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tera ®o#(ed«»(gW ;
graph U« !!*■ that glorious old Virgioia, ibo
mother of States and Presidents, .had snapped
her to the
like fire throughout the city. Hundreds pour
r ^ telegraphed to New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
short tltse, WY#rj oae that vet hie neighbor
m o& that shed it as any tblo
cur red sinoe seceeiion began."
The Lincoln Government also made use of a
disreputable, cowardly and dishonest trick, to
get these bids taken. It was given out in Wash
ington City, on that day~aeif ii\sttnh a n)g)p-
ner aa to make everybody believe the informs-
milted supplies of provisions to be landed at
Fo^l Bum ter, and given Gen. Beauregard an
Arfter to that effect; and thia information was
If* IS* Seiatef front lUuaam
, Pomsaov.^TheannouieeiiPtwears about
1 ' lo make ie not designed for the possessors of
weak atomaahe. Pomeroy—the Prince ef
Thieves and the King of Beggars, has been
hurriedly and antfousiy asked, *fs nr rtird T*
Soon, however all doubt! were removed from honest
the mioda of tka meat skeptical, and ell over
theeity cheer* and ahoute of exultation went
up. Friends and neigh bora met sash other
with frees beans fteg with sin lies and radiant
with joy. The belie all over town were eel to
ringing end kept up e joyous din of long and
loud peats. Our Superior Court wee in session,
but Judge Ball, on receiving the news, prompt
ly adjourned the Court Boon the loud-mouthed
cannon was brought out, and a salute of tight
guns ware Bred in honor of the event—His
Hones Judge Ball Bring off the first one! Eve
rybody was filled with rejoicing that no one
triad to conceal. Even those who lately were
u indiftranl" about the admission of the bor
der States—or perhaps opposed to if—soon
caught the uncontrolable fire of joyous delight
at the event and joined as heartily as any one
in the demonstrations of enthusiasm.
The greatest outbursts ef enthusiasm, how
ever, occurred at night. The streets were il
lumined with the lurid light of numerous rock
ets. The boys well nigh exbaused the supply
5f torpedoes in the city. Fireworks and pistol*
were discharged on every hand. Bonfires were
built. Processions with music paraded our
etreeta. A large number of bouses were illu
minated. The enterprising'proprietreesof the
Trout House had every window of the building
— 44 from ground to garret," brilliantly lighted
up. The negroea joined in the general mani
festations of joy at tha event, and hurrahed
quita enthusiastically for Ola Wirgirfby."—
Altogether, our people were more generally
enthused than they have been for many years;
and tha demonstrations were kept tip to a late
hour.
Confederate States Loan.
We are informed that the books for the tak
ing of the loan will continue open to day, in
order to afford opportunity for those who could
not attend yesterday to subscribe.
This loan pays tight per cent. It is better se
cured than any man in the State of Georgia
can secure money to another.
In addition to the ability and good faith of
the Government to redeem this loan, an export
duty on the whole Cotton crop is pledged to its
redemption, ehould the usual resources prove to
be insufficient—of which, however, there can
be no doubt.
Men who have small sums of money to in
vest—from $50 to $1,000—can not do better with
their money anywhere. We are sure that no
investment could be made in the way of a loan
that would be half so secure.
Ac., and averywl era believed to he true.
That was a fraud and a swindle, of whieb an
It wss ob-
Uuited States Treasury Notes*
Bids were received at the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington, on the 11th instant, for
$4,901,000 in Treasury notes. About $400,000
over (his sum was bid for—quite a falling off
aiuca the bids for the $8,000,000 loan was open
ed a few daya ago, when $34,000,000 were of-
ferad. Then, $20,000,000 more then was asked
for was offered—now only $400,000 more is of
fered. This shows the feelings of tha wealth
and real power of the North, towards what
would seem to be Lincoln’s war policy, far
more eloquently than the most brilliant orator
could portray it. But let us look a little below
the surface, and see the facts as they exist.
Mr. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, did
not open the books at the usual hour on the ap
pointed day. Twelve o’clock passed, and they
were not opened—the Secretary tone too busy,
it wee said. Three o’clock came and passed,
and still the Secretary was too pressiogly en
gaged to open the bids; and it waa not done
till after seven o’clock at night. The real truth
waa, that up to the hour, at which it was ad-
vartised the bids would be opened, but little
over half had l*eco takan, and the Black Re
publicans of Hew Tork city had advised Chase*
by telegraph, to defer opening until an exer
tion oeotd be made to proeure further bids.—
All that evening, the distressed agents of Lin
coln were shinning around emongettbe Wall
street financiers, trying to raise tha desired
amount—begging and imploring them with
woe begone countenances and tears in their
eyes, In some up and sustain Old Abe’s Ad
ministration In its boor of trial; and but for
the feet that the loss of the Government's cred-
I, it would be the knell ol death to the whole of the
Banks In New York State, the amount of mou
sy asked for would not have been taken at all.
The following extracts from the financial ar
ticle of the New York n Herald” for that day
will show the efforts that bad to be made be*
fore the required amount of bids oould be ta
ken t
“ As to the loan, the faots ere these: After 4
P. 11, yesterday, the nmount bid for here was
about a million of dollars. In order to prevent
—the failure 6T IBs befnUkHoo, the Bank of Com-
of 11.000.000, to* a meeting of Bank Pre.i-
' d.nt. tn« other*-iwV.li.t th» Bunkof Com
mon* tlh.lf-put four, in ord.r to eubecrib*
lb. |1000,000. At So. r. M„ it wea general!y
u.d.rotood by gentlemen prre.nl th.t every,
thiagw ****W*d,*n4Ui*l*bid for Ihatamauut
would bo aaat off by telegraph thii morelug.
Who. thia morning name, it wm dlaooTar.il
that, in fact, nothing watttUfed, and that f#w,
if any, of tha Bank manager., private bank-
era. or eapUMMa w-ra willing to anbaeriha.—
CoanagwanUy a* bid wu aant by talagraph, at
had baas fatendad. bat Ur. Chafe wm ad via
nd to poetpoo* opaning tha bida (ill four F. X.
Meantime, Mr. H. F. Vail, Caahiar of tha Bank
of Oemaeeee, oUcitnUy aided by Mu anb-
Traaawar Ciano, Mt totwllfa ttuhaartyli— Hat.
and epaot tha day in aadanvoring to obtain
bida. By Urea KV, tbay bad iiwafff In
ehteiata* Mda te dba um,I af tWM.Mt. n«J
unfyf X rtJrj
m
would not be guilty,
tainieg money under false pretenses, which is
no better than stealing or robbing We have
no doubly however, that the Lincoln Adminis
tration either did it, procured it to be done, or
was privy thereto, knowing the object and the
fraud practised.
Such a concern as that can’t endore long.—
The steps which it has lately taken are desper
ate. The cause of free nigger Republicanism
is new between the upper and the neither mill
stone, end will sareljr be ground to powder—
no matter what coarse they may hereafter pur
sue- This is our opinion.
Who is He t
“Brownlow’s Whig” of the 16th instant has
the following:
Secession Bravery,
We have just received a letter from a gentle
man residing in Middle Georgia, incloeing the
money to renew his subscription to our paper,
a mao of sense and character. He thus con
cludes his letter:
“ We have a call from the Governor of this
State for 3,000 troops, and strange to relate,
there is not a miscreant in all the ranks of the
Secession party who will move a wheel in that
direction. They are waiting upon the Union
men, and we intend to die at home, bvfore we
will go and leave these traitors and rascals at
home."
We propose to find out this inan, and take
care of him. Will our postmasters keep a
watch on the subscribers to Brownlow’s paper?
Will the people in every neighborhood look af
ter the men who take it, and find out, if possi
ble, the man who wrote that lie to Brownlow ?
The Charleston correspondent of the New York
"Tribune” has at last been caught. It this
man is not "a man of straw ” he can be found.
The same number of the paper containing
this disloyalty to our authorities, from one of
our citizens, abounds in the most reckless abuse
of the Government and people of the Confed
erate States. It contains no less than ten edi
torial articles, filled with the roost abusive aod
offensive language towards the States and peo
ple of our Confederacy. We are called tbrieh
traitors, rebels, thieves, murderers, and si cb j
like delectable appellations; and the editor
boldly avows bis intention to adhere to Lincoln
and his demoralized Government! and glories
in the prospect of a war being waged against
us. “ Let fleets land all around the coasts. Let
Piping Artillery and Begulars be landed in their
pincy woods, and let them have battle Upon battle
—here a fire and there a fire ; and upon them
rests the responsibilities of the consequences,
whatever they may be.” This is a specimen of
the blood thirsty treason with which his paper
of the 16th instant, now before us abounds.
Is not this sheet & treasonable ami incendi
ary publication? Are not the postmasters of
our State violating our State laws when they
deliver it to subscribers ? This question is worth
considering.
Prediction**—Letters of Marque Already
Issued.
A correspondent of the Savannah Republi
can from Montgomery says, that President
Davis and several of the heads of departments
were serenaded at the Exchange Hotel, on the
night of the 12th inslant, and that ‘‘Gen. Le
roy P. Walker, the Secretary of War, res
ponded to the call, and apologized for the ab
sence of his Excellency, attributing it to fa
tigue and indisposition. He addressed the
crowd in his usual eloquent aud manly strains,
and predicted the fulfilment of three propo
sitions, one ef which having been already lit
erally verified. I give the others for the bene
fit of Greeley & Co. lie raid “ that before
sun-eel the next day, (Saturday) the flag of
the Confederate States would cast its shadow
upon the battlements of Fort Sumter, and that
our friends at the North mutt not imagine
that we would be content to atop there. That
before the expiration of three months it would
grace the topmost dome of the Capitol at
Washington, and if Lincoln was not satisfied,
we would plant it upon Fauueil Hall.”
Thia correspondent further says:
“ Letters of marque and reprisal have been
issued to responsible persons in New Orleans
and Mobile, who have been regularly com
missioned to prevent the appearance of pira
cy. Their returns will be made to the Gov
ernment, and I opine will exhibit a consider
able diminution in that comtneree, which the
North has so proudly blasted of lately."
JAP The Louisville "Journal," which is the
most able of all the Border Union journals, in
alluding to Lincoln’s war proclamation says:
"Wear* struck with mingled amazement
aud indignation. The policy announced in the
proclamation deserves the unqualified condem
nation of every American eitisen. It is un.
worthy not merely of a statesman, hut of a man.
It Is a policy utterly hairbrained aod ruioous-
IfMr. Lincoln contemplated thia^olicy in the
Inaugural address, he Is a guilty dissembler;
if he haa conceived it under the excitement,
raised by the seizure of Fort Sumtor, he is a
guilty hotspnr. In either ease, he is miserably
unfit for the exalted position in which the en
emies of the eeuatry hare placed him. Let the
people instantly taka him and hiaAdmioietra
tioa into (belt own bands, If tbay mould res-
sne the land from bloodshed, a ad the Union
lrota sadden and irretrievable destruction.”
We also notice that all the Border State Un
ion Journals hare changed their tone In a re
markable degree sinoa that war document was
promulgated, loose have already hauled down
tha Halos Bag and hoisted that ol flee—ion,
and others ere seating to tbo point quit# rap
idly. It Is the last feather laid on wklah breaks
thdia*Mt> be*fc; and before long all the Bor
der States will be with us and of us. A an Red
front Against tbs subjugation of the Confeder
ate may be confidently-expected from
the Slave Suits.
** « among (lie people anywhere.
>f9 jL Vd ‘keuwowla “pfptwrty aud places bafong-
V-J log 10 ihfi Govern icwnrj' 1 I cbfotiy allude to the
taObary frosts hu4 property which were in
elected to the United Statee Senate to repre
sent the StaU of Kansas. Shall w* attribute
this effect to the moral depravity of our people ?
God forbid I Shell we eey ills fobs accounted
for by the «oi»biost<oa of forces / This may
be true, but leaves us only to mourn the extent
Of one thing only we are confident—that the
worst man ever sent to Con gras* baa been elec
ted by 4 01* State, and that he only repre
sents those who voted for him. The THIEF,
with his ill-gotten gains--the ROBBER OF
WIDOWS and ORPHANS-THE IMPOSTER
and the IMBECILE, has been sent by a Kan
sas Legislature to fit in the Halls of Congress
with honorable men. May God's righteous in
dignation be averted, and at ay the world for
bear regarding us in the light «f a den of
thieves!— Leavenworth (Kansas) Herald.
Jim Lane, the notorious thief, robber and
murderer—even of women and children—is
the other Senator from Kansas We rejoice
and are glad that Toombs aud Iverson are not
to be cursed with having to occupy the tame
chamber, on equal footing, with such thieves
and murderers. We thank God that Georgia
is spared such disgrace.
The following note from Mr. Walker,
though brief, is highly interesting—
Western 4c Atlantic Kallroad.
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE.
Atlanta, Ga., April 19 1861.
Ukntlkmk*: This Road will transport free,
all volunteers from border States, destined for
service in the Southern Confederate Army.
E. B. WALKER.
To Messrs, llanleiter A Adair.
Tickets at half rates will be sold to Marietta
on the 20th instant, the occasion of Col. Jack-
son’s Eulogy on Gov. McDonald.
E W. B.
jar The "Nashville Patriot,” hitherto the
most unconditional Uuion-shriekiug newspa
per in Tennessee— Brownlow’s Whig always
excepted—proposes now, that Gov. Harris call
an extra session of the Legislature at once, for
the purpose of haviog that body order another
Convention, and the election of members there
to. The Patriot denounces Lincoln’s wer j»ol-
icy, and says Tennessee will never respond te
it.
jar Au exchange, in soliciting subscribers
to his paper, says: *‘ Two dollars is not much
money for a year's subscription to a weekly pa
per, and you can pay it very easy—say iu but
ter, eggs, chickens, wood, pine, bacon, lard,
flour, corn, or money, just as you prefer; now
this is easy done. Bond us your names, aod
we will send you as good a paper as we can
possibly get up.”
Now, we think that man ought to be sustain
ed.
js- It is noteworthy that the bombardment
of Fort Sumter commenced no Henry Clay's
birthday, April 12, 18ei.
jar Hon. Win. Barksdale, cf Mississippi,
who has been a representative in the United
States Congress from 1853 till the secession of
that State, has written a letter, in answer to ur
gent solicitations to become a candidate (or the
Confederate Congress, positively declining.
JJT The New York 41 Day Book *' has its col
umns clothed in mourning, on accouut of the
sad and sorrowful calamnity of war, which the
folly and wickedness of the Republicans havq
involved the country in.
The Nashville Patriot, late an uncon
ditional Union paper, saya : ‘‘A great many
men in this section who were strong in their
devotion to the Union one week ago, believe
now, since the fight at Fort Sumter, that the
die is cast, tb&t the Union is at last beycud tho
reach of salvation, that Tennessee must soon
take the leep that tno Cotton States have ta
ken, aod that it is almost time she was look
ing out for a soft place on which to fall.”
jar It was the New York “ Times’ ” Charles
ton correspondent that was arrested and sent
off from there, instead of the " Tribune's,” as
announced by us yesterday.
jtjT* Secretary Chase haa Issued t he fo.
lowing instructions to the United States Col
lectors t
The control of the warehouses of tbs gov-
eminent in the several Slates, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas, having beta usurped under the alleged
authority of those States, and the officers of
customs acting under the authority of the
United States having been foroibly sxeluded
from their functions iu the custody of mer
chandise and the superintendence of the en
tries for warehousing and the withdrawal, it
has become impracticable to continue the
privilege of bonding for transportation to
those porta. The Collectors of Customs are
accordingly hereby instructed that no entries
for transportation in bond to those ports can
be permitted until otherwise directed by this
department. In the case of merchandise en
tered for transportation before the receipt by
the Collectors of these instructions, transpor
tation boats to tbs ports of South Carolina,
Qeorgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Florida, and Texas will be cancelled on pay
ment of the duties at the Collector's office at
the port from wbioh tbs goods were shipped,
on ike Colleotor bring satisfied by the affida
vit of the petty to be filed with the bond that
the merebaadias arrived at the port of desti
nation after the United Stales officers at such
port bad ceased to issue lawful cancelling cer
tificates.
$9f%»«lsl Warrington Correspondence, j what is necessary Ur these objects there will
be no iuvesiou, no using of force against or
Aftsoa from tks Alois—dtp Guards—Thtiv j among die people anywhere."
IVsfrfM tram Garland—" .f P/f Bites
mi JBr. /kriW* Mr. McAfee" Mo
amts tka insult— Tks “Dimes Skel- . . _ __
led Oul”—Pm.t Ftefep TMrourh !A#l lh * P""*'*!™ of rtf when ll
n *fe t ff.lft* lp~a«. ,,'te leue, I. pur-
Msimf*rcid—Ta ka Attacked in a Month \ >u |i 0 f * purpose to drive United States author-
- Health mt Iks Conagsmnp% Be.. Jr. ity from these place*, au unprovoked assault
has beeo made upon Fort Sumter, I shall hold
Warbikotos, Florida, April 15, 1861. ! myw[f nl |i5erlJ l0 repogi€ff| jf |
can, like
Messrs. Editors: In my last letter to you, j places which bad been seized before the Oov-
frorn Oarland, Alabama, so tha atb instant, I ernmout was (Involved upon me.
stated that wagons bad been engaged to con- And, in aoy event, 1 shall, to the beet of my
— a — 1 —wbMfey, repel force by fevofr * *
vey our baggage, Ac., the next morning, to
Evergreen To our extreme disappointment,
the wagons did aot come as expected. Haring
received an order to repair at once to Fensaco-
.’*, a guard waa left behind with the baggago,
lo case it proves true thel Fori (Sumter was
assaulied, ss is reported, 1 shall perhaps,
cause the United States mails lo be withdrawn
from all the States which claim to have eeoe
dad, bolieviug ih*i (he commencement of sau
and we were soon oa our way, on foot. The al war justifies and pobsibly demands it.
distance i* fourteen miles, direct; hut the route
we came—through the woods part of the way
—was sixteen or seventeen miles. We left Gar
land at H o’clock on the evening of the 9th, and
reached Evergreen about 8 o’clock, I*. M. Most
of the company were not enured to such exer
cise as walking such a distance with a heavy
gun and fixtures, and to such the walk was
considerably fatiguing. Taking ail the incon
veniences into view, the journey was borne
with remarkable endurance.
Our stay at Garland will never be forgotten
by a member of the Gate City Guards. Many
long, dreary hours were made pleasant by the
cheerfulness and gsyety of the "boys.”
One young gentleman, from Atlanta, partic
ularly, afforded much merriment. The young
man in question received the nick-oame of Mr.
McAfee. Why he received this name, or by
whom it was first given, 1 cannot say. The dHy
before leaving Garland, the camp was sudden
ly aroused by the squealing of a pij*near by.
When, lo! Mr McAfee was seen emerging (rom
the woods, dragging tho pig after him. When
1 scarcely need to say that I consider the
military posts and properly situated within
the States which claim to have seceded, asysl
belonging iu the United (States, as much as
(hey did before (he supposed secession.
Whatever alee i may do for (he purpose, 1
shall not attempt to collect the duties and im
posts by any armed inva-ion of aoy part of
the country—not meaning by this, however,
that 1 may not land a force deemed necessary
to relieve u fort upon the border of the coun
try.
Fiorn (be fact that 1 have quoted a part of
the Inuagural Address, it must not be inferred
that 1 repudiate any other part, tbe whole of
which 1 reaffirm, except so far as what I now
say of the mails may be regarded as a modifi
cation.
Iu
Coercion News i«i Delaware,
r judgement, in sending an at my into
Loan of ©5,000,000
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fu-ih.r information aeairad. » ti,
WM. W. CLAVTOlt, Cb,ir„»
RICHARD PETE UK ***
m»-td A. W. JOBES.
THI FINEST WATEKINQ PLACIimrS
SOUTHERN CONFEDEKACF.
THE CHALYBEATE $PR| Ng .
■ uiwtriu coiiitt, oaoanu ~
flpring. »« 'S&FuMaibft from’ 1 ”
lumbuaorMacon, npll .'lna. C.B.LEITfl*
the seceded States, or ships of war into the
ports thereof, to collect (axes from their peo
ple, you commit a foul and cowardly set—you
rob, hy foice of arms, a people who depise you,
and will not accept ofyuur proffered proteo
i (ion—such protection as “vultures give to
i lambe.” Mr. Lincoln calls (hem brothers,
atkad by aouia one why he did if, ha rrplied j anJ woulll ailule tt , e;u wilh a kisJ whllt h .
that it attempted to bite him, and he could
do otherwise than shoot it—that he allowed no
man’s pig to bite at him. The joke was present
ly changed, however, by tbe owner stepping
up and claiming pay. Mr. McAfee, of course,
had to ‘‘shell out the dim#*.” This little inci
dent was highly enjoyed by both the owner
aud company.
Nothing worthy of note transpired during
the stay at Evergreen. We left the n« xt even-
ngat5 o'clock, by rail*ay, for Pcusacola,
would at (he same time slip a letter Into tbe
band of a slave informing him of the arrange
ments of (he underground railroad. If there
is anything which ihe Southern people detest,
it is hypocrisy ; aud they could no more en
dure the presence of the miserable, vulgar,
obscene story teller, who now pretends to the
right to govern them, than they could of that
of a poisonous reptile. From all that we can
gather frani Washington, he reminds us of the
“chautrer,’' au auimal whioh*is£eaid to havo
tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden.
If Mr. Lincolu sends ships into tbe South
reached that place at 16 o’clock, I’. M. *lhe 0rn p ort . lo C0 Uect the revenue off of the peo-
Gate City Guards, together with the Newnan ! pj Ct | ie gend* t 0 coerce a tax which he has no
Guards, took passage in a steamboat the next | more rigni to force from them than the En-
morning, (llth.)at 9i o’clock, for this place, ! glish Government had to force one from the
aud landed here at 10J o'clock. The diitanco colonies ulcer ibey declared Iheroselrea free
, , 1L . , , • c, . and independent btalcs. He makes war upon
between Hue place and ren.aeola, >• 8j rrnle.. # 9bou , d c , ?| , folloWi h , ^ in
Soon after our arrival, we pitched tents oae | k e h e |j j Q after ages as a monster, who should
and a halt miles from town. i have been deprived of life before ho oommit-
Gn last Friday night, between the hours of j ted the folly of plunging (he two nations into
nd 9 o'clock, the troops stationed here
unexpectedly startled by the firing of three or
four rounds of cannon, apparently near Fort
Pickens. Wo marched immediately to tbe town
If there was a single sentiment cf love or
kindly failing in the Republican party for tbe
people of the South, whom they have forced
a Union formed by the blood of the com
the beginning ef my official tern, expressed
Dimness from Font Sum ex in.—The die- m j fat ended policy as plainly so I was able,
fauces from Fort Sumter to tbe prominent 1 it it with deep regret and mortifioation I now
points in the vicinity, ere aa follows: I isarn that there le great end injurious oncer-
To tka City of Charloatoa 31 milta. I •» "» *>>»f aa to whAl Ibat pol-
To the outer bar (naarly) 6 « «• conrs* I intend te ptiraue.
To Cummings Point (nearest bel) | " I Not having a* yet teen oocasion to change,
To Fort Moultrie “ | it le now my purpose te pursue (be course
To Fort Johnson...—., M J) “ I marked eotin the (uanguml Address, loom
To Morris Island (east side) ..1* to 2 miles, j saved a careful consideration ef the whole
as au attack upon the Navy Yard waa expect- mon fathers of both, they would assist them
cd; but heard no more of the firing, it is sup- j to form a government iu which they could live
and be at peace.—Delaware GitetUe.
Major Anderson, not the <<tie«t of Geu.
Beauregard.
The Savannah Republican of the 17th says :
Not So.—A large number of bogus des
patches were sent out of Charleston during
and after the bombardment. Ooo accouut
represents Major Anderson in Charleston af
ter bis colors were lowered and a guest of
General lieauregnrd, while another takes him
and his men captives to Morris' Island. We
have reason lo koow that Major Andorsoo
never left Sumter until the final evacuation,
except to go on board the Jsab«l t at anchor
close to the fort, for a few moments, to make
necessary preparations for his departure.—
There was no interview between him and Gen.
Beauregard at any time after the surren
der of tho fort. Wc were an eye witness to all
the proceedings at Sumter on tbe day after
the evacuation, and tbe statement in yester
day’s “Republican'’ may be relied on as en
tirely cot reef.
Telegraphic Correspondence Between
Governor)* Pickens and Letcher.
Chari, an ton, 8. f\, April I",
(Joe. Jytrhei\ llichmoud, Iu ;
Received your telegram, it is true Sumter
was bombarded all day yesterday, after refus
ing to evacuate, and four vessels were off the
bar, with troops and supplies, waiting tbe
tide to come in, aud the fort was in signri with
them. President Lincoln sent a special mes
senger and informed me in writing that sup
plies would be put in, but ssked no reply.
Not a mao at our batteries hurt. The fort
was furious in its fire on us. Our iron batte
ry done great damage to the fort’s 8outh wall.
Our shells fell freely in the fort. I do not
know exactly tbe effect—suppose serious, as
they are not firing this morning. Our Eafisld
battery dismounted three (ft) of Anderson’s
largest Columbiads. We will take tbe fort,
and can keep sixteen (lfi) mortars (ten inch)
all the time on it, besides heavy guns that Will
give no peace night nor day.
We can sink the fleet if they attempt the
channel; if they land elsewhere, we oan whip
them ! 1 have here now naar seven thousand
(7,000) of the best troops in tbe world, and a
reservo of ten .thousand (10,000) on our rail
roads. Tha war has oomtneuced, and we will
triumph or pariah 1 This is my answer to you.
llrase let me know what 1 irgfaio will do, at I
telegraph to you candidly.
F. W. PICKENS.
In answer to the interrogatory with which
the above dispatch closes. Gov. Lotoher repli
ed by saying that “(A# Convention now m ses
sion will determine what Virginia will do.”
Macon, April 1C, 1801.
Mr Clisby :—I notice in tbe Savaonak Re
publican an offer by two gen' lemon of that
oity to pay to the government of the Southern
Confederacy two hundred dollars for (Tveyears,
or so long ss the war may last, if one hundred
men in the State will join them In the arrange
tueut. Please sav to those gentlemen, and to
any others, that I will join them as “one of
them." Very respectfully,
J. M. BOARDMAN.
Trie graph.
poecd lo bavo been signal guns fr<
vessels stationed sround Fort Pickens.
Yesterday, Sunday, the Gate-City Guards
were employed in dismounting two large can
non at. Fort Barancas to be placed upon the
beach. They commenced making a Baud bat
tery to place them upon to-day. 1 don't think
an attack is » ontemplated upon Fort Pickens
for some time yet. It will require a month or
more to make sufficient preparations. There
arc now about 0,000 troops already here—three
or four thousand remain to come.
That Fort Tickcns has been reinforced, isuot
doubted here. A fleet of five vessels of war lie
in gun-shot of the Fort, seemingly remaining
there to render assistance should an engage
ment take place. Fort Barancas and Fort Mo-
Rea arc well supplied with men and munitions
of war. Sand batteries are being erected daily.
Gen. Bragg is determined lo he fully prepared
to meet the enemy.
Tho health of the company is very good.—
No serious case of sickness haa occurred as yet.
F.
Atlanta, April 18, 1861.
Moses. Editors : I do not wish to bo invid
ious, there being no necessity for it; but you
will permit me to say that I was not "antiei
pated” in directing the attention of the ladies
of Atlanta to the propriety of calling a meet
ing among themselves for tbe adoption of s
plan to furnish bandages, lint, dc., to our troops
stationed near Fort Fickens, in Florida. Your
correspondent wrote hit suggestions last Sun
day night, after the hour of midnight, and his
communication was intended for your iseue of
the 15lh instant—two days before the appear
ance of anything upon the subject in tho col
umns of the " Intelligencer." “ Honor to
whom, Ac.” Spirit or '76.
a s —' ■ —
Lincoln's Reply to the Virginia Coni-
mittkiif r*.
lion, differs. Preston, Stuart and Pandulph:
Gentlemen : At a committee of tbe Virginia
Convention now in session, you present me a
preamble and resolution in these wotds:
“ Whereas, in the opinion of thisCouvenLon,
the uncertainty which prevails in the public
mind aa to tho policy which the Federal Exe
cutive intends to pursue toward too seceded
State*, is extremely injurious to the industri
al and commercial interests of the country,
(ends to keep up au excitement which is uo
favorable to the adjustment of pending diffi
oultiss, and threatens a disturbance of the
public paoco: Therefore,
“Resolved, That a committee of three dele
gatee be appointed to wail on the President of
the United Ftafas, present to him this pream
ble and resolution, and respectfully sak him
to communicate to this Convention '.he policy
whieh tbs Federal Executive intends to pursue
In regard lo the Confederate Ststst."
Ia answer, I have to say that having, at
To Gaelic Pi nek aey. 2i miles.
To Mount Pleasant (about) ..2j 44
The distance from Charleston city to Fort
Johnson is tw* and a quarter mQe* and to Os-
tie Fenehney one mile. These disSantaa are
moeilf taken from the V. 8. oosol survey, and
he relied upee. *
document, •• the beet expression I can five ef
■y purposes. As I then end therein said, !
new repeat:
The fewer confided to no will he need te
and
and te
bevonfi
“The fewer connate to me wut os uoea
hold, eooopy. and potoeeo the property ai
ptoeie beUngteg to the Geveraiaeet, and
ooUeetthe fintfoe and IwpoMni bnt fcgr*f
OPENING DAY!
MBS. DURAND
R“TO^i L Jte:r, o ;5rh‘ h ;.‘Sjj6
opening i.j for lb. Seuon, .nd oorditilTr
tend, to her patron. >n intitution toraijl
her ity lea without further notice, ipll-#
TpiiHGlTuiNEim
Mrs. J. M. Boring
H AVISO Just returned Horn CAtrinte
where she purchased her present flsHa
Goods, take* pfaasn*e in inviting her Mae
“nd the public to an inspection ol them.
ller stock is quite full, and embraett all
latest styles, which will be ottered at nricM
suit tbe times.
Rooms in Parker's
Whitehall street.
CUTTING & STONE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fonqa^j
Domestic
DRY GOODS.:
C ONNALLY’S Block, Whitehall 9trsot,fiw
doors from Alabama Street. a pH|,
STEWART & MOORE,
siNmnwiDi or
FLOUR AND MEAL.
H AVE oon.tently on band frnh F.mll.t,
Supcrfln. Flour of that o.»„ motel
Corn M«l. For .ale at their D.pot. Dm
•treat, All.nt., Georgia. ihJI.Jb,
r\ e. McDaniel,
WHOLESALE GROCES,
AND COMMISSION MERCHAaNT,
ANl) DKALKR (X
ALL KINDS OF PBODUC*
Hunter Street, between Whitehall aod ftjw,
Atlanta, Geer ft a.
March 26.
MARSHALL H0U.S&r
WM. COOLIDGE,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
M.rch IS.
COX, RILL a CO.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND DIRECT 1MPOKTSRS Of
W I NE8, LIQUORS,
CIGARS, TOBACCO, L0. f
Ptach- Tree Strsst, A Han la, Georgia.
March IS.
G. LAURANT A CO., j
ItO, Bay Street, Savannah, Urt
Auction, Commission Merchants, and Dindh
porters of BVrtffi, Brandirs, Cigars, ^
A DVANCE8 made on Con sign meats si 4
A kinds. Auction Sales on Ta#s4s?i is
Thursdays. March ll-Uk
N.'a.McLen don,
WHOLESALE GROCEI
AND DNALBR IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC U9U0RA
Tobacco, Cigar*, &o.,
—iliO—
• ACON, LARD, CORN A AOUR,
H, Chertkt. BtKk, Ptatk-Tm,
Atlanta, Georgia. J
T HIS attention of clow Caib Buj<r»A
spectfully invited to tha shots**•.«
March 28
MeNAUGHT, BEARD * CO.
Cmmfufmt and P—re.rdf.fi
BAY STRF.ST
Sav.nnnb, •'“VI
Wu. HcNauort, I J *«■ 5 !
Jam* Ormoi>, j mart* |J
Tha Legl.lat.ra of Fterida Wi pawed, and
th. Governor epprertd, aa act dtclariag that
in Ibo team of any aeloal colliaion between
the troop* of the late Federal Unite an* thaae
In the employ ef the Btnte of Florida, or ef the
Confederate Slate*. It ehell he lie duly ef th*
Ooretnor ef the But* te wain pahOe prte a
motion of ih« feel, and thereafter the net ef
helding eSee under Ih* federal doTtamaat
•ball be deehrad traaaoa, and th* pettea ooa-
ytetad *A*G rejbr dntK —VoW* Owrptan.
DANIELL Sc McKNURX Jj
Wholesale Dealers is
I18G1R11S, PBOBVIlil
Dsock- Tree Ntrref*
Atlanta, ®
A FIMK tupply of Corn, Been •»**
way. oa hand.
B. F. BOMAli, Ag«M
SK0CS14 F10USIQN1
2d Door HVil of (he Folio.
Alabama Ntrret
-
K EEI-S oon.tently on hand * B
tion of Froth FAMILY 8UPPU*
have been bought* and will be sol4,«a
!y for Caah, thereby enabling iW"!
ducementa to cash buyers.
In etore—M kegs ohoiceGoebea
20 Barrels choice
8 Hogsbceds choice 8' ^
A complete stock of fine Sugars,
erri, Flour, Csodlee, Tea, and sv
ally found in a first class Grocer/
Afritlfi.
HMery and Debate of th* AW
Convention.
T HE ondereigned propoeee M
Hl.tory end Debete* ol the A*
Convention. In addition to the I
Booh will eoatelo materiel peril I
nal: tbe Report* end Bp«erb«*oiv
Orb fthtt tad te Alabama; and e-
3ttsarjax£~'
Tka look will eeatelaaboetMJI
