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C'OLIMBIS. TUESDAY, MARCH 19. lSftlCßs
The Border State Conventiona.
Xbo present State Convention of Virginia is
prepared to submit to Lincoln’s rule. The Un
ionists in that good old State are fast in accept
ing any compromise or concession that looks to
peace, no matter upon what terms it is published.
From the most reliable intelligence we have, it
appears that a great revolution is going on in
t he State, and were a vote taken to-day it would
go for secession. Petersburg, Va. gave a large
Union majority a few weeks ago, has now tunred
completely round and given a majority for se
cession. This 2peaks for a decided change in
public opinion. Old Virginia will inevitably se
cede.
Missouri is doing nothing in her Convention.
Her delegates are for the Union under all cir
cumstances, but the revolution is going on ia
public sentiment in our favor.
Tennessee has decided to put Lor neck in the
mud under a fence rail with such traitors as An
dy Johnson cud Etheridge to bear down with all
their weight.
Arkansas is discussing the resolution to draft
the ordinance of sccossion. The rumored evac
uation of Sumter has enoouragod the subraission
sts in their efforts to live under Lincoln. Tho
vote is close in the Convention; one vote may
change tho destiny of the State.
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter no indication of Peace.
If Mr. Lincoln shall determine to withdraw
the Federal troops from Ft. Sumter,ho will do so
at the behest of sheer military necessity .He may
consider that it is impossible to reinforce Major
Anderson under present circumstances, and
knowing that unless reinforced, the alternative
with his command is starvation or evacuation,
he may accept the latter. Be this as it may, the
most favorable issuo of the Sumter imbroglio can
furnish no rational hope of peace. The abolition
Federal Government has not abated a whit, in
its determination to maintain its foothold in the
Confederate States, nor has it relented a parti
cle from its purpose to collect revenues from im
portations into the latter. Until this is
and further, until the Federal administration
shall recognize our absolute independence, the
attitude of tho two governments to each other
can be none other than hostile and threatening*
To those who yet have a hope of an adjustment
upon this basis, wc commend the perusal of the
following extraot from a late number of tho New
York Tribune:
“The people will be prepared, if this with"
drawal of troops takes place, for a yell of exul
tation from every traitor in tho land, for taunts
and swelling Eels-congratulations from the men
who have labored more earnestly than any oth
ers for tho destruction of tho Union, by crying
out for concessions and compromises ; but let all
remember that tho strength has not yet departed
from our flag, and that this movement may be
only as the crouch which is to precede the deci
sive leap. No matter if the treason which has
woven around us its toils, compels a step which
no one wishes to take; no matter if rebellion
seems to have advanced its banners, or treason
turns more confidently towards us its brazen
front. The policy of the governmUt remains
unchanged, and its firm fool, is just as immova
ble as ever on the Constitution and the laws.”
Feeling in France upon the American Crisis,
We invito the attention of our readers to a
rather lengthy article in another column bearing
upon the above subject. The paper (Le Pays,)
from which the translation Is v
eminent organ of France, and, be
concluded the article discloses the
Emperor. It presents the moste-rafionaT and
philosophic view of the questions it discusses/*
which has yet appeared in the trans-Atlantic 1
press—views which must commend themselves
to right thinking minds every whore. The recog
nition of the Confederate States by pCayei nfjfcjO
be regarded as a fixed fact, and <j*p which will
exort a controlling influence upon the cfirttiflteirof
other European Powers.
District Courts. "
The following gentlemen have been appointed
Judges of the several District Courts of the
Southern Confederacy:
A. 6. Mograth, for South Carolina; 11. U.
Jackson, fer Georgia : Wm. J. Jones, for Ala
bama; Win. Lanier Harris, for Mississippi;
Thomas J. Scuimcs, for Louisiana; John Hemp
hill, for Texas; Jesse J. Finley, for Florida;
McQueen Melntosh to beijidgo
Court, at Key West; David of Ala
bama, Commissioner of Indian Affairs ; Alexan
der 13. Clitherall, of Alabama,
Treasury ; Bolling Baker, of Georgia, Auditor of
the Treasury.
Adjournment of the Southern Congress.
This body adjourned its session at Montgome
ry last Saturday night, to meet again on the sec
ond Monday in May. “Well done good and faith
tul servants/’ is tho unauimous verdict of the
people whoso rights and interests they were cho
son to guard and promote.
Kentucky Convention.
The true men in Kentucky, who feci humilia
ted at her alliance with tho North and the down
right submission spirit of her people, have issued
a call for a State Convention. They say they
want to meet the sckeeuiings and machinations of
those among them who arc bending all their en
ergies and directing all their powers to cut them
loose forever from their natural friends in the
and fasten Kentucky with indissoluble
bonds to communities whose aggressions and in
fractions of the Constitution have driven some of
the Southern States into secession. The Con
vention is to sit on the 20th of March at Frank
fort.
Increased Business in New Orleans.
Sinoe the secession of Louisiana from the
Union there ha3 been an unparalellod activity in
her commercial transactions. This is evidenced
from the fact that a comparative statement of the
number of vessels in that port for the last seven
years, shows that there are fewer now than here
tofore, and that tho nnmberof clearancea grant
ed are found much larger than iu any previous
season since the foundation of the city, and at
higher rates of freight. So much for the increased
commercial activity in New Orleans since the de
claration of her independence.
A Letter from North Carolina.
NAfHViLLE, N. C., March 12, '6l.
Leap. Sip.: Please permit me to drop you a few
lines soliciting you to inform mo the prospect of
buying land in your section of country. lam
no longer a North Carolinian, as my native State
hero, has gone against a Convention or secession.
I abhor the idea of remaining in any State and
raising u>y children under a Black Republican
Government. Will you request or say to one of
the editors of some Democratic or Southern
Rights paper, to send me one of their papers from
Columbus ? So soon as 1 can find a chance to
move to your country, I shall do to, aa I am
determined to leave here. lam a secessionist in
toto. I wish a small tract of land with soma im_
provements, convenient or in reach of good
schools, Ac. Your kindness ia regard to the
above will be thankfully received. I consider
Lincoln’s inaugural address as declaring open
war. They may attempt coercion, but, I for one,
will lose my last drop of blood in tho defence of
the rights of the South. They may pass over
my dead body as soon as they attempt coercion.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours, respectfully,
N. O'. HARRISON.
Important from France.
The American Crisis—Necessity of a Recognition
of the Southern Confederacy In Europe—The Val
ue of Southern Trade to French Interests, Ac,,
Ac,,
Translated for tho New York Herald, from Lo
Pays, of Paris Feb 21.
Tho rapidity with which the Americau crisis
progresses obliges us, in order to prevent public
opinion being suprised by events to abandon the
discussion of secondary points and arrive at once
at by far the most important question which is
proceeding rapidly from moment to moment to
wards being submitted to the decision of the gov
ernments of Europe.
The American Union exists no longer. South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi
ana, Texas and Florida are, at tho moment at
which wo write, assembled in Convention at
Montgomery, with tho object of forming anew
confederation. In entering on Lis functions Mr.
Lincoln will find himself face to face with anoth
er confederation, regularly constituted, which he
will bo obliged to recognise as an independent ca
tion or reduce by foice of arms.
The time for recrimination is past; philosophic
aspirations, however seductive they may be, must
vanish before reality; reason commands us to
master them, that she may sot before us a situa
tion of affairs in which a more general interest is
involved, for soon the new confederation will be
knocking at tb3 door3 of Europe demanding the
recognition of its independence, and claiming a
place, among the nations of the globe.
In prescnco of that approaching eventuality,
it appears to us indispensable to give a rapid
sketch of the importance of this new confedera
tion.
Tho Southern Staic-s, to the number of fifteen,
comprise a superfices of a million cf square miles,
without including the portion of common territo
ry to which the separation will entitio them.—
They extend on tho ocean coast, from tho Chesa
peako to the Gulf of Mexico, into which the Mis
sissippi empties itself, after a course of 4,100
miles through Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas, presenting
the only normal and economic means of transport
for the productions of a considerable portion of
the Western States.
Their population, entirely devoted to agricul
ture on a largo scale, amounts to more than
twelve millions of inhabitants. Their principal
productions, besides building timber, very much
esteemed at the North and even in Europe, are
tobacco, sugar, rice and cotton. Thecotton crop
i3 annually, on an average, 4,500,000 bales repre
senting tho sum 0f...000,000,0001’.....5180,000,000
Rice 25,000,000f... t . 5,000,000
Tobacco 100,000,000f..... 20,000,000
Sugar 75,000,000f..... 15,000,000
Food and munitions
of war 80,000,000f.,... 6,000,000
Total... 1,130,000,000f. $226,000,000
A largo portion of these productions figure now
in the export trade from the ports of New York,
Boston and Philadelphia, where they are stored
before crossing tho Atlantic.
The importation trade of tho Southern States
is not les3 than eight millions cf franc*
($1,600,000,) taking together European importa
tion and that from the Northern States, whiefl
manufacture au enormous quantity of cotton,-
These figures are far from being exaggerated, r
The increase of population, on wh£re
the uninhabited sur
re|jtf!me<t,Ulr% being unim-
it is re«f§onablo to suppose that, iu a fu
ture, more or less remote, the figures of exporta
tion and*importation will
to the hjcreasekf 9
prospm|BofL||rnew conjuration is then
.mtimately Wma,<lfrwith EuMjjhin interests in
particular. All
those States, we have said, are %£
ait^on^ierj^qtejj(iaufiy(fire(^ r
duction and CQiSfcn^ption^*
All their ports will bo open to tho ejpimerco
of the world, and if Franco knows profit
by that favorable circumstance which"
the putting in rf&fc commercial t
policy, inaugu^foflT>y # the her tr
may, notwiehstamtieccmo a formi
dable competitor with that of the Northern States;
for her productions, always in demand in foreign
markets, will find, besides, in the difference of
the manufacturing price, an advantage w:hich,
with th« dutiep which will be undoubted
ly, oPreprisal, levied on merchan
dise coming from tho Northern republic, will in
sure a considerable market to French goods.
Tho Southern Confederacy is, destin
ed *to ally, if fieo i
be, of giving to Europe, if circumstances should
ever require it, a powerful aid i*i exchange for a
simple recognition, which will very probably suf
fice tho fajjpticisin of dhe North in check
from almost destruction the
Southern marts, which Europe could not do with
out just now.
We are no longer in an age, th|*tfk God, when
it was made a boast of having’ been said from
the Tribune, “Pcr.sh the colonies, rather than a
principle.”
To recapitulate : the developments to which
wo have called the attention of our readers and
economists may bo classed and arranged under
certain interrogatories:
1. Can Europe to-day do without American
cotton? She already entertains friendly rela
tions,with Brazil, PortoKieo, the Island of Cuba,
Manilla, countries which owe their prosperitvto
similar institutions; and, moreover, ought she
to refuse cotton because it is the product of a
labor system which she disapproves ? Evident
ly not, for there would result from it a danger to
tho providing for her manufactures, and the em
ployment of the working classes, whose moral
and material condition has proceeded, since the
commencement of this century, iu a direct ratio
with the increase of cotton. Is not the cotton
trade of England, and especially that of Lan
cashire, in a sufficiently critical condition alrea
dy to inspire a fear of the serious disorders re
sulting from the distress of her operatives ?
2. Do there exist another soil and another
crimate so well adapted to tho culture of cot
ton !
lor many nations, no; England has long
sought in vain for a solution of this problem.
iof lac ? c * >' e3 » which, more fortunate, pos
setscs Algeria, but which cannot count on a crop
f^ v herown consumption until after the
fur*l “ ° ttat coioE y* aad a series of agricui-
Gon of onlr anJe A x P eri “cots in the acclimatiza
tion ot cotton on African soil.
wa deprive our commerce and
trade of the certainty of exchanging its produc
tions, and transporting them directly
France and tho Southern States, and sacrTce
interests so important, to a question of false phi
lanthropy ? No. France ought, on the contrary
seize this opportunity of extending her commer
cial relations with them, with a view to employ
the influence resulting from il, which would bo
the obtaining by degress and in a more humane
and politic manner a change in their system of
l%bor, instead of proceeding like the Northern
States, and making it a question of ruin and an
nihilation. In that lies the entire American
question, which sentiment alone cannot resolve
ia a manner satisfactory to all the great inter
ests at stake.
But in awaiting these results, which would flow
from the cordial welcome given by Europe to tho
new Confederation, let true philanthropists be as
sured they are wonderfully mistaken in regard to
the real condition of the blacks of the South. We
willingly admit that their error ia pardonable, for
they have learned the relations of master and
slave from the work of Mrs. Beecher Stowe.—
Shall wo look for that condition ia the lucubra
tions of that romance, raised to the importance
of a philosophic di3 ertation, but much rather in
spired, unconsciously to the author, by tho desire
of leading public opinion astray, of- provoking
revolution and of necessitating incendiarism and
revolution ’ A romance is a work of fancy which
one cannot refute, and which cannot serve as a
basi3 to any argument. In our discussion we
must seek elsewhere for authorities and material.
Facts aro eloquent, and statistics teach us that,
under tho superintendence of those masters, so
cruel and so terrible, if wo are to believe Mrs.
Stowe, tho black population of tho South increas
es regularly in a greater proportion than the
white; while in tho Antilles, in Africa, and espe
cially in the so very philanthropic States of the
North, the black race decreases in a deplorable
proportion. llow could Mrs. Beecher Stowe rec
oncile this fact with her extraordinary assertions?
Tho condition of those blacks is assuredly better
than that of tho agricultural laborers in many
parts of Europe. Their morality is far suporior
to that cf the freo negroes of tho North; the plant
ers encourage marriage and thus endeavor to de
velops among them a senie of the family relation,
with tho view of attaching them to the domestic
hearth, consequently to the family of the master.
It will bo then observed that in such a state of
things the interest of the planter, in default of
any other motive, promotes the advancement and
well-being of tho slave. Certainly we believe it
possible still to ameliorate their condition It is
with that view, even, that the South has labored
for so long a time to prepare them for a higher
civilization.
In no part, perhaps, cf the continent, regard
being had to thef population, do there exist men
more eminent and gifted, with nobler or more
generous sertiments, than ia the Southern States.
No country possesses lovlicr, kinder-hearted and
more distinguished women. To commence with
tho immortal Washington, the list of statesmen
who have taken part in the government of tho
United States shows that all those who have shed
a lustre on the country and won tho admiration
of Europe owed their being to that much abused
South.
Is it true that so much distinction, talent and
grandeur of soul could have sprung from all the
vices, from the cruelty and corruption which one
would fain attribute now to the Southern people?
The laws of inflexible logic refute these false im
putations. And- strange coincidence—while
Southern men presided ovor the destinies of the
Union its gigantic prosperity was tho astonish
ment of the world. In tho hands of Northern
men that edifice, raised with so much care and
labor by their predecessors, comes crashing down,
threatening to carry with it in its fall the indus
trial future of every other nation. For long years
the constant efforts of the North, a? and a certain
foreign country , to spread among the blacks in
cendiary pamphlets and tracts have powerfully
contributed to suspend every Southern movement
towards emancipation. Its people have been
compelled to close their cars to ideas which threat
ened their very existence.
-Let, the independence of the S.ulh be recogni
zed—that serviio insurrection openly and boldly
preached in the pulpits of the North may cease
to be an ever present danger. Leave her to her
own inspirations, and at her hour, in her own
good time, with the assistance of Europe—that
is to say, when the black shall be sufficiently ad
vanced to understand that, free cr slave, he owes
it to himself and society to assist by his labor in
the common weal—the South will herself com
mence the great work of enfranchisement. Noth
ing will then prevent it, for free labor will be
come less burdensome to the planter, at the same
time that the entire of Europe will not find itself
threatened in the vital interests of its industrial
relations, by tho dearth of material which would
now be the first and inevitable consequence of a
servile war.
Ilie Southern Tariff,
/Ikg fjg Ji-tbe and States tariff by
tho a, haev£ blow*
at tno foreign commerce of MwYojjc ,'«Jnd fSe
other NaijfStta
Northern double the
duties on soriTe dT m?rchandise'iwhich <
tho southern tarifnmposes, and in manw cases
the rates amount to ifce
result of thia mustnecessariiy*fser*tp drjjreiißpor
tations from this city and send the* info ttfe ports
of the south. Once landed in the country at a
low rate of duty, these goods will soon find their
way across the borders into the Northern States,
and smuggling will be extensively carried on;
rifrean the government prevent it. The object
'of tbs Morrill tariff is to benefit the manufactur
ers of the North by a protective impost on for
e»gn goods ; but the actual consequence of it
will be a reduction of tho revenue as will
render'additional loans necessary tp»‘carry oil
.
,obmmerco of 'the Northern cities; and, more
over, by driving the seven Gulf States outs of the
Union, aud the eight border States very probably
after them, wo have redded to a considerable
extent, tho market for our importations. Thus
the effect of the two tariffs upon tho North will.
be to reduce the revenue* of the government, t,o
destroy tho foreign trade of tho Atlantic cities,
and to create an endless system of smuggling on
tho border line between the North ancWfouth.—
The advantageous results of all §#uth
ern raey axe to dwell upon.
—AT. Y. Herald.
AN ACT to raise provisional forces for the Con
federate States of America, and for other pur
poses.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That to enable the Gov
ernment of the Confederate States to maintain its
jurisdiction over all questions of peace and war,
and to provide for the public defence, the Presi
dent be and he is hereby authorized and directed
to assume contredof all military operations in
every State having reference to or connection
with questions between said States, or any of
them, and powers foreign to them.
Sxc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
President is hereby authorized to receive from
the several states the arms and munitions of
war which are now in the forts, arsenals and na
vy yards of the said States, and all other arms
and munitions which they may desire to turn
over to and make chargablo to this Govern
ment.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Presi
dent be authorised to receive into tho service of
this Government such forces nowin the service
of said States, as may be tendered or who mav
volunteer by consent of their State, in such
numbers as ho may require for any time not
less than twclvo months, unless sooner dis
charged.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That such forces
may be received witn their officers by companies,
battalions or regiments, and when so received’
shall form a part of the Provisional Army of
the Confederate States, according to the terms of
their enlistment, and tho President shall appoint
by and with the advice and consent of Congress’
such general officer or officers for said forces, as
may be necessary for tho service.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said forces
when received into the service of this Govern
ment, shall have the same pay and allowances
as may be provided by law for volunteers enter
ing the service, or for the army of the Confeder
ate States, and shall be subject to the same rules
and government.
thousand dollar* werth es Rice
was destroyed by fira in one of the bonded ware
house* of New York, Monday night last.
T elegraphic.
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS—FORT
BROWN EVACUATED.
New Obleand, March IT.
Advices from Galveston to the Isth, state that
Fort Brown was evacuated, bj the Federal troops
on the lfth without any trouble, Major Porter
superintending. The troops proceeded to Key
West and Tortupras on tho Daniel Webster.
Several hundred State troops have been en
listed for six months, to servo under Ford on the
Rio Grande, end occupying the various military
posts.
The Convention is discussing the measures for
the military defence.
Major Martin, of the U. S. Army, has resigned
and tendered his services to the State.
Camp Colorado, in the Northern frontier us
this State, has been taken by the State troops.
Capt. Sayre, of the Confederate States Army,
has arrived here to muster into a regiment of
rangers for the frontier, having received orders
from President Davis.
The steamer Rusk, from Brazos, has arrived
with 300 ftatc troops on board.
FROM WASHINGTON
Washington’, March 17.
It is not yet reliably ascertained that any or
der has been issued by the President in regard
to the evacuation of Fort Smaller ; although it
is still considered inevitable and soon to occur
from the force of circumstances, which are be
yotid the executive control; but from what is
actually known, a formal surrender is not anti
pated.
Ratification. —The Constitution of the Con
federate States was taken up by our State
Convention, in secret session, cn Saturday
la3t, and after a brief consideration, ratified by
tho unanimous vote of the body. Immense ap
plause followed the vote, and soon after a large
concourse, many of whom were delegates, as
sembled in Wright Square, where the Chatham
Artillery fired a salute of seven guns in honor
of the event —Sav. Rep.
Charleston Mercury of Saturday,
says a salute of seven guns in honor of the
States composing the Southern Confederacy, was
fired yesterday from the floating battery. This
structure is cow : finished, and was visited by
crowds of our citizens yesterday.
Appointments in the Army. —The Secretary
of War has made the following appointments :
John Lane tube 2d Lieutenant of Artillery ;
Win. Fender, Captain of Artillery; John G. Ashe,
2d Lieutenant of Infantry; George E. Holt, Ist
Lieutonant of Infantry ; Booth, Captain of
Infantry.
A Secession. —The county of Franklin, 'Ten
nessee, which gave a very strong resistance rote
at tho late election in that State, is so disgusted
at the refusal to call a Convention, that a meet
ing of the people wa3 held on the 2d inst., and the
following resolutions, among others, adopted:
Resolved, That we earnestly petition the Leg
islatures of Alabama and Tennessee,through them
and by ourselves, and all other authorities that
can give us any aid in the matter, to change the
line between the States so as to transfer the
county of Franklin to tbo State of Alabama, un
less before this can be done, Tennessee secedes
from the Union, thereby giving to us a Govern
ment having our consent. And that copies of
this and tho next resolution be sent to the Gov
ernors of Alabama and Tennessee as early as
can be.
Resolved, That upon the conditions of the fifth
resolution, we deciare ourselves out of the Union,
subject to be ratified by the States of Alabama
and Tennessee, as provided in said resolution,
which we again earnestly request may be early
attended to.
Retake tut: Forts —On Tuesday night of last
UrjpCelJfaal RlwHJfcßepublican Club in the
York", at a full meeting, and after
discussioiV'*^ l which Mr. Raymond, of the New
Times, former Lieutenant Governor of the
State, aawothers of equal prominence
ted, resolution :
dissolved, That the-ientiment of the Republi
can party of this city and Staterte in favour of the
retaking by the Federal forts
and other property tha t has been .stolen by trait
ors.
0-,,
Tarc Difference between Gen. Lane and
Gov. Johnson. —The former has sent his son, a
a graduate pT West Point, to the Southern Confed
eracy to.aSsist its people should subjugation bo
attempted. The latter wishes to send the sons
of others to the Confederate States to assist in
subjugating them.— Nashvif/e f nion ond Amer
ican.
Hard Times. —Copied from the Macon Tel
egraph for the benefit of Editors, Merchants and
rfOthcaST* ' A--
“Out Vi est,” they think little of fever and
*ager," as they call it, but when it once invades
‘a man’s system the“ager” is as much a fixture
as anything so shaky can wall be. Wo have seen
fifty years —never missing
the alternate day, but preceded by no fever or
any other apparent cause. It had become a hab
it of the system, and the patient shook with
,; ager" just because he expected to shake. Now
“hard times,” “tight times,” debt-waiting, debtor
sneaking times, are apt to become chronic, and
like the “ager,” continue long after necessity or
apology fbr them has failed. There is no apol
ogy for very tight times now, and there is no
other particular reason for them except meanness
and apprehension. If every nun in Georgia
would manfully resolve “I will pay my debts as
far as I have the meais,” and then bring out of
bis treasury the money he has stowed away
against hard times, everybody would bo easy at
once, and probaoly Mr. Dodgecreditor himself,
would find he was no worse off in respect to
money than before. If the people of Georgia
*iil only exercise a little of the “grand confi
dence," and set their money afloat, there will bo
enough for all purposes. Try it.
Serious Shootixo Affext.—We regret to
hear that a serious affray took place on the cor
ner of Bibb and Commerce streets last night, be
tween Isaac Watson and Ryland Pollard, (of the
firm of Garrett <fc Pollard,) which resulted in
the latter's being shot by the former, the ball
taking effect a few inches below the right nipple.
The particulars as we understand them, are
about these: The parties met about dusk in front
of the old stand of John H. Murphy & Cos., when
Mr. Watson applied some epithet of a very in
sulting character to Mr. Pollard, who stepped
towards his antagonist to resent it. As he did so
the latter pulled out a revolver and fired, but
the ball missing Mr. P., he immediately knocked
Mr. W. down. As the latter arose, he again
fired the charge taking effect as above stated.—
The wound is considered extremely dangerous
[Montgomery Advertiser,
The negro who murdered Mr. Robert Wicker,
overseer on the plantation of Hon. A. H. Chap
pell, was tried in the Circuit Court, and found
guilty. He has not yet been sentenced.
A Mrs. Fox, a German woman, was placed in
the New Albany jail, for being disorderly and
whipping her husband. Upon promising better
behavior she was let off by paying jail fees.
Rxtiring-Address of We Pr.r.sin&MlsnucK
inbidqe.—Twelve o’clock having ai lived, the;
Vice President called the Senators to‘order, nud;
said :
Stnator* : 1 n taking my final leave of
position, I shall ask a few moments in which to
tender my grateful acknowledgment for the i ev
olution declaring your approval of the manner
in which I have discharged its duties, and to
express a deep sense of the uniform Courtesy
which, as presiding officer, I have received from
the members of this body. If 1 have com mil tod
errors, your generous forbearance refused to ro
buke them. And during tho whole period of my
services I have never appealed in vain to youi
justice and charity.
The memory of these acts will be ever •berth
ed among the most grateful recollections of n y
life. For my successor, 1 can express no U tur.
wish than that he may enjoy those relations ot
mutual confidence which Have so happfiy infer'.,* and
our intercourse.
Now, gentlemen of the Senate and ofikt rs i .c-f
the Senate, from whom I have received so many
kind offices, accept my gratitude and cordiai
wishes for your prosperity and welfare.
Talbot Ccnit.
Mr. Richards has made ample arrat-r merits
for the accommodation of all who may favor him
with a call during the session of Talbot Couit,
which begins to-day. nis table will be well sup
plied, his sleeping apartments comfortable, and
no pains spared in arranging everything for tl u
comfort and convenience of guests.
MAYORS OFFICE, March IS. 1861
Owners, guardians and employers are hereby
notified that all passes furnished to slaves or
free persons of color must designate iheoi ject or
purpose for which said pass is given, tho place or
places to which said slave or tree person of
color is permitted to go, and tho length of timo
—not exceeding one mouth—to w hich said pass
shall extend; also where the said slave or iree
person of color shall have permission to pass
betweed tho hours of 9 at night and daylight in
the morning. D. B. THOMPSON, Mayor.
March 19,1561 —d3t.
Cedar Posts for Fencing.
Ii'ROM 6 to S feet in length at 30 C3nts each on
■ the wharf. Orders will receive prompt at
tention. Apply to
ELLIS & LIVINGSTON.
March 19—dis,
Cedar and Juniper Logs.
v\7 E desire to purchase a large lot of Ced;r and
YY Jumper logs for which we will pay 25 cents per
cubic foot d-livend at Columbus. Address
TROY MANUFACTURING CO.
March 19-dwlm ColuSihus, Ga.
Eufaula Spirit of the South, Bainbrktgo ArgUs,
and Abbeville Banner copy one month.
' TAKE JVOTICi,!
A LL indebted to tho lata flun of MAMS c,
JjL HODGES & CO., will please come forward and
settle WITHOUT DELAY. They must ha\ e money
and that from those indebted to said firm.
MANLEY, HODGES & C O
Columbus Marth 16— dtt
HAY, HAY!
lAH BALES fine Eastern Hay, just landed nod
iUU for sale on the wharf,
marie—dtf I. 0. MOSES & CO.
Fort Sumter at last accounts
was iu Possesion of tho U. S.
Troops!
in all their varieties iVc-sh baked.—
Parched Peanuts; Apple?, Oranges, PineAp
plcs, fresh Cccoanut end Peanut Candy; Sugar
Plums of my own manufactare, without the use
of flour. Lovers of pure Candies should remem
ber that I am the only manufacturer of Sugar
Plums in this city. Stato Rights Candy.
MEERSCHAUM CANDY, entirely new, of
my own make, year nice and delightfully flavor
ed. ' W. 11. 11. PHELPS,
March 15—if Under Cook’s Hotel.
A. OAR] )
DESIRES to inform his friends
that he has purchased the entire in
terest in the SEED BUSINESS
which he has been carrying on for
'1 the last two years, and now will be
able personally to’guarantee all SEEDS, MA
NURES, Ac. “ JOHN LEE.
March 15—dlw Seed Store, 70 Broad st.
PAINTER TO HIRE.
ANY person [wishing u hiio a good Loose
Painter can find one by making application
at the TIMES OFFICE.
March 15—dtf
Tt. STOCK WELL.
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORY.
jjA The subscriber has taken store
if | room opposite Cook’s Hotel where
is prepared to accommodate all
SS»fe3W»gigi who are in want ofagood article of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
KEPARING attended to with dispatch. A sbsre
of patronage solicted. R. HTOi'KWELL
March 13—dim.
J. 11. SlK£’;S
FUffcjtflTUlSE STORE,
43 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS.
a The subscriber desires, in the present
hard times, to renew his acquaintance
with his old customers ami friends; as he
has a good assortment of plain and neat
Furniture, which he is anxious to dispose ol at mod
erate prices, consisting of Wardrobes; Bureaus,
Bedsteads, ©hairs. Wastelands, Desks, Safe! l , 4’d.
Also, Matresses Pillows. Eolsteia. Comforts, Ac.—
Allof which may be had at price* so suit the time.;.
inerls—dtf J. 11 SJKE3.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE,
the ecjlectii:
Is issued before the firstofevery month. Each nun:
bercontains 144 large Octavo Pages —the January
number 153—0n fine oaper neatly stitched in green
covers, with one or more bcautitul steel portans by
Sartain. The twelve numbers comprise three vol
umes of 600 pages each, with titles, indexes and em
bellishments.
Terms—Ss per annum in advance.
The postage is only three cents a DfiuLir prepaid
atthe office of delivery Addres W 11, BUTWELL,
110, 5 Beekman Street. New’ York. _
Testimonials.
[Fr- rn the lion. Edward Evereu.)
Boston, Sept. 20, IbA
“I corcuria the highly fav* rabbi rpinions o‘ the
Eclectic Magazine which have been expressed by
many eminent persons and in several leading jour
nals. 1 have read it for three years, and fin 1 it. coni
tents jud ciously selected, so as to present a treat va
neiy of instructive and interesting matter andafThr 1
a fair specimen of the current 1 terature
EDWARD EVERETT.
[From Judge Longatreet, Presidents. C. Coiieg;.!
I have been long a reader of the Eclectic Mara- n
and regard it as unsurpassed bv anv work of the kind
incur country for valuable reading. The selections
are judiciously made, and rarely is one “found in the
woik which i9 not of lively interest or profound in
struction .
[From Ex»President Fii mire.)
I have taken the Eclectic from its commencement.
M k' k i K * ect ' oß cf foreign periodical literature
which 1 have been able to obtain. I think the selec
tions are judiciously made, and the w ork is very val-
v ia MILLARD FILLMORE.
March 13- dwtf.
FREE FORWARDING.
Private Bonded Warehouics &
Custom House Brokerage.
r $ U ’ ** J as * Messrs. Brigham.
J. Btu.ia to & O-u. M •*»!s. VNiider & Gallic ana
filmier 8r Gammeli. fbrmcd an Aaiortatioa
for the puipi.se of entering a' the Custom Hous*
and ,-tu.Tiiig »u Ucatii, m aero dance with the Reve
n«t Lf.w i. any ffOfiilS arriving «i th s poit which may
bo ciurnsted to h;s cucto 'y.
H-being the managing ai d active paitner, ha.
bonded, wah the approval of Jhe Secretary of th,
le-surv, cotumr doius Warehouses, « here all Mer
i haneh'.i* coufiu. to, this port can be Mured, every
a • i.tion p oal t'> its j icscrva'ion, and for its prompt
made at the Custom
House'*, : t t the low tit possible »»r ts f barges.
Mettirf.aMidiso desti ed to the interior will be enter
eu tor-i ay »entof o uies, or in bond as may be rr
qaircd he flie cofsi-mrep. Ad goods consigned to
hioi to Rh U rwatiieJ, will receive the gieatest de
s P a, ‘ h- at ' !l <‘!Givesi fate ot chars**,and iu si ch man
nor a may he directed. If the duties are to be paid
ui uiu. p«m.funds must te provided lor that pur
pfi»e, lu ti:to be forwarded t. boi. J , the requisite
bones wiTl be given.
Goods entrusted totlt** care ot th** undersigned
cpiisignsd to points in .he .interior, will' be forward
¥ hy Ituheara or tutor conveyance. *aa directed,
freft of CTtmniisHii n.
An-experience of nearly twenty years in the dr
tni soi Custom Utilise hiir-ii'.esH, and a thorough
acquaintance with the Warehouse laws, tr, tvet>-
dotaii, will enable this copnm.eiehp to give the
gieaiesl despair hiortsiru ru m ilh tt:q raftty of the
revenue.
CEAS. V. WALlint,
Office in, Cltffhorn Cunnineham’s Building,
head of Dray ton St. Savannah,Ga.
M.irch Itfil. marl 2 dim
SEW AItUIVAh
TV T A TDK EREL. in kits *4 H bb’s. nil Noi.
AY A HAMS, cuoi a Country sHiok.d,
MESS BEEF, in half ban el*
SUGARS. Groun i, Pulverixed, Ctu.hrd,
t-’te.' a*t*s No. 1.
N. O. SYRUP, in bMt and half W !s. all at low
est tnarket ?a'ps !*y
marl d-d f CUN BY, CROFT & CO.
' SOOTHES
TOBACCO DEPOT!
VVe asu vhe Agents lor iho salt* of TO*
E.YCCO manufactured iy the moat, re.i
able VIRGINIA AND NORTH CARO
TOBACGOMSTS, many of whom
ore well hfiown !o Soutueru dealers.
Our |)resout&td<k consists of about On a
Thousand Boxes of all grades and prices,
to which attention is specially invited.
To dealers in other cities and States, we
vvul furnish a Ifst ol juices, and send same,
w;tli samples, bv Express, at their charge.
J. A. ANSLEV & CO.,
Xo. 800 Broad Street,
AUGU ST A , GEO*
?.r.'ifck r, isci—dioj.
WAR !
ATT 83KTION AS IMTARV!
RECEIVED THIS MORNING
Sworde, Pistols, Sashei
33paulotts, Bolts,
A tost cf Buttons,
ALABAHA & QSOitGIA IAOE3 &e.
And forsa oat 11*0 lowest pricoc.
Jan2C—dtf A. 11. DkWITT.
Plrjit-ng Potatoes.
*} {IA LBLt - Pink Eyes and Peach Blows daily
'expected, tor sale at a small advance fur
c:.*h. [febt§-dwif] E. BARNARD
Bacon and Bulk Meat.
All AAfj LBS. ftjQp to trrire, daily expected
UUU which wi!i he soi l at a small advance
ior each. fj>b~*<—divtt] E. BARNARD.
Fancy and otlicr grades Flour,
Os IO BOb*. to feftOe, daily ftypected, fi, r sale m
" r * a small advance foi the Lash.
FeUIS-dwlf E. BARNARD.
W hit© and Mixed Seed Corn.
fyOflri BUSHELS in store and to arrira for sale*
1 l a small advance for Cash.
1 e j-< -livvtf _ E. BARNARD.
Star Candles.
r ifi v Yh6i.E and Half Boxes Candles, prime «ua
' nty,(or sale at a small advance for Cash
Feb!b—dwtf E. BARNARD
olhtiial RAILROAD,
Savannah, Feb. 22, 18G1.
r T I TiE Congress of the Confederate .States of
X America having, on the 18,h day oi Feb
ruary instant, enacted the la w hereunto annex
ed, it becomes necessary that this Company
should change the system heretofore pursued bv
them in receiving and frwarding goods con
signed to their care, as they arc not prepared to
transact tbo business at tho Custom House and
advance tho duties, or give bonds for tho
same, as w ill be required.
Therefore, Merchants, Consignee* of goods
heretofore consigning them to tho care of Cen
tral Railroad Agent, are hereby notified that
from and after tfce 10th day of March next, their
goods must be consigned to tho care of some
Commission Merchant in the city, whoso out
lay (commissions and duties always excepted,,
will bo advanced < y this Company, and charged
to the goods as formerly. * ”
Bill of Lading, Invoice and accompanying in
structions should be mailed to the Commission
Merchant employed to forward tho goods; and
it would be well tor Merchants 1■» instruct their
shippers so te do.
R. R. CCYLiaR, President.
AN ACT.
Sec. i. 1)3 it enacted by the Confederate
Music ; of America, in Congress Assembled, Thar
the following articles ahali be exempt from du
ty, and admitted free into said States, t O -wif
Bacon, pork, hams, lard, beef, fish of all kinder
wheat and flour of wheat, and flour of all other
grain-; Indian corn and meal) barley and barky
.< mr; rye u.ur . a flour; oats and oat nisaP gun
powder and all the materials of which it is made;
lead in a a forms; arm3 of every description, and
munitions 11 war and military accoutrements;
percussion caps; living animals of all kinds; al
to ali agricultural products in tboir natural
state.*
c. 2. And bo i: further enacted, That all
good?, wares and merchandize imported from
any one oi the late United States cf America,not
being now a member of this Confederacy, into
this Confederacy before the fourth day of March
next, which may have been bona fide purchased
heretofore, or within ten days after the pa-sage
of this act, shall be exempt and free from duty.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That the
State of Texas be, and is hereby exempted from
the Tariff laws, Let. toforepassed and adopted by
this Congress. *
[Signed] HOWELL COBB,
President of tho Congress.
Passed by Cor gross on the eighteenth of F«L
ruary, eighteen hundrda 1 and cixty-one.
J. J. HOOPER,
Fgb23 ~dwlrn. Soo’y of the Congress.
Wanted,
A SITUATION by a “Southern Lady - ' as Agm
Teacher, or Governess to small Chil*
dren. Address Box 170, Columbus, Ga.
Fab. 25—wtf!72c