Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-12-26
NEWS OF H DAY.

VIRGINIA. Convention of the "Minute
men" of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Princess
Anne, was held at Norfolk on the 10Th. Col
Herbert, on taking the chair, made a strong
secession speech, saying that the day had
passed for compromising, and that Virginia
should unite with her sister Southern States,
in opposition to the North. He was loudly
applauded. .
Strong resolutions %favoring the right of Sc .
cession and scorning coercion, were passed,
each resolution being loudly applauded.
Several strong speeches fayoripg secession
and urging immediate action, were made
The speakers referred to Wade's late speech
in the Senate, showing that no concessions
are to be expected from the North.
GEORGIA. meeting of the members of
the legiSlatu e favorable to co operation. and
urging Il Convention of such Southern States
as are DESTROYS ofco- operation, has been held,
and an address issued to the people of South
Carolina, alabama, Mississippi and Florida.
It is signed by f~lty-two members of the Leg
~islature.
In the Senate a resolution was introduced
Offering the services of the members of the
Legislature in case of the attempted coercion
OF any seeding Southern State, and request
ing the Governor to order out all said men,
DCIS HIS lllbO JilC Uclu. AlC6T discussion .
the resolution was lost.
The debate in the Senate on separate State
action is reported to be the ableSt that had
been during the session. Mr.. Hill, of Troup,
in a blaze of eloquence, characterized such
action as right accomplishing her W defeat
as liberty forging its own chains-happi-
ness poisoning its W cup, and prosperity
committing suicide. A resolution was adop-
ted (yeas SO, nays 54,) declaring that as there
is a common interest in the present g~rievan-
ces, so there should DE a cooperation of the
Southern States. It's reconsideration was
moved and lost.
Mr.. Delany's bill published on the first
page otto days Age for the protection of the
citizens of Georgia against the processes of
the Federal Courts, was lost by 16 majority.
SoUTH CARoLINA.-The Convention met at
Columbia on the 18th. A resolution proyid-
ing for the appointment of a committee to
prepare an ordinance declaring the State out
of the Union was adopted, yeas 159, nays
none. Also, the following resolution was
adopted by the same vote:
"Resolced, That it is the opinion of this
Convention that the State of South Carolina
should f6rthgih secede from the Federal
Union known as the United States of .Ameri-
Ca"
Commissioners from Alabama and Missis-
sippi were present, and addressed the Con-
v~ention. The Convention then adjourned to
meet at Charleston on the 10th, at four p. M.
The Convention re-assembled at the Tnsti-
tute Hall, Charleston. A number of resolu-
tions were introduced, but no final action was
had upon them. .
t [Sce further proceeding in Editorial COL
| nmns.
. - Governor Moore. Of Louisiana, in his
recent message to the Legislature of that
s State, recommends a conference or conven
/ tion of the slaveholding States, but secession
2 at all hazards before LINCoLN's Inaugural.
+ ton.
In the Senate, the Convention Bill was in
Y troduced. In the House a resolution was in
PRODUCED fixing the time for the assembling O
4 the Convention early i'll the month of January
next. The preamble to h resolution declares
d that the Northern States, which had ~nullifieC
the Constitution, had no right to vote for 8
President.
a NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1O.-The Picayune,
paper which has heretofore been opposed t.
the States Rights party, in its issue of thi
evening, gives way before the current of pub
4 lie feeling, and admits that the people Q
Louisiana are strongly in favor of secession
Charleston Mercury.
PLUCE.-A correspondent of the Semi
te Weekly True Flag, of Rome, Ca, ian abb
little sheet, by the way, which we are Away
,r happy to greet writes as follows:
II UesSrs. Editors: ! will bet 500 that Cotto
80 will be 10 GEMS per 10. in 90 days after Geol
1T gia secedes 500 that it will be 20 cent
and 800 that it will be % cents. Any ger
-, t'eman who wishes to take the three bets t
~ gether can call on the editors OF the Fla!
10 Rome, Ga, aud be accommodated.
~ No BACK Or.
~ /" According to their faith. be it unto them.
Augusta Democrat.
. As a means of removing pain from th
+ body, no medicine has ever acquired a repl
- tatiou equal to Perry Davis Pain Killer
- The sale of this article has exceeded all b.
:, lieG. But it has real merit, and hat is suf
cient.-Newport 4 Covington News,
n. ELECTION OF 4 GOVERNOR OF South CAR
Oh trSA.-Hon. f.. w. Pickens, late Unite
,w States Minister to Russia, has been elect,
ch Governor by a vote Of SO to 81 for Mr.. job
g son. The tmost confidence is felt and e
messed in the ability and will of the Go
Of ernor elect to direct the affairs of the State
it the trying crisis which is now at hand Ii
mediate secession is certain. Every one