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Till: ADVOCATE. i'arrnllivn, Gu., February 8, |S6i . •* . — : *pi*ctnl >oilr ! 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 *