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VOLUME XVI;
ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 1, 1861.
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■w.ntinno Iheir .nbicriptlon.
I i IfiuborrlWH order til. dlseontlminnc.
I,(Lit i.wip»p.r. th. ptlMUMr mar eonth.-
I u«id thorn unlit nl arroaraao. nr. paid,
I"j-lfinhicriben n.atwt or routs* to Ink*
,.5, ...inner, from tiio odlno to which they
, I £XC .ro held re.po„,ibl. until
Lp, hire aettled th. bill, and ordend them
(FALL & WINTER TRADE
1 lECON’D AllKlVAL or the SEABON AT
|jH. M’CLTTNG’S
Urond SI., Home, Ga.
coxaiitino or
LADIES’
)RESS GOODS,
Cloaks and Shawls,
' Tojellier with a largo variety ol
WOOLEN GOODS,
| r#r UittciT, CUildran’s and Bt>jY Waar.
A LAHGEBTOCK OP
|house-fujnjshing
PLANTERS’ GOODS!
Consisting of
IlCII ME DAMON, nUUSBELB,
uiu.i, iiuunnr.iin,
NtillAIN* AXI) STAIR
CARPETS.
AXD CAXTOX MATTING.
ticc&Brocnlelle Curtain Goods
Gilt Window Shades,
CORNICE BANDS, .to.
Saturday Morning,- Fob»y 33,1B00.
I BLANKETS, KERSEYS,
AND
BROGANS,
Of th* bout Bmllifcrn Makes,
«r idl* st low pritos Ljr
»rJ J. F. MeCIiUNn.
K B. EVE,
MAX it FACT UR lilt OF
ni Dealer Extensively in
iMlpks
of all Styles,
1%, Qualify P/tces Challenged.
THE FARMERS
l BE rcque.tlftd to examine my large as.
1 nrtntent of plantation Bridles, Collars,
•vh'mj an,l Team Gear complete, at the
I Uwest Possible Cush Prices.
u i G*nr made to order, and repaired
|>Wt mtivo. Mv stock will bear inspec
ts- wm* and sec Wore purchasing.
|*>0'Ses Advertisement in another column.
|fe'o!l}tO. 0, U. EVE.
J. L. nUKKAIlOO
arrk.
Jew
I MOORE & DUNNAHOO,
GROCERS!
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A full -Assortment of
..FAMILY SUPPLIES.
■N'CLUDINO Flour, Meal, 8ugar of all
•^uuuiaa Flour, Meal, 8ug.tr ot alt
L «adj, Coirce, Butter, Eggs, Fish* of dif-
«‘nt kind*, Dried Fruits, and Preserved
"J'h. All kinds of Nuts, Candies, Cigars,
r leco ’ Kin# Eiquors, Ac., Ac.
A Word to FnnlUflBtfon.
It is of the 1 utmost irapottanco, in tho
preiont critical condition of affairs,,
that unanimity should prevail amongst
ail classes of ciUxffns hero at the South.
If our people will but stand firm as one
man, In dcfenco of the position wshave
taken, it is our deliberate conviotion,
ns heretofore avowed, that tho North
nor any other power, will bo able to
conquer us. Our groatest dangor is
from dissensions amongst oursolvos. It
Is with much regret that wo obsorve in
certain of our exchanges, a disposition
to quostion tho authority of tho South*
ern Congress, and to criticise unfavora*
bly its note.
Amongst these wo may mention the
Charleston Mercury and the Chronicle <fc
Sentinel. Now as for ouvsolves, though
wo cannot say that ovory thing has been
done exactly in tho way wo wantod .it,
yot we will say, that tho distinguished
tnon, now sotting in Convention at
Montgomery, have acted with groat dis
cretion and wisdom, coupled with a do
groo of dispatch and hnrmony, unpre
cedented in tho nnnnls of deliberative
bodies. They are doing tho best they
can for their country. They have much
to do and but little time to doit in.
It is not and ought not to ho oxpectcd,
that every individual in tho .South,
ovon ovory State, will immediately ob
tain all thoy may happen to dosiro.—
The Government now being established,
ns It is only provisional, and designed to
meet present emergencies. When tho
storms of tho revolution have subsided,
and tho separate independence of tho
Confoderato States ho* been effectually
soon rod, then wo may sot about in
more deliberate end formal manner, to
perfect all tho intricate details of n
more permnnont and perfect system
Until tliun for lleavon’s snko, for tho
sake of our own safety and wolfaro, lot
all bickering and fault-finding be huslr
ud. This is not the tiino for tho Press
to qunrrol and contend about freo trndo,
tiie Slave Trade, Ac. Leave all these
questions to tho wisdom of tho Congress
for the present; Let us stand by tho
Sou them Congress, and stand by our
section right or wrong.
Ilut wo aro not wroiig. Woaro right,
Atid history and tho world will horeaf-
tor conecdo tho point. Wo have, as all
admit, in tho South at least, abundant
provocation for resistance. Much more
than our fathers had in 1770. Tho
time for roiistnncomffo Union has past.
Wo aro already out; and there is noth
iug iu tho present menacing and tin
compromising attitude ol tho Northern
States to justify tho belief that any
thing will evor bo done calculated to ef
fect a re-construction.; 'Certainly noth*
iug in tl»e recent speeches of Lincoln,'
which, when fairly interpreted, amount
to nothing loss than u declaration of
nur against tho seceding States. Wo
see nothing in tho enthusiastic recep
tions which nro given to Lincoln, at all
tho points through which ho passes on
Ills tour to tho Capital, to show that
there is tho least abatement ot seal
on tho part of tho Republicans, for tho
man, and tho odious causo of which ho
is tho representative.
On tho contrary wo sco in tho sicken
ing toadyism, and tho disgusting devo
tion with which they worship the man,
unmistakable proof of tho unabated
existenco ot' tho same blind and abomi
nable fanaticism which, in its . forty
years crusade against tho South, has at
length readied a .degroo of strength
and audacity which duties tins Constitu
tion, sneors at secession, scorns all com
promises, rind lashos lUefoam ot its ha
tred in our very faces.
Undor snoli circumstances is it right
that tho Press, or tho people, should bo
grumbling at the conduct of our repre
sentatives, who are evidently doing tho
best thnt they possibly caii. If thoy
commit blunders lot them pass. IPs
must be united. Tho ononty is watching
us with eagle eyes. Every editorial par
agraph from tho press, every tiling whioh
indicates dissuasion among us, is eager
ly seized upon, and used to oncourago
tho fanatics in their efforts to destroy
us. Such conduct on .the part of
pooplo is ruinous, and suicidal ia its
tondonoy upon our dourest rights, and
Newspaper Change.
The last uumber of tho Southerner an
nounces a change of proprietors, and a
curtailment of name. Our friend and
for mer Associate, G. T. Stovall, Esq.,
having purchased tho ontiro concern
has again rosumed the chair editorial.
Mr. 8. has boon long known to tho com
munity os a gontloman cf high-toned
moral and intellectual worth, and his
career witli tiie Courier showed decided
ability as a.writer, and in editorial
management. May all possiblo success
attend him.
We part with Dr. Wofford with re
gret, for alwnys acting upon tho prin
ciples of tiie truo gentleman, our inter
com so has always boen pleasant and
agreeablo.
Tho word Advertiser is dropped off
and it is now called tho Southerner,
though it will bo none tho less a medi
um of Advertising.
Southern Congress.
Mostuomeuy, Ala., Fob. 10, 1801.
Congress mot to-day at noon. Prayer
its ottered by tho Itov. ITookor Cobbs.
Tho journal of yesterday was read
and continued.
Mr. Shorter announced that Mr. Wall,
one of tho delegates from Toxus, had
arrived, and was now presont in tho
Hull.
Tho President invitod Mr. Wall to a
scat.
Mr. Barlow, tin* Chairman of the
Committco on Military Adairs, said
that that Committee had prepared a
report for tho consideration of Congress,
but ho thought it host that tho report
should be submitted in secret session.
Mr. Shorter, tho Chairman of tho
ComiuRtoo on Engrossments, reported
ns duly engrossed and ready for tho
signature of tho President of Congress,
the following resolutions.
A resolution for tho enforcement of
tho Revonuo Laws.
A resolution for tho preservation of
tho Records of Congross.
A resolution giving certain powers to
Celebration or the 22d.—Yostorday
was indeed a proud day for the volun
teer Military Companion in Romo. It
a beautiful day and nt 10 o'clock tho
three companies—the Floyd Cavalry—
tho Romo Light Guurds and the Chero-
keee Artillery all wore on parade in
full uniform, witli fuller ranks and
looking much belter than any previous
occasion. A very decided improvomont
in tho drill of oarh company is discern-
ablo from month to month ns tho
regular parade days canto round, thus
proving that the right spirit and deter
mination prevadcs those respective
corps.
We saw only a small portion of tho
drill of tho Cavalry and Artillery Com
panies, but understand from tiioso who
did, that it was highly creditnblo to
both officers and men. Tho Guards
had a Turgot Practice and made a very
good averago of shots. A prizo was
offered for the host shot in tho first
round. This was won by Corporal
John J. Black, mid tho best shot of tho
dry was made by Private Win. 8. Boo-
ton. i
In tho afternoon there was a Prize
Drill, by squads, of this company. The
Committee to award tho prixn of a Sil
ver Cup was composed of Lieuten
ants J. R.Towers and E. W. Hull of tho
Cavalry, and Cupt. M. A. Stovall end
Lieut. Yeiserof the Artillery.
The Squads all did remarkably* Well
and tho prize was awarded to Lieut
DwinoU's, composed of C. B. Norton,
G. C. Norton, J. J. Black, W. 8. Hutch
ings, L. T. Miteliel, and W. A. Barron,
j Tho presentation was made by Cupt.
Stovall, accompanied with an appropri
ate speech.
[eoNMUNtCATKD.
Reduction or the General Assembly.
This subject has been in tho hands of
tiie political tinkers and jerrymunderers of
Georgiu for the last quarter of a centu-
nnd like tho quacks, who aro always
curing the consumption, tho ailment
the use of the nostrums, is growing
worse and worse, until tho vitals are de
stroyed, and tho patient used up by what
they call an incurable type of tho .very
peculiar disease. Instead of reduction,
counties nro almost annually crent-
sometimes theso tinkers are in
licit hot bnsto to reduce, that they make
dozen of theso new counties at a clip,
his now county “munia” is a peculiar
type of the disease, until it has cut up
lh. State, in many In.t.noo., Into.ad,IU
Tbitat^Vcwiihit Distinctly Understood thnt
[A«S I
.ubdalat
IVIBt-L
ef 1“ l 3
IAV8,
■sSk
wSA
1.^0 will Sell on Credit to
I* 1 responsible men, who aro
I?™ habit of paying at the
.5 reod U P 0U
w. .oty security. . . v .... cu .
Previous to the mooting of our State
dupliesto "upon timo to prompt
law Wen * Rn X ca ?Jv purchase made In
ter
ml satisfy yourselves as to
MOORE A DUNNAHOO.
A. W, CALDWELL,
MW
. it* r
.e.k.n
MAXTJFACTUREn OF
Sheet Iron A Copper Wares,
and dkadbb in
[ StoveB, Pumps & House
Furnishing Goods,
A largo and well
1 cctod variety of
a ix uuuou
m
,l£ ing & Heating Stoves.
Always on hand’ Low for Cashs
A Wn , J ALL JOB WORK
w °rk dono to order Cash on Delivery.
Guttering and Roofing
.. Bono in tho Bost Stylo.
I» * c ? 0 «nh considered due on the 1st o
LEV, *•*■' ■ isffni Ik attu 5 r 3 r » settlements
els at —
m
la
think
A .W®!® Flsvcrlng Bxliaot., Coco-
Kalle.ton and Tcoih Wa.h-f
• 8 ‘upply at FAMiI,t, * TMISIB.
Convontion wo wore of tlio nnmbor ot
those wlio tliouglit that by do-oporalion
of tho States in making a formal do*
mand of our riglita, wo might havo
cocurod Utem in ,tho Union,, But
confess that tho subsoquont conduct of
tho Northern'pecjplo has gone far ' to
convinco us that we wore thon mista
ken. Tho recent speeches of Mr. Lin
coln, in our judgment, aro anything but
pacific. He insults our intelligence by
saying that “there is no cause for the course
the South is pursuing.”
He evidently doos not appreciate nor
wu >tnpreliend tho truo bUUj of. feeling
among us, scorns to regard tho revolu
tion at the South a mero temporary ob-
ulition of dissatisfied politicians, con
gratulating' the country that no harm
has yot resulted. , And thinks that all
ho will liftve to do will bo to . "keep,
qool" &o; and,this In die faco of iho
momentous fact that sovon of tho lar
gest.Statcslmvc zeoeded from tho Amer
ican Union l -
Verily this impudence. staggers us
HCJoal” indeed . he has been. ‘‘Cool’
amid tlio prayers.and .groans of mil
lions. “Cool” amid the crushing pillars
of tiie Ropublio; “CooP’aa the stnile
of the fiend o’er-tho blood of his mur-
dored victim, and cool as flie glaziers
of the. frigid North, .a depth of
coldnoss which no thermometer ,can
measure 1
the Committee on Naval Affairs.
A resolution for tho relief of J. M.
Walden, a citizen of Georgia.
Mr. Brooko said that the Committee
on the Organization of tlio Executive
Departments was ready to report, but
thought it perlmpi beat that the report
bo iuade in secret session. He there
fore moved thut Congress go into secret
ses.-iou.
Mr. Conrad said thnt he could seo no
rouson why tho report should not bo
submitted in open session. If any de
bate should result, it would be necessa
ry tlmt it should be conducted with
closed doors. Ho also thought there
wero good reasons why tho reportshould
bo submitted and read in open session.
Mr. Brooko withdrew his motion, in
order thnt Mr. Conrad’s remarks could
he in order, as ono of the rules of Con
gress prevents debate on the motion to
go into secret session.
Mr. Chilton stated that ho had receiv
ed a communication from a distinguish
ed Jurist of tho State of Alabama, con
taining somo valuable suggestions, in
reference to a Permanent Constitution,
which ho simply desired to presont,
without rending,’to tlio Committco oil
tlio Permanent Constitution. Tho re
ference was accordingly made.
Mr. Bmoko presented the report
from tiie Committee to Organize the
Executive Dopartinets, which was
read.
The first section provides thnt there
shall be an Executive I)a|inrtment
kmwn ns tiie Department of Sta:o, and
there shall bn a prinaiim) officer known
ns Secretary of >Stnte, who sliuU dis
charge such duties ns may lm assigned
him by the President, and in accord-
i n jo with the Constitution and Lowb of
tho Confederate States,, and receive
such compensation us muy ho fixed by
law.
Tho second section provides thnt it
skull bo tho duty of tlio Secretary of
Slate to presorvo all bills, resolutions,
orders, itc., and affix to thorn tiie Great
Seal of State ; also, to give public no
tice of all laws passed by Congress, in at
lout three public journals .printed
w ;hin tlio Confederacy ; and, also, to
o iiiso two printed copies of all ucts,
resolutions, Ac., to be sent to each of
tlio Governors of tho States of this
Confederacy,
Tho third section providos that thqro
shall bo in said department a Chief
Clerk, and such other clerks as may bo
found necessary in tho business of tlio
department, who shall receive sucli
compensation and take such oaths as
may bo regulated by law.
On nution of Air. Nesbit, Congress
went into secret session.
To-day the State of Texas was called
in the roil uf States. It is understood
that tho delegates have all tho privi
leges of members, with tho excoptiou
of voting.
ALAIIAMA.
R, W. Walker. Florence.
R; II. Smith, Mobile..
J. L. M; Curry, Talladega.
W. P. Chilton, Montgomery.
S. F. Halo, Eutaw.
Colin S. McRae, Mobilo.
John Gill Shortor. Eufaula.
David P. Lewis, Courtland.
Thomas Fonrn, Huntsville.
FLORIDA.
Jackson Morton, Milton.
J. P. Anderson, Monticollo.
J. B. Owens, Cottngo P. O., Marion oo,
GEORGIA.
Robt. Toombs, Washington,
Howell Cobh, At liens,
FrUncis 8. Bartow, Savannah.
Martin J. Crawford, Columbus.
Eugetiius A. Nisbet, Macon.
Beniamin II. Hill, LaGrange.
A. It. Wright, Romo.
Thomas R. R. Cobb, Athens.
Augustus H. Kenan, Millcdgoville.
Alexander II. Stephens, Crawfordvllle.
LOUISIANA.
John Perkins, jr., Ashwood, Madison
Parish.
A. DoCImtot, St. Mar tin villo.
Charles H. Conrad, Now Orleans,
I). F. Kenner, New River, Ascension
Parish.
Edward Sparrow, Providenco, Carroll
Parish.
Henry Marshall, Blackjack P. O., Do-
Soto Parish.
NUMBER 17
Letter fVom lllshop
Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont hqs ad-
drossod to his people ono of tho most
powerful letters in behalf of the right
and humanity of slavery that tlieso
troublous times have brought forth. In
concluding ho foys f
“In conclusion, I would only say that
I am perloctly aware how distasteful
my sontiments must bo, on this vory
Acrious question, to tho great midm’lty
of my respected fellow citizens, in tho
rcg'ou whoro Divine Providi*r.cehas cast
my lot. I would nssurodly ho far tuoro
agreeable if I could conscientiously con
form to the opinions of my friends, to
whoso ability, sincetity anil znnl, I am
ready to give nil just commendation.—
' would bo tuoro moral cowardice in
e to suppress what I bulievo to bo the
truth, for tiie sako of popularity. . It
cannot bo long before I shall stand at
tlio tribunal of that Almighty and un-
er. ing Judge, who has givon us tho in
spired .Scriptures to be our supremo
directory in every moral and religious
duty. My groy hairs admonish me
thnt I may soon be called to.give an ac
count of my stewardship. And I have
no four of the sentence which ho will
iironnuiice upon an honest though hum
ble effort to s uatnin tho authority of
His Word, in just alliance with the
Constitution, the peace, and tho publio
welfare of his country.
Misstssim.
Wiley P. Harris, Jackson.
Walker Brooke, Vicksburg,
W. S. Wilson, Port Gibson.
A. M. Clayton, Holly Springs.
W. 8.-Barry, Columbus.
James T. Ilnrrison, Columbus.
J. A. P. Campbell, Kosciusko.
SOVTII CAROLINA.
R. B. Illicit, Sr., Charleston.
R. W. Barnwell, Beaufort.
L. M. Kuitt, Orangeburg 0. H. .
James Chostnut, Jr., Cnmdon.
C. G. Memmingor, Chaileston.
W. Porcher Miles, Ciinrloston.
Thomas J. Withors, Camden.
W. W. Boyco. Wiiitisboro', Fairfield
District.
An ImportantENTRRrnisr.—A compe
tent citizen of the South; who has on-
joyed much experience in armory and
arsenal work, and in-the manufacture
of projectiles, fuses, shells, Ac., and
the casting and making of ordnance,
has commenced active arrangements
for establishing centrally in the South
a manufactory of the materials refer
red to. Tho manufactory will includo
Rifled Cannon, of iron, or Cast Shell,
new styles of cartriges, a new shell, and
several now inventions and well tested
nproveinonts in implements of wAr,
ii addition to tho common and well
known nmterinls.
All tho associates and assistants on
gaged oitlior ns capitalists or work
men, uroSouthorn men, and the inten
tion is to establish a first class armory
and military foundry end workshops.
Without seeking or claiming official
;)Atronnge, it will ho expected, reason ft-
>iy. by tlio proprietors, that a fair share
f orders will bo given by ami for all
Southern States, provided the articles
oilhrcd give sntistuclion— a condition
whioh will be chterfully accepted.
Wo nro not authorized at present
give names, but can open commu
nication with any who desire further
information for proper motives.—Char.
Omr.
Bolcsnm Arms.
We have examined three yamplos of
army lilies sent by. tho Direct Trade
Company of Belgium, to the Direct
Trade Company of New Orleans, with
authority to make contracts for tlio
ident, hereafter, it will refer to tho
' rcsidout (Provisional or otherwise) of
tlio “ Confederate States.”
A correspondent of tiie Now Orleans
Delta, describing tlio roception of Pres
ident Davis in Jackson, tho capital of
his honored State, says:—
“Among the throng of witnesses as
sembled to do honor to tlio man of tho
age, and seated in tho. same-carriage
i.i.. ~ * —
blankets instead of counties. Wo now
find the General Assembly larger than
itovui has boon, since the State has
been in existence.
Is it not time for the people to take
this business, seriously into their own
hands? The Legislature now consists
of over threo hundred.iiiombors. What
pooplo can onduro this much longer?
Tho expense of tlio Georgia Legislature
now cxcoeds $3000 per day. This mo
ney is taken from tho pockets of the
people^ What do they got in return
for it? Often worso than nothing.
Sometimes confused and contradictory
laws. Often churches, academies, brid.
ges, banks, rail roads and tovrors—incor
porated—with many other items of insig
nificant legislation. wortli nothing more
than tho quack’s nostrums. Do such
things pay? Have wo, tlio people, so
much money, thus to waste? Would
it not pay bettor, if wo must disposo of
it, to hunt up dcsorving objects ot char
ity near our homes.
If tiie Legislature was reduced to
about 40 in tho Senato and 80 in tho
House, It would produce an annual sav
ing to the Stato of 75,000, which would
for the last 20 years mako tho enor
mous sum of $1,500,000, worso than
thrown away. Such a sum, in .our pres
ent condition, would be vastly useful.
When we look around us and contem
plate our now relations; with tho al
most absolute certainty that heavy tax
es must bo'submitted to, in order to
paf our way up to 'the top of tlio hill.
Besides, if the costs were equal, with
one-third of the- number, legislation
would be dono without confusion, with
more dispatch, -and above all, with
twice tho intelligence and practical
utility,
Are we never to wake up on this sub
ject? Is common sense and self inter
est clean gone from us ? It would soem
that w© ought to strike for a reform in
this matter. There are many other; in-
cubusos around us whioh our presept
condition and oircumstances loudly de
mand that we should throw off, and . re
turn to the good old’day* of th® “Adam
and Eye” af out common country.
‘ Roudl«-
brought to our Capital by Mr. II. S,
Fulkerson, Secretary ot tho Now Or
leans Company, at tiie request of Gov.
Fettus, and have been examined and
thoroughly tested, proving that" they
aro of verv superior workmanship, and
finish, and are of «ueh accuracy in
shooting aro *«o bo entirely satisfactory.
They have a range of 000 to 1100 yards,
and wo learn that in a trial of them
tho other day, nt 230 yards, the bulls
penetrated5 inches of solid timber and
buried in tho treo Against which tlio tar
get rested. They wero thoroughly tes
ted in Now Orleans nt 900 and 1100
yards when it was clearly shown that
they would hold up oven a greater dis
tance.
Those rifles are certainly very beauti
ful as well ns very substantial wea
pons. Those of longest range weigh
only 8 lbs. They have the snore bayo-
not nttachmont—iti’clf a very elegant
and effective weapon on tho gun or in
Hand.
Theso rifles in the hands of the gal
lant sons of Mississippi would do fear
ful execution. Wo bo to the oneiny
that should come within their rango.-
Jackson Mississippi
Rhode Island.— Iho call for tlio
Stato Convontion to innugurato the
proposed Constitutional Union party
in lthodo Island declared that—
We aro opposed aliko to Stato seces
sion and sectional agitation; and in fa
vor of an early restoration, of tho Fed
eral Union upon tonus just and honor
able to nil tho States; and are fully
convinced that such restoration can on
ly bo effected by tho adoption, by thq
people themsoive ** ~
r of thoso broader
and moro national viows of patriotic
duty, and by a return to thoso kindlier
sentiments of conciliation good-follow-
ship, and fraternity with which our na
tional independence was achieved, and
our wise and admirable systom of C’-on-
stituiionnl freedom inaugurated,
Washington dispatch to.the
Charleston Moroury-says:
A number of letters from Boston ship
owners have been deceived here by
Southern men enquiring whether they
can got commissions as privateers un
der tho Confcdorato States. They spy
that.tboy jiro anxious for such employ
ment.
gOyTho Charleston Courier says that
tlio South Carolina Convention will not
probably re-ossembte until ibe plan
permanent Government reported
tho Montgomery Congress shall
ready for .reference and considera
tion. .
The Broth™ of the President.—Bs
known to all concerted, that whon
o use the simplo designation the Pres-
..1th himself, Judge Smith and Gen
Van Doro, was a venorablo gray haired
man. Years havo bowed his form,
but tho firo of his mind burns brightly
in days gone by, and tlio glance of
bis cuglo oyo is still clear and undim
mod. His heart hca‘s with the bound
ing and defiant throb of youth, and, ii
tlio .South should ever need to call her
gray haired sons to tho field, there is
not one that will more readily respond
to tiie call than Col. Joseph E. Davw,
tho eldor brother of ono whom hit
friends know best ns Jeff. Davis, now
the President elect of a great, glorious,
The Rki'ortkd Destitution in Kan
sas.—Tlio signatures to tho following
statements in regard to tho destitution
Kansas, nro thoso of somo of the
most prominent citizens:
Wo feol called upon to warn tlio
friends of Kansas not to crodit tlio
rooeqt statement of Thndcus Hyatt, in
regard to tho suflbHiijjs of our paoploj
There have boon no authenticated ca-
of death by starvation, and if tho
contributions continue as bountifully
as heretofore until Juno next, ns wo
hopo they will, there will bo nono.
About one-fifth of tlio peoplo nood
help from abroad, but the statements
tlmt Kunsns is a eharnel-houso; that
ail clossos nro approaching starvation ;
that ’there is ono stop between 50,000
icople and starvation,’ are, ns wo bo-
iove, reck I oss njtd flagrant falsehoods.
Tho hulk of the population of the
State lies in tho countios adjacent to
tho Missouri river, and hero there is
hut little more than ordinary destitu
tion. There has undoubtedly boon
much suffering from cold and exposure
among thoso from a distance coining
from tho interior towns to the river fer
relief, and the winter has been unusu
ally severe, ami is estimated that 20,000
people will nood aid In provisions and
clothes" and In seeds, to onablo them
to sccuro a harvest.
Mon* A. It* Stephens of-
, m , * Prcsitloni.
This gcntlomau is known throughout
the Union as ono of the most promi
nent of Southern politicians and olo-
luent orators. Uis father, Andrew
1. Stephens, was a planter of moderate
moans, . and his mother, (Margaret
Grior) was a sister to tho famous
compiler of , Grier’s almanacs. She
died when ho was lin infant, leaving
him with four brothers and ono sis^
ter, ol whom only one, brother sur
vives.
Mr. Stephens was born.in: Georgia on
tlio 11th ot\February, 1822, When in
ills fourteenth year his father died, and
tho homestead being sold, Ids sbaro of
tho eiitiro osluto was about five hun
dred dollars. With a commondablo
Anglo-Saxon love of his ancestry, Mr.
Stephens 1ms sineo re-purolmscd the
original. cstnto, which o mprised about
two hundred and fifty aorcs, and ho
has added to it about six'hundred
moro. , .
Assisted by friends ho ontered the
University ot Georgia In 1828, and. in
1832 graduated at tho head of his class.
In 1834 ho commenced the study of law
nndiu less than twelvo mouths was on-
gaged in ono of the most important ca
sus in tho oouutry. Uis eloquenoo has
evor had a powerful effect upon Julies,
enforcing, os it does, arguments ol ad
mirable simplicity and legal woight*
Ii'ma... 1 Q')*y ftii 1 Q.lll l.n •■*... n ... mP
Late News.
Arrlrnl ol (ho Nova Scolinn.
PoItTUND, Fob. 21.—Tlio stcnnisliij
Nova 8dotlan, with Liverpool .l it..
tho 0th Inst., arrived hero to day.
COMMERCE A I.' NEWS.
Livritrooi, - Cotton- M.uikkt.—Tin-
sale, of cotton for the post, wrolt EOT
000 bales, or which spcoult
3,600 and ospoiters 11,000 bt
dling qualities declined Id.
80UTHJ5RN CONGRESS.'
MoKToouiKf, Fob. 20.—The .dhpart-*
monts of .War, Navy. Juitli-o.
bo nominated to-morrow.
It is understood that Mr. Yancey do
olines a aeat in tho cabinet, proton it: ■.?
at the suggestion of friends to reprasenv
tho government In Europo.
Montgomery, Feb. 21,—Mr. Cobb of*
News from Montgomery via New
York.—The Washington correspondent
of tiie N. Y. Herald says:
Intelligence received hero today,
through private sources, from Mont
gomery, indicate that tho SouthemCon-
gross have been most vigorously at
work in secret session for a week past.
Arrangements have boen mado by whioh
the sum of fourteen millions of dollars
will bo nt their disposal on tho 1st of
March. By that thno it is contemplat
ed thoy will havo ready for the field fif
ty drilled rogimonti of troops. The ob
ject of tliis extensive preparation to re
sist Federal coercion, and, in casn of
blockade, to Maroli on Washington,
The two Presidents.—Davis and Lin
coln wore botli born in Kentuoky, in
1808 and 1809 respectivly, both left
tiioir nntivo State in childhood's days,
ono emigrated Nortli tho other South;
both served in tiie Indian war of tbo
West, botli commenced their political
careers about the snmo time, boinj
Presidential Electors in the election o'
1844, Davis for Polk and Lincoln for
Clay; both elected to Congress about
tho same timo, ’45 or ’-46, and wore in
tho samo year and almost tho same
day, called to proside over their respoo-
tivo governments—ono as President of
tho United States, iho other President
of tho Confederate Stntos of America.
Ono the rock upon which a nation has
split, the othor tlio corner stone of a
new Republic.—Montgomery Mail.
From 1837 to 1840 lie was a member of
tho Georgia Legislature. In 1842 lie
was cluotod to the Stato Senato, aud in
1843 ho was elected to Congress. Ho
was a member of the Whig party in its
palmiest days, but sinco its dissolution
has notud with tho men of the South,
and suoli has boon tho upright, stead
fast and patriotic policy ho has pursued
thut no ono In tho presont oia of fac
tion, selfishness or suspicion lias whis
pered an accusation of selfish motives
or degrading intrigues against him. In
thoiiouso lie served prominently bn
tho most important committees, and ef
fected tho passage of tlio Konsns-Ne-
brnska bill through tho' Houso ata timo
hen its warmest frionds despaired of
suocess. lie was subsequently appoint
ed chairman of the oommitteo on terri
tories, and was also chairman of tho
speoial committoo to which was refer
red the Lecompton Constitution. By
his patriotio course on tlio various meas
ures he lias, from time to time, exolted
tho ire of many of tho Southern people
but ho hus always succeeded in cant
ing out of tho contest with (lying colors,
and hU recent elevation U a mark of
i he profound respect entertained for
his qualities as a man and a-states
man.
Mr. Stephens is most distinguished os
an orator, though he does not look like
ono >vho can command the attention of
the Houso. at any time or upon any
topic. Uis houlth from childhood lias
been very feeble, beiug afllicted with
four abscesses and a continued derange-
wont of tho livor, which gives him a
consumptive appearance, though his
lungs are sound. Ho has nover weigh
ed over ninoty-six pounds, and to see
liis attenuated figuro bent over his desk,
the shoulders contracted and the shape
of his slender limbs visable through uis
.rments, a stranger would nover select
„.ra as tho "Johu Randolph” of our
time, moro dreadod os an adversary,
and more prized as hn ally in a ^debate
than any other member of the House of
Representatives. When. speaking, he
has at first a shrill sharp voice, but os
ho worms up with hU suqjeot, tho clear
tones and vigorous sentences roll out
wit a sonorousness that finds its way
to every oorner of tho immonso hall.
Ho is witty, rhotoricul and solid, and
hus u dash of keen satire that puts an
llpis a core-
upon cotton oxportocTfrotn the confe<?-,
.orate Statcy to any Foreign country
other than thopcrt.sof this C.uiU-d.-ru. y
Tho resolution was adopted.
Tho President nominated his ,cabi»
net and it was confirmed, by the .Seri*
ato. . '
Sooretary of Stqto.—Hon.-R* Toombs,
of Georgia. . ' . •
Secretary of tlte TreasuryHon.. .G. *
G Memmingor, of South Carolina.^
Secretary of War.—Hon. * L. *!Pode‘-.
Walker, of Alabama.'
CONGRESSIONAL. '
and free Republic.
“Devotedly attached to his younger
brother, looking upon him with moro
than parental pride—himself ono of
tlio moat remarkable men in tho State
—I watched Col. Joo Davis last evening
with a fueling I cun scarcely analyze,
and I would have given much to have
boon able to read tho mingled emotions
of prido, hopo and pleasure that must
havo struggled for tho mastery os he
stood near tiie beloved brother who
was tho cynosure of all eyes, and is to
day the first man of the South.”
No Lack or F.uel.—Virginia possess**
about 35,000, Kentucky about 15.000,
and oilier Southern States about 20,000
square miles pf. .undeveloped coal
mines. All Europe together has only
17,400 squaro miles of coni surface, of
which 11,850 belong to Great Britain
and of tho 40,000,000 tons annually
produced there, only 6,918,185 tons
wero exported last year.
Washington, F*b, . 20.—-lions©.—Tho
steam sloop amendment to tho. Navy,
bill was disoussed and adopted. „TU»‘-
bill ’-was strongly resisted by Messrs.
Booook, Garnett and others.'. During
the debate Mr. Stanton admitted pres
ent indication* wore that war must en
sue If the seceded States retain possession
of forts and other Fedoml proporty.
Mr. Stanton’s' foroo will was debut-
Soimto.—PiLssecl' the .Tariff Bill with
ureral amendmonta.
The Postal bill mu debated, an
amendment to oxoludo tlio Confeder
ate States caused strong debate.
WASHINGTON NEWS). Vv
Waihinoton, Fob. 19.—Mr. Bocock
declared In the House that the pstssago
of Mr. Stanton's volmiteor bill to bo d
declaration of war. Other border Stato
men attaokod it vehemently. Mr. Stan
ton persevered, but it is thought.that It
will be vetoed.
George M. Dene, as.istnnt quarter
master general and Thcdoro Lewie, mil-
■■■ffleaWWWW*
itary atoro keeper, both of Louisiana jp3
It Is bollaved that the Fence Congre.a
will adjourn thin week. No Importance
is attnobod to the result,.
.ilgo upon every speech. Ho la net
ful atudeut, but ao-very careful that
traca of atudy is pereoptible us he daah-
ea along in a Bow of faota, arguments
and language that to common minda ia
almost bewildering. Foueaaing hoate
ol warm frionds who are proud af hia
rognrd, an enliglitencd Christian virtue
and inflexible integrity, auch ia Alex-
ami inuoAiuiu iiiwgiiiy, buum «d
under II. Stephena, the Vico Freaident
elcot of tho Sou thorn Confederacy,
••OldSccealon.”
“Jaaper” writea from Charleston to
the Now York “Times:’’
Everybody at tho North haa heard
about Old Seawon, the terrible cannon i
that announced South Carollna’a leap
FEDERAL CONGRESS.
Wvsuixotox, Fob. 21.—Sor.ato.—tr.
tho Senato to-day 111, Festal Service bill .
was debated.
Mr. Huntor of Virginia, spoke again-1 i
thb withdrawal of tlio service from the-
n r...i »„ qi.
Confoderato States.
House.—In the *IL
. Stanton’s
J ;HOU30. ,
force Hill was the principal sutfiep? of
debate, but no action was taken.,
Nothing else of Importance was
dono. ?: . ^,
The Senate,..in Executive session-t.o?
day, refused to confirm the nomination,
of Mr. Black ns a. Jnstioe of the Su*
preme Court,' vioo Justico Daniels of
Virginia, deooased. *
Washington, Feb. 21.—It is believed
that tho delegates from Illinois, iVm
sylvanla, Now Jersoy^Oliio and, Rho^v .
Island will probably vote for the Bor*.
der Stato proposition in the Peace Con
gress to-morrow. The Virginia deleg-
tionvT*
will probably be divided,
ILLUMINATION IN MOBILE.
Mobile,' Feb. 19.—Tho Tribune o'-
fleo was illuminated - in honor of the
inauguration of President Day is. ..
ARKANSAS RLEUTIOlC
Salt.-A good joke is told a on member
of on* of the volunteer companies
which came down hero lately, wo think
is was a Mississippi company, and is
said to bo a fact, Being accustomed to
fresh water, living in tlio interior, and
not liuving been In tho Gulf of Mexico
before, ho was in blissful ignoranco of
its briny properties. Getting up in tho
morning, as usual, to perform his daily
ablutions, ho drew a bucket of water,
sat it down near some of Ids comrades
and retired for soap and towel. Return
ing witli tho articles, ho soused into tlio
buckot of water, hands and faco. The
conscquonco can b« imagined. Recov
ering from.tlio shock, and rubbing his
burning eyeballs, ho exclaimed : “l can
whip the cl—cl rascal that salted this
water. A man can’t draw a bucket of
water and leave it for a few moments,
without souio prank is played on him.”
Dashing tho water aside, In left, amid
the shouts and jeers pf his companions,
who had boch silently watching him.;
IIo soon found out his mistake.—Pen
sacola Tribune..
The English through their papers
a right to navigate tho Mississippi,
claim.. v
which they any secession cannot abro
gate. By tlio treaty of Paris, signed
.... ,1... *)|W|. nf VmpiimliAf I7H9 It. IVIlfl
... tiio 30th of November, 1782, it was
tipiilatod that “tlio navigation of the
Mississippi, from its source to the ocean
shall forever ronnmi freo nud open to
tho subjects of Great Britain, and the
citizens of tlio United States.
The Canada Court.—Tlio Canada ju
diciary on Saturday rendered a final de
cision in tiie case of tho fugitive slave
Anderson. Tho court sustained tho de
cision of the Court of Queou’s Bench on
the question of laws *nd was unani
mous in discharging tbo prisoner ono
technicality in tlio commitment. Au
derson was thcroforo set at liberty.
Another Refusal to Commission.—
Gov. Jackson Pf Missouri, has refused
to commission George L. Androws, Cap
tain of a company of Engineers, on ac
count of his declaration of paramount al
legiance to the government of the United
States, in enso of conflict belwoon the
Stato of Missouri aud said Govern
ment.
into a charming uncertainty on the 20th
of December, and her Declaration of
Independence on. the 24th ; which has
also thundered forth tho stern resolves
of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and
now, alas I of Georgia. I naturully felt
curious about this famous pfoco of met
al. I supposed—who would not—that
it was a rifled cannon of tho most ap--
proved boro, or af least a thirty-two
or sixty-four brass pounder, mounted
elegantly, with the Palmetto waving
injcaticully over it. “I came, I saw,”
_ was sadly disappointed. On one side
of a most vonerablo and mouldy build
ing, whioh was used for Uncle Sam’s
Customs, and is still used for his Post-
office, there stands a common rusty and
battered, nn insignificant six-pounder
only. The story is, that it originally
belonged to a Nantucket whaler, who
used to firo it off whenever ho caught a
aspormacoti follow. Somehow it got
down here jus*, after “Abe Lincoln” aras
elected, and was loaned by a. sailor-
man, who had Southern proclivities,
when tho first secession ball was started.
It mined when I guzed upon’It, and I
was shocked at its rudo exposure;—
There it stood, off from a little squaro,
in the middle of the street, its vent
hole covered by a remnant of panta
loon, which had evidently lost itspow-
or of continuity, and secured by a bit unchanged,
of tarpuline, and Us muzzle choked by
a stick of swamp-pine, * * J ““ *’
CoLUMiUADs.-Inquirios are made us to
the nature of the cannon called Colum-
binds. A Columbinds is a hoavy gu
capablo of projecting a solid shot orshell
.Ossfe * ■ HfiM ’* ■■■
with a large charge of powder, and at an
angle of projection from five dogreosbe-
, to thirty above,..the ’ ! *
Refused to honor Tup .President} T , j-.^
Bi.ECT.—Tho Duqueane Grays, q bailing m scacoaal Uofonce. H <loo» not differ
.... horizon ; it
■may ho zuid, lliorolcriq lo ooinbino tho
essential qualities of tho gun, Iho how.
User, and mortar, and may bo used in
pinco of either ono or thoother ofthaso
1). flnoa not differ
military company of Pittsburg, held a
mooting on. the evening prior to live
arrival of Mr.. Lincoln at that city, and
unanimously refused to take part in the
formal reception accorded him.
JS?*A Washington letter says:
"It is said that Gen. SoottJs propared
to reinforce Sumtor nnd Piokons as
soon a« any hostile demonstration is
rnado against them. The whole power
of tho Government will be used for
their protection and defence, afwhat-
pver coat of life it may require,’’
... its external slmpo from ordinary aea-
coo.*t cannon. At preaent.thore are two
sizes of Columbiads in use in our service
viz: tho eight inch and the ten inch.
Tito former weighs about 9,000 lbs., tho
oltargo of powder 10 lbs., tho aolid shot
64 Its., and the shell 48 lbs. Tho latter
weighs about 15,000 lbs., the oltargo of
powder i6 lbs., the solid shot 128 lbs.,
and the shell 100 lbs..
. —^Thd centals'- of Georgia -show a
population of 1,075,Oilman increase of
01,547 since tbo year 1
Wasujnotox, Feb. 20.—Returns from
Bonton, Sebastian, Washington' upd
Crawford counties, Arkansas, give fire
thousand Union majority and tlio snmo
majority against Convention.
VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION..
Ricuiioxd, Fob. 20.—Convention uit-
iraportanX. ■ >
. A resolution for border Stato Conven
tion to meet at Wytbovillo oil the last
Thursday in March, was roferred.
RESIGNATION OF COM. TATNALL.
WisBisoTON. 'Feb. 21.—Commander
Tatnall’s resignation was aoccptcd by
the Secretary of the Navy.. . „
MARKETS. -
Monas, Feb, 20.—Sales of cotton to-
duy 2,000 bales. Middlings at 11 cents.
Tho markot was quiet. ‘
Nsw Orleans, Feb. 19.—Sales of cot
ton to-day 20,000 bales. MiddUngs at
11(3411 i ots. The market was sufl'.—
Sales of threo days 52,6002 receipts
three days 38,600 bales. Decrease nt
this port 175;500 halos ; all- ports 581,-
500 bales. Frolghts on cotton to Liver
pool }d- ( .
CtiARLSSTON.-Feb. 20.—Sales of cotton
to-day 1100 bales, at prices ranging
I could hardly
crodit that this was tlio terrible fellow
that 1ms already boon telegraphed from
Mnino to the extreme West os Old Sc-
cescion. ,t
Tits Gbav’s Artillery.—^We Team
that His Excellency Gov. Brown 1ms or
dered tho three beautiful heavy brass
cannon, whioh just arrived in this oily,
and intended for tbo Atlanta Gray’s, tc
bo shipped Immediately to Savannah, at
there Is a strong probability that they
will be neoded tor -immediate use.-
Al. Atncr. 2UM.
Modilb, Feb. 10.—-Sales of eoitton to
day 1000 bales. Middlings lloi. Sales
three days 10,500. bales. Receipts tlireo
days 7,705 bales. Storiitig Exchange
102J ® 103J. .* .
Charleston, Feb. 2i.—Sales of cotton
for the past week readied 8,000 bulcsi
Receipts of tho week 13,600 bales. The
market cleared J @ 1 cent, declined on
the lower grados.
The guns at tho Arsonal, near this
oily, wo learn, have also Keen ordered
to Savannah,—Chron. 4- Sentinel.
An Insinuation.—After appropriat
ing ono hundred thousand dollars to
the cause of coercioq, Mnssaohusetts
tendered her gallant troops to the Dio-,
tntor. The defender of tbo Capital de
clined the magnanimous proffer, say
ing "that the Government needed
JKiraM
'“it S 0 mBisn?fesUhAt*th“ P UeuUnant
General wants faking men.—Charleston
OedriCT.
from 7J to 12-10 cents. The market i
Montix, Ala., Feb. 21.—Sales of coL
ton to-day 1,500 bales. Middlings at
10} a 11 cents. Tito market was easier:
New Orlzans, Fob. 21.—Sales of cot
ton to-day 9,500 bales. MiddUngs at
11 all) cents. Freights }d.
ron Senator in Franklin
CotiNir.—A friend writing from Comes-.
villo under dace of the 9th inst., favors
us wj.th the result of the recont election
held in. FronkUn county for Slato Sen
ator, to fill the vacanoy oecnstoned by
the resignation of our friend, Hon Tho
Morris. Only two candidates were In ( ■
field. Gen. Benj. F. Willis, ar .
thaniel Gunnells, Esq.: nnd the . -
stood, for Willis 274: teCWnmi
Willis’majority 24, The iigiu- .
.sltaFttirpout foy old Wankim,—A
fanner.
