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SOI THEK\ ( OM.KINS.
TUE.VTA-FIFTH DAY.
Moxtgomeby, March 4.—Congreas met at noon.
Braver by Rev. Basil Maniy.
The journals of Saturday were read and ap
proved.
T. K. R. Cobb, of (ia.. offered the following :
Revived, That the members of the Alabama
State Convention be invited to seals in thin Hall
during the open sessions of Congress.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Chilton, of Ala.—Mr. President, I have just
received from two young ladies of decided taste
and genius, several models for a flag for these
Confederate htates, and I know the House will
indulge me in a few remarks explanatory of the
patriotic designs of the fair contributors.
are but school girls, sir, yet they have early im
bibed the spirit which animated lue matrons of
the revolution* These models have been pro
duced by them while in the prosecution of their
studies in the art department of the Tuskegee Fe-
I male College, and I submit, s.r, that several of
! them, for originality of design and the artistic ,
skill displayed in their execution, reflect great .
credit upon the Institution of which they are j
members. These young ladies are not singulai
in their devotion to our new Republic. They
hail from the county o! Macon, a people among
whom I have long lived, and where, I feel confi
dent, not a man, woman or child can be found
who would be willing to endanger our liberties ]
by a longer submission to Northern domination, j
A people who have long been preparing—by the
erectional schools and colleges equal to any in
the late Union —for Southern em.m<Ration from
the anticipated thraldom of .->ectioi?sl numerical
majorities anti for .•southern independence. When ,
I say this for the county of Macon, allow me, sir,
to say that that the same love of equal rights—the
same devotion to the cause of independence —the
same unwavering faith that the Confederacy which
you have formed will secure the blessings of well
regulated liberty and transmit them to our latest |
posterity, animates and inspires the hearts ot the j
great mass of the people of our State.
Sir, as the State I have the honor in part to re- !
present has been represented as divided and dis
loyal to our new Government, I this occasion
to say, that it the time shall ever come, as I pray
God*it never may, when our infant liberties must
be baptised in the blood of our people, in the lan
guage of a gallant commander, spoken of the sol
fliers of my native State, Kentucky, “none will re
pair to the post of danger with more alacrity, fight
more bravely, or bleed more freely, than the
brave and patriotic sons of Alabama.”
Our fair artists asnure us that their efforts at
originality were rendered dillicuit by constantly
recurring visions of the “stars and stripes which
floated so proudly over the late United States.”
Sir, you must not understand this expression as I
see some of the papers in the North, and the
speech made a short time since in this body, by
the honorable gentleman from Mississippi, ( Mr.
Brooke,; as containing, in its undertone, a desire
for a reconstruction with the United States Gov
ernment.
Mr. President, no one had a more sincere at
tachment for the Uuiou which our fathers gave us,
or rejoiced more in the triumphs of that banner
whic.i symbolised its glory aud its greatness, than
the humble individual who now address* s you.
No one strove more earnestly to preserve its in
tegrity and allay the sectional agitation which
foreshadowed its destruction. But the sectional
issue was at last forced upon us, and a policy af
firmed ut the ballot box denying us equality, en
dangering our security, aud destructive of the
chief ends for which that Union was formed.
♦Since that period I have had no hope of pre
serving the structnre of Southern society, and of
carrying out the grand scheme of civilization so
deeply imbued in its frame-work, except by the
formation of a Confederacy of States whose people
are homogenious, and whose institutions, inter
ests and pursuits are so closely allied and harmo
niously blended, as to prevent that attrition from
jars aud discordant elements, in the operation of
the Government, as would ultimately destroy it.
That Government, in its primeval structure, has
been formed and is now in full operation—we
have passed the Rubicon—and if there be one in
dividual connected with it in either of its depart
ments, who contemplates a reconstruction with
the United States,—even the finger of rumor lias
not pointed him out: No, sir, I believe this Gov
ernment possesses as many of the elements of
perpetuity as any the sun now shines upon, and
will pass into its permanent organization without
a jar.
This is the day when our Northern brethren in
augurate their President —the grand gala day
which consummates their triumph and enables
them to curry on their government without being
partakers of what they esteem our sin of African
servitude, but which we regard us the God ordain
ed auxiliary to Christianity and civilization. We
hid them God speed, and wish them all the bless
ings they arc capable of enjoying. We are breth
ren, and since we cannot harmoniously live to
getlier let us part in peace. We tender them the
olive branch, and upon them will be thrown the
terrible responsibility of rejecting it, if it be re
jected.
Here is the letter to whicli I have referred ;
TnsKEC.EE, Ala., March I,lBfl.
Sir: —The undersigned pupils in the ait de
partment of the Tuskegee Female College, con
scious of weakness but ardently desirous to do
something for their country, have employed their
pencils to produce various designs for a flag for
the Southern Republic. They have found a
pleasure in trying to mix the patriot’s with the
artist’s flame. You will appreciate the difficulty
of their tusk, when you reflect that amidst ail
their efforts at originality, there have ever danced
before them visions of the star-gemmed flag, with
its parti-colored stripes that floated so proudly
over the late United States.
In the designs submitted we have endeavored
to secure simplicity with an intelligible symbolism
and striking conspicuousness of color.
Let us snatch from the eagle of the cliffs, our
idea of independence, and cull from the earth
diamonds, aud gems from the lieaveus, to deck
the flag of the Southern Confederacy. With cot
ton lor King, there seven States bound by a
chain of sisterly love, that will be strengthened
by time us onward, right onward, they move up
the glorious path of .Southern Independence.
No. I.—The seven seceding States represented
by seven rings, bound together by golden links.
No. 2.—The opposite side of tlie above, u-large
cotton bate.
No. 3.—Field gules, eagle in Or, on a blue shield,
bearing in its beak a scroll, with our representa
tive political ideas.
No. 4.—Au eagle nest, seven eaglets, represent
ing seven seceding States.
No. s.—An eagle perched upon alone rock, in
the midst of a tempestuous ocean, stars in semi
circle, sun rising.
No. t>. —Eagle on a field of blue, diamond shaped,
olive branch iu one claw, arrows in the other,
scales iu Ins beak.
No. 7.—A circle, within it seven diamonds, tan
gent, forming a seven-pointed star, in the centre
a cotton bale.
With our best wishes, respectfully,
Klbloca C. Ferguson,
* Mollie A. D. Sinclair.
I*. S.—We would beg to observe, iu addition,
that should either of the designs meet the ap
proval of the Commiitee, we will cheerlully cor
rect. recombine, or modify them in any desired
manner, as well as engage to produce a seal cor
responding to the Hag. Very respectfullv,
R. 0. F.
M. A. 1). S.
Mr. Chilton said, iu conclusion —1 move to refer
the models and the letter to the Committee on the
Flag and Seal of the Confederacy.
The reference was accordingly made.
Mr. Curry, of Alabama—Mr. President, I have
been requested by three citizens of the State of ‘
Alaoama whose resideuee is in Taladegr county,
to present to you, sir, as the President of the !
Congress of the Confederate of America !
this ink-stand, manufactured by them from Ala
bama marble. As an ink-stand it may inculcate ;
the lesson that while sitting as a Congress we !
should uot rely ou unwritten law or prescription |
to defitte the powers of this Government and the
relations between it and the separate States ; hut
that the delegated powers should be so clearlv ex
pressed as to avoid all dangers of ambiguity in j
their construction aud interpretation.
It seems to me, Mr. President, not altogether
fanciful, that the material out of which this ink- i
stand is constructed, typifies in some degree our ‘
present political condition. Marble is of such
consistency as to yield readily to the delicate
touch of the artist moulding it into a thing of I
beauty, aud yet not so ignobly soft as to cause it
to moulder away before the corroding tooth of
tin 1 ® or tu: dissolved by exposure to the elements. :
Our mvt..i*ient, like it, will yield readily to the
suggestions ot wisdom and patriotism, but will
resist, rock like, the invasion of foreign foes, or
the still more dangerons attacks of treason and
corruption. In our Constitution, true republican
principles, like the constituents of marble, will
cry stall ze into durable form. This marble may
also indicate our strength and indissolubility ; in
its compactness, the value and durability of our
Union ; iu its polish, the prosperity and progress
that spread out so invitingly before us ; in its
marketable value, the inducements to liberalize
and unfetter trade ; iu its present shape, the in
security of free iustitutous without popular in
telligence ; iu its Parian whiteness and purity,
the inseparable couuection betvreeu virtue ami
freedom ; in its origin, our dependence on a corn
roou Creator, for whose glory all things exist.
It may not be deemed improper, in this connec
tion, to state that while Alabama is the first c>t
ton-producing country iu the world, agriculture is
not her sole reliance. Immense water-power
abounds, which can be cheaply and profitably ap
plied to machinery* No equal area of the earth s
surface probably combines a greater variety and
extent ot valuable minerals than that portion of
this State lying between the Tennessee river and
a hue of latitude drawn thirty miles north of this
city. Besides, slate, sand-stone, soap-stone, dag
stones, porcelain-clay, granite, gold, copper, lead,
manganese and tripoh; there is iron-ore inex
haustible in quantity, equal, it not superior, to
any iu North America. Bituminous coal of the
richest formation, cropping out on the surface em
bowelled iu the earth, covers an area of hundreds of
square miles. Limestone ; sufficient for the world's
wants, exists in various localities and Alabama lime
is displacing the Northern, aud furnishing a lucra
i tire trade. Marble, white, black and variegated,
; invites the touch of genius and enterprise to
i spring forth into imperishable statues or architec
j taral deceratious of the rarest beauty. Rather
; may it ever be applied to purposes of peace and
science than furnish monuments for war and ty-
ranny. . , . •
I am honored-in being the medium ot present
tin* this offering of patriotism, lam rejoiced
that to vou, personally, to whom an emancipated
Sonth Is so much indebted, 1 am privileged to
bear this token of confidence and esteem.
The President—l would request the gentleman
from Alabama Mr. Curry) to return to the donors
his thanks for this consideration of him in his
official position. , , . ,
Mr. T. R. R. Cobb, of Georgia, offered the fol-
Resolved, That the mints at Xew Orleans and
Dshlonega shall be continued, and the proper ar
rangements be made as soon as possible to pro
cure suitable dies for be coin of the Confederate
States of America.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury
be requested to estimate and report to Congress
the lowect amount of appropriation necessary to
carry out the above resolution.
Mr. Cobb said that he desired that the resolu
• tions be read a second time and put upon its pas-
I sage.
Mr. Perkins—l think, Mr. President, that it
would be the better policy for those resolutions
to be reported to the Committee on Finance. I
am saitsitied there is some information which
should be presented to this body before action is
taken, which information can onlv emanate from
the Finance Committee. I move’, then, that the
reference be made to that committee.
Mr T R. K Cobh—l bare no objection. Mr.
President, to the reference to ihe Committee on
Finance, if the geu lien tan insists upon it. But as
there is abut a single idea m those resolutions,
i viz : that the mints at those places should be con
| unued, 1 can see no reason why action should not
be had on them now. lam aware that there is a
suspicion in the minds of some of the people of
Ga. that the Dahlonega mint is to be discontinued,
: : and I wish for the benefit of the citizens of New
Orleans and Jlahionega, and especially on account
of the depositors of money in those mints, that
the question should be put to rest at the earliest
peri and. I will here take occasion to say, that the
mint at Dahlonega may be contined at much less
expense than when it belonged to the Govern
ment of the United States, and I suppose the Sec- ;
retary of the Treasury would be the best officer to j
decide upon the proper appropriation to continue j
it in existence, consequently one of the resolu- ,
tions refers that question to him. I have, how
ever, no objection to their taking the course sug- j
gested by the geutleman from Louisiana, if he j
still persists in iis motion. My desire was to set- i
tie tnis morning the question of the continuance |
of those mints.
Mr. Perkins, insisting on his motion, the reso
lution - were referred to the Finance Committee.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia—l hold in mv baud, Mr.
President, a very carefully prepared description
of a proper flag for the Confederacy. It may be
too late to present it. I think, sir, the remarks
contained in this communication, written by a
lady of the highest taste and intelligence, should
receive proper intention. The design of the flag
U different from any yet presented. I will not
detain the time, of Congress with remarks upon it.
1 will simply give one of the features in the pro
oos fl flag, it preserves the stars and stripes, aud
yet provides that*when their number shall be in
creased, to any extent, the arrangement shall be e
q ially beautiful with the one containing seven stars
She gives the six States which first went |
out of the Union, in valiant defiance, and
threw themselves into the breach, a distinct
and conspicuous position. I will not read
the communication from this lady, but I will
remark that she resides in Darien, Georgia.
She seems to have a regard for the fifteen slave
holding States—a greater regard for the six
which first seceded—and a very especial con
consideration for that State which took the lead
—the one represented by the members from South
Carolina. I move the reference of the communi
cation to the Committee on the flag aud seal.
Congress then went into secret session.
TWENTY-SIXTH DAY.
Montgomery, Ala., March 4, 1861.
Congress met to-day at noon, and .prayer was
offered by the Rev*. Mr. Mitchell.
Minutes of yesterday read and confirmed.
The President presented a communication on
the subject of patents, which was appropriately
referred.
Mr. Nisbet, of Ga.— I have a letter, Mr. Presi
dent, in reference to postal affairs, which I desire
to have referred to the postal committee.
It was accordingly referred.
Mr. Nisbet also presented a communication
from the President of the Macon A Western Rail
road, .n relation to the transit of goods through
the State of Georgia to Tennessee. It was refer
red, without reading, to the commercial com
mittee.
Mr. Ochiltree, of Texas, handed in a communi
cat ion, which, without reading, was appropriately
referred.
Mr. Wall, of Texas, presented a communica
tion from the Hon. John Hemphill, which, with
out reading, was referred to the commercial com
mittee.
Mr. Miles, ot S. C.—ln consequence of having
omitted to attend to the matter yesterday, I beg
leave to submit the following ;
The committee appointed to select a proper Flag
for the Confederate States of America, beg leave
to report—
That they have given the subject due considera
tion, and carefully inspected all the designs and
models submitted to them. The number of these
has been immense, but they all may be divided
into two great classes : First, those which copy
and preserve the principal features of the United
States flag, with slight and unimportant modifica
tions. Second, those which are very elaborately
complicated or fantastical The objection to the
first class is, that none of them, at any considera
ble distance, could readily be distinguished from
the one which they imitate. Whatever attach
ment may be felt, from association, for the “stars
and stripes,” (an attachment which your commit
tee may be permitted to say they do not all share)
it is manifest that in inaugurating a new* go
vernment, we cannot retain the fiag of the
government from which we have just with
drawn, with any propriety, or even without
encountering very obvious practical difficulties.
There is no propriety in retaining the ensign of
a Government whujh, in the opinion of the States
composing this Confederacy, had become so op
pressive and injurious to their interests us to re
quire their separation from it. It is idle to talk
of “keeping” the flag of the United States, when
we have voluntarily seceded from them. It is su
perfluous to dwell upou the practical difficulties
which would flow* from the fuct of two distinct and
probably hostile Governments, both employing
the same or very similar flags. It would be a po
litical and military solecism. It would produce
endless confusion aud mistakes. It would lead to
perpetual disputes. As to the “glories of the old
flag, ‘ we must bear in mind that the battles of the
Revolution, about which our fondest and proudest
memories cluster, were not fought beneath its
folds. And although in more recent times—in
the war of 1812, and in the w r ar with Mexico—the
♦South did win her lair share of glory, and shed
her full measure of blood under its guidance and
in its defence, we think the impartial page of his
tory will preserve and commemorate the Tact more
imperishable than a mere piece of striped bunt
ing. When the colonies achieved their mdepend
dnee ot the “mother country,” (which up to the
last they fondly called her,) they did not desire to
retain the British flag, or anything at all similar
to it. Yet under that flag they had been planted,
and nurtured, and fostered. Under that flag they
had fought in their infancy for their very exist
ence against more than one determined foe. Un
der it they had repelled and driven back the re
leutless savage, and carried it further and further
into the decreasing w ilderness as the standard of
civilization and religion. Under it the youth'ul
Washington won his spurs, in the memorable and
unfortunate expedition of Braddock, and Ameri
cans helped to plant, it on the heights of Abraham,
where the immortal Wolfe fell covered with glory
in the arms of victory.
But our forefathers when they separated them
selves from Great Britain—a separation not ac
count of their hatred of the English Constitution
or of English institutions, but iu consequence of
the tyranical and unconstitutional rule of Lord
North’s administration and because their destiny
beckoned them on to independent expansion aud
achievement—cast no lingering, regretful looks
benind. They were proud of their race and line
age, proud of their heritage in the glories and
genius, and language of old England, but they
were influenced by the spirit of the motto of the
great Hampden, “vestigia nulla retrorsum .” They
were determined to build up anew power among
the nations of the world. They, therefore, did
not attempt “to keep the old flag.” We think it
good to imitate tjiem in this comparatively little
matter, as well as to emulate them in greater and
more important ones.
The committee in examining the representa
tions of the flags of all countries, found that Li
beria and the Sandwich Islands had flags so simi
lar to that ol the United States, that it seemed to
them an additional, it not iu itself a conclusive
reason, why we should not “keep,” copy, or imi
tate it. They felt no inclination to borrow, at
second hand, what had been preferred and ap
propriated by a free negro community and a race
of savages. It must be admitted, however, that
something was conceded by the Committee to
what seemed so strong and earnest a desire to
retain at a suggestion of the old “stars and
stripes. So much for the mass of models .nd de
signs, more or less copied from, or assimilated to
the United States flag.
With reference to the second class of designs—
those of an elaborate and complicated character—
i but many of them showing considerable artistic
skill and taste) —the Committee will merely re
mark, that however pretty they may be, when
made up by the cunning skill of a fair lady’s fing
ers, in silk, satin and embroidery, they are uot
appropriate as flags. A flag should be simple,
readily made, and, above all, capable ot being
made up in bunting. It should be different from
the flag of any other country, place or people.
It should be significant. It should be readily
distinguishable at a distance. The colors should
be well contrasted aud durable, and, lastly, and
not the least important point, it should be effective
aud liaudsome.
The Committee humbly think that the flag
which they submit combines these requisites. It
is very easy to make. It is entirely different from
any national flag. The three colors of which it is
composed, red, white and blue, are the true repub
| lican colors. In heraldry they are emblematic ot
the three great virtues, of valor, purity and truth. (
Naval men assure us that it can be recognized and
distinguished at a great distance. The colors con
trast admirably and are lasting. Iu efl'ect and ■
appearance it must speak for itself.
‘Tour Committee therefore, recommend that the j
flag of the Confederate States of America shall :
consist of a red field with a white space extend
ing. horizontally, through the centre, and equal
in width to one-th-rd the whole of the flag.
rod spaces, above and below, to be of the same
width as the white. The uniou blue extending
down through the white space and stopping at the
lower red space. In the centre of the union a
circle of white stars, corresponding in number
with the States iu the Confederacy. If adopted,
long may it wave over a brave, a free and a vir
tuous people. May the career of the Confederacy,
whose duty it will then be to support and defend
it, be such as to endear it to our children's child
ren, as the flag of a loved, because a just and be
uign government; and the cherished symbol of
its valor, purity aud truth.
Respectfully submitted.
Wm. Porcher Miles, Ch’n.
Mr. Withers, of S. C.—l move that the whole of
the report, from the Committee on the Flag, be
entered upon the journals as having been present
ed on vesterdav.
It was so ordered.
Mr. Brooke, of Miss.—l wish just here, Mr.
President, to ask permission of this house to
make somewhat of a personal explanation. I
was pained on yesterday to learn from a reference
which the distinguished gentleman from Ala
bama. Mr. Chilton, was pleased to make to the
remarks which I had the honor of submitting
some week since on a flag for this Confederacy,
that those remarks had been understood in cer
tain quarters as indicating in an undortone a de
sire far the reconstruction of this government on
my part here or in the Siate which I have the
houor in part to represent on this floor. I repu
diate any such sentiments. What, sir, an humble
individual, like myself, may think or say, may be
come a matter of some importance, and worthy of
some consideration. I had the honor to belong
to what was galled the co operation party in
Mississippi—a party large and respectable in
number and intelligence— out, sir, l can say with
truth and confidence, that the only important dif
ference between that party aud the one which tri
uinphrd In the election, was the question of time
1 and the mode of resistance. These men have
long since given up all hope of receiving satisfac
tion irom the general government, and the entire
people ot Mississippi stand to-day. uptfn the
same platform. I am authorised’ I think, to j
speak their sentiments on this floor, from the in
lormation lam daily receiving. I do not believe
that there :s a man in Mississippi wh# desires a
a reconstruction of this government, or who will !
not fully endorse the sentiments uttered by you, ;
Mr. President, tbat the separation is perfect’, com- I
plete and perpetual, and the sentiments
of our distinguished President of the Confederate !
States, when he declared that “a reconstruction
is neither practicable nor desirable.” I have no
doubt, sir, that the flag which so gracefully waved
over this on yesterday is'fnow floating
from many a hillock and house top in my native
State, And while, sir, the tears rftay glisten in
the eves of many who witness the diminshed
number of its stars and strif>es, yet sir, they are
tear* of “memories past to be succeeded by the
smiles of a brighter and better future. However
mv former associates may have regarded the old
government—whatever lingering feelings of re
gard and affection they may have or mav have
had for it, I oelieve now, sir, with myself they
will say, as Othello—
“Thus aL my fond love do I blow to heaven—
Mr. Curry, of Alabama, reported a bill from the
Committee on Commercial Affairs, which was
only read by the title as follows : **A bill to es
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 13. 1861.
tablish and organize a Light House Bureau, aud
then placed upon the calendar.
Mr. Shorter, of Alabama, reported as only en
i rolled, “An act to repeal so much of the laws of
the Confederate States of America as prohibits the
introduction of liquors, except in cask or vessels
: of or above certain named capacity, and for other
, purposes.” ,
Mr. DeClouet, of La., in behalf of the Commit
tee on Commercial Affairs, stated that that Com
mittee had had under consideration the memorial
of citizens and merchants of Montgomery, praying
I this ‘Congress to constitute this city a port of
! entry and delivery, and reported adverse to said
memorial, and asked to be discharged from its
further consideration.
Mr. Shorter, of Ala., said that inasmuch as his
colleague, who presented that memorial, was ne
cessarily absent this morning, he would request
that the* report of the Commercial Committee be
laid on the table for the present. It was so or
dered. . .
Mr. DeClouet, of La., reported a bill providing
for the registration of vessels owned wholly or in
part by citizens of the Confederate States. The
Dill was read three times and passed, and is as
follows:
AN ACT
To provide for the registration of vessels owned
in whole or in part by the citizens of the Con
federate States.
The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer
ica do enact, That all vessels, wherever built,
one-fourth or more of which shall be owned by a
citizen or citizens of the Confederate States, and
commanded by any citizen thereof, shall be regis
tered as a vessel of the Confederacy, at the Cus
tom Houses thereof. Provided, That a majority
in interest of the owners shall consent to such
registration, and such vessel be not registered
elsew’here.
The Congress then went into secret session.
A RESOLUTION ia relation to Patents.
Resolved By the Congress of the Confederate
States of America, That all persons, being citi
zens of the Confederate States, who may wish to
procura Patents or file caveats for inventions and
useful discoveries and improvements, may tile in
the office of the Attorney General a specification
of such invention, discovery or improvement, to
gether with such descriptive drawings as may be
necessary; aud such specification, when so tiled t
shall act as a caveat to protect the rights of snch
persons, until regular application can be made ac
cording to law; and this resolution shall apply to
all Patents heretofore granted by the U. States to
citizens of this Confederacy, and to caveats here
tofore filed by snch citizenss in the Patent Office
of the United States on such Patents and copies
of such caveats being deposited, as aforesaid, in
the office of the Attorney-General. Provided,
that such applicants shall pay such fees as may
hereafter be required by law establishing a Patent
Office on application for Patents and filing of
caveats.
Approved, March 4, 1861.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAT.
Montgomery, Ala., March 6.— Congress met to
day at 10 A. M. Prayer was offered by the Rev.
Dr. Ralls.
The journals of Tuesday were read and con
firmed.
Mr. Curry, of Alabama, offered the following:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the expediency of
prohibiting the importation of slaves into the
Confederate States from the United States, except
by persons emigrating thereto for the purposes
oF settlement or residence.
The resolution was adopted.
The President then stated that the first business
on the calendar was the bill organizing a Light
House Bureau. The bill was read by sections,
slightly amended by Mr. Curry, and passed as fol
lows :
AN ACT,
To Establish and Organize a Bureau in connection
with the Department ot the Treasury, to be
known as the Light Honse Bureau.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States do enact, That there shall be established
in connection with the Department of the Treasu
ry a Bureau, to be known as the Light House Bu
reau. The chief officer of such Bureau shall be a
Captain or Commander of the Navy, detailed for
this service by order of the President of the Con
federate States, who shall receive as his compen
sation the same pay allowed to officers of the
same runk in the Navy. There shall be unpointed
also a chief clerk, with a salary of tweln* hun
dred dollars, and an accounting clerk with a sala
ry of one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. All light houses, light vessels, buoys,
and other aids to navigations, all the officers con
uected therewith, and all matters connected with
the construction, repair, illumination, inspection
aud government thereof, and all duties appertain
ing to the administration of light house affairs,
shall be under the direction aud control of the
Light House Bureau hereby established, subject
at all times to the superintendence of the Secre
tary of the Treasury.
Sec. 3. The chief of the bureau shall, as soon as
possible, divide the sea coasts of the Confederate
States into districts not exceeding five in number
as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem expe
dient, and over each of these districts the Pre
sident shall appoint an Inspector, to be selected
from the lieutenants in the navy, who shall dis
charge all the duties of inspection, survey or
otherwise which may be required of him by the
chief of the bureau. For these services the In
spectors shall receive only their regular pay in
the Navy.
Sec. 4. The President of the Confederate States
may, from time to time at the request of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, detail one or more of the
officers of the Engineer Corps of the Army, to be
employed under the direction of the Light House
Bureau, in superintending the construction or re
pair of light houses or other necessary structures
in connection with the light house <-stablish nent,
or other similar duty assigned iy the Light
House Bureau, in connection therewith.
Sec. 5. The chief of the bureau shall at least
once every year make a full report to the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, giving a full statement of the
operations of the Light House Establishment. He
shall also, from time to time, give such informa
tion to the Secretary of the Treasury, as he may
require in reference to his Bureau.
Sec. 6. All laws and parts of laws contravening
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Mr. Curry usked leave to withdraw the memo
rial presented a tew days ago by the citizens of
Montgomery, in relation to making this city a
port of entry. He said his object was to have
the memorial presented to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Leave was granted and the memorial with
drawn.
Mr. Miles, of S. C., presented a memorial from
the Swedish Iron Manufacturing Company of S.
C., which, without reading, was referred to the
Committee on Military Aftairs.
Congress then went into secret session.
During the secret session, the Hon. John H.
Reagan, of Texas, was confirmed as Postmaster
General, iu place of Mr. Ellett, of Miss., who de
clined.
Edward C. Elmore, Esq., was confirmed as
Treasurer in the Treasury Department.
TWENTY-EIGHTH DAT.
Montgomery, Ala., March 7. —Congress met to
day at 10 A. M. After prayer, the journals of
yesterday were read and confirmed.
Mr. Claytwn, of Miss., from the Judiciary Com
mittee reported the following bill to define the
jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in certain cases,
which was read twice a aud placed on the calan
der.
The Congress cf the Confederate States, do
enact, That in the event of a conflict of arms be
tween the Confederates States and the United
States or of refusal on the part of the authorities
of the United States to recognize the indepen
dence of the Confederate States, or to receive the
Commissioners sent by the latter, to treat with
the former in relation to the several matters of
the controversy existing between them, the Con
gress of the Confederate States shall not take
cognizance of any civil case in which the plaintiff
is or may be, either the said United States or
either one of them, or any citizen or citizens
thereof, or assignee or assignees, or endorser or
endorsee, or any such person.
Sec. 2. All pending cases in which the plaintiff
shall be in either of the classes aforesaid, shall,
upon the happening of either of the contingencies
aforesaid, be dismissed on motion, andall process
mesne or final which shall have been issued at
the suit of such plaintiff shall be arrested and de
clared inoperative.
Mr. T. K. R. Cobb, of Ga., offered the following
resolution in relation to international copy rights,
which was adopted :
Whereas, Great Britain, France, Prussia, Sax
ony and other European powers have passed laws
to secure to authors of other States the benefits
and privileges of their copy right laws, upon con
dition of similar privileges being granted by the
laws of such States to authors the subjects of the
powers aforesaid, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Congress of the Confede
rate States, That the President be, and he is here
by authorised to instruct the Commissioners ap
pointed by him to visit the European powers, to
enter into treaty obligations for the extension of
international copy right privileges to all authors,
the citizens and subjects of the powers aforesaid.
As no other business was offered, the President,
under the rule, declared that Congress will go
into secret session.
Congress to-day confirmed the nomination of
4 Col. Braxton of Louisiana, as Brigadier
‘General, and Col. W m. J. Hardee, of Georgia, as
Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Infantry of the
Army of the Confederate States.
T 1 e following resolution was also adopted :
Resolved, That all models or designs for a flag
| of the Confederate States which have been refer
red to the Committee on the Flag, be placed in
; the custody of the Clerk of Congress, who shall
! return them to the several authors or contribu
! tors, at their own expense, whenever they shall
! apply for the same.
The Congress and Gov. Brown. —The corres
pondent of the Mobile Register writes from Mont
gomery, Feb. 25th : “ The course of Gov. Brown,
in his second seizure of vessels, is deprecated
here. It is considered disrespectful to the Fede
ral Government, and calculated to embarrass its
action. Separate State action, it is said, was a
very good thing, so long as the Suites were sepa
rate : among confederate States there must be no
other than confederate action. Gov. Brown for
got the distinction ; and, I suppose, if one could
have listened to the proceedings of the secret
session of Saturday and to-day, one would have
heard the spunky Governor pretty roughly
handled.”
Rcmored Veto. —The Charleston Mercury has
a report to the effect that President Davis has ve
toed the bill recently passed by Congress for the
suppression of the slave trade. We kave no doubt
the rumor is wholly without foundation, though
the Mercury seems to credit it. —Savannah
pvblican.
RrMORS.— We have it directly from a member
of the Southern Congress, that despatches came
to hand late yesterday afternoon, from our Com
missioners to the United States Government, in
forming President Davis of their rejection by the
Lincoln administration.
President Davis sent sealed dispatches to Fort
Pickens vesterdav, and we have the best reasons
for saving that he regards war ascertain.—Atlan
\ ta Confederacy , 7th.
Amenities of War.— The following incident of
the late capitulation of the Federal forces in Tex
as is recorded in the Alamo Express :
A large concourse of citizens had collected to
bid the troops of war good-bye, and when the two
companies, under the command of Major Smith
and Capt. King, marched out with colors flying
and band plaving the national airs, aud the old
bullet-riddled’ and war-stained banner of the Sth
regiment floating in the breeze, there was a most
profound sensation among the people—strong
men wept. We have never seen so much feeling
evinced on anv occasion. The people cheered the
troops ail along the streets, and many followed
them to the head of the San Pedro, where they
encamped.
F. S. Furguson, Jof Tuskegee, has received the
appointment of 2d Lieutenant of the Artillery, in
4 the Army of the Confederate States.
Excitement in Savauuali.
( During nearly the whole of the forenoon of yes
terday an excited crowd of several hundred were
collected on the Bay, in front of the Exchauge,
for the purpose, it is said, of rescuing the uegro
1 Paul, charged with the murder of ‘Brady, from
the officers of the law. [lt appears that TPatrick
Brady was killed by the negro, Paul, the property
•f Edward C. Anderson, on Saturday night last, at
! his own door, and in the presence of his wife.—
Brady supposed the boy to be a runaway, and, on
. attempting to arrest him, was killed in the sucffie.J
It was supposed he was in the Police-office, but it
appears he was confined in the jail, and two ne
groes, a man and woman, were under examination
ou a charge of harboring the principal offender.—
Our Mayor, seeing the danger of a collison,
promptly ordered a company of military (the
Oglethorpes) and a large detachment from the
police, to the spot. These formed in front of the !
Exchange, when the two negroes were brought |
out, and, thus formidably guarded, marched to the
Jail, where they were securely locked up. The j
excited multitude having threatened to storm the !
Jail for the purpose ot rescuing Paul and burning j
him, the Republican Blues were also called out, I
and were stationed iu front building, where j
they remained during the day and night. Up to I
the hour we write, no attempt had ‘been made to !
execute the threat, and should it be done, it will j
be attended with no inconsiderable amount of
blood-sbed.
The promptness and vigor displayed by our au
thorities in this case, are most commendable.—
They prove that day-light mobs, at least, cannot
succeed in their purposes in Savannah, and that
even the black man is secured in the rights gua
rantied to him by the laws of land.
We trust the men engaged in this lawless trans
action will see the impropriety and folly? of their
course, and abandon it at once. If accounts be
true, there can be no doubt that a flagrant murder
has been committed, one well calculated to excite
a spirit of vengeance against the offender. But
the lau\ and not they, is the proper avenger and
guardian of the peace of society, andtheman who
tramples the law under foot aud sets himself
above it, breaks down the best safeguard of so
ciety, and is an enemy to its peace. If the ac
cused, in the case before us, be guilty, he should,
and no doubt will, be visited with the penalty of
death ; but the law says be shall have u fair trial
before the tribunal constituted for that purpose,
aud no man has a right to say*that he shall not
have it. In this country, the people make the
laws. What shall we come to should that same
people claim and exercise the right to set the
laws at defiance whenever fancy or passion may
move them to the act? Above all, is the laboring
man most interested in pres°rving the law invio
late, for it is that alone which secures him against
oppression, and makes him the equal of his proud
and wealthy neighbor.
We speak plainly, but in all kindness, and we
trust those who are implicated in this affair will
take these considerations to heart, and not allow
themselves to do wrong under the impulses of the
moment, however strong the provocation.
Tlie Seizure of U. H, Property in Texas
—Collision Feared.
An expedition of 200 Texas troops, under Gen.
Nichols, went to Brazos Santiago Island, on the
Rio Grande, on the 21st ult., on the steamer Ari
zona, to seize the Government works there. They
were held by Lieut. Thompson, with 18 men, who
surrendered. The News says :
The volunteers immediately landed, marched up
and drew up in line. Lieut. Thompson received
the new comers courteously. The United States
flag was saluted by the latter with the battery
found in position. As the last gun was fired, the
United States flag w*as hauled down, amid deep
silence, Lieut. Thompson being evidently much
moved, lie simply bade the officers farewell, and
at once left the Island with his men. The Lone
Star flag arose as rapidly to the flag staff’s sum
mit, ana was greeted with cheer after cheer by the
battalion, until the close of the Texas national
salute of 22 guns. The troops took possession of
the roomy barracks, and then went to work dis
charging their stores, bagging, equipage, Ac.,
from the Rusk.
On Friday, the battalion went to work with a
will to place the park of artillery, carriages, shot,
Ac., on the steamer and the sloop. A battery of
field artillery had been removed, bv Capt. Hill’s
orders, a few days before. The battalion arrived
just in time to prevent other orders he had given
being carried out, to destroy the gun carriages,
munitions, and other artillery stores and equi
page, which abouuded ut Brazos Santiago. A
party of fifty men were on their way from Fort
Brown to carry out this project, when met by
Lieut. Thompson and his party on their way to
Fort Brown.
Gen. Nichols then went up the river, 28 miles,
with one or two of his officers, to summon the
Ringgold Barracks to surrender. They were held
by Capt. Hill, with 200 U. S. troops, who refused
to surrender. The News says ;
Capt. Hill received Gen. Nichols, as Commis
sioner on the part of the State, most uncourteous
ly—denouncing him and his men as “ traitors j”
threatening to have him arrested as one ; further
avowing his intention to have the General arrest
ed by a civil officer; saying he would send for the
200 men at Ringgold Barracks (at Rio Grande
City) and march down and take back the island
and the Federal property. Gen. Nichols was
calm but firm throughout the interview.
One of the officers ot the Texas expedition
writes :
We know nothing yet of what has occurred at
San Antonio between Gen. Twiggs and the State
forces; but the officers at Fort Brown—those who
are chatty—say that Capt. Hill will not obey
any order that Gen. Twiggs might send him to
turn the fort over to us and evacuate the country.
We will await reinforcements here. If we are at
tacked, the tight will be desperate. Our men are
ready for it, and their minds are made up to resist
to the last. The command is in excellent condi
tion as to health and discipline. The Mexicans
on the other side look on eagerly. Their men of
property are with us.
General Nichols returned to Galveston on the
steamer on the 27th ult., for reiuforcemeuts. The
Civilian says:
It is expected that the Rusk will leave Galves
ton to-nignt, with a company from this city, one
from Houston, one from Liberty, and one from
Fort Bend county. With these reinforcements, it
is thought the demands of Texas may be enforced,
even without the arrival of volunteers from other
counties, should the order of the United States
Commander of this military department be disre
garded by Capt. Hill. It is siucerelv hoped that
the first bloodshed will not occur in ‘Texas.
The Policy of the Western Powers To
wards the Southern Confederacy.
Will the revelation of the dangers which would
accrue to Europe from a break up on the other
9ide of the ocean be powerful enough to modify
the too hastily and generally expressed impres
sion in favor of the Northern States? Without
much hoping it, we sincerely desire it; for the
public opinion of Europe could, by pronouncing
itself in time, arrest a catastrophe which most
seriously compromises its commercial interests.
It is scarcely a year since the Emperor, with
the boldness which springs from profound con
viction, inaugurated anew commercial policy, by
adopting an economical system, destined to give
agriculture and trade an impulse which would
place France in the front rank among the com
mercial nations and develop her maritime rela
tions in all quarters of the world.
These ideas naturally lead us to examine wheth
er European predications and interests are not ou
the wrong track in abandoning themselves unre
servedly to the doctrines of the Northern States.
The Northern section cannot change its com
mercial instincts; they are a consequence of its
very nature. It will be after as well as before the
dissolution of the Union, in the future as it has
been in the past, a country adapted exclusively to
the raising of grain, with a commercial and man
ufacturing population. In other words, the North
does now, and will henceforth more and more,
compete with European industry, for already in
default ot the monopoly of manufactured products
towards which she is tendiug, she becomes of ne
cessity an intermediary between European manu
facture and the Southern consumers.
The South, on the contrary, produces two great
staples which are, to Europe, objects of the liigh
est necessity—cotton and tobacco. She is a pro
ducer of necessaries and a consumer of manufac
tured productions. lias it ever been seriously
contemplated the commotion which the failure of
a single cotton crop—which supports so many
branches of trade, aud, directly or indirectly, af
fords employment to more than ten millions of
hands—would produce?
In regard to tobacco, without mentioning the
deficit in the State budget which would result
from its annihilation, could our populations so
easily forego a product which more, perhaps, than
sugar, coffee and cotton, constitutes for them an
imperious necessity. There is no need to dis
guise it, the deprivation of those two staples, would
assume amongst us the character of a public ca
lamity.
Neither must it be forgotton that it is those two
staples which pay, almost entirely, 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 hav
ing, like the North, rival interests with Europe,
has, on the contrary, the same or rather co-rela
tive interests. Confined, in short, to the exten
sive cultivation of those articles which Europe
cannot do without, the South has been compelled,
up to the present, in spite of constant protests,*to
pay an enormous tribute to the North, in the
shape of Custom House duties, for no other rea
son than to protect Northern manufacturing in
terests without any advantage to herself—at least,
unless we choose to consider it an advantage for
i the South to aid against her will a Government
, which does not fear to proclaim openly its senti
i ments of hostility and aversion. Mr. Lincoln has
declared tbat the time for compromise has passed.
If, returning to sentiments worthier a great na
tion, the North permits the new Confederation to
be mistress of the plenitude of her rights, then
the picture changes at once. Commercial liberty
becomes the fundamental law of the Southern
Republic; her ports will be free to the commerce
of Europe, whose merchants marine will be quite
naturally substituted for that of the North.
It snftices to call the attention of publicists to
these facts, in order that they may endeavor to
moderate, in Europe, the too ardent desire of
changing suddenly the position of one particular
class of the human family.
Let us not be deceived ; the South exhibits so
much rashness and audacity only from the belief
taught it by the European press, that the inhabit
ants of the South, too weak in numbers to resist
its attacks, will not find on this side of the Atlan
tic a single generous sentiment, much less a moral
support. Will philanthropy so far blind Europe
an commerce as to make it forgetful of its own in
terest*# We do not think so, aDd already England,
profoundly moved, awakes at length to the reality;
she begins to measure the whole extent of the dis
aster which menaces her manufactures ; she no
longer disputes the fact, in spite of her Abolition
tendencies, that her commercial interests depend
in a great measure on the prosperity of the South,
whimi Europe has a deep interest in seeing pre-
served, at least temporarilv, her institutions, now
attacked with so much vehemence.
The question is a plain one ; we have said that
the South, far from being the aggressor, as it
seems to be generally supposed, was the victim of
Northern pretensions. Those recent words of the
Emperor also find an echo in the bottom of our
hearts—“ France has no desire to meddle in any
way where her interests are not at stake ; in fine,
if she has sympathies for what is great and noble,
she does not hesitate to condemn everything that
violates justice and the rights of nations.” Public
opinion will appreciate them on both sides of the
Atlantic, and will find for the great interests at
stake in the American crisis, a solution which
may be satisfactory to all—namely, an amicable
separation, without conflict and without war, in
stead of a secession by violence or a UnioD by
force.— Translated, frrsm Lr, Pay* of Paris % Itbrua
ry 13, for tk* New York Htrald.
Plating a Practical Joke on a Legislature.
—A Madison ( Wisconsin; paper relates that some
wag entered the Assembly chamber the other
morning and set the clock ahead about fort? min
utes. It was the intention to bold a session of
about one hour, but as the memberg entered they
glanced at the clock, and instead of taking their
seats broke for the depot, leaving the Assembly
iu a short time without a quorum.
Brigadier-General Beauregards
A gentleman who served with distinguished
honor as a commissioned officer of high rank in
the Palmetto Regiment, has called our attention
I to Clairborne’s graphic and spirited account ot the
attack upoi\ the City of Mexico. Our object in
! re-producing this narrative of that glorious battle
will be perceived by our readers.
The biographer of Gen. Quitman tells us that
! Gen. Scott, in the council of w’ar held on the eve
j of the engagement, desired his officers to express
! their opinion as to the best point of attack on the
j Capital. After they bad done so, the General-in
i Chief, the writer goes on to say, “ then called on !
| Lieutenant Beauregard, whose conduct at Vera j
| Cruz, Cerro Gordo and Contreras, had strongly ;
attracted his attention. That young officer ob- j
served that, inasmuch as he differed in toto with !
his brother engineers, he f elt great diffidence in;
expressing his views; that ever since the night |
of the 7th he had been reconnoitering the South- j
eru front of the city ; that he hud seen its de- j
fences hourly increasing in profile, development, ;
and armament ; that, in his opinion, the garita j
scan Antonio was now stronger than Chnru
busco. The approach was open to the view
aud to the guns of the enemy, cut up with
deep ditches and almost entirely under water ;
that, moreover, there was no possibility of attack
ing there by the flank or rear—our most success
ful tactic with the Mexicans. Santa Anna ex-,
pected an attack in that quarter, aud bad made
his preparations to receive us, and it is a maxim in
war “ never to do what your enemy expects or
wants you to do.” That all militury authorities
agreed that the best way to attack a large city,
not sufficiently armed and garrisoned, is simply
to make the strongest demonstration practicable
at one of its points, and then by a rapid move
ment during the night, to attack suddenly about
daybreak some other point more or less remote,
at the same time keeping up a similated one at
the point where the first demonstration had been
made ; that, as the General-in-Chief had stated,
by so doing we would have the advantage of
making the real attack on that part of the city
which offered the greatest facilities for the con
struction of batteries (it required) and the move
ment of troops ; aud that, by first seizing Chapul
tepec, we secured a pivot to*move upoi any part
ot the circumference of the city, even though
eventually we might find ourselvos compelled to
attack those same Southern gates.
“Gen. Scott having asked if any other officer
present had any opinion to submit, Gen. Pierce
said, attyr what he had just listened to, he asked
permission to change his opinion. He was now
in favor of the attack by Chapultepec. The Gen
eral-iu-Chiet then, rising to the full majesty of his
stature, said : ‘We shall attack by the YVestern
gates; the general officers will remain for orders;
the meeting is dissolved.”
The writer adds the following note ‘
“A fortnight afterward, when our army was
within the city, while Gen. Scott was riding with
Generals Twiggs and Smith on the San Como
road, meeting Lieut. Beauregard with Col. Hitch
cock and Mr. Trist, he said in a tone of feigned
severity : ‘N oung man, I wish to reprimand you,
and I wish the whole army was present; but these
generals represent it. Why did you advise me to
attack by the Western gates? You now see the
consequences ! We have taken this great city and
the halls of Montezuma, after a few hours’ hard
fighting, and with only a loss of 800 men. Be
careful in future, sir, of such bad udvice to your
seniors.’ ” —Charleston Courier.
Tn Cabinet. —Elsewhere in this paper, says
the Columbus Enquirer, may be found the appoint
ments of President Davis completing his Cabinet.
It is objectionable on the score of its exclusive
party character. Every member of the Cabinet,
we believe, was a Breckenridge Democrat and an
original secessionist. The Bell and Douglas men
have been entirely excluded from a share in the
administration of the new government. Even
such men as Geo. W. Crawford, of Ga., and Thos.
H. Watts, of Ala., who supported Bell but sustain
ed secession as soon as it was made an issue, are
passed by, and politicians of less ability and influ
ence with the people selected. Presenting, as
the Bell and Douglas men did, such fine material
for Cabinet appointments, their total exclusion
cannot be regarded otherwise thanais proscription
ou account of their course previous to the seces
sion issue. The new government, we believe, has
made a great error by this exclusive promotion
of a particular party—a party that was in a mi
nority in two of the seceding States. It has, how
ever, several very excellent and able men in its
administrative departments and we may yet hope
from them a repudiation of the partisanship that
appears to have influenced their own selection.—
Such men are Hon. C. G. Memminger of S. 0.,
aud Hon. L. P. Walker of Ala., gentlemen who
have ever exhibited an indepeudecne of party in
emergencies requiring devotion to their country
alone.
Mr. Corwin’s Amendment.— The following is
the joint resolution, with Mr. Corwin’s amend
ment, as adopted in tba U. S. Senate previous to
its adjournment :
Be it enacted by the Seuate anchHouse of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses
concurring,) That the following article be pro
posed to the Legislatures of the several States as
an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, which, when ratified by three fourths of
said Legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and
purposes, as part of said Constitution, viz :
Art. XII. No amendment of this Constitution,
having for its object any interference within the
States with the relation between their citizens
aud those described in section second of the first
article of the Constitution as “all other persons”
shall originate with any State that does not recog
nize that, relation within its own limits, or shall
be valid without the assent of every one of the
States composing the Union.
Corwin’s amendment :
“No amendment shall be made to the Constitu
tution which will authorize or give to Congress
the power to abolish c*r interfere, within any State,
with the domestic institutions thereof, including
that of-persons held to labor or service by the
laws of said State.”
This amendment was passed by the House of
Representatives .on Thursday last, by a vote of
133 to 65, aud has now passed both Houses by a
Constitutional majority. It has yet to be sanc
tioned by three-fourths of the State Legislature,
when it will become a clause of the Constitution
of the United States.
A Memorial. —ln the United States Senate, on
Friday, the Ist inst., the following memorial was
presented and appropriately referred :
By Mr. Crittenden—From Emma Willard and
14,000 other American women of New York, Penn
sylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Mas
sachusetts, Illinois, Vermont, Indiana, New
Hampshire, Tennessee, North Carolina and the
District of Columbia.
This memorial was rolled on a baton covered
with sky blue silk, the whole enclosed in a silken
bag, ornamented with tasseis, bound with silken
cords, emblematical of the ties that should bind
the States together.
Mr. C. commended the memorial to the serious
consideration of the Senate, to which it was en
titled not only from the character of the petition
ers, but the critical condition in which the coun
try was placed. It would not be the first instance
in history where the influence of women had pre
vented the horrors of war. When the Homans
and Sabines were engaged in battle, the women
of the latter rushed between the contending hosts,
and the hostile weapons dropped from the hands
of the combatants, and peace was at once restor
ed. He trusted that this interposition of Ameri
can women might exercise a healthful influence
on the sterner nature of men, and prove the
means of securing a peaceable, patriotic, and
prompt consideration of the great subject on
which this petition so eloquently discoursed.
He asked to have the memorial read, which was
done.
Profound attention was given while this ear
nest plea of women for women, was so distinctly
read as to be as perfectly heard by the crowded
galleries as by the Senate—in whose archives it
will remain, together with the names of the patri
otic women who gave it their signatures.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
American , describing the scenes and incidents of
the inauguration, says:
The economical disposition of the visitors at
the Capitol, the great mass of whom were from
the North aud West, was a subject of equal amuse
ment and of dissatisfaction among the business
men of Washington, who expected to reap, as
usual on such occasions, a golden harvest from
the vast influx of strangers.
The haokmen, whose modest expectations most
travellers are acquainted with, were sorely tried
yipon discovering that the heavy additions to the
floating population of the city added compara
tively little to the aggregate of their gains. The
barbers, too, were ill-natured enough to complain
at the frugality which induced scores of these
strangers to request the loan of a razor, and ig
noring the avowed purpose of the request—to
avoid giving trouble—to find in it unmistakable
evidence of a determination to accomplish, at one
and the same time, a tonsorial and a financial
shave. And the restaurant keepers enviously
asserted that while their actual receipts kept little
pace wtth their expectations, the enterprising dis
pensers of molasses cakes, doughnuts, and such
like luxuries, were reaping a sudden and unex
pected prosperity.
We clip from the Washington correspondence
of the Charleston Courier of March 2d
During the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln usu
ally devote au hour to receiving the select c >m
pauy of the second floor. The gentlemen and la
dies are presented to both. Mrs. Lincoln presides
with some grace and dignity for a lady of her age,
but is by no means attractive, either in person or
manners. It is quite easy, however, to see that
she is of a more decided temperament than Old
Abe, and is by no means disposed to allow the
crowd to impose upon his good nature. It is
quite well understood that Mrs. Abe is for com
promise, ana is Southern in feeling, and quite
often in sentiment. Perhaps this may account
for the expression in Lincoln’s speech, last nigh*,
that the more he saw Southern people the better
he liked them. There are many here who assert,
on good authority, that if it were not for the stifl
bacaed Republicans Lincoln would go for ac
ceding to every right demanded by the South.
No Communion’ with Slaveholders. —Harper’s
Weekly contains a cutting caricature upon Beecher.
There Is a picture of the sanctuary, the brethren
at prayer, Beecher at the table with cup in hand
to administer the sacrament. Washington is kneel
ing aDd reaches out his hand for the cup while
Beecher turns from him and bids him begone, ana
old John Brown stands behind with lance in hand
pointing to a motto “The Higher Law—no com
munion with Slaveholders.” The brethren and
sisters hang their heads with shame as Washing
ton, upon his knees at the altar, with one hand
upon his heart and the other reaching forth to the
pastor, is denied the privilege of touching his lips
to the cup which even the negro is not refused if
he be a Christian.
Mr. Beecher was in Dewey’s News Room last
evening, and his attention was called to this pic
ture. He looked at it for some time—long enough
to comprehend its full purpose and meaning and
then laid it down, saying “that is hard.” — Roches
ter Union.
Reconstruction. —We appreciate the feelings of
those who fondly cling to the hope, however vain,
that the dissevered Union may again be restored.
We entertain no such hope. “Broken is the gob
let, wasted the wine.” For some wise, perhaps
beneficent purpose, God has suffered us to be
broken in pieces like a potter’s vessel—the end
thereof no man knowetb. We evidently should
not waste our breath and strength in unavailing
regrets, but rouse ourselves to grapple with the
new duties and responsibilities that are upon us.
A Herculean task is before us, let us meet it like
men. If in the hidden and uncertain future the
j good Providence of God should remove the scales
j from the eyes of our quondam brothren, so that
1 they shall not look upon us all as deluded sinners,
: unworthy of religious and political fellowship as
equals, we may again be united under a common
flag, and work out a common destiny. We con
fess, however, that the utmost we now hope for,
is to be permitted to depart in peace and live un
disturbed in the enjoyment of snch blessings, or
j the endurement of such chastisement as Heaven
j may lay upon us.— Journal and: Messenger.
Charleston Items.
We clip the following paragraphs from the
Charleston Mercury of the 7th :
i Rather Cool. —We learn that a vessel, acting
under the orders of the United States Govern
! raent, replaced, a few days ago, the buoys lately
removed from St. Helena bar. The fact being
| brought to the notice of the State authorities,
prompt measures were taken to undo this gratui
| tous and somewhat ill-timed harbor improvement.
Appointment. —Capt. Wm.- R. Boggs, of Ga.,
late First Lieutenant of the Ordnance Department,
United States Army, has, we hear, been appointed
Aid-de-Camp to. Brigadier-General Beauregard.
From Fort Sumter. —Two of the laborers ar
rived in the city yesterday from Fort Sumter, snd
their accounts of the doings within the post at
tracted a good deal ot attention. No new facts of
importance, however, were elicited.
The following we take from the Courier of the
same date:
Fort Sumter.— Three soldiers, whose enlistment
terms had expired, left Fort Sumter with dis
charge, on Wednesday, and were brought to the
city by the mail steamer. There is no doubt that
others would gladly receive discharge.
The works in the harbor have made formidable
progress within a few days, under the energetic
efforts directed by Brigadier-General Beauregard.
For the Chroniclt. cfc Sentinel.
New Postal Arrangement Proposed by
tle Southern Congress.
Mr. Editor: — l have carefully read the Report
of Mr. Chilton, and the bill reported by him a*
Chairman of Postal Committee. The committee
make some capital recommendations for purposes
of economy—some excellent propositions for cur
tailment of useless expenses. Among these are
the abolitiou of many useless post routes, and potfc
offices—both a dead expense as now carried on.
There are several other useless expenses, which
after over twenty years experience in postal af
fairs, I could point out —but I do not consider it
just now necessary, as the bill upon the whole is
a very good one, save a few items, which I shall
now offer as objectionable, unnecessary, and
troublesome to all concerned. In the Ist Sec. the
bill goes on the recite, that letter postage (single)
shall be t /ive cents —“not exceeding Jive hundred
miles ” —double that rate for distances exceeding
five hundred miles. Now this is downright non
sense, and old fogyism. Let the postage be uni
form to any distance within the Southern Con
federacy. Foreign postage will have to be added,
as a matter of course. Cheap postage will sustain
the Department much better than enhanced
prices ? The true economy is not in raising pos
tage—but in casting off* and cutting down the
enormous expeuses allowed by Post office officials,
in giving contracts to monopolies such us Rail
road and steamboat Companies! Three prices
are now paid to many of these Companies, under
the old r* g:= *! And this is one of the cancerous
sores, which nos eaten into the revenues of the
old government! Pay fair prices for services
performed and. no more. “Star bids” is a capital
idea, and the reduction of service in many post
routes , will be economical, and not materially in
commode those interested in them—not more. I
am sure, than all true patroits are willing to sub
mit to under our circumstances !
Another good move is the total abolition of the
registration of valuable letters. A greater hum
bug never emanated from a Yankee brain ! I
venture to say that ten times the amount of money
has been lost since than before its adoption, from
the fact that to Post-office rogues the mode of put
ting up the letter* wus a notification to steal them.
A “money order system confined to the cities and
large towns only, is an infinitely better substitute.
This would supersede the heavy expense of secret
mail agents —sinecure offices, without any practi
cal benefit returned. I apprehend that in setting
up for ourselves our main watchword should be
“Economy and retrenchment.” We should be
strictly utilitarians , in every sense of the word.
“Horse mails” and “one-horse post-offices” should
every one be discontinued, instanter. The people
will now submit to more deprivations than they
will a year or two hence. While the fever is on
them for radical changes in the old beaten track
of government, let tht mbe made. Will our agents
at Montgomery make a note of this V
Ransom.
Republic of Georgia, February, 1861.
1 lie OongresH and Gov. Brown.
If we believe the reports of some of the news
paper corresponpents from Montgomery, the
course of Gov. Brown of Ga. in taking independ
ent measures of redress after the Provisional
ernment had assumed the quarrels of the several
ceceding States with those of the old Union, is
disapproved. The correspondent of the Mobile
Register writes from Mentgomery, Fsb. 25th :
The course of Gov. Brown, in his second seizure
of vessels, is deprecated here. It is considered
disrespectful to the Federal Government and cal
culated to embarrass its action. Separate State
setion, it is said, was a very good thing, so long
a the State were separate ; among confederate
States there must be no other than confederate
action. Gov. Brown forgot the distinction , and,
I suppose, if one could have listened to the pro
ceedings of the secret session of Saturday and to
day, one would have heard the spunky Governor
pretty roughly handled.” —Columbus Enquirer.
Lincoln’s Cabinet. —The following is the Cabi
net of President Lincoln :
William 11. Seward, of New York, Secretary of
State.
Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, Secretary of the
Treasury.
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of
War.
Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, Secretary of the In
terior. ,
Montgomery Blair, of Maryland, Postmaster
General.
Gideon Wells, of Connecticut, Secretary of the
Navy.
Edward Bates, of Missouri, Attorney General.
Southern Trade
chaut.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 28, 1861.
To W. B. Dinsmore, President Adams’ Express
Company :
The Collectors at Charleston and Savannah will
pass goods sent by Adams’ Express Company, if
each case is accompanied by an invoice of its con
tents, with the affidavit of the seller attached, cer
tifying that they were bona fide purchases made
previous to the first of March, and an affidavit
that they wer q put on board ship before the 15 th of
March.
The seller’s affidavit must particularly describe
the number, mark, &c., of the case or cases in
whica the invoices of goods are packed. Unless
this requirement is complied with, we cannot for
ward goods beyond the port of entry.
(Signed) ‘ H. B. Plant,
Southern Sup’t of Adams’ Express Cos.
Permanent Constitution of the Confederate
States. — We find the following dispatch in the
Northern papers, dated Montgomery, March 3d.
The permanent Constitution of the Confederacy
is now being elaborated, in order to be suomitted
to the Congress aud to the States. lain enabled,
in advance, to state some of its more important
features. It will provide that South of Kansas
and of Utah slavery shall be established beyond
the power of Congress or of the Northern States
ever to abolish it, or in any way interfere with
the rights it confers.
The idea which has prevailed to some extent in
South Carolina that only slave States can be ad
mitted to the Confederacy, is repudiated by the
controlling men, and by the majority of the Con
gress. The Constitution will provide for the ad
mission of free States, of course with suitable
guaranties.
Full powers will be given to the Congress to
levy duties on imports and exports. The tariff
recently enacted will immediately be amended,
and will probably be made to impose an export
duty of oue per cent, on cotton, tobacco and rice.
The duties on most imports will be fixed at ten
per cent, and these rates will be made to take ef
fect on January 1, 1802.
Meats, breadstuff's, tea, coffee and jewelry will
be admitted free.
The Georgia Commissioner to Missouri. —A
dispatch dated St. Louis, March 4th, says :
The resolution appointing a Committee of three
to inform Commissioner Glenn that the Conven
tion is ready to receive any communication he
may have to make from his State finally passed
by a vote of 02 to 35. Mr. Glenn was then intro
duced to the Convention, and read the articles of
secession adopted by Georgia, after which he
made a speech, stating the causes which induced
Georgia to dissever the connection with the fede
ral Government, and strongly urged Missouri to
join his State in the formation of a Southern Con
federation.
St. Louis, Sunday, March 3.—Luther J. Glenn,
Commissioner from Georgia,'delivered a strong
secession speech before a joint session of the Leg
islature last night.
The North Carolina Election. —It appeal's to i
be certain that North Carolina has gone against
‘prompt action,” but not for submission.
Releigh Standard (Union papur), speaking of the
result, says :
“In speaking of the succes.-ful party as !, Zion
ists we must not be understood as saying that
they will submit to the administration of the Gov
ernment on sectional or Black Republican prin
ciples, but that they are anxious to preserve the
Union on a Constitutional basis, and to obtain
such guarantees as will lead to a permanent re
construction of the Union. The Unionists enter
tain hopes, and nearly all of them strong hopes,
that the Union can a nd will be preserved, and
they are willing to show their faith in this re
spect by their works.
The Charleston Mercury special telegraphic
correspondence thus depicts the scenes at Wash
ington prior to the delivery of Lincoln’s inaugu
ral :
Washington, March 4—lo a. m.—The city is all
astir and excited concerning the inauguration of
Abraham Lincoln, to come off this morning. This
is a very different one from that presented at all
former inaugurations. A deep and general gloom
hangs over the city. The volunteers saem to feel
that they are ordered out to join in the funeral
procession of the Union. There are over twelve
hundred of Scott’s hireling troops underarms,
with shotted cannon, closely watching every
movement. The citizers are completely overawed.
Quarter past Eleven O’clock —The procession
has begun to move from the City Hall. The mili
tary escort is a powerful one.
Scott has hit upon anew coup de guerre. At all
the principal points along Pennsylvania Avenue
the housetops are covered with iederal soldiers,
with their muskets pointing at the crowd. This
is a Mexican idea.
From the Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Courier of Feb. 28tb —
Seward’s idea, as I hear from a reliable source,
is to have no settlement while Buchanan is in
power. The moment he is dethroned, peace will
be proclaimed, and the honor of saving the country
will redound not to the Republicans, but to the
new Union party which Seward is forming with
the help of Bell and Douglas, Letcher and Botts.
Peace restored, and the Confederate States recog
nizod, the next step will be to call a National Con
vention. This Convention will remodel the whole
structure of the Government in such a way as to
bring back the seceded .States, and place the
Union on a permanent and enduring foundation.
Such is the grand project which Seward contem
plates. What is to become of the “irrepressible
conflict” between free and slave society, he has
not vouchsafed to inform us.
Robert H. Glass, Esq , editor of the Lynchburg
Republican (Va.) resigned his position as Post
master of that city on the 4th instant. The step
has been actuated, he says, bv abhorrence of the
principles and objects of an administration against
which hejintends to wage an uncompromising war.
VOL. LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO. 11.
Correspondence of the Columbus Times.
Montgomery Attain*.
, Montgomery, March 4.—Gen. Davis still thinks
: there will be hostilities, notwithstanding the dis
| patches received up to this moment from Wash
ington indicate a pacific policy on the part of
Liucoln. He will receive the regiments and their
officers, as appointed by the Governors of the
Confederate States, if the exigency require it, but
will make his ow n appointments for the permanent
army of the South. This consists of'four Brigu
dier Generals and eleven Regiments. There are
thirty-three officers to every Regiment, which will
make three hundred and ihirty-threeofficers tobe
appointed, from a Colonel to a second Lieutenant.
The President will give precedence in his appoint
ments to the officers who have resigned in the U.
S. Army from the Confederate States. General
Twiggs, Col. Beaureguard and Col. Johnston have
been made Brigadier-Generals. Geu. Beaureguard
left Montgomery to take commaud of the troops
at Charleston. He has been in the United States
Engineer Corps, and was the lute ♦Superintendent
at the West Point Military Academy. The army
will consist, ut present, of eleven thousand troops.
The Navy bill provides for four Commanders
and four Captains and six hundred Marines. Com
modores Rosseau of La., aud Tutnall of Ga., and
Captoius Randolph of Ala., and Ingraham of S.
C., me now here. Mr. Mallory of Fla., has received
the appointment of Secretary of the Navy.
The President intends keeping in position
present Post Masters throughout the Contedi .
states, who have discharged all their duties.
Montgomery, March 5, 1561. —In Congress to
day, during open session, but little was done,
nothing in fact, of particular importance. Du
ring secret session, the secrecy was only removed
from an act to repeal so much of the laws of the
Confederate States of America, as prohibit the
in'reduction ol liquors, except in casks or ves
sels of or above certain named capacity, and for
other purposes. This act also applies to Loaf
aud Refined Sugars, which, with any kind of liquors
can be lawfully imported, subject, of course, to
the payment of duties prescribed by law, in any
quantities desired.
In the Convention, a communication was re
ceived from L. Pope Walker, Secretary of War,
containing an act ©f Congress. This act is in
relation to the property, arms aud munitions of
war which may be or has been takdn by the pro
visional forces. It is to be credited to the State
which took it, and said State will be entitled at
some future time to draw pay for it. Hence the
consideration of this mat ter by the Alabama Con
vention.
The most important subject discussed, was that
of public and waste lands of Alabama. Upon
motion of Mr. Dargau, of Mobile, this matter was
laid on the table for future consideration, it be
ing as he said a matter of much importance. It
is still a question pending whether the lauds be
long to the United States or to the Confederate
States. It is generally supposed that the assets
belonging to the old Union, now iu our hands,
will have to be settled by treaty, and speedy ac
tion upoh the disposition of such property might
bring about trouble. The subject was laid over
for discussion on Thursday, but since* the result
of the mission of our commissioners, there is uo
doubt the question will be summarily disposed
of. It was proposed to cede these lauds to the
Confederacy, but this will hardly be done. The
opposition was very strong, if these lands do not
rightfully revert to Alabama, they certainly be
ioug to Georgia, for it was that State which gave
th m to the Federal Union.
The question of a change in the size of the
counties was taken up, under the amendments to
the Constitution. This, now, provides that no
county shall consist of less than nine hundred
square miles, but it is now proposed to reduce
this to six hundred. This will reduce a great
many counties in this State, as some very much
exceed the present size. Each new county, of
course, necessitates expense aud is to be looked
upou with some distrust at the present time.
u*l understand that the Receiver had orders last
week to take all moneys and government proper
ty in his possession, to Nashville, Tenn , to pre
vent its seizure by the States.
The appointment ofMaj. Beauregard to the com
mand at Charleston gives general satisfaction. He
is a fine officer and was noted during the Mexi
can war as the most able engineer in the service.
He is comparatively a young man, but one in whom
military men have great confidence. It will be
remembered that he was candidate for Mayor of
New Orleans, during the election riots in 1855.
For several years he had charge of the construe
tiou of the Custom House in that city. He was a
cadet of 1834, and won laurels on many a hard
fought Mexican field. For his bravery at Chep
ultepec he received his majority.
From the Milledgeville Union.
Prof. 11. F. Campbell.
Messrs. Editors : 1 notice that seme of the lead
ing papers in this State are urging the claims of
the gentleman whose name appears above, for
the post of Surgeon General of the Army of the
Republic of Georgia. A more excellent sugges
tion could not be made, whetner reference be had
to his skill as a surgeon, his success as a general
practitioner, his urbanity and courage as a high
toned gentleman, or his attainments as a widely
dist inguished man of science.
The writer has known Dr. Campbell from his
childhood, and cau, and does with pleasure bear
testimony to his many amiable and estimable traits
of character which have won for him the good
opinion and affection of the many who know him
and the admiration of the thousands who have no
other knowledge of him save that derived through
the enviable reputation his own energy, genius
and learning have wrought. Not alone has the
standing and influence of the Medical College of
Georgia been greatly enhanced by his connection
with it as professor, but the character, genius aud
learning ot the whole profession iu our State, has
been ably, handsomely, and fully sustained by
him, both her in the regular discharge of his du
ties as practioner, Medical ediror, and Professor
—and abroad in the national conventions, held
by the physicians of the country, when he has
displayed much of the abstruse learning, and
high excellencies of his great science, in eloquent
essays and effecitve shining debate. His high
character as a surgeon and anatomist, is admitted
on all hands, and needs no eloquence. If the wri
ter has not been misinformed, Professor Campbell
has received lucrative and flattering invitations to
Professorships from theStatesof Texas,Kentucky
Tennessee and Pennsylvania, aud declined them
—preferring to give his energies, time, labor, and
talents to his own noble State. He was born and
reared, on her soil, and seems determined as a loy
al son, to lay all the offerings of his genius upon
her cherished shrine.
Certainly it does seem that such a man, it
would accept it, should have the post of Surgeon
General of the State, tendered him. I dare say
the profession at large would be highly gratified
at seeing the honor so worthily and appropriately
bestowed; and would encourage the appointment
of the distinguished Professor, as but another
among the many evidences of the sound judgment,
and wise aud prudent forecast ot our highly es
teemed, and eminently successful Executive.
Pulaski.
Several State delegations called on Mr. Lin
coln on the day after his inauguration. Hon.
Chas. F. Train, on behalf of the Massachusetts
delegation, said Massachusetts had read his Inau
gural and would stand bv it, and from none
would it meet with more cordial support than
from the Old Bay State. Mr. Lincoln replied sub
stantially as follows :
I am thankful for this renewed assurance of the
kind feeling and confidence of the Old Bay State,
in so far as you, Mr. Chairman, have expressed it
on behalf of those you represent. Your sanction
of what I have enunciated in my inaugural, is
very grateful to my feelings. The subject was
one of great delicacy. In presenting views at the
opening of an administration, under the peculiar
circumstances attending my entrance upon the
official duties connected with the Government, I
studied all the points with heartfelt anxiety, and
presented them with whatever of ability and sense
of justice I could bring to bear. If it meets the
approbation of our good friends in Massachusetts,
I shall be exceedingly gratified. While I nope it
will meet with the approbation of friends every
where, I am thankful for an expression of those
who have voted with us, and, like every other
man of you, I like them—certainly, as do others.
(Laughter.)
*As President, in the administration of the Gov
ernment I hope to beman enough not to know
one citizen of the United States from another—
(cries of “good”)—nor one section from another.
I shall be gratified to have the good friends of
Massachusetts and others who have thus far sup
ported me in these national views still to support
me in carrying them out.
Capt. Schaeffer. —The Washington correspon
dent of the Baltimore American says :
It was reported that Capt. Schaeffer, of the
District Militia, bad received his commission,
after making an appeal from Secretary Holt to
President Buchanan. Such, however, lam au
thorized to say, is net the case. Capt. Schaeffer
has been and still is refused his commission for
having said he “would sooner resign it than make
war upon his native State” (Maryland). The
President did direct the commission to issue, but
Secretary Holt again refused, and not wishing to
make an issue with his Cabinet officers about it,
Mr. Buchanan permitted the case to remain sus
pended. This action has resulted in the resigna
tion of Robert Ould, Esq., lately appointed Briga
dier General of the District Militia. The appoint
ment of Mr. Boteler in the place of Mr. Ould
gives some dissatisfaction to the volunteers, and
trouble seems likely to grow out of it.
Oxygenated Bitters.—A Sure Cure for Dys
pepsia.—The story of this remarkable medieiat
and its success in obstinate cases of Dyspepsia,
Asthma, and general debility of the system, place*
it among the most wonderful discoveries in medi
cal science, aud has given it a‘ reputation far be
yond any remedy known for these complaints, in
all their various forms. The Oxygenated Bitters
contain nothing which can intoxicate; and the
medicine has no similarity whatever to the various
alcoholic mixtures disguised as “Bitters,” being
purely a medical compound, in which are com
bined” the most valuable remedial agents, and a
peculiar oxygenated property, hitherto unknown,
but highly efficacious in all complaints arising
from weakness and derangement, or prostration
of the stomach. We hear of fresh triumphs every
day from the use of the Oxygenated Bitters. The
cures it is affecting on every side are without
precedent. People who have suffered from Dys
pepsia for years have been entirely relieved by a
few bottles. —New York Mercury.
The above is but a reiteration of the general
opinion in respect to this excellent medicine.
Shoes for the South.— The Boston Shoe and
Leather Reporter says that “in consequence of
the law enacted by the Southern Confederacy for
the collection of duties upon all goods imported
fiom ‘foreign conntries,’ which, being interpreted,
means the Northern States, the Southern shoe
buyers have been very anxions that all orders
previously given by them should be filled on or
before the 15th inst., the goods shipped it possi
ble. In some instances the buyers have been so
anxious that they have directed, if their orders
could not be filled in season, that the bills thereoi
should be made out and forwarded instead. 1 e
tariff on shoes, we believe, under their laws, is
about m per cent., and of course, the saving in
the aggregate will be very large.
Cihclmstancial Evidence.-A singular case
was brought to light in this eity yesterday, which
will be added to the warning- against the danger
of convicting criminals upoo circumstancial evi
dence. A negro named George Orem made a
dying confession that he committed a murder for
which Cyphus, also colored, was nung some years
since, (.'rebus, it will oe recollected, was hung
at the same time with Gambrill, Corrie and Crop,
convicted of the murder of police officers Benton
and Higdon, aDd died strongly protesting his in
nocence, declaring that he had been mistaken for
another man. The evidence against him was then
thought to be conclusive, but it now appears that
the poor fellow’s protestations were entirely
truthful. — Jialtimore American 6 th.
General Campbell, United States Consul-Gene
ral to London, has resigned that position, and is
on his way home to Texas.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATER FR§M EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
NORTH BRITON.
Portland, Me., March B.—The steamship North
Briton has ariived, with Liverpcol dates to the
21st of February.
Livkhi 00l Cotton Market. —Sales of the week
26,000 bales, of which speculators took 2000 and
exporters 4000 bales. The ma’ket was very dull,
and all qualities had considerably declined—in
some cases and very irregulaJV-tke principal
•auses being the unfavorable advices from Man
chester and the high rates of interest.
Liverpool Cotton Market.— The following are
the authorized quotations:
Fair Orleans 7% | Slid. Orleans 6%
Fair Slobiles 7% i Mid.Slobiles 6‘.
Fair Uplands 7>s’ | Slid. Uplands 6%
The stock of cotton in Liverpool was 790,un0
bales, of which 6"O.0 hi bal- s-., A
Latest—Livkueuol, Friday. u„ ...
Friday were 0,000 bales, of which speculators a.u
exporters took 1000 bales.
Hewit & Co.’s Circular says that the Middling
and Lower grades had declined a%d., and that
Fair qualities had declined
There has seldom been such a wees ot extreme
depression in the Liverpool cotton market
London Money Market. —Consols were qu
at 91% a 9l}s.
State or Trade.—Manchester advices
rather unfavorable, prices nominal and the
ket stagnant.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS
Washington, March o.—The Senate was .
cret session for an hour and a halt to day di.
which Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet was confii med a.
lows :
Wm. H. Seward, of New York, Secretary u
State.
S. P. Chase, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury.
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Secretary u!
War.
Wells, of , Secratary of the Navy.
Francis P. Blair, Jr., of Missouri, l’ostmastei
General.
Smith, of Indiana, Secretary of the Interior.
Edward P. Bates, of Missouri, Attorney Gene
ral.
The vote for these were unanimous for all ex
cept Bates and Blair, four or live votes being cast
against each—that number of Senators objectiug
to them because they’ were unwilliug to vote for
any member of the Slave States to go into the
Oabinet.
A large crowd assembled around the doors of
the Senate Chamber aDxious to hear the result of
the Executive Session.
Washington, March 7.—Senate. —Hon. Mr.
Wigfall, in response to Douglas’ speech of yes
terday, said that it was nonsense to talk, as Lin
coln did, of the unbroken Union. Seven States
are out, and never, never, never will return. II
the Government did not remove the tm-ps from
Ferts Sumter and Pickens, the Confederate States
would. The old Union remains to see whether it
shall have a decent funeral or an Irish wake.
Mr. Douglas reiterated that the inaugural was
indicative of peace. He said an attemptto collect
the revenue or to reinforce Fort Sumter would be
considered coercion. That he had learned from
the best military authority that it would require
ten thousand troops und the whole American navy
to reinforce Fort Sumter, and they must have
bread and salt provisions for thirty-one days.
The Senate was not in secret session to-duy.
Washington, March B. —Mr. Foster, of Con
necticut, offered the following preamble and reso
lution.
Whereas, Senator Wigfall has declared, in de
bate, that he is a foreigner, and owes hisullegiauce
to Texas and a foreign Government and not to
the United Slates, therefore be it
Resolved, That he be expelled from the Senate.
Mr. Cliugman, of Noith Carolina, offered the
following as a substitute :
Resolved, That as Texas is no longer ono of
the United States, she is entitled to no Represen
tative on the floor of the Senate.
Mr. Wigfall being absent, no action was taken.
The Senate.then went in executive session and
confirmed Mr. Judd as Minister to Berlin.
After which the Senate adjourned until Monday.
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Wasbngton, March s. —Major Anderson, up to
to the 4th of March, has continued to speak of his
condition as safe. He expressed the opinion that
reenfercemeuts had better not be sent to him.
Drafts drawn by Secretary Dix on the Assistant
Treasurer at New Orleans, to pay for work done
on the Custom House in that city, aud also drufts
by Postmaster-General King on the same oflicc
for postal service, amounting to between two und
three hundred thousand dollars, have been re
turned unpaid.
The resignation of Hon. Mr. Preston, U. States
Minister to Spain, was filed this morning in the
State Department.
A large number of citizens of Kentucky and In
diana are here, urging the promotion of Major
Anderson as Brigadier Generai, vice Brig. Gen.
Twiggs.
Cupt. Day, of Va ,an Aid-de-Camp to General
Scott,-has resigned. ,
WAStiiNortiN, March B.—Col. Lorenzo Thomas
has been appointed Adjutant General in place of
Col. Cooper, resigned.
Secretary Seward is uuite unwell to-day.
Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, of the Southern
Commissioners, have as yet mode no official com
munication to the Administration, owing to the
sickness of Mr. Seward, and also to the (act th ‘
they were informed of an intimat.on to the . t!
that a little time would be agreeable.
The Commissioners are actively engiq
consultation, and ineffectual intercoms
reference to the object of their mission.
Great efforts are being made here to ■
peaceable solution of the question bf forts .
revenue.
GEN. TWIGGS IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, March s.—Gen. Twiggs arrind
here to-day, and was enthusiastically received this
evening. A salute was fired by Artillery, and the
General escorted to his residence by the military
and the members of the State Convention. Im
mense crowds were gathered along the line of the
procession, and the enthusiasm was great.
MOKE RESIGNATIONS.
Washington, March B. —Adjutant General
Cooper, a citizen of New York, and a connection
of Senator Mason, and Assistant Aujutant General
Withers, a citizen of Tennessee, has resigned.
Chas. Jones, late in the registry office Treasury
building, has left for Montgomery. It is believed
that several other prominent officers contemplate
resigning. The Southern Confederacy is Belect
ing and making overtures to some of the best
officers in the United States service.
NEW ORLEANS NEWS.
New Orleans, March B. —Lincoln’s inaugural is
generally considered to be a declaration of war.
The Legislature passed a resolution approving
of the course of Gen. Twiggs.
TEXAS NEWS.
New Orleans, March B.—lt is currency report
ed that Fort Brown has been surrendered to the
Texas State troops.
PENSACOLA NEWS.
News Orleans, March 8. —Lieut. Slemmet is
raising a saod battety east of Fort Pickens. The
work on the land batteries opposite Warrington
continue to be pushed forward to completion.
ARRIVAL OF THE SOUTHERN COMMIS
SIONERS IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, March C.— The Commissioners of
the Confederate States have arrived here, and will
make the object of their mission known to the
President on Tuesday next.
MISSOURI CONVENTION.
St. Louis. March 6. —The Convention referred
to-day various resolutions declining to co-operate
with Georgia in secession.
One of the resolutions offered by Ex-Governor
Stewart, declares that no overt act by the govern
ment justifies secession or revolution.
A resolution by Judge Orr, says we have the
best government in the world, and intend to keep
it.
A resolution to refer Lincoln’s inaugural to the
Committee of the whole was debated and with
drawn.
TEXAS OUT OF THE UNION GOOD.
New Orleans, March 6.—The result of the re
cent elections in Texas, show that the Ordinance
of Secession, recently adopted by the Tixas State
Convention has been ratified by a majority of 40
to 45,000 votes.
TEXAS NEWS.
New Orleans. March, 6.—The revenue cutter
Dodge has been seized by the Texas authorities.
The officer in command of Fort Brown is pre
paring for defensive operations. The Texas
troops were concentrating for the purpose of
attacking it.
Fort Cooper is in the hands of the State autho
rities.
Captain Armstrong.— lh* result of the Court
of Inquiry in the matter of Capt. Armstrong has
been the ordering a Court-Martial for his trial for
surrendering the Navy. Yard at Pensacola. The
officers to compose the Court have not yet been
named.
Kit Carson, the famous hunter, guide and
mountaineer, is living at Taoes, New Mexico, as
Indian Agent to the Ute tribe of Indians. His
salary amounts to $1,500 per annum. V is not
an wealthy man; bis property is estimated at
Ribout SO,OOO. He keeps fifty or sixty cows, 600
fa ead of sheep and several horses and pomes. He
married a Mexican woman, with whom he lives
quite resignedly.
Macon & Western Railroad.— The correspon
dent of the Augusta Dispatch, writing troui At
laota, excepts the above road m Ins com plan 1 .
as regards reduction of lare, on s 1 i
from this place to Savannah and A u
are happy to learn ihui .nr. A L.
tendent of this Road, has g-vcu n, o-.
a ticket autnonsmg bun to canj -is
over the Road upon the same terms oil i.. B
connecting at Atlanta do. The same courtesy
will no doubt be extended to other recruiting
officers.— Atlanta InUUUjencer.