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COLI'M BIS, THURSDAY. MARCH, 14, 1861.
Fetlin" ia Virginia.
Wo leara from a gentlemsD, recently ficffi
Richmond, that the most intense excitement pre
vails in the “Old Dominion'’ in reference to the
part which she is to play in the present revolu
tion. Our informant represents that such a state
of feeling was never witnessed in Georgia, or m
any other member of the Confederate States, pre
vious to their secession. In Richmond, where
the State Convention is now in session, and wheic
it is probable the oxcitcmcnt runs highest, the
crowd begins to collect nt sunset, and speaker*
:tre called out and speeches made till a late hour
of the night. Those only who advocate tlio se
cession of Virginia arc heard with any respecter
attention. Wc learn further, that the people in
about a dozen counties, who elected submission
delegate?, have recently hold meetings and in
structed their respective delegations to vote for
immediate secession. High spirited men in the
secession ranks openly declare that Virginia shall
march out of the old Union, even though the
only avenue of escape he through the defiles of
civil war We trust that the object maybe ac
complished without a resort to this dreaded al
ternative.
H Alabama Regiment.
This Regiment, under tho command of Col.
Tennent Lomax, than whom a mere gallant man
does not breathe, ha? passed resolutions since its
return homo “not to patronize any merchant or
firm that has discharged a clerk for volunteer
ing for the Florida campaign.” This is as it
should he.
Georgia, Volunteers, Get Ready.
Wo learn from a gentleman direct from Mont
gomery, that President Davis will issue an order !
ter five thousand Volunteers, for Pensacola. Os
this rnnher, Georgia will furnish, perhaps, two
thousand. Wo consider the information reliable,
and believe that tho order will he issued to the
Governors of the Confederate States, immedi
ately. President Davis docs not regard the
withdrawal of tho troops from Sumter, (as it is
a case of life and death with the Government
troops,) as any indication of peace.
Put on your knapsacks, boys, and look out for
t. he bombshells and cannon balls at Pickens.
Daily Mail.—There is now a dally mail be
tween Eufaula, Ala., and Clayton.
Thanks.—Capt. Carey and Lieut. Wellborn, of
tho Alabama army, return thanks to Captains
Van Veightcn and Pratt, of the steamers Mari
anna. and Wave, for their liberality in conveying
troops from Columbia and Eufaula to Columbus;
the first free of expense and tho ?>eeond at half
price.
Gk.v. Twiggs. —Tho Georgia State Convec
tion, now in session at Savannah, has passed
vory complimentary resolutions to Gen. David
E. Twiggs.
Jefferson Buford has beau elected a
delegate to the Alabama State Convention, vice
Alpheus Baker, Jr., resigned.
lion. Jere Clemons has been appointed Major-
General in the army of Alabama, and lions. Jno.
T. Morgan and Nick Davis his Aids. E. C. Bul
lock, Esq., now a private in the Eufaula Rifles,
stationed at Pcasaool.i, has been appointed lu-
oefor-Goceral.
Hon . A. 11. Stephens. —The Mayor of Atlan
ta appointed a Committee to receive our Vice-
President on bis arrival in that el y on Tuesday
last. Tho military and firo companies were or
dered out to weleome him.
0. S. Holland Esq.—We were pleased to
sea our friend 0. S. Holland, Esq., of the En‘cr
prize, Miss., News, in our ciiy yesterday. He is
a gallcnt fellow, and wc wish him success.
Collision.— Wc learn from the .Macon Tele
graph that a collision occurred on the South
W estern Railroad, Monday night or Tuesday
morning, between the freight trains, Avhieh resul
ted in the almost complete annihilation of one
or two ears and a general smash up of fifteen or
twenty more It appears that one train over
took and run into ons ahead of it.
Fortunately no one was seriously injured ns
tho meu on the Lightning train jumped off in
time to avoid the crash. The train due here at
it A. M. had not arrived up to a late hour last
evening, owing to the wreck of cars on the track.
We learn that a large force is at work c’osring
away the obstructions.
MONTGOMERY "cORRESPONDIKI.
The duties of reporters and legislators ; departure
of delegates ; an apology from .Hr. Stephens :
<r communication from a 17. 17. company ; Cot
ton spinners ’ convention ; direct trade; auditor
<j Military accounts; newspaper enterprise.
Montgomery, March 12.
But lew members of Congress Averepresent this
morning, many of them especially from Georgia
and Alabama having left for home. Mr. Stephens
and Judge Nisbet loft on tho early train to-day,
and Thomas R. R. Cobb, went on Monday. Now
there arebut three of the Georgia delegates in
Congress. This is very much regretted here,
as they are the only approachable men, or men
who will give a moment’s time to discuss the
questions brought up iu Congress with the repre
sentatives of the press. Politicians are very
anxious that their speeches th >uld be given to
the public in a manner that they may bo~ under
stood, and they expect tho press to explain all
doubtful p ints, yet how rare it is to find one
willing to impart tho result of his studies, unless
in the form of a long and redundant speech I
am well aware that tho public does not want
merely tho dry debates upon the topics of tho
day, as much as they wish those topics disenssed
so they may bo clearly comprehended. A lon<*
speech upon ths question of duties for example,
would be thrown aside uread, Avhile an abstract
of its important points, giving tho practical
working and the probable effect upon the coun
try of a specified tariff; its bearing upon trade
and homo industry would] be perused with ea
gornesj. That is tho true course to be pursued,
but hero difficulties arise, reporters are generally
young men, poorly paid, hard worked from the
very nature of their business, and with no hope
of preferment. -How then can they be expected
to follow out great questions; analyze essays and
speeches when legislators themselves will not do
it. As the press is the grand medium of spread
ing ideas, it becomes the duty of “public servants”
as they delight to call themselves in crossroad
speeches, to see that all matters of public interest
and public coercion be properly understood by
those who wield the pen. One short editorial in
a newspaper is read by’more people than a hun
dred weight of the public (ftcuments with which
the mail is encumbered.
To return after this long digression, to the
subject of which I was writing, Mr. Stephens re
turned this morning to regain in tho quiet of
home the strength lost by a month’s hard labor.
The amount of labor that he and his colleagues
have accomplished since coming to this city is
almost incredible. To take a retrospective glanco
at what they have accomplished in so short a
time, tho labors of Hercules seem hardly less
difficult. Up oarly and continuing until far beyond
the midnight hour, they have worked out problems
that wouldhavc taken ordinary minds months to
have solved.
No time has been idled away, and ordinary
courtesies and pleasurcsof life have been thrown
aside for public business. While speaking of this,
lam requested by Mr. Stephens 4 to say that ow
ing to want of time, and the number of letters
received, he has been unable to reply to them,
and now, when called home, some two hundred
remain unanswered. Coming in at the rate of
thirty per day, it will be seen that one man could
hardly havo replied to them all, if he had but lit
tle else to do. On thi3 account alone, and not
through any voluntary neglect, tho lottcrs of
some of Mr. Stephens'most intimate friends have
not been auswered. This excuse will commend
itself to the good sense of everyone.
In Congress this morning tho only thing done
in open session was the presentation of a commu
nication by Judgo Wright, of Ga., from a gen
tleman in Washington, asking for a grant of land
to the Now Mexico R. R. Company, which ho
wished referred to the Committee on Territories.
In explanation of tho above communication,
Judgo Wright opposed the giving of public lands
to chartered companies, and said, that in his
opinion they ought rather to be distributed gra
tuitously to actual settlers.
I havo to-day become interested in the manu
facture of cotten yarns, which, taken in con
nection with direct trade with Continental Eu
rope, seems tome an important subject to the
people of Georgia. As you ara undoubtedly
aware there is to boa Convention at Atlanta on
the 18th of this month, known as the “Direct
Trade and Cotton Spinners Convention,” tho
object of which is to take into consideration the
manufacture of cotton yarns for the European
markets. Tho hand looms of France, Spain,
Switzerland, Belguim, Germany, Holland, Den
mark and Sweden consume three-fourths of all
our cotton. None of those countries can become
spinners on account of tho climate, which is too
dry. It requires an humid atmosphere to spin
cotton in the best manner, and hence the amount
and success of tho business in England, and es
pecially in Lancashire, which is noted for its
heavy fogs. Our climate is very well adapted
for tho purpose, and having the material and
requisite spindles, the business might be carried
on better than any place else. Cotton in its raw
state possesses only a wholesale value. No per
son can uso a pound of raw cotton, but put it
into thread and it has an immense retail as well
ai wholesale value. Were the thread put into
i market every pessant would bo able to buy a
few pounds, and the number of looms, and con
sequently the amount of cotton fabric, would in
crease. All the thread and cotton yarns now
used on the continent are spun in England, and
a pound of cotton, when it reaches Germany in
the shape of thread, after passing through many
hands and under many revenue amounts to
a largo sum per pound. Tho profits, too, are
very large, and the spinners of England are
yearly making vast fortunes from the business.
Why now should not thoso profits accrue to us
who have the raw material in our midst, as well
as to those who purchase it from us at a low
price ? As the interests of Georgia are so palpa
bly connected with her manufactures, I cannot
advocate too strongly an early consideration of
this matter. To-day the Alabama Convention
decided to send five commissioners, to be chosen
from that body, to represent the interests of Al
ii hama in tho Convention at Atlanta. I may
say in conclusion upon this subject, thatthc suc
cess of tois project hinges almost entirely upon
the success of the proposed line of steamers to
run between Savannah and continental Europe,
| for the purpose of promoting direct trade. The
j line is already organized and it now remains
| with Georgia whether she will take a metropoli
! tan position or not.
The State Convention was occupied the prin
cipal part of the day in trying to adopt the Con
stitution of the Confederate States. No fault
was found with the instrument itself, but there
was a very factious opposition to its adoption on
tho part of the co-operation members, who
i wished it submitted to a direct vote of the peo
j pie. Both parties fought until dark, and then
i tho matter was deferred until to morrow.
Joel E. Mathews, Auditor of military accounts
in this State has resigned, and John A. Graham, I
lato of the Interior Department at Washington, j
has been appointed in his stead.
An example of newspaper enterprise was ex
hibited here this morning. The Advertiser pub- i
Fished tbo Constitution of the Confederate
States entire, and a copy was placed upon the
desk < f each member of the Convention. The
printed copies ordered for the use of the mem
bers will not bo readv in a day or two
EVELYN.
Public Siurit—We understand that T. R.
Bloom, Esq., of this city called upon tho recruit
ing officers for the Georgia Army, stationed at
this place, and after some enquiries as to the
progress they were making, tendered them a
check forsloo, to be offered as a bounty on all
recruits hereafter enlisted. By direction cf his
Excellency, Joseph E Brown, the liberal dona
tion was accepted, and the Governor’s warmest
thanks returned to the generous donor, with the
request that his name be forwarded to the Exe
cutive Department. Such patriotism cannot be
too highly commended, and carries us back to
the true spirit that animated the patriots of the
Revolution.
A Regiment op Kentuckians.—Should Mr.
Abe Lincoln, President, attempt to enforce his
policy as foreshadowed in his inaugural, his
myrmidons may prepare to fight tho entire South.
.. 6 e *® lte ment here since his inaugural was de
livered has been intense. In fact, hundrds bold
ly avow their intention to enter the army of the
e o °nfliM S Ml ßt * te> akl their if a
ill fr 6 *.. w ° are toid that »
gentleman of this city said if a regiment of Ken
tuokians should desire to enter that Bervice, as is
possible, he would contribute $5,000 toward*
equipping it. —Louisville Courier.
From the Macon Telegraph.
The Souliers Confederacy, by a Northern Drummor.
Let ns look at ourselves for ono moment
through the spectacles of a Northern Drummer,
one of those adroit, knowing, talkatiro fellows,
who eoine round in pepper and salt traveling
suit*, with patent coffee mills, roofing, door
latches, churns, icc-cream freezers, apple-parers,
pumps, and so on, and are all things to all men,
it by any means they can “take in” some. Ho
was, as he says “of course a strong secessionist”
while in tue Sou-th, and in this capacity was “in
troduced to the I;cst of them,” and doubtless suc
ceeded in vending a good many oi his wares
while he exercised his “peculiar faculty cf work
ingout secro s.” Hig secrets do not appear to
be so valuable as his revelation of them is amus
ing. 1 here is perhaps no really greener speci
men of tho genus homo than one of these same
“cute adventurers from Northern cities, whose
reading has been confined to the Ledger and
whose reflections are all concentrated upon trade;
and yet the mass of Northern business agents,
who infest the South, are of that speed precisely.
If they had seen Washington and his army in
their bcs( days, they would have called tho whole
concern a greater “farce” than they do the Con
federate States.
Wo copy this letter from the Rochester (N. Y.)
Union, the editor of which vouches for the writer
as a gentleman, which, no doubt, he is, in the
Rochester acceptation of the term .
Coupe debate States of America, >
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 18. )
Dear : I write you a few lines to tell
you to raako your business arrangements for
war. We arc as sure to have it as tho sun is to
rise. You can’t imagine tho feeling of the coun
try, and if you could only see t.hc poor, miser
able, deluded fools, you would laugh. I came
on the train from Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, with
Jeff’ Davis, the president elect. I should judge
him to be a determined sort of a man, and ho
talks plainly of Avar to conquer the northern
Yankees. It makes me laugh, but I am com
pelled to keep a close mouth, or join with them.
At Atlanta, 1 should judge about 500 men, ayo
men and niggers, welcomed tho President, He
made a speech—-was glad to meet his friends:
he needed their help, and if in his duties he
should not do all they expected of him, wanted
them to overlook it, and if tho Northern Yankees
wore determined to have Avar, then ho would join
them in battle. God would protect them in their
just cause. If tho Yankee republicans at the
North could beat them at the ballot-box, they
would show them that the cartridge box Avas a
different institution. [Applause.] And if you
could see the class of people, you would laugh;
it looked like a small military display of boys,
with tin pans and broomsticks, playing soldiers.
1 wish I had the faculty of writing what I saw—
it would boa big thing. Wo left Atlanta with a
car for Jeff. DaA'is and tho committee—a flag at
each end, stars and stripes—six small stars "and
one largo one in tho centre. At ev T ery station
would be a military company, and about, say
from twenly to one hundred men, Avomen, chil
dren and niggers, no more. The towns of the
North are counties here. Some of our largest
counties are not as large as Oneida, and
county turns out a military company, and if you
could seo them—tho greatest part are boys from
16 to 20 years old—a perfect farce. I am sick
and tired of it, and I do solemnly believe the
Seventh regiment of New York, could march
through the entire country. Wc cot to
Georgia.
A crowd Os more than 150 was at the cars, con
sisting oi men, women, boys and niggers; a mili
tary company' numbering eighteen muskets, and
and three niggers, Avith ono playing the base
drum, anu one the snare drum, and the other a
nfer. Thev marched into line, and such drilling
(I yelled, I could no* help it:) then they fired a
salute, six musket at a time; then Davis came
out and made tho same speech he made at
Atlanta, and the same thing Avas repeated at
West Point, Opelika and Auburn, only worse
in 3' military point of vicav. Wc arrived
hero Saturday night, with no reception what
ever; everything quiet until this morning
At 10 o’clock the Columbus Guards wont through
the Zouave drill in front of the Exchange hotel—
the Company that challenged the Chicago Zou
aves—a perfect farce, I think. I Avish youcoulo
hav'e seen it. At 121 2 o’clock we Avent to the
capital to see tho inauguration of the president.
Ob, you never saw such a ecugregration. (I was
sick.) I should not think more tliun 3,500 men,
women, children, and niggers were there. Jeff
Davis came in, Alex. Stephens at his right, How
ell Cobb at his left. They then called f r music
and the band played the Marseillaise hymn, then
a prayer, then Davis delivered his inaugural ad
dress. I can’t quota it—he was for war—said
the reconstruction of the Union was not practi
cable, or desirable.
He wished their help in the emergency, and
if his services ivere needed in the battle field he
would be there. The oath was then administered
by Howell Cobb. His voice trembled so as hardly
to be audible. Ido not wonder, in his traitorous
acts. Jest Davis, Avith arm and head uplifted to
ward hea\'en, said: ‘‘Yes, so help me God, I will
administer according to the Constitution,” and
you can bet he means it. In less than two week3
from to-day he will certainly be engaged in Avar.
On the night of the 2d of March the forts in the
South occupied by the United States are to be
captured. I know it. lam iu tho ring. I am,
of course, a strong secessionist, and have been
introduced to the best ot them, and X have a pe
culiar faculty of working out secrets, and havß
got the whole arrangement, Ac. At 2 o’clock the
ceremony Avas over, and Jeff Davis, Alex. Ste
| phens, HoAvell Cobb and Win. L. Yancey, got in
| to their carriage, drawn by six gray horses, pro
j ceeded by tho Columbus Guards, numbering six
j ty men, and the Montgomery Guards, numbering
about tho same: the lines looked like a semi-cir°
ele, tho band playing the Marseillaise Hymn,
then Dixie’s Land—big thing. It is now 7 o’clock
and I leaA'e at 7% for Columbus, Georgia, thence
to Florida; will mail this at Columbus. The city
is to be illuminated to-night with candles. Could
| I write like Doestieks, I would remain, but I am
! so disgusted with the foolishness, I Avantto come
I home. It would be death to be found Avith this
| letter. My letters have been broken open in sev
| eral instances.
i’rom the Richmond Dispatch.
Is Disunion War or Peace.
| They told us last fall that the secession of the
| Southern States would be civil and servile war,
! accompanied by horrors compared with which
those of St Domingo were child’s play.
The friends of the South insisted that univer
sal secession of was peace, and that the
remainder of the Union would have neither the
inclination nor the power to attack that which
had departed.
What do we see now? The Inaugural of Pres
ident Lincoln, notwithstanding all its threats of
coercion, is pronounced a pacihc document, and
it is declared that he does not believe what he
says when he threatens coercion, and that he
has not the means to enforce it.
Senator Douglas rises in his place in the Sen
ate, and declaring the Message eminently peacc
f jl, says he is informed, by military men, that
an army of ten thousand soldiers, and the whole
navy of the United States, would not be sufficient
to reinforce Mij. Anderson!
Bravo, South Carolina! All hail, gallant and
glorious people! But if the Government of the
United States, with its whole Navy and ten thou
sand meD, can not even take the single town of
Charleston, what becomes of the ridiculous pre
diction that, if the whole South, instead of'one !
little State, had gono out in November, it would
have been overoome by the Black Republicans? j
If it takes ten thousand men and the whole U. S.
Navy to capture one little city, how many men
and how large a Nary would it require to con
quer all the Southern States, with the prepara
tion which each of them would have had time to
make between November and March?
No. It is clear as daylight that the course of
universal secession was the course of peace, and
that our half-vray hesitating measures have put
us in danger of war. If wo still have peace,
thanks, eternal thanks, to the Southern Confede
racy ! Its intrepid and unyielding attitude will
hare saved us all, if indeed this madness of fa
naticism can yet take counsel of wisdom and dis
: cretion. The path cf independence was the path
of freedom and safety. They, in any event, arc
| safe. If menaced with war, the whole South will
j fly to their r< scue, and, even if it does not, the
J North, which is unable to take Charleston with a
i smaller force than the whole American Navy and
j ton thousand men, will never be able to overcome
| the Southern Confederacy, defended by a hun
i dred thousand such warriors as those who follow
j ®d Jefferson Daris at lluena Vista, and who
: waved the Palmetto flag in immortal glory at
; Chepultepeo. Even in the more tryiDg ordeal of
peace, they will still be safe; for England, Franee,
and all Europe, will link to their hearts and en
viron with their friendly diplomacy that garden
spot ot earth, which clothes and feeds the toiling
millions of the world. The only danger it has
to fear is from the immense immigration of New
England Abolitionists, who will flock liko vul
tures to the new feast of trade and commerce,
and stealthily endeavor to vote down their insti
| tutions at the polls. Let the Southern Constitu
! tion make provisions for such a contingency, and
j all will be secure.
-
I MTED STATES SENATE.
EXTRA SESSION.
Debate oh the Inaugural; Does it Mean Peace
or War ? Views of Wig fall.
Washington, March T.
'ihe Senate resumed the consideration of Mr.
Dixon’s resolution, that there bo printed the
usual number of tlio President’s inaugural.
speech or ms. wigfall, or Texas.
Mr. Wigfall said that as Mr. Douglas yester
day had entered into a discussion of the mean
ing of Mr. Lincoln’s inaugural address, it was
proper that his [Wigfall's] construction of it
should also be given to the country. . It was im
possible for an administration dealing in gener
alties, whether glittering or not, to give peace to
the country. It is a fact that seven States have
withdrawn from the Union, entered into a com
pact, and established a government. Though
the fact is not officially announced the whole
country know that the Representatives of the
Southern Confederation are now her-, prepared
to be received at this Court. Waiving ail ques
tions of regularity as to the existence of their
government, they are here to enter ißto a treaty
with the Federal Government, and the matters
in controversy must, bo settled either by treaty
or by the sword. It is easy to tala about enfor
cing tho laws and holding and occupying and
possessing the forts. When you come to this,
bayonets and not words mast settle the question,
and he would say that Forte Pickens and Sumter
cannot he held much longer. The present Ad
ministration will soon be forced to construe the
inaugural. Forts Moultrie and Johnson and
Castle Pinckney are in the possession of the
Confederate States, but the Confederate States
will not leavo Fort Sumter in the possession of
tho Federal Government. In reply to Mr.
Douglas, he [Wigfall] denied that the Union as
it was formerly, now exists legally and constitu
tionally. The evil is upon <s ; the disease is
seated. A blue pill at night and a cup of coffee
next morning may relievo the liver, but when
the disease is on you, blistering and blood-letting
is sometimes necessary : and when the patient
dies it is necessary to have a coffin, very deep,
a funeral service, and things of that sort. As
he said the other night, the only question is,
whether there shall be a decent, quiet funeral,
after the Protestant fashion, or an Irish wake.
The Union is dead and has to be buried. If you
want a Protestant funeral, you can have it; if
not, you can havo an Irish wake. Mr. Wigfall
proceeded to speak of the difficulty of enforcing
the revenue laws, adding that ‘‘troubles as to
this will environ you all around. Had you not
better deal with this question practically ? Un
fortunately Mr. Lincoln will have but a brief pe
riod during which to dec-ido the question.
If he supposes the reinforcement of Fort Sum
ter will lead to peace, he can make the experi
ment and so as to recapturing Fort Moultrie.—
If he should not remove the troops from Fort
Sumter, they' will bo removed for him. Tho
adoption of the Crittenden Compromise proposi
tion might have adjusted the difficulties of the
country, but it only received nineteen votes in
the Senate. Tho Senator from Illinois, Mr.
Douglas, had said that “war cannot preserve the
Union." The Union however, is dissolve l.—
Seven Southern States have formed a Confeder
ation, and to tell, as the President has done, that
their acts of secession are no more than pieces of
blank paper, is an insult. lie repeated, there is
no Union left. The seceded States will never,
surely come'back. They will not now come
back under any circumstances. They will not
live under this administration. Withdraw your
troops then, make no attempt to collect tribute,
and enter into a treaty with those States. Do
this and you will have peace. Send your flag
of thirty-four stars thither and it will be fired
into and war will ensue. Will you divide tho
public property and make a fair assessment of
the public debt, or will you sit stupidly and idly
doing nothing until there shall boa conflict of
arms, “because you cannot compromise with
traitors?” Let the remaining States reform their
Government, and if it is acceptable tho South
ern Confederacy will en er into a treaty of peace
and amity with them. If you want peace you
shall have ic. The time far platforius and dem
agogueism is past. Treat with the Confederate
States as independent and you can havo peace.
Treat them as States of this Union and you will
have war. Mr. Lincoln has to remove the troop3
from Forts Pickens and Sumter, or they will bo
removed for him. He has to collect the revenue
at Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans, or it
will be collected for him. If he attempts to col
lect the revenue, resistance will be made. It is
useless to blind your eyes. No compromise or
amendment to tho Constitution, no arrangement
you may enter into wiil satisfy the South, unless
you recognize slaves as property. Thess States
withdrew from tho Union because their p-operty
was not protected. The Republicans have pre
served an ominous siienco on the subject of the
inau.ural. Tho speech of tho Senator from
Illinois, (Mr. Douglas) was calculated to pro
duce an impression that Mr Lincoln will do no
thing. But the ‘‘'masterly inactivity" policy can
not prevail. Action! action! action! as the great
Athenian orator said, is now necessary. You
cannot longer serve God and Mammon. You
must answer quickly the question, “under which
King, Bezonian?" You must withdraw your
flag from our country, and allow us to have ours
and enter into a treaty with us. Do this or
make up your minds for war in the sternest as
pect. and with all its accumulated horrors.
General Twigs?.
j In noticing the proceedings of a meeting in
New Orleans to receive General Twiggs, the Bul
letin of that city remarks :
The meeting, we are plea-cd to know, was of
the most respectable character. There was an
earnestness in its tone, an enthusiasm in the
frequent applause and a fervor in the language
of the resolutions and of each speaker that prove
that this community utterly spurn the cowardly
slanders of the Washington Government.—
Though the gallant veteran Twiggs needed no
indorsement of his name as a brave and honora
ble soldier, yet wo are glad that our people have
testified in this emphatic manner their detesta
tion of Mr. Holt’s malignant calumnies upon one
whose manhood has been given in love and rev
erence and patriotic pride to the service of his
country. Mr. Holt should be reminded that
those ‘‘clothed with aTittlei bref authority play !
such fantastic tricks,” etc.
Such fantastic tricks as his servile attempt to
brand with cowardice and treason a war-worn vet
eran, who has served the flag of his country for
nigh half a century, is an exhibition of such utter
malignity and impotent malice as will earn for
its inventor, we know not whether more of pity
or contempt.
T elegyraphic.
Special to the Times.
The Tariff Bill Passed,,.Adoption of Permanent Con
stitution b? the State of Alabama.,, Adjournment of
Congress
Moxtgomehy, March Id.
Tho Tariff act was passed yesterday in Con
gress, the schedule is somewhat different from the
old one, most of the articles on which there was
a duty of tbity per cent, has been reduced to
twenty-five, twenty four and nineteen to fifteen,
the majority of the Tariffis ten per cent. The
free list is very small.
The State Convention of Alabama to-day ad
opted the permanent Constitution of the Confed
erate States. The vote stood 57 to 5. Jemison
and the leading Co-operationits signed tho Ord
inance of Secession —during which there was
great applause in the Convention.
Congress will adjourn on Saturday.
The following dispatch to a gentleman iu this
city, says the Augusta Dispatch, from n reliable
house in Charleston, was received to-day at 12
o’cdock :
Charleston, March 12.
Fort Sumter has been ordered to be given up
to tho Confederate States. Cotton Is brisk, and
has advanced lie.
From the Charleston Courier, March lh.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, March 11. —Little er no doubt
now exists but that the command nt Sumter will
have orders to evacuate by Wednesday. Thisi®
consiuered settled hero.
Later. —l learn from high authority that or
ders have been issued by Gen. Scott to M«j. An
derson for the withdrawal of his command from
Fort Sumter, as a military necessity. [We learn
that a dispatch of similar import has been re
ceived by His Excellency, Gov. Pickens. —Tins.]
The Cabinet has been in session on this subject,
and it is said the excitement ran high. They
finally came to tho conclusion that it was the
best policy to withdraw the troops. That would
prevent bloodshed, which must ensue if an at
tempt should be made to reinforce Sumter.
Washington, March 11—0 P. M.—There have
been so many rumors in the sensation lino in re
gard to Fort Sumter, that the rumored decision
yesterday, of tho Cabinet, contemplating the
withdrawal of Major Anderson, was not gener
ally be ieved, and created but little excitement.
By noon to-dajq however, it wa3 confirmed by
those in authority, and unless the Cabinet re
verse the decision, the fa~t, as things now exist,
may bo considered settled.
Leading Republican Senators say that the
evacuation will take place within two weeks,
while others say it will be done immediately.
Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford, commissioners
from the Con edorate States, will have a i official
interview with Mr. Seward to-morrow; but they
anticipate no official recognition of their mission
here,
ADDITIONAL BY THE NIAGARA.
The Niagara bring* three millions in specie.
Admiral Pessano had arrived at Messina
which he will summon to surrender.
Rome, Friday. —The National Committee have
issued a proclamation that Victor F.mauuelwiil
soon be proclaimed King from the Capitol; and
also they express their thanks to Franco.
Tho French authorities have taken possession
of the keys to the Capitol at Vienna.
It is reported that Austria, Prussia and Rus
sia, concluded in a Convention to act in concert
in case of a Polish or Hungarian outbreak.
Ship News. —Arrived from Charleston, Undo
Sam at Bordeaux; from Savannah, Thames, at
Liverpool. The ship Memo Edward, from Liv
erpool. bound to Savannah, put back.
The Georgia Ladies ad our ‘‘Jeff,”
To the Honorable Jefferson Davis,
I resident of the Confederate States:
_ Honored Sir:—Permit us, tho undersigned la
dies of Whitfield, Ga., to express through the col
umns of tho “Mail” our sincero respect and ad
miration for you, our honored and esteemed Pres
ident of the great and glorious Southern Confed
eracy.
The remembrance of your bravo deeds on the
bloody plains of Mexico, has often caused our
hearts to glow with that enthusiasm which tho
recital of such deeds ever inspire.
Allow us then, with no pretensions to flattery,
to say that the laurels which Buena Vista placed
around thy herioc brow, have grown brighter and
more fadeless, since thy loyalty and devotion to
our beloved South has been tested.
May the choicest blessings of the Divine One
rest upon you, and guide you through the perils
of your administration ; and may no event anac
which may render it necessary for you to lay
aside the insignia of your exalted station for a
position far more momentous and perilous. But
should that alternative arise, (which heaven
avert,) when the honor and glory of tho South
must bo vindicated, to no one could we turn with
greator confidence, than to him, whose deeds of
valor alrerdy glow on the historic page.
Once more, we, as citizens, justly proud that
our destiny has been cast in tho Sunny South, re
iterate our loyalty and admiration for its Chief
Executive.
M. H. BROYLES,
EMMA BROWN,
FANNIE KINGSLEY.
Rural Yale, Ga., March 4.
Bad Omens. —Yesterday, (says the New York
Day Book, after the inauguration procession in
Washington had started for the Capitol, it was
suddenly discovered that the American flag, in
tended to be borne among the other devices, had
been omitted. Also after starting, Mr. Lincoln’s
carriage broke down, which occasioned some de
lay. A morning paper also gives the follow
ing:
Early in the forenoon, when the flag was un
furled upon the Capitol, one of the halliards gave
way. and splitting in two, the flag flung out like
a penant. For a long while it could not be ta
ken down, though finally an adventurous man
clirned to the top of the staff, and, tearing away
the ili-omen standard, replaced it with an entire
flag of the Union.
R. STOCK WELL.
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORY.
inn The subscriber has t'ken store
I room opio-be Cook 5 - Hotel w here
vL. J i prepared to accommodate all
w ‘‘ o are in want of agood article of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
REPARING attended to with dispatch A shire
of pa r.jnage solicted. R. 6TO* KWELL.
March 13 -dim.
DRS. LEE & PHELPS.
DENTISTS.
OFFICE Corner Broad and Randolph .Streets
€OL UMB US G EOR Q J\ .
December 31,18f1. wAdlv
White and Mixed Seed Corn
*nnn BUSHELS in ?t °m and to arrive, for sale
i/OOuata small advance lor Cash.
Febli—dwtf E. BARNARD.
Star Candies.
pi f l WHOLE and Half Boxes Candles, prime qua
t-rt / lity, for sale at a small advance 'or
FeblS-dwtf E. BARNARD.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
FREE FORWARDING
Private B:nded Wareliomca &
Custom House Brokerage.
npilE u dosigni and has, with Messrs Hngh;,j„
.1 Baldwin Cos., M srs. Wilder At Galli and
Messrs, Burner & Gammed, frn ed an A -or i..« if./,
for the purpose of entering a’ the Custom u,, Us .
aeJ Storing in Bond, in acco dance wnh the Reve
nue Laws, any goods arriving atth s poit wi nh nu -
ke entrusted to his custody.
It- lifting the managing and active partner, ha,
bonded. Wih the approval of the Se r tiny of t|>
teasury, commodious Warehouses, w heie all Her
< hanc.ize con ing lo this port can he stored, every
a'leuHun pm to it«; reservation, end for it- p c w.J
delivery wheneiuiy i;.i» been n ade at ihe t.'uv. ]
no use, it i!i loneA possible tar 11" i larges.
Men andize destii ed to the interior will he cm, .
ed for payment of duties, or in bond as may he n
quired by the consignees. A I goo s construed to
hint to he forwarded, will t ccive the g eau.-i cle
span it at the lowest rate o charge,and in s ch man.
, not a- may bo directed If the duties are to he paid
( itt this port,funds must be provid. and tor th .t pm.
i pose, hi t ii to be forwarded i band, the nqu.ih,
! bo«os wi i be given.
I Goods entrusted to the care Af Ur* undersigned.
| constat ed to points iu he .interior willjra iorwar
| ed by Kiilroais or other coaveyat ce, "as uirtcteu,
! free of Cos • mission
An experience of nearly twenty years in the <Y
tai s Oi Custom ll itise tnoi es«. amt a thorough
acquaintance with tho Warehouse laws, in « veiy
detail, vvil enable this coparti.erslt p to give tin
greatest despatch consistent with the .atttj of the
revenue.
CIEAS. C. WAJLDEK,
Office in (t'agliorn .$• Cunningham’s Bdldifcg,
hea l o f Drayton Si. Savannah Gh.
Savannah, March If ©l. marl I—dim
NEWARRITAL.
MACKEREL, ill kits ]■{ and y 2 bbv.all Xo
HAMS choic Country son k and.
MESS BEEF, in half barrels
i SUGARS, Ground, Pulverized, Cmdi.T, a!»o
SU wan’s A. No. 1.
N. <). SYRUP, iu lots, and half b* Is. all at lov.
C3t market rates by
marl2—d:f GUNBY, CROFT A CO.
SOUTHERN
We arc the Agents lor tho sale of TO
BACCO manufactured by the most reli
able VIRGINIA AND NORTH CARO
LINA TOBACCONISTS, ninny of whom
nro well known to Soutnern dealers.
I Our present stock consists of about One
j Thousand Boxes of ail grades and prices,
j to which attention is specially invited.
| To dealers in other cities and States, we
will furnish a. list of prices, nnd send same,
with samples, by Express, ar their charge,
Ji A. ANidLiiA & CO.,
So. 300 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEO.
March 7, 1 SOI— iIIOJ.
WART
ATTENTION fIiILITARI ■
RECEIVED THIS MORNING
j
Swords, Pistols, Sashes.
j 3clts,
A host cf Buttons,
I ALABAMA & GEORGIA LACE3 6e.
And for sale at the lowest price®.
! Jan2C—dtf 'A. 11. DeV/ITT.
CENTRAL RMLROADT
Savannah, Feb. 23, ISGL
‘HE Congress of tlio Confederate States of
JL America Laving, on the 18. h day el Feb
ruary instant, enacted the law hereunto annex
ed, it becomes necessary that this Company
should change the system heretofore pursued by
them in receiving ands rwarding goods con
signed to their care, as they arc* not prepared to
transact the business at tho Custom House and
advance the duties, or give bonds for the
same, as will be required.
Therefore, Merchants, Consignees of goods,
heretofore consigning them t<> tho cave of Cen
tral Railroad Agent, are hereby notified that
from and after tLo 10th day of March next, their
goods mustbo consigned to tho care of some
Commission Merchant in the city, whose out
lay (commissions and duties always excepted,)
, will bo advanced i y this Company, and charged
I to the goods as formerly.
Bill of Lading, Invoice and accompanying in
sfructions should be mailed to tho CominisAo:
Merchant employed to forward the goods; and
it would bo well for Merchants to instruct their
shinoers so to do.
R. li. CUYLER, President.
AN ACT.
See. J. Be it enacted by the Confederate
j States cf America, in Congress Assembled, That
the following articles shall bo exempt from du
ty, and admitted free into said States, to-wit;—
Bacon, pork, hams, lard, beef, fish of all kinds;
wheat and flour of wheat, and flour of all other
grains; Indian corn and meal; barley and barlcv
flour; rye and rye flour; oats and oat meal; gun
i powder and ali the materials of which it is made;
I lead in all forms; arms of every description, and
I munitions of war and military accoutrements;
percussion caps; living animals of all kinds; al
so all agricultural produe’s in their natural
state.]
See. 2. And be it further enacted, That all
goods, wares and merchandize imported from
any one of the late United States of America,not
being now a member of this Confederacy, into
this Confederacy before the fourth day of March
next, which may havebeen lona fide purchased
heretofore, or within ten days after tho passage
of this act,shall be exempt and freo from dut- .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
State of Texas be, and is hereby exempted front
the Tariff laws, heretoforep t.-sed at; 1 a j ted by
this Congress.
[Signed] HOWELL COBB,
President of the Congress.
Passed by Congress on the ci hteenth of Feb
ruary, eighteen i undrdc ’ and eixty-one.
J. J. HOOPER,
Feb 25 —dwlm. Scc’y of the Congress.
AN ORDINANCE
la relation to Jinny cannon within the limits ci
the City of Colambas. ' J
The Committee to whom was referred the duty
of reporting upon account of P. Git tenser for re
pairs of damages produc and by the firing of can
non in the t,treet. H3 well as reporting un orui
nance regulating the firing of cannon in the
city limits, respectfully report as follows:
Resolved, 1 hat it shall not be lawful for an}
person to fire a cannon in the City, without
first having obtained from the Mayor, Chief
Marshal, or (in their abseneo from the city) the
chairman of the Street Committee, a permit for
the same, and that said permit shall particularly
describe at what points said cannon inuv be Un
charged. #
R:sohea, That any violatfon of the above
ordinance shall subject tue offender to & fino of
ten dollars.
Resolved, That the foregoing ordinance be pub
lished daily for two weeks.
SALISBURY, )
BOZEMAN, > Cow.
MARCUS, j
Which was received and adopted.
A true ex'rict from the minutes of Council
March 4th, IS6I.
G. Vs. JONES, Clerk,
March 7 —dlw.