out.* ‘J'he cost of war must be counted su’d husbautjcii before th war is b°cgun.* • ° • ‘ Hon.’Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina; ’ denies that Mr. Buchansln is pledged not tsi refcist secession, audjsays no ‘sucli pledge was made by the President. * *. * . What then, will he insist f The Nejv York* lleryld truly says resistance wtmld’ spoil aH. Mr. Uuchanah will learn if he does n*>t • • • knotv r ‘already that.there is a* “ / dimefeelrng” at.tbe South, and that no. Southern Stjite.will.’ Stand by” and permit the .*coercioti of a. sister State?, mutdl less join the Fcdciul .Government in such ‘coercion. . The first attempt on the, , pare of the Adt*mnistration..to’.coerce a State, will be tlic signal to*arms of every State in the< South. ‘ . Pt'.hrllC REErtAG I> ATHENS, GA. Tli’e"following resolutions were adopted by • . • the citizens in a great and enthusiastic •‘public meeting, held yt ‘Athens on the 19th inst., and for which w*c wire indebted to our young friend W. D. M. • * # o* .Resolved, That this meeting concur in the opinion that the. Legislature of Georgia, now in sessibn, should call . Convention of dele gates to mcejt and determine *upon the anode and measure of redress. • . ’ * Resolved,• That in our opinion the conven tion when assembled hiving determined the course of actios proper to he tajean by the sov ereign State of Georgia, should earnestly in vite; the ‘.co-operatjon of.our sister Southern States to unite with us in forming a Confedera tion on‘the basis of our present Constitution. Res',let'll, ‘J'liat we recommend in the. selec tion of delegates to the ‘proposed convention, •that party .feeling be esbhewcd, and that* all partics.be fairly •represented, by .their wisest ah’d* most discreet men. * Resolved , That jn our*opinioit the Governor and Legislature should ’tike every care and precaution to place the Staty in a position to meet any emergency \vljieh may arise. Resolved, Thatowe remember with gratitude, .and shall ever cherish the remembrance, the noble efforts °®f.the friends*of Constitutional Equality threughout tlie Northern Static who co-of>erafccd.w;ith us in an effort to save tl’e Government from falling” into the huifds of, fanatical traitors to the Constitution. . . J \ Revtlvcd, •That weda in an (special man- ! ner return f.ur fiiyirtfelt thanks to the sover-! eigfl’.State of .New Jersey,’which, so for as o we now know,* is the only non-shfvcliolding titate. which has voted against the Black Republicans. All honor to her! “Among the faithless, Jaithfuf only sh£.” • * ’ The report being unanimously “agreed to, \ three cheers were given over tlft result, and‘ fliree clicgrs were proposed and given for Mr. Cobb, three for the.°State of Georgia, tfrree for Gov? Lumpkin, threw for Rev. Mr. llinton, amd three for” Rev. Dr. Hoyt; # * Thee, on motiop of TV in. L. Esq., the jiapers of this place were Requested to is® sue esrtras on Monday morning, con’thining the of tjiis meeting. • On motion of Gen. ts as, D? Frierson, copies of the proceedings ot this mcciitlg were tH rec ted to be sent to.tlic ‘Fcnatbr and Representa tives of thisopunty, with the requesf that the same he presented to their respective bodies. ! ® The mooting then adjourned, having been in session over four hours. WILSON J, UMPKIy,'‘President. D. G." Candler, Secretary. , * -* o * *• * ® 0 Convciiliom, Kiln PnMfd. . The “bill from the Senate aut horizkig the. call of a Convention c of the people, passed the House of Representatives yesterday by a unanimous°vote. It provides that jin election ofodelegatcs shall be held in the different coun ties on the first Wednesday in January; that j each county having two Representatives in the Legislature shall be entitled to three delegates, and those counties having one Representative “shall be entitled to two delegates. The Con vention is to meet at the Capitol on the 16th day of January 1861, and the per diem and mileaga of the delegates shall be the same as members of the Legislature. —Recorder 21s?, * legislature. ° Friday.—ln the Senate the passage of the | bill for the relief of the people and the Bayks was°the only important eventpf the day. An attempt to reconsider the motion indefinitely ! postponing the bill changinupthe"nii)de (?f elect ing Superior Court Judges, failed—yeas, 45 ; 1 nays 52. V arious bills and resolutions of an unimportant^character were introduced. In the House,"the State aid bill was lost— yeas, 52 : nays,7s. The senate o rpsojstion to go into the election §f Presidential electors on Saturday last, was amended by substituting Thursday next, passed. !\n independent reso- < lution for the election of iionator on Saturday, j was then offered by Mr. Smith of Bryan, which the House refused to take„up. A gVeat ,many private and other hills of an unimportant character were introduced. *. * • o O ° • ° IfilvMiHAippi IVewi. *• . Jackson, Miss., Nov. 24—The Senators and.Representatives'*oV this*Sfate in Congress, met here yestrt'day, and unanimously declared* f<*r a Southern (Confederacy. ]>eople tliroughout the* State are generally for disunion. ~® . ; • • Alabnnm New*. s ® °The official Vote of Aiaba na stands as fol lows: las 13ji4G • “ • • o CJrcat Alerting in .\nv Orleans— Failure**. ° New Orleans, Nov. 25—An .immense meeting, irrespective of party” wals held at Gdd* fellow’s fialUast niglft. * • •Oredt speeches were made and an associa.’ tion was fornjtd, calk'd the southern rigWtspss ocigtion of Louisiana formed to promote coi> ce; - t of action among thb Southern State's, and org;u\ize minute volunteer comjmmes through out the State” • * • * . Walker Cox k Cos„ Q<l Fellows A Cos ,*:ot- Factort's failed yesterday. , The l*rri<l<'iit Washington, Nov. 23.- l -The Prtsfdcnt to day,’ in conversation, took- strong, grounds against secession. # lie could not Relieve, that, tli*e great West would nermit the months of the Mississippi # to be held by a fui-ttgn power.. ,He said, “South Carolina wishes to enter into < conflict with me, and upon drawing ®the first drop of blood, to drag other States into the movement. ‘The South has suffered great •wrongs*a! the hands qf Phe.Xorth, but the com pact between the two sections should not be broken without, reasoning :lwd wfloptiop. 1 would first appeal to thc’North fpr justice, and,, if denied, then,” suid the “J. aiq with them.” • . • — * . ’ * Itauk .Richmond, Nov. 21. —All the Richmond and Petersburg Banks suspended specie p*ay rnetits to-day. •*. * . .** I c From s KancyM. #( © • J The New” Yrtfk Herald ptfblishes a dispatch from Fort Scott, dated 19th,stating that Judge officers of the Federal Court in .JvinsVs, have been compilhij to flce<to Missou ri ;yid Cape Jay hawk's. . , • Samuel Scott, of Rime county, Kansas, was. Hung on the 18lh. Many prominent citizens have begn arrested —fate.unknown. . • ‘ Reynold & Cos.” Fort Scott, Crawford Chonleaw*, and othey merchants have removed thyir goods 4oMissouri; also a dispatch, though 1 not generally credited, of the buryiing of Fort Scott by the’Abolitionists. . Washington, Nov. -i .—Rumors from Kan sas say that large bodies of.ampul pfo-slaveuy ,m # cn and ftee.soldiers have assembled in the ‘southern part of that* Territory near Fort. Scott, and bloody'doirtgs. re shortly expected... ‘An ’outbreak’is anticipated aboift the* time of the Land Sale’s at Leavenworth, if not sooner.* Washington, Nyv. 22. —President Bu chanap has repeatedly expressed lumssiTagaiiVst the secession movement, .believing that before ,resorting to revolutionary. eTcry con stitutional and legal meabs ought to be cx hausted. ... * • • .j ‘flic ijm’s dispatch frgm Warsaw, Missouri, rela tive to the alarming state of affairs, in Kansas, j Additional orders have been transmitted to Gen. Ilarney to resort to every available means to crush the insurgents.. . Augj sta, N.23. —The people of War saw, .Missouri, have called upon, the President to protept tlfem against the insurgents under •Montgomery., The® Governor of Misspiyi is taking private measures to protect “the borders of that State. The rufnor of the Jjurning’.of Fort Scott is untrue. ‘Montgomery i* known to have buns’ five nffcn. u • • * • V . • ® NiiN|MTisiou of Drbtw* Tlie bill*to grrtnt relief to* the banks yyd peo ple o£ this State passed the Senate ‘yesterday, by a voie.of ; 1.. Repeals so much of t.he act of 1857 as forbids the banks of this. State from sending their notes out of the State .for..the purporse of disaouqting drafts. 2. Repeals so imieh"oF’said att as prevents the banks from Celling any hut .sight checks. 3. Suspends the operation of all arts’ in flicting pains a*nd Jprfeitfwes on the banks and their officers, by reason o£ pon-paymerit of specie for their notes. ° . *• *’ ‘4.1 “Prohibits the levying of any fi fa in fa vor of the suspended banks durVng ’such* sus pension, and if any li fa against the hanks du ring the time their debtors are thus protected, provided that the defendant in either ease sliaM give.security as is nbw inquired for t.l;e stay of exe’eutieft. . * . £>. No’plajntiff in fi fit shall have *he same levied upon the property of any ® inhabitant of this State, except upon affidavit that the dc-. fendant is about to remote his property be> yond flie limits of this State, or of any county thereof. - # . Perry, Democrat, has been elected to Con •gress, €rom New Jersey, in place jjf Penning-” ton, the present Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives. ; o Mr. Appleton, of Boston, a staunch Uifioh Bell been elected in place of thij no torious Burlingame. These are hopeful indi cations? The National Intelligencer sums up the anti-Repftblican majority in the lower house of Congress at 21. c °° o Sfrgro Suflrn|(f in Nfw York. , New York, Nov. 21. —The return#from the . State aue now nearly all in, and the majority against removing the Constitutional restriction against ffee negro suffrage is about 112,000. — New York imposes a real property qualification on free negroes of $250 and the last Black Re publican Legislature submitted to the people a Constitutional amendment repealing this res triction. It seems the Northern Empire State has a mind after all that the practical applica tion of negro equality doctrines shall be confin ed to the South. Exclusive despatch to the Charleston Mercury. • l\r from Washington. Washington, iNov. 19. —A despatch from Springfield, Illinois informs v.s that Lincoln said on Saturday last, in reply to some gentle* men who were questioning him in relation to j h'is course, that during the last six years his policy had bfen known as a public man, atyl that if his past assertions obtained no credit, his present one would be treated no belter. He therefore flatly refuses to make public ex position* of his views jintil bi§ inauguration takes * * j Th new Abolition daily paper to be started 1 in this city, will certainly btr issued* in about ten days from this data : * Ex-Governor I‘owjll of Alabama, left this city to-day for Baltimore and the North,°to pur chase fire arms for his State, lie informed the administration that no doubt need be entertain ed in relation to tire secession of Alabama, for it wOuld certainly take place* 0< lion. William McDougal, of California, tele graphs via Pony Express, tUat State has, gope for J)ouglas by three thousand majority.„ Amos Kendall is out this evening in another letter against secession. 0 110 takfis the grounds that the Government is a consolidated Union JF the States, agreed to be perpfttual at the time it was formed, .He stays that ft appears upon the face ctf the Constitution that the Union was be unlimited in duration.„and that no discontented Sfcite can legafly withdraw. o ° Tluft-e is trduble in the collection af the ten million Treasury loam The Department has *to day extended for thirty days, the time in which the loans is to be paid in. It is now se , riously doubtd by the Department whether the whole loan will be received £ven „in that time. OiWy thee millions have thus far been* paid The Government is thus embarrassed very much, and it’ls admitted that the exten sion was granted in consequence"of the prevail. ing panic. . .** • • • • • • ! . ... . From the (ihronirfe and Sentinel. . I Ik- I’iiioii Piiflj of (acqi-gin. . . JVIILfcEDGfcVILLE, Nov. 19, 1860. *TTie agreement here, to cal] a Convention of the people, with much unanimity, not witl> any # view not to make a party, question. On *the contrary, that was the*very design ot it.— ; I do not mean a parfy question 0n the old lilies, but for (jie purpose of ‘getting the sense of the people on the new and great issue that over rides all others. You cannot get the sense of the peoplcowithout voting for men who agree with you. • t i When the Legislature met, many of Breckinridge men were moving everywhere to 1 hat e secession passed by the Legislature, and the* Union men of all parties were for .calling a Convention, The. secessionists, finding they would 1 be beaten, came into the measure of a i I Convention, rathef than be defeated’ by the “Legislature. i A large majority of the people arc for Union, and they must not allaw themselves to be cheated out of their wishes. And if you do n*ot putMip and Vote for sterling Union inch, and them only, the Convention will, contrary | to the* wishes of two-thirds ot the pftople, de °clare for secession.. Beware it’ you are lost. • • . * • ’ Decision. •• ► j A U nril to Hie Mouth. . The ?Tew York. Herald concludes an al upon the Aspect of political affairs* with the following practical suggestions.: • j According to the present appearances, there are about five States resolyed upon •sececsioi>. These are Smith Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, > I;lorida iflid Mississippi. The other slave States of the Sauth are in fav„or of remaining in the Union, at least.until some overt aggress ion bp made upon their rights. ’Ascension of these five States, therefore, \\ill haV’e the im mediate effect of giving the Republican patty majorities in both* IleusCa of Congress,‘and will havp the ’prospective .etfect of weakening t*lie political in/lncwcc of the institution bf* Af rican slavery, ‘t hey would, thcrefiye, bo play ing directly injtu the* hand of the adversary, just astheydid play.into his haryls when they seceded from the Democratic, conventions at Charleston and Baltimore. And what do the election.figures prove ? They prove two thing*;; first, that.the united Opposition vftte, North and Soflth, exceeds the Republican vote by eight hundred thousand ; and second, that the Opposition‘vote in the free States outnumber ed, by* 5*50,1100, the Opposition votes in the I slave States. * * • In view ok these figures, and in view, also, 6f tKe undeniable preponderance of antiße publican sentiment in the ’great commercial* centres cf the North, particularly in New” Yofrk, there is no excuse for scccessioir at this ! time. • ••• • i — • ♦ . * An Inrniriit of Ihr il'iinc. . . It is a fact w r orthy of note, that the message ! of* Gov. Brown, of Georgia, first saw the light in llie capitol of a sister State —that it appear* ! ed*in the papers°of Columbia, South, Carolina, and was read and djscussed by the people of that State, e\*en before* t was Communicated to ! the representatives* of* the‘people of Georgia, * or its contents known by perhaps a single man of the State, for whose information and direc tion it “was intended. ’ . • Asa Georgian, .we do not like Ibis. — San. j Republican. . * Hon. Edward Everett, notcontent with the laurels already, wreathed around h*s byow, is proposing to himself a*"new literary task, for which coming generations will thaitk him. It •is nothing less than (in°hia own language) “a .life of Franjdpi, which would embrace the “whole of his career in one continuous narra tive.” —ft—- New Jersey has been very wrongfully clash ed with those States hftve passed laws hostile to the execution of the Act of C<yn ! gress concerning fugitive slaves. New Jersey is loyal to the Constitution in rqgard to this matter. An act of her Legislature,* passed April 18, 1846, makes full provision for the surrender oT persons of this class. o * * . flnilroada and fh* Hnbbnlli. . •.Some over-zealous people having*induced a Legislator to introduce a bill into the Senate, to prohibit the running of engines and cars on the railroads of Georgia, on the Sabbath day, the bill came.up for discussion on Friday and Saturday, when, after an. animated discussion, it was postponed indefinitely.— Ex. announcements. ■rtfraQgv. 1’- ABE AUTHOKIZED to announce °R. A. Hayes as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver, of Thomas ; County, at the ensuing January election. not 21 To the Voters of Thomas County.— j hereby announce myself as a candidate for your Tax Collector’for the year 1861, and most re spectfully solicit vour suffrage; and if you will confide 1 that much in me, ! hope you will have no cause to regret it, as my only object will be to faithfully execute the duties of the office. MILTON C. SMITH, i Thomasville, Ga., Nov. 7, 1860. tde .PROCEEDINGS OP COUNCIL. RKUI’LAR .REETIffO) COUNCIL CHAMBER, Nov. 26, 1860. . Present. C. C. Beall, Mayor—Aid. Hubert, Wright, Dyson and Lane. Absent, Aid. Swift and Tooke. Ordered that I)r. Eaton's request to move his old sta- • bles be not granted. Passed. ©Resolved. That the Council feel instructed not to buy the Meßain property. The election jjiuws a result jof r 55 ■ against The Railroad inattsr was deferred till next meeting. Ordered that J. S. Merrill's account, 80 emits, be puid. ; Passed 0 Oldened that C. S D. Johnson he paid $3 for jail ex penses. Passed. 0 . Ordered that the Marshal be palfl !s',>. oil for board of street hands. Passed. ° Ordered that the .Marshal collect $lO fine and cost of Davis, as itinerant trader without license. Referred C 11. Remington's petition to the committed !on license. Passed.® 0 , . 0 , On motion of Aid. Hubert, ft*was agreed to alfow Messrs. Newman u 1 Robinson to waive the ordinance in regard to itinerant vfaders, granting them, as good and true Southern men should be, to proceed with their busi ness in this town wit!nu further ffeense ftliairttbis rcso Union henceforth unmolested. Passed. Whereas confusion and dissatisfaction have ex isted lor some tiige in relation to the road or street lcav-. # ing the town, at terminus of main street, in the directon to Monticello. between the property of T. J. Meßain and Mrs. Orr, passing Ahr>iq|Ji the I;*i of others •within th# corporate limits til tliis city : and lartUcr. the ers for the count vat the time and in the sale of Jots .irr block .<*n the plan ot the town, did reserve a road nf a public highway through saiil,Uloek W, qtiTi the road al it new l tyis was only adopted by consent- * • Thefefor*k be it ordered bv the Mayor and eitv (•onn cil of Tlipmasville, that the owners of block be re quired so open the rond reserv eil in the sale of lots in said bltfek \\’, or t> make permanent tlieYoad its it now runs, and that all persons owning property in or on regular granted highway by thtf•honorable Inferior Court and so rest rvetl have*! copy of this resolution. * Also resolved, That a committee,•consisting of Hubert, Wright and Dvson, be appointed by Jfec Council to meet the proper!*- holders, att iug#iUate the old and granted road for the right of way the rol now runs, and r*- port the saint*to the next meeting of this Council.* Therc*being ms further business Council aditmrfied. • F..HUBERT, Clerk-. 1 v s — v ■■■■’ -i THOMASVILLE PRICES CURRENT. 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P*r'lj 75 a 100 ~ SPIRITS TURPENTINE ft’ g'ft a* SUGAR-j-Brown . Plh , 8.? a 12fk Clarified !....• P !•.*'a ■ 15 CAtsheck * P th? 14 iaj K* TALLOW pit, 8 |a- 9 RICE .*.*. Plh 8 ,a |* 9 W00L... IP lb 20 W *3O ——■— II lllAp II J ■■ II n^—^ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. / f bOltlilAj.BliOOKS fOIM V. ° c~i : vl o To all Whom it tmty Concern. . A\ heretis. Raclyicl Ann Ryal luts applied to ine for 11-* iidniinistriitft n on tlie estate of* ltiah B. Ryal, late of sttid county deceased, „ These tire, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons interested to be and appeig ;tf the Coni thoiifte in Qiitnuin on tin* lirst*Mondaft in JanuaiU ne*t, to show cause, if any they can, why said letters should not be granted to said applicant in terms*of the law. Given tinder my hand and olliftial signature, this No vemher thft 21th,i860. 4iuv 28-31 id . ANGUS MORRISON, Ordinary. . Adminisfor’s Sal^.* I > Y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER of .the Court of Ordi nnjv of‘Thomas County, will be sold on the Fir*t TiieMdsiy in” .Isiiiuni'y next, before the door in the town Quitmaii, Brookg Countv, within the legal hours of sale, the land and negroes belonging to tlie estate of Lewis Joiner, deceased. Terms made known on the div of sale. Nov. 14, 1860. . nov 21 40d WILLIAM R. JOINER. Adm'r. j - * - Adiniiiislialof's Sale. t GIMIEABLE TO AN ORDER of the Court of .Ordi ♦ x\.*nary of Brooks County, will be gold before the Court house. door in said county, on the Fiwit Tiirmliir ■■ .Innnary next, within the legal hours of sale, nart of lot of land, N’o.®ll7. in tjie Kltlo district of originally lr Vein •iow*Biooks County, Containing 300 acres more or less; also one negro boy. Sold as the property of John Groover, deetftiscik, of said county, for the benefit of liftirs and creditors of said estate. Teyns made known on the dav of sale_ Nov. 16, 1860. bov 21-40d JAMES 11. GROOVER, Adro>. , pAdiiiinisfiafoi'*s Sale. RESOLD BEFORE THE COl RTIIOUSE i T door in the town of*Quitinau, Brooks County on the I'irwl Tursiluy in Jiymnry next, within the legal hours of sale, one lot of land, number one hundred and twelve ! 112}; also, wcstftialf of lot, numlier one 1 hundred and thirteen, (113), both eontaiiflng seven hnn dreft and thirty live (735) acres, more or less, lying in the 14th district ot’ Brooks County, belonging to the estate of Henry Anderson, deceased. Sold for tbe bentftit of tbe heir* and creditors <>f sajd estate. TefYnf made known on th# daf of stile. Nov. yi, 1860. * L. B A. C. ANI)ERS©N, ) nov 21 40<1 .•JA MES MeM I*LLEN, Adm rn ’ . iflmiiiitfi-afriV'N Sale. A GJiEEABLEto an ordeftof the Court of Ordinary jA of Tliouia# County, will be sold on Wednesday tb sth day ok December ‘next, at the plantation of Motes Futch. l;je of said, countv deceased, the following prop erty to wit: All the perishable pift>perty of tbe estate of said Moses Futch, consisting of six horses, oue sonic, thirty or forty stock ;i lot of stock bogs, eni apd •fodder; and other things too numerous to mention. SoM for tlie benefit of the estate. Terms made known on the day of sale. GEORGE BEAVAN, Adm’r. November 14, 1860. o o 4t . 1 * • “INROM M Y PLANTATION, IN MADISON COUN _T tv, Florida, on the night of the 10th of June, my ne gro boy SOLOMON. At latest accounts, he was above Thomasville, making bis way towards Macon. He is j perhaps in the neighborhood of Albany; I think, how ever, he is near Thomasville. 1 will give OXE 111 .\DItEU AND FIFTY DOI.MRS for liis delivery to me at mv plantation in this county, or for his confinement in some’ safe jail. Description. SOLOMON is about 21 or 22 years old, weighs about 150 or 160 pounds a very fine looking boy, with smooth, sleek skin, and before he left had many bruises on hia ; body, caused by a mule running away with him;, in walk . ing lie swings himself about, and when standing is in clined to be knock-need. _ 1 oct 31 ts JAMES A. LINTON.