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Till: ADVOCATE.
i'arrnllivn, Gu., February 8, |S6i .
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A* •lo*’ ‘Vork done in l!* o?fu* t after tli Jute.
ill not Us .Iriivfred until the Cash i* p*i.l for the
* Th'” rule wilt be strictly aJln red to.
FefiTiinry | f I £6l.
W. ItoNivrß is nnr *thoru<<l A cent a
fcowuou, lo o.ji.vt and receipt fur the Advocate,
W. 4. II KAO, Kw| , : m our nuthorired ?i<y*nt nt
Ruehanau. to collect nnd receipt fur tlio Adv<ente.
Xctlca !
Advertiser* *ljonld I.nnd in their favor* o he in
ime, Wy We*lHesd-%v ine-mnif ns the paper is put in
Irens at an earty hour on ’Hiarsdny.
AH coinmuiiijnii*iis f ointrihurinns, Are., if
not hiluded in by SutuiJny, will be laid over for
•h* •* issue.
NN K are authorize I to announce tho name of Col.
s’*. . HOWARD, of Grucnvil/*, (now ('olmit*l of
ihe ft#th Regiment Georgia Vf'/itia, ass rnn<li>la/e
for Major Genenil of tli* o*h0 *h Div/aion Georgia Mil/
ilia. 15-tiH .dpnl 3
PERSONA L.
Wo <rc onr young friend, Col. A. 11.
IBi.ack. has rcluniod from Miili dgoviile.
TTo Iras been absent from our town fome
four or five works. We are glad t<> see
him lookin,; -o well on his return ; and
arc of opinion the pnro and balmy
atmosphere about our “ Federal Capital”
must be quite wholesrme.
THE LATEST NEWS
From Montgomery is to the effect that
a clause in the Constitution, adopted bv
the Southern Congress, prohibits the
African Slave Trade. Another clause
also prohibits the importation of slaves
from other States, not mom hers of this
Confederacy.
THE WEATHER
Has been very pleasant and warm for
some days past. We have had so much
rain, and bad weather this winter, that
a few pleasant days makes ns think the
winter is past,
And Spring has come at last.
We Lope to see an early spring.
“THE (■(> MM I'M CATION
Os a “ One Eyed Secessionist,” will be
found in another column. Wc publish
it lieeause. as wc have said before, we
wish to give both sides an equal showing.
As to the action <of our Delegates, ail
(know our sentiments. Hut for fear some
titay have misconstrued them, wo will
repeat, that the Deleft tea, in voting for
the Ordinance of secessii n, did just what
wc would have had them do. And now
that thev me with ns. why further ecu
sure? Why not extend to them the
right hand of fellowship? While they
are with us. w.- will twin I'm- li.em - lint
i tic t ree 1 ratio Policy.
By reference lo * telegraphic dispatch, to
be sou at in another colutmi of th-a paper, it
will be seen that the Southern Congreis, now
in tes-ion at Montgomery, has adopted the
Constitution of the Inte United States, as the
basis of the Government ot the Southern Con
federacy, with the addition of Free Trade with
all the world. We presume that as soon as
the Government becomes permanent, our ports
will he thrown open to vessel* from all parts
of the world, and onr seas will be thronged
with the rich merchantmen of all nations bear”
ug their priceless cargoes to us, where they
can dispose of them without being forced to
pay an onerous tm of twenty or twenty five
per cent. This is what we have long wished
for, and are gratified to know that our views
on the subject are tho same as these enter
tained by that august assembly—the Southern
Congress. 11l our humble opinion this will
be one of the best amendments that wiil he
made to the old Constitution. “ But,” says
a Union man, “ how is tho Southern Govern
iu lit to lie supported ? We must iiuv ean army
and navy, Ambassadors and Ministers to for
eign courts must all be paid, and how aie we
to do it without the revenue ?” Wc ati'W-r,
by Dinitirr Taxaiiom. This is the only fair
wav the Government can be supported. B
it, the burden of ra sing the - fmrd- j
will rest equally upon all—tieh ami poor, j
Will that not he right ? Is it but just that |
all should pay in proportion to what they ]
Possess ? Most o-rlain'y it is. And, for il- [
lustration of this feet, let us suppose that A. i
has fifteen negroes, nml is worth ten thousand !
dollars, mid that iu the simple article of negro’
clothing lie pays, we will say, five edits impoit
duty on three hundred yards, which would be
fifteen dollars. Now, 15. his neighbor, is
a hundred thousand dollars in real estate, on
which, of course, there is no revenue, nnd ‘
consequently lie pays nothing towards the sup
port of the General Government. Is that
just, I Is it right f The better judgment of;
every one must tell tli m that it is not. For !
while the Government protects only ten thou
sand dollars for A he pays it fifteen dollars
in the purchase of one article ; and while it
protects It's hundred thousand, he pays it !
nothing. So-it is with every one who buys’
that upon which there is iiiqsirt duty.
Let us now look at the equality and justice
of direct taxation. .A” able writer in the las’
issu- of the Southern Field and Fireside, in a
somewhat lengthy article on this subject, has
figured up the hole amount of taxable pro)’
erly iu the Southern States, and si ts it down
at about five thousand millions of dollars
I lie same w rite. - thinks that two midi.ms of,
dollais ought to support the Southern Govern
ment, hut to cover all contingencies, he set
il down nt five millions: ami he produces j
strong aiguin nts to prove that this is a Milli ;
cii-nt slim. Then, lo raise five millions fiom
tile five thousand millions of proiiertv, the
tax would be about ten cents on every him- !
dred dollars. At that rat", A, who i- worth j
ten thousand dollars, would have only to pav J
ten dollars, while B, who it worth a hundred i
thousand, Would have to pav one hundred -
i- -’ ■ - ————-—-i
(Uoinniun eated.)
M. Editor : —lu vour issue of the Ist inst’
I see an article signed ‘ Juuius. ’wdiich I have
read with feelings of regret, m-ngled with dis
gust. Tli at it ;s still the aim ami desire of
some to create discord and stri.A among us, is
a fact to he regretted by every lover of the
South ; while the bandying wt opprobrious
epithets towards those favoring s- Cession. can
be contemplated with no other findings than
those of supreme disgu-t. But what are the
merits of the article of ‘'Junius'*? Has it
any ? In his first paragraph ‘‘Junius” des
cants quite learnedly upon die form and na
ture of onr Government, and then *• pitches
into” our delegates from Curioll. These men,
says he, were elected for a specific purpose,
and that was to decide what course Georgia
should pursue in ihe impending crisis in the
political affairs of the Government
l.’p to the time of reading Said article, 1
had imagined that the duty of the and legates
from Carroll was to act io co-operation with
the o'her delegates from all parts of the
! State, and, by their uictoil est rts, to devise
i some m-niia by which Georgia could maintain
li.-r lights, and preserve inviolate that sacred
honor bequeathed to her by out fathers; hut,
accord tig to “ Junius,” tho mighty response j
bility of deciding tho course that Georgia
should pursue, devolved -upon t It.- Chi roll del- ;
egutioii alone. If -uch be the to i. should vie j
not nil cry out, W ell done, good add faithful !
Servants, thou hast been fuithjti .v.-r one j
S ate, we will now make thee ruler* over ma- ;
iiy : enter thou imo the joys 4an Iml-pen- ,
dent Somhwgn _*"i
But again, ‘‘ Junius** ciidr avonoto set forth J
what was the cause of tho existence of two ■
setts of Candida l os in the field ; but if lie ims J
made any improvement upon the threadbare !
argumeti’ of tho Uiitoti-siv. rs iu gen-ral, dur- i
ing the canvass, Mine failed ‘o s- ti it He j
gives ns a -liort r linsli of the and imiml or Wail j
policy, which amounts to just m.lTitug, for his j
candidates ihemselws bream? so thoroughly]
and sgost and at the policy, and so well co ivinc.-d j
il was ii .l tin* |vrcvui.il,g s-idiincni of Carroll. !
that two of them, nl least (vi l ■ .tu-nnsi. du
el ire I fiiem- Ives before the election iu favor
of imnn diate “ee. s-ion.
But, says “Junius, luid vve favored imme
diate s -ce-sion, there was already a ticket in
the field for which vve could h ive i-.ist ourstiff
rng'-s, and the county would have b on a unit.
B ut. r say. hid wc f,vnred s-uuling il"legate<
with last ruction* lo nibocnte :*> v puriicnlar
m nsnrc. an I not I- ft free to “ govern- dbv
tli” exigency of the ease, and the face of eii
cumstanee- surrounding the in.”
11l cl'-* can Ik* no doubt but that the *’ wail”
policy was all bosh with the mus es. That I
there were a few n ii in the county who sup- J
poricil the successful cmnlidaics < n that prin- ‘
ciple, 1 doubt not : ini’ what the in jority of I
tie- party looked on a- their yre.lt mni crown- 1
ing principle the principle they rxpecir-d !
would be, and wlm-li was silcccs-fiil. was Unit I
tli-y were send ug their il'-h-gates untr imm.-b
nl by Instructions, perfectly tree to act as the
” exigency of (lie ea*-', mni the.f -rc-’ of cir
euiiis'ancc.s -urrouii ling them ’ might de
mand.
This was the preeie principle upon which j
Onr deh-gnt.-s wore i leced. and th.-v hava |
curried out the wishes of a majority of their f
constituents U the v. rv letter. But because
they have don** this- becn'iS” tli y laid the!
sagacity to see th-ir duty, and the n-ivc an 1
puiriotisiii to perform it, or, iu idler words,
because t) were *'govern dby (he exigence |
of the i !■-■ liv-.--- ..u"nm.i ,I.*
For the Advocate.
A VALENTINE:
Addressed to one who will understand It
BV * CAKItOI.t.TOX UAKD.
There is a girl,
A pretty girl.
A few miles from this city ;
1 thought she loved—
And I loved her,
She was so very pretty.
But when I found
She did not love.
My In-art was broken quicker ;
For 1 had loved.
And sin- had not.
And thus the sold mo slicker.
’lie over now,
I mi st allow,
For 1 sent her a letter ;
Shu answered not,
I know not vvliv,
But innyiro she's done better.
I do not kn-iw,
What L-rdiall ihi,
F-.r the I ist time we parted,
1 had no idea,
Till” would tiring
M low and broken hearted
But Vet ’ti true,
P-'thal- 1 miisipim, f
To ■ and y that brought together;
Bo'll she and I,
For now I |i ei
F- -1 s.iken altog- ther.
I’ I stay away
hr -in her to day.
As I m f.i lorn and lost ;
*1 a, all my day*
I'il stay away.
Though slei-pleSk nights it Cost.
Now when I go
lo parties, tb.-ugh
Joy. mirth, ami lore alionnd ;
I cannot join.
As others do,
But sit and | uc ,k around.
The reason ‘s iliis :
I hi r-- is a mi s,
\N iih whom I’ve play'd and lov'd ;
But sli” lias hurled
M on i h-- vr rhl,
IV her- I have -till since rov'd.
i'll travel on.
And in ihi.s world.
It I incut h r no more ;
Bt II I shall hop*,
To in el Ii r saf-.
On laiannn’s happv shore.
t nrrollton Masonic lustitiiie,
Febnnry 1 t. IS6I.
ti'izme nf Nr-w Vurk Vessels in (lie
I'orl of kiivannah.
Our ri-mirs. -ays the SavannMi It.-pnbl cin,
are nlreudy I'unil nr vvi-li the circumstance of
th-- seizure ot anus and uiiieil for Georgia, on
boaid t.hu sleam-lup Montircllo. hy ihoail-’
thonlies of the Statu of Ne.vV-.rk. As is
als.i kn “nil, a doman 1 was m ule Ivy the Gov
lhu.(..iv,-nilir.of New
C*tixeii*ii<| ■•* Ucin jjia
W e are Convinced, says Hie .'avatinali
Republican, that some very scrii us mis
takes prevail n this -object, arising, no
ilotilit. from the gi-ricial manner m which
tho proceedings of the Convention were
necessarily reported in the newspapers.
It is a general impression that all per
sons residing in the Siate t the date ot
the Ordinance of Secession, became, ipso
facto, citizens, nr at len-t that the o Iv
remaining requisite \va-, tna: they sh-'ulll
lake an oalii of ullegiuncc to the Slate,
j This is a total misconstruction of the
law, and that all mistakes may lie avoid
ed in fu'ure. wo publish below the Or
ditianc't as it came from an oliiciitl
uource:
A.v Okdin'a.nce.
Concerning Citizenship, Passed Janua
ry 26, 1861.
We, the people of the State of Georgia,
in Convention assembled, do declare and’
ordain, and.it is hereby declared and ..r
----daiti.'d :
1. Every person who, at the date of
the Ordinance ot fiecessi'Ui, was residing
i in this State, and wm then by birth, res
idence, or ii itur.tlization, a citizen of
this State, aliail continue a ci izen of
this State, unless a foreign residence
shall be established by such person with
the intention < >t expatriation.
2 So nl.-o shall continue every free
*-*diito pcra-ui. wbu after iku date af.ue
, 6uid, may be born within the territory
ot ‘his S ate, or may be born outside “I
; that territory, ot a lather who then wa
a citizen of this Slate.
.'l. So also every person, a citizen of
anv one ot the S ates lately confederated
under tho name of tho United States of
America, who within twelve months uf
’ lor the date of tlie Ordinance <.f Seres
- sinn shall cotne to reside in this State.
with tHe intention of remaining, upon
i such person taking theoatn of allegiance
j to this State below provided.
4. So al-o every free white person
; who shall bo engaged iu the actual ser
vice. military or naval of the State, and
i shall take an oath of his intention to
I continue in such serv'd; for at least three
’ months, unless so-ncr di-chared hon--ra
i bly and also the oath ot allegiance below
prescribed- In this cn-e. the -unlis -lml!
be administered by some c mniii-sioii"d
’ “tlicer of the service, iu which tho appli
cant for citizenship may be engaged,
I superior in rank t-> the applicant, and
slmil be signed by the odium- and dciv.
creil to the applicant:
5. So, al-o ev ciy pei sou no a e tizen
ot any and tin; States above no nti- nod, at
the date alo e-aid. who may cme to i
resnlo in this State, with the int.-ntn.n of!
remaining, and may bo naturalized ac- i
cording to the naturalization la.vs of this i
State, until they may be a tured or re-i
pealed; the iiatnralizitp “i laws of the j
I uited Status uecoaiuiodiited to the spe i
eial coii liii in ol the State, tire hereby j
made the laws of th:.- Stale, except that
instead ol the oaths reqii tod bv those
laws in the dual act. the on’lt of allegi .
atICC to this St;-**- i .’. . ~! liti -i#i. .• * ...U. ..*
Washington, Feb. 9.
11l - Po-tmaster-Gen. rul au:ht.rize- the von
tradietiuii of a wid- ly ti-IrguqiLvd report timt
private c* rre-poiiih.-uce lias t*e- n inicrfered
wiih in t-uinli G.irolina, and that the Alabama
DOStum-t is Imve ceas-d ti> imike| the u-tml
return-. He s..ys the leturn- troui nil quur
t I- have Ik.'"k veiy regular, and the Depart”
mem has no cause of cuiiq-hi.nt ujkiu that
score.
At the s-jlieitati m t G-*v. Wi-e, Va p
-li of Ii is relatives in this city left h.r home in
i day. Ii is alleged that the projected invasion
lias s- lin-thirg to .lo with this proe. ediug.
A p titirrn from several thousand votcia in
ITnii-ylvniiiti, nil <-f vh- m voted tor Lir roln,
was present, din the Sein.te to day Tire |r
tit.on prnis for tin adopti.,u ~i s.*niM Compro
mise In (.ongre-s that will settle the nation..l
and .nil'll 1 1 i> s, and giv.- peace to the lanmtrr.
lli” Bonier Sian-.-’ Conference did ii.i.hlng
n> day, hut called iqion th- I'resklcnt, and
had an interview with him, which lasted ovtr
an hour,
Mr Wigfall, * f I xas. dennaneed John-on,
ot Toiines.se.', in t,,e r-.-oaic to day rts a trailer
to the Bomb, nnd m leagn - with* the Kepuli
licaiis. 1 here was great . xi-it. ini ill. ‘lhe
gulleti.-s vv.-rc divnlerl In sei-lim.-tii j otn* pur
'.V applauded vigorously, while tire other hi*.-
cd wiih I'-pial p rsi-tei.cy These dem -ustra
tions. liowcvei, vv.-rc s*m*ii checked liv tho Ser
:L-:iut-al-Arms, who clear- and the gal'leri.-n and
■ losdth” and JOIS, pu ling an end to the tu
mult.
t'ol. Hiync hopes t > lenvo for Ciinricmoa
p. m-o- .w l” i .... j r,
this course. ’ *
Laikr —Col. II .vne will lohvimAo mrm*
Ibr Chad.-81. HI, los mi—ion here hnv.iig Ire, n
brought to a close, and nothing calculated to
restore peace accomplished. I In- Pre-id.-nt
lias refilled to iln- a- inonds of Cm. Huyne It
i- quite a lengthy document, rind has been
made pubic to day.
in his reply, the President reviews the
grounds of lire -hfli.'Uiiy, and states the con
siitniion.il groun Is and objection- to the trana
fer of the fo't to S-.nth Car lua. He con
tends that C-nigre-s alou- p-.ss.-s-o tire pow.-r
to dispose of the public property. He aUo
contend- dint it is hi- duty t.r protect and and,
fe.-d ill* property of die United Stnt. (de
ceased), and coin meat- at Sons lei-gtb <*n tha
8i itus of the forts in die sei eded Slates.
This corr- sp.m.lence has already Ik-, n n'i
cipiited hy the .substance of previous dispatch
es, and ends just where public expectation
sin-posed ii would.
In cv- y r--p et Col, Il.iyne’s rni-sionmuat
be i-g inl.* Iu- , failure. IBs d.-nmnd-liavw
been t id y : ejected.
I'll” Pie-id. in Will lav i|;e corn s; Olid lies,
b-fore (’-ingle - at an • arlv ia v
11 -Icclari- In !ia- i.o in i-..
t °"‘ “ r lot >nin!er ilia - in i;as t„ sdl ilia
C.j- ol at W hill"ton
llie lone of the letter* np-.ii l-o'li sid-s is
big l ’)’ ‘lignili-.l and r.-s, if,d Bn'li for the
most part are lega and e-rlis.itutionl argu
ment-.
The enrresp..i'd.-n<'-- dem -ustr .t.-s th.. fa,-t
that Iln- Pre-idcnt -c agnzes tin- S.,nih(ar
oiin i Coiiiiids-joncr 10. Whereas lie r*fuse.|
to do so in die case of similar agenu toss tbaH
iNFrt month*4 nfo.
Gol. H-iyne is r.ovv satis-fio-l fartS- r nogoti
aiion i- iisisle—, an I dint 8 uth C arolina !..
ing exl.acsie l all iioiiorable . ffc*- . t
i “ * Linvi ro
i ■ j.-rs HV^^B rn *