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COLVMBBN, SATI'RDAY, APRIL 13,1861.
THE FIRST BATTLE.
The startling news from Charleston, which wo
give in another column, will bo read with a feel
ing ofregret throughout our country. Coining
from one of the most Intelligent and active news
paper correspondents in the world, it may bo re
lied upon as the best news up to date. 2so trouble
or expense will be spared to set the earliest ac
counts of important events before our readers.
Fighting in Charleston.
At half past nine o'clock yestorday three dis
charges from the cannon in our streets proclaim
ed that the conflict betweon the Confederate and
the Federal troops in Charleston harbor had com
menced. This signal was given in conformity to
an understanding among cur citizens agreed to
on the previous day, seven guns being the num
ber to indicate the surrender of Fort Sumter. It
is known that Gen. Beauregard, at 12 M., on
Thursday, made a peremptory demand upon Ma
jor Anderson for the surrender of thatposition to
the Confederate Authorities. .Major Anderson
requested that six hours be allowed him to roply.
This was accordingly done, and, wo learn from
a gentleman who left Montgomery Thursday
night, that at six o’clock onthatdny negotiations
were going on. It is probable that a definite
decision not to surrender the fort was communi
cated to Qen. Beauregard till yesterday morning.
The appeal is thus made te the God of battles,
and with perfect confidence in the justice of oar
cause and the bravery of our troops, wc look for
ward with an unfaultering trust to the triumph
of our arms.
Voting os Constitutions. —The Richmond
Dispatch says that in reply to the taunts that the
people of tho Southern Confederacy have had no
vote upon the new Constitution, it is sufficient
to say that the plan pursued by them was the
one adopted in tho ratification of the United
States Constitution when the work of the fra
mers was submitted to Conventions of the people
In the s.veral States, and their affirmativo votes
deemed a sufficient sanction. Madison, Hamil
ton, Randolph, Mason, the Pinckneys and Fait
ledges, all did this.”
The New Orleans Delta says :—“A large capi
talist, formerly of this city, who is at present so
journing here, offered yesterday to be one of fifty
others, to take the whole five million loan of the
Cenfederate States*”
Future Headquarters op the Confederate
Government.—The New York Evening Post
has the following extract of a letter received in
that city from a gentleman of high postion in
Washington.
„The possession of the scat of government by
the Southern Confederacy is an event most con
fidently predicted to take place within sixty days.
The Wife of a United States Senator told me an
anecdote illustrative of the purpose of the Pres
ident of the Southern Confederacy. Ho holds
a very eligible pew in tho Rev. Mr. Hall’s church,
and a lady, wishing to obtain it, wrote to him
that she would give what bo gave for it. He re
plied, “that so far from relinquishing my (his)
pew, I have orderod an engraved plate to be fix
ed to it bearing my name.' A lady just from
Montgomery, in taking leave of Mrs. Davis, ask
ed, 'And what message must I bear from you to
your lady friends in Washington? She replied,
•Tell them I shall be happy to receive their calls
at the White-House some two months hence.”'
The U. S. Treasury and Southern Ports, —
The following is the circular of tho Secretary of
the U. S. Treasury in relation to Southern ports,
to which reference has Already been made by the
telegraph:
Treasury Department, March SO, ISGI,
Sir : The control of the warehouses of tho gov
ernment m the several ports in the States of
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Florida, and Texas, having been
usurped under the alleged authority of those
States, and tho officers of the customs acting un
der the authority of the United States, having
been forcibly excluded from their proper func
tions in the custody of merchandize and superin
tendence of the entries for warehousing and with
drawal; it has become impracticable to continuo
the privilege of bonding for transportation to
those ports.
Collectors of the customs are accordingly hereby
instructed that no entries for transportation in
in bond those ports can be permitted until other
wise directed by this department,
Very respectfully, your ob't sorv’t.
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
A Movement in Virginia.—Tho following is
a eopy of a circular which is said to liavo been
secretly forwarded from Richmond, and is be
ing extensively circulated iu Eastern Virginia:
Your presence is particularly requested at Rich
mend on the 16th day of April, IS6I, to consult
with the friends of Southern Rights as to the
course which Virginia should pursue in the pres
ent emergency. Please bring with you or send,
a full delegation cf true and reliable men from
yeur own county, and, if convenient aid the same
object in the surrounding counties. On arriving
at Richmond, report yourself and companions
immediately to , at .
It is signed by Gov. Wise, S. Woods, John P.
Chambliss and James W. Sheffey, members of the
Virginia Convention, and other-?, including two
members of the Legislature.
Black Republican Tactics. —The following
ia a portion of a letter received from New York
by a gentleman in Charleston :
'‘lnform your friends in Charleston that the
fuaa and talk about Spain and San Domingo is
•imply with a view to mislead. It is a part of
the plan matured hy the Republicans at Wash
ington to blind the Southern authorities. I know
O* * just had a conversation with the
Spanish bearer of despatches from that Island.
“Another absurd story, manufactured for effect
at the South is, that the Mexican General Am
pndia was marching on Texas with three thou
sand men."
Northern Soldiers with Southern Wives
—The Northern press is complaining bitterly of
what they term “the subordination of Northern
epaulettes to Southern petticoat rule." They
f T * u* 80me best officers in their army
trom their having Southern wives, and they pro
• J JdfODgly against their soldiery being drawn
mto treason" by such gentle persuasives.
°?!®. fact is > these Military Benedicts are
only following a rule whioh they know by exDe
t ,ro f,r *° “ preferred
t) the judgments ol men. We say three eh™™
for the Southern wives of Northern soldiers!^
Bop.
IS, SILL'S SPEECH.,. Continual.
But what should be our policy towards the
States of the old Union? It should be that of
kindnecs and the most friendly relations. —
Kindness is the law of Heaven, end we cannot
ignore it or get along without it. If they will
fight us we must fight them— otherwise wo should
have no fighting. Wo should not fight a yield
ing foe, or yield to a fighting one. I want, too,
the other slaveholding States to come whh us.
/ want them. I will talk lovingly and wooingly
with them to get them to do so. There may be
some good reason in their not coming now, and
perhaps some good may grow out of it. Who
knows? We must have them, and wo must not
taunt them for being slow. Old Virginia will
be true. She hesitates now, but she will come.
She is trying to bring her children with her; but
if she fails as fail she will, then she will come.
If Virginia, the Old Mother of States, does
come, then North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten
nessee must come. It is said that she will de
crease in her slave population and eventually
become a free State. This is not so. Her slaves
have largely increased in the last ten years and
they will continue to do so to the end.
I want the border States for another reason:
We will have to be more nearly balanced against
the North, if wo get aloDg well. Seven rtates
to twenty-seven, as we now stand is too great a
disparity. The border States will equalize our
power with th«* North. When we have all the
slave States with us, the North will go to pie
ces with its redundant population. Nothing
but the conservatism of the South has heretofore
saved them from anarchy.
I am sorry that the question of admitting no
more s ave states has been raised. I am sorry
that the question of admitting none of the non
slave States has been raised. It is premature,
and no good can come of it. No application for
admission, by a non-slave State, has been made,
and is not likely to bo made. The present is
enough to fill our hands and bring into exercise
all our spare power. Leave the future to deter
mine its own questions. lam perfectly willing
to trust this question to the future and to pos
terity. Its agitation is unnecessary, and no good
ever came of discussing an unnecessary question.
We are getting along too fast in this respect; not
only counting our chickens before they are
hatched, but before the eggs are laid. Our busi
ness in this line is now with the border States.—
Wo have interests with them, and to be debating
the question as to the admission or non-admission
of them, or any other States, will bo deleterious
to thoso interests, and do no good any way. It
becomes us, while we are seeking and needing
power, not to discuss questions which not only
can do no possible good, but which willcausc our
enemies to make false issues against us to our
damage. There are many reasons showing it to
be huitful to discuss this question, and I hope it
will not bo done.
One thing I will say: I will never agree, while
I live, to let a State come into our Confederacy,
that does not recognize and protect slavery, as
property— never — never —NEVER! My opinion
is, that the two-thirds requirement for the ad
mission of new States, which our Constitution
contains, will always be ample protection to our
people. Wo should not lay down a rule by which
we would prevent Texas from forming a stock
raising State out of her present limits, or that
would exclude such State if formed. It may be
that cotton will not grow in a large portion of
Texas, and that slave labor in that section would
be unprofitable. Tho people in that section arc
true to us, and it would bo folly, to out them off
by an arbitrary and unwise rule.
One more matter, and 1 leave the subject. I
have made all theso calculations on tho idea that
wo are to have peace. I believe we shall have it.
Tho men we have sent to Europe will procure it;
but here we have questions to settle at home, of
tho utmost importance. Each Government
claims jurisdiction over us; wo yield obedience
to our own; but the other still claims it, and this
question must bo settled. The debts and the
assets of the old are to be divided upon some
equitable plan. The border States; tho location
of our Capital; the putting into successful opera
ion of all our Government machinery; theso are
questions that ought to be settled soon. It is
our interest to have peace, and more so to the
old Government to have it. There is no good in
war, and I rejoice to observe a growing modera
tion in the North. If war does come, however,
let us not be to blamo fer it. If it comes we are
better prepared for it than tho North, or than any
other nation on earth. We can keep our ne
groes at work to support us while we send our
young men to war, and not miss them, so far as
making our bread is concerned. The old men
and women can stay at home, take care of the
country and keep tho negroes at work. Another
thing is, all the wars we have ever had, were for
the benefit of the North. The Tax on account
of which the Revolution was fought, was more
for the benefit of Massachusetts than any other of
the States. That of 1813 was on account of the im
pressment of Northern seamen, and the Mexican
war was largely on account of the debts due to
Northern men, or their claims. Tho North fur
nished more soldiers iu the Revolution than we,
because the South had a vory small population ;
but in all the wars since, we have furnished a
large majority of the men. But I hope we fshall
have no war. I trust in God that dark day will
never come. 0, that an overruling Providence
may save us from the horrors of a bloody con
test!
Then with the prospect of peace getting
brighter every day; our homogeneous population”
pursuits and interests—our prosp-. cts for the fu
ture are great. We shall be a benefit to all tho
nations of tho earth and to ourselves. The rad
ical element, which hung as a weight to impede
oar progress, we have cut off and left. We shall
have the greatest improvement of our race, and
constitute the most elegant society on earth.—
They call us Aristocrats. ’Tit false! but there
is an ease and suavity of manner which char
acterizes Southern men,wherever found on earth.
We shall have society that will charm the world
by its elegance; all our white population edu
cated and intelligent, with peace and plenty
smiling over our happy land.
Not only shall all the civilized world bebene
fltted immeasurably by our trade, intercourse
and example; but the African will receive the
largest benefit among us. Our example, our
progress and good government, will carry con
viction to the whole world that slavery is right.
Five years will not have rolled around, before
the Northern peoplo will consent for slavery to
go to the Canada line, if by it, they could get us
back into the Union. They do not understand
this matter. Let us, by our example, brush
away the clouds of ignorance which now befog
them. They will soon find it to their interest
to protect the right of slave property to all. I
believe that slavery is right, and that, if left
to its own course, tho world will be convinced
of this truth. Its rectitude ia undeniable, and
its duration is that of human want. As long as
men must be fed and clothed, negroes must be
slaves. These are truths that are of God’s de
cree, and will stand as long as time endures.
Slavery will ultimately be its own logic to the
mind, its own power in tho earth, and its own
bayonet to its foes. This day will come. It may
be delayed by wars or commotions, but it will
came.
I said we should benefit the African. See
him in his native state! abject—hia mind and irk;
no hope beyond the grave, and his habits bes
tial. Here with the superior props of the white
man’s intelligence, he is in his best condition in
life. Poor and inferior in intellect, he is the es
pecial beneficiary of his own bondage. He is
sod and clothed, and has no care for hia earthly
wants. He knows his bread is sure—though
scarcity and hard times prevail ia the land. He
knows that when ho gets old and unable to
work, his master must still feed him. He knows
that when he dies, bis children after him will
be fed and clothed from his master’s bounty.—
How different from the savages of Africa! How
different from the free negroes of the North—
reo in theory, but slaves in fact, to abject want
an vice of every description—who do not know
e ay where their food for the next is to come
rom, and who have no master to remove their
tatters and put good clothing on their backs !
I was born near a negro cabin. I was
brought up among negroes, and I have worked
beside them in the field day after day, and year
after year. Often with them in the night, I have
hunted the wily raccoon and the greedv epos
sum. I never knew one wander so far away in
the darkness and gloom of distant and unknown
forests, but what he could find his way home, if
he could lift his eyes to the blue vault of heaven
and see the “Seven Stars.”
Long har the negro wandered in darkness,
the outcast of the earth! May not those seven
stars composing our bright constellation, safely
guide him from his native darkness to the
most glorious light his mind Is capable of en
joying and improving!
Charleston Affairs.
We clip the following paragraphs from . the
Charleston Courier, of April 10:
Arrival of Troops. —Three volunteer com
panies of citizen soldiery, under the command of
Lieut. Col. J. D. Blanding, arrived here last
night by the night train of the South Carolina
railroad. They were received at the depot by a
large crowd of our citizens, and tbs line of march
to their quarters at the American Hotel was il
luminated with fire-works.
companies form a part of tho Volunteer
Regiment of Col. J. C. Kershaw. The other offi
cers are Lieut. Col. J. D. Blanding, and Major
Dixon Barnes. They are a fine looking body of
stalwart men, were in good spirits on their arri
val, and, as they said, have come prepared to
work. Five more companies are expected to ar
rive this morning—the Regiment numbering in
all about a thousand men.
The names of those hero are Sumter Volun
teers, Capt. Jno. S. Richardson; First Lieuten
ant, J D. Wall; Second Lieutenant, T. M. Du
rant; Third Lieutenant, Josiah Nettles, with sixty
men.
Governor’s Guards, Columbia, Capt. W. H.
Casson; First Lieutenant, M. A. Shelton; Second
Lieutenant, Brown; Third Lieutenant,
F, Gaillard; Sergeant, J. S. Leapheart—sixty
men.
Columbia Grays, Capt. Win, Wallace; First
Lieutenant, Lovice; Second Lieuteant, W.
S. Wood; Third Lieutenant, J. C. Ball.
They wero acompanied by a fine band of music,
and each member with his camp equipments al
ready for duty.
Rifled Cannon. —A lino rifled gun reached this
city yesterday from Liverpool. It is a present
to the State from a Carolinian now resident in
the latter place—Charles K. Prioleau, Esq.—who,
although absent in a foreign land, does not forget
his State in tho hour es her need.
Dr. Thomas Clay Maddux, lately of Virginia,
has been appointed a Surgeon, by Surgeon-Gen
eral Gibbes, of the South Carolina Army, and
has entered on his station. He is excellently
qualified, and the appointment, which was con
ferred without solicitation, will give general
satisfaction.
There ia a good prospect of the establishment
cfa manufactory of axes in this city.
The work for the India rubber factory wo have
mentioned, is in progress.
A Noble Example. —The Hon. Louis T. Wig
fall, of Texas, has been appointed special aid to
Gen. Beauregard, and on yesterday was detailed
on active duty.
Correspondents and friends of Edmund Ruffin,
can address him, for the present, to tho care of
Alexander Haskell, Abbeville Infantry, Morris
Island.
Our veteran friend is setting, characteristical
ly, a noble example to tho young sons of the
South. Long may he be spared to exemplify the
charac:er of the gentleman and patrbt, and to
behold the fruits of his labors.
Distinguished Volunteers. —Among those
who yesterday girded on their swords for tho de
fence of the soil of the Sta*e, were Hon. Lewi3
T. Wigfall and the venerable Edmund Ruffin.
Charletten Mercury 12 fh.
The Reinforcement of the Key West
Forts. —The Key West steamer Atlantic, at New
Orleans, reports the number of troops thrown in
to Forts Taylor'and Jefferson at seven hundred
and fifty—the Webster landing threo hundred
artillerymen with their batteries and munitions,
and the Rusk four hundred and fifty. Thero are
now in theso forts upwards of twelve hundred
men, as nearly as can be estimated,
A Coon Fiddler. —The N. 0. Picayune tolls
the story of the snagging of a steamboat, with
tho owner on board, who was very fond of play
ing on the violin. The Captain, pilot and engi
neer were in the cabin playing cards one day,
when her bow struck a snag with a force that
knocked a hole in her as big as a hogshead. Tho
shock upset the faro bank and those who gather
ed around it, and caused a general confusion and
consternation among all except the owner, who,
having righted himself in his chair, re-commenc
ed his tune where he left off, and went on as
though nothing had happened.
“She’s a sinking,” shouted aa Arkansas man
dressed in a hickory bark coat, who was making
his way out of tte cabin, with a pair of saddle
bag3 on his arm. “Tomahawk me if she ain’t a
sinking sure.”
The owner heard it but fiddled away as un
concerned as Nero at the burning of Rome.
“Three feet in tho hold! Run old Buzzard
ashore if you can?” shouted the Captain. The
startling words reached the car of the owner, but
he continued to saw away.
The passengers ran to him and bawled out,
“did you know the boat was snagged ?”
“I suspected something of tho kind,” coolly
answered the owner, as ho laid his left ear upon
the violin ala Ole Bull, and appeared perfectly
enchanted with his own strains
“She’ll be lost in five minutes,” continued the
passengers.
“She’s been a losing concern these five years,”
replied the owner, as he drew most excruciating
notes from bis fiddle.
“I can feel her settle,’’ said a passenger.
“I wish she would settle with me for what I
have lost by her, before she goe3 down,” was
the owner’3 reply, as his right hand moved
backward and forward over the fiddio.
“But why don’t you speak to tho Captain and
give him orders what to do in the emergency ?”
asked the good natured passenger.
“Interfering with the officers of this boat is a
very delicate matter," meekly and quietly re
marked the owner, a3 he still sawed away.
The boat careened over, and the next moment
tho cabin was half full of water.
The Buzzard, together with her cargo and ma
chinery, proved a total loss. The officers, crew
and passengers saved themselves by means of a
yawl; the owner swam ashore with his fiddle
under his right arra, and the bow in his mouth.
No insurance.
Germany Manufacturing Arms for the
South.—A private letter from a Rhode Island
traveler, now in Europe, has just been received
here, bringing some interesting news about the
manufacture of weapons for the South. The wri
ter visited a large manufactory of arms in West
ern Prussia, and was told by the superintendent
that the company was then making 50,000 rifles
and 50,000 swords for the South, and that the
order came through a Paris banker, who guaran
teed the Payment.— Prov. Journal.
Come Down. —Before Lincoln was elected Pres
ident, United States Stock brought 116, and,
now, it sella for 94, and the Government is glad to
dispose of it at the last mentioned figures.—
Rather a bad beginning that for a power that
threatens tho subjugation of the Confederate
States of the South. If that stock has deprecia
ted, so greatly, because of the election of Lin
coln and the prospects of a war, what will it be
worth after the expenditure of five or six hun
dred millions in a vain effort to force those States
back into the old Union?
A Probable Rital of Morpht. —An inter
esting match is now in progress between Mr.
Perrin, the President of Brooklyn Chess Club,
and Mr. W. A. Leonard, a youth of 19 years
of age, who has been for some time creating a
sensation in New York by his conquest of vet
erans in Caissa’s lists. So far, three games have
been played, of which Mr. Leonard has won two,
and judges of the game anticipate that if this
young gentleman goes on at the rate at which
he has commeneed. the redoutable Paul Morphy
will have to surrender his laurels to his Brooklyn
rival-
Telegraphic.
Our Private Dispatches.
EXCITING NEWS j
FROM THE
SEAT OF WAR I 1
President Calls Extra Session
Congress.
BATTLE AT FORT SUMTER.
29th Regiment Butlers I!!
SUMTER PTJMSHED
FROM- STEVENS’ BATTERY.
BELIEF FLEET IN SISHT.
Montgomery, April 12, 9 P. M.
To meet the exigencies which have arisen du
ring the past twenty-four hours, the President
has issued a proclamation convening an extra
session of Congress.
The fight in Charleston harbor is now going
on with great vigor. The Twenty-Ninth Regi
ment in Fort Monltric are suffering much.
Fort Sumter is being punished severely from
Cumming’s Point, espeeiaDy from Stevens’ bat
tery, which is now carrying on an effective fire.
Interestingnews now coming in.
LATER.
Montgomery, April 12.
Despatches from Charleston dated G o’clock,
P. M., state that bombarding continues actively.
All the batteries of the Confederate army, in
cluding the floating battery, performed admir
ably. It is the general opinion that Fort Sumter
will suecornb to morrow.
STILL LATER.
The Combattants have thrown four hundred
shells since the bombardment began.
The relief fleet can now bo seen outside.
[The above firing is as rapid, perhaps, as usu
al upon such occasions. Our troops acted with
great bravery through the day, and worked the
guns heartily and effectively. The relief fleet,
which our correspondent telegraphs us is outsido,
will prolong the battle, and sometime may yet
elapse before oar gallant men will be able to raise
the Confederate Flag upon the waii3 of Fort
Sumter. En. Times ]
CHARLESTON 7 NEWS.
Five o’clock P. M.~—Up to this hour but two
dispatches from Charleston have come over the
wires. The first says : “All right, hard at work!”
The second say3 : “Shelling Fort Sumter since 4
o’clock this morning, with good effect. “Fun”
expected to-night.”
Special to the Augusta Dispatch.
Charleston, April 11.
Ex-Senator Chcsnut, Colonels Chisholm and
Lee, aids to Gen. Beauregard, made a demand
for the surrender of Fort Sumter to-day. Ander
son refused. War! War!! War!!! to-mor
row. Three hundred volunteers arc called fo r
at eight o’eloc-k to-night to defend the city from
a land attack.
Augusta, April 11.
A dispatch from Philadelphia says it is sup
posed the steamship South Carolina spoke the
war fleet of Mr. Lincoln on its way to the South
and in consequence thought it judicious to put
its passengers in at Norfolk.
Advices from Havana to the sth insr., say that
the Commissioners from the Confederate States
to Europe, will leave Havana for Southampton
on the fir?t British steamer.
Reported for the Savannah Republican.
From Washington.
Washington, April 11.
The city is teeming to to-day with an excite
ment almost unparalleled. The Government is
mustering into service seven volunteer compa
nies, and requiring each member to take an oath
to fight for the Union. Some hundred or more
refused to iako the oath, among whom are thir
ty-two cut of one company, the National Rifles,
which i3 composed chiefly of Southern men.
The Adjutant General has received into tho
service up to this hour about seven hundred vol
unteers, and they are mustered in front of the
White House.
Business of all sorts is nearly suspended, on
account of the excitement and anxiety to hear
from Charleston. A thousand rumors are afloat,
but I prefer to telegraph you only facts.
Washington, April 11.
The public buildings and every avenue of ap
proach to the city were guarded last night, a
movement for which there is yet no assignable
cause.
The mustering into service of the militia is
progressing.
The leading Republicans here now openly as
sert that tho whole military and naval outfit with
which the Lincoln govement has been occupied
for several days past i3 designed to operate in
tho neighborhood of Charleston.
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Washington, April 11.
The Confederate States’ Commissioners left
here this morning via Baltimore, for the South.
The Administration’s reply to their last commu
nication has not vet been divulged.
—
FROM TEXAS.
Galveston, April 9. |
It is reported hero that the Federal troops left
in Texas design concentrating at some given
point in this State.
The Star of the West and the Umpire City are j
still off Indianola.
The Mexicans at Matamoras have planted can
non fronting towards Brownsville.
The Legislature have passed a bill dividing
the State into six Congressional Districts. Also, !
a bill authorizing tho issue of State Bonds to the
amount of one million of dollars, to be secured
by a special tax.
Deserted to the South. —lt is stated that |
twenty of the rank and file of the army left j
Washington on the fourth for Montgomery, for
the purpose of enlisting in the Southern army. I
These desertions make an aggregate of two hun- |
dred and eighty army recruits for the Southern I
Government from the Federal Capital since they i
have been stationed there by Gen. Soott.
CIItOTJL-A.lt!
Columbus^ Ga., April 11,1861.
Tho enrollment of Organized Companies to
compose the 2d Brigade of the Ist Division of
Georgia Volunteers, (and of companies hereafter
to be organized for this purpose) under the Act
to provide fcT the public defence, approved De
cember 18th, 1860, is hereby invited, and refer
ence made to the subjoined extracts from Gene
ral Orders No. 2, from the Adjutant General's of
fice, under date January 10th, 1861.
The territorial limits from which the Brigade
is to bo recruited, comprise the counties of Clay
ton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Merriwether,
Troup, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Tal
bot, Taylor, Chattahoochee, Clay, Early, Miller,
Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Webster, Bibb,
Crawford, Dooley, Houston, Macon, Twiggs,
Worth.
Captains of Companies who may accept this
invitation, will report their acceptance by letter
as early as practicable to Major Jno. E. Davis,
Ass’t. Adj’t Genr’l and Brigade Inspector, Colum- 1
bus Geo., where for tho present Brigade Head
Quarters are established.
Letters of acceptance should bo accompanied
by full and complete rolls of the Companies, des
ignating arms and equipments.
The Regiments and Battalions will bo organ
ized without delay after a sufficient number of ’
Companies have been enrolled of which due no
tice will be given.
PAUL J. SEMMES.
Brig. Gen. 2 d Brig. Ist Division G. V.
Extract from General Orders No. 2.
Adj. General’s Office, Jan. 10, 186 J.
“The Brigades will bo subdivided into Regi
ments, Battalions and Companies, as follows :
Two Regiments of Infantry, ten Companies to j
tho Regiment, the companies to bo composed of
not less than fifty or more than eighty men
rank and file.
One Battalion of Riflemen, fivo companies to
the Battalion, tho companies to be composed of
not less than fifty nor more than eighty m n
rank and file.
One Battalion of Cavalry, four companies to
the Battalion, the companies to be composed of
not less than thirty-five or more than sixty
men rank and file.”
“Four Companies of artillery, of sixty-five men
to the Company. One or more Companies to be
field artillery, as may be required, tho other to
be attached to sea coast or sea batteries.”
Note— The four Artillery Companies will be or
ganized and drilled as Infantry until otherwise or
dered.
jJCity papers copy. April 13.
OF IMFOBTASCE
TO THE LADIES!
JUST received from New Orleans, an entire
new supply of tho handsomest Flowers, Bonnets
and Hats—by far handsomer than what T have
shown this Spring. Respectfully.
api 13—d5t. Mrs j DESSAU.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, \
Adjutant General’s Office,
Milledgcville, April 10th, 1861. !
General Orders]
No. 5. J
The Government of the Confederate States
having made a contingent requisition upon this
State for threo thousand Volunteers, “to bo well
drilled, eqipped, and heldiu instant readiness to
meet any requisition from the War Department,”
the Commander-in-Chief, invites
offers of service from Volunteer Companies of the
State, to serve not kss than twelve months, un
less sooner discharged, and go wherever required.
No Company will bo received that has less
than fifty, or more than eighty, rank and file;
that is not provided with a plain service uniform’
and a change of under-clothing; that is not well
drilled; and that does not pledge itself to march
at a moment’s notice, when and where ordered.
Knapsacks, haversacks, canteens, and camp
equipage, will bo supplied to tho Companies when
actually called out.
Tender of service under this invitation will
be accompanied by accurate muster rolls of the
officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians
and privates, composing the Company, and a
correct list of the aru s (kind and condition) ac
coutrements, equipments, tents and other milita
i ry property in the possession of the Company,
deemed of use. Each individual enrolled will be
regarded as having pledged him?e!f to the re
quirements of this order.
Cavalry and Artillery Companies are not in
cluded in the call.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief,
IIENIIY C. WAYNE,
' Adjutant General.
N. B.—Companies not provided with Gilham’s
Manual for Volunteer’s and Militia, can obtain
them, three copies to a Company, by requisition
on the Adjutant General. ’ april 12—dlt.
TO OUR CUSTOMERS
AND
OTHER GENTLEMEN! !
J. H. DANIEL & GO.,
123 BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS, GA.
WOULD say that they have in store a handsome
stock of Goods in their lire, and shall continue
to receive during the season, new* and desirable styles
ot CLOTHING of their own manufacture. Their
stock of Black and
CLOTHS AND DOESKINS,
I French and English Cassimeres, Mel
ton Cloths, Black and Fancy
Coatings, &e., for Suits,
Is even mere extensive than usual, as we ar.e de vo -
ting particular attention to home manufactures, and
are thus prepared to furnish an unusually large num
ber of garments in a style of cut and finish unsurpassed
SHIRTS
Made to measure in a superior marner and warran
ted to fit.
Particular attention pa and to the manufacture of
UNIFORMS, Sec. for Military Men.
.1. 11. DANIEL & CO.,
April 11, —dlOt. 12J Broad street.
“Hog and Hominy,"
BURRUS & SPRINGER
160 Broad-st. corner*! Orawford,
HVt IN ! G an “ oye Ein " le ” to the BUBSTAN-
TlALSoflife would herald to the wanting
public the fact, that they are now receiving and will i
continue to receive during the season,
Corn, Flour and Bacon,
in abundance, which added tt, Useir present large
and varied stock of
PKlfllUWi® & IKlGtetitiS
make it a vantagenus to persons needing such arti
elesto EXAMINE and PRICE their GOODS before
buying elsewhere.
Their prices are wawanted to suit the times
ICT-Country Produce, as usual bought ar and rold
April s—dtf BURRUS &. SPRINGER.
SPRING. 1861.
BARNETT, (HITMAN (0.
We have just received a large and varied stock of
KEY GOODS,
FOR THE
Spring and Summer Trade,
( COMPRISING Dress Goods. Figured llarege An-
Eiais; Figured Organdie Muslins; Printed Jaco
nets and Lawns; Black Lace Mantillas: Embroider
ies, Sec.
ALSO,
An extensive supply of White Goods, Staple and
Domestic Goods; Shoes, Osnabergs, Tickings, Ac.
Feeling assured we can please, wo soLcit a call
from all.
N. B.—No Tariff on our Goods.
BARNETT, CHAPMAN & 90
>lar29-di?*wlrr..
Copartnership Notice.
WEtake plena ire in announcing to n« r friends
and the {mode, flrti we hare this day associa
ted with us in the Grocery budnt
MR. CHARLES S. IIARRISON,
Thankfu : for the liberal patrena e heretofore in
tended ;o as wowouid respect ully solicit a contin
uance ot i,.
The bus n-ss will be conducted under the old
firm name of
BEDELL & CO.
All persons indebted to ilie late firm of BE DELI,
& C<>, ate earnestly and solicited to
call at once anil set Is, as we are anxious to close
our books, DEIIELL <s• to.
Having cot icd into pa Uicirhp with Messrs;
BEDELL & CO., in the Gr< eery trade. I respectfully
solie tmy fiend.- ami the pub ic 10 give me a call
I fbel c.o, fidett w e shall b able to on as
liberal te.ms asauy honse in thecity.
r CHABI ESS HARRISON.
Columbus, April Ist. ISGl—dwtf.
spring & Siam toons
FREE OF TAFaFF !
FOB 1861.
$. BOTHGHEB & BRO.
BF.C- leave to inform tire public, and the ladies es
pecially, that they have received a rich and well
assorted stock of Spring and Summer Goods w hich
are of the newest and latest styles.
We are enabled to offer in Uicements to our cus
tomers, and all those who may lavor us with a call,
as we have partly IMPORTED DIRECT from Eng
land France and other foreign markets, and partly
purchased in Charleston and JN’ow Or.'eans.
Our Goods are free of Tariff,
and we can themfore sell for Cash at our usual pri
ces. Goods imported direct we ofi r at SJO per
cent, lower than heretofore.
DRESS ROODS DEPARTMENT.
Embroidered Barege Anglais, Plain do ;
Hiack and Fancy Silks;
rioltd Colored Fren< h Barege, 8 4 do
Poplins, plain and figured;
French and English Calicoes;
French Organdies;
Printed Jackonets, Printed Lawns, PercaU, 4tc.
Traveling Dress Goods, Mohair Dresses;
Nlessin i, Eugenia, and Oplieuic Cloths,
WHITE &OODS.
Jackonet Muslin, Embroil!’d Curtain Muslins;
Plain and (Striped Nianaook and Swiss;
Tape Checks &c. <s-c.
EMBROIDERIES:
The largest stock of embroideries ever exhibited in
Columbus.
Embroidered Band-;
Swiss and Jaconet Edging, Inserting and Gollaie;
Pique Seta and Lace Sets;
Mourning Collars end Sets;
Plain and Embroidered II and kerchiefs.
Corsets, MBs, Cloves, Hosiery, ‘Fen*
and Parasols, Hoop Skirts, ’
Lace Shawls, Points and Mantelets.
A large stock, andi r ectly imported and consequently
cheaper than heretofore.
OTJB BOMKETS,
for Springar.d Summer, are the latest styles. We
have a great variety of Crape, Silk, Straw, Leghorn
and IL.ir Bonnets; Misses’ Flats, Nets, Head Dress
es, Bridal Wreathes. French Flower'-, Ruches, tc.
TV.IBieOINJ'S,
The most ce-irable st.les, and everything elseap
pertaingto a millinery establishment.
DOMESTIC & PLANTATION GOODS
Plain and Striped Homespun, Osnaburgs;
l inen Drill.ng Fanner's Dri I;
French Cottonades, for boys’ wear.
Table Linens, Toilet Quilt .
Ladies’ Traveling Trunks, &e., &e.
a large stock of
CJbOTHISTG,
AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
A complete assortment of
BUSTS ANB -5 illS
I or men, Boys, Ladies, Misses and Children.
Merchants and dealers generally are respectfully
invited to call and examine oyr stock, as we offer
goods by the piece or package at hew York and
Cnarleston prices.
We Intend supplying ourselves with a complete
stock imported direct from Europe, by which the,
buyer, as well as we (If properly supported) will be
benefitted.
Cali and exan ine-our goods; they will be freely
ehown £E ROTH CHILD & BRO.
March«s - dtc t--2 Broad & ireet
ELSIE YENNEK,
A ROMANCE of Destiny, by Oliver Woodall
Holmes. A New supply.
Just received at J. W. PEASE'S
mar.3o—dtf Book Store.
J. H. SIKE’S
I'E7KNITERE STOKE,
48 EEOAB STSEET, COLUMBUS.
| rrnmm The subscriber desires, in the present
J *"« Wi-r bard times, to renew his acquaintance
i bis cld customers and friends; as lie
• -aL "SA-jSthas a good assortment of plain and neat
| Furniture, which he is anxious to dispose of at mod
crate prices, consisting of Wardrobes; Bureaus.
Bedsteads, Chairs. Washstar.ds, Desks, Safes,
Also, Matresses Pillows. Bolsters, Comforts. &.c.—
Allof which may be had at prices to suit the times.
mariS—dtf _ J. if. STKFS.
isronrxoHi,
I I hare opened anew MANUFACTURING
j and REPAIRING
Carriage Establishment
Ron Oglethorpe street, opposite Prid
gen, Harris & Co’s., Stablea, and acu
prepared to do all Repairing pertain
ing to the CARRIAGE BUSINESS
at FAiR PRICES. I have a full set of old and
competent workmen.
The patronage of my friends and the publie
generally respectfully solicited,
feb. o—dwtf. ' JNO. G. MoKEE.
White and Mixed Seed Corn.
r\At I BUSHELS in .-.tore and to arrive, for saP
tMUUiita small advance for Cash.
! Feb IS—dwtf E. BARNARD.
Star Gandies.
1 tV HOLE and IJ.alf Boxes Candies,prime qua
*-fi ' iity, for sale at a small advance 'or Cash
_rebi.S -dwtf E. BARNA R D.
Bacon and Bulk Meat.
aA nnn LB ? soon to Brrve . daily expected.
which wifi be sold at a email advance
tor cash. [fe_bl_B—dwtf ] E. BARNARD.
Fancy and other grades Flour,
*)(\{\ BBLB. to arrive, dailv expected, for sale at
~ /a 8111 all advance for the Cash.
FeblS—dwtf E. BARNARD.
REFINED SUGARS.
AfA BELB. Crushed, Powdered, and C. Sugars for
UC/ sale by £. BARNARD,
march 21—dtf
Planting Potatoes.
QAABBLk.Pink Eyes and Peach Blows daily
&VJ v*expectcd, tor sale at a small advance for
cash. [fe.blS-dwtf] E. BARNARD.
RUMP & MESS" PORK.
£.f\ BARRELS FOR SALE BY
«JU mar2t—dtf F. BARNARD.
Fort Moultrie Retaken!
LET it be known that I have oace more taken pos
session of my old st nd 147 Bro? and Bt,, which has
been refitted since the fire, whete I u ill keep on hand
a gei eral assortment of
Family Groceries and Provisions,
Reoollect all goods purchased ofme " ill be deliver
ed in the citv fn-e of tearae; also at the depots. Alt
ordera areoropamad With the cash wll meet wuh
prompt attention. T. B, SCOTT
OofcNßfctw, March - d;f