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It. bWlWSLL, Editor.
•inSDAY .XOWNING, March IS.
Progress of our now Republic.
Step by step tlio new government
arches on in stately grandeur* and
,e ••nation born in ft day” is rapidly
nving to maturity in all th? parts and
pliancea of acomplotobody politic.—
e* followers of “Old A. Blihkun” are
•.itly surprised at the action of the
i)gross of the Confederate States.—*
«y supposed that the “traitorous mat-
Uents” of the “slave oligarchy,”
•uld, when met, bo able to do noth*
j but quarrel and fume and fight
li other; and that, after a few inef-
tual attempts to harmonise their v»-
us incongruous schemes, they would
oessarUy break up in a vow. But in*
nd of this, by their published pro
filing* they have boon made to know
>t the Congress now in soseion at
mgtomery is one of the most able,
uionious, dignified, thoroughly dis-
-nt and efficiently working bodies
\t ever assembled in this or any oth-
country. Wo venture tho assertion
t novor in tho history of political ns*
nblies has there been in tho same
gth of time, so much good work done
.hat wiiich was just suitod to the
.ics, circumstances, and wants of the
.opto-as lias been accomplished by
,.:e Congress of the Confederate States
:ce tho 4th of February lost.
A review of the leading events in the
ronological order may not bo unin*
resting nt this time:
Tho Provisional Congress met Feb.
•li.
Howoll Cobb was elcotod President of
'tigress Feb. 5th.
Provisional Constitution adopted Feb.
To the Merchants unit Business Men
of Rome.
It has occurred to me that a Board of
Trade or Commerce should be formed
opinions or Titr. abolition puss.
(From tho jSTew York Tribune.]
in „ur Oily. Tho ..mont jvmotmo
would be Opp^rtuuo Tor Sicii an. ur» c f almost temlornosa with
inngemcnt,. ns by. oppllcatiop to'the w h(di ihe South Uncalled upon tore*
Congress of the COnfoaiiroto Slates, we; turn to lie^alleglqnce camiot fail to, dm
n nt Rn* oonmeo/evWr’fiioao who ditlor from tin
might have ltomo m , ! Mr. Lincoln that ho earnestly and se-
try, and thus be relieved from the great HoUf( , y ,| os | re , to avoid all difficulty ond
inconvenience of getting agents to pay dfotui-biinp*, while tho firmness with
our duties In other cities through which which ho avows his determination to
obey the simple letter of. His duly mhst
Members of Congross took the oath
• support tho Provisional Constitution
eb. 9th.
President and Vice President elected
' eb. Oth.
Vico President Stephens inaugurated
cb. Uth
President Davis inaugurated Feb.
th*
Cabinet appointments made Feb.
‘ st A 25th.
Commissioners to the Federal Gor-
-»ment appointed Feb. 25th.
Flag adopted and raised March 4th.
twill thus be seen that important
.ions have followod each other iu rap*
succession and the great henuty of it
is, not that these things havo been
ie meroly, but they have been well
and tho mnnner of It is now
ngtliening and cheering the hearts
all tho people throughout the bout*
os of those fair lands. Our new
eminent hoe been most propitious
begun and if tho same wise counsels
ntinuo to characterize its proceedings,
lias spreading out before it, in the
.inis of tho future, a degreo of prosper
ed happiness without n parallel In
o history of tho world. In all tho
3ential elements of good government
o Confederate States may, and we ho
ve will, far surpass the old United
ites. It is not necessarily the extent
torritory that measures a nation's
outness. Wide domains almost nooes-
ily bring into a govornmer.t an tag-
isms of interest, and these, though
y may be smothered for a vrhlto
o sure at some time to fetter tho
,?ht arm of tho nation’s strength-
usit was in the Federal Government-
sides the great diversity of interests
owing out of Commerce, Munufactur
* Agricultural productions, lc., tho
o great soctions of the country had
-tuestie institutions and systems of la-
i’ so entirely different, that, although
©y tolerated each other for a series of
•irs, they never could harmonize, and
is not improbable that a higher state
prosperity and happiness is atUina-
e, by both sections, now that thoy aro
minted than would have been possl-
. under the oontinual clashing of tho
Id Union.
Prize Target Practice.
The Cherokee Artillery shot for a
izu on lost Saturday. Tho only guns
• at they havo are the Low Muskets.
care never reminded of this foot
thout thinking that it is a great out-
2Q that this company is not provided
ith cannon.) The distance shot was
0 yards. Wo ore told that the average
looting was very good. Tho prise was
/on by private J. M. Mack. We never
ipposed that a man of his pluck would
iow the “white feather,” but then, in
iiis instance, it will be regarded only
- s a “feather in his cap” anyhow.
Saluting the Flag of tue Confedk.
ate States.—Tho Cherokee Artillery
ere on parade last Saturday afternoon
ad fired seven rounds in honor of our
*ew Flag, raised a few days since by
ol.J.J. Morrison. Speaking offings
© would suggest that the . tattered re
ams now fluttering on Academy Hill,
*.d better be taken down and “the
ug of our country” raised in its
©ad.
'1 he Wheat Choi*—throughout this
action cf country looks finely, nl-
:-.ough owing to tho late sewing, it is
: < as forward os it is some years.
..ire is an excellent stand and it has a
filthy, thrifty appearance.
Permanent Constitution.-— It is
bought in Montgomery that the Con-
rss will agree upon a permanent Con
dition by yesterday or today and
..at they will then take a recess.
they must pass.
Beside* DiMT‘(lie regulation of our
price current, good* damaged or lost
In transits, and many otlior things will
bo found within tho scope of such a
Hoard's labours, that in their results
would provo highly beneficial to our
Commercial interest. I would propose
that our leading men take an interest
in this measure, and cull a meeting at
once, that wo may see what can ho
dono on thu.sut(juot.
J. J. OOIIKN.
Frosty MoRninss.—*Oii Monday mor
ning tliero was quite a hoary frost and
ico nliout as thick ns a window glass in
this vicinity. The freeze on last Wed
nesday morning, when the ice was fully
n half inch thick, killed n portion of tho
most forward peaches, but probably not
all on any singlo tree.
l’oi.K Co. Dragoons.—We understand
that tills company will parade iu full
uniform at Cedar Town on .Saturday tho
23d inst. Judging from the officers
and such ot the men ns wo know, it
will ho one of tho best and most effi
cient companies iu the State. Thu offi
cers aro Soabron Jones, jr., Captain.—
II. F. Wimberly, 1st Lieutenant; J. II.
Dodds, 2nd do.; .Shop. Blanco, 3d do.;
and Damp. Jones, 1st sergeant.
New Abvertisrmrkts.—Read an in
teresting one by W. B. Terhune Esq.
Also ouo of lumW from II. Allen
Smith; A good suggestion by J. J. Cohen
Ac., Ac.
Commisnioners to the Federal Gov-
ernment.—TIio commissioners of the
Confederate States to Washington a
expocting to havo a hearing to day.-
Lincoln will not bo able to evade their
donmnds, for, by Choir instructions,
they aro bound to ragard any such at
tempt by him ns a refusal to treat with
government, and to withdraw at
once. It is thus probable that tho
question of psaco or war will very soon
be decided.
A Coinuidknck.—It hna brobably oc
curred to most of our renders, that tho
Flag of the Confederate Stntos was first
thrown to tho breeze, challenging the
admiration of friends and bidding do-
fiance to foes on the vory day (Mon
day) that Lincoln, the arch enemy of
our institutions, was inaugurated Pres
ident of Abolitiondom.
The Prospective Stampede prom Vir
ginia.—As an illustration of tho truth
of what we said on thissutypet in Tues
day’s ^Enquirer,” we givo the follow
ing oxtract from a letter written by a
gentleman of high character, a citizen
of Virginia, at yit:
“ 1 suppose I hilve Hoard, within the
last few weeks, nearly thirty of tho
most prominent, und among them the
most wealthy gentleman of this countv,
i Amelia,) *uy that thov will certainly
leave old Virginia if sho docs not se
cede, and join tho Southern Confeder
acy; for they tool that thoir property
would not bo snfo in Virginia under
Lincoln’! administration.
Marriage ot Miss Harriet Lane. -
Miss Lnnocelebrated the closo of her
uncle’s Administration by being mar
ried on Monday to Mr. James Carlislo,
tho most brilliant lawyer in Washing
ton.
country, while it carries -jconviction of
liis earnestness of purpose, of his cou
rage to enforce it.
(From tho World.]
Mr. Lincoln lias been long enough
in Washington to show that he has a
firm, Indepehclctit judgment of Ids
own, ami that lie Well knows how to
blend determination with prudence.
Wo look for n vigorous yot Hison-et
management of our national difficul
ties—fust tho policy best calculated to
avert bloodshed, and yet maintain the
Federal authority iu all its rightful
strength. With time passion will.sub
side, misapprehension disappear; and
with time, too, the stupendous practi
cal difficulties is the way of keeping up
tho Government of the so-styled ‘‘Con
federate .States” will develop them
selves, and will cause n revulsion of
popular feeling that will give traitors
a lesson for nil time to come. In spite
of tho treacherous eryef tho old pilot,
tho ship has weathered tho worst of
the storm und doubled tho capo. Un
der tho new guidance we liopo soon to
be in smoother waters.
(From the Times.]
Tho characteristic feature of tli
dress is its profound sincerity—the
nest determination which it evinces to
render equal und exact justice to every
•State, to every section, to every inter
est of tho Republic—and to administer
tho government iu a spirit of the most
thorough und impartial equity. To
this purpose every other consideration
ir iiiudu to bend. A lid ho ono wjio
can understand und appreciate such a
character ns that of Lincoln will doubt
that this spirit will mark every act of
his administration.
In our judgment tho Inr.ugutnl can
not fail to exert every happy influence
upon public, sentiment throughout the
country. All uion, of nil parties, must
feel that its sentiments are just and
true—that it sets forth the,only basis on
which the government of this country
enn be maintained, whila at tho same
time it broathos tho very spirit of kind
ness and conciliation, and relies upon
justice and reflection, rather than force,
for tho preservation ot the Federal
Union.
The Inaugural Inspires the strongest
and most confident hopes of tho wis
dom and success of the now Adminis
tration. It is marked throughout by
consummate ubility, a wiso and pru
dent sagacity in tho judgmotit of af
fairs, a profound nppruciution of the
difficulties and dangers of tho crisis, a
calm, self-possessed,, unflinching cou
rage adequate to any emergency, a
kind and conciliatory temper und the
most oarnest. sincere and unswerving
devotion to tho Union and tho Consti
tution. If tho dangers of the hour call
be averted and the Union can be saved,
tills is the basis on which atonu it can
be accomplished. If the the Union
cannot he saved on this basis, and con
sistently with these principles, then it
is bettor that it should not be caved at
all.
[From the Courier and Eoquiror.]
The address is a noblo one, proving
conclusively that he who delivered is a
plain, honest, frank man, possessed of a
soul big with patriotism, of nn ability
equul to the high station to which ho
has been called, and of that firmness of
purpose, mingled with that conciliatory
spirit, dcinaudod by the emergency
which meets him on the very threshold
of liis office. Mr. Lincoln’s address is
remarkable for its directness, for the
convincing manner in which his duty
is set forth, and for the exact and truth
ful mnnner in which tho groat question
before the country is put. We cannot
see how any truo citizen of this Repub
lic, any lover of its Union of States, its
Constitution and laws, cau rise from the
perusal of this Address without being
hoping, it, wo sincerely desiro it;
foi the public opinion of Europe
could, by pronouncing Itself in time,
nrreat a catastrophe which must * so- V1 , 1I4M1
that h«f commercial interests dpiiriml,
in u great measure, on the prosperity of
the .South, which Europe has a deep in
terest in seeing preserve* V at least tem
porarily, her institutlnnsfcliow attacked
with so much vehemence.
13, for the X. >*. Herald. ]
i be Policy ul* I he Western Powers ]
Towards the Southern Confeder
Will She revolution of tho da
which would uceiuo to Europe fr<
break upon (ho other skit- of inn o
be powerful enough to* modify' th©
WTh» llnnh County Enterprise no
tlces tho death, ky suicide, on the 27th
ultimo, of Mr. Nero Watson, an esteem
ed citizen of that county. No.pause
assigned for. the commiifsioii of
tho deod. Mr. Watson leaves a fam
ily, consisting of q wife and five chil
dren.
IQrThtt Charleston Courier say**.
“Among the passengers by tho Catum-
fcia, from New York?wns R. G. Nevill.n
member of the National Guard, 7th
Regiment Now York State.Militla. Mr.
Novi 11 was ono of tho party that tired a
salute of six guns for tho *t-cod<-d States
from tho Now York Huttory, on Satur
day. Oth inst., and ho now comes to of
fer liis services to South Carolina, and
to report that many, Hko himself, can
bo found in New York.
.tt^The Georgia Convention met in
vannah on the 7th iust. No very fcn-
'rtant action has yot been had. Two
ports for the reduction of the Legis-
>re have been introduced. Delay is
iost necessary on aocount of tho eb*
™ of bo many of the members
•o are now in ttye Congress at Moiit-.
*mery.
!Lho*doceive<tod ho-North
so much rashness and audacity
t) the belief taught it by the
. I press, tlmt the inhabitants of
th, too weak in number* to re-
Mucks, will not flud
tho Atlnntio a single
irtt, much leas a moral
Until ropy so fur blind
unerce as to make ;1r-fot
i interests ? Wo do not tliink
so, and already England, profoundly
moved, awakes at length to the reality ;
Ireland, lias arrived, bringing Liver
pool advices to the 20th of Feb’y.
, . , 4 - , . . - * - Liverpool Cotton Market.—The
Tub New Postmaster General.—The
telegraph brings the announcement
of. tho appointment and confirma
tion of Judgo Reagan, of Texas, vas
Postmaster General of tho Confederate
States.
John U. Reugan was born in Snveir
county, Tennessee, October 8, 1818.—
Having chosen tho profession of law',
nrtd emigrated to the Republic of Texas
ho advanced, by his own merits through
mnny honorable grades of civic and
military distinction, until 1852, when
he was appointed a Judge of tho Dis
trict Court of Texas. In 1857 he
was elected ft uiembor of the Thirty-
Fifth Congress, wiiich position he re
tained, Borving with tact and success as
n member of various important commit
tees.
Wo have no doubt tlmt in tho dis
charge of tho arduous duties of hiR now
position, Judgo Reagan will show that
his administrative talent is notless than
his ability as a legislator.—Charleston
Mercury,
Advance in Brandi*.—It is stated tlrat
a heavy ndvanco has taken place at
New York in tho price of brandies,
wines, gins and otlior liquors, in conse
quence ef tho anticipated passage of
the new tariff’, which enhances the du
ty. The stock on hand is unusually
fight. New vintago Cognac cann.'t bo
purchased lower than $2 90 to $3 25
per gallon.
It is worthy of remark that tho Tres-
went and Vice President of the South*
ern Republic should bear tho names of
Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton,
they sound much more like American
names than Abraham and Hannibal.—
i\. Y, Journal of Commerce.
Foreion Attachment.—The Charles-
ton Courier «. credibly informed that
Gov. Brown pf Georgia, has attached
the Northern Stock in tho Macon and
Western Railroad, amounting to about
$1,000,000. * ; • *
fSF*Goneral Campbell, United States
Consul-General to London, has fetfgn*
ed that position, and Is on his Way
homo to Texas. •
completely satisfied, without, sayin;
“Abralmni Lincoln Is right; ho has sail
just what bo ought to say, and no more
nor less; is a man who will do what lie
promises; a man in whom the most
perfect trust tuuy he reposed ; that ho
will he an ahlo and truo President of
the United States—South und North,
East and West.”
[From tlie Philadelphia Knquircr.]
The Address is in admirable lone and
temper. It breathes throughout the
kindest spirit to tho “dissatisfied” peo
ple of the. Southern States. No innti
can read It without being donvinced
that the now Pres-dont is a patriot in
tho sincere desiro to dispel groundless
apprehensions growing out of his elec<
tioiij and throughout the Address there
is a prevailing purpose to do what Is
right. In pli these respects it is ns we
have already said, most admirable. * *
Upon tho whole, wo are of opinion
that the President’s Inaugural Address
looks lo peace rather than war And if it
fail to givo thorough satisfaction, it is
because of the inherent difficulties
which surround the subjects presented
to him for notion.
&5r*A Washington dispatch lo tho
Charleston Mercury, dated the 8th,
soys:
“The commissioners say that they aro
Quite hopeful to-day. The communica
tion with the ne\v Administration, for
prudential masons, wUl be postponed
for a few days, until tho terrible outside
pressure of tho office-hunters upon tho
'Cabinetshall havo ditninishe some
what. Hon. A. B. Roman lias not yet
been heard from. He is, I believe, on
Ids'way to this city.”
fleS^Tho Charleston‘Mercury’s corres
pondent says* “The nomination of lion.
J. J. Crittenden to the vacant Supreme
Judgeship was agreed on in Cabinet
meeting, on Thursday night. This is a
decided victory. Choso violently op
posed the nomination.”
Martial Law.—Gor. Pickens; of 8.
C., has issued a proclamation declaring
martial law established “in and over
that portion of James Island known ns
Fort Johnson, nnd extending a half
mile on ail sides from the wharf on the
said Island.”
Appointment.— Wo loam from tbo
Marietta Advocate of the 8th, that Gov.
Brown has appointed Col. William Phil
lips, of Miirirttn, Brigadier General, un
der the Act to ratno ten thousand Vol
unteers.
-biout. Q. L. Sayres, late of the
U. S. Marines, having received tho ap
pointment of acting Assistant Adjutant
General of the Provisional Army, left
yesterday for Texas for the purpose of
raising a regiment oh■ Mounted t Rifle
men .— Montgomery Post, 6tA
0&^TUe Secretary of State, of New
Jersey, on Wednesday, presented to
the legislature un abstract of -the State
ni2 SU nrTu e t0 a t fJ^A PU > t,ort is ° 72 '*
"I* . Of these 644,080 are whites, 23,-
936 free colored, and eight slaves. -
Jt is scarcely ay oar siuco tho Empe
ror with tho boldness which spriugs
from profound conviction, inaugurated
a new commercirl policy, by adopting
an economical uy^tcin, destined to give
agriculture and trade an impulse which
would place France in the trunt rank
among conmiorciul nations, hnil deyel
ope her maritime relations in all quar
ters of the world. Prohibition has ceas
ed, and thft commercial ’treaty of Jami*
*ry 23, 1800, opens a way calculated to
establish tlie natural older of tilings
and conduct Franco, gradually, hut in*
ihllibly, to a reform the most complete,
and above all, the most radical. Every
thing conduces to lei d i.s thither.
Her nature, her conformation, und her
features show us the principle of com
mercial liberty written iu indelible
characters.
These ideas naturally lead us to.ex
amine wlictlu r Euiopcaii predilections
and interests urc not oil ‘lie wrong track
iu nbandonining themselves unrosurv-
edly to the doctrines of tho Northern
.States,
Tho Northern section car.not chango
its commercial instincts; they are a
donseqtienee of its very nature. It will
be after, us well us before tlto dissolu
tion of tlie Union, in future as it lias
been in the past, a couutiy adapted ex
clusively to Clio raising of grain, with a
commercial and manufacturing popula
tion, who struggle obstinately to obtain
lor their innrchunt marine the entire of
the traffic and transportation between
Europe and tlie Southern States; her
-Hey would lead her even to throw
jr manufactured productions on the
Southern markets, into which she en
deavors by overy nteuns to prevent the
^reductions of European muuulactnrcs
roin entering. In other words, tho
North does iio.v, and will henceforth
more and more, compote with Europe
an industry, for already, in default of
the mouoj oly of manutuctuVed products
towards which she is tending, sho bo-
comesof necessity an intermediary be
tween European manufacture uiul the
.Southern consumers.
in 1850 and ’57, years of deaith in
Europe, tho Northern States were ahlo
to supply our markets with grain for
two years at relatively low prices, in
f >ite of tho increase in freight. If, then
ic development of their trade and ag
riculture, supported by the sympathies
of Europe, continue I to progress,
thoir prosperity would he a very serious
danger to us, for sooner or later it
would loud to tlie invasion of <lur own
markets.
The South, on tho contrary, produce!
two great staples, which are, to Europe,
objects of tlie highest necessity—Cotton
and Tobacco. She Is a producer of ne
cessaries and a consumer of manufac
tured productions. Has it ever been
seriously etn tern plated, the commotion
which tlie failure of a singlo Cotton
erop, which supports so many branches
of trade, nnd, directly or Indirectly, af
fords employment to more than ten
millions of hands, would produce ?
Have we, it the same time, thought of
the disturbance which would be created
in the habits of the working classes by
tlie suppression of that other article
which is to them so great a source of
comfort ?
In regard to tobacco, without men
tioning tho deffeit in the State budget
which would mult from its annihila
tion, could our population so easily fore
go a product, which, more perhaps, than
sugar, coffee and cotton, constitutes for
them an imperious necessity. Tliero is
no need to disguise it, tlie deprivation
of tiioso two staples would assume
amongst us the character of a public
calamity. And yet, such would be tho
inevitable and speody result of the sep
aration of tho Unitod States, unless tlmt-
evonf should take place peaceably, and
not under the menace and blows of
Northern aggression.
Neither must it be forgotten that U is
those two staples -which pay almost
ontircly for French manufactures sent
to America, and which amount in value
to more than 300,000,000 francs.
But let us continue. The .South, far
from linving, like the Noitlii rival in
terests with Europe, bus, on tho contra
ry, the SHmo or rather co-relative inter-
rats. Confined, iu short, to tho exten
sive cultivation of those articles which
Europe cannot do without, the South
lias been compelled,up to the proseiit.in
spite of constant pioteets, to pay an
enormous tribute to tlie North, in thu
shape of Custom House duties, for no
other reason than to protect Northern
manufacturing interests without any
advantage to herself--at least, unless
wo choose to consider It an advantage
for the South to aid against her will a
government which docs not fear to pro
claim openly its svutinionts of hostility
and aversion. Mr. Lincoln lias declar
ed that the time for. compromise has
passed. The8311th on her side, has suf
fered to much to bestitate longer. She
has decided to, withdraw, and suvoral of
those .States arc about forming a new
Confederation. If the North declaro
war against her she will defend horself,
nnd will he most certainly drawn into
an abyss, the effect of which will ba
cruelly felt in Europe ; for then four
million hales of cotton will be wanting
every year to trade, and tho tobacco
crop will bo annihilated. If,on tho oth
er hand, rehtqting to sentiments wor
thier a great nation, the North permits
the new Con federation to bo mistress of
the plentitmle of her fights, then tlie
picture changes at once. Commercial
liberty becomes the fundamental law of
the Southern Republic; her ports will
bo freo to the commerce or Europe,
whoso morchant marine will be quite
naturally substituted for that of the
Noith. Europe will dbulflc her exports,
nnd tho South, the population of which
oxceods twelve millions, will exchange
her productions for objects of European,
and particularly French workinnhship.
In fact, they have not forgotten that
Franco was their mother country; and,
faithful to tho traditions of their fathers,
they have preserved their manners ana
customs, and are woil aware tlmt France
alone can furnish those thousand and
ono notions w hich crown ltor industry
with renown.
Itsufficies to call tho attention of
publicists to these facts, in order that
they may endeavor to moderate, in Eu
rope, the too ardent desiro of changing
suddenly the position of one particular
class of tho fiumah family. A nation
cannot, with reason; desiro the realiza
tion of philosophic aspiration at the cost
of sacrifices; the very nature of which
would at once compromise the individ
ual well-being of citizens, and the com
mercial prosperity of the country.
The press which represents European
Interests will perhaps hesitate tq ; lavish
further its boundless eulogies and ap-
prowl on a policy, the practice ot which
would but hosten ^iie ruiiifand destrmv
iipnof Southern marts, which arc, otter
all, ite proper jnarkets,
-
0* and the market war firm.
Lon dun . Munet ^Maukw.-^CojisoIs
The question is 11 plain ono; wo have
previously «aid th»t the Mouth, fat from
being the aggressor, as it seems h be general
ly supposed, was the victim yf Northern pre
tensions. Those recent words of the Em
peror, also, find an echo in th* bottom
of our hearts: “Franco has no desire
lo meddle in any way where hor inter
ests tire not at stako; iu fine, If she has
sympathies for wlmt is great and noliie,
she does not hesitate to oondemn eve
rything tlmt violutes justice and the
rights of nations,” i’ublio opiuion will
appreciate thorn on both sides of t]:c
Atlantic, and will find for the great in
terests at stake in tho American crisis, a
solution which may he satisfactory to
all—namely, an amicable separation,
without conflict und .without war, in
stead of a secession bv violence, or u
Union maintained by three.
[From tho I to publican llnnncr.
“Swii.gen Down the Line.”
nr riir. ltux. k. kku, “who’s been a read-
in’ rtl.VOEN.”
After tiding all the evening, iu tho car*
to Baltimore, •
Lincoln, stopped to rest at Harrisburg,
and soon begun to—snore.
A stranger eatneand woke him, und Abe
quickly donned 1 is shirt,
And, gazing at tlie stranger, asked—“Is
any body hurt ?”
Then old Abo, he slightly faltered,as he
took tho stranger's hand,
And ho said;—“I fenr I 110'er shall soo
my distant Prairie land,
Take a message and n tokon to some
Springfield friends of mine
For 1 take tlie cars at midnight, and go
“awitigen” down tho Line.”
Toll old Salmon Chase and Hornco,
when they meet and crowd around,
To hoar my mournful story, in the pleas
nut tyigwutn ground,
That they’vo made a plot at Baltimore,
to throw us off’ the Hack,
Expecting, then, to see old Abo lay
'kicking on liis back,
And midst tlm dead and dying were
some grown old in wars—
1'he death-wound on their gallant
breasts, (from fulling off tile cars,
And some were young, nnd suddenly
beheld life’s noon declincf—
But one was “sharp” and dodged them,
and went swingen down the Line.
I’he Very Latest—Liverpool, Tues
day, 20.—The sales of Tuesday, were
10,000 lales. of which speculators took
8,000 bales. Tlie market was buoyant.
[second dispatch.]
Liverpool Grnerai. -Market. — Flour
dull nnd quotations linmiimt. Wheat
quiet. Corn dull. Ptfivlsidn* dttll.
London Money ‘ Market.—Latest,
Tuosday. — Consuls were quoted at
OlJa'Jli for .money, and 91|a01] for
account. The luoney niurkot was
changed.
tale News.
ROPE.
STEAMER
ERT.
arch 9.—The
7 from Galway,
WWi»hK>its.
ING,
Toll Illinois, her other sons, ahull com
fort her old age,
And I was still a truant bird, tlmt
thought his home a cage;
For my father was nraitsumu and oven
ilh a child
My oars leappd forth to help him through
the waters fierce and wild,
And when |io died und left us ,'hiary
cent” to pay his tax
I let them take wlmte’er they would—
but kept my dmldy's axo.
And with boyish love l hung It, vrhero
tlie bright light used to shine
On the cottage wall at Mpriugfiold, to go
swiugcu down tho Lino.
Ills voice grew weak nnd hoarser, his
legs were childish weak,
His eyes put on a dying look, ho sighed
find censed to speak.
Tho stranger took a turltun plaid iind
wrnnpod it round his head
And in less than twenty seconds, Abe-
from Harrisburg had fled—
And the soft moon over Baltimore, ro-
ipleurlently looked down
Upon old Abrn’111 Lincoln, streaking
wildly through the town ;
Yea, calmly, on that fearful race, her
pule li^tit seemed to shine
As Holiest. Abo went “.Swingen”—fairly
swingen down tho Line.
Barky as a philosopher..—Somo of
Rurey’s sayings are maxims of wisdom.
For instance t
Nature never lies. The horse is
honest. Tlie mind of a liorso governs a
horse, as the mind of a man govoru* a
man. If you wish, therefore, to get
lontrol of the horse’s body, first learn
to direct his mind. Tho gentle touch
is more powerful than blows. Women
aro better drivers than men, because
they havo a gentler touch.. Firmness
and kimlnoss are all tho magic there is
in my method. Fear or nneor in the
mind of his timer is instantly known
to the horse.
“Nobody Hurt,’’—Artificial Panic.
A private letter from an extensive man
ufacturer of Providence, R. I., to
gentleman in Richmond, Va.,’ has the
following:
“Thu condition of affairs here is aw
ful. No snles of goods or anything
else—no value to personal or real
estate. Confidence extinguished; eve
rybody waiting for the fourth of March.
If relief doe! not come then mills must
be stopped; labor must be unemp'oyed
business men must nucumh; univer
sal desolation must prevail. What
terrible responsibility pnrty men hnv*
assumed in pursuit of the nigger chi
SOUTHERN CONGRESS.
MoNTaoRERr, March 8.— Hon. A. M.
Clayton, of Mississippi, introduced a
hill to establish 1111 Adinfruhty Court at
Key West,
Hon. E. Sparrow, of Louisiana, in-
troducod a re.sulution of tho Custom
House at New Orleans,
Hon. O. M. Conrad, of Louisiana,
presented a communication proposing
changes in tlie law regulating steam
boats. The Army liill was passed.
It is reported that fifty tiioiixnnd men
will soon bo ready to take the field.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Wasiiinutox, March 8,—Mr. Foster,
of Connecticut, offerod the following
preamble and resolution:
Wherons, Senator Wigful 1 has deolar-
od, in dulmto, tlmt ho is a foreigner,
und owes liis ullcgiunco to Texas ami a
foreign government, and not to the
United States; therefore
liesohed, That h! bo expelled from
tho .Senate.
Mr. Clitignian of North Carolina, of
fered tlie following us a substitute :•
dissolved. That as Texas is no longer
one of the United States, she is entitled
to no Representative on tho floor of the
Sennto.
Mr. Wigfall boing absent, no action
was taken.
Tho Sennto then went into Execu
tive sosslon and confirmed Mr. Judd As
Minirtor to Berlin. After which tlie
Soimtu adjourned until Monday.
W AS HI KOTOW A FFA1R8.
Washington, March 8.—Colonel Lo
renzo Tlionuu has been appointed Ad
jutant General in place of Col. Cooper,
resigned.
SOUTHERN* CONGRESS.
Montgomery, March 9.—Nothing
was done in public in tho Congress to
day.
It is understood tlmt the permanent
constitution for the Confederate States
will lio completed to-nigiit or Monday,
nnd dial a recosa will follow.
It is also reported thut tho announce
ment of (lie appointment of commis
sioners to Europe is piomattire. It
is heiioved tlmt no appointment of
this kind will ho continued until th*
Conference nt Washington U couclu
.... Messrs. Brig-
, Jdwin k Co., Moisrt. Wilder A
Ualiie, and Mount. Hunter A Uaminoll, form
ed an Association for th* purpose of entering
at tho Custom House amt Htoring in Bond,
Iu accordance vrltli the Revenue lasers, any
goods arriving at this port which may he In-
Secretory of. tho Treasury, commodious
Warehouses', Where oil Merchandize coining
to tilts Port can bo stbrod, every attention
S aid to ju preservation, and for its pruiniit
oil very when entry has been made at the
Custom Howto, at tho lowest possible tariff
Mvrehundiz- destined to the,interior will
be-entered for payment cf duties, or In bond,
ns uiny be required by the Consignees* All
rousigiud to him.to be foraqrUcd, Will
roVefvd the greatest despatch ut’ the lowest
rate of charge, and in such manner as may
. he directed. If tho duties uv«.t* be paid ill,
* l this port, funds must be provided lor thut
purpoxo, bnt if lo be forwarded ih bond', the
requisite bonds will bo given.
Uoods intrusted i* care of undersigtud,
lonsigned to point* in the Inbrlnr, will be
forwarded by llail Roads or other convey
ance, ax directed, tree .of c -lilinMou,
Ah experience of mnriy twenty y*nra th
the details of Cucom House buxines*, nnd a
thorough ncquaiutuuce with the W*.rehouse
Laws, in ovary detail, will euiddeqiii* co-
psrtnersMp to give the gnnisst despatch
consistent with tho-rahty of tho revenue.
C1IA8, C. WALDEN,
Office in Cleghorn A Cuhbnlhghsiii s
-head of Draytonst., Bavannaii, Oa.
mnrlUwlm
Times of Holding Inferior
Court in Floyd Co.
Wire HE AH, Ifilms become the custom in
this County fir people to make application
nt any a->d all tiuus, and place*, to the mem-
beM of this Court for orders Ac., relative t*
rosdx und other business out of Court, which
should hi transacted in open Court, at regu
lar nnd public C« urt dnv«, ro tlmt tlie people
who might be iuterexted or opposed to any
such motions, uouhl know whou and wlieie
to look after it;
Rr'ittiiriikVorr onnsnED, That this Court
wid meet far County purposes on th* second
Monday iu every month, and that no other
huxinexx exeeptcuscs of urgent necessity will
be heard nr considered nt any other time.
And it. is ki iitiiku oiiukhzd, That the
above be published iu ilia city tmpers.
It. D. HARVEY, J. L C.
T.McUOlRK, J. I. a
W. T. NEWMAN, J. I. C.
T. J. DAVIS,J. LC.
wm. McCullough, j. i. c.
A truo exlr.net from minutca of Court,
march! Itrl.Utf J. W. LANGSTON,
Clerk.
i'WOW) WifTrlP
«EBarr=s»
I ASK .von onro nitre lo call ,„j '
your account.. It you
•noil./, you can «l»c your not.,
MSr^l’d®^ 1 f'W
iJ%S8f Ur >
Floyd Springs
Male anSFeMtle Acstyoy,
_
.pul for tho present year* . Bc, ‘
This Anndeiay-U illumed «t pj„ r j c,-,,.
health In El.crokcc U.nrgl., ,
*. fo ,,r
yenrs Experience ql a •uecesafitf inatturUe
ot youth, ix a gentleman of undenbtM Hu
rnry nnd mornl worth, Jo whom w* !I *’
.^rutnut tl.c rL or ^
f ™ " >•
Ktrrrl.M rninmnicoA Jl.i |o«t, v.,
tli.r l.nrtlruliir. od<lrr» the IMonwt.,
.oy- tlie Trust, r. ntg|ll,Kgf|"
a! II! UPKXoi;.
WM. FIiKKTWOOD,
WM. W. MILAM,
UKO.KINNKi.-Tn,,
NOTICE. ^
Paid fbr on Delivery,
oMered.nud the tklhbte'whch the w«X |,
tnken nwnV. Alt nnrtiex indebted tn uiirs
requeoted to mnke ImmediateTsvmcnt.
Noble Bros. * Co.
#n*30lf
SPRING BANK SCHOOL
I | Thfli.
lo parents pntfenising tfijs ShooT that
dpughUH shall efijoff 1 np“Runitir* ogtfih
social nnd elrgnnt education, including nVi*.
leal, mental and moral culture, not»urpni,d
ela’wjierqut tlie Mouth. ,
N*»ar King#iQn/' , Can.coun*.T 0«.
jnnlitri.tw2w
Av Anpirnt Jeuisu J.curmi s.ivs,
I hero was a city in whirl) t| )c air Was
so lioulthy, mul so lull of tho vi«or or
jlfoMliat ttiey who dwelt there never
died. This wax soon known, both far
ami wide, and pcoplo of birth ami for
tune hnsteml thithor, ami they lived
there a long time. In a while, however
people .aw them, ono alter another,
stealing away silently, thnt they might
bo able to die.
TEXAS NEWS:
Nrw Ont.EAj.fi, March 8 It i. cur
rently reported that Fort Brown ha.
hoen surrendered to the Texn. State
troops.
PENSACOLA NEWS.
NRtr Orleans, March 8.—Lieut. Slem-
mcr is rai«ing a sand battorr east of
fort Pickens. The work on the bst-
tcrios opposite Warrington continue lo -
Ue pushed forward to completion
MOltE RESIGNATIONS.
Washinoton, March 8—Adjutant
General Cooper a citizen of New York,
and a connection of Senator Mason, and
Assistant Adjutant Genural Withers,
A 5y ,zcn Tennessee resigned.
Cuas. Jones, Into in the registers office
Treasury building, loft fbr Montgomery.
It is believed that several other promi-
nent officers contemplate resigning.
^ fcderaby are selecting
best officorsln tibA UnUed States 6 service!
(led.
ALABAMA STATE CONVENTION.
Montuorery, Ala., March 0.—In the
.State Convention to day nn ordinance
was adopted, transferring military op
erations to the Provisional Government,
together with the arms and munition*
f war ne<|iiired from the Unitod States
Govurnmont by tlm recent seizures of
GoverninciiL property; it also tniiixfors
tho nutliority over tlio forts and arsenals
to the Confederacy.
NORTH CAROLINA CONVENTION
ELECTION.
U.M.r.iou, N.C., March 9.—The Slate
haa voted against holding a Convention
by about 1,000 majority. Themumtors
‘ are two tp otiq fur, tlio Union.
LOUISIANA STATE CONVENTION.
New Oh leans, March 8.—Tho Con-
rent ion to-day, iu socrot session, trans
ferred to the Confederate .Slates $530,-
Offl), tlio sum of (Collections from Cus
toms at this port, and of bullion in the
Mint nt this city.
N K\V ORLKANS NEWS.
Nzw Orleans, March 8.—Lincoln’s
inaugural isgcnuraly cousidorod tube
a declaration of war.
The Legislature passed a resolution,
approving of the course of Geu, Twiggs.
The FortifiilItions in Charleston
Haziioii.—Geu. Bemiregnid it is stated,
is making nansideruhle modification in
the arrangement of the harbor defences.
Tin heavy guns have all hoen taken
from Castle 1’inokney, and transferred
to tlie entrance of tlie harbor, whure
they will Im used in the construction of
new batteries.
ffiaTTlie Montgomery correspondent
of tlm Columbus Times snys:
CoL Reagan, the now l’ostinas ter Gen
eral, is busily ongnged in arrangingpos
tal nffUirs und in getting efficient Clorks
lie has sent to Washington, as 1 learn
from a man boro conneotod with tlio
press, and for many years a Postoffico
Clerk, for men from the decoding-States
now engaged in tlie Post Office. His
object is to got only good men, ami
those capable of maintaining the posi
tion assigned them.
Millitary Elections.—Those inter
ested, will do well to note the following
elections, ordered by Ucn. Josiah A.
Clark, to be held on the thirtieth day
of April next;
For Brigadier-General 1st Brigade
11 th Division Georgia Militia, composed
of tho counties of Fulton, Cobb Pauld
ing, DeKiilb, nnd Polk.
For BrigadierGenornl 2d Brigndo
11th Division Georgia Militin, composed
of tho counties of Gwinnett, Newton
nnd Walton.
SHIRTS! SHIRTS!
Cnly $5 00 a dezen.
M ADE by the Ladies* iloaev.-lontKneiety
for (ho hriiotil of the pour, uiulxold nt
^ lb.a cost.
Far Sale nt Fort A Iliirgr')V«*i r A. C».
Pltnwr'H. nnd 8c dt A llarkiiu*
noticeT
In’ll
I about
it Jee, I proposo to
bring xuit to the next Inferior Court of this
county, on all Plain Collections without any
Fee, for any citizen of therouuty,«n presen-
lion of ihelrcluima to tne. Upon tho elnims,
ut the proper time, I will Dike judgments or
ronfexxion* (ns tho rase may be) Without
F.f. that USDKRB1DDER8 in t>e profes
sion-may swim ex thev should, with horse
apples. \V. B. TEBIIUNK.
r. S.—I do not propose to receipt for such
rinims. Imt leavn with the plnintiflk.
iiU Glty papers copy till. .Tuesday, 10th
in'»rl2tw.lwiw
The Southern Rol
rpills!).«/ In,■»«.)»• p..|l’f»l .nd r, B .
JOHN R. WKKMft, Esq.. A»soclste,
Coutums the late.t mvrs by Wlcgrnph ni
Mall, la ijMMI ad In llw jl‘v M 0.,
*It Is tho ehenp.'vt Poffliral Pep-nf iti
site, issued D.iily, In the tVnfeJ,ruti St»w*
of Anierlra.
TKUM8—Cash in Advaneo.
Daffy, for One, Year, $i eo
“ “ 8ix^ Months, z CO
** '* Three Mouths, 1 )•
. •* •• One Mouth, op
weekly for One Year. $3 CO
liih-i
“ “ Oi “ -
Post Masters are
Agents, to reeeiv • i
u ” b L£! n a a
■ •!.
Ono Month,
Post Mastera arc authorized to aet ai eor
Agents, to reeeiv. aubxeriptiots, and (> nr»r4
TrkJir
'-Mr
inef.
Aitointnent.—Ilarron Carlor, of tliis
city, who recently resigned liis position
as noting Mitlslnnnn in tlio United
States Navy, lins received n similar ap
pointment from Gov: 'Jlrown, and, wo
learn, will loavo to day for .Savannah.—
Chromed and Sentinel 12th.
»®-A correspondent of tho Chnrlos.
ton Courior soys:
Ithns boon widely published that
Miss Lane was married to a brilliant latv-
yer of tlm city on Monday, but there is
no truth in it,
q, ZSrT’idrick IJenry Aylolt, United
Vsv A“ 0 ,™V f * r tne Eastern District
?, f „y i , rgi “i ft ’••“ forwardod his reslgna-
“ on *“ Washington, llo doclarea that,
ff“ i? 1 ." 1 ?"' h° cannot servo undor
the^Administration of Abraham Lin,
this evening to aSouthsrn gonflanmn
who oalled upon hinj-to know how hts
inaugural was to.be understood, that it
meant peace.
SAWED LUMBER
IN ABUNDANCE.
H. ALLEN SMITH, having
purchased the Hiram Hnw Miff
recen'ly owned by J. O,
r _. Morris, and located it in a fine
. o. 1 Pine Timber, nnd now Iwiviug
‘.ho mill in line running order, respectfully
announces to liis friends nnd tlie building
| ublie generally, thnt he is prepared to fur-
*»Wh Lumber at short n«Ue« nt
ONK DOLLAR per HUNDRED KEEt,
At tho Mill, or the additional price of the
llMUlint: delivered. For the convenience of
nil parties, hu hnx also estuldishcd nn iigency
hi the perxon cf E. A. Burch. In tlie city of
U nno. who will 1‘Avn’Ve bills, and trausoct
all business cnnncqied with tlie concern.
II. ALLEN SMITH.
N. B.—All Bills considered Due when de
livered. inarclillhwly
A GOOD CHANCE FOR
YOUNG MEN.
1 nnn AHLE D 0 DIKD MEN for the
I cur vino 'of the State of Oeorgtn.
lo a-rve for three years, unless suoner dis
ehnrecti by competent authority.
8ald recruits aro needed for such defensive
service nx tlie public security in this,- And In
ucishhoring 8ia*«u may demand.
Tiny will receive tlie following pay nnd
allowances lo wit. Fmm $11 to $31 pay,’per
month, nnd in addition thereto will lie’enti;
tied to o!othiug, fuel, quarters and subsis
tence.
Apply to Capt. R. A. Wayne, at tho Re
cruiting Office, ovcr.H, D. Duncan's Store.
fcbSfi
CROCK CRY,
CHINA,
GLASS &
PLATED WAKE,
To tl.o room formerly occupied hr Raker A
Echols* where ho is opening, by far, tho
^"iplola xtook over opened
in tJiif place. Ip l»ia selections ho has had
special refereneo to tlie wants and tait.es of
of the ootnmnnlty. He has alia eonntUed
llielrinlere«t, by buying apou tho very best
terms, and is determined, (ho incnrih what ho
nays) not to bo undersold. -His stock of
French China,
Stone China,
• Cut & Pressed
Glass Ware,
Is very full nnd complete, embracing in emeh
department, tho Jatest nnd ueatcat atylei,—
H s stock of COMMON WARE In also very
lull nnd complete. To all of which he ro-
spectfuliy Invites the attention of .Prompt
Paying «nd Cash Customers. ’ P
janMlwAwOm -WM. T. NEWMAN.
Southerner copy Cm.
os
CASH
-Xi :y.
,«f Ifardesi*
eompelh d to stH our goods aftsr thit
HARDWARE
his floods after this elite' FOR PAfllf *n!j.
Janltwswtf - .1, Mi BEBPBW
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
■ -• qjjjgr
.j•• v. r ....jerU'puriW
by them in reqqiwtef^tid forwarding gw*
consigned to their nk‘tney'ire pr*P»f«
to I rum-net the business at tho Custom Jlou"
and Advance the dutfeh, or give bond* *W
the same; as wiJlb«_£c(Auired. ..
-Therefore,'MerehaqU, Conf ignccs ef Gcodi.
heretofore consigning them to the c»rt*f Ip*
ant in the cRy,.whot* outlay (eo»»h*
qions and duties always exeepted) will be
vanccd bv (his tympany, charged to tM
goods nx formerly.. .
Mill of Lading,Tiivplco and accoinpaop“f
initruntiona should be mailed to the W*®*. 1 '
sion Merchant* employed to forward •«
goods; and it would bo well for Merch»#»
to Ihetriiet tKeir shippers so to do.
. if rr
II. R/cnyLEn, fraHak
AW ACT.
Gtinpi ( .
is made, Lead in all forms, An
Bcriptlqn,and MuqR[' * *
inis ef whl
of overy de*
scrintTon, and Munitions Of, TCPf?!!!!’.
ry AccoutfoinenUi' Pewuuioo
lug Animals of all kinds; .also flU - AgrwB'J
raT Products tir their natural ■, ul
. Sec. 2.; That all . Goods'/. Wsrc*, »nd MW
chandiBo imported.rii.ony of tho late Vth
States of America', net being now a n»«»W
Notice.
payaole to J. B. Thompson or bearer,
o' gifito or Texas »e ■•; • : #
msribviw2w flcc’y of thoj
Inlty can attest to its virtues.
For..alai a I< o m Cl by