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(Enterprise.
UICIIH ( . BKVAN, KDITOR.
~ THOMASVILLE; GA.
4VKD.TKBDAV, JAM AKA 2, IN6I.
JttsS?”- The communication of “A Breckinridge !
Democrat” at Valdosta, came too late for our]
last, and having missed one issue for Christmas
and consequently’ very much crowded in this, ;
the length of his article forbade its publication- j
fiST W e acknowledge a copy of a beautifully ,
printed pamphlet of the letters of the Hon.
Henry R Jackson To lion. Alexander H.°Ste- |
phens on the crisis and resistance. We return
our thanks, but regret that it was not thought
proper to insert also the letters of Mr. Ste- i
Som i friend to Georgia literature and I
Georgia politics would confer a great favor 0 |
by collecting up the various letters and speech
es of for tlic last five or six years *
anti publishing them for future use. 0
°i
’ • attention of our readers is directed !
•to advertisement of the Baptist Female ‘
Collie, Cuthbert, Georgia, to be foutid among
the cw advertisements. o
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0 , ‘PI’BLIC I.A\|B.
## We have reeori ! a copy ol?, the laws
by the late General Asseiybly of Gesrgia, conu®
•piled and pubWshed bydl. H. Waters. Scceta-
ry the Deparftnent. The pam-j
• phlct is small, but contains all flic acts of gen- 0
Pnd import, afld be sent lor* immediate
ly by every member of the bar, clerk, sheriff,*]
&$., inrflie State, Price Si. Address 11. 11.
Waters as above written.
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*
0 This well knm\m literary men tidy Magazine
for January has*come to°hand. It is the old- ”
est truly literary Magazine in America, having
passtal through a ssti is of 28 years, with* a
> popularity at Miner! by no other work o£ its
chSracter in flhe ccfUiftrv. .It xnnUraccs* in fls
* • * ® • •
corps of contributors.tnost of the literary men
sand women of tlfkfcountry, and whatever be*
Jongs to the higher order of*literature may be
sought. *n*ifcs coimnftx* • • . 0
Published by J* B. Gilmore, number 5 Beck
man street, New \ !?, at rM per ajiuuqi in ad- .
vance, which sum wji! entitle the subscriber to •
,onc of the following line xteeri efigravings by
tra: llober-s Burns < om£osi:?g the Cox- i
ter’s Saturday nigiit, or the merry ®ma-
Kljfrl IN THE OLDEN TIME* *
o•o 0 o .
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• A 0 O O O
_ 93F Übclo J T ctd*Lin(lbay, .that incomgible
blcM)f|£bdor who sits over in that little shop ;
second Moor fro#i 3lessr.-* Mcbunnon A (\*
a*d makes all the fine coats, pants, vests,
for the i>ov2. provided a Tegular Christmas holi
- ‘o o.
day-night supper on®\Y£dne-la v b-t to ffliieh
be iiAyted and entertained in true
# likc s # tylg, not only majiy of lii**cu- toilers but a “
great many 9 other people, his friends, Jbcsiie
.die*—all rs whom entered into his frolic tfith,
a zest Jnd partook of his ?plendul subger with
appetites that did reef’s honest scotch*
’ lfcart good to the bottom. Some of young ,
go aLx got knto a very fiffe liuißor and had wti
not just theif been called away upon business
wc might have had a nvoredengthy aynl injures- *
O • 0* O 0
report. # - As it only add that lust
as we were making our exit from l.ncfe Peter’s
bachelors Rail, a young gentlejjian of education
and respectable reading had the licfbor to
called to occupy, not a chair, for UncV* Peter had
but few, (no bachelor would*hnwe snoreA (M
the floor; andLthough it wa? not a ‘-Burns ies
rival,’’ w # e rcmeuH'cy distinctly li&irifig Po
et’s name pronounced we supposed 0 as the sub- I
■ject of what the speaker’s ability would o war- ,
rant us in calling a glowing eulogy. But we
heard no more. l ncle Peter live *for<iver
and be a Scotchman all hip life. 0
tiiax cun.. • 0 #
* How I wish its raven fohls • 0
That the.breeze so gently rolls, .*
And my foolish heart cajoles, •
• Could whisner in my ear. 6 * .
. . Ah! the tali sit vrou'd recite. 0 *
How one sumnU-r’s balmy nivrht,
When the moon was shining bright,. #
Thy bosouj lit-aved a sigh.
• * A sigh tor a ti'n-d swait*..
Who re-r.er\ed l is heart in vain, •
And vowed to assert his claim
But tailed again each time. °
o
It would tell of wakefol drearas.
So replete with lovers’ schemes, • “
° That the voice of uiunn'ring streams
Could swell them notiiiug more.
How it loitered round that neck,
At the playful zephyr's beck.
Nor its sweet career would check,
\ • Till it stole another kiss.
Now exulting in its sway,
On that snowy bosom lay*,
And in swelling waves betray
Th Waling heart within. S. P. Q. R.
UEOKta t STATE CONVENTION.
To-day the couuty elections will take place
for delegates to our State cotiVention, and on- J
der the present existing circumstances the ques
tion naturally comes up, what will Georgia do?
The delegates who are elected will have iin
j portant duties to perf-rm —responsibilities the.y
i have never before considered. Have tbej- re
flected upon this, and are they profoundly im- j
pressed with the vital importance of the action
they are to take ? The destiny of a great peo
ple and a beloved country hangs upon their
; action— weal anil woe are balancing in the scale
*t|d they, are to control its graduation. Wheth
er they are elected as immediate secessionists.
|or co-operatiogists, tbey-canuet escape .the re- ‘
sponsibility. The interests of this people are i
one, their destinies are one, and lie who through
! prejudice, selfish ambition or party ties shall be !
found unequal to the emergency, will fall by
the sweeping blade of public indignation and
scorn. He who series the office is not fit for it,
and if we wore asked who should be voted for we
should reply, no man whose self-sufficiency has
induced him to stand for it. His confidence
in his men fitness, is the highest evidence ice j
-should require oi bis unfitness. Washington j
l trembled from head to loo|- when he heard
himself-proposed as Commai uer-in-Chief of the
army of the United States, because, with all
his great ability as a warrior and statesman, lie
felt unequal to the emergency. But in these
days of street and stump politicians, when self
: and not the country prompt men to action, ev
-1 cry one believes him.-Olf qualified for the high
est office, and with a bland smile hears himself*
nominated to ilissolcc the C nion, without the
twitching of a nerve. If the great Washing
j ton trembled at undertaking the office of build
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ing up and cementing this Union, should not
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that man tremble, na, quiver from centre to
circumference, who hears himself nominated to
i pull it down? If lie does not, he knows no-
I thing of 0 thp appalling magnitude of the ques
j tion—ho sees °not the 0 fathomless gulf upon
| who.se brink he breads, nor hears the stifled
! g-roanS.wf the untold millions whose happiness
!or woe In? is to determine. If he feels not, secs
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not, hears not these things, he is not fit ior the
office, for how can an/t uian Lc sensible of them
afid°not tremble ? °
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Wc have Risked the question,%“wbat will
0
! Georgia do?” There sterns iiow to be no al
° o o °
1 ternative but dissolution, and wc have no doubt
but that Georgia will secede and take her place
v.otli Carolina, Flortda, Alabaiya and Mississ
i fppi. oThtfplan of the secessionists has been
successful, and well and 4ruthfulTv have the
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thirty-five constitutional of •Massachusetts,
in their appeal £> the people*of that State, said
I that the ultra secessionists of tlic # South “have
• •
j no wish that Massachusetts should repeal her
|*unc©ustitutiol?al laws, because tJicy* desire to
hive them stand s oonspifuous and palpable #
Hireacncs oi’ the naftonal compact by ourselves
: Massachusetts} and as affording justification to
Ltliem, (the Secessionists,) to the world and to
pi -terity, for tlfe of the most per
. i.A ikmd pro*jterous government which the Pro
tidance of jGted has e\*-r permitted tl\g wisdom
j of man to devise.**’ •JThe Secessionists did not.
• wish thtrepe*! of laws, they did not ex
pect it*and would o n*>t haat-ceytcd it as an
overture. Whatthey in tratlukave, bsd*f:u^i
jon tb t part of the North, they ready d£siit)d as I
!n fur their*settled determination to
Jtf-cak up the government —that? iso the reason#
• ice say and what jjc mean by the advancement
|of °the “ I n i cr .¥ i*'<>gramme.” It is the em
ployment df holy means t<j execute an unholy
•project. r J lie project has steadily advanced
gmScr the fire, sword aud damnation oarticles
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I copied by the secession piyss from Northern
ultra Journals, m*til to-day nearly all
the cotton States arc # committeyl to uncondition
'al scctssion. Thedate cviKuation mlsdfc and at
• # . • • •
tempt by the Federal troops des^-oy o Fort
3loultrie ha* seiwed grcjitly to increase public
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indignation and heighten tlie desire for iranie
•. • • ••
diate dissolution.® z\iid this same affaiT at Fort
• Moultfle, we vSrily believe, was a trick of Ma
[jor zknderson under the secret influence °of 0
i Soiflh* Carolina to inflame the hearts of the
■ o • °
• people of thi^ej s fates whose conventions are
• soon to cßni£ oft. By this coflld hope to
preeuiitatc them out?of the once. If
{•Aimersofi is not the merest coward (and* the
Vharlestonuftis grcatlj admired him°before,) he
never AVoyiljl ha\;c oxurrendcred up the liort
• without a confliifl:, (he was not even menaced,*
® O 0
l?ut was on the best of tcribs°with the citizens,)
aad if* hc*7ni'7, ffe ivould* have deniglished it
0
totally to prevent his laiemics from profiting by
‘j it.. But what db we pear ? Out y half a dozen
of the guns were spiked of more than five
times that number, and very little damage oth
o7 * o
erwise done Fort. Add to this the fact
tb&t Anderson had flo instructions from the Go? j
vernment, and itbrings us to the conclusion j
that he is “either the worst of cowards and
0
therefore unworthy of his position, or o else be
had other motives for his conduct than those of
J ® o , ° ,
the pretended softy of liis garrison. These
thfngx should be considered and the whole a.f
----• fair closely investigated. Georgia should not
suffer herself to bo involved in difficulties upon
a false issue, for w§ perceive that the secess
j ionists fearing some of the States may not se
cede on account of the old causes will move
heaven and earth if possible to create new. is
sues, and the 1 ort Moultrie affair looks very
> much like one of them. . lU/ may be deceived,
but we had rather be deceived a thousand
| times over than to see our proud old State dis
graced by taking an ignoble position. If she
seeedes, which we believe she will, we would
have her secede upon the true issue, upon the
merits of the question.
Pitch upon that coarse of life which is the \
, most excellent; and custom will render it the .
1 most delightful. —Pythagoras
WATCIIH.W, WHAT OF Till! -MCiHTf
Do we hear the cheering answer that through
the storm and beyond the gloom of night ap
pears a harbinger of day in yonder eastern skv V
Noßut with unabated fury madness still
rules the hour and leaves only hope to promise
fairer weather.
A calm survey of our political horizon gives
no assurance at present of the speedy disper- ,
sion of those dark clouds which have so long !
hung lowering over the destiny cf our country.
View it as we will, with every degree of allow
ance for exaggeration either by ourselves or
our enemies, and put the best face on our pros- ‘
poets propriety and good sense will allow, and
still this difficulty of ours, this quarrel between
the North and the South is .ominously preg
nant with evils for the present and future. —
Since our last issue South Carolina has seceded
from the Union and declared that let what will
come, whether weal or woe, she has renounced
it forever. Thus the test is now being made
whether a Statecan withdraw peaceably from
the Union. To-morrow (January otU the State
Convention of Florida will meet and we have
no doubt that she will follow Sooth’ Carolina
without hesitation. On the 7th Mississippi
and Alabama will hold their. Conventions and
we may set them down as certain to go out cf
the Union. This will doubtless settle the poli
cy of (Georgia and she will soon join her hasty
sisters. The Union then is dissolved,.and the
question before us for discussion is no longer
whether the union of these States shall be pre- ,
served, but whether we shall now have peace or- j
war. If the North will exercise good sense !
and exhibit a proper understanding of her own"!
interests we shall have peace at least for the j
present;’ but where fanaticism howls from the
stump, the rostrum and the pulpit, and corrupt
tion, perjury and lawlessness pervade the land,
it is scarcely to be expected that good seysc,
moderation or even the powerful voice of self
interest willjbe heard in their councils. Con-
seems to be almost upon a stand still. It
is divided into three factions, two of the South
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and one of the North, and we arc doubtless in
debted to that laet for the present continuance
of the Union. The border slave Stated are
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opposed to dissolution, and their Representa
tives inCongress liffve given hope the Re
publicans thatothe Union will not finally be
destroyed although one i>tate o has seceded, and
hence they are to regard any measure 0
proposed! for rm adjustment* They tPo not yet
believe the South* in earnest. Buk Alabama
and Mississippi will in*a fe\? days force them
# to realize the truth, and the withdrawal of
(j(;orgia yill be the signal for a general break
ing up of the mighty old empire. lVe write*
the words in sadness and <l?ep dejection, for
weewouhl not if we could banish the proud me
mories tliaT throng q*ir °bosom Worn* the past
history of this once glerious Republic, If tears
would save it with all the glory anticfpated by*
its departed heroes, then would we wegp thiij
poor life away that its lustre might not fade;
and that man is a o wretch indeed who bißathes
no sigh or drops no tcai°of griefjjver the mourn
ful, wreck of his native country. PJcts 8 and
Bards there were to.sing bf the triumphs and
glories of Cfrcecc and •Rome, tyid their songs
have made the smouldering ruins of those*
dear even to our o songless gen
emition f the nineteenth cenjury,—and wero,
thri/H tot infested with tyrants, factions and cor
rupt, demagogues, who finely aficonfplishcd®
their rirfn? ® • • ®
o * *
£las! owliat country is esempt from tlioso*
curses, and where shall we go to find n\pnkind
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in the full possession and enjoyment ot his
fights untainted by corruption, unmoved by
ambition ? Our jTeopfc are asking
guaranfcecs*of the North as?i condition of the
Unions but what guarantees have they of their
O
politicians and demagogues of fche South? that
a Southern Confederacy, framed by the same*
ifestmijcd the J'nion, will be more
lasting and profitable ? Ps> they consent 0 to
Sbandon their aspirations, *sumqjder up their
ambition, and no more seek for office? If the
0 O
leant of the#i declares it hosnay safely be call
ed a liar, for knavery will cloak itstelf with hu
mility to gratify avarice ami pofhp, and ambi
tion was never *Pt° known*to forsake its idol
while hope remained. But willing to
look tft what a j>< rs£ secessionist would cafl the
1 o o
Jbrujht si<l<° of the picture, and anticipate with
him all the glories awaiting a Southern (Con
federacy in the future. Let hirajthen confed
• erate the cotton States, hedge* them round
a£>out, plant his vineyard and dig his wine
presses, and when his jniyhty empire squill have
jsrosper£d®and culminated to i(,s zenith, will
be glad and rejoice in # its glory; but wjsclom
will answer his proud smile of* triumph, that a
parf 9 cart not equal the airhole. If one, i*wo or
half aodozen congregated stars will shine with
great brilliancy Vhat must be combined lus
tre of. a .whole constellation 0 . °
* The Christmas holidays are now over once
o ° *
more and we sot out upon the journey through
another year, the year 1801, a year no man,
wdThan, child, or nation ever experienced.—
Reader, did you ever think of this? Every
j successive year is a part of life’s journey new
and unexplored. You do not know what you
will encounter. There may be great rivers to
| cross not laid down on your map, and deep cuts
| like the Delaware, to bridge before you can pass
on to the next Christmas, and you will do well
to get there with your life. No doubt you will
see some beautiful landscapes on the way, fruit
growing valleys with green trees and luxuriant
foliage, and after that sloping hills, some tower
ing into the clouds and others of just sufficient
height for the warm sweet sunshine to play
around their tops for a good roll into the rieh
valleys below where it sets all the little song
sters to warbling. But you must not permit
these ravishing scenes to engross your whole !
attention, and journey with your eyes upturned j
upon them all the time, for remember that you |
are traveling u new road through an unexplored
I country, and you are liable at anytime total! I
into a ditch no one could warn you against, or
to go out of the “narrow strait” path and lose
; yourself in that wilderness of bramble which
skirts the fair prospect before you. You may
be bewildered by the dazzling splendor of this I
Paradise of hills and valleys, exhausted in the ;
midst of some hopeless, endless desert or lost J
in the profundity of some yawning to late dis
covered chasm; for there are many dark spots
and rugged places along the journey of a year,
as well as bright spots and smooth places. —
You should be regularly armed and equipped j
lor a journey so doubtful, and prepared for eve- ;
ry emergency. Do you know what kind of
: arms and accoutrements you need? We will j
; tell you —your Bible, industry, patience, and
perseverance. If you attend to these- well— j
keeping them bright by constant use and prac
tice them closely, you will find that much, if
not all your journey has been prosperous and;
those difficulties you have not been able to ov
ercome you have borne with fortitude and res- ;
ignation. Before another Christmas your be- ;
loved country may be plunged into the dread
horrors of civil war and its fair soil deluged j
with blood. This may be one of those dark |
gulfs yawning across the path of your journey;
, but remember your’ weapons for they will serve.
! you better than any others under all circum
; stances. If a “sparrow” f’alleth not to the ground
without Him neither will you. If He rides
t upon the storm and conducts the whirlwind—if
; He bids fiis aerial host tread the unbroken for- i
est down, and from its depth pile old Ocean to !
the skies, who shall countermand the order, or
stay the desolation of his mighty hand? He who
coy trolls the warring elements and
to the troubled waters, is he powerless over
O
feeble mans Whatever be our trials and diffi-
O
culties let us “act well our part” and He will
do tins rest. So, good leader may we journey
prosperously through another yeas, and rejoice
together upon the return of another Christmas.
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# . 0 TO DEUXQTEXTS. * „
Those who have Ukrn ;!$- Exißupkise, a<lvt*tise<l. or
o o
h*<l job work done at the office, and who have not settled
tlieir accounts, are expected now to settle immediately-
It is now the%(ginning a ne\* year, when wc are
pegted to pay i>p jvliat we owig iflul how shall we do so
if we are not paid l>v those who owe ns ? If any win?
are receiving the paper fail or refuse to remit in a xT*>rt
time, they need not he surprised to ligd that it has°been
discontinued and their hills enclosed to tli*m tliroiqfh the
post office. Those subscribers who reside ;g a disunite
and many of whom have not phid for the last two years,
some, of them three, will all iff’ treated after this manner.
o o .
1 Some have already been cut off, and \vPshall continue to
do so unfll \je luo r eßo delinquents left. If you fail to
receive your papers, therefore, that failure remind
you that not pai l the old score. If you want
•tlie paper \*>ti ouelfl to promptly or.ceO year, and if
you do not wan® it, and are in receipt of it, you oujudit to
pay up without delay and have it stooped. *Kuch ft course
wilfaeave von a good reputatim?with the printer, as well
as everybody else, and get you a good word
•and fliem when yog become a candidate for office anil#
matrimony. _ o •
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We are very far from meangig any of these remarks
fgr thatolittlo host ®ho have so generously kept their purse
strings untied for our benefit, or for those to whom the
paper is sent thronffli courtesv. IJverv one who reads
them will know by hi; receipt, or his conscience, whether
tly fits him or rftt. ° •
’• * ‘-f“ —
E'.oi’t AlouWi-ic and C'n-tla Pinckney taken by Jdsie
. Carolinian*.
° Charleston, Dee. 28. —*1 he palmetto Fla”;
wasoiai.sed early yesterday afternoon “over the
Custom House and Post Office. At five o’clock*
’ U was also raised at Castle Pinckney.
° A large military force went over t Sullivan
’ Island last night to take Fort ftfoultiie.
Later —Fort Moultrie anfl Castle Pinckney,
were taken possession of by Carolina, last pight
at eigfit o’clock. ° °
•
* The rubbish, left by the Federal troops, is
being cleaned a\wy, and the fortress assuming*
a defensible aspect. Some of the guns are, it
is supposed, badly injured by the* burning of
the carriages. Activity prevails at the. garri
son, and its vigilant officers are determined on
the course khat guides their action.
Fort Sumter, as viewed at ;? distance, pres
ents an appearance cf lively activity. Schoon
>crg and barges were plying between the fort
and channel during the day, Everything
seems to active *
8 Castle Pinckney was reinfoaced in tjje aftej
ffioon by a detachment of the Marine Artillery,
from Fort under the comujapd of
Captain King. * A detachment of the Wash
ington Light Infantry vfas transferwed from the
fdhncr to the latter place in the fftrenoSn, thus
retainin” at Fort Moultrie the same force as
I first occupied it. ° • 0
The Ci>a prison at Castle Pingkney consists of
about two hundred men. Ten twenty-four
pound cannon°are mounted on the ramparts,
besides some fifteen pieces—a which are
casematC’l —in the lower tier. The work is
well provided owith munitions of .all kinds, and
i under the command of its fadd officers, Col.
Pettigrew, and Maj. Ellison Capers*, will make
itself felt, if “need be, when the time comes.
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o CoiiimixMioiicrH to tlie Southern State*.
The following is the list of commissioners
from Mississippi to the other sonthern States,
appointed by the Governor to solicit their co
operation .in resisting, the eneroaehmnts of
.Black Republicanism. Some of them have al
| ready been announced :
Virginia —Chief Justice C. P. Smith, of the
high court.
* Maryland —Judge A°. 11. Hardy, of the high
j court. * 0
North Carolina —Hon. Jacob Thompson,’
present Secretary of the Interior.
South Carolina —Hon. C. E. Hooker, of
Jackson.
j Georgia —Judge Wm. L. Harris, of the high
| court.
Alabama—Ex-Gov. Joseph W. Matthews, of
Marshall.
i Louisiana —Hon. Wirt Adams, of Jackson
Texas —Hon. Edward M. YYrger, of Jack
; son.
Arkansas—Col. Geo. R. Fall, of Washing
l ton.
Tennessee —Attorney General T. J. Whart
on, of Jackson.
Kentucky—Hon. W. S. Feathcrston, of 1101,
, ly Springs.
Missouri, Delaware, and Florida —Unappoin-
I ted. — N. 0. Delta.
ITaxUinxton Affair*.
Washington, Dee. 28 — The news of the cap
ture of Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney,
reached the administration in Cabinet meeting
to-day.
The South Carolina Commissioners in con
ference with the President and Cabinet demand
the withdrawal ofthe lJutted States troops
from Fort Sumter, and say that, unless they
are withdrawn, this shall be their last interview,
they will immediateiv return.to South Carolina,
and prepare for the worst.
Washington, Dec. 29. —The President states
thatas it was never stipulated by him that the
troops in Charleston harbor should be with*
drawn therefrom, the Administration does not
consider that it is under any obligation to. with
draw them now. And as to the request of the
Commissioners for the restoration of the milita
ry status of- Charleston harbor, this is consider
ed by a majority of the Cabinet as impossible.
Messrs. Floyd, Thompson, and Thomas who
hold to the Constitutional right of secession,
were separated from the other members of the
Cabinet on this Boath Carolina question.
No positive conclusion was arrived at in the
| Cabinet meeting to-day, although the ‘action
i that was taken was certainly not favorable to the
. Commissioners. This statement is strengthen
ed by the fart that .Secretary Floyd resigned
his office to-day. It is said that Secretary
Thompson would have res gned also, were it
not that the pending investigation of the Rus
! sell-Baily affair made it imperative for him to
remain.
I'ioni the (J/iftrh’x/o/i (Jourtcr.
Proclamation*
Executive Department, )
Charleston, 8. C. Dec. 2d, 18(30. j
By llis Excellency, Francis W. Pickens, Gov- i
ernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
the State of South Carolina:
r Whereas, the good people of this State, in
convention assembled, by an ordinance, unani
mously adopted and ratified, on the twentieth
day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty, repealed an ‘ 1
1 ordinance of the people of this State, adopted
I on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty eight, and have thereby dissolved the un
ion between the State of South Carohna and
1 other States, under, the name of the United
. o
I States of America : °
1, therefore, n 6 s Governor and Commander-in-
Chief, in and over tlie State South Carolina,
by virtue of authority iipme vested, do hereby*
proclaim to the world that this State o is, as s'oe
has a right toT)e, a separate, sovereign, free and
independent State* and as such.Jias a right to
levy war, conclude peace, negotiate treaties,
leagues or covenants, and to do all acts what
soever that rightfully appertain to a free and
•independent State. ?
Given uifdcr my hand and the seal*of die State
*at f’harlcston, This* twenty-fourth day of
cembc*, inothe year of our Lord one tluis
and eight hundred and sixty, and in the
ciglfty-fifth year of lli£ sovereignty and •in
dependence of *South Carol inn. °
° F°W. PICKENS.
o J - °
Arm* (or the Koiilk—E.xrilrninii :it
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 2i>. —Intense excite
ment was* Created* here yesterday, in conse
quence of intelligence *tlftit* tlip Government
wjjs about to ship from Alleghany Atonal 124”
heavy guns to thc<iew.forts in To.ras and at the
moStli of kite Mississippi. •
A nfloeting wfll he called to prevent the ship
ment. A telegram has been to tjp‘ Presi
! dent by the J?ci<<erats oft Tie city, asking him
to rescind the order. 0
It is saielithat a/juantitv nfuskets, shells,
bjills and cavalry accoutrements have already
been sffipped.
Later*—-The War Department Ims uefused
T(kact until official iateiligenee of the disturb
ance is received. c
TRc shipping of (jie guns, &e., is in compli
ancc*with a recent order given iu consequence
of the approaching eemplelion of fche Torts naui
cd. . ..* 8
•
Andrew *2olsiftoii oil
The lion. A. Johnson, the Tennessee? Sena
tor, made an able speech, on the 19Si inst. in‘
favor of’tlie Union. 8 *• 8
“He recognized tlie .existing Union as tlie
greatest blessing conferred by God upon man,
after 111 c Christ ian religion. # °
, He Reproduced the history of the* purchase*
of Dbuisiana, Florida, and the annexation of
Texas. In alluding, to Florida he turned to
Mr. Yulee, the Senator from that State, and re
minded him that time was when lie li id*
con®: to Congress imploring for the admission
of his State j,uto tlie Ameiiean 1 riioTi, He
asked him, in''the event of the secession of
Honda, could that State set jrp a claim 8 to sov
ereignty when the very soil of tlie State be
longed To andnvas paid for by the Union whose
sovereignty she had recognized on her acimis
; sidn ? “If so, she could destroy the parent wlio
i gave her biTth.and vitality^.
3lr. Johnson inTro hrccd the Ostend Manifes
| to, which originate!?in the South, aud was bas
j ed upon the idea that when an adjoining State
became troublesome to its .neighbor and dan
j gerous tg our safety, the •doctrine of natural
i tolf-preservation demandedjthe subjugation oT
shut State, by the force of arms. 0
If Carolina,small member of the
ConfederarA 7 , went ouj. of the Union*for the
purpos.e of destroying it-, plunging.millions of
human beings into distress and annihilating the I
: hopes of the 1> lends of freedom throughout
| theoworld, she must and could be subjugated,
I according to tlie terms of the Qstcnd Manifes- (
i to, in order to save o the Republic.
His.whole speech was crowded with points
| and facts, and when the Senate adjourned the
hearts of Union men.bcat proudly.
0 o - ► ©
Many Carolinians say that it is a difficult
“matter to untangle the gordian knot of Union,
but as a last resort they will cut- it.
The Marines at Fort Sumter, it is said, ar- j
rived in the ships John Patton from Boston-and
• Middlesex from Bristol, and the bark London
s fioiu Bristol.
_ -4
The steamship Key-stone State took? about
i twenty of the mechanics and laborers from Fort
j Sumter to-day. They refused to do military
duty under Major Anderson, at the fort, and
| insisted upon being sent back to Philadelphia, j
They left this afternoon, at four o’clock, and on
leaving, gave from the upper deck of the
| steamship, three cheers for South Carolina, and
i three more for State rights.
The half dozen guns which were spiked at
I Fort Moultrie have been unspiked, and will
soon be in good condition.
It is as disagreeable for a prodigal to keep an j
account of his expenses, as it is for a sinner to I
examine his conscience; the deeper they search !
the worse they find themselves, I
MARRIED,
On ti e 20 th of December, by Judge R
John M. Stephens, of Thomas Comity, Geoigia,
p A me G. Brinki.ky, of Thomasville.
At tbe residence of the bride s father, on the 13th of.
December, bv Charles McArthur, Esq.. JoHX W. Me,
THi RtoMiss Louisa Cai.hoi x, daughter oi 1. u. gui
houn, all of Montgomery Cos., Ga.
On the ‘list tilt., by thfe Lev. M. C. Smith, Miv Lf.'vis
H. Kbenoek to Mrs. Sarah Barrett, all of 1 lionias
ville, Ga. •
186 1 . .
Baptist Female College,
CUTIIBEKT, GEORGIA.
rnpHE FALL TERM BEGINS THE SECOND
( Vlondnr in January.
The President or Prof. DAGO will aid friends who
desire board for their daughters. Many of our best citi
zens have consented to open their houses to accommodate
the pupils. . ■ ,
Friends, s'ami bp the College, th#ce hard’tunes.
1 hdiligence for Tuition Fees will be granted, it iiecesxa
ri/, to responsible patrons. .
’ . R. D. MALLARY, President.
CutlilK’vt, Ga.. January 2, 1861.
Lands for Sale.
rpIIOM.fS COUNTY—Seventeenth District, Nos. Ll,
1 ITS 224, 257, 265, 297, 31b Pith Dist..
Nos. 157, 253, 257, 255. JSth Dist., No. 65.
Decatur, County—2oth Dist, No. 261.
Colquitt County —Bth Dist., Nos. 100, 182,
llerriun County—Oth Dist.. Nos. 40,251, 312, 345,307,
369, 379, 380, 386, 391, 402.
Lowndes County—llth Dist., No. 319.
Irwin Conn, v—lst Dist.. No. 10 \ 7>th Dist., Nos. -*•,
97. 6th Di.-t.. Nos. 151. 320, 391, M 6, 423. t
Appling County—2d Dist.. No. 291. 3.1 Dist,,, No. 413
Mare County —sth Dist., Nos. 307, 427.
Coffee County —Ist Dist., No. 178^
Doelv County—Pith Dist.. No. 07.
Lee County—lsih Dist., 255. 18th Dist,, No., 90,
Early County—l4th Dist., Nos. l.>o, 157. 216, 217.
Also, 100 acres near Thomasville, on the Tallahassee
road.
Also, 145 geres near Thomasville, on the Tallahassee
roiid, belonging to Mrs. D. A. Edwards.
Also, 300 acres improved land, on the lalhilmsse road,
two miles from Thomasville, belonging to J H. Me Leila n.
These lands will be sold very low lor Cash. All
persons are warned against trespassing on snid lands.
Address the subscriber at Morven, Brooks l 0., Ga.
January 2,186 L 1’ V. SMITH.
STROM TIIE SUBSCIBER, about the 14th of Novem
ber, a copper colored negro boy, 23 years old, modi
mu height, liravvnet and quick npoken. He is MippoKru
to be about TltoinasviLe, having a motfier belonging to
tbe estate of Dr. Winn, deceased. Any one who will
apprehend him and re Mini him to me, or lodge him in jail
will be liberally rewarded.
J. D. WADE,
jan 2-ts Blowing Cave, Mitchell C'o., On-
Xiost,
\ CLASP POCKET BOOK OP POKT MONEY,
neat the Male Academy, in Fleteberville,
on Friday hist. It contained three or tour dol-1| g.• .. J
hit’s in bank bills and a note on 11. Freeman, j-i
for $82,50. dated November 30, is.tO, payable
January 1. 18til. Any person finding said pocket book
I shall he welcome to the money, upon restoration ot the
note, which 1 hereby forewarn all persons from trading
for. The Under will oblige me by leaving the note with
the editor of tli© Enterprise. JACOB L. DODD.
Thomasville, Ga., .lan. 2, 1861, 2t
Strayed. <32.'* Stolen,
ITROM TIIE STABLE OF DIXON CARROLL,
in Thomasville, Ga., on the night of ‘he*®*. •
28th Dec-ember hist, a light bay llorse. with
three white feet and a star or blaze hi lit? face,
belonging to C. ]’. Chairs of Leon County, j 1
Fla. Any infonua.tion respecting tbe horse will be thank
fully received. 0
jii'ti 2-ft * 0 DIXON CARROLL.
r■'tsrojDAS sujpkiiuoi* t fts rs s'. 6
L O Uni tuber Term , 1860.
Ordered that this Cotirt stand adjourned until the
corn! Monday in February next, and that the Jurors
drawn and summoned lor the secern! week of this Term
do attend at that time. Panics. wnnesst sand ;d) others
interested will take due notice. December ‘22, |s6o.
• Aid* 11. 11AN SELL, Judg. S. C. S. D.
A # tnie extract !'••• m the u ini- oi said Const.
, LEI , i-.Cs DEKLE, D. Clerir.
tig’ ‘S'.VTH OS 1 ’ Cf s’ .1. ! linuiits roiinlv,
KP rl, l /V, , uii, r Tier: I lib —l.v’ M7r/.'_
We, the (arffml .1 aro> s cie>s-< n and sworn for the first
week of the present Term of the Comt, in the dose of
Mir Session, beg h ave to make the following*General
Presentments:
1. The committee on Pom’s a#d Bridges report that
they iiud our roads and bridgi s in a very good condition,
with a few exceptions: They report the Magnolia road
too narrow by tit -a m tut of travel passing over the
smite; tlmy report tin* road leading from Thomusville to
(iroovt rviilc too narrow, and recommend the*p roper au
thorities to have sifld roads widened; they also report th,*
Newton rojid and tlte Bainl ridge road in bad eofiditiop—
:ol of winch they call the enlijni of the j l’ojm.r author
ities.
2. The coum.itiee on I'uSlie Buildings re; or! that they
limlthe Comi 11-m ■in very good condition, except the
conductors, and recommend the proper authorities to have
wav sieves placed overt lie litoiithes of the conductors to
prevent birds ajid H ash iron choking them up ; ihov report
Tile columns in the hall room loose ; t hey >ilso report ihat I lie
•Jail needs some repairs about the lire places, and lvcoin
luend thift the backs be fixed up with lire proof brick ;
they also lecomnieiol that pc,stats having charge of tin.;
Court House be more particular in taking care of the
same, as they liml tfiat windows in the hall, and other
parts of the building, arc firequenliy left, open, which, in
time of rain, woulfl materially injure the building-.
3. The committee appointed to examine the Records of
the County report that, on examining the Treasurer’s
hooks, they find thens correctly kept and in a business
like manner, and find on hand, due the poor, $149.58, and
a balance due the conpty of $43.44; they report the Su
perior Sad Inferfor Courts due the Treasurer the suin’ of
, $199,28 1 on joint bn Lute due from tkecounty to the Trea
surer the sum of sti.gi> They further report that, where
as?, there lias been some complaint as to tint application,
by the county treasurer, of the public funds, they only
have to say, for the tion of the public mind on
this point, that after careful examination of the receipt*
’ to the Treasurer, they find no reason for complaint, tlie
Treasurer having no means if knowing what orders the
Inferior Court issues, and can only pay the accounts
when funds are on hand, and as the accounts are present
ed. Tlte established rule with the Treasurer is to pay the
accounts as they are presented—they think the rule a
good one. They report the books of the Ordinary neatly
apd correctly kept.; they report the amount.of Boor
School funds in the Ordinary s hands to he $729.49. They
report the books of the Clerk of tbe Superior and Infe
rior Courts neatly and correctly kept.
The foregoing reports were received and adopted by
the Jury.
W ■ tire gratified at finding so few cases before ns of a
criminal nut are. for while we havetfound it to be our du
ty to present'sonie eases that came to our knowledge, on
ly one or two were brought forward by a public prosecu
tor. We are also gratified that no. case has come before
us for a violation of the law in regard to the trafic in ar
dent spirits, which has ; in any event, a train of evils fol
lowing; but which is'increased when it . breaks the re
straints of the law. Neither hits any case of gaining
come to our knowledge—which speaks “well for the mor
als of our citizens in litis respect.
Wi°noticc with Jeep anxiety tlte dangers that, threaten
our country, and v, bile we would counsel our fellow citi
zens to be linn in the maintenance of their political rights,
we would cottsel moderation; let reason and judgment
govern, nither than passion and party strife,
j We find that, through it mistake of the Tax Receiver,
Ijcwis Griffin Jr., Doinpsy Griffin, ami John Griffin, Jr *
i have been double taxed.’ We would, therefore, recom
mend that the same he refunded.
To the Hon. A. H. Hansell, we offer our thanks and
commendation for the able and impartial manner in which
he lists discharged the duties of presiding Judge during
the present week.
To the Solicitor General, Col. Samuel I>. Spencer, wq
tender our acknowledgements for the prompt and cour
teous manner in which he has responded to the calls made
“upon him by this body during its present session.
We request that the foregoing Presentments be nub- i
lished in the Thomasville papers. I
Hk.nky Wyohe, Sheldon Swift,
Janies A. Slitter, Joseph Singletary
Daniel Elwell, James A. Bulloch.’
Andrew McMutli, Malcomb Monroe,
Daniel E. Stringer, Alfred V. McCardel,
James L. Everitt, • Andrew J. McMillan’
„ Hiram C. Bowen, James Hancock, ’
John W Pittman, Jonathan Hancock,
John Sheffield, Sr., Thomas B. Eittlei ’
E. Thompson, John 1 Limbic ton,
In accordance with the foregoing request, upon mo
! tion of S. B. Spencer, Solicitor General, it is orderedtfcat
; the foregoing be published in the Thomasville papdT .
AUG. H. 11ANSELL, Judge S. C. iSj).
A true extract from the minutes of said Court !
! LEBB. DEKLE, D. Clerk,
Bbooks county miiukiff’s
Will he sold before the Courthouse door in Quitman,
| Brooks County, on the First Tuesday in February
I next, within the legal hours of sale, the followinr prop-
I ertv, to-wit: 1
One sorrel mare, levied on as the property of Sintson
Stricklin, to satisfy one fi fa—Thomas 11. Griffin vs Strick
lin ; property pointed out bv defendant. This Dec 26
lstio - A. SMITH, ShgjkJ
Candles, Candies.
A LARGE QUANTITY, of mv own Manufacture, and
some fine imported French Candies, unhand and for
I sale by the box or stick, by , j
1 Oct 31 f JOJfN STARK- J