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00-u£tertion Meeting’. °
• • -r x The people of Thomas Coun-
J 2& ty. %h< are <ppflsed to
Immeiliati- Secession and Northern
, Aggression and who are in fa\*or of
first .exhausting all Constitutional
means in the pr*s<ji*yatjon of tfieir
•Constitutional flights in the Union,
iire retries ted* to lifeet 4*t the Ctmrt
House, at *l2 g’clbek to-da*y,
vlay. the U/tli fristantj •*
. . Many Citizens. <
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• • THE LAST .>
, Our rendepmust remember tk:ft the printer j
must have his holiday assail other laborers, and
as Christm* b*butßi wetk*oft", this is the last
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•issue of* the Enterprise for the year I*oo
Kcxt week, tflcyefyre, ive shall issue jio papffr,
notwithstanding the ex-jitenient, in* pcrtiti.es, the
.threatened dissolution of the F’nion, and* the !
w?m:id sos yi format km tlirough the press.—
Our prayers shall Be quietude to i
th-j nation, health, prosperity ami happiness to # ’
our friends, an? a bri j Wter jrtid more promisTng
new year to all the people of the world. Jf we
lm*l l'otftn we should like to write a artiefe
expressing our gratitude an*i kind feelings to**
*wajds ouf Onerous friends,.tint we are
*a!teaßy crowded to an unu?uaf extent, can
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’ only.returie them our warm heart-felt thanks fyr
;41 theii* favors. If we h.ave met the if cxpec*
tatiens we J).c # ’satisfied, and enjoy* our
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• T!IK SATCBaiV. °
We*iv'i) not in the t*tatc when the metfting
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came off in Thomas vine on Saturday last, hut from
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all *re <tiu loaWi it was a vi h imd i+r -/.affeir. —
After exliausting the tenipej and
•*l.the,Conserwati\9is, find riius *ettin<f rid §1
the if presence thy S<9?essfdWst§ nwninated their
own delegates for the Siatc Conveniiop. We
• had hoped woulu lye luttmonyp but from
the tone of tlu* secessionists, before 6 lie mwtinu
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wosaw very tattle chance for yteeommodatioiV
, Thc\have carried out Their plan and nominated
thcii+tickeC but hv reftreuce to his T-arJ jn to*
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day’s issue* it will be seen that one of 4hep
candidates* Ctd. S. Jh Spencer,
cft*sionists considered the “noolest Pencil of
them ali,^ up Vus commission , and
takes, br rather explains hi* position to he
on what is now cyiiled thmonV^s®cession side.
Wc Ae glad he Tias corrected tlie niisundef-J
.statniina*;!* to 1 1 is position and that we still
find him on°the side of prudence and delibera
tion. „ ° • •
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lie i’ lor sctjesjion li its a 7as( report,”
and that is the position, as we understand it,
of *■ who disagree• with the immediate*
and unconditional secessionist."? The major
itv*of’ the people of Thomas county arc not in
favor immediate and unconditional *?- j
cession, and repudiating the sentiment will not*
support 0 a ticket repn*enting*ifc. The gentje- |
men nominated are worthy of our highest re
spect, and deserving of‘the honors which may
i he conform 1 upon them by any party to which
they lfiay *. ttaclf themselves; but as we still
chejish a love for the Union, and believe it*
should he preserved if it can be done hopora*- j
My to the South, it*is oar duty to repudiate*all
compromise and elect’ men to the 6kite Con-
Mention, if possible, pledged* not immediate I
aid itiii atonal seccUsiorf; but to co ope- 1
riUiouwHh all the Southern States if praetiefl- j
ic and.disso!ution,.as a final resort. In this
spirit a meeting has been called, to lie found in
another place, ot all the citizens of Thomas
eowty, agreeing trith this sentiment., to meet
at the courthouse to-day (Wednesday the 10th.
Tut us have a large meeting, all let j
us act harmoniously. These are times when
• m*i should be calm and .deliberate. There is 1
no nee* of excitement. Let us act wisely and
likkraen. • •
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, tLECTIO POSTPONED.
•By lxference.to jmblication elsewhere it wifi
be i en that the Inferior Court of Thomas coun
°ty has postponed indefinitely th% election
•tofore ordered on the Albany Railroad County
stock question.
Read the resolutions we publish to-day
adopted by prominent members of the Georgia
Legislature. Au address also accompanied,
these resolutions, well worth)’ to be read,°but*
we have no room for it in this issue. *
EBIfOBIAL COSKESP<fr D!*\t E. o
• • Monticallo,'Fla., Dee. U, 1860. *
r J Ik° I-lori hi Methodist Atyiual Conferefiee
convened here *on ITednesday last, .llishop*
Pierce O Afboat one hundred MiHis^
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- are in attendance, and business has been
so welf dispatched nothing Remains iitr
fife Conferenge to do to-morrow Saturday )*l.ut *
:to receive a £ow reports of c tiees. Eor
part’.ciflar-- our readers arc referred ty fi svjop
of.tlie proceedings, publmhed is another
phfce, and for wliieii we are infjebtecPto thmin
i dostry and courtesy of the Rev. Peyton P.
Smith, who nowjs and has so tlie
•hie and eflbien# Secretary of*the Ffotida Con- ;
1 fycnce. Perfect Harm*?ny*and brotherly love
have the deliberations of the
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and, ntdecQ, whfn wece so many good
* menfaefemhled together, represehtigg a large
and populous seeflon of tlie country, and assu
-1 ring u.-y by word aiyl de*tal, that Uiey have
zcflourlji engaged in. disseminating iight. and
truth among the people, \fe"liave hope for tl*e*
country. Ao ?nan°who has not •ttendej an an
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imai Uoffference, or stutfied closely thy o^cra
fiou*s of the Methodist Denomination,.can form
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any idea es the amount of.labor devoted *in
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• tltais couidfy t<* tlie elevation of society and the*
-•lvation of the people. And the Methodiys
are but //-///’ the luborers e *in the field. Beside
‘•their host “of* 31 blisters.spread all oyer the
.yoiftitry* we hav<j t*lie lfinti-ts and* Preshwteri-
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•insjaboring with equal zeal. Itfd thq reader.’
| cyer pau.eyand ifsk what wouhhhe the state of
.-ipfisetv in tlu* abscncoaof the*e ministerial* es-
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finis* Suppose fliem all eut.offand the church
es every where closed Tor only a fete years. —
\\ hat v.otfld thtv.ifyibbath ijo worth? . Wogld
any man fegard iti A few • mens perhaps ;?
grßat n.any of the* present, generation, would :
still read the llible, and be pious, hut what
could we snti of the next generation ? “Society,
jn.-eeau or gaining.ysar inter year, new wyor
and .refinement, would tuiTi ly.ck and go down-,
ward. In ?hc*towyis and of open*
‘churches® with pniv'er *sftid thanksgiving, we
should* ]*ave shoe's* and theatres, for public
amusement, and thus educating the**evil pass
ioiys of men <?au*e tli;n to* loasc shgTit ql‘ tli®;.
great qbjeetyfor which * they were created.--
How thairkful.oSglit W’T to be then tlyit a 3li
istry —X laboring has instituted
annWig Do we appreciate it? “livery, man
should ask hiuiJtdf this question solemnly. But 1
we h* v* digressml. The (Tonferdhce * took
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iietioh Ids upoa the qaestiyn tis
establising a*Christian Advocate within its
.bounds, wild though a bonus was offered by !
citizens of East Florida, and the pape* Jiad.
warm advocates, *jt wys ovenvlteliningiy defeat,
ed.and a r<*soltioii*af!optecl.pledging theJ.-dov
ida Conference‘to Redoubled diligence in* the
circulation ftT the Charleston Christian Advo
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catc. The discussion on the subject elicited j
some facts injefereu.ee to the various religious
journals published by the not
generally knVvn,and we should lihorlo dwells
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1 few moments 011 their history, but hav*e lyot
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room. It was made to appear, however} that
with all tli£ir advantages, tlfe Charleston Chris
: tin Advqpate way the only journal, belonging*
to the Deyomkiation in flie SoTith tjiat had ®v
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er.(kme more that paid its expenses* That
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journal has now about twelve thousand* sub’
j sevibers and is valued at 840,000. * .
0 Jnteik'ctuallv 11 it® Ministers cmposing. tli
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r lorida Conference, a body, sre i-jTifte credi-.
tablf. In as in other Conißregccs, we sup
-lose, as well as in afl other •Denominations,
there are soiye “hard case.?;” but while the Floi®
da is only moderateh’ endowed with
genius, it flas a large number of very abletairid
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efficient alinistcrs to their profession.
An excellent meeting is going onin the Method
ist church,wtywe are being preaclffed some of the
best sermons we ever hcarif. We should like
to write nyucli more on the subject, hut are afl
monished that if we donot close now, what we
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have already written will not reach the paper
in tilfie for publication. . L. C. B.
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ft-rA* lion. Robt. Toombs is out in a lettci*iu
* which he abandons Ins extreme secession views
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.heretofore jfi-omulgatCd. The peojde of Gcor-°
gia ;ae getting rigl4 on th* subject
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Ft o r/ C inly; lam constrain
| gd to publish tins card for two reasons: First, to
I correct the false position assigned me, intentionally
rby some, and unintentionally by otbeas, since my
ftominat.oii at the county meeting on Saturday last.
Secondly, to prqduce, if possible, harmony
our peopk in this important crisis. „
I here state my position distinctly aaH
Vally. Lam for secession ouly last resort. That
tlie necessity will be upon us. there can lie but little
doubt. We can bit “hope aggiinst The pro
gramme of Black Republican rule is known to us.
and if carried out. the magnitude of its black and
atrocious deed®, wijl. in awful reality, crush out the
I last vestl*re of Southern Rights! To avert such a
| calamity, is what constitutes my disunionism. Let j
1 the North, which lev controls the Government and ,
is abovft to cfmvert it into a huge engine of oppres- |
siy>n. dealt and guarantee to us the simple rights I
our fathers bequeathed us under the constitution,
and 1 ;itn content —that is all we ask—it is all we
demand. With* these veun/? we are for Union—
without them, J)iiurdon* • •
The resolutions introduced by Col. Stgward efhbo
died, I think, the true policy of Georgia.
My*second rt ason for this cSitl is harmony, ‘£he i
compromise ticket tuyyetted by the eommitta is eer- J
tainlygiii excellent oue, and upon.no other do [ be
lieve we could harmonize. **For the sake, therefoft,
of s§ desirable an object, and to a?oid a ligated con
test upffn only imyyinary (Inferences, I propoig? to
withdraw iny name for the sple fiurposS of union*up- \
on tho committee’s ticket, to wit: Messrs. Ponder,
Han?elland Alexander—men in every respect wor
i °* our confidence® SUL B. S'pencee. j
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O PEOPI.K’N Tl(iy;T.
For Mayor—A.® P. Wkig!*. •
For Aldermen—Sheldon Swift, *
o 1 11. Remington, ®.* *•
* Dr. W. H. Hall,
0 ** Bonfjd McLean, 0
* • Dr. P. S. Bower,
. J. R. Evans, o •
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The above ticket for Mayor and Alderm?n will be
, supported at the ensuing January election by °
1 # ‘ Many®Voters. 1
The VlceSitig on satna*<3ay.
o The meeting: was® organized on Saturday last by
calling JuiJ_- o’ ;ntes T. Hayes to the chair, upon mo-
ot AYm. McLendua, Esq., and Dr. Wm, Terrell
artsecretary. °
Speech s were made by Messrs. Seward, Spencer,®
Burch, and Dyson, * • # o
Mr. Se.v 1 tintroduced a set of resolution?, winch
were mnetid and. Sad agved to by Mr. Seward. i
a A comm & a ■ >m each district ias ap
pointe <Pby tiie o‘hatr, which reported names <>f*
dudge Ilan-t!!, G!.J. U. Alexander, and Wgi. G.
Ponder. A a lit Ile candidates for the Convention.
Col? Alexander tleclined, and on motion of lit* Sew
ard the meeting w # ent into a Jjallot formant lifl ates. *
At this point muili confi.sion occurre-P, and the
chairman and secretary vacated posfs. and Dr.
BrandonOvas called to chair, and Mr. Seward
actod as secretary. On the first •baling Hon. A. H.
Ha toe H, Wm. G. Ponder, hind C.d # B. B. Spencer, ’
werg nominated. ° ® • • .
The inerting theu adjourned* * •
1 regret (hit the of Mr. Seward and
Mr. Dut ch wo e h-?t fight of iij tlie confusion,‘which
the peojflt o*ngh; tT> lyivfjor £tiblicatio*n.* Will they
pleas* luvliisb the [ l ess with a copy. o
• 0 D. S. Bit.oxnox, <*hairmatf. 0
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• 0 [COJtML'Mt AjED.J
Mr. Editor o In y*mr issue %f tli 12th i?>t.
fsee my ntyße announced lor one of the.Al’
drrmen to be elected in January next'* I’JtPC
itlltjw me to # decliift the use of my name* for
hliat or any* other office* li U. Evass.
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• • t idvida Q
* Tlie Morula Conference cotmuenced its sev
enteenth session in Montinclly, Fla., Dec. 12th,
.1800. .Bishop,Ccorge.F.•fierce was fresent,
in good health ami® fii g- spirits. Some sdVenty
fiwe traveling preachers were present at the be
ginning. Jhe ConUnyic* was organized b f
appointing P. R. .Smith .Secretary, and the
•usual committees Tor tlfe occasion. ®
O
i he Gist day’s*busiftes:> consisted® mtdnly* in
the explanation of the );otjngar
Seyai new onoi \v?re admitted on®trial — thyee
i?me as fransf%rs from otl*?r confercfticcs*—and
some two or tflrce readmitted —some or
three located—and some formerly effective
preachers were placed* on the SuperannuaTetf
List."® ••••*.•
Two of* ouf number have died during the
year* viz: Tfioilias W. C<per and Whlbiaifl
11 lwards —bpth # good flicn an*l true, and fell at
their • 0 • .
Tlfere has i>e#n a gratifying increase *in tlie
mmbSrshij* of.our*churcJi datin'* thg year in
the conference bounds, of, 4 some *ITSO whites’
and 800* colored. The whcTle membership of
the I'hurch'in’the conference is 11053 whites*
and 8089 eoloreef. * •
The Missionary, Sunday Schools, and collec
tions for sTperanuat.d preachers, and®the vftij-’
ows fell belo\t their jusual stand
ard, owine; the stringency of •morieymat*crs.
•Bishop Pierce*.has presided among*us to tfic
entire, satisfaction of the conference, and the®
•business has been c(fhductcd*with*great harmo
ny aftd ffogcfr feeling?
’• The citizens her* have given the* preachers i
ajnost cordSil reception, <tnd we find ourselves*
most comfortably provided for? # *
• The following is the list of appointments:
Tat.i. mi* sk* District.—.T. K. Glover, P. £. •*• .
Tallahassee—J. If. Harwell*
Quincy—A. J. Wooldridge. * * •
limnbridge-*-\V. KTunier. . *
Apalachicßa—G. W. i’n*C •
I*eon—S. It. Weaker. ®. • * .
Gadrilen —S. 1\ Richardson. • .
•Gadsden Colon*! Missioft—G. W. Fagg.
Wakulla —S. A. Me Cool?. • ,
Liberty—S. \V. Carson.
Decatur—F. It. C. Ellis. • <# #
Trinity—S. Ganfher. J
ISlakeTv—W. 11. Tiiomas. .
Chairs —W*. W. Grilß*. • .
Agent 15. F. C'flllegt*—W. M. Kennedy.
Thom asyilli? Dis i niT r.—S. Woodberry, V. E. ‘
Thoinitsville —F. A. Unuieli. • J •
* Albany—ls. 51c. K. Tidings. . •
Newton—W. F. Easterling.
. Calhoß i — r i’ (’.•Col*ii!':ii, .1. SV. N. Low, Say.
4 Cuufillit —If. W. Flournoy.
• ( .Moultrie Mission—J. W. djwjifson. * *.
* Grooverfille —.1. J. Giles.
Quit,man —I*. P. SftiitV *. . * •
Valdosta—S. E. Ifandofyh. ”,
Nashville Misaou—J. L. Wflliains. •*
* ( Irwin Mission —J. ilenderstin.* .
( Ocnndgee Mission—F. 51. Wilson. * ,
Agent A. 15. S.—ls. Il Luclu# - . • .
•Mauisox l - .—Kennedy, PJE. .
-Madison—W. E. fc'i llie_r, J. F.oUrquhart. • * •
° Jlontieello—.l, Anderson.
Waukenah —J3. F. Gates. . •
Aueilla Mission—S. G. Child?. • #
Taylor Davis. #
Bellvilh—F. M. Hendry. • *
\ Hamilton—C. P. Murdock, W. T. Okane, Sup.
I Blount's Ferry Mission—A. B. Byrd, •
Suwannee—l). 1). Henry, J. Carraway, Sip.
Clinch 51 ission—A. W. Harris. • ,
Newnanville and Spring Ilill—T. 4. Catruth.
, (Columbia—D.lfoberts. ®
( Lake Butler Mission—ls. If.
® Lake City—lt. L. Wiggins.
Liotuyette—lf. A. Carson.
St. Makv’s District. —J. 51. slills, P. E. *
St. .Mary s— Evans?
Centrevillage—L. B.Giies. .* •
A\ areslxyo—A. Johnson.
Holnicsville —T. if Barnett, J. ifast.
Doctor Town —J. D. Maulden. •
•Brunswick —If. 11. Howren, J. Bullock. 0
Feniandina—J. O. Branch.
0 Jacksonville—To he supplied. •
( St.John*—sV. Williams,
° ( St. Augustine—s\’. J. Duvall. # # •
Duvall and*V assan —J. 51 unden?
Black Creek —H. T. Lewis, 1). T. Holmes. •
Pilntkaand Orange Springs—To be sudfhlied.
< Oiiinsville ami Mintnopy—*l. ('. Ley, E. H. Liles.
Tami’a lHsTitn i —WoL. Murpev, lg. E. *
Tampa— U. W. Burgess.
Key West—K. J. McCook, W. Davies,
Hillsboro’—J. A. W. Johnson. ,
Clear Water Mission—<J. It. Frisbee.® ®
Mannattee—W. F. Kolierts.
Hernando —W. C. Jordan.
® Sumter Mission—C. W. Parker. ‘
Marion—H F. Smith, J. L. CamitV
Crystal Kivet Mission—J T. Stockton.
S Indian liiver Mission —To be supplied.
I Orange and.Siyy rna —15. J. Jobnsop, one to be sup. o
Volussia—J. Lee o
Cedar Keys-—J. J. Snow.
Levy Mission—J. M. Bridges. o
° Agent for Sunday Schools—J. W. Timberlake.
John P. Holmes transferred to Ouachitta Conference.
Our next Conference will be lydd at Quincy,
Florida. P, p. Smith*.
December 17, ISGO. ®
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The dissemination of incendiary publications
| being justly regarded, and punished as a great
I crime in the slaveholding States, we are at a loss
to undergtand the conduct o?‘ the minute men°
of Jackson,, Miss., who have recently ordered
10,000 copies of an abolition article from the
Chicago Democrat to be published for distribu
tion.o The Vicksburg Whig, comipentiug on
this proceeding, remarks, that when de
fenders of Southern rights get to \\°ork circu
lating suc-liomattcr, they may find themselves
arraigned before the grancf jury, as such a pro
ceeding 0 is in palpable violation *oti our excel
lent SUftolawe. * 8
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Proposition for a Stnte'Armory..
A* gentleman of South Western Georgia
writes to his baliker it) this city, bhat lie will be
one<of fifty of a hundred* subscribers of SI,OOO
e!ich towards a®futyl for a State Armory, on
condition that the State shall advance a cor
responding amount. The banker tells 0 us that
on mentioning the proposition to a few friends
some half dozen more fell®in with the propo
sition and agreed to contribute a thousand dol
lars each to this object upon the same condi
tion. lie is sure a splendid Armory couldjae
readily built by Georgia at an expenditure of
50 per cent, of the actual cost. — 1 degraph.
( 0-or- E st.VT S .15 5: t TING.
SENATE CHAMBER. MH.LEDGEVIf.LE, )
December 14th, lS(jO. 0 \
A lar:;e meeting of the Members of the General As
seu.ot eo-o; < i'u;Rift o and opp ( ,r-ed to imtncdi-*’
ate separate State see. was tl*s jjav J.cld inotl*-
Senate Chamber. 0 ~ 0
On motion of Mr. Jones, of Newton,The Hon. John*
Billups, ot Clarke, \?as, by a*cla&Uion, chosen Presi
# denf, and Messrs, of Pickens, of Cass,
Carter, of Echols, w. r ch m* u Vice Presidents. *
The President, on taking his seat, mafle some feeling,
1 beautiful and eloqnent reint . # exp] •
a I ks re deliglftfuftj made
and pi oantly received by the meeting. • .
On motion of Mr. Patton or Waller, I
Tel fait? and Keialy, of Meriwether, were chosen as See- j
I ret iries. 00 0
t 1 iie b hainaan aniu>kfii-.--d tlie ::* etiifg organized aiM
ready for business. •’
Mr.jjndHan, of Gilmer, that the
I a Committee of twenty two to reptM basinets for action *
1 of the meeting. * *
|t The motion was carried? and the yhair appoidw.d the
i J'ollowingx'ommitlet* * * j
Quillian, ot Gianer. Clftinflas Jones, of Newton,
I?*e <*t Haheg! atn. Hill of Trotyi. Briseoe of l^tldwit^
I Echtjs of Cbattooaia, Grice of Tattnall, Terrell ofj >eca- ;
; tur. Howell ol .Miltfin, 11yde of d'anmn. Trippe of Mon
i roe, l)avis*d Dade. \\ il- ,• Colunrtia, Is.in of Cnion,
ivnox of lolt of Muscogee, Andrews of Wilkes, j
Fltsvellen of Epson, Cook of 51acon, Mttrion, !
, Fannin of Alorgftn, I.evv is of Gieene c AVallaee of Tay!*r.
The retired, and after consultation
their Chainuan. reported and re- j
solutioii* : 0 *0
•Nofiiiug test more thoroughly capacity of a
pelvic for t hail the maiftier jfi wjjiell
i that pe< ph’ 6>.it ther e crisis in their history whiehfhreat
i en the destruction of their form of goverimroit.
Such a crisis is the #lio|* American people,
pressing heavily ifjiog <t Southern State ol'athis
Ciyon._ This is the people’s government, and into tlie®
hands of the people atone shouhrits pivserviuion, its rg
’ foi?nati®n, or its destruction be eonuyitted. in the pa
triotism, t-.iod senseml lii.-eriniiuating justice*f the peo
pit* is our only reliaiß e now. 0 *
It is adfciit?b(P(*i all li?nds that the Southern Stn*'s
’ have a eouunou B'terest in Jlieti?siies now pressing us.*-
Th®uction of our State •all'ert sill. Mutual confi
j deuce and gooA fooling must he the only sheet anchor of*
1 safety to eacli and to all. Ordinwv Respect and
I faith require that wlieifall are to be so deeply atfeeted,
I none should ;* t lsrly, without first consulting all, or are j
willing to counsel. sTiui this conclusion* T>ei*uues ir* sisti-
Iffe ill this crirtir, so 11*111? of the citizens of *he
States are expressing a desire for consultation
and co-operation, and are actually for yyistil
tation and coopcrtyi*n. Therefore we ando # res?ilve, •
Ist, That we repudiate tlie idea that eitliei® *f tli*
States will, under eircumStanees, prove
untiie to her own interests, af.d the inteiVs* of liei lister
Stat*s, mid the success of a coitlfhon 0 <
• 2d. That we repudiate that delusive policy of secession
firsk and co-operation afterwards. Interest, safety-and
success, and ordinary to our s*ter slavelioTding
?itate®, consultation least as many as will
consult, he fort- secession; and then if seees,sic*i be detail
ed *dvisabke, eo-opemti*n ii* secession Slid co-opeiaAion
after- secession?, AViiatever diode, inumier* or redress be
the ltrsi’stej) to its successful imcomplisfigient
*i> to unite the counsels rthoiye eqimlly tiggriev
c*l, ami simultaneously demanding redress, or
*at leas*?as many as will unite with their counsels. •
Jd. Tidit
1 we can see nothing hut divisions among our people, con
fusion anfong the riaveholding .States, strife around <*ir
*liresides, lyuPultirnate defeat to every nuWement for tlie
elfective redress of our grievances* •
• lt!i.That in ?he cMisiiltarion and ?o-*penition of the
• slaveholding Sditt-5, we*ldcognize of our
rights and equality, # th?- preservation of our laws, the
1 peace of our faimAies. tlie security of our property, tl
harmony of our people, the peaceful di virion of the pub
lic-property if disunion must ensue? aigl ting riiccestgof
whatever plan of rJUrcss may be agreed on and gdomed.
otli. That in selecliiw delegates # to # the approaching
Convention, we urge the people to se* to it that they do
not Ast their votes for thosifxfltoare in favor of the im
mefiiate sccessiortef (Jforgia alone; ;*nd to avoid floffht
on tlifr subject, so vital to oui. uccess and peace, we re
fgHy tiully suggest that the petyfle, reifbire <*ery candi
, date seeking* heir votes, to take distinct position against
1 immediate separate State secession, at least until* proper
effort for co operation has failed. ® #
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The 4?5l Itfyslou!- .tloring,
Cfiteat Union Demonstration in fhiladel
piii--C(?mp!et<3. Justice to the®
• • Soutjj the Watchword-
Pliilnddphi<u “Dec. 13.—'J Be grand L niou
meeting brctoibrc iipg)unced, assembled at,
11*1111, in lndep(*A)det?c3 Square. The
gng*> were openpri with gmiyer by tlie J.iev.
Bishop Fottuc. IMayoT Mertry presided, assist
ed I?,'a large* yutuber of \’iee ;yid
Sccretarriys, comprising very many of Jtli# weal
thiest and lifost influential citizens. .
• liesolutipns wgve read and adopted, proclaim
ing attachrtient and reverence for the if constitu
tion, and earnest endurin'? lov*e for the. L’nion
—love, not sectional out national —deeply dc~
paring that® some of th States* have placatl
upon.their statute tiooks cnactmcnfs tft evade
or defeat tlje of the Constitution;
proftouticing such acts .a* vfolations of their
solemn.compact, and appealing for their repeal,
with a pledgrt that the statute books of Venn
sylVayia slialt be c3 re fully searched, and that*
cverj statute if there bosuch, that inva<ies*tlre
Constittitional riglitsaof lister States sliaU be
at once repealed—recsrgnizuig the dbligations of
the Fugitive Slave Law, tied recommending the
passag* by the State ot *a law compensating
the owner in ca*e of the rescue of a captfirdU
slave—subniitting*obediently tri the decisions of
’the Supreme Court as to the riglit pf slave
owners in tlie Territories—recommending that
all disputed questions be at once to
the Coflrt —approving a Contention of dele
gates from States contcmphitiug secession to
o suggi‘st remedies, with a firm conviction ‘tlnst
the propositions of such Convention will be
i*iceived brother States in a fraternal and cun-,
ciliatory spirit,® appealing to tlieir. brethren of
the Southerrf States which contemplate seces
si(Ti\*to forbear, reminding them of the 0 innu
merable ties which •bind us together as one
people. The resolutions also condemn the de
nunciations of slavery as it exists* in the United
•States. o
The city is decorated all over with flags—one
at the Hotel, with the motto, “Concessioif
before Secession !” The meeting was immense,
o o ■
tens of thousands of persons being present and
participating. , „
31 ay or Henry addressed the meeting, saying
thatowe* must restore harmony, of public senti
ment —we, must go to the old sfandpoint.
Misplahed appeals from the 0 pill pits and presses
must he frowned upon. - We must preserve the
• Union at till hagards. •
l.oiliitiiiiia Lrginlntnrc.
Baton Rouge, La., Dee. 10.—The Louisiana
Legislature met here at 12 o’clock to-day.—
The message of Gov. T. O. 3loorc was read
amid great excitement.
The Governor recommends the immediate
action of Louisiana, so us to hh out of the j
Uniotf before the inauguration of Lincoln* and*|
that the State Military Board should® buy’ and
distribute arms amhng. the peojtle, for which |
purpose lie calls lor £he, appropriation of half a J
million of dollars. The Governor also’asserts
the right of secession, and counsels °uni/y of
action .among tho,s]aveholdfng States.
In the SeTiatc the Convention hill was intro
duced. °
In the Ilouge a resolution was introduced
fixing the time for the assembling of the Von
vention early in the month of January jiext.
‘Kric Orleans, Dee. 11 o —The .Military Bill,
or° joint resolution, organizing the Military of j
the State, lias passed the House. 0
<3 lie 3lcssage of the Governor of 3lississipp, J
together with the resolutions adopted by the
Legislature of that State, in regard to the ap
pointment of a Commissioner to visit the slave
holding States, and urge a -mutual conference,
was referred to a special committee 0 .
3lr. Adams, the Commissioner from 3lissis
sippi, is in attcndince on the Legislature of
Louisiana. ° ° ® ® ,
0 New Orleans, Dec. 13.-—The Jjcyiisiana Sen
ate have passed the bill calling a State Con
vention. ° „• 8 o 0
Affair* iy Washington. * o
IT as': fttc. 11. —1 lie Massachusetts
D ‘legation are terrible stew at o tlie turn if
faiss have taken. “They nail a fleeting to-day,
when it wasbuyeed to send Tor John A. An- fl
drew, the Govern©? ele<6t of Massachusetts, to
come herg and confer personally with the South
Carolina delegation, and assure flicm tjiat Uie
sentiments of the Republicans on the slavery
question have j&een grossly misrepres^itod.—•
Will aoy body teliiMe him ‘! *
• In the Fenajte, the debits ou**Mr. Powell’s
resolutionJasted si.V hours. 31 r. Ive^son o of
Georgia® reitera tTI tjje sentiments expressed in
his debate xv^th Hale, lie said flie days of the
► Republic were numbered. * a
‘i he Special (bamuiittee ou thirty-thAoJiJvc
met aud organized. Tdiey had two meetings,
ljut Mr. Hawkins, of Florida, walabsent each
tii lie -.* *^ r - Tlust# of Arkansas, Was also absent,
but from other causes. °
The Southern express a d&irc*to
bjivc an carlv report from* the Comiit.tcc©aud
great import^aec # is attached to ks # action.
Gc®n. will publish an appeal to the coun
try in behalf of lfc Up ion. H? really thinks
the Uniop can ],et*bc paved. - *;
Disunion is now regarded as certain, unless
stftne unexpected change takes [dace inthe sen
timents of the Northern people.” o •
A#wo*predicted yesterday, Guthrie, of
l Kentucky, has been Tenth red the late
! ly held.by.Mr. Cobb.* *lt stated
! lie replied by telegraph this morning accepting’
tilt! Trcasurysldp. * • . *
Tlie* Dejm eryits. from the Nort!nesp hav*
Tad several eflnfereneeffelative to Mm piUsent
poJjUfal affairs, and they, take the
•position sef forth in Messrs. and
Vallinjitigiiazn's speeches yesterday, niftnely :
That the Uyiion eannyt be dissolved
and that the Northwcstyvill, under no circum
stances, consent to be cut off from the Gulf of
Mexico and .Hie city pf New # York; anfl that
the Govcfmjicitf, whatever may be its faults, is
of inestimable valu#. . . •
T!*c leading tdea is a Centra? (Tovernyicpit,
embracing 4ie middle, Western and bordcwslave
States; but depending for itp consummation on
fu t u re. cire u 141 t a 1 ite s. #
Lieutenaitf General Scott*.Will arrive, here
ito-mSrrow. .* . . # • * •
Jl'a-lhingfon ,* 7p *. Jg.— £'cnato* —ly tiie
Senate? to-day, tlffe House relief bill was reduc
ed to three million dollars, Tnd ‘passed. Sena
tor l’owells resolution* was then debated* yuiil
tlie iigurof adjoTirnivent. •
IJotisi* —About a dozen Uniob- -tying propo
sitions ■•ere introduced, and refert’ed to the
usual®eojnmittees. Several janimportant bills
were passed. • .* * . 0
Mr. Bonham, of SoV.h Carolina,Vend£rd
bis resignation, to-day, as a member of the
military committee. . • 0
3£r. Cobb's* letter of resignation, and the
Resident's acceptances were published to-cfay.<
Frank*Thomas, K§q., of Maryland, Coimnfs*-
ioner of patents, has been appointed, and con
firmed by tTe Semite, as Secretary of the Treat?
. e*’ a * . °
slry, vice Hon. IlSwtfl Cobb, resigned. *
* How iViller, of (’alilbrnia, Tias been c®nfirjn
cd as Minister to
• ill:c committee on printing of Congress, has
eonfififted tin- purchase of A\ endell’s • printing
establishment jbr a Government printing office?
Ji </.-■/.• ingfo, m Dm:. *0. —In the. SCpate, Mr.
Johnson, of .Tennessee* introduced * series bf
resolutimis looking a settlement of the” pen
ding, troubles oT the IJiilm*; tT.*t u sdeVt. ct*m
•mittee of thirteen he instructed t!> inquire into |
the eJieflicncy of amendments tt> the Consti
tution. .*
“ p
First,.l.>y aftthi* :zing diVding line i* the
Territories Lctovceu slavery and freedom on an
equitable Casis. . *
Second, to compel the tree State# to retuifi
fugitives or pa\"double their valibL
p ’ w
Third, autlyirizing slave lalytr in Crovcpnincnt
workshops,*’and*cf her 4 at*! d-lnuentS in .luvc
States* # * . °
• Fourth, CwfgrcsS never to*intcrfcrc*with sla
very in the TTistrict of Columbia, till abolished
in Maryland, and not tlfcn without the consent
of t’gc inhabitants, and compensation.”
Fifth, Congress newer to nTolest the present
ratiooof slave representation. 0 *
Sixth, thafthc.se provjjions be utjamtndahle;
and unalterable.
The reslutionl wo*c laifl over for futuwi ac
tion. • •
° ‘J he Senate amended the Ten Million bill. — o
concurred in tfie amcndmifnt.
The rest of the day’s proceedings were un
important. . 0
llotb housep adjorfined to Monday next. •
’Washington, Dec. 10.—Ivx-Sccretary Ci?bb
left bpr* yesterdayfor Georgia, x ia Baltimore.
He will leave Baltimore this evening, taking
the I?y route, ;yid contemplfttcs spending a
day or two in Columbia. 0 .
As near as can be ascertained by the census,
population of the Union is 81,000,000. —
The ratio of representation will be about 133,
ooo*.
Waslyru/ion, Dec. 14.—A Better feeling is
manifested to-day in The lle
publicyns are dispirited at the Union revulsion
that is now sweeping the eastern, ifortherd and
middle southern Stat<iS.
The actiorr of the special committee on yes
terday gives great encouragement to ti e friends,
of the Union. ° ° ®
Private advices from Georgia and Alabama
‘indicate that there is a ground of hope in the
cotton States. ° °
The art? more effec
tive than the manifesto of the southern ex
tremists, which is generally considered indis
creet and precipitate by members from the bor
der slave States. *• „
Mr. Trcscott, Assisting Secretary of Sfate, a
Smith Carolinian, has resigned. .
• The Boston and Charleston line O of steam*
’shirs has been discontinued. -
B o
There are good reasolis to believe that Gen-
Gass'intends to resign tlie otlic'e of Secretary
of State, indeed it is reported that “the Presi
dent lias his letter of resignation before him.
,"but, will endeavor to .dissuade him from the
I step.
It is sSid that the principle*oßllß6. of Gen.
! CaSS’ dissatisfactidnjs the refusal o£ the Prcsi-°
I dent ty strengthen the fortifications of Charles
ton harbour, firmly believing that °tlnj present
! forces there are certain to be sacrificed to the
| tui} of the Secessionists. On the other hand,
the President isfsaid to be well assured no
attempt will be fnade oon the fortifications, un
less they houJd be re id farced. Therefore the a
President considers that Col. # Andei%on and his
men, who now constitute the “garrisoji of Fort
Moultrie, are in no danger.
The Ncw York°Tribune says: —The I’resi- i
dent's Message insults reason, outrages human
ity •falsifies history, and defies common sense.
It calls President Buchanan a liar. 0 .
The I'crsoiiiil l.ikrrtv l.a.v in Vermont.
T he final action of the A ermont Legislature,
before its adjournment, on the 27th ult.^vasAo 2
refer this whoTe subject to the •commissioners
( on the revision of the laws of the State, with
instructions to report whether the present law
upon the renditioi? of fuggivo slaves is in con
flict with the Constitution of the United £bateg.
When the question came before lhc Senate,
“Seilatin- Chairman of the Judici
ary Committee, remarked as follows :
“Mr. president: If Jicre are any statutes
on nur§tututc bookj which coijfict with the
of (!#■ United States, or with tlie
laws of Congress, it is timc°that tlie people of
Yesmont knew it.® A resolution was iutroduc
eih i:Tt• this but a few difys ago, request
ing the Judiciary Committee to examine the
but want of compelled tluM com
nflttteto leave .fndotw that #utv. “It is un
doulptedly true, sir, that there is in
♦ nionowliich is more Conservative in regard to
the Constitution andelic union of these Stafc*s
than Vermont. it is truc-,*sir, tlbff the people
ot A ermont, Legislature**©!’ A r ennont, the
.) udiciary et* \ ermont, do ipot wish ano °w ilk mAy
toleratepupon statute any law ’that
eoinlicts with the Constitution laws #f
our general governmoet.”
XT , . •
“No FSite is more upon*the vexed
question*©!’ tlie day than, Ye?i*.nt —iuTState,
sir,*s?> re;* fv :iml # wiilo*L so gittiYaiitee and j|ro*
*te<i to every StiTtc in the Union, the rights
wlcli are guaranteed and pnUeeted There by*
the ConstyiTion and laws of the UniteTl States.
No State in the l nion is"?n*)rti flctffrniixmd to.
go for freedom and for free men, or* more Je
►terutineiF t% have flfat Territory, wfiieli is equal
to all, trod'enlj by the feet of freemen, than
Termont is. And. sir, if we® have any law
\rilATl is in conkiet with the Constitution and
the law* of the Ungcd States, let # us strike it
at once Iron* our statute books.4’ ,* ’ # • •
, The comiiii ion?ps*.of revision who are *to
take t! i© matter in charge® are lodges Alilo
L. Bi ipnct, Piermmt and lshaui, and lion.-An
drew Tracy, forme# ly . C.—all® knowg to be
men of encies. Th.c re
is little Soubk that, tUdi legislaflve*actic*n of Ihe
Sta<e, so*far as it lias been crroiisoips, will, af
kcr ddc deliheyatio4i,be corrected.—.A’. Y. Wol-UL
. •
• * • Smnllpol* at Tylnmbin, •
1 .CoLi Dec. 1-. —Tin? cxcittiiienl about
the ? e*olk smallpox (fariola and variol
oid, )k3ontfnucs and increases, and at present
.there appears to be a panic anion* thebon-resi
denbThere. It is Ui contemplation to adjourn
Jhe*LegTslaturc to Charkst* n*and it is believed
t!*at a motion to .this oilcct will ue made to
morrow. • * * * . . *
. .•
-?If. < > cli*e, a l* Seiilli
* lina.T ,
Buffalo, Dec. 12.--* President *r illmore ’
lias declined an ln*vitatiuii of three hundred fit
| izeis td go of pence* South
“.CafolibS. “He aiHgns as g reason, a previous
engagement to *]ai*ticipatc in a State Unioii
that, he feels bound W ifwait
its result.. . ,
• -<♦•♦► •
o * (novcriior oi
Columbia, j®ec. 14.—Mr. J ic*cn ‘was
ted Governor*yf *South Carolina to"day, on the
a ill ballot. Tlie voteitobd : Ficko*]s,*B2; Jtdin
soiq 04; scattering 12. .* .*
... * * - ~ - •
• iyr JiTsipj CtnmiMi*aer*.* • .
Trnityn, Dec. i 2 —-The l nion Convention,
which assembled here yesterday, appointed it^
; chairman. Commodore Stockton, also ehafrmair.
i of 41 committee to confer with otlieii States in
j relation to the crises.” * * #
• *-.-- o *
• • Ti'caniiiiallp Uoc;iihriil.
•© “
Ths Boston Cou*icr oJaitns to be possessed of.
a docuupent, *ll infamous ;?nd munierdus mani
festo, the production (J’ ync of persoris # ex
pelled from Tremont iic last Monday, and
whiclf bebrs his Aiandwi iting, which devclopes
certain plans of the abolitionists* The sub
ject ®f Queen Victoria, riio Courier adds, who
should possess sueii**a liocmnciit, woulTl he tried
by a comiyittec for high treason.*
9 • a
o O© • •
Oc*n* IValhcrN KcmainM*
e •
Cap-t. AA'cst, who v*(mt to Truxillo tifter Gew.
AValker’s remains, has returned ."Without them,
in consequence of, an ’Honduran law prohibit
ing exliumation. * * .
Col. lludler was well, humanely treated, hntl
noping for a speedy release.
® *0
A t Com"nssmaii cliarsfil with Eilnck
H<|>iiblic':iniNUl.
The New A 01k Herald s Washington
pondent, 111 a dispatch to tlnft prj>cr says: —
Southern men wore
Millson, Scnati* iiom A'irginia, that a bloody ‘
result dime near accruing frqin a conversation
in one of the liotcjs, in which Millson was char
ged* with being a Black Republican. •
—-*• • ♦ *
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\v in. A. Choice.
The bill to pardon AVIII. A. Chofbe of Ful
ton county was passed yesterday in the*House
•of Representatives by a Constitutional majority
over the Governor's veto —yeas, 79, nays 31. — ;
The bill lias also passed in the Senate by a vote
of 50 to 18. o 0 .
The Governor sent in four vetoes to tle Le s
gislature Monday last, among them one refus
ing his sanction (for the second the
pardon of AATn. A. Clioice,convicted of murder.
# TrnnfMCc.
* Gov. Harris has it.sited a proclamation call-’
ing an extra session of the Legislature of Ten
nessee, to meet on the 7th of January, the same
day upon which the Virginia Legislature is cifil
fcd together. The Legislature of Kentucky*
’will also probably assemble at the same time.
liillipitliaiiollorsrM,
. Queen Victoria has c been presented with four
of “the smallest horses in the They are
entire horses, of perfect symmetry, well match
ed, being all of a color, (dark brown,) and tlTo
highest of them was barely thirty one .inches.
They are from .Africa. °
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• HifiNiiig tlir llaiiiUo!iirt (Jirl*.
A “distinguished candidate for an office of
high trust iij ascertain State,• who was up to°a
thing or two, and. has a keen • appreciation of
lively besfuty, tvhen otf on an cl
ectioneering tour rcc ntly, said tB his wife, who.
was to accompany him for prudential reasons: 0
“My dear, inasmuch as°tliis election is com
•plicated, and tl*e canvass will be close, I am
anxious to leave nothing undone that*would pro-”
mote my popularity • and so I have thought it °
would be a good idea for me to kiss a number
.of the handsomest girls in every place wjierc I
may be honored with a public reception.
you think it would be a goßd idea ?”
“Capita],” exclaimed the devoted wife, ’‘anch
to make yom p eleetioij,a sure # thing, you
are kissing the handsomest girls I will kiss an
equal number of the handsomest young men.’*
The distinguished candidate, we believe has
not since referred to this pleasing means of popt *
ularity. o * • *