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Oh, shipmates come gather and join in my ditty; 

It's of a terrible battle that happened of late. 
Let each good Union tar shed a tear of pity, 

When he thinks of the once gallant Cumberland's 

fate. 
The eighth day of March told a terrible story, 

Aiid many a brave tar to this world bid adieu. 
Yet our Flag it was wrapt in a mantle of glory 

By the heroic deeds of the Cumberland's crew. 
On that ill-fated day, about ten in the morning,- 

The sky it was clear, and bright «hone the sun ; 
The drums of the Cumberland sounded a xvarning 

That told every seaman to stand, by his gun. 
An iron-clad frigate down on us came bearing, 

And high in the air the rebel flag flew ; 
The pennant of treason she proudly was waviug, 

Determiùed to conquer the Cumberland's crew. 
Then up spoke our Captain with steru resolution. 

Saying : My boys, of this monster now don't be dis 
mayed, 
We swore to maintain our beloved Constitution, 

And to die for our country we are not afraid ! 
We fight for the Union, our cause it is glorious 

To the stars and the stripes we will stand ever true. 
We'll sink at our quarters or conquer victorious. 

Was answered with cheer« from the Cumberland's 
crew. 

Now our gallant »hip fired her guns' dreadful thunder. 

Her broadside like hail on the rebel did p-mr. 
The people gazed on, struck with terror and wonder 

The shots struck his sides and glanced harmless o'er, 
But the pride of mr Navy could never be daunted, 

Tho' the dead and the wounded her deck they did 

strew , 
AnJ the flag of our Union, how proudly it flaunted, 

Sustained by the blood of the Cumberland's crew. 

Slowly they sunk beneath Virginia's waters, 

Their voices on earth will ne'er be heard more— 
They'll be wept by Columbia's brave sons and fair 
daughters ! 

May their blood be avenged on Virginia's shore ! 
In that battle-stained grave they are silently lying, 

Their soals have forever to earth bid adieu ; 
But the Star-spangled Banner above them is flying— 

It was nailed to the mast by the Cumberland's crew. 
They fought us three hours with stern resolution, 
Till those rebels found cannon would never avail them 
For tli« flag of secession I as no power to gall them, 
Tbo" the blood from lier scuppers it crimson'd the tide; 
She struck us amid ships, our planks she did sever. 

Her sharp iron prong pierced our noble ship through; 
Arid still, as they sunk on thet dark rolling river. 
"We'll diest ourg'iuis!" cried the Cumberland's crew. 
Columbia's sweet birth-right of freedom's communion. 

Thy flag never floated s > proudly before; 
For the spirits of those that died for the Union, 

Above its broad folds now exaltingly soarl 
And when our sailors in battle assemble. 

God bless our dear banner, the red, white arid blue. 
Beneath its bright stars we'll cause tyrpnts to tremble. 

Or sink at our guns like the Cumberland's crew. 

Published and Sold Wholesale and Ketail. by 

BELL & COMPANY, 

General Publisher of Songs & Ballads. 

Booksellers, Stationers and Periodical agents. 

No «39 KBABNY ST. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

 JAMES RODDY SNEED I 

You Yanks, J guess, Jiave heard ere this, 

Of Roddy Sneed the Great ! 
Of how he wrote and eang about 

This good old Cotton State. 

Of how he penned long "leaders," 

And had them put in type, 
To teach the Rebel generals 

The way in which to fight. 

Of how he "puffed," old Jeff— 

The greatest -Beb of all— 
In hope that Jeff might "raise" him, 

And, to Richmond, Roddy call f 

Of how at night he'd sit and write. 
And blow about "the cause," 

And tell the Bcbs to fight it out, 
And quote to them tae laws. 

Of how to Milledgeville he went. 

To get gay Gil a place— 
In order that hie son might wear 

A collar decked with lace. 

Of Low old Joe,did at him blow, 

And treat him with such scorn ; 
No place had Joe that he could give— 

!O pi 

No 

o chair Gil could adorn. 

Of how Jeenis Roddy raged and swore, 

And damned old Mr. Brown, 
And wrote about him. in his sheet, 

And called his Governor "clown." 

Of how he then to Richmond wrote, 

To Stephens and to Hill, 
To get that berth for Gilbert— 

A fat place Gil might fill \ 

Of how he did not get it, 

And Gil took up his gun, 
-To tight for base rebelliert 
Just as the war begun. 

Of how he got the Custom House, 
When old man Boston died— 

Through Ben Hill's wire-pulling, 
And other tricks beside. 

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Of how he urged the people 

To rally and enlist, 
While he'remained in sanctum 

To fight wJth pen and fist. 

Of how he'd ewear the soldier 

To never leave his post, 
But "die like gallant southron, 

Aud not give up the ghost." 

Of how he'd fight the battle» 

Of a great Confederation— 
By drawinff-plans on paper 

For Ben Hill's consideration. 

You Yanke have heard these facts I tell, 

And other items too ; 
But now I'll give you something else— 

A story rich and true-f— 

When Sherman from Atlanta caine, 
And inarched toward the coast, 

James Roddy all at once "dried up"— 
No-more was heard to boast. 

No time had Roddy now to write 

A secesh, windy vapor— 
His mind was too much" occupied 

To think about his paper. 

"Old Sherman's Yanks will soon be here,'1 
Poor Roddy oft was heard to ear ; 

."And I must go to packin«; up, 
And get my Rebel 'cash' away." 

"Ah, me !" thought he, "the roads are cut ! j 
i What shall I do or say ? 
Ob, d——n these Yanks, to treat one so— 
To war in such a way !" " 

"Oh, here's,a fix—a pretty fix—; 

To place a fellow in ! 
1 I'll ne'er be sble now I Bee, 
To get away my 'tin !' " 

Oh, cruel Yanks, to play «uch prank«, 

You're wicked lads indeed— 
To jeopardize the customs thus, 

And cut off Jnmes II. Sneed .' 

f'I'iu sure old Beaury will not fight. 

But quickly \vilj détermine, 
To wisely give the city up 

To General Billy Sherman J <* 

And now it seems the gallant Jeein« 
, Must something do at last ; 
! His precious time wag getting »hört, 
The die would soon be cast. 

iSo off he went, and fully bent, 

Our hero was indeed. 
To make old Hardee do his beat 
JV> save great Roddy Sneed ! 

; The General knew not what to do— 
I The case was bad, indeed ; 
j And as he had to save himself, 
He could not help poor Sneed ! 

"This is too bad—it makes me sad 

To think how I am treated ; 
What shall I <3&ï- WiienrnhsTt Ï gö7"~ 

Poor Roddy oft repeated. 

Oh ! what a fate ! and no mistake, 
i For a Custom House Collector ; 
1 To think that he had "puffed Hardee? 
! And thought him his protector. 

i "I ne'er will pause, but to McLawss 

! This instant I will-go— 

| I've wrote him tip—hé knows it too— 

| And he'll not treat me so. 

! ' And so, indeed, at riinnpig speed, 
I To find McLawe he darted ; 
1 j 'But learned no more how he'd get off, 
1 ! Than when from home he started. 

|| Now what to do in such a stew, 
i Poor Roddy sat and pondered ; 
! All chance was gone—all hope had fled ; 
' How he'd get aJT, he wondered. 

"Now here I'm left, and all bereft, 

In trouble deep I'm stuck ; 
No friend to lend à helping hand, 

Naught left me save bad luck." 

j And thus confused, poor Roddy innsed, 
j Sore troubled in his mind, 
i Wbile wondering who he'd go to next, 
I Some better luck to find. 

When all at once a law-made dunce— 

'Tis true, as here related— 
Came in to tell great Roddy Sneed 

The town was most vacated. 

And Roddy's friend began to mend 

His spirits broke and blighted, 
And set him on a trail so nice, 

Where sure he'd not be slighted. 

He sent him off to Beauregard, 

To find out his intention, 
To learn the route that he would take— 

"A plot of rare invention." 

He told him there he'd better fare 
Than with McLaws and Hardee— 

For Beaury was "chief cook" of all. 
And would do much for Roddy. 

On Dlllon's "Loss" our printer boss 

Went off in search of Beaury, 
And as Roddy hadn't rode of late. 

Old Davy's nag got fury. 

"Ye Gods I be thanked—I have him flanked ; 

There's Beaury in the distance? 
Pull up, old hows !—'tis life or death !— 

I much need your assistance." 

And no'w indeed at lightning speed, , 

Our hero dashes onward ! 
The people stand amazed, and look, 

To gee old Beaury cornerd. 

To Beaury meet, he turns the street, 

And comes up face to face ! 
And fall's aboard the Kebel chief, 

For leave to "eu auge his base." 

"I've spoke you well, but need'nt tell, 

What all I've done for you— 
I wish to slip old Shermau's grip, 

And hope you'll see me through." 

With face all pale, and woeful tale, 

Jeems Roddy told his story, 
.And Beaury promised to lend a baud, 
Aud show him ''The road to glory." 

That very night he'd end the fight— 
_j_Great men had oft "retreated"— 
HeM but to march the Rebs across— 
The pontoon was completed ! 

He told the shoddy, great James Roddy, 
He'd been promised troops from Lee— 

But as they'd failed to corae to time" 
His Rebs and he must flee. 

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Now get you gone, and dont be long. 

But meet me on (he Ba3'— 
A steamer there you'H find, dear Rod, 

To bear us far away 

| Off Roddy went, with full intent, 

To pack up public plunder— 
But what to do with private goods, 
Was now poor Roddy's wonder. 

With private stuff, down to the bluff 

Poor Roddy jogged his way— 
His dwelling goods all nicely packed— 

The mstomts bound to stay ! ' 

With cautious step did Roddy get 
Aboard old Beaury's steamer— 

So soon to bear him from the town, 
And rid us of this schemer. 

'• In quite a gale the boat set sail, 

Now bound foi- Screven's Ferry, 
Wiih Roddy and his "folks" aboard, 
A party gay and merry. 

From what I learn, he'll ne'er return— 

Let's hope such is the case ; 
For we can do without old Jeems— 

Right glad he's ''changed his hase." 

But little time I've left for rhyme, 

And here must end nry story, 
And cease my song, that's now full long— 

Leave Roddy in his gloiy. 

Before I close I'd say to those 
Who were old Roddy's readers— 

That JOHN E. HA YES, in future days, • 
Will write vou abler "leaders." 

 IN MEMORIAM. 

Behind this stone is laid, 

For a season, 

ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, 
A General in the army of the Confederate States, 

Who fell at Shiloh, Tennessee, 

On the sixth day of April, A. D. 

Eighteen hundred and sixty-two ; 

A man tried in many high offices 

And critical enterprises, 

And found faithful in all. 

His life was one long sacrifice of interest to conscience ; 

And even that life, on a woeful Sabbath, 

Did he yield as a holocaust at his country's need. 

Not wholly understood was he while he lived; 

But, in his death, his greatness stands confess'd 

In a people's tears. 

Resolute, moderate, clear of envy, yet not wanting 

In that finer ambition which makes men great and pure. 

In his honor—impregnable; 

In his simplicity—sublime. 

No country e'er had a truer son—no cause a nobler champion ; 

No people a bolder defender—no principle a purer victim 

Than the dead Soldier 

Who sleeps here! 

The cause for which he perished is lost— 

The people for whom he fought are crushed— 

The hopes in which he trusted are shattered— 

The Flag he loved guides no more the charging lines; 

But his fame, consigned to the keeping of that time, which, 

Happily, is not so much the tomb of Virtue as its shrine, 

Shall, in the years to come, fire modest worth to noble ends. 

In honor, now, our great captain rests ; 

A bereaved people mourn him. 
Three commonwealths proudly claim him ; 

And history shall cherish him 
Among those choicer spirits, who, holding their conscience 

unmix'd with blame, 

Have been, in all conjunctures, true to themselves, their 
country, and their God. 

 Her. Dr. Hell» 

The spirit of the following letter from President 
Mfell is worthy of all commendation. It is a fresh 
proof that he knows how to speak to the heart 
of his brethren. Even his eminent qualifications 
for the position which he has adoruecl through a 
series of rears, scarcely become him so well, as 
the willingness to retire frojn it in the interests of 
harmony and union, 

UARUÙXï AND UNION AMONG GEOHGIA BAPTISTS. 

A noticeable feature of the Convention just 
adjourned was the magnanimous, forbearing and 
-fcatcrnal spirit that generally prevailed. A ques 
tion of threatening Charmta,, relating to the cd- 
ucatiuüal interests of the denomination— one i* 
wiving division of sentiment, deep feeling, and 
jieraoaal interest, was .settled1 to the mutual satis 
faction of those directly at issue. 

Two Conventions in succession have unmis 
takably decided in favor of removal : and we may 
therefore suppose that the majority of onr peo* 
l>le. who care anything about the Subject, ar« of 
the same opinion. The question, then, of the 
removal qf tlio Fniversity from Penfield, seems 
to be definitely and finally settled. If this be SO, 
should not those of us in the minority imitate 
tue magnanimity of the people of Penfield, and 
submit and acquiesce ? 

True, there are some important and delicate 
questions connected with the location of the Uni 
versity yet to be passed upon by the Board of 
Trustees ; but may we not hope that the wisdom 
and piety of those brethren will be adequate to 
"the occasion ? 

The sacrifices 1 recommend to others — ana 
more — I am willing to submit to myself. Some, 
I am informed, think the position I occupy in the 
denomination in the State, is a hindrance to har 
mony and union among onr people. Very well : 
I' am prepared to abandon it, however much I 
prize it. Whatever of power I have had as Pres 
ident of tho State Convention, I have endeavored 
to wield for harmony »nd union. I now give no 
tice that I lay it down for the accomplishment of 
the s»mo ends, P. H. Mw T,. 

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A SENTINEL 

[The Eev. Dr. Moore, of Eichmond, in a sermon on the memory of the much- 
loved and lam1 snted Stonewall Jackson, narrates the [ollowing incident: 

"Previous to the first battle of Manassas, when the troops under Stonewall 
Jackson had made a forced march, on halting at night they fell on the ground 
exhausted and faint. The hour arrived for setting the watch for the night. The 
officer of the day went to the General's tent, and said: 

" General, the men are all wearied, and there is not one but is asleep. Shall I 
wsirse them!' 

'• No," said the noble Jackson, 'le t them sleep, and T will watch the camp to-night.' 

"And all night long he rode round that lorcly camp, the one lone intin-l for 
that brave, but we.ary and silent body of Virginia heroes. And whon glorious 
morning broke, the soldiers awoke fresh and ready for action, allunconeious of 
the noble vigils kept over their slumbers."] 

'Twas in the dying of the day, 

The darkness grew so still ; 
The drowsy pipe of evening birds 

Was hushed upon the hill : 
Athwart the shadows of the vale 

Slumbered the men of might, 
And one lone sentry paced his rounds, 

To watch the camp that night. 

A grave and solemn man was he, 

With deep and sombre brow; 
The dreamful eyes seemed hoarding up 

Some unaccomplished vow. 
The wistful glance peered «'er the plains, 

Beneath the starry light— 
And with the murmured name of God, 

He watched the camp that night. 

The Future »pened unto him 

Its grand and awful scrolt : 
Manassas and the Valley march 

Came heaving o'er his soul— 
Richmond and Sharpsburg thundered by, 

With that tremendous fight, 
Which gave him to the angel hosts 

Who watched the camp that night. 

We mourn for him who died for us, 

With one resistless moan ; 
While up the valley of the Lord 

He marches to the Throne ! 
He kept the faith of men and saints 

Sublime and pure and bright— 
He sleeps—and all is well with him 

Who watched the camp that night. 

Brothers ! the Midnight of the Cause 

Is shrouded in our fate ; 
The demon Goths polute our halls 

With fire, and lust and hate. 
Be strong—be valiant—be assured— 

Strike home for Hexven and Right ! 
The soul of Jackson stalks abroad, 

And yuards the camp lo-niyht ! 

I 

 LÜMPKIN COUNTY! 

To the Votes?s of 

Lookout for the Engine. 

Mr. Editor:—As the Grand -Jury, in its 
presentments at the September Term, re 
commended that the county of Lumpkin 
issue bonds to the amonnt ot $25,000. to 
mature in ten .years, for the pnrpose of 
taking stock in the Dahlonega and Gaines- 
ville Railroad, and deeming it advisable 
that the citizens of the county should vote 
intelligently on the question, and for tho 
cannot see how any sensible man, j best interest of the comity. A& the qnes- 

even from tho liigheßt to the lowest, !tion of issue or non-issue of the bonds for 

, . _, . Hue purpose stated will shortly 
could say one word against "bub-1 

The timely and well calculated ar 
ticle from G. F- P., should recieve 
the attention of every^voter of Lump- 
tin county. The views set down by 
him aregiveu in a true light, and we 

the citizens, I propose to give some plain 
seription." Do not listen to ol.l fo- j simple facts for their consideration, as it 

gies, who never had a correct idea, j wonld be bad Policy for them ^0 g« ifc 

' blind either pro or con. 

Now, Bir, to tbe point; the taxble prop 
erty of the county is about $300.000. 1 he- 
interest on $2o,000 per annum, at 7 per 
cent., is $1,750, or 6-10 of one per cent, 
(nearly $(i on the thousand dollars of 
taxable property) which amount I choosa 
to take t\s the basis on which I operate.— 
This will cause the tax payer, on one thous- 

to induce you to vote against "Sub 
scription" but go ont like a man, and 
east your vote with the knowing and 
intelligent men of ycur county.— 
Even those, who oppose, if there can 
be »By so silly, they have pecuniary 

motives and had rather see the coun 

ty sink, than spend one dollar to see 
an enterprise on foot that would ad 
vance thé interest of every rnai>, 
woman and child, white and black, 
in the county. These are plain words. 
Corne out and vote "For Subscrip 
tion." 

_, and dollars, to pay 60 dollars in ten yeans 

The Grand -Tury of Lumpkin 
county recommended that the Ordi 
nary of the county subscribe $25,000 
to this enterprise, if the people would" 
express a desire to that effect at the 
^Ballot-box. 

Pursuant to that recommendation 
the Ordinary has published an elec 
tion to be held at every precinct in 
the county, on Saturday, the 7th day 
of October next. 

The vote which is to be ^.taken by 
our people, will, in all probability, 

inteiest on the bonds, and in retnrn for 
that will see his county in a prosperous. 
condition; a market for all' his produce at 
his door, at least in his own county, hi» 
property inluinced in value 500 per cent., 
saying nothing of the social advantages h& 
has gained. 

But says one, "we will have to be taxed 
to pay the principal, $25,000,at maturity," 
We will endeavor to meet this objection. 
.We believe that the earnings of th& 
road will more than pay the bonds at ma 
turity. Bat should the road not pay one 
t.pn 

g"ainer by the road. 

Now admitting that the taxable" proper 
ty should remain at its present value for 
ten years the tax would be 8 3-10 of one pet- 
cent, or $8,30 on the hnndred, or $83 on 
the thousand. Those figures are not giv 
en with any moral possibilty of such being 
the condition». 

The truth is that in ten years the taxa 
ble property, instead of being $300,000 
would be three million. The tax then to 
pay the $25,000 at maturity, would only 
be 8-10 of one per cent., or 80 cents on the 

determine the fate of this road. Let' hundred or $8 on, one thousand dollars 

taxable property. Are not those plain 
but homely truths snfficent to induce every 
citizen of the county, who is possessed of 
the least spark of public spirit, to cast his 
vote in favor of the recommendation of 
the Grand Jury who, in their assembled 
wisdom, deemed it to be the best that 
could be done for the prosperity of the 
county. 

Mr. Editor, I might add other advanta 
ges that will accrue to the county and its 
citizens, but I do not wish to over-tax 
your readers or the columns of your valua- 

every citizen rally to the polls and 
vote for; subscription. Farmers of 
Lumpkin, make a united effort for 
your interests and your homes—no 
longer hesitate.^ Merchants, make 
a manly effort to bring y ourselves in 
proximity to the active commercial 
•world. Laborers, make a strike for 
better pay, by voting for the Bail 
Boad. Let all make a grand, united 
rally and the work will be accom 
plished. A FAEMEB. 

ble journal. 

Yours, 

G.F.P, 

 Words and IViusic by Henry Clay Work, 

Nicodomus, the slave, was of Africa« birth, 

And was bought for atïàgful of gold ; - 
He' was reckoned as part of the salt of the earth — 

But he died, years ago, very old. 
'Twas his last sad request, so wo laid him away, _ 

In the trunk of an old. ijollojrtrcS* . 
Wake me up ! \vas % charge, atthe fii-sf break, qf day 

Wake me \^ $j. tfi.ft Great Jubilee ! 

Chor^r-The Good Time Coming is almost here | 
It was long, loflg, loflg Qn the way ! • 
flow, rim und tell Blijah to hurry np Pomp 
Anc] inpßt lis at the gumtree down in the 
To >yake Nieodemns to-day. 

He was known as a prophet : at least was as wise — 

For he told of the battles to come ; 
And vre trembled with dread when he rolled up his eyes, 

And we heeded the shake of his thumb. 
Though he clothed us with fear, _jct tl» varments jie_wo_tc_ 
~ Were irTpatches a^ëîfiow atïheè'; 
And he still wears the snit that he used to, of yore, 

A? be sleeps in t))e old hollow tree, Chorus. 

Nicodemns was never the sport of the lasli, 

Though the bullet has oft crossed his path ; 
There were none of his masters FO brave or so rash 

As to face such a man in his wrath ; 
Yet his great heart with kindness was filled to the brim — 

He obeyed who was born to command ; 
Eut he longed for the morning which then was so dim — 

For the iuo;T>ing which now is at hand. Chorus. 

'Twas a long weary night — we were almost ill fear 

That the future was more than he knew ; 
'Twas a long weary night — but the moruino; is near, 

And the words of our prophet are true. 
There are signs in the sky that the. darkness is gone — 

There are tokens in endless array ;. 
While the storm which had seeinragiyijftuished tbo dawiL 

Only hastens the advent of day. Chums. 

PUBLISHED BY 

T. B. STAYSER, S3 Wicbenden St., Providence, R, I. 

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^5 -JV— 

What_Longstreet Feais. 

sung by the "WiLu CATS" of Co. B, Wh N: J. Vols.) 

Wv 

We started ofl'from Washington, not very long ago, 

With brave Lieutenant-Colonel Tay, to fight the rebel foe. 

We sailed on down Polomac's tide to Old Virginia's shore, 

And then went down to Suffolk-town and joined some thousands more. 

CAoms^-ta. the Old Virginia low lands, low lands, 
In the Old Virginia low lands, low. 

The rebels here besieged the place, with Longstreet in corftmaod ; 
They swore the Yankees they would take, or drive them from (he land ; 
But one day they saw a sight—a sight they could not bear^^ 
It was the colifrs of the " 10th*' high floating in the air. 
Chorus—In the Old Virginia low lands, &c. 

Then Lougstreet said unto his men, " I wonder what's to pay t 
I thought the ' 10th' from Washington would never come away* 
But, to my great astonishment, I see they have at 
I am afraid we'll all be caught by them without a 

CÄOJ-ZW—-In the Old Virginia low lands, &c. 

" I tell you now skedaddle^ boys, for its. not liealthy here j 
The ' BLOODY TBJNTH' is in the field-^they are the boys 1 fearj 
Conspicuous out in yonder field my startled eyes do see, j 
Those famous ' Wild Cats' which is said composes Company B| 

Chorus*~-\\i the Old Virginia low lands, &c. 

" I say again skedaddle, boys, for if a charge they make, 
Why woe be to my 'Tager men' that they should overtake. 
Although they ïnay o*er run our lafid :a»u srteaTawnr our 
'Tis better than to make a stand and find but early graves.3' 

Chorus—In the Old Virginia low lands, &»c. 

i 

So with his sixty thousand strong^ which there was said to be,| 
He started ofl' on "double quick" to help old General Lee ; 
But should he think of Coming backj and get from Jeff a ' 
It won't be good, so he'll be caught and shower-bathed at"L 
Chorus—In the Old Virginia low lands, Stc. 

GIDEON & PEABSOH, Printers, &11 9th Street, Washington City. 

 The Undersigned will open the Hotel at these Springs on 

I 

For tha accommodation of persons desiring to visit this well 
knowiranil deservedly popular watering place. The houses have 

ALL 

REPAIRE», 

And the rooms newly furnished, and no pains will l>e spared to 
render visitors comfortable. 

It is unnecessary to speak of the Medicinal qualities of the 
water, as there are none to compare with them in the State ; 
having been the great "medicine water" of the Aboriginees for 
centuries. Those desirous of visiting the springs this season 
for health, will find it to their advantage to give Cohutta a trial. 

. For One Week or less, $1 25 per day, and for a longer 
time at the rate of $1 00 per day. 

The Springs are 20 miles ^orth-east of Dalton, the near 
est point on the W. & A. Railroad, from which place a hack 
will run daily. 

W. C. LOUGHMILLLER. 

MAY 12, 1860. 

. COURIER JOB OFFICE, ROME. 

 COUL.TÇ:« 

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DEMOCRACY OF THE UNION. 

The Campaign CoBistilulion 

Will be published on every Thursday morning until after the Presidential election in No 
vember, on a sheet of the same dimensions as the 

SEMI-WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. 

It is unnecessary to tell our brother Democrats^tha^ if they would conquer in the great 
contest in November next, they should exert themselves to circuîtitu papers which sustain 
their principles and support their candidates. 

We hope that every friend of BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE will assist ns in giving the widest 
circulation to the Campaign Constitution. That he may feel confident that it will be worthy 
of support, we take pride in publishing the following circular, which has been issued by the 
National Democratic Executive Committee: 

TO THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY. 

TJIK NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE earnestly recommend the friends of 
BRECKIXRIDGE AND LANE throughout the Union to form clubs for subscribing to the CAMPAIGN 
CONSTITUTION. We are satisfied that it will not only be directed manfully and earnestly to 
the support of our principles and candidates, but that it will exhibit the ability and judgment 
required in the present unprecedented and extraordinpvy exigency. 

It is now a time for vigorous ,anrl prompt action. A large circulatvüi oi the CAMPAIGN 
CONSTITUTION will, we are satisfied, do much to advance fir ^.tute; and we hope that our 
friends will take especial pains to form clubs, se'ui ou names, aud use every exertion to give 
it the wide&t possible circulation. 

iu Iwrhalf of the Com'Tiirtcp: 

ISAAC I. STEVENS, Chairman. 
DEM. Ex. COM, ROOMS, WASHINGTON, Juin IS, I860. 

In order that -<ve may place our paper within the m.ch of every democrat, we otier it at 
a price which will barelj xx>\ i>r .h(> cost of publication. 

TERMS CASH, IN ADVANCE. 
Single copies........................................................................................... 50 cents. 

Clubs of twenty and under one hundred........................................................ 45 " 

" " one hundred or more...................................................,..,..........:... 40 " 

Postage r.tamps not received in payment of subscriptions. 
JISPAll orders to be sent direct to 

WILLIAM M. BEOWNE, 
Editor and Proprietor, Letter box 7 7V, Washington, D. C. 

 CO-OPERATION MEETING 

OF THE CITIZENS OF STEWART COüKTY. 

'A large number of the citizens of 
Stewart county assembled in the Court 
House, agreeable to previous notice, to 
take into consideration the present po 
litical crisis of the country, and to se 
lect three Delegates to represent the 
county in the. State Convention on the 
16th January next. 

L. BKYAN was called to preside over 
the meeting, and P. H. GREGORY was 
appointed Secretary. 

On motion, a committee of twenty-one 
was appointed to draft resolutions for 
the consideration of the meeting, and 
to select three fit and proper persons to 
represent this county in the Convention, 
pledged to a co-operation of all the 
Southern States and in opposition to 
separate State action and immediate 
secession. 

The committee reported, by their 
Chairman, Hon. JAMES L. WIMBKJILY, 
the following resolution^: 

Resolved let. The Northern States 
must repeal their personal liberty bills. 

2d. We must have the obligation of 
the Northern States to carry out the 
provisions of the Constitution in rela 
tion to the rendition of fugitives from 
service and justice. 

3d. The non-elayeholding States must 
uot, by their laws nor their people, al 
low the people of the South to be de 
prived of their slave property, nor be 
disturbed in the enjoyment of the same, 
when visiting such non-slaveholding 
. States on business or pleasure, nor 
when driven on their soil by .accident 
or stress of weather. 

•4th. Negroes are not citizens and 
shall not vote in federal elections, nor 
be eligible to office under the Constitu 
tion. 

5th. Congress shall not interfere with 
slavery in the District of Columbia, nor 
elsewhere, in any manner inconsistent 
with the rights, the honor, the safety and 

' the domestic tranquility of the Southern 
States, nor with the niter-State-*lave 
trade. 

6th. The Territories shall be admit 
ted to be common property aud open in 
common settlement, and the inhabitant« 
shall be protected in the enjoyment of 
their property of any kind recognized 
as property m the States from which 
they emigrated. 

"7th. When Stata governments are 
formed they shall èe admitted into the 
Union with or without slavery, as their 
Constitution may determine. 

8th. The General Government must 
enforce these and all other provision« 
of the Constitution, and adequate legis 
lation must be provided for the enforce 
ment and protection of all constitution 
al rights. 

9th. We are not in favor of separat« 
State action until a reasonable time has 
been given and proper efforts made to 
bring about a co-operation of all, or as 
many of the slave-holding States as are 
willing to meet in Southern Conven 
tion. 

, 10th. That in co-operation with such 
slave-holding States as will so meet in 
Convention, Georgia will, to the last ex 
tremity, act in adopting and carrying 
out such measures as will secure to her 
her rights under the Constitution, or 
failing therein, we shall hold that the 
Argument is exhausted, and will stand 
by our arms. * 

The names of JOHN C. BYRD, SIMON 
HOLT,' and CHARLES H. WAHREN were 
presented to the meeting as suitable 
names to represent this county in the 
Convention on the 16th January next. 

The resolutions and nominations were 
read and unanimously agreed to. 

The meeting then adjiurned. 

L. BEYAN, Chairman. 

P. H. GREGORY, Secretary.. 

December 18, 1860. 

 E. MERTON COULTER 

MILLEDGEVILLE, GA„ October 9th, 1860. 
(D)aafi <~PLfi: fllfa Lac^ to call Ljau.fi attantLan ta tha fact, that me. 
Lntend attain to fiu.LlisA a D-A-ILY iRJEOOiRJDEuR, du-fiing. 
tha <~Pa&slan af tha af^l^aactilncc. ^aa^&LatiLfia. fis. LJOLL mafia 
a s.uLscfiLLafi last ujaafi, ma mould La fi.Laas.ed ta fia-entafi ijau.fi 
naina aq^aLn u.jïan. au.fi Looks., flffa fLattafi au.fi&elLie& that ma ooLia 
Lj.au. an LntafiastL^q!. and cafifiact ^oitfinaL aß tha ^feQLslatLiia frfia- 
aeedLna&f Lncludbi^. tha daLaias., as. mall as. tha latest nams. ; and 
s.hauld ma fiaaaLua s_ufßciant ancou-fiao^amant ta aut/iafiLg.a tha ax.- 
/t£/z&£. ma mill do still liettefi. (Du.fi daslfia Ls ta ßlne a still fullafi 
afiitoina of aLL s./^aaaha& u.fcan Ln^afitant LLLLs. t/iat fnaju. La Lntfio- 

diLcad. fllfLLL LJOU. notLnt.afiast Lj.ou.fis£lß l/jg. calling, tha attantLan 
of Ljau.fi neiahkafis. andffiLands. to tha 

of 

du_fiina. tha •-Pas.slan, $ / ' , Ln adnanaa. 
tha fiaca/ïtlan aß $ £> ffiam. anij. ana, ma mill &anda J^a. QfiatL 

J£PLaas£. s.end in Ljau.fi nairua as. saan as. /ta&sllda, s.o that ma can 
afi fiança ou.fi (LßLfiactLan Jj^jaak. 

/Wa LiiLLL hama dau-LLa moil s.afiulca} and thafia wlLL La no da- 
LOLJ, Ln fiacaLulno^ Lj.ou.fi fia/^afis., as. ma azcfiect to moil tha fiafiafis. at 
tha cLcLS.a of each doLj. contalnLna^ that daij.}s. 1^-acaadLna^s.. 

M. OHME & SON. 

 E. MERTOtf COULTER 

(i r;i n il Concert! 

T HE 

Assisted "by the Quintette Club/coider 
the direction i of .Prof. Chas. H. Ureolir. 

Also, by some of the best .AMATEUR PERFORMERS, of,the City. 

î 

-*sni& 

Thiirscltiy Evening, Bee. 13th, 

OBJECT—To-raise-funds to aid in paying for the-New Organ. 

-JP-A-ItT I. 

. l—« With full Voiced Choir resounding."—— ._„..- — 

2_Overture to the Opera—«Ambassadrice, (Quintette.). 
. 3—The Winged Messenger—Vocal Solo..-..--*--- — _..__ — _.---__„.Fesca. 

4—Operatic Mwceaux..--..— ------ „ — „ ———————— .Duette for two Plûtes. 

• .-?*—" Lift tip yottp-stately heads.". 

6—Quartette -fpem the Opera 

Quartette. 

1—Quartette«frorfctrM-Opera •"Fra'Diavolo.".._. —————.—.... 

2—The Seaman's Prayer,.- — — —— „.--.-----... — —— — 
. S—Air-Allemand^-Var.-------------- —— ____—.-....__ —. 

4—Overture to the Opera—"Stradella," (Quintette.)..-_..———— 

5—The Marseilles Hymn,......_— ——— — — ————— — - — —Boloand Chorus. 

£^°ADMB3SION 50 Cents. Tickets to-be had,.at ?.the Stores : of Messrs. E. J- 
Johnston & CoJr 3. A. & S. S. Virgins, at the Book'Stores, and at the door. 
)oors,open at 7 o'clock—Concert to commence at 7 1-2 o'clock. 

r 'The Piano used on this occasion, has been -kindly furnished by Messrs. E. J. Johnston 
.&. Co. 

 .VT Ho, i ATHEN -i, Dec. 14,18(/ 

Flain- 

k'u—-•' i reply to your note of 
allow mo to say that since my 
j from public life in 1843, I have 
but One occasion taken any active part 
ihi the politics of the country, and that was 
the .'ompromise measures of 1850. I 
s.thui in a minority in my State, as well 
Hj* tho vfholc Union. I yielded, without 
complaint,- and have not participated iii 
any political strife since. But I have read 
«inch, an1, carefully watched the progress 
of public invents, down to thopresont catas 
trophe, of Vie election of a Black'Eepub- 
licau, sectii^al President of the United 

States, 

yi a 
ant 

avow-eti 

Lvieoln. 
iet; öl 

hos 

tile triumphant party,being the overthrow 
and final destruction of the institutions of 
the slayeholdlng.States of tho urton, has 
necessarily produced a deep sensation of 
^ fxciiemont Jhrongliont the slaveholding 
States of th</South, and the question natu 
rally forées itself npon every person capa- 
tte of understanding the question, What 
•>s the best fjincdy to secure the interest of 
['ie Southern-States? But, gentlemen, you 
f*d many cithers who have known me best 
;) id knowii me longest, desire my views 
ipon this nil-important subject, and yon 

. 11 

to be the implacable and irrepressible ene- 

niy of every slaveholder «ncl of all others 
\vhu dv, not think and feel as they do on 
that subject. Their minds bave been com- 
plotoly saturated with the one great idea 
which they entertain in regard to negro 
slavery. They have been dyed in the wool. 
Their first lessons received under the pa- 
i-ont-al roof, at the breast of their mothers, 
and in the nursery room of infancy, aid 
ed by startling pictures of cruelty inflicted 
on negroes by their demon-like masters. 
Then the teachings in the Sabbath and com 
mon schools, done its work faithfully in the 
same direction. And to more fully confirm 
these early teachings, the venerated and 
holy minister of the sanctuary, has done 
his full share in blasphemy against God 
and man, in confirming slander and false 
hood upon the minds of these misguided 
people. 

What hope can wo have of bringing such 
a people as this to a knowledge of the 
truth? I haveiio hope that a people brought 
up under such misapprehensions, and so 
thoroughly educated and instructed in re 
gard to'bur slave institutions, can do jus 
tice to a slaveholder. 

Under all the existing circumstances, I 
believe the best hope of prosperity left to 
all the slave holding States, is to secede 
from our present Federal Union at once, 

>nce 
T" 

l o 

rights, , 
W.-T:-1 H. 

r vc t hem freely. I have nothing to without delay, and as soon as may be, 
(My motto w *'(.odand my eoau- form a new ar^d Independent Confederacy, 
K. r\v ji-oni early 1 oyh -oti aiid allowing non.e but those recognizing the 
roughest ii iy I'f'e, gloried in our admira- right of holding negro slaves within their 
''vv- Govecmfer1* :'.;ir) i i|:i-' Mini* - a. j'lacc in the now Confederacy.— 
enjoyed to tiie Aill, its on- JLm .-l_c act oTboeeseion shou'd bj the sep- 
:ory and renown, amongst ara le act of each sovereign State, in sepa- 
!--•> ui';iu-£l^ih. Other bless- Irate Conventions. It is easy to prove the 
h are &«.> ua^fiW'Boughl, by1 OUT 'kidispuuiLIo right of a State to secede from 

onr present Union. It is the most valua 
ble reserved right of each State of tho Un 
ion, And the idea of forcing a State back 
into the Union, is quite too preposterous 
to merit refutation. Even Greeley him 
self, treats with scorn and derision the 

ings, wlii 
ni ce, havj 
t>t' my til 

3 never occupied so large ajsharc 
10 or thoughts, as that of the hon- 
»rj.-.uu glpry of my country. Therefore, 1 
Inive constantly felt, and often said, when 
the country has heretofore been passing 
through Opoehs of political strife and triât, 

• 27t<-- Fegend Union 

t. be preserved." 

[ have glotied in our Union and its expan 
sion, a a wc'l, in -consideration of its bene- 
ftcviit iijiîuonco on the Governments of the 
^-human rai^e everywliere, as its benefits to 
,©*ir own people; and, up to a* very recent 
' date, my mind has been incessantly engag- 
' in devidâig plans, to make even the hu- 
i?Kat4eg cifiustroplit «ri'Mc.X'u^uolTi'fi c-lcc- 
Q, ihn 1,'A-an.s of uringiug iibout a better 
te of thalgs, in regard to the slave ques- 

allthat I-have said, and 

I tit alas! Waer a 
tr • f.ly sa id, t jhw.for • 

tlv.-.t wo of 
15-b'i 

?orced to the conclusion 
Somli cannot tave tho Fed- 
We are a minority. The 
ireliug States'J»iiud save the Union, but- 
TUc Union is already bro- 
in to ho united. The cords 
u»i u.^, in fraternal bonds 
-wounds of deadty hate 
1i M deep." Violated faith 
tired. Tho fanatics and 

>-.y will 
ïcn, never a 
v, hich Giicx* 
are sundAr 
have piciied 
- .niiot It ie 

A Hualists of the North, are laboring tin- 

strong ulelusiouE — they 

lies 

M lie gj'cat ms**?Kof the people of theNc-i'4h 
0, the present da}, believe that they .are- 
'ûiider a. licier law than auy human code, 

\ 

idea of forcing States to continue in our 
present Union. 

I could greatly amplify the ideas I have 
expressed, but time will not permit, and 
to conclude within the one hour which I 
have allowed myself to write this hasty 
communication—allow me to say, I am ap 
prised of their being diversity of opinion 
on this subject—all good and patriotic men. 
Leins be a band of brothers in Georgia.— 
Let all our old strifes cease. Let us create 
no new ones. Although born in Virginia, 
1 have lived in Georgia upwards ol 77 
years. Few have lived in the State so 
long—none have received a larger share of 
tho kindness find confidence of her people. 
Were L not devoted to Georgia, and tho 
best interest of her people, I would be less 
than a man. Here are the graves of my 
parents and grand-parents, of most of my 
brothers, and six of my own beloved sons. 

I say to the people of Georgia, "whither 
thou gocst I will go, and whither thou 
lodg< st I will lodge. Thy people shall be 

^ i ., ---- —- my people, and thy God my God. Where 
l.i'ch v. ill dfstroy them. Tho^e who form- thou dic;,t I will die, and there will I be 

buried.' - Nothing btn death shall part us!" 
'WILSON LUMPKIN. 

 COMMEFCTEMENT. 

I860. 

y • 

 " Rebuke them if thou wilt rebuke, but neither hastily noi harshly ; 
Or, if thou wilt commend, be it honestly, of right." 

ORDER OF EXERCISES. 

;p n .À. Y E n * 

MUSIC. 

* Cm Magna LamU, Miss ANKIE M. DOUGLASS, .................. Auquata. 

"^gjalutatory. 

MUSIC. 

Misé EUGENIA S. PRICE,. 

Light. 

Miss ELI2À M. LEWIS,............ '................... .^.........B-urlce Co., 

"A Mother's Love. 

MUSIC? 

Miss ELLA C. MAXWELL,......•.............:.::.............Oglfthorpe Co. 

Heart Echoes; 

"Grade of distinction. 

 *0am Laud* <Mj«*' ANNIE M. SHEPHEftD, . . . . .......... 

The Album— Memory's Link. 

.Ma&ton, 

MUSIC. 

Miss ANNIE M. DOUGLAS8,. 

The Tear. 

*Otm Summa I&ude, Miss ELLA Vf. KEY,........................Eatonton, 

" Alas for Truth ! it hath so many Counterfeits." 

Valedictory to the Trustees. 

MUSIC, 

*C<im Summa, Lcmde, Miss MARY V. WILLINGHAM,..,. 

r . Taste. 
•'*" , -Valedictory to the faculty. 

*0um Summa Lande, Miss CALLIE B. LANE.........................Oxford, 

" The Golden Threads of Life's mingled Web." 
Valedictory to the Class. 

MUSIO* 

MUSIC, 

BENEDICTION, 

*Grade of distinction. 

 AFTERNOON, <74 O'CLOCK. 

MUSIC. 

i r . l 

©F 

ÏO TfiE. GfiAÄLATIXÜ CLAS§. 

* 

BY BISHOP GEORGE F. PIERCE. 

" GKOKGIA WEBKLY TISITOK " PEINT, MADISON, ——— 

'- 

 ih antt (Sitaà fail 

To tlie President and Directors of the Mobile and Girard Rail Road : 

GEXTHaMKN :— In obedience to an order from your body, I herewith present you with a statement of the earnings 
of your road for the first quarter of the cm-rent fiscal year, (June 1C — Sept. 30) and also its present condition. 

Your ob't serv't, GEO. A. B. SMTTH. Secretary. 

Capital Stock, Girard to Union Springs, (including $151,083.12, ascertained since June 15, I860,) 

far as ascertained.................. .................................................................................... $888,546 47 

Capital Stock Interest...... ............... ................................................................................. 270 469 26 

" Pike Extension... ......................................... ................................'..'.."...""..'. " 9' 730 00— 1,108,743 7?i 

Freight Earnings. ......... ...... ......... ...... ......... ......... ......... ......... ..................... ............ ......... $183,781 45 

Passenger Earnings. ....................................... ................................................... .............. 136 215 93 

Mail Service................................................................................................................... 12,'Ï43 90— 332,141 34 

Bills Payable.......... ........................................................................................................ $ 57,029 11 

Kau Road Bonds.......... ......... ................................. ....... ............................................... 50,000 00 

Bills Receivable, tobe returned to makers.................. . ................ ...................................... 2,000 (Ml 

Location-Loan, Suspense... ......... ......... ............... ......... ............... ...... ...... ...... ......... 'o75 00 

Due other Roads................ ............................................................................................ (593 ]7_ 110,220 28 

$1,611.113 35 

Construction, Girard to Union Springs, (far as now known)......... ................................ ....... $776,408 05 

do. Pike county.......................................................... .... ................................. 9,730 00 

Engineering...................................................................... ............................................ 68,469 27 

Outfit.................... ........................................................................................................ 79,990 18 

Bridge, (Chattahoochee).......................... .............................................................. ......... 31,337 12 

Stock Interest................................... ............................................ ................................ 270,409 20—1,230,410 7« 

Repairs of Road............................................................................................................. 82,254 53 

Transportation.................................................................. ...................................... ...... 189,600 87 

Interest......................................................................................................................... 45,494 39 

In hands of Agents.......................................................................................................... 9,208 63' 

Due in open accounts......................."........ ..................................................,....,............... 806 83 

Balance on hand : 
City Bonds (hypothecated).. .......................................................................... .......$24,00(1 0(1 

Bills Receivable.................................................................................................. 20,018 62 

Cash.................................................................................................................. 3,198 80—47,217 42— 374,702 57 

$1,011,113 35 
Disbursement for account of old liabilities, (incurred previous to IStli June last,) $28,375 90, (included in above Exhibit.) 

GEO. A. B. SMITH, Treasurer. 

dross Earnings of the M. & G. R. R. for the fiscal qr. ending Sept 30,1860. 

FISCAL QUARTEK^-'J 1-2 MOS. 

June 10 80.... .............................................. 

July................................. .......................... 

East Freight. 

45 90 

78174 

569 16 

4,328 02 

5,71982 

West Freight. 

1,052 73 

1,849 02 

2,097 35 

1,787 37 

(i,787 07 

Total Freight. 

1,098 03 

2,031 30 

2,000 51 

0,11039 

12,500 89 
9,211 19 

3,295 70 

East Passage. 

074 75 

1,58040 

1,328 05 

1,203 58 

4,787 38 

"West Passage. 

Ob9 10 

1,614 55 

1,507 95 

1 ,291 75 

5,073 35 

Total Passage. 

1,33385 

3,194 95 

2,830 00 

2,495 33 

9,80073 
8,73085 

1,129 88 

Total Boeing». 

2,432 48 

5,820 31 

5,503 11 

8,605 72 

22,367 02 
1 7 942 04 

- ' 

4,425 58 

Bales Cotton. 

118 

040 

4,794 

5,552 
4 4)4'> 

' 

1,310 

 Office Öpelika and Talladega Rail Road Company, 

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20 

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Dear Sir : 

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Secretary and Treasurer, 

 ODiïm of ftu j$m §0!» 

and) 

can 

& c«// yoMfc aiieniion 4o the jaœt thai 4ht 
i/y> oj- ihe MOSS HOSE CANDIES ^iill aoei- onr 
and Avlicvt u<mï> oideu; jeeuna aumed ihod 
qiv-e he'iieci Aaii^aciton «* i& qualvlu and /lùce. 

a I II t t a I 

(jandieA. ale all wiade c-i a jttet claM article oi 
and aie nci adidi&iaied w-iih anuthmq io l&M 

PER BOZ. 

MOSS ROSE CANDIES, in stick, 20 FRESH OYSTERS, in 1 Ib. cans. . . 

different styles and flavors.. ..... 

" " in 2 11). cans. . . 
MINT LUMPS, 30 to the Ib ....... 

i-,r.rTT,n T>r.^Tic. ! SPICED " HI 1 Ib. CaUS. . . 

FRUIT DROPS, embracing every 
flavor from choice fruits.. . ...... " " in 2 Ib. cans. .. 

FANCY CANDIES, fine, imported SARDINES, in 4 boxes. ........... 

" common, " PICKLES, | gallon.. .............. 

S.S. ALMONDS.................. " ^ " ................ 

BRAZILNUTS. ............ ..... " J " ................ 

PECANS..... ................... " whole gallon...... 

FILBERTS ......... ............ COCOANUTS. . . . ................. 

SODA CRACKERS, in boxes of 25 
Ibs.orbbls. .................... ^ RAISINS, in i boxes.............. 

BUTTER CRACKERS, in boxes of " in i boxes.............. 

25 Ibs. or bbls .. ............ " in whole boxes......... 

I have in operation an extensive Bakery, and can fill or 
ders for CRACKERS, supply weddings, picnics, &c., &c., with 
CAKE, ornamented in superior style. Send your orders for any 
thing—what I havn't in store, I will furnish at market price. 

W. H. H. PHEUPS. 

N. B. The above are wholesale prices; in filling orders 
an additional charge will be made when less than original pack 
ages are ordered. W. H. H. P. 

 ( ClRCCLAll NO. 2. ) 

lost 

APPOINT 

OFFICE, 

SIR r 

The POSTMASTER GENERAL has this day discontinued^? the Post Office of 

in the County of 

^<Z? 

and J3tate of 

The Postmaster of the most convenient office to the foregoing is required by the 
F-pslmaster General to obtain the public property belonging to the late post office of 

. __——I—,_~__^______!—^—___ such as mail-keys, 

?s, desks, books, stationery, &c., and to transmit the keys and books to this Depart 
ment, addressed to this Office ; also to direct the mail contractor, or the carrier, to omit 
supplying said office with the mail. 

He is furthermore requested to make known to the people interested in the office 
the cause, as above stated, of its discontinuance ; and it becomes the duty of such Post 
master to open, deliver, and account for, the mails addressed to the late office. 

His doings in the premises he is required to report with all convenient despatch, 
under address to me. 

This letter, sir, is sent to you. under a belief that you are the most convenient Post 
master to the office above named. If you are not, be pleased to forward it, without delay, 
to the Postmaster who is, who will perform the duties above required. 

Very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

Postmaste. 

Assistant Postmaster General. 

 n 

08t (Bffit* 

SIR: 

Your official bond and oath of office having been 
received and placed on file, I have the pleasure, 
herewith, to forward your commission. 

Respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

HORATIO KING, 

First Assistant Postmaster General. 

Postmaster, _ 

 FINANCE OFFICE, 

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SIE: 

Herewith you will receive a key fitting the iron mail lock. 

The safe keeping of the mail key should always be an object of your systematic and watchful 
care. It must never be exposed to public observation, nor placed where it may be lost or stolen, 
nor suffered to pass, even for a moment, into the hands of any one not a sworn, officer of the 
Department. The loss of a mail key, as it affords facilities for robbing the mails, is an act of 
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To the Postmaster of 

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PUBLIC MEETING IN TERRELL COUNTY. 

At a meeting of the citizens in Dawson, on the 4th inst., 
on motion of Capt. C. ß. Woolen, Messrs. Moses H. Bald 
win and Haley Johnslon were called to the Chair, and Unas. 
Gonley requested ta act as Secretary, when the object of the 
meeting was explained by Moses H. Baldwin, one of the 
Chairmen. It was then moved and seconded that two per 
sons be appointed by the Chair from each Militia district to 
report business for the meeting, which being done, the fol 
lowing preamble and resolutions were reported i.hr>a^ 
—Chairman, wEich were adopted by a large majority. 

Whereas, the Legislature of Georgia has called a Conven 
tion ot the Sovereign People to determine upon the mode, 
measure and time of resistance to Black Republican ag- 
gresion ; and whereas, it is right and proper that the peo 
ple in their primary meetings should give expression to 
their opinions and sentiments, Be it therefore 
RESOLVED, 1st. That the election of Lincoln to the Presi 
dency by the North against the interest and desires of the 
South, to say nothing of the unconstitutional and ruinous 
policy of the party which elected him, is a gross and palpa 
ble violation of the fundamental principle of Republicanism 
and Liberty, and ought not to be quietly and tamely sub 
mitted to by freemen. 

2d. As the sense of this meeting, that the South has al 
ready suffered wrongs and made concessions enough, and 

lllaJ, arty fiirthfir prnpneitinns to ^ompromiee, must coinc 

from the North ; that, in our judgment, the time has come 
to settle the slavery question forever in favor of the South » 
and that the honor, integrity and institutions of Georgia and 
of the whole South must be maintained and vindicated at 
all hajLartJSj and at any sacrifice. 

£d. That while we oppose hasty and inconsiderate action, 
we earnestly recommend that the Convention of Georgia 
sternly and peremptorily demand sufficient indemnity and 
security for our rights and institutions, by requiring that the 
Personal Liberty bills be repealed, and that the Constitution 
of the United States be so amended as to contain a special 
and express recognition of slaves as property, and so as to 
guarantee in terms to the Southern men the full and perfect 
right to enjoy his slave property in the common territory of 
the United States ; and we further recommend that said 
Convention pass resolutions declaring Georgia out of the 
Union unless these demands and requisitions shall be fully 
complied with at the earliest practicable day to be desig 
nated by the Convention. 

4lh. That inasmuch as tie fifteen Southern States have 

common institutions and a rommon interest, we are in favor 

of calling a Convention of tie Slaveholding States with a 

view to form a Southern Confederacy in the event the above 

demands and requisitions are disregarded. 

MOSES H. BALDWIN, 

HALEY JOHNSTON, 

CHARLES CONLEY, Secretary. 

Chairmen. 

The Convention also nominated CHARLES KOLB and B. 
F. Cox as Delegates to the Convention, which nomination 
was unanimously approved. 

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' 

SOUTHERN 

Resolutions passed in meeting, IStJi Nov. 1860. 

Resolved, That Gen. Paul J. Semmes be, and 
he is hereby appointed to the command of the 
Military Department of this organization. 

Resolved, That a committee of five be appoin 
ted to communicate to him the foregoing reso 
lution and solicit his acceptance; and to request 
him to proceed without delay to the organization 
of a Brigade. 

COLUMBUS, GA., Nov. 15. 
Gtn. Paul J. Semmes— 

DEAR SIR : Inclosed please find a copy of the 
proceedings of the "Southern Guard," held at 
Temperance Hall on the 13lh inst., at which, 
resolutions were unanimously adopted, appoint 
ing you to the command, soliciting your accep 
tance, and requesting you to proceed, without 
delay, to complete the organization of a Brig 
ade. 

The undersigned earnestly ask your compliance 
with the wishes of the meeting, as expressed in 
the resolutions. Awaiting an early, and we hope 
favorable response, we subscribe ourselves, 
Yours, respectfully, 

J. M. RUSSELL, ] 
F. G. WILKINS, | 
W. R. TURMAN, Î Com. 

T. J. NUCKOLLS, 
G. W. ATKINSON. 

J 

COLUMBUS, GA.; 15 Nov., 1860. 

Gentlemen : Your letter of this date has been 
received, accompanied with resolutions advising 
me of your appointment as a committee by the 
Southern Guard to apprise me of my unanimous 
election to the command of its Military Depart 
ment, and soliciting my acceptance, and request 
ing me to proceed, without delay, to the organi 
zation of a Brigade. 

Heartily approving of the objects of your or 
ganization, I accept, gentlemen, the profferöd 
honor, and thank you and those you represent, 
for this mark of your confidence, and trust your ! 
good opinion will not be disappointed. I 

Southerners have a high and sacred duty to ! 
perform—Southerners know well how to perform 
that duty. "He who dallies is a dastard ; he who 
doubts is damned;" and he who cries peace, 
peace, union, union, when there is no peace, no 
union, and never can be, with a fanatic and infi 
del people, who, repudiating GOD and the Bible, 
have proclaimedlthemselves in favor of an anti- 
slavery Bible and an anti-slavery God, deserves 
everlasting execration. 

I rejoice at the dawning of the day which is to 
separate us, I trust forever, from such a people 
—a people, who folding the arms of the Federal 
Government around the South, stand behind 
filching from their pockets—a people, who, 
through the operations of Federal law, rob the 
South annually of one hundred and five millions 
of dollars; decennially, of one tliousand and 
fifty millions; and two thousand one hundred 
millions of dollars every twenty years ! No won 
der they love "the Union—jhe "glorious Union.', 

It enriches them—by robbing us. Eternal hostili 
ty, say I, to such people, and REBELLION to their 
accursed federal misrule ! Separated from them, 
they arc impotent to harm us. Their votes ; 
their hands (in our pockets')—WE DREAD. Their 
bayonets—themselves—WE DESPISE ! Let a united 
South rally and strike down this God-forsaken 
Union with robbers, fanatics, incendiaries, assas 
sins, infidels ! 

Believing that the union of the South lies 
through the blood ot'her sons, the note of Aboli 
tion war on our Southern coasts will be no un 
pleasant sound to me. Let. consequences take 
care of tliemseh'cs I Are ice to cot'nt consequen 
ces, when property, liberty, Jionor, family, are the 
great stalees ? MERCIFUL FATHER FORBID ! For 
ever perish the craven who would surrender these j 
for fear of consequences ! Rather let the icelkin , 
ririg ; SouTHROHS, arise ! BUCKLE ON YOUR 
ARMOR ! TRUST IN GOD AND STIKE FOR INDE 
PENDENCE ! HIS RIGHT ARM WILL SUPPORT 
YOU ! HE WILL OVERRULE CONSEQUENCES ! 

Pardon me, gentlemen, for transcending the 
limits of an answer to your letter. 
Very respectfully, 

YTour obedient servant, 

PAUL J. SEMMES. 

Messrs. James M. Russell, F. G. Wilkins, W. R. 
Turman, Thomas J. Nuckclls, G. W. Atkinson, 
Committee. 

for the same by drills, Ac.: or, that any expense 
shall be incurred by its members except that each 
willprovidehimselfwithout delay with a good gun, 
a pair of pistols and a knife or sword, with such 
ammunition as he can conveniently carry; or, 
that the daily pursuit of any member shall be in 
terfered with ; until they are called for by a se- 
j ceding State ; in which event, it is expected 
that the theatre of operations will be reached 
without expense ; after which it will be the duty 
of the seceding State to provide the Material of 
war. PAUL J. SEMMES, 

Brig. Gen. 

HEAD-QRS.ISI Brig. 1st Div. SOUTHERN GUARD, 1 
COLUMBUS, GA., 10th Nov., 1860. j 
ORDERS , 

NO. r. j " *•->-' •• - . - 

I. John ja Davis is hereby appointed Assistant 
Adjutant General, with the rank of Major. 
PAUL J. SEMMES, 

Brig. Gen. Com. 

[CIRCULAR.] 

Military Enrollment. 

Individual enrollments, and the enrollment of 
organized Companies, in this and other Southern 
States, of foot, horse and artillery of not less than 
forty-six (46) including officers (to be hereafter 
increased to the full number,) and of Fire Com 
panies, Orders, Associations, Clubs^ &«., are 
invited. Applications should be made to F. W. 
Dillard, Esq., President, or Oliver Cromwell, 
Esq., Secretary. 

For information touching the Military Depart 
ment, apply to Maj. John E. Davis, Ass't. Adj. 
Gen. 

It is not contemplated to proceed further in the 
Military Department than the organization of 
companies, regiments, &c., without requiring the 
performance of any military duty, or perparation 

Extract from the Address of the 

SOUTHERN GUARD. 

In view of these grievances, we deem it our sol 
emn duty to hold the Black Republicans as ene 
mies of our dearest rights, and resolve that in the 
event of the election of Lincoln to the Presidency 
of the United States, should Georgia or any oth 
er Southern State, in her sovereign capacity, see 
proper to secede from the Union, and any attempt 
should be made by the General Government, or 
any other power, to coerce her, we hold ourselves 
ready, and hereby pledge ourselves to assist, 
with our arms and our means, such a State in 
maintaining her sovereignty and independence. 
And in order to secure indemnity for the past, 
and security in the future, we further resolve to 
form a civil and military organization, known 

[ under the name of the "Southern Guard," which 
while it violates no law of our State, shall have 

I for its objects the formation of a more perfect Un 
ion among the people of the South, and especially 
among the people of Georgia, establish justice, 
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the com- 

! mon defence, promote the general welfare, and 

! secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves, and 
to our posterity in a SouthernConfederacy. 

HEAD-QRs.lst Brig. IstDiv.SouTHERN GUARD, ) 
COLUMBUS, GA., 16 h Nov., 1860. J 
ORDERS) 
No. 2, J 

I. The appointment of C. Armstrong Bailey as 
Aid-de-Camp with the rank of Captain is hereby 
announced. 

II. The members of the Military Department 
will, without delay, mount the Blue Cockade with 
the Georgia Button, on the left side of the hat, 
near the top. 

By order of Brig. Gen. PAUL J. SEMMES. 
JOHN E. DAVIS, 
Asst. Adj. Gen. 

 MES. o. L. LEWIS, 
II. KIKG, 
H. M. WILLIAMS, 
«. 1). HOOPER. 
A. E. KYLE, 
Jî. li. BAHXETT. 

DOCT. J. T1LMAX. 

L. F. McCOY, Es«. 

M». O. L. LEWIS. 
" S. M. WILLIAMS, 
'• JAMES PARE, 
'• JOHN PHILLIPS. 

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 NEW YOEK, January l, 1861. 
To the Clergy and Laity of Christian Churches in the Southern States of the union : 

WE would salute you, brethren, in the spirit of the apostolic formula : " Grace, mercy, and peace." As 
fellow-heirs of a kingdom that " endureth for ever." we have common interests and relations superior to all 
political bonds, furnishing the basis of fraternal intercourse even in seasons of greatest civil commotion. 
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that "nine-tenths of the complaints " as to a supposed grievance "are unfounded," added this deserved rebuke 
of an unscrupulous press : " Where there is sectional strife and excitement, there seems to be a proneness on 
the part of the newspaper press, in both sections, to collect and give every fact which would inflame the pas 
sions and prejudices of one section against another. In that way, partial and unfair statements are givcnj 
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at best are greatly exaggerated? Mutual misunderstanding has been often enough the occasion of domestic 
or national calamity to induce the utmost patience and forbearance, before irrevocable action involving the 
honor and the interests of thirty millions of souls. 

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causes of impending perils, and for manly, Christian effort, under God, to avert them. It is not true that 
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stifled, for the time, by the misguided passions of men in one locality or another ; but it lives and glows in 
millions of hearts all over the land, and in them all it is loyal to the Constitution, the Union, and the Bible. 
We should hazard nothing in thus pledging the great body of the people in these northern states : we do 
not, will not distrust the great body of the people in this behalf in the southern states. Why then should 
we not seek to put an end to the existing spirit of mistrust and alienation, to stay the progress of ground 
less crimination and recrimination, and join hands, according to the grace and wisdom God may bestow, in 
the blessed office of peace-makers for our distracted country? 

It is our appropriate work. Besides the interests common to all citizens, we have a vital stake in the 
perpetuation of our Federal Union on other and higher grounds. The honor and prosperity of Protestant 

 Christianity are involved in the issue. A failure_in our great experiment of self-government, besides afford 
ing sad proof of recreancy on the part of American Christians, would be interpreted in all lands as evidence 
of the powerlessness of the only system of religion that claims to furnish an adequate basis for self-govern 
ing institutions. Disunion, too, would involve the rupture of cherished ecclesiastical ties, and the abandon 
ment of cooperative benevolence at home and abroad. The noble example of American Christian enterprise, 
and the rising influence of our Christian civilization, must wane and react, as the life-currents of charity dry 
up, and the night of our brief and brilliant day gathers gloom. And should prevalent apprehensions ripen 
into fact, so that armed strife should essay the adjustment of difficulties insoluble to reason, patriotism, and 
religion, and thus pave the way for popular infidelity, Sabbath-breaking, licentiousness—all the terrible con 
comitants of civil war—how justly would the guilty authors and abettors of this misery be visited with the 
maledictions of Christendom, and how bitter must be the self-reproaches of those who neglected any part of 
their duty in arresting or averting the dire catastrophe. 

We cannot doubt that a spirit of candor and forbearance, such as our religion prompts and the exig 
encies of our times demand, would render the speedy adjustment of our difficulties possible, consistently with 
every constitutional right. Unswerving fealty to the Constitution, justly interpreted, and a prompt return 
to its spirit and requirements, wherever there may have been divergence from either, would seem to be the 
first duty of citizens and legislators. It is our firm, and we think intelligent conviction, that only a very 
inconsiderable fraction of the people of the North will hesitate in the discharge of their constitutional obli 
gations ; and that whatever enactments are found to be in conflict therewith will be annulled. And it is our 
farther belief that an instructed and corrected public sentiment will constrain, a stricter regard for truth 
and for the rights and feelings of men, on the part alike of the press and the pulpit, in the popular discussion 
of political and moral questions. Thus will the more immediate causes of alienated feeling be suppressed, 
and the healing touch of time, the seasonable exertions of patriotic men, the peace-inspiring influence of 
religion, the spirit of fervent prayer, and the favoring providence and grace of the triune God, will cement 
aru.v i he l^rd« that .unite the North and the Snjth- the Eu,sL and th<p WesJ, in one thrice-blessed American 
brotherhood. 

To this end, dear brethren, and for the sake of those spiritual gifts so imperatively needed by our Amer 
ican Zion, let us unceasingly implore the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the rulers and people of these 
United States. 

GARDINER SPRING, --------------------------- [Pastor of Brick Presbyterian church, New York. 

W. W. PHILLIPS, -------------------------------Pastor of First Presbyterian church, New York. 

GEORGE POTTS, - ------ —— ------_.---.---...-- -University-place Presbyterian church, New York. 

J. McELROY, ---------------- - —r----------------Fourteenth-street Presbyterian church, New York. 

JOHN M. KREBS, ----------------------------Rutgers-street Presbyterian church, New York. 

FRANCIS L. HAWKS, ---------------------------Rector of Calvary Protestant Episcopal church, New York. 

THOMAS HOUSE TAYLOR, ----------------------Rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal church, New York. 

WILLIAM F. MORGAN, ----,--,---_--,---------Rector of St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal church, New York. 

JOHN COTTON SMITH,-------------------------Rector of Church of the Ascension, New York. 

H. DYER, ----- — -----.-----.---- —---------------Secretary Evangelical Knowledge Society, New York. 

N. BANGS,--------------------------------------- -Methodist Episcopal church, New York. 

J. P. DURBIN, ---------- —— ----- —— ------'.-.-- -Methodist Episcopal church, New York. 

JOSEPH HOLDICH,----------- —— .---- ————— -Secretary American Bible Society, New York. 

ABEL STEVENS, —- — ------------. ----------- -Methodist Episcopal church, New York. 

EDWARD LATHROP, ---------------------- - - - - -Pastor of Baptist Tabernacle, New York. 

A. D. GILLETTE, - —— -- — --,------„--------. -Pastor of Calvary Baptist church, New York. 

THOMAS DE WITT, ----------------------------- -Senior Pastor of Collegiate Reformed Dutch church, New York. 

GEORGE W. BETHUNE, - - - - ------------ T ----- r - -Pastor of Twenty-first-street Reformed Dutch church, New York. 

ISAAC FERRIS, --------------------..----------Chancellor of New York University. 

THOMAS H. SKINNER,- - - ----------------------- - -Union Theological Seminary, New York. 

JOEL PARKER, -------------------------------Fourth-avenue Presbyterian church, New York. 

N. MURRAY, ------ — --- — -------- — -----------. -Pastor of First Presbyterian church, Elizabeth, New Jersey. 

DAVID MAGIE, ----- — ---- — ---- — ---- — ---, -----Pastor of Second Presbyterian church, Elizabeth, New Jersey. 

CHARLES HODGE, -------------------------------Œfaeological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. 

ALEXANDER T. M'GILL,- ----------------------Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. 

JOHN MACLEAN, ---------------------------- -President Nassau Hall College, Princeton, New Jersey^] 

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 Appointing Commissioners to attend Conference at Washington City, February ±th, in accordance 

with the invitation of tlie Virginia Legislature. 

WHEÜEAS, T^; General Assembly of Virginia, with a view to/make an effort to preserve the "Union 
and the Constitution in the spirit in which they were established by the fathers of the -Republic, have, 
by resolution, invited all the States who are willing to unite with her in an earnest effort to adjust the 
present unhappy controversies, to appoint Commissioners to meet on the 4th of Pebrnary next, to 
consider, and if practicable, agree upon some suitable adjustment. 

Resolved, That we heartily accept the invitation of our Old Mother Virginia, and that the following 
six Commissioners, viz: Wm. O. Butler, Jas. B. Clay, Joshua P. Bell. ('. S. Morehead, Jas. Guthrie, 
and Chas. A. Wickliffe, be appointed to represent the State of Kentucky in the contemplated Conven 
tion, whose duty it shall be to repair to the city of Washington, on the day designated, to meet such 
Commissioners as may be appointed by any of the States in accordance with the foregoing invitation. 

Resolved, That if said Commissioners shall agree upon any plan of adjustment requiring amendments 
to the Federal Constitution, they be requested to communicate the proposed amendments to Congress, 
for the purpose of having the same submitted by that body, according to the forms of the Constitution, 
to the several States for ratification. 

Resolved, That if said Commissioners cannot agree in an adjustment, or if agreeing, Congress shall 
refuse to submit for ratification such amendments as they may propose, the Commissioners of this State 
shall immediately communicate the result to the Executive of this Commonwealth, to be by him laid 
before this General Assembly. 

Resolved, That in. the opinion of the General Assembly of Kentucky the propositions embraced in the 
resolutions presented to the Senate of the United States by the lion. John J.('ritteudeu,so construed that 
the first article proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the U ni ted States shall apply to all the 
Territory of the United States now held or hereafter acquired south of latitude 36 deg. and 30 min., 
JLII>! jwiwMo i.h»-1. slavery of he .Vrrif.au race shall be effectually protected as property herein during 
the continuance of the territorial government ; and the Iburth article shall secure to the owners, of 
slaves the right of transit with their slaves between and through the non-slaveholding States and 
Territories, constitute the basis of such an adjustment of the unhappy controversy which now divides 
the States of this Confederacy, as would be acceptable to the people of this Commonwealth. 

Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby, requested to communicate information of the forego 
ing appointment to the commissioners above named, at as early a day as practicable, and that he also 
communicate copies of the foregoing resolutions to the Executives of the respective States. 

DAVID MERIWETHER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

THOMAS P. PORTER, 

• Speaker of the Senate. 

Approved January 29, 1861. B. MAGOFFIN. 

By the Governor : 

THOS. B. MONROE, JR., Secretary of State. 

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" 

 ALEEMARIJE COUNTY, Jan, 12, 1861. 
Wm. O. Rives and V. W. Seuthall, Estfs: 

Gentlemen—Taking it for granted that the bill for the call of a Convention, now pending 
before the Legislature, will speedily become a law, we feel the necessity of selecting, without 
delay, those whom we desire to represent us in that most important body. Uninfluenced, we 
trust, by any earthly consideration other than the wish to avail ourselves, on this momentous 
occasion, of the beet order of talents, and the largest amount of experience and patriotism 
within our reach, we ask you to allow us to place you in nomination for this high and res' 
ponsible position. 

We believe that the time has come when the questions eo long pending between the Nortn 
and the South must be settled, and settled forever, and in a manner satisfactory to our section» 
or we can no longer remain a united people. In such a crisis, without indicating more distinctly 
our own views, or asking you to pledge yourselves to any specific course or policy, we are content to 
place our honor and our interests,1! so far as they will be involved in the action of the con 
vention, in your hands and we trust that you will not shrink from the responsibility which 
we seek to impose upon you. 

(Signed) T. J. WERTENBAKER, 

E. K. WATSON, 
JNO. H. BIBB, 
F. K. NELSON, 
and five hundred and fifty others. 

 Gentlemen—In consequence of my absence 
from home during the whole of the last week, 
I did not receive till very recently the letter 
you did me the honor to address to me on the 12th 
instant, requesting me, in conjunction with a 
distinguished and well-known citizen of our 
county, to become a candidate to represent you 
in the approaching Convention of the State.— 
Deeply sensible of the generous confidence you 
reposed in me, as well as of the extremely 
critical condition of the country, my first im 
pulse was, without counting the labor or the 
sacrifice, to yield to your flattering call. 

But I find, if I do so, it will be necessary 
for me to engage in a laborious personal can« 
vass, as repugnant to resolutions long since 
formed and aunounced, as to the period of life 
I have now attained. The newspapers also 
bring me information that the Legislature has 
been pleased to appoint me one of the Com 
missioners of the State to a National Conven 
tion to be held in Washington on the 4th day 
of next month, whose deliberations must have 
a most important influence upon the future 
destinies of the country, and the sitting of 
which will probably be protracted so as to in 
terfere with ,an attendance upon the Conven 
tion of the State. Under these circumstances, 
I have come to the conclusion that it is due to 
you, as well as to myself, to ask you to select 
another and more efficient person as a candi 
date in my stead. 

No one can be more profoundly impressed 
than I am with the necessity, now lying upon 
us, of securing new and permanent guarantees 
for the rights of the slaveholding States in the 
Union, sucb as are embodied in Blr. Crittens 
den's resolutions ; nor have I yet despaired of 
their attainment. If we confine our view 
to the proceedings of Congress, there would 
seem, at present, to be but little prospect 
of arriving at such a consummation.— 
Members of Congress, with few exceptions, 
are the creatures and exponents of mere 
party eombinations, animated with the ex 
elusive spirit of party rivalry and con 
test, and restrained and hampered by party 
platforms. In a great conjuncture, like the 
present, we must go behind and above them 
to the legitimate source of power—the people 
and the States. 

CASTLE HIM,, 23rd Jan., 1861. 

The General Assembly of Virginia have 
wisely determined to take an appeal to this 
great tribunal ; and if there shall be no at 
tempt at coercion on the part of the General 
Government, than which no greater folly can 
be conceived, and no aggression ou the 
part of the States that have seceded, 
there is reason to believe that the spirit of loy 
alty, arid justice, and wisdom, coming up fresh 
from the unadulterated fountains of the popu 
lar heart in .various quarters of the Confedera 
cy—especially the Border States—will over 
rule the narrow spirit of sectionalism and par 
ty infatuation, and open a way by which the 
harmonious adjustment of our differences may 
be reached, and clothed with the requisite 
sanctions of constitutional authority. 

At all events, we owe it to ourselves and 
our posterity, no less than to the memory of 
our fathers, that every proper and honorable 
expedient should be tried before we determine 
upon the last and melancholy resort of the dis 
solution of the noblest fabric of political wis 
dom which the world has ever seen. Let us 
not deceive ourselves, or permit others to de 
ceive us, with the fatal delusion of the recon 
struction of the Union, when it has been once 
broken up by the proposed immediate seces 
sion of all the slaveholding States. Leaving 
behind us, as we should do, all the subjects of 
controversy with the other States unadjusted, 
the very territory of which we claim au equal 
participation, the Capital, the Army, the Na- 
vy,and all themachinery of an organized and con 
centrated government in the hands of our oppo 
nents, what could await us under such circum 
stances but an exasperated conflict of anns,at eve 
ry possible disadvantage, in the commencement, 
to us, having a new government to constitute— 
almost necessarily one of a military and des 
potic genius—armies to raise, navies to build, 
and all these enormous expenses to be met by 
the arbitrary process of forced loans, or of a 
grinding and inexorable taxation, or both* ? 

I am far from saying that all these conse 
quences, formidable as they are, should not be 
bravely encountered,if our rights cannot be oth 
erwise maintained. But when we are called 
upon to break up the Union, in a moment of 
excitement, by the simultaneous withdrawal of 
the remaining slaveholding States, under the 

 vain promise of some Utopian reconstruction, 
it becomes us to disabuse our minds of so dan 
gerous a delusion, and to look all the conse 
quences of our action steadily in the face 
Our rights must be maintained at all hazards ; 
and I trust for one I shall be prepared to meet 
every sacrifice they may demand with as calm 
and collected a heart, and as unshrinking a 
spirit, as the loudest patriot among us. But if 
they can be as well, if not better, secured by 
a course of wise and deliberate action, accom 
panied with firmness, and avoiding the necessi 
ty of such costly and bloody sacrifices, every 
cool and sober-minded man must say, let the 
experiment be tried. When it shall have been 
tried and failed—if fail it should—we shall 
then stand justified before the world and his 
tory, as well as our own consciences, for em 

bracing the sole alternative left us for the pro 
tection and vindication of our rights. 

In conclusion, let me conjure you, and 
through you, the good people of this ancient 
Commonwealth, not to alienate their inherent 
•and sovereign birth-right on an occasion so mo 
mentous to them and their posterity, but, by 
their recorded voice on the day of election in 
the manner provided by law, reserve in their 
own hands the final decision and ccntrol over 
the proceedings of the Convention. 

Believe me, gentlemen, most truly and faith 
fully, your friend and fellow-citizen, 

W. C. EIVES. 
To Messrs. T. J. WERTENBAKEE, E. E. WAT 
SON, JNO. H. BIBB, F. K. NELSON, and 
otheïs. 

I 

 Batig Intelligenter 

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Department, 

Adjutant General's Office, 
yUlanta, ^a,, JLcu^ SOtk, 18'b1. 

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Oi-cieir, 3srcx l1?7. 

I. — An election for the Field Officers, Colonel, Lieutenant 
Colonel, and Major, of the 7t.li Regiment of Georgia Volun 
teers, will be held at the Camp this afternoon, commencing 
at 2 P. M., and to be continued until completed. 

ThjBtoting will be by Companies, in the order to be des- 
ignatea by Colonel Gartrell. The Captain of each Company 
voting first, and then calling up his men, successively, accor 
ding to the Roll. Each ballot will express clearly the indi 
viduals voted for, respectively, as Colonel, as Lieutenant 
Colonel and as Major. 

The result of the election will be reported, as soon as pos 
sible, to this Office, that Commissions may be issued, and 
other ^^öessary arrangements made for mustering the Regi 
men t JmJti eel iately into service. 

No Company can be received that has less than fifty or 
more than eighty, rank and file. 

LI. — The Governor and Commander-in-Chief tenders this 
Regiment under the general requisitions made upon him by 
the War Department for troops; but as Colonel Gartrell 
produces letters from the Secretary of War, showing the 
readiness of that Department to accept the Regiment, armed 
and equipped, for twelve montlis, the Governor does not ob 
ject, but consents that the understanding between Colonel 
Gartrell and the War Department, entered into before the 
passage of the Act requiring troops for tJie war only, be car 
ried out, and directs that the Regiment be mustered in 
accordingly. 

By order of the Commander-in-Chief. 

HENRY C. WAYNE, 
Adjutant and Inspector General. 

 [Copyright Secured.] 

(TüNE, "DIXIE'S LAND.") 

Dedicated to Cassius M. Clay's Washington Guards. 
By A. W. MUZZY, (a member of the Guards) of Panama, New York. 

Read what the celebrated Poetess, Mrs. Sigourney, says of it in the 
following letter: 

HAHTFOHD, May 39. 1861. 

My DEAR Sin : You have succeeded admirably in your song for the music ol 
Dixie's Land.* It furnishes additional proof of the opinion I have often expressed 
that no one can adapt words to music so well as musicians I return it to you with 
out the corrections you requested me to make, because it does not need them. 

The anachronism which you mention about Bunker Hill and Lexinglon will 
scarcely be observed, as the euphony of the measure required it. 

Respectfully yours, L,. H. SIGOURNEY. 

O ! I'm glad I live in a land of freedom, 
Where we have no slaves nor do we need 'em. 

Look away, look away, look away to freedom's land ; 
All o'er the North there is no Disunion, 
But every heart beats for the Union. 

Look away, look away, look away to freedom's land. 

CHOKÜS — O! I'm glad I'm for the Union, huzza! huzza ! 
On freedom's ground I'll e'er be found, 
To fight and die for the Union — 
Huzza, huzza, huzza, huzza for the Union Ï 
Huzza, huzza, huzza, huzza for the Union ! 

There:s Bunker Hill and Lexington, 
- Where blood was shed and victory v.'sn. 

Look away, look away, look away to that Spartan Band ! 
There's Benniiigton and Saratoga, 
Where old Burgoyne was proved a fogy. 
Look away, look away, look away to the Patriot Band. 

CHORUS — O! I'm &c. 

There's Trenton, Princeton, and Monmouth too, 
Where Washington with the Jersey Blue j 
.Look away, look away, look away to Washington ! 
There's Putnam, Greene, and Adams too, 
And only one Arnold among the crew. 
Look away, look away, look away to the Patriot Band. 

CHORDS — O! I'm &c. 

There's Chippewa and Old Bridgewater, 
Where Gen. Scott did give them slaughter. 

Look away, look away, look away to Lundy's Lane !t 
Our noble Scott bled for the Union, 
And in Sixty-One is against Disunion. 
Look away, look away to the hero of Lundy's Lane !' 
CBORÜS — O! I'm glad he's for the Union, Huzza ! huzza ! 
Brave Gen'1 Scott — he falters not — 
But is ever firm for the Union — &c. 

And then, again, in Thirty-Two, 
Old Hickory was firm and true. 

Look away, look away, look away to John Calhoun f 
'T was he who first proclaimed Disunion ! 
But Gen'1 Jackson saved the Union. 

Look away, look away, look away to Charleston now! 

CHOEÜS — O! I'm &c. Huzza! huzza! 
Brave Anderson with seventy men, 
Did nobly fight in Sumpter. 
Huzza, huzza, huzza, huzza for Sumpler ! 
Huzza, huzza for the hero of Fort Sumpter Ï: 

And lastly, now in Sixty-One, 
We see a second Lexington. 

Look away, look away, look away to Baltimore I 
The Old Bay State doth never falter, 
But pours the first blood on the altar. 

Look away, look away, look away to Baltimore ! 

CHORUS: — O! I'm glad I'm for the Union, huzza ! huzza Î 
On Freedom's ground I'll e'er be found, 
To sing and pray for the Union ! 
Huzza, huzza, huzza, huzza, for the Union ! 
Huzza, huzza, and pray God save the Union ! 

t The battle of Bridgewater is sometimes called the battle of Lundy's Lane. 

[From ike New York Commercial Advertiser.] 

*' Whenever Dixie is produced, the pen drops from the fingers^ of the plodding 
clerk ; spectacles from the nose, and the paper from the hands of the merchant j the 
needle from the n mble digits of the maid or matron, and all go hobbling, bobbling in 
tune with the magical music of ' Dixie.' Wont somebody set it to words of Union 
sentiment?" 

[From Professor McCoy, Secretary Washington Clay Gw««fe.] 

"WASHINGTON, D. C., June 26, 1861. 
A. W. MTIZZY, Esq 

BEAK SIB: I take pleasure in certifying that you served faithfully, night and 
day, often sleeping on your arms, as a member of Cassius M. Clay's Washington 
Guards, organized in April 1861, for the defense of the Capital. In behalf of this 
Battalion also, I thank you for dedicating to it your Un~Dn-ized version of "Dixie" — 
of which nothing higher can be said, than ihat Mrs. Sigourney pronounces it " admi 
rably " done. I remain, very truly, yours, 

AMASA McCOY. 
Secretary Washington Clay Guards. 
[From ti<£ Hon. W. C. Parsons, of New Tort.] 

WASHINGTON. D. C., July 1, 1861. 
A. W. MTJZZT. Esq , 

DEAR SIB : I have received a copy of your Nor ill-side view of " Dixie's Land," 
and fully concur with Mrs. Sigourney that it is an admirable success. I p:edict for 
it, for the next half century at lepst, an unparalleled popnlarity. In our country's 
cause, and as a fraternal member of the Clay Baitalion, 

I remain, ever yours, W. C. PARSON&. 

 AIR.—Annie Lille.—By A. L. HUDSON. 

Down where the patriot army, 

Near Potomac's side. 
Guards the glorious cause of freedom, 

Gallant Ellsworth died. 
Brave was the noble chieftain, 

At his country's call, 
Hastened to the field of battle, 

And was first to fall. 
Chorus.—Strike, freemen, for the Union, 
Sheath your swords no more : 
While remains in arms a traitor, 
On Columbia's shore. 

Entering the traitor city, 

With his soldiers true, 
Leading up the Zouave columns, 

Fixed became his view. 
See that rebel flag is floating, 

O'er yon building tall 1 
Spoke he, while his dark eye glistened, 

Boys, that flag must fall ! Chorus. 

Quickly from its proud position, 

That base flag was torn, 
Trampled 'neath the feet of freeman, 

Circling Ellsworth's form ; 
See him bear it down the landing, 

Past the traitor 's döor, 
Hear him groan. Oh ! God they've shot him, 

Ellsworth is no more. Chorus. 

First to fall, thou youthful martyr, 

Hapless was thy fate ; 
Hastened we as thy avengers, 

From thy native State. 
Speed we on from town and city, 

Not for wealth or fame. 
But because we love the Union, 

And our Ellsworth's name. Chorus. 

Traitors hands shall never sunder, 

That for which you died ; 
Here the oath our lips now utter, 

Those our nations pride. 
By our hopes of yon bright heaven, 

By the land we love, 
By the God who reigns above us, 

We'll avenge thy blood. Chorus. 

Published by HORACE PARTRIDGE, No. 27 Hanover St. 
BOSTON. 

 (Sraçral 

Know all men by these presents: that I, John L. Dix, (no 
relation to the rebel "Dixie") knowing that the feeling excited 
in the breasts of our brave Union army by the combination of 
colors known as red, white and? red, are by no means agree 
able, do hereby, by virtue of the authority vested in me, by Hiß 
Majesty Abraham 1st, require and command all police officer« 
of the city of Baltimore in the pay of His Majesty's govern 
ment to suppress and cause to disappear all snbstances, whether 
in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters 
unde/ the earth, bearing the said combination of rebel colors. 
All babies having red, white and red stockings on wilt be sent" 
to Fort Lafayette. .All houses built of red brick and white mor 
tar, must be removed, or painted red, white and blue, in alter 
nate stripes. All water-melons must be painted blue ou the 
rind; and all mint candy, and barber's poles so colored are for 
bidden. All red and white cows are required to change their 
spots or take the oath of allegiance. Bed and white variegated 
flowers must be altered to include blue. All white persons hav 
ing red hair and moustaches or whiskers are hereby warned to 
have the one or the other dyed blue. No sun-rises or sun-sets 
which exhibit such combinations will be permitted, on pain of 
suppression. Persons are forbidden to drink red and white 
wines alternately. His Majesty is, however, graciously pleased 
"To"mâËê*an exception" in favor'of red noses, these last being 
greatly in vogue among Federal officers, and additional lustre 
having recently been shed upon such noses, 1 >.y one of my for 
mer predecessors in this command. 

Done at the Baltimore Bastile, this 4th day of September, 
the 1st year of Abraham's glorious and peaceful reign. 

(Signed) 

JOHN L. DIX, MAJ. 

 6-U /7/ 

HOSPITAL OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, 

A.T RICHMOND. 

THIS HOSPITAL, erected through the liberality of the STATE, is now completed and ready for the reception of 
Patients. It is a spacious and handsome building, admirably adapted by its plan to the purposes of its construction. 
Especial attention has been paid to the all-important requisite of free VENTILATION. Bach floor is provided with a BATH 
ROOM and WATEE CLOSETS ; and every arrangement has been introduced which experience has suggested as conducive to 
<the comfort of Patients, and the successful treatment of disease. 

Besides the Public Wards, a number of neatly furnished PRIVATE ROOMS have been provided for such Patients as 
desire separate accommodations. 

The situation of the HOSPITAL, ( on MARSHALL STREET, between 12iH AND COLLEGE STREETS, in immediate 
proximity to the MEDICAL COLLEGE,) is very retired and airy, and at the same time-central and convenient of access from 
the Railroad Depots, Hotels, and chief centres of business. 

The attention of persons residing in the country and having NEGROES hired in the City, is called to the advantages 
afforded by this Hospital for the treatment of such Negroes when disabled by disease or injury; and all patrons of the 
INFIRMARY heretofore attached to the College, are invited to examine the new establishment, with the assurance that they 
will find it much superior to the old in every particular. 

ALL PATIENTS requiring MEDICAL or SURGICAL treatment are admitted, except the Insane, and those laboring 
.under Small-Pox and other infectious disorders. 

Proper provision is also made for the care of LYING-IN WOMEN, both White and Colored. 

The patiehts"äre~üncTer UiÉTîinmediafe caru c: thv, PROFESSORS oi ÏHU COLLEGE, ( who are" daily in attendance, i 
; assisted by a competent RESIDENT PHYSICIAN. : 

The CHARGES for BOARD, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE, &c., are as follows : 

WHITE PATIENTS...............................................$ 6 per Week, 

COLORED " .............................................. 5 " 

PRIVATE ROOMS.......................................$7 to 15 " 

For any number of days less than a week, the charge ( except in private rooiES ) is $ 1 per day, up to the charge for a full 
week; but for fractions of a week after the first, the charge per diem is one-seventh of that for the entire week. 

In cases requiring a SURGICAL OPERATION, a small fee, varying from $2 to $ 30 according to its importance, is 
charged for the OPERATION, in addition to the above weekly rates. 

BOT" All charges payable on the. removal of the Patient. 

A number of beds, not exceeding twelve, are placed at the disposal of CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS, at $ 150 per 
annum, payable semi-annually, for each bed ; or at a corresponding rate for six months. 

A suitable VEHICLE is provided for conveying Patients to or from the Hospital, and auy order to that effect, left at 
the Hospital, will be promptly attended to. 

Persons desiring to send Patients to the HOSPITAL from the Country, may address the PRESIDENT or the STEWARD. 
When not personally known to some member of the FACULTY or the STEWARD, they are required to furnish suitable 

City references. 

PRESIDENT—PKOF. L. S. JOYNES. 

ATTENDING SURGEONS—PROF'S GIBSON, PETICOLAS & WELLFORD. 

" PHYSICIANS—PROF'S TUCKER, CONWAY & McCAW. 
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN—ISAIAH H. WHITE, M. D. 

STEWARD—F. M. PARRISH. 
RICHMOND, APRIL 2, 1861. 

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'" - . . . . . r,. / '/ / s-T/J 

•elfam fo a Q/teee/ and Ohutifanticrit Qrfatc- 
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, of Richmond, President. 

HEABORX HALL, of Aphlbu, 
JAS. U. LATIMEK, 
ALFRED H, COI.QPITT, of Bdur. 
OHAS. U ILUCtfOND, " 
WCILIÜS tt BBISCOX, 
A, U. KEHAN, 
VX.R. BELL, of Bulb. 
aAHUELW. FRU1TT. ofE 
JOn» C. LAMB, ot Btrri.n. 

WUÜDFOED j. kiBRT, rf fcu 

K.A-KIBI1ET, «rnlbb. 

VAAHINOTOK FOIL of Bibb. 

JHO. B. LAKAB. 

IIEXMY BBIOGS, of Broob. 

CHAS. B. OAÜLDDT, " 

JNO. B. HTNEB. of Brru. A 

CLEM. O. SLATEB. " «I 

KAM™, I,. MOOEE, of Bulloot. 

KAMCEI, HAK1L 

E. B. ORESHA^ 

K. A. AJ.LEH, 

WM. R. JOHE8, " 

DAVID i. BAILET, of Butt. 

HENTÎY HENDRICE. " 

EI.IJA1I PADGETT, of dUmio. 

WK.J. SHEFFIELD, " 

FRANCIS M. ADAÏI9. of Cn 

NATHAX1ELJ.FA1TER8ON, 

US. M. CANTKF.LI, of 0«ojpMl. 

TH08. C. OMVEB. 

HKIOBT W. nABOBOVX, of OanoIL. 

ALLEN ROWE. •' 

«EW. H. WRIÜHT, « 

WH. T. WOFFORI). of CM. 

TURNER H. TltlPPE, " 

HAWKIN8 F. PQICE, M 

1. T. MrtJOKNELL, of Oltoou. 

H. H. SMITH, of Chiton. 

H. H. MER9HUN. •* 

FRASCI8 8. BARTOW, of Ob.tUm, 

mu. V. ASDER80N, " 

AUG. BEABOB» JOKB9, " 

WJC DAVIB. of OuitUhoocl«. 

AHNEK H. FLEWELLEN. » 

LUWRY W1UJA1IS. of 

" 

GEO. KMCRofCobb. 

A. A. WTNK. 

E. H. LÇSDLEY, " 

~ "——' PUFFORD, of Co*«. 

WESLEY SHROPSHHtE, " 
JOHN McCOSSEUiOfCh«roke«. 
BLUM E. FIELD. 
WH. A. PEASLEY. 
ASBFRY HUI.I. of Clarke. 
THOS. It. H. COBB. " 
JEFFERSON JEXNINGS, of Clark«. 
BENJ. F. BrilNETT. of Cl... 
WM. IL C. DAVENPOKT, " 
JAMES F. JOHNSON, of Cl«?ton. 
RAKFORD E. MORROW. - 
TIIOK «. KAMSEY. of Cllncb. 
UENJ.VMIN StRMOrTS. " 

_ ofCorata. 
t. PÎKSOÏ," 
____ B. SHELL, 
^. O. CLEVELAND, of Crawford. 
ISAAC DENNIS, 
R M. PABI3, of IM«. 
SHADBACK. O. HAU; ofllrfe. 
ALFRED WERB, of Davion. 
BEUBXtr H. PIEROE, " 

KCHABDBrMB. '" " 
BOLIVAR B. GEK, 
GEOBGE R. BMITJLof DeKalb. 
JOHN BHEI1BOD THOMAS, of Do 
ELIJAH BUTTS, * 
BICHAKD H. CLABK, of I 
CHARLES E. MALLORT, 
BOBERT W. SHEFFIELD, of Earl;. 
JAMES BUCHANAN, " 
HABRIS TOMLTN80N, of Eohol^ 
J. P. PBSSOOTT, " 
ED. W. SOLOMONS, of Efflngham. 
ALBERT G. PORTER, *' 
JOHN C. BÜROH, ofElUrt, 
L. tt O. MARTIN. 
A. K EIRELAND, of Emannel. 
JOHN OVERSTREET, " 
XLUAH W. CHASTAJN.of Fannb). 
MIAL If. TIDWELL. of F.J.m ' 
J. L. BLALIKK, 
«IMPSON FOCCHE.of Fiord. 

FRAifois c. SHROPSHIRE; of Fiojd. 

JAMES WORD, 

HARDY STRICKLAND,of Foniyui. 

HIBAMP BELL, " 

SAMUSL KNOX. of Franklin. 

JOHN H. PATRICK, » 

JOSEPH P. LOWAN. of Fulton. 

JAMES F. ALEXANDER. " 

LUTHER J. «LFJW. 

JOSEPH PICEETT, of GUmer. 

WILLI AM P. M II.TON. " 

CALVIN LIXiUE, of Ubuaooek. 

JOSHUA F. U9RY, 

D. H. B. TBOUP. of Gljnn. 

JOHN L. HARRIS. 

N. M. CRAWFOBD. of Green«. 

T. N. lt»rLLAIN. Br., 

2S . 

B.J. WILLIS, of . 

WM. H. DAFNKY, of Gordon. 

JAMES FBEEUAN, 

ROBERT M. YOUNG, " 

fNo riÀnen from nwinnett ooanfcr. | 

B. C. KETOHlTft. of llabenibftin. 

B. S1BK, 

E. K. JOHNSON-ofHJl. 

LDTTON STEPHENS, of Haamek. 

BKNJ. T. HARRIS, 

THOMAS M. TURNER. " 

WK. J. HEAD, of Hinken. 

ABNERRWALTOK, •• 

D. P. HILL, of HorrlB. 

WM.J. HUDSON, •• 

H. D. WHJ.IAJI8, •• 

BICHARD S. Knj, of HVt. 

JAMES E.BKELTON, " 

EÜFU8 P. WOOD. c,f He«rt. 

CHARLES W. MABRY, " 

F.E.MjVNSON.ofHmtJ. 

I. B. ABNOIJ3. " 

JOHN H. U)W, " 

JOHN MA8ON GILEH, of Iloiutou. 

B. W. BROWN, 

DANmi-FRANKLDI GDNN, " 

M. UENDER8ON, of Irwin, 

JACOB YOUNG. 

JOHN J. MeOTTLLOOII, of Jnolcioii. 

JOHNG.P1TTMA1Î, 

DILMÜ8 R. LYLE, " 

ARIS NEWTON/Ben, of Jrnper. 

B. JORDAN, 

H. V. JOHNSON, of Jeffcr»on. 

GEORGR8TAPI.ÏTOîr, •• 

WM. HURST, of Jolinm. 

J. R SMTT1I, " 

JAKE8 M. GRAY, of JOHM. 

PEYTONT. prrre, 

1TATHAN TUCKER, ofUunn». 

JOHN W. YOPP, " 

«CODE BRYAN, of L«. 

W. B. RICHARDSON. - 

W. B. FLEMING, of Liberty. 

S. M. VARNADOE, " 

LrfAYETTE LAMAB, of Lincoln. 

ISAIAH II. Tll.r.VAN. of Lo 

CHARLES H. M. HOWELI^ " 

WM. M.VRTIN. of Lmnkin. 

WILLIAM H. ROBINSON, ofMuon. 

JOK J. OARSON. " 

JAMES R GHUL8TON, ofMiidiwn. 

A. O. DANIFJ, 

WILLIAM M. DROWN, ofMnrlon. 

JAMES M. 1IABVEY, 

JAMES M. HARRIS. .,fMcInto*u. 
,G. W. M. WI1J.1AMP. 
I UIRAM WARMER, of ilmwotler. 
dM iMfrre iMTiaf torn» for 

WM. D. MARTIN. ofMeriwettier, 

EENIÎY R. BjUBRIS. 

CHARLES L WHJTEHEAD, of Miller. 

J. C. STREET, of Milton. 
JACKBOX GRAHAM, •• 
WILLIAM T. COX, of Mitehell. 
JESSEBEEIX 

HIBAM FHtNAatK. ot Honcoe. 
BOBEBT L. BÔflDEY, " 
JOHN T. PTEPHEN8, " 
{No rijpwn from Mon^oaerj ooantjr,] 
AUGUSTUS REESE, of Morgan. 
THOMAS P. SAFFOLD. " 
RUCLID WATERHOUSE. of Murraj. 
ANDEBSON FABNSWOTH. 
HENRY L. BENNING, of Miuco.ee. 
A. RUTHEBFOBÏ), 
JAMES N.BAMSEV, 
A. MEANS, of Newton. 
PURMEWB BÏYNOLD8, of Ncvrton. 
WILLIAM 8. MONTGOMERY, " 
WILLIS WIU.INGHAM, of Odrtborpe. 
DAND3LD.JOHS8OS, » 
SAMUEL GLENS'. " 
JOHN Y. ALLOOOI>,of Panldilur. 
HENRY LÏ8TON. " 
WILLIAM T. DAY ofFfoken*. 
J. W. STEPHENS of Pion». 
ENOOKD.HENDRY, " 
B. B. GABDNEB, ofPlk«. 
GEO.M. MuDOWELL, " 
W. E. WEST, ofPolk. 
THOMAS W. DRUPBEE, of Polk. 
C. M. BOZEMAN, of PoUakl. 
THOMAS J. MoGBIFF, " 
U. C. ADAMS. ofPnCnun. 
BICHARD T. DATK, « 
LEWIS T. DOZŒB, of Onitmftn. 
ï O. EU.ISGTON. 
SAMUEL BECE, of Rabin. 
HORACE W. CANNON, of Itebon. 
ABTÜLIR HOOD, of Brad'dnn. 
MABOELLUS HOEGLA8, ~ 
JOHNPHINIZY. «rRicb.nond. [monj. 
IGNATTUSPOULTSIYGARVmofBIcn. 
WU. A BLACK, of SoUoj. 
HIE.UfL FRENCH. " 
OÜRT18 HUMPHREYS, ofgenren. 
J. LAWTON StHOI JH'OS, 
HENRY MOORofrlialdbu. 
WILLIAM G. CEWBERKf . ofSpaldiiui. 
JAMES BILLIARD, of Bte»«rt. 
JAMES A. FOET, 
GEOBGBY. BANK8, 
1 TIMOTHY M. FURLOW offtoiut«- 

IWILLWA.BAWKISS. - ' 

l HENRY HAYENPOBT. Jr, •• 
Hr. RTBOT1UÏU, from Ltncola. ma ukM ul dBriai Ik« 

LEVI II. SMITH, of T«ll»l. 

WILLIAM R. NEAL. •• 

A. U. HTEfHENS, ofTaliA/arro. 

TOBY D. PERKOfS. 

BENJAMIN BREWTON. of Tittml. 

U. STRH'KIJiSB, 

HENRY H. LONG, of Tijlor. 

WM. J. F. M1TCHEU, of TiiTlor. 

JAMES WILLIAMSdN, of Telf.ir 

HUGH McLEAN. 

WIU.IAM HEBINGTON, of TtrnIL 

DEMETRIUS A. COCHRANE, " 

ACG. HARRIS HAN8ELL, of Thouuu 

BAMUELB. SPENCER/^ 

WHJJAMG. PONDEB, 

JOHN CORN, of TovrnT. 

ELIJAH EJMSEY, " 

BENJAMJK H. HILL, of Tronn. 

WM. P. BEABLEY, 

JAMES M. BEALI, 

JOHN FITZPATRICK, of Twigg,. 

STEPHEN L. BICHABUSON. - 

J. P. WELLBORN, of Union. 

JAMES H. HUGGIN8, " 

THOMAS B. BHABMAN. of Di«on 

PETER W. ALEXASDER. - 

G. G. GORDON, of Walker. 

R. B. DICKER8ON. " 

THOMAS A. BHARPE, •• 

GEORGE 8PENCE. of Wallon. 

WILLIS KILGORE. 

HENRY D. MoDANEEL. " 

CAHEY W. BTYLE8, of Ware. 

WM. A. MoDOSALD, 

MADISON D. CODY. of Wamn 

NATHANIEL A WICKER, - 

E. B. LANGMADE, of Wajniiuton. 

LEWIS BULLARS - ^^ 

A. O. HAINES. 

HENRY R FORT. Jr.. of Wftnu 

HENBY A. CANNON. •• 

PETER ¥. BROWN, of WcUtar 

M.H. BUSH. 

ELIJAH F. STARR, of Whit«. 

ISAAC BÛWEN. 

SMITH TCRXER, of Wilooi 

DANIEL A. IlcLEOD. " 

R. TOOMBB, of WUkn 

J. J. HOBERTSON. 

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It. TAJ.lAFERRO.uf WuitatU. 

FBANCM A. THOMAS. " 

JODNM.JACK*IN. 

TEHRE1. T. MlifNGER. of Worth 

B. Ü. FOKD. Jr. •• 

ft« 

oir six: OF* THE: 

WE. the undersigned, Delegates to the Convention of the State of Georgia, now in Session, whilst we mont solemnly Protert afrainst 
adopting an Ordinance for the immediate and separate Secession of this State, and would have preferred the policy of co-operation inth onr »nitheni nun 
a. go.«l cituena. we yidd to the will of a majority of her people, a> expreaeed by their Représentative» : and we hereby pfcdge « our live» our fortune» 
honor" to the defence of Georgia, if neeenary, against hostile invasion from any source whatever. ' 

MlLLEMETnLL.JUEai7n.l84l. ^-jgS^WEHl 
____________________ ^fe0*«^ 

• sacred 

JAMKS P. ?(lnftjN-*.oT'>wt..i»U, 
TUU1L18 M. UrKAK 
>. EL LATTIMER - 

- 

^ -JP^ ^^ 

 Resolutions Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. 

Resolvedly the General Assembly of the Suite of Tennessee, That a Convention of delegates from all the slaveholding Slates 
should assemble at Nashville, Tennessee, or such oilier place as a majority of the States co-operating may designate, on the 
fouith day of February, 1861, to digest and define a basis upon which, if possible, the Federal Union and the Constitutional 
rights of the slave States may be perpetuated and preserved. 

Resol-ced, That the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, appoint a number of delegates to said Convention of our 
ablest and wisest men. equal to our whole delegation in Congress; and that the Governor of Tennessee immediately furnish co 
pies of these resolutions to the Governors of the slaveholding States, and urge the participation of such States, in said Conven 
tion. 

Resolved. That in the opinion of this General Assembly, such plan of adjustment shall embrace the following propositions 
as amendments to the Constitution of the United Stales. 

1. A declaratory amendment that African slaves as held under the institutions of the slaveholding States shall be recog 
nized as property, and entitled to the status of other property, in the States where slavery exists, in all places within the exclu 
sive jurisdiction of Congress in the slave States, in all the Territories South of 'au deg. 30 min. in the District of Columbia, in 
transit and whilst temporarily sojourning with the owner in the iion-slaveholding States and Territories North of 36 deg. 30 
.rnin., and when fugitives from the owner, in the several places above named, as well as in all places, in the exclusive jurisdiction 
of Congress, in the non-slaveholding States. 

2. That all the territory now owned, or which may be hereafter acquired by the United States South of the parallel of 
36 deg. 30 min., African slavery shall be recognized as existing, and be protected by all the departments of the Federal and Ter 
ritorial Governments, and in all North of that line, now owned, or to be acquired, it shall not be recognized as existing ; and 
whenever States formed out of any of said Territory South of said line, having a population equal to that of a Congressional 
District, shall apply for admission into the Union, the same shall be admitted as slave States, whilst States North of the line 
formed out of said territory, and having a population equal to a Congressional District shall be admitted without slavery, but 
the States formed out of said territory North and South having been admitted as members of the Union, shall have all the pow 
ers over the institution of slavery possessed by the other States of the Union. 

3. Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery in places under its exclusive jurisdiction, and situate within the limits 
of States that permit the holding of slaves. 

4. Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery within the District of Columbia, as long as it exists in the adjoining 
States of Virginia and Maryland, or either, nor without the consent of the inhabitants, nor without just compensation made to 
such owners of slaves as do not consent to such abolishment. Nor shall Congress at any time prohibit officers of the Federal 
Government, or members of Congress whose duties require them to be in said District, from bringing with' them their slaves, 
and holding them as such, during the time their duties may require them to remain there, and afterwards take them from the 
District. 

5. Congress shall have no power to prohibit or hinder the transportation of slaves from one State to another, or the Ter 
ritory in which slaves are by law permitted to be held, whether that transportation be by land, navigable rivers or by seas. 

K. In addition to the Fugitive Slave clause, provide, that when a slave has been demanded of the Executive authority of the 

State to which he has fled, if he is not delivered, and the owner permitted to carry him out of the State in peace, the State so 

failing to deliver, shall pay to the owner the value of such slave, and such damages as he may have sustained in attempting to 

reclaim his slave, and secure his right of action in the Supreme Court of the United States, with execution against the property 

' of such State and the individuals thereof. 

7. No future amendment of the Constitution shall affect the six preceding articles, nor the third paragraph of the second 
section of the first article of the Constitution, nor the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitu 
tion; and no amendments shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress any power to abolish or in 
terfere with slavery in any of the States by whose laws it is, or may be, allowed or permitted. 

8. That slave property shall be rendered secure in transit through, or whilst temporarily sojourning in, non-slavcholding 
States or Territories, or in the District of Columbia. 

9. An amendment to the effect that all fugitives arc to be deemed those offending the laws within the jurisdiction of the 
State, and who ««^ape therefrom to jrther States; and that it is the duty of each State to suppress armed invasions of another 
State. - . N 

Resolved, That said Convention of the slaveholding States having agreed upon a basis of adjustment satisfactory to them- " 
selves, should, in the opiniou of this General Assembly, refer it to a Convention of all the States, slaveholding and non-siavehold- 
ing, in the manner following: 

It should invite all States friendly to such plan of adjustment, to elect delegates in sueh manner to reflect the popular will, 
to assemble in a Constitutional Convention of all the States, North and South, to be held at Richmond, Virginia, on the 
day of February, 1861, to revise and perfect such plan of adjustment, for its reference for final ratification and adoption by a 
Convention of the States respectively. 

Resolved, That should a plan of adjustment, satisfactory to the South, not be acceded to by a requisite number of States to 
perfect amendments to the Constitution of the United States, it is the opinion of this General Assembly that the slaveholding 
States should adopt for themselves the Constitution of the United States, with such amendments as may be satisfactory to the 
slaveholding States, and that they should invite into the Union with them all States of the North which are willing to abide such 
amended Constitution and frame of Government, severing at once all connections with States refusing such reasonable guaran 
tees to our future safety; such renewed conditions of Federal Union being first submitted for ratification to Conventions of all 
the States respectively. 

Resolved, That the Governor of the State of Tennessee furnish copies of these resolutions immediately to the Governors of 
the non slaveholding States. 

W. C. WHITTHORNE, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

TAZ. W. NEWMAN, 

Speaker of the Senate. 
PASSED Januarv 22. 18fil. 

 «ùo 

 IPLEASE CIRCULATE.-\ 

[Speech of ALEX. H. STEPHENS, now Vice Presi 
dent of the "Southern Confederacy," delivered before 
the Convention which assembled in Georgia in Dec., 
I860,, to act upon th^question of Secession.] 

"This step, (Secession), once taken, can 
never be recalled ; and all the baleful conse 
quences that must follow, will rest on the con 
vention for all coining time. When- we and 
our posterity shall see our lovely South deso 
lated by the demon of war, which this act of 
yours will inevitably invite and call forth ; 
when our green fields of waving harvests shall 
be trodden down by the murderous soldiery 
and fiery car of war sweeping over our land, 
our temples of justice laid in ashes, all the 
horrors and desolations of war upon us, who 
but this convention-will beheld responsible 
for it, and who but he that shall give his vote 
for this unwise and ill-timed measure, shall be 
held to strict account for this suicidal act by 
the present generation,- and probably cursed 
and execrated by. posterity in all coming time, 
for the wide and desolating ruin that will in 
evitably follow this act you now propose to 
perpetrate ? 

"Pause, I entreat yon," said Mr. Stephens, 
"and consider for a moment what reasons you 
can give that will eiren satisfy yourselves in 
calmer moments—what reasons you can give 
to your fellow-sufferers in the calamity that 
.secession will bring upon us. What reasons 
can you give to the nations of the earth to jus 
tify it ? They will be the calm and deliberate 
judges in the case ; and what cause or one overt 

reasonably be expected to follow. But again, 
gentlemen, what have we to gain by this pro 
posed change of our relation to the general 
Goverment ? We have always had the control 
of it, and can yet, if we remain in it and are 
as united as we have been. Wo have had a 
majority of the Presidents chosen from the 
South, as well as the control and uiangement 
of most of those chosen from the North. We 
have had sixty years of Southern Presidents 
to their tweiity-four, thus controlling the ex 
ecutive department. So'of the Judges of the 
Supreme Court, we have had eighteen from 
the South, and but eleven from the North ; al 
though nearly four-fifths of the judicial busi 
ness has arisen in the free States yet a major 
ity of the court has always been from the 
South. This we have required so as to guard 
against any interpretation of the constitution 
unfavorable to us. In like manner we have 
been equally watchful to guard our interests 
in the legislative branch of Government. In 
choosing the presiding presidents (pro tern.) 
of the Senate we have had twenty-four to their 
eleven. Speakers of the House we have had 
twenty-three, and they twelve. While the" 
majority of the representatives, from their 
greater population, have always been from the 
North, yet we have generally secur^l the 
Speaker, because he, to a greater extent, 
shapes and controls the legislation of the 
country. Nor have we had less control in 
every other department of the general gov 
ernment. -Attorney-Generals we have had 

act can you name or point, on which to rest the ; fourteen, while the North .have had but five, 
plea of justification ? What right has the North "i Foreign Ministers we have had eighty-six, and 
nsssiloH P Whnt. int.prpst. nf f.lif» Sniitli Ji.-is hnn» they but fifty-four. While three-fourths of the 

business which demands diplomatic agents 
abroad is clearly from the Free States, from 
their greater commercial interests, yet we 
have had the princi