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SOUTHEEN CONFEDERACY Southern ®oufedetatg ATLANTA. SBOKOIAi SUNDAY, APRH, 14, 18*1. The Ncwat Oer Paper! On Friday night a large number of gentle men collected in our Reading Room, end le- meined there till alter midnight, awaiting the i*Nue of our j>»per for yesterday morning.— Quita'aTarge namber of the edition were sold on tfcectreeta after midnight—so anxious wesf out citixeps la know the prtgfe«i ot the War- Our paper is the only one in the State, North of Macon, that receieeo telegrephie news. We a hail keep eui readers Informed of nvarjihing that reaches us ap to the hoar of going to press. The War. This morning we la/ before our readers the oifieiel Correepoadenee, bj telegraph, between the Seoretarj ef War and General Beauregard, previous to making an attack on Fort Sumter. The intentions and polio/ of our government, hate all along been pacific and forbearing in the last degree. We have taken no hostile step, to which we have not been impelled bj hosor and onrown safe!/. Our anemias have been treated with forbearance, sack as la un paralleled in the hiator/ of warfare the world over, bat to far, it has availed nothing. Our cause is a hoi/ and a just one, and oa this ac count, we could afford to be patient and mag nanimous, but there Is a point beyond which "forbearance ceases to be a virtue," and genar- oait/ and maguanimitj make no further exac tions We rejoice at the evidence of the pacific pol icy of our government, which this correspon dence discloses. Though many have been im patient thereat, it will bring us renown thro’- out the civilised world, and be a bright pegs in the volume of oar history. The issue of war has been forced upon us. We meet it. We regret that it has been made ->that a more aenaibie policy haa not actuated the Lincoln administration; bat these regrets will not cease us the less oheerfally to accept the issue as becomes a courageous and honora ble people. P. S. Soon after writing the foregoing, we received a dispatch informing us, that Major Anderson had capitulated to tbo Confederate authorities, and that hostilities bad, conse quently, been suspended. The intelligence soon spread throughout the city, and the wild- est enthusiasm prevailad among all classes of our citizens. A salute of seven guna, in honor of the event, was fired by a detachment of (he Grays. Secession Fire Spreading. The Raleigh “Register" haa been a most ar dent and thorough Union journal—eo much so that we have doubted its loyalty to the South. It is with pleasure wage the following in its columns, which we oommend to the notice of our readers, as evidence that Unionism is now fast dying out in a 1 ! the Border States. Soon they will be with us, adding star after star to uur bright constellation : “ la Major Anderson to be starved or whip ped into a surrender, or will the Administra tion order the evacuation of the Fort ? Weeka ago it was at least semi-o/ficiaJJy given out that Fort Sumter waa to be evacuated. Waa this a trick of the Administration to throw the authorities off tho guard, and to lull the Bor der States into n belief that its course would be paejfia? If so, the trick ha* been moat sig nally frustrated. The troop* at Charleston have never been more on the qui vivt than they are at the present moment, and if the Administra tion attempts a reinforcement, war will begin, and every Border Slave State will be forthwith on the side of the South. There will be no more delay to see what ia coining, for the fact will be patent tbera is n war between the North ern and Southern sections of this couutry, and no true Southern man will stop a eeeond to con sider on what side he should be found. In the present uncertain state of affairs, we are real Revenue Flag. We am pleaadf 1ft learn that tboee two ae coMplished ladles, lira. Dr. W. F. Westmore- to thn bigtae over tfce oflee of •**>• it thi# city. Tilt will be the first Revenue Flagmads in Georgia The deeign of this Flag, as may be known to some of our readers, is that of Dr. Hsnry D. Capers, formerly a resident of Atlanta, and now employed in the Treasury Dep^Mnent at Montgomery. It embraeee the main features of the Flsf of the Confederate States—though distinctive In Itself—the bars being reversed and the blue ground extending the whole length d#wn; and we think it will be generally re garded ae an admirable design, displsying ths aimplioily ef true taste, and retaining all that ia necessary for practical use in Governnsent We present the following disgrsm, to illus trate the features of the Flag : 4 From our Special Washington C< poudawt* nge In /Ac I\Mry of the Lincoln Govern- The KvanuttUm of Fbrt Sumter had Ac- been Determined in Cabinet Council—The Republicans Shotted their Teeth—Lorn* i Northern Flections Pressed Bat'd on Lin- The Infucnet gf the Blairs in Bringing i War Policy—Mr. Fox's Proposed B+ hand Operation* to be Employed Again* Cousin John ” cured of the “ Rheumat ics 1 ” Our citizens will be gratified to Jearn, from the following telegram, that our "Cousin Joh has already shaken off the Rheumatism which had clung about him for several days before he left for the scene of War: AtersvA, April in. To Gsx. J. H. Rics— Reports all true, and more. I am all right No Rheumatism this morning. Glad I left. J. J. THRASHER ising soma of tbe misfortunes of war itself.— Confidence is entirely destroyed, end thous ands of men ere being reduced from a condi tion of affluence or comfort to that of poverty end distress. If tbe Administrotion designs to coerce the South, let the issue be fought out and settled at once." A Rush to the Pine# of Conflict 1 Yesterday the Washington Artillery left Au gusta for Pensacola. We have looked over tbe muster roll of this valiant company. It con tains many names of the very beet citizens of the oity, under the command of Captain J, P. Girardey. This Company passed through here last night at 13 o’clock on the train from Augusta. They were met at tbe Depot by the Georgia Volunteers, who gavs them a hearty reception. Tbe Confederate Government hae made a re quisition on Georgia for three thousand more troops at ones, and Volunteer Companies are called for. Augusta haa done well. She has already ssnt forward lb re# companies. Our own eity is entitled to distinction in this re spect. We h*ve sent forwerd two as gallsnt and serviceable companies as sver entered tbe ranks of any army j and we have now here two eompaniea who have tendered their servi ce#, and are ready at a moment’s notice to de part Couldn't stay away any Longer l Our friend, Dr. J. F. Alexander, yeeUrday morning, on learning that heetilitieo had ae- tually commenced at Charleston, hastily ar ranged aome little indispensable matt era, and departed on the 3.40 train for that post, to offer hie services as Surgeon to the braVe men who are now there flghtiog for all that we hold deer. Dr. A. ii a very superior physician, and will be a rare acquisition to the Confederate Army. He is also brim full of patriotism, and we should not wonder if bn pi tehee into killing the free nigger republicans when he geU there, instead ef earing oar eoantrymea who may need his valuable medical services. We hope wn shall soon kav# tbs pleasure ef greeting kirn a* home sgain, at tka tad—not only of n successful and honorable service to kis eons, try, but that ike war will also be ended. Tariff Doe lotos* Back to the Palmetto State- On Friday, a gentleman who, a few years ago went from Edgefield District, South Carol to Texas, passed through this city on his way back to ‘ father land," with all hit family and negroes. He had settled iu the North-East portion of Texas; but after staying there about three jeers, he was so effected with a yearning for his native old State— chivalrous Carolina— that be pulled up stakes and has g'ine back. He bad along with him a beautiful domesticated Antelope, which w»s much looked at and ad mired at our Depot as he passed through. A genuine Indian Poiiy. Col. R J. Cowart, late U. S. Indian Agent to the Cherokee Tribe, arrived in this city Friday morning-— having refused to retain office under Lincoln. He brought with him, for Col. Geo. W. Adair, one of tbe proprietors of thia journal, a full blood black Indian pony. This pony was procured in the Chero kee Nation by Mr. Cowart, expressly for Mr. Adair, who intends it for his little daughter, Mary, who is justly proud of so nice a prei Col. Cowart is in good health, and meets with a cordial welcome from his many friends here. We ask special attention to the letter of our Washington correspondent in thia morn ing's paper. It has been detained some where; but the insight which it gives of tbe tergiver sations of Lincoln, and the various influences operating at Washington, will render it ex ceedingly interesting. Hob. J. P. Benjamin, toroey-Geoeral. has given no opts lost tb#4 or anges and lemons ore “egrleultaral prod note" (a ib.tr n.llt« «W*v bmwIm of th* law u It saw Will, nt»^l thaeefare b« admitted My Owai hot that walsala art »ot "agrlttllarai pw«U, aaaAdvIiabtberaca ®trtfcaa«Ma*ta4. >i i “ Index.” The communication of our correspondent 41 Index ’’ is unavoidably crowded out. It shall appear in out next, with a reliable answer to his queries. PorsouaL A writer in the "Commonwealth” of Fri day evening, reeommends Hon. D. \V. Lewis, of Sparta, for Governor. The "American Union,” published at Griffin, announces that its name will be changed to the Southern Union. Brigadier-General. Wa wsto In orror yesterday, in saying that the election for Brigadier-General of tha First Brigade, 11th Division, would be held on that day. Tha alection for that officer will not be held until the 30th instant. the South. , The Cauee if not JRsceMng the Confederate Cum in Issiouers— They Detailnl all the Plane qf their Government ae to Dividing the Public Property, Ae.—Seward Still tor Pence—Bode After a Cab- ia>t Appointment—The Admin Iteration fright* rued About Wnehington City—I>mt*ylvmHi* t'o/uing L> t/u Rescue, dr., Ae. Washington, April 9,1801. You arc pleased to say in the lost “ Southern Confederacy," that yonr Washington correspon dent Is " reliable and possesses unusual facilities to obtain information,” but he will say for him self, that he fears that tbe statements of his lost letter may be discredited; not from the fact of erroneous representation concerning persons and things at they»cere, bnt because things them selves have undergone a change on a material point. Nothing can be more certain than that It was determined .n Cabinet council to evacuate Sum ter. The ihet was so received mid admitted in all intelligent Republican circles. It wn» held to bo a military necessity, and substantial Re publicans gave up the Idea of holding it.— Mr. Lincoln’s subsequent coquetting on the sub ject was regarded by politicians a sort of educat ing the Northern Republican mind for pacific measures. Borne of the most able and intelli gent Republican journals began to speak of tbe evacuation of Pickens as a logical necessity from the yielding of Sumter. But nicuntimc the lend ing offices were bciug given out; uud when they were given ont, the rabid clement of the purty be gan to show their teeth against tbe peace policy. Republican losses at the election, with other considerations of partisanship, were pressed upon Lincoln-in so steady a stream, and with such an unabated force, that his natural parti san obstinacy overcame the better sentiment that had been inculcated by a majority of his Cabinet. Finally, he has determined, lliut if Sumter Is. to be evacuated, no haste shall be made about it; and that provisions shall be sup plied to the garrison, if need be, by force . This thing conies to me from so many reliable quarters, that I entertain no doubt that it is the pretent determination. As to what change may take place hereafter, I cannot vouch; bnt I sus pect that if President Davis will not order pro visions to be furnished Anderson, a collision will take place at Charleston. As to Fort Pick- conservatives have abandoned hope on that head. So, too, wc take it, that a military expedition to Texas will be ns offensive to the Confederate States as to any other point in their territory. The Blairs have been chiefly instrumental in hardening up Lincoln's natural obstinacy; and Mr. Fox, their brother-in-law, (lie having mar ried Miss Woodbury, the sister of Mrs. Mont gomery Blair,) Is to be the daring man who pro poses to provision Sumter, and relnlorcc it by ships. There arc indication* at New York that sand bags or something of that sort, are to be used in vessels, that may attempt to pass the batteries around Charleston harbor, w hile Sumter may be playing upon them. As Capt. Jlfelgs has been detached from his Important duties here, the idea is finored that an entrenched camp Is to be set up somewhere, to be defended by twenty-four pounders, and which shall serve a base of land operation*. Should the New York expedition, with those coming from Texas meet, they will form n for midable force of experienced and hardy men, that could not be put down in a moment. Your Commissioners have not been received, i tbe ground, tbst tbe Confederate States have no legal status, Ac. I hear that they opened to the Administration the whole policy of thsir Government concerning Territories, tbe Navy, the Forts at Tortugas and Key West, with oth er public property. It is intimated that they will reply to Mr. Seward’s positions concern ing the objects of their mission. They say that he deceived them in that he had, from time to time, intimated that Sumter would be given up. For myself, I believe that he work ed bard for that object, but has been overcome. I also think, that though things have gone as not to suit him, yet he will hold on to Mr. Lin coln, in the hope of doing what good he ran in a peace direction. Men of as much judg ment m Mr. Douglas feel quite sure that sn article iu Thurlow Weed’s psper to the efl'ect, that peace is killing secession, is from Mr. Sew ard’s pen. I believe, slso, that he inspired an article iu the "National Intelligencer," the first of which I copy ss follows : We are not yet apprised of the purposes is potential io wlint relates to removals and appointments in Virginia. They also say that, should Chooe goon Urn 8upreme Bench, that Bolts would be Invited into tbe Cabinet. Tho undferstabding that rouie twe buudr.u milita ry jeomptnie* are now organized In Virginia disturbs the Administration, though they licking in arms, amuniiion, Ao. Hence movement in the Pennsylvania Legislature 1 association under the Federal Government looking ultimately io .Lengthening Ihi. city "i" 1 ,!le vt lt,e 0,k «' *'»'•*. »■><* «> .1th ...luntoor., nt .-.II .4 the Preaident. ! firec! ut , w <• ’ bell..- .ecu- my. nn-l they will u.f.r iinreul that lb. fe<l- •:r,l power, Hindi is in purl i heir power, nh.ll Family Groceries. A. will bn man by reference to hi. card ia anoth.r column, our old frl.nd I. O. UcDtui.l haa r.turned to hi. former occupation, and wn doubt not ho will .ary aonn reestablish himself with his old patrons. Ms. T. R. R. Corn's Srsscu is Atlanta LastWsss, which wa tod in the Southarn Confederacy, gi.es s most glswlsg picture of the proapeotiv. greeloesa of the Confederate Slates. The opinion i. strongly expressed that we will hare peace, sod not wsr. We make tbe following exlraol : “ But what ie the future I I do net—I can not prophesy ; but 1 hare the eye of faith, with which I peer through the dim elate of our future, career. Wa know not tha future, 'tit wait we do not: but coming crcnts cast their shadow, before them, and God permits us to dirins tomttbing of the future. Is it by thia ays of faith, I can percciea glorious things for the future ef our •lereheldiog Confedera cy. Wc shell hare power, peace end prosper ity. Etact Ideclart is the destiny of (Air peo ple. (Itelioa ear own) I hesitate sot to eay that there is tot tbe slightest deager of e condiet with our old Coafederatee, ualeae the folly of one or tbe other shell iueugurets it.” He aeya there are plenty of men in the (J. 8. Goeernment who would preoipilete e con- lies, but there are ethers again wily end art ful, Mr. Saward for lostaaee, who adeiaee to let us sloae, end that dteided counsels will seen settee us Is fell le pisses. The epeeeb ie an able one aad sowing from so good aad nun n man as Mr. Cobb bee tbe reputation of betsg, win as doubt exercise e wholesome influence. We oall the atteatloa of eur readers to the epeeeb ef the Hen. A. H. Stephens which ep pears la this sember ef ear psper Like every thing whieb mantes from ihet geatle- ata, It exbiMte pysjtesoi, foresight sad wis dom. There Is M demegucseiim or step tnw> about it—Chiton Stalm^Beltf > ' I’ohHIoii of VirginUe In Convention .Saturday the following reso lution, the eighth of I lie majority repert, wos adopted jritljoitt division .* $■ Tkn of Virgin it recognize tbs American principle dial goteiniatut in found tdin tho conceal of tho governed, and ths rc light of the |»o.jpl# ot (ho *tv» t BtutSS of this a | Union, for ju#l Muses, l# withdraw from their REFLEX. i si pi power, which is in pin uieir power, snail | f»0 eXfrtid for (ft? purpose of subjugating the r ■» r ° K""'«* r ) . people of such Bute* to the fcleral authority Tin M A/ Hz»U1A«.. . j When takas up, Ur. CarlUamovad ia atrifca CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SECRETA- j out, with a view to iusert an amendment of RY WALKER AND GBN. BEAUREGARD! .«nry different character. This motion was Matter* have nt. 1st! reached 4 at , 3‘ J ‘ h > a vott -’ of 111 fo I’d. After several olh- Churleiton. Our Government have formally ; cr in.nion# to amend were muds and lost, the demanded tha surrender oi Fort Buuatcr. aud J re.-uluium u* icpcrud above was adopted with* this dttiuniul Major Amieraon rnfcsea u. <• m out a divUioo. \\ e may, therefore, safely in- ply with. The following is the Official gorres- j fer that Jl embodies the sentiment of an over poadeaco between Secretary Walker mid Beauregard, who is in command of th<- Con federate States forces st Charleston, re'elivc to the Fort: No. I. General Beauregard’s d sputch to the Secretory of War: CnAsie tro.i, April 10, |sr,t. To L. P. Walker } Authorized menssnger from Lincoln just in formed Gov. Pickens and mysaH, that pm vir ions will be sent to Sumter, peaceably, other wise by fore?. iSiyned) G.T. BEAUREGARD. No. 2. Reply of Secretary cl W u r to G*n. Beauregard: Mostoomkrt, April lu, l$r,|. Gen Jieaurrqard, Charleston: If you have no doubt of the authorized char acter of the agent, nr ho communicated to yon the inleution of the Washington Government to supply Fort Sumter by toref, y«>q will ft demand the evacuation of it; hint it this is refused, proceed in such inauners* you may determine to reduce it. Answer. (Signed) 14 P. WALKER No. y. General Beauregard to (be Secretary of Wari Charlf.mtwX. April !■», I*til ToL.P. Walker: ie demand will b*» made to-morrow at 12 o’clock. (Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD. Brigadier* General. No. 4. The Secretary of War to Gen. Beau regard i MonTaoMKRV, April 10, l.*6l. Gen. Beauregard. Charleston: Unless there are special reaeons connected with your own condition, it is considered prop- er that you should make the demand at au earlier hour. (Signed; L. P. WALKER. N>». u. General Beauregard to tho Secretary of War: Ciiari-kstox, April IU. 1£>6I. To L. P. Walker : Tho reasons arc special for 13 o’clock. (Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD. No. d. General Beauregard to the Secretary of War: Chsblbiiton, April 11, 1861. To L. P. Walker : Demand seut at two o’clock Allowed till six to answer. (Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD. No. 7. Secretary of War to Getters! Boawn gsrd : Montoomxut, April II, 18*1. Gen. Bc'iurftjnrd, Charleston: Telegraph reply of Aoderron. (Signed> L. P. WALKER. General Beauregard to the Secretary .April 11. 1 St'il. meditated by the President, in the recent ders which nave attracted so large a share of the'pnklic attention ; but, whatever may be their bearing, we hare reason to suppose that they belong to the Administrative aetails of the precast conjuncture, nod, therefore, fail, in themeelves, to constitute a * policy ’ adequate to meet tbe civil emergencies of tbe crisis. 44 If we were entitled to assume the office of the President’s advisers, in view of el) tho complications which surround his administra tion of the present time, we would represent the necessity of his seeking, et the earliest pos sible moment, an exit, both theoretical and p actical, from the anomalous situation in whioh he is now pieced—resting, ss he is, un der the obligation to perform impracticable duties. To this end we would have him make, publio proclamation, an official exposition ths facts which are now known to all the world; and as it must be apparent that the evils resulting to the authority of the United 8tates from ibis accomplished revolution in sev en States of the Union have now parsed be yond the cure of mere administrative expedi ents, we would hold all such expedients sub sidiary and preliminary to some definite plan of adjustment, distinctly propounded and delib erately recommended k>r tbe final and com plete solution of all the questions raised by the •asion movement.’ In senrch of such a plan, we can conceive f nonn to simple and so effective as the tpcady assemblage of a National Convention of nil tbe States, or nt least or ail the States still adher ing to tbe Constitution t and if the President would, by publio proclamation, impress upon kis countrymen the necessity ol taking into their own hands the settlement of questions with which he has no power to deal, wo are aura them would bo ready aad almost univer sal acquiescence in this proposition. For if any thing ia tho shapo of procticnblo remedies is to bo brought to tho rolief of our preoent emhaf- nasm ante, it is obvious that tbay can come on ly from thia sou roe. As has been well said by a ootemporary, • bo bbswot givon by Congress, or by JrregoJor summoned bodies, sen do more thaw aiwi temporary rallying points for par- Met; the final and decisive issue must be tried before the groat tribunal of last moort, the peo- pie. by tho agooey of a tfotiooal Conven tion BoUe is here, aad his t»ti< r ho No. 8 of War Cu SHI.Ki To L. P. Walker: Major Anderson replici ••I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication demanding tbe evacu ation of thia Fort., and to say in reply tliers t»’, that it is k demand with which I regret that my sense of honor and ot my obligati* Government prevent luy romphanc adds, verbally, "I will await tbe first shot, and if it do not batter us to pieces, wc will he star ved out in u few day#.’’ Answer. (Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD. No. 9. Secretary of War to General Beaure gard : MovTiioNtiir, April 11. 1 Gen. Beauregard, Charleston : Do not desire, needlessly, to bombard Fort Sumter, if Major Anderson will State the time at which, as indicated by him, ho will evacu ate, and egree that in the meantime he will not use his guns against us. unless ours should be employed against Fort Sumter, you ore thorized thus to avoid the effusion of blood.— If *his, or its equivalent, be refused, reduce the Fort, as your judgment decides to b« the most practicable. (Signed) L. P. WALKER. No. 10. General Beaureg-ird to the Secretary of War: CltARf.KBTOX, April 12, 1 '**» 1. ToL.P. Walker: lie would not consent. I write to day. (Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD. No. 11. General Beauregard to the Secretary of War: C11A.KI.KST0M, April 12, 1801, ToL.P. Walker: Ws opened fire at four, thirty minutes. (Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD. Note.—Intercepted dispatches disc’ose the fact that Mrt Fox, who bad been allowed U> visit Major Anderson on the pledge that his purpose was pacific, employed his opportunity to devise a plan for supplying the fort by force ~and that this plan had been adopted by the Washington Government, and was in progress ot execution. Proclamation by the Preakdeiit of the Con federate State* of America. Wucukas. an extraordinary occasion has oc curred, rendering it necessary and proper that the CongreM of the Confederate Slates shall convene to receive and act upon such commu nications us may be made to it on tbe part of tbe Executive: Now, therefore. I. JEFFERSON DAYI8, Preeidentof the Confederate State*, dh l#sn« ibis my prociemtuoa, convoking the Congress of the Copfederets States for tbe transaction of business at tbe Capitol in tbe City of Mont goinery on the twenty-ninth day of April, at 12 o’clock, moon, of that day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled to ect as members of that body arc hereby required to take no tion. ivnn under my hand end tbe setl of P the Confederate Slates, at Montgomery, thia twelfth day of April. Auoo Domini. 1881. JEFFERSON DAVIS By the President: R. Toombs, Secretary of State. Hon. B. H. Hitt wilt ad drees the people on publio affere nt tbe Court House In Chin place toodnynt 12 o’clock The people generally, aad eepeoially the Iodine are iavlted to attend. — lhmiltfn Enterprise. ♦ ♦ ▲ Nenut Sou u.—Dr. I. P. Oarvin left |kfe nky loot night for Charleston to tender hie •erviees as Bnrgaaa la the troops nan fierioa- AU honor to hie palrlotlem aad devotion. Other of ottr pfcyrieMt* are awaiting tele- grtpfcfo advices thst they are needed, when they will leave.hy the first tretn,—Augusta DitpoteK : 1 , . .. „ , whelming majority of tho Convention. It is ! so worded as to avoid characterizing the right j of withdrawal--/. whether it be revolution- ! ary or CMnslitutional—leaving to each gentle man the plea sore of cherishing his own orot- chct an l traveling his own road. Bat aa to j the result—the grand result— that each State i ha* the right ol withdrawal—//<<// commands 1 he assent of the assembled vovereignty of the I Slate And the resolution not only affirms (Lit greet prineinlecf freedom, which it eo odious 10 the Black Republican major.ly at the North, but it wisely affirms the legitimate sequence, that “//.*• penf-le of Wrgihia v iU never consent that 1h» Federal power, which is in part their power, shall be i/erled for the purpose of eub/u- H a ting the people of such ystrr.frd) States fo the Federal authority." The Convention ha* Ixeti much assailed, and suspicions have been indulged, that *t shrank from asserting (he high position whioh Vir ginia’s honor demanded, but this resolution dissipates all such .'i-pti riuus and vindicates the churac'er of ihe A^embly. — Richmond Whi,. Correspondence of the Columbus Time*. Pensacola Correspondence* It ‘trader of our Troops—Mississippi Regiment — (Quarters for Men—Sind Batteries— Sup plies for Slcmmcr—Bragg's Orders— Our Steam Tog—A Conflict. l’KNSAcoLA, April 8. Dear Turns:—Our army here numbers two thousand good and true men, ready at a mo ment s notice to draw their maiden swords io defence of the.r country. A raoro cbivalric and patriotic body of men never pitched tent* together. They breath the pure air of liber ty and intend, at the proper time, to step as proudly upon every inch of their own soil as did McGregor upou it is native heath. Reinforcements nre coming in every day.— Vestvi Jay a Mississippi \ Regiment of eight hundred men arrived, and eight hundred more expected. They are doubtlee* made of the material that signalized our arms with glory on the bloody plains of lliiena Vista. As yet no Florida troops have arrived, but a force of five or six hundred are looked for in the course of the week. So, in a few days there will be five thousand soldiers facing 1’ickens and tbe big gun* trout tha war Htaauiars, lyiog near by. Whether this numlier could prevent tbe lauding of troops from the steamers, in ths event there should be a Urg. reinforcement of the Federal Army, is somewhat doubtful.— Pickens can be reinforced with men from tbs sea. «f any moment, and without bloodshed. The Mil it “nj anil Nival Movements at New York—Mysterious Doings—On heard and Vis ible Signs of Coming II or. Oos of our New York cofeuipornries of Monday morning says: Since the close of the Mexican war them bad been nothing to equal the intense excitement which prevails in the city consequent on tbe military and naval movements that have chai notarised l lie Inst two or three days. The concentration of troops at Fort Uamillon; the inccasant sound of the bugle, and tbo frequent drills at Governor’s Island, tho matching of a company of United States or* ltilery through the street* of lioookljn, and their embarkation on board the hired steam er Atlantic, with a large number of soldiers belonging to other branches of service; the unusual activity dispta eJ at the Brooklyn Navy Vard, caused by the sudden commission ing of ihe United States steamer Powhatan, and her hasty preparation tor aos and sudden departure ; the increased efforts to hasten tho repair and equipment of the frigates Roanoke and Warmbath, and the brig Ferry, and the air of Impenetrable mystery with which the mili tary nod naval authorities endeavor to en shroud these movements, and to ignore ths signs of preparation for war that are so pal pable to the most careless observer, all point to the stern faat that ths United States are feat drifting into a civil war, the end of which it is tearful to contemplate. Nor is it in New York alone that these un wonted sign* and tokens of war are visible in hs North. From Boston we learn that alllie Charleston Navy Yard a degree of activity prevails equal to that manifested in tho Brook- l yn Yard. Wo are told that eight hundred non are there actively employed ; that tho brig Bout bridge is ready for sea, and awaiting her crew, and that the steamship Minnesota, Mississippi and Colorado are nearly ready.— When, in ndditiou to these significant facts, it is remembered that immense quainlilies of gun powder, round shot, shell, grape, oanis- ud other destructive miss ies known to oiodorn warfare, together with howitzers and flying artillery, are being taken on board oaoh rensel, it is apparent to the meanest capacity that warlike operation* by land ns well as by sea are intendeJ, for it is preposterous to sup pose that the last named weapons are intended as part of the armameuts of vessels of war, while the munition* of war already shipped, 1 fo be yet taken on board the several ves sels intrude i tor (be South, are ia far (00 Urge quantities fer the mere equipment of tho several vessels. Then there sre those myste rious boxes, marked “Captain J. Vogdss, Fort Pickens. All these, we ropeat. aro signs as visible as the nose upon a man's face that war is intended. In order that the full s gaifio .nc© of tbio an- islakable fact] may appear, wc hero present ncaj itulation of the military and naval preparations already made nc-ti in pregrtfs here in the Nonh. gffL-The following, sa>s |lbeMnjsville Ex press, is a valentine eent by n sighing swain to bis adored “ Mary Ann” on the 14tb. He ia certainly sound on tbe Union question: W hosoas, dear tfrl, I plaluly tee, A Oarhelor I am doomed io b«; l ulao* you aroik upon nqr a«H. Ao*l give *m four bond and heart to hoot; And WifCKKAH, eUii ihe* la sqr poaaeialon,, 1 k o«M sever drvem ef * MceMiep ;*• Aad WaoasA#. 'twill agree * ilb eur "conatltotiona,” I aubmli ihe following resolution*— XMOkvaa, Thai of simian meamtre* here'* oar version; We Join tofHhev wldioat ooerci#a. ftnMLVBO, Teat we live (ofletber la sweet “communion,” And ear only cry he for the (Joins; ftaeoiv ia Ini forUfioattoHS eater uot oar tho’te ; We’ll ooty have pianoforte*. Rsanivaa, Thai veil ne'er hs false, nor led foo'.Uh Ilea, If we do, we'll try aad eempeeefae#. HeaoLTBisThat «’** have Mine, not a tingle one. I’nifas werrv fefaf buy. .nso/tirr##i#ve.’Iff! ‘ 4 1 Loan of ©5,000,000 -FOB THE- UPUUUTE STATES (If raCsoahiasKiia or April; and. on fpphextinn, will further information .leiirnl M, WM. W. CLAYTON", Ch, RICHARD PKTEKu “■ A. W. JON IX THE FINEST WATERINQ PLACE liT^ SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. THE CHALYBEATE SPRi NQs xr.Riwr.THra coirtt, gumu ~ W ILL b« open fur I hr rertplin. .t on th« first of Mar. Th. WtUrV. Ionic nod Inrigoralor, ha, no cnu.l ' Spring, «rc mslly rfccmlblc from »nL«l tumbuaur Macon. »pl2 3m. 0.1). J.KlTNKJL- O PEYiN G D A Y ! ^ MliS. J) U RAND R espectfully Announce, tb,t fn,., lflth April, (inatant.) will be her opening d.y for Ibo Se*aoo, , D d ourdiall.2 tend, to her patron, au hviixtion to her atylea without further notice, apluit SPRING ilUINCn Mr.s. *F. M. Horing H AVING just returned from tttrinba where she purchased her preaent “ngij G<kxI*. iHkes pUasn e in inviting bor fr2 and the public t.» wn inspection 01 them. *t ia OU'te full. *nd embrace. a |] ft. -hich will be offered «t price* ew brick builditg. oa April ll/ 1 latest styli suit the (ini' Rooms iu Parker' Whitehall firoet. CUTTING & STOSS Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in Fordy Domestic DRY GOODS C ONN ALLY'S Block, Whitehall •tr##t < h - doors from Alabama 8treet. aprIL STEWART & ]Moolis MAWCrACT(rKVN9 Cf FLOUR AND MEAL. H AVE constantly on hand freah Familyari Superfine Flour of their own make; sift Corn Meal. For sale at their Depot, Dseatu street, Atlanta. Georgia. m2J.li*. P. E. M^n-AwNIEL, WHOLESALE GROCEB, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, A«Z> DKAUIR |.V ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE, Hunter Street, between Whitehall sod Priw, Atlanta. Ueorria. March 20. MARSHALL H0U.SE,- WM. OOOLIDOE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. March II. COX, IIILL Si CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS, AMO DIRECT IMPOtTEM Of W I NE8, 1,1 Ik U OHM, CIGARS, TOBACCO, &C., Peaeh- Tree Street, .ittanta, Georgbi. March 23. G. LAURA NT & CO., l?O t liny Street, Savannah, Go, Auction, Commission Merchants, and Dviei J* porters of Wines, Brandt'*, Cigars, <f*- A DVANCES made on CouaiguroeDti oliD kinds. Auction Salsa m Tueadayiu* Thursdays. March Ihw| N.A.MoLEX I) 0 X, WHOLESALE GROCER Ann dkal.r ia FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LlflUOU Tobacco, Cigars, Ac., —ALSU— BACON, LARD, COHN 4 fLOUR. •>V 8, CHrr.ke, Hlttk, Ptoth-Trti Atlanta, Gaorgls. T HE attention of clure C«h Buyer, ia* apectfully invited to (he abovailooa. March 28 McNAUCirr, BEARD * CO. On*OMM «■<< PtrKarMmf .VntM BA Y STREET Muvann all, ------ C.eergh. Wx. McNai-sht, I * W*. K. Jakbs Orxorp, j iuar2# , J»na Da«5 DANIELL i; MtENTIRE, Wholesale Dealers in I10CI1IIS, PBODUlUti rrurk- Trrt Wrrrf. Atlanta, A FINE supply of Corn, Bacon and w%ys on band. B F. BOM Alt, Agent, , BROKER A PROVISION MMCllfi ”i Door r«f of tk. Folio" Bnt, Alabama Street - K EEP* conaUntly on hand a lMJ lion of Kr»h FAMILY BOPPUWj have been bought, and —ill ha •‘no. - Ir for Ca»h, Ihoraby anabling m» 10 ducemant* t. oaah buyara. Io a lore—ti kege ohoioe ti.»hen Meu- S« BarreJe choice N.O. 8 Huge heed, ckoic. V. V*— A complete etock of fine fiugere, Co - erel. Floor, Onedlee, Tee, end ererviMN . nil, found in e lira# eleen Orooery April It. Mtetwry end Debate of the Alahs*** Con ven Hon. j T HE undcraigned propoeee la P«“ Hiatory and Debatee of lha Alaea Convantiun. In aabiition W the 1 W Buck will contain malarial parte of nal | tha Reporta end Speech-* o' era from and to Alabama; and oin«_ and ira nor tin l documenta conn*** 0 - ■sEms-rf ed la tka beet atyle ef 1»» lw0 . k VaJL aentely hewad in Rood library be delivered U ea^eenben. .<■ 6** jjfltx WM. »• ■■‘‘Sa.