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SEMI-WEEKLY TRIE FUG.
SATURDAY, PEC. 12, 1860. _
Candidates lor the Jamiaryy
Convention.
V LOYD COUNTY.
ISIMPSON FOUCHE,
F. C. SHROPSHIRE.
JAMES WORD.
(f’ POLK COUNTY.
RHEESE McGREGOR.
SEABORN JONES, Jit.
Messrs Editors. —I will bet SIOO that cot
ton will be 15 cts per lb. in 90 days after
Georgia secedes—sloo that it will be 20 cents
and SIOO that it will be 25 cents. Any gen
tleman who wishes to take the three bets
together, can call on the editors of the Flag,
Rome Ga., and be accommodate.
NO BACK OUT.
Wait until we Nee what Lincoln
does.
I
The above paliativc is administered
daily by the quack Union-savers, and the
Soutli is urged once more to save a vessel
whose timbers are so rotten it cannot hold
itself together. Why save it ? For any
benefit that will ever fall to the lot of the
South? What good is in store for her?
We have looked in vain for a suggestion
from the conservatives, of what promise
the South can expect from remaining
in the Union.
Our forefathers were counciled to wait;
and thousands, after the Tea had been
deposited in the Bay at Boston, still
urging the patriots of that day to wait,
we would yet secure our rights from the
mother country. Did they wait? No;
but like true men —men who valued their
liberties above all things else, they went
foward in the discharge of a plain duty,
and at the end of seven years they pro
claimed themselves a free and independ
ent Nation. Suppose they had waited—
suppose they had made one more effort to
have remained a part and parcel of that
Government, who sought to enrich them
selves by taxing to the utmost, a people
who lives by agricultural pursuits alone,
what] would have been the result ?
King George would have thrown his ar
mies all through the colonies, prepared
for effectual war, and the colonies to this
day, would have been provinces of Great
Britain. Go on people of Georgia —sub-
mit to the inauguration of Abe Lincoln —
allow him to man your Forts in the South
—officer this government from top to
bottom, and when you get your indepen
dence, it will be at the price of more
blood than has ever been shed upon the
American continent.
Meeting on Friday.
We insert to-day a call for a meeting
of the people of this county on Friday
to reconcile, if possible, the differences
existing in this county, relative to the
present perilous crisis. We have, from
the first advocated but one Ticket from
this county, and hoped there would be
only one, but a call was made for a meet
ing through the columns of the Courier,
indicating submission, and we, together
•rc'ftli a majority of the voters of this coun-1
ty, could not, consistently, go into such
a meeting, and therefore were compelled to
look to another meeting for what we con
sidered the true line of policy for the
South to pursue. Still, we are willing
yet to run but one ticket, and all we ask
is, that the candidates be committed to a
certain line of policy, in which the hon
or of the South will not in the least be
compromitted.
Wc cannot support submission candi-1
dates; we believe the time has come
when the South must strike for independ- i
ence, and entertaining such views, it’
could not be expected that we would sup
port men entertaining adverse views.
Senator Clingman.
This distinguished gentleman has
made a proposition in the United States
Senate to divide the public domain and
property of the general Government, and
i the public debt, and separate peacibly,
as separation in his judgment is inevita
, ble. He makes some pointed remars to
prove his position, and pledges North
Carolina to secede, unless some guaran
j tees are made, whereby the Southern
States shall be made equal in all respects
to the North. This he dispairs of, as the
North for years have been crushing out,
one by one, all the rights of the slave
holder, until now, flushing by success,
they are, if any odds, more insulting than
ever—that the South cannot and will not
submit to the degradation of being like
Ireland, as to the English Government,
mere dependencies, serfs r in the Gov
ernment. The Senator further states
that the South has sufficient Territory
for all practical purposes, and that a
tariff of 10 per cent, upon imports will
raise more money than we will have any
use for. His position is one of strength,
and one which will carry conviction to
the minds of the people of the South. —
We are but vassals now in this Govern
ment ; are we to wait until Ave have plac
ed in power our sworn enemies before
avc strike for independence? We think
not, and those who council
the rule of our enemies must be igyV
either by fear of the North or
motives. In the language of
guished Senator, whose name
article, “ Let there he no
mises.”
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The Semi-Weekly Traiefelag.
Our paper, though quite sii|tll, dew!
tains more reading matter than most pa-*
pers of the same order one-thim larger,j
and our desire is to make it an interest-’
ing sheet to our readers. Although we
are not filled with long articles, yet we
give the essence of all the n(3Wfc of the
day, taking upon ourselves a great deal of
work Avhich other editors impose on their
readers. Our. intention is to enlarge the
Flag as socles <?ur patronage will justify
it, which, we hope, will not be longer
than till first of January. We. intend
to make the Flag second to no paper in
Georgia—and furnish our readers with]
the latest and most reliable
The duties heretofore, hate rested &qne
with the Associate—in futtfre th&
thinks he will be able to ’
dots.
Boots and Shoes—Direct Impor
tation from Belgium to Macon.
A large lot of Boots, and all kinds of
shoes, are notv for sale in Macon, from
Belgium, and they are said to be superior
to the Northern make, and at much low
er prices. Will our merchants not pur
chase a feAv? We would like to put on
a pair just to feel independent of yankee
dom.
Secretary Cobb’s Report.
We are indebted to Hon. P. 0. Clay
ton, for a copy of Secretary Cobb’s report,
and which Ave find to be an able and
Avell written paper.
The expenses of the Government for
the year ending June 30, 1860, Avas $59,-
848,474 72, including Postal appropria
tion for the year previous, $4,440,009 26,
which should be deducted, leaving in
round numbers as the expenses, about
$55,000,000. Estimated expenses for
the present and next fiscal year, $60,000,-
000 each. We Avould be glad to insert the
entire report in our paper but think it
useless, as this Avill be the last one made,
and of course we have very little interest
in it. The first one made in the South
ern Confederacy shall he spread before
onr readers.
For the Semi- Weekly True Flag.
Mrssrs. Editors. —Can you inform the
public Avhether Col. W. S. Cothran, avi 11
turn bis back upon the friends Avitli Avhom
lie acted on Monday, by accepting the
nomination tendered to him by their op
i ponents on Tuesday? INQUIRER.
We are not able to give the informa
tion sought by Inquirer, but from our
j knowledge of the character of Col. C.,
we do not think lie avi 11 make tracks on !
: both sides of the branch. —Ed.
Type Foundry In Hie Smith.
We have received from Messrs. Walk-!
: or & Pelouze, Richmond, Ya., calling at-!
! tention to their Type Foundry. YVo are
! glad to chronicle this fact, and urge upon
the craft the great necessity of patroniz- i
ing this establishment, and putting it on
a safe and reliable footing.
William A. Choice.
j The bill for the pardon of Mr. Choice,
passed the House of Representatives on
the 7th inst., by a vote 75 to 46. The
Bill passed the Senate on the Bth by a
vote 61 to 21.
From the above vote, should the Gov- 1
canor veto the bill, it will be passed over’
: his head by a tAvo-third vote.
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A not filer Mask Removed.
Southern Recorder of the Nth,:
gßlAfteeut for submission, though the ed
i‘ to plaster the matter over, and make ;
’ Soul hern party, diibbs the \
submissiouisis. Brains j
hr scrag Avhere seeii ideas eiaemite,
j and wq hope, for fear the editor may
I bpjak inld the Asylum, that some of his
fflHpH.\e:e.ibiicaiis are arm-1
jjiig for the contest, and defy the South’
fio secede. Mr 1 Stephens is highly com- 1
\pi minted oy tfle Black Republican I
ajid gseat hopes are entertained 1
in tliis Suite, will yeti
f. MMfrdo,r>tlie remii of Abe Lincoln. I
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V,, % ®AER)IIMA, OREOON, PANAMA
SO! Til A M ERICA .
,/,-jjLv K “
Ste&imfffortlHrn Light, with the
California mails of the 11th in:.;., arrived
at New Yom bn Monday. She brings !
upwards of SBOO,OOO in treasure.
lAmong her passengers are Mr. Clay,
Pwlinister to Peru; Major Heiss; Lieuten
ants Howard, Alexander, Spotts and
Starhorough, and Captains Fletcher and
‘Gordon.
jiGThe principal consignments of treas
ure are Wells, Fargo & Cos., $180,000;
Ameriean Exchange Bank, $120,000;
Duncan, Sherman & Cos., $97,000.
We have received our files of the Cal
ifornia papers by the Northern Light.
They are up to the lltli ult.
THE SECESSION QUESTION.
The people of California Avere waiting
with deep anxiety for the Eastern news,
showing the disposition of the Southern
States on the dissolution question.
After hearing of Lincoln’s election, all
political animosites greatly moderated,
the Republicans, as well as the Demo
crats, seeming to be fearful of serious
trouble from the present political condi
tion of the country.
The Republican illumination in San
Francisco, in honor of Lincoln’s election,
Avas a complete failure. Not fifty houses
in the city responded to the call of
the Republican State Central Com
mittee, to join in a general illumination.
The cause of it Avas, that the Republicans,
generally, ware not in an exultant mood.
The Sacremento Standard, organ of
the Breckenridge Democracy, assumes
that the dissolution of the Union is ine
vitable, and urges California and Oregon
to seriously consider the question of or
ganizing a separate Republic on the Pa
cific coast.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
The neAvs from Soutli America is not
very important. We have but few de
tails from the seat of Avar m NeAV Grena
da, but those Ave have confirm the report
ed defeat of the government forces under
Arboleda.
The seat of government of Nicaragua
has again been changed to Managua.
The Mosquito coast had not yet been
taken possession of by that republic, as
Avas provided by the Wyke treaty.
PERU.
Extraordinary powers lias been confer
red on President Castilla by the Peru
vian Congress, in view of the approach
ing AvarAvith Boliva. Murders and robber
ies Avere becoming quite frequent in tin*
former country, and the state of society
j there generally is described as most
| Avretched.
Mr. Clay left Lima in the early part of
last month, having suspended diplomatic
j relations Avitli the republic of Peru in
‘consequence of instructions from our
jGovornment at Washington.
CHILI
Chili continues prospering. Extraor
dinary poAvers had been granted by Con
gress to the President, during the pres
ent Presidential campaign. A A’cry se
vere laAv against riots had been passed.
The Auraucanian Indians were again
giving the government some trouble, no
less than from two to three thousand hav
ing taken the field. Trade and exports
Avere remarkably good.
FROM PANAMA.
Capt. Porter, of the U. S. ship St. Ma
; ry’s, has been the recipient of a handsome
! letter of thanks from the ladies for the
! part he recently took in defending Pan
ama.
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i'ntisi Mississippi.
New Orleans, December 3. —The
| Mississippi Legislature adjourned on the
30tb ult. They passed, unanimously,
! the Convention bill; also, resolutions in
| favor of secession, and authorizing the
l Governor to appoint Commissioners to
i co-operate Avith the slaveholding States.
A stay hnv and non-importation act
lias been defeated. The elections for
the Convention are to be held on tlie2otli,
and the meeting of the Convention takes
place on the 7th of January
I The Hon. L. Q,. C. Lamar made a
I Cfreat secession speech, advocating sep
ifirate State action, and the simultaneous
by the State of a Federal Consti
tution. He favored the formation of a
■Congress of the present delegates from
■the Gulf States, and the appointment of
[Electors of a President for the Southern
IConfedfuracy,..* .
MARRETT & TODD,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
FAMILY GROCERIES,
IFIHsTHIi -WHsTES,
BRANDIES, CIGARS, &C.
BROAD ST., ROME, Ga.
50 BLLS. STEWARTS A B AND C SUGARS
on hand and for sale low for cash by
BARRETT & TODD.
20 BLLS, PULVD SUGAR,
on hand and for sale low by
BARRETT & TODD.
75 BOXES VIRGINIATOBACCO ; all grades,
for sale loav by. BARRETT & TODD.
150 BOXES STAR CANDLES,
on hand and for sale low by
BARRETT & TODD.
150 COILS HUNT S MACHINE-SPUN ROPE,
(every Cop. guarranteed.) on hand and for
sale by. - BARRETT & TODD.
25 BALES BAGGING, (HEAVY)
on hand and for sale by
BARRETT k TODD.
500 LBS. BLUE STONE, for sale by
BARRETT & TODD.
100 BLLS, EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR,
on hand and to arrive and for sale low for
Cash by BARRETT & TODD.
1000 LBS. SMOKED BEEF, (very fine') TO
ARRIVE. For sale by
BARRETT & TODD.
100 BLLS. CORN WHISKY.
50 “ RYE
10 CASKS COGNAC ROCHELLE AND Pl-
NETTE BRANDIES. For sale low by
.BARRETT & TOOD.
25 BASKETS CHAMPAGN WINE,
for sale by BARRETT & TODD.
FRESH KENTUCKY*
GRASS SEED .
JUST RECEIVED DIRECT FROM KEN
TUCKY.
Blue Grass. Timothy.
Orchard Grass, Red I °P>
Clover, Lucerne,
Millet, For sale by
octlo-2m. FAR ELL & \ EISER.