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lOLIMBIfRTIUUSDAY, MAUI 11, 21, IMii.
MONTGOMERY CORRESPONDENCY
The Tariff Act not Pasted; Departure •/ the
Commissioners; Organization of the Deport
ments ; The Post Offiice / Convention Mutters,
etc
Mostgowerv, March 13.
A short time since I wrote you the Tariff Bill
nail passed and sent you a copy for publicaton.
A telegraphic extract was sent out by the agent
A the Associate Press, and theatatementdistinct
|y made that it had passed. It now turns out that
the reverse is true. The bill did not pass at &11,
but was placed before the people merely that it
might be discussed; Its objections pointed out,
»n<i its effect upon the public mind noticed, in or
ier that the bill, when adopted, may [be in a form
o suit the greatest number. The way the state-,
aent came to be published was this: Whenever a
All passed the House it was banded to the re
porters for publication, and this Tariff Act was
lent out among others in the usual way. No ob
action to the published account was made until
;he papers of Alabama and Georgia had given it
;ntire and commented upott its merits and de
nerits. My account was derived from a member
f the Cabinet, who not only discussed the mat
er with me, but gave me an abstract of the bill
o facilitate telegraphing, he probably supposing
,hat it was known the bill was only ordered to be
printed for another reading, said nothing about
it. I regret exceedingly making a statement
which was not true, hut such things W'ill some
imes happen, no matter how vig :! ant one is.—
rhia is my apology. ‘
Now that Congress has adjourned, eur streets
are not quite so much crowded, still the State
Convention keeps a great many people. The ho
tels are filled with strangers who come and go
with every train of cars and every steamer on
the river, in one restless stream, like the Alaba
ma, which flows so steadily within sight of my
windows. The weather has been delightful and
Ibo groups of gaily dressed strangers fill the
streets with many pictures of busy life.
The Commissioners to tho European Powers
hare loft this city and have gone to New Orleans.
A. Dudley Mann was here on Sunday, but has
now left, while Mr. Yancey has been sometime
gone. Judge Roost will join them in New Or
leans, and then all leave fox Europe via Ilavan
na. The Treasury Department has made an ap
propriation for their use.
The departments are speedily becoming organ
ized, and are now working with great industry.
Letters como in from all quarters enquiring when
nhel'ost Office Department will be organis'd, and
whether moneys now on hand shall be paid to the
Federal Government or net. Tho answer to
those enquiries is, that it is the purpose of the
Confederate States to assume control of their pos
tal service at tho earliest day possible. The cause
of delay incident on the change of government
are very many and are of such kind as to put im
mediate action out of the question. If the old
government should at any time discontinue the
postal service, tho Post Master General has au
thority to continue the present contractors and
Post Masters provisionally, and to continue the
present routes until permanent arrangements can
bo made. In tho meantime, and until the depart
ment of the Confederate States shall take control
of oUr postal affairs, it is right that the moneys
received should be paid over to the parties per
forming tho service. Tho estimates of the depart
ments have all been handed in and appropria
tions made for them. In the Post-Office Depart
meut, for the year ending March Ist, 1802, they
are as follows:
Estimate expense of postal service $1,727,218.4?
receipt* 1,407,158.48
Excers of expenditures orer receipts,? 310,060.36
In comparison with this I give the actual ex
penditures of tlio United States for this service,
in tho seven States now comprising (he Confed
erate States, for the fiscal year ending June 30ii;»
1 sioi*.
Expenditures, $2,870,820.77
Receipts for same year. 933 J 05.42
Excess of expenditures over receipts, 1,041,425.35
Ahese estimates have been reduced and may
be still further reduced by discontinuing unne
cessary routes, by reducing the number of trips
per day on long routes, by the abolition of the
franking privilege, and by the falling off of mail
matter consequent upon the tariff on Northern
books and newspapers, and the increase on let
ter postage. It is the policy of the government
to make this department self-sustaining cventu
a!iy, but it will hardly be expected at present,
Our first difficulties will probably arise in regard
to the post office, for_there are thousands] who
have long held fat contracts under tha old gov
eminent, who will not give them up without a
struggle. Let us appeal to their patriotism to
oe patient, for a while, until the postal service is
thoroughly organized, and until the government
get in e condition to pay its employees better.
Mr. Reagan has a hard work before him and it is
to be hoped that the people will aid him in his
labors rather than throw obstacles in his way.
In the State Convention, they arc amending
the constitution on certain points made necessa-
r J ty the change ot government. Yesterday
thera was a strong debate in regard to State Aid,
and to-day another an tho subject of making
more counties. The State is to be divided into
nine Congressional Districts, and tho following
gives the names of the counties in each:
Ist Dist.—-Lauderd ale, Franklin, Lawrence,
Limestone, Madison, Morgan
kj M " shal! ’
Bheib- Diit '~ C ‘ Jb ° U °' liai> “ ol P b - Ml.-uksaand
sth Dist.—Bibb, Perry, Marco-.,,
. Pickens, Sumter and Choctaw. * ,rcCl3 ’
Gth Dist.—Dallas, Autauga. Coosa, Lowndes,
sutler and Montgomery.
Maeoi) D!Bt ~ TillaP ° o?a ' Cambers, Russell and
o *>ml—Barbour, Henry, Dale, Coffee, Pike
and Covington.
Uth Dist.—Conecuh, Muuroe, Wilcox, Clark.
, * B &°g t>p > Mobile and Baldwin.
vent ion will adjourn to-morrow at 12,
and Oku we shall ,have the department*
and the seat of government to look after.
EVELYN.
Correspondence Pensacola Observer.
From Pensacola.
Warrington, March 14, 1861.
Dear Observer: The Wyandotte appeared
again in the harbor after I mailed my letter, and
wa3 engaged all the afternoon in conveying ma
terials from Fort Pickens to the ships outside.—
Those who have used their glasses say it was fur
niture and cooking utensils. Many exclaim,
what does it mean ? Is Lieut, Slemmer going to
give up the fort?
Tn my communication since the arrival of the
ships, I have been compelled to write many harA
things of the Brooklyn and her officers and crew,
on account of representations made to me by
parties visiting outside, wheat times conveyed to
me messages which purported to be from parties
on board. On last evening I was shown a letter
from an < flieer of the Brooklyn to Col. Wm. 11.
Laraberton, our Postmaster, in which he denoun
ces the writer of the correspondor.ee to vheN. Y.
Tribune, in unmeasured terms, and assarts that
efforts have been made to find him out. Even
the Captain is indignant, and avows bis determi
nation to give him an extra sail, on shore, should
he discover his location on hoard. Tho letter
breathes a kind, friendly, grateful spirit through
out, and proves the writer (no matter what hi3
politics may be) to be one whoso education and
position place him beyond the grade of those
who allow' political or religious feelings to inter
fere with the sociabilities of life.
I have been also informed that Capt. it. L.
iSweetman and Mr. B.D. Williams made it their
business to send the paper containing the cor
respondence on board the Brooklyn, accompanied
by a note inquiring if the letter was written by
an officer.
The work on the batteries is proceeding day
and night. Col. Forney is indefatigable in hi?
exertions to place every point in a thorough
state of defence; and you may rely upon it that
a hostile vessel shall never enter the harbor, if
there is any argument in grape shot to prevent
her. This is as true as that God rules this uni
verse. NEMO.
Warrington, March 15.
Dear Observer: The United States steamer
Wyandotte conveyed a dispatch frotn the Com
mander of the United States frigato Sabine to
General Braxton Bragg, last evening—of what
nature I have not learned, as my informant had
not seen the General afterwards.
The weather is extremely cold for this advanc
ed time of the year, making overcoats an abso
lute necessity.
A report was current here that the Score! ary of
the Navy had written here to know what would
be tho amount of money necessary to complete
the Fulton.
Capt. V. Randolph is expected here from Mont
gomery in the early part of next week, with the
“sinews of war" to carry on the works in the
Navy Yard.
A rumor has been current cn the streets, for
two days past, that Gen. Bragg had written to
Montgomery in regard to stopping all commu
nication between the fleet out? ; do and the village,
and that instructions on tRe subject may he look
ed for to-day or to-inorrow.
The United States steam frigate Powhatan,
tho flag ship of tho Home Squadron, is looked for
off tho bar. Her arrival is anticipated to-day.
NEMO.
Opinions of the Republican Press on the Encuatiou of
Fort Sumter.
The opinions of tho Black Republican press on
tho proposal to surrender Fort Sumter may be of
interest to our readers, and we subjoin some ex
tracts.
The Tribune accepts the evacuation as a r,eces
»ity, but grumbles bitterly ;
It is not lor us to judge of thejustillcation the
Government may have for surrendering—or
abandoning, for there is no difference in the two
acts—a post of so much importance, for tha cir
cumstances by which they are influenced are not
yet fully known to us. Rut we may, at least,
express tho wish that so determination to take so
important and irrevocable a step be como to
through any hasty counsel, War, and tho con
sequences of war, are a posaiblo near future
from which lew shrink with more instinctive
dread than we do ; but there are worse sacri
fices in tho conduct of human affairs than human
life.
For four months the Federal Government has
succumbed to rebellion, because it wanted, not
material, but moral strength. If the cost of re
inforcing Sumter bo so great in blood and treas
ure that its surrender or abandonment may seem
advisable, there can, at least, be no immediate
baste for such a step, and Mr. Lincoln may di
vide the responsibility with Congress by appeal
ing to them lor aid. For the surrender of a post
by the new Administration, before it has been a
fortnight in power, which the outgoing Adminis
tration, with all its imbecility and pusillani
mity, persisted in holding, is an act which
eannot fail to have most important conse
quences. It is, to begin with, an acknowledge
ment of the defeat ol’the Federal Government, and
that the doctrine announced in Mr. Lincoln’s In
augural is found to be untenable cn the very first
trial.
It is acknowledgement hat the Union is utter
ly dissolved pa3t all possibility of reconstruction,
except by tbo most abject concessions. It is,
moreover, a question whether these acknowledge
ments will not so demoralise the Ncrth, and so
strengthen the South, that the hideous front of
Compromise may be again raised with renewed
hopes and renewed strength, and whether the
vigor which has hitherto opposed it may not, by
this act, have gone out from us forever. As we
said before, we cannot judge of tho wisdom of this
or that step, without a better knowledge of all
the circumstances than we now possess; but we
eannot help thinking, that if we are to accept
the terms c4‘ disunion which the Confederate
States offer us, we may begin with some act less
hnmiiiatingthan the surrender of Fort Sumter.
The New York Commercial Advertiser thinks
the abandonment of the fort tantamont to an
acknowledgment cf the Southern Confederacy :
It is possible, barely possible, therefore, that
yielding to the necessities of the case, the Presi-*
dent purposes the surrender of Fort Sumter to
the Southern Confedeaacy. If so, the controver
sy is at an end. The revolution in tho South
is successful. The Southern Confederacy is a
riavl sovereign Republic oa this Continent.’ The
United States has lost tens of thousands of miles j
of territory, two thousand miles of coast, with its j
harbors and fortifications, and thus curtailed !
largely of the means of defence and commerce
will bo at the mercy cf a foreign power on its
Southern well as its Northern border. We
use this language because Sumter will never be
retaken or restored. Its tenure by the Federal
Government, with that of Fort Pickens, is the
only check upon the revolutionists. Let them
once have the possession of all the forts upon tho
Gulf coast, as they will then have, and tho South
ern Confederacy is a Government t/e facto
thenceforth.
The surrender is made on the presumption
that no blood must hs shed to retain it. Fort
Pickens must be surrendered also on the same
principle, and on the same principle a gun can
never be tired or a sword drawn for the recovery
of them, or cither of them, by the Federal Gov
ernment. Say we not rightly, then, that if Fort
Sumter is to bo given up, the whole question
is virtually settled and the American Union
irrecoverably destroyed for lack of power to
maintain it.'
The New York Ercniug Post places tho blame
on Mr. Buchanan, and calls the evacuation the
last fruits of treason :
W e do uot know that it is yet wholly imposl
bie to save the honor of the natiou—the military
aa\ tsers of the Cabinet, who are competent to
iorm an opinion, will decide upon that point;
luwedo know that if Major Anderson is or
aerea to beat an ignominous retreat, the act will
Ampr; o6 a general k° w l of indignation. No real
t W ® are uot what his politics, will
o??U -h ? h0 u atiO “ degraded and dishon
‘ a -: Potest, True, it is
Fort Snntf ° f the prison from
Fort will have a good effect in the Bor
der States; that it will deprive the secessionists
there of their principal means of inflaming the
popular passions; but such pleas are both use
less and cowardly. The Border Stases do not
mean to leave the Union; their people have
given evidence enough of that fact, and it is but
a poor compliment to their patriotism or their
honor to say that their adherence can only be
purchased by sacrifices which involve the lasting !
disgrace of the Union. Let it once he under
stood that the Union can only be saved by vaca
ting the General Government of all its functions,
and the question will arise whether it is worth ssv
ing at all.
The Times, on the other baud, app roves of the
abandonment of the fort:
In these circumstances, what is the duty of the
Government at Washington? Shall it persist in
an attempt to retain a position, the untenable
aess of which is demonstrated by every military
adviser, by every fact within it3 knowledge, and
by the unwilling testimony of the commander
himsell? In this utterly hopeless enterprise,
shall it precipitate a civil conflict, the deplorable
results of which will be not only the industrial
and social ruin of this generation, but aa inheri
tance of feud and bloodshed to its successors? —
When the border States, with patriotic modera
tion, have withdrawn all other conditions of their
abiding loyalty to the Union, save abstinence
from coercion, shall we alienate them forever by
this wanton and criminal pursuit cf aa imprac
ticable point of honor, tho offspring of sec
tional or partisan pride? These are the questions
which engage the anxious attention of the new
Cabinet,and engrosses its deliberations. Upon
the determination, the immediate and remote fu
ture of tbs people are dependent.
latcrviow with Mr, Lincoln by a Delegation From
Virginia.
A special despatch to the New York Express,
gives the following account of un interview with
Mr. Lincoln by a Union delegation from Vir
ginia, who advised the President G> give up Fort
Sumtor
Virginians—With Fort Sumter given up, the
motives for irritation and fighting would give
way. It would relieve Major Andersen, save his
garrison, disappoint the fighting men of the
South, put the secessionists in the wrong, and
enable us Union men in Virginia to concentrate
more powerfully to keep our State in the Union,
and perhaps save the nation from civil war.
Mr. Lincoln (who always tells a story or re
lates a fable,) said: Gentlemen, you remember
the fable of tho lion and the bride, and how the
lion who desired to pay hi a addresses, solicited
permission from the bride’s father, and how the
lather consented, but with*the advice that as the
lion’s teeth were sharp and tho claws long, and
not at all handsome, ho advised tho King of
Beasts to pull out the one and cut off the other,
which being done, tho good father easily knock
ed the lion in the head. Ro when we have sur
rendered Fort Sumter, South Carolina will do
this with us.
Tho Virginians argued that to save the Slate
and to save what was left of the Union, was
something worth considering. Fort Sumter could
not bo relieved without the loss of thousands of
lives, and to hold it was but a barren honor in
contrast. Mr. Lincoln responded:
Virginia is but a few hours from Washington.
You, gentlemen, are members of tho Convention.
Go to Richmond. Pass a resolution that Vir
ginia will not in any event secede, and I may
then agree with you in the fact that a State, any
day, is worth more than a fort!
This is tho substance of an interesting inter
view, and tho renders may draw from it what
conclusions they please.
[From the Liverpool Times, 23.]
The American EeYoliitieu.. .The proposed Export Duty
oa Cottofi.
The phases of this struggle are followed in
England with an interest only inferior to that
which they excils amongst Americans them
selves, and we are prompted in thus feeling, not
less by lympathy for a, great Federal combina
tion threatened with destruction, than by a com
munity of interests which makes the prosperty of
cf our; republican brethren identical with our
own. We are assured, in the recent advices from
the other side of the water, that the Southern
States contemplate the imposition of a cent per
pound, or tho eighth of a penny, on the export
of cotton, not a largo sum, hut still large enough
to interfere vitally with the welfare oi' the new
Southern Republic, should it ever come into ex
istence. An export duly like the one mentioned
would bo certain to stimulate new cotton fields
in different parts of tbs world, to an extent far
beyond what the proposed export duty would
appear in a monetary sense to justify. The ex
port duty would, of course, be equally imposed,
if the Union was dissolved, on the English and
the New England manufacturer, alike, but we
have the means of settingup rival fields to save
us from the threatened infliction, and in this re
spect stand in a more favored position than
other countries, if we are compelled to do so.—
The fiscal policy which this proposal reveal?, does
not say much for the wisdom which is likely to
rule over tho new Federation. Hitherto the
English spinner has been the Southerner’s best
customer, but the contemplated impost would
drive him to India and elsewhere to supply his
wauts, to say nothing of the violation of the
laws of political economy involved in the pro
posed duty.
In fact, this tax of a cent per pound on cotton
for State purposes would he nothing better than
a law for limiting the production of cotton to tha
smallest area in the States which are now anx
ious to sever tho Federal bond. Even now, the
fear that this rupture would end in bloodshed,
and prevent the growth cf the staple in quanti
ties sufficient to supply the demands of the
world, has given an extraordinary impetus to
exertions in Englaud to supply the want which
it is believed would be thus created. But the
truth is, that tho people of tho South are not in a
frame of mind at the present inomen , in conse
quence of the excitement under which they labor
to see with sufficient clearness the result cf the
policy thus indicated. Better views will prevail
when affairs have resumed their normal state.
oa Cottoa.
Mr, Lincoln's Hotel Bill.
The bill for (he entertainment of (be Presi
dential party at Albany, is suggestive of com
parisons with the famous Japanese bill. It j*as
follow?:
Dm, ay ax llcuse, Albany, Feb. 21% 1361.
A he State of New York,
To T. itosselle A Son,
1 day's board of Hon, A. Lineoln and
suite, parlor’s dinners and breakfast in
parlor... $576.50
Wines and liquors .....357.00
Segars 10.00
Telegraphs 1.18
Congress Water 2.50
Baggage 4.87
Carriages 12.00
Sundry broken articles—stoves, chairs,
etc., ote.. 150.00
Total . $1,120.00
There were eighteen persons in the party,
which is an average of nine bottles ahead. SaA S
the Post:
u \\ e are not surprised, after such drinking, at
a considerable charge for Congress water. Neith
er is it wondeful that the breakages for stoves,
chairs Ac., were set down at a hundred and fifty
dollars. Fellows with nine bottles of liquor un
derltheir belts must have been in a state to break
everything about them, ereu their own necks.
Mr. Lincoln being a rigid temperance man, the
keepers of the Delavanhave probably to ken their
revenge upon him in this manner.
There is a sublime insolence about John Chi
naman unsurpassed by any nation on the face of
the globe. Over the house assigned in Pekin to
Mr. Ward, the American Embassador, the Chi
nese authorities placed the following inscription :
“Lent to American Barbarian Ward, Tribute
Bearer.”
Telegraphic.
Special dispatch to the Mont. Adv. j
From Washington
Washington, March 19.
The Commissioner* from the Confederate
States expect no rep ly to their communication
before two weeks. They have assurances, from
, the administration, however, that there will le
no collision forced upon the troops of fßc r’ore*
federate States in the meanwhile,
The Commissioners have telegraphed assur
ance to Montgomery that ample arrangements j
have been made to avoid ail trouble for the pres
ent at Fort Pickens.
Charles Horre has been appointed Collectoj>t
Key West.
There is iittie if any doubt that Fort Sumter
will be evacuated to-morrow,as orders have al
ready been sont forward to that effect,
SECOND DISPATCH.
James F. Simmons, of Pihodo Island, sai lin
tho Senate to-day, that the republicans would
continue to collect the revenue in the ports of the
Confederate State, or those ports would not be
permitted to have any business,
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
IV as ring ton, March I°.
Senate. —Douglas’ resolutions were up.
Mr. Clicgmar. argued that tho Inaugural
meant war, and that war was iho real purpose of
the administration—within the last three days he
had information that heavy guns and large re
inforcements were going South to take posses
sion of the forts in North Carolina, Virginia, and
elsewhere.
Messrs. Hale, Chandler and Siinmona report
ed, after which the Senate went into Executive
session.
Special to Sar. News.
IMPORTANT FROM,NEW YORK.
Charleston, March 19.
Letters received here from ( perfectly reliable
New York sources, state that vessels are now
loading in that city with heavy guns and ammu
nition for Fort Caswell in North Carolina, and
that within a week a strong force will be sent to
all the North Carolina forts, in order to prevent
their seizure by the State authorities.
Gen. Scott has determined to garrison and
provision the Virginia and North Carolina forts
for a years siege.
France anil theSwth.,,lmportant Annoancement.
PRIVATE DISPATCH —FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE
New Horic, March 18.
The French Custom House at Havre has
officially notified merchants concerned, that
all ships cleared by the seceded States will
be admitted on ;he same footing as vessels bear
ing the flag of the United States. This is proba
bly a preliminary step to the full recognition of
the Confedergte States by the French Govern
ment. Charleston Mercury.
Resistance to the Federal Authority in Baltimore.
Washington, March 15.
From intelligence received here this morning
it is highly probable that the first resistance
to federal authority will take place in tho city of
Baltimore. It appears that those men who favor
secession have deteroiiaed that in tho event of
the appointment of any one of these who voted
tho republican ticket to any permanent office,
such a* Collector, Postmaster or Naval Officer,
they shall not take possession of tha. office, and
that they will resist them to the last, Thoir
purpose is to bring on an “irrepressible con
flict.”
It is understood that tho President has been
informed of this determination.
G-overnor liieks expresses considerable unea
siness as to the result of the intrigues of the se
cession sympathizers in Maryland.
Blowing up Fort Sumter! — We see it sug
gested in Northern papers that, if compelled to
evacuate, the military authorities of the Black
Republican Government should at least make
a ruin of Fort Sumter. We respectfully suggest
that, situated as Major Anderson is, it would
ba both difficult and dangerous to him to exe
cute such a marccuvre., How he could arrange
to effect such a hostile purpose and ese?pe with
his command, is easier to speak of than to plan
and perform. Our Northern friends may be very
sure that beiore he is provided with the means
of transportation from the post with his com
mand, the condition of the fort will be properly
looked after. We would not suspect a brave offi
cer of foul play; but if his Northern advisers were
in his place, to practice the jtreachery they sug
gest and advocate, they would 1 itterly rue the
deed.— Char. Mercury.
Hurrah for the Cockade City.— The test
vet* in Petersburg was brought to a close last
evening after a three day’s struggle, and resul
ted in a majority of 117, in favor of instructing
Mr. Branch to vote for immediate secession.
A delegation of 117 citizens of the Cockade
city camo to Richmond last evening, in an extra
train, to hear the speech of their eloquent and
distinguished orator, Mr. Pryor, at the African
Church. They marched in procession from ihc
Petersburg Depot to the African Church atten
ded by Felvey’s Brass Band, and bearing aloft
the flag of the Confederate States and the Pal
metto Tree. They were onthusiasticehy rheered
at every step of their progress by the anti-sub
missionisis of Richmond.— Richmond Enquirer |
1 6rJ>
Naval Intelligence.
We are requested to repeat that the U. S. ship*
I Supply, Mohawk and Crusader, which left the
Navy Yard on Thursday, are destined to join tba
squadron which has been recalled from the Gulf
of Mexico to our seaboard. The revenue vessels
added to the fleet are intended to augment it t'o a
respectable coast-guard, as already stated. The
! chartered vessels Star of the West, Empire City,
Philadelphia and Coatzacoalcos, are employed for
the purpose openly avowed by the Government
viz., that of conveying troops from Texas, and
between other posts. The detachment called off
on the Island on Thursday, is for Florida. The
Mohawk and Crusader will report to the com
mander-in-chief of the station in the neighbor
hood of Pensacola. The Philadelphia will prob
ably be used, if Sumter be evacuated, to bring
the garrison of that fort to Old Point Comfort”
Va.
The U. S. ship Portsmouth, Commander Cal
houn, arrived at St. Helena Jan. 2Sth, from the
West Coast of Africa, and remained there Feb. 5.
The U. S. steam frigate San Jacinto, Capt,
Cornin, arrived at St. Helena Jan. 16th. from the
West Coast of Africa, and sailed the 31st to re
turn.—X. Y. Journal of Commerce.
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iinmediaiely !
rjnVENTYFIVE OR THIRTY able bodied
A young men wanted to till up the ranks of
Company D:, Southern Guard, for immediate
serviee m the field. Alt those who are desirous
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~ March 2f—dwtf Om’g Cotnp’v P.. S. G.
Fort Moultrie Retaken!
JET it be known that I once mo»« taken
Jsessioß of nvy o!ri «t nd ITT BtoSlf Sfft.T Whtrh Tin?
been refitted since tli* tire, \\ liere I will keep on hand
a general assortment .of
Family Groceries and Provisions,
R moller.t allgoods purchased ofine will ffiudelivi r
ed in the citv free of charge; also at the depots. AM
orders accompanied with the casiiw.il meet with
prompt attention. T. H. £t'« TT
Columbus, March tl- ;!;f
MOTICE.
J AM Row ready to receive the City Tax Ile
■murns tVr the ensuing year,and my books will
remain open until tho 15th May next. Office
for the present at tho Council Chamber, Ironr V
to 12 and 2 to 5 o’clock.
GEO. W. JONES,
MarchS I—4sL Clerk of Council,
~ TO RENT,
The rooms over my store, nine in number,
t' . Jj well adapted for a Boarding House. To a
' 5 ic. good tenant an indarment will be oifeted.
k. aAI mnrai-dif E. BARNARD.
" RUMP & MESS PORK 7
CA BARRELS FOR BALF. BY
«JU mar2l—dtf i'. BARNARD
iIEFINEI) SUGARS.
/?A BBLfi. Crushed, Powdered, and 0. Sitgrus H r
UU sale by B. BARNARD
march 21— dtf
MAYOR’S OFFICE, March IS, ISfii
Owners, guardians and employers are hereby
notified that all passes furnished to slaves or
free persons of color must designate tho object or
purpose for which said pass i3 given, the placoor
places to which said slave or free person of
eolor is permittsd to go, and the length of time
—not exceeding one month—to which said pass
shall extend; also where the said slave or free
person of color shall have permission to pass
betweed the hours of 9 at, night and daylight in
the morning. D. B, THOMPSON, Mayor.
March 19,1861—d3t.
Cedar Posts for Fencing.
. the wharf. Orders will receive prompt at
tention* Apply to
ELI TS A LIVINGSTON.
jiylgl'ch 19—dtf.
Cedar and Juniper Logs.
VAT E desire to purchase a large lot of Cedar and
Ts .lumperlogs for which vve will pay 25 cents per
cubic foot delivered at Columbus. Address
TROY MANUFACTURING CO.
March 19—dwlm Columbus, Ua.
*3T Eufaula Spiritof the South, Bain bridge Argus,
and Abbeville Banner copy one? month,
TAKK MICli l
\ LI. indebted to the late firm of MANLEY,
J\. IIODGES & CO., will please come forward and
settle WITHOUT DELAY. They must have money
and that from those indebted to said firm.
MANI.KY, HODGES & CO
Columbus March 16—dtt
HAY, HAYS
| aa BALES fine Eastern Hay, just lauded and
1 V/Ufor sale on the wharf.
marl6—dtf 1. C. MOSES & CO.
Fort Sumter at last accounts
was in Possesion of the XJ. S.
Troops!
A ICES, in all their varieties fresh bal ed. ■
Peanuts; Apple?, Granges. PineAp
pics, fresh Cocoamn and Peanut Candy; Sugar
Plums of my own manufacture, without the use
of flour. Lovers of pure Candies should remem
ber that I am the only manufacturer of Sugar
Plums in this city. State Rights Candy.
MEERSCHAUM CANDY, entirely new, of
my own make, verv nice and delightfully flavor
ed. W. 11. 11. PIIELPS,
March 15—ts Under Cook’s Hotel.
YY CARD
JOHN T.-ESTO
DESIRES to inform his friends
that be has purchased the entire ia
terest in the SEED BUSINESS
which he has been carrying on for
* i the last two years, and now will be
able personally to guarantee all SEEDS, MA
NURES, Ac. JOHN LEE.
March] s—dlvv Seed Store, 76 Broad :t.
PAINTER TO HIRE.
ANY person [wishing to hire a good house
Painter can find cue by making application
-at the ' TIMES OFFICE.
March 15—dlf
it. STOCKWELL.
BOOT AIID SHOE KAHUFACTOKY. |
The subscriber Ims t‘ken store
|U i room opposite Cook’s Hotel where
„ he ia prepared to accommodate all
IfcrSS* wh o are i n want of a good article of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
REP ARING attended to with dispatch. A share i
of pa roaage solictfcd. R. STOiKWEII
March IS —dim.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE.
THE ECLECTIC!
Is issued before the firstof every month. Each num
ber contains 144 large Octavo Pages—the January
nurnber 152—0n fine paper neatly stitched in green
covers, with one or more beautiiul steel portaits by
Sartain. The twelve numbers comprise three vol
umes of 630 pages each, with titles, indexes and em
bellishments.
Terms- Soper annum in advance.
The postage if only three cents a number, (repaid
at tbe office of delivery. Addres W. M. BIDWET.L,
lio. 5 Reektnan Street, New York.
Testimonials.
From the lion. Edward Everett. ■
Boston, Sept. 30, 1859.
“Icorrur in the highly favorable cpinions of tin;
Eclectic Magazine which have been expressed by
ir.ouy eminent persons and in several leading jour
nals. 1 have read it for three years, and find its con
tents judiciously selected, so as to present a great va
riety of instructive and interesting matter and afford
a fair specimen of the current 1 terature.
EDWARD EVERETT.
.From Judge Lot gstuet. Presidents. C. College.]
I have been long a reader of tlie Eclectic Magazine,
aud regard it as unsurpassed by any work of the kind
in our country lor valuable reading. The selections
are judiciously made, ar.d rarely is one‘found m the
wotk which is not of lively Interest or profound in
struction.
.From Ex-President Fil more.]
1 have taken the Eclectic from its eonjmencutuent,
as the best selection cf foreign periodical literature
which I have been able to obtain. I think the selec
tions are judiciously made, and the work is very val
uable. MILLARD FILLMORE.
March IS- dwtf.
FREE FORWARDING
Private Bonded Warehouiea &
Custom House Brokerage.
riHIK u dei-igmd has, with Messr* Hngham.
JL Baldwin & Cos., M -csia. Wilder ft Gala- ami
Jlessrs. liuiiM r A Gamine!!, formed an As.oi iatiari
fur tii** purpose of entering a! Die Custom House
au.t Storing in Bond, in :tcco*daiice with the Reve
nue Law a, an> good* arriving alth s port which may
be entrusted lo hi* custody!
H • botnii die managing and active pailner, ha*
: bonded, wnh tho approval dt [The rjoerttary of the
riPt**rry. cmrirtiodioita Warehouses, where all Mer
chamib.e. coming to ibis port can be stored, every
aituuUwu pnd la lii pi user valium and for its prompt
delivery wit**n entry it nd.* at the (.'iiston.
house, at ijii- lowest possible laiitF charge's.
Mercisaiidire iJestii e-*l totl e interior will be enter
ed tor payu'eut of duties, or in Bond as may be re
quired hi the comigmcs. A 1 goods consum'd to
turn to H* forwarded, wi.{ receive lhc gieatest tie
span U ill the h wesl late of charge, and tu such man
. tier a may be directed li ihe duties are to le paid
I ill thU P Jrt, finde must be provided lor that pur
pjtse. but ii io be Umvaiilfd i lmnd, 1 1>** requisite
turtle's will be given.
Goods entrusted tothe of the undersigned,
coiisninod to points *i iu« [interior,will ‘be lorward
t*d L»y Railroads or oilier can vey an- o, as directed,
free of Commission.
An experience of nearly ttyenty year,- a the tY
tai > at t usual House ntisitiess, ami a
acqiiaintance wiiJt the W.tu.ii<...se laws, in *vet>
aetuil, wi 1 efinhfe this rHptfrtnei-hip t|> give ti.<
graatest Uest.-a*."ht mstiient with in« ,u. \
revenue.
CHAS. V. WALDfiW,
nfi’-e In C’nihorn Ctinnrrighnm's Bnilding,
head of Drayton Sh B:ivanuah,Ge
Samnitah, ManhHOl. marli—dim
ARRIVAL.
MACKEREL, in kin s4and 14 hh’».aH No>
HAMB, choice Country smok'd.
MESS BEEF, in half barrels
SUGARS, Urouu t, Pulvericc;!, C«4she.J,
Stnwnu's A. No. 1.
N. O. SYRIII*. in l»hls andl alf fcbla. a!’, a low
esr market rites by
oi,irl2—dtf bUNSY, CROFT it CO.
SOUTHERN
TOBACCO DEPOT!
We a.o lLa Agents lor the t>aieol TO
BACCO manufactured by tho m<ist reli
able VIRGINIA AND NORTH CARO
LI cA TOBACCONISTS, many of whom
are well known to Soiitrumi dealers.
Ocir present stuck consists of about Gur
Thousand Boxes ol ;i!l grades and j>ric? ,
j tp wii.ch at'.eutian is specially invited.
.i’o dealers in other ciiies and State.-, we
[ wid furnish a li.;t of prices, and send same,
with samples, by Express, at their charge.
J. A. ANSLEY & CO.,
>\o. 300 liroatl Street,
AUGUSTA, GEO.
March 7, ISCl—dlOd.
WAK 1
ATT & JXTION jfl S L i TA SI ¥!
RECEIVED THIS MORNING
Swords, Pistols, Sashes.
llSptvuLXGlrtjSj Beits.
A host cf Buttons,
ALABAMA & GEORGIA LACES Ac.
And for sale at fho lowest prices,
i Jan26—dtf _ A. Is. DuV.’ITT.
Planting’ Potatoes
Q(l i |BßlA.ri„k fifyea and Peaelt ICoivi daily
AJ* rt L*rnectcd. tor sale at !t small advance fin
Bacon and Bulk Meat.
*vD flflfi LBS.-booii to arrive, daily expected,
»>!/ jtM M; wliif h v. i!i in-aol-.l at a --inall advani *
for cash. feblS-ihvlf ; B. BARNARD.
Fancy and other grades Flour,
Oj ij t RBI.B. to an ivc, daily evpecicil for 1 ai*; ;:i
<4* M .'a small advance lot the Cash.
Fe!>i ß—divtf r:. BARNARD
White and Mixed Seed Corn.
H I iHiSIIHLS in store and to arrive, for sal<*
D'D * V*atn :Oi>ailiHlvanee (or Ca*:».
AALI v-d wif II fi AUN A IU).
Star Candles.
Lj 4 Vv am! Half Boxes Camllc*.prime sua
G'.‘ iity*.tor sale a? a sna-J aiivahce for'Oash
Feblfl-dwtf E. BARNARD
CENTRAL EAT.LROAD,
Savakhah, Fob. 23, 1861.
"rMIE Cos across of tho Confederate States of
X America, having, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary ltfslaffit, cffiactcd tho law hereunto annex
ed, it becomes necessary that this Uompan;.
should change the system heretofore pursued by
them in receiving and forwarding good.i con
signed to their care, 33 they arc not prepared to
transact the bn?ine-? it the Custom ifojure afl i
advance the duties, or giy * bcrtds for the
same, as tvillherequired.
Therefore, Merchants, Consignees of good.-
heretofore consigning them to tho care of C'ec
tral Railroad Agent, are hereby notified tbs',
from and after the 10th day of March next, their
goods must be consigned to tho care of atmn-
C ora mission Merchant in tho city, whoso out
lay (commissions and duties always excepted,
will be advanced t y this Company, and charred
to the goods a3 formerly.
Kill ol Lading, Invoice and accompany in ~ in
slruetions should be mailed to the Commission
Merchant employed to forward the goods; an a
it would be well so: Merchants to instruct theii
?hipr»ers a o t-» do.
R. It. CUYLER, President.
AN ACT.
j Sec. l.'Ro it enacted by the Confederate
J States of 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, £sh of all kinds:
wheat and flour of wheat, and flour of all other
grain?; Indian corn and meal; barley and barley
flour; ry o and rvy flour; oats and oat men'; gun
powder and nil the materials of which it is made,
lead in all forms; arms of every description, and
munitions of war and military accoutrements;
percussion caps; living animals of all kinds; ai
i so ad agricultural products in their ratara
state.*
See. 2. And be it further enacted, That all
goods, wares and merchandize imported from
any one of the lute U nited States of America,no;
being now a member of this Confederacy, int
this Confederacy before the fourth day of March
next, which may have been bona fide purchased
.heretofore, dr within ten day? after tho passage
of this act,shall be exempt and free from duty.
.Sec. 3. And be it further enaeted, That the
State of Texas be, and is hereby exempted from
the Tariff laws, here to fore paeued and adopted by
this Congress.
[Signed] HOWELL COBB,
President of the Congress.
Passed by Congress on the eighteenth of Feb
ruary, eighteen Itundrded and eixtv-one.
J. J. HOOPER,
Feb2s— dwliu. Scc’y of the Congress.
Wanted,
A SITI ATION by a "Southern Lady 1 ' as As-
Teacher, or Governess to small Chil
dren. Address Box 170, Columbus, Ga.
F-b. 25 —d3w2t.