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■.’.'.’A MILITARY INSTITUTE J
r S V”' X"\i <i'.SSIOX 'f this Institution will be ■
I . .... th- 2”th February, 1801, ensuing,
t ■ .. lc t rof the Institute as a Military
■ . v hrto ti e report of the Board of \ isitois
‘ - the Annual Message of his Excellency the Gov- i
' she Board of Visitors for 1860 commend
’..‘‘th . .1 order and neatness of everv thing con ,
-> • ,'\vthe SehPol.” the thoroughness of its
the hiirli tone and gentlemanly
I" A." • A>e Cadets in 1L i-hnllv and as a Corps
. . , rat »te the patrons of the Institute upon
l[, e rrowth. h dth and muscle of their sons aev«-
?bv Mi'iitart training.” . >*ii
1 Tl .•.t.’.vein r in Li> Annual Message accords high
, U ,o th- discipline and government ot the School
1 ‘1 i . it t" I" - i ui> o-tnut to the future protection :
; ■ 5- ■ We invite special attention
lo the fact that the Governor of the State is I iesklint ,
• Ex-Officio, ’’ of the Board of control.
COURSE OF STUDIES. .
IX ilh f’A.'S''.—Arithmetic, Al- ,
„ -bra Pl me Geometry and Trigonometry.— oil Cmm
-I', < tive G. oin ti e. Linear Perspective and the I
the-rv'uf Sh ell's and Shadows. Surveying. Analytical '
‘''|V .’ LANGUAGE Vallue’s Ollen- •
doifs full cou-sf. Vie de \Vas!iington.-3d Class — Man- ,
cet’s Inalogv, Charles 12th, Racine. !
ENGLlsil L ANGUAGE AND LITERATI RE. Bui- ;
lion’s English Grammar and Practical Exercises;!
Quackenbos' Rhetoric ; —2d Class-- Blair s Rhetoric. |
Composition and I.locution . . i
LN HISTORY ANDGEOGRAPHA Weber slm- ■
versa!. Tytler’s Universal. trust's United States.,
yiitv hel’s Ancient and Modern Geography. . j
IN NATI RAL PHILOSOPHY : -Mee amcs (Bart- ,
Icti’s Text.> Optics, Astronomy. (Olmsted.) Chcinis- :
try Min-ralogy and Geology taught by lecture in a .
course of two ve irs. . .
IN ENGINEERING si full course m the l ir-t
Class both Civil ami Military, comprising the pnnei
pies of Carpentry, Masonry and construction m Iron ;
Roads, Railroad, anil Canals, Eiel Fortifications. ;
Permanent Military Works. I
IN TACTlCSlnfantry of the Line (Scott stext.)
Light Infantry (Hardee’s,) Artillery (Ande sen’s L. 8.) I
Cavalry (Poinsett’s.)
Pavable one-half in advance for the present year.
For one session of five months, in full of board, tui
tion. fur l, lights, 1; $lO5
Surgeon’s fc (no other medical charge,) o
Deposit for Clothing. I nitorni, Ac., 45
The Legislature appropriated nine thousand dollars
for the benefit of the Institute, and have enabled us
to solicit a larger patronage by tin people.
F. W. CAPERS,
Superintendent
WOOOT&SON
Z V’Fer. for sale,
A LARGE .AND WELL SELECTED ASSORTMENT
fyl FA. MI L Y
GROCERIES
AMONG WHICH ARE
CIIOICK GREEN and BLACK TEA,
CHOCOLATE, BROMA and COCOA,
PICKLES AND PRESERVES, .
CHEESE AND BUTTEH,
CBA CIIE RS, assorted,
SUGAR CURED HAMS,
CLEAR BACON SIDES,
CHOICE SHOULDERS,
SMOKED BEEF,
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR,
SYRUPS AND MOLASSES,
SPICES, all kinds and best quality,
MACKEREL, SHAD, White Fish,
SOAPS, a large assortment,
RAISINS, FIGS, PRUNES, &c.
For raj. by wM• ROOT & SON.
DIARIES!
MARKLEY & .JOYNER
II • i<- >-iv> il a l uge stock of Pocket Diaries from
2 > ' to 85 el . each—call and see them. Also have
in -t'.re
$ worth of Letter, Cap and Note
1 WHOLE CASE SCIIOOJ, SLATES,
80 THOUSAND ENVELOPES,
150 Buttles good ink,
50 GROSS STEEL PENS, also,
Gold Pens, Ivory Tablets, Lead Pencils,
&c., &,e., and
3,0 jO \ .ilii.uj.s 1-. cell uicoiis Books.
x'i o < * c c*
z f iH'ti,: !is m’lop (Lift* application
v.i.i L; ma k: to th” ('</iiit of <>iiliii iry of Gubli
loi- iy ';r < . I-? sell lhe l.i« 1 I”1 nging to the
c- *t -L •». L iiior, lat<s ui ci>i»nty 'lcuc'tMjfl.
uv. IbX). E. DEN MEAD Adm r.
Ilarii'ttii Atninidlc.
MESSRS. PAGE & HALEY,
Respectfully call the attention of the public to
their stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS I
Just received from Charleston. Almost every article
usually kept in a Dry Goods Store may be found.
STAPLE and FANCY
© !S V ©© © ©
SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, CAPS,
BONNETS, CLOTHING,
j Crockery, Glass Ware and Cutlery.
4A?” Call and see our Stock before buying elsewhere
Prives will be made to correspond with the haidness
of the times.
Store next door to D. M. Young.
Oct 12 ISiiOtf PAGE & HALEY.
Southern Made Goods.
ON hand a large supplv of the Celebrated NORTH
C AKO LIN A C ASIM Ell ES! Also of
the Hoclv Island. Goods sorter
wear from the Factory at- Columbus. Georgia.
s4i?“ Patroiftze Home Ind not ry.
octstf L. BENNETT.
AVin. 7\_. Frazer
HAS at last jemoved to his new store (two door
below the old stand.l where he has a emnplete
1 stock of
WATCHES,
JEWEIjUY,
CLOCKS, Silver
and PLATED Ware.
i Is o, an endless variety of
Christmas Presents ! !
WHICH HE DEFERS
Cheaper than Ever!!
CALL A T THE
STORE,
•Un d see for Your selves.
I
Remember TWO doors below the old stand.
dccl4-tf
A. ISAACS,
■Wholesale and retail Dealer in
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS,
I RIBBONS, FEA TH EPS,
FLOWERS,
Head Dresses, Embroideries, Laces, Blondes, Ruches,
1 Perfumery, <fcc , &c.,
Connelly's Iron front Building,
White Hall Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
! Oct
F. A. WILLIAMS? -
MANUFACTURER and Dealer in all kinds of
I’C i: N IT I'll E.
MOSS ANU 11AIK MATIKES.ES,
Looking Glass Plates &c.
PEACH-TREE S TRE ET ,
Atlanta, Georgia
’ apri-20’ 0
For sale by
WM. ROOT & SON.
shoes
HAVING been heretofoie unable to accommodate
all my customers, I desire now to inform them
I an<l the public generally that having laid in a good
i lot of the best Fr< nchStock. and also havihg em
’ ployed competent workmen I am now prepared to
, I supply all who will favor me with their patronage,
i with the best Shoes and Boots that can be made. 1
| intend to keep constantly on hand a few choice ready
I made Boots and Shoes, and will endeavor to make it
I to the interest of Southern men to buy Southern made
, Boots and Shoes. All work wairanted.
prices:
Water proof and Quilted bottom Boots SIO.OO
“ “ “ Footing 6.50
Fine Calf Welt Boots stitched 8 to 9.00
. “ Pump Sole do Bto 9.00
Footing, $5.50 to $6 00
I Kip Bools, $5.00 to $7.00
: “ Footing, 4to 5.50
i Shoes $2 50 to $6 00
Shop on Powder Spring street at foot of Railroad
bridge. R W. GABLE
P. S —Repairing also done with neatness and dis
patch. Marietta, Ga.. Jan. 22, 1861
“CRANBERRIES I
For sale by
WM. ROOT & SON.
AcLministrator’s Sale
BY leave ot the court of Ordinary of Columbia co .
will be sold on the first Tuesday in March next
, between the usual hours of sale before the court h use
door in Canton, Ga , tin following lot of land be
longing to the estate of Benjamin Blanchard, dec’d,
lying in Cherokee county, No 2<‘l, di-it. 2d, sec. 24.
containing forty acres. ELISHA McCORD, Admr.
Jan. 21. 1861.
New I?aint Shop.
f|MIE undersigned having permanently located in
1 Marietta with a view of carrying on the Painting
business in all its various departments, has taken the
room over the workshop of W It. McCown, on Deca
tur Street.’ He would res]XM)tfiilly call the attention
of citizens and ethers to the same, and earnestly solic
it a share of patronage.
I Work done with promptness and dispatch,
jauiy ly I. N. HAYS.
GBOKGIA Paulding County. ..Whcte
a , Henry Lester, administrator of the estate of
Henry Palmer tleceased, applies to me for Letters o
Dismission from said /Idministration
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to be and appear at rnj office, by the first
Monday in May next, to show cause, (if any they
have.) why said Gitters of Dismission should not be
i granted the applicant.
Gven under my hand at Office, this Oct 29th 1860
MILE-s EDWARDS Ord’iy.
I a U'uiTtia C..cruk<*e County. VVlifte-
I ; tK i ram is Hili udiiiiiiiht’*atri.'i ofi the estate of
j Birdville Hill, applies for letters of di-inission from
’ said a bninist rati. h,
1 hese toe thi'ieiore to cite and admonish all per
,l Mins concerned to tile tin if objections, if any they
1 haV”, on m lielo.e l he 2d Monday in May next, why
j sai l letters should nut be granted the applicants*
) nov2 OUmlim JAMES JURD.JN, Ord’y.
Marietta, G-eorgia, February 1, 1861*
?|je
VRVDAY.FER. 1.
Public Laws of Georgia—U fIHH
Pamphlet.
No 12—Organizes the oflice of Adjutant and
Inspector General.
No 13—Authorises the Governor to accept
the services of ten thousand volunteers.
No 14—In case of death or resignation of
any Constable in any district, authorises Con
stables in any «ther district of same county to
serve writs in said district.
No 15—Provides that whenever a debtor de
sires to claim the quantity of land exempted
from levy and sale, he may have said land laid
off by any competent surveyor where there is
no county surveyor.
No 16—Authorizes the Governor to furnish
arms to all Volunteer Companies not uniform
cd.
N>> 17—Authorizes Writ of Habeas Corpus
and Ball for slaves.
No 18—Provides, thatj wh re an attach
ment is re.uruable to a Justices’ Court the is
sue formed upon the tiaveise shall be tried by
a Jury as in appeal cases
No 19—Eu acts that it sh ill not be ilecessa- j
ry for Ordinaries to require Clerks of Superior 1
Courts to take out letters upon estates ilat are !
ins I vent or worth not more than no hundred |
dollars, and authorizes the Ordinary *to s< t :
apart for the Widow and children the annnint ■
of said e-tate, it not exceeding one hundred dol- i
lars.
No 20 —Repeals the Act requiring Oidimt- 1
ri< s to advertise applicatio s foi letters of ad
ministration at the Comt House door.
No 21—Gives Clerks of Superior Courts !
two days from the filing of a Bill in Equity in
which to make copies, and r quires sei vice to ,
be perfected twenty-five days before Court. I
No 22—Requires Judges to give their char
ges in writing in all cases of F<*| ny ami on the
final trial of all civil cases when the Conn el for
either party shall require it
—— ———♦ • i' ► • ♦ ■
From the Aujushi Republic.
The Facts in Relation to Taking Hie
United States Arsenal near Augusta,
Georgia.
There has long been a great i-xeitement
ex sting in the public mind in relation to the i
occupation ot the Arsenal n< ar this city by
Federal troops. That excitement, which was
almost uneoi'tiollable prior to the scc< ssiou
of Georgia, was. of course, increased as the
Stars and Stripes continued to float after sir
had declaretl her iiidepeuden e, and became
the all al'S 'tbing theme upon the nr ival of
llis Excelle.'cv, Gov. Joseph E. Brown, or,
Tuesday, the 22>i iust
It was owing to the state of the public mind
that his Excelle: cy c»ni<-, and in order that,
the formal demand, by th.* highest authority
I in the Stat , might prevent loss of life on either
, sine.
We are authorized to state that the demand
( tis the Arsenal, together with the order to l
the city troops to appear at theii drill rooms
under arms, was not, either in fact or inten«-
tion, a manifestation of hostility towards the
Government of the United States, but simply
carrying out the plainest duty of the Governor
ol this State in the prevention of a foreign
power from the occupation of a military posi
tion within her borders. The three points
made in the first communication, which we
i give here in full are simply : First: The com*
I toons but firm demand that the United States
> troops retire fiom the State. Second : The
■ pledge <>f Georgia to receipt and account for
, the arms to the Federal Government, the
1 receipt to be given to the officer late in com
mand, the settlement to be made diplomatic-yjy.
lv, with the Federal Government
J future day. Third: That the of
l tioops after remonstrance, would be judged by
[ the establi bed usage of nations, an act of
i hostility.
; ]
I Augusta, Ga., Jan. 23, 1861.
Capt. Arnold Elzey, U. S. A.:
Commanding Augusta Arsenal:
Sir: lam instructed by His Excellency,
Gov Brown, to say to you that Georgia hav
ing seceded from the United States of Amer
ica, and resumed exclusive soveicgnty over
her soil, it has become my duty to require yon
to withdraw the tioops tiuder your command,
at the earliest practicable moment, from the
l.mits of the State.
He pi opuses to take possession of the Ar
senal, and to receipt foi all public property
tinder your charge, which will hereafter be
accounted for, on adjustment between the
State of Georgia and the United States oi
, America.
: He begs to refer you to the fact that the
retention of fort igu troops upon ti e soil of
Georgia, after reinonstrante, is, under the
law of nations, an act of hostility ; naL lie
claims that the State is not only al
anxious toCultivate the most
lions, with the United States govei
I Anti further instructed to say that an an
swer will be expected by to-morrow morning
at nine o’clock. I am, sir, very respecfully,
1 your obedient servant,
II ENHY 11. J ACKSON,
Aid-d<* Camp, etc,
The above demand was sent up <m the
morning of which it bears date at an early
. hour, by the whose name appeals to it—
he being a tended by two oilier membeis of
the Executive Staff. There was some pre
li imtiy and -ome subsequent conversat <m I
but the result of the conlerence was a refusal j
to give up the arsenrtl and stores. I
I Aller consultation, the Governor did not
do tn it advisable to attack the place on the
same tl.*ly that the demand was intide, but or-
tl die troops dismissed until yesterday,
instant, at nine o'clock, at which
were ordered to rendizvous as ap-
in Battalion order No. 1
r Yesterday morning the orders tornaiuh had
just been given, when a message was received
from Capt. Elzey, requesting an interview with
the Governor, and the order to inarch on the
position was countermanded until eleven, and
afterwards two o’clock, 24th inst The mes
sage was brought by a lieutenant, and owing
to the recent illness of Capt. Elzey, tts well as
the manifest impropriety of his leaving his
post at such a time, the point of etiquette
was waived, and the Governor acceded to
the request, of which the following is a copy :
Head Quarters, Augusta Arsenal, 1
Georgia, Jan. 24. 1861. f
Sir-: I have the honor tainform you that I |
am directed by Captain Elzey, commanding
this post, to say, in reply to the demand of
the Gov. rnor of the State of Georgia, made
through you yesterday, icquiring him to
with haw his command beyond the limits of
the State : He begs to request an interview
wilh his Excellency, the Governor, foi the
purpose of negotiating honorable terms of
■ surlendet at as early an hour this morning as
• -r *
| practicable.
! I have the honor to be, vry respectfully,
Yom obedient servant,
J. C. Jones,
Lieut. 2d Artilleiy, A<ljnta >t.
To Col. H. 11. Jrtokson, Aid«de-Camp.
At ten o’clock His Excellency with Gens-j
I Williams an 1 Harris, and the following* Aids I
de Camps, Col. Henry II Jackson, of Savan- .
nali, Col. Win. Phillips, of Fulton, and Li*-ut. '
Colonels M. C. Cobb o Columbia, C. V
■ Walker, ami Henry Ci veland, <>f Augusta,
rode up to the arsenal, and were politely
j received by the Capuiin and his
Xfter some preliminary conversation, the
following agreement, in substance, wtis s:gr
cd n dupl.cate, by the Governor and Capt.
Elzey :
TERMS OF RETIREMENT.
“First, Tin* Umted States fl tg to be saluted
j and lowered by the company la e in occupa
tion,
Second, The company to march out wit
! military honors.
'1 hird, A rec ipt to be given for the public ;
property, -»ith a view to its beii g accounted for i
hereafter on adjustment between the State of I
Geoig'it and the United States of Au erica.
Fomth, The company to retain its arms
and company pD perty, to be allowed quarters
and of the or linaty transpoitation
: wagons until the w Udiawal from this State
and their nt obstructed egress by the way of
Savannah to the sea.”
The company of United States troops reJain
all per-o al effectsand th:ir proper arms, have
i time to make arrangements to leave, have
safe conduct from this place, via railroad, to
Savannah, end thence by sea to New York, or
any other destination ; the Captain takes the
: receipt of G n. Hair s foi all stores on hand,
to b<* a counted for to the United States. «t ary
future settlement, and the right was reserved
to salute the Federal colors.
On the part of Georgia, the only object was
1 secured by the possession of a fine battery of
two twelve pound howitzers, and two can
( non, and some twenty-two thousand muskets
and rifles, many of them of the best kind.—
There are also large stores of powder, cannon
balls, grape, ect.
The terms are considerd perfectly honorable
to tin* brave nfficeis in command, and we hope
are satisfactory to them.
We have met them as friends in other
times, partaken of their hospitality, and rejoice
i i the adjustment. After the ai i augt-nicnts
> were completed, C<>l Win. Henry Walker, late
[ of the U S. A , crossed the room' and taki: g
the hand of Captain Elzey, stated that, as tin
old b ot* er in turns, anti lately an officer in
the same army, he felt it his duty to state
that the honor of the officer he held by the
hand was in no way compromised; but that
In* had done ail which any government could
rcquir< ,or a true mafi perform. A silent
embrace was all the reply Captain Elz y could
make, and the embrace of two -ueh men
filled wth tears the ey< sos all who saw it
Colonel Walker was at W est Point, with Capt.
Elz'-y, and the endorsement given by one who
has three times I,een shot down under the
Stars and Strip, s, is not unworthy of him
who received it.
Corn vs Cotton.—But a short three weeks
since the Black Republican jomiials were i>- I
dulging in g'eeful r< imnks about the tiecline |
in Southern cotton, and ligming up the pro' a
b e aggregate of Is* -.n tiieeuliie crop. Now,
l.tjwever, the e is a different showing; cotton
is going tip, wh le Corn isgoinji down. Indeed,
so nea ly valm less has it become, that >t i
iiow used tor fuel, as we learn from one of
tin s<* ve'ry Republican papeis, iram one of
wh ch, the St. Louis Democrat, of the l“t in
stant, w<* make the following extinct: “It is
I a singular fact, that in ceriain po'tiin s of the
Illinois prairies, corn is being used as fuel, in
ieu of coal, mid is found an excellent stibsii
• lute In the (list icts referied to, c<u nis
Muienls per bushel, and coa fro 15 17 cents,
■kiit only is the ditierence in price in favor of
l/sor , b t a bushel of it give* more heat than a
bushel of co I.”
—■*!••• «i«>11 • ♦— r*
The Hight Man in the Right Place.— l v
cry true Georgian will lead with p ideandsat
isl'actioti the tcleg.aphic aniiouneeim nt in an
other co iimn of the prompt action of oili cool,
fearless and patriotic Governor in taking pos
session of the arsenal at Augusta. This cap
line w ill, we think, railn r moie than i:>d< in
mfy fir tin* seizme of the arms on board the
steamer Afoidlcello bi the authorities of New
•|Yoik. If not, <>r if Governor Brown should
! determine to hold the Slate ot New York more
I immediately r. sponsible lor the acts ot her
! Blai k Republican officials, be will not hesitate
; nor lack opportunity to make ample repri'*
I Bals. — Sav. News.
THE LATEST NEWS!
Sandt Hook, Jan. 28.—The steamship Etna,
with I iverpool dates to the 16th inst., arrived
here to-' ay.
Liverpool Cotton Maitiet..— The sales of
Cottoii on Monday and Tuesday reached 40,-
000 bales, of which speculators and exporters
took 20,000 bales; The steamer’s news caused
an advance <f Jd.
lhe Mo' iteitr announces the withdrawal ol
the French squadron from Gaeta.
It was re, orted that the C ngress to meet
at Paris, would settle the Italian question.
It was rumored that the Batik of France
contemplates a suspension of specie pay*
merit.
Milledgeville, J?n. 28.—1 n the Convention
to-day, the ordinance, which was adopted on
Saturday last, abolishing the Federal Courts,
was reconsidered and recommitted for the pur
pose of inserting a clause establishing an Ad
miralty Court.
Commissioners were appointed to the slave
holding States.
The delegates so the Montgomery Conven
tion were iistriicted to establish the Provis
ional Government for the Southern Confedera
cy on the basis-if the Federal Constitution.
An Ordi anee continuing in force existing
rev nue laws was lost, and an ordinance sub
stantially the same as that adopted by the
South Carolina Conventi m was adopted.
Upon its consideration, a long and animat d
discu sion ensued
'Hu* yeas and nays being called for, the
following was the result: Yeas, 130; nays,
j 116.
! The Commissioner fiom the State of Missis-
j sijipi was received t i-day.
’ Washington, lan. 28. —Senate.—The lion.
Mr Ivors.n’s withdiawal was read.
The I’its'd' nt enclosed to the Senate peace
propositions from Virginia, and urged Congress
to earrv out the r< commendation
The Hmi M . Hemphill defended the right
of sec'essj m<
House.—The Virginia rcsidutio s, with the
Preside: t’s reconmi' nd it'on, were rece ved and
will Ire Consider d to morrow.
Mr. Piyor snide an el .qnent speech in be
half of the South.
The rules were su.-pended f and the Senate’s
ameiidnn ißs t<> the Kansas bill ueie a opted
'fhe bill o ly awaits tire President’s signature
| to become a law.
Richmond, Jan. 28. —The Senate adopted a
j resolution looking to increased taxation.
New Orleans, Jan. 28 —Judge McCaleb, of
the Ih'ited Stales iJisirict Court, for the I is
trict of Louisiana, las signed, in consequence
of the secess on of in’s State.
New ' >kleans, Jan. 28. —The steamship
Teiiuessee has arrived from Y era Cruz with
dates to the 28th from that place, and to the
19th tiom lhe Cap'tal.
i 'fhe Constiluti nal Goveri.mefit was in fall
i opes-at son.
j Passports had been scut to the Spanish Min
! ister, Papal .'miucio, and Charge from Guateir a
. a ami Ecu: dor.
i Cofisi erab'e excitement prevailed among
the Spaniards.
The American Legali> n had tGmo'Vcd to the
C.ity of Mexico.
New Orleans, J.-rn. 27.—Texas returns thus
far indicate an overwhelming majority for tm
mediate secession.
St. Louis. Jan. 27. —The democratic caucus
last night adopted resolutions similar 1o Crit
tenden’s. The indications are that the State
Convention will be strongly conservative.
Louisville, Jan. 27.—The Legislature ap
point! d Commissioners to Washington, among
whom are Messrs. Bell, Guthrie, Wyckliffe,
Morehead and J. B. (’lay.
Washington, Jan. 27. About forty Demo
crats have signe i a [ia|i(-r proposing tha l all
members of Congress resign and the new Con
gress to meet on the 22d of Februaiy.
John Tyler returns home to-morrow. It is
inferred, however kindly he was received by
the Administrat o q the object of his mission
was not entirely successful.
All eyes are now turned towards Pensaco
la.
Riciim nd, Va., Jan. 26.—The House pass
ed a bill authorising the Banks to suspend spe
cie payments.
Markets.
Charleston, -lan. 28.—Sales of cotton to
day 670 Laics, at extremes ranging fi* an to
12 cents. Prices in favor of buyers.
i New Or.LE\n«. Jam 29. — e have received
: Austin dates to tin- 22n I inst. The. Texas Leg
isla ure met. The G ivernor’s message was
read, it favors eu ling a Convention.
Both II ■ mses repe.tle I tin* Kansas reso'ntions |
which wcie pa-sed by the Legislature in 18-
58.
'fhe Hou-'' t ok up and passed the Senate’s
bd), di-eeti j the co tiptroller to proceed to
Washington .uni rodect what was due the
Slate of Texas.
A res lut.cn was nnauimotisly passed, de
claring the Federal Gover-nielli had no right
to coerce a Sove-eign State after p onoimeing
her sejiaTation.
The Semite pa<sed the resolution by a simi
lar vot?.
The Legisl/t'Hre favors immediate secession,
by a major, tv of th ice to one.
New Orleans. -lan. 29.—Advices from Aus
tin, Texas, t • th 24th inst., say that the I eg
islature passed resolutions repudiating the idea
of usit g forcible means to cccree seceding
Stat-s, and de-faring that a-y site attempt
will be insisted to the last extremity.
Only -me filth of the members of the House
are opposed to immediate acton.
It is expected that the question of secession
will be referred back to the people.
Washington, Jan. 29.—Senate.—Hon. Pres
ton King, of New York, offered a resolution
authorizing the ptesident to accept volunteers
to preserve peace.
Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, offer
ed a bill for the re-organization cf the District
Militia.
The Pacific Railroad bill was amended and
pending the vote on it, the Senate adjourned.
House*—The session to-day was consumed
in CpccclH's on the report of the Committee ot:
Thirty-three. No busih.Ss of importance wad
transacted
Louisville, Jan. 29.—The Legislature almost
unanimously adopted the Virginia resolutions
so construed as to require the Federal Govern
ment to protect slavery in all the Territories
now held or hereafter acquired, South of 36
deg. 30 min.—and guarantee the safe transit of
slaves through the free States.
MontlioMeky,Jan 29.—The Co’nvention was in
secret session last night, and adopted a resolu
tion instructing deputies to the Southern Con-’
vention, to insist upon the cnActtiitiit of such 1
means as will forever prevent the reopening of
the African slave trade.
To-day, the Convention passed a supple
mental Ordinance authorizing the Governor
to er.rry into • fleet the previous Ordinance for
the protection of defences of the Gulf, also an’
o dinance adopting as the law of Alabama, the
United States laws in relation to patents, thus
seem - ng the right of invention to citizens of all
the slave States, . -
The Convention .adjourned until the 4th of
March.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 29.—The recent pro
ceedings at Fortress Monroe, have embittered
feeling here. A large meeting was held last
night, and it was resolved, Whercaa, the
Legislature formally declared any act of coer*
cion against a Southern State, would be re
garded by Virginia as an act of war, and resist
ed as such. Be it therefore
Resolved, That the attention of the Legisla
ture be hereby called to the fact of an overt
act of coercion, actually perpetrated at For.
tress Monroe.
From Washington.— A special dispatch to
the Charleston Courier, dated Washington, Jan
-28411, says: The sloop-of-war Brooklyn has
orders to interc- pt vessels of the Navy pre*
’ viotisly irdeiedto Charleston. Her mission
is a peace fid one. This, as well as the Special
Message of tin* President, sent to Cot gross to*
day, urginir that coercion is impolitic, is
1 probably the icstilt of‘.he conference with Mr-
Tylir.
p
The Portsmouth (Va.) Transcript, of Satur
day, says that the Brooklyn has not gone to
reinforce Fort Pii*k<-ns.
[lt strikes us that the vessels of war the
Brooklyn has been sent to intercept, must have
been ordered here from Mexican ports or th<r
Gulf. The administration evidently changes
its mind every twentv-fonr hours.—Eds. Cow-
1 • i
rie?*,|
The British Minister, Lord Lyons, says his
government will be disposed to recognize the
Soul! ern Provisional Government,should Con
gress pass the Monill Tariff Bill.
Portland, Jan 30.—The steamship Bohemi
an, with Liverpool dates to the 18th inst., ar
rived here to-lay.
Liverpool Cotton Murlcet.— The sales of cot
ton during the past week reached 132,000 b ile*
The steamer’s news caused an advance of | a
5 on Fair and Middling qualities, and an ad
vance of |d. on lower qualities. The mar*
> ket opened active and closed bouyant.
The steamships Anglo Saxon and Fulton had ■
. arrived at Liverpool,
r It was expected that a decree would soon
appear in France, to the effect that if Piedmont
makes war upon Austria, she need not expect
. French assistance,
I Great military preparations were going on al
Gaeta, and a strict neutrality was observed at
the latter place and at Naples.
s The bombardment of Gaeta was to be resum
. cd on Monday, the 21st of January,
, The L ndo i Times deprecates the secession
of the S mthern States, but says that if it
■1 >-s occur, it is doubtful if New York and
N'-w England on the one hand, and New Eng*
and an-l Illinois on the other, could long stirs
vive a separation from the South.
The Poor of New York in the Crisis.—
The official reports of the Commissioners of
Charities and Correction show that they have
now under their charge 8,777 persons as inmates
ot the city institutions, an increa’se of 465
over 1860, and of 850 over ]Bs9—correspond
ing periods. Statistics as to the condition of
the outdoor poor arc still more suggestive*
Our reporters have ascertained that the die'
tress aiming the laboring classes in this citjt
is unprecedented. As many as twenty-eighl
thousand persons, able and willing to work
are now idle. The Superintendent of Out*
door Pour has received no less then ten thou*
sand applications for coal during the last twtf
or three weeks. The same official receive#
daily applications from mechanics who wislt
t<> be committed to the workhouse* Beyond
this, there i- of course, an .itttmensek amount: of
suffering which is concealed through filse
pride and shame. Would it not be well for*
our republican friends, bank presidents and so
on, who voted for Lincoln to deVise some plan
for the alleviation or the misery Which the po»
litcal < x(*iti meiit consequent Upon liis election
has caused in the Noitlierh cities? Tn the
South we find the negroes sleek, fat, comfort*
a -lc, an Id< voied to their master#. In tlio
North the white 8 avcs are walking abmt the
streets with the alternatixcs <-f pauperism,
staivntion or crime. The contrast is not a
very pleasant one for us, but it is absurd to
deny that such is the state of things.— Herald,
No.