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TUB BBCIjUHW Ol TKOI ftl.i:.
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Ar<-A:j ti• iM Was ;i'l< iptcil hy our Stftte Con
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vcntion on the 22d inst.# resolving that Geor
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gia “will demand 1 if tji.- prop
erty.” • Qeorgia i- the “only one or tlM,n>
‘Sdtweov oat of thi Union that I made
•any reference t > tliis subject. *\\> are ip favor.
# of assertidg and maintaining all oiflrrights,bat
r it is % re, ui “ii this rock 5f rioh >s, <
xrafUis finally to be wrecked .*• And what ;f
el is now bearing down upon jthis rock. If
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is*not*now tht old ip of State, bat the shipt
.•of Sfafce—n, awh !< fleet of •. —
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We fear their confusion will ; when
•ft 1 v >••</• , til at ; : .*. w, I ho no oil’ll til Ml” a-*
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. restoring order. What is.tho pal ljc j roj erty
Georguwiotead I mm3 her share of? Is
it the lorts atul Ar.-i imls f* Os tlu -o *he can on
ly for,those within her bou’bjjb and jrti*s!
paying a fair eqyiaoleqt. Nit the pub-!
lie buildings at Washington?. What wßuld
, flic do with In rs l*ire*of t|jo“ra ? Ts it tin fe<K.
oral Treasury ? # \his ltas been plundered ®util
not a red cent remains. All she can tof
that is Aar share of it- and bit, an 1 that she will
j-xet without tL foi;*,lity of *a. “</. mm, f.”-!*.*
I>ut soipe one will say she* has ;Tn futon -t in *
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the Territories a nth that is worth someth jpg.-•-
We*ha\e*apc< dal to escape tin; difficulties of
sottliog slavery*in those ♦erritories, and the
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fiortq na.i pipved unyielding. Our secession
has not bjwught.thona terms. if they would
suffer such a Ooverniocnt as this to be destn
ed*ra\her than yield to*slavery iiV she terrifo
•j-ies. will.they relinquish ‘afterward, ‘and sub
mit to the sla^epower ? It is net tobs antici
pated, at least. list t*hon ! Shall wo < v o to
Bn • • BW tii 1 ’ Seceded have declared their So-*
• cession to he pSacntble. sav they will
not light unless actually invaded. How then,
/'ill they get their* share* of the territory?—
!P< iN h.i 1n • * ns/to. take .oui’
rights. She cun stay at appropriate ,
‘ourjamls. .Shall we*then lety an afmy.anfl
march nitfl the Territories? We-, do not see
h we.should be able to hold possession loner
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e 4en at that. Ami hiding all this asid*, shall
we dissolve ,* “■’/ so -leaf aiid. renowned a
Government as.thts was, jmd then go to war on
so insignificant a question as the territories •'—
Nothing b&t the .total dissolution .oi'.the eh?
government ean save us fsonr* war, if*we de
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mand a share of *the territories.
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When a state or a nation, begins so totter to
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it* fall, its rulers.and Statesmen are bun * •
and deranged by tlie first convulsion. They
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are sensible if the danger na regard it
‘terror, because, pci haps, it threatens calauyty
. to themselves, in the overthrow of*their, pros
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penty an .I. the ruin of their ambition and.pow<
thofate, because they see in it- hr own de- 1
struction. Then derangement shows itself
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The*wTidi -t im*t i:npraet : eah!c and >ei* h--
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peculations are brought up and debated ws if
to shuVout froui*view the iDtfitabhness of i:n
pending rum. Our own, os rather the leaders
anil rulers of the Utfited States are furnishimr
pre-eminent ejamj h -f thi^truth iu the pre
sent towering Condition of*our pountry. In
stead of eriiibiting,thnt wisdom and firmness
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essentially necessary for the preservation of the
nation, imj which ha% distinguished them in,
tilix - prosperity, seen* to *he abso
lutely *<jKiiented and lost in the mize of*
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the ii pending stormof political min. • Every
imp biliiy °i> lyought “info requisition
, —s s for enlarging* the tunyire, . for
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gigantic interna! improvement; —strengthening
tiSs relations of the couwtrv wwh foreigif na*
tions—over awing* petty Rcpcfblfbs, and radi
cally changiqgy priueipifs <Jf the
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Suclf for example aoquiwtion Sf Cu
ha, wUommended m tlyo lVosident s M*>s ;... .
ab jby t! last NStiona] Demqpratic convc nti cm,
the date admission of Kansas into the Union,
# and the prepetition in the present C< grass to
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ijTto the # l ami, iSce. All tie wlyn these saiUe
rfikal- and fatesmau saw r*j j.-,asibai;v of [iol.- •
ding together the Slates aduiiUed. in;* ;
tlie l USW. With \ol.at as.-idu;tv these *v , •>*
*’- ‘he in, mi e itary,pursuo te.eir seheni ‘s
*of impracticabilities.. Next.ve find them dis
ii g i Congress, m the very darkest hours
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•of ilie country, a l-ill v construct a Pacific
Railroad ; # : the co>t of >* ><>:•> ’ ! ?’ i: a
leading Senator propesgg in a ffteat speech to
•builth f such roads ... • ad *of* on ,-*thc
Congress continues on. # making appropriation
after burdening the grunoing
Government with debts as if no State Ra I
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cc led and the prosperity of the had
received a prodigious im; etas from the . ° °
forebodings of a civil war. °
Akin to those speculations and spasmodic
convulsions of demented desperati •
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lution lately introduced into the New York Le
-gislature, -urging congress to purchase all the
slaves in the border slave States and thus make
them free States.” We suppose if they oould get
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C ngrese to qo (Jiat, our Northern Abolition
, * . selves snffi iently t
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uaback into *!,*• Union.* Tl proposition.
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•will ! mbtless ur > Coiftrrv -s r > dap i*n the
Mississij pi fivv r and wall in the cotton States,
and thus cut off the hated slave owners from
allohe world. •
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Wt wefe informed than whan a call was
• Ii dim nJi ffempn for tr *ops to take Fort
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Pickens, everybody was anxiouS to obey it.— \
TVearlv !i!f the clerks ih enlisted
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4* -rthwith, leaving their places behind the couu
tef to he filled by young ladies, which we
understand Wis promptly dose, the foa ng la Uea
v.i*!unteeriftg their Services that tht? young men j
tfiiglit has;mi t>>.tin ii : 11 . ‘ hyttle. e A teacher
lelt-bis academy to join the ai my, ifnd his!
“school was igimadiately taktm up and .cajrii and
on by ‘.the. ladies. The lhdies of Mootieelio,
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right stamp for * v tii They
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• not only volunteer husbands, fathers, brother^
and la tions a If-lit the 1 attics of the couu-’
try,.lmt th y roll np thesis sleeves and. (Alter at
once upon the duties us thqpe male ‘relations <
at home. Thai is exactly ,the way to make*
billvc men, for what man would not fight until
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•lie died for such hoble wamcn ? The* country
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isrenai-nl and until v valuable in his estimation,
’hy ;110 pi i m nee ol’ such w tnfeh, an?l lie feels*
wh n he Sghtß, that “he is fighting for tliem. —
Mo wonder there waj a* perfect staiupfide in
. ill -ron when*the war truuin sounded. “The
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bovs knew what kind of worni n they bad to
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• b ;u with. 14 rliaps the billowing will illustrate
the ardor and with which tfic Jef-®
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J ferionmns enlisted for the w#r; When the. vol
unteers frAn that*- unty had gatherfdtogi tin r
at the depot, just as they seafed .themselves ini
the ears and tine*train began a horse
niaii was, descried approaching with all tlm
speed the poor animal coifclfl make ufldt'r whip
and. spin;. Coming up he iiuniediatcß dis
meuflted, his* horse standing* loose, and tlie
train being ill he ran aboard and was
oft fur the wars, leaving no elite behind as to
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who.hc was. or where hocnnie from. All that
1 is known of him is that ho lives in the county,
non?pan tell wnerc, and b's fi<*rse*wliicli lie
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left at the doped has notjieen able to find an
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owner. We Tlonot know this story to be true.
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ATif it has J>esn* related. The above remarks
, *rere“sngg< stefl by the ;ery*
tering %ccont*of Uip recent of the Jef
ferson -Holdiesy, by the* Monticello •Faanihf
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T.i 11: *.IKKFt-:Ri4ON Tgoops.—The -Jefferson
.• onfcy troops, who w<re so suddenly orderedJto*
1* nsacnfn, *n tjio* mornir g 4>f the lfdli, we ex-*
pectcd to bctable to* record, this week, hand
clothed bliettvselyts iif glory, by deeds of val >r
at the capture of Fort Pickens, in “the Bay*of
Pensfufbla—as *it was understood that they
were ordereif f;r purpose of fuming our.
late l ncle Sam out of said Fort. ‘Tint* how*
uncertain are the ways of hiV. The met; fVoTn
Jefierson were suddenly “drumnted” up, and
• ■ oitr.” i —iipiny'ot. I inavithout time to hyn
dle in> a second shirt. Ana ntv where ore
jtheyr At the Arsenal, near t|hattahd<H?hee,
in Gadsden countv awaiting further srders from
Cw. Chase. • Many*t)f the rfien the
•company f'roirt Jefferson, left ik| mtapt inter
ests at lj: ■. that is •ee*ing*tfieir attention —
lojim ss.*w(*know some of tl;cm would pever
have neglected to go on a “wild goose”* chase
to*the Ar JnaPat Cl;4ttaho*4*hie. •
Isjter, we learn that*these w ops disUaaded
and returned liome, w* : ! limit r *hing Pensacola.
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AiiUjnn ■Juk.ci; li 1 . If inn G(itU,
• Y•’ hjflrn *fnen* the •t'al'anm'Ui Pepuljliojyi
that tlie PcVgian goods recently “discharged at
the Votton Convention, will Uc olftfr
-5d lbr i?ale in Macon, on till 24t # h ihst., so con
tinue at 1 r?v; ite until • lhie ‘.ofli pitixiino.— o
After xhat .date, by special request .of tlie
ernor a*mf the Legislature,® there will be an
auctibrf<<ale o# the goods on the 21th of jSeb
rnary* It “s expected that both the?.private
land ft>B # sal s wifi be w<fll*attended* atnP
that tiiß experiment of *he Direct.Traile Com
pany wiH meet, with flat]?ring success. * The*
g*od * for the auetiun sale will*be ready for in
spectfon ftfodlys previous to the sale. — Angus
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• A\ iiflt “h.ave our Thoaiasville merchants
‘ ®t i sar on this They ought to liave*
th *e goods. Surely they feel asT’much
interest ju direct tr&dSas other merchants in
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’ itn. Ge irgia is now out of tlje Union,
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and if we have cut lose from the Abolitionists
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*;f the North,*vre must to jestabiish our
trade with‘Europe. If we arew going hack to
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the North so support ana enrich the same men
\te charge with having ft>roug?uaur misfortunes
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upon us. we see no reason *ior Secession, If
we aro # ftetermined towes :*re to tflein the tsade,
i“-iwer and wealth.,why separate from them? —
Yfhatl*will South h*vo gained hf Seeessii n?
# l>y sopTivating fruin them*we mean something
more'ihau mere peace on th/ slave question. —
• H n ’ cnn vjh* them-*-/-?' vahhip, not
u’.ilv in the dry g is market, but in the trans
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portal ion line also. *We mean to break down
their great commercial ffeeLby our
own ptodnee. R not this our present attitude ?,
Then eterf citiren of Uie*South‘should direef
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ms energies to that epd. No more Northern
• goods is the motto. “A list *of* rhe J?olgiaa
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i- will* be found in another‘place. * •
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& TJio Hon. PcteE. Kove is “expected to
° . ’i from Washington,
as the people are*much interested iuvhe pres?
cut,-;ate of public affairs we have been reques
• Kd h * sovoil of our fitjzens'to tflat ,
an aMr ss maw be expected from him at the
Court 11 use oo°next Saturday at ll
A. M.
f-kR-The fit; :,’.. >!.:• Convention has ap
pointed Vm. J. ason Commissioner to Loui
• siana, and lien. J, T\ . A. Sanford Commission- *
er to Texas.
poivi:is.h oi tiii: om ■ \n<>>.
V* - notice that a brief discussion sprung tip
* on this subject a few days ago, parti :fpaU 1 in *
by Messrs. Stephens, T >mbs,*C/Ab, 11;;',
Nisb< t. an I others. As it v* the privilege of
• very one to expo hi- opinion bn any subject i
We avail ourself of the privilege. We appro . e
the position of Mr. Stephen# and others agree
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ing mth him, as opposed to To#mbs
# II ill, and* others whg advocate ! the affirmative,
or contended for the sovereign tv. of the d-V
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Lveution. The Sovereignly of the Convention
extends only t*> the objects for widely it°was
1 can and. Having been called for a specific pur
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ficdduties, the exercise of further.
to usurpation. The* delegates who
eon •’ ■ Contention are not the propft ofJ
* the State,'’notwithstanding they write, u icc the
>i p ‘’pit “J G> orgia in (41 nf’ nfi •/ As,* - ’ h<Zi?d”
Their authority is delegated, jtnd they can ex
orcise %nly such as has been flclesrated to them.
They ntny be made sovereign, but tli;ri can he
Gaily wily, n the pcopfe, their constituents, have
* v kyitalily clothe ] them vwith Unlimited power.
Such a*caso would be whtfrethey were elected
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to take tlpon themselves a general supcrvfsion
2of tho*fiaii*s of tlCt Statß. Ikit we do nSt bre ,
liwe the J .eg i--future has any power to legislate
for tHe Convention in any rosnrect whatever.—
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111 cven'such instance it is the creature dictating
Lto the Crcatyr. Both bodies, however
‘their restricted powers, and* when so restricted
are in many •respects c§-c.|i| - il; for if tiny J.egis
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lature cannottranscenfl the Constitution, neith
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Pi* can the Convention utiles# the transcffhdiim.
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or uniimfted power be expressly conferred upon !
. its delegates by !by people. 0 Tile gnafest djf- |
sere life between them would •scofu to be there- ;
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I *o£C, that the power may hi conferred upon J
0 one of them even to annul the Constitution,
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while it is not if) the nature of out system of
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government to crinfenSuch power upon the
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. AFRICA.V NI.AVE TKADK. * .
To prove to the Northern Alfblitionists tjrtij
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Georgia bid not secede for the pflrpose of ijo
opening the African Hla\*e trade, an ordinance
has been adonted°by tie ‘cunventum, confmu
iny ui force the U nited States laws prohibit*
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lyven thin was more thy.nVe were willing to
do fpr tlici* pleasure. We wwuld not evenyrrwi
;to concede anything to a set.of howling fool?
I and mad fanatics, whfibdeem it’uiore honorable
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[to destroy a great mtioqthan live*£n friendly
terms with a civilized* people.* YVe have no
•disposition*to appease .the crazy wrath, of an
Abolitionist hy any* such cciiee-ston.. AX hen
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thßy have aimed a b*l(jw that bus ift set the very
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. foundations til an Empire, they should know
that that blow has awaked in the South *.ji de
mon whose defiance and farv know no bounds
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but will march into the very jaws oT certain
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destructirfa, to be avenged uwon .fanaticism.— |
1 The Southern people from haj>it aje peaceably j
disposed, but a mono defiant race never was*
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Bonn, and i properly arousfid we believe*would |
prove the if., st warlike atifl powerful pcopfe 011 J
the globe, in proportion to numbers. The*
• iithern “State* can send *six * hundred thou
, sand von no men to the field of battle, leaving
all the hldhr ofies fit. home b> oversee the no
grjes and raise provisions to feed thorn.. Thus
could .t’ne.South carry on wgr*\vithout cessation
for twenty yearslwithout fear of juaterial inju
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(UllßOKlvi: BAS* TiNT (CM.XUV.
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o >Vc fall especial attention* to the advertise?
1 uient of tli College in another column.
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DRtfWTII or EOK AX.
of mental barrenness, wjiat.*a
sguiHeis go4tig on amog the* members d’ Le
gislatures, Con veil ft ons and >lti*all meetings for
tli 0 credit of lufving .originated *a new idea!— s
•For example, the IlOn. Mr ; from the
county 06 Arab, aflV'r much mental labor am*
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with great penetration has been able to demnn
strate that it js übsolutety necessary, now. Hitt
. his Stifte has seceded, froiy. mil
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connection with said L nion, and that all law*
~of said Union, militating against this be**
ami the Auk? arc hereby repealed.” Adop^*’
* nnc vniiouslfr •Again: The editor who was
honored In the distinuip.-li# 1 genfjeman with*
giving publicity to Jjis fiews on the d
%’a res ?mphgtically 4 that itfis dim to the 11011. a
Mr. flruife.Shanks from the committee of^ere-1
; si_ht to sav, that the id A of discontinuing the*
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oath beret >f->rc administered to Solicitors. Jud^-
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a os, Ac., so*ar as swearing them to suppovt the j
*’ don of the UoiteA StatSs, originated
with him. Msny gentlemen havedately distin
•guished themselves lj- originating new ideas of j
a similar chararaeter, but w~e have not space Cos
cn #ratt f them,.* Wv suggest howovei? not to
be behind the importance introducing a bill
to inemrpofiate all these new inventions, an*l al- :
ijnving the parties to take out yaU /i/.sfor the
same. °° ® o ... °.
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JEWELRY! JKWRI.RV! 0
It a fibrils us pleasure Id state Hiat our old*
•friend James M. (*ray, occupying: old post- °
* office stand, has received a large lot of fresh ,
* Jewelry— o new and fficautaful. IJe offers it lpwl
and prtmiiscs to give good bargains. If any of
you have an inclination that way lie will lo
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’ happy to accommodate \ou wjth large or small
yuantitivs. Call an do see it* as he will charge
j nothing fofthe exhibition, and paomises to ppy
the ladies for their visits in spiles, bows*and
oilier jiolite and fashionable feats, whether they
.purchase or not. ° ° 0
o l,irut. Gru. Ncoll—Hi- Ago. Ilf Wright".
Ilralth mid llnbilo.
Gen. Scott is the largest man in the Ameri
”can service. He is six met six inches tall, and
weighs two hundred and sixty pounds. He is
seventy-four years old, yet his health is good,
and Lis whole system is apparently vigorous—
’ much ot which js owing, doubtless, to his yervf
temperate habits.
THS latest news
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0 A ■ Orleans, JUn. 27. —The returns from 1
the o fexa.- election indicate riiat the*State has
g'*ue fbr immediate seces.-ion by an ovcrwhelm
: ing maloritv. ° • °
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M ‘ M Jan. 26. —The Alabama State !
convention will adjourn next Thursday until
the 4th c os March. ° ° , 0
A i -r. from Alabama -:iy*that ••(’. VThite,
a brother-in-lesr Abnihasu*Lincoln, has join
ed the volunteers and gone to help take b’ort.
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Riehtnond, Ya., Jati. Ll(?.—The lIou?c pass?
, ed tlfe bill authorizing* the bjnks.to suspend
I specie payments
/’ //“a /,'l. i., Jan. ”G.—ln St;Ue ’
[ convention Po day, at ten minutes past one #
I o’clock, the following was declared to be the
Result of the vote on;the adoption of the ordi-*
nan§e for immediate • Yeas lid.
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Nays 1.
The eonvenUoii adjourned to New Oleans.
A ■ • jf. 1 ins, Jan. Lbb—There is eonsidera;
b’e rejoicing lien* at the pasaige yf the ordi
nance of secession by the State convention
Cannon ara* firing and the iPcllican flag has I
bcefi unfurled amidst great excitement.* ,
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/•’ Jan. 25.—TJie Anti-Hlavciw lyccting
bold here last night* gtj into a row among
thcmseltcs an” were dispersed by the flavor..
The populace made a demonstration against •
L’hPlii s. but*ware * • .
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Ihe Muyor has forbidden the rc-assembling
[of the'ciiuv’ention *• •
•V'. L'nus, Jan. 25.—A special A sp*ite-fi re
ceived at St. Louis, from Jacksyii, Miss., Wed
nesday, says that the Convention, has elected j
siyven delegates to tJiP Montgojnevv ('oiftvtnfion
and passed*an ordinance to raise eight
j imfbediately . . *.
Jeff Davis has been elected Major General.®
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j* Jlmnptvn Hoads, Jan. 25.—THe Irooklvn
lift llainjtoy Roads to-day for tlfe.purposo of
! relieving Fort Dickons. •*• * •
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Toronto, ( . 11. ./an. 24.—The Toronto fead
erltnnourtttes positively that the Hnglish
esnmovit will acknowledge the Southern Con- j
4‘edcrac^as soon as formed. •. ° e
Augusta, Van. 24. —S*evcn hundred °troop§
asscmbU’d here tbis,ni&riiing for tfie ])uqiic of
making a demonstration on the arsenal.
Gov * Drown, jvho is mftv here,‘demafiacd the
surrender irf.the arseflal, andjtlic demand was
with at half paftt twelve o’clock to-
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Negoiiations wore carried oji yesterday and
tliis morning. * . • •!
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The Federal troops saluted the America#
flag. They w*i]l.go hence to New York.
Raleigh, Ann. 2“L—Each llouye passed the
•conteut:i*u bill to day —in the Ht'ate,*by a vote j
yf thirty-seven ayes ttfiiinc nays; aijd in °the
House by a vote <lf eighty-six ayes*to dwehty
seveti nays. The bills in each House is somtf-J
.nyhat flissimilar in minor particulars, but wilMie
made ta* agree. ° Each submits t;ie ("uestiou*
rimvention’&r no eijirventinii, to tlic people, and
elbets riel Agate;; like Virginia. The elcctio# is
to take plafte. on the 21st of Fcbiftmry. This
result, appears to give general satisfaction.
Acir (AA’am;,*Jan.,24. —Hales of cotton to- *
day li,ooobales at forme* - quotations.
Freights on eftitton to Liverpool *1 and. •
i\V,r Orleans, Jan. Haiej of cotton to w
I day 12,000 bales.* Middling IM4 (a II }.
Baton •Rouge. 7ya.,*Jan. itate con
, venti*ni assembled here to-day. • Hx-Govcnuir
j Mouton was elected President. • .
■ # *\. # of fiftei n was syppoiiijed to pre-
I [tire and report an ordinance yf fteccssieq.
Richmond, JarT. 20. In the Senate yester* j
day*the lieport (T the‘committee bn F'edeilil
relations was amended, naming commissioners !
1 to different Sou]hern States and*to the Federal
Government, and delegates to 9 National C°n- 1
volition at Wshing<.on. The report as.aiiiend
ed was a<i>ptcd.
r J hoy also adopted tlic following rcsolufloft : !
• llesolved, That if all efforts to reconcile the
•unriippy diilew nces between the twd sections
of the country prove abortive, tlign efery con
sideration ofdionor ami interest demands that
• Virginia shall ynitc her destinies witji her sis- j
tfr slaveholdin’g * *|
. .The Home concurred irf the Henrie’s amojid
ments above stated, and adopted a resolution j
declaring that *the interests of the Southern!
States aiY.the interests y’ Virginia, tind that
no rciynstruction of the Union can be penna-*
nent ttf satisfactory whiyh does not* secure to
each section a self-protecting* power against in
vasion, eit-lmr bv the rederal Government or
other States. .
A’t - Orleans,..Jmi. £o.—Ofl
the jMavoi - teleg,ravihcfl lo Pensacola’ that two
thousand mert could be raised in forty-eight
hours if Florida would wquip* them. The’ Go
vernor bf Floridy replied, “send them on. im
mediately.” t .*
There is git at. excitement here, ail a*public
meet"ig*wilibe held to-morf#w. . • .
A* dispatch from Pensacola, spates tba,t.*tbe
j pilots there have been notified not to bring in
j United Stages jienalty* of fleSth.
j o A ship was ashore fifteen Uiiics east of I rt.
Pickens k su] j Osc4*to l;e the supply store
with officers for the Navy Yard on board.
Lieut. Slimmer, commanding Fort Fickens,
it was expected, would surrender. Tfie Florida
forces have* tweyityifive heavy “guns mounted
: and ready for action. ®
©
* ilviitti IVnllaiix. *
*Wby do Nations die ? Cultivated Greece
and all-eonquerinw Rome; A’andal and Goth,
and Hun, and Moore, and Pole, and Turk, are
all or dying. Why? Murdered by na
tions more powerful ? Swallowed by earth
quakes ? 0 Swept* away by pestilence or plague,
or stfrved by pitiless famine ! Not by® of
; these. Not by the lightning amkthe ihunder;
not by the tegipcst and the storm ; not by the
• temped and the storm ; not Jy poisoned air or
volcanic fires did they die. They perished Ity
| moral degradation, the legitimate result flf glut
s tony, intemperance, and effeminacy. When a
nation becomes rich, then there is leisnrg and
the means of indulgence*in t # be appetites and
passions of our nature, which wear the body
and wreck°the mind. As with nations so with
Lfamilies. A\ ealtlj takes jaway the o wholesome
stimulus of effort, idlcncss’.op*cns the flood-gates
O of pas ? srionate indulgence, and the heir o of mill-.
■ ion.- dies heirless and poor, and both name and
memory ingloriously rot.
T ~ , . J e o *
It. then, there is any truth or force in argu
ment, each man owes it to himself, to his coun
try, and,.more than all, to his Maker, to live a
life of temperance, industry, and self-denial as
to every animal gratification ; and with these,
having an eye to the glory of God, this nation
of ours will live with increasing prosperity and
renown until, with one foot on land and anoth
ler on the sea, the angel of eternity proclaims’
i time no longer.
GEORGIA CONVENTION.
O Q O
J/iftcdgevi/fe, Jan. 20. —An ordinance was ;
offered* piyviding for ao liberal reduction of
members of the* Legislature, the consideration
qf which was postponed urifil after the recess.
The reported yesterday were *
adopted, o ° 0 0 *
A resolution was adopted instructing the
comnffttee to report whether ilior# wasqi neri's
sitv for a change in the device of the coinage®
at I >ahlom*ga.
An ordinance w;?s offered authorizing the
collectors at the citom house to continue tlu-ir
duties as was ftiade the special order*
:of the day. . * . # J
A resolution was offered and tabled,to sjiange
the convenfion to *
• °
A *c?lution was adopteil*ei>quiring into the*
. expediency and praotieability ofestabliihinzan
.armory. . •
r J © o •
•Ali/ti dgeville, ,Jn>>. 24.—Tfee (Convention to
d*ay elected the follywyig delegates to the
Southern (’onj-enHoii, to he lieTrl in Mont “oiiie- .
ry on tlic 4tli proximo: •
FOR fHK STATE AT IAROE. .•
• # lion, Toombi*, of Wilkes,
tios. Howey Cobb, of Clnkk ••* •
FOR •THE DISTRICTS. * * . *
fst 1 list. —Fram is ]>artu\t, of Chatham.
2<*l J. CjSwfbrd, of Muscogee. *
13d* Jiueenius .V. Nishet. of Bibb.
4tli “ Dctijamin if. Hill, of T roiyio.
bth .“ Abgustui R. Wright, of Floyd.
; *orh •• Thomas [L ll*Coblf, # of Clarlfc.
7th “ . Augustus H. Kenan, of Baldwin.
ri?th “ Alex. H. Htephentw of TaliafeTro. *
] Afi/h'dgi rift* Jan. 2d.-*->lr. Winer, of Me
liwcther, offered the following
*ol* LILIAN GW:
licit ordained hy the popple of Georgia, in
> Convolution assembled, that* the fiallpwing
words shall bc*dded totho sth section qf the
4th article of the State o? Georgia? to-wit: —
And that no law* or ordinance shall he passed,
inquiring the obligation of contracts, nor .sinill
•private property bejaken fur public u* \ witli
i out just compeusatTon. .
J>i‘ it J.' ',irfhcrordained, That the tw(Jolle\v
* ing Sections shall headed to the°Constitution
of the State of # Georgig, *and become .a* part;
thereof,
given in this Htate to the public Ac4s, Records 1
ams Judiqiai proceedings of otller State |
heretofore kno\fr;yid recognized a$ thft> United
Statesoof America, and sluIN he received in ev
idenee in the Courts in this St.ite, under the
ime regulations as prescribed by the •AeLi of j
■ Congress of.the late I iiited States, passed the !
2t)th |lay of slaj, 1700, aiidthc 2?th of Marefi.
18 V-y •. . ••
Le it further ordained that all judgments,
■ sdlitenVs and decrees heretofore made and ren
j dcred by®the Federal Couifts within the SyateJ
of Georg : a, shay remaiijoperative and in full
, force, as wed as all laws heretofore enagted by
tne*lK'deval Cottgress,®V. lileh* may be henefiefal
and applicable to the wlifts, interests amj pre*-
I sent condition of the of until,
•otherwise altered of Repealed the . General*
Assembly of this State. Relenetl to commit 1
I tec on Constitution, fee? •* . .
P •
Mr. Benning, rif .Muscogee, from tlio f-uiu
! mittee on “Ifelations of the Staff's
of* Worth America,” reported the folio wing re- i
■ solution: . • *
Resolved,* Tli ah. this cgnvcntTon appoint a
•Commissioner # from the Shite ®f Georgia fy
j eeh # of *the States of .Delaware, Maryland, Vir
; giiifri; Novlli. Carolina, Tnimcssee, iventucky,
41i>sour? and Afkansas to present to the Lft- .
gislat ires or Convention#. op®in the eve*n*t lire- ,
i bq in session, to tlye Governors*of I
fhoso States, the onlinance of secession of ”
Georgiq, and to invite their co-operation ffitii
, ber, and’ other seceding*States, in the forma
tion of a Southern Con’fCderae*'—lies on the
, taiiie on* day,♦.under the rules eff the convcn
• fl °”; . .... . •
The hour of 12 o’clock, M, ‘having arrived j
tli’ President announccfl tlire sj ceii.l Tinier of
i the day to bj! the consideration of ‘‘aiftordinaticc
to declare aftid *creuinue in fdVcnin this State,
sundry laws nf the late Fnitqd o f ’ .Viq
.erica in reference to tfie African Slav<f Trade.’*
Several imtnaierial anfendments wor<j made.
Gnu to repeal #so much o? Act Feb. sth ls2ol
asniakusjthe same piracy, l*ut to* m-qke the
pqinislmicntlmprisonment, iy the Peftit*ritiary
J not less than five nor morn thah twenty j'eary. j
The ordinance was Then adopted unanimous
ly and is so entered c t]ie Journals. •
ordinance is as follows: * * .
•An ordinance .to declare and cont.ii*ue*ift *fore*e
in this State sundry laws of the late United
States oi’ America, in reference to tlx? Afri- ’
can Slave Trade. * •’
•
Hie of Geoip’a in conventicgi assjoni-
I bled do hereby declare and ordain *fhat all'tlie
1 laws passed by the Congress of the latc’United*
States of America, and in force in this State ,
prior te the 19th day of January I£6l, exreq f ‘
th* fifth off the Act mA’ 10th ®of May, 1
1800, be and the same i.- k hereby declarer? to he |
# in full force ifi this State: provided the same :
* shall not he construed to extend Jo the impor
tation of negro slaves a from aiqy # one* off the
i slaveholding States of ‘the late United States
of Ainorta. orTrom either of . the independent 4
Republics of £riuth Carolina, Alabama, Florida
*
I Be it fm-tJfer ordanted and declared that the ■
Governor of Gc#rgyi shall discharge all du
ties required by said lanes of the of
the United States, and the Attorney and Solic
i Judicial District, where the
oa.-e uiisgs shall discharge all the duties re
quired of the District’ Attorney and the Sher-
the country all the jluties*required of the
Marshall. 4 *
° Be it further onTainrd that the State of
Georgia shall be substituted for the United
4 S . tates ’ in cvcr y portion of the said laws where
the substitution is required hy the present in
dependent condition of the said State.
• Mr. Too mire from the Committee on Federal
affairs reportc^the following resolution :
° Resolved,oThat thiS Convention corjiallre un-’
ite in the invitation extended hy the Convcn
tion of the Republic of Alabama .t? tliose of
the slaveholding States which m°av hafe not
withdrawn from the government of the United
i.taco America, to §end commissioners to
represent- them at a Congress of the Skites
v lie i ha\ e withdrawn to be held at Montgome
iy on the 4th of February next.
*■ (; further resolved, That the President
of this ( onvention do send a certified copy of
this resolution to the Governors of the States
of Deleware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro
lina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas
Louisiana, and Texas, with the request that
theylay them before the Legislatures or Con- i
veutions of their respective States—adopted. ’
WASHINGTON AFFAIBS’
Washington, Jan. 20.*—Reliable information
lias been received that tligU. S.steamer Brook
lin has gone to Pensacola. ThiS is considered
as annihilating all hopes of peace. The sails
“jng of the Brooklin was the*result of a confer-,
| eucc between (sen. Conmrcdore Stirtv
arfc •
The news Creates intense indignation among
i Southern juen in 1 he sentiment
universal among them is that no time should bo
lost taking Fort Pickens. * „ *
1 Y<ishi><<,’<tii, Jjtn. 27. —It is understood hero
► that Tjler clfirges President Bu
ebanan with bad faith in sentfing tl*e Brooklin *
tscrt.ith with troops on the same day of their in-,
terview, when i?e (Mr. Buchananjpledged him*
velf to preserve the pence.
Mr. Tyler thiffks this action on the part of
the President wiJJ terminate*tFlc object of bis
lijssion to JVashington, and thgt he will return*
to Yir<sMiiatoMi)oiTOW. ®
Washyujton, Jon. 23,—Mf. Colambr, of
# Vermont, in the Senate to-day introduced •
bilLin relation to the collection of rtie revenue
in the secedingHSt #es. [t provides that where
as. inconsequence ot the tegi slation, ordinances
*or decrees ot* any Stales, it becojncs, in the op r
i inion (4’ the lflesident, innjnssible to collect
° . * •. .
the*revenue from the duties oil imports to nie
said States, the ordinarv officers and lflcans,.-
then the President is to discontinue
such port* of*entry, anfl give due*notie# by
And when tl* cause or hiyd
ranee to the collection of the revenue is remov
ed, tjic President shall open said ports, and pro
claim tlfis fifct to the world. •
AfiotheP section tis the lull authorizes* the
Post-inaster-Gennal to discontinue pontMffces
arid po"s! routes in the seem ling States where in
terfered* with in any manner by the authorities
ot* such Slates. * . *
J)i>*pafcht'S appear in the • *’e*v York paper*
to-clay (sent from this city),stating shut tho
llou.-* Naval aiftb Mfl’Uary Committees arc pre
pa. ring bilbs lookiflg to the placing tltc Army
and .\*avv o*n*a war footing inynediately.
Mr. Iverson, of Georgia, did not withdraw
today wßen the Georgia House delegation r§*
tilt'd, but intimated that he awaits thfc return of
Tlv* ToomVq when tltey*both “ ill ftiake formal
■ speeches and retire. **. •*•••_
An informal,eaiivass made by flic Republican!*
in thi? House ad Senate, shows two*thirds ,£>]>*•
poised to all compronrtse. TheTcforef the Ke
puhrieans voted down Mr. Crittenden’s compro
mise resolution*. . . #
Mr. Crittenden said to-4ay, that he.despairs
of saving the*country; that all hope is gone.
Thirty-six officers of.the*army antT navy of
ihe Federal goiievnlngnt ltavc resigned up to
date. ’They are all from the seceding States.
A 4l umber.Tif.*members of tfcic House of Rc-
I have already signed a recommend
thition’iitf all the members to resign, atul have
anew election fur ('on cress men to*assemble be
* • •
fore “March next. They state as their reason
for this recomn>eiukttio*i that ther*; is no pros
pect of *si acre me lit or “adjustment of cxistin’g
difficulties with the present materials. *
Wasftiniftnn , ./</?:, 24.—Hx-Pw sident Tyler’
arrival here to-day, it *1 ring his tirst visit lo
Washington .-’me, his Presidency. No interest
is felt in his mission, as the jairpose of it has
I been accomplished. * #
President Buchanan ‘declared ’this morning
, 111 at under no circimista no;s would the peace oT
ihc*country be iuterru t • during his eVdmin
istratian. * *.
The Second Assistant Post-Master Central
, V in.*!!. iMindfts, died this morningulTcr a prq
| tracted illness. . .
Sir. Holt took ?caveof the Post Office Pc
*j artnjent tins lii n ning, to assume th<j duties of
the War Department. • * . *
‘ihe Jfoston* ( nmiittee, consisting* of Ed
•vaid Everett, *R. V 9. Winthrop, Amos Law
reiftig C. Tobey, and 1 has. t?. Woodbury,
arrived here last night with a Mammoth Cnion
petition having 14.U ; J0 signatures attached.
. Ex-President*Tyler, the commissioner
to’Virginia arrived here iis morning.
. .0
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Atilirr. •
To the Meroita*nfs of Moron and the South:
o Intake pleasure in informing you that Goods
have arrived direct from*Belgium, to be exlfilf
ited at the Macon Coßoai 1 lantcrs’ Fair consis
ting ot Belgcan 3laiiufactures#jf‘many descrip
tions; amnnf which Src tho following f
Linen, Linen ami cotton • “nixed,
Counterpanes, (?ilicocs and prints, Ginghams,
* j rim in mgs fbr Tailors use, CoMon velvety cloths
?i t .nfles, Laces, Sots of collars and sleeves,
Linen thread, Hosiery, Gloves, Suspenders’
Ilats ot every description, Clippers, Carpets,
.•(•'arpets Titm Paper Hangings* Wiudow”
shades; I ianos, \\ indow ajid looking glasses.
.Marble Mantle-pieces* ware, Porcelain*
Safes, Hardware, Cutlery, Mttalie spoons and.
forks,Guns, RaU Road iron, Zinc, Ngils, ()ils
-Minium (red leadjf Wojdcu screws,
’ ik>ae'!\, \\ ati'V and oil ecolors, Brushes,
Ifliyne Wine, Mdie Wine, Champagne, Cog-*
nae and liquorsfTobaewi and eigarf, Chocolate,
i runks, # Leatber varnish, Portmonaies and lath-‘
erwan* Eaithen ware, Iryn ware, all styles of
luvniture, woiffl and metal, Bronzed clunda
liers anuStatuary. * *
‘ * All have been received per shin
Henry, being scJtit by Befgean"Sk-rchants ag
speemfens, and qjso to be sold after the hxhibi
un, in oyler to ascertain, whether such Goods
would be saleable in the Market of the South
ern date-* Southern Merchants who wish to
purchase foreign gdbds.jof tl;e finest and best
quality, ayi requested to examine them at thq
fair. *
A great ma*iy oflier varieties of Goods arw
manufactured by the Belgians, but the limited
j time allowed for this collection did not admit of
| a larger collection. •
I have been appointed by*the Belgcan Gov^
| ernment td give any explanations and informal
tion which may be desired, on the subject of
Direct Tirade with, that Government, aud may
be addressed or applied to, at “Maeon, during
the Fair # J,. DEGIVES, °
Belgian Consul at Atlanta,
s delegated to the Macon Failg
*— - •
* A I , rr!l) I.ifllo \ llj yory.
When*Noah }T)anted the first vine and retir-.
ed, Satan approached and said, “I will nourish
you, charming plant,” He quickly brought
tbit i animals a :-Uocp, a h-on mid a hog, and
killed them one after another near the vine.
j Ihe \irtue of the blood ot these animals pene-.
trated it and are still manifested in its growth,
hen a man drinks one goblet he is then
agreeable, gentle and friendly. That is the
nature of the lamb. When he drinks two he
n- like a lion, and says, “who is like me?” and
talks of stupendous things. When he drinks
j Ulorc > his senses forsake him, and at length he
, callows in the mud, Need it be said ho W-v
solubles a hog.