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d)f^oiitijcnt(L : )tfft‘prisf. 9 . “ ‘ m — MTUX C. RIiVAV EDITOR, THOMASVILLE, *GA. .. I, • o • WEDAFID IV, ?.DI KE TIBER 3. ISO©. *- * . PI KEU ftEETIMi. WcTiud in the Reporter of last week. S call requeued by # citizens of the county, for a nfteeting, without dfstinctiotf of parties, to be held'in’.'fhomasville otf Sutufday of this montk, for the purpose of ruminating deb ‘egates to represent ihe county the Stats Oonvt®ti<'ii e le at Mil!eii*fcvi?le on Hie ; • . 16th of January next? The ejection will ti&e O O • N ..place on the first Wednesday!, iu* January, and this meeting tre iuiderstand is to nominate % ticket to all parties, to tie run in the election. If the people •approve of plan let tljein attend and • hSmioniiufly. We shall be*glad to see them agree upon terms ac- j •eptaWeAo aTI pasties and* jn g. ct>m;iliatory spirtt select delegates worthy t represent comity on so luoiientous an occasion. • .° °. ®y Rtiuiovb (OIWV STOCK • * (tl’lXTiO't. It. w;lb be rpmo*nbeVd tllut the Inferior (Au*rt*pos ppned thovote on this subject, from the second Saturday in October to the first • * **• 0 . • in January. In view of the present • excited stafe of the public mind, the unsettled “ •. 1 . | ■*tate flf the affairs * itajr, the suspen sion of ItankVand the Sepreciation of stocis and pr<*pcrtyof all kinds, w* tliiftk itwfttild be., Well fbr the Ooiirt to abandon the election al-* together for present? and vvgit fVfr a more auspicious, time! *We make the s’uggestion,,, Jbelieving it*ti> be the sentiment of a'largfc maj jority on that subject.„ .. * , NCtmiEKV TYPE l Ot^RY. We Have.received .a cirfcuftir’ from* Messrs. < Waii;kr ck jTyp<i Founders in Rich mond. V:i., informing us that they have fitted * *• ? a ‘ • • • 0 up spacious roowp for the business, and are • # e * • now pfepared to ftimish tivery article requisite lofa I’rinting from a Tioiikin to a ten * r*¥LlNi‘i:R l UEsij, which they will sell at New’ • * * \ork prices.. • • . M*e tfre glad s*ce suvli arrangements com •.# • c •pletcddif the South, and Wcounnend ourbreth • 9 f 0 *• ren of the Press to bear this in. mind when they go to purchase new material. * Tim .South : ought to z;ut off Jut trade’with the North,’and o wo know of no better plan of inducing her people to do so, th;Mi to let the IWss set tha *• • • example. Lett,us • practice *t!ic precepts we* preatfh. •.•-** • • JBS3”*A correspondent in another fdaca calls • attention to .the sacs that ali cfection fur Judges . • •tj the Inferior Court will take*place in Janua • , ... 1 “ o • ry ndxt, and we ascyery glad he lias reminded us of it. Hie public mind anti our mind has of ftlte been so lwieh occupied nation id af fairs, that we all seem to*bav<j forgotten that**\ve .ha*any bu. m<: satffipfne. Xhe gentlemen hesug. nests arc bdbrefour readers,and seed nocommen dation from us. They are well Known, and if “they; are'nut, you have one month* to find tlfem oki, so be in a hurrV. We agree witk*“Yotef'’ that 4 hey should be men of ttbiiity, and we hope noise but men of ability will b’e supported &r the ojlicc. *. Ts any,gn this ticket are objeef ionajole.let others* be proposed. • • ..’* **** h “ ’* *1 S~rt,,Tlie following is sample of tl*e. noth ses given to hold jsildig meetings for the nomi na.tigu sjf delegates to tht> !k t at,2 convention, in | the dipper part of Uui State: .: “The citizens of‘Harris county, without re *gard to foianer party distinctions, who are in iiTvor of making nuAe’effort to preserve .the .bonof.anti rights of the Sooth* in (hr . Union , av lTquested to assemble at the cnurl Jiouse in llamiiton,on the first Tuesday in Deeenibtfr next.” . * * • * T In that portion*of the State they are deter-.* mined to test or nt* se • • cession. # From tlie tone of the press* we, may nicely infer tfiat tWtvfofecs yrc being marfhal ] for a content on the subject in the*pounty Sections for deleg-.rtes. \V<* have combatted it in section,Tbut q seems *to f>e stealing stealthily upon t?s, Will yll parties resist it‘i ~We hope they’will* * • • ••*” • • . • A ( ® • W e are requested to announce that the | “.I>ov. lln*drick*l iniversalisF will preach in the Court House to-night (Wednesday,) at the ifsua*l hour for such seAiees. B@rtiOv. Brawn's veto message on the Bank suspension Bill i *wr head in the Let* .gislature a kw days ago deserves oflr higher commendation.^ Every may who voted for the bilPought to b®asliftmcif to 4ace*his eonstitu • • o The passage of that bill’fchows that the B.vikvot this State hjve gut th# power all iji ‘ their own hinds, ayd that thnc-fourtfe’ of uut tcFb,Legislators are ruled by the lobby. Is it not a slianie upon the. State ? * . ••• • • - 1 - 11 - . o • fbc*Lcgislature of*Flurida convenedTost wy:ek. and fitter unanimously cailin<? a conven • .Von of tV Mate to demise a plan .of seeQgsitfn • fram the Ugian adjourned. Florida wHI foB : •l(fw South Carolina. Unpeople are very*en.| thusiastie.on the sublet. w • • • * • • ° oyrst e ks. . • talking kto oujr.sanctum yesterd3s- morn ing we wei* at the sight of w pile of large fresh oysters in. the shell —left fhere, we suppose* to inform u that one*of tke saloons • # 9 o •• m town had them on temcTforUs customers. - • ° ° W eare sbrrv the eentleman left us no evidence 9 * O .of* who he was. As it if, we return thanks to whoever lie be, find .call on oyster lovers to hunt him up. . %.2 . • Jtes?“ An 11. ,Thompson has opened an, Oystej Sa * •: at the old °tin “shop of B. F. Fudge, thiru the Davis hotel* 0 o e o o SECESSION ANI SI BUISSIOV. These are the titles the Secessionists have | chosen for the parties likely to spring up from present condition of politics in the South,and from their attitude we may justly infer tlftit the Secessionists, or as we prefer to call thera®in contradistinction to those who are “for secession in “the.last resort, aim o to force all who differ with fhem in opinion, to go for seces sion, •ti gi’.ing th<?m odious names, jeering and sneering for tfieir opinions and ef> fecting tOoduubt their patrjjbtism. Let us remark here and warn the Preeipita- o tors that sueh a course is tfce ®iuost ineffectual means they,could a3bpt to effeej their object.— Mens opinions are°never changed by harsh or measures, and such measures ijnly serve to increase*the heat of the contest ancf • * o embitter the hostility of the contending par ties. These* things shoulfl not be — we are brethren , having common interests, qqual in in telligence and should be ‘mutually forbearing in our measuit's.. The parties _ • o of the .South, sos the first time in our‘ history are now all one, and actuated Ry a common mo o ® tivv*. The„question us is, shall they* re rmfin so throuah this crisis ? m . * Emjfhatieally*wc answer, they should. .To pre vent the rise of parties and a party confesfc am-’ . ong aurselyes something must be’done. What is that something ? It is this. All extremes be abafiifongd. There must be neither ,“Subn*issionists” m>r “*l’reeipitators.” 0 The result of rash precipitation would be as deplor • • able as abject.submission, and wetannot therc ,*fore embrace either of tl’eSe eutremes. To sub- t missionists, if there be*sucli, we appeal.in be’ hajf of 8 liberty, equality ‘anti right. These * could not. “have losj their value in so short a lime. Sorely, the Southern jmople’are not dead, to all sense of honor, not insensible t<s their* i*li tei’ests as a free people. To precipitators oft “the other liund we appeal in behalf of the fame and glory of a great .If is due to Washington, Jefferson, and Madison—to Clay aniMVebsfer —to ouj revolutionary patriots— to the framers of the Constitution—to tfie “e ----‘j, 0 o nius of free government, and lastly, to posterity that we ynaUe some.*effort to refarm and* pre serve the magnificent, estate they have tpansmif- I ted to us,’before* we surrender it into ihe hands of the eneniy. Does any man deny, that the i scv’ession of the cotton States would be a suV j * o * # * \ render q f their, rigljts now dfiniftd by*, tlie’ .North ? If so we put to’ him thi* question. — .Suppose when CataJine had conspired., against i Roma, filled iftft City with his emissaries anti j wnhiua fejv davs of consummfltiftg his .hellish ; design of subverting and destroying the Em- ‘ jiire, Cicftro and his*colleague* had taken fright and fled out of*the city, or in ptlier wards sccr \/ed*because the stability *of the Goyertnncnjf was threatened. Would it not have be’em a base and coirardlu surrender of the Roman (j*ovefn yient ? But wlcit did Cicero do /* lie did not I • o tgill upon his pjrty to secede —he did not’ tell j them only safety was in separating ayd maintaining thd independence of some* remote ° • .. * • ; confer of tine empire; but he boldly entered’ the .Seflate aii'T Leanted the Hion injiis ’den. — j To bis veryta.cth C'aUtline was denounced fcc .*• • I fore the wprld in eloquence which to this day ; , is up*.n thelins of everv school*boy. and which a • ~ ° 0 1 • * drove the traitor* and villian, nol only frojn the ’Senate but from Home, and finally overwhelm-. ,es him in tlu; 4uid&t*of the ruin lie hral pre pared for his country. Is not this* exanqde wortliy of our emulation. ... ( • • • Patrick W..McKinnon has contrib ted to bur sanctum two yellow spaffish. potatoes, vv(jighing*togethyr twelve and a half pounds.— The lacgQ.sf, tfeiglis seven and a ffialf pounds. • • _ • . • Si: i T*,\G EK I USE f.F.ItIO II T. ; Mr. Bartow published a letter in the Savan * •* 1 • # jiah Bej’ubliean of 26th ult. in which he I disavows the Sentiment reported to havq been • uttered in liis iate speech at Milledgeville, in reference, to the “obliteration of Slate Ihies, 9 • o • I and a cylis&lidated Southern Confederacy,” ! &c. He says that it was but a° fleeting thought to which he gave utterance, crude and having no connection with the subject of ins discour-*. and for*which no* ° • ; one, not even himself, was responsible. As ibis journal censured him for. his posi.thm as* repot;te3, we deem it hut an act of justice to a<£ knowledge his explanation.* IVe should be pleased to in Iris own ‘words, ! and his whole letter, but we have not room. The country will doubtless accept his explanation, and # as ijpr our thfcy will ’ understand the above from the remarks we have o luAetoforc made concerning his political posi tion. 0 j . * * . • . More divorces are appjigd lor ana granted in*Massacliusettg than any* ottua’ £tatc in tl?e l*nioß- This indi(sate*s a*.bad state of soePcty. We see that the Supreme sitting at New Bedford, granted the following divorces; *Xsncy A Adams from James L. Adams, of ftaynham, Pdhnis M. Darkey from Lgurarfa Parkcf, .of Fairhaven, Zocth 11. Soule from Soule, of New Bedford, SamucV W. Drew from Mary Ann Drew, of New Bedford ; Elizabeth Mil ler from W. Miller, of New Bedford. : And yet MSssachusetts, iqtlic model State of Hie Unien,*“the birthplace of statesmen,” the seal of karning* —jhe Athens “of America From this*State we were lately “informed that Uie southern profile were not to govern themselves.* Without this modern Athene we could i?ot live. This°school of Ab olitionism—the mother qf ‘free-Love ism, of fanaticism and Infidelity, where they niarry to d3y and divorce themselves to-morrow —where the negro, the lowest class a>f all human kind F ?et an Jdi-I to worship, and their oicn brethren equals and superiors abused, vilified* slandered and reprobated. The nfijro is a fit , Idol for the worship of shell bigoted fools, and fanatic jnfidels, and he has appropriately become the great Moloch of Massachusetts, . ° o ° e o ° ©[COMMUNICATED.] Mr. Editor: As the time is approaching to elect anew Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the town of Thomasville, I respectfully sug gest the following as a suitable ticket: For Mayor—Edward Seixas. For Aldermen—James T. Hayes, o Donald McLean, F. 11. Remington, o 0 J. S. Merrill, ° 0 Milton Wilder, . „ John D. Edwards. o • • o _ E. I\ U. o ® 0 Mr. Editor: In January next there aretobe five Justigcs of o the Inferior Court elected, and from what Fknow of tiiat position, they ought Ml to be men of ability. Please allow me throughyour valuable columns to suggest as a suitable ticket for that office the following gen tlemen, viz: R. Ik Hardaway* Sheldon Swift, Maj J. D. Edwards, Win. G. Ponder \md Dr.° T. B. Little, I have not corfsulted all o£ those gcntlemeh, but behove they have public spirit enough to not refuse to serve their county when called upon. , A Voter? To fare n 1(oi-h<‘ of .TEoon Eyes or Norr Eyes. Materials I sed. —toz. Aqua Ammonia. . 20% # Spirits Camphor. • . -?oz. OW Rhodium. Directions —Mix together in a phial and 4ise*in the cavity #f the horse’s eye three firne* a day for four days, or six at furthest. . • ...... • £OS“ It is reported thatfthe Savannah Banjcs have suspended, and also the Banks df Augus ta- . . ° „ • •• • l s I’oua KmiD.Tt. 0 Jr.* Louis, Nov. 29th.—Th*e goveitoment troops art* at Smithville,-awaiting information from the scout wha-h wifl probably return at an early chiy. # Gey oral blarney “lias full orders to arrest Mon • # •• ° > SiiK|irihiioii>i in I'karlcNiou. ■ Charleston, Nov. —The Stafe Bank of South Carolina, Bank of the State-*of South Carolina and the Raiiroad Bank, have suspend ed The Planters andeMechanics baijk will sus penand • • a o ISaiik SuspciiNioUH: St. Louis, Nflv. 29. —Allthe*banks in the city have suspended, except the -Mechanics. North fnroHna. 0 , • Augusta,* *Nov. 80. —The Legislature .of North Carolina has refused to elect'tluyr Unit ed States Senatcys at present. •’ The fdl!owing*is the^ official \tot(i of ttys State •Breckinridge, 48,589 -Bell 44.990 Douglas, j 2,700. Bfedfinridge over Bell, 8,*48 ; Breck*- inridge over Douglas 45,888*Breckinridge ov~ er both 349. The total vote is 9.(3*280. The votes of Bladep, Madison anj Alleghany tj"cre excluded on account of .irregularity. • 1 ‘ El-0111 li‘iilucky.. . . Louisville, Nov. 29.—There was a large meeting here, irrespective of’ party, at which it was declared that. Kentucky l;as common cause with the skive States, but docs* not despair of lie r-rights in the Union, as Congress will be op posed to the. Executive, and will insist oh the •repeal ok the Northern Nullification Laws.—-*” ShC will stand by/the Union until aggressions are fliore.intoUntble* then shy will resort to .re volution. She urges the S<suth mjt ti “act* pro-* cipitately. • • O -4 • e ° • FroiinVaitliiiiKloii. • Washington, Nov.* 28.—The President’s* Mcs§a*ge recommends a •Convention of all the States tt devise nrcasures lor a peaceful settle ment of the’pending difjiculties. As regards separation or secession, the President thinks there is no such Gonstftutionaf .right in a Stale, and Joes not jegard it as a proper n*m edy. He opposes coercion, but*declares he will administer the laws. , * Chief Justice. Taney has no£ resigned yet.* V/Asm no ton. Nov. 3^. — It inow certain that Secretary “(fobb is to resign, lie will leave | Cabinet in good feeling, Southern ! members solieUed him to° roimfm, and to"go at the same time with the Southern members gs Congness, who, it is confidently expected will en masse. It is asserted in some quarters I that Mr. Cobb will not resign, for a time, “from > motives of policy. A caucus of mciqbci* of. Congres?from the bnrjler Stafes'.will be held to morrow, with the intention of ha°ving, at a subsequent time, a general caucus of the South ern ineiftbeVs to confer in relation to immediate secession.* .Vice President Breckinridge arriv ed to night, ft isoimderstood that lie favors the.proposed caucus. „ • • ■ -4 - 4 ■ 0 Relief Rill 0 ’ The bill to provide relief for..the banksjfand | granting stay of execution wader certain cir cumstances, passed both branches of she Le gislature yc'stcaday over the Governor’s veto by a constitutional majority. In *thc Siyiate the vote sfood 95 ty 13—in the House 108" to 20. o°_ _ < • ► Co-operation itSiiii flic In ion o lionnl 0 The Democrat quotes the folkiw >ing provision of the Federal Constituting, against the proposition {be co-operation be tween the several Souther States for mutual de fence, within the Union : . * * * ‘CVo State shall, icithout of Con gress, lay any duty of* tonage, Iceep froojs, or ships, of war in time of peaci!, enter into am/ agreement or compart with any%thrr State, or” with a foreign power® or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in ,<?ueh emkient dan-m* a% will not aihnit of delay.” 0 o o o (1 • - * The Hon. A. H. Stephens and Dr. S. IJ. ’Perkins were unanimously and by acclamation nomimited on Saturday last, as candidates for delegates to the Slate convention, from Tallia ferro county. o *° .* 0 . 0 — 5 • in fannrdicr. The idea of the Soujh being frightened out* of the Union “is base cowardly, and unmanly. The man who advises it, urges her to run away, not “only before* she is whipped, but before •she is even # struck-! The Government of the Union owns “hundreds of millions of public lands? to say nothing of the millions which have been invested in tine public buildings at Washington, in nnral ships, in the forts and arsenals, and*in the Custom Houses and Post Offices. 0 The people of the several States are joint tenants of this vast property ; and thh pro position of the disunionists is for the South to abandon ft all, to turn it all over to the States which adhercoto she Union, from sheer coward-* iqe—fr° m tl:, c simple expresssion that the Re publican President may possibly invade o South- j ern rights. Would any individual allow himself to be frightened out of his private property in this manner ? Would any men of spirit act upon such policy? — Vicksburg Whig. The Popular Voir.— Tlr. Dougins. Sufficient returns have been received to show that Mr. Douglas lias received in the free States alone more than thirteen hundred thou sand votes. °lle lias got one hundred thousand more votes than Buchanan received in 1856, odispite the combined opposition of Mr. Bu chanan and the Republicans. 0 He has about as°strong a vote in the free States as Frembnt had in 1856. • . ° {I? has more votes in the free States than there were votes polled for all the candidates combined in the slave States. This is a fact well worthy the attention oof the people of <h°e South.— Cincinnati Enquirer. 1 O o Tlic Vole <>l lir n i iitl^,... I'ii 11 OlUcinl Returns. By the politeness of Mr. Tate, assistant Sec retary of State, w<j are enabled to the re sult of the late election in this State, says the ■Frankfort CommolTwealth: 8e11...* # 66,011? Breckinridge v 52,836 ® Douglas Lincoln 1,366 Bell's plurality ,*..... 13,180 Breckinridge over Douglas?..*. 27.102 0 Bell and Douglas’ maj. over Breckinridge-38,824 • ..... O JlmiU Bill. * The following is the*B:yik Bill as it passed tJie Senate ? , * , • o - •Bill to be entitled an act to grant relief to the . banks*and the people of the State, and to repeal certain clatises of tli£ act entitled an *aet to provide agftinst the forfeiture of the geveral bank charters in the State, oh ac count of the non-specie payment fior a given time, and for other purposes, passed thp year 185 J ; and to sespendothe pains and-penab imposed upon the several hanks and , their officers,“’in rips State, Idr the non-pay ment of specie, and for other purposes. •Sec. J. The*General Assembly-of the State, of. 3o nact, that nothing *n the* sev enth section (yf the before recitdd ad shall be so construed as to prevent the hanks of this State* from their .notes out of said Slate ."for the pflrpose of discounting drafts, provided they shall not directly or indirectly charge a greater rate of discount- than seven per. centum per annum, and.cscliaflge not cx ceeding' , om?*hfilf of one*per centum. Sec. 2. The (seneral Assembly do further enact, that go much of the*tenth section of the befofe recited act of 1857 as prevents the banks of this State from selling any kind of exchange .exccpt’sight checks, be and the same is hereby repealed; provided that no bank shall sell *ny timo cflcdc at a ‘greater jntcrpst than seven percent per annum, together the usual or market rate of oommercial- ex-* change between tlit; two “points at that time, but*in ne case ope-hulf of one per cent j!‘ drawn on any point in this State ; °any charge of a, greater rate'of commercial cxchayge between the points at fche fime, if drawn on po.ints be yond 4he limits of this State, shall be eousidor ed usurious, and a violation of the ’provisions cf lhc*Baid act of 185*. * . • See. 3. That in view of the embarrassed s.tate of monetary affairs, the possible with drawal of this State from the Uuioif, and the probable Suspension of tlie banks of the ad joining States, all alid every the pSins*and pe nalties heretofore • Imposed * upon tin? several bifnks and’their officers, in said -Stafe, by any previous legislation of the General Assembly pf tlic satiic, lbr*t!ie failure.or refusal of said banks or their branches to redeem -Iheif liabilfties in gold and silver, *whcyi presented, according to their several charters, be and the same are ,hereby suspended, until December Ist,*lßo1 — provided, that nothing’i* this section shall be so construed as to repeal tlifc. provision. yi the third section of the uefore recited aStof 1857; nor shall this’act be so construed as to relieve” the said banks from the operations of the fifth 1 section of the before recited acfof*lßs7,.enti .tled an act to provide agaijist the forfejturo of tlxj ssveraHmnk.charthrs in this “State, on ac count of the noruspccie payment dor a given time, and.foi; other purposes therein, mention ed. o . * . t>cc. *4. And he it further enacted that, itj. the event of the suspension of specie payment by five of the banks of Augusta and Savannah 1 dn this State, ite, shall not b<? lawful for any plaintiff hi fi fa, hi£ agent hr attorney, to have •the same levied upon the property of any In habitant of this State; neither shall any ofVhc property of any such inhabitant be add undet or by virtue f any “such fi fa, order or decree, uurnur the tamcbot gUch suspension, except in c:ftes where the plaintiff, bis agent, or attorney, shall make affidavit that the defendant, is.: re moving or about to remove without” the limits of this State or any county, or* is removing or is*about to remove property beyond Hie lim its of this State or any county in such* cases the defendant may stay such levy, or sals. by givirfgvgood and suffioient security in the ( Jerk's office, or Justice’s office, from whence said fi fa issued, as in other cases of stay of ex- o ecution, for the payment of debt and cost, upon the resumption of sppeie payments of said banks; provided, that this section shall not be sj construed as to apply to any tix fi fa issued, or to be issued —provided, further, that the statute #f limitation sludlVosuspcndcd du : ring the time of said suspension. * ‘ Sec. 5. And die it further enacted, that all” laws*and par|s of laws militating against tins act, He and the game ape ficjeby repealed. ® a 0 0 .Stoppage* Biimiiickm. • Owing to the partial suspension 8f orders from the* South, the small receipts of cash f*om . * that quarter, anil the prevailing distrust and uncertainty as t the future, manufacturing op erations have been susgencled or greatly reduc ed by many large houses, thereby throwing nu merous persons out of employment. One clo thing ostablishni<?nt which we might name, has discharged 1000 bands; a hat establishment has nearly 1000; a saddlery firm has induced its force about 500; and curtail ment is very general. At Newark especially “thg crisisds severely felt, on account of tlrtdr extensive connections with the Southern Should there be no improvement, *nmch suffer ing must ensue among the laboring classes. It appears singular at first sight, <that thus far, houses in the Western business are the°largcst sufferers; but it is inevitable that all classes of traders suffer frorq the prevailing panic, unless we except the manufacturers of fire-arms.® It would probably be no exaggeration to intimate the number of persons .thrown out of employ ment since election day, at 25,000; a large portion of whom are young ladies. —Journal of Commerce. © i o What ift ftccfMsion ? ° lion. Edwin 11. Ewing, of Tennessee, says : “Secession is not resistance; it does not obtain” redress; it is no remedy for any evil; it is merely sneaking out of a difficulty.” ® A Conservative Voice from .TlnMineliii!)CttM. e Under this head the Columbus Times of the 24th inst., publishes the following extract from a letter written bv one of the largest manufac turers in Massachusetts : o . “While 1 have a good opinion of cotton I do not feci like operating in the present unsettled state of political affairs. 0 We did elect \\*mp Appleton, and if a littje prtidence eiPers into the expression and action of your good State (Georgia) we shall in a little time, drive .home the wt;dge which has been entered; amb then Massachusetts will be redeemed from the hands of tho “freebooters,” who now disgrace us at home ami 'abroad, .You know that in the Union your right* will be respected, and I*know that tliftfe is yet conservatism enough in the coun try to insure that justice slijjU be <]one the •whole country. . . Do your duty and I will do mine, and when the time for action comes, the free ncro States of Uie North (which now disgrace us) shall he brought into line, of we will agree to fight them, and save you the tumble. 1 have strong hopes tliftt the difficulty will be settled.— Even now the so-called Depifblican party arc inclinned,.(and in .fact are) hiking back, steps —the bifttJe is to l>£ fought .here, among the conservative men of the North, and the feeling is, that we (the Webster men* can whip and ’outvote thirty onicli, of these sneaking JJlack Republicans.* I cannot express half the hate ’and disgust If el for Sumner and others who are the immedkitc cause*of thistrouble. May (Jod, in’bis providence* rid us of them in his own wise way, is the*prayer of . yokiis truly. • ✓ If this itfta fairsanipbe of the spirit and de termination of the one jnjjlion, six ljundred and odd thousand nuyi in tin; non-glaveholding * States who voted against Lincoln at the last election, then our position in the Union is not so desperate as many’imagine. •* • It is sjated ii* a conservative paper in east ern Massachftsc-tts that many of the Republican party in that Sttite arc now be^ilifting to feel me effects of the teachings of th fanaticaj ]*ortion of their leaders, and as an evidence that tlrcy’are not prepared to follow them long er, a petition is now being circulated in Dolton, signed by many of t\p* leading Republicans of that city, calling for thg repeal of the odious ( Pcreonal Liberty Rill. The.same paper calls upon .all true citizens to see that a similar effort is made in every part.of fchejState; for it most justly affirms, it is only by a faithful confpliance with all constitutional obligations, that liarmo-* ny and peace cjtn be restored to*?h*e Union aifl “tWat fraternal regard aijd.respect tfdiich should always characterize the States of the confeder acy, again take the place of jealousy” and dis trust. • • . • • Another case may be given • . Springfield Republican, a paper that lias for a year or two sustaiyed /he Republican par ty in Massachusetts, in a late numlfer, acknowl edges. % _ . ’ 1. That the Rc{?ublicaiy party ar* wrong in posing tlic Pcrsontil liberty JJills.* , * . 2. That these bilfs are pernicious, and in vio lation of the Constitution,* ancl..unjust to the slave States. * 3 # . ‘That these •enactments means nullification, arc “ifncon.ftitutioTlal in spirit,” and only fail to be boldly and squarely uncon stitutional on Garrison’s ground, because “we [the Republicans,] havg not courage to g) tlic whole, am? nullify the Constitution boldly and # squarely.” . • • .4. That the Vers(H*il Liberty Laws ought (o .be repealed.• 0 -♦ ‘ - 0 Ihe New i ork.Tinies, anojher orgarw pf the same party,*and tho, ablest we think of their entire pros.*,’cojiies and approves the remarks of the Journal, and adds what follows with refer ence to its convictions of she necessity for some • •/ * conservative inurement attlie north to save the, Union : • * • “Whatever may lie the feeling just now how ever, w have very, little doubt that the neces sity for a compromise of some # sort. if peaceful relations are to he preserved, “will <*rc > long be come lyore cle,arly apparent. We cannot re sist the conviction Torced up*n us by evidence of the most trustworthy character,. tjiat disun.- ion is the settled pinpose of.South Carolina; that two or three slave States stand ready to second and support her in it the moment she shalijtakea decisive step —ami that nearly all the rest ar# disposed, if not determined, to join ifi resisting any attempt on the pari of the General Government to coerce them into syh *missfcn. \\*e believe this to be the actual state of the eyse at the present*monient; and except “rti a very few localities at the*S<Juth,wc sec no c nservativc mo\Yment of any vigor or vitality! As to the Gulf States, if there is any Union feeling ifi any of them, it lias noP yet taken any organized form. v * °E3i."!:!y aiuporlnul from Washington. Nov. 20.—lion. Roger o R. T,itncy,<Jl)ief -Justice of the Supreme Court*of the Ignited States, has tendered his resignation to the President. It js said, however, that.the Administration’does not fntend to mak the f<fct public.until Attorney General Black has been nominated and jeonfirmod for the seat al ready vacant on the Supreme Bench. lion. lTowell Csbb, Secretary of the Treas ury, jg picking up his effects in this oity, pre paratory to return irfg to Georgia. The rumor is” again rife that he is about to resign. * • The Kansas raid is said tq*have been caused by the attempt of the Government authorities to sor # ce illegal etjlcrs off the Indian Reserve- ’ tions. A collision occurred between these squatters and the Government troops, and this, according to official advices ‘received In- the W&rDepartment, was the origin of the whole difficulty. The gquatters had been dallying on the Indian Reserves for many months since they were ordered to remove, in the °hope of ‘being allowed to*qmain there, under the Bin coin administration. They allege that they were informed by abolitionists® from the east that this would be the ease. 0 • O o * * I'hc o ßi(ht of NA'm*ioii, # lion. C. L. Vallandigam, of Ohio, publishes in the Cincinnati Enquirer, of*the 10th inst. a very able letter, in which he takes strong in favor of thejright of a State to se cede. He says that he will never vote for an* appropriation to force a State to remain in the Union against Jicr will; and concludes by ho ping “if Abraham will not remember the secession of the Ten ‘Tribes, that ho will remembA the secession® of the tliii teen colo nies.” * -• The true way to advance another’s virtue is to follow it; and the best way to cry down another’s vice, is to decline it. -- - - In sail differences, consider that bfith you and your enemy are .dropping off, and that ere long your wry memories will be extinguished. 1 o I.OKr from (lv, Elnssimoftil—SoiilSi ( nmllmi will Ortiiinly Ncfcilc. ItEDCLIFFK, NoV. 21, ISGO. Gentlemen : 1 have just received you ft dis-t patch. It is impossible for me to comply with your flattering request. South Carolina will certainly secede from the Union on the 17th or 18th of December next. She intends to try 1 it fully at°ali costs.* No more compromises of any sort. She will take lift guarantees, but will go ouUhigh and dry and forever. If Geor gia will back her there will be little or no trhu ble. 1 only wish she had calldU her conven tion for tlje day before and gone ouf first. \\ e , don't want to lead? \\*e will gladly gjv Geor i gia the lead and all the honor. Let liftr put forth her hand and grasp* them. She is arfd must be the Empire of the South, and South Ctyolina will have perhaps a hard time without her sustaining arm. * . Your obedient servant, . J. 11. Hammond. Committee of the Mass Meeting, Columbus. * I?IED, * • 7 o In Thomnsvillc. (}., on tin* 27th of November, iß6o* Mii.Pon \\ ii.mi;, iufuift son of the Rev. M. <’. Simth. —— —g ; —. PROCEEDINGS OP COUNCIL. KUfil I.AII ,tII!KTIIVfS; COUNCIL CHAMBER, I)kc. 4, IB6o'. Present, ( . t . Beall, Hubert, Swil’t and lYson. .V#>sent, AM. J.aiie, t\ light and Tooke. Ordered lliflt tliC taxjjooks tie cloned on tlie 20th inst., anj that all accounts against the Town Council 1R- 11-11° dered-in h\*thaf lime, and that any presented afterwards be not paid. Wassed. * * - Railroad matter deferred. •l'he committee appointed to niwange with Mofue &, 1 lonian, jn regard to the*<!rave. Yard, compromised bv agreeing to pay the price in the original contract, which arrangement was endorsed by the Counfll; and the May or and Aid. Swift and Dyson wise appointed to wait ; on the ladies or tlieir agent and get the money.tbf that I purpose. Passed* * • * Ordered that J. H. Lowry’s account, $15.00, for street hands be lurid. Passed. • • Ordered that the Marsiftil be authorized to litre hands | to clear iif > and remove all brush, briars and rubbish in the Grave Yard. Passed. . Wrderßl tlait Marshal Pane f* paid $1.50 for boarding strc<*t Jiands Mrs. Can-dls. * There being no further business Council adjourned. . WILLIAM F.-IR BERT, Clerk. ANIJOUNCEMENTS. WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce EWSr R A. Hayes * . ns a candidate for the nflice of Tax Receiver, of Thomas County, at the,ensuing .January election. nov t!l 4 >( ’ ‘ olers of ThoimiM County... . j liereby announce myself as a candidate for your Tax Collector for the year bS(j],and most re sfieetfully snlfeit your sail rage; and if you will eifhtide that Rmeli in me. 1 hope you will have no cause to regret if, as my only object will be to toil'idly execute the ! duties of the office. * MILTON C. SMITH. . *| Tliomasville, On.. Xov. 7. 18#). •• tde - —-—•*” -■ - ‘ —- THOMA.SVILLE PRICES CURRENT. ♦ • RoitIIKCTF.T) WF.KKr.V, ItV SANFORD & HARItFT.t., f*. hole*ale and lie,'a / Grocers, Vltotnrtsrillc, Ticorgitf. •W. F. SANFORD. * | A. H. HAUIIF.I.I.. 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X. fT.Tray wick & Cos. . * TllOtl A S VI I.f.E, tfi A., i INVITE ATTENTION TO TIIEIR LARGE AND • VARIED STOCK OF „ *• (Foreign and Domestic,) S.’ -!S • o K T • •Vo O * T <> A * B * * O HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS. ATSTD Wood and Willow-ware. Among the numerous patterns <0 STOVES in their assort ment- thev would particularly call attention tollie “ Day light,” “Phoenix,” “Red Jacket,” Tin In connection with their business, they are prepared to do all kinds of Job-Work at low prices. I. J. TRAYWICK, A. SMITH, dee 5-ts ° R. P. SMITH, Administrator’s Sale. Ky V VIRTIE OF AN ORDER of the Court of Ordi ) nary of Thomas County, will he sold on the First Tuesday ■■■ January next, before the Courthouse door in the town Quitman, Brooks Countv, within the legal hours of sale, the land and negroes belonging to tlm estate of Lewis Joiner, deceased. Terms made kntfwn on the dav of sale. Nov. 11, IStiO. nov -a-'l()d WILLIAM K. JOINER, AdpTr. e Car O O D S .