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VOLUME XVI.
ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1801.
NUMBER 15
|e Cflttriec.
BY X'i) wTn E.L L.
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ALL & WINTER TRADE
neon!! AltHIVAD or me SEASON AT
H. M’CLUNG’S
Droid 81.» Rome, Ga.
COKSISTIKO Of
LADIES’
iRESS GOODS,
Cloaks and Shawls,
Togsther with a largs variety ol
WOOLEN GOODS,
‘•r Mines’, ClrtUren’s and Boys' Wear.
A LAItOKSTOCK OF
UOUSE-FU$NISHING
PLANTERS' GOODS!
Consisting of
CH MEPATdlON, BRUSH ELS,
INGRAIN AND 8TAIR
CARPETS.
AND CANTON MATTING.
ce & Brecalellc Curtain Goods
Gilt Window Shades,
CORNICE BANDS, Ac.
ilanketsT kerseys,
AND
BR004NS,
Of the best Southern Make*,
r sale at low price* by
J. ! r . MeCLUNG.
K B. EVE,
MANUFACTURER OF
ad DealerExtensively in
of all Styles.
It»/t%, Quality and Prices Challenged.
THE FARMERS
UR requested t« examine my large as*
i sortmentof Plantation Brldlei, Collar*,
pochin j and Team Oear complete, at tha
I Lowest Possible Cmak Price*.
* and Gear made to erder, and repaired
bltsrt notire. Mr stock will bear ins|*M‘-
In, roma and mi Were purchasing.
Advertisement in another column.
pMUIO. O, II. EVK.
m
NEW
'IRMi
| MOORE & DUNNAH00,
UtOCERS!
A full Assortment of
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
Including Flour, Meal, Sugar of all
1 kinds, Coffee, Butter, Eggs, Fish of dif*
lent kinds, Dried Fruits, and Preserved
fuits. All kinds of Nuts, Candies, Cigars,
■bacco, Fina Liquors, Ac., Ac.
1' w **h it Distinctly Understood that
[We will Sell on Credit to
"[responsible men, who are
i the habit of paying at the
pine agreed upon.
In's will duplleuto upon llmo to promnl
jyiag men, any cash purchase made ir
C * 11 an< * you 1,11 *!™
pbQwly.r^^klOORE A DUNNAIIOO.
C«a the North Conquer Uat
We answer emphatically no l In im
emergency the Southern States could
bring into the field nearly one million
of aoldiers. But it is not probable that
an emergency will ever arise requiring
that we should at any one time call our
fiill strength Into the field. If, in a pe
riod of twenty years, the army of the
United States failed to subdue and ex
terminate a contemptible tribe of Sem
inole Indiana in the everglades of Flor
ida, wo ask the intelent fanatics of the
North, who talk of coercing us back In
to tho Union, if they can hope to corn
quer one million of tho purest and best
blood of the Anglo-Saxon raco,
Tho Southorn people are peculiarly
daring and impetuoua at soldiers. They
are hotter fighter* than the Now Eng
landers, and arc probably the belt fight-
era in the world. This i* no vain boast,
but is sustained by the past history of
our country. It is well known that in
the war of 1812, the Southern aoldlcra
did nearly all the fighting—-the Now
England Statoa refuting to participate,
and actually threatened to leave* tho
Union on account of their opposition
to the war. In the Mexican War, also,
Southern men did most of the fight
ing.
We would not, however, disparage
the Yankee of the North, lie will
make a formidable antagonist, lie is
ahrewd and untiring. Skilled in cun
ning and strategy, and has abundant
resources at his command. Yot. as we
shall stand on tho defensive, in a coun
try with whioh wo are familiar, and he
a complete stranger, these traits will
avail ltim but little. We are tho bettor
marksmen, and in wood-craft superior
to any poople on oartli; our rural pop
ulation being trained almost from in
fancy to tho use of the gun,
Ever)’ boy from ten years old and up
wards could render efficient sorvico ai
marksmen upon tho outskirts of an in
vading army. From the cliffs of tho
rocks and mountains, from behind tho
clay toots, and thickets on every hand,
they would pick off their thousands
with impunity.
We have no idea that an army of
300,000 Yankees entering the bordors
of Kentucky, could reach the northern
line of Georgia, with 50 men alivo.—
For it is manifest that Kentucky and
Tennessee, whether in or out of the
Union, would never sufler an invading
army to pass through their territory.—
Resolutions to this effisot havo alroady
passed their Legislatures,
Iiut while we have no fears that tho
North will bo able to conquer us, yet
we should endeavor in every honorable
way to avoid a collision with them.—
War is a great calamity to any people,
It would be especially so to the *South
at this time. Wo have a great work to
perforin in erecting and putting in n
tion a new Confederacy. We hive
Navy to establish, and public building*
to erect, treatios with foreign powor
and all the machinery of Government
to construct. An immense outlay of
money will bo needed, and that too in
the midst of a great money crisis,
sequent upon the failuro of last years
crop. A heavy taxation will be in
evitable to moot tho necessary de
mands of the Confcderncy,
But we trust a spirit ot self-sacrificing
patriotism will inclino tho people to
submjt cheerfully to overy necessary
burden of the new Government, and in
a few short years we confidently hope
i, in tho face, and in defianco of
the threats ami ravings of all tliouboli-
tionists and fanatics in Christendom,
great and glorious Confederacy arise,
Ph<nnlx*liko, from tho ashes of the old
, and shine out iu conspicuous splen
dor to tho gnzo of an admiring
world I _ _
Tub Dreaded Attack ok Washington.
—Tho Alexandria Gazette contains the
following among its .dispatches from
Washington :
“ It is now ascertained, from reliable
sources in Richmond, that the course
pursued bv General Scott in ordering
troops to this city, and in his nrojiosed
concentration hereof nil available lorce,
is owing to the information he lias re-
ceivcd from the right quarter; that if,
in tho approaohing election for mem
[communicated.]
Vans Valley, Ga., Feb. 6th 1801.
Mr. M. Dwinril—
Dear sir s
My at
tention has been called to an odltorial
whioh appeared in tho Tri-Weekly
Courior of the 31st ult., in whioh you
state that j“when tho subject of electing
Delegates to the Southern Congress
waa brough up in the Convention, a
motion waa made and carriorl that the
Delegates from each Congressional
District in tho State, should bo autho
rised to nominate tho Dolcgato for
their respective Districts. This mo
tion, we believe, was introduced by
Col. James Word,” Ao., Ac,
Now, as lam unwilling to havo credit
for servicos which I did not render, 1
will state the facts as they .occurred,
and ask tho insertion of them in your
Tri-Weekly, so that Honour may bo
given to whom Honour is duo. Tlioro
waa a resolution reported to the Con
vention, proposing to elect ton Delogatos
to represent the Stato of Georgia in
the Southern Congress, to assemble at
Montgomery. I offered an ainondmont
that one should be selected from enr-h
Congressional District, and two from
the State at largo. Mr. Bel), of For-
iyt)i, offered an umondment to this,
that the Delegates from each Congres
sional District, should lie authorised to
select the Delegates for their respective
Districts, and asked me to ncoept it;
tills I refused *o do, and the original,
with the amendment offered by myself,
was then adopted. Mr. Bell having
withdrawn the .amendment offered by
him.
Please give the foregoing an insertion
and oblige,
Yours, Ac.,
.TA.S WORD.
STOVES!
A. W. CALDWELL,
M A WU FACTOR Ell OF
i Sheet Iron t Copper Wires,
AND DEADER IN
Stove*, Pumps A House
Furnishing
A large and well ae-j
ected variety of
looking & Heating Stoves.
Always on hand Low.for .Cash,
i . ALL JOB WORK
H w ork done to order Cash on Delivery.
Guttering and
I Done in the Beat Style.
\h\\ nocounts conddered due on the 1st
P'y nud ist January,
j * n# de nt those timci
tjW—Wly
in the approaohing election for mem
bers of the Virginia State Convention,
a majority is choten in favor of se
cession, that Convention, when assem
bled on the 13th proximo, by virtue of
tho powers vested in itself, will super
ceded Gov. Letcher, the sitting Legisla
ture, and order the armed volunteer
companies to seise and hold possession
of the National Capital—henco the or
ganisation of the minute men and the
arming of the separate counties.”
gffi- Benjamin C. Rawlcy, of Spottsyl-
vunhtj Va„ aged 16 years, wnson a visit
to Petersburg, Va., when lie hoard ot
tho occupation of Fort Sumter, and
tho probability of war against South
Carolina. lie immediately sent his horse
home and set out /or Charleston, walking
a great part qf the way,
Live linril and Work Hard.
The question is frequently askedi
what is tho best thing for the Southern
pcoplo to do in the present peiilous
condition of affairs? We answer live
hard and work hard. By living hard we
mean that ovorybody should econo
mise their present resources to tho ut
most extent—cut off all superfluities
uud luxuries, and let tho money usual*
ly expended for theso purposes go to
wards tho payment of your debts. If
you owe thousands, and can raise only
a fow dollars—no matter; pay what
you have, and let it go to your orodit.—
It will lesson your debt, and benofit
your creditor to tlmtexteut; and being
put in circulation will help many to
buy bread for their families. Young
man, Hie two or throo dollars par weok
expended in cigars, would pay your
washer woman, or scttlo tho balance
whioh you owe for your last months
beard. Tho Jointer's bill too yot stunds
unpaid upon the books—leave olf bil
liards and oysters for one week at least,
and lot the proceeds go to tho printer.
And to ull wo say save;—live cheap—
wear your old clothes, and lot every
dollar you con jHMaibly spar® go to your
creditors.
By working hard, we mean that every
body should ondeavor to make some
thing to live on. If you cannot get
high wages, work for low wages; and
if you cannot get employment at all,
then, go to the country—buy or rent
a piece of land, and produce something to
live on, and if possible make something
to sell also. Let overy farmer in the
land plant hirgoly and work liurdcr
than over before.
These suggestions arc certainty very
important. Tho last year’s crop was al
most a total lallure. Wo are in debt.—
A great political crisis is upon us, and
whether we have war or pence wo shall
bo in great need of money and pro
duce. ^
Fort Palmetto.—Cole’s I
One of our brave volunteers, writing to
us, fVom this point, says:
“This has been quite an excitin,
day. At 12 o’clock, wo were formci
into line, and marched to tho fort, when
we fired six guns in honor of tho sece
ding States. As the first gun fired, a
large Palmetto flag was hoisted to tho
top of tIso flagstaff, whicli measured
sovonty-five feet, and was made by us
here on the spot, having carved on its
base “La Fayette Artillery, January
31st, 1861.” After which, three hearty
cheors wero given for the “Southern
Confederacy”—three more for our “No-
Flag of Georgia*
Some pcoplo are pussling th6ilr brains
about a new flag for tho State of Geor
gia. Wo think it labor thrown away,
for should wo adopt a Stato flag, It will
havo to bo lowered and thrown away
among tho rubbish in tho course of a
few weeks, as the flag of the Southern
Confederacy will bo the only bannor
that can float effeotlvoiy on tho hreezo.
Tho national flag will bo the only one
under which we shall be recognised
abroad, uud that must becomo the sub
stitute for all others.
While on this subject wo may simply
allude to the silly talk wo sometimes
hoar and road in newspapers about tho
“Colonial Plug" of Georgia. There was
no colonial flan of this State that either
history or tradition glvos any account
of; and it is ridiculous to supposo
that suoh a flag over existed, for
when Goorgia was a colony, sho was
simply a province cf Great Britain
and tho British flag was her only on-
•ten,
rho rottlosnako banner, whioh somo
of our enthusiastic southorn rights
friends have raised and kept !>ouml to
tho monument In Johnson Square for
some weeks post, and which its archi
tects christoncd the “Colonial Flag of
Georgia,” is, excepting tho motto over
head, tho identical flag of the Union, as
it was first roared in the city of Phila
delphia l Wo havo only been surprised
that they havo allowed it to remain so
long.
Take down the snake, boys and run up
“ HWom, Justice, Moderation,"—Savannah
step.
Tue Slave Trade in Alabama.—Be
fore the ai[journmont of the Alabama
Convention, Mr. Yancey made a
very strong auti-African Slave Trade
"pooch.
Pensacola. — We understand there
are about twunty-tlireo hundred State
troops now oiicamped ul Pensacola.—
They havo possession of tho town and
all the forts but Fort Pickens. The
“Family Friend,” of Monticcllo, state*
that Lieut. Slimmer, in command at
Fort Pickens, is a nativo of one of the
New England States, and lias the ron-
utulion of being a brave otficor. In
reply to tho Commissioner, who waited
on him, to know if ho would surrender
the Fort, he said lie had instructions
from Washington to keep it, and
should not violato them. Ho will,
doubtless, resist os long os ho can. Ho
must ultimately yiold, however, to the
superiority ot numbers. We havo nev
er s«en finer looking troops than those
composing the companies from Ala
bama. Well schooled In military tac
tics, gallant and devoted to the inter
est of tho South, and aided by tho Pen
sacola troops of like qualifications, ter
rible will bo assault when made upon
hostile fortification.— Il'iregrass (Ga.)
Reporter
Louisan a Patriotism and Sugar.—
The Northern press and politicans ore
more astounded at tho secession of Lou
isiana than of any other State. Why?
Because she had protection for her sugar. It
would scorn that theso people 1
conception of the reality of any virtue
among men ; that they have no faith
in tho higher incentives of humanity ;
ami fancy that States, cities, a whole
poople, are, like themselves, In the
market, to bo bought, each at a certain
price. Tho grood of gain seems to have
eradicated from their souls every senti
ment of patriotism, virtue, honor,
•rido of character, and love of liberty,
’hey arc delivered to a uniform base
less of motive, of the lowest sort; lead
ing to deception in trade, lust in appe
tite, treachery in society and knavery
in politics.—thus. Mercury.
Pbohiiutinu THE Sale of Arms tore-
cciiiNa States.—A bill was introduced
in the New Jersey State Senate Wednes
day. punishing as felony tho sale or
ilivcr of arms or munitions of war to
any of the seceding States, and author
ising tho seizure of tho same. The
otfonee is made punishable by Impri
sonment for seven years, and the often
der to bo deprived of citisenshiii
Seizure or a Fort anu Arsenal in
Arkansas.—It is stated that several
military • companies from Pine Bluff
and Little Rock started, on the 15th
ult, to take possession of Fort Smith
and tho U. S. Arsenal near Little Rook.
UIIIJID « AAUUOO
Goods,
wen
.r H
lURNETT'S Flavoring BxltnoU, Coco-
J altie, Knlteston and T«olh Wa«h—f
p’• ‘apply at FARET.T. * TIISIR.
On hia arrival there, and the report
of his intention, Col. John 8. Proajon
aenorourly undortook to equip him,
and he is now awaiting Ireepomo from
him to bo enrolled at a meruit under
Lieutenant W. Hampton Gibbs.
Columbus Daniel, 18 year, of age,
has reached the oity from Hnahville, on
a similar mUaion, and has boon enroll
ed by Lieut. Gibbs.—Char. Mercury.
Inundations are causing grout rava-
ges in several part* of Europe, France,
Spain, and particularly Holland. In
this last country, the dykes in Northern
Brabaut are being broken, whole villa-
ges are submerged, nothing but the
chimney ton* being left to the vieVr,
and tho oattie is being swept away by
fgyThirty-five men were killed last
year in duels in the United States.
bio and gallant Captain Pope”—and
three for “the glorious old State of
South Carolina.” This day we finished
the fort; and, now, thank God, wearo
fully prepared to .treat ,our Yankee
fi tends to a dose of Carolina balls in
French style.
“After we had retired, some fifty ne-
gros, who had assisted in building ditch
es, Ac., assembled on the ramparts
around the flagstaff ami gave utterance
to the following sentiment: *We are
de first dat cum to dis fort—we work
on 'em tii’e finish—tree chairs for Pal
metto Fort—tree ehairs forCapen Pope,
and tree moro forSouf Carolina.’ The
enthusiasm with which these clieers
were given, would have amazed the old
Roilsplitter himself. After which they
all dispersed to their homes about the
several Islands singing ‘Dixie.’
“Now, then, are our little band of
,La Fayettes’ in solo possession of Colo’s
Island, including Bird Key and Stone
Inlet. Wo fear naught; we aro ready
for whatever may occur.”—Charleston
Mercury . ^ J
Mortar Cannons.—Attention is now
being called In Franco, to a new in
strument of warfare, the mortar cannon,
which bids fair to surpass by far the
Armstrong and Whitworth, ifc can bo
used either as a cannon or os a mortar.
The breech part is a mortar, and is
easily converted into a cannon by the
addition of on anterior portion which
out.
tSTA. letter from Henry A. Wise, an*
qgBi
and ready to bear arms.
TttB Battle or New Orleans.—There
aro now thirty-seven living, of tho five
hundred and seventy-six men who mus
tered into service from Now Orleans, in
December, 1814, and formed part
Jackson’s force on the plain of dial-
inette, on the memorable 8th of Janu
ary, 1815. The living are: one com
missioned officer, Captain White; five
non-commissioncd officers, tlireo
clans, and twenty-eight privates.
A Good Spirit at the (forth.
Tho following aro tho romarks of
Goorgo Wilkes, from “Wilkes' Spirit
tho Times,” as referrod to else-
whore:
The secession movement still steadi
ly proceeds among tho Southern States,
and six members of the Confederation
aro now arrayed against the Fedoral
Government. On Saturday, Louisiana
passed her separating vote, and tho
rosncct is that most of the remaining
outliern States will follow hor example
betweon this and tho 4th of March.
What, therefore, seemed at first to bo
doubt fill danger, will probably soon
be realised to tho extreme, and the
publio mind will be forced to trout the
movement in a tone superior to temper,
and with a gravity due to tho solemn
revolution of almost half a nation. It
will not do to talk about coercion ns a
remedy, against tho solemn declaration
of tho pcoplo of fifteen independent
sovereignties, and the people of tho
North must prepare themselves to ac
knowledge that tlioro is n deeper oar-
uostnoss and sincerity in tho absorbing
•’Southern movement than was nt first
supposod. It is olonrly a movemont
which umr.ot be coerced and leave us
to dwell together in any lasting ponco;
and that boing tho enso, it is the duty
of all parties to begin to treat tho sub
ject with the solemnness whioh it do*
servos. War is tho most abssrd and
inadequate remedy of all; for it cannot
be successful beyond a crop of bloody
battles, and a residuum or inexorable
hatreds that would leave tho South and
North moro wido apart and hopeless of
reunion, than any two opposing nations
of the earth. Ah wt stand now we aro
still one homogeneous people, and if we
separate in [>eaee, wo will remain roid-
ly as much united, so far as resis
tance to foreign aggressions is concerned
as if bur race were yet under thirty-
throe divisions, instead, ns then, of
two.
Wa think this foot begins to be per
ceived ; and we also think that the
publio mind at tho North is settling it
self down to tho Idea of poacuful separ
ation with tho South. The excesses
which have boon committed can be for
given ; the irritations which havo not
yet been deepened by the loss of life
limy bo forgotten; seizures of public
1 ironertv can be compounded for, ar.d
iiod’s bletaiiw invoked upon tho path
which eooh of the sections of our gront
shall take, Separating thus in
peace, the dissolution of the Union will
be a more paper separation. The char
acteristics, sentiments, principles and
tendencies of (ho American poople can
never be dissolved or altered; and wo
will be ns much nno under the now dis
tribution aa wo have been heretofore.
The troubles then which might spring
up in the midst of ono section or tho
other would find sympathy and prompt
assistance from the partv undisturbed,
and woo bo to the outsider who should
attempt to lay a heavy hand on either.
Fraternal blows struck in a brother’s
oause will easily nroparo distracted kins
men to bo friends; but once let fratri
cidal wounds bo given and exchanged,
and all hope of ie-union is nt an end.
The friendly ro-eonstruction of the Un
ion may bo brought about bv allowing
the convictions of the soctior.s to bo
temperately reaohod niter fcncli has set
up in business for itself; but only tho
blindest folly can suppose that men who
have been born free, as men know free
dom in America, will sit down in quiet,
and be worthy of our company, who
havo been conquered into peace by bay
onets and ennuon.
[From the Columbus Enquirer, i
How the Means Can be IttUsed.
Wo lolievo that \ro are making but a
modernto estimate in assuming tliat
the State of Goorgia, to meet nil tho
exigencies of her new position and to
pmTeota secure and well regulated gov-
ormnont.(eithor independently or in
confederation with tho otlior secoding
Statoa,) must incur an extraordinary
expense of nt least one or two nitllioua
of dollars—perhaps much more. It
hocoiues, then, an important question
to consider how this very lArgo
amount can be raised without oppress
ing u poople hitherto unused to
houvy taxation for tho expenses of tho
8tnto.
Tho old Fedoral inhibition of tho
emission of bills of credit by a State is no
longer binding on Georgia. Tho - .State
may, thorofore, like tho Federal Gov
ernment, issue Treasury Notes, and we
believe that Georgia could now Issue
two or throe mttlions of dollars of aiiuh
paper on a basis so ample and undoubt
ed that they would be roadily taken at
>ar for nil her disbursements and eireu-
ato ns a sound currency throughout the
South. Suppose sho should commenoo
with one million of dollnrs, Issuing say
$100,000 iu notes of tho denomination
of $5. *100,000 each of $10 and $20,
$200,000 or $50, and $500,000 of $100,
honring 0 or 7 per cent, interest paya
ble annually, uud redeemable at inter-
vivsl of fivo, ton, fifteen and twenty
years. The pledge of the proceed* of
tho .State Ruud (now netting at least
$400,000 per annum ubovo expenses) to
the redemption of the interest and
notes would bo a security so full and
unquestionable that the notes would l>e
readily taken if not eagei ly sought af-
ter. A sinking fund from tho profits of
the rood could bo so arranged os to meet
tho notes as they foil duo, and thus
taxation for this purpose bo avoided.—
Should a much larger amount bo re
quired, tho road itaolt (now entirely un<
incumbered) could bo pledgod to tlioir
redemption, and its proceeds to the
inont of interest. Can any roasona-
doubt be entortalned that notos so
issuod and protected would bo taken,
and circulated at par, affording at
onoe a means of meeting an ex
traordinary expense, avoiding heavy
taxation, and furnishing n circula
tion of undoubted solvency for the peo<
plo?
It is truo tho proceods of the State
Rond are at present appropriated to the
groat cause of public education, and we
havo been an earnest advocate of their
application to that okieet. But tho
present emergency is one greater and
more pressing than even the education
al noods of the poor children of tho
Stato, and the lesser necessity should
yield to the greater.
We are satisfied that the Stato of
Georgia can In this was (and perhaps it
U her only certain way) raise even four
or five millions of dollars, if needed,
without oppressing her pcoplo; and we
regard it as tho first importance tliat,
in a time ami crisis liko this, oppressive
taxation should not bo resorted to to
maintain a position of tho State which
requires the ready support of all c
citizens.
Other States tliat linvo seceded havo
> suoli valuable and urtinoumbered
railroad or otlior improvements to
dedgo as socurity for thJir “promises
o pay,” and thus place thorn at par
value. But all of them except South
Carolina havo publio lands whioh they
may hypothecate, and thus, aided
by tho patriotic advances of tlioir
own citizens, raipo all the moans
whioh they or the new Confederacy may
require.
The Baltimore Bonauartes.—Should
tho great suit now pending in tho courts
in Paris bo in favor of Mmo. Bonaparte
and her son, tho results will bo momen
tous. Princo Napoleon and Trinccss
MathiMe, the children of Jeronio’s
second marriugo, will be declared ille
gitimate. Mr. Jorome Bonaparte, of
Baltimore, will bocome the next heir to
the imperial crown, after the young
Prince Imperial, who is now only four
years old. Who knows but that an
American may yet sit on tho throne of
Napoleon r
Two more companies of artillery ar
rived at Washington on Friday, from
Fort Hamilton. There are nowfivecom-
panics of tliat arm of tho service, which
togetherwith the infantry and marines
make about six hundred federal troops
in Washington and vicinity.
|QyA mercantile firm at Mobile tolo-
granhs to New York that that port re
mains unobstructed. The lights nt the
entrance of tho harbor havo not been
extinguished, nor any buoys removed
or likely to be.
The Author of Dixie’s Land.—For
the benefit of our musical renders, we
will state that the author ot this popu
lar refrain is Daniel D. Emmet, of Bry
ant’s Ethiopian Minstrels. It was set
to music for- the piuno-forto, by W. L.
Hobbs. There is n “pixie Polka,” and,
perhaps, other variations of tho same
Teivlino with Firearms.—Newton
ugh military drill with a gun they
„.„jght unloaded. Johnson pointed
the gun at his companion, who gave
the command, “ready, aim, fire,” and
foil dead, with a bullet through tho
heart.
' OUA NATIVE LAND.
God blfess our nativo land t
Firm may she ever stand,
Through storms and night,
When the wild tempests,j-ave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
D° thou our country save
By lhy great might.
For he our prayer, .hull riio.
To God above the skies,
Oirhim wo waltl
Thou who hast heard each sigh,
Watching each weeping oyo,
Bo thou forever nign;
God nave the Stato J
Bless thou our nativo Land!
Firm may she ever stand,
Through storms und night 1
When wild tompest ravo,
Ruler of wind and wave,
Do thou our country save,
By thy great might.
From tho Augusta Republic.
Southern * Congress*
Montuomerv, Feb. 4, 1801.
Tho Provisional Congress of tho so*
ceding States met in the Senate Cham
ber of the Capitol nt one o'clock, to
day. All of the deputies wero present.
On motion of Hon. W. 1\ Chilton, of
Ala., tho Hon. R. W. Barnwell, of
South Curolinu, was called to the Chair
for the purposo of a tompomry organ
ization, and on'motion ' of Hon. John
Gill Hhortor, of Ala., A. R. Lamar, Esq.,
clerk of the Georgia 1 Convention, was
mpoiutod Secretary.
TheChairman announced tliat the
/onvflYtion should bo opened with
prayer; whoreupon the Rov. Dr. Manly,
of tho BaptistUkurob, of this city, of
fered up to the throne of grace an lm<
prestivo and appropriate prayer.
On motion or wort. C. G. Memmlngor.
of South Carolina, the credentials of
the deputies were presented and read,
and their names on rolled as follows:
SOUTH CAROLINA.
K. B. Rhett, R. W. Barnwell,
Jaa. Chestnut. C. G. Memmlngor,
W. P. Milos, L. M. Keitt
T. J. Withers, W. W. Boyco.
FLORIDA.
Jaokson Morton. J. patten Anderson,
J. B. Owens.
ALABAMA.
R. W. Walkor, W. P. Chilton,
11.11. Smith, S. F. llule,
C. J. McRao, I). P. Lewis,
J. G. Shorter, T. Foam,
J. L. M. Curry.
MISSISSIPPI.
W.P.narris, W. 8. Wilson,
Waltor Brooke, A. M. Clayton,
W. 8. Barry, James T. Harris
J. A. P.Campbell.
QEORQfA.
Robt. Toombs, fi. II. Hill,
Howell Cobb A. It. Wright,
F. S. Bartow, T. R. H. Cobb,
M. J. Crawford, A; H. Kenan,
E. A. Nisbet, A. H. Stephens
LOUISIANA.
J. Perkins, jr. Duncan F, Konnor,
A. Duclouct, E. Sparrow,
C. M. Conrad, Honry Marshall.
Tho Hon R. B. lthott, of South Caro
lina, then proposod that the Congress
to theeleotion of a permanent
ent, and after a fow pertinont re
marks, suggested that the lion. Howell
Cobh, of Gi 3crgia, ho chosen by accla
mation, which Wiis unanimously agreed
Late News.
An Incident or the Niuetcenlh Century.
The Detroit Free Press rolntos the fol
lowing, for tho truth of which it vouch
es, but we don’t:
An ox (cam attached to a lumber
shed, und bearing astride its cross
beams a conrse-grainod young man and
a buxom girl of about eighteen, drag
ged its slow length along Lamed street
yesterday, and halted in front of Jus
tice Purdy's office. The couplo dis
mounted and entered the office, where
they made known their wishos. and re
quested to bo married immediately.—
The expectant bridegroom said he had
come to town witli n load of produce
for Ids employer, who owned tho team,
and os Susan wanted to buy a kaliker
dress, lie had brought her along on tho
top of the bngs. On the way they
had talked the matter ovor, and in
view of the fact that they sorter liked
each other, and had done considerable
courtin’ on the sly, concluded to got
married. They declared themselves of
age, and took the bonds for hotter or
for worse.
The bridegroom was very much elated
and kissed tho bride an unreasonable
number of times. Then he requested
the Court to kiss her, and even went so
far ns to intimate that all ruspeotablo
persons among the spectators might
eqjoy the same privilege, He was es
pecially elated on tho newspaper ques
tion, “Put’er in,” he said, in a reck
less manner. “Put'er in the paper,
and innko Susan’s nnnio ell capitals.—
i'll pay for big letters. What’s the use
in getting married to n putty gal unless
you can get it in the papers.” In tho
midst of this jubilation the thought of
the old man struck him, and he sober
ed down ns though a shower bath had
fallen on his head. “Come, Susan,”
lie said, taking her hand, “lets go home
nnd see it out. Lord! won’t ho lie
mad ?” And he drew a sigh ami switch
ed up the cattle, whose slow unit scorn
ed nil too fast for his palpitating hopes
and fears.
Charleston Harbor.
Homo exchanges, says the Charleston
Courier, that lately felt a sympathizing
interests in tho reported obstruction in
the Charleston harbor, and the report
ed destruction of Charleston commerce,
havo forgotten to state that the ship
Emily St. Pierre, Capt. Tesaier, has re
turned from .Savannah to Charleston
with a full freight and has entered nnd
discharged in Charleston.
Theso cxohnngos have also forgotten
to noto the fact that sevoral of our In
surance Companies have qnnounoed
their readiness for marine risks at usual
rutos.
There were special reasons for the
diversion of the Emily St. Pierre to Sa
vannah, when sho first arrived off
Charleston bar. Tho most formidable
obstructions now effeotiug the bar oy
harbor of Charleston, aro certain cylin
drical pieces of iron, not in, but near,
and oommondjng the channel. They
offer no pbstaoles or dangers to .mer
chant vcuoh’coming on legitimate busi-
1’he Commandant at Fort Pickens.—
First Lieutenant Adam J. Sleinmer, of
Pennsylvania, is In command of the
United .States garrison nt Fort Pickens.
PeusAColn. lie entored tho Unitod
.States military academy at West Point
in September, 1846, and graduated in
1850, when he was commissioned iii the
army as brevet socond lieutenant of
first r *gimeni of a ’tWery. Ho was ap
pointed first lieutenant in April, 1854,
und ordered on special duty us acting
uKHirttunt profossor of ethics and ma
thematics hi the West Point Academy
in 1855-0.
Of the Chinese Emperor, every
ono, even tiiose of his own ohumbur,
stand in the greatest imaginable awo,
and on no pretext does utty one over
address him save with tiie use of all his
grand and glorious titles. Uis tho oti*
quotte in the Uhinose Court for tho Em
peror’s physician to apply the same ti
tles to his disease* as to himsoif, and
accordingly they talk of ‘‘His High
and Mighty .Stomachache,” “His Im
perial and Godlike Dyspe'iwia,” nnd
“His Eternal nnd Never ending Dip*
therm,*’
jQrTlio French bridges liavoporaw.
uont marks with dates affixed, to show
the,heights of mitwwivo floods; they
nearly nil record this fact, that tiie
floods are gradually and nunually in
creasing in height. The bridge ovor
the Loire, in the vicinity of the late
disnstroui inundation, especially indi
cate this; and it is not too much to af
firm that the next ^groat flood will bo nt
least ns disastrous ns tho last. The
reason is obvious. The impetuous tor
rent from the high lands brings witli it
large quantities of stones and gravel,
which arrested by bridges, sli'als, Ac.,
so that tho river beds are gradually be
coming of a higher level, and naviga
tion upon them is all but impractica
ble.
mu nuiiuunuoinuui* was rccuivcu
with prolonged applause. Aftor it had
subsided, on motion of Mr. Rhett, Wal
ker of Ala., and Anderson of Florida,
wore appointed to conduct tuo Presi
dent elect to tho chair.
Mr. Cobb on taking his seat delivered
the following .
ADDRE88:
Accopt, gentlemen of tho convention,
my sincere thanks for the honor you
have conferred upon me. 1 shall en-
doavor, by faithful and inipartial dis
charge of the duties of the chair, to
merit, in somo degree at least, the con
fidence you have reposed in me.
The occasion whioh assembles us to-
C ar is one of no oidinary character,
meet ns representatives, of sover*
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, Feb. 6—Tho Artillery
Company who recently evacuated the
Arsenal at Augusta, Ga.„havo been tol-
egraphed to como to Washington.
( The steamer Michigan, at Erie, will
no put in commission on tho 1st of
March.
Tho Poiioe Convention has enjoined
Commissioners not to communicate tho
proceedings to outside parties.
They are sooially harmonious, but
nave not approached discussions of po
litical subjects. There la but little in
terest manifest in their doings.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washieoton. Feb. 6. '—Sinatm.—In
the Senate to day, Mr. Johnson of Ky..
Son^^of ^the^South* 0 * 1
Hocsk.—In the House, a oemmlttM
of conference on the loan bill was or
dered to be appointed.
Colfax’s postal bill, authorizing the
Post Offico Department to out off all
mail facilities from tho seceding States,
gassed by a vote of ayee 131, to nays
The report of tho National commit-
WMd
CON
Montoomiby, Ala.,^eb. 5.-—Pending
the discussion to-day on the adoption, or
rules. Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia,
■aid that rules should be made on the
principle that we are a Congress of Sov
ereign Independent States, and must
voteas8lotes.
Pending the discussion on tho adop
tion of resolutions providing fob the
appointment of a Committee to report
the form for a Provisional Govern*
mont, tho Convention went into secret
session.
Montgomery, Feb. 6.—The commis-
sloners from North Carolina presented
their credentials and were teudered
seats in the Contention during their
opening sessions.
The commissioners from Virginia ar
rived.
The committee appointed yesterduy
in searet session, stated through their t
chairman, C. G. Momminger, of South
Carolina, that they would i *
>ort on Thursday, a plan
onal Government.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
Montgomery, Feb. 6.—A bill appro
priating half a million dollars for thr
cause or Southern Independence passed *
both Houses and the Governor signed
the bill.
Tho bill legalizing bank suspensions
and stay law was defeated in the Sen
ate, but an offort will be made to-mor
row to ro-oonsider, and It is believed
that it will be successful.
LOUISIANA ANP TEXAS STATE
CONVENTIONS.
New Orleans, Feb. 6.—In the Con-
mention to-day u resolution to appoint
Commissioners to all the slaveholding
States who have not yet seceded, to
invito thorn to join tho Southern Con- \
fcderacy, was tooled,
We have received Galveston dates to
tho 6th Inst., which says that the Ordi
nance of Secession was passed on tho
1st inst., by a vote of one hundred and
sixty-six to seven. The Governor, Leg
islature, Supreme Judges and the Com
missioners were present.
Gen. Houston recognizes the Conven
tion of the people, and dsolared his at-
taohmnnt to the South and his desire
to join the Southern Confederacy, but
if no Confodoraoy is formed, he will j<
of Texas.
»ra Provli-
... . join
the Republio of Texas.
The Ordinance will bo voted on the
23d, and if adopted,'will go into effeotten
the 2dof March,
Tho secession news from Florid^
Georgia, Alabama, "Mississippi and Lou
isiana created great excitement in
Northorn Texas.
New Orleans, Fob. 6.—The Conven*.
tion to-day passed an ordinance confer-,
ring tho right of oltUenship upon all
porsons residing In the State of Louisi
ana, or at the time of the adoption of
the ordinance of secession.
MARKETS.
Charleston, Feb. 6.—Sales of cotton
to-day 730 bales, at prices ranging from-
10 to l2[o. Prices unchanged.
but witl
alliance with straws,
ds that blow them.
An Armsteono Gun Landed.—An
Armstrong Gun of large calibre arrived
here to duy from Europe via Savannah,
Its dust-illation is Georgetown, nnd )t
comes to the order of Mr. WeAton, a
wealthy planter, who rosidcs in that lo
cality. lie has also imported one hun-.
Urod and fifty muskets, nt his own ox-
pense, for a volunteer corps in his own
neighborhood.—P>
PhUa. Press.
-Charleston Correspondent
Resignation.—We learn that Benja
min Stiles, K-q., ot Bryan county, yes
terday tendered bin rertignation to the
President of tlio United States, as
•Surveyor and inspector of the Port of
Brunswick, Goorgiu.— Savannah News,
Fell. 1st.
jQgyThe Richmond “Enquirer” will,
hereafter bo published part English
and part German.
jfc5F / Throe hundred marriages is said
to have taken place in Paris on Satur
day, 22d November. ,
ed them with the government of the
United States. Of tho causes whioh
havo led to thU decision it U unneces
sary now to speak. It is sufficient to
aunounoe that by tho judgment
our constituents they have been pi
nounced ample and sufficient, it is
now a fixed and irrevocable fact. The
separation \% perfect, complete and perpetu
al. [Applause.J
The groat duty is now imposed upon
us of providing lor theso States, a gov
ernment for their future security and
proteotion. Wo con and should extend
to our sister States-our late sister States
—who tiro identified with us in inter
est, feeling and institutions, a cordial
welcome to unite with us in a common
destiny—desirous, at tho samo time, of
maintaining with the rest of our form
er confederates, as with the world, the
most peaceful and friendly relations,
political and commercial. [Applause.]
Our responsibilities gentlemen, are
groat and I doubt not, we shall prove
equal to the occasion. [Applause.]—
Let us assume all tho responsibility,
whioh may be necessary for the success
ful completion of the great work com
mitted to our core—placing before our
countrymen nnd the world, our acts
and thoir results', ns the justification
for the course we may pursue nnd the
policy wo may adopt. With a con
sciousness of tno justice of our cause
and with confidence in the guidance
and blessings of a kind Providonce, we
will this day inaugurate for tho South
a new era of peace; security and pros-
^The* Hon. W. P. Chilton moved that
tho Congress elect a permanent Secre
tary andnominated Johnsou J. Hooper
Esq., of this city.
Mr. Toombs proposed to eleot by
clnuiation which was agreed to.
Whoreupon Mr. Hooper was then
unanimously^, elected, ltobt. Emmet
Dixon of Goorgia is tho Assistant,
On motion of Hon.Thos. J. Withers,
of South Carolina, tho President was
leered to appoint a Door Keopor
■- Messenger.
On motion of Hon. A. H. Stephens
Mobile, Fob. 6.—Salas of cotton to
day-3,000 bales, Middlings at 11 cents.
Tho market was firm.
46y The Annapolis midshipmen
have been denied their usual vacation
this year, as circumstance# might
necessitate their speedy transfer to men-
ef-wnr.
, jy What*is tho difference between
a good soldier and a fine lady? One
* i the powder, and the other powders
A young lady who waa perfectly
thunder struck at hcuuin^of her;
i a lightning-rod.
provided
yaU^g\o 0 «n m ^.rai*ng oxtont income' o‘t Mississippi, ntid Porklps flf LoiiU-
w onhooi^ofAdolphlo. ?C;ov°rrn"S°v r ^“ f0 ‘
the government of theConv«ml
On motion- of Hon. W. W. Boyce,
tho Congress adjourned until twelve
o’,look M., to-morrow. W.
_ jyQon. Harney, it i> stated, will
•ommand the military in the District-
of Columbia upon the occasion of Lin
coln’s inauguration.
As the Postpoffice nt Fensaoola has.
been discontinued by order of tho Ac
ting 1’ostmaster-Gencrnl, persons wri
ting to friends in that ally will add.au
then- letters to “Warrington," and not
“Warronton," as some of the papers'
call It. ThU U a little place a,t, or near,
the Kavy Yard, and wasnamed in hon
or of Commodore Warrington, former
ly of tho U. S. Nary. Thoreareegood
many “Warronton.” in tho North
American States—all deriving their
names from Gov. Warren, who wn.
killed at Bunker Hill—but we know of
only ono “Warrington," and that U
near Pensacola.—Ca>,ab,x (Ala.) Garettt.
Rail- Road Guarded 1 .—President Fel
ton, of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Bail Hoad, has stationed'
guards at all -tjm bridges Oil that high
way to prevent any injury to those
struoturos from the hands of the mis-
oreants who have threatened their' des
truction to prevont President. Lilcol'n
siys the
Lucky Aaiisr.—Clark Mills,-tho ,culp-
widow of the late Mr. Howell of B*f -
more, who left a fortune or *800,OuO
ohioily acquired in the dry good, busi
ness in New Orla.ni.