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VOLUME XV1.
ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1801.
NUMBER 20
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MARBLE!
S. B. OATMAN,
Atlanta, ga.,
f l'roprielor and Doalor la
ITALIAN, AMERICAN AND
Egyptian Marble,
Monuments, Tombs,
Tal.lot., Iliad and Fool Htonoa,
Urns, v*>"..
M.rhl, ami Knainollod 81.1* ManloUt
fjlri.r. Kljnrx, and Knrnlahlnj Marhlo of
all d.wrrlptlon.,
Aiwa,, nr hand a fino a.aortmonl of Men-
.ata.lolh Plain and Carved, of all .law,
Pafl' anVaio Bpooiniona. at Warn Itnnm.
and fard, op,u.ilto tlwira'altalI ro od IMpot.
Rnlnrdn, Homing, March 111, ittSO.
The Georgia Conreation.
Till, body sooms to brtro apont moat
of it* timo up to tho 18th Inat, our Inloat
dates from Sarannali, in discussion* of
parlous topios andaomoof thorn of very
groat importance. Tho most impor
tant Ordinance* jot introduced are in
reference of tho reduotlon of tho Leg
islature. Upon this auhjoct.nt least*
dozen hare been prosonted, and oaclt
ono hits hntl a long tail of amendments
attached. Tho mattor its* bton rofor-
od to a spoeinl committoa, and a major
ity report was made, and soma three or
four minority reports, and after tho
roading of these about a dozen substi
tutes were olferod.
Tlmro are doubtless difficulties at
tending tills alibi act, hut it is moat
earnestly to bo bolted that the Conven
tion will hare tho courage to do, wliat
at feast nine-tenthi of tho members aro
satisfied is their duty, ris: make some
proriaion for a large reduction in our
present lsrg*, unwieldy, and necessa
rily i uefficiant Legislature. Thera is no
mistake about It, tho people all drain
that tliia should he done, and they ara
not half so fastidious about tho territo
rial, or numerical representation as
some of the aeplrants for the offieos who
are now trying to mako capital out of
this moroinent. Tho sovereign! of our
.Stale, geueraly, ara convinced that tho
Legislature ie by far too large to do
good work, and they will ho likely U
rebuke aererely thoao mombors of the
Convention who ara attempting, by
tricks and tre|is, to stare off all action
The Lincoln Cabinet.
Wo giro below brief sketches of those
members of the Cnbinot of Lincoln,
with whoso history many of our roadors
may not bo familiar s
iStcrelary ithe Treasury.
Hon, Salmon 1*. Chase is a nntlro of
Now Hampshire, born in 1H01, and at
an early ago emigrated to Ohio, but
leaving there nflor a year's rcsidonco,
graduated lit Dartmouth College, N. II.,
and studiod law ill Washington city un
der tho colobrated William Wirt. lie
sustained himself dining tho yean of
Ins professional studies by imparting in
struction to a select soltool for Imys.
Ilo was ndmitted to iho bar at Wash
ington in 18211, and in tho following
year returned to Cincinnati end enter
ed upon tho practice of ids profession,
in which he soon rose to eminence, lie
was subsequently elected a member of
tho United States Senate, and upon the
expiration of his Senatorial term lie
was put in nomination for Oorernor of
Ohio mid cloctod. Ho was again putin
nomination lor Uoremor anti was again
elected to that position. Recently lie
was a socond time oloctod to tho United
States Senate, and took Ills scat at the
called suasion on Monday.
Secretary »/ Her.
Hon. Simon Camoron sorrod an ap
prenticeship to the printing business at
Harrisburg, and subsequently worked
at a journeyman in Wasington city. Ill
1821, when a young man, ho declined
the offer of a nomination for Congress;
in .1828 was Ailjubint-Oenorul of
l'onusylvaiiia: In 1881 ho was appoint
ed by Uonoral Jackson a Visitor to
West l'oint; and in 1838 ha again do-
dined a nomination for Congress. For
many yean ho has boon prominently
identified with tho works of internal
improvement in Pennsylvania, and for
twonty-sovcin yonrs was Cashier of tho
Mhldlotown Rank in tlint Statu. lie
from Floyd county are earnestly at
work to secure tho reduction, and
believe the same 1--Milton is taken by
those from Polk ami Chattooga,
Janl.ly
rALL & WINTER TRADE
KRCONU A KHIVA I* a
J H. M’CLUNG’S
Dread tit., Rome, i
LADIES’
DRESS GOODS,
Cloaks and Shawls,
Toplher with a large varMy el
WOOLEN GOODS,
Ftr Rims', Clilbtrea's au-l Days' Wear.
A 1,A till K STUCK OF
HOUSE-FURNISHING
PLANTERS’ GOODS !
Ooiairttinx of
Kit'll U EDA MON. nltUSHKMl,
IXIIltAIN AND HTAIR
CARPETS.
AND CANTON MATTINtl.
Late k Bi'ocnlcllc Curtain Goods
Gilt Window Shades,
CORNICE BANDS, Ac.
BLANKETS, KERSEYS,
AND
BROGANS,
or tin bent ttouth«rn Mskcs.
For Mia at low prlcea by
m«v3 J. H. MeCLUMG.
O. B. EVE,
MANUFACTURER OF
And Doaler Extensively in
S&KI8S8
of all Styles.
Quantity, Quality and frieet Chullenyed.
THE FARMERS
A UK roqunstod to examine my lar** »•*
•ortnttnlof Plantation Bridles* Callar§,
The Army Order Dismissing General
Twins.
Tho following is tho official order or
tho War Department dismissing Gen.
Twiggs from thosorvico of the United
Statos, The language, it will bo soon»
difibrt from Lite report by Telograph t
War Department, )
Adjutant General’s Orries, V
Washington, March 1801.)
Tho following order is publisho I for
tho information of tho army:
War Department, March 1,1861.
By the direction of tho 1’rosident of
tho United States it is ordered that
Brigadier-Ucueral David E.. Twiggs l>o
and is hereby dismissed from the Army
of tho United Statos, for his treachory
to the Hag of his country in haring sui•
rendered, on tho IHtli of February,
1801, on tho demand of the authorities
of Texas, the military posts and other
property of tiie United .Staton in ids de
partment and under Ills charge.
J. HOLT, .Secretary of War.
By order of the Secretary of War.
8. COOPER, Adjutant-Gonera!.
[Special Ditptteh to the Chrsn. A Sentinel.]
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Wasiiinuton, March 13.—-Secretary
.Sownrd yesterday excused himself from
ftilfilling his previous engagement to
meet tho Commissioners, and procure
for thorn an informal interview with
Lincoln, designating no speelHo timo
for procuring an interview.
Tho abovo can bo construed thus:
Seward being unablo to carry out his
amicable views, by the pressure against
him, or a dosiro on his (Howard's) part,
to dispone of tho Fort Sumtor affair
first.
The Commissioners will to-day make
final and a peremptory demaud to
be received.
upon thin importnnt matter. We are
glad to notica that nil the inmnbora was formerly President or tho Leljenon
8 Valley Railroad Company, and Prusi-
dent of tho Commonwealth insurance
“Again, in any law upon tills subject,
ought not all tho safeguards of liberty
known in civilised and human juris
prudence be introduced, so that a free
man may not, in any case, be surren
dered as a slave? And might it not bo
well, at the same timo, td provldo by
law tor tlio enforcement of (hat clause
in the Conntitution which guarantees
that tho citixens of each State shall
be entitled to all tho privileges and
immunities of eitixens in the so
Staten ? ”—Lincoln'» Inaugural.
When it is considorou that Lincoln
has repudiated, in tho most solemn
and authoritative manner, the deci
sion of tho Supreme Court of the Uni
ted Staten in the case of Dred Scott, a
decision which expressly denies the
right of cilixenship to freo negroes,
‘ KWh
Adoption or the Permanent fonstitu
lion.
it in highly gratifying to know that
ir government will so soon be per
manently organixtd, Tho Constitution
was rati tied by tho Alabama Conven
tion on last Wodnwda.v by an almost
unanimous vote—only fivo dissenting.
Ileforo tills time it is probably adopted
by Georgia, anl, in less than thirty
days, the entlro soron Confederate
States will bo bound by a stronger cord
than that evor was which attached
them to the Federal Union. This done,
tlioro will bo no doubt of tho speedy
recognition of our Nationality by tho
imwvrs of Karopo and their own in
terests will prompt them to make with
us immediately, treaiitw of Cominorco
and Comity. Wliat will it matter then
whether “Old A. Ulbikum” recognize*
government tie facto in tho Oonfeder-
ata State or not? This taying, that we
still members ol tho United .Stats
loft not make it to; and ho can only de
ceive his own government to their hnrt,
by this false assertion. It is not impro-
liable that our government may have
Homo severo ordeal* to (ew through,
and perhaps havo to be baptised in
blood before It shall bo lully established.
But If we continuo Invariably and
firmly to adhere to tho right and avoid
tho wrong—keep down all dimensions
and divisions among our own people—
with tlio God of truth and jiwtlro
upon our side; wo may “defy n world in
arm*,” and ostablidi tho licit govern
ment on tho face of tho earth in spite
of “the world, the flouh and Dovil."
Company,
Secretary of the iYary.
Hon. Ghleon G. Welles is a native of
Connecticut, aud a well known contrib
utor to tho partisan l’tesa. ilo former-
and tlint lie overywlioro proclaims tho
oquality of the rncos, ns to their po
litical rights, asseverating at Philadel
phia tlint he.would prefer assassination
to an abandonment of that principle,
ami when wo observo the connection
in which Mr. Lincoln proclaims that
thin provision of tho Constitution must
ho enforced, there can bo no doubt that
tho object of this docluniti ili is to pro
vide for securing tho same status for
ly held tho office ot'Postmaster of Hart
ford under Mr. Van Boren's Adminis
tration, and left the office soon after the
cloction of Gen. liariison in 1810. Dur
ing a part of Mr. Polk's Administration
he occupied an important position in
the Nuiy Department. Like many oth
er prominent Northern Doinocrnts, Mr,
U’..nn« hixnm-nml with hi* IMirtV Oil till!
Wullos Disagreed with his party on the
subject of tho repeal of tlio Missouri
compromise. Tlio territorial question
being the cliiei ono at issue, ho became
identified with tho Republican party
Boon after its organization, and liu*
since been ono of its lenders, taking a
prominent part in Us Conventions, Slate
and National, lie was a delegate from
tho State at large to tho Chicago Con
vention, and constituted one ol the
Cominitloo to proceed to Springfield
with official notice of Mr. Lincoln •
nomination. Ho was also one oi the
Presidential Klectoi*.
vidA Tor securing tlio same status lor
tho freone^ries m tlio slaveliolding tlint
he nhiitnH for them in tho non-itlave-
holding States.
It is only necessary ro point public
attention to this starling fact at pres
ent. Wo sliall discuss it more fully in
futuro, and show up it* atrocity. I’
AlmlitionUt liua ever yet proclaimed
doctriuo more destructive in its ten-
doiicies, or more dangerous to tlioHlavo-
holding .States. Ah the Pennsylvanian
truly remarks of tho Inaugural, it D
tlio tiger's claw benenth tuo mask of
Seward.—Nashville Union,
Reconci i.i ation.-—Tho
Secretary of the Interior.
Hon Caleb B. Smith, i» well known
in Itidivna, mid is r»q»orto«l to be po*<
inssod of a vigorous intellect, and con-
siporable administrative tact and ahili- m*m
ty. Ilo lias t.-ceii frequently a Whig
member of Congress, and was commis
sioner on Mexican claim*. He is now
a Republican of modemto views.
Postmaster General.
gusto
Chronicle say*, und Wo participate Lonr-
tily in tlio sontiinenU It aflbrds us
considerable gratification to bo able to
anuounco to our readers, on tlio author
ity of tlio Montgomery corr**|»ondut of
tlio Onto City Guardian, that tlio most
friendly and* cordial personal relation*
Imve boon restored between Vico Pres
ident Stephens and the Hon. B. U.
Hill. We are truly glad of it and know
the fact will aond a thrill of joy to tho
friends of both these eminent gentle
men. Our beloved country ha* need of
sucli men, and we rejoice to think that
their service* aro together oiiered to tlio
land or their nativity, and that no old
personal hitternos* can now *tand ’
tho way of concerted action.
The Hon. Montgomery Blair 1* a son
of Francis P. Blair, ono of the editors
or the Globe, tho organ of Gen Jackson
•luring Ids administration. For several
years past ho lias resided with Ids lath
er, in Montgomery county, Maryland.
Ilo graduate-1 at West Point, Went to
the Stato of Missouri, practiced law in
St. lands, was made judge, and was ap-
|>ointed by President Pierce Solicitm of
Claims, from which place he was re
moved by President Bucliaimu. Judg<
1 Blair is now in tho prime of his life,aud
a warm Republican. Ilo i* son-in-law
of tho late Lovi Woodbury, of New
k
Louis district,
Dangerous Conterfeit.—Wo wero
shown ywitorday a. very dangerous
counterfeit, in tho shape of it $20 bill
on tho Poo^h
Late News.
GENERAL ‘NKWS.
Nothing lias toon heard of tho steam
ship Aunindasiotit which is now twenty-
six day* out from Liverpool.
The atenin 'r* Anglo-Saxon .and Vigo
had arrived at Liverpool.
In tho UoiisAofCotnmoni, I/ml Bux
ton said that lie feared tho Southern
Confederation would rovivo the Slave
Trade, and lie hoped that tlio Govern
ment would not rccogidEo it without
ipross stipulation* against it.
Capt. Pike, of the ship General Park-
hill, wo* killed by tho crew shortly af
ter leaving Liverpool far Charleston.
The mate wa* aDo severely wounded.
The whip returned to Liverpool and
the crew were arrested.
Conntitution
OF THE
CONFEDERATE STATE.S
OF AMERICA,.
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Washington, March 11.—No order*
have yet been issued for tho evacuation
of Fort Sumter, but tho sultjeet, it is
believed, I* under consideration.
Col. Samuel Cooper, late Adjutant
General U, S. Army, left Alexandria
yesterday for Montgomery.
The rumor* of tlio protended evacu
ation of Fort Sumter ate only a plot
to reinforce it. It U stated that there
was a meeting of Army officers to-day
on the sutyeot.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Washington, March 12.—Senate.—
Thu rcKslution for tho expulsion of
Senator Wigfall was adroitly disposed
of by roforenco *o tlio Judicial Com-
inittfio.
SOUTHERN CONGRESS,
Montgomert, March 13.—Tho Tariff
hill was mado public to day, and goes
into operation on the 1st of May.
Compnrod witli tlio Tariff act of the
United .States, the most of tho thirty
porcout 1* reduced to twenty-live, tho
greater number of tho artioles of twon-
ty-four and nhiotcon nor cent is reduc
ed to fifteen. Thero is a vory largo ton
per cent schedulo ami a very small iVoe
list.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Washington, March 13.—Senate.—
lion. Mr. Dougins of Illinoi*, Introduc
ed a resolution, icqucstinR information
ns to wliat forts, nrsenels, nnvv yards,
and other public work* in tlio limit* of
the United Suites, also the number of
men in each garrison, and what' reln-
forcottiQiits lire necessary to retain them
and whothor tlio government lias tho
power and means under existing laws
to supply sueli reinforcements within
the necessary time; and also, whether
it is necessary and wise to relnforco
thorn, with tlio exception of Tortuga*
and Key West, and to recapturo those
seixod by tlio soceded States, except It
bo with a view to tho subjugation and
occupation of those States, and if sueii
bo tlio motive for tholr recapture what
forco of regular and volunteers is nec
essary to reduce them to subjugation
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS,
Washington, March 14.—It is under-
stoo that tlio Southern Commissioners
yesterday sent an official note to tho sec
retary of Stato asking for recognition,
and stating tlint an answer would be
called for to-day. The Secretary of the
Commissioners called at tho State Do-
partment today for a reply; the re-
*non*o was rsquost fbr timo to consider
tlicir proposition, which was accorded.
Tlio opinion prevails tlint tho IVesl
dent will refer tho wholo mailer lo Con
gress for advice.
It it denied in Administrative circles
that any unusual display is to ho made
in Southern waters. The vessels of war
now in Noithern ports, it is said, are
pre|>aring for sea merely for transport
service, os upwards of twenty fivo hun
dred troo|w now in Texas are awaing
means to return Northward.
tdrDuringtliA lost week says the
Dalli s (Texas) Herald, wo have seen
Hyseintlis, Rosea, Verbenas, Chrysan
themums, Oleanders and Phlox in full
bloom. Such Ins never before been the
case during tho month of «Iaminry in
ono of the prairie counties of Northern
Texas. In nddition to thead novelties,
a friend of ours, a few days ago gather
ed a dish of fresh FnglishTVas from tho
vines that have not yot been killed by
the frosts of wintor. All these things
tho flowers and tlio jwo*, have been
brought about without tho usoof hot
housos or stoves.
_’At tho Inauguration Bail on
Mondny night, Mr*. Abraham Lincoln
danood with Mr. Stephen A. Douglas.
Old A lie, R is said, Uhl not indulge in
tlio light fantastic, not having hail time
sinco he arrived with his family in
Washington to learn tbe'stOps.
Duties*
Wa havo taken twin* to secure such
information relative to the require-
and protect tho Federal Capital.
Tlio resolution lies over.
Mr. Fessenden of Maine, moved a
resolution to striko from tiie roll of tba
Senate the names of Senators Beqjnmin,
Brown, Davis, Clay, Mallory* and
Toombs.
Tiie resolution lies over.
Tho Senate then wont Into Executive
Session.
WASHINGTON. AFFAl R8.
Washington, March 13.—Thw ob
ject of Mr. Douglas' resolution intro
duced into the Scnato to-day i* to offi
cially disclose tiie fuel tlmt- there is no
adequate powor on tho part of tho Gov
ernment to retake and hold tho South
ern forts, now in tlio i>ossession of the
socoiled States; and to show that suuli a
...„ - proceeding would involve the necesvlt)'
Bank of Charleston.— of a largo additional military force,and a
The plato is a facsimile of tho genuine V great expenditure of money; and. thuro-
bill, but rather lighter, giving the bill “ “
a grayish appearance. 'Tiie signatures,
II. I*. Leper Cashier, and D. L. McKay
President, are badly executed. Tins
ly execi
bill was lettero'l A, No. U28, and dated
January 4, I860. As tbi* is tlio lirst o'
Committee of tewenty-fuur—three
fr-iu each District—to lay otV tlio State
into Senatorial Districts. Good.
A Ncwspnper Office for Hale.
Tho Valley Jlegistsr Office, Calhoun,
G«„ is offered for sale. If not sold bo-
foro that date, it will bo sold at public
outcry on tlio first Tuesday in April.
The reason of tlio salo, is to close up
tiie business of A.' L. Shepard A Co.,
former Proprietors, A. L. Shopord hav
ing diod. Address J, O. Fain, Calhoun,
Browlitnj and Team Gear complete, at the
Lowest Possible Cask Prices.
Karnes* nnd Gosr mads lo order, sml rspslrsd
rtwt notice. My Block will b«*r Inipso-
H*n, com* and *es beftrs narehsaing.
Advortiiemant in another eolams.
matte#.
Q, D. EVE.
i. L. htsmaroo
MOORE & DUNNAHOO,
GROCERS!
A full A<aortmei|t of
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
rSOUlDINO Flour, M.al, Sugar of all
A kind*, Coltoo, Butter, Egg*, Fish of d|f-
terent kind*, Drlod Fruits, and Preicrvod
J n »IR. All kind* of Nuts, Candloa, Ctgar«,
i^oaoco, Fine Liquors, Ac., Ac.
Wish U Distinctly Understood that
,We will Sell on Credit to
tim® agreed upon.
n.li wl11 dupltcato upon tim* to prompt
Kom” 8 men ' nn ^ purchsse msdo tr
GiJi
»nd pi
A DUNNAHOO.
SHIRTS! SHIRTS 1
Only $5 00 a dozen.
M ADE by’tho Ladle*' Bonovelcnt Sooluty
for Uio benofit of .tbo poor, and sold at
than cost.
Pi. 19 ". For Sal ® at Fort »t Hargrove's, A. G.
—! Oor 8 j aad Soott A Harkins*
Attorney General.
Hon. Edward Bata* was born in Gooch
land county, Ya., in 171)3, and in tiie
war of 1812 served as a volunteer at
Norfolk. About 1814 he sot out for aSt.
Louis, and crossed tho Mississippi for
tiie first time on tlio 2!Uh or April.—
Here he studied rory Uiligontly in tlio
office of Rufus Eaton, a Connecticut
man, and some timo a delogato in Con-
roBs fiom Missouri Territory. Mr.
tbi* donomlnntion <>n tlio. Bank, our
friends should bo watchful in receiving
nuv of tlint denouiinution.
We further loam tlint $ 10 bills on
tiie Mechanics' Ban It of Augusta are in
circulation.—Cbfuvdu’a (•¥. C.) QuartUan
Uesiuned.—The lion. T. G. Clomson,
now of Missouri, (tho son-in-law ol
John C.Calhoun,J bus tendered to the
Secretary of the Interior his resignation
of the position of Chief of the Agricul
turn! Bureau of the l’utent Office which
lie lias filled so ably nnd to much to the
satisfaction of. tlio country for some
time past.
foro, tiie question must necessarily lie
postponed until Iho meeting or Con
gress.
Col, Sumner has been nominated to
(lie Semite us Brigadier Gcuorul vice
Gun. Twiggs.
The order lias not yot boon issued for
o evacuation of Fort Suiuter.
.Senator Douglas will addross the
Senate on Ids resolutions to-morrow.—
Ho will lay down three projiositinnM
comprising tlio only ones on which the
prowuntcom plication can ho solved:
A Colo .Snap.—After a series of beau
tiful. pleasant days, It turned cold on
last Thursday, and on that night and
Friday morning, it wa» cold as Decem
ber. Borne-of Die fruit is killed, and
most of it would have been, but for tho
dryness of the atmo*phero nnd the
high wind prevailing at the time.
Reuotal.—Jo*. W. -Langston, ono of
tho very clcvorest of our grocery mer
chants, has removed from No 3. Choico
Hotel to city Hall Block, cornor of
Broad and Bridge Streets. Ho is now
expecting a very large supply of groco
riei. Give him a call.
(flutes camo to the bar in the wintor of
1816-17, and practiced with fair success
a* a beginner. In 1851 lie was elected
Judge of tlio Land Court of St. Louis
county, and after serving In tlio olllco
about tliroo years ho resigned and re
turned again to tlio practice of the law.
He acted a* President of tho River nnd
Harbor Improvement Convention which
sat at Chicago, and in 1852 acted as
President of the WhigNationalConvon-
tion which met at Bultiinoro. In 1850
ho was appointed by President Fillmore
and confirmed liy tho Senate .Secretary
of War, but declined tho appointment
for personal and domestic ronso»*.-~
Mr. Bates was complimented with
tlio honorary degreo of LL. D.» in next.
1858, by Harvard College. Some years
boforo ho had been honored with
tlio samo dofiroo by Hlnlrtiofl’ Collogo,
Illinois.
Tnt Nzw O.itii or Tax I’arsas.—As
tlio Ilocuivur of Tax Returns will oom-
litoiice Ida duties on or after tlio 1st of
April, for the iiiforinution of Tux pay
ers generally, wo ltnvo concludod to
giro the udiiltionul requisition made of
thorn by tho lust legislature. Besidos
swearing to tlio fair return and valua
tion of ids
her property by tho Tax
payer, the following is added: “and
hat! you havo given in by numbor and
■ - rbratof —
district, to tho”boat of your ability, all
tlio wild ond unimproved '
lands you own
in this Stato,"—Southtrn Fideral Union.
Pakadk or tui Miul.iarCoai-asiss.—
All three of our volunteer companies
will ho on parade today, to do honor to
tho ling of theConfcderato Statoa. Tho
ling will bo presented by Miss Cicti.ia
1Iki.xiif.im. at precisely 10J o’olook A.
M., at tho flag staff on tho Court llouso
Mill.
Flouting In Southern Woorgla.
Ai.aisv,■Ga.,Mareh91801.
Ed. CSroa. <ti Aca(Tlio lManlers in
this sootion havo Incroosod thoir ooi-n
crops considerably this season, and that
April, and there will bo muoli loss plan
ted than last year.
AUspo audfto^tho
ncoeiuiUy bf a good grain crop, ■.
Yours, 4o„ J.b. B.
The Co.vFEDEitiTE Navy.—Tlio mca-
suvos whioli havo boon takon at -Mont
gomery, promise oariy cstnbhslimont
of a "
avy..
DiriEii'Ki or Ma. Bucii*x*x.— Kx-
President Buclionnn loft Washington
ou Tuesday afternoon. Ho was escort*
od to tho depot by four companies of
Military, and loft with tiie hearty jsreet-
ings of * largo crowd, Un his arrival in
Ealtimoro, he proooodod to tlio rosi-
donco of Zenos Buriimn. At night ho
was serenaded, and, in dosing a brief
address, said: . ■ ,
“My public history is bororo tlio poo-
,..o ot' this country, and whilst it does
not bolioovo mo to spoak ol it, 1 assure
you of my willingnoss that they sliall
ludge me. I havo a kind regard tor
all (lie citizens of Baltimore, and
that God may prosper and bless them
all is tho sinooro prayer of an honest
ll0 Soon as Mr. Buchanan oor.oludod,
hb \vns greoiod with a lioarty. three
tamos tliroo, and still “threo more
for tho last Prcsidont of the Untied
Statos.”
®- Tlio I,ivory _ Stable of Sparks
& Adcrhold, in Mucon, war, burned
last Monday night. Loss about
l^rAndy Johnson, of Tennessee
endorses tlio inaugural of Mr. Lincoln
without qualification. The Ruptibli
Berenaded Lincoln first and Andy
IgrTlio Memphis “Morning Knqui-
>r," has been merged witli the “Avo-
lancho." This makos tho “Avaluncho'
the most widely circulated nnd influen
tial paper in Memphis.
ments of tho Custom Uouse, SB will bo
useful to our buaineas community at
tills time, whan thoro aro ninny at a
loss to know "wliat to do, and when to
doit,” to socure tho prompt receipt of
goods;
Wo learn that ail goods imported ria
Savannah or Charleston, mast be regu
larly ontond at the Custom llonso,
oven if nurehssod before tbo first day
of March; and to pass them through
the Custom House free of duty—in ac
cordance with tho law making "free
goods” of such as were purchased prior
to March 1st, and actually laden fo»
Importation before March 11th—an In
voice of tho goods, with tho value, ac
companied by an affidavit from th* con
signor or owner, particularly disoriblng
the mark, numbers, Ao., of the cose or
cosos in whioli tho goods so involood
are (lacked, the timo thoy were (ieaa
Ate) purchased, (prior (a March 1st)
and that they were on hoard ship be
fore March 15th, mutt be depoidtad
He, tho people of the'Confederate
Statoa, each .State acting In its sover
eign and independent character, in or
der to form a Permanent Federal (tor-
ernniont, establish justice, insure do-
mestio tranquility, nnd secure the bles
sings of liberty to ourselves nnd our
posterity—Invoking tho favor and guld-
nnce of Almighty God—do ordain and
establish this Constitution for tlio Com
federate Ktntos of America.
ARTICLE 1.
SECTION li
All Legiviativo powers herein dele
ted shall bo vested in a Congress of
e Confederate) States, which sliall eon
slst of a Sor.nto and House of Reproson.
totlvcs.
SECTION 2.
1. Tho House of Representatives
shall bo comnnsod of mombors chosen
.very ieconu year by tho people of the
sovornl States; and tho electors in each
State shall be altlsons of tiie Confeder
ate Slates, and lutvo tlio qualifications
requisite far electors of the most nu
merous branch of tho .State Legisla
ture; hut no ponon of foreign birth not
a ciiisen of tho Confederate States,
sliall b# allowed to vote fur any officer,
civil or politlml,' State or Frdrral.
2. No person shall lie a Representa
tive, who sliall not have attained the
ago of twenty live years, and bo a dll-
sen of Iho Confederal. Butos, and who
.hall not, when oloctod, !h> an Inhabi
tant ot that State, in which lie shall lia
chosen.
3. Representative, and Direct Taxes
shall be apportioned among tho sever
al States, whicli may bo inclitdod with
in tills Confederacy, awarding to their
respective numbers, which shall bo de
termined, by adding lo the wholu num
ber of freo persons, including those
bound to service for a term of years,
and. excluding tndluns not taxed,
threo-fifths cf all slaves. Tho actual
enumeration shall be mndo within
tliroo years after tlio first meeting of
tlio Congress of the Confodcrato Statoa,
and wiUiln every sulrtequent term of
ten yaars, in sunli manner os thoy sliall,
by law, direct. Tiio numbor or Rep.
resrutativos shall not exocod ono for
ovrry fifty thousand, but each .hall
Imvo at least ono Representative; and
until such onumorations shall lie made
tiie State of South Caroline shall ho en
titled to chooao six—Uio Slato of Geor
gia ton—tho Stato ot Alabama nine—
tlio State of Florida two- .tlio Slate of
Mississippi seven—Uio Stato of -Louisi
ana six, anil tho State of Texas six.
4. When vaeanoln happen in tho
representation from any State, Iho Kx-
ooutlve authority 'thereof sliall' issue
writ, of elections, to fill such
cles.
5. Tho Houso of Representatives
shell dioou their speaker and other
officers, and shnll have the sole power
of impeachments; except Unit any Ju
dicial or oilier Federal officer, resident
and oeUng sorely within tho limits of
any State, may he impawned by a vote
of two-thlnlaof both branches oftheLeg-
latura thereof.
SECTION 3.
1. Tiie Sonata of the Confederate
State# sliall be compoeed oflwoSenatore
from each State, chosen for six yoara by
tho Legislature thereof, at the regular
■cession next immediately preceding
tho commencement of the torm of ser
vice; and each Senator sliall havo one
of Its proceedings, and from timo to
timo publish tiie same, excepting sucli
pari ns may In llioir judgment require
secrecy, ami tlio yeas nnd nays of tlio
members of cither House, on any ques-
I ion, sliall, at tlio desire of one-fifth of
thoso. present, bo entered on tho jour
nal. - —■■yj-
4- Neither House, during tho session
of Congress, sliall, without tho consent
of the other, adjourn for more than
tlirco days, nor to any ollior 'plnco than
that in which tho two Houses sliall
ha sitting. 1
section 0.
4, Tlio Sohators nnd Ropresenlalivos
shall receive a couqicnsation for their
services, to ho ascertained by law, nnd
paid out of tlio treasury of tlio Confed-
caate States. They shall, In all cases,
except treason, and breach of tho peiico,'
bo privileged from nrrost during thoir
attendance at tho session of thoir re
spective Houses, and in going to and .
returning from the samo; and family
siiecch or debate in cither House, they
shall not bo questioned in tiny other
place.
2. No Senator or Representative
shall, during tlio timo for which ho
was olcctod, he appointed to nny Civil
office under tho uuthorily of tho .Con
federate States, which shall have been
created, or the emoluments whereof
shall have bean increased during sucli
time; nnd no person holding any olllco.
undor the Confederate States shall bo a
member of either Uouse during liis
continuance in oflico. But Congress
may, by law, grunt to tho principal of
ficer in eacli ol tiie Kxocutivo Dopnrt-
■nonls a sent upon tho floor of either
House, witli the privilege of discussing
any iiiensiuei appertaining to his de
partment,
bictmn 7. .
1. A bill for raising rovenuo shall
other hills. -
2. Every hill which shall JiavO passed
both Houses, shall,-boforo it becomes u
law, ho presented to tlio rrosldont of
the ConledOrnto States; if ho approve,
lie shall sign it; but, if not, ho shall
return it, with Ids objections, to that
Homo in which it liinlllHive originated,
who shall enter the objections nt largo
■wnriewlt! 0 'IK’ahcrs'cn^ns-tdcra-
tioii, two-thirds of that Houso shall
agree to pass tlio bill, it slinll bo sent,
together with tho oljectioiis, to the
other House, by which it shnll llkowisu
ho re-considorod, nnd, if approved by i
two-thirds of that Houso, It shnll he-
eomo a law. But, In all such cases, tho
voles of both Houses shall he deter-
forwarded.
All goods purchased on and nflor
Marcli 1st will be subject to the duties
levied under the United State. Tariff*of
1.857. To laws through tlio Custom
House, tho owner must furnish tha col
lector with invoices accompanied by his
oatli that ho is the ownor; when, if tlio
price, in tiie invoico are tlio correct val
ue in the port from whicli tlio goods
were shipped, they will he passed
paynienlof tiie duties in gold or silver.
Tiie owner should be represented by
1st. Sucli amendments to tiie Consti
tution ns will guarantee the socodixl
States their rights and bring them back
into the Union.
2d. A raeoguixstion of thoir Indo-
Tiis Kcaors.is Eniiassv.—It is at
length announced that tills eiiibnsiy
from tlio Confederate States lo Kuro-
E aiii powers will consist of lion. Win.
. Yancey, of Ala., Judge A. 1*. Rost,
of La., and A. Dudey Maun, of Texas.
Tiie Now Orleans Picayune of tlio 8th
Inst, statos that a place in the omhassy
was at first tendered to Hon. John
Slidell, hut that he declined it, and the
ition was then offorod to Judge
g®- A dispatch from Washington
states that, tlio l’rosidont has rcqnostcd
r - /1 i. .nnainl'nil fftl
BIACOB will)Vi*HU A l UOIHUUv HUB
Scoretary Camoron to qppointed CoL
Ellswoth, of Zouavo fame, Cliiei Clork
of the War Department.
Southern m«n nt Washington consid
er tho inaugural addross of Lincoln, a
declaration of war against tho Confede
rate States. Jno. Bell, of Tennessee has
udyised his'Stato to prepare for strifo.
2d. A rocouiuzation or thoir inuo-
pondonco ana a Commercial Treaty witli
them.
3d. A war of sulijugation, to bo fob
lotvml by military occupation.
Thoso ho considered tlio tliroo
horns of the dilemma. Ho tolioves
tlio first tho host, and Uio hut tho
worst.
Commissioners Forsyth and Crawford
received such guarantooii from high
sources of the pacific intents of Uio Ad*
ministration in refercnco to the South
ern port* that at prosons thoy will inake
no official demand, and ponding tho
movements looking to the evacuation
of Fort Sumter, they will remain quiet.
Tlivir instrucUons, It is said, contem
plate a racrifice of forms and oUqustt*
to favor the result. «
ALABAMA STATE CONVENTION.
Montgomert, Ala., March 13.—The
Convention latifiedthe Permanent Cop
stilution by a vote of elghty-sevon in
favor to fivo nays.
Gen. Jamison, a loading co-operation-
int, took a bold i»o*ition in favor of the
ratification.
Jerry Clotnens has boon appointed
Major General of tho Alabama army.
SOUTHERN. CONGRESS.
Montgomery, March 14.—A bill was
introduced to establish an Admirably
Court-in Mississippi, tho Judgo to ro-
sido at Vicksburg.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Washington, March 14.—Tho Senate
refusod to take up Senator Douglas
resolution relativo to tho Administra
tion’* policy in rofarenco to tho South
ern forts, arsenals, Ac.
A resolution was adopted, that whore*
as tho Boats of Senators Benjamin,
Brown, Davis, Clay, Toonw and Mallory
haring becomo vacant. Theruloro be
it resolved that tlio Secretary bo dtrou-
ted to omit their nattio* from tlio roll.
K . .. k
2. Immediately after they shall bo
with the Collector, tbtough an" agent, assembled, in conscquonoeoj
or In porson, to whom the Collector election, they shall bo Uiyf *
will issue a permit for the goods to bo
-K any
bill shall not be returned by tho Presi
dent wiUiin ten days (Sundays excep
ted) after it shall havo boon presented
to hint, tho same shall bo a law, in
liko manner as If ho had signed it; un
less the Congress, by tlieir.atUaurnmontj
prevont its roturn, In which caso, itslmll
not to n law. Tlio Prcsidont may ap-
provo any appropriation or disapprove
any other appropriaUon in tlio same
biU, In such case, ho shall, in signing
tlio bill, designate tho appropriations
disapproved j and shall roturn a,copy
of such appropriations, with his objec
tions, to tho House in which tho pill
may have originated; and . tlio same
proceedings shall then be had m :in case
of other bills disapproved by U\o pres
ident.
3. Every order, resolution, or- voto,
to whicli tlio concurrence of both Hou-
xenU of the Senators of tho first class
sliall to vacated nt tho expiration of
tlio socond year; of tho second class at.
the expiration of tho fourth year, and
of tho third class at tho expiration of
tho sixth year; so that ono-shlrd. may
bo chosen every second year; and If va
cancies happon by resignation, or otli-
orwiso, during tlio recess of tho Legis
lature of any State, tho oxocatlvo there
of may mako tompornry appointments
until tlio next meeting of tho LbgDla*
~ tlion fill *
turo, whicli shall t
ruch vneun-
nay bo necessary (oxcopt on a ques
tion of adjournment) shall be preseufc-
adjonrnment) shall bo pres;
od to tho. Prcsidont of tha Coiiredorato
States; and, before the samo shall toko
according to tho rules and UmitaUona
prescribed in caso of a WU,.
an ngnnt .nt tlio ;>ort of entry or delivo- pies,
ry, (iinlesr. presont in person,) to laelli- 3; ^° person shall be a Senator who
Ut« tho forwnrding ol hi* goods. shall not havei attained, tlio ago of Uiir-
Our business men will, no doubt, ty vears ? an^be a citizen of Iho Con-
find it inconvenient at first to comply federate States ; and who nhnll not,
with tho many rules and regulations of wlion elected, bo an inhabitant of Uio
the revenuo service, but wo know they State for which ho shall to ehoson,^..;
will cheerfully acquiesco in nnd comply 4. Tbo V*co!Presidentjof tho Coiirad-
wUh, tho laws of our Gcvorumont.— erate States ihoU bo President of the
Augusta Constitutionalist.
gt^r The list number of the Georgia
Weekly oonlnins s .trong o.lllori»l hwn
tlio Milijcct of “lVatootlon fertile White
Mi-clmnia.” Tlio looting pru|xuitian
i< tlmt “no ut-gro, free or onslaved,
slinulil be tnugiit tlio nioclioniu urts,
from tills time forth: nor should
nny negro he brought into this Republic
tolnknr ns an artisan or meclmnlo of
any grade whatever.” Tiie proposition
is sustained by many cogrnt and forci
ble arguments. It is contended, by
the Editor, that it would inereee the
strength of our “peculiar institutions”
at Home, by enlisting non-slareholders
iu Its behalf, and that the mechanical
arts would rapidly progress, and render
the negto more industrious and con!
tented. The history of Insurrections
provo that its leading spirits hare all
n negro mechanics.
|®"Thorumor that the Governor has
attached tlio Macon 4 Western Rail 1
toad is a mlstako.
An si<:ti.i.tNT sreoiNTUSNT.—It grab
Iflet us to bo enahlod to state that our
talented and popular townsman, Judge
Wado Keyes, Inu receirod tiie oppoint-
raout of Assistant Attorneydleneral of
tlio Confederate States of Amer!ea._
This is ajutliciout selection. The Judge
is well known as an uble jurist, aiipo
scholar, and a thorough business man,
nnd will be found to he “the right ninn
in the right place.”—Montgemery Adeer-
tieer.
Senate, but shall liaro no vote, antes
they bo equally divided.
5. The Sonata shall ehooso their oth-
or officers: and nlso a President pro
tempore in tho abseneo of tho Vico
President, or.wlion ho shall exereiso
the olllco of President of tlio Confeder
ate States.
0. Tho Senate shall' liavo the sole
power to try all Impeachments. Wlion
sitting for that purpose, thoy shall bo
on oath or affirmation. When tho
President of the Confederate States is
tried, the Chief Justice shall preside;
and no person shall ho oonvlcted with
out tho concurrence of two-thirds
of the membors present.
7. Judgement in esses of impeach
ment shall not extend further than to
removal ftom office,and disqualification
to hold and enjoy any offico of honor,
trust or profit, under the Confederate
Stales; hut the party convicted sliall,
navortheless, boliablo and sutyoct to
indictment, trial, judgment end pnn-
t to law.
AHIUVALOF TIIE ETNA.
Nr.w Yobx. March 4;—Tlio stoaihshlr
a, with Liverpool data* to tho 27tl
Etna,. I .
ult., arrived hero to-day.
COtlNEKClAE.
j—Tlio Sales
reached
, speau'laton aud
balCB. The
exporters took 4,000 bales. 'J.’he mar
ket- has quiot and quotations wore liaro-
ly maintained.
tf2r A State cen-us of Missouri, ta
ken tivo nnmtlis after Hint of tlio Gen
eral Gorei-mnom, made tiie population
about 53,(too h-ss.
gxfir-Ool.-.Min t.’iinninglinm lins lioen
appointed, by tlorendr Pickens, ()uar-
termnster-tieneral of tiie regular forces
or Smith Carolina,.
isy-witliin the past two years thoro
havo been more instances of. murder
of husbnmls by their- wives Ilian in
twenty years previous.
Newscai'EB Unions.—The Southern
Georgian and Argus, published at Baln-
hridgo, Imve united, and’ now appear
under tlio title of The Southern Aces,
Hugh M. King, oditor.
Trio subscription list, good will, Ac,
of tho Iftto Washington Constitution, has
boon Imnuforrod lo tho Montgomery
AHvertiser.. f ‘
MafaSS^rTutics,
Imports, and excises, for revenue uoces-
sary to pay tlio debts, prOvido for. thu
common defoncc, and carry on tho
Govornmont of tho Confodorato States;
but no bounties shall bo granted trora
the treasury; nor shall any duties or
taxes on importations from foreign ne
ttops be laid to promote or foster any
branch of industry; and all dutios, Im
posts, ond exoises, shnll ho uniform
throughout tho Confederate States;
2. To borow monoy on the credit of
th* Confederate Statos;
3 To regulnto commerce with, foreign
nations, and nmong tho sovroal States
and with the Indian tribes; but neither
tills, nor nny othor clause contained in
the Constitution, shall ever bo constru
ed to delegate tho power to Congress to
appropriate money for internal im
provements intonded to faoilitnto com
merce, oxcopt for tho pittposo of 'furn
ishing lights, beacons, and buoys, and
other uids to navigation on tlio coasts,
isliment according to
section 4.
1, Tho times, places nnd manner of
holding elections for Sonatora and Rep-
resentativea, shall bo prescribed in each
Stato by tlio Legislature thereof, sub-
jeot to tlio provisions of Ibis Constitu
tion; but tiie Congress may, at any
time, by law, mako or alter such regu
lations, exoopt as to time* and places of
choosing Senators.
X Tho Congress shall nsacmblo at
least onco in. every year; and such
meeting shall he oh tho first Monday
in December, unless they shall, by law,
appoint a different day.
section 8.
1. Enoh IIouso shall 'be.tho judge o
tho elections, returns and qualification!
of its own members, and a major!
and the improvements of hlirbors and
the removing of obstructions in river
navigation; in all coses, such duties
shall bo laid on tbo navigation facilita
ted thoreby m may bo necessoay to pay
tiie costs and expenses thereof;
4. To establish uniform lows of
naturalisation, and uniform laws oh tho
subject of bankruptcies, throughout tho
Confederato Statce, hut no law of Con
gress shall discharge any debt contract
ed bofere tlio piitsago of tlio same;
6. To coin money, regulate the value
thereof end of foreign coin, knd fix the
standard of weights and measure;
#. To provide for tho punishment of
counterfeiting the securities and cur
rent com of tbo Confederate-States;'
7. To establish post offices and post
routes; but the. expenses of tiie post-
offieo Dopnrtment, after tho first day- of
March, in Uio year of our . Lord eigh
teen hundred and sixty three, sliall be
r.of each si
a quorum to
<{o business; but n smaller number may
adjourn from day to day, and may bo
authorized io 'coiipel tlio attendance of
aiisont mombors, in sucli manner ami
undor such penalties as each ' Houso
JoohHouso piny dotefniino the
rulca of its proceedings, punisli its
mombors for disorderly behavior, and,
with tlio concurrence of two-thirds of
tho wliolo number, expels morabev.
3. Enoh Houso shall keep a journal
times, to authors ond invontors the ex
clusive right to their rospootive wri-
‘TT^rS^iunalstinferiorto
dofino and’punish piracies and
felonies committed on Uio seas- ami
offences against the laws of nations:
11. -To declare war, grant lettors of
mnrqno and reprisal, and mako rules
concerning captures on Innd and, iruler;
12. To raiso und support armies; but
no appropriatiSn of money to that uso
shaUbofor a longer term than two
1 Tt/l'o provide andmiilutnin a -Navy;
. 14. To make rules for govornmont
and regulation of the landand naval
''“w. To provide for calling forth tl;e
militia to execute the laws of the Con-
federate States, suppress insurrections,
ond ropol invasions;
mm