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Tuesday Jan. 15, 1861.
We learn by the arrival of the North
American, that 40,000 weavers are in a
destitute and starving condition at Coven
try, England.
Another Tennesseean Epealcs.
Cave Johnson has written a letter to the
Clarksville Jeffersonian denying the right
of secession and for maintaining our
rights in the Union. This is bad enough,
but not quite so bud as the positiotf of
the traitor and demagogue, Andy John
son.
Humored Capture.
It was rumored on the streets yester
day, says the Savannah Republican of the
7th, that twenty six of Maj. Anderson’s
men, sent ashore from Fort Sumter, for
fuel, had been captured by the Carolina
troops.
Mr. 13. Mordecai, a citizen of Charles
ton, recently enclosed to Gov. Pickens a
check on the Bank of South Carolina
payable to his order, for SIO,OOO. The
donation was made for the purpose of
aiding the State in the establishment of
her independence.
Hon. A. R. Boleter, in a letter to the
Baltimore Sun from Washington, contra
dicts the statement that he had recently
received an anonymous letter giving the
details of another “John Brown plot”
against the peace and safety of the liar- j
per’s Ferry District.
The Louisiana election for delegates to
the Convention came off yesterday in ad
dition to the meeting of the Alabama and
Mississippi Conventions. The election
for delegates to the Texas Convention
occurs to-day. The Louisiana Conven
tion meets on the 23d; that of Texas on
the 28th of this month.
C. C. Woolworth, a newsdealer of St.
Josephs, Missouri, was arrested on the4th
upon an indictment found against him
by the Grand Jury of that county, on
the charge of selling newspapers of an
anti slavery and incendiary character.—
He gave bonds for trial at the March
term of the Court.
Kev. Dr. Manly.
We see it stated that the Rev. Basil
Manly, D. I)., of Alabama, has accepted
the call to the pastorate of the Baptist
Church at Montgomery. It will be re
membered that Dr. Manly preached the
dedicatory sermon on the occasion of the
inauguration of the new Baptist Church
in Columbus.
Accident.
Miss Copeland, of Williamsburg, Va.,
while amusing herself in firing at a mark
with a pistol, on Thursday, discharged
tho weapon while pointed downward.
The ball entered her instep, and thus far
all efforts to extract it have proved un
availing.
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‘• Every Inch for Secession.”
At a meeting recently held in Clayton,
Alabama, to ratify the action of South
Carolina, in seceding from the Union, S.
F. Lightner, Esq., known as long Justice
Lightner, made a speech, reported by
the Banner, as follows :
“ Fellow-citizens,” said he, “ I don’t
claim to boa *iki ng man, but here I
stand six feet four inches high, and eve
ry inch is for secession.”
Delegation to a Southern Congress.
The South Carolina Convention has
chosen the following gentlemen as dele
gates to a Southern Congress in the event
of one being held :
lion. R. B. Rhett, Hon. R. W. Barn
well, lion. James Chcsnut, Hon. C. G.
Memminger, Hon. W. P. Miles, Hon. S.
M. lveitt, Flon. W. W. Boyce, Hon T. L.
Weithers.
The It. G. C.
The organization well known as the
“ Knights of the Golden Circle” it seems
“ still lives.” Gen. Bickley recently
tendered the services of the order with
out pay to Gov. Pettus, of Mississippi, in
the event of war resulting from the seces
sion of that State from the Union. The
tender was accepted should that contin
gency happen.
Hon. Jabez L. M. Curry, of Alabama,
having been detained in Charlotte, N. C.,
on the evening of Thursday last by the
failure of the connfecting train, addressed
the people of that city by request. The
Bulletin represents that the speech was
heartily endorsed by an immense audi
ence; and the hope expressed by him
that North Carolina would sustain South
Carolina, was unanimously approved.
Brunswick end Albany Railroad.
We learn from the Georgia Forester
that the existing political troubles have
not seriously affected the progress of
this road. Over two hundred hands are
on*t, the grading is.nearly com
pleted to Waresboro, and as soon as the
trestle at the Satilla bridge is completed
the trains will commence running.
A Slander Refuted.
Lord Lyons has written a letter to May
or Mayo, of Richmond, in response to
one addressed from that city concerning
the slanderous reports circulated by the
New York Times, asserting that the
Prince of W’ales and suite were rudely
treated during theirrecent visit to Rich
mond. He pronounces the charge false
iu every particu'ar, and declares in the
most emphatic terms that the royal party
were treated with all proper cordiality,
tespect and courtesy.
A Worthy Alabamian.
e learn from the Mail that William
Marks, Esq., a wealthy and patriotic citi
zen of Montgomery—one whose heart is
in the right place—in view of the necessi
ty to the Stato of completing the gap of
tweuty miles, in the Montgomery and
1 enßacola Railroad, has directed his com
mission merchants, Messrs. Shular &
Arois, to sell his crop of 400 bales of
c otton and turn over the proceeds to the
a uthorities of the road, to be applied to
its completion.
■lwo large and enthusiastic Southern
ri ghts and secession meetings were held
m New Orleans on the night on the 4th
‘cst., at different parts of the city. The
says the enthusiasm manifested
Was an unerring indication of the popular
fe ling.
VOLUME IV.}
Letter from Gen. Leslie Combs.
The following letter, as will P er_
ceived, was addressed originally to
Horace Greet'v Gen. Leslie Conabs,
re( ,—oy elected Clerk of the Kentucky
I Court of Appeals. Greeley rather backs
down from the demands of his party ;
and even if he was willing to concede
everything demanded by the South, it is
now too late to compromise. The only
permanent peace measure is to withdraw
from a Union which has beeD to us an en
gine of oppression, and the establish
ment of a Confederacy composed exclu
sively of slave States, homogeneous in
all respects. Let Gen. Combs exert his
I influence now to the rescue of the old
; Commonwealth offCentucky from a des
potism worse to a freeman than any
European Government which knows no
law but the arbitrary will of its ruler :
Frankfort, Ky , Dec. 23, 1860.
My Dear Sir ; I have no time or in
clination for argument, much less con
troversy, with you. You know lam an
honest citizen of the United Srates. I
saved Kentucky last August from the
power of Southern treason; and I now
wish to say a word to you—which must
be heeded.
The Slave and Territorial question
now— now —be settled on fair andConsti
tutional grounds, or Kentucky—Old Ken
tucky, the land of soldiers and patriots—
will be forced into revolution. Ninety-
HP e out of every hundred men in Ken
tucky demand this easy solution of our
troubles. With this tee can take care of
the South; without it there will be civil
war— war and blood and desolation.
You may think I just or am alarmed;
but I know what I say is true. The coat
of-arms of Kentucky is, two men em
bracing each other, and her flag motto
“United we stand—divided we fall.”
And such will be our fate. Throw away
all prejudice—everything—l pray you,
but love of liberty and your country.
LESLIE COMBS.
To Horace Greeley, Esq.
Mr. Winslow to bis Constituents.
lion. Warren W'inslow, one of North
Carolina’s Representatives in Congress,
has addressed a letter to his constituents
on the present condition of the country,
lie was one of the committee of thirty
three, the object of which was a settle
ment of the difficulties between the
North and South ; and admits that there
is no hope in Congressional action, the
saddest evidence of which is the refusal
of the Black Republicans by a formal
amendment of the Constitution to recog
nize the right of property in slaves. In
concluding his address he says :
Under this state of things, and espe
cially in consideration of the alarming
and exciting condition of the country, the
bankruptcy of the treasury, the utter
prostration of the credit of the Govern
ment, as evinced in the proposals to take
not quite half of a loan of five millions
lately authorized, at a rate of interest
varying from twelve to thirty six per ct.,
1 have felt it to be my duty to announce
to you the failure of all efforts here, and
to declare that, in my judgment, the only
remedy is in your own prompt, honest
and independent action.
Mr. W’inslow has always been eminent
ly “conservative” in his views and course;
and the importance of his advice, now
that disunion is reduced to “a terrible
practicality” is doubly enhanced. We
have no doubt that before the Fourth of
March the old “ Rip Van Winkle State”
will be making preparation to unite her
destiny with her sister States of the
South.
Jacob Barker anti Co-operation.
In reply to a correspondent in New
York, the venerable Jacob Barker, of
New Orleans, has written a letter through
the Picayune, advocating the formation
of a Southern Confederacy in the event
we fail to get redress from the North—
provided a majority of the slave States will ,
join Louisiana therein and not otherwise.
The letter was written before the elections
in Alabama, Georgia and Florida and
we presume Mr. B. believed South Caro
lina would stand isolated in her with
drawal from the Union ; but we are now
willing to risk Louisiana’s action, on his
proposition, for she will certainly have a
majority of the slave States to co operate
with her in the formation of a Southern
Confederacy. As he did not expect any
State would act but South Carolina, he
proposes to drive out of the Union all
those States that will not conform to the
requirements of the Constitution. W r e
have heard something in this section
from Unionists per se, of driving States
out of the Union, but the modus operandi
has not been pointed out. How is it to
be accomplished ? They say the Consti
tution does net expressly provide for the
secession of a State, and yet fail to
show us even an implied provision for
forcing one of the Union.
General Snowing.
On Sunday last, says the Chattanoo
ga Advertiser, snow fell incessantly from
2 p. m. till 9 a. m., at which time it was
fully six inches in depth, and it would
have been a foot deep had it not melted
as it fell. The mountains and the land
scape generally has presented a wintry
aspect this week. It is the heaviest fall
of snow that has occurred here since
1853.
At Knoxville it was about ten inches
deep and in the Virginia mountains it
filled the cuts on the line of the railroad
so as to prevent the passage of trains for
several days.
At Athens it commenced Saturday
night, and continued until Sunday night;
the heaviest in East Tennessee for 20 odd
years.
In Greene county, Ala., on the same
day, it continued from morning until after
nightfall.
Georgia Election Returns.
One hundred and four counties of the
State have been reliably heard from—
twenty-nine yet remain to be heard from.
So far, one hundred and seventy one
delegates in favor of separate State se
cession have been elected ; for co-opera
tion, seventy-one. The following coun
ties are divided, to-wit:
Merriwether—secession two, co opera
tion one; Marion—seceession one, co-op
eration one; Greene secession one,
co-operation two; Monroe secession
two, co-operation one; Upson —seces-
sion one, co-operation one.
The delegates chosen’ from Columbia,
Coffee and Washington counties have
declared for secession since the election.
The above is condensed from the Au
gusta Constitutionalist.
The number of servants offered for
hire at Warrenton, Va., Thursday was
not so great nor was the crowd in atten
dance bo numerous as most former hire
ing-days. The prices obtained were a
slight reduction upon last year’s figures,
men bringing from S9O to SIOO and $ 110.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
The Election.
We have received nothing further or
very definite np to the present writing
from the election for delegates in the dif
ferent counties. The returns, however,
indicate that the separate State seces
sionists will have a majority in Ibe Con
vention regardless of the result in the
counties to be heard from.
The Savannah Republican of the 7th
i inst. contains an editorial, the spirit of
| which we approve, but can not as fully
j coincide with in sentiment. The pro
gress already made in the work of disso
lution, the widening of the breach be
tween the North and South, and above all
the stubbornness of the Black Republi
cans has almost fully convinced the
strongest lover of the Union, that to re
main longer an integral part of it, is
utterly incompatible with the maintaiu
ance of our rights and honor. There
fore, whether a majority of separate
State action men or co-operationists have
been chosen, we firmly believe that the
Convention of Georgia will decide to
“operate and then co-operate.” If we
intend to secede why defer it until the
4th of March ? Let all the Cotton States
withdraw as speedily as possible and the
work of forming a Southern Confederacy
be consummated. The sooner present
difficulties are ended the better, and the
remedy is not to be found by remaining
in the Union or being tardy in withdraw
ing from it. The cotton States all out,
the nucleus of a Southern Confederacy
will be formed, around which all the
slavcho’ding States will eventually rally.
Reaction in Maine and Massachu
setts.
Dispatches from Portland and Boston
state that the Council of the former city
passed a resolution on the 2d inst., in
structing their representatives in the
Legislature to move for the repeal of the
Personal Liberty Bill ; also that Gov.
Banks in his valedictory message to the
Legislature of Massachusetts recom
mends the same course of action.
Unfortunately, the reaction in the pub
lic opinion of the North always comes too
late to effect any good. The injury is
always done, and notwithstanding the
periodical reactions there in public sen
timent, our enemies have managed al
ways to carry their point. After the
“Harper’s Ferry Raid” tremendous Un
ion meetings were held in various cities
and other portions of the North, to ex
press sympathy with the South, but the
sequel shows that such indications are
worthless and those who rely on them
are like drowning men catching at straws.
To Planters.
The work of dissolving the government
is consummated by the withdrawal of
South Carolina from the Union. It is
certain that her example will be followed
by all the Cotton States, and thus estab
lish an independent government. Much
of the difficulties which now and then
will necessarily attend this'ean be obvi
ated by the planting community. Let
them as a class, prepare to live, as much
as possible, at home. To this end it is
necessary to plant and raise every thing
which they are prepared to cultivate in
stead of buying it as heretefore. Instead
of planting all cotton, let them devote
their available means and forces princi
pally to the cultivation and raising of
corn, wheat, hogs, mules, &e., &c. Our
enemies are compelled to have cotton to
keep iu motion their manufactories and
sustain their employees ; but self pre
servation is the first law of nature, and
therefore a prudent and wise policy sug
gests that the planting community of the
seceding States should first secure a liv
ing and independence at home, to sus
tain us in the glorious work now pro
gressing. We respectfully ask the
serious attention of this valuable class
of citizens to these crude suggestions,
and suggest the reservation of a sufficient
quantity of land to carry them into prac
tical effect.
Building up a Business.
The Philadelphia Enquirer contains the
following advertisement, purporting to
be from an authorized Commissioner of
South Carolina. No such Commission
exists of course. Yankees know bow to
turn a penny into the purse. Here is
the card :
Office of the Commissioner for S. C., 4
No. 37 South Third street, l
Philadelphia, December 31, 1860. J
Respectable persons wishing to visit
South Carolina on business, or for legi
timate purposes, can be furnished with
proper certificates that will be respected
by the proper authorities of that Govern
ment, on application at this office.
DAVID B. BIRNEY,
South Carolina Commissioner, resident
in Philadelphia, Pa.
Virginia giave Traffic.
In a speech at Richmond last week,
says the Petersburg Express of the 3d,
Mr. Cropper stated that in 1860 five
thousand slaves went South from Rich
mond, over the Petersburg road, a like
number went on the Tennessee road, and
two thousand for all other ways, and at
one thousand dollars each, twelve mil
lions of money came to Virginia from
the South—many think more.
Aid for South Carolina.
A number of gentlemen with sufficient
“ rocks in their pockets” to defray all
expenses, left Richmond on Thursday for
Charleston, S. C., says the Richmond
correspondent of the Petersburg Express.
They will tender their services to the
Governor of the Palmetto Republic.
These men, it is said, all voted for Bell
and Everett in the recent election. They
volunteered in the war with Mexico, and
served in the Virginia regiment under
Col. Hamtranck, and are, therefore,
drilled and prepared for any emergency.
A. R. Lamar, Esq.
The Times, of yesterday, suggests the
above named gentleman as a suitable
candidate for Secretary of the approach
ing Georgia Convention. We endorse the
proposition ; the selection would be an
admirable one—one, in all respects fit to
be made. We trust Mr. Lamar will per
mit the use of his name for the position.
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Gov. JacUson’s Message
Sx. Louis, Jan. 4.—The meeage of Gov.
Jackson says that Missouri will best con
sult her own and the country's interests
by a timely declaration t* stand by her
sister slaveholdiug States.
Missouri will remain in the Union as
long as there is a hope that the guai an
tees of the Constitution will be obtained.
He opposes coercion, arguing that it
will lead to military despotism, and that
: the Federal system will be forever over
thrown if the first drop of blood is shed.
He advises the catling of a 6tate Con
| vention at once.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, JANUARY 15, 1861.
TELEGRAPHIC.
TELEGRAPHED TO THE DALLY SIX.
THE ALABAMACONVENTION.
A Separate State Actionist elected President!
The Ultimatum Laid Down!
[We received the following dispatch
from the Senior Editor of the Daily Sun
last night, who is now at Montgomery
attending the Convention for the pur
pose of keeping the readers of this paper
informed of the action of that important
body :]
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 7.
The Alabama Convention met today,
and organized by electing W. M. Brooks,
separate State actionist, of Perry coun
ty, President, over Robert Jamisou, co
operationist, of Tuscaloosa county, by a
majority of eight votes. It was a strict
ly party vote.
After considerable consultation and
discussion the following preamble and
resolution were offered by the immediate
secession side, which were put in such
a form as commanded the unanimous
vote of the Convention. The preamble
and resolution are as follows:
Whereas, the only bond of union between
the several States is the Constitution of the
United States, and whereas that Constitution
has been violated by a majority of the Northern
States in their separate legislative action, deny
ing to the people of the Southern States their
constitutional rights, and whereas a sectional
party, known as the Black Republican party,
has in the recent election elected Abraham
Lincoln to the office of President, and Hannibal
Hamlin N ice President of the United States,
upon the avowed principle that the Constitu
tion of the United States does not recognize
property in slaves, and that the Government
should prevent its extension into the common
Territories of the JJnited States, and that the
powers of the Government should be so exer
cised that slavery should in time be extermi
nated; therefore be it
Resolved, By the people of Alabama, in Con
vention assembled, that the State of Alabama
cannot, and will not, submit to the administra
tion of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
as President and Vice President of the United
States, upon the principles referred to in the
foregoing preamble.
SECOND DAY.
Montgomery, Jan. B.—The Conven
tion sat with closed doors to-day, conse
quently I can give no report of their pro
ceedings. D.
third day.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. B.—No pro
gress has been made towards secession,
and the Convention has adjourned for
the day.
FOURTH DAY.
Montgomery', Jan. 10.—The Conven
tion was in secret session to day. Noth
ing definite accomplished. Adjourned
until 10 o’clock to-morrow morning.
Two companies of military left for
Mobile to day.
MISSISSIPPIjCONYENTION.
Immediate Secession Officers chosen by a Large Majority!
COMMITTEE TO DRAFtTeCESSION ORDINANCE!
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 7.—The Conven
tion has been organized. It is largely
for immediate secession.
Resolutions were adopted to the effect,
that a committee of fifteen be appointed
by the President with instructions to
prepare and report as speedily as possi
ble, an ordinance providing for the im
mediate withdrawal of tho State of Mis
sissippi from the present Federal Union,
with a view to the establishment of a
new Confederacy to be composed of the
seceding States.
SECESSION ORDINANCE PASSED
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 9.
The ordinance of immediate separate
State secession of Mississippi from the
Union, passsd this evening by a vote of
eighty four to fifteen. The members will
sign the ordinance to morrow morning
and make the action of the Convention
unanimous. Tho Commissioners from
South Carolina and Alabama, have been
invited to seats on the floor of the Con
vention.
Prominent places illuminated, cannon
firing, grand display of fir e works, and
great excitement prevails.
Maj. BoswortU—Fort Pike ami the
Star Spangled Banner.
There is every reason to believe, in
view of the “ thrilling” dispatch we
published yesterday, dated Fort Pike,
that Maj. Bosworth has blown up the
Fort, wrapped himself in the American
Flag, and died like a—soldier. It now
only remains to bo seen whether “pos
terity will do justico to the memory” of
the galiiaat Major !
If he has been so rash as to do the
desperate deed of wrapping himself in
that flag and actually blew up the fort,
we propose, in order to perpetuate the
Major’s memory and hand it down to
posterity, that the scene shall be desig
nated and known hereafter as “Bosworth
Field.”
Michigan Personal Liberty Bill.’’
On the 2d inst., the retiring Governor
of Michigan sent in his annual message
to the Legislature of that State. In rela
tion to the personal liberty laws he says :
“ If they are unconstitutional and in con
flict with the fugitive slave law they
ought to be repealed; but says these
laws are right aDd speak the sentiments
of the people, and are in strict accordance
with the Constitution and ought not to be
repealed. Let them stand. This is no
time for timid and vacillating counsels
while the cry of treason is ringing in our
ears.”
Prices of Hiring.
The Eutair, Alabama, Observer speak
ing of the recent negro hirings at that
place says: “Good field hands, men,
hired for from $l3O, to $l5O. $175 and
S2OO. This speaks better things than
we anticipated. We believe we shall
have good times, so soon as our political
affairs become settled, and we look for
this at an early day. *
Mayor Wood Recommends Seces
sion.
New York, Jan. 7.—Mayor Fernando
Wood, in his Message to the City Council
here, recommends that New Nork city
secede from the State of New York, and
form a free city on its own account. He
is not, however, prepared to recommend
violent measures therefor.
The British ship Birmingham, loading
for Liverpool in Mobile Bay. on the 6th,
was burned with 802 bales of cotton on
board.
Anew military company has been or
ganized at Eufaula, Alabama, styied the
“Eufaula Home Guards.” W. L. Ballard
is chosen Captain.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Montgomery, Jan. 7 r 1861.
I sent you by telegraph this evening a
partial organization of the Convention
and a preamble and resolution adopted
by that body. The organization was made
upon a strict party basis. Each party
put its candidate before the Convention,
and with one exception, elected them by
a strict party vote. Wm. M. Brooks
of Perry, was chosen President over
Robert Jamison, of Tuscaloosa—the
vote standing 53 to 45—the two candi
dates being absent from the Ilall. Thus
it will be seen the Convention st mds, for
separate State secession 54, to 46 for
consultation and co-operation with the
Southern or slave States. Fifty four is
every vote separate State secession can
get iu the body. That fifty four repre
sent a minority of the popular vote of the
State, and of course should it adopt the
ordinauco of separate State secession,
must fail to carry with it that moral force
and harmony which is necessary to
secure the co-operation of other States
now electing delegates. However this is
merely my opinion.
Alabama is, with a single exception on
each side, divided by a geographical line.
Calhoun county, in the Northeastern part
of the State, sending three representa
tives, is one exception, and Conecuh, on
the Southern border, sending one repre
sentative, is the other. With these ex
ceptions, a geographical line is drawn
across the State from East to West.
Commencing with Randolph county on
the lino of Georgia, the division Hue
takes in Tallapoosa, Coosa, Talladega,
Shelby, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Fayette
and Marion on the Mississippi line. All
north of this line, including the counties
named, voted for consultation and co
operation, with the exception of Cal
houn ; and all south, except Conecuh, for
immediate separate State secession.—
Shelby has two sets of delegates claim
ing seats. The secession delegates took
seats, iiaving the certificate of election.
The co-operation delegates are contesting
for the seats, on the ground that they
received a majority of the votes polled in
the county, but were deprived of certifi
cates of election by the failure of the re
turning officer to make a return of the
poll’of one box before the returns were
compared and counted. Had this officer
done his duly, the vote of the convention
would now stand 48 to 52.
The adoption of the preamble and
resolution sent by telegraph, was the re
sult of compromise, and a concession on
the part of the secession wing of the con
vention. In the shape and spirit in
which they were first avowedly present
ed, they could not get a solitary vote
from the co-operation side. The intro
ducer avowed the intention to be to
sound for submissionists. Thp opposite
side indignantly hurled back the gaunt
let, and avowed themselves ready to meet
the issue presented, and told the friends
of the move, if they expected to procure
the harmonious action of the convention
in that way, they were simply sadly de
ceived. This decided demonstration
brought the friends of the movement to a
halt, and they became more conciliatory.
The result was a modification into the
form in which the preamble and resolu
tion passed, and they received the unani
mous vote of the convention by ballot.
It is arranged and understood by both
parties, that on to morrow a committee of
thirteen is to’ be appointed, composed of
seven from tho secession, and six from
the co operation side, to consider upon
and report what action the State shall
take as a mode of resistance. As they
now understand each other, and particu
larly as the secessionists understand the
metal of which the co-operation wing are
composed, it is hoped there will be no
further jaring. and that they will come
together in a spirit of concession, and
agree upon such action of resistance as
will meet the unanimous sanction of the
convention ; and although what can be
agreed on may not be as ultra as the se
cession wing could desire, yet the una
nimity with which it be adopted, must
carry with it a moral force throughout
the country.
From what I can gather in my inter
course with the members of the conven
tion, an ordinance for separate State
secession cannot be adopted without a
proviso submitting it to a vote of the
people for ratification. Iu this I may bo
mistaken. I think lam not.
To morrow is to be a great day here
with the military—the volunteer compa
nies. A number of companies arrived
yosterday and last night, from the coun
try, with a view to a regimental parade
and exhibition of military drill, and the
celebration of the glorious Bth of Janua
ry, which is to close by a grand military
ball to morrow night.
The city is full of strangers—particu
larly of the separate State action stripe
—who are exceedingly clamorous for ac
tion. It is no go, however, the co-opera
tion delegates are as firm in the carrying
out the purposes for which they were
elected, as the granite hills from which
they came. North and Middle Alabama
are a unit on co-operation.
The secessionists of Georgia are ex
ceedingly industrious in telegraphing’ to
this place their version of the result of
the Georgia election with the view of op
erating on this convention. It is a use
less expenditure. It ouiy shows their
ignorance of the material in the conven
tion. D.
The Florida Convention.
NVe are iadebted to Mr. Pritchard,
Agent of the Associated Press at Augus
ta, who passed through Columbus this
morning from the Florida Convention, for
the following. It is the resolution al
ready announced as having passed by a
vote of 62 to 5. It was offered by Judge
Mclntosh:
Whereas, All hope of the preservation
of the Federal Union, upon terms con
sistent with the safety and honor of the
siaveholding States, has been finally dis
sipated by the recent indications of the
strength of the anti-slavery sentiment of
the free States—Tehrefore,
Be it resolved by the People of the State of
of Florida in Convention Assembled, That,
as it is the undoubted right of the seve
ral States of the Federal Union, known
as the United States of America, to with
draw from the said Union at such time
and for such cause or causes as in the
opinion of the people of each State, ac
ting in their sovereign capacity, may be
i ju=t and proper, in the opinion of this
j Convention, the existing causes are such
: as to compel the State of Florida to pro-
I coed to exercise that right.
o
Robert Curry, a veteran of the Revo
lution, died recently near Cincinnati in
circumstances of extreme destitution. —
He was 102 years of age. and entered
the service at the age of thirteen as a
i drummer boy iu the Coutinental Army.
Correspondence of the Dally Sun.
Montgomery, Jan. 8.
The convention is now in secret ses
sion. A resolution was introduced by
Jamisou, of Tusoaloosa, to hold private
or secret sessions. Lobby and gallery
members were all expelled.
I conjecture intelligence from Florida
or some other quarter, of a hostile na
ture, led to the measure.
News from Richmond, Va., Mississippi
| and Florida highly flattering. The com
missioner from South Carolina, Mr. Cal
houn, addressed the convention to day
in a dispassionate, statesman like man
ner, stirring every patriot’s heart.
The military are out in great force to
day. Six or eight companies under re
view, in fall uniform, making a grand
display.
But after all, I have my fears. I had
no dream that there was so great a di
versity between Northern and Southern
Alabama. These sectional feelings aud
jealousies are the bane and ruin of our
beloved eountry.
I opine there are not three submission
men in the convention. All are for re
sistance ; all opposed to Black Republi
can reign ; but some say the sovereign
people are not yet ready—let us act,
and submit our proceedings to the peo
ple for their ratification. This, I regard,
the most absurd and foolish proposition,
fraught with nothing but evil. The
masses are fully aroused every where,
aud are really in advance of the. politi
cians. I would like to keep our friends
posted in relation to the movements of
the convention, but fear outsiders will
not be allowed the privilege of scanning
the action of demagogues who work in
secret. p
Montgomery', Jan. 9.
The convention is still in secret ses
sion. As to their actings and doings to
day, all is conjecture. Matters of grave
and serious importance, no doubt, en
gross their time and deliberations. The
crowd is not so great to day ; but the
rumors ot war and hostile demonstra
tions of the general government against
Charleston, has created great excitement,
every man is a soldier. I have heard
but one voice to day, and that is for war.
Three companies leave this evening for
the Gulf; and others Yvaiting marching
orders. I begin to think now, the co
operation men, will unite with the right
out secession party and pass the ordi
nance of secession at once.
I hope our beloved Alabama will be
declared an independent sovereign re
public to morrow.
Jemison’s resolutions turned us all out
of the Capitol. Many of the distinguish
ed men of the land assembled from all
parts of the State to hear the debates and
witness the proceedings. But were de
nied that privilege. You may well im
agine the chagrin and mortification of
hundreds. The course of the convention
may have been dictatod by sound policy,
yet the masses were indignant.
Yours, p.
Gen. Wool's Letter—Extract.
The following is an extract from a let
ter of Gen. Jno. E. Wool, written the3lst
ult., “to a friend” in Washington:
“I am not, however, pleading for the
free States, for they are not in danger;
but for the Union and the preservation of
the cotton States. Those who sow the
wind must expect to reap the whirlwind.
The leaders of South Carolina could not
have noticed that we live in an age of
progress, aud that all Christendom is
making rapid strides in the march of
civilization and freedom. If they had,
they would have discovered that the an
nouncement of every victory obtained by
the Hero of the Nineteenth Century, Ga
ribaldi, in favor of the oppressed of Italy,
did not fail to electrify every American
heart with joy and gladness. “ Where
liberty dwells ivi my country,” was
the declaration of the illustrious Frank
lin. This principle is too strongly im
planted in the heart and mind of every
man in the free States, to be surrendered
because South Carolina desires it in order
to extend the area of slavery.
With all christianized Europe, and
nearly all the civilized world opposed to
slavery, are the Southern States prepared
to set aside the barriers which shield and
protect their institutions under the Uni
ted States Government ? Would the sep
aration of the South from the North give
greater security to slavery than it has
now under the Constitution of the Union?
What security would they have for the
return of runaway slaves ? I apprehend
none, while the number of runaways
would be greatly augmented, and the
difficulties of which slaveholders com
plain would be increased tenfold. How
ever much individuals might condemn
slavery, the free States are prepared to
sustain and defend it as guaranteed by the
Constitution.
In conclusion, I would avoid the bloody
and desolating example of the Mexican
States. lam now and forever in favor of
the Union, its preservation, and the rights
and interests of the States, individually
as well as collectively. Yours, &c.,
JOHN E. WOOL.
The following item we clip from the
“Battle Intelligencer, of the 7th,” a pa
per published by Mr. J. H. Gregory, for
merly of Columbus, on the steamer “Bat
tle,” which plys between Montgomery
and Mobile :
Accidentally Killed. —We learn at
Bridgeport landing, that a party of young
men at R,obinson’s steam mill, near the
town of Camden, Wilcox county, were
practising target firing vith a globe
sighted rifle, when one of them acciden
tally shot and killed a young man by the
name of Foster, Saturday last. It ap
pears that Foster, was sent to the target
(three hundred yards off,) for the pur
pose of stopping np the bullet holes, and
some bushes intervening prevented the
party from observing all his movements.
Just as the trigger was pulled, Foster
stepped directly in front of the target
and was instantly killed, the ball passing
through his head and striking within
half an inch of the centre of the board.
lufanttctde and Suicide.
The Mobile Register, of the 6tb, states
that on the previous Sunday Wm. Eng
lish in a fit of insanity, went home aud
cut the throats of three of his children
and then killed himself in like manner.
A fourth child was saved by a negro girl
! snatching it and running. No cause that
we could learn was assigned for his in
sanity. Mr. E. was a gentleman of
wealth, highly esteemed and one of the
oldest and most respected families of
Monroe county, Alabama.
’ ‘ ‘ ‘
Alabama Convention.
A dispatch to the Times of this morn-
I ing from Montgomery, says :
Mr. Yancey’s resolution to appoint a
Committee of Thirteen to report action to
protect the liberties and rights of Ala
bama, passed the Convention to day in
secret session.
There is a majority of delegates for
immediate secession.
! NUMBER 39.
Ratification by die People.
Somo of our co-operation cotetupora
ries in Georgia Lave recently beconio
much concerned lest the action of the
approaching Convention should not be
submitted to the people for ratification
or rejection. They contend that it is
impossible to ascertain from the recent
election, the sentiments of a majority of
the people ; that although a majority of
{ secessionists, for iustance, should be
| elected, they cannot represent a majority
of the people, chosen as they were. If
candidates were nominated on account of
their kuown and avowed advocacy of
secession, (instance the secession nomi
nations in Muscogee) and elected by
about five hundred majority (as in the same
county,) it is at least a natural and rea
sonable conclusion, that the sentiment of
the people is largely in favor of w ith
drawing from the Union. Should our
delegates elect, as they undoubtedly
will, vote for the immediate withdrawal
of Georgia from the Union aud such
should be the decision of a majority of
the Convention, it is evident that submit
ting that result to the people of Musco
gee would be a work of supererogation,
because the voice of the people has been
already unmistakably expressed through
the ballot box. We undertake to assert
that no delegate has been- chosen from
any county in the State, whose senti
ments were not familiar to the voters at
the tirno their suffrages vtero cast for
him. If a majority’ of secessionists are
elected, it is fair to presume that a ma
jority of the people are responsible for it.
Where then is the propriety or necessity
of submitting the action of the Conven
tion to the people ?
We fear that with somo of our cotem
poraries, co-operation, ratification and
submission are convertible terms. We
regard this idea of ratification of the
Convention’s action by the people as
simply an expedient for delay, and like
co-operation, dangerous from its plausi
bility. If we do not misapprehend them,
the advocacy of the co-operationists for
it is suggested by their well grounded
fear that the voice of that body will be
for immediate secession. They have
contended for it, particularly since it is
known that the secessionists have car
ried the State. If wo should be disap
pointed by the decision of the Conven
tion for eo operation and delay, we
hardly think our opponents would clamor
for its ratification by the people. Let
them “ tote fair.” “ What is sauce for
the goose, is sauce for the gander.”
Special Dispatch to the Mobile Mercury.
Fort Pike about to be Attacked.
New Orleans, Jan. s. —The True Del
ta to day publishes the following thrilling
news from Fort Pike, with the subjoined
remarks: “We have barely time before
going to press, to publish the following
telegram from Maj. Bosworth, command
ing Fort Pike, to a friend in this city.
The dispatch speaks for itself:
Fort Pike, Jan. s.—The Fort is now
surrounded by fishing smacks, turned
into armed gun boats, and filled with
armed men, the flag-boat of the squadron
having hoisted at the peak the Palmetto
and Pelican flags. A peremptory order
has been sent me by the commander of
the expedition to surrender the fort at
discretion, or an immediate attack would
be made. My reply was prompt, that
until I received orders from head quar
ters, I would defend the fort while a man
remained to apply a match to the guns or
spring a mine, and as a last resort I
would blow up the fort, and perish with
the star-spangled banner in the ruins.
Posterity, 1 trust, will do my memory
justice. W. BOSWORTH.
A private note from the Junior Editor
of the Mercury, dated the 6th, says:—
“Fort Morgan, at this place, is ours,
and is now occupied by 100 men. Three
cutters are in the Bay; we may have to
fight. We are looking for stirring news
from New Orleans to-morrow. Thirty
men went up this evening, to reinforce
the Arsenal.”
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Coecriou Resolutions in tlie Hew
York legislature.
Albany, Jau. 2.—ln the Senate to-day
Mr. Spinola (Democrat) introduced a
series of resolutions authorizing the Gov
ernor to tender to the President of the
United States the services of the military
of the State, to be used as he should deem
best to preserve the Union and enforce
the Constitution and laws of the country.
Also, instructing the Committee of Mili
tary Affairs to report a bill to raise $lO,-
000,000 properly to arm the State.
Mr. Spinola said be believed the time
approached when old party divisions
must be temporarily laid aside, and that
all good citizens should unite for the
preservation of the Union, and put down
Northern abolitionism and Southern fa
naticism. The resolutions were laid over.
Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.
Sudden Deatla of a Charleston Lady.
Baltimore, Jan. 5. —Mrs. Buckler,
wife of Dr. Thomas Buckler, of Balti
more, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Fuller, of
the Baptist Church in this city, formerly
of Charleston, died this afternoon while
making a call at her father’s house.—
Her death was instantaneous, and resul
ted from disease of the heart.
Special to the Montgomery Mail.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 7.—The Legisla
ture has passed a resolution, by one hun
dred and twelve to five, to resist any
attempt to coerce a seceding State, by ail
the means in her power.
What has your Convention done? Go
out promptly and all will be right.
A. F. HOPKINS,
. F. M. GILMER.
Terrible Accident.
We are pained to learn that on Sunday
night week, a daughter of Mr. Phillip A.
Cox, residing near Marion, Ark., met
with a terrible death. She was sitting
before a fire reading a newspaper when a
spark from the embers flew into her lap.
All unconscious of the fact she kept on
reading until her clothing had ignited
almost beyond possibility of being put
out, and she ran screaming from the room*
Her father met her in the hall covered
with flames, and being unable to subdue
them, seized his child and threw her over
the balcony into the mud, where finally
her clothing was extinguished, but not
until she had inhaled the deadly flames.
She lingered a few hours in terrible ago
ny, when death put an end to her suffer
ings. —Memphis Avalanche, Ith.
Items taken from the Marianna (Fla.)
Patriot of the 3d inst:
A difficulty occurred onlast Monday,
at the Mills of Mr. Henry Irwin, in this
county, between two boys, one named
Hodge, fifteen years old, and the other,
Alford, about seven. When engaged in
the fight, Hodge drew a knife and stabbed
Alford, who died immediately.
The gin house and steam mill of lion.
D. C. Dawkins waa burnt cn the night of
the 17th. Loss considerable: no insur
ance-
The South Carolina Convention ad
; journed on Saturday last, subject to a
j p revious order adopted by that body.
j Interesting concerning Fort T?nm
ter.
i Tht’ tuiluwing Iruiii liae Cbarlescou
1 Mercury will be interesting to our xead
, ers.
The force now remaining'in Fort Sumter
j consists of about one hundre ’
i men, fifty of hom aie h ters uii; -
icst troops belbagiu” Mtillvry
i branch ©t the United State ■ ic*
These latter are sufficient to man about
one half the gnu-: of the fort, supposing
the guns were all mounted. Fortunately,
however, this is far from being the case.
Out of seventy five pieces of heavy ord
nance now in the- fort only ci. veu are
fully mounted. These are all easeniate
guns in the lower tier, and include the
nine guns of that face of the fortress
j fronting towards Sullivan’s Island. Two
more of these casemate guns were nearly
mounted on Friday evening, but the work
of getting them in position is necessarily
slow and tedious, and with the force now
at work, it is impossible to mount more
than three gucs per day at the utmost. —
The heaviest guns, too, which are the ten
inch Columbiads, haveyot to be mounted.
One of the casemate guns at one of the
angles of the wall has been placed in
position so as to cover Castle Pinckney.
The garrison were on Friday evening
getting ready todiipnnt some of the case
mate guns on the South side of the walls.
Besides these heavy four of the
lighter barbette guns are mounted upon
the ramparts, pointing towards Morris)
Island. These arc so fttrau&ed .upon
pivot carriages as to sweep round
whole horizon. The magazine of tnd
fortress is well stocked with an immense
quantity of grape, canister and shells,
and about seven hundred barrels of pow
der. All the small arms and stores of
Fort Moultrie haveboen transferred with
the garrisoD, and there is sufficient accu
mulation of provisions to last, in case of
necessity for six months at least. Four
large cisterns contain an ample supply
of fresh wnter, but it is now understood
that Fort Sumter has no fuel to spare. The
rumor current in the city that a number
of the guns in Fort Sumter,- which arc
not yet mounted, had been spiked by the
Southern workmen, is without founda
tion.
Fortifications in the Southern States
Subjoined is a list of fortifications, taken
from Col. ToUcu’s report luade to Con
gress a few years ago, giving the cost of
each, and the number of guns they sever
ally mount:
Table of Xavy Yards und Principal Fori -
South of Mason and Dixon's Line, show
ing the Position, Cost and Strength of
Each:
WHERE LOCATED. O'ST. MEN. t-S.
Fort McHenry. Baltimore !?146,(1>'0 mi 7t
♦Fort Carroll,’Baltimore 135,000 800 i.vj
Fort Delaware, Del. riv.. Del... 539,000 700 151
Fort Madison. Annapolis, Md.. 10,000 ioo 31
Fort Severn. Maryland 6,000 no II
Fort Washington, Fotom. riv.. 575,000 438 88
Fort Monroe, O. P. C., Va 2,100,000 2.450 371
Fort Calhoun. H. It., Norfolk-1,064,000 1.150 224
Fort Macon, Beaufort, N. (’.... 460,000 300 01
Fort Johnson, AVil’t’n. N. C.... 5,C00 tv> in
Fort Caswell, Oak Isl’d, N. (\. 571.0 m) 4m si
Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C.. 077.000 o*a jto
Castle Pinckney, Ch’ton, S. C.. 43.000 100 20
Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C. 75,000 300 51
Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga.... 023.000 800 150
Fort Jackson, Savannah, Ga_. 80,000 70 14
Fort Marion, St. Aug’tine, Fla. 51,000 100 25
Fort Taylor, Key West 1.000 185
Fort Jefferson, Tort upas 1.000 25s
Fort Barancas, Pensacola 315,0 m) 250 49
Redoubt, Pensacola loo,COO 2a
Fort Pickens,'Pensacola 7mi.000 1,2 m i 212
Fort Mcßec, Pensacola 384,000 950 151
Fort Morgan, Mobile 1,212,000 700 132
Fort St. Philip, in. Miss. riv.... 143,000 600 12-1
Fort Jackson, m. Miss, riv 817,000 000 150
Fort Pike, Kigolets, La. 472.000 300 49
Fort Macomb, Chef. Men., La.. 447.000 300 4u
Fort Livingston, Bar. Bny, La.. 842,000 300 08
♦lncomplete.
In addition to these are incomplete
works at Ship Island, Mississippi river,
Georgetown, S. C.; Port Royal Roads,
S. C. ; Tybeo Islands, Savannah, Galves
ton, Brazos, Santiago and Matagorda
Bay, Texas. The guns which were lately
stopped at Pittsburg were designed for
those at Galveston and Ship Island.
Hampton Roads is the great naval de
pot station and rendezvous of the South
ern coasts.
Pensacola i3 very strong, aud the only
good harbor for vessels of war, and the
only naval depot on the Gulf. The for
tresses at Key West and Tortugas, on tLe
southern point of Florida, are among the
most powerful in the woild, and everj/
vessel that crosses the Gulf passes within
sight of botli-
+ %
From the Spirit of the South. . V
Another Tender to the Governor.
Clayton, Ala., Dec. 20, 1860.
To His Excellency A. ii. Moore, Govern
or, ej'c., Sir: —l hereby tender to you the
services of my only son, James L. Hoolc,
who is ready lor any peril to which the
honor or interest of the State of Alabama
may assign him. James is a graduate of
the Naval Sc-hool at Annapolis, and is now
iu the service of the United States, on
board the steamship Susquehanna, in the
Mediterranean squadron, but before go
ing aboard, requested nie, in case Ala
bama seceded from the Union, to tender
his services to your Excellency, and noti
fy him so that he might come immediately
to the aid of the State.
Very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, B. J. HOULE.
The same paper publishes an extract
from a letter from Midshipman lloolc,
who lias inherited all the patriotism of
his father. Alluding to the probability
of Alabama seceding, he says : “If Ala
bama goes out, I wiil resign and come
home. * * * * - - *
Whether she secedes or not, I shall now
leave the Navy. I will not serve under
a Government where there is a probabil
ity or even possibility of such men as
Sevrard or Greeley being placed over me
as officers of the Government. Nay, I
would not accept a Captain’s cotnmbsion
signed by Lincoln.”
Sir, Unchanen's Contributions not
to Appear in tfie Ledger.
Owing to the state of public excitement
in ref renee to the conduct of President
Buchanan, Mr. Robert Bonner of the
Ledger, has foil called upon to release
himself from his engagement to publish a
series of essays on public topic3from the
President’s pen. Mr. Bonner, it is al
leged, gays iu private justification of hi3
course that he has received orders in ad
vance from many hundreds of the most
prominent newspaper dealers throughout
the country, and from many thou- ,tads
of bis regular subscribers, to discontinue
sending them the paper from and after
the issue of any number containing r.Dy
article or essay written by his Excellency
the President. Mr. Bonn'-r. in ale ter
to President Bucharan, data- December
27, says:
“Dear and Respected Sir: I return
you herewith, accompanied by my most
grateful thauks, your essay on ‘The Sci
ence of Government,’ intended as the
initial chapter to the series of contribu
tions which you were good enough to
promise for the Ledger, to be commenced
after the 4h of March.” —New York
Ledger.
And y JoUnaosi—lndignation Mtet
ing.
The citizens of Grand Junction, Ten
nessee, and vicinity held a meeting anu
the following resolutions were adopted
amidst shouts of applause: „
Resolved, That we, a portion of the
people of Ilardeman county, irrespective
of party, do. for the purpose of express
ing our iuu.ii;nation of Andy Johnson,
hang Lim in tiugy.
Resolved, That the Hon. W. V/. Guy,
our representative from this county, In
the Legislature of Tennessee, be, and is
j hereby requested to offer a bill before the
Legislature, in extraordinary sciibion Eb
! sembled on the 7th day of January next,
i instructing Mr. Andrew Johnson out of
! the United States Senate.
1 Resolve f, That while we desire anu con
| fidently expect the united co-operation
■ of the slave States, iu maintaining South
1 ern honor, that wo would sooner be sunk
I into the “ocean deep” than to utter one
1 word of reproach against South Carolina
! for he act of secession, aud that our
’ hands and arms are now ready to defend
I her
t
The Cfthaba, Alabama, Gazette an
| iicunccs the death of Wifi. IV. Gayle,
Esq., of apoplexy, on the 3d inst. Ho
was an old and highly respected citizen
of Cahaba.