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ana or the Southern Confederacy may choose
20 enact. What is to he done about this?

ana or the Southern Confcderacy may choose
20 enact What is to he done about this?
V. In the event of war, which some peo-
pie deem inevitable if secession takes place
and which all deem probable, would the free
navigation of the Mississippi still be respect
ed? Would Northern passengers still be
allowed free transit, and Northern goods free
pa sage, from Cairo southwark? The gov
ernment Of The United States is strong
enough to secure this desideratum at all
times Is public opinion at the South able
to do so? Is the law of nations likely to be
effectual in this regard? We pause for re-
ply once more.
Until satisfactory answers can be given
to all these questions we commend the ofii-
cious moth-pieces of disunion to indulge in
no more platitudcs about the free navigation
of the Mississippi If the Northwest were
never so fondly charmed with secession in
the abstract, her citizens would insist to the
last extremity upon guarantees in this par
tcular which should be not only probable
and promising, but absolutely certain in all
contingencies. - Chicayo Tribune
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New Yankee Dooa q.
Uncle Sam is pesky sick

Uncle Sam is pesky sick o 1l9d q.
sa And weak in constitution; ftt Haidg
And all his folks arc lookin' for. q, .ro.,
His speedy dissolution. ...... .,r
His friends upon the lett,hdnd side
Are now the chiefest mourncrs, 5000
A-whine-in' in the whiskey shops,
Boo -hooin'. on the corners. uy
Yankee doodle, them cockades
- l"a Are big and blue and shiney,
90 Of That the sodger fellers wear, sSas
str5 Down in South Cailiny. 2if
No yankee doodle do they play; "
They wont begin to toot it; g @. '' .'.
An'rev'ry chap niger hes, ga
To toat his gun an shoot it. ..s cyl.
Besides he hes on tother side, w..
Another niger felcr
To carry his Pa!meter fan 'ea n8
And cotting numberreller.
gr.Fp Yankee doodle, &c,
They We carried all the chicken roosts,
20 An toated off the poultry, a"-H
An call it only practiein' . e., Haaq
For takin', of Fort Moultrie. r
They all hev knapsacks, five feet long,
Stuffed mighty full of stape
% / swow they'd stand musket BAH fa
jg F''sist like a log o. maple. = sgG- ot g
rs...r au Yankee doodle, &c. arz a..
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pi,. to seats on the floor, and also that they
address the Convention tonight at o clock.
A motion was made o invite Hon. Howell
Cobb to seat on the floor. Some mcnberS
objected, and thought it would haexpreSsing
complimentary terms TO Nj Cobb tl.at were
not accredited TO the Commissioners. The
motion to tender him scat prevailed, with
a fw dissenting voic'S. raas Oh
At the Intu -uration Of tie Governor to-
day, the galleries Ct the Representative. liall
were crowded with many ladies'. Mr.. Pick
ems r.ad the inaugural. His sentiments were
decidedly firrn for secession, and were warm
ly applanlel. In the rear Of Mr.. Pickens,
at the Speakers stand, were Mr.. Cobb and
McssrS Elmore and Hooker, Commissioners
from Alabama and Mississippi.
ig EvsSING SESSION OF TIVE CONVENTION
The Convention re-assembIed at o'clock p.
IN. with Hon D. F. Jarnison, President in
tie chair
Mr. Ingles introduced the following
Resolrsl, That Committee of - mefni
befs be appoint d to draft an ordinance prop
er 10 be adopted by the Convention, and
that those de -iro Is of submitting for the con.
sdcrati n Of the Convention any draft or
scheme, be requested to hand the same in
without delay, to the sa d COMMITTEES.
Resoicel, That the acts Of the General
Assembly osths State providing for the as
sembling of this Convention, be retired to d,
the same committee, with instructions to act
/ thereon. .. ..
The clerk then named clerk, messenger
and doos-keeper. ra
| Ex Gov. Adams here introduced to tine
Convention, the Commissioners from Ala
b ma and Mississippi, who were greeted with
great applause The Commissioner from
Alalama spoke first, and the Commissioners
fnm Mississippi next. Both speeches
were moderate in tone and principally went
to show that they (the Commissioners sc-
It'd by the authority of the Governors of
Their respective States, and in accordance
with tie desire # "a majority of the people Of
tIcif Stats. ........ sf
! The first resolution was then presented,
by ayes i59, nays none.
Mr. Gadshurg moved to fill the blank With
y. ....'s s.. .-.......... -r.9
Mr.. Rhett moved to amend by inserting
other natt,rs f,r consideration of the Con-
'ntion which may be presented to them.
Mr.. Ward moved to fill the blank With
-even: ... .-
! Mr. War.llaw IN ived twenty one.
! Mr.. WARTS motion was carried, and the
rgSo'u ion adolted
/ Mr. M.urgu:t offered resolution ear
nestly requesting the commissioner from
/ Alabama and Mississippi to meet the Con-
yention at Charleston. -......s @
J Mr.. Hope moved vctc Of thanks to the
! Blptist denomination for the use Of the bull.
/ ding Carried. ...
! The credentials Of the Commissioners
were offered to be entered on the minutes.
/ Mr.. Jtt moved to adjourn. and at 10i tie
Convention adjourned. se
! BRANcHvILLE, S. c. IS, IL a. ma train
fom Columbia with 400 delegates to the
| State Convention and .ssmbers Of the Legis-
lature on their way to Charleston, has just
arrived .-. ..
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The so.a.h Caroli.aa Convention.


| Columbia, Dec. 1.-THE Convention had
| four ballots on permanent President On
the Sd ballot, Gov. Gist received SO. ex-
Senator Chestnut Is, ex-Speaker Orr, b,
Mr. jameson GA, with some few scattering.
On the 4th ballot Mr. jameson received llS
votes, x,Speaker Orr so, scattering3.
Mr.. Jameson on taking the chair said he
had not language to express his thanks for
the honor conferred upon him in making him
the Presiding officer over the deliberations
| Of this Convention. He considered that the
Conyention was engaged in most import
ant duty-the most important that had ever
devolyed on South Carolina. God only
knows what will be th. result OF our pro.
ceedings, but he would imp,ore Gods pro-
lection for the State
A resolution was then offered that when
the Convention adjourn, it be to meet at
Charleston at O'Clock tomorrow pm. This
resolution caused considerable debate
Mr.. Miles appealed to the Convention net
to adjourn TO Charleston, but remain here
regardless of the smallpox or other physical
or moral causes, aad discharge the dvtiss
required from South Carolina lie urged
that the other States would jeer at the tmidl-
| ty in the present crisis and that tie moral
power ofthe present movement would be
affected in other sympathyzing States five
adjourn to Charleston.
Mr.. Cochrane, of Abbevilie, said he would
never coaSent to leave Columbia until the
Ordinance Of Secession had passed, and
urged members to stand up to all response.
bilities of their position and remain and
perfect their work.
Mr.. Keitt, said he was as ardent'y devoted
to Secession as any man. and determined to
| be with the Convention until their acton
was complete, but urged their adjouIning to
sent 10 hurry through the proceedings ofthe
Convention, and gave not,cc that no ordi-
nance should be passed with his consent
until every point was duly considered in all
its bearings, after full investigation and
discussion. He said they Were engaged in
il high and patriotic duty, and demanded
that the membeis should bc in Iccaton
where their minds could fairly ggapple with
the issues involved, aud not be agtated by
fearful, loathsoplc pestilcnce, when no
pressing necessity require it.
Others engaged in TIE discussion pro. and
con-
The motion to adjourn to Charleston was
finally carried by a large majority.
Resolutions wee adopted, inviting the
Commissioners from Alabama and Mississip-
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The Mout., of The GEssissippf.

Tho Io,Sorc oe tb, eooos.;o,, ,,,o,,o,,,o. I.
seem to nava recocniv.d tho f,c, that tho
commerce. of the MiSsiss;ap; ,ivor & an i'm.
ped,ment t, their reasonable schemes that
the Nor hwcst has too vast an intarec, :,
that creek to tolerate for moment tho .bo,t
ofits falling into the hands Of fore;,, now
er-that even MS ,ouri and Kentrel, have
scrunles under this head which tbev do NOT
entertain from n mere nolt;cal STAND. .no;nt
Hence we hear if nroclai,ned from Washino.
ton that the free naviyation Of the Miss;ssin-
ri is not to he imncded bv secession that
under the mara,ime laws of the world i
must remain an omen highway for commerce
and travel to all nations inbabitinp its shores
and valleys This isa varv nleasant sort Of
speech II has most neac fnl and NOR.
camille seeming. II SUGGESTS lonp continued
profits in the steamboat and raf,,no interest
no less than regular dividends AMONG corn
factors and sugar merchants But how Is Il
proposed TO answer these ouestions.
/. On whose authoritv do thess nerSons
speak. who have awakened tn the napdc Of
the Northwestern commerce and ;ts v,stlv
sacred characters What r;obt have tbav 10
nledpe the Soutbern neon,o 70 a, ohsorvanoo
of the laws Of nations in rcsnect of nav;o,.
hle rivers Who are tboc, wbo, .ro ,ho;r
local babitations and their names resnective-
lvp We napse for a ren,v
III. If these parties were author;zed to
sneak for the whole South rn neon,e or sar a
ma;oritv Of them how can tho nresent oe,.
Grafton of slave. drivers bind the newt cener.
alton? How can the Louisiana of 1850 bind
the Lonisiana Of 1892 What ou,r,n,v
lmye we that our right in the Mississippi
recognized today by thos. in whose mower
it is placed by secession. will be respected
six months hence when some irritating event
NAV have suggested the confscaton Of a
Northern cargo by an Arkansas mob2 We
pause for reply to this also.
III. What is the meaning of the pbrases
Afrec navigation" and claw of nations s.-
Four wears ago the Missouri river was ma.
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The FREMONT HOUSE IMpRovEMENr.-The
parties in interest have completed arrange
ments for the Improvement Of the fremont
House which have been some time in con-
temptation. The entire building is to be
raised six feet, portions of the rear rebuilt
and the interior remodeled. The work is to
be commenced in February, and will be com
pleted in three or four months. The total
cost of theimprovement will be about $780,
000.-Chicago Journal
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1t is only occasionally that one stumbles
upon "knock down argument" Mr..
Charles E. Lemon publishes, in the Buffalo
Courier just such an one. Having been
published in that paper as "an individual
convicted of the crime of beating his wife
julia he writes to say:
l. never assaulted my wife.
2. was not present when my wife was
assaulted
8. My name is not Chas. E. Lemon.
4. | never had wife.
All Of which smacks strongly of the plea
of the lawyer whose client was charged with
the larceny of her neighbor's washtub.
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Mr.. Hughes wanted to know whether there
we've any Notification acts except the Per
sonal Liberty bills. There was no response
The resolution was adopted III, 40 nays
Mr. Hill, before the result was anno2nced
confes ,eI his astoniShnicnt and Qualification
at the exhibition on the part of the gentl--
man from Illinois.
Mr.. Lovejoy objected 70 Mr. HIS givirg
an Interpretation to his proposition.
The Speaker said debate was not in
order.
Mr.. Hill resuning-Tt aGords me nevor-
thelcss great satisfaction
Mr. Florence The gentleman has forget
ten that while the lamp holds out to burn
the vlest sinner may return" (Laughter.)
Mr. Lpveioy There is some hope f,r yoo
then. Renewed lausl.t2r.
Mr. Branch believing the effect Of The reso-
luton was countenaacng civil var, Therefore
declined to vote.
Mr.. Bennett did not believe the resolution
admitted ofany construction Hr him self he
could not vote for any thing looking TO the
use of force by the President
Mr.. Norris or Illinois, under suspension
of ths ru!es, offered the following resolution
saying it contained the language of Wash
ington's farewell address ....... ...
Go Editors copying from full resolutions
in the Washington papers of Friday.) The
resolution passed, ll5 against A. u
Mr.. Washburn of ILL.,, a kel but did not
receive consent to introduce joint resolu-
ton to adjourn over the Holidays. ..
Mr.. Crawford offered aresolltion declaring
that the Constitution recognized property
in slaves that Congress has a;sel laws to
aid shareholders in recapturing their s'aves
whenever they make their escape into fr,e
States; that the Supreme Court has decided
that negroes are not included either in The
Declaration of Independence or in the Con
stituton except as slaves that they cannot
become citizens, and we, the members of tae
House of Representatives, will SUSTAIN and
support this construction ofthe Constitution,
the laws, and the said decision of the Su.
prcma Court. .... -.-..... ..... ....
Davis asked, AMI was eXcu ed from sew
ing on the select Committee Of 80, saying
that the Committee viii yield nothing to the
South .s....... .......... ....
Pending Mr.. Craw.ord's reseIaiioa, thc
Iouse adjourned. ...-...
WASHINGTON, DEC. l5.-RumorS are in
circulation that Sec'y. Thompson has re-
signed, but there is authority fr saying that
such is not his present intention.
Senator Benjamin, it is stated, viii take
an early opportunity to make q secession
speech. .... g.. ...L aa ..a ~
Certain scceas;onists assert that France.
Russia, Prussia, and other European pow
ers, viii, promptly recognize the indepen-
deace Of any seccdiug State, it is said that a
linc Of French steamers which were iateu-
ded to run from Havre to New York, will be
! changed from the latter port to New
Orleans.
The Presidents Proclamation, recon-
mendng to the people Of the United States
to observe the 4th day of January naxf, as
day of humiiati n, fasting AMI prayer,
is officially published He says hope seems
to have deserted the minds of men, and
God $ arm alone can save US from the awful
etfec.c Of our crimes and foHies.
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Cranoerries on Dry Lasd.

We have heard moro or less said for some
years past, about raising cranberries on up
land, and although we have given it fair
trial, and witnessed it by others, we hare yet
to learn of the first successful attempt A
few berries may be produced it is true, but
not enough to be called a success. This
plant likes water, and to make it flourish,
must be submerged in water for a length Of
time, annually. No doubt the cranberry
may be transferred from its native localities
to others less favorable, and there made to
flourish. Give il a moist, loomy soil, with
p,ehty of water at certain seasons of the
year, and you may count upon fruit, and
not without.
The following from New Jersey paper,
is right to the point on cranberry culture :
The cranberry culture is engaging some
attention, from the present market price, ad-
vanoing to over s. per bushei and Witness
ing at our country exhibition this fall, cram
berries which took first and second premi-
umS, cultivated by Samuel Reeve, near our
city, has caused visit to the place Of cuiti-
vation, and the gathered clanbarries likewise
A more splendid gathered lot, in good keep
ing order, is not oaen seen than Mr. Reeves,
he having them in convenient place for
keeping. Last year, we understand, the
ost at the blossoning tine, destroyed near
ly al his crop this year, although the frost
was more severe and later, it did not inte;-
ferc, I'd should his management another
year or so succeed, his experience will per-
haps be given to tie public. The cranberry
plat is situated on the head Of branch Of
meadow, which is eyefAowed in winter BY
GRO $ bank, with s!1ice Sliding gates, and
which is soon filed With the best of spring
water The rains ruaains from the upland
leaving sediment while passing over the
vines down the ice pond, which sediment is
just the Ii ceSsa,y ingredient, acting as .
stimulus to the vines, causing she berry TO
be uncomuohly large and solid when CEN
pared with those thas grow Wild in more
northern States, with less time to grow in"
Skating, the fayorite sport cf boys, has
commenced in good earnest. Every boy
should have u raif of sl,atcs, and go it
while he Is young; but there is one thing
all should remember. that the ice is BOW thin,
allowing good chance for them To go
through; AMI if they are foolish enough to
skate where the water is deep, they must
take the risk of drowning, which is consi5-
erable at this season Of the year.
The be,cl Is said . be non-cenductos
ecighm;n,. So not,rious is the fact tlst
the indians, during thunder storms, slwsys
take refuge under the nearest beech tree.
I.achryn,se-a dover whea he she,s
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The Death of the Flowers.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

The melancholy days are come,
The saddest of the year;
0fwailing winds and rahed woods,
And meadows brown and sere.
Heaped in the hollows Of the grove,
The withered leaves lie dead,
They rustic to the edlyng gust a.
ss'A And to the RABBITS tread; as :
The robin and the wren have flown,
And from the shrub the jay;
And from the wood top calls the crow 7r.
Through all the gloomy day.
Whero are the flowers the fair young flowers,
That lately sprang and stood
In brighter light and softer airs,
A beauteous sisterhood?
Alas! they al are in their graves,
The gentle race of flowers,
Andlying in their lowly bed,
With the fair and good of ours,
The rain is falling where they lie, .
But the cold, November rain
Calls not, from out the gloomy EARTH
The lovely ones again.
The wild flowers and the violet,
They perished long ago.
Aud the brier-rose and the orchis died
Amid the summer glow
But on the hill the golden rod
And the aster in the wood, ,.4
And the yellow sun flower by the brook,
In autum beauty stood
Till fell she frost from the clear, cold heaven,
As falls the plague men,
And the brightness of their smile was gone
From upland, glade and glen,
And now when comes the calm, mild day,
As stll such days viii come,
To call the squirrel und the bee
From out their winter home,
When the sounds ofdropping nuts is heard,
Though all the trees are still,
And twinkle in the smoky light
The waters of the rill,
The south wind searches for the flowers
Whose fragrance late he bore,
And sighes to find them in the wood
And by the stream no more.
And tEen think Of one who in
Her youthful beauty died.
The fair, meek blossom that grew up
Aud faded by my side;
In the cold moist earth we laid her,
When the forest cast the leaf,
And we wept that one so lovely
Should have life SO brief.
Yet not unmet it was that one
Like that young friend Of ours.
go gentle and so beautiful,
Should perish with the flowers
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Horse CHoLERA--A disease called the
horse cholera is prevailing in Bradley county
Tenn, and the citizens have lost nearly a
hundred head within the last three weeks by
this fatal disease. Very few survive an at.
tack of It. No remedy has beer found for
its cure yet, The hog cholera is elso pre-
yailing in that region, and killing large
number Of hogs,
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Foolish SpITE-There is bill before the
Georgia Legislature fining any Georgian
$4,000 who shall sell bale of cotton to
any one north of Mason and Dixon's line.
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A musical rat comes out in the house Of
Mr.. Ross, at Albany, n, Y, squats on its
launches, and accompanies the piano with
very good music,
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Becchcr says of halfway men:--'' They
are of no use they never can get to Heay-
en-they are not known in. heu, and are not
wanted on earth"
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Sign OF RETURNING REASON While South
ern extremists have been saying very harsh
things of the North, they have been sub
jecting themselves to the censurc of the world
by their violent expulsion ofpeaccable men
and women. This has been carried to SO
great an extent, and with so little reason OF
decency, that the authorities Of Savannah
have felt called upon to interpose.
The Mayor of that city in conjunction with
the City Council, denounces the recent
lynchings in, and expulsions from that city,
and offers a reward of 800 for the appre-
hsnsion and conviction of persons implicated
in those affairs
These outrages are perpetrated by self
constituted Vigilance COMMITTEES class Of
men who are doing more mischief than all
others combined, in the present crisis.-4Al
bany journal.
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To TAKE OUT GREASE SRors out
thc grease spo.rr aud then darn IL
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Intense Excitement at FriOr's
eaF iH Point, Mississippi.

Fourteen Gin Houses burned an sir aeeeks--
Action QfMe Vigilance Committee Three
Northern Mechanics Hung and Burned
Northern Men Branded and sent up the
Riper--.Sworn vengeance Of tho 8 Vigi-
lance Comnittee."
From the Memphis Argus, Dec. 49,
The following letter from Friar's Point,
written by Mr. Samuel J.. Halle, of the firm
Of Berlin & Halle, Clothiers, on Front Row,
in this city, fully explains itself: '.o'2 go
FRIAR's PoINr, Mss, Dec IL, 1860.
To the Editors Of the Daily Argus: 900 atAtt
There is great excitement in this commu-
nifty. The people arc in arms against the
Northern men who have been in the coun-
try but few months: On yesterday even
ing two gins and anegro quarter were fired
simultaneously, doubtless by the procure
ment of these wretches. The night was lit
up for miles around. The Vigilance Com
mittee were soon under arms, and proceeded
to the room Of three carpenters, one by the
name of Uamlin, the others unknown, and
took them and hung them to the first tree,
and atterwards cat them dozen and burned
them.
The town is under arms, the military are
paradng the streets, and all is excitement
and alarm. This morning the remainder of
the Northern men were sent up the river on
the steamer Payton; some of them were
branded with the letters G.. B. (gin burner,)
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The be,el Is said t, be non-coniuctos
aslightniny. So notprious is the fact t'lst
the Indians, during Thunder storms, slwGys
take REFUGE under the nearest beech tree.