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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE
VOL. 111.
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BUr AX ifc liENEAI , Proprietors.
LCCIHg C. ytAX, M MCI IK. H] \r.
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Executors or Guardians, are Required by law to be
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IStiiti’ Debtor* anil I ’ red i tors:
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of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud or Negroes, must
lie published weekly for Two Months. o
Administration mid Guardianship:
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LAW CARDS*
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• j, is. B. Stanley,
Attorney at law,
° QUITMAN, BROOKS CO.. GA.
Will rractieeju the Counties <>f the S niihern Circuit,
and Cotfee, Clince. W are and Echols of tlie Brunswick
Circuit. • dec 1 ■ It
W. Si. EiesiilPt,
Attorney at law,
* QI'ITMAN, BROOKS 00 , G A.
Will practice in Thomas, Lowndes, Brooks and Berri
en Counties. * mb 16 Tt
• o ,j. R, ilexawdcr, #
Attorney at law,
nth 25—ts • T I{o.\l IS t ILT.E. GA. 0
IN IS. lied ford,
Attorney at l*aw,*
; WARESBOROU6H, GA.
Will*practiee in the counties of the Brsnawitk Circuit ,
and in Lo*wn is and p:ii. aC< a:u es of t in- >■: ; Hern
Circuft. • ® jc L* ts
• • .loliSl 11. DjSOJI,
Attorney at law.
. THOMAS YILLE, OA. #
• Office next noof to Dr Brace's. • •*mh 18 tt
0 L< ESines,
°A ttorney at law, * * . .
JBL je26-tf THO.M.VSVILLFs G\.®
• * * L.. c. Bryan,
• A TTORNEY AT L*AW.
10 THOM AS YILLE, GA.
E. C-. Morgan,
Attorney at law,
NASHVILLE, BERRIEN CO., GA.
Will practice if. the C “tuti sos the Sotu'heni Circuit;
and th’- Counties of Dooly, Worth and Dougherty of the ‘
, Macon: and <'.Gl’ce. ("iim h and Ware i.f the Brunswick
Circuit. Address at Flat Creek Post Office. Ga. °
mh 18 ts
*l. T. Peeptes,
Attorney at law,
NASHVILLE, BERRIEN CO.„GA.
je 12 ‘ . ts
Samuel 11. Spencer,
* A TTORNEY AT LAW,
* THOMASYILLB, 6JL*
Will give bis entire attention to the Practice of Law
vu the Counties of the Southern Circuit.
Office on the second finer of Donald McLean’s Brick
building. ° mil 18 ts
4. V. lirCardol,
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE. 0
Office at the Courthouse,.ThomasriUe, Ga.
All business entrusted to liim will be attended to prompt
jy and with dispatch mh 25 lv
C'iias. 11. Remington
TUSTICE OP THE PEACE-
Ornee Opposite the Post Office , ThomasviUe.
Coßectieosof all kinds taken on liberal terms, either
> 3 .1 tstice’., Superior or Interior Courts mb IS tt
Si iioiieldN
* moisr works,
. VDJOINING THE PASSENGER DEPOT.
Ittacon Georgia,
Manufacturers of
SIE4M Engines and atoiiers,
Mill and Gin Gearing.
Cane Hills and Pans,
Syrup (toilers.
Shaft insr and Pulley.
ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY MADE TO
order at short notice.
E. REMINGTON & SON.
jan Agents, ThomasviUe, Ga.
. Jolo W ork..
\\ T. >W W PREPARED TO DO ALL
kinds o. JOB PRINT ING. from a Visiting Card to
e large Fo,ier,n the Enterprise office Try us.
\ KV A > 4 RE>E AV, )
C Rroprirlor*. )
MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARDS.
[medical card.]
Dr*. Ilriiee & Keed,
Having formed a copartnership in
the practice of Medicine, other their services to the
1 public.
• jp* Office, the one occupied by Brace for many years.
■ They have opened a HOSPITAL for the convenience
j of those owning slaves requiring Surgical attention: and
; pour’ white I’.-i -m s. ii.it able to pay, will be treated gratis,
i Accommodations comfortable.
R J, BRUCE, M D.
.Tune 24, 1860. J. U. M. REED, M. D.
Dr. X. G. McDonald,
IN TENDERING HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
. to the people of Thomasvillo and vicinity, would in
form them that he has been practicing medicine in Jeffer
son County, Florida, for five years, during which time be
has met and treated most of the diseases which occur in
| this latitude.
OFFICE, on the side street, near the office formerly
’ occupied by C. .T. Harris.
RESIDENCE, the house formerly occupied by E. L.
j Anderson.
ThomasviUe, January 7. ISGO. ts
Dr. EL .1. Olivcros,
Fractitioner of Medicine and Surgery,
jan 1 Glasgow, Thotnae Cos., Ga, ly
Dr. S. S. Adam*,
Hereby informs his friends and the
public, that he will continue the practice of medi
| cine at the old stand and respectfully tenders his services
to the public.
Tliomasville, April 2, 1860. ts
[liEtOliM PRACTICE.]
Dr. I*. M. Slower.
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
the citizens of ThomasviUe and vicinity.
I Calls at all hours, promtply attended. mh 18 ts
Dr. 9Ss-audo2i,
• [|AS removed TO the office formerly
rt occupied by John Miller, Lsq., as a Law Office.
| Calls promptly attended.
IST Special attention will be given to Surgery and
Surgical 1 tiaeaw a. . _ ■
ThomasviUe, January 15, IS-.iO. ts
Dr*. 11. li. E. O. Arnold,.
Resident Dentists, Tliomasville, Gfl.
tin; HAVE THE PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE OF
* * fifteen years experience in every —,,
branch of the profession, •
We can refer to many wh have had the ££Vw.
benefit of our operations in this County for
the past six years. 0
5\ e have every facility for doing tlie best .
Mate-Work,
NOW KNOWN. WIHCi IS DENOMINATED
Continuous Gum Work,
on Platinu Plate, which is impervious to any of the ycids.
even in a emiecntratid i'.inn.
Teeth filled with pure gold in a superior manner.
Patients favoring us with their confideifte may rely
Lupon our utmost exertions to (i-rforni every operation in
as perfect a maunm-r as possihle. mil 10 ts
•New Drug Store *
Dll. I*. )*. EtOWI-Jt has opened a Drug Store at
the stand formerly occupied by PALMER BRO.,
opposite E. Remington’s,*na is prepared to furnish*
.Drag*, Medicitnas, Perfumery, lak*,
. FANCY SOAPS, O Si.c-,
fipon fair terms, to thdte who may favor him \\*ith a <-afl.
‘ln his Reform friends he would say,°that he has on hand
a fresh and tellable assortment of e
m ■ ?? ‘ noTT 1? G P TV T O
: o frl fc If l i ■; ,? ;
\/ tL ui'Jj u/i uli KJ lld'L cLJ Jj KJ ib uj ’i lUi y
and wjll be glad to supply £hem with*such articles as
they umwneeif 0
ALSO. „
Kerosine, Fine Cigars Bad Tobacco, Fin? Medicinal
Brandies and Wines, kept constantly on hand and for
sale. may 23-ts
Drugs ssasu Medicifies.
TUST BE( LIVED A LARGE. AND WELL SELEC
ted stock of Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals of all
kinils. o
Also. Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, yarnisli, Brushes, Dye
Stuffs, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, Toilet Articles,
Perfumery, Brushes, ?ke. Kerosine Oil afid Lamps j#
Cajnpheue, Burning Fluid and Lamps.
o EDWARD SEIXAS, Druggist.
Tlionyisvillc, May 21,1856, * ts
Apothecary’s’ Hall.*
rwiHIPSt BSCRIBER. HAVING TAKGN A STORE
1° 0 3 a i'hoiiip'OiiV .\c\r ISricli fluildi.ig,
j rtispCctfully invites the attention of public to his com
plete and well selected stock of •
Drugs,
Medicines. ° 0
Chemicals, 0 0
Paints,
Oils, o • o
0 0 . • „ Dye-Stuffs?
Perfumefy, * 0
. * Spices,
c . o Tobacco, o
o Segars,
Fine Brandies,
Wines, °
Porter, e ® 0
Ale,
Toilet-Soaps,
0 • Bo tash,
. . • &c.. fee- o
ALL of which will be sold ox reasoxa-
ABLE TERMS.
Cy Attention given frertonally to the preparation of
PhystriaA’s Prescriptions.,
, n. g. McDonald, m. and. •
ThomasviUe, Ga.. June fi, 1860. ts
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.Saddle and Harness Manufactory?
4 LARGE AN*I) COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
A.Himen and Saddles, ° °
Bridles, ■RA at -
|. Wh liSfM
*U£f’ ‘ CN—’ V
A- c. A?.-, &c. <T V v
Kept constantly on hand j
and for sale, at the Mann- °
factory of ifcGLASHAN & LITTLE.
Harness and Saddle REPAIRING projnptly at
! tended to. ,
Tliomasville. Jan. 21, ISGfI. ly 0
Books! 13oolvs! °
\ CHOICE LOT OF BOOKS, FROM THE BEST
Authors, in store and for sale, to which the attention
; of Ladies and Gentlemen is invited.
PREMIUMS
awarded to the purchasers of several Books in the lot.
K. g. McDonald.
ThomasviUe, Ga., June 6,1860. ts
Baptist Female College,
CCTHBERT. GEORGIA.
Fall Term, 1860.
rjvllE FALL TERM WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY,
1 September Third,
And end on Friday,
Drrenibcr Twenty-first.
No eff >rt has been spared to secure the best reaching
talent, if. all the Departments, of a thorough and accom
plished Female Education,
i For further information, applv to
R. D. MALLARY, President.
Cut’nbert, Ga.. Ah gust 1, 1860.
BYINGTON HOTEL,
Broad Street, Albany, Georgia.
TT. BYIVGTOY. Proprietor. , .
# THE STAGE OFFICE,
for Stages running to ThomasviUe. Bain-!■• <||jL
bridge, Quincy anil Tallahassee is kept ♦
this House. jy 10 ts
Take Notice.
4 LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE FIRM OF
A BE KINGTON A DEKLE
for Furniture, are requested ro come forward and settle
the same, and yon may thereby save cost, as we are ob
liged to have inonev.
• not 3 M ’ REMINGTON & DEKLE
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1861.
From the Flog of our Union.
NOFTL t TOUC H THE LYRE.
BT J. W. BEAZELL.
Softly, sweetly, touch the lyre,
I vet its sweetest music ring,
Whilst the pure, poetic fire.
From thy heart like angels spring.
Lightly, lightly, sweep the strings,
With a touch so light and free
That each memory it brings
Leaves a shadow less for thee.
Gently, gently, breathe thy lay,
At the twilight’s still hoor —
While the moonbeams softly stray *
Round the brooklet and the flower.
Let each lute like, plaintive lay,
From its home within thy breast # _
Die as silently away
As the wavelet sinks to rest.
Sadly, sweetly breathe again,
O'er each slumbering music tone;
Wreathe a gentle, gentle straiu,
For the dear ones long since gone.
Gladly, gladly, let each strain
Steal in sweetness on the air—
Where grave-shadows long have lain,
Still tlie dew-drop rtieets the star.
If a tear from Memory's urn
Dims the lustre of thine eye,
May Hope’s censer brightly burn,
And its incense float on high,
From the Flag of our Union.
DIIE A n ING—BTIL L OilE A M ING.
BT T. D. WILKINS.
Dreaming, still dreaming, of hopes that are fled,
Dreaming and musing of joys that are dead;
Thinking of days now long past and gone hy,
Still down life's rough current we fly;
While time with light wings, never,ceasing speedson,
And e’er we awake from our dreaming, is gone.
Like flowers at morning, so freshly they bloom,
While the air all around is light with perfume;
Half sleeping the roses and violets lie,
Till scorched by the noontime, they wither and die.
So we, while the sand in time’s glass runneth on,
Still dream, though the niglit of our pleasure is gone.
We love to build castles so bright to the eye,
What boots it if only they rest in the sky ;
Their walls and their turrets are burnished with gold,
And fair are our airy-realuis to behold.
So charming to gaze on tlieir beauty, it seems
Tlmt we almost- forget we are living in dreams. 0
When the winter hangs gloomy and heavily here,
And the world where we wander is cheerless and drear,
To the dream-lands of fancy we hasten away,
And love in tlieir fairy-built bowers to stray.
We recline in trie halls there by happiness blest,
And live in o their region of pleasure and rest.
o
When the shadow of care chases daylight away,
And clouds veil our skies wheresoever we stray,
When the heavens of sorrow are gloomv and dark,
And the winds of misfortune have shattered our bark,
Dreaming still dreaming, we hasten yet on,
And dream that our troubles aiftl sorrows are gone.
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Tlie Lord’s Prayer—EJ* Brevity.
“Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed (
be tdiy # name. Thy kingdom come. TJiy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive iw our
debts as we forgive*our debtors. And lead us
n<Y inti* temptation, but deliver us iron? evil :
For tlune is thc°kiugdom, and the power, and
the glory, forever* Amen.” 0 #
Wotv short! “(July nine lines. It ean °be
•listoiictlv and deliberately pronounced in less
than a minute. How forcible does tlfijj‘teach
us the worth of prayers, is not .measured by i
their length. How scldou? docs any otic in a
prayer meeting offer so short a prayer as this.
Would not such°short prayers often be better t
Tt is a heathenish potion that God will heaj us
for our much speaking. Yet do not Christians
sometimes study to prolong a prayer, instead of
simply speaking what is in tlpeir hearty and
then jus? as simply, stopping ?o
oYc't though the a prayer is not a
recommendation of°it, so neither is it always a
fault. A long prayer may be God,
.aid a sliort prayer may be an abomination. —
The prayer of the Pharisee was short, though
longer than *the publican’s. It was not its
length tfiat condemned it. We are told that
our Lord on one extraordinary occasion “con*
tinned afl night in pr^ver.”
_;Y prayer may be short for two reasons : it
n?ay be because he who prSysis simple hearted
and will npt say more than he feels; and it may
be because he is in haste to be about his world
ly business or amusements, or does not like to
tarry long alone with God.
A prayer may be long for two rrtisons, either
because he°who offers it makes a merit of long
prayers, or beca’use his heart is so lull that it
cannot quickly unburden itself. Let no one
who goes tliys to his closet 1 eat* to stay there un
til lie has told all that is in his hcarX'in the in
dulgent tar of his Father in heaven —until he
has spread out t[ie wfiolc o detail ot his cares, his
sins, and his wants, under the eye of ll?m
“who seeth in secret/’
There is nothing in the words or in the ex
ample of our Lord vfhieh forbids you staying
alone bej'oreothe throne of grace just as long
as, in the simplicity of your heart, you feel dis- |
posed to stop therep Put the laborious efiort to
prolong eyen secret .prayer is to be abided. 0
Especially it is well to make specific prepar- ;
ation for .the act of prayer, by turning the
thoughts directly upon Him to wJiom. we are
to pray, icminding ourselves of his greatness
and majesty, and of*our *wn vileucss, and seek
ing to gain a solemn impression of his actual
presence with US’ Kis well also to call to mind
the specific sins* which w°c have to confess, the
particular mercies foj’ which we should thank
Him, and the new favors that we “need to c ask.
We°should not talk at random when we “take
it uptfti us to ,speak unto Jehovah.”
If the result of such reflection be to make
your words few, am], full of solid and solemn,
earnest meaning; if thus your prayers be made
short as our Lord's or as the publican’s, fear
not; if it be humble and sincere, it is accepted.
The time which you spend in the closet,
should not all be spent in prayer. Besides
reading the Bible, sometime should be spent
in meditating on its truths; an effort is needed
to learn to meditate—to learn to fix arid hold
the mind in contemplation of God and of Ilis
word. Probably we can all be helped in this
by reading, besides ihe Bible, some book of de
vout meditation, such as Baxter and Bogatzky
and Jay and Chalmers and Hannah More, and
many other devout men and women have fur
nished us.
—
Shelton in one of hisserwons says: —An up
right is always easier than a stooping posture,
because it is more natural, and one part is bet
ter supported by another; so it is easier to be
an honest man than a knave. It is more grace
ful.
Locke was once asked how he bad acquired
such extensive knowledge. I never, answered
the philosopher, “was ashamed to ask for infor
mation.”
From the Savannah Republican.
Rrtonn her Swj !—X. IS. R. Cobb
nnd lion. Robert Toombs for Co-operation
anil Ueliberute Action 1 1
’ Madness has “ruled the hour,” but, thank
| God! it is giving away to. enlightened states
| man.-liip, sound discretion nnd common sense.
| The party who are for thrusting Georgia neck
and heels out of the Union, without a moment
for thought or consultation, without giving our
enemies even a chance to redress our wrongs,
is fast wearing away, and Georgia is likely,
with a unanimity unexampled, to present her
self to the world, as she is—a proud, brave,
resolute, yet a sensible and reasonable State
We have two documents before us which
will strike terror to the hearts of those who ;
would destroy this government forthwith, and ;
repudiate all terms for saving it, whether they j
be just and honorable or not. They are let- I
tors from the Hon. Thomas R. it. Cobb and \
Hon. Robert Toombs, in which both yield to
prudent counsels, and cut loose from rash, pre
cipitate action. We regret that we have not
room for these letters entire, but we give such
extracts, italicised by ourselves, as will enable
the reader to form a definite idea of their
views.
In a letter to the Federal Union, Mr. Cobb
says:
[FROM HON. T. R. R. COBB.]
“The greater the number of States which re
tire together from the Union —the more dignity
and moral weight will the movement have. —
Any haste in one State to move in advance of
the others, (though not so intended,) iciil have
or he construed into an appearance of a disre
gard to the will and action of others. And
while I am tree to admit that each State must
act for herself, and resume, by her own ‘inde
pendent jvill, her delegated authority, yet 1
conceive that it is possible and highly desirable
that all ofi them could assign some common day/
for such resumption. In the meanwhile proper
’steps might be taken not only to secure harmo
nious action, but. to provide for a future Con
federacy.” °
Senator Toombs, in his letter to Mic Danburg
Committee, just published, takes similar ground,
find goes even [further, lie is willing for a
reconciliation, and upon indications that it can
be had hononaidy to wait a reasonable time
for the NSrth to grant us the terms requisite
for peace, lie names the 4th of }farch, which |
is of itself a repuliation of immediate se
ce. lonites, but is willing to “yield that poi?lt”
for the sake of harmony, and go for a day far
ther off, should there be a reasonable indication
of flic South’s obtaining her righ's the
Luton . o c o
\YB copy below tw*o extracts, in Ivhicli the
viewsof Mr. Toombs are I'ulW s*bt forth :
• . [FROM IION. ROBERT TOOMifs.]
•The Legislature of Georgia have unanimous
ly declared that the present crisis dimaiwls re
sistance, and have unanimously voted call a
convention of the people to determine thomode
and measure o£ redress. This is plain lan
•guage —jit is easily* understood. • It proposes to
resist wrongs at the time, and in the manner
h'St calculutcdjlo obtain *RLDRESS. Ihe Le
gislature, also, unayimously voted a million of
dollars tb arm the people*fif Georgia, in ordej
that they may repel by fierce whatever fyrec
mSyl )e brought to resist the measures of re
dress the people may adopt. 1 hen, •upon the
questsons thatwcdiave wrongs, and tiutf wc in
tend to°redrcss them by and through the sove
reignty of (leorgib, the State is unanimous. —
What, then, is likely to divid’e # us ? It® cannot
be the nufdc of redress, for it, seems all look to
secession—separation from the wro # ng-doers as
the ultimate remedy. The tiii(£ when this re
medy ought to be applied seems to bo the most
fmportant, if nbt the only point of difference
between us; tee ought not to (hade upon this
point. Many peiisons think the remedy ought
to be applied immediately, others aj a day not
j.to extend beyond th<?4thday of next,
othej’s again supposing shat too short a time lor
the convenient action of the abolition States
would extend it only®to what might \ie fairly
deemed a reasonable and convenient •time I
with in. wh ieTt ’our wrongs might he reel rested
ly the.w rmfi-doers. I would strongly advise
that there be no division among those who hold
either of those opinions. \\ bile 1 personally
favor the position of those who are opposed dc
laying longer than the 4th ol March next, 1
cert, inly icduld yield that joint to correct and
hone. / men who ware with me in principle, but
who are more hopeful o£ redress from the ag
gressors than*] am, especially if any such ac
tive measures should be taken by the wrong
doers as promised, to give us redress <n the
Union. But to go beyond the 4th of March,
we should require such preliminary measures
to be taken before, as would, with reasonable
certainty, lead to adequate redress, and in the
meantime wc should take care that the delay
gives no advantages to the adversary and takes
none f&om ourselves. °
How is it possible to remedy these enormous
evils in the Union? There is but one mode,
one only; all others are delusions and snares,
intended to lull the people into false security,
to steal away their rights, and with them the
power of redress This mode is by amend-
Ynents to the Constitution of the United States.
In the Union the States cannot make contracts
with-each other; all departments of the Gov
ernment would be compelled to disregard them.
To repeal laws hithertofore passsd by the Aboli
tiin States would’not be redress, they would
re-enact them next year. The amendments of
the Constitution should be such as could nei
ther be evaded or resisted by the Abolition
States, and should not rest for their efficacy,
upon these oaths of Abolitionists no oaths can
bind them. The Constitution provides two
modes for its own amendments. Article Gth is
as follows, on the point before us:
“The Congress, whenever two thirds’ of
both houses shall deem it necessary', shall pro
pose amendments to this Constitution, when
ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of
the States or Conventions, of three-fourths of
the States, as the one or the other mode of rat
ification may be proposed by Congress,” &c.
Thus you perceive the road is plain; it is
easily tested; you can here find a test which
ought to satisfy every honest resistance man in
Georgia. Do this; offer in Congress such
| amendments of the Constitution as will give
1 you full and ample security for your wrongs;
then if the Black Republican party will vote
for the amendments, or even a majority of them
in good faith, they can be easily carried
through Congress, then I think it would be
reasonable and fair to postpone action until the
Legislature of the Northern States could be
conveniently called together for definite action
on the amendments. Ts they intend to stop
this war on your rights and your property, they
will adopt such amendments at once in Con
gress; if they will tiot do this, you ought not
to delay an hour after the 4th of March to se
cede from the Union. This is a constitutional
and effectual ultimatum, means something, can
be tested at once. This will be putting planks
where they are good for something, if they are
the riidit kind of planks ; but putting planks
in your Georgia Platform, is putting them
where our experience teaches us they are pow
erless for good, and only subject us to the jibes
and jeers of our enemies. A cartload of new
planks in the Georgia platform will not redress
one wrong, nor protect one right of the people
of Georgia. Demand additional constitutional
securities from your confederates, nnd if they
arc refused, confederate with such or them a.-
are willing to grant them, or defend them
yourselves.
I am truly your friend and fellow citizen,
R. Toombs.
Messrs. E. B. Pullin, TV. T. Anderson, and
others.
AtlJreMst ©f Soiiflirrn UongrcNMiiacn.
Washington, Dec. 1 o.—Below is a reliable
copy of the Southern address:
TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
“The argument is exhausted,” all hope for
relief in tlie Union, through the agencies of
Committees, Congressional Legislation, or Con
stitutional Amendments, is exhausted; and we
trust the South will not be deceived by appear
ances, or pretence or guarantees.
In our opinion the Republican party arc re
solute in # their purpose to grant nothing that
will r ought to satisfy the South.
TVe are satisfied that the honor, safety •and
independence of the Southern people require*
the organization of a Southern Confederacy—a
result to be obtained onlyoby separate State se
cession—and that flie primary deject o£ each
sTavcholding State ought to be, its speedy and
absolute separanon Yrqm a union with® hostile
States. 0 ° ® °
[ Signed.]. o
James L. Pugl^ o ]
o * David Clopton, # |
• Sydenham Moore, j- Alabama.
L. M. Curry, | 0
0 J. A. Stallworth, J
J. TV. Underwood, / 0 n
Lucius J. Garlfell, 0
James Jackson, ° ~o .°
, T . r °or ’ Ge or aria.
.John J. 4 ones, I ‘• 0
10 31-0.1. C raw lift'd, 0 j o
o Alfred Iverson. j „-°
0 o (fcorge S. cHawl kins, of Florida.
o o 4’. C. Hindman, of Arkansas.
® “Jefferson
o Albert G. Brown, o J 0 ®
Win. Barksdale, k Mississippi,
o Otho R. o
Jhuiben Davis, c
Burton Craigg, ) , T n ® r
Thomne llufiin, [ North Carolina.
John Slidell, 0
J P. Benjamin, > Louisiana,
o J. M. Landnuu,® 0
0 -L. T. Wig-fall, * ) * * .
o John TV. - Texas. •* *
JohrrtH. Weagan, )
0 MilUgc Lrtßonham^
• TVm. Porcfter Afilcs, „ ~ r , ~
.loin, D. Ashmore, Sou.h Car^.na
’ Jftihn McQueen, •*
0 • 5 ■- *
Powerful Reaction.
There otiri be*iTo o question but that a power
ful reaction • Tfris already commenced at the
Norjh. Whether it will to save the coun
try from disruption is yet to be seen A friend
has permitted us to make the fuMmfing extract
from a private letter from 3lr. Gc TV. Ray, of
New York, a gentleman and favorably
known to many of our citizens, sby which it
will be seen th? leaven is lie says:
“ would b? greatly ourprisedtivere you to
return and see the change that has occurred in
public sentiment since you left—not one in a
thousand doubts but the days of this Republic
are numbered, and this con victim* has rtist a
faf deeper gloom and sadness over all circles
than was ever witnessed during the prevalence
of an epidemic. The President's message aiyl<
theaction of (Congress ltes tended to increase
the alarm, and it makes every tn?c patriot ro
gret that he gve? lived to witness the destrite
tion of rt his, the Boldest fabric of government
ever reared by human hands ; but whv , we of
tlie Democratic party ask, should the South I e
rt) precipitate? °\Ve who have borne the brunt
of the tight in doing battle for their Constitu
tional rights justly ask that they pause and see
if all the guarantees they require be not ob
tained in the Union, for I assure you that the
opponents of the Republican party Niyth have
become so aroused and incensed,, that if they
fail to obtain the repeal of the “personal liberty
bills by petition, they will repair en inas.se to
their respective Legislatures and obtain it° by
bloodshed and revolution. The thousands ct
operatives already out of employment, without
regard to their former political opinions are’
already muttering deep curses on the Black
Republican party as being the cause of all the
troubles that now environ the country; and un
less a better and more cordial state of feeling
be speedily established, this and all other of the
Northern cities will witness the most fearful ri
ots the country lias ever experienced. It is to
us, therefore, of New Y'ork City and New Jer
sey that the South owe it—to pause and see if
their every right be not obtained in the Union.
If they fail I can assure you that this city will
be found arrayed with them against the damna
ble fanatical heresies of New England and the
Northwest—we will have a free Republic of
our own, which will include Long Island, Sta
ten Island, New Jersey and this city. —Macon
Messenger.
... . < >
A lover wishing to concentrate hisordor into
one burst of passion, exclaimed : “O, Angeline
Augusta, I feel toward you just like the burn
ing bush which Moses saw —I’m all afire, but
aint consumed.”
j TERMS, TVVO DOLLAR*, 1
l In Advance. o S
’ .John ftrll on iiic C?riisi 4 * * •
The Nashville Baiwtr, of Saturday pliblislf-
I ed a Ion” and very in to resting letter from Horn
’ John Hell, addressed to the lati* mass mooting
in Vicksburg, giving his views on the existing
political troubles of the country. \\ e copy
the concluding paragraphs :
Viewing the subject in every light in whi e
it can be presented*l am constrained to say that
by no principle of Public Law, by no code of
morals, by no law of Earth or Heaven,
Mississippi or any other State be justified, un
der existing circumstanced in withdrawing from
the Union. I confidently believe that the hap
piest COD eqttonces would result from a confer
ence of all the” Southern States. las confi
dently believe that a majority of the people of
the North are this day prepared. to agree to
i O
any fair and reasonable pi: a of alj ui nt
which, uch a conference
would propose. 1 purposely abstain from sug
gestions what in my opinion, should be the ba
sis of such plan of adjustment.
After what 1 have written on the preceding
pages of this letter, it is scarcely necessary to
sav that T am resolved to adhere to th'e Union.
•f •
I will not say that in no possible contingency
would I consent to a separation of the States.
But- l would exhaust every constitutional means
for the redress of our grievances, before J.
would think of dissolving the Ini n. i .am
not willing that one (State should be withdrawn
from the Union —that one Star shoukl b strick-*
on from the bright cluster winch n< •>v embi .. .ms
the national flag.
I have long’i'oi* seen the probable occurrence
of a crisis like the present, and shrank from ttic
possible issue of it; and 1 could nc intern-.
plate the destruction of tin* Union v i'.iioi. ci:-
sations not unlike those which 1 imagine would
overwhelm me on beholding the lust g oing down
of the sun-stievSr to rise again forever. °
With the highest consideration and* occuj, 1
am your fellow-citizen, # John Br.u..
To A.jSurwcll, Esq., Vicksburg,
k 4• * e •
• • ®
of *
Russia is the greatest unbroken empire foi*
extent # that ever existed,.occupying va ■: gi'.'ii
of EuropS and A sib, and nearl* m® •ol
# the nabftable glbbe. It is forty-one times the*
size of France, anyone Iffttidrcd and tt:by
eight times that of England. Vet it t: - too
a small for Hie ambition # of* Alexander, * -
pelted to have said,insist upon having P •
Baltic to skate upon, the Caspian for H 1 athiug
place, t£e Black Sea as a and
the North Pacigc Ocean as a fish-pond.” ♦ o
encroached on and avtai* i’or a pasture, won ]*< a
and Georgiy lor a vino .*;®, *n ;mU y !--r a
garden, on Poland for a farm, Finland wind
Lapland a hunting ground, and tgok part of
North America as a place of haui-Jimait for Hi”
Cl •
iencersy— 0
“ O oo •
Vi, P< *;® O'i EtCkilf.
0
It is sanctuary of .*paec and*, bonce#-
No°throng can crowd these aisles; ro * ouncrof
voices or of organs can di.-’ilaco f!io vem
1 0
quiet that broods here* The Pope, who# fills
f the world with all Us pomp; ns letinuc,Jills Hot.
bit. Peter’s; and the roar of hisftriKrcd sing-.
mingicß with t*ie sonorous clmut # ..j*a hcH of
priests and bishops, wtruggles for an ijp-iani
against this ocean of stillness, and i ’
sorbed into ft like a faint- The n _ .*i ‘
ceremonies of worshjp—celebrated i.JV
the earth’s clfte£ pofftifF, s\te%p3ig along intlrtj
magnificence of thejmvt- igip..vinjf ::r; ay t 1 *
thgexisting worljJ can exhibit —se%m dwindled
into insignificance frithin this structure. ‘J hey
do not explain to our feeling the uses the
buflding. As-yom stand witl*inthe gorgeous,
celestial dwelling, framed not for maids aljpfte/
the lndv*silerftg, the mgrattrifus fragrance, kluf
light of ever-buwniug lifln !•\ mb*.
O O . . ‘
it. is theditmc of invisible spirits, an ouu r-c ui f
sos heaveif, vi.-ited. perchance In® t% dcqper
| hdhrs of a night thstS never dark within
walls, by the alLsacred ?i\Jk i: if.— JJ* j;.
Wallace. A . i
- o - # *
0 PcSrr l:;c BSei-mit. O
J® Vkondorful n was thi* Peter t<* ilcrnii?
—slight and low in sftture, mein in person,
but width flashing eye; feeble, too, as clad in
hood Hud tun ic of unbleachen wool, W course
cloak scarcely qpvergig his arm y ami barefoot,
lft his jvay ajjwng camp- *. 1 *■ i <i^.-
# ong crowded and unfrequented upland.-,
swaying all EtrdJ)e.J&y the might # of Ijjs rcst-
I eloquence. this must lyiv©
] ])cen. W*uld tfj ;f same frogmi nt 6 ven oim
jof his^ddreasqp —even agiere* 0 1
of his burning words, had been p; # -Hv®ito
us. We many a speech of many a pre
late recorded in the monkish sm *of these
times : we still have thft of Uroan at^hecopn-,
cil of PlacentitH f'-ruwl m-d ]';® : y emm -n, but
the twidyi eloquence of tie. soldier In-rmit w;*,
• most likely, not of a kind for the lwrned con
i vent writer to*waste his glossy ink audpihoice
| veilWm upon; and so, like the mighty efioefc
that followed, all has j.assed away. The way,
indeed,pn which Peter the Hermit is spoken of,
| by cotemporary writers, seems to us to bewery
• peculiar. No mfricles are assign* and to him al
thryagh at this period every aboey eoulft boa-r
| of some ha f dozen; no labored eulogies redo
lent of supurlativcs, follow the accoynt of be
labors. Even highest pmises are be
i stowed on Tancred, Baldwin and Godfrey®the
j originator of the enterprise, in which they took
| part, is contemplated rather as though the wri
ters marvelled that a man so mean and low
‘.should have wielded so mighty a power, than
with admiration and love.
o
A brave man thinks no one bis superior who
does him an‘injury, ftr lie has it then in his j
power to make himself his superior to the oth- s
|er by forgivness. — Drummond.
Be not diverted from your duty by any idie
reflections the sill} 7 world may make upon you;
j for their censures are not in your power, and
I consequently should not be any part of your
! concern.— Epictetus.
- *
Good counsel is cast away by the arrogant,
the self-conceited and the stupid; who are ei
ther too proud to take it, or too heavy to un
derstand it. —Sir It. L'Estrange. . /
Defer not charities till death. lie that doth
so is rather liberal of another man’s than his
own. — Bacon.
NO. JS.