New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-28

week 70 pay my board" Men who began to
build, or vbO engaged in any extended work be-
fore the hard times came on, are now on the
ave Of utter bankruptcy and are proportonstely
downehst and irritable Everything is at
stsud-stn, aud the shops cape for the customers
who do not enter, though at almost every door
sppesrs the brief entresty wsfered on the glass,
Come in" AL about the country are 10 be
met gloomy individuals on what they with savage
ircsg,> cell collecting tours. They do not gather
money enough for their daily expenses. 1t is
a;facolt to make all these people understand how
their private treasures arc to be repeuished and
their Idle hands put 70 work by Secession. bring.
ing IN its train heavy taIes, turmoil, trouble,
perhAp, var They call On the ex-secretary
Of tie Treasury 10 give them come Trustworthy
Eight and they receive only rhetoric aud swell
ing orssory At least, that is what they say.
II must not be supposed that their feelings soften
1t a. toward the Northern people; the truth
shO~, tse reverse Of this; they wax more bitter
and Ugly whenever they speak of the I'D
Abottiouiste, the only name the Northeners are
bnOvn by in this part Of the country, and it re-
ally seetns 70 give them much relief to devote a
rest IN crowd to everlasting condemnation.
Mesnwhils the day for holding the Georgia Con-
reatioa rapidly approaches aud the people are
lcSsi3g forward to the States action then, some
with pleasant sntieipstioDs Of precpitste seces.
sion. soma with serious anxiety, al with an in.
teress never felt before BY this generation in any
political crisis.
ASSoYANCHs TO TRAVELLERS.
MACON, Ga, Dec. 81, 1860.
/; IA probable, aud al travellers will most de.
vooty wish for such contamination, that one
of the earliest acts of the Southern Republic or
Republics, when they have so far mastered
their legs that they can 60 alone without the i'm.
Seciis stagser just now exhibited by South Caro-
l-os, VI be to introduce q system of passports,
snd theo to put the business of annoying strsn.
gers Into the hands of chosen official crew.
Sbere viii be, Of least . method in this mad.
oe-s. Nov, however, the journey Of Christian
.AIonsb the Valley of the Shadow of Death
wa lsunty morning promenade in comparison
vita TOO passage Of an unindorsed stranger about
the ocaatry popularity known as the Sunny South.
One pair Of eyes sound in themselves and judi
cio9siy employed, ore in ordinary cases sufficient
70 protect man BY warning him Of danger; but
h xhs travels at the South should be an Argus,
attn 1T least half Of his eyes set in his back.
Tor the high-spirited sons Of the COtton-growing
sod hsvs an awkward way Of hitting one from
behind. any man il liable to be stopped on his
Journeys comparatively few are permitted to 90
on unless they can furnish the most unreasona.
bly demanded credentials; many suffer personal
voieoos Of come sort while retracing their steps.
We VII suppose that you stop at q supper
housep on Southern railroad. 1t might reason
sb.y BE- expected that the modification your hesh
~ oud undergo by being obliged TO stay your sp.
petite si.h tho dreadful messes set before you
would be enough 10 arouse the compassion or
satisfy toe stern of justice Of the ireeater.
Not soI yon stand on the platform waiting for
The coming train; two or three men, remarkable
For lonf hair, general mustiness, and tobacco,
walk round you in silence, and splitting for some
rnonenss. then they approach and one of them,
With much directness of speech, tells you that
700 are strsnger, as such suspicious person,
spd hat il Is desirable for yon to tell where you
come from. whittier you are going, how long you
prorose 70 stay, your profession, name, and any
other bits Of personal information they wish TO
gsio. We VII suppose that they are all IN
;o,ersby good huu1Or that your answers appear
satisfactory. or that, for some reason, they allow
YOU 70 proceed on your way first warning you,
s.tS great many oaths, that you would 40
vel % be right careful, or you would get into
trouble. You arrive soon sitter at q larger town,
ubsre yos propose to pause for day or Two.
Won e,tar the barroom Of the hotel, register
your nAsne, and then ait boldly down 10 the damp
c;ro!s of tobacco esters around the stove. They
were .alkins loudly when you came In, but they
hsve no1 become silent; you are the marx LOT
81 their eycs, and you can turn IN no oirecton
U;tLout encountering an irritating gaze In
<-, minutes one by one the fellows rise, loon ~
ina hotei register, return to their seats, ana re-
,ums their boring chances. Before long however,
thew reoenmence their talk, which Is, vi course,
On POLITICAL matters. Here, if you are wise, ana
i you have prepared yourself, you viii seize the
fr.t cood opening 70 advance some very strong
saoeas.oo views, and, if you are good Islher'
%, u;u 1t once zee q beneficial enect
81 your orstory; il 10 probable that you VIII
make 900 or two strong points, ana then retiIe
70 roar room. leaving your character BEHIND you
TIA course suggested will probably secure you
a. uDd.sturbed night, and Will give you some
sa.ax Ike 81 Endorsement from osrroom Puonc
k-utimeat, Nevertheless, be not too secures tue
,e.t DAY. a. you sit upon the piazza, you VIII
=, rL.Jv Ia called upou BY Tiglant Commit