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Many Citizens. < •• * . . . , • • • • 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 • .. . * • •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 • o # ’ 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 • 0 • • -*► • • T!IK SATCBaiV. ° We*iv'i) not in the t*tatc when the metfting • .• • n came off in Thomas vine on Saturday last, hut from I 0 * . 0.. 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 •0 • • 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* ® # o . I 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. „ ° • • O a 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. • • 0 I '**** > o ° , 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^ - • o - 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 0 O 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 •,f• • • • imai Uoffference, or stutfied closely thy o^cra fiou*s of the Methodist Denomination,.can form •.o • • any idea es the amount of.labor devoted *in • , . 0 • ° o • 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- O • * # 1 0 • ‘ • •insjaboring with equal zeal. Itfd thq reader.’ | cyer pau.eyand ifsk what wouhhhe the state of .-ipfisetv in tlu* abscncoaof the*e ministerial* es- ° . o * 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 * o * •* o • • 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 •••• • . ; 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 • “ 0 # 1 few moments 011 their history, but hav*e lyot ••• • ~ % 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 •°O • , er.(kme more that paid its expenses* That • 0 1 1 .. journal has now about twelve thousand* sub’ j sevibers and is valued at 840,000. * . 0 Jnteik'ctuallv 11 it® Ministers cmposing. tli % 0 • 4 c • t 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 . i 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 O have already written will not reach the paper in tilfie for publication. . L. C. B. o r y ® ft-rA* lion. Robt. Toombs is out in a lettci*iu * which he abandons Ins extreme secession views *** * o .heretofore jfi-omulgatCd. The peojde of Gcor-° gia ;ae getting rigl4 on th* subject °*• o 0 0 \° A C ard. o o o 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 o o o # o * ** 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 • o * 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 • “*Y’ ■ , • 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. * w# _ * # •O A ® O O • • 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. ® -*• „ ° 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 ° • 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. ® # - • * . ... J*. - , . ®o 0 o 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. • —-*• • ♦ * O O o \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. ° ° o 0 o ► • 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 * • *