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The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-05
The Georgia Act.

The following is the bill passed by both
branches of the sg;slature providing for the
defence of the State of 1eorgia:
WHEREAS, The protection of the rights and
the preservation Of the iberties Of the people
of Georgia require that the State should be
placed in posture Of complete defence;
"Sec. /. Be it therefore enacted by the
Senate and House Of Representatives of the
State of Georgia in General Assembly met
and it is hereby enacted by authority of the
same, That the sum of one million dollars be
and the same is hereby appropriated, as mil.
itary fund for the year 1861, to be expended
by the Governor in such manner as he may
deem best, for the purpose Of placing the State
in condition of defence.
Sec . And be it further enacted by the
authority Aforesaid, That, sho, d there at any
time be deficiency of money a the treasu-
ry, not otherwise appropriated, necessary 70
meet, in whole or in part, as it may be need
ed, the said appropriation, then the Governor
be, and he is hereby authorized and empow'
cred. to issue and negotiate bonds OF the
State. of five hundred dollars each, payable
twenty wears from date, bearing six per cent
interest. payable semtannualiy, with coupons
attached in such sums as may be requisite tt
supply such deficiency. ~
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Northern Coercion Of the South.


We have heard great deal about the North
coercing the South. It is downright foolish
ness. The North viii be fortunate If she can
prevent bloody revolution at home. We
make an extract from the New York Herald !:
The movement that is now going on in the
South, in defence Of what the Southern peonle
consider to be their indefeasible rights. Is pre-
pairing financial and commercial revolution
in the North which will sweep food Of
bankruptcy over it. It matters not whether
they are right or wrong. they think they are
right, and it Is their acts, not the principles on
which their acts are founded, that are produc.
ing tine evil. The black republican leader.
and journals must abandon their tone of scorr
and defiance towards the South and it's rights
the black republican masses must recede from
their fanatical war upon Southern interests
or they will bring disaster and ruin into ou
midst that will produce revolution here Iti
not the discussion of the political question {
secession, but tits practical question of trad,
work and wages. Are they prepared to me,
this in the midst of half employed con
munity
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Speech Of Hon. L. Q. G. Lamar.

By invitation of the House of Representa-
tives the Hon. Mr.. Lamar. Representative in
Congress, from the 1st District, addressed a
large audience in the Capitol last night. His
speech was profound, logical and eloquent
presentation of the sectional issues which are
now agitating the country. The questions
involved in these issues were elaborately dis
cussed, and he was listened to throughout
with marked attention. It is the general
wish of his hearers that he will prepare his
speech for the press that it may be generally
circulated.
At the conclusion of Mr. Lamar's address,
Fulton Anderson, ESQ., was called to the
stand. His views are widely variant from
those which have been presented through these
columns, and to our belief fall far short of the
requirements of the crisis. We learn that
they will appear in the form of letter in the
News of tomorrow, and we will defer such
commeats as they may seem to demand, if
any, until we shall have had an opportunity
of carefully perusing them.
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The Legislature.

On yesterday the House, by unanimous
vote, passed bill reported from select COM
mittee, providing for the call of convention.
The remainder of the day was consumed in
the Consideration Vt bill reported by a select
committee to whom was referred that portion
of the Governors Message relating to Relief
Law. The bill revivaS the law of 1910,
known rs LIBERALIZATION law"
u In the Senate the day was consumed with
The discussion of the Convention bill intro
duced by Mr.. Elicit.
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What the South has Stood.

In recent speech Senator Toombs Of Geor.
g. AAr.a..aAntAd- tha fact [saps tha Mnnt
gomery MaiD that in Europe, as between ad'
jacent States, no such outrages would have
been endured as the slave States have quietly
endured from their Northern confederate
The fugitive slave law nullifed-murderers
and conspirators protected by free State Gov
ernors-Southern citizens maltreated and
sometimes murdered, while in pursuit of their
property-these are the fruits, to US, of Union
acih the North
Bdt the emisaries of Lincoln tell our Peo-
pie, at the street corners, that we must submit.
spoliated, outraged, Inundated, degraded =
And their wives and daughters must look on
and approve the cowardly conduct
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Meeting in Clarke.

Pursuant to notice a large and ehtnISastie
convention assembled in Quitman, on the 22d
of November. A. D. 1860 Gen. M. Smith was
called to the chair, and stated the object o.
the meeting-G. L. Mcdonald sud M. L.
Moody were appointed Secretaries.
On motion, q committee Of thirteen were
appointed to draft resolutions expressive oftho
sense of the meeting. The gentlemen com
posing the committee wer. Gen. W 2 TIJster,
Hon Robert McLain, Hon Vim N Carcock,
James 8 Terrell, Esq, Dr. w Hopkins, 8 "
Chapman, G s Atterberry. I'D Martineire,
Mr. Coleman, Hon George Evans, DR. Ogburn,
J P MCGOWAN and Dr. Martinez
During the absence of the committee, the
Hon. G. 9. Chandler, being invited, addressed
| the meeting.
The committee .lroLxh their chairmt1,
Gen. w. B. Trotter, submitted the following
preamble and resolutions s6, Go =
WHEREAS, The Governor of the Stste IF
Mississippi has convened the Legislature Of
this State, and has appoined thu 26th instaHt
for the meeting thereof for the purpose Of
. taking into conside.At the props.ety and
neces ty Of providing surer and peter safe
guard for the lives, liberty and prosperity Of
her citizens, than have been hund or are to
be hoped for, in Black Republican oa'hs,"
therefore
Reso1ued, That he heartily and cordially
endorse and approve the aDtion Of the Govern
or in this behalf
2. That the election of AbrafNm Lincoln
to the Presidency upon the principles avowed
by the Black Re 1blican party, Iaken togeth-
er with the antecedents Of that party. and
their uniform Legislative action, is in our
opinion, a virtual overthrow OF the Constitution
mn La . - - L Al. ~
). That the idea of SUI mission by Lne south
to the contrC3 Of party, avowing such prin-
ciples should be repudiated from one Of her
borders to the other.
4. That in the present Htate 0e things, it is
the deliberate opinion Of this met ans, assem-
died without distinction of parties, that The
State of Mississippi should duaH1uediately Sc
cede.
The preamble and resolutions beng ceceiv-
ed their adoption was eloquently advocated hy
the following gentlemen Gen. 1rotter, ]. s.
Terra, Esq, DR.. Wade Hopkins, A Smith
Esq, Dr. Martinez, Hon w NJ Hancock and
S A Steele, ESQ.
The preamble and resolutions were then
adopted with single disenGHg voice.
Mr. c. A. Smith moved that a certified CO.
py of these resolutions be furnished our State
Senator and RepreSentatives-tha the pro-
ceedings of this meeting be published % the
COUNT papers, ar that the Eastern Clarion
and M.ssissppan be requested to coDy
On motto. the meeting adjourned.
MELANCTH0N SMITH, Fres.
c. l.. DoNALD,( sec,s
NJ. L. MOODY, {
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The following bold and decided resolutions
were adopted at a late meeting of the citizens
Of Cleveland county, n, c.:
Rcsotced, That the election Of Abraham
lincoln to the Presidency should be the cause
of immediate secession by all the slave States
Res9{Ued, That we now instruct our Repre-
sentatives and Senator elect to the Legislature
to use their utmost endeayorS, so soon as they
are Organized, to pass law requiring the citi-
Zens Of this State to vote as soon as may be
practicable on the propriety of the States se-
ceding from the Union
Rev Joseph Holmes closed the meeting
with prayer He prayed devoutIy and fer
vently for Heavens most propitious blessings
on US, the South, and South Carolina in par
tlcular, and our country generally.
We have. not seen the Message of Gov. Ell
lis. The Charlotte Bulletin of the 21st inst.
says:
The message recommends the calling of a
Convention of all the Southern States, and on
failure of the meeting of such Convention, il
recommends the sending of Commissioners tt
each Of the different States, in order to effect
concert of action. 1t also recommends the
calling Of q Convention of this State. 1t sup
gests and recommends that reorganization Q
the militia system should be at once effected
| that an amount sufficient to arm and euuir
| 10000 men be appropriated.
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. Mississippian STYLES the pr

~ The Mississippian STYLES the propo
sit;on -, f,r Conrve1ti6r Of tie Southern States
/ to daciae unen the policy Of the South, ;
/ q r,3.sarahle fareen 1t fasors separate State
action and speedy dissolution This is bold
! but none the less dangerous. .s1o presume
that Mississippi viii separate herself not only
from the general government, but from the
other Southern S5tstes with whose destiny
| she is linked, without even consulting with
| tbo,n "a the extreme Of madness Ticksbuq
Wh7g.
IF The Wig thinks the position the Missis-
sippiin Of sufficient Importance to he men
toned, We would be glad if 1t would state it
correctly.
The Missfssippian does say that ihc resis-
tance movement will degenerate inS a
miserable farce IN Mississippi, if its only
reliance is on a Convention, Ct I'll the slave
holding States, and the concerted agreement
of all to go out Of the Union together.
Severahof the border slave States will, under
this process, t.sser consent 80 oue, provided
the Cotton States will buy then slaves at
high prices. They must be made to choose
between the alternatives of going with the
North or with the South, and they will
promptly adopt the latter when Southern
Confederacy shall have been established.
The Mississippian advocates the resumption
of their sovereignty by each of the aggreved
States or so many of them as are now ready
for separation and the immediate formation
of Confederacy by them. This object can
be attained only by separate STATE action.
There is no possibility of the issue arising
whether Mississippi will go out Of the Union
alone The question is whether she will go
out simultaneously with Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, South Carolina, Texas and other
Southern States that are now ready for the
decisive step. To prevent such result the
shallow and transparent humbug of Con-
vention of all the slaveholding States has
been concocted by small faction who dare
not openly advocate ahject submission to
Black Republican rule in the face of the
overwhelming sentiment against it
Rather than submit to such q rule We con
ess that we would see Mississi4ii stand alone
in an attitude of resistance. She would thus
preserve at least her honor, and would form
nucleus around Which a resistance movement
would gather, that would eventually sweep
down all opposition.
But the question is will Mississippi go with
the other Cotton States for a Southern Con-
federacy, or will she live under Black
Republican dynasty in pursuit Of the imprac-
ticable and impossible scheme Of "a Conyen-
ton of all the non -slaveholding States" Sic
will choose the former Her sentiment is
fixed and it will be recorded by nine-tcnths of
her citizens when they come up to the ballot
box.
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Meeting in Pamela.

Pursuant to adjournment the citizens OF
Panola count ySsasSflnbled at tie Court House
in the town of Panola TUESDAY, Nov ~,
1860 to consider the resolutions offered by the
committee, selected at q formermeetinS Tor the
aforesaid purpose.
4 majority report was thea submitted 10
the consideration of the Convention by Jho.
R. Dickens, Chairman Of the Committee.
A minority report was alsosubp}ited py D.
3. Fizer. W.
A substitute for both was offered by T w.
Crump. r
The reports being received, Hon. John W.
| Thompson was called upon TO address The
| Convention.
At the close of his speech Il d Booth' Esqs
of Virginia, addressed the melting
Col + r, Chalmers. being loudly called
for, responded to the enthusiastic call
Irnon the conclusion of bis address, the
| rorvapt;on called uD the yasous resolutions,
ona oftor = short 'discnssionthe minority re-
nort was UNANIMOUSLY adoted, with a slight
| amendment. The report and amendment
reads as follows -,
| WHEREAS, The recent efcaon ol Abfahah
lincoln and Hannibal HaHdln, as President
and Vice President of the United States, upon
| the ayowed and undisguisd declaration upon
their part, and on the part II their supporters,
that The common goyernmdt shall be admin
isterel for the destruction1 the rights and
equality Of the Southern Safes IN the Uno1,
and
IF7isreas, In view Of thse threatened dan,
ders we deem it Of the highest Importance
that the people Of the 3oth should be united
in the support OF tie righs and liberties sesur,
ed to them in the compat OF Union. Now
| therefore be it
i Resa,ped, That hencefoEh party strife ought
ta cease among US and tat all our zeal and
energy should be directed in devising appro.
,r;ata measures to sccureour rights and liber.
t;as as g,,aranteed to US n the Constitution O
the United States
Ps,olred That our representatives and Sen.
.+ors n the approaching legislature. are in.
strncted to use their influence to call State
C,anyantion the representation to be the game
~ IN the E,eyor House of the Legislature tht
'.,a,nbars to said Convention to be eIsctad ~
tbo neonle. and we hereby pledge ourselves T.
sh;de Xii by the action of said State Convention
Peso1psd. That we deem it improper +,
abadew forth line of policy to be pursued h,
State Convention, as pew lights may presen
! Themselves in the mem time that will NOR
ensta;n,v noint the pubic mind in the prone
direction, than any oppression of opinion o.
d d,s the part Of this meetiF' at this time.
: But upon this, we gre already determine,
a that we will not tameg and unconditionall
t submit to the wrong ana insults alread
|, heaped upon US and tst we , are prepared nov
assert our rights ad 70 ana loOa K to the assem-
: point out the best mode and measure Of re
d dress.
Ie The thanks of the meeting were then yo
,e ted to the distinguish speakers, who had S
5, eloquently addressed mem,
'e On motion it was solved that the proceed
s ings Of this meeting Y published in the Panol
The meeting thendjoourrn,ed; 10 med,
:. R. Il. TAYLoE,l sc'ys.
J. 1. HooLE,
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LEGAL NOTICES.
M as1 n.--n Areryef 81. 1860.

OF TIE PRsSIDENTs PROCLAIM ALTON
No, s67. DATED AUeusf 81, ls6e-
LANDS n rHE LArE Nsw xoax INpfAs REsRREE.
ANS As.
1T orders public salss Of the vacant ttsc,s . :
Il public lands in the lste kssefss Tor tne Ne' J,
Yofk Indians, In the fessitery OF Kansas ~ ioi
loWs:
AZ the Land oases ct Fort Scott, on the Sd de.
Of December nexs. of the tTscts or parcels OF pup
lie Is6ds, not covered By individual Indian loca
tions. in thirty-six townships and fhrts OF town
shipA calling within the late ssserTe eoose men
TONED for New YORK Indians, and within the
eaupt;es Of Bourbon, Allen, and Woodson.
Atsthe Land Ofaesi st Fort Scott, on the lItn
Jay of December next OF the tracts OF parcels Oh
public lands, not covered By individual Indian
locations. In thi.ty-six townships and parts OF
tosnships fslIins within the late reserve above
mentioned for New Yorfcindisns, and within the
.ountise5f Woodson, Greenwood, and Butler.
The lands viii be offered with he usual exeep-
tons of school scstions, &s., 6e.
The sales will be kept open. until the lands are
al offered, which is % be accomplished within two
weeks, and no longer; ahd no private F7try of any
If the lapds viii be admitted yarsa Alter the sxpi-
ration ef the two weeks.
Presumption claimants are requAed to establish
their eAsrss to the satisfaction Of the proper
Register and Reesiser, and make payment for the
sane on or befors the cay appeik ed for the COM
nenesment of the public sales, Otherwise their
claims viii be forfeited. JOS 5. WILSON,
os4anfssS1ner of tie Ges.eraE Land O6ice.
GESERAL LAND oFFIcE, oc.oker 4, 1850.
Oct. 10 s60-EeE eJtz sszs
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! connIssIoNERs sAIE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, in Carroll Chance
e4aso.. CousTx. 8 Cont.

America Walton, ct. ii ii
MY virtue Of decree of s.he Chancery Court
O aforesaid, rendered at the October term thereof
IN the shove TslBed case 1850, Till on Tuesday
che lth day December next, sell to fhe highes.
hi uer, the following lands, vis Lots 1, 2 8, Z,
o. 10, H. II and Is, Of section sx township twenty
range one. East. Lot 10, section eleventh, town.
ship twenty, range oue, West. Lots l, ., Z, 9, 10
III, IL, l3, section twelve, tosnship twenty; range
one, West. Lots 3, 4, y s. section seven, township
twenty range orr, East ard the Esst-hal of South
WesSquartef, section FIVE, township twenty, range
one, Ease LotFl, Is 4 j. 81 snd 8, section eight,
township twenty, range one. East, $nd Southwest
4aarter, section nine, tewnshipfswelty, range one,
East Also, Los Is and i46, section thrty-one,
township twsaty-one, range one, East; all in the
esunty Of Carroll, ard State Of Mississippi lying
on tde T.ilabstehie river, about one hundred head
of CattJa and about one handred head Of hogs,
and about four t..oussBd bushels Of Corn, large
lot of FODDER, and large lot hf farming utensils
will be sold. with the aforesaid lands, Gall sold in
soiido-I' fhe above lands Is tbs pt4ce known as
Ih1 Walton MG4eaastrac
There areabsat seen hundred acres in high
STATE ofTsultiyation, aL1 5 goei dwelling, negro
cabins gin house, mill and all oat buildings,
saly tor Carrying on farm on tho premises. Said
sale will be made "a the premises aforesaid
Terms of Saie.s@0ae third Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash sne balance to be paid IN
ts4aal }7stalments in one srd two years Fam date
of sale-the purchaser givi1g bond therefor as re-
qurea' hv Law, which if not paid &C maturity, shall
lave tbs force and efecl of judxmAnt.
Oct 81 i60-Wtds. WN. BOZ LE Com'r
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Tennessee.

We find the following publication in our
Tennessee exchanges
In the present dangerous crisis in affairs,
the undersigned respectfully recommend the
assemblage of the people in primary meetings,
to request the Governor to call together the
Legislature of Tennessee, forthwith with a
view to their providing for State Conven-
ton; the object of which shall be to bring
abont a Conference of Southern States to con.
slider existing political troubles, and if possible
to compose our sectional strfes.
1t is recommended that Davidson county
hold its meeting on Saturday, the lst day O
December, 1860, at the Court House in Nash.
vile.
Mel S. Brown, Edwin Fl. Ewing, Allen A
Hall, John II. Calender, Andrew Ewing
Leon Trousdale, S, r. Anderson, C. X. Win
ston, S. l.. Finley, w. r. Hurley, II. S. Foote
Ghas. NJ. Carroll, John Lellyett H. IL. Har
rison.
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GEoRG1A.-The Empire State of the South
has spoken. Her Legislature, by unanimo,,
vote, has called Convention of her people to
consider the necessity Of resistance to Blacls
Republican domination. The Convention i
called to meet on the sixteenth day Of Janurv
next, in Milledgevilie, and the election Of del.
egates is to be on the first Wednesday in that
month-those counties now sending two
members to the House of Representatives being
entitled to three delegates, and those now
sending one entitled TO two delegates. Sena
tor Toombs has not without reason said, yes
terday, in telegram TO friend in Charleston
that Georgia is moving steadily and firmly
IN the right direction. Mmeury
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The Bldnders of the vlcksburg whig

In our last issue, we cited the act of Vir-
| ginia ratfying the Federal Constitution to
show that that great and leading Common
wealth Joined the Union upon the express
condition that she would "resume the pow
ers" delegated to it, whenever the same
shall DO perverted to her injury or oppression"
This we did in response to the random asser-
ton of the Wing that "not single State
Joined the Union upon that condition or any
Hother." -r.-. T. --=r
We have now before US the act of New
York ratifying the Constitution Speaking
for the people" Of that State, her Convention
among other things declared, "that the powers
of the Government may be RE-ASSUMED
BY THE PEOPLE whenever it may become
necess sary to their happinesr that every power,
jurisdiction and right, which is not by the
said Constitution clearly delegated to the
Congress Of the u. s., or the departments of
the government thereof, remains to tie people
Of the several States or to their respectiue
State governments, to a0ltong they haze granted
the same"
So much for the conditions upon which the
States came into the Union
But the Whig is no less at fault about the
laws of Northern States multiplying the consti-
tutional provision for the rendition of fugitive
slaves. 1t gives us to understand that those
laws are not exactly what they ought to be,
but thinks they are not half as. bad as the
Mississippian has represented them. 1t
undertakes to say, that bad as the laws of
these States are, and they are bad enough in
all conscience, not one of them proposes to |
punish the master s0ho is proceeding under
the act of Congress to arrest his slaves" In |
this bold plea for the Northern violators of |
the Constitution the Wing goes almost as far
as the New York Courier and Enquirer
leading Black Republican sheet, which as
sumes that there s. is no law in any Northern |
State multiplying the Fugitive Slave Law"
Now, take the law of Massachusetts as a
specimen of the whole system of Northern
legislation on this subject, and what does it
ItTUNIUc. IL uSCdfGS SldiI |
remove from the limits of this State, or assist
in removing therefrom, or come into the State
with the intention of removing or assisting in
the removing therefrom, &c, &c, any peg
son being in the place thereof, &c, shall be
punished By fine Of not less than one thousand
lol7ars, and BY imprisonment in the State
rison not tss htan one nor mRfs than fve
Jears''
The same mail which brought us the plea
If the Vicksburg Whig for the notification
States of the North, also contained copy Of
he Albany Argus and Atlas, a Northern
PAPER, which has this condensed state
nent ON the same subject.
Fhe State that declares him free absolutely is
New Hampshire.
The following are some of the penalties pro-
,ided by statute against any Southern citizen
oLo endeaUors to reclaim his property as pro-
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Administrators Sale.
- =

DY order Of tbs Probate Court of Kinds county
- Mississippi, ] will sell 70 the highest bidder
on q ersditof twelve months, with approved surety
il front of the State House, in ackson Mississippi
on the FIRST
Monday, Tth January, 1851,
Part ef ten acre la three Soatl, situated on Pas
cagodIa street. also part of ten scre lot two South
situated on Pearl street, the property Of Michael
Blake, deceased. The above propertJ will be sold
1t Ii o'clock, A. IL, st the place above mentioned
will convey such title only as is invested in me
as Administrator on said Estate.
JOHN BLAKE,
Nov 20 '6o-N5R. Administrator.