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jnnarir t ConeeoonJenccqfttu Mobil* (At*.) ts*. 1 iiterenilng from Peaurolu. pKN*ACOi-*, Fla., April 2.—Lite jestrrdnv xf ternoon ll. ho by the name of Kirby, who claims oitisen'hip at Austin, Texas, and protesjiog to be a teleerapr.ic operator, hired a boat and a negro b.v to pull :t. for a r.de on the waters. After spending a short time witVn the vicioite of the snipping, be ordered the boy to head for Santa Ro“a Island, and which he promptly refused.— Kirby drew a knife and threatened him with in stant death if be refused immediate compliance. Os cnura?r?fltt-waan's-foa,t making upluamuui, and after a couple of boura of bard pulling, land ed the fellow, vrtioereer he waa, on the Island.— Present of hi i with hn fa dollar, be waredadiea to bi r ami boa L, ami Ilf soon lost to view among tbt bill.- that mark the Island coast. Tbe negro this mi nppg made tbe above circumstances known to bis -mutter, bo weot tc work to investigate the matter. Xt appears that Kirby was the room mate, from urci sa.Ut, of a young man named Thurman, Irum Grand Junction, Tenn., who came here H ome and •-* sirux- lo join one of the Mississip pi r . npaoic*. bat was taken sick at bis hotel.— Kirby. tSough frequently repulsed, was very at tea: ve to Inm. Last Wednesday mgbt he instat ed on rhoroian s taking a aa.l in the bar, tnpges-, ti,:g It as beneficial, lie ensealed, and on toeir I teture. in a plavful manner, endeavored tejc i times to fora- the boat ooder . poruon of tbe wharf that wss quite dark even on a moonlit evenin* however theie tbioioi *l* J>aaea off Beanisgieaa at the'nine i but the proceedings 0. ve t rd *- ir Tuurman non 1o believe that rohhJrv •QflXkx'ence on coun ° * * ? tnoTtiiDU, be found hinrsalf mini *l cnee Kirby as the “J” . [U went down abnot d.joc to lay tbe facts . , ~ DrL-g and be baa not jet returned Ts eus a tortof mystery about this matter; ...IT.!'ii.mMi,, Kisbr a Jiincsla Sp) — othere ttiut . 1 ba man simply robber—bot if only the , jir. wn. t ,e eitirmander of Fort Pick ‘ no a„oiit act with him ante has in other ’ ‘ ervor s lading into his hands—sending ta--., 10 tuen lfragg. uisder a flag. Aprrl 23. —In Friday a fetter i men- lioi.ea tti* r.rCßril -tunce of ft tTjftU bftviog pH*©d I prerionaif >0 HfU Kota, in violation M 7’- dr °f Gen. He reguttered ftt tf,* bo’ei ifejurhy. Ou tbe evening of bis depar turv. • fouftg an named Thurman, from Ten ne*.,;c so* f a budre<i and eighty dollar*, and Mp<•'Tted Kirwy taking it. went to Gen. Ittsgg, aii<| laid hie grievance* before him, and requested j>rtni*H)o to ae&rcb the Island for bun; Uo vat told lo return to town, get a writ, procure •* uftour to execute it, and report at btaQUtiaateM Satnrday morning. I esked Thur man ibe privilege of accompanying him instead of aw officer-granted. Next morning Mr. Leßaron filed up 4 *i><wW’ and honored uie aa dispatch beartc io Gfo Bragg. We bad a rainy time und reaped beftuqu&rterft wefto the skin. Gen. Bragg rt*d i.b writ, wrote ari explanatory note at tne bottom to t ue commanding officer at,Fort Pickens* a% al*>4 a note to Commodore Ingraham, and in* strutted ue hy ro ui**dns to bedr.iwo into a eon v,;rnation p r <*j >di(ria| o our cn ■, but objected to do < x’trsvagai-i *ah . as, for instance. the eeces ftion of Vrrgtmau 4i Maryland, audit destruction of WiiShiurton, <*- bting corumuuicated. Com. | r .gr a tfam%ooß ii<*d ue Us a four-oared boat, ae companfed by Ca;.t. iVareon, of the Confederate >’a*y. A t.wftptr iL.nutea* pull, with a white flag hI i < boat’s bow, brought ns to the beach at Pickens. Jdnes, of the and U. S. Infantry, officer of j of live day. saluted us with “good morning gen- | •Tianf” Capt. Pearson informed him that we | were there by permission of (ien. Bragg, and wished to wink* known our mission to an officer of the garj-niou. Ho asked “what officer?”— Thurnmfi replied, “Ctedt. ft a few nritiuieft”'tills notorious character, in old clothes and a* a half run, t 1 reued our boat, griuuiDg to V's fve-biffWi, no omjot expecting a letter trorn bin wife, as fie had b* u idfortned his old friend Capt. Pearson was ~ b<ard. Lie and tbe Cap tain tr.et like old and after a little con- tlc latter info? ned him ot the nature of j the wnr above roenttoo*d. Biemmer aud Janes botn r-xid m, when the Jorqner replied scornfully: : ••I’m r ,r, j lice oftiC **r; I kaow nothing of this man |’m f.< ’ the commander of Fort Pickens urtd banded back wyg, remarking that no per ron or property ou fie Island would be restored , to *h* titikcufl <*! auy seceding State- that we hadjiiette* hold on as last ns possible to what little u> had on the other side—pointiug to Gen. Bragg'lines and Poassoola. li„ aas tpen asked if he would deliver the pa per to Col. Brown. ILe replied “ no,” aud doubt ed v A f much vehethur Col. Brcwn would receive or entertain nhy'auch communicatHMl, but would go aii l report ivs tenor. \ While absent, u luJ auite a conversation with Lieut. Jones. Uo wa? aAed if they ever got any news, and rejffieH, “ Uh, yes, they bad intelli >M>pce frbrfi She SUtea every (lay, nearly !” Capt. Pearson tben fold Ijim of the secession of Vir ginia, it© .<o which he remarked, 44 Virginia, it wu* trunk iiad-teceded by act oT her politicians, but th ?•* tod*cide on this question ou the 2Ud of Wag.” I told bim that we bad later news mail hf*, audihgi V’irgiuia Lad gone out uu couditioihilly. Peareon told him tlm f here were BKverat tfffiwrs iff the ffx*et who hi * said they would icqrd when their Suites Virginia aud Mari la:. J, Vent out; and bu b bored if they knew |V‘ fuct svould resign forthe iih( I now for get tiieir aaiOkk.) Tb“ Lieutenant said he s kw th jie efirry day, aud they !iad never st- exj.’ cr-f.ed UiOiuhelves, and that if they wished to t o 140 road was open to them at all times. Wllmi asked if be wished lo bglit, be laughed sn.i said : “I would’nt object to the politicians arranging amicably, but with me it makes very.iittfe ditfereuce.” Upon tins l cbserved— -44Y on are very well fixed up there for killing folks.” e uro that.” “How many big guns have you ?” “Lots df ’em I” “Have vou any Doctors?” “Plenty.” “I merely asked for iu lermatioo ; in case you should want any in two or three weeks,'(ien. Bragg would uo doubt lend you noise 1” Hv wus whut piqued at this but remarked—" They liad all the Doctors they ueed ed as well as surgeons.” “Lieutenant, have you more than two of those Inrge guns bearing ou tbe N'avy Yar<f ?” So response. “Santa Kosa is notorious for rattlesnakes and moccasins ; have you come across ally ?” “None.” “Y'oti hav’ut been very far from tbe fort, then?” “No!” 4 * Ihi b Island’s a mighty hot place in the summer, blit suppose you’ll leave before the warm months?*’ “Don’t know about that.” “Y ou’ve got many fftii tbags on those walls—did you briug tbe bags with vu ?” No itsponst. Capt. Pearson asked if they were crowded, that tbev moved those tron gun carriages outside. No response I then said, “Lieuienaut, vou s**em to have a good many sol diers and aatfors on the Island?” “Y'es, got as many as we want.” The conversation w*as noiv broken off by the return of Slemmer, stul u fat looking fellow in citizen's clothes, a letter iu his hand. The fohner, uot wmtiug for the Adjutant to perform that duty, informed ns that Col. Brown would neither visiwis tor entertain our commission, and left withoutTaying as mnch good bye. Things turned out just as Gen. Bragg had pre dicted. we’d get neither man, money nor satisfac tion. They evaded the questiou whether a struuger bad been on the island, within u day or two—but as good as said if there had begft, uo process could get him ot& 1 ani strongly of the belief that Kirbv was a spy, and nut a money thief. “Old Abe’* said he intended to have the laws of the United States executed, but this Case was a dead failure. The Britiefi ship “The Duke,” from Carthage n, arrived last night. ( Sbe anchored on Friduv afternoon aiuatig the United States squadron, and ufouallej for a pilot. An officer from one of the Ships .inquired what alio meant by anchoring e-litre s.'frdid, and ordered her to move off. The Captain tub! bim ho wauled a pilot, and intended to stay there until one came. HMy for Bull! A pilot boat it is .'.aid, from Key West, visited the fleet Saturday. Her errand we kuow not. There are now: some half it dezen British mer chant Vessel* in” port; between citizens aud com manders the,greatest good leeliug exists. Four roaring big mortars for lien. Bragg were i;ruled down the wharf to-day to be trausferrod o the works below. From ho boat Saturday morning a squadron of *O. S Uaraliy e iu\d be seen on the bay beach of Santa Ko*a drilling and outtir.g up all kinds of didos, Probably eighty in number. Prom Ponaarola Tbe following nu ts i ?tc come to nr knowledge from a • nirce that we know to b ■ ri liable : About ten derange Cleu. Pragg issued an order interdicting.-in’ the strongest terms, all oorrea pondetioe from Pensacola for publication. A few day s later he loped ten the jrder, threatening a to tal a a sponsion of the mads if this correspondence were not stopped. This will explain the cessa tion of our regular sorrespondeuce for TbeMerco rv. As soon as the luterdicl shall bo remored we shall be able lb renew our eorresp ndenee. There are some irdiscreet aud reckless writers tvbn continue their correspondence with the press taakh'e their uitatt. rs at, and heeding their cor re-pondenca from Vensacula. This may soon esusc s suspensi on of the Ink’! s • T lie re are about ? Confederate troops at Feu sacoia. The work or ei >oticg batteries at all pemts witliiii reach, g es on bnakir and assidu otu-lv, though it is under? aoti that they still lack some davs of pieparanon u enable them to open effectn sir. The unfinished gap in the railroad to Montgomery w-iii be cl ‘sed u ,■ by the 4tb of May. which wilt cnablu our Government to transport some haaw s.egc artillery, which is greally need ad. About twenty Columbiads, most of them of eUht-iuch cahbrqj and two or three mortars, are Blresdt mounted. The other artillery is mostly SS-po tniers The depot for provisions has been removed a few tuitea in rear ot the camp, to place it ont of -of the enemy's guns. The haw Yard was the depot, but it wr.s unsafe to continue it as tuch. It is not thought that any immediate collision , trill take place. The enemy are too weak to at tack, and our forces are unprepared to attack them. Neither will, therefore, attempt an as sault. Th* prospects indicate a alow aud long aetge, probably ol six months derail’ n. The garrison in Pickeus is 950, aud there is a j yee- rve oo the slips of about Kit) more. ‘ I Tue A rt t the ei eray will not be eery effec- 1 tire. It will be utterly impossible for ‘hem to j enter the bay, and they cannot get w foul effec- | ti ve range ct our troops The chaime’ is narrow 1 end tortuous The emraece of tailing vessel, ever with a favorable wind, is slow and dufieult, on aeooun’ ot tbe peculiar channel i-id the peeu- j har tides that run in it. The fleet would be troublesome only in our 1 operation* upon Sanla Rosa Island. Two deserters reached Persacola, April 99, i from P oivr.v. They report that there are eighty negroes in the Fort, who were hired at Key : Wert, and are used tor laborers. A boat’s crew ! of seven men, belong og to tbe enemv. were also * captured on the same day.—t Mercury. A correspondent of the Montgomery Adtertmr, writing from Todd county, Kentucky, thus cloaca hta teuart Graai confidence is repotid in the skill and courage 0 . president Dana. By-ibe by, speaking of Jeff Ji.v.s, I am now in two miles of his birth place Be and old Abe are botb Kentuckians; I know them both personally, and 1 know two Ken ttiekiaus nyyer differed raore. Bavis is the brave, chivalrous, just and upright gentlem-ic—a statesman and soldier, liinooin ts a fourth rale man—good at ditching quoits and teli ing yarns One ot b'a yarns would giua Daria the necr ogia, and one of liavis’a speech®* would be a “sea.ad book io Old Abe Davis looks like a twev and O. f Abe a diversified nondescript, with kemve id tfc* woedint. We will see ijrach fvfsbarti m tbe coohe* strug***. Hurrah tor tbe swuiiwre OftctedercT.l)avi,, Übenr’ AiTAiBS AT Akkapou*.—A letter from Annapo lis, Ic sddjuon tbe fortifications trected at Fort -Xonserise,” (whKrli ta merely au embankment on th t be Severn, opposite theNar*! School and Fort Madison, the troaps hare thrown up 1 Judge Bruner s farm, on th ! lire of tbe Aanapoh* railroad, about one-half mile ftxm the city, m order to bold tbe road, should aey attempt b made to take possession of it by the citizens. This work will also be of great service t > t*je Northern troopa oa tUeirreiurn from Waslfißf<tfjo, in eaae they are repulsed, besides tbe work? t a Fort Nvcsecae, Fort Madisou, and the embankment* oo Hsrn Point, will aMow them a sate jdifetqbtreaiion from tbe city. The set~.aii.lng midshipmen tare all been sent x* Newport, K. 1.. wbere the school will be con ducted in the future. All the midshipmen who are te the reboot at preseuiare ef.Nortbern birih, Jill the Southerners haring resigned aud returned tO'tbetr respective Mates One, a Mr. Fiske, of Vermont, ha?* also restgnad *ud *rone South to join the Southern ar*n. Tbe cUj ia swarming with Northerners, most of whom cotpe herein go to aatiDgiou br rail,—* They are.atiowed free access to the Navaf Acade mr, and tome quarter there is order to sere hotel irtiis ftbd other exeats*. [.Sfjtcud Dispatch** to ins C/urUston Lout isr. 1 I -sfar iteoMtoß pTtm<fhJjr‘ for the passage of troops through Baltimore, h** | been offered and referred in the Maryland Legis- : lature. % , L Alkxvkdeia, Mfy 3.—No additional troops are reported to day in Washington. Ihe .Sixty-ninth Now York Regiment, . Irish . j three thousand stfofrg, are at Annapolis, and j 1 thre* thousand Jersejmen are on tbe war. j All quiet here. j Baltimore, May Z. —It is reported that fifteen j I thousand men have concentrated above, and are j j readv to fprcew passage through Baltimore, i The limited SUCes fl&g was raised over tbe Cus- j ! tom House yesterdar, and the halyards were cut j by a citizen earned” George .Simmons, who was immediately arrested and bound over by the Cni j 6omraisioner. Jndge Bond has charged the Grand Jury to find i ’ icdic'.merjU against all persons concerned in the ! affair of the ISftb April, and ag linst a!! known to * | have obstructed rail roids or interrupted the tele- j • w:reM - _ • A.vrAroLis, May 3.—The Maryland Senate to day by a vote of fourteen ayes to eight noes, | passed a resolution appointing Governor Hicks, j tzektrl T. Cambers, John O. L. McMahon, Thomas j Winanft, Thomas G. Pratt**, Louis Lowe and ’ Walter Mitchell, a Board of Public Safetv. A | deputation agreed to by both Houses, and’ con siatingof Otho Scott, Robert M. McLane and Wra. J. Ross, received a u> to ViastAngton, and ascertain whether any becoming 1 arrangements are practicable in connection with J the maintainance of the peace and honor of the j State, and the security of it* inhabitants in regard j U occupation of its soil and the property of the j State by the General Government. 1 The New Y”ork firemanZouaves, one thousand, i one hundred strong, and K. S. Marine’s Artillery, . one hundred and fifty in number, arrived in j Washington last night. j Large numbers’ of Kentuckians arrived at i Harper’* Ferry to-day. Blockade or NomTolk Harbor.—Lincoln’s blockade of tbe ports of Virginia appears to be in full force. The following is Commander Pender grfcgt’s notice to captains of steamers : U. 8. Flaobhip “Cumberland” ) Off Fortress Monroe, Va., r April 30th, 1861.) Tn all whom it may eonesm : I hereby call at tention to the Proclamation of his Excellency, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, uudr-r date of April J7th, 1851, for an efieient blockade of the port* of “Virginia” and “North Carolina,” and warn ail parsons interested that I have a sufficient naval force here for the purpose of carrying out that proclamation. All Teasels passing tbe Capes of Virginiacomiug from a distance, and ignorant of the proclamation, wili be warned off, and those passing Fortress Monroe will be requested to anchor under tbe guns of the fort, and subject themselves to an exami nation. G. J. Pe.vdbrorast, Flag Officer, Corn’g Home Squadron. A correspondent of tbe Richmond Dispatch, ■ - under date of Norfolk, 2d inst., says : Th# blockade of our harbor commenced yester- I day. Tbe steamer Adeb**Je, Capt. Cannon, was stopped at Old Point yesterday morning, and her 1 assengers and mails were taken off, and she al- I lowed to return to Baltimore, with tbe order not 1 to return. | Tbe mails and vassengers of the Adelaide were | Drought up last evening about 7 o’clock by tbe steamer J. E. Coffee, Capt. McCarriek, who re | ceived the same order as Capt. Cannon. The steamer Baltimore is now moored off New ! port’s News with three guns mounted. From Washington.—The Alexandria (Va.,) Gazette of the 2d inst., has the following: Washington, May I.—The disbursing agent of the United .States Treasury iu this city was yes terday put in a very uncomfortable position. He was unable to procure cash on aGovernmen draft on the sub-Treasury at New Y’ork. Not one sin gle Bank or Banker in Washington would touch New Y'ork. Government employees consequent ly cannot be paid, and grea*. incor anience is ex perienced by the interested oues Lane’s command are thoroughly organized, and make the rounds of the city regularly. The enrollment of volunteers goes on'briskly . nearly the whole available force of the city is un der arms. t The rumor that tbe United States Government is to take possession of Arlington Heights and other points on the Virginia side of the Potomac, is not now credited. If this line of policy is pur sued, it will be for the purpose of iuduciug an at tack on, nnd the utter destruction of, the Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island regiments, which will be detailed for that service, aud thereby create a unanimity in their feelihgs with regard to hutrid ot the South and its invasion ; for it is said by those who should know, that there are many among these regiments who declare openly that they did not come to Washington for the purpose of slaughtering Virginians, but to pro tect the Capital of their country. The Seventh Regiment came here on a lark— the U. S. Government to pay travelling und neces sary expenses. Each man brought with him fiuO with which to defray drinking expenses lor thirty days, tbe time for which they agreed to serve, at the expiration of which they will leave, if per mitted Great dissatisfaction exists among this regi men* at the manner in which they have been pro vider 4 for by the Administration, aud many are paying for their own provisions in preference. Some fifteen of the Seventh, when they were of fered the oajh in front of the War Department, refused 10 take it and returned to their homes. The Twelfth Regiiment of New Y”ork is com posed of Bowery boys, whose moral and physical status equals that ot the Baltimore Plugs. They openly aesert that they are half starved, that they have but two meals a day, anp that each and meal consists of two ship biscuits and some halt boiled salt pork, and t.iat if they are not better they will take things into their own hands—in oth er words, go to pillaging. The “Fighting Zouaves.”—The New York Journal of Commerce remarks as follows: In connection with George Law’s letter to Presi dent Lincoln, advising the clearance of a path through Baltimore at all hazarus, it is a signifi cant fact that that gentleman presented Wilson’s Fighting Zouaves with a pair of revolvers each. It is the unanimous wish of that regsment—ex pressed on repeated occasions—to force a passage through the Monumental city. The same desire is expressed by the Fire Department Zouaves, and, in fact, is universally chertshed by the sol diers of New Y’ork. The petition to the President urging that the Baltimore route b© held by tbe Government at any cost, is receiving l umer us signatures of influential citizens throughout tho city. Col. Learned is organizing a “Pathfmueis’ Association,” the avowed object of which is to cleave a road to the capital through Baltimore. “Our route is through Baltimore,” is printed in large letters at the foot of a poster, stuck about tow n, asking for recruits for the Fifth Regiment of New Y ork volunteers. The New Y ork papers complain that although there are 20,000 men now in that city ready to go to Washington, or anywhere else, they cannau procure fire arms, especially Minne rilles. From the North. The Nev York Herald sharply lectures the Times, Tribune, gad Courier A Enquirer, for their blood aud thunder articles, but is itself not much behind them in its tone. In regard to these mut ters our people feel but little iuterest, and we therefore oulv copy the following from the Herald of Weduesday, which our readers will tak at what it is worth : Baltimore is to be completely filled with troops* and Maryland is to be compelled to act like a State still in tho Uniou. All the information wbi b reached ns up to a late hour last night plainly indicate that this is the policy of the (ior ernmeet at Washington, bet us state the points of tie latest news in brief: The greatest activity prevails iu Southern Pennsylvania, seventeen thousand troops beiug in the field there at the present time. At Camp Scott, York, Pa., there arc 6’X't* ruen ; at Camp StirtKr, near Cbanbers burg, 2fiOO; at Camp Curtin, near Harrisburg, 4000; two regiments from Ohio are quartered near Lancaster, aud I‘2 United States regulars at Carlisle. Scattered at d.derent points between Philadelphia, Elltoc and Perryviile, there are 6000 more. Three thousand New Jersey troop* are to mareh from Trentou to-day, which will constitute in all a torco of over 20,*U00 men in that region, their destimuitm beiug undoubtedly Baltimore, to open the route to the Federal Capital. On the South side of Baltimore are stationed at Annapolis a force of between t* ur aud five thousand men, in cluding the Provioence Marine Artillery, which lett Perrvvi lie y tale .day. The sixth ami thirteenth New York Regiments occupy a position directly opposite Aunapolis, aud the sixty-ninth are at the Junction. It will thus be seen that Baltimore is completely hemmed in an both sides with an effective force, which is to be immediately emploved in opening a passage through that city for the Federal troops, aud restoring tree communication between the North aud the capital of the Republic. With this purpose Major Genera! Keiui, of Pennsylvania, was ordered to leave Philadelphia yesterday for the camp at York, with i JStractious to advance at oucc with an army of 15,000 men on Baltimore. If any resistance ist nered, he will issue a proclamation announcing uis intention to march his force through that city, and warning the loyal citizens, the women aud children, to leave, aud will then cut *his way through at all hazards. It is probable, however, that the threat of visiting Baltimore wnh so severe & chastise ment will bring the resistants to their senses, and thus save the effusion of blood. The Philadelphia papers contain little of inter est They announce, bawever, the arrest of Cbas. A. Griener, of Georgia, on the following charge of treasou. Mr. Grieuer made the following stateiueut : •*My family are here; I came on to see them. The company i belonged to was nothing bet a private company, that I belonged to for the last hr teen years, they enjoyed a good many privi leges, and were exempt from jury duty. On the second day of January, there was a gviod deal ot excitement in Georgia, aud our Governor was ap prehensive that Fori Puia*ki might become eo cupied by an irresponsible party, aud he request ed our company to go there ami lake charge of it, which they did. I lett there early in Jauuary and came up to the interior ot Georgia, at my mother’s place. hav*? been in Savannah very little. I am a Pbilsdelphian by birth; weut to school here, and brieve I am as good a Union man as can be found an-where. 1 was born under the American ard have a good many relatives residing in this city.” That* was enough, aud the officials, following the example of the petty despots of continental Europe, committed Mr. G. to prison. A committee on “Home Defence” at Pittsburg, have procured from the F. S. Arsenal, near that city, 2,SSO muskets. ntiee, and accoutrements, beidosGver 100 cannon, to be used in the defence of that city. Tbe Gazetie says : Captains McNutt and Brorcton, and Lieutenant Crispin, are now engaged in a reconnoisance of tbe heights and defiles sutrounding the city, with l view to selecttug the available points for planting batteries. SctKtiug parties have also been sent out through Washington and GrecDe counties, to ascertain, if if any hostile movemen's are ou loot nst this locality. Tbe faHowing items p.:isx cs seme interest : At a late hour- on c* .turd.’.y information reached the United States Marshal of New Jersey, which iudnceu him to invoke the assistance of Gen. Hatfieid, of the New Jersey State Militia, who, with a forco of men. proceeded with the Marshal to the fiau. where they aetsed three schooners loaded with gunpowder, over which was spread a quantity of maunre. Col. Ellsworth’s regmieut of Zouaves, recruvd entirely from New York firemen, made a cent parade on SundaT in New kork, I.loo* *ong escorted by about 5,0600f their comrades of tht Fire Department and 50,000 friends, of both sex es, who witnessed their embarkation on tbs Bal tic for Washington. The regiment are armed with Sharp’s rices. It is stated that James T. Brady, of New York, ia about to join the army at Washington in a prominent position. Mr. Bradv say® that as the ‘he Breckinridge candidate for Governor of Mass achusetts is iu the field, he, as late candidate lor ; the office of Governor of the .State of New York, w^ c °t be behmd-hacd. *V* York Herald limits what it calla the celeuaive attitude** of Liucolu’s Administration, to tbe 6ih of May— the “proclamation,” which was aateu on the 15th of April, requiring the “combi- I nation* to dup* r 66 &D< s re i ire Within tweett , days. Look 05 this Pitrrcat, akd tsek ok that.—Mr, j Cb T ea - T * * hi * Collector : | Oaox uocieAranc* to any vessel south of Ms- ! ryland until further ordered ’’ Mr. SecreUrr a Ts io his : “U- us bi<fo br the La* of S a u on . n d pro- ‘ uict veecrfol oojum,..v> which hestraned to our l bMpnalur. Ten r uo r people to bare patienoe.- j We getu more br respect for law tbeo from the ! seizure of lew ‘ eesel*. frum ths Undo* 7ft*WE. April run. An £u£llahniMti 9 a View* of tbe Ameri can trials. \S ashingtox, March 20. j If the intelligent foreigner who is supposed to j make so oiary interesting and novel observations on the of the countries he visits, and on the ! manners of the people among whom he travels, j were to visit the United States at this juncture, I he would fail to detect any marked indication of 1 the extraordinary crisis which agitates the mem- j hers of the Great Republic, either at the principal j emporium of its commerce, or at the city which i | claims to be the sole seat of its Government. Ac- | customed to the manifestation of violent animosi ] tv and great excitement among the nations of ! Europe during political convulsion, he woulu be struck with astonishment, if not moved to doubt, j when, casting his eyes on the columns of the . | multitudinous journals which swarm from every ! printing press in the land, he read that the United States were in such throes of mortal agony that i those who kn%w the constitution of the patient j j best were scarce able to prophesy any result ex j i cept final dissolution. It would require suca J special acquaintance as only those well-versed in 1 | tbe various sigDs and forms of the dan serous m- j | fluences which are at work can possess to ppre- j ciate from anything to be seen at New * OTk Washington the fact that tbe vu3t body politic which sprang fortii with the thews ami sinews o ; a giant Irom the womb of rebellion and rev o u- a uiauw uuui me v* - tion ; which claimed half the .New “ orld as its hentae-. and reserred the other as the rettaan re. aril of future victory; which extended .ts e over every seu aod alironted tue an tinuTtTof international law by bold tnnovattons and oebsT.t enumerations ot new principles; which Seemed to revel in tbe success ot doctrines that the experience ot the Old World had proved to be un enable, or had rejected as unsutted lo the trovernmeDt of mankind; which had developed ail th** resources oi the physical agencies m mao ufactures, machinery, electricity and steam, that could irive strength, aud wealth, and vtgr to its frame—-that this mi gb tyjco oTed e rat ion should sud den iv be smmeit with a desire to tear its limbs asunder, ami was only restrained by the palsy that had smitten some of Us members. Certainly uo Dutton of the kind could be formed from actual observation of the words and deeds of men iu the cities I have visited, or from any source of infor motion except the casual conversations of fellow travellers, or the startling headings in the news papers, which have, however, reduced “sensation” paragraphs and lines to such every-day routine •bat the American is no more affected by them than tbe workman in the proof house is moved by the constant explosion of cannon. We are accustomed to think the Americans a very excitable people; their personal conflicts, j their rapid transitions of feeling, the accounts of j their public demonstrations, their energetic ex- ! pressions, their love of popular assemblies, and the cultivation of the arts which excite their pas- | sions are favorable to that notion. But Netv Vork seems full of divine calm and human I phlegm. A panic in Wall street would, doubt- ‘ less, create greater external disturbance than j seemed to me to exist in its streets aud pleasant ] mansions. No doubt, there is, and must he, verv great agitation of feeling and much appre hension , but to the stranger they are not very patent o.” visible. An elegant refinement, which almost assumes the airs of pococuranteism, reigns in society, ouly broken by tbe vehement voices of female: patriotism or the denunciations address ed against the provisions of a tariff which New York seems unanimous in regarding with hostiii |tv and dismay. If tiomt he burning, there are , hundreds of noble Homans fiddling away in the ! Fifth Avenue, and in its dependencies, quite satis* j tied that they canuot join any of the fire compa : uies, anu tiiat thev are not responsible for the | deeds of the “Nero” or “auti-N’ero” who applied tbe torch. They marry and are given in mar riage; they attend their favorite theatre?, dra [ matic or devotional as the case may be, iu the i very best coats or bonnets ; they eat tho largest j oysters, drink tba best wines, and enjoy the mauy goods the gods provide them, unmoved by tbe ; daily announcement that Fort Sumter is evacua- ted, that the South is arming, and the Morrill tariff is ruining the trade of the country. And, as they say, “What can we do?” “\Ye are,” they insinuate, “powerless to avert the march of events. We think everybody is wrong. Things were going on very pleasantly when these Aboli tionists disturbed the course ot trade, and com merce, and speculation, with their furious fan tasies; and now the South, availing themselves cf the opportunity which the blindness of their enemies ous atfurded them ty do what they have wish'-d n Ihe 11 hearts for many a year, start iu busito'-s for themselves, and will not be readily brou.r ■ b.i ‘H by tbe lure of any concession till they bid thev are unable to get money to pay their wav, and resort to measures which may be ruinous to capitul or lead to reconstruction of the Confederation on both sides.” If, pursuing tha researches which such remarks suggest, an investigation is made in the stratum of thought by csre:ut exploration, it will not be long before the miner coute.s upon matters which he never could have expected to fiud iu that par ticular gililerv. What are the most cherished in stitutions of the great Republic? If the intelli gent foreigner were asked what were the funda mental principles which, guaranteed by, aud guaranteeing, their constitution, the people of the United Slates admired the most, he would probably reply, “Universal suffrage (with its incidental j exercise of vote by ballot,) free citizenship, a free press.” Frobablv he would answer correctly in the main, for he would know more of the matter thnu 1 do; but if lie visited New York for a few days, what would be his amazement to see his best friends shake their heads at the very mention of this ■ gr..:id shibboleths! Ilotv would his faith be disturoed when he learnt from some merchant prince that universal suffrage, in its practical working in that city, had handed over the munici pal government to the most ignorant—if not the most unprincipled men—that it Hooded and sub merged the landmarks of respectability and station by a tide of barbarous immigrant foreigners—that the press had substituted licentiousness for liberty, and that the evils done in New York by these agencies afilicted the whole State! Ingenious theorists might attempt to convince him that the effect of these mischievous elements had been felt at the very centre of the social system, and had Jed to the separation which, be it temporary or permanent, till Northern Americans deplore.— Few, however, would admit that the lailure of Republican institutions is by attv means involved In the disasters which have fallen on the Common wealth, even when they freely confess teat they desire to modify the Constitution, while they la ment the impossibility of doing so in conse quence of the very condition of things it lias created. It is my firm cor.victiou, forced ou my mind by the words of many men of note with whom I I hav* spokon, that they would gladly, if thev I could, place some limits to their own ii'berties as I fir a. tueir fellow men are concerned, and that hey begin to doubt whether a Constitution found ’> abstract, principles of the equality of man kind can be worked out in huge cities—veritable cloaca gentium —however successful it was in the days of the Republic, aud as it is in the sparsely inhabited rural districts where every inhabitant represents property. These men may be a small minority, but they certainly represent great wealth, much ability, and high intelligence in the State of which I speak. They assert there is no recuperative power in the’ Constitution. The sick physician cannot heal himself, for he has caused his own illness, and a Convention, the great nostrum of the fathers of the Republic, is only au appeal from Philip druuk to Philip mud. “Auhumu lagct America mutari,” is their despair ing aspiration, and they jusiify the wish by con trasts between the state of things which existed when the Constitution was prepared for the 13 I Confederate Stales, and that which prevails at ( the present time, when 34 States, some two or three of which are equal to the original Republic, I and many of which declare they are absolute so vereignties; which have absorbed all the nomads j of the l)ld World, with a fair proportion of Gen ghis Khans, Attilas, and Tttnours in embrys, pre sent a spectacle which the most sagacious of the framers of thworiginal compact never could have imagined. They are impatient of the ills they have, and are somewhat indifferent to the won drous and magnificent results iu material pros perity aud intellectual development which the old system either promoted or caused. New York, however, would do anything rather than fight— her delight is lo eat her bread aud honey and count her dollars in peace. The rigorous, determined hostility of the South to her commercial eminence, is met’ bv a sort of i maudlin sympathy without any action, or inten i tion to act. Tho only matter in which the great I commercial aristocracy tuke any iuterest is the : Morrill Tariff, which threatens to inflict on them ; the most serious losses aud calamity. There is a j general expectation that an extra Session of Con j gress trill be called to amend the obuoxious meas j ure; aud it is ascertained that the necessity for J such session is imperious; but so far as I can judge, i all such hopes will be disappointed. There is no desire at \N asbington to complicate mutters bv stormy debates, aud the statesmen so recently elevated to power are sufficiently well read iii general and iu natural history to know tha r ex traordinary Far! aments are generally tho exe | cutmners of those who call them. The represeu ! tatires of the great protected interests at the j capital deny that the tariff will have the injurious j effects attributed to it, or that it augments 1.0 auy very grievous extent the burdens of the New Y orkers or of the foreign manufacturers. Even if it does, they declare that protection l? necessary. The ingenious proposals to cade the operation of the tariff by a jugglery of cargoes between the Southern and Northern p uts will, they say, be frustrated hr tbe more r.gid application til’the Revenue and Customs’ system, out ot which most serious complications must iuevitubly arise at no distaiAperiod. While at New York all is calm douhtfwiuess or iudolent anticipation, at Washing ton there is excitement aud activity. The aristo cracy of New York has yielded itself unresistingly to a tyranny it bates; it cannot wield at will the fierce democracy, and it abandons all efforts to control it. forgetting the abundant proofs iu every history of the power of genius, wealth, and supe rior intelligence to control the heavier masses, however wild and difficult of approach. At \\ asbington there is at this moment such a ferment as no other part of the woridcould exbib tt a spec.acfo which makes one wonder that anv man can be induced to seek for office, or that any Government can be conducted under such a sys ve u. The storm which rolled over the capital lias I am told, subsided ; but the stranger, unaccus tomed to such tempestuous zones, thinks the gale is quite stroug enough even in its dimisished in tensity. All the hotels are full of keen grey-eyed 1 men. who fondly believe their destiny is to fili for four years some pet appointment under Govern ment. The streets are crowded with them ; the steamers and the railway carriages, the public ‘ departments, the steps of'the Senators’ dwe.lir.g., the lobbies of bous s, the Fresident’s manei.Tn] are crowded with them. From all parts of the j Tast Union, cot even excepting the South, they have come fast as steam or wind and waves could bear them to concentrate in one focus on the de- ! voted head of the President all the myriad influ ences which, by letter, testimonial, personal e.p- j plication, unceasing canvass, and sleepless solio- | nation, they can collect together. Willard's Hotel, a huge caravanserai, is a curi- ; ous Btudr of character aud institutions. Every form of speech and every accent under which the English tongue can bq recognized, rings through the long corridors in tones of expostulation, an ger or gratification. Crowds of long limbed, ner- | vous, eagerlooking men, in loose black garments, undulating shirt collars, vast conceptions iu hat- ting and booling, angular with documents and pregnant with demand, throng every avenne in j spile of the printed notices directing them “to j move on front front of the cigar stand.” Tbev are “senator hunters,” and every senator has ‘a ’ -iienZc,’ < more numerous than the most popular wooqg Roman DOble who ever sauntered down the Via cvcrv. If one of them ventures out of cover, , the cry 2* raised, and be is immediately run to , earth The printing presses are busy with end ; >sa cop:-* of testimonials, which are hurled at i everybody with reckless profusion. The writing-room of the hotel is full of people 1 preparing statements or writing for “ more tea ’ iitncr : a’., ‘ demanding more places, or submitting j e„•** certificates.” The barroom isfullofpeo -1 pie inspiring themselves with fresh confidence, or j engaged in plots to surprise some place cr find ; one out; and the ladies who are connected with members of the party in power find themselves ; the centres of irresistible attraction. •* Sir,” said j a gentleman to whom I bad letters of introduc tion, ” I know you must be a stranger because you did not stop me to present these letters in the street.” At the head of th* list of persecuted men is the President hiruself. Every one has a right to walk into the White House, which is the President's private as well as his official residence. Mr. Lin coln is actuated by the highest motives in the dis tribution of office. All the vast patronage of tens of thousands of places, from the highest to the lowest, is bis, and. instead of submitting the vari ous claims to the heads of departments, the Pre sident seeks to investigate them, and to see all tbe candidates. Even nia iron frame and robust constitution are affected by the process, which lasts all day, and is not over in the night or in tbe morning. The particular formula which he has adopted to show tbe impossibility of satisfying everybody ia by no means accepted by anybody who ts diaappoiuted. What ia the use of telling a man b esnt have a pits* because 100 others are *ktr.g for it, if that man thinks he is tbeouly one who nas a right to get it ? At the very moment when the President and bis ('abinet should be left undisturbed to deal,with ■ the tremendous questions which have arisen for their action, the roar of office-seekers dins every i sense, and almost annihilates them. The Senate, i which is now sitting merely to confirm appoint- ( ments, relieving the montony of executive re I views with odd skirmishes between old political j antagonists now and then, will,it!s sai. rise this , week. Around their Chamber is the ever recor- i ring question heard, “Whohas got what : an ; the answer is new*: satisfactory to all. Tbts hunting after office, which destroys se lf *j e P. . i whea A is the moving motive of any considerable j section of a'great party, is an >ovaH°n wh.d . was introduced bv Gen. oackson ; but it is likely to be as permanent at tbe Republic, inasmuch as no candidate dc f lares his intention of revert,ng.to , the old svstem. These “spoils, as they are called, are how being distributed by two Govern- | m ents—tbe dt fur--and dt facto Government of | Washington, ahd tbe Government erected by the I rioutoern Ftates at Montgomery. It is difficult tor one wlto has arrived so recent ly in this country and who has been subjected to such a variety of statements to come to any very definite conclusion in reference to the great ques tions which agitate it. Rut.as lar as I can I shall form trv opinions from wbat I see, and not from whatl Sear, and as I shall proceed South iu a few davs, there is a probability of my being able to ascertain what is the real state of affairs in that direction. As far as I can judge—mv conclusion, let ii he understood, being drawn from the pre vailing opinions of others—“the South will □ever go back into the Union.” On the same day I heard a gentleman of position among the South ern party say, “No concession, no compromise, nothing that can be done or suggested shall in duce us to join any Confederation of which the New England States are members;” and bv an other gentlemau, Well known as one of the ablest of the Abolitionists, 1 was told, “If I could bring back the Southern States by holding up my little linger I should consider it criminal to do so.” The friends of the Union sometimes endeavor to disguise their sorrow and their humiliation at the prospect presented by the Great Republic, under the garb of pride in the peculiar excellence of in stitutions which have ptrmitted such a revolution as Secession w ithout the loss of one drop of blood. But concession averts bloodshed. If I give up my purse to the footpad who presents a pistol at my bead, I satisfy ail his demands, aud he must be a sauguinary miscreant if he pulls the trigger afterwards. The policeman has, surely, no busi ness to boast of the peculiar excellence’, in such a transaction, of the state of things which allows the transfer to take place without bloodshed A Government may be so elastic as, like an overstrained India rubber band, to have n< com pressive force whatever, and that very quality is claimed for the Federal Government as eie 1- lence by some eminent men whom I have i et and who maintained the thesis that the United States Gorcr. ment has no right wbateeet to as sert its authority by force over the people of nov i State whatever ; that, baaed on the conseut of a'i, it ceases to exist wherever there is dissent a doctrine which no one need analyze who uuder ; stands what are the real uses and ends of Govern ‘ ineut. The friends of the existing Admiuistra- i tion, on the whole, regard the secession as a tem porary aberration, which a “ masterly inactivity” the effects of time, inherent weakness, and a strong reaction, of which they flatter themselves they see many proofs iu the Southern States, will correct. “Let us,” they say, “deal with this mat ter iu our own way. Uo not interfere. A reeogni- I tion of the Secession would be an interference | amounting to hostility. Iu good time the violent | men down South will come to their senses, and the treason will die out.” They ignore the diffi culties ivhiclf European States may feel in refu sing to recognize the principles on which the United States were founded when thev find them embodied in anew Confederation, which, so fet us we know, may be to all intents and purposes I constituted in an entire independence, and pre sent itself to the world with claims to rec -gnition to which England at least, having regard to pre cedents of tie facto governments could only pre sent an illog.cal refusal. The hopes of other sections of il e Northerners i are founded ou the want of ea; .t .1 in the elwo ; States; on the pressure which will conte upon th* m ! when they have to guard their own fron*t e rs ! agaiust the wild tribes who have been hitherto ! repelled at the expense of the whole Union by the j federal troops; ou the exigencies of trade, which will compel them to deal with the North, aud thereby to enter into friendly relations and ulti- | mate re-alliance. But most impartial people, at ■ Last in New York, are of the opinion that the j South has shaken tbe dust off her feet, and will! never enter the portals of the Union again. She i is confident in her c. ,vn destiny. She feels strong ‘ ; enough to stand alone. She believes her mission ! |is one of extension and conquest—her leaders are ! men of singular political ability and undaunted | resolution. She has but to ‘.'retch forth her hand, ! ns she believes, and the Guit becomes ar, Ameri : car lake closed by Cuba. The reality of these i visions the South is ready to teat, and she would j not now forego the trial, which may, indeed, lie I the work of years, but which she will certainly make. All the considerations which can be urged : against her resolves are as nothing in the way of ! her passionate will, and the world may soon see under its eyes the conflict of two Republics found ed on the same principles, but subjected to influ ences that produce repulsion as great as exists in two bodies charged with tbe same electricity. If ever the explosion come it will be tremendous in j its results, aud distant Europe must feel the shock. The authorities seem resolved to make a stand at Fort Pickens, notwithstanding the advice of Mr. Douglas to give it up. They regard it as an important Federal fortress, as indisputably essen tial for national purposes as Tortugas or Key West. Although United States property has been “occupied,” the stores and vessels of the State seiz ed, and the sovereignty of tbe seceding States suc cessfully asserted by the appropriations of arse nals, und money, and war materials, on the part of the local authorities, the Government at Wash ington are content by non-recognition to reserve their own rights in lace of the exercise of jorce mnjeure. The Chevalier Bertinnati, who has been Charge d’Alfairs for the Government of King Victor Em manuel, has been raised to the rauk of Minister and in that capacity delivered his letters of cre dence to the President on Wednesday. The letter addressed to the President by the King of Pied mont was couched in terms of much friendliness and sympathy, and Mr. Liucoln’s reply was equally warm. There is no display of military prepara tion to meet the eye either at Washington or I along the road to it. Gen. Scott, who was to have dined ut the President’s Cabinet dinner last night, I nnd who was actually iu the White House for that purpose, was compelled to leave by indispo sition. Any attempt to relieve Fort Sumter would un questionably be attended with great loss of life, but most Americans readily admit that if they had a foreign force to deal with, no consideration of that kind would stay the hands (ff the Govern ment. The fort stands on a sandbank in shal.ow water, and batteries have been cast up on both shores effectually commanding the whole of the channels for several miles. The military activity and enterprise—l hear the skill as well—of the South have been displayed in the readiness and completeness of their preparations. In Galveston, Texas, Gov. Houston, who has resigned, or been deposed, protests, it is said, against the acts of the new Government, and is likely to give them trouble. The telegraph will however, anticipate any news of this sort which I can send you, though its intelligence should be received with mauy grains of salt. Some people assert that “tbe telegraph has caused the secession,” and there is a strong feeling that some restrictions should be placed upon the misuse of it in dissemi nating false reports. [Special Dispatches to the Charleston ifercury.\ Richmond, May s.— New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, reported to be in a wild stab- of ex citement, owing to an alarming report which had gained currency that an organised plan had been laid to burn those three cities. Special guards were immediately placed all over those places. The Northern papers urge an immediate attack on Harper’s Ferry, Alexandria and Norfolk, be tore the people of Virginia have time to ratify the ordinance ol seoessiou. The Maryland Legislature has appointed live Secessionists on the committee to superintend ihe arming of the State. Gen. Wool has been ordered from New Yoi k back to Troy by Gen. Scott, in a brief, sharp and snubbing letter. Woo! is requested not to interfere with Scott's orders. Norfolk, May 4.—The British shin Hiawatha, from Liverpool, arrived at her destination, City Point, on Monday, with 5,000 sacks of salt for Messrs. De Voss & Cos., of Richmond. On Satur day afternoou she was boarded by a crowd from the U. S. ship Cumberland, two miles off Old Point, and the Captain was told by Com. Pender grast, who came in person, that he had better not attempt to enter the waters of Virginia, as his ship would probably be seized ; that he had bet ter put back to sea, and enter at Philadelphia or New York ; that if he proceeded to his present destination, the Virginians would Dot only seize and appropriate his vest -I, but would also keep bun aud his crew. The Captain, notwithstanding these false misrepresentation*, continued > n, and arrived at City Point, having been ein t at twice on his way by the vandal Fem’ergrast. lie in tends to complain to his Government of the out rage. Alexandria, May s.—Major Anderson was the bearer from New \ork|of four millions of dollars ia gold for the Treasury in Washington. A bill establishing a Secession Committieof Safety, met such resistance in tbe Senate of Mary land op Saturday, that it was finally recommitted. Iu New Y ork, ou Friday, seizure of a million of boxes of percussion caps was made. These wore destined for Charleston. The papers all agree that on Monday begin the offensive operations by Lincoln. Norfolk, Har per’s Ferry, and Alexandria, are points designa ted. Tbe New Yoik Tribune, of Saturday, says: ‘On Monday, at furthest, let the country be pre pared for a proclamation from the President. He has determined upon acnv , ir. tarn, decisive and comprehensive action. Tne time has arrived when, in accordance with the doctrines announc ed ia his inaugural, the President will proceed to repossess the pn-party of the United States ” ibe Maryland Legislature appointed a Com missioner to Richmond aud Commissioners to Washington, ol whom one is Robert McLane. Commodore Paulding notified Charles H. Win der that he would be arrested as a Secessionist. [Special to the Charleston Courier.] Alexandria, May 5,10.3 bp. m.—Lincoln issued a ?S lher , ' r( ’ clat -iaiion ou Friday, calling for an additional force ol 4£,i'34 volunteers to servethree years. This force is designed to increase the regular ai my w lih eight regiments of infantrv one regiment of cavalry, one regiment of artillery, and 1 additional seamen. Lincoln promises to divulge the views and plans of the Administra tion to the forthcoming Congress on tbe fourth of J UL7. The course of Maryland is still in doubt No thing definite was done by the Legislature up to Saturday morning but the sending of another Committee to the President, for what purpose is not known. Two steamers, one with troops, passed by here on their way to Washington about 3 P. M. The troops are all leaving here, and it is reported and generally believed that the United States troops will occupy Alexandria to-morrow morning ihe nth mst. Feom Cairo. —A dispatch to the Cincinnati In- I quirer dated Cairo, 111.. April 89, says : There are one thousand troops arriving here daily. It'is reported that tbe steamer J. H. Smith passed Cairo last night with seventy-six cases of ; guns on board. To-day, at one P. M., the troops located here i were changed from Illinois volunteers to United : States troops, and are now under command of General Pope, of Chicago. The troops were sworn so support the President and his orders. About seventy-five left the ranks, declaring that thev > came to Cairo to defend Illinois from invasion, but will cot cross the river to war against Kentucky 1 of Missouri, so long as they are in the Union. There are now six thousand two hundred sol diers in aud aronnd Cairo. So many changes have been made in the com mand here that no one can vet foresee the inten tion of the Government and the result. Cairo is at present quiet, but General Pope has intimation of large forces assembling at Columbus and Memphis with designs on and a battle here is prophesied on Thursday of this week. The fami- ! lies of most of our eitixeas are flying from Cairo. “The Feeling in the Socth.”— Under this i heading, the New Y'ork Herald of Tuesday has ; the following paragraph : We learned yesterday that letters had been re- ‘ ceived by the proprietors of several ot our prin- ‘ cipsl hotels, from Southerners living in the cot ton-growing Statec, asking whether it will be safe for tbem to bring their families North to New Y'ork. Tois is a significant fact, and clearly i proves that most exaggerated accounts have been given to the SouthenKjiewspapers of the condi tion of the things of the North, and also ika feeling with which the people of the ee-edod States are regarded by their Northers breiuron. j (£(nrmitk & JlcirtmeL 0 _ AUGUSTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY S, 1861. OUR TERMS. —Single copies. $2 per annum; three copies |5 : six copies $10; ten copies sls. Invariably in advance. No name will be enter ed on onr subscription book* unless the money accompanies the order. The notes of all specie paying banks taken at par. We employ no travelling agents. WE ALWAYS stop the Chronicli A Senti nel at the end of the year, or tbe time for which it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive due notice by letter, so that if ycu wish to con tinue it, it would be well to renew your subscrip tion at least two weeks before the’ time expires. WS CANNOT change tbe address of a sub scriber unless he gives us his former as well as his present address. Third and Fourth Georgia Regiments Depart ed*—The Gover ior’s Guards and Toombs Y’olun teers, the last of the twenty companies of the Third and Fourth Georgia Regiments which mustered in this city, followed their compatriots to Richmond, Y’a., on Sunday evening last. We feel proud of this large delegation of Georgia sol diery, and, if the tug of war comes, we shall feel prouder still of their achievements Jon the battle field. The Fifth Regiment.—The following is an oji• dal list of the companies composing the Fifth Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. It will be seen that the Clinch Rifles and Irish Volunteers un questionably have a “place in the picture. The list published by the Macon Telegraph, the Colum bus papers, and others of our cotemporaries, and copied by us into yesterday’s Daily was based on wrong information, though derived from a highly authentic source: Upson Guards, Capt. Beall, Thomaston. Griffin Light Guards, Capt. Mangbam, Griffin. Irish Volunteers, Capt. Hull, Augusta. IlaPdee Rifles, Capt. King, Baiubridge. Clinch Rifles, Capt. Platt, Augusta. Dawson Capt. Wooten, Dawson. Schley Guards, Capt. Burton, EUaville. Cuthbert Rifles, Capt. Loug, Cuthbert. Columbus Greys, Capt. Iverson, Columbus. McDuffie Rifles, Capt. Pottle, Warreaton. Sunday Morning Services at the First Bap tist Church.—Agreeably to previous notice, the Clinch Rifles, Capt. Platt, attended the morning service at the F'irst Baptist Church, on Sunday. Tbe officiating clergyman was Rev. Dr. Mallory, who sermon from 1 Timothy, vi. 12 : “Fight the good fight of faith.” The discourse was eloqueut and impressive, and direct applica tion of the subject was made to the present crisis. At the conclusion of the sermon, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Huntington, addressed the Rifles briefly but pertinently. The hymns sung were selected for their appropriateness to the time. They were, “Am Ia soldier of the cross ?” “Soldiers of Christ, arise,” aud ‘‘Staud up my soul, shake off thy fears.” The exercises throughout vere char acterized by marked solemnity aud interest. Tub Irish Volunteers, under Lieut. Dufpt, attended the forenoon service at the Catholic Church, lait Sunday. Father Kihbt delivered the discourse, at the conclusion of which he par ticularly addressed the Volunteers in forcible and appropriate terms. His remarks were listened to with profound interest. Thomas Barrett, Esq., was yesterday uuani im u.-ly elected President of the City Bank in place of A. Gould, who declined a re-election. Georgia Dental Society.—We learn that the Georgia Dental Society will hold its third session in this city, at the rooms ot Dr. D. S. Chase, on Broad street, commencing this morning at ten o’clock. Rail Road to Pensacola. —The Montgomery Mail of Saturday says:—"The Alabama and Florida Rail Road, connecting Montgomery with Pensacola, has been finished, and we learn that the cars came through from Pensacola for the first, time yesterday.” Tbe Charleston Mercury of yesterday says a i rumor was current last night that a blockading , squadron was off onr bar. The First Regiment of Tennessee Volnuteers was mustered into service at Nashville on Friday last, and the following officers elected. Colonel, Geo. Maney: Lieut. Colonel, T. F. Sevier; Major, A. M. Looney. A School Teacher in Lowndes county Ala., pro poses that all teachers in his county, State, or in the Confederate States, appropriate one dollar per scholar to tke support of the Government. The impression seems pretty decided in the West that there will soon be a fight between the Lincoln troops at Cairo and the Kentucky and Tennessee volunteers. The latter are mustering in large force. The Atlanta Beauregards, Capt. Glenn, have changed their name to the Stephens Rifles, in honor of the Vice-President. From the Athens Banner we learn that addi tional companies are being rapidly organized in Banks, Jackson, Franklin, Hall and Habersham. North-Bast Georgia is determined to be counted in when the fight begins. A subscriber writing from Conyers, May Ist says that the Newton Rifles, Capt. J. A. Stewart, is now organised and being equipped. This makes the fourth company from Newton, and our cor respondent says four more can be raised in as mauy days, for “every man here is a soldier, and every woman a patriot.” That’s the talk. Taxation in YTroinia. —The Y'irginia State Convention passed an ordinance last week, adopt ing the ad valorem system of taxation, to take effect on the first day of July,—the ordinance to be subjected however, to a direct vote of the peo ple. Talbot county, God bless her, has already 240 men prepared for servjcc.^ A dispatch dated Alexandria, Va., April 29th, says that Martial law had been declared iu Wash ington at 11 o’clock on that day. On FrBLOUGH. —Three Edgefield companies, which were on duty at Morns’ Island, returned home on leave of absenco Monday night. Provisions. —A. K. Beago, of Atlanta, offers a large stock of Flour, Corn, Oats, Bacon, Lard, Ac. See advertisement. The “Chattahoochee Beauregards,” a company of some sixty or seventy men, as we learn from a correspondent of the Columbus Times, has been organised in Chattahoochee county, in three or four days, Willis C. Holt, Captain. Two new companies are just organized in Co lumbus, Company G. Southern Guard, Captain, John A. Jones, and Confederate State Sentinels, R. R. Haws, Captain. The Atlanta Commonwealth says Messrs. Mas sey - A Lansdeli. have commenced tho manufac ture of that indispensable article, Printing Ink, in that place. We are also manufacturing that with which the Chronicle if: Sentinel is now printed, on the premises. The Commonwealth also notices the largely increased amount of goods, shoes, provisions, clothing, Ac., sold in that city, for cash and at increased rates, though dealers are using comparatively little efforts to secure trade. The same paper notes that the Floy 1 Infantry, Capt. Cooper, has her n received by Gov. Brown, under the President's first requisition for thtee thousand men, and are to be ready to march at a moment’s notice. Also that the Rome Light Guards, as the True Fl<, g says, have been ordered to Y'irginia. Card of Thanes. —Our friend S. C. White, the painter, will accept our thanks for the loan of his horse and buggy for the use of the Augnsta Re porters, yesterday morning. Tbe times are just now so very stirring, that the Local’s position is no sinecure; and when he is specially weary and foot-sore with much travel after the soldiers, a gay ride in a carriage fwith four wheels) is real ly delectable. The “cortege,” as it moved down Mclntosh street to the camp, produced a pro found sensation. You ought to have seen our Jehu handle the ribbons ! Arms straight out— head well up—feet on the dash-board —“go 1-a-a-n-g!” New FLeua.—Flour, manufactured from Texas Wheat, of this year’s growth, has been received at Galveston. Twenty days from date we expect to have new flour from Georgia wheat. No use to call a physician for every little pain or ache, when you have the Ambrosial Oil, which relieves many of the ills cf life to which suffering humanity is subject. Read the evidences in special notices. Second Regiment Georgia Y’olcnteers. —The Columbus Sun says : “By a private dispatch to a gentleman of this city, we learn that Gov. Brown has issued order* for the immediate organization into a Regiment, of the several companies, station ed at Tybee Island. We are gratified to learn from this that the tine companies at Tybee, are to be relieved at last, from the unpleasantness of being without a regular organizatien into a Regiment. It will be ( oce of the finest Regiments in the State, aDd capable as well as wiUing to meet the exigencies of the service anywhere.” The official vote in Texas on the ordinance of secession foots up in round numbers, total 54, : “00—majority for secession 31,500. Several days ago there waa a meeting of the citizens of Louisville and Cincinnati, held at the I latter city, including the Mayors of both cities, at which it was agreed that the commerce of the two cities should he uninterrupted. Gov. Dennison endorsed the policy in advance. But the people of Cincinnati repudiated the agreement, aud on last Friday held a mass meeting, at which a com mittee waa appointed to request the Mayor and Governor to recede. They resolved that all ship ments South, of provisions or ammunition, should cease, ind accordingly caused two boats loaded for Nashville to onload at tbe wharf. The Savannah Jietet says large aupplies of pro visions are being daily received in that city, so that none need fear that there will be any scarcity. In three days the Central Hoad has brought down 1,500 barrela flour, 15,660 bushels corn, and near ly 100,000 pounds bacon. Besides, the vegetable garden* in the neighborhood of the city are yielding largely, none of which will now go North as heretofore ; while the prospect for an abundant grain crop throngbont th* .State never was more promising. Southern Couxrru. The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States met in extra session, at Montgomery, in obedience to the call of President Davis, on Mon - j day, 29th tilt. But few absentees were reported, and the body at once announced itself ready to j proceed to business. A communication from the \ citizens of New Mexico was read, accompanying! a preamble and resolutions. A message was read from President Davis, and the Congress then went into secret session. Southern Congress, The proceedings on Tuesday, and Wednesday in open session, were unimportant. The correspondent of the Savannah Republican says : It is generally understood that, in consequenoe of the alarmingly agitated and unsettled condition ot the country, the greater portion of the proceed ings of Congress will be veiled with the garb of aecresv—only such matters being revealed as will furnish a slight clue to the actual condition of af fairs without being sufficiently expository to en danger either the interest of the people or the ac tion of their reDresentatives. It is currently believed that the question of a declaration of war by the Confederacy is what interests the body.at present. Whether the state of the country demands a stronger and more ex plicit revelation |of existing things, will be for them to decide. We know that the war hs be gun, but ia the exercise of their diplomacy aDd statesmanship they are to determine upon the policy of creating such a declaratory instrument, or leave the issue open to the explanation of the opposite side. It may be regarded as certain, however, that no final'action in this matter will be taken until the Commissioners of Virginia are upon the floor, and can lend the voice of the Old Dominion in the Anal resolution of the subject. We expect them to arrive on Thursday next, and by the expiration ot the week a decision may be arrived at. The Columbus Times’ correspondent says : Although Congress has not yet granted letters of Marque and’ Reprisal, there is no doubt they will do so very soon. I am led to believe that commissions will be given this week, so that those who wish to engage in this important brauch of the public service, can have an immediate op portunity of doing so. Items of New*—Gleanings Irons the New York l’ress. A dispatch from Harrisburg, April 29th, to the Tribune , says the Chief Justice of Vermont, who has resided for some time in North Carolina, has returned and reports that, whereas the Union sentiment prevailed there two months since, the people are now nearly unanimous for secession. He found the wife and daughters of Hon. Geo. E. Uadgkr, late Union leader, busy scraptug lint, and one of hia sous is a volunteer for the war. A member of the New York Seventh, writing home from Washington, requests his meerschaum sent to him, along with some cigars and a warm blanket. The Iribvru seems especially anxious that Fort McHenry should try its hot shot upon Baltimore, more particularly upon the Foundry and Machine shop of Taos, k Rosa Winans, who are working night und day, making ordnance for the South, and who propose to construct two new steam gum, to throw three huudred balls a minute, by which meuns any street in the oity oould be speedily re lieved of an invading force, cutting its way to Washington. I’oor Gov. Htcxs gets hard licks from all sides. Denounced South _s a traitor to Maryland, he ia at the same time denounced North by the radicals as a traitor to the Union, aud accused of playing a deep game with Lincoln. The Tribune says it lias positive information that the bridges beyond Baltimore were burned und the telegraph wires cut, by order ot Gov. Hicks. The Black Republican organs In New York seem to have been incredulous of the statement that Lincoln and Cabinet and Geu. Scott agreed with Mayor Brown of Baltimore, that no more Northern troops should be marched through that city, unless they were obstructed at other points in Maryland. The Times, Tribune, Courier and Post, were all incredulous, and were perfectly fu rious at the idea that such an agreement should le made. They threaten even now that the peo ple of the North, regardless of the wishes aud or ders of the Government, will fight their way through Baltimore, and it is even said that the in tamous GitoßOa Law proposes to shell the city, by contract, from the decks of his own steamers : but this is all gas. George is only looking out for the main chance —if he can make a few thou sands, little does he care about the flag or the Government. Wendell Phillips has made another speech, and tho limes tackles him. Some time since Phillips made a peace speech, saying the North would not fight, and if they did they would be beaten, and the pro-slaveryists would succeed, as they always had done. Now he thinks the North really will fight, as its blood is up, but that the fight is all wrong, because ao recognises the great principle of the Declaration of Independence, that every people has the right to determine for itself its own mode of government. And this was Greeley’s declaration some months ago, and he would doubtless express it again, were it not that passion has got tho better of his philosophy, aud he feels disposed to do us a harm if possible. Judging from the evidence afforded by tho New York press, the North is in a great fright About our privateers, (pirates the North calls them,) that are to ravage the seas, and put an end to the commerce by which New York lives, and moves, and has its being. The World says the North is “absolutely weak at sea,” instead of being strong, as has been generally supposed. That paper Bays its great ships, and frigates, and war steamers would make a perfect farce of blockading the Southern ports, and calls loudly en Government for gun-boats, if there is to be an effective block ade. There is a very great clamor at the North, espe cially among the men who elected Lincoln, re sulting from rage and fright, and it is openly proposed to “supercede” Lincoln, by putting Hamlin in his place, while Sbward is inconti nently badgered by the whole pack, including even “Little Villain” Raymond, his quondam mouthpiece. The Sun londly calls upon the Premier to resign, and the motion is seconded very readily. Gcd. Scott too is asked to get out of the way for a now man, and the Times says the General “is generally understood not to enter into this contest with much heurtiness.” With <tll the military enthusiasm of the North with all the rush of men to the conflict, and all, the offers of money, it is very plain that the North is by no means prepared for nn efficient campaign. Its rabble soldiery, without uniforms, frequently without arms, unused to drill, and t>- tally ignorant of military service can not be pre pared for battle within six months. If it should meet our boys on an open field, it would be cut to pieces, routed and slaughtered. The Government can not possibly bring into the field 20,000 men that would stand fire thirty minutes, aud in a charge with bayonets our soldiers would sweep them down like stubble before a fire. The Timee says the great defect with them is, that they have no system, no management, no head. Troops rush hither and thither, and nobody seems pre pared to attend to them, to furnish them food, arms and equipments. All is confusion and utter disorder. We have no doubt that 50,000 well ap pointed troops from the South, under Davis, I,tr and Brauregabd, could make a triumphal march from the Potomac to New York, and crush all op position, leaving a sufficient number to take care of Washington city. To stimulate the roughs and rowdies, the thieves and bouse breakers, who have been called from their denr to make war on the SOuth, the idea of plunder is held up before them. The Time* even points out anew and glorious destiny for rich and fertile Virginia, when her lands shall have been parcelled out among the Northern rabble, and involuntary servitude wiped out. No doubt there will be a great change in Virginia when these things are accomplished; but in tbe meantime tbe thieves would find better plunder in Gotham, and more easily got at, than in Virginia. This parceling out, however, it strikes us, is “counting chickens before they are hatched.’’— We think that very little land will suffice for each Northern soldier that Bets foot on the sacred soil of the old Dominion. Speaking of Colonels, We learn that ex-Mavor Blodoet, Captain of the Blodget Volunteers, is spoken of as Colonel of tbe Third Georgia Regiment, which will ren dezvous at Richmond, Va., where tbe election is to be held. Capt. Blodget is a very cool man, not easily thrown off bis guard, and he has great energy of purpose, not apt to be balked by any obstacle, but generally accomplishing what he undertakes. Major General Sanford should, by all means, receive the Colonelcy of tbe Fourth Regiment, by ; a unanimous vote, if he will- accept ; and our ; Government would but bestow an honor worthily, j and thus honor itself, by giving him a permanent j command in the Confederate Army. Our friend and fellow-citizen, John K. Jacison, < Esq., Colonel of the Independent Volunteer Bat- j talion of Richmond county, now that so manv of our volunteers are ordered into active service, ; and so few left behind, will be supported for the , office ot Colonel of the Fifth Regiment, which will j soon rendezvous at Columbus, end whose deatina- , tion is Pensacola. We hope he may be elected,) for he is a most worthy citizen, and we doubt not will make a faithful and efficient officer, when the work comee to be done. We hear no other namea spoken of in this connectiom | The McDcrn* Rifles, of Warrenton, Ga., Capt. Pottle, is to be mustered into tbe Fifth Regiment. As soon as notice was given that tbe company was under marching order*, SO men were at once enrolled. Rifled eannon are being made at “Leeds’ Foun dry” in New Orleans, and it will soon be able to turn out thia superior artillery in any quantity. Tbe Hon. Daniel D. Barnard, of New York, for merly a distinguished member of Congress, Minis ter to Berlin, and a prominent politician, died at at Albany on the 24th nit. COMMANDER OT THE BRIGADE. Capt. MuSGEOVE, of the Bnrke Guards, being Senior Captain, has been assigned to the command of the Brigade— consisting of the Third and Fourth Regimenti, Georgia Volunteers. The election for Regimental and Brigade offi cers does not take place until tne several compan ies reach Richmond, Va. President Davis to tax* the Field.— The ! Charleston Courier of yesterdsy ssys “We leirn ’ from the most reliable source that President Da- . Tie will take command in person, as General-in- ; Chief, of the forcee gathering in Virginia. The Atlanta Firemen are about organizing themselves into a military company for the de fense of that city. Tbs Flr.-N are BurnliiK Drlgtiter Still. Our heart is rejoiced every day, almost every hour of each day, by the news whioh comes pour ing in from ail quarters of the enthusiasiio de termination oT the South to fight this fight through, be it long or short. It is the noblest, the siost glorious fight in which any people could engage—it is a battle for every thing that man holds dear— a conflict in which at all are coming finally to see, that we must conquer, or be swept from the earth. How the grand contagion spreads each hour among our people, and how all hearts are being set and fixed in love and duty, and true loyalty, to uphold our banner at all costs, and to the bitter end. Not only throughout the Confederate States does this patriotic furore run and spread, and widen and lengthen and deepen, and glow, and absorb all other thoughts, but in the whole South it extends with the roar of some swift-rushing conflagration. But it is more particularly of Geor gia, of our dear old mother Georgia, that we would now speak. She can, and ahe will, if necessity require it, furnish 75,000 volunteers for active service in the field, at any point wb"re the i Commander-in-chief may order them. There are 1 mere than 110,000 voters in the State, and there i must be 30,000 or 40,000 boys between the ages of , sixteen and twenty-one. Fifty or sixty thousand are a plenty to leave at home, to attend to home aflairs, keep order, carry on the necessary busi ness of the country, and have the crops, bounti ful crops, planted, cultivated, gathered in aDd sent to market. Who shall say we can not send 75,000 men to the field ? And half of them too, if necessary, would fight without pay, the Gov ernment supplying them with ptovisions, arms and ammunition, while friends at home took care of the women and children. And indeed, in many cases, already are indi viduals, and whole communities, and counties in fact, through their County Courts, providing for arming and equipping their volunteers and sup porting their families. All honor to such pa triotism —that talks not, but arts. Can any such people ever be conquered, fighting in a just cause, and on their own soil ? As an example of this kind we may refer to old Troup County, where, as we learn from onr friends of the Atlanta Con federacy, tho Inferior Court and the City Couuci of I.aGrange ordered that the Captains of the Companies already formed, aud of any others that might be formed, might chsek on the city and county treasury for asy amount required, when many of the monied men of the county stepped forward and pledged their whole estates to meet these demands on the county. And further than that, to the honor of old Troup be it said, one o her oitiiens, Judge Bull, who has an only child an officer in the Light Guards, told the company at Atlanta to check on him to the whole amount of his property, and he wosld honor the drafts. And then look at Greene, (but when was ever Greene backward in any good work?) where the citizen's meeting requested the Inferior Court to issue bonds for thousands to supply her volun teers! Haven’t we cause to rejoice at the aotion of Georgia? Then there’s old Chatham, (God bless her,) often thoughtlessly jeered at by many of n that don’t live near aalt water, and the has fifteen hun dred of her gallant sona in ranks. And Richmond too, she has fifteen companies, infantry, artillery and cavalry, (besides her Home Guard,) number ing over u thousand men, ready to do battle to the last for liberty and for couutry. And Cass, a young sister among the counties, but net by any means a little one, a couuty tbut only a few yoars ago was the hunting ground of the Cherokees, hss ten companies reauy for the service of the Con federate States. But why need we go on—why need we speak of the patriotic ardor evinced in men and money, by the other counties, bv Clarke and Newton, and Morgan, aud Columbia and Burke, and Bibb and Talbot, aud Fulton and Floyd, and Spalding and Muscogoe, and Sumter, and Dougherty, aud Twiggs and Wilkinson, and Ware and Effingham, and many others ? Let mb all rejoice that we havo such a country and such a people, and never say we can’t send 75,000 sol diers into battle. And don’t forget the mothers and daughters. Even now their fingers are quiek and untiring to prepare the soldier for the camp, and making bandages and lint, aud when the try ing hour comes, as oorno it may, they will prove equal to any Roman matron, aye equal to the mothers of the Revolution, aud, giving up the many luxurious tastes and habits to which they are accustomed, and which ao well befit them, they will, if need be, melt down for their coun try’s use their golden ornaments, aud clothe themselves in home-made stuffs, the work of their own hands. They’ll do it, never soar, for their country, when that country calis upon them for such service, should it ever do so. Yes, thsy will do even more. For ghould father, and husband, and brother, and son fall, the mothers and daugh ters, and wives and sisters, will seize the musket from the nerveless grasp of patriot heroes, and drive the fiend-foe into the sea, or into . Message of President Davist We hardly need call attention to this important document, and we have space for very little more. It is indeed a masterly production, doing honor to tho head and heart of the President. While there aro, and have always been among us, many who differ widely from him as to the theory of the old Constitntion, and the character of govern ment formed under that instrument, yet each dif ference provokes no discussion now. It would have been in better taste too, under the circum stances, to have omitted all allusion to .he la.- Democratic party. With a pencil of llgut b* has outlined the rise and progrees of that nnti-slavcry agitation, which culminated last November in the elective triumph of a par ty, avowedly for the purpose of pro hibiting the slaveholding States of the Union from all enjoyment of a common territory, which event forced these States to look for new safe guards for their own interest. Such necessity ex isting, when the people, through their delegates, came to consider the matter, it was determined that secession from the Union was the proper course; and hence the Confederate States of America, whose wish and whose policy is peace, which is denied them by the old government, leaving us war as tho alternative. But we have not space to say more. Gen. Jno. W. A. Saktokd. —This distinguished civilian and soldier, and gallant, noble-hearted gentleman has arrived in our city, with the inten tion of joining the Baldwin Bluet as a private.— General Hanford is now quite advanced in years, but hale and hearty, whole-souled and chivalrous, and when his country needs him, he is always ready. He has seen service before, as commander in the Cherokee nation, during Go*. Gilmbb’s term, and has filled various offices of pnblic trust. He bad tho confidence of Gen. Jack son, and was by him appointed Commissioner of Indian affairs. Many years ago Gen. Santobd was elected member of Congress, and has fre quently been proposed for Governor of the State. All honor to the patriot soldier. He should be, at least, ColoueljifßieJteginient. Cavalrv.—A correspondent of ths Macon Tilt graph gives tbe following extraot from a letter just received from Montgomery: “Tell Captain , that it is probable his Com pany of Dragoons will bs oalled out in a few weeks. The whole programme is changed, and it is now believed here, that a battalion of Cavalry will be called out in each of the Southern States in a few weeks.” The Magnolia Cadet*, Capt. N. H. R. Dawson, from Selma, Ala., passed through Atlanta a few days ago on their to way Virginia carrying a beau ful flag, which was mads and presented to them by a sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. A letter from Norfolk, dated April 22, published in the Montgomery ConJ/deration, says: “Every body here is ready to fight. Tbe Union meu are greater extremists than tbs secessionists, and with great difficulty only oan be restrained.” Anothsb Gsnebocs Donation. —The Mayor yes terday received the following note, which, though □ot intended for publication, we take the pleas ure of placing on record : Augusta, Jd May, 1881. Hon. Robsbt U. Mat, Mayor City of Augusta. Dear Sir : Be pleased to use the enclosed amount ($l6O 00} in the relief of such families in oar city as you may hud requiring relief, and oblige Your ob 7 t serv't, R. Campbell. A Pleasant Occasion. —The Dawson Greys, of Pennfleld, Capt. McWrobteb, in response to an invitation from Messrs. Hudson A Miller, re paired to the store of these gentlemen last even ing, to partake of a parting glass of wine before their departure for tue scene of action. The oc casion was apparently a highly agreeable one to all concerned. The “Greys” spoke warmly in praise of the hospitality of oar oitizens, especially of the ladies, whose kind hearts and busy fingers are doing so much for th# comfort of our brave volunteers; bat time will not allow us to mention the incidents worthy of note. The “Greys” leave tomorrow. > We weioome again to our sanctum the Charles . ton Evening Newt, the publication cf which has I been for some weeks suspended, on account of all its force (proprietary and employed) beiog.in arms around Charleston harbor. At Appling, Columbia county, last week anew company was organized, called the Rameey ‘Vol unteeri, in honor of the late Isaac Rambet. The officers elected were Robert J. Botl, Captain ; Wm. Toole, Ist Lieutenant; G. Ramset Maokc der, 2d Lieutenaut; N. E. Benton, fid Lieutenant Col. M. C. Fulton, of the same county, offers, if a company ot eighty men be organized, to uni form all who are unable to do so, at his own ex pense, and to see that that they are proper!} equipped. All which we learn from our cotem. porarv, the Thomson Herald. An Illustrated Paper.— The Charleston Cou rier says “An illustrated weekly paper will | soon be established in this city under able and sufficient auspice*. W. Wand, a well known artiat and gentleman, is connected with the enterprise which is in hopeful progress. Citizens desiring to aid or contribute in any way, can communicate with Woodward, of the Adams’ Express office.” A dispatch to the Savannah Republican, dated Richmond, Va., 2d inst., says that James River has been blockaded, and all communication with Norfolk cut off. The steamer Glencoe, plying be tween that city and Norfolk, was compelled to re turn to-day. We perceive, the Philadelphia North Ameriean and Gatette ia alarmed at the proepeot of “lamina after war.” They have hit the nail on the head, and it will go home in time. Oglethorpe Infantry. We have been kindly favired with the following official roll of the Oglethorpe Infantry, (company D, First Regiment Georgia Volunteers,) now at Pensacola, taken on the 29th April last: Captain—H. B. Adam. Ist Lieutenant—J. V. 11. Allen. 2d “ Geo. W. Crane. 3d “ S. B. Simmons. Surgeon—A. F. Bignon. Commissary—C. Gatlin. Ist Sergeant—A. J. Setze. *d “ W. S. Holmes. 3d S. O. Foreman. 4th “ L. A. Picquet. Ist Corporal—Horace Clark, id “ Wid. Haigb. Sd “ Samel H. Shepard. 4th “ J. W. Rankin. privates. A. E. Andrews, Janies Lamar. A. M. Averell, R. B. Morris, A. W. Blanchard, W. B. Morris, Win. Bryson, Z. B. Morris. J. M. Bunch, Josiah Miller, S. M. Brown, E. O. Miller, W. M. Booker, W. J. Miller, H. A. Cherry, C. O. Marshall, Frank Clark, Geo. McLaughlin, J. R. Coffin, G. D. Mosher,. J. B. Crumpton, C. O. McCarty, 0. H. Craig, J. T. Newberry, E. A. Dunbar, G. P. Poaruell, J. T. Derry, W. E. Peay, E Darby, Augustus Pitcher, S. la. Dye, Geo. F. Pierce, jr., W. Damei, F. M. Pope, S. O. Eve, J. T. Radcliffe, R. C. Kvo, W. A. Roll, L. F. Fleming, V. P. Roberts, W. H. Foster, J. M. Roberts, Chas. J. Goodwin, * W. P. Ramsey, Andrew Griffin, J. W. Stoy, George G. Gibbs, F. W. Stoy, A. G. Hall, 1,. W. Shead, E. H. Hall, O. M. Stone, V. G. Hitt, J. T. Sbain, Hariv Hughes, T. S. Tntt, J. T. Hungerford, Miles Turpin, Andrew M. Jackson, B. H. Watkins, W. F. Jackson, C. D. Watkins, H. B. Jackson, J. S. Wilson, W. H. Jones, W. M. Whiting, W. G. Johnson, W. A. Wiley, W. H. Kennedy, B. F. Wing’. H. Clat Foster and L. Adams, now in thisity > will leave iu a day or two to join the company at Pensacola. The “Olethorpes,” it is generally known, are at Fort Barrancas, practicing with a battery of heavy artillery. At the date of the letter from which the above roll was copied, the members of the company were all well and in good spirits. They endure the necessary privations and hardships of the soldier’s life like old regulars. There is no dissipation, and not even a pack of cards has been seen in the camp ; daily prayer meetings are held, and in all respects “our boys” seem to be putting on their best behavior. Augusta has much reason to be proud of these, aud iudeed of all her volun teer soldiery. The Silver Grays—-Rule* and Regula lions. ARTICLE i.—mbmbers. Sec. 1. All applications tor membership shall be made at some legal meeting or drill of the Company, and a vote of two-thirds shall be re quired to admit. The vote may be viva voce, un less a ballot be demanded by tho majority - . Sac. 2. Each member shall payAof.be Treasurer the sum of fifty cents or more, at’ his option, on joining the Csmpauy. Whenever the funds so raised become exhausted, further contributions shall be called for. ARTICLE II.—OFFICERS. The Officers of the Company shall be those pre scribed by law for a oompany of Infantry, a Se cretary aud a Treasurer—their duties are defined by usage. ARTICLE tiI.—MEETINGS AND DRILLS. The Compsoy shall meet for business or drill whenever the commanding officer shall direct— notice published in any two of the city papers on or before the morning of the day for meeting, shall b sufficient notice. At a meeting for busi ness a quorum shall be tweutv, ono being a com missioned officer. The roll shall ulw'aya be called within five minutes of the time fixed. Sac. 2. Any member absent from any drill or meeting shall be hned fifty cents, and for late attendance twenty-live cents, unless excusod at the next meeting. ARTICLE IV.—SERVICE. Aa toon as the Company is armed it shall be the duty of every member t.o repair to the alarm post on any ulann, completely equipped for ser vice, which is to be esnfined to preserving the order of the city aud to enlorcing the laws under the direction of the civil authorities, aud to de fending the city from enemies without. But the Company is not to be marched out of the county of Richmond. ARTICLE V.—AMENDMENTS. No alteration or addition shall be mado to these Rules, except it be presented iu writing at one meeting and adopted at tho next by a vote of throe-fourtht of those preseut, or a majority of the whole Company. MUSTER ROLL OF THE SILVER QUAYS. Captain—Win. T. Gould. Ist Lieutenant —Henry F. Russell. 2d “ Robert D. Glover. 3d “ Stephen D. Heard. Orderly Sergeant—Thos. M. Simmons. 2d Sergeant—Frederick C. Barber. 8d “ Lewis Levy. 4th “ Elisha U. Rodgers. sth “ Jam-s T. Gardiner. Ist Corporal—Robert M. Phiuizv. 2d “ Wm. It. Wells. 3d “ John W. Walker. 4th “ Augustus Robert. Secretary—Enoch W. Brown. Treasurer—Greenville Simmons. privates : Isaac Levy, Benj. L. Eddiugs, John G. Coffin, Miller A. Wright, Frederick Auffarman, Solomon C. W liite, George li. Dodge, Josiah Mosher, Washington E. Archer, Wm. R. Cneeseborough, James ShacklefoTd, Archibald Boggs, James Calvin, Augustus H. Knwe, Henry Morrisson, Isham Thompson, Wm. W. Lawrenoe, John P. Force, John Reynolds, Benj. C. Demick, J*mca Johnson, Ephraim E. Scofield, John J. Byrd, Wm. Hardeman, John Kaibflaah, James Gargan, Neltemiab K. Butler, John E. Navey, Christuplicr Drcxlcr. Wm. Bassett, James Hill, Henry T. Peay, John I. Davis, Henry Herbert, Geo. W. Ferry, Henry Hafers, Hillary Caffin, Thomas Barrett, Frederick Lamtiaok, George W. Evans, Eli Mustin, Robert A. Watkins, Christopher C. Averett, Wm. W. Davis, Tbeodoro F. C. Gouin, A. 8. Correll, Lewis D. Ford, Anthony l’rontaut, John C. Snead, Francis H. Cook, John Rickman, Abram P. Cherry, Charles T. Kioh, Wtm 11. Goodrich, Wm L. Felder, Josiah Sibley, Bartholomew Morris, Wm. W. Holt, Wm. E. ltrodnax, Joseph 11. Wilson, Wm. V. Kerr, Wyman H. Potter, Charles Kranoh, James Hope, Joseph Meyer, Stephen H. Oliver, Wm. Coarts, Robert C. Easterling, Patrick Ronche, Wm. Keener, Solomon Cobne, Thomas Leckio, Joseph 8. Clark, Hiram Scarborough, John Craige, Thomus Snowden, Samuel W! Henry, Barnard Abrahams, Andrew Gow, laauc Sarling, James McGuire, Diedrick Sterlings, Thomas Richards, Jacob It. Davis, Uriah Slack, Samuel Cresswell, David Wood, Wm. P. Lawson, James Godbey, John J. Clayton, Dennis Collins, Alexander ,M. Hrodio, Wm. C. Dtrry, Jackson F. Turpin, Edward Bustin, Wm. M. Hight, Wm. Glover, Fredrick A. Brahe, John W. Bessman, Godfrey Filz, Max Kelrnpner, John A. Barnes, Wm. 11. Crane, Lemuel Dwelle, John 11. Smith, Charles Dwelle, Thomas 11. Bevene, Edwsrd Heukell, John J. McGuire, George W. Morgan, Samuel E. Clark. John Foster, Alexander H. Hemphill, Victor LaTaste. The following stirring lines, sent us by a friend, have a peculiei fitness for this day—the day which is to witness th* departure of the Clinch Rifles and Irish Volunteers, to serve in the cause of their country. They breathe sentiments which will find a response in the heart of every citizen of August*. We do not knowwbo is the au thor—but we take the liberty of publishing the poem, and respectfully dedicating it TO THE CLINCH KIPI.CS AND IRISH VOLUNTEERS. “Brave hearts ! The trying hour is near, When at your country’s call, You leave the scenes so worshipped here, Home, faithful Iri nds, and all. Ah 1 well we ki ow how hard it is Life friendships thus to sever, To part for long, long weary months, And oh, perhaps forexer. But duty calls, while glory beams O’er spirits strong and brave, Tbe Southern flag shall lead thee on To Victory or the Grave! “Then wave aloft its crimson folds. The star crowned circlet bright, And swear eternally to stand Beside them in the fight. Tht Southern sun, like orb of tiro Has placed its warmest ray On gallant baarts, too proud to own A coward despot’s away. Then onward ‘■ strike oppression low, All enemies defy, Be foremost in the th.ckeat fight, Gain Victory or die!” We regret that a great press of business has prevented us from seeing many of our friends in the several companies that have been for some days in the city. Os the members of the press we have been glad to receive a call front Sergeant Barrow of th# Madison Vuitor, and Dr. Meikere, formerly of the same paper, and from Private Hancock, of tbe Americus Watchman. These gentlemen will make their marlce as soldiers, as well as they have done as Editors, we doubt not, and we hope one or other of them will bring us back a lock of Old Abe’s hair. We were also glad yesterday to see in our sanctum Col. Cheistt, of the Athens Watchman. He is no: a soldier yet, bat ii ready to go when called. Crawfordstilli, Ga.—On Monday last, a meet ing was held in this place—a company raised—a flag made by the ladies in two hours, and $2,200 raised to equip the the soldiers, and to take care of their needy Bo says Mr. Stephens. Th* New York Herald has subscribed three thousand dollars towards the war which Lincoln is now making upon tbe South. Bennett has made forty times that much of theSoutb, and now boasts of hi meanness. Georgia Ralieoad Convention. —This body meets in this city on the 14th of May instant. Rev. L. M. C..RTER, tbe much esteemed pastor of the Sjcou I Baptist Church, Kolloek street, has Dean elected by acclamation Chaplain of tbe Clinch Rifle*. He presence his farewell sermon this morning. Strawberries.— Gen. Geo. W. Evans has our thanks for a sample of very fine strawberries from “Idlewild Farm.” Our Volunteer Horn?—The relatives and friends Os those of our Volunteer Companies who have already gone, or may jet go into service, will do well to preserve a copy of some paper containing the list, of names. It will certainly be a gratifi cation in the future to bav a list at hand, audit will be almost impossible to obtain back numbers of the naner PennstlvaNia and Maitland. —The Governor of Pennsylvania, in his Message, declares that Pennsylvania will open a passage from the North to Washington, as essential to trade and transit, and that whether Maryland is in of out of the Union, no hostile soil will he permitted to lie be tween the Capital and the State# loyal to the Union. Company Albany ftcAßoa ) Augusta Ga., May Bd, 18tR, Whereas, Our journey t>, and our Slay in this city has been ccmfurtabU•, agreeable and pleasant and has bee rendered st, in part, by imividuai unammoVs',y/' nVatobotl ' ,tal ' ,-V ’ be “ before Kaotvad That our heartfelt thanks be. and they are hereby tendered to Mr. and Mrs I I sT/ ifn D \h , tbe B - 71n - ton House At Fort Valiev Georgia I lection e ”vr occupy a p | ace ln our r9ool . iadl"\J^tv p e to ; h ? th “ soldiery wifli their.,wn au PP^ ■ceeding dispatch with wi.ch our neemities 9 wd wants, lwve been siipiiKed bv them . a deep impression n , i,, a, and v m4j , e as long as there is a spot' in® fadmg memory To t tl!J excellent and courteous proprietors of the Globe and Augusta Hotels wo tender our sincere tl.auas for their eflorts to m terrain us all (privates as well as officers) and their hospitality shall remain unforgotten. Jk’ T f hat the city P*P ers be requested to publish the foregoing, and the Albany Psttiat please copy. 1 By the Captain, ‘ Y. G. Rost, Captain. Ukwquartbrs, ) Augusta, \Maj 3. 1881. f At a company meeting of tho Dawson Grays, held this day, tho follow’og resolutions were un animously abopted : Resolved , That we fully appreciate the kindness and courtesy so liberally extended to us by the generous aud patriotic citizens of Augusta, and especially do we ask the fair ladies of this beauti ful city to accept our heartfelt thanks for their attention so freely and kindly offered, and we as sure them that iu our oftorts to secure to them their liberty aud their property, the Dawson Grey* will always endeavor to prove themselves worthy of their high regard Rtsohed, That our tba-iks are also due, and *re hereby tendered, to Mr. Mullarky, the gentle manly laudlord of the Globe Hotel, ‘tor his kind treatment and assiduous oftortA to render our stay with him confortable aud pleasant. B. E. Spbncsh, Sec’y D. G. Head Qcarters Maco*\ County Volcntkers, [ Augusta, May 3d, 1881. ( Resolved, Th*t the thauks of this Company ar e hereby tendered to ‘he citizens of Augusta, for their courtesy and kindness to us during our stay in the city. To lion. Jotm Davison, Mr. Ramsey, Mr. Morrison, Dr. Dennis, and Mr. Tant, we are under special and tender them] the grateful thanks of citizen soldiers. Unanimously adopted. 8. M. Pbothro, Captain. A Card. Wo, tha uudersigned, do return our most cor dial thanks to Mr. Mullarkey, proprietor of the Globe Hotel, for the fine dinnor whioh be gave us, this day, just before our departure for Rich mond. Moreover, wo recommend to the traveling pub lic, and especially to our fellow-soldiers, who may at any time be stopping iu the city, to give tbe Globe Hotel a call. They will there find the beat accommodations from the proprietor, aud meals prepared in the best style, as well as good atten tion on the part of tbe waiters. Officers and Msmusrs Athens Guards. * S. F. LEARY, Sec’y and Treas’r A. G. Augusta, Ga., May 4, 1881. [communicated.] Ukadquakters Athens Guards, ( Augusta, Ga , May 4th, 1881. j We, the “Athene Guards,” of the i hird Regi ment Georgia Volunteers, of the Confederate Army, do express our indignation at the conduct of the State authorities towards our company, while statioued at Augusta. Wo were ordered on the 25th of April to repair to Augusta “without delay,” preparatory to being mustered into the service of the Coufederacy, and notified that equipments would be furnished us. On tho 29th we arrived in Augusta, aud after much trouble and uncertainty wt-re quartered in a dirty, moan uncomtortablo depot, about 8 o’clock at night. We were permitted a few times to get our meals at the Hotels in the city. Bui had it not been tor the provisions, alroady cooked, which were fur nished ns by our fneuds at home, we would have suffered for something to eut before auy cooking utensils were furnished us. We had fifty good stand of arms, and although we had received as surances from Gov. Brown, before leaving home, that the balance of our company, amounting to about 75, slmuld be supplied with the same kind of arms, and although there were plenty of the same kiud in the possession of the authorities here to have supplied us immediately, it was not unt'l late Friday eventng, after continual applica tions by us, that we were supplied with arms. Wc were required to muster into service bn Sat urday, 4th May. Bnt notwithatai ding the whole week has been spent by us in applications for equipments, we are now unprovided with knap sacks or any kind of cooking utensils, save small frying pans mid small cast iron teakettles. We are wilting to serve the country and to defend our homes without any equipments, because we know the people of the State do not sanction tbe con duct of these authorities. But wo would prefer infinitely to go as independents, and provide lor ourselves, rather than to go in the name or under the authority of such officers afc we have bad to deal with. Passed unanimously in comp&By meeting, 4th May, ltt6l. T. M. Daxiel, Ist Lieut., Presiding. 8. F. Tenney, S # o. ind Tr? as., A. G. For the Cnrcnic* k Sentinel. The oouditiou of our once loved and honored oountry is sadden jg the heart of every patriot and philanthropist. Bu. a few months since, the United States of America were the pride of our people and the admi.ation of the world. In the midst of our greatness, a hideous demon, in tho form of abolitionism, has raised bis horrid form, and America’s proud Banner, once the boast of all her sons, .s now the symbol of tyranny aud oppression. Disgusted with the cruel exactions ot fanatical rulers, iu* South has throwu off her allegiance to the ouco ic> ed flag, und in the maj esty of truth and has substituted one on which is inscribed liberty, equality and indepen deuce. On 1 glonou* flag ot the Southern Con .federacy 1 Shall there be one, sputh of Mason A Dixou’s line, whether a native otjihe South or of the North, or born ju foreign lands, who has here loAd a welcome and a home, refuse to give all the energies of his life, all the powers of bis man hood, to sustain unsullied that houored slug f .Mothers of my much loved native South, will you, by word or deed, keep back your spus from taking part in securing lor themselves and their* posterity, a country 100 pure for the impious foot print of Black Republicanism V Ob, deny t/.em n >t the proud duty of re istiug the aggressions of their unnatural enemies—the ‘iHuatical übolition ists of the Norfa. Let them not, iu future years, when the brave soldier ia recounting to his little ones the deeds of daring on the battlefield, be forced in sadness of heart and the reproaches of conscience, -to say that in all this they took no part. Force them not, in humiliation to acknow ledge that they were uuworthy of the liberty aud home secured for them by the valor of others. Young men of the South, let patriotism uow be above consideration. Bid adieu for a sea son to the farm—the office—the store, and the workshops, aud rush to rescue your country from the foe now threatening your homes aud your firesides. Southerner. Brigadier General Beauregard, accompanied by bis Aids Cols. J. L. Manning and A. G. Rice, left Charleston for Montgomery Friday afternoon. A home guard has been established at Frank fort, Ky., and tha venerable John J. Crittenden stands first on the list of privates. An Agbeeablb Incident —About 5 o’clock P. M yesterday, the Dawson Guards, Capt. McWhorter, marched up Ilroad street in front of Masomc Hall, and facing the building, where the ladies were eDgsged with their needles in doing work for the soldiers, proposed and gave three rousing cheers for “the Ladios of Augusta.” A perfect shower of buoquctß from the fair artisans was the beautiful response to the merited compliment. We learn from the Montgomery Advertiser that Mrs. Davis will receive her friends at. the White House every Tuesday, between the hours of one and three o'clock. Serenade.— “ The Recession Club,” a itring band,’made up of members of the Clinch Rifles, treated our soldier fiends in camp to a serenade on Tuesday night last. Th* occasion was a very pleusant one, and the compliment waa fully ap preciated by the companies. Ordered to March.— The Clinch Rifles, Capt Platt, and Irish Volunteers,Capt. Hcll, received marching orders from Adjutant General Watne yesterday. They will probably proceed to Pensa cola, and will form a part of the Fifth Regiment, to be mustered at that point. Suggestion to Planters. —An enterprising and patriotic planter ,n South West Georgia, rec ommends en easy method es vastly increasing the product of corn, which he has tried with com plete success, and now is repeating it, In order to have plenty for himself aud to spare for the neces sities of the country. The plan is to cross bis cotton rows on the beat land at intervals of twelve feet with a furrow for cotii and plant at the inter section of every other cotton row—thinning out in_two stocks of corn. This diminishes tbe yield of cotton very slightly aud will bring about fifteen bushels corn to tbe acre. He ha* tried it, and speaks.from actual experiment. Now is the time for this to be done. Let every planter take this suggestion into consideration. — For the sake of all w hold dear, lcok out for the corn crops. Be sure to plant enough. There seems to be rapidly grewing feeling at the North, judging from the New York Timet and the Herald’i arti-.lea, that Mr. Lincoln is to tally unfit for his pc.'tion, both in capacity and courage. Tho Herald say a New York merchants fear Davis' and ScAubloaed, and tbe subtle states manship of Stephens, and that they are secretly organizing in that city, as well as in Philadelphia, to force a direct way to Washington through Baltimere. While we do not doubt tbe feeling as regards Mr. Lincoln, und Davis, Beauregard and Stephens, we think there is about aa much troth in the report of these secret organizations to force a way to the capital its tony usually be fonnd in Northern pape<-s, in any matter relating to the South—and thatis jnst none at all. These gentry will sooner build a submarine railway from New York to Liverpool than even attempt to forces passage through Baltimore. The Charleston Courier says : “We are au thorized to state that the Collector received in structions on tbe 2d inet., to the effect that our Government desires fully to respect the Laws of Nations, and instructs the Collector to clear pri vate vessels and cargos until war is deofared, and the will of Congress made known.” Cutrbsrt Rifles.—Both the editors and the foreman of the Cuthbert Reporter tea members of this company, to form a part of tho Fifth Regi ment. The paper will be regularly Issued, not withstanding thi se drawbacks. Picket Gcabd Driven In.—Our Picket Gnard stationed 4t the Aqueduct near Georgetown wera driven in Tuetdav night by a body of Federal troopers. They frequently show themselves in considerable force on the Virginia side, and are becoming very insoleni. A stop will have to be put to this matter, or tis give them = of tli* soil.— Alwtniria Sentinel.