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COll/MBCS* THURSDAY. AFBII U, ««•
A Fight wt far Off.
Events rapidly occurring leave scarcely any
around to doubt that the settlement between the
Confederate States and the Northern Union,
which the former have so zealously endeavored
to effect through negotiation, must be made when
the cannon and tho musket, on one or the other
side, shall have exhausted their arguments. It
is clearly manifest that the Lincoln administra
tion,while it was baiting our Commissioners with
words of peace, was busily concentrating Us
forces and stealthily preparing to make a descent
upon the Southern coast. A naval armament,
which left New York a few days ago, is now
upon that mission. That a land attack is in
tended, is a reasonable inference from the char
acter of the equipment. Horses aro certainly of
very little service in a Bea fight, and tent poles
are seldom used on shipboard. The whoie force
cannot comprise more than twenty-five hundred
men, unless, indeed, the troops bound North from
Texas have been intercepted. Whether with this
number they can hold up the insane purnoso of
reinforcing Major Anderson, or whether they will
proceed to Pensacola and limit their operation to
the Gulf; or, lastly, whether the expedition is in
tended to carry succor to old traitor Houston,
are questions for speculation. Each of these
objects has been assumed or supposed by the
telegraph and by semi-official correspondents,
and either or none of the suppositions may be
true. Os one thing we axe assured, that they are
not upon any lawful business (speaking after the
manner of the Confederate States) and that when
they land they will be welcomed in the distin
guithed manner formerly Indicated by Mr. Lin
coln's Minister to Mexico. Speaking of “graves"
we noticed that spades and mattocks were not
included in the implements of the equipment.-
Wonder if they intend to bury their dead!
Offer of Troops,
We learn from the War Department my 3 the
Montgomery Confederation that offers of volun
teers, in view of the exigencies of the times, aro
pouring in with astonishing rapidity. The num
ber from the Confederate States is overwhelm
ing, and would amount in the aggregate to more
than double the number of troops that would bo
needed in the field. A singular fact in connec
tion with this subject, is that two thousand In
dians living on the western frontier, have ten
dered their services in case of need, and avowed
their intention of fighting upon our side against
tho United States army.
Since the result of tho Conneetieutelcction, and
the strong probability that tho coercionists may
prevail in tho councils at Washington, mere than
seven hundred thousand volunteers from the bor
der States have asked to be enrolled in tho Pro
visional Army. This ia a voice direct from the
people, and shows that they aro with us in feeling,
although hold back by their party leaders.—-
Those who doubted the possibility of an army be
ing raised in the Confederate States, can now be
easily convinced that a force doubly adequate to
all our wants, can be brought into service within
ono month.
Extract from a letter of a member of Company
D., Capt. Wilkins:
Garland, Ala., April 8.
Hero we are in tho piney-woods, at the tormi
uus of tho road, and no wagons to haul our bag
gage across. Five or six companies hero waiting
before us; wo have to take our turn, so I don’t
know when wo shall lcavo here—l hope soon. I
saw a man from the Eufaula Pioneers this mor
ning direct from Pensacola. lie says about 3000
men are there. Twelvo hundred Mississippians
landed there on Saturday; says no reinforcement
to Pickens yet. Geo. Bragg is still building bat
terie* and raising gun3, and the only discontent
among the soldiers is they won’t let them fight.
No other news. We aro getting along as well as
eonld be expected.
Yours truly. J. .1. 1..
The End of Negotiation.
Much surprise was created about six o’clock
yesterday evening, by the announcement, upon
the bulletin board of the Mercury, that Lieut.
Talbot—now Captain Talbot, of the United States
Army—had returned to Charleston by tho even
train, and was then at the Charleston Hotel. It
appears that ho was accompanied by Mr. It. S.
Chew, the confidential secretary, we believe, of
Secretary Chase. Capt. Talbot came as bearer
of despatches to Major Anderson, and upon ma
king known his mission to General Beauregard,
was peremptorily refused permission to comma*
nicate with Fort Sumter.
Mr. Chew, we understand, came as special
messenger to the authorities here, with an officicj
notification from the Lincoln Government thbt
Fort Sumter was to be provisioned—peaceablyi
if practicable, forcible, if necessary. It is almost
needless to add that Mr. Chew received no infor
mation of a very consoling nacure.
Both he and Captain Talbot departed on their
return to Washington, by the eleven o’clock
train.
During the afternoon despatches had been re
ceived of a nature to warrant the belief that a
formidable naval force was off our coast. Sub
sequent dispatches, confirming the first reports,
it was determined to send down additional troops
to the harbor fortifications. Shortly before mid
night tho city was startled by the booming of
seven gun3 from the Citadel Green—the signal
for the mustering of the 17th Regiment. In a
lew minutes the wet, misty streets were all com
motion; volunteers could be seen hurrying to and
fro to join their respectivo commands, and the
neighborhood of the City Hall was speedily
thronged by the citizen soldiery, who, like true
“minute men,” had left their beds and hastily
donned the knapsack, and shouldered the musket
As company after company filed silently down
to the boats, the occasional flashes of the lightn
ing lit up their bright bayonets and glazed kepis,
and nothing save the steady measured tramp
of the men distuibed the solemn stillness.
Col. Rion’s Regiment from Kershaw was sent
for yesterday, and is expected to arrive this
morning. Ample provision has been made for
the accommodation of the troops. Before day
light this morning the force at the threatened
points will be fully doubled.
Aa we go to press (4 o’olock a. m.) all is yet
quiet, but a rumor prevails that there are seven
vessels off tho bar. — Char. Mercury. 1
From the Atlanta Confederacy,
i SPEECH OF
HON. B. H. HULL,
Last night, at an early hour, Atn6fi«um
was crowded to its utmost capacity, notwith
standing the cold, which rendered the hall very
uncomfortable. A Very large number of ladies
were out orico more to enjoy the pleasure of lis
tening to the logic and eloquence of this public
favorite, who has a mighty host of personal
friends here, and who has tho high regards of
ail person in our vicinity—no matter what party
they may heretofore have belonged to. His en
trance into tho hall was greeted with applause.
He was accompan : ed on the platform by Cols J.
M. Calhoun, W. W. Clark and Geo. W. Adair.
When quiet was restored, Col. Calhoun intro
duced Mr. Hill to the audience, who delivered a
speech of over two hours in length, which was
well received by the vast audience, and frequent
ly was rapturously applauded. His speech was
substantially as follows—though we are con
scious of the fact that no report of the speech
can do Mr. Hill justice, and therefore, that ours
falls short; but the leading features of this great
speech will be comprehended by our readers
from what follows:
Ladies and Fellow Citizens:
It is proper that you should understand that I
appear before you under great disadvantage; for
three days I have been engaged in an exciting
case in Court. I have stopped in the midst of it
to come here and address you to-night on the
substanee of our new Government.
I feel intensely the importance of the crisis
that you and I are now in. It is no holiday
business. The revolution ia not past—we are in
the midst of it. Dangers have been passed, but
difficulties are in the future which we must ap
preciate, and, if we aro successful, we must deal
wisely and cautiously with them.
I shall speak candidly with you to-night. I
shall speak the truth as I understand it. This
is a time for truth to be spoken, and not for cha
racter making. Your lives, your fortunes—the
happiness of your children and mine, all depend
on the future. I should bo untrue to you and
all that is dear to posterity, did I not deal can
didly with the subject now under consideration.
Government ia a subject that everybody is
deeply interested in. To gomo extent it ia as
practical as a farmer’s plow—a merchant's yard
stick or a sailor's rope and canvass. In other
respects it ia complicated and intricate; there
fore, Statesmanship is both practical and com
plicated. A man is not fit to be a statesman,
un ess he understands the practicability and the
philosophy of Government, and the character
and wants of the people for whom he is to legis
late. Passion and prejudice often enter into
legislation; these, govern men r ia intended to
restrain. National characteristics must be con
sidered in making a government and laws for
any people. The French need a different govern
ment from the Russians, tho Puritan from the
Hugernot, and so of all others. A government
which seeks to adapt itself to ail these various
shades and subdivisions, wili find it complicated;
and if it be successful, it oust bo controlled by
real statesmen
The world has been laboring for six thousand
years to solve tho problem of government, and
yet it is unsolved. No man understands it ful
ly, and no one should pretend to. He who does,
is like a quack doctor who professes to have
discovered a panacea for all the ills of life, when
in truth he is an imposter. I give you my opin
ions—the best I have; I cannot say, nor can any
other man say of his opinions, that they arc ab
solutely correct.
But let us consider our new Government. Just
here I wish to say that all past issues should
be forgotten. “Let tho dead past bury their
dead." Wake up to the practical and impor
tant issues of tho living present and the momen
tous future. Tho Government is formed , and be
cause it is formed, it is my Goverment. I shall
say it is right and support it most heartily. I
believe it is the best government tho sun ever
shined on, and I will give you my reasons for so
thinking.
In all the essentia! features, its original char
acter, and distinctive purposes, it is the same
as that under which wo were born end brought
up. We have not abandoned tho provisions of
the old Constitution, nor sot at naught the wis
dom of its framers. Thoframer3 of the New do
not claim to bo inoro wiso than those of tho Ola;
but they do claim to bo equal in patriotism to
any body of men ever assembled on earth. They
have improved upon the Old —not because they
wore wiser—but because they had the light of
seventy-three years’experience to .-guide them.
That time ought to have taught us some lessons;
it has done and we have profited thereby. Tho
old government was an experiment,and was made
by human hands. They did more ia their day than
any other people ever did in any other day or
time. They, when assembled, represented the
colonioa from Massachusetts to Georgia. All, at
that time, were slavehoiding, but it was known
they would not long remain so; hence it was ne
cessary for them to adopt many compromise.*! to
meet the various wants of the people and satisfy
the different opinions, interests and prejudices
from all parts. When we assembled at Mont
gomery, there was but one feeling, one interest,
and one common view among ua all, from South
Carolina to tho Rio Grande, on the great ques
tion that had caused tho disruption o. tho na
tion. There was among us a difference of views
on some minor and non essential points. These
wore easily accommodated and soon reconciled.
The different views of thß framers of the Old
Constitution were so strongly entertained and so
pertinaciously adhered to, that the final agree
ment on some points was expressed in language
of doubtful constructian; but not so with the
new. All that was done, was so cordially agreed
to by every one, and made so plain, that no per
son can mistake tho moaning of its provisions.
Then, with these advantages, what were the
changes, and why made ? The evil of the old
Constitution was, that it had not been able to
maintain itself aud keep the country together
It had its defects—a fact of which, the events we
are now m the midst of is the strongest evidence.
It was weak at some points, for the Government
made under it is now dismembered. Some think
Slavery was .he cause of this dismemberment.—
It was, in my opinion, one of the proximate
causes, aud not the real one. Nor was there a
delect in the Constitution which made this a
cause. Slavery became a cause of dismember
ment by reason of the exciting issues which had
been made on it. it was a means, used by a power
behind it. Its introduction into politics was not
originally on its merits ; it was the instrument in
the bauds of a party, with which they fought/or
power. Why was slavery invoked by them for
this purpose ? Because there was something in
the party which made it interesting. In the work
ings of the Government, party became the
means by which power was to bo secured. They
wero striving for the rewards which power alone
could confer. The Constitution gave an im
mense patronage to the Executive, and to Con
gress. The President could dismiss ail io office
at his will, and appoint his friends. There was
alwaysa contest between “the ins and the outs;”
and success was not simply tl at of the President
but Drought into power thousands throughout
the country. The President dispensed his pat
ronage in selecting a Cabinet, they to members of
Congress, and Congressmen to their friends, in
every corner of each District. It becomes a his
torical fact, that when a man wanted to go to
Congress, he promised office to his constituents
to get them to work to secure his election. One
case was brought to our notice at Montgomery,
of four hundred unredeemed promises made by
one Congressman, to give offices to his constitu*
ents, in order to secure their support in the elec
tion ! More were promised office than there were
offices to occupy, and it became necessary to
create new ones to meet these corrupt engage
ments. I never fully comprehended the enor
mity of this source of corruption, which found a
lodg ng place in the frame work of the old Con
stitution and Government, till I was present at
Montgomery, wheie the machinery was taken to
pieces Wben these unnecessary offices wero
made, money had to be appropriated to pay their
useles incumbents; and millions on millions of
the people's money were voted away to feed these
blood sucking leeches upon the body politic.—
Tha Government cost twice as muoh money to
administer it, as it ought The distinguished
Vice President of the Confederate States never
uttered a more notabJ' truth, than when he said
the Governm©*** ought to have been administer
ed on £*0,000,000, when it coat $80,000,000; and
$20,000,000, when it cost $60,000,000. This was
a loose screw, which we have remedied. Now,
the President can remove his Cabinet officers
and Foreign Ministers at will; but all subordi
nates for cause only.
Another improvement ia, that no money can
be appropriated, except when estimated and ask
ed for by the head of a Department, and approv
ed by the President, unless it be done by a two
thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, voting
by yeas and nays. In the old Gvemment, the
appropriations were ofton staved off till the last
night of the session, when all sorts of corrupt
jobs and lobby schemes were thrust in, then
voted upon, and passed; with no record made of
how the rote stood, or who voted for or against
them. Now, every man must come up and make
his mark. After we shall have been everywhere
recognized, and we are at peace with the world,
I think the Government’s whole expense will
not exceed $10,000,000 annually, and many per
sons think that $5,000,000 will be amply suffici
ent. There are several other very important
amendments to which I will not now refer. If
peace can be assured, which I hope for, the
amendments which we have adopted are worth
the experiment of Secession. They make the
Government more conservative—not in a party
sense, rut secure its well working, the more gen
eral and hearty approval of the people, and ren
der it more certainly durable. If these checks
and balances had been in the old Constitution,
the Government would never have been broken
up. No State could have excited its people to
oppose slavery, if such had been its provisions.
To be Continued.
Tiie War Steamers Powhatai and others.,,Armed Men.
President Lincoln and his Cabinet have resolv
ed on coeroing tho South into submission, and ar®
busily engaged in fitting out war steamers. The
determination of tho Cabinet has been withheld
from our Commissioners until forced to an ac
knowledgement of its position. it appears
that the Abolition Government were making
preparations secretly and holding out the olive
branch of peace to the South. This fact is now
well established and ought to cover with shame
an Administration so devoid of honor and self
respeot. In the New York Tribune, of the 6th
inst, now before us, we have an expose of this
treachery on the part of the Republicans. Here
we find an account es the Government taking
possession of steamers and the busy preparations
to fit them out with war ammunition and stores.
Read this from the Tribune and imagine what it
means:
Troopsput on the Atlantic.
The steamers Atlantio and Baltic, of lha Col
lins line, and the Illinois of the Vanderbilt, hare
been taken possession of by the Government. All
day yesterday, and all last night, provisions of
all kinds were being put aboard tho Atlantic,
which lies at her dock, foot of Canal street. An
enormous quantity of coal was also taken on. It
is believed that she has been provisioned for a
year. Alongside was a lighter containing arms.
It was expected that during the night 400 troops
would be brought up and but on board. What
occasioned the greatest conjecture is the 500
stalls for horses which have been put on dack. It
is said that she will sail to-day at 12 o'clock un
der sealed orders. Her crew has been largely in
creased, and amounts now to more than 100. The
Atlantio cleared for Brazos, and the provision for
horses would seem to lend a plausibility to the be
lief that that is her destination.
The Steamer Baltic.
The Baltic, lying at the same dock, will imme
diately follow.
The htearner Illinois.
The Government has also taken possession of
the steamer Illinois, of Vanderbilts New York
and Havre line, for public purposed
Arrival of Troops.
A detachment of United States recruits arrived
in this city yesterday from Buffalo, and wero im
mediately sent over to Governor’s Island for reg -
imental service.
Capt. Barry’s company of Artillery, and Com
panies 11. and K. Second Infantry, accompanied
by some mechanics, roaehed town early yester
day morning, and .joined the sappers and miners
at Fort La Fayette. A company or two from
Fort Columbus were also to have gone up last
night. Theso troops are all under arms to depart
soon for some destination, the latitude of which
no one can find out. Thera aro now 491 men at
Fort Hamilton.
A Board of Army OSicers have been in session
for three days at the Quartermaster’s Office ia
this city, for the puropose of distributing the
available troops stationed in tho Harbor of New
York. They have not yet made any official re
port. Col. Harvey Brown, Second Artillery,
presides.
DEPARTURE OP THE I'OWIiATAN.
Yesterday morning it was decided, in obedi
ence to instructions from Washington, to put the
Powhatan steam frigate in commission, and send
her off at all hazards before nightfall. Capt.
Foote, Lieut. Almy, and Mr. Brady have not
slept for nights, owing to the press of business
this vessel’s equipment caused. All day ye3ter~
day extra hands were working on her. Capt.
Brevoort of the marine barracks sent down a full
frigate’s guard, at 1 o’clock; at 1% o’clock the
crew went over in boats from the receiving ship
North Carolina, and cheered their old vessel
heartily on reaching her, and at 2 o’clock the
ensign was hoistsd, and the Powhatan was turn
ed over by Capt. Foote to Capt. Mercer, and his
officers. All hands then were mustered on the
quarter deck, and the ship declared in commission
for a special cruise. Aa the armament is likely
tobeused somewhatjbriskly,nawand strong planks
have been substituted for the old ones under the
guns. The boilers have not been touched, but
caulkers and carpenters made an excellent
job of the hull in the brief time alloted to them.
The Powhatan is a firs t-ciass side-wheel steam
er of 2,415 tans burden, and built at Gosport in
1850. Shecarries 11 guns, and about 300 officers
and men. Her service list includes two general
cruises and one special cruise. She returned
from China last Summer, and has since been
laid up in ordinary, when she was ordered sud
denly to the Gulf of Mexico, and had nearly
been stripped at Brooklyn, on Monday, when
tho instructions to get her ready for sea came
from Washington.
Feeling is Virginia. —We aro permitted,
gays the Montgomery Advertiser, of the 9th, to
make the following extract from a business letter
to a friend of ours in this city, written the 2d inst,
by a gentleman living in Lynebburg, Va., and
one who is well posted in the political sentiment
of the people of the State:
“Old Virginia is still lingering on the thres
hold between liberty and abject dependency.—
She will go South certain—it is only a question
of time. Great changes are going oa with the
people. The Convention caanot resist the will
of the people much longer."
Your friend, * «.
Ax Impobtaxt Movement.— A New York
evening paper, never given to sensation?, has the
following:
“There is a powerful and numerous revolution
ary organization, the object of which is to sepa
rate the city and port of New York from the
Union and from the State, and make it a free
and independent port. We have heard that a
printed programme is in private circulation, to
which some four thousand names are attached
proposing this scheme.”
The Washington States says that Lincoln Is
reported to have said to a confidential friend th*
other day, “I am utterly disgusted, and am migfc
ty sick and tired of the whole thing.”
HTIMSM FEOI BALTIMOBE.
government in the field at last.
Baltimore, April 5.
Things are rapidly verging towards a conflict,
if tho rebels are in earnest. The days are not
many ere they will encounter the majesty and
power of the Federal Government in a way they
little dreamt of. If they iesist, the blood be up
on their heads.
The fatal blow which rebellion has received in
tho Virginia Convention, and the terrible major
ity of 44 against the ordinance of secession, have
vibrated through every nerve of the social and
political system of our city this morning. There’s
an end of rebellion in the border slave States,
from hence forward and forever, upon tho negro
question.
The President has marched square up to his
responsibility, and wee unto those who shall dare
encounter it. Fort Sumter will not be surren
dered to rebels, nor will Fort Pickens. There
is no need of saying more. Let the facts of the
future tell the tale. It will be a peaceful one, if
the rebels will it. If not, not.
Gen. Scott has completely headed off the
rebel McCollough, who has taken to his heels
and sought safety in the wilds of Texas. Wig
fall is not far behind him. The time is not very
far off, when the tingleaders will seek an asylum
over the sea,*. Stick a pin there.—A r . Y. Tri
bans.
Departure of our Boys.
It was a right affecting sight to any one whose
heart was in the right place, to see tae leave ta
king and hand shaking at the Rail Road Depot,
yesterday afternoon, when the gallant Southrons
and Avengers left for Pensacola. Fair ladies
were there with their smiles of encouragement,
and parents to cheer their boys, lest ut tho mo
ment of departure they should feel down-hearted,
for one’s heart is often heavy when “good bye"
is on the lips, though he be bolder than the lion.
Sergeants were placed at tho ear doors to pre
vent egress or entry after the soldiers had taken
their seats, thereby preventing the confusion that
would otherwise exist at the moment of depart
ure. Wo were sitting on the iron rail at the car
entrance, when we heard a subdued voice “Ser
geant, there's my wife, let me pass to say adieu
to her?” “You cannot pass, was tho reply, my
orders are strict and positive." Ah, how wo felt
for that man, he had said adieu perhaps a dozen
times; but there she stood, hi? wife, the partner
of his joys and sorrows, —and he would say fare
well once more, and though in our heart we said
leg him go, still the monitor that knows no sym
pathy. stern fidelity, whispered “inexorable sen
tinel. do your duty." “Will you not let me say
good bye to my wife?" Slowly the door opened
and tho word “go” was uttered. That man bad
too much heart for a sentinel. Tho wife stepped
forward, there were no kisses in the presence of
a crowd; there were no words spoken; she placed
her hand in his and he pressed it to his heart,
that was all, no, not all, they parted, and each
turned away to hide tho tears that did honor to
their hearts. And then tho ears were off. Tho
shouts of the crowd ascended with the martial
music, and the responses from the soldiers min
gled with the harsh grating of the wheels as the
train disappeared in tho distance.— Columbus
(Mias.) Republic.
From the Mont. Advertiser.
llead-Qur’ts Troops Conetderati: States, !
Near Pensacola, Fla., April 4, 1861. j
Sir: The commander of the United States
steamer Wyandotte, Lieut. Berryman, died on
2d inst, after only two days illness. I took spec
ial pains and pleasure in extending every assis
tance and courtesy to Capt. Adam?, command
ing the fleet, for the interment of the deceased.—
A marine guard, and all tho officers of the fleet,
and from Fort Pickens, attended, and all the
officers of my command who were off duty, ac
companied me in a body.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
BAXTON BRAGG,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
To Adj. Gen. C. S, Army, Montgomery.
mmm proclamation.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, |
Montgomery, Ala., April 9, ISOI. j
To Volunteer Companies of the State of Alabama:
Whereas, Tho President of tha Confederate
States of America has made a conditional requi
sition upon tho Governor o£tho State of Alaba
ma for throe thousand volunteers, to consist of
infantry, with tliQ exception of two companies of
artillery, to bo drilled, equipped and ready for
immediate service, if required by tho Confede
racy.
Now, I, A. B. Moore, Governor of said Stale,
in consideration of the premises do issue this my
proclamation, and make known to volunteer com
panies throughout tho State, that their services
will bo accepted to the number of said requisition
for a period not less than twelve month, unless
sooner discharged, on condition that said compa
nies will consent to be transferred to tho service
of the Confederate States of America. Each
company must consist of not less than sixty-four
privates, eight non-commissioned officers, one
Captain and three Lieutenants. All companies
who may be willing to lender their services on
the condition aforesaid, are requested to give me
immediate notice, and hold themselves in readi
ness to be called into actual service, and ia the
meantime to drill as often as practicable. I deem
it necessary to mabo no appeal to the patriotic
citizens of Alabama to induce them to fespond
promptly to this call.
A. B. MOORE.
Sam Houston takes Sides ia the Crisis.
We 2nd in the New York Herald an item
which has soma relevance to the extraordinary
military preparations of the United States Gov
ernment. We give it for whatever it is worth:
Gen. Sam Houston. —We learn from a relia
ble source that Postmaster General Blair has
received a letter from Gov. Houston of Texas,
in which the administration is exhorted to main
tain the Union at all hazards, and strengthen
tha Union sentiment at the South by asserting
tho Federal authority with all the means at its
command. The hero of San Jacinto furthermore
expressed himself determined not to surrender
to the secessionists, but to adhere to the Union
to the last. It ia stated that the sugge tiocs of
the letter were discussed in tho Cabinet meeting
on Thursday, and that some of the military
movements now going on results from them.—
Advices represent a conflict between Houston
and the Disunionists as imminent.
Correspondence of tha St. Louis Republican.
BcTolutton in New licxito--Governor Bencher
heads It— Fort Marey In possession of the Revo
lutionists.
Los Vegas, N. Mexico, March 12.
Tho stage arrived lere this morning from San
ta Fe, on route for the States, and as it was about
leaving here on its way in, an express arrived
from Colonel Fauntleroy, commanding this Mili
tary Department, to the Commandant at Fort
Union, ordering this officer to prepare for defence.
On yesterday morning, about 11 o’clock, the
people of the capital, (Santa Fe,) Americans and
Mexicans, en mass, seemed to have sprung up
like “Cadmus' men.” well armed and in great
numbers, at enco seized and now hold Fort Marc/.
Col. F. declined to surrender the Fort, a3 was ex
pected, and while in the act of remonstrating
with the populaoe, tho citizen soldiery rushed
upon the works, and in ten minutes they were
taken possession of.
Governor Renoher was the prime mover m
these proceedings, and he now has charge Ci ail
the military equipments and public property.
Everybody is surprised at this weli concocted
and efficient co> p d’armes. Ia brief, New Mexi
co baa now declared for, and practically affilia
ted with Texas and the South, and the United
States is suddenly ignored and out allegiance
changed.
Arizona also absolves her allegiance on the
16th ixet.
Excuse haste,
ORCHO DEORO3,
T elegraphic.
FIGHTING IN CHARLESTON,
PROBABLY.
THE COMMISSIONERS
Col. Lomax’s Regiment.
Montgomery, April 10.
There Is no doubt but that there will boa fight j
at Charleston within forty-eight hours.
Dispatches received herefrom the Commission -
ers at Washington, state that there i£ no alterna
tive but war. Troops are being hurried to Pen
sacola.
The Cabinet held an important meeting to-day.
The War Department is very active.
The Montgomery True Blues are out to day on
parade. The second Volunteer Regiment of Al
abama, Cel, Lomax commanding, will return to
Pensacola
Georgia Troops.
Three Thousand to be Ready !
PRESIDENT DAVIS' REQUISITION.
Montgomery, April 10th.
President Davis has made a conditional re
quisition upon the Governor of Georgia to hold
three thousand troops in readiness for immediate
emergency.
This may be relied on. It is official.
War heritable,,.A Requisition.
The Montgomery Mail of tho 9th says:
We learn upon gcod authority,as we go to prc33
that Confederate States ha3 made a requi
sition on tho Governor of Alabama, for three
thousand additional troops! This looks v.ry
warlike.
Special dispatch to Mont, \dv.
Augusta, Ga , April 9.
The Governor of Georgia has issued a call for
three thousand additional volunteers to join the
army of the Confederate States.
All tho indications are that a collision between
the troops of the “Old Wreck" and those of tho
Confederate States ia inevitable.
Washington, April 9.
It is stated in semi-official correspondence, that
four light steamers, tho Water Witch, Wyan
dotte, Mohawk, and Crusader, will be lined with
double-banked sand bags, and, taking as many
men as they will hold, attempt to run the gaunt
let of Morris Island.
Charleston, April 9.
All is quiet here on the surface, but there is a
deep feeling among the people. Prodigious
preparations are progressing.
Hon. L. T. Wigfall is serving its a common
soldier.
Rifled cannon arc arriving in considerable
numbers.
In tho State Convention to day, President
Jemison delivered an elegant farewell address,
upon tho occasion of the adoption of some com
plimentary resolutions by the Convention. The
adjournment of tho Convention w expected to
morrow.
There are no war vessels outside the harbor
to-night, so far as known.
New Orleans, April ‘J.
Havana dates to the Ith in?!., state that four
more vessels had sailed for fit. Domingo.
Pensacola, April 9.
The mechanics at the Washington .Navy Yard
have become dissatisfied in consequence of the
non-payment of their wages.
A disguised war steamer has been reconaoitor
ing about the mouth of tho Mississippi river.
Norfolk, April 9.
Xhe steam sloop of war Pawnee, with four guns
sails to morrow morning with sealed orders for
the South, It was stare i here that she Ur fled
250 men at Fort Monroe last i. gh?.
i
MILITARY MOVEMENT* IN N. Y.
New York, April A. —The Baltic took four
teen double bunk boats, forg.s, gunny bags, or
dnance tools, a large safe with §50,000 ia go.d,
<!&e., St* c.
The Savannah has been hauled into the dock
and scores of men are repairing her.
Lieutenant Ransom, of the 4th Artillery, has
resigned his commission.
FROM VIRGINIA.
r Richmond, April 3.
A resolution to inquire into the President’s
policy was adopted.
Preston, Stewart and Randolph, Commission
er left for Wasbinton this morning'.
■ — imi |__r m I,
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
Harrisburg, April 3.
The Governor of the State asks for an appro
priation of half a million of dollars for tho pur
chase of arms.
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
New York, April 8.
Tho Baltic and Illinois went to sea this mor
cing.
The Misses Gretter, of Richmond, Va., have
prepared a secession flag with eight stars, (one
for Virginia,) and have thrown it to the breeze
from a window of their mansion. The Richmond
Dispatch, speakiDgofit, says: “When the women,
children, and the ministers are all found on one
side ot' a question, it may be pretty safe to infer
that Heaven is on that side, and a certain place,
not mentionable to ears polite, on the other.”
®The Beech Tree a Non-Conductor. —The
beech tree is said to be a non-conductor of light
ning. So notorious is the fact that the Indians,
whenever the sky wears the appearance of a thun
der storm, leave their pursuit and take refuge
under the nearest beech tree. Ia Tenneaseo the
people consider it a complete protection. Dr.
Becton, in a letter to Dr. Mitchell, states that
the beech tree is never known to be struck by
atmospheric electrcity, whilo ether trees are
shattered into splinters.
There is an oil well at Titusville, Pa., that
flows at regular intervals four times a day, Sun
days excepted.
CONSIGNEES PER M. R. R., April 11.
M»nt it W P 8 R JR Harris & C'o.
Mobile G. R.R. Jefferson <Jj- 11,
Hall Mo<es & Cos. VV C Gray,
W H II Phelps. Manley &. Hodges,
3. Hoffman. W B Johsnn.
H V Meigs, F M Biggera & Cos.
Hull. Duck & Go. Goetchius, H co.
Dillingham Sr D.
10 OUR CUSTOMERS
AND
OTHJKIt GEjUXJKHEK!!
J.H. DANIEL & GO.,
123 BROAD STREET,
COIAJSUWS, GA.
WOULD say ibu they have in store a handsome
f» eiock oi liood- in their iPe,and eha lcontinue
to receive during the sea-on, l.e .v and drsir&b'e atvlu
ot CLOTH IN . ol Ihesr own manufacture. Tlipj,
stork of hiacAan i
CLOTHS AND DOESKINS,
French and Eiglish Cassini res, Ke!-
ton Cloths, Black and Fancy
Coatings, &j,, for Suits,
Is even more extensive tha-* usual, a? ve are devo
ting particular sm ntton 10 hom >• anus irturea anil
aru tnu- prepared to famish an uDustMlly large r.um
beroi g-iritiimtoin as: le o. cut aud tiuish unsurpassed
SPJTKxTS
Made to measure in a superior nia; ncr and warran
ted to fit.
Pai ticular attention pad to the manufacture .
UNIFORMS, &c. tor MHilary Men.
J. il. DANIEL & CO.,
April 11, —d'Ql. 2d IDoad street
FOUHD,
TWO IRON KEVd on a Ring were found na
L Tuesday last ne tr the Opelika Depot, which the
cwnenaa get by calling at tnis office, describing
and paying forth s r.otke. aprll
Laws a sat! Journals.
THE contracts for distributing the LAWR
AND JOURNALS of tho last Legislature,
and the JOURNAL AND ORDINANCES ol
the lute Convention, together with such other
books as are for distribution among the several
counties of this State, will be let to the lowest
bidder, by Judicial Districts, at the State Houro
on Friday, the 3 d day of M«y ext, at 2 o’olock
P. M. Any sealed bids which may be forward
ed to me by mail before that time for distribu
ting the books in any Judicial District, will be
considered as bids at tho letting out of the con
tracts. Bond and security will bo required for
the faithful performance of tho contract within
thirty days ,rom the reception of the books, and
tho money will be paid as soon as the work in
done. Those who desire it can receive the books
at the time of the letting, and all contractor."
will bo required to enter upon the work within
ten days after the data of the contract.
Any one sending a bid by mail roust aceorn
pany it with a certificate of the Clerk of the
Superior Court, or Sheriff of tho county in which
he resides, stating that he is a responsible per
son, reliable, and able to give good bond,or such
bid will not ba considered.
0. J. WELLBORN,
State Librarian.
Milledgoville, April 3th, 1801. It
“Hog am! Hominy,”
BURRUS & SPRINGER
109 Broad.gt, corner ei Crawford,
HAVING an “eye tinple” to the SUCSTAN-
TiALtSofife would herald to the wanting
public ihe fact, that they are now rectiving and wilt
continue to receive during the season,
(lorn, Flour and Bacon,
in abundance, wh c'i added to their present
and va icd stock of
make it a ventre us ten »eons dinar such arti
cles to EX A vi in cl andd-KICB their GOODS before
buying elsewhere
ihewp-icss are upguu&ntod to suit tho times
RyCouimy t roufflt, r.s ii-huT bought. a <1 c o!d.
Aprils—dtf f URRUtf& SPRINGER.
SPRING. 18617 ~
Mftffir, CHIFMM CO.
Wchar just received a Icrje. and varied stoik e<
13RY GOODS,
POP. TIIS
Spring and Summer Trade,
CiOMPEl -TNG Dress Gooes. Figured Barege An
t pla ej Figure*! urganriie V#ushc?; Printed Jaco
nets and Lawns; Black L M tuMNs; Ku.broldei
ios,
ALSO,
An extensive sup.ily of V/hbe Go ds. Sis;;’; «tud
Domestic Go ds; eho* s, Osnaberge, Tickings, Ac.
Feeling assumed we can please, v,e solicit « ral
from al.‘.
N. B.—STo Tariff cm car Good*.
Harnett, chapman &. co.
Mar29—d<y vim.
DAVIS’ PAINKILLER.
No medicine is more prompt
e; i n its a t!->n in cases of Cholera.
Cholera Morbus, &c.. than Perry
Davis’ Pain Killer. It is tho ac
knowledged antidote which sel
dom tails if applkd in its early
symptoms. No family should bo
without a bottle of it always on hand.
The stain on linen from the uso of tha Pal 1 ,
Killer is removed by washing it in alchobol.
Davis’s Pain Killer teems particularly effica
cions in cholera morbus, bowel complaints, and
other diseases to which the natives of Burmah,
from their unwholesome style of living, are par
ticularly exposed. It i3 a valuable antidote to
the poison of Centipedes, Scorpions, hornets, &c.
liev. J. BENJAMIN,
late missionary to Burmah,
Sold by druggk is, grocer?, and medicine deal
era generally. npr. 6—d2w2t.
NOTICE,
I have opened anew MANUFACTURIN’!
and REPAIRING
Carriage Establishment
on Oglethorpe street, opposite Pm
gfcn, Harris & Co’s., Stables, and am
/waß&mg&iijfrorepar'd to do all Repairing perfain
iZSOtgUfin g to the CARRIAGE BUSINESS
at FAIR PRICES. I have i fall set of old and
competent workmen.
The patron•)ge of my friend; and the public
generally respectfully solicited,
feb. 2—dwti. JNO. G. McKEE.
TO
MERCHANTS &SHIPPERS
IN THE
ISouiliera Confederacy.
ARRANGEMENT- 5 lnva been perfected by the
HARNBEN’B EXPRESS CO , 1 y which inr
nrua! facilities ire off its pntr .ns and the pub’tr
renerallv for enterii g and c e iring cmds at the
Custom Hons a, and for the epsedy transinis-ion ot
the sune either b/ EXPRdSJ or FREIGHT
TR\INS to th< Jr de tinat on.
Gnoi3 « ill be pjiterfd n Bond in Savannah if re
Quir and. Gold <& SILVER only received for duiie*
end Custom House tees
Any infon: a-j n required in relation to Custont
House requirements on applica’ion to
3. 11. HILL, Ag-nt,
3D Broad Street.
ALSO,
s«ld and Fe-tha recured on any of the
Y<->»k andan\ information given in rela tea to th*
same on .pplica.ion to H . HILL, Ageet.
Columbus, April sth, 1501
50 Bbl*. Fresh Meal,
AF : NE ARTIChS f-rsV.e by the Barrel at til
lowest market rates, by
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