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BY W. S. JONES. TERMS. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE k SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANUUM, ALWAYS IN ADYAfTK. K A I KS TO ( LI H<i. SIX COPIES FOR TEX DOLLARS. Tbe pa per will be sent to Clubs of SIX PERSONS, one! year, for TEN DOLLARS. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Kaietror U'fi kl) AdrertiMiiicni*. Ordikaby Advertimauntii, published once u I week, in Daily, or Weekly, and <m half eerds I per line, for each insertion. S v hoi a l Notice*, Un cent* per line for the first insertion, and eight cent* pep line for each subse quent insertion. Displayed Advbktisemkvts, Un cents per line i for each insertion. Marriaokm, I) k *, t*- and Fuskrai. Notices, fifty I tenU each. Obvttar nm, Un wd* per line. BOOK BINDING. The Chronicle A Soul inf I ROOK BINDERY 1m now in full operation, with recent additions of new materials and conrenieucea of all kinds. AH BOOKPAM BOICWTVANY STYLE, from the plainest to the most ornamental, on moderate terms, and with punctuality and dispatch. BLANK BOOKS Pdr District Officers, Hheriffs, Clerks, Tax Col. ectors, Ac., as well as for Counting Houses, and for any other purpose, will he luafiutaciured to order, in the most substantial and superior style Terms moderate, and promptness observed. W. S. JONES. PLANTATION IX ALAItAMA ‘FOR SALE. I oiler my PLANTATION for Halo. It is throe miles from ilit; Brownsboro’ Depot on tin; Memphis ami Charleston Railroad, in Madi son comity, Alabama, In miles from Huntsville. It contains One Thou saml Acres, and is a ;rood COTTON OR STOCK FARM. It is 111 a “null neii'hhorbood, and is a healthy locality. I only advertise for one month. Persons wishing to |iurchnse, can examine for themselves, or address j me at IMaysvdle, .Madison county, j Alalia nia. S. 0. NUOIvLES. Asraus Korwariunu ofwce S. <\ Railroad CJompant, ) riIAKLKSTwN, March 16th, 1361. S f IMIK South <’ ir.dina KatTroari Compaiiy, having deter- X mined to discontinue tfcl department of their nervier, the undemlguett. who haa la , n the ForwanlliiK Agent of the Com wu.y for the hint four or five year a. ho* OMociated with him Hie 1 ‘hief Clerk in the I h partmerit, hi. 4 under the name ol <IA NTT A STONKY.wIU continue runneive ami forward teieh arti cles an may be consigned to his care. He trust**, hy strict per HOnal atten* in, to retain a very lihenl share ol tlie busluebs of Pat'iKare reminded that ALL ROODS now reaching this port, from points Imv,md thr Confederate States of America, must be entered at the Custom House; ami that iluticM are Vvhniary'iaM. A Nl'la'iVk’n ‘oN >ll iVhoaKD UN UK BKKOKK THE t.M'll MARCH, INSTANT, nave such >* are on the Free Lists, It Is, therefore, nccefsary that remittances be made to pay the duties, where duties ate payable, and IN ALL CASES, to cover the expel,.*of Custom House Entry, whether the Hoods are fr.v or not. Pitnnpt compliance will prevent delay am! ex iwmse, as all articles t"t entered and penultted will be stored ly the Custom House (’Ulcer* The South Carolina Railroad Company wIH advance a here tofore the charges of Freight Drayaavand Wharfage—but not the expenses coimeeted with the Custom House. Rates of charges for forwarding will be very mooe ate. and lliay be had on application to HA NTT A S PORKY, to wliom all business eomumidcAthms should be addressed. The undersigned ivfcn* to the <HRver* of the South Carolina Kid I road Company. to the lion. Charles .!. Jenkins, of Angus to, ila, t> tbe customers of Hi* - Forwarding Department, and to all merchants* of RUnd'tT.* In the city *f Charled .n, aud re a peel fully nolle It a Nbcml shave of j uttonave IAMES L. HA NTT, mnl? sw3w Late Forwarding Agent S. C. K. R.C. LOST OK MISLAID, \KWTK . ftmmi, K<V<-n l.v Ml.. Winr,l i.-ml -i:..T | ..... . . tbsttth 0..'1 ‘ L i Im l. I hwl.v finvwarn ,!! p. r-..ns frclll I trailing for said Note, and the maker from‘paying to any one but mvself. JOHN r.LAuKMIEAK. | Weston, Webster c -unlv, (la., March 14,1861. apA-wlt* | Notice. VLL persons Indebted to me, either by Note or Account, . art* respectfully roque ted to fume forward and settle up by cosh or note, and retie.\ Not esc. on or before- the And .lay of April next. All who refuse tocomply with the above request, will llud their Note* aud Accounts in the hands of mv Attor •e\, o be sued upon. WM. K. t’UNMNUHAM, mhl H w:t Double Brandos, Lineln county. TAKE NOTICE ! lu the latter pulle t January, or in February, 1061. for the amount ot forty-live dollars, to Asa Willoby.or b arcr. The consideration for which sahl Note was glvet . ha - irg failed, and Asa WUfcbv. of Jefferson county, having been notified of the faction the i Ith of March, twill notify -aid Note unless co ui pel Ic'd bv law. MARY LIJCKY, Adm'x. | Augu-ta. March 19th. ISAI mhil Notice. UKHMIXS CtumONUiO ROODS to 1..-. .ui.\ t- !;• , 1 1 wanted, are hereto- notilt. .1 that dejnstt. I .-art. *ll 1. nojnlrcj, in all aura, tutnape .atteuli.m. lie.- il tlie r, .ult . of a notice given by the Ship A cents *f this ettyt this day. M. A. COHEN. Savaroah, March 14. ISI. mhlFdt NOTICE. rpIIUKK n. ths after date, 1 will aj.ptv to ttie fi'tV.w in* 1 ‘Vheiglirhal! -f n..|, for#*’ uOoi Mo A. Rank at Savannah, I No. I.SVI. dated Nov. S. IS'<\ signed W. I*. Hunter. Cashier. 1- . N Aug. 1, I'vMh signed OLas. F. M; m .n IVst. Tin lelt half ,ls j rote for *2O W. x*f th.’ Hank Central Kaiiroad .V Banking Cos.. Savannah, uo number or letter found, dat. and lt c. I. InW, 2oed j K. R. Cuyler, Prvst. The ’eft I. dxasof two #b notes of Hank 1 The otbeYSo. 4.TU2, H. dated IVt? L both ’signed* lsaa’ . Stott, INwl. The left hall'note off r*t of Bank ofSavamtahc \ Nt. l*H*dlx to make .mt. A, dated March 1, ISN\ Ut very dim, ‘ sigtnHlWashlTon. Ihrcvt. Wu. K. JIVRPHKY. Mottioc c'., (a., Dec. IsLISSO. INUTiGK ‘JMIUKK . • tltiift.T .UWO *!tt afflv th ■ ■■>>* K ilk V tea. tii. ■ -• .. . 1 V..MI. I1 laa., ,v Tii't.lii, Xuctts* *. >• t-. iw.iar>- Will la-t 1t... rtetitTwJ. l ull,. tw,'i,tvTi,.ltar Mil of Bank . fAu . ..t,kdaUat May Ui. IMI, -N . 77'Ai. :• It. I .-It K. I - , t-rmhlam. 1 ALv>, to *ur, tt.o rl*til ri>4 of a un .toQpr tii.l of ti.'..r*.a j Kalir a.,1 * Baukin* , ■ np.-iT.oat*a lavpnihorKh. la. I *, ft.-. IMlk Uttr B, rUtnwlJ. l-.Kin*, JAt’KSXtN BK.U.. IMS FUR SALE Patronize Southern Manufactures! f ITHK aubacribera arc t-.c*w offering to supply remdenta f 1 Augusta and vicUutx wi;h thair SI'PEKIOR WABONS, “'i'l!!*. C’B- JTo'f U> K-.-1 matV?ai,“ r !.'.! thJ wwkMUB ’ V- M w hand, ralj made, and au> deaenpisvn of AA agot. will t*v :ua>ir to onkr on abort notice. \V. K. ARCHER la our Agent for the sale of tlrcee Wagons i at AuguatU. The pubdc invited to c and examine apecimeua. OOWHK. cox. MARKLEY a cHt. v'en?f.tutFwui-st copy tr. w*ek’.y three months. KETTI-EAVELT.'S MANIPULATED (LIANG! The Best Fertilizer Known FOE COTTON AND C O H. 3V - FOR SALE AT $56 PER TON FOR NO. 1. ssl PER TON FOR NO. J. ■toxic, evi\s & ro. mhU-diwiw4l 7 At APES’ NITROGENISEO St PER -PHOSPHITE LIME. SIB-SOIL PLOWS, Farm Mills, SEED SOWERS, HOUSE AND HAND POWER: INttERSOLL’S COTTON PRESS. FOR tfALE BY J.C.DAWSON, NO. * \\ \BHEN BUHK. fMa Chronicle & Sentinel. u w lint the Northern Pre*.* Say. W e have received few Northern papers publish ed since the news of the bombardment of Fort Sumter bad been received, but as there is a gene- j | ral anxiety to learn how the news wa** received j there, we devote some space to extracts, without I ; comment, leaving our readers to make their own | j conclusion. ; The Feeling in New York.—The Tai#** of the ! 1-th, published before the reception of the news | | of the surrender, says : j At b o’clock io the afternoon, all uncertainty i i was set at rest. The telegraphic wire brought j i the long Jooked-for intelligence that War has he ♦ gun, and that the forces of the Confederate Trai- I tors have struck the first blow. Expected as was I the news, it produced a most remarkable anti ! i wide-spread sensation. Many had hoped the con i test might yet be avoided ; others thought the * I Federal Government would back down rather than I i shed blood ; and others were certain that a Di- I ! vine Providence would interfere to prevent ao j fratricidal a strife. The bulletin boards were sur rounded ; the streets near them were blockaded, j and the Iq.-t-gathering multitude were only satis- | | tied when the self-appointed reader had read him- j | self hoarse in the frequent repetition of the brief announcement of the facts. Hundred® of anxious inaoirers besieged the telegraph and publication offices, confident that there might yet be some I item of information which was withheld from the j masses, and they were only appeased when told i that they were to possession of all, aud that until j this morning’s papers were out they could have j no more. “flood, good,” exclaimed many a one, as he I read the statement, or as it was repeated ‘to him I | by a friend, “at last we have reached a crisis; j something ftmat be done. - The fueling of l*e joicing was everywhere to be met, that Major An derson had not lowered his tiag, and that Preai dent Ltucciu had determined to sastaiu, even atso fearful a cost, the honor ol the country. Os the very many with whom we conversed, and from whom we heard the freest expression of opinions we did not find a Single individual who did not respond heartily to tiie sentiment, “Thank Heav en we have a Government.” Speculations an wagers of all kinds were the order of the night, r*s to the probabl# effect of this or that battery, of the arrival and probable action of the fleet, and of the result of this first couteat ; and very long odds were offered and taken that Sumter would silence Moultrie, and that the lleet would find but little to do. However that may be, the war has begun—the aggressors were tbe Confederated forces, the Federal post has returned vigorously tlie tire, and the entire moral support of the North stands about the President in ibis trying moment, as will the entire physical force stand at his aide if a more trying hour should come. The Times in its editorial says : Now that tbe rebels have opened the war, the people will expect the Government to defend it self with vigor and determination. There is no room for half-way measures now. There can be no further talk of a pacific policy,—of measures of conciliation,- of fears of exasperating the peo i pie of the Southern States. The day for that has I passed. The South ha* chosen war , aud it must have alt th< war it wants. The issue is not made j by the United States Government. It is made by j the South. The Administration lias gone to the very verge of pusillanimity in its forbearance. It has endured wrongs; and tamely submitted to outrages, which no other Government on the face of the earth would have endured for un hour. It has done everything consistent with honor, and many things which it is very hard to reconcile with a proper feeling of national self-respect, to avert the horrible alternative which is at last thrust upon them. For no other offence than that of trying to relieve its soldiers from starva tion, the batteries of the Southern Confederacy have been opened upon tbe Government of the United States. The Hag of the Republic is to be lowered in a disgrace—or tbe issue of war is to be met. The President of the United States must not hesitate an instant as to the policy he will pursue, nor must he spare anything of vigor and energy in the manner of putting it into execution. lie has command of the Army and Navy of the Uni ted States, and has full power to summon the mi* ■ litia of the Republic, for the protection of the Government and m defence of the Constitution, lie must instantly pul forth every power at his cotuir.aod to niaiutain the authority which he represents. Tort Sumter m ust not be snrmuUred y if there is force enough in t/n United States to hold it. That point is the. head of the rebellion, and it is precisely there that a stand must be made. Tbe people of this country will feel humiliated and disgraced if that fort is ever surrendered to the traitors who have commenced the war by tiring upon it. It must be reinforced at every hazard— ami if the forces already sent thither are not suf ficient for that purpose, they must be promptly followed by others. But there is a still greater danger impending over tlie Government. There cannot be the slightest doubt that an attemptwill be immediate ly made by the rebels to seize upou the Capital. That is the point which it is of infinite importance that they should have. The possession of Wash ington would give them instantly a position in the eyes ol the world, and especially of the peo ple of this country, which the possession of every fort and every arsenal on Southern soil, and of every war vessel iu Southern waters, could not secure. It is idle, therefore, to shut our eyes to the certainty that they will make a speedy aud desperate attempt to seize it. Forty-eight hours would laud as many men us can be embarked at Charleston, at the very gates of Washington. Where is the lorce that ean meet such an advance, should it be mude ? President Lincoln owes it to himselt and to the country, to put the Capital in a condition to delay any attempt that can possibly be made upon it. lie should summon into the public service, from the nearest neighboring States capable of answer ing the demand, at least 25,000 men,—ready to start at an hour’s notice, and able to place them selves in Washington in advance of any force that could be brought against them. . Upon one thing President Lincoln may rely The people expect- him to m<<t this utrful emergency in the history of our (iopemment, with a courage and a promptitude proportionate to the crisi*. Par- Sty divisions have ceased,- party clamor is drown i ed by the roar of cannon aimed at the heart of | the American Republic. We have none amoug us who arc ready to son this glorious Government I prostrate in the dust at the feet of traitors. I There is a patriotism in tbe hearts of our people I that overrides and overrules* all the suggestions ! of partizunship, and silences every breath of bos- Itilitytothe Government upon which we all re pose. The public sentiment can only be shocked i aud disappointed by measures inadequate to the crisis. It demands a vigorous, comprehensive, and courageous policy. The issue has been forced | upon us and it must be met. Mr. Lincoln in this emergency must listen to no timid suggestions, to no halting or apprehensive advice. Thesuprema ! cy of the Government must be vindicated by its power, or it must be trampled under foot and ex tinguished forever. The President will be false to iiis oath, as well as to his nature, if he hesitates ’ an instant a- to tbe course which he must pursue. from the Journal of Commerce , 13fA. i We are this morning called to record one of the most afflicting chapters in American history, I viz., the commencement of actual warfare between , i different portions **f what was but recently the ’ United States. We fear it is but the beginning jof the end. It will now require all the wisdom, forbearance and moderation any where to be found, and more than can reasonably be expected of trail human nature, to prevent u protracted ami bloody war between brothers who have hereto ! tore, on a hundred battle-fields, stood shoulder to * shoulder in defence of their common rights. That i wisdom, forbearance and moderation, we fervent ! Iv invoke from both the belligerent parties ; and ! we prav Heaven to interpose tor our relief in this time ol onr greatest need. We will not undertake at this moment to ap portion the measures of fault or crime on either side which has led to the present catastrophe. No donbt it has been precipitated by the sending of Ia fleet with troops by the U. S. Government for the relief {as was understood) of Fort Sumter; i but on the other hand, it may be said that this action of the U. S. Government was occasioned ; by the cutting oil of supplies from Fort Sumter by the Confederate authorities, which rendered it ! necessary to send them from New York or some i other point. To this again it may be replied, that i the cutting off of supplies by the Confederate au- I thorities. was caused by the long coutinued delay of the U. S. authorities to make or consent to any [ ! measures of adjustment of the pending differen- | ces. thus lea\ iug the Confederate author it tea sub- j j jeet to the necessity of maintaining a large mili mrv force at Charleston for an inaefinite period, ‘ ( or abandoning their claims altogether. The Con- j federate authorities mutt, however, bear there-* j (and it a is a heavy one) qf com- j ! mehetng the actual firing. from th< Me w ]orl Express —l3/A The “Irrepressible Conflict,” started br Mr. • Seward, and endorsed by the Republican party, has at leugth attained to its logical, foreseen, re- j suit. That -conflict, undertaken “for the sake o^j * Humanity.* 4 culminates now iu Inhumanity itself; i 1 aud exhibits the afflicting spectacle of brother ] shedding brother's blood. | Refusing the Ballot, before the Bullet, these j j men, flushed with the power and patronage of the ■ Federal Govemmeut, have madly rushed into a ; ! civil war, which will probably drive the remain 1 ing Slave States into the arms of the Southern j Confederacy, and dash to pieces the last hope for j a re construction of the Union. To the gallant men who are so nobly defending ■ the flag of their country within the walls of Fort I j fainter, the nation owes a debt of eternal grati i tude—not less than to the equally gallant and j ’ patriotic spirits, who. in like obedience to the de □Bands of duty, are perilling their tires and shed ding their bloood in the heroic bnt, as yet, uhsue- | I oessful endeavor to afford them succor. But to J i the cold blooded, heartless demagogues, who ‘ started ill# civifwar—themselvesmagnanimously keeping out of the reach of bodily harm —we can j onlv say—you must hud your account, it not at j he hands of an lndgnant people, then in the tears |of widows and orphaus. The People of the Uni j j ted States, it must be borne in mind, petitioned,; ! begged and implored these men, who are become 1 their accidental masters, to give them an oppor i tunity to he heard, before ,thi* unnatural strife was pushed to a bloody extreme—hut their peti tions were ail spurned with contempt, and now 1 the tmliet comes in to decide the issue ! Gen. Webb of the X. Y. Courier, waxes belle- * cose and paternal, he says : The President had no alternative bnt to send 1 the necessary snppues. and to provision and rein force Sumter, be :ke -aerinee ickattfman. And such will be and already is. the universal iudg ’ ment of the country. We have a son a favorite ■ son, attached to the Battery of Filing Artillery i which is to lead the assault'upon the li n j batte ries of the Rebels—as gallant a youth as ever graced a uniform and one whose talents and ac quirements are of record; and yet we would sooner that he and all the gallant spirits by whom he is surrounded, including Andersen and his ; command, should perish, than that the .-*tars and Stripes now Boating over Sumter, should be struck to the Hebei Banner which Traitorr d.iuntiugiy bear before it. None but knaves and i Traitors! mindemu the action of the Executive; sad should the present expedition fail to give the i relief which the garrison of Sumter requires, the ; people will demaud that it be instantly re-sttemp- , ted even if certain to involve the loss of thous ands oflives and millions of treasure. ... Such is the feeling of the country ; and if the Border States do not approve of this gnat act of ; justice and mercy—this simple discharge of a duty, rendered imperative hv the infamous treaeh- ; jeiv'of Dickens and his associates, let them go and join the Rebel Contederacv, an./ meet iktevn owaM of tueh a If they too, are Traitors at heart, let them openly become Rebels, and what then will become of the Institution of .slavery on the ‘American Continent t The New York Owner du EUu l‘m notices the fact that the bombardment of Fort Sumter | began while the hirthdav of Henry Ciar was being celebrated in New York. for the Chronicle <t Sentinel. Tlie Daxvfton C.uard*. Near Penfield, Ga., # April I4th, 18(51. f j Mb. Editor, —Yesterday was a gala day at Bairdstown. In response to an invitation from the citizens of that place, the “Dawson Guards” visited them, to partake of their hospitality. This j 1 Company was organised a short time ago, at Pen- ! I field, Ga., and is officered as follows: Captam— R. L. McWhorter. First Lieut.—J. R. Sanders. j Second Lieut.—J. ¥. Geek. j Third Lieut. —Wm. J. Boswell. | Surgeon.—A. F. Dirham, M. D. Sergeajrt.—J. Akmatron... | Ensign.— J. P. Wilson. privates. Wm. A. Colclongh, Wm. T. Lindsay, Wm. A. Wilson, J. H. Whitlaw, Geo. T. Boswell, J. R. Holtzclaw, Ernest Orth, Wm. Lawrence, Frank Barnwell, Jck Sharpe, FraukCn Langston, D. N. Sanders J. H. English, J. Robinson, R. S. Williams, J. Langston, S. T. Peck, Stephen English, Joe. Boswell, Jack L. Wilson, J. tl. English, J. Williams, J. 8. Barnwell, J. W. Whiftaw, George Johnson, N. A. Hobbs, M. S. Hobbs, Bnraett, J. M. J.auk ford, J. G. Beuzly, wm. R- Wilson, Ansel B. Phelps, Enoch R. Cheney, A. Gresham, W m. B. Tuggle, Jim Forrester. Dirk Roden, j The company arrived on the suburbs of the town about *.* o clock, aud marched up Main street j to the business square of the town, where they j were saluted by seven guns from Neal, Newton A Co.’s pieces. The company then went on drill, ! and their performanceiTVere’not only characieriz ; <-*d by soldierly precision, but the despatch with which they -’performed every evolution showed tout they haft been obedientaud attentive to every order ot tneir Commanders. Having drilled fJr au hour, the company formed in front of the store of T. B. Wilson & Son, and were addressed by Hon. Geo. Dawson, of Greensboro. The speech, I learn, was impromptu, but was very appropriate; containing much instruction as well as good ad vice to the company. The frequent cheers from the Corps, showed conclusively that it was apprecia ted and well received. The ladies especially thought the speaker did himself great credit. At 1 o’clock, the company repaired to a dinuer, gener ously offered them by T. B. Wilson, Esq. All that the appetite of the soldier or civilian,could wish was there ; and after his discussing the various ele ments to their hearts’ content, the company again formed for drill. About this time, the cars from Athens arrived, bringing vice Chancelor 1\ H. Mell, of tbe State University. He, like Mr. Daw son, was called for, to which he responded in a clear,cbaate address, discussing the probabilities of war, expressing bis knowledge of the character ol the company, giving them his earnest prayers and wishes should they be called into actual ser- vice. The company is in readiness, and awaits the order of the Governor. A large number of ladies graced the occasion with their presence, and 1 may be permitted to say, without disparagement to those of any other ‘portion of the county, that they looked “fully fair” to a Bachelor. In conclusion, I will only say, that I am satis fied that no town can surpass it in point of hospi tality, and that but few companies in Georgia can make a better display from home than can the Dawson Grays—McWhorter commanding. Douglass. A Home Scene.— The Charleston Courier, in its record of the events accompanying the bombard ment of Fort Sumter, relates the lollowing : A member of one of our gallant companies on !eave of absence iu the city, received a summons to appear at his poston Sullivan's Island on one of tii.* nights of last week, when the air was rife with the the most startling rumors of the coming of ,an overwhelming fleet. With cheerful promp titude the brave soldier prepared to obey the im perative call, lie is a husband, and the father of a blue eyed little girl, who has just begun to put words together. After the preparation for the camp bad been made, the soldier nerved himself for tlie good-bye. Those present thought that the wife felt the purling less than the husband. Lively words flowed fast, and her fair face was as bright and calm as a morning in May. Her heart seemed to be full of gladness. She cheered him with pleasant earnestness to show himself a man, and running on in a gleeful strain admonished him not to come back if lie wore shot in the back. With incredible fortitude she bade her child tell papa good-bye, and to say to him that she would not own him her father if he proved to be a coward. The echo of the sol dier’s foottall through the corridor had hardly died away, when a ghastly pallor was seen spread ing over the lady’s face. In a voice weak and husky, she begged a friend to take her child, and before she could be supported, she fell from her chair prostrate on the floor. By a tremendous effort of a powerful will, the noble woman bad controlled and concealed the I'eelings that were convulsing her delicate frame, but nature could bear the tension no longer, and she fainted. The swoon was deep, and it was some time before consciousness returned. At length she opened her eyes languidly, and looked around upon the sympathising group, and iu a tremulous tone, inquired, “if she had fainted be fore her husband- left the room We know of no instance of self-command, of unselfish affection that partakes more largely than does this one of the moral sublime. A Warning from “Little Rhody.” —The Pro vidence Post of Monday says, in the course of an earnest article commenting upon the probabilities ot au extra session of Congress : We can tell Mr. Lincoln that if lie calls Con gress to-gether for the sole purpose of inaugura ting a war against the seceded States, without first offering to the South the olive branch of peace—peace, upon conditions honorable to all parties he will do a very foolish thing, and ac complish nothing in the end. The people of the North will not consent to shoot down the people of the South because they will not swallow the Chicago platform. If they light, it must be with dean bands. If they take up arms to restore the Govemnent, it must he with the understanding that it is to be a Government under -which the Southern States are to have their just rights.— John P. Hale threatened, before Congress ad journed, that the new Administration would com mence its work by hanging the traitors of the North. If by traitors he meant those who do aud will decline to shoot down citizens of the country for not yielding to the Black Republican platform, we warn him and his party that they will have enough to do for the next six months, without crossing Mason and Dixon’s line. Comparisons. —lt is useless to deny that the masses of the people have a deep-seated and sett led confidence in “Sarsaparilla,” as an alterative remedy. Notwithstanding tins confidence has of late years been abused by many preparations claiming to possess its virtues but really with none at all, still the people believe In its intrinsic value as a remedy, because they have known of its cures. The rage for large bottles at low’ prices, has called into market many compounds of Sarsa parilla w hich contain scarcely any of it, or even nnv medical virtues whatever. Yet everybody knows that Sarsaparilla is the great staple antidote for Scrofula, Eruptions and cutaneous diseases, and tor the purification of the blood, when they can get the real article, ou an actual extract of it. Such we are Bow able to inform them they can obtain. Dr. J. C. Ayer &. Cos., the celebrated chemists of the East, whose reputation assures us they do well whatever they undertake, are sell ing a Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, which, although the bottles do not contain quarts, for a dollar, do contain more of actual curative power than w hole gallons of the stuffs w hich have been in use. It is asserted that one bottle of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla contains more than double the amount of medicinal virtue, w hich is afforded by any other. The fact is not only apparent to the taste, but its effects and cures afford incontestible proof that it is true. Such a remedy has been long sought for, and is everywhere needed by all classes of our community. [“Age,” Cynthiana, Virginia Convention. Richmond, April IS—The Convention, in Com ! mittee of tbe Whole, this morning adopted the 1 first three sections of the proposed amendments to j the Constitution Without material amendment. I Anew section was offered by Mr. Wise, provid ing for compensation in all cases, where the I property in persons held to service or labor has been or may be taken for public use, as in im j pressuient, Ac. Adopted, 1 The fourth section was then adopted. The fifth section, prohibiting the importation of slaves, was taken up, and numerous amend ments were offered. It wan finally adopted, with j an amendment provid ng thatnothing herein con tained shall apply to the Southern States which have or may ueefare their separation,iu case their separate independence be acknowledged and con tinued. The debate turned exclusively upon the surrender of Fort Sumter. . Messrs. Carlile aud Early deprecated the action ; of South Carolina ia firing on Sumter, and ex ; pressed their devotion to the Stripes amPStars. ! The leadiug Secessionists applauded the gal ; iantry ot South Carolina in tiring, and maintain ed that, whatever the Convention might do, the j people would take the State out of the U*ion. The Committoe then arose and received a com . muuicauon from the Governor, enclosing a des patch from Governor Pickens, dated on 13th, giv- I mg an account of Friday’s bombardment. He ■ savs: * , I “Not a man in our batteries has been hurt. The j fort was furious iu its fire on us. Our Iron Bat- j sery did great damage to the fori in the south ! wall. The shells tall freely int# the fort. The ; effect is supposed to be serious, as they are not j firing this morning. Our Enfield Battery dis- ‘ j mounted three of his largest coiumbiads. We j will take the fort and can sink the fleet if they j attempt to enter the channel If they land else- , where, we can whip them. t\ e have now seven j thousand of the best troops in the world, and a reserve of ten thousand on the railroads. | “War is commenced, aud we triumph or we i perish. Please let me know what Virginia will do* ! Governor Letcher replied : “The Convention will determine.” Mr. Wilson offered a resolution, in viow Ot the ! information just received, recommending that 1 the people of Virginia at once unite in defence of their institutions and make common cause with ; the Confederate Slates. No action was taken on the proposition, and the ’ Convention immediately adjourned until Monday. It was open’y stated in debate that the South ern artnv would march through Virginia to the North, and that thousands would join them, i Mr. Earlv said that this would be an invasion, which should Frotft the Pen&aeola Tribune, ISM. Things look verv warlike or ominous here.— } Last night, about half fatal seven o’clock, several : heavy jfuns were heard in the direction ot Fort Pickens. Various are the conjectures, but up to the present time nothing has been ascertained j i concerning them. Bverybody looks grave aud digiutied. This morning ffie steamer Ewing carried down . several dray loads of empty barrels tor the sand | hatterie-. and the Ladies’ * Military Aid Society; i are very busy in making sand bags— 2<lX>. having ( I been ordered. Everything betokens the near ap proach of hostilities.’ Killed.- —Last night, at the qnarters*of the I Chipols Kities, a member named Joel Brown, a quarrelsome man, aud who was intoxicated at the j time, insoltc-d another member, while sitting i around the camp fire, who took up a st ; ck and 1 . struck him on the head, making a pretty large gash. Brown was taken to the hospital! where he died this morning. He was perfectly insenst- j ble from the moment ha was struck. Drskrted.—Two members of the Chipola Rifles, 1 from Jackson county, named Rogers aodSansom. deserted yesterday, and are on their way to Mai nana. * I Pensacola April 16.— The Washington Artille ry arrived here this P. M. All welL AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 24. 18G1. Newi from Pensacola Bay. We condense tbe following from the Mobile | Mercury of the 16th, from which some interesting : I facts mar be obtained : We have reliable confirmation of the telegraph ic reports received of the reinforcement of tne Fort. | On Friday evening, a little after dark, signal j guns were heard out at sea—six distinct reports — seemingly to be 4ome dozen or fifteen miles away. It was surmised at first that they were signals of distress, but soou it was concluded to have some i connection with a reinforcement of Dickens.— Abont 9 o’clock there was discovered to be an • unusual stir abont Fort Pickens, and unusual ! lights displayed. From various indications and i circumstances, it was apparent that reinforce ! ments were being landed and introduced into the i Fort. Tha reinforcement was still going on Sat- I turday morning when our informant left. The gui:.* heard out at sea were surmised, after that discovery, to be signals from the ships supposed to be on their way to Southern ports; but if any came in during the night, they were not observa ble, and no signs were seen of them Saturday morning. There is another supposition of the reason of the reinforcements at that particular time. They may have obtained at Pickens some hints of an intended visit of 500 men ut about the hour of midnight. There can be no doubt that an assault on Fort Pickens was ordered for that night at about the hour of midnight. The assaulting party was com posed of five hundred picked men, two hundred and fifty of whom were picked men from the Mis sissippi Ninth, to be led by U. W. Harris, of the Home Guards; silty from the Tenth Mississippi, and the others from other troops at Pensacola. Ail necessary preparations were made for mov ing at about 11 o’clock. The storming party were lea down to the Navy Yard, from whence it would probably have embarked in boats. There are some other particulars about the preparations, as given to us, which we think had as well not yet have the publicity of a newspaper circulation. It is surmised that Forney was to have been the leader. There was no doobt entertained of >t success, and if all be true as stated to us, we think Fort Pickens would have fallen that night. Before the hour arrived, it was evident the Fort had been reinforced, and all thought of the medi tated assault was abandoned. The men picked tor this special service lay on their arms all night at the Navy Yard without any protection from the chill air oi the night, some of them not hav ing so much as a blanket. They made no com plaint. Col. Forney complimented them by say ing they would do for anything. Not a cap was distributed to them—the busines was to be doue with cold steel. There is no truth in the report that Gen. Bragg had a position on Santa Rosa Island with 1500 men. The Wyandotte is positively notified to stay out side in the future. 1 A letter from Warrington, Fla., dated the 12th, says : All communications with the ships and Fort Pickens has been stopped from this time.— The mail carrier from Fort Pickens arrived this morning with a mail to be forwarded, aud to get the letters and papers therein, but all was inter cepted. News from Pensacola.— Mr. A. G. Nicholson, a delegate from the county of Escambia to the Florida State Convention, arrived in this city yesterday evening, direct from Pensacola, and reports that General Bragg lnid laid an embargo upou all tbe vessels in that harbor, including the mail steamship Galveston, W. Hutchins, master. There were perhaps twenty vessels in the harbor ut the time they were .placed under embargo. Air. N. likewise states tfiat he met six hundred additional troops at the junction. They were from Mobile, and ou their way to Pensacola. Release of “Nemo,” of the Pensacola Obskr yur.—“Nemo” alias Mathews, the enterprising Warrington correspondent of the Pensacola Ob server, was arrested by order of Gen. Bragg and brought to this city Monday on the charge of hav ing communicated intelligence through one of his letters which gave the enemy notice of prepara tion for an attack on Fort Pickens. Mr. Mathews was released from custody, the Cabinet doubtless regarding his act as one of indiscretion. Air. M. is considered, by those who know him best, as an enthusiastic Southerner, and in his baste to fur nish agreeable news for a local paper, perhaps, never thought of its injurious effect. Those wno have read “Nemo’s” letters extensively republish ed by the press, will certainly be slow to suspect him of any hostile intent to the Confederate States. He is a resident of Warringtou, and all bis sympathies and interests would seem to be warmly mdentified with the Southern forces.— Mont. Advertiser , Yilk. Tlie Montgomery Confederation says: It seems that the General contemplated making un attack on Fort Pickens on Friday night, and that he had managed to this effect admirably, when on Friday alternoon “Nemo’s” letter ap peared in the Observer and blew all the fat in the fire. In this letter be stated the intentions of Gen. Bragg, indirectly, and doubtless uninten tionally. The Wyandotte happened at Pensacola on Friday afternoon, some of whose officers got bold of the paper, and communicated the infor mation to Slemmer. We are unable to state what will be done with the prisoner. Cabinet. Session—Call lor 32,000 Troops. I?Ir. SteplidiKto be President and Gen. Davis to liead ibe Army. The Cabinet was in session for several hours this morning. During the sitting, the proclama tion recently issued by Lincoln, calling out the militia to subjugate the South, was laid before them ; whereupon it was determined to immedi ately call for 32,000 additional troops to meet the mercenaries of the “Abolition Kangaroo at Wash ington,” as the head of the Northern government is termed by the witty and sarcastic John M. Daniel, of Virginia. The Secretary of War will call for 5,000 of the troops from each of the Confederate States except Florida aud 2,000 from that State. That the call will be responded to in an almost incredibly short space of time, there is no question. The war fever is raging, not only in the Confederate States, but even in the Border States, aud offers of the ser vices of troops are continually pouring iu. Vice President Stephens arrived in the city on Monday night, ami it is authoritatively under- M-ood that he is to asume the administration of the government while President Davis is to take the field as Cornmauder in-Chief of the army of the South, proposing to make Richmond his head quarters in the event of the secession of Vir ginia. We may add that private dispatches re ceived to-day from Richmond give assurance that the State will promptly secede. The Convention is in secret session preliminary to taking final action upon the ordinance. Really, the speedy abdication of Washington by the Lincoln dynasty is becoming quite feasible \—Mont. Advr. y D \th. Tbe Firing into the Shannon. Capt. Bowen, of the schooner G. D. k R. F. Shannon, of Philadelphia, from Boston, loaded with ice and consigned to J. M. Duryea of Charles ton, arrived at this port on Wednesday, aud fur nishes us with the following narrative of the treat ment he received at the hands of the Captain of the sloop of-war Pawnee, al anchor off our Bar, on last Saturday morning. At about six o’clock on the morning of Satur day, Capt. Bowen fell in with the United States squadron, and hove to under the port quarter of the Pawnee. He then drew away and stood for the Harriet Lane, which lay about two hundred yards distant. While approaching the Harriet Lane be was tired at by the Pawnee, the shot pass ing under the Shannon’s stern. He went under the stern of the Harriet Laoe, and solicited infor mation touching the state of things. He was in formed by the commander of what was going on in our Bay, and told that the fleet had established a blockade. He then stood out to the South, and East, and while heading on this course received another shot from the Pawnee. Keeping off, the Captain of the Shannon again went under the stern of the Harriet Lane, hailed her Captain and inquired what the Pawnee meant by firing into him. The Captain replied that he wanted him to show his colors, and with all possible dispatch he ran up the United States ensign. While running and preparing to obey this requirement, she fired another shot at the Shanuon. Another ball fol lowed that in quick succession, and by that time, being quite near the Pawnee, he asked her Cap tain what he wanted, and he made answ’er, “that if he did not come to anchor he would blow him out of the water.”"While the Captain oflthe Shan non was making the necessary arrangements for anchoring, the Pawnee sent another ball at him, which passed between the mainmast and the letch of the foresail. He then hauled down the jib and let go the anchor. Soon after the Shannon came to anchor, the Pawnee sent a boat, containing a lieutenaut and five men, all completely armed. On coming aboard the officer ordered him to pay out sixty fathoms of chain and tie his sails up. Capt. Bowen aud his crew were then transferred to the Pawnee. Capt. Bowen inquired of tbe Pawnee why he had fired into him. He replied that he should have heaved to at the first shot. The Captain also stated that he had supposed the Shannon was a Charleston vessel loaded with munitions of war. Since writing this account, we have received the following additional report in relation to the conduct of the Pawnee : The officers of that vessel took the Shannon for the schooner E. Waterman, of this port. They j scrutinized her papers very closely, and made threats of what they would do had she been that vet iel. Their courage certainly did not display I itself when they had a fitting opportunity. [Charleston Courier, \ Ws. The Foreign Fleets, —A Paris correspondent of the New* York Time* writes as follows ; | A fortnight ago I announced to you that the French and English Governments, in view of the threatened civil war in America, were about to j send out a fleet of modern-built war-frigates, as ■an audience for the coming struggle. ODe of the i French frigates, the Fondre, ha's just sailed, the ; Impetueuse is soon to follow, and a third one is !in rapid preparation. The present rendezvous of i these vessels is Vera Cruz, where they will go first to look after French interests, and from . whence they may watch the progress of events iu the United States, and bt ready at a moment’s warning to ateam Id any point where their pres- I euee may be required. | The Proclamation Working.—A dispatch to Ithe Charleston Courier, dated Baltimore, April 15, savs; The war proclamation of Lincoln has caused j here the resignation of the Collector, Postmaster, j Surveyor and Naval Officer, and the places have been filled by the following appointments; John W. Hoffman. Collector; —— Cochran, Naval Offi j cer ; W. H. Parnell, Postmaster ; Judge Marshall, Surveyor; Washington Bonfant, Marshall; A. W. ! Machsben, District Attorney. The newspaper organ of’the Southern Rights I movement, which has been in contemplation here will be started on Monday. The excitement is beyond description. Preparing por the Enemy.—Savannah is fast getting in a position when she will be enabled to repel successfully aoy attack that is likely to be made upon her at her neighbor’]nod. The Gov ernor has filled the requisition es |he Confeder ate Government for one thousand volunteers, and i they are now arriving at the rate of two cum pa- : nies per day. The Columbus Qeusrds, Oapt. El i its, and the Macon Ojards, Capt. Lamar, reached here yesterday morning and went into camo at ! ■ the old parade ground At the Forts and Bar ! packs here are six hundred regulars, as vigorous i and effective men as are to be fonnd anywhere, i I and besides these we have abont fifteen hundred volunteers belonging to the various city compa nies, all tinder thorough drill and discipline, and, what is still better, eager for the fray. Os ordi nance we have recently received a large supply, of i the heaviest and most effective character, afl of ! which is now being placed in position. I With this preparation we consider ourselves ready, and should more be needed, five thousand additional troops could be Concentrated hereZop |o* a notice of twenty-four hours. General Law ! ton has given anew impetus to everything, and I seems resolved that we shall not be caught nap- I P'Bg- U L The Hew. Iu New Torh. ! We make eotte extracts from the leading New York papers t show how the news of the sur render of Fort Stur.teswas received in that city Many of the dispatches, though strictly true, were , disbelieved. Greelkv “draw sit milder” tbau could have heed expected—he says : Fort Sumter is lost, bat Freedom is saved.— There is no more thought of bribing or coaxing the traitors who have dared to aim their cannon balls at the Sag of the Union and those who gave titeir lives to aetend it. It seems but yesterdav that at least two-thirda of the journals of this city were the virtual allies of the Secessionists, their apologists, their champions. The roar of the great circle of batteries pouring their iron hail upon devoted Sumter has struck them all dumb. It is as if one had made a brilliant and effective speech setiincforth the iuuocence of having just bidden adieu to the cheers and the gaslight, were to be conironted by the gory form aud staring eyes of a victim of assassination, the first fruit of his oratorical success. For months before the late Presidential election, a majority of our journals predicted forcible resistance to the Government as the natural and necessary conse quence of a Republican triumph ; for months since, they have been cherishing aud encouraging the Slaveholders’ Rebellion as if it w ere a very natural and proper proceeding. Their object was purely partisan—they wished to bully the Repub lican Administration into shameful recreancy to Republican principle, and then call npon the people to expel Ironi j>ower a party so profligate and cowardly. Ihey did not succed in this : they hav< succeeded in enticiug their Southern proteges aud some time allies into flagrant treason. The Commercial Advertiser ascribes the inac tion of the fleet to the ver y prudent discretion of its Commanders, and to a ruse ou the part of the Federal Administration : It was never intended that the lleet should en ter the harbor, for then, in all probability, it would have lallen into the hands of the rebels. But it was intended that the rebels should believe that such was its destination, and should muster their utmost forces there in order to accomplish its capture. And they were led into this belief in order that they might be induced to postpone an attack upon the city of Washington which was in immediate contemplation, and for which General Scott v/as not yet prepared. While the comman der of the rebel army was concentrating his forces for the capture ot Fort Sumter, and the fleet sup posed to be sent for its relief, the constitutional government was energetically putting Washing ton iu a state ot defence, and reinforcing Fort Pickens, while at the same time it got its handful of men unharmed Irom Fort Sumter and made Charleston a blockaded harbor. Seeing how com pletely they have been out-manoeuvred we do not wonder that JeffersOn Davis was too sick to ap pear on Saturday night, that only seven guns were fired at Montgomery “in honor of the vio tory,” and that the telegrams from Montgomery, where the ruse had been comprehended, are so much quieter and tamer than those from Charles ton, where the excited people had not looked further than Fort Sumter. Chevalier Webb is iurious and pitches into Maj. Anderson most villainously. Had tbe Chevalier been there alone with that fanions “mahogany stocked pistol,” doubtless he would have put the whole rebel army to flight aud bombarded Charles ton. By tbe way what became of that “sou—that favorite son—that gallant youth” who was to per form such wonders V—why, he was on board that fleet, whose exploits for the relief of Anderson weke so valiant ! Here is General W ebb’s erup tion : TREASON RAMPANT—FORT SUMTER SURRENDERED BY A TRAITOR. Sumter lias fallen—surrendered we fear, by a traitor; and that traitor is Major Robert Ander son. This is harsh language; but it is the lan guage of truth demanded by what appears to be the grossest act of treason ever perpetrated, iu this or any other country. The treason of Twiggs is admitted by ail to have exceeded that of Ben edict Arnold ; but the names of both Arnold and Twiggs, will sink into insignificance—indeed, are almost rendered respectable, when compared with the more damning infamy which from present appearances, must forever attacb to that of Rob ert Anderson. The circumstances of this abominable treason, are so palpable and transparent, that no man who reads them, can hesitate iu arriving at the con clusion, that Anderson arranged with Beaure gard for the surrender of Sumter, before it was assaulted; that the defense was but a sham; and that it was deemed important the surrender should take place before relief could be afforded by the Government Fleet, hourly expected to arrive with Troops, Provisions, and munitions of war. Os course, the public were not prepared for Treason on the pari of Anderson; ana yet publications have recently been made iu various Presses, which created doubts in the minds of many, whether sacli a catastrophe as that which has happened, was not within the scope ol possibility. Wo cer tainly, have doubted his Patriotism; but with the extraordinary fact in our possession, to which we are about to refer, we did not, because we could not, anticipate such an act of unmitigated treach ery. We believed a sense of honor if not a feel ing of pride and self-respect, would have com pelled him to discharge bis plain duty to tbe pub lic aud to himself, knowing as he did,” that in so doing, be would receive a reward at the hands of his fellow-citizens, far above any that the Rebel Confederacy could bestow. The public knew that Major Anderson’s sympathies were all with the Rebels; and yet, knowing this, they not only con fided in his honor, but estimated more highly the chivalric feeling which they imagined, prevented his asking to be relieved. But alas, instead of remaining at his post from a sentiment of honor or duty, it is now but too evident, that he did not abandon it, simply because he would then have placed it out of liis power to serve the Traitors and Rebels with whom he was in league to bring upon his country and his country’s flag, this deep disgrace aud infamy. * * * * Had he been true —had he been honest—had he not been a Traitor; even if a breach had been made in his walls, his ammunition expended, and every man of his command either killed or woun ded, his duty would have been to have told those who survived, to get under cover and patiently wait until relieved by his friends or taken posses sion of by his enemies. And yet he surrendered —ignobly, disgracefully, and treacherously surren dered—in order to prevent the gallant soldiers of the Union getting possession or, and defending this important public fortress. As to the burning of his woodwork—his Hen coops and Quarters—making it necessary to sur render, the plea is an insult to the intelligence of the country; and what is more, it appears by our despatch, that this terrible fire was extinguished by his own command immediately after the sur render and before aid could reach him ! Why was not the surrender delayed until after the fire was extinguished ? God grant we may not do him injustice; but as the facts now stand, we hold him to be the vilest Traitor the world ever saw : and such we doubt not, will be the judgment of the Court Martial that tries him. We cannot but mourn over the great National disgrace,; but the blood of martys was the seed of the Church ; and so will it be now. The country will now put on its armor in earnest, and traitors and rebels will soon meet with the justice they so richly merit. By the bye, where is the “Blood of the Martyrs” in this case ? Thirty-hours of terri ble and tremendous firing from Sumter by “the gallant Anderson,” and not a Rebel killed—nay, not one wounded even, to enable him hereafter, to boast’ that he was one of Falstaff’s valiaDt troops 1 ! W’hat a bloodless victory ! How pre cious iu the sight of Anderson, was the blood of those chivalric Rebels, who fired upon his men when exposed upon a raft in getting water to put out the fire ! Well may be say that the wonder ful escape of the Rebels from injury of any kind, was Providential. We do not agree with him however. Providence does not countenance Re bellion aud Perjury ; but man may so direct his guns as not to do injury to those at whom they are apparently pointed. It is not wonderful that Andersou’s command were uninjured. They would uot have been harmed for a week to come ; but the escape of the Rebels, is at least curious. If Henry Ward Beecher’s gospel is not any more true than his news of this world, his congre gation are in a bad way. We rather opine that congregation, next day, were somewhat dumb found ered: at mr. beecher’s church. Rev. H. W. Beecher preached at the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, from the following text : Exodus, 14th chapter and 15th verse: “And the Lord said unto Moses, wherefore criest thou unto me*? Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward.” The reverend gentleman concluded his remarks with the announcement to his congregation that “Fort Sumter had been reinforced and Fort Moul trie was in ruins.” This caused one of the most tremendous outbursts of enthusiasm that has ever been witnessed within the walls of any church. The congregation rose en masse and cheer after cheer rang through the building. The exercise of the evening closed with the ’ singing of the anthem— “ My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land ot Liberty, Os thee I sing.” From the New York Express. When the President comprehends the men and means he lias undertaken to deal with, he will begin to comprehend the logical sequences of the policy as marked out to the Virginians. It is not a war with Mexico, puny and fanatic, but a war with a people, powerful in intellect, and heroic in courage, and a war to be waged upon their own soil. The President must remember, too, that be is but encamped (that is now the word) in the very midst of (his) enemy’s country, and that Wash ington City is on the frontiers, tar from the pro tection of his Republic, or its people. He needs the 50 000 men there, to protect him. Fifty thou sand may seem a large number, but 50,000 men will be too large a number ever to tempt an at tack, and it needs that number to avoid even the temptation of attack. The sword is now unsheathed, and we have now to become a military people,—and whatever mens past opinions may have been, they most prepare for that great change. The North is likely to have money enough, and the Cotton States as yet are not wanting in means, any more than in men. The quicker then, these resources North are brought into actioa, the quicker in all proba bility will this civil war exhaust itself, and reduce all men to moderation, sense and reason. Our standing armv, to meet such a crisis, should be increased to 100,000 men. The ranks so difficult to fill in ordinary times, will be readily filled now from two causes! first, from the inability of thou sands of laborers to live otherwise than in the army, and next from the zeal and passion civil wars ever inspire. We need also a large increase of the Navy, especially in gin steamboats oflight draught, to enter Southern rivers over Southern bars, gttn boats which can protect themselves from batteries by their own guns, as well as in spire a salutary restraint. A few words more—as to what we think the President should do, (and the words are more valuable from an opponent, than if from a friend,) because acts thus advised by ae opponent cannot be complained of, if adopted. \ Ist. Not another mail should be sent to South ‘Carolina. Twice has our Flag been fired upon there, without direct, immediate, overwhelming J necesaitv, and South Carolinians, by their own I act, cease to be onr countrymen. zd. Not another gun, cannon, revolver, or I pound of powder should be permitted to go to the . seceding States. The President of the United I States, through his Revenue oSeers, should in stantlv estop their exportation, and State* should I ; stop their inter-transit trade. | 3d. The Port of Charleston ought to be instant !lv blockaded. There may be no law for it, but South Carolina has put herself out of the protec tion of any law of outs. She does not respect us, and Vre cannot be expected to respect her. 4th. Congress ought to be forthwith re-called to legislate for existing emergencies. The Pres.- dent, of himself, without the greatest stretch of I power, cannot meet the crisis. -The whole Cus* tom House system must be remodeled, to tit the j times. I And, if the President then could and would but look beyond .the “Chicago Platform,” and com prehend tue country, and its past history of mu tual concessions, and compromises—we could then dart- to indulge a hope, that the Merciful God, which has solar protected us, eveu Charles ton, amid *2,000 cannon shot, from sacriticingthe life of a single human being, would yet avert from us, that most terrible calamity of civil war. It is uot too late, eveu now, to save us from this I fratrecidal war—if we fully prepare for it over whelming means and men, aud ts we at the same time, hold out the Olive Branch of Peace. The kind . Providence, which has passed from us the bitter cup of blood will yet watch over us. and keep it from us, as it has watched oyer us this terrible week past, it we, ourselves, will bu* try to forget Passion, Party. Prejudice, Fanati cism, and pray to Heaven to spare us from that calamity we are too weak, ourselves, to save our selves from. From the Journal of Commerce, 15/A. It is time to pause. The first uot in this great drama has been performed. Fortunately it has been uttended with no serious loss of human life. If this w r ar is to go on—if an enlightened nation like ours, in this enlightened age, is to settle its domestic differences by the sword aud not by reason, we must prepare for a sacrifice by thous ands aud tens of thousands, and for the prostra tion of all our highest hopes uud expectations. It is not too late to appeal to reason and justice, to restore peace and avert the horrors anil sacrifices of civil war. What stands iu the way of such a solution of onr difficulties ? The Confederate States do not want war. The United States do not want war. The former claim the right which the colonies exercised in the revolution, of establishing an in dependent government. The latter have nothing t o gain by coercing them to remain iu the Union against their will. That would destroy the prin ciple upon which the whole fabric of our instltu tious rest. Let us then resort to the methods which civilised nations employ to settle their differences. Let hostilities cease, and diplomacy be substituted. Let us learn from the Coniude rate States what they demand, and if consistent with national honor, grant it and let them go in peace. If the war is eyerto cease, negotiation must pro duce such cessation. Why not negotiate now and fight afterwards, if tight we must; but let not the folly be perpetrated ot fighting first, and resort-’ ing lastly to a method which might have averted the war. We suppose no sane man expects to coerce thejseceding States back into the Union. How much satisfaction then can be derived from the utmost humiliation, if that shall prove practi cable, of their people through the agency of mili tary power? How will the prosperity, the glory or the happiness of the people, in either sectiM), be promoted by any victories which either may achieve over the other ? If the leaders in the two Governments are men ot sense and not maddened with fanaticism aud folly—if the people are not possessed with the war spirit, to the degree ot banishing reason from her throne, an effort will be made to stop this monstrous evil, and substitute for it the reign of peace. What is now demauded, is not the courage to fight, but the courage which dares to arrest the war and carnage which now threaten the destruction of our liberties. €• S. MalleUe Burned In KlUgy at tlie Mortli ! The following intelligence relative to our towns man, Mr. C. S. Mallettb, is from the Boston Tra veller of April loth. It will excite a thrill of in dignation in the breasts of his Southern friends. Mr. M. stated, previous to his departure from Au gusta a few weeks since, that he expected some indignity and insult would be ottered him when he got to the North. It seems his expectations were partially realized —though we are glad he defeated the intention of the rascals to treat him to a suit of tar and feathers. Read the article : A Traitor burned in Effigy. —The usually quiet town of South Reading was in uhigh state of ex citement yesterday ana last evening. Some mouths since, while Kemp’s Old Folk ’4 Concert Troupe were on a Southern tour, oue of their number named Chas. S. Mallette, of South Reading, was induced to remain in Georgia, and teach singing. When the secession fever was at its height there, he joined a compauy known as the Oglethorpe Infantry. The South Reading Gazette noticed his treach ery. In reply to this, he wrote to his old friends that if they came down South in a hostile spirit they would find bloody giaves. Thursday night Mallette returned from the South. ; Yesterday morning an efligy was found sus pended on a tree in front of the Tost Ollice, bear ing the words “Traitor Mallette.” He had by this time become satisfied that he had better leave town, and his baggage was sent to the depot and forwarded by the first train to this city, but there was a larger crowd at the depot than he desired to meet, and he did not ucconipany it. He, however, came to the city by the ten o’clock train, having got upon it from the side opposite the depot, without being seen. It is said that tar ar.d feathers had been provided for his benefit, but of this there is some doubt. The elligy was cut down about nine o’clock in the forenoon, and kept secreted till night, when it was brought out and escorted about town by a crowd of boys and young men, after which it was suspended upon a liberty pole and burned. [communicated.] Lexington, Ga., April 10,1861. Editor Chronicle <& Sentinel: —l am gratified in being able to say, that the first news we receiv ed here of the glorious achievements at Charles ton was on Sunday morning last, in the Daily Chronicle <& Sentinel brought up on an extra train on our Athens branch, which for a wonder, Over came its Puritanism and rau a train on Sunday. Our Superior Court commended its spring term on yesterday, and adjourned 10-day at 3 p. m.—a good many cases being laid over on account of abseuce 01 counsel. The “Gilmer Blues” turned out after the ad journment of court and were addressed by Judge Thomas for a short time, in a very happy manner. The ranks are rapidly filling up, and I hope will soon number 75 men. The officersjare as follows : J. T. Lofton, Captain; S. W. Harris, Ist Lieutenant; Thomas H. Dozier, 2d Lieutenant; G. G. Gratton, 3d Lieutenant or Ensign. We have had a great deal of rain within a week —several heavy floods that washed the lands ex ceedingly, and baked the newly sown cotton ridges very much. Mercury this afternoon came down to 56 *deg., and as I write we have every prospect of a visit from Gen. Jack Frost in the morning. Forward wheat is in a dangerous position, and bids fair to be slain fore and aft. With “nine cheers and a tiger” for the Southern Confederacy—South Carolina—Gen. Beauregard, uud the rank and file of our army, I subscribe myself Yours very truly, R. The Loan of tlie Confederate State*. The Montgomery Advertiser of the 18th says: “We are pleased to learn that so great has been the demand for the $5,000,000 loan offered yes terday, that the President has coqcluded to offer the whole $15,000,000 at once. Charleston alone took two of the first five million ottered, and capi talists in New Orleans asked for at least as much as five million themselves. This is a good indi cation. Our people have a confidence in the stability of our vigorous little Republic which the arbitration of the sword cannot shake. We have not as yet learned how much of the authori zed loan has been taken in this city. The books will still be kept open at the Central Bank to-day. Capitalists can now have an opportunity to show the faith that is in them.” The Savannah Republican of the 19th, says:— Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars were taken yesterday, and we are requested to say that the books will remain open, at the Central Rail road Bank, until two o’clock to-day. The Confederate Loan. We understand that the amount of the Confed erate Loan taken in this city up to the time of the closing of the books yesterday, was three hun dred and fifty thousand dollars. The Confederate Loan. —The books for sub scriptions to the Confederate Loan, in this city, were closed on Thursday, the 18th inst., accord ing to notice, having been open for two days.— The result was : For the first day $2,08(^,000 For the second day 180,000 Total $2,‘J60,000 The whole amount expected from South Caro lina, in view ot the amount of the loan and ot the relative resources of the States, was $1,125,000. — The city of Charleston alone has ott'erea more than double that amount. We await reports from the State, and from other States, without any anxiety as to the result.— Chas. Courier , VJtll. The Confederate Loan. —The books for sub scriptions to this loan was opened at the Central Railroad Bank yesterday, and by two o’clock— the close of banking hours—the sum of $187,000 was taken. The first two subscribers to the Confederate Loan, ottered yesterday, were widows, in the re spective sums of S3OO and S2OO ; one of them, a catholic in spirit as well as religion, God bless her !- -sent us word to put her name on our list of subscribers to the s2oo fund,'to be paid during the war, saying she had no sons to send, but would conti ibute her means. There is the true spirit for you. Who can doubt that this fund will be raised.— Savannah Republican , \9>ih. Judge Lane E.vli.stb as a Private in the Con federate States. —A dispat<3h from Huntsville, Ala., to the Mobile Adiertiser , says : Judge Geo. W. Lane, recently appointed United States Judge of the Northern District of Alabama, and con firmed by the Senate to that position, has thrown up his commiwion and volunteered as a private in the Confederate Army. Resigned.-—Asst. Surgeon A. J. Foard, of the U. S. Army for the last eight years, was in .our. city last week. He has sent in his resignation to the President, and tendered his services to Gov. Brown. He is, at present, in Montgomery. Dr. Foard i3 a native of this (Baldwin; ceunty, and has earned an enviable reputation in the position he has relinquished, We trust that President Davis will promote him, by appointing him to the i office of Surgeon in the Army of the Confederate States. He is deserving the honor, and will re- | fleet credit on the service. We copy the above from the Federal Union, j and heartilv join it in the hope that our President I will appoint Surgeon Foaan to a position in the | Confederate Army, which we feel assured, onr old classmate Aitnaiw, will fill with credit to himself, and with benefit to those who may unfortunately require his services. Vibgixia Law or Treasoe. —A dispatch to the ( Savannah Bepahliotn dated Charleston, April 16, says : Mr. Pryor received a despatch to day from ! Richmond, stating that Governor Letcher had 1 issued a proclamation declaring any citizen of Vir ginia who responds to Lincoln's requisition for volunteer troops, or in any way acts against the Confederate Sta*es, a traitor. 1 The despatch also says that the Convention is. I expected to pass an ordinance of secession this ! evening. A capital definition of good larming was given ] by a Mr. Kane, at an agriceltural discussion in , England. He said he fed his land before it was . hungry ; rested it before it was weary, and weed ed it before it was foul. ’ BY TELEGRAPH. | [Special Dispatch to the Chron. i Sent.j PKocLiin.vTiotr BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. Whereas, Abraham Lincoln, the. President of the United States, has, by Proclamation, an nounced the intention of invading this Confede racy with an armed force, for the purpose of cap turing its fortresses, and thereby subververting its independence, and subjecting the free people thereof to the dominion of a foreign power ; and, whereas, it has thus become the duty of this gov trnmeut to repel the threatened iuvasiou, aud to defeud the rights and liberties of the people by all the means which the taws of uations and the usages of civilized warfare place at its disposal: Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of tlie Confederate States of America, do issue this my Proclamation, inviting all those who may de sire, hy service in private armed vessels ou the high seas, to uid this Government in resisting so wanton aud wicked an aggrescion, to make appli cation for commissions, or letters of murque and reprisal, to be issued uuder the seal of tha Con federate States. And Idb further notify ail per sons applying for letters of marque to make a statement in writing, giving the name and a suit able description of the character of the vessel, and the name and place of residence of each owner concerned therein ; and the intended number of the crew, and to sign said statement, and to de liver the same to the Secretary of State, or to the Collector of any port of entry of the Confederate States, to be by him transmitted to tlie Secretaiv of State. And Ido further notify all applicants aforesaid, that before any commission or letter of marque is issued to any vessel, the owner or owners thereof, and the commander for the time being, will be required to give bond to the Confederate States, with at least two respon sible securities, uot in ails way interested in such vessel, iu the penal sum of ut least live thousand dollars; or if such vessel be provided with mere than one hundred and fifty men, then iu the penal sum often thorsund dollars with condition that the owners, ollicers and crew who shall be employed on board, such commis sioned vessels shall observe the laws of these Con federate States and the instructions given to them for the regulation of their conduct, that they shall satisfy all damages done contrary to the tenor thereof, by such vessel, during her commis sion, uud deliver up the same when revoked by the President of the Confederate State:. And Ido further specially enjoin on al. ersors holding ollices, civil and military, under thority of the Confederate States, that tiny i vigilant and zealous in discharging the dulm.-. n. cidents thereto. And 1 do moreover solemnly exhort the good people of these Confederate States as they love their country, as they prize the blessings of one government, as they feel tlie wrongs of the past, and those uow threatened i.i aggravated form, by those whose enmity is more implacable, because unprovoked, that tfiey exert themselves in pre serving order, in promoting concord, in maintain ng the authority and efficacy of the laws; and in supporting and invigorating till the measures which may be adopted for the common defence, and by which, under the blessings of Divine Pro vidence we may hope for a speedy, just, and honorable peace. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Confederate States to be atfixed, this 17th day of April, A. D., 18G1 . Jefferson Davis. By the President: R. Toombs, Secretary of State. [Special dispatch to the Chrou. k Seut.] KENTUCKY AND NORTH CAROLINA WILL NOT FURNISH TROOPS FOR COERCION. Washington, April 10.—The following are re sponses by telegraph, from the Governors of North Carolina and Kentucky to the'Secretary of War, to calls on those States for volunteers : Frankfort Ky., April 15, 1861. To the Secretary of War: Your dispath has been received. In answer, 1 say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States. Signed, 11. Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky. Raleigh, N. 8., April 15,1861. To the Secretary of War: Your dispatch has been received ; and if it is genuine, which its extraordinary character leads me to doubt, I have to say in reply that I regard a le}* of troops for the purpose of subjugating the Confederate States of the South, as in viola tion of the Constitution and a usurpation of power. I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country, and to this war upon the liberties of a free people. You can get no troops in North Carolina. I will reply more in detail when your call has been received by mail. (Signed) John W. Ellis, Governor of North Carolina. The Secretary of War indicates that indepen dent volunteer companies that volunteer directly to him, will be accepted from these States. [Special dispatch to the Chron. & Sent.) TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI RESPOND. Montgomery, Ala. April 18.—Intelligence re ceived here from’Tennessee states that Gov. Harris has replied to Lincoln’s requisition through the Secretary of War, for two regiments of Tennessee troops, that he will not furnish a single man for coercion, but will furnish fifty thousand, if neces sary, for the defence of our rights and those of our Southern brothers, Gov. Jackson, of Missouri replies to the Secre tary of War, that his requisition is illegal, un constitutional revolutionary, inhuman diabolical, and cannot be complied with, for Missouri will not furnish a man for such an unholy crusade. SECESSION OF VIRGINIA. It is believed that a rigid surveilance is exer cised over the telegraph office in Washington, by the government of the United States, and 1o this cause the General Agent of the Southern Press attributes the delay* in receiving the announce ment of the secession of Virginia. The agent here is satisfied of the fact that Vir ginia has seceded, and he has no reluctance what ever in making that fact as well known as the press of the Confederate States can make it. [Special to tfie Chronicle & Sentinel.] DEMONSTRATIONS IN MONTGOMERY. Montgomery, April 18.—The city of Montgom ery is brilliautly illuminated to-night, and one hundred guns were fired this afternoon in honor of the secession of the Old Dominion. There is general rejoicing, and everybody now regards the revolution as complete. A thousand welcomes to gallant, glorious old Virginia. REJOICING AT MOBILE. Mobile, Ala. April 18.—The news of the pass age by the Richmond Convention of the Ordinance of Secession was received here with great rejoic ing. The bells are ringing, one hundred guns are being fired and iinprornptuous speeches being made. The people are frantically joyous. “]Special Dispatch to the Chron. A Sent.] TREMENDOUS SECESSION MEETING IN MEMPHIS. Memphis, April 17.—A tremendous meeting was held last night, at which it was resolved that Memphis was out of the Union. There are no Union men here now. The City Council ap pointed a Military Board, and appropriated fifty thousand dollars for the defence of the city. ’ [Special dispatch to the Chron. k Sent.] ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING IN LOUISVILLE. Louisville, Ky., April 17.—An immense and enthusiastic meeting was field fipre last night.— Resolutions were unanimously adopted approving Gov. Magoffin’s refusaUo furnish troeps demanded from Kentucky, by the Federal gov ernment, and asserting thut in the event of war y Kentucky will go with the South. [Special Dispatch to the Chron. k Sent.] LARGE MEETING AT PADUCAH. Paducah, Ky., April 17.— At a meeting of the citizens of Paducah last night, resolutions were passed requesting Gov. Magottin to give the whole , support of the State to the South. President Lincoln’s policy was strongly denounced. The utmost unanidhity prevailed. [Special Dispatch to the Cliron. A Sent.] MEETING OF VIRGINIANS AT MOBILE. Mobile, Apnl 18. —An immense meeting called by Virginia citizens is now progressing with great enthusiasm manifested. An effigy of Lincoln has just passed the meeting, cansing uprourons shout ing. The city is illuminated, and bands are play ing Old Virginia. PROCLAMATION OF GOV. LETCHER. Washington, April 18.—Gov. Letcher’s procla mation, acknowledging the Independence of the Southern Confederacy, was received here to-day. It calls on the whole volunteer force of the State i | of Virginia to hold themselves ready for itnmedi- | i ate service, and refuses to furnish the.quota of I treops demanded by the Federal Government. HARPER’S FERRY TO BE TAKEN. Alexandria, Va., April 18. —The Alexandria Gazette, extra, confirms the rumorof a large body j of Virginia troops marching upon Harper's Ferry this morning. DELAWARE SUPPORTS LINCOLN. Wiluingnox, Del., April 17.—At a meeting last night, the largest ever held in thjp city, resolu ; tions were passed censuring Senator Bayard for placing the State in a false position, and repudia i ting iiis xreacherv. ! KENTUCKY I.EGISLAI URE TO BE CON VENED. Louisville, April 18. —Gov. Magoffinhas issued his proclamation convening the Legislature of Kentucky on the 37th inst. DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, April 18.— The newsof the seces- I sion of Virginia was received here with great de monstrations of joy. One hundred guns were were fired, and the Southern Confederacy Flag i was displayed from ail the newspaper offices. VOL. LXXV.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO. 111. [Special tothe Chronicle A Sentinel.] RESIGNATION OF GEN. SCOTT. Montgomery, Ala., April 19. —Intelligence has been received here which authorizes the positive announcement, that Gen. Scott has resigned his position in the Army of the United States, and has tendered his sword to his native State, Vir ginia. [Special to the Chronicle A Sentinel. Montgomeby, Ala., April 19.—The Cabinet had a protracted session to-day. The government here is promptly informed of passing events, and rapidly occurring events engage much of their attention. They determined among other mat ters to-day, to send the Hon. A. H. Stepheus to communicate with the Governor and State Con vention of Virginia. - THE CONFEDERATE LOAN, Ac. Moßtgouhy, April 19. —The Treasury Depart ment has heard of eight millions of the Loan being taken. Some of the smaller towns are yet to hear from. Montgomery has taken two hun dred thousand dollars, of which four hundred was taken by two negroes belonging to Gen. Harda way aud Col. Bibb. The defences of Louisiana and Texas have the particular attention ot the Confederate Govern ment to-day. COLLISION AND BLOODSHEITIN BATIMORE Baltimore, April, 19.—There was a terrible scene enacted here to-day. A portion of tbe soldiers of the Seventh Regiment of New York, were on their wav to Washington, but wheu they reached this city they were received with groans’ hisses and other reproachful demoustratious, which soon ripened into collisions. Fire arms were freely used and many of the “Seventh York Regiment” who had volunteered to awe and dra goon the South, have been seut to that “bourne ! from whence uo traveler returns.” There was terrible bloodshed, and the conflict became so geueral aud bloody, that tho Governor was compelled to declare mortial law. [A private dispatch received by a gentleman in this city.] Baltimore, Mr>., April 19. —As the Jlussasachu setts Regiment and the Seventh New York Regi ment were passing through Baltimore this after noon on their way to Washington, they were at tacked by a large number of citizens, and in ro turn the soldiers fired on them. Then a geueral tight ensued, when several were killed aud wouud ed onboth sides. The uurnber is uot known. Members of the troops suceeedod in reuebiug the Camden street depot, where they where at • last advices. The track was turn up to prevent the trains i im leaving. j Mr. John W. Garrett, the President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, refuses to transport any troops over that road. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BALTIMORE. AFFAIR. Washington, April 19. —While the Massachu setts Regiment were passing through Baltimore to-day, they were attacked hy a mob. A portion of the troops fired at the crowd. Several were injured, but the extent of the injury is not known. The troops have just arrived here. THE LATEST FROM BALTIMORE. Baltimore, April 19.— 10% o’clock P. M.—Ouly two of the Massachusetts soldiers are known to be killed and three wounded. Seven citizens are known to have been killed and live or six serious ly wounded. There is comparative quiet in the city. The State troops and alull police force aro under arms. Washington, April 19— 11% o’Mock, P. M.— Twenty men of the Massachusetts battallion, who were engaged in tho row to-day in Baltimore, were brought on here and have been conveyed to the Infirmary. Others are slightly wounded. There is a strsng guard at all the outposts around the city to-night. Fully five thousand troops arc under arms in around tho city. There is a strong Union sentiment prevailing here, aud the deepest regrets expressed at the occurrences at Bujlimore to-day. There is no vio lent excitement here, hut a deep feeling of solemn suspense and anxiety. MARTIAL LAW AT BALTIMORE. Baltimore, April 19.—Tho Governor of Mary land has declared Martial Law, and all the volun teer corps are assembled at the armory. . SEIZURE OF MAIL STEAMERS. Washington, April 19.—Four of the steamers which ran from Washington to Aquia Creek were detained by the Government to-day, under the apprehension that they were to be used for seces sion purposes. The agent here is endeavoring to have them released to-morrow. HARPER’S FERRY MATTERS. Washington, April 19.—1 tis reported here that the few government troops at Harper’s Ferry felt themselves unable to hold possession of the public works against the superior force ot the Virginians, and blew up two of the principal worksheps and the Arsenal, and retreated to the Maryland side. THE STEAMER PAWNEE. Washington, April 19.—The steamer Pawnee with troops, Ac. on board, is ready for further service. THE NEW YORK HERALD’S POSITION. New York, April 18.— The New York Herald office on yesterday displayed the stura a„d stripes and in its this morning’s issue has four leading articles lully endorsing the policy of tbe admiuis tration. [Special dispatch to the Chron. A Seut.] A FEDERAL J UDGE’S CHARGE TO THE JURY. Montgomery, April 17.—Reliable intelligence has been received here which authorizes the state ment that the Federal Judge at Nashville, Tenn., in his charge to the Grund Jury, called their at tention to the fact that President Lincoln was usurping powers not conferred on him by the Constitution or laws of the United States. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, April 16.—1 tis said that the or ders for the Regiments from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, under the the recent levy, to im mediately proceed to Washington, have been countermanded for ths reason that arrangemeatts have not yet been made for their accommodation. MARYLAND RESPONDS IN FAVOR OF FEDERAL TROOHS. Wathington, April 16.—Gov. Hicks has inform ed the Secretary of War that Maryland will re spond to the call for her quota of Federal troops. VIRGINIA NEWS. Richmond, Va„ April 16.— Tbe State Conveo tioc is in secret session to-day and all reporters are excluded. A telegram from Gov. Pickens, of S. C., to the Hon. H. A. Wise, of this date, says that it is re ported in the Charleston harbor that there are now eleven vessels oft’ the bar, and the vessels in the regular trade are all stopped. Tbe newspapers here express confidence that Gen. Scott will resign. The Richmond Whig yesterday hauled down the Union flag, and this morning has run up the flag of Virginia. NORFOLK HARBOR OBSTRTUCTED—GUNS SEIZED. Baltimore, April 18.—Captain Pearson, of tbe Norfolk steamer, which arrived this morning, re ports that the mam entrance to the harbor of Norfolk has been obstructed by the order of Gov. Letcher, by sinking small boats in it. Captain Pearson was compelled to go over the flats. The object in sinking those vessels is to prevent the Government vessels at Norfolk from leaving, as ordered, and also to prevent succor reaching them. The Norfolk Custom House has been broken into and a quantity of guns stored there have been taken out. Yhe Revenue Cutter has been boarded and its guns seized. WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Washington, April 18. —The general impression here appears to from be concomitant circumstances tbat-tbe Virginia Convention has passed, or will ccitainly pass, an Ordinance of Secession. Great depression exist among the people of this city. The /nteUigei err of to-day states that the tele graph line on yesterday was constantly convey ing messages between the Governors of South Carolina and Virginia, and that the people were, in a great measure, deprived of the use of the wirea between Washington and Richmond. The Northern papers and dispatches are filled with war preparations. This city will, in a few hours be fully defensible against any attack. FROM VIRGINIA. Richmond, Va., April 17—P. M—At 5 o’clock tliis afternoon no Ordinance of Secession had been passed by the State Convention. That body was still in secret session, but nothing was relia bly known of its proceedings. FROM ARIZONIA. New Orleans, April 17.—Via Galveston, Tex as.—W e have received intelligence from Eastern | Arizonia. | The Territorial Convention met at Mesilla ou the 15th ult. Mr. Herbert, the Texas Commission er was present and was cordially welcomed. Re solutions were adopted cordially endorsing the action of the seceded States. The resolutions state substantially that Arizona’s interest is with the j .South. And further that she desires to become a territory of the Confederate States. She will not recognize President Linculu’s administration j ! nor obey his officers. The people of Western Arizona have been re ■ quested to join in the movement. \ A vote will be taken on the resolutions on the , j second Monday in April. PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS MOVING. Reading, Pa., April 19.—The Ringgold Flying ! Artillery of Reading, numbering one hundred and [ eight meD, with four field pieces, received a re quisition from Gov. Curtin to-day, to set out for ; 1 Harrisburg, the place ol rendezvous. They w ill | be the first Pennsylvania company in the field. .LATER FROM uUSOfL. ARRIVAL OF TUK STEAMKIi KKDiH. Halifax, April 18.—Tlie new steamship Radar, with Liverpool advices to Saturday, April Oth, has arrived. Commercial News. Liverpool Cottox Market.— The sales on Saturday were 20,000 bales. The market closed buoyant aud with au advancing tendency. Tlie American news caused a partial advance of ‘.d. Breadstuffs closed <|uiet and steady, and Pro visions were unchanged. At London cousolsjclosed at 91;\a'.'l At Huvre the cotton market was dull. Oilcans Tree. Ordnaire was quoted at 1011. and Has at ti..;. The sales ot the week were 4,500 bales— the stock on hand was 877,000 bales. General News. The continental advices are of a warlike char acter. At Paris the army was drilling for war. AU tin Marshals ol France have been summoned to .. - tend a Council of War on the sih inst. Military operations are about commoner, in Italy. The Niagara, which sailed 10-d..v. , took out £35,000. FURTHER BY TIL; NORTH BRITON. Nhw Vows, April 16.—The Etna's advices caused greater firmness in the cotton trade. The rates of the Bank ol Ena'.aud have been reduced to 2;j‘ per cent. At Liverpool on Friday the tales were MOOO bales, aud the market closed tirm at the uulc.-.c l quotations : Fair Orleans 4 | Mm. Orleans 7 -1 . “ Mobiles 7% I Mid. Mobiles... 7V. I “ Uplands 7% | Mid. Uplands.'.. r l-ln The stock of cotton in Liverpool was r , t bales, of which 790,000 were American. Hewitt A Cos. in their circular report that Fair Orleans Cotton had advanced on the v, aud Breadstuil's were dull. ‘ It wus reported that Garibaldi and bis leaders dilTerentSifcctions have a perfect understandsi in their peratious. It is expected that the Hungarian Diet will call the Hungarian troops from other parts of Austria to concentrate in Hungary. If this call is opposed by Austria, the Hungarians will refuse to pay t ..... es, aud insurrections will take place. Garribaldi bad been received at Turin with great enthusiasm. Omar Pacha is now commander-in-chief of Bosnia. “[special to the Chronicle A Sentinel. STAR OF THE WEST SEIZED:’ New Orleans, April 20.—The limu 5m.,., steamship SI ar ot the West has just an iced olVt bar below this city from Indiauol.i, T . on she was taken us a prize by the Coufed.-i aie Slates authorities. CONTEMPLATED SEIZURE OF iI.U. T. . FERRY. Washington, April 18.— There is a rumor afloat which is generally believed, that there is a con siderable force e/i route from Ceutral \ irginia to scire the government property at Harper’s l eirr. CHARLESTON NEWS. Charleston, April IS.—The news of the action of Virginia in passing the Ordinance of Seer o n and obstructing the channel at Norfolk, was re ceived here with enthusiasm. E. liuflin, ot Vir ginia, fired the old Secession gun on the bay at 3 o’clock this afternoon in honor of his State. Troops are continually arriving from the in terior. RESIGNATION. Wasiiikgton, April 17.—1’. M.—Col. Charles Lee Jones, Adjutant General of the District .Mili tia, threw up his commission to-day. FROM TEXAS. New Orleans, April 17.—A recent arrival lioin Galveston, Texas, stutes that tlie steamship Star of the West was seen oil’ ludianola on Sunday last. The steamship Empire City aud the Mohawk left on F’riday evening with troops, but their >. , tination was unknown. Six companies of U. S. troops, under .Majors Smith and Sibley were at Greenlake (V) near In dianola, waiting for more companies from the upper frontier. Major Rhett has resigned, aud offered his servi ces to the Southern Confederacy. ARRIVAL OF TROOPS AT WASHINGTON. Washington, April 1-. About four hundred Pennsylvania troops and Sherman’s battery, ar rived here to-night. EXOITEMMNT IN NORFOLK, VA. Norfolk, Va., April 17.—The excitement con tinues, with the utmost deternnuatiou to resist Lincoln’s war policy. VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION. Richmond, April 17.—The Oonveutiou at ten o'clock lust night was still in secret session. It was currently believed that the ordinance of sion hud been passed. WASHINGTON RUMORS. Washington, April 17.—1 tis rumored here that the Govern rneut will call for oue Hundred and fifty thousand additional troops. Rumor not yet confirmed. Another rumor stales that Engineers have been elected to fill positions m the arsenal at Washington, for the defence of the city. MORE TROOPS FOR PENSACOLA. New Orleans, April 16.—Two more Volunteer Companies left here to-day for Pensacola. NEW ORLEANS DEFENCES. New Orleans, April 17.—Active preparations are making here for the defence of our coast, and city. THE CONFEDERATE LOAN AT MOBILE. Mobile, April 17.—Tlie Confederate State’s loan is beiug taken eagerly and rapidly, principally by fifty and hundred dollar bidders, they having the preference. The ollice is crowded. FROM KEY WEST, TEXAS, Ac. Mobile, April 111. —News received here from Key West, says steamer Magnolia was at that port on the 12th inst. The Crusader was the only U. S. war vnssel at Key West. The number of troops in Fort Taylor was oue hundred and fif ty and three hundred in barracks. The Magnolia was advised at Apalachicola, not to enter Pensacola harbor, as she would he de tained by the military authorities. The Texan authorities have fitted out the steam er Mattagordas as a war steamer to iutercepit the Star of the West. One hundred guns were fired here in honor ot Scott’s resignation. THE LOAN IN MOBILE. Mobile, April 18.—Six hundred thousand dol lars of the Confederate States Loan has been ta ken here. MARKETS. Mobile, April 12. —The sales of cotton to-day were 850 bales. Middling lie. Sales for the week 1000 hales. Receipts For the week 24‘ jo bales, against 6000 bales same time last year. Deer. 24,450 bales. Exports 8000 bales. Mock oa hand 30,000 bales. Freights to Liverpool Id. New Orleans, Api il lV. — The sales ol eolt-.u to-day 750 bales. Quotations nominal. The sales for the week were 10,000 hales. Receipts 10,000 bales. Exports 43,0u0 bales. Total receipt -1,758,500 bales. Deer, a-.* . ports 781,500 bales. Stock on hand 1-.', Southern ’* Sensational t Despatches.— Th ; Augusta (Ga.) papers of Saturday publish .-.■pecial despatches from Montgomery announcing ;. rel able on dit that the Coufedeiute Government will immediately issue letters ol marque and repn.-al; and that Gen. Reueau, in conjunction with Major Ben McCulloch, have proposed to the Confederaln States Government to have twenty-five thousand men in (Washington City in ten day.-. The des patches also.stale that Major McCulloch !.:i- uow ten thousand men in Virginia, and he lias pur chased ten thousand stand ot arms to equip them. If the American fiever meets with less reliable intelligence than those mentioned above, u will be more fortunate than most of its contempora ries Northwardly. The truth of our special des patches during the late exciting scenes has been remarkably verified by subsequent and fuller accounts. As to the despatches referred to above the first mentioned has already been verified— the remainder will prove true, perhaps bclore the American receives this. Letters of M arose and Reprisal.— lt is stated upon good authority that the Government at Montgomery have determined to issue no com missiona authorizing reprisal until alter the as sembling of Congress (z'.'th instant. In order to obtain precedence, however, it is important that parties Should file their applications and bonds immediately. It can be done with the Collectors of the various ports of entry. Students Leaving Oxford College.—lt is said that the students in Oxford College, becoming fired with ambition to assist in fighting tbeir country’s battles, are leaving the institution iu great numbers for that purpose, and the proba bility was the College would be obliged to suspend operations. The Cartersville Express mentions in ure no less than nine military companies in county, ready for active service, “ e Etowah Guard uow in service at 1 unsa these six are infantry amnlirce cavalri- Munitions of Mar Stopping Provisions and A . . &TOFPI.V, disuatcb dated Cincinnati, for tub South. —A diapaieu 17th inst., s&ys - j, M seized several boxes Tho Chief of. ‘ . • q heavy shipment of I of guns marked , een l sto p pe d. All steamers are I powder has a provisions South. Two prohibited from takmk Pj are a lil(; steamers thoroughly r. Reamers. A large quantity of bacon for Charleston vu Nash | & taken from the steamer G leu wood. j North Carolina vs-the “CALL.”-Llncolu lias actually called upon Gov. Ellis for two egimems in -i sist him in subjugating and murdering our ! .Southern brethren : And this, too iu .he lace of the (act that he has no authority whatever m I justify his conduct- m the faceoi tee tact t!.u : the fa'-1 Legislature unanimously pledged t.re I state to resist coercion—aud in the lace ut the I fact that North Carolina is a slave Stale, and I vitally interested on the aide of the South. North Carolina answered bv taking pos session OF ALL THE FORTS ON HER COAST. Three &W* /or the “OIJ Xorth State.” [ Wilmington JAraiU. o