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ALL & WINTER TRADE
ECU,SI) AHHlVAb op r»f SEASON AT
fH. M’CLUNa’S
Drnad st., Home,TOa. ,
coxaiiTina or
LADIES’
tffiESS GOODS,
Cloaks and Shawls,
Together with a Urge variety ot
WOOLEN GOODS,
Fer Miteea'i C'liil tren’e and Bays' Wear.
A LAUOEBTOCK OF
HOUSE-FURNISHING
PLANTERS’ GOODS!
Conaiating of
ICI1 MEUAMQN. BltUSPELS,
I.SO RAIN AND 8TAIU
CARPETS.
AND CANTON MATTINO.
,ace tV Brocatcllc Curtain Goods
Gilt Window Shades,
CORNICE BANDS, Ac.
blanketsTkerseys,
AND
BR064NS,
Of tha beat Rauthern Mnkca.
For tale at low price* l.y
•ov3 J. Jt. McCLUNO.
D. B. EVE,
MANUFACTimnn of
And Dealer Extensively in
of all Styles.
entity, Quality and Price* Challenged.
THE FARMERS
V HK requeated to examine my Urge na-
I'Ttinent of Plantation Brlulca, Collars,
■twhing and Team Gear complete, at the
Lowest Possible Cask Prices.
*rne«« an I Gear made to order, aud repnired
short not ire. Xfr slock will bear loaper-
>n. eorae and aee Were purchasing.
Advertisement in another column.
f*b2tlllft. O, B. KVE.
. I« JMJNSAIIO
NEW
MOORE & DUNNAHOO,
GROCERS!
A fall Aaaertment of
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
fNChUDINO Flour, Meal, Sugar o( all
1 kinda, Coffee, Butter, Egga, Fish of dlf-
'rent kimla, Dried Fruits, and Preaervad
Pruita. Alt kinds of Nut*, Candiea, Cigara,
Tobacco, Fine Liquors, Ac., Ac.
"• wish it Distinctly Understood that
We will Sell on Credit to
. H responsible men, who ero
in the habit of paying at the
time agreed upon.
We wilt duplicate upon time to prompt
men ' a "y e* 3 * 1 purchaae made in
Give as » call and satisfy yourselves as to
wii and prices,
frbOwijr.] MOORE A DUNN ATI OO.
Hntnrday Monilng, Feli»y 3, isoo.
'Hie^bniliein Congrcai Z '
Tho Representative* of the seceding,
Slates who are to meet in Montgomery,
Ala., on Monday tho 4th lust., have be
fore them n task unequalled in interest
and importance by apy ovent that lias
transpired since tho adoption of the
Fedornl Constitution.
Thu spirit, tone, and direction that is
given to tho Southorn movement at tlio
very start, may fix Its character for all
timo to como. In all revolutions or re
modelling* of governments, there are
sure to arise many crochety men, with
new fanglcil notions, uml utopian
Irenms, ottering new schemes and re
forms in Government which tiikv think
indispensably necessary for the perfec
tion of the system. -We hope tho Con
vention will bo particularly cautions In
rcoolving thu suggestions of theso tink
ling exporimentors, and beware of any
material departure from tho "old land
marks" of tho Federal Government.
Homo of these proposed innovations
look vary pretty, sound charmingly and
•ten advantageous; but tho pieco of
of meat held in the mouth ought not
to bo dropt uulees there is a certainty,
at least, of getting that which look* larger
in the water,. The simplest kind of a
Provisional Confederation that can- lie
formed, uml, at the same timo be thor»
oughty efficient, will probably be the very
best oourso for this Congress to pursue
for tho present. Only six States are
now in a situation to (larticipato in this
Congress, and, ns tho probability is so
great, that the otherslaveholding States
will speedily secede from tho Federal
Union, duo respect and courtesy to
them would scorn to demand that no
more than is npeessjiry for our imtnedi<
ate interest and safety, should now be
done. But what, or bow much should
be done, depends very much upon the
rapidly changing circumstances of the
times and the relations of the seceding
States to the balance of the South, and
also to tho Federal Government.
Convention Adjourned to meet in No
vnnnnfa.
The Georgia State Convention ad«
jotirned last Tuesday, to moat again on
Ihocull of the President, or, in
his death or inability, on tho call of tho
Governor, at Savannah.
Wo sco .no sufficient good rea
son for this- movement. ’ Tho Cotivcn
tion, and tjio Legislature too, for thut
matter, would lx? nioro likely to best
subserve tlio great interests of (lis whole
State when farthest removed from spe
cial local interests, ami when they
be led to see rather than mndo to feel
the peculiar heal wants of any cne
place however important they may
Ik?.
•Savannah may be regarded ns the
Poi t of Georgia, ami, with the excep
tion .of Brunswick, contains the best
harbor in thjp State. Now whatever
special Legislation as actually needed
for th/ft place, ought to be hod with
out grudge or hesitation. But would
not the Convention sitting at Milledg,
vide, add entirely free from tlio win
ning Inhuenee* of tho eordiAlnnd gene
rous hospitality for which the “city of
Parks" is so famous, be more likely to
appreciate the wants ol the State
it hole and give equal justice to all stdiont t
The nioro fact that the Convention w
urged to meet there, proves I hat tiny
have local interests in Savannah that
thoy hopo thereby to promote. With
out being over jealous w« must remom
l»er that **eternal vigilance is the /trice of
Lihcrtg aud that, even small errors,
in the beginning of our new Govern
ment, may loud to wtongs in the
progress of time.
|6PTuk Fmivd Superior Court, ad
journed on last Thursday evening, after
a session of four days. Very few iin
portunt cases were tried—mostly ou ac
count of the absence of loading coun
sel.
Tho Rays were sentenced on Thurs
day. Stephen, found guilty of “assault
with intent to murder" to tho penitcu
tiary for five years—Samuel, found guil
ty of “misdemeanor," trading with
groce, Ac., was sentenced to the county
jail for six months and fined $100.
England nnd the Southern Con
federacy.
Tho news from Toronto to-day, that
the British Government intends to
Rcknowlodgo the independence of the
Southern Confederacy ns soon ns it is
regularly organised and makes applica
tion in duo diplomatic form, creates a
profound sensation in the city.
Thojournnl which makes this an-
nounooment—-tlio Toronto lender—is
high otlioial authority, and of its cor
rectness, in this case, tho most intelli
gent of our people hero do not apiKMir
havo any doubt.
Tho General Convention of tho cotton
States, it will bo remcmWcd. assem
bles at Mont/fonwry, Ain., on tha 4th
of February, a month iu advance of
Lincoln’s inauguration. The pro
gramme is, to organise a Provisional
Government at once, with President,
Vice-President, etc., and then despatch
ambassadors to England and France
for recognition an an independet power,
so ns to bo ready for consequencon,
whatever they may be, under the Re
publican regime by March 4th.
Tho cautious and very diplomatic
pecch of tho British Premier, at the
Southampton dinner, on tho Oth, strong
ly ml verso to “ooorcion"—now unques
tionably means much, in this connec
tion—-and the meaning may bo inter-
venticn—besides recognition—in case
wo go to work cutting ono auotlier’s
throats, and blowing ono another's
brains out.
STOVES!
A. W. CALDWELL,
MANUFACTURER OF
Db, Shed Iron t Copper Wares,
AND DEALER IN
u Stoves, Pumps & House
| Furnishing Goods,
ft A largo anil well
!£ ectod variety of
Cooking & Heating Stoves.
Always on hand Low for Cash.
. all job work
»n*i work dono to order Cash on Delivery.
Guttering and Roofing
Done I’d the Best Style.
-til nccounts considered due on tho 1st o
'''“7 end 1st January, and settlements must
e n **d» at thosa times.
may25—wly
B bRVETT’8 Flavoring F.xl'nct*. Coeo-
aino, Kalluston uud Tooth Wash—r
,re *h •apply at FABELL A YEISJ5B.
Accident.—Several days since Mr,
L. It. Ulakcmnn, whilo at work in Cen
tro, Ala., fell from a two story building,
and, besides dislocating his thigh, re
ceived other serious injury. He was
brought up on tho Chcrokoo on last
Thursday. Wo umlojstand ho is doing
well and has a prospect of an early re
covery. He is one of tho vory best car
penters and house joiners in this section
of tho country.
Dki-aktue of Uunited States Troops,
—-Tho Company of troops latolystation
ed ot tho Arsenal noar this city, ore
preparing to leave for tho North at on
early day.
Our cituens have found Capt. Ellzey
and tho men under bis charge brave,
honorable, and goncrous. Wo have
reason to believo that a large portion
them deeply sympathise with tlioSouth
and that it is only a mistaken sonso of
duty to tho shattered wreck of tho into
Unite States government that impels
them to romaiu longer in a snrvico
so galling to their high senso of jr-
tico. '
Wo hove beon requested by soverol of
tho members of tho company to ex
press their grateful acknowledgements
for tho oourtoous and friendly treat
ment received a 4 tho hands of our citi
sons.—Augusta Dispatch.
Col. W. J. Harder Krsionrd.—-Wo
learn that Col. W. J. Hardoo rosigned
his commission in the U. S. Army yes
terday, and has tendered his sorvico* tc
the Governor of Georgia.—Savannah
News.
Tho Washington corresiiondent of
the llichmotid “Examiner, a very reli
able source, says:
I hoar from reliablo authority that
tho Powers of Great Britain, Frunoe
and Kussia will recognizo promptly the
iiulcpoudeiico of the uewiSoutherii Con
federacy. Assurances of this havo been
givon in a way which leaves no doubt
ns to the result. It may ho counted on
with certainty (hat ahy attempt to
block up tSouthern trade will lie put
down by England nnd France. They
must havo tho Cotton.
Tho Now York Ilcrahl, which takes a
similar view with tho Express, thus con
cludes un article on the sul^jcott
“The interests of the British govern
ment all lie in the .Southern States,—
There is tho cotton upon whoso manu
facture so many of the English popula
tion depend for their lives; and there
Great Britain will find her best custo
mers for those articles ns woll as her
other manufactures, which will proba
bly bo admitted duty free. Hero is tlio
immense britm held out to the Eng
lish government, whose conscience is
be found in their iMK'kets; nnd it
a sufficient reason why it should inti
mate oven now that it will not permit
the North to wage war upon tho South
ern States merely for asserting their iu-
dependence,"
From the Buvaniinh Itcpuh'iesn.
Hnvnuunh nnd its Defences.
Fort Pui.aski.—Tho city is guarded
i its sea approaches by Fqrt Pulaski,
built on Cockopur Island, fourteen
miles from Savannah, at tho month of
the S.ivaiiu.ih river. The site cf the
fortification was selected by Major
Babcock, of tlio United States Engi
neer cori*, about twenty-six .years ago.
but it was not till ls.11 that the worked
erecting the present masnive masonry
fortification was commenced iu earnest.
In that year C'aiitain Mansfield, now
Colonel Mansfield, of the Inspector
General's Department, took charge of
iis couetruction. Tho fort was finished
few year* ago, at a cost of $093,000.
lie fort is of a pentagonal form, cov :
ling sovojnl acres; its walls are forty
leot high, and present two luces on
tlio tea approach, with ranges of fire
radiating at opposite angles. The Tort
embrasured on the front and channel
r one row of gnus under I tomb proof
'uscmoutM, with an additional tier of
guns on en bar Lettc. The salient (mints
and Hanking approaches in tho rear of
the work have no embrasure r or heavy
■aninpi, but are thoroughly covered by
uifiladiiig musket loop holes, which
renders n land or est-uluding attack
xtra hazardous to un enemy. The
full urtnameiU of the fort, when it-
shall have been brought within its walls,
will consist on the lower <ier of sixty-
live thirty-two pounder iron pieces
uml the upper tier with fifty-threo
twenty-tour nour.ders, four eighteen
pounder flanking howitzers, ono thir
teen ineli mortar, twelve eight-inch
Columbinds, and sotoh ten-inch mor
tars—in nil, one hundred nnd fifty guns
required for-its full armament are in
the fort, and these are dismantled.
Tho Columbiads, to which reference
has been made, are very destructive
weapons, of long range, nnd adapted
to uso spherical shot or shtdls. Many
of those now in Fort Pulaski can bo
mounted to hnvo a horizontal firo of
one hundred nnd eighty degrees, and a
vertical fire of five degrocs depression
to thirty-six degrees elevation. The
interior of tho fort is well supplied
with massive furnaces for heating shot,
officers' quarters, soldiers' barracks,
magazines, and u tolerable supply of
shot and powder.
Tho fort ot present is not on a full
war footing; to complete it twenty-six
new barbette gun platforms are required
to suit the prescribed casement; and
the ditches should be clnred of tlio
mud nocumulnted throughout their
whole extent, the liottoms of tho ditch-
os repaired, and the bunks of the feed
ing canal refitted. The full war garri
son of tho work is eight hundred men,
but ono half that number could hold it
successfully against any armament the
Federal Government can bring against
it. Vessels of uny cousideruble size, in
beating the channel to Savannah, aro
obliged to apnronnoh within seventy
yards of tho Fort, and at this point
many guns of largo calibre <r “ 1
A Clitinge In tfio Form ol’ Judicial
Oaths.
. The following circular has boon trans
mitted from the Stato Executive De*
partmeirt to the Justices of tho Inferior
Courts of tho several counties of this
State :
EXECUTIVE DEPA RTMENT)
Mii.udukvii.lr, Jan. 22nd, 1801. j
7\> the lion, the Justice of (he Inferior
Omrt.
Georgia having seceded from the
Union, thereby dissolving the relations
heretofore existing between this Stato
nnd tho Unitod States, it is no - longer
necessary or proper, that officers of
Georgia, civil or military, should tnko
the oath to support tho Constitution of
tho Unitod States. As Commissions
havo already been sent to tlio Justice of
tho Inferior Court of the various conn-
ties in the State, for Tax Collectors,
Deceivers of Tax Heturns, ami Justices
of tho Inferior Court, (and in some in
stances, for Justices of tho Peace,) elec-
te l at tho late elections, accompanied
by the usual dedimusses nnd official
oaths ns heretofore administered, this
Is to authorise nnd request you, boforo
administering tho official oath, In any
ease hereafter, to strike ont that part
"to support the Constitution of the
United States."
All forms of official oaths hereafter
sent out from this Department, will bo
isuned without that clause.
H. II. WATERS.
.Secrotary Executive Department.
J.ct Moderation Prevail.
Now that a Southern Confederacy is
a fixed fact, and the soccsslon of all, or
neariy all, tho slave .States ju g forego no
conclusion, it is of tho veiy first im
portance that tho South pursuo such a
moderate, nnd even forbearing oourso
ns to avert any possiblo excuse for war.
Though tho occupancy of military posts
in our liordcrs is a hostile menace, still
wo would not nse a Minguninory strug
gle precipitated until all the arts cf cH-
plomncy, and tho influences of reason
aro brought to bear. Georgia has peace
fully secured possession of all militury
posts in her borders. Unfortunatoly,
South Carolina nml Florida are still
hectored by Federal bnttlcmcntsnt For'*
Sumter and Pickens. We know the ea
gerness of the people to take possession
of those posts. Wo tielieve it would be
right for them to do it, as measures of
•elf-protection. But wo do not thiiik it
jmlitic to shed a drop of blood, until
the possionsnml prejudices of the Noi th
em people have had time to cool. They
do not properly understand the (icsition
and spirit of the South. Thoy have
been taught by a lying press, a prostitu
ted clergy, and a tritie of deimfkogucs,
to believo that the respectable portion
of the Southern people nro opposed to
secession, arid that a show of pluck on
their parts will induce tbe .South to ac
cept any kiml-of-compromise. A few
weeks will dispel the delusion, when
Stato after Stato shall havo fallen into
thesecession ranks, and the Federal arm
is loft powerless, with a distracted ’ poo-
pie and a bankrupt treasury, to meet
the grave i-r.ie of peace or war. Wo
Late News.
i-r.ie of peace or war. .. v , ...... ..... -
honestly believo that u collision now, | tho Congressmen for mailing
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The Washing
ton Constitution iVill suspend its publi
cation licie to-morrow. The editor nn-
nounocs that ho will shortly resumo its
publication in tho Southern Confedera
cy, probably at Monlg< m ry Ala.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Wasuinuton, Jun. 3Q.-rSenate.—In
the Scuuto to day, tho Pacific Railroad
bill was passed by a voto of ayes 37,
nays 14.
Tho Pikes Peak bill was debated and
omeuded.
llot sE.—In the House, Mr. Cobb, of
Alabama, |>rc.wntcd nn official ropy
of tha ordifinneo or sesesion of that
State, exnressod his regrets at leaving
and wit lid row from CongteiA.
The select committee of five re-
)>orted In fny»r ot authorising the
President to call out tho military in
certain cases. A minority of two from
tho some committee reported against
coercion.
Tlio Picsldent communicated to tho
House the fact that he had signed tho
Kansas bill,
Tho report of tho Committee of Thir-
ty-TLrco was debated.
Washington, Jan. 29.—Judge (Troon-
wood, or Ark., linr accepted tho Score-
trryshipof the Interior.
Mr. Colfax of Indiana, has received a
letter from Mr. LIucoId, in which he
favors a compromise.
Senator Douglas' now amendments to
the Fugitive Slave latw provides trial
by jury and -In tho Stato from
which tlio slave oscapcn. It fuithc
provides that tlio same shall be paid
out of tho Fodernl Treasury in tlio
event of a failure to secure the value of
the fugitive to the owner, and the
Attcrncy-t.encral shall rocoror the
amount from the county or State where
ho Is lost.
In the House to-day, Mr. Reynold's
of Now York, from tho Select Com-
mittco on Treason, reported a bill
RUthorhlng the President, whenever
and as often ns In Ids opinion, It shall
bcconio necessary to call forth tho
militia of nil or any of tho States, or
accept volunteers to such an extent
os may be required to protect and do-
fend the forts, magazines, arsenals, dock
yards nnd public building* which hove
been or may bn unlawfully seized by
(hwsoiih. Another section applies tho
act of 1807, leguiuting Naval forces to
this bill for tho ^nmc purposes as the
Army.
Washington, Jan. 29.—The Govern
ment bus received nothing definite
from Pensacola. Senator Mallory
hnwovur, lms telegraphed hero that
Fort Pickens will bo taken if the
“Brooklyn" enters theharborof Pensa
cola.
The Postolllco Department has repli
ed to Mr. Ashmore of South Carolina,
iilisweril g his enquiry wliolhei he could
uso the flunking privilcdge allowed
fijH r ' * pub-
CONGRESSIONAL
WashtxnTOjr, Jon. 31.—Sevatk.—Tlio
Hon. William H. Sownrd, of New York
precepted u j etition with tjiirty-yBigll 1
thousand signers, for a compromise.—
Mr. Sewaril stated that' lift wosrequcst-
ed to advocate tint petition. ’
A debate ensiled between Messrs.,
Mason, Seward, C'umeron, Douglas end
Halo wuicli occupied tho balnnce of the
session.
House.—The llouso debated tlio Do*
flciulicy bill.
ENGLAND WILL RECOGNIZE THE
SOUTH ERN Cl)N FEDEll ACY.
Toronto, Cauuda, Jun. 31,—The
Deader of tills morning reasserts, ns a
fact, that England will rcco.nizo tho
.Southern Confederacy.
Mississim Druruaiion.—The follow
ing gentlemen havo been elected by tho
Mississippi Stato Convention, to the
Southern Congress, .which assembles in
Montgomery on next Monday ;
Hon. Wiley P. Harris, of Hinds
" ’ Walker Itrooke, or Warren.
" W„ H. Wilson, of (.'tuition*;
“ A, M. Clayton, or Marshall.
" W. S. Bam*, of i/iwndes,
“ J.T. Harrison, of Lowndes.
" J. A. P. Campbell, of Attala.
the Man Who won't Fur the Fnnte:*
May hobo shod with lightning, and
romiHillcd to wander ovrr gunpowder,
tvesoro oyes nnd a chestnut burr
cye-atone. May ever)* day of Ids
life be moi-rt despotic then the IN»y of
ot Algiurs. May ho never be (Kirmittod
toki*sa pretty woman. Muy lio 1»«
Wwl to doath by bonnting School lids
sc* (wncticing their first lessons 1n mu-
sie, without tho privilege of seeing Ids
brought nbmit by the .South—though [ lie documents which lie lms now rea-
bo made
to concentrate timir fire. Tlio fortifica
tion is pronounced by expert army en
gineers ono of tho strongest and most
perfect of its kind on this continent.
It covers more area than Fort Sumier,
but has ono tier of guns less than that
work. , ,
Fort Pulaski is now garrisoned by
upwards of two hundred Georgia Stato
troops, who have put tho place in a
complete stato of defence. Tlio garri
son is under tho comuiuud of Colonel
Alexander It. Lawtcn, a graduate of
West Point, and subsequently an offi
cer of tho First Regiment of the United
States artillory. lie ufterwnrds resign
ed, and is at present a practising lawyer
in this city.
Fort JacksoX.—This is a small Work,
built on ft low marsh, four miles from
Savannah, ou a sito near the bond of
the river, and commanding important
points in tlio clmnnol. It is built of
heavy brick masonry. Its armament
consist of ten twenty-four pounder iron
6 uns, three field pieces, five oight-mch
owitzers, ono ten-inch mortar,
garrison consists of seventy men.
we have ample justification—'would be a
fatal mistake, nnd would fire tho North
ern heart to a degrcee or enthusiasm in
tlio mad project of coercion, which
would drench the country in blood, and
clog our progress a quarter of a century.
Therefore let us wait with patience
yet a few days, or weeks, while the
urent drama of denationalization goes
bravoly on, and star after drops from
tlio Federal firmament, to seek a newer
nnd brighter lustre in the Southern
galaxy.—Augusta Dispatch,
Destitution in the Citv.—Our re
porters have found a good ileal of diffi
culty ill gelling any reliable statistics
from the departments iu regard to the
condition of tlio city poor. In one
place they were denied information on
the groud, as stated by tho clerk, that
they did not want all the, farts published
at the South would find it out! Tills cor-
r«»l»orntoH "our former stispiciosn that
facts were suppressed by the Republicans
for party reasons. They prefer to let
white j versons, otir own brothers and
sistrrs. starve nnd perish for tlio sake of
••fieedom for tlio negro,’’ who, in plenty
laugiis at their silly philanthropy.—Tv.
T. Dag Jlook.
No Federal Troocs.—No Federal
troops sliull ever enter Virginia, to ope
rate against the South!" Such was tho
solemn declaration of Floyd, of Virgin
ia long ago. Yet we see that, contem
plating the use of Fodcral troops against
tho South, the fortresses of Virginia
aro reinforced. Very beautiful, this!
Tho Government of tho United States,
which left Hurjvor's Ferry to the tender
mercies of John Brown, arms it against
Virginia herself. These fortresses, thus
reinforced, are to bo yielded, in March,
to Abrnhnm Lincoln. IIow many John
Browr.s are to bo sheltered in Virginia
under tho protection of Unitod States
troops, is a quostion in |»olitical arith
metic, which our sister .Stato must an
swer for herself. The was a time, how-
over, whon Virginia could snuff truftny
in the breeze. Dees she not see it in
those bayonets of the Federal Govern
ment?—Char. .1 ter.
Beware or Imposition.—Tho Atlanta
lutciiigonccr of Monday says;
“Mr. K. W. Holland, President of tho
Bank of Fulton, has shown us a Geor
gia Railroad Bank bill, raised from a Jive
to a twenty dollar bill, by pasting tho
figuro ‘20,’ over the ‘5,’ on tbe right
hand end of tho bill. Tho left hand
end of the bill had been torn offi
Tho hill was at tho Bank of Fulton for
$20."
General Scott.—Tho Norfolk Ilcrahl
says; Wo learn on pretty good authority
that Lieut. Gen. Scoot has said that .ill
the event of Virginia sccodingitJwus jiD
determination to resign his commission
in tho army, nnd make Virginia his
place of residence for the roiuainder of
Lis days.
Arrested as a Smr.—W* learn from u
latter from one of Capt. O’I Lira’s Com
pany, now at Pensacola, to his wife iu
this city, says the Mobile Mercury, that
tho wile of Lieut. .Slimmer, Command
er at Fort Pickens, has been arrested
nt Fort Barrancas as a spy. She went
to Fort Barrancas without any ostensi
ble businoss, nnd tlio reasonable sup
position was that she had come hero to
take notes of tho position of things and
report thorn to her husband.
jgyThn Suprme Court Commenced
tis January term in Macon, on the 28th
instant—Justices Lyon and Jenkins
, present.
dy.
The matter was laid hoforo tlio Uvbi-
net, nnd the Administration says it docs
not rtcnunlza .South Carolina ns out of
the Union, consequently Mr. Ash
more, as a member of Congress, is on
titled to the lieuefit of the franking
privilege, until the first Monday of De
cember next. But if Mr. A*liiuoro him
self iMilieves that South Carolina is out
of the Union, the IW.muster-Gencml
•ays it is for Mr. Ashmore then to do-
teiminu whether hu \*uii conscientiously
u-e tiic franking privilcdge, entertain
iug tlint opinion!
C donol Knyne has as yet made no
formnl demand for tlio surrender
of Fort Sumter. Ho will proWhly
to so when 1 io receives tlio official
csolutioiisof the South Carolina Legis
lature.
The President lms countermanded
tho order for tlio “Brooklyn" to en
ter Pensacola, and sent orders to Ma
jor Chase, commander of the Florida
troops, to that eil’ert, which he will
deliver when she heaves in sight. This
will, it is presumed, prevent a collis
ion.
TEXAS NEWS.
MoatLE, Jan. 30.—Wo havo rccohcd
hilvcston news to the 29th inst.
Only seventeen of tlio members of
tlio Texas Legislature nro co-opcration-
ists.
Tho Special Committee reported
in (uvor of sanctioning the Conven
tion.
There was but littlo attention paid to
tho Governor's Message, which favors a
delay os long os possible. He opposes
the People’s Convention, ai d thinks
that the Union cause will.be preserved.
A resolution delaying secession was
twice tabled.
Tlio Military CommitteiMvere prepar
ing a bill to put tho .State in a com
plete defensive (>oMitinn.
Thoro were rumors that a body of
men wore moving on San Antonio lo
take the Arsenul. Gen. Twiggs called
in troo|»s to protect the Arsenul. The
“Knights of the Uoldqp Circle" otic red
their services to assist in protecting tlio
place.
Gen. Twiggs denies tho rcj>ort that
he had resigned, but says that ho in
formed tho President that ho would
not uso his sword against hi* country
men. Ho also say that when the pro
per demand is made by. tlio State of
Texas, he will hand over tho Arsenal
to her authority.
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
Trenton, Jan. 31.—A bill was intro
duced in tho Senate punishing as felony
the sale or doiivosy of arms or muni
tions of war to any seceding Stales. For
enlisting in the sorvico of a seceding
State tlio punishtnont shall he imprison
ment in thcpenitentiaiy for seven y
tormentors. May his boots leak, hi*
gun hung lire, and hi* fishing-line*
break. May his colfec he sweetened
with flies, nml his teacup seasoned with
spider*. May his cattle die of murrain,
and the pigs destroy Jiis garden. May
a troop of printers' devils, lean, lank,
and hungry, do^ his heels each day, And
u regiment of oats. • caterwaul un
der his .window oach night. May tho
famine-stricken ghost ol nn editor's hn-
by haunt hi* slumbers, anti ht*s “Mur
derer!" iu his dreaming enr. May hi*
rows give sour milk, ami his chnrn ran
cid butter. In short, may hi* business
go to ruin, nnd hu go to—Congress.
•QrMr. Toombs, from tho Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, nmdo tho fol
lowing report:
Thu CouimPtco on Foreign A flairs, to
whom was referred tlio duty of recoin
mending to tho Convention suitable
persons to fill tho office* of Commis
sioners to several designated States,
have had tlio same under consideration
nnd veport^-
For V*.j II. L. Bennlng, of Muscogco.
Md„ A. it. Wright, of Richmond.
ICy11. R. Jackson, of Chatham.
Tenn» II. P. Boll, of Forsyth.
Mo., L.J. Glenn, of Fulton.
Ark., D. P. Hill, of Harris.
Del., D. C. Campbell, of Baldwin.
N. G\, Samuel Hall, of Macon.
Mr.Toombs, from tho Committee,
then- asked the Convention to recom
mit to the Committee ro much of tho
report as related to Kentucky, us. ho
had just roccivcd a telegraphic dispatch
that Hon. II. R. Jackson could not
serve. Agreod to.
The Flag of .SonTii Carolina.—Tho
Charleston Mercury says:
“On Saturday last both Houses of tho
General Assembly finally concurred ill'
the design of the flag whic|i is hereaf
ter to represent the Sovoicign Stato ol
South (Airnlina. The field is dark blue.
U|K>n the upper inner comer of the flag
is the crescent, In white, tho horn*
pointing upward. In the middle of the
Hag is tin oval, in white, emblazoned
with a golden (aduiollo, upright."
Cotton Convention.—On tlio 13th of
February, a Convention of tlioso in
terested in tho development of the
Cotton spinning industry of tlio Sauih,
will be held nt Atlanta, Georgia. The
object of the Convention is to secure
such concert of action as will enable tho
South to export spun cotton to France,
S|»niii, Belgium, Switzeiland, Germany
and Russia.
and also bo deprived of their citizenship
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, Juii. 31.—The Secretary
of Stato declined to admit that seces
sion authorities in possession of u com
mercial port has any power to grant
clearances or receive payment of du
ties. in his lottor to Lord Lyons, he
defined tho position of the Government,
nml declares that the U. States laws
will bo regarded ns In full operation.
A private dispatch from Tennessee
states that tho Legislature instructed
Commissioners to be sent to Washing
ton on the 4th of March. This issatd
to bo aUnion triumph, as tea of the
twelvo Commissioners aro certainly in
favor of Union.
The lion. T. J. Judgo, Commissioner
from Alabama, arrived hero this mor
ning. He is in conference with Col.
Uayno.
Virginia Commissioners.— 1 The Legis
lature of Virginia, lias appointed Ex-
President John Tyler, lion. William C.
Hives, lion. George W.Summer*, Judge
John W. Brockeiibrough. and Hon.
Juuum A. Seddon, Commissioners of
tho Slate, to incut utlici Commissioners
from other States nt Washington on
the 4th day of February, for the pur
pose of devising, if pructiruplo, a plun
for settling pending difficulties.
TUK independent VAUM**:
•Lot sailors sing of tho windy deep, (
Let soldiers praise their armor,
»> w»y hoart lids toast I’ll keep, .
\»m 1,0 i m tol»*ndenl Farmer;
When flta till a rose, iu robe of green,
Unfolds iu Qiluuon lining.
And round his oottngo porclt is seen
Tho honoy-suckle twining, . •
When banks of bloom their sweetness
yield,
To beea that gather honey,
lUfUrires his team across the field
Where skies are soft and balmy.
Tho blackbird oJuckr behind hi*plough,
Tho quail pipes loud and clearly
Yon orchard hides behind its l>ougli
Tho homo he loves so dearly ;
Thu gray old barn, whose doois unfold
Uis smplo store in measure,
More rich of hasps than hoarded*-gold,
A precious, blessed treasure t .
Hut yonder in their (mrah thoro stand*
Uis wife, tho lovely charmer,
The swceti at rn*« on all tho lands—
The I ndepeudent farmer-
To him *he spring comes dnncingly,
To him the Summer blushes, f
The Autumn smiles with mellow ray,..
IIo sloops, old Winter hushes*
He care* not how tho world may move,
No. doubts nor fours confound him t
Ills little flocks are linked,in love,
Aud household ungels rouu I him;
Ho trusts in God, and loves his who, .
Nor griefs nor ills luuv harm her;
lie’s natures nobleman in life—
The Independent Farmer.
WThe New York Express, iu speak
ing of tlio secession of Georgia, says:—
“Tlio Republic can 111 • aflord to part
with suuli u .State. Uer secession is tlio
Worst gap ypt mndo in the,Union. Tho
link she has broken Is 6n6 (lint can-
pot well bo repaired. * The whole drift
of things in Virginia, Mi*ouri. Tenues-
see. and Arkansas, tends strongly in
the same direction. For that matter,
indeed, unless the Crittenden olive-
branch bo accepted, we may ns well
make up our minds that, by tho timo
Mr. Lincoln comes to take tlio oath of
office, thnentiro fifteen slave Htntes will
standing on common grouhd, out
side of tha Union."
Address from the fltnto Convention to
the People ol (•’corftn.
Iu iha Stato Convention, on Tuesduy,
the Iasi day of the session, Judge Nfa
lx-1, of Bibb,' presented n report setting
forth the reasons why tho Ordinance of
.Secession by this Stato was adopted.—
Judgo Nisbot stated that tho repbrt
•was written by the lion. Roht. Toombs,
and ho requested that gentleicafi to
rend it. Mr. Toombs complied, nnd
the following U
THE ADDRESS.
Thepoople of Georgia, having dis
solved tho political connection with
the government of tho United Htntes of
America, present to her confederates
and the world, tho causes which have
Jed to the separation. For U/ohnt ten
years, wo have liml numerous and seri
ous causes of complaint against many
our non-slnvoholding confederate
States, In reference to the subject of
African slavery. They hnvo endeavor
ed to weaken our security-toil isturb our
domestio peace and tranquility—and
nnd persistently refusod to comply with
their constitutional obligations to us in
reference to that property, and by tlio
use of their power in the Federal Gov
ernment, have strivon to deprive us ol
our equal oijoyment of tho common
territories of the Republic. This hos
tile policy of our confederates has Ireen
pursued with ovory circumstance of
aggravation which could arouse the
(Missions and oxcito tho hatred of our
poonle, and has placed thoiwo sections
ortho Union, for many years post, In
the condition of virtual oivil war. Our
people, htill attached to the Union
from habit, and nntionul traditions,
andaveisions tot bulge, hop d hit line,
reason and argument, would bring, if
not redress, nt least exemption from
further insults, injuries uml dangers.—
Recent oveut* have fully dissipated all
such hopes, and demonstrated the ne
cessity of separation. Our northern
confederates, after a full and culm read
ing of ail the facts; after fair warning
of our fixed purposes not to submit to
the rule of tho author* of all these
wrongs and injuries, have, by a largo
majority, commuted the government
of.the United States into their hands.
1 he people of Georgia, after an equal
ly full, and fair, and deliberate hearing
of the case, have declared, with oquiu
linn ness, that thoy shall not rule over
them. A brief history of tho rise, pro
gress und policy of anli-slavory, anu of
the (>olitical organisation into whose
•wyTt « rauti <•
sit 1 .*•'•!
i JU .-ff i;
\«-‘4 >» Km* '
.1fir Ifr-'rad o» -
bWnwi
tltloh In
granted both i
Ring acts gave
tho buslhcsp to cnclt of theso in(L
which they otdoy without diminution
to'thin day. Not oontont with theso
brent'and ui\Just advantages, they have
sought to throw the legitimate burthens
of their business as much os possible
upon tho public. ' r -
Ihcy havo succeeded 1n throwing the
costy of lighthouses, buoys, and tbo
nintntbnnnoe of their seamen upon the
treasury, and the government now pays
over two' millions annually for tho sup
port of these objects. These Interest*
in connection with the commofolal nml
manufacturing classes, have also succor-
ded, l>y moans of subventions to mail
steamers and the reduction of postage,
I» relieving thoir business from the-pay-
ment of about seven millions of donors
annually, and throwing It upon tfe
public treasury under the name of pos
tal deficiency. Tho manufacturing in
terest bhtorod intb (ho Mime sliupulx
•arly, and has clamored steadily /<»r
vcrnmpnt bcuhtic* aridipcdsl fftvory. ’
tho Eastern
it. (Unmnils iv.ro In full
lujknWf; Tliomanufnc
n<-f« whblv liaaeil thoir demand, npon
.(xeihl feet, nml reason., rathor than
upon general principles,' nnd thorebr
inolliflod much of tne opposition of tlio
nppoting interests. * They pleaded in
tipir valor tho Infancy'of thoir busings
in thia country, tho scarcity of labor
nnd capital, tho hostile leglaiation of
othor countrioc towards thorn, thogreat
nooesslty of thoir fabrics in timo of war,
and tlio necessity ot high duties to pay
(ho debt incurred in our war for inde-
Cim.uid with T»i*»o.v.—Tho IVn.h-
ington correspondent of Hi® Charleston
i ittrier, telegraph* os follows under d«to
24tli iiistiint“Olio Todwcll, of New
York, intend* to fife affidavits, char
ging treason against. Messrs. Toombs,
Ivfrsou, Wigfall. .Slidell, ami others.
Ho hu* been boforo the Judgo of the
District (Joint to sco if lie could not
get u process issued. Judgo Taney, of
the Supremo Court, refused his appli
cation after three days’ advisement.
Resignation.—Major Earl Van Dorn
of tlio Second Regmont of United .Sta
to* Dragoons, who has several relatives
living in Dorchester county, has ten
dered his resignation to tho Wur De
partment, and offered Ids services to
tho Governor of the “Republic of Miss
issippi." lie was brevet ted for gallant
services at tlio battles of Corro Gordo,
(Jlierubusco and Contreras.—Cambrige
(Mass.) Democrat.
Brogan Manufactory in New Or
leans.—The New Orleans Bulletin, mi-
nouncus that Messrs. George II. Uozet
and Paul Queyrouse, havo established a
brognn manufactory in that city, which,
already turns out six hundred pairs
per day, and is expected when in full
blast, to make sixteen hundred.
More Re.-i in ations.—We understand
that Richard F. Armstrong, of (in., n
uieml>cr of tlio first ol.is*. at the U. .S,
Naval Academy, ha* resigned and cen*
Uerod his services to tho Governor of
Georgia, eitlior in the Army or Naval
service of tho oiato.
An older brother of Midshipman A.,
Lieutenant jEnoos Armstrong, resigned
his commission in the Navy a few weeks
sinco, and mndo a similar tender of
his services to the Governor. Pretty
good for ouo family.—Savannah Jlepub-
(wan,
|&»“Do you- believe, sir, that the
dead ever walk after death?"—"No
doubt of it, madam; I have heard the
‘Dead Maroh in Saul. 1 ” •
hands the administration of tlio Feder
al Government has been committed,
srJII fully justify tlw pronounced ror-
diet of the ncoplo of Georgia. Tho par
ty of Mr. Lincoln, called tho Republi
can party, undor Represent name and
organization, is of recent orgin. It is
admitted to be an anti-slavery party;
whilo it nttracts to itself, by its creed,
the scattered advocates of explodod po
litical heresies; of condemned theories
in political economy; tho advocates of
commercial restrictions, of protection,,
of special privileges, cf wnsto and cor
ruption in-tlio a Juiinistration of gov
ernment, utiti-slftve»7 is its mission nnd
its puposo. By anti-slavery it is mado
a (tower in tho Htuto. Tho question of
slavery was tho greatest difficulty In
the way of tlio formation of -tho Con
stitution. While tho subordination,
and the political aud social inequality
of tho African race word fully conceded
by all, it was plainly apparout that
slavery would soon .disappear from
what aro tho non-slavoholding States cf
tho original thirteen.
Tho-opposition to slavery was then,
as now, general iu those Htatos, and
tho Constitution was made with direct
reforcnco to that fact. But a distinct
ubolition party «u* not formed in tho
United Suites for moro tlmii half a cen
tury after tho government went into
operation. Tho main reason was, that
the North, oven if unitod, could noV
control both brandies of tho legisla
ture during any portion of Unit time;
therefore, such an organization must
havo resulted either in litter failure,
or tlio total overthrow, of tho govern
ment. Tlio material prosperity of tho
North wus groutly .dependent on tho
Federal Qov.efnmon t—that of tho South
not at oil. In tho lirst year, of tho lle-
publio tho navigation, commoroial and
manufacturing interests of tho North,
began to seek profit and aggrandize
ment at the oxponzo of tho agricultu
ral interests. Even the oirneiy offithing
smnoks sought and obtained bounties
tot pursuing their own business, which
yet^continue, and over half a million of
dollars aro now paid (hem annually but
of tho Treasury. Tho navigation inter
jiciidcnco, Theso reasons prevailed,
nnd thoy received for many yoats, enor
mous tnunties tiy tho general aequics-
conco of tho wholo country. But whon
theso reasons ceased, they were no lets
clamorous for government protection,
but theso clamors were loss heeded.
The country tlion put tha principle or.
protection upon trial, nnd condemned
It. Alter having enjoyed prelection to
(ho extent or from fifteen to two hun
dred per cent, upon their entire busi
ness (or abovo thirty years, tho act of
18-10 wns passed. It kvowod sudden
change, hut tho principle" was settled,
tnd treo tmdo, low duties, and economy
n public expenditures w*» the verdict
of (ho American public. - ■ *
Tlio South and (he Nbrlh-TVcetom
Htntes sustained this polioy. There was
hut small hope or its reversal—upon tho
direct issue nono at all. All theso clas
ses saw this and fait it and cast about
for new allies. The anti-slavery senti
ment at tbe north offered tho best
chanco fbr success. Ah anti-slavery
party must neeeesarily look to thenorth
alone fnr support, but a united North
wm bow stroug onough to control tho
government in all ite departments, and
n sectional parly waa, therefore, deter
mined on. Time and issuea upon sla-
vory were neoetsary to ite completion
and final triumph. The feeling of anii-
•lavoiy which, It was well known, was
very general among tho peoplo ni tlio
north, had been long dormant or pas
sive. It noodod only a question to
arouse it Into aggressivo aotivity. This
question was before ns.' Wo had ac
quired a large territory by successful
war with Mexico. Congress had to gov
ern it.' How, in relation to slavery,
was tho question then demanding solu
tion. Tills state of facta garo form and
shape to the anti-slavery sentiment
throughout the North, and the conflict
began? Northern anil-slavery non, of
ail parties, asserted the right tooxaludo
slavery Trom this territory by Congres
sional lcglslatiop. and demahdod the
prompt and cfllclont cxcrciso of this
power to that ond. This insulting and
unconstitutional demand was mot with
greut moderation and firmness by tho
south. Wo hod shed our blood and
J ' uid ourmonoy for ite acquisition—we
Icmnn'dad a division of jt, on tho lino
of the Missouri restriction, or an equal
participation In tho whole of it,’ Theso
propositions wore refosed. The agltn-
tion became general, and the public
danger gf* it. Tho causa of tbo South
was impregnable. Tho price of tho ac
quisition waa blood and treasure of both
sootions—of all—and therefore It be
longed to all, upon the principles ot
equity nnd justfeo.
Tho Constitution delegates no power
to Congress to exclude cither party
from its free eqfoyment. Therefore,
our right was good under tbe Constitu
tion. Our rights wore further fortified
by the practice of thegovornment from
earlier nnd better days. Slavery waa
forbidden in tbo country Northwest of
tlio Ohio river, hy what is called tho
Ordinance of ITBr. ‘Thiit Ordinance
waa adopted under the old' Confedera
tion, and by tho naAAt or Virginia,
who ownod and ceded tho' country,
and, therefore, this caso must stand
upon its own ■ special circumstances.
Tbo. government of the United States
claimed territory by virtue of tho treaty
ori783withGrent Britain; acquired terri
tory by ecaslons from Ooorgla and North
Carolina; by treaty from F!.noo; nnd
by treaty from' Spain. These ooquisi-
lions largely extendod the original
limits of tho Republic. In all of theso
acquisitions tlio polioy of the govern
ment wne uniform. It opened them lo
tho settlement of all tho oitixons of all
the Statss ot tho Union. Thoy emi
grated thither with their propery of
ovory kind, including slaves. All wore
ous, mid otherwise capable of boaring
(bo burthens and performing the du
ties of self-government, when they
were ndmlttoa into tho Union upon
enunl terms with tho other Statos. with
whatever republican constitution thoy
might adopt for themselves.
Undor this equally just and benefi-
elent polioy, law and order, stability
and progress, power and prosperity,
maiked every step of tho progress or
these now communitios, until they en
tered os great and prosperous common
wealths Into the sistorhood of Ameri
can Shites. *
In 1820, the North endeavored to
overthrow this wife and successful poli
oy, and domanded that the State of
Missouri Bbould.not be admitted into
tho Union unlees she first prohibited
ilavonrwlthln herlimite, by her con
stitution. After ablttor and protract
ed struggle, tho North was dofoated in
her special object; but her policy and
position led to the adoption of a sec
tion' in tho law for the sdmiuion of
Missouri, prohibiting slavery in ell that
portion of the territory acquired from
France, lying north of 30 deg. 80 min.
north latitude, and outside of Missouri.
The venerable Madison, at tha timo of
its adoption, declared it uncoils 1 ,Itution.