New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-24
WIN they be ordered TO surrender We. hear of
some such treason o. that
FROM GEORGIA.
Prom Our Special CoresPonient
ROME, Ca, De ~ 1910

epreselt the present dsuniW excitemeot by the
,mhol Of comet whOv Ceverish head ia nj
Va, Lirgton, aud the bo' cful LIGHT of whose train
rrcads itself over tho South, penetrating to every
ole IN the dalkess dave-huts, oainously alumni /
ting the most Tuismal swamp. Without knuwl- ,
dge from PERI ona observation, 10 man could be- !
eve one WI 0 should tell him of the universal |
sci ssion '.,hich goes on. The moment he leaves !
he Fedo. al Capital, tie buzz commences, and
lothing else is to be heard. On tho steamer
Town I ne Potomac, In the railway train, wacrc
ed 10 stoves, peanuts, rinds OF Grange, tobacco
uice boots, whiskey, each gives forth IA ind-
'id' al smell before uniting into that p'asmatic
w enonehon the atmosphere inside an american
' cam. car; in the noisy cmnbuses whKsi take tas
traveller over the ugly breaks in his r~lto in TIE
cold eaGug-huuses, whIe boiling fried chicken and
damp corn bread; ia the barroons where again
the Fed.hOt stove becomes the target for totacco
practice at the 6ttle way-sIde night stations,
picturesque with blazing torches and groups OF
n ever dramatic negro; everywhere, in fine,
gain I say, is 10 be heard discussion upon the
only tsyac OF thc present day-Secession.
An, two mon wlie choose to talk together in
an aHSibe vSice vii have q circle OF listeners in
a msluent, aud every sentiment will BE promptly
we hid and sgenuineness, accUrdiog 20 the stand
ard OF prevailing public opinion, as promptly de-
ciGed on. You see at once that on this subject
ersTy person has ideas of some sort, and that his
| sstncest feelings are aroused. Que curious piece
sf evidence on this point is furnished by large
%aail,,r IN t0hacco be says that he has sold more
of the weed for chewing within the last two
months than in any slx months before, account
lug for the difference by the we'll known fact
4 that IN moments of mental disturbance the to-
/ bacco-chewer eats Unfortunately of his fagorite
| nalcotic On one OF the South Carolina rail-
| roads, the other day, the ex-Secretary Of the
| Treasury aud Mr.. Porcher Miles of South Caro-
lima were jourLeying together; talking in a low
| tone, they could not be heard at any distance,
and before they had been ten minutes in the car,
on one prelext or other, all equally transparent,
hall of its male occupants had clustered about
the bury Georgian and the subtlcr looking mem-
Der from the Rattlesnake State, and with ears
erect, heads outstretchcd, and mouths open, were
STRIVING to catch the portentOus words of such
wisdom as might chance to be in the rather nOtO-
riOus heads.
Speaking of the member of Congress, as he
passed along be had the opportunity of seeing
huge locomotive engine bearing his name, w.
Porcher Miles, standing upon a side-track and
appropriately decorated with the badge of dis
unien; one could not help noticing that, al
though the machine made II tremendous buster
and putting when it started, it drew but al
empty train Of cors after IT.
Another incident of travel was the entrance
into the car of delegation on their way to the
Columbia Convention; at Of the stations
the route, man. evidently a worker with his
| own hands came to the window where he
| one of bis townsmen seated and said 10 him, al
most with an agony of suppicatiOn, Now, Mr.
| Uozier, 40 home without putting
cut 50 far that can't never get back again"
This leads me TO say, once more as has been
repeatedly said by most etter.wfiters that if the
Ordinance of Secession has not already been
passed by the Convention, it will be within few
hours and that the loud voice of the people is in
| favor of it, There is, nevertheless, very large
number OF South CurOlinians who are not Seces-
sicnSts, far as any expression of their senti-
nents is concerned, though, they might as well
! be AbotiOriss for their lives would not be sale
should they give utterance 10 their thoughts, and
even silence is a sufficient ground for suspicion.
| j heard one man, who clearly O person Of
some importance in his town, and who was not
| sn ignorant fellow, say as calmly as is possible
tor the fre-eater, that be would have the dagger
Of assassination employed against these Upionsts
| AID that, in his opinion, it would come to that
before tranquility could reign.
Here in Georgia there is more moderation than
could have been expected. The elections of del
esates TO the Convention viii make some local
excittments bringing out tbs most violent takers
in favor OF Secession aud il now looks az if the
Disunionsts might pack the Convention. Parades
Of minutemen are going with much spirit,
and meetings Of greater or kss magnitude are
daily held. Howell Cobb il TO speak in Bib
County on the 20th. But there is an increasing
conservative feeling md, thOugh brilliant new
banner, hung across the broad street of Augusta,
proclaims that, "GeG-gia, the Empire State Of
TIE South, Resumes Her Sovereignty" the pee
PIE Go not quite decided on that head yet
But concerning this, and the Panters' Fair, now
i'll progress at Macon, fVure letters must speak.
MACON, Ga, Dec. 70, 1860.
Direct Trade" is the legend inscribed on a |
broad banner marking the grounds occupied by |
the Fair Of the Cotton.Planters' Convention now |
going On IN Macon, N this State. The too cap
tious passenger might object to the wanton waste
Of tliat pOiDt in punctuation known as the pc