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Tuesday Feb. 5, 18G1.
Rarey, the Horse Tamer, is said to
have made in Europe and this country,
about .$140,000.
The Montgomery Confederation of the
27th says tho rumor prevails in that city
that the Alabama troops at Pensacola are
to be ordered home in a few days.
The census of Georgia shows a popula
tion of 1,070,977, an increase of 61,657
since 1850. Thirty counties show a loss
and ninety-eight counties a gain.
At Louisville last Friday there were
sold to fill Southern orders, 14,550 bush
els of coru, 1,684 barrels mess pork, and
86,000 pounds bulk meats.
.
Hou. C. G. Memminger acknowledges
the receipt of SSOO, the donation of a
gentleman of Columbia, for the use of the
State. The donation iB said to bear a
large proportion to the donor’s income.
The Augusta Chronicle states that the
river at that point had reached 28 feet at
six o’clock Friday night, with a prospect
of a continued rise. Dublin and vicinity
is all afloat, and the canal has overflowed
its banks and covered the adjacent fields.
Brogan manufactory.
The New Orleans Bulletin announces
that Mossrs. George H. Rozet and Paul
Queyrouse have established a brogan
manufactory iu that city, which already
turns out six hundred pairs perday, and
is calculated, when in full blast, to make
sixteen hundred.
Virginia for Resistance.
A meeting held in Lynchburg, Va., on
Monday night, the 21st, to nominate
candidates for the State Convention,
adopted resolutions, almost unanimously,
that the Convention should pass an Or
dinance of Secession.
Wealth of Mississippi.
It is estimated that the taxable wealth
of Mississippi, in lands and negroes, for
1860, amounts to the Bum of $653,100,-
000. Hinds, where the capital is situa
ted, is put down as tho richest county,
her estimate being $29,000,000.
Great Seal of tle State.
On Thursday last Mr. Alexander, of
Upson, offered a resolution appointing a
committee to inquire into the expediency
of altering tho great seal of tho State.
After considerable debate, the resolution
was adopted, and the committee was ap
pointed, consisting of Messrs. Alexander,
Logan, Glenn of Oglethorpe, and Phini
zee of Richmond.
Patriotic.
Mr. W. M. Thomas, Esq., of Greenville,
says the Columbia (S. C.) Guardian, of
tho 26th, proffers to be one of twenty to
raise ten thousand dollars for the benefit
of the families of the poor men of the
Greenville volunteers.
The spirit manifested in this proposi
tion is indicative of a patriotism that is
universal among our people.
DeatL of Griffin Smith.
As we go to press, says the Americus
Republican, we learn the distressing fact
of the death of Griffin Smith, Esq., for
merly of Starkvillo, but late a resident of
Smithvillo. He died suddenly in his
chair, at the hotel at Milledgeville, on
the 23d inst., and his remains have been
accompanied to this city, by his son-in
law, the Hon. W. A. Hawkins, for inter
ment.
Loyalty of a Slave.
Mr. M. B. Kyser communicates to the
Cahaba (Ala.) Gazette the fact, that while
lie was taking up a subscription to aid in
uniforming the Richmond Greys, of Dal
las county, John, a slave belonging to
Mr. A. W. Coleman, promptly gave ten
dollars, remarking that he “being a slave
could not go himself, but that his money,
his hogs, his cows, and his corn were all
at their disposal, when needed, without
money and without price /”
Planting In Texas.
The Houston Telegraph says: The
growing disposition, to raise more food,
even if less cotton is produced, has been
increased by the doubtful political pros
pect, and we hear from every part of the
country of corn being planted in abun
dance. The small grains of Northern.
Texas look very promising. With no
untimely frost there is every reason to
expect a very large increase in the wheat
crop this year.
Heavy SLipmenta of Produce Com
ing South.
The Louisville Courier of the 19th,
nays: By reference to our commercial
summary, whioh will be found full and
complete, it will be seen that the sales of
produce and provisions yesterday were
heavy, amounting to 14,550 bushels corn,
1684 barrels mess pork, and 80,000
pounds of bulk meat. These sales were
all made on southern orders, and the
goods will be shipped South.
Lola Montez’s Literary Ability.
“ Fink,” the Charleston Courier’s New
York corrospoudent says: “Now that
Lola is dead and under the sod, her repu
tation for literary ability is” suffering
considerably. Her letter, which attrac
ted so ranch attention when she first ar
rived here, was written by ex-Senator
Westcott. “Lola Montez in Bavaria,” a
play produced as her’s, was prepared by
Mr. Charles Ware, and ber lectures were
the work of the Rev. C. Chauncey Burr.
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Southern Cultivator.
We acknowledge the receipt ot the
January number of this excellent period
ical. The proprietors intend to improve
it much, though we thought it was alrea
dy as highly improved as a periodical of
the kind could well be. The Cultivator
is a periodical of the Eolectic order,
though devoted principally to agricul
ture, horticulture, &c., it always contains
touch reading matter of interest to those
w ho are not directly interested in such
subjects. It is published at Augusta,
G * . by D. Redmond, at $1 00 per year,
iti advance.
1 he Charleston papers record the death
of Mr. Thaddeus S. Strjiwinski, in the
Marine Hospital in that city, on Saturday
t'ight, from the effect of the accident
wound received by him recently from a
Pistol shot. This is the second fatal ac
cent to volunteers in the service there.
V OLUME IV.}
The Southern Congress.
The time hastens when the Congress to
which Alabama invited the seceding
States to send delegates is to assemble.
The prime purpose of that body will be
to form and prepare to inaugurate a pro
visional government for the States that
have seceded. The design in forming a
provisional government merely is, we
presume, to await the final action of the
States that have or have not called con
ventions of the people. When that is
ascertained, us it certainly will be before
the 4th of March, then “a more perfect
Union” can be formed, and the defects of
the Zategoverumeut remedied.
As the seceding States have put them
selves in a proper position to “co-oper
ate, according to the doctrine of the
immediate secessionists, it is of the first
importance that they should do so in
strengthening themselves in their new
political relations, and meet everything
demanded by the immediate necessities
of the occasion. Upon the result of the
proposed Congress, some look with a
depth of anxiety and solicitude unwar
ranted by the circumstances. It can
hardly be possible that the seceding
States have thrown off one despotism to
wear the yoke of another; to escape
Scylla on the one hand to bo drawn into
Charybdis on the other. The members
to tbatCongrcss can scarcely beso steeped
in selfishness, so much influenced by the
promptings of an unholy ambition, if
such feelings exist, as not to lay them,
under all the circumstances, a willingsac
rifice on the altar of the South. There is
nothing to fear from this source. So far
as talent, wisdom, experience and patri
otism can be useful, there will be enough of
that; for instance, in the delegation from
Georgia. With a proper appreciation of
the heavy responsibilities devolving on it,
with the lights of history and experience
to guide it, there is nothing to fear that
the Montgomery Congress will not, under
the most auspicious circumstances, safely
launch the bark of the Southern Confed
eracy.
Etheridge’s Threat.
One of the numerous reports from
Washington is, that Emerson Etheridge
threatens, if Tennessee secedes from the
Union, to remove to the North. It would
not be surprising to hear of that event at
any time, whether Tennessee withdraws
or not, as his well known sentiments are
almost perfectly in unison with that lati
tude, whioh would doubtless be more con
genial to him in all respects. He has
already betrayed his hostility to the South
as far as consideration for his personal
safety would permit. Whatever be the
course the Tennessee Convention shall
adopt, we imagine Etheridge’s threat of
removing to the North will have little
influence in bringing about the result.—
The only fear is that he will not carry it
into execution. Ilis removal would be a
happy riddance, not ouly to Tennessee,
but to the whole South—particularly if
it should cause John Minor Botts, Henry
Winter Davis, and others of that ilk, to
follow his example. When the Southern
Confederacy is formed, as there is no
doubt it will be, it would be wise policy
to expel such vipers from her bosom, and
let them seek refuge among the motly
herd of blatant “freedom shriekers.”
The Reporter on the LaGrange
Jubilee,
Ou the reception of the news of the
action of the Convention at LaGrange,
the citizens of that place evinced their
satisfaction by the usual demonstrations.
The Reporter, giving a brief account of
it, indulges iu the following jeremiade:
Indeed, we should not have witnessed
such a demonstration on account of the
downfall of a government we have been
taught to honor and revere, to love and
adore until within a little over two months
since. We would as soon have witnessed
the dancing of men over the dead body of
a father.
The Reporter’s grief at the downfall of
the government is perfectly consistent
with its past courso, and occasions no
surprise. We are satisfied, under the
circumstances, with its determination to
sustain the verdict of the people and
the action of the Convention. But we
would protest against its concluding
similitude. The relation sustained by
the States to the Federal Government was
not like that of children to a father—
rather the reverse. It was brought into
existence by and was the mere creature of
the States. Avery great difference.
Brunswick Harbor —Defense of tbe
Coast.
The requisition upon tho Jackson Ar
tillery, of Macon, to proceed to Bruns
wick for the defense of the coast, is ano
ther evidence of the foresight and admi
rable management of Gov. Brown since
the verdict of the people was given in
the late election for the Convention. —
The Brunswick Advocate learns that a
suspicious vessel crossed the bar a few
weeks ago, and took the soundings as she
went out. It is said that those on board
was such as to excite suspicion that her
visit boded no good.
Brunswick harbor is the most exposed
point on the Georgia coast; the whites
capable of bearing arms are few and
without munitions of war, except what
are in possession of two volunteer compa
nies in the county. On St. Simon’s Isl
and there are about 600 negroes, and
some 2,000 on the Altamaha in the
(Glynn) county. It’s situation is well
calculated to invite marauding expedi
tions from the Northern States, unless
well protected.
Cairo to be Armed.
The New Albany, (Indiana) Ledger
learns by letter from Southern Illinois
that tho City Council of Cairo on Satur
day night passed an ordinance appropria
ting a considerable sum of money for the
use of the city, and that an agent has
started East for the purpose of procuring
the arms. The object of this movement
is not to fight the South, but to repel
any attempt that the abolitionists of
Northern Illinois may make to convert
their city into a camp from which to car
ry on a predatory warfare against the
South. The correspondent further states
that so great is the indignation of all par
ties in Southern Illinois against Governor
Yates, on account of his late message that,
were he to go there now his person would
hardly be safe.
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Tbe Battle of Hew Orleans.
There are now 37 living of the 576 men
who mustered into service from New Or
leans in December, 1814, and formed part
of Jackson’s force on the plain of Chal
mette on tbe memorable Bth of January,
1815. The living are —1 commissioned
officer, Captain White; 5 non commis
sioned officers, 3 musicians and 28 pri
vates.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Ice Harvest Commenced.
A corrspondent of the Providence Post
says the harvesting of the ice crop com
menced near a week ago upon the ponds
near Boston. Fresh Pond, near Mount
Auburn, contains about 200 acres, and
every acre is owned by the ice men, who
harvest that cold and formerly useless
product, for home consumption, and for
foreign commerce. At the height ofthe
ice season, about 1000 men are employed
in securing the ice from this single pond.
In February, 1806, Mr. Fredrick Tu
dor, of Boston, shipped the first cargo of
ice that was exported from this country,
to Martinique. After various losses, he
succeeded and accumulated a fortune in
the trade, a commerce that he still pur
sues with many others, who are gener
ally successful. The ice now annually
harvested in this country, is supposed to
be worth some $2,000,000.
Maryland.
A despatch to the the New York press,
dated Baltimore, Jan. 22d, says
“Georgia s secession has struck a melan
choly blow to the hopes of Maryland. We
are now at the mercy of Virginia. If she
secedes, and no speedy compromise is
made by Congress similar to Mr. Critten
den’s proposition, I have positive knowl
edge that the people of Maryland are
preparing, independent of the Governor,
to elect and convene a sovereign conven
tion, which will certainly withdraw the
State from the Union before Mr. Lincoln’s
inauguration. Marylanders pray for
peace, but will not part from Virginia.
Intelligent Virginians, fresh from differ
ent districts of the State—men anxious
for the Union—tell me that nothing but
a speedy Congressional concession can
prevent that State from seceding. It ft
now understood that Gov. Hicks will
promptly call a convention if Virginia
retires.”
Accident at tbe Barracks.
The Charleston Mercury says a terri
ble accident occurred, ou Wednesday, at
the Barracks on Sullivan’s Island. Pri
vate Strawinski, ofthe Columbia Compa
ny, while in bed with a comrade, took up
bis revolver, and jestingly remarked that
ho would shoot his bed fellow. The
gentleman addressed grasped the barrel
of the pistol, which was cocked, and in
turning it round it went off. The ball
took effect on the person of Mr. Stra
wiuski, lodging in tho groin. Every
attention was paid the wounded man, and
he was yesterday brought to the city and
conveyed to the hospital. It is greatly
feared that his wounds are of a serious
nature.
♦
“Southern Republic.”
This is the suggestive and popular de
signation of anew weekly paper publish
ed at Opelika, Alabama, by J. M. McMur
ray. The editor and proprietor is Dr.
J. 11. Smith, well kuown iu that capac
ity to the merchants and business men
of Columbus. The “Southern Repub
lic” is the successor of the “Opelika
Era,” destroyed some time since by fire.
Wecongratulate Dr. Smith that although
“burnt out,” he was uot “consumed,” as
is evinced in 4 tho reappearance of his
sprightly hebdomadal under anew name
and improved in looks.
We commend the “Southern Repub
lic” to the attention of our enterprising
business men.
Forts Barrancas and. Pickens.
A correspondent of the Mail, from Bar
rancas Barracks, Fla., says that in the
fort they have about 40 cannon, ranging
from 18 to 32 pounders, and two very
large mortars. Fort Pickens has about
200 pieces, 18 to 64 pounders, all mount
ed and in perfect condition. Her guns
have been removed from the water to the
land side of the fort, and her evening
gun is fired as defiantly as if her com
mander intended to defend it until death.
Maj. Chase says Pickens can batter down
Barrancas in three hours, and can defend
it with 300 men against 5,000 and kill 50
per cent, of them.
Lieut. Gilmer had command of Barran
rancas before its evacuation, is now at
Pickens, is a strong Southern man, and
may exert an influence iu favor of the
State troops.
The Jackson at Marianna,
By dispatch from Marianna, Florida,
the 28th inst., we learn that on Saturday
the steamer Jackson, Captain Dan. Fry,
arrived at that place about half-past one
o’clock. Much excitement was caused
by the sudden appearance of the Jackson
there, which will be understood from the
fact that she is the first steamer that
ever navigated the Chipola river up to
Marianna. The Jackson has been run
ning the Chattahoochee from Apalachico
la to Columbus since her first appearance
at the former place, but was built ex
pressly for the Marianna trade. The
interest and excitement felt and created
on her arrival there may well be imag
ined. We are glad of the success of Capt.
Fry’s first trip, and trust his experiment
will prove profitable and continue to be
successful without obstruction. Mari
anna is situated in the midst of a rich
country, and fully justifies the effort of
Capt. Fry to put it in direct communica
tion by water with this city and Apalach
icola.
Steamer Sunk.
Private dispatches received in Naßh
ville, Friday evening last, from Cincin
nati, state that the steamer Melrose sunk
at Uniontown, Ky., on the Ohio river, by
striking the shaft of the steamer Pacific,
lying at that point. Several lives were
lost, and but one lady—the Captain’s
wife —saved among the cabin passengers.
Strange Sail on the Mississippi.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 23d
says: “The old frequenters of the levee
yesterday were eomewhat astonished at
witnessing a brig, whose measurement
would be about 250 tons, passing by the
city. It hailed from Columbus, Ky., and
is on its way south with a cargo of pro
visions.
The following gentlemen have been
elected Brigadier Generals under the
Military bill adopted by the Mississippi
State Convention: Earl Van Dorn, late of
the U. S. Army ; Charles Clark, of Boli
var; James L. Alcorn, of Coahoma, and
Christopher H. Mott, of Marshall.
Macon and Brunswick Road.
The Brunswick Advocate, of the 26th,
says it is informed by Judge Cochran,
the President, that twenty miles of the
road, on the upper end, is now in run
ning order, and the work is progressing
rapidly.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 5, 1861.
Gypsom or Land Plaster.
We paid a visit yesterday, to the Mills
in this city,-recently constructed by Col.
R. L. Mott, for manufacturing this arti
cle from the genuine rock imported from
Nova Scotia where the pure article is to
be found. This fertilizer, when pure and
fresh ground, is believed by those who
have tried it, to be the best in use for
corn and small grain. Col. M. has been
induced to go into the manufacture of it
here from the great difficulty experienced
by him heretofore in obtaining a pure ar
ticle. An experiment last year proved
to his satisfaction that in the prepara
tion of the article great frauds have been
committed by mixing spurious substances
with it. Last year he obtained what he
knew to be the genuine article fresh
ground, and great difference was appa
rent. This determined him to import
the rock and prepare for grinding for
his own use (having ample water power
at command) and at the same time give
an impetus to agriculture by furnishing
a pure fertilizer to othere as cheap if not
cheaper, than the adulterated article can
be procured. He has received a large
shipment of the rock and his mills are
grinding. He expects to be able to fur
nish several hundred tons this spring,
and by another season, be able to supply
a heavy demand. * Col. M. has applied it
to corn, cotton and wheat, and found it
to act like a charm. The advantage it
possesses over guano’s and other heating
manures, is its cooling properties whilst
it possesses and imparts all the invigor
ating qualities of the others.
We desire that as many of our planters
as can obtain it will give it a trial after
Col. Mott’s mode of application and test
its virtues as a fertilizer. Why send to
Baltimore and other distant places for a
doubtful article when the genuine, fresh
ground, is to be had at your very doors,
at the same prime cost. Remember, too,
that in purchasing this, the money for all
but the raw material, is expended at
home. W T e have long enough been the
drawers of water, tho hewers of wood,
and the dupes of foreign avarice and im
position. It is time it should he stopped
and we are gratified to sec that in this,
we have ono man bold enough to risk his
capital in the enterprise, and energy to
prosecute the experiment. Shall it be
successful? Let every planter respond
by action—it shall! and it will not only
become a permanent but useful institu
tion.
Trouble With the Negroes.
The New Albany (Ind.,) Ledger says
that several negroes have attempted to
take passage on the Louisville, New Al
bany, and Chicago rail road, recently, for
tho North, but have been denied tho
privilege of riding over the road. It is
almost impossible for the officers of the
road to be certain whether negroes ap
plying are free or bond. They exhibit
free passes, but it is impossible to dis
criminate between genuine and bogus
passes.
From the same paper we learn that free
negroes are flocking to that place and
State, They can be seen on nearly every
street corner aud have no visible means
of earning a livelihood. This sudden in
flux of free negroes is the result of tbe
recent stringent law enacted by the Ken
tucky Legislature. If all the Southern
States would imitate the example, the
non-slaveholding States generally, would
soon have a surfeit of the “rock” on
which they have caused the Union to
“split.”
Death of Ex-Gov. Letcher.
It becomes our painful duty says the
Louisville Journal, of the 26tb, to record
the death of Ex Governor Robert Letch
er, who breathed his last at his residence,
in Frankfort, at eight o’clock on Thurs
day evening. His history and character
are known to Kentuckians. He had
filled many honorable positions in pub
lic life, commencing his political career
as a member of the State Legislature,
representing his district through several
terms in Congress, occupying the gub
ernatorial chair, and retiring with the
close of his mission to Mexico under Mr.
Fillm ore.
Miraculous Escape*
The Abbeville (Ala.) South says that
one day last week, a carpenter engaged
in building a two story house upon the
plantation of Rev. Edmund Cody, near
Franklin, while laying the last course
of shingles, slipped upon the roof near
the ridge and fell with such velocity as
entirely to clear the scaffolding at the
sides, striking a work bench at a distance
of fourteen feet from the house, breaking
the frame, and bounding to the ground
nearly ten feet distant. Strange to say,
the entire damage was a broken arm and
a few bruises on the face.
TLe Seizure of Arms at New York.
During a debate in the Georgia Con
vention, Monday, Mr. Toombs stated that
he had telegraphed Mayor Wood of New
York city, relative to the seizure of arms
at that city, who replied that the arms
seized were those of Georgia, but that it
was done by the police of Gov. Morgan,
and not his. He had no authority over
it; if he had, it should not have been
done.
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At this present writing, (Monday)
says the Eufaula Spirit of the South, we
are informed that the battalion of this
County, which has been in barracks for
several days, under command of Lieut.
Col. Jos. Jones, expect to receive orders
to march to-night. They arc not yet
notified as to their place of destination.
They will proceed from here to Mont
gomery, to receive further orders from
the Governor.
We learn that a movement is on foot to
call a monster Republican Convention of
100,000 men, to be held at Cincinnati on
March 2d. The delegates to this Conven
tion are expected to be armed and equip
ped for any necessary service, and will
hold themselves in readiness to go to
Washington City on March 4, or in any
other direction where Gens. Scott and
Wool may order them to move.
The Canton (Miss.) Citizen announces
the decease of Maj. Wm. A. Baldwin, at
his residence, near Sharon, on the 20th
hast. Major Baldwin was a native of
Georgia, but had resided in that county
for many years. He enjoyed the love
and respect of his neighbors and the con
fidence of his fellow citizens in an emi
nent degree.
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The Statement by Gov. Hicks that the
Treasury of Maryland was empty has
called forth a statement by Sprigg Har
wood, State Treasurer, from which it ap
pears there iB a considerable balance on
hand, viz., $181,922 80.
Calling for the Deposits.
On account of the straitened condition
of the Federal treasury, Mr. Dix, the
Secretary, as we see it stated, wants the
States which hold the deposits of the sur
plus revenue, under the Act of Congress,
passed during the last term of General
Jackson’s administration, to assume a
loan to the amount of the deposits, or
gua/antee the payment of such loan to
the Federal Government.
Unlike the time of Gen. Jackson, there
is no surplus in the Federal treasury,
and no necessity for a reduction of the
tariff. Then the contest was between
the Whigs and Democrats, as two great
national parties. As advocates of a pro
tective tariff, the former were willing to
deposit the surplus revenue with the
States, in order to create the necessity for
maintaining a protective tariff and toin
ducetheStates to consent to that measure.
Under the Act in question, if we are cor
rect, the deposits were not to be returned
by the States, and Mr. Dix, if be has
called for them, has no authority to do so.
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Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.
Loss of the Bark Uncle Sam.
New Orleans, Jan. 25.—The steam
ship Suwanee arrived at this port to day
from Galveston. She brings the first
officer, a seaman and a boy belonging to
the bark Uncle Sam, from Charleston for
New Orleans. The Uncle Sam was run
down on the 3d inst., by an unknown
ship, 60 miles East of Hole in the Wall,
and lost.
Later. —The Uncle Sam was bound to
Bordeaux. She is insured here for $12,-
000. Captain Cole and a portion of the
crew were saved.
The Charleston Courier says the cargo
of the Uncle Sam consisted of 423 bales
of Upland Cotton and 404 tierces of rice,
and was cleared for Bordeaux. It was
engaged for five years as a trader between
Charleston and. New Orleans, and was
owned by Messrs. H. Cobia, C. H. West,
Sr., of Charleston and E. L. Levy, of New
Orleans.
Death of Col. Russell.
We regret to announce the death of
Col. Gilbert C. Russell, says the Mobile
Register, of the 26th. lie died in this
city ou Wednesday evening, in, we are
told, his 74th year. To tbe early settlers
of Alabama, he was a most useful citizen
and protector. During the war of 1812,
he took an active part in repelling the
incursions of the Creek Indians. While
a foreign flag floated over old Fort Char
lotte he commanded at Mount Vernon,
where is now located tho Arsenal—also at
Fort Claiborne, in Monroe county, ne
the centre of Gen. Clai
borne’s army in the battle of the Holy
Ground where Weatherford was defeated
and in his retreat made his celebrated
leap and escape. lie was the comman
dant of the expedition from Fort Clai
borne to the Cahaba Old Towns, in which
was Lieutenant Wilcox, who was killed
by the Indians on the Alabama river, in
the now present county of Wilcox, which
bears his namo. Col. R. was a brave
soldier and faithfully discharged his
duty.
North Carolina Convention.
Ou the 24th inst., the House of Com
mons of the North Carolina Legislature
passed the bill calling a Convention of
the people by a vote of eighty-six for to
twenty-eight against it. The Wilming
ton Journal on the same day telegraphed
to Raleigh to know in what shape the bill
had passed, and received the following
reply:
Clark’s bill has passed both branches
of the Legislature, to vote for delegates
and “Convention,” or “No Convention,”
at the same time. The House leaves the
Convention open, except as to the basis;
the Senate restricts the Convention to
federal affairs. The House calls the
elect.on on the 28th, and the Senate on
the 21st of February next. The Gover
nor is to call the Convention together,
fixing the day of its meeting, provided
that a majority of votes are cast for
“Convention.”
Louisiana State Convention.
The permanent President of the Lou
isiana Convention is Ex-Gov. Mouton, of
St. Landry; Secretary, Mr. J. P. Wheat.
The following gentlemen compose the
Committee of 15 appointed to prepare
and report the Ordinance of secession :
Chairman, John Perkins, of Madison ; A.
Declout, ex Governor Roman, E. Sparrow,
Gardere, Dupre, Roselius, Milles, G. S.
Lewis, Williamson, Talbot, Semmes,
Provasty, Barrow, and Elgee.
♦
Fire in Greenville.
The Montgomery Advertiser learns
through the post master at Greenville,
Alabama, that a very destructive fire
occurred at that place last Sunday night.
Burnett. & Cos., Dunklin & Cos , Tharus &
Cos., Potter & Stanly, J. J. Flowers & Cos.,
Linthecum & Cos., Porter & Henry, and
Thomas, carriage manufacturer and deal
er, were the sufferers. The land office
was also consumed. The loss sustained
is not stated.
Hon. W. 11. Sneed.
This gentleman is out in a lengthy
communication in tbe Knoxville Whig,
announcing himself a secession candidate
to represent Knox county in the Conven
tion called by the Legislature of Tennes
see. He comes out boldly for Tennessee’s
withdrawal from the Union and uniting
her destinies with the Cotton States.—
Col. Sneed was formerly a Representative
in Congress from the District now repre
sented by Hon. Horace Maynard.
Clemens* Vote Approved.
At a meeting of the citizens of Madison
county, Alabama, irrespective of party,
resolutions were adopted urging a sacri
fice of past party differences and approv
ing the vote of their representative inttc
Convention, for the Ordinance of Seces
sion. Mr. Clemens was elected a co
operationist, aud North Alabama was the
stronghold of co-operation in the South.
Arrivals from Pensacola.
Some six or eight of our military, be
longing to the different companies that
went from this city, arrived here last
night, from Pensacola says the Montgom
ery Post, of the 28th. They report all
in good health and spirits. No impor
tant movement is contemplated in rela
tion to Fort Pickens, at present.
The Hon. James Drane, President of
the Mississippi Senate, appeared in his
seat Monday, the 21st, attired in a plain,
substantial suit of clothes, manufactured
by the Mississippi Manufacturing com
pany, at Bankstown, Choctaw county.
Commodore W. B. Shubrick, late of the
United States Navy, died at Pendleton,
S. C., on the 19th inst. He entered the
service June 20th, 1806, and resigned his
commission recently to take service under
his native State.
The fjonlslana Convention.
A speci l dispatch to the Charleston
Courier, from New Orleans, the 26th al
luding to the passage of the Secession
Ordinance, says:
Immediately upon the announcement
of this fact Capt. Allen, followed by the
Governor and a large number of State
officials, entered the Convention and pre
sented the President with tho Pelican
flag of Louisiana. Speeches were made
pertinent to the occasion. Avery large
number of spectators were present, and
after the presentation was over a fervent
and impressive prayer was offered in be
half of the new Republic. The scene
was very solemn, and every one joined in
commending the new Republic to the
guidance and mercy of Divine Providence.
The Convention has adjourned, to meet
at New Orleans on Tuesday next.
Last night the Co-operaticn substitute
for the Ordinance of Secession was re
jected by a vote of 63 nays to 47 yeas.
Troops at Fort Morgan.
Bush Jones, in a letter from Ft. Morgan
below Mobile, published in the Marion
(Ala.) Commonwealth, says that the
Companies at present in the Fort are the
Montgomery Rifles, Capt. Bibb, Chan.
Keys, Ist Lieut. 70 men; Gov. Guards,
Capt. Goldsby, 60; Independent Blues,
of Selma, Capt. Kent, 60; the Greensboro’
Artillery, Capt. A. C. Jones, 52; Warri
or Guards, of Tuscoloosa, Capt. Rhodes,
about 60, I believe; Gulf City Guards, of
Mobile, Capt. Buck, 60 ; Mobile Cadets,
Capt. Sands, 70; and the Marion Rifles,
Capt. Royston, 90.
It is 32 miles from Mobile and com
mands the entrance to the Bay. It will
take about 700 or 800 men to man it as
it should be.
Commissioners from Georgia.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs in
the State Convention reported the follow
ing ‘gentlemen as Commissioners to the
designated States:
Virginia, H. L. Benning, of Muscogee.
Maryland, A. R. Wright, of Richmond.
Kentucky, H. R. Jackson, of Chatham.
Tennessee, 11. P. Bell, of Forsyth.
Missouri, L. J. Glenn, of Fulton.
Arkansas, D. P. Hill, of Harris.
Delaware, D. C. Campbell, of Baldwin.
North Carolina, Samuel Hall, of Macon.
Mr. Jackson, of Chatham, having tele
graphed that ho could not serve, that part
of the report relating to Kentucky was
recommitted.
Letter from Hou. B. H. Hill.
The Augusta Chronicle publishes a let
ter from Hon. B. 11. Hill, written from
Milledgeville on the day of Georgia’s se
cession from the Union. He is firmly of
the opinion, that anew Union on the ba
sis ofthe old Constitution can and will
be constructed. Closing, he says:
“The position of our State has been
taken. Let the announcement of the vote
be the knell of our divisions. Let us
bury and forget the past, and live in and
for the future. In spite of any foe, we
can be great and prosperous beyond pre
cedent, if in unity and under God, we will
it.
Dalilonega Mint.
The Marietta Advocate states that by
a statement of Hon. George Kellogg,
Superintendent of the Branch Mint at
Dahlonega, the deposits of gold for the
month of December, were from Georgia
$3,032, and from Kansas $10,171. The
amount for 1860 is $71,680. The Signal
states that the deposits for the last three
months are about sixty percent of all for
1800, owing to the large amounts by re
turned miners from Pike’s Peak.
Accumulation of Freight.
The Nashville Bauner of the 23d says,
that on the previous morning there were
one hundred car loads of freight accu
mulated at the Louisville Depot, mostly
produce—corn, flour aud bacon —bound
for the Southern States. This heavy
transportation has been going on for
three months, and barely supplies the
demand. The recent interruption on the
N. &. C. road, from the effects of flood,
have caused the accumulation.
We understand, says a New York pa
per, that Colonel Hardee, late command
ant at West Point, is engaged in purcha
sing arms and ammunition, under a
commission from the Governor of Geor
gia ; and that the Messrs. Kemble, at
Cold Spring, are filling large orders for
the same. It will be remembered that
the Colonel obtained a year’s leave of
absence from the W.ir Department, upon
the solicitatiou of the Governor of Geor
gia, ______
Tender of Services to SoutL Carolina
We find the following item in one of our
exchanges:
A volunteer company of planters, re
siding in Prince George’s county, Md.,
one ofthe largest and richest slavehold
ing counties in that State, a few days
since tendered their services to Gov.
Pickens, agreeing to pay their own ex
penses, and to contribute one hundred
thousand dollars for the purpose of sus
taining South Carolina in her position.
The Mobile Tribune says that Col. Sol
omon McAlpine, of Eutaw, Greene Cos.,
Ala., died very suddenly in that city on
the 25th from apoplexy. Col. McAlpine
was one of the oldest and most esteemed
citizens of Greene county. He was the
father in-law of Col. Jos. W. Taylor, late
Bell & Everett electer for Alabama at
large.
♦
Alex. W. Chapman confined in the
Montgomery county (Ala.) jail under a
charge of murder, died on Sunday night
last. The Advertiser says he had appa
rently lost his reason.
New York Contested Election.
The House Committee on Elections, at
Washington, have unanimously confirmed
the right of Mr. Sickles to a seat in Con
gress. It will be remembered that the
election was contested.
The Daily Banner is anew paper just
issued at Raleigh, N. C., to be devoted
to the ad valorem system of taxation. It
hoists the name of Stephen A. Douglas
for President in 1864.
Warned Away.
The free negro porters, barbers, &e.,
on the Cincinnati and Louisville mail
boats have been notified not to visit Lou
isville any more.
Rev, James Walton of the Mississippi
Conference, and presiding Elder for a
number of years, died on the 21st in
Holmes county, in that State.
The Milledgeville Southern Federal
Union notes the appearance of some of
the young ladies, of that city, wearing
homespun dresses.
A lot of slaves sold at the Spottsylva
nia Court House, Virginia, recently,
brought from SBOO to S9OO each.
(NUMBER 42.
Cotton.
A Liverpool paper, speculating upon
our American troubles, observes that
“perhaps the greatest of all considerations
arising out of the present political agita
tions in the Americau Union, is their
probable effect upon our future supply
of cotton. There is at least a possibil
ity, if not a probability, that South Caro
lina, if not other States, will secede from
the confederation of the great Republic.
The secession movement was daily gath
ering strength up to the date of our last
advices. In the South passion has usur
ped the throne of reason. Tho banner
of separation w r as unfurled. The South
was arming to defy the North. The
slave population, perhaps blinder to their
own interests than the slave owners may
generally imagine, may be encouraged
by the mutually hostile attitudes of the
Northern and Southern States, to strike
a blow for their freedom. And, even
though those who are so deeply interest
ed in the welfare of their sable brethren
might eventually reduce them to submis
sion, how—we may be permitted to ask
—how in the interval could the cotton
be picked and anew crop planted ? This
is the question which comes home to us
most forcibly in Lancashire. It is a
question of life and death to us. It con
cerns us far more deeply than the in
habitants of the Nothern States of Amer
ica. The case is well and strongly put
in the Cotton Supply Reporter of the Ist
iust., “Cotton,” says the editor, “is
bread to Lancashire. Spindles and shut
tles have a constant and insatiable ap
petite, while the fickle plant they feel on
is grown chiefly in on a locality, under
conditions of the greatest hazard.”
It is this which renders it impossible
for us to regard with indifference the
present most critical condition of affairs
in the cotton States of America. Under
any circumstances we cannot now re
ceive a supply of cotton equal to that of
last year. The circulars of Neil Brothers
and W. P. Wright & Cos. put the maxi
mum figure of the crop at 4,000,000 bales,
and estimates, most carefully compiled
from actual results of the individual
crops of a large number of planters, in
dicate even a more limited yield, while
consumption is progressing with giant
strides, and even in this year has so
nearly overtaken the enormous supply
yielded by an American crop of 4,675,-
000 bales, (all the rest of the world only
furnishing 890,000 bales,) that the excess
of supply over demand for the year 1860
is only equal to three weeks consump
tion of the staple.
Ktowah Iron Works Sold.
The Rome Courier, of the 20th, learns
that the above named property was sold
on the Tuesday previous to Col. Wade S.
Cothran and Alfred Shorter, of that
place, and Mr. Rhett, of S. C., for $155,-
000. It is said that the bill of sale is so
conditioned that any of the creditors of
Major Mark A. Cooper (whose claims
are secured by mortgage) can, if they
choose, at any time within twelve months,
satisfy their claim in a pro rata portion
of stock in the property ; and further that
Major Cooper has the right of redemp
tion within eight months. The property
has been valued at $400,009.
Aliena and Suits at Law in Ala.
A resolution has been introduced in the
Alabama Senate by Hon. E. C. Bullock,
to prevent citizens of non-slaveholding
States from instituting or maintaining
suits in any of the Courts of Alabama,
until the independence of Alabama or of
such Southern Confederacy of which she
shall become a member, shall be fully re
cognized by the government of the United
States. That any suit now pending may
be dismissed when it shall be made to ap
pear that the plaintiff is a citizen of a
non-slaveholding State, at his cost. That
executions in the hands of the sheriff or
other officer may bo quashed when the
plaintiff is a citizen of a non-slavehold
ing State.
The Yankees Can’t Conquer Such.
Capt. A. C. Jones informed us, says
the Demopolis (Ala.) Gazette, that when
about to embark bis company at East
port, on the Cherokee for Mobile, an old
gentleman 70 years of age came to him
with one son and two grandsons, and
enlisted them in the company, and then
being unable to restrain his feelings,
shed tears, remarking to the Captain
that he did not cry because the boys
were going, but because he was too old
to go himself.
Resignation of Col. Hardee.
The Savannah Republican learns from
good authority that Lieut. Col. Wm. J
Hardee, of the United States Army, an
officer distinguished in the military ser
vice, and as an author, and for some
years past, Commandant of the Cadets at
West Point, has resigned his commission.
Col. Hardee is a Georgian and has retir
ed as an act of fidelity to his native State.
The News says he has tendered his ser
vices to the Governor of Georgia.
Tlie Flag of South Carolina.
The Charleston Mercury says: “On
Saturday last both Houses of the General
Assembly finally concurred in the design
of the flag whioh is hereafter to represent
the Sovereign State of South Carolina.
The field is dark blue. Upon the upper
inner corner of the flag is the crescent,
in white, the horns pointing upward. In
the middle of the flag is an oval, in white,
emblazoned with a golden palmetto, up
right.” _
“Decatur County Riflemen.’’
This is the name adopted by a rifle
corps recently organized in Bainbridge.
Hugh M. King, Esq , editor of the Argus,
has been chosen Captain. The Argus
says there are now ten companies in
South Western Georgia, including the
South Western Battalion, under command
of Lieut. Col. Goode Bryan and Major
Chas. G. Campbell.
Resignation of Cadets.
From the Bainbridge Argus we learn
that T. J. Bruton, of that city, and a Ca
det at West Point, has handed in his res
ignation.
Cadet Numally, of the 6th District, has
also resigned.
Winder P. Johnson, Esq., of Jefferson
county, has been appointed Attorney-
General of the Middle Judicial Circuit,
by Gov. Brown, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the resignation of A. M. Ro
gers, Esq. _
The Battle Intelligencer says that George
W. Morrisette committed suicide by blow
ing hi3 brains out with a pistol in Monroe
county, Ala., a few days since. He is a
son of the late John Morrisette, long a
State Senator from that county.
Botts Hissed Out.
John Minor Botts, in common parlance,
is “about played out.” He is beginning
to reap tho reward of long” continued
treachery to his section. On the night of
the 23d, a meeting of the workiug men
of Richmond was held at the African
Church for the purpose of nominating
candidates to represent them in tho Con
vention. Among others, Botts was in
vited to address the meeting. Resolu
tions were drawn up declaring in sub
stance, that the duty of Virginia was to
make common cause with her seceding
sister States of the South, unless ample
guarantees were tendered by the North,
before the assembling of the Convention ;
and, also, deeming it inexpedient to
nominate candidates for the Convention ;
and before a vote could bo taken, calls
were made for Botts, mingled with hisses
aud cries of “put him out,” break his
neck,” &c. A motion was made and se
conded by several, but not acted on, that
a committee be appointed to request Mr.
Botts to leave. Having vainly endeav
ored to make himself heard, he put on
his overcoat and hat and left the ineet
ing. _
Alabama State Convention—Signing
the Ordinance.
The Convention of Alabama adjourned
yesterday, to meet again on the fourth
of March, unless sooner called together by
the Presideut.
Before the adjournment 67 signed the
Ordinance of Secession, leaving 33 who
refused to affix their signatures. The lat
ter have addressed the people of the
State, through a comunication in the
Confederation, vindicating themselves.
They would regard signing it as a mere
form of attestation only, aud a relinqnish
ment of the which they advo
cated and for the furtherance of which
they were elected. They pledge them
selves however, to sustain the action of
the majority of the Convention in all the
consequences that my result from it.
Among the 33 who refused to sign are
R. Jemison, Jr. and Wm. R. Smith, of
Tuscaloosa; Wm. O. Winston, ofDeKalb;
M. J. Bulger, of Tallapoosa and Nick.
Davis, of Limestone.
Seutlments of the Georgia Delega
tion.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury, who seems to be a member of
the Milledgeville Convention, communi
cates the election of delegates to tho
Montgomery Congress, and says :
Before voting we required an assurance
that none of these men were in favor of
forming a Government having in view an
immediate or ultimate Union with the
Northern States. No such idea could be
entertained. All are for the establish
ment of a Southern Confederacy on the
basis of the old Constitution, and never,
under any circumstances, connect our
selves with the Northern States. We are
as strong on this point as you are.
The Effect in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Press, commenting
on the effects of the panic, says that
within the last six weeks not less than
15,000, and perhaps 20,000, persons in
that city have unexpectedly been dis
charged from situations where they en
joyed the privilege of earning their bread
by the sweat of their brows. Directly
and indirectly, probably not less than
50,000 persons depend upon the exer
tions of these operatives for subsistence.
Gov. Foote for Secession.
The Memphis Avalanche, of Monday,
states on the authority of a gentleman
direct from Nashville, that Gov. Foote, on
Thursday evening* last, came out for im
mediate secession, The speech is repre
sented as bitter, but exceedingly able and
powerful, lie lashed, we are told, with
merciless severity, John Bell’s recent
submission harangue in Nashville. The
speech is said to have created a profound
sensation.
Blockade of tlie Mississippi.
Gov. Pettus, of Mississippi, having
learned that the forts and arsenals on
that river were fully garrisoned by Lou
isiana, has withdrawn the forces stationed
at Vicksburg to question passing boats
and prevent hostile expeditions from the
Northern States descending the river.
Having requested the loan of 10,000
stand of arms from Gov. Moore, of Lou
isiana, Gov. Pettus received 8,000 mus
kets, 1,000 rifles and 6 twenty-four pound
guns, with carriages, and a considerable
amount of ammunition.
Mississippi Delegation to the” Con
vention.
On the 24th inst. the Convention of
Mississippi elected delegates to the South
ern Congress to be held at Montgomery
next Monday. They were chosen with
out respect to territorial, geographical or
former party considerations, as follows:
Messrs. W. P. Harris, of Hinds; W. S.
Wilson, of Claiborne ; J. A. P. Campbell,
of Attala; W. S. Barry and J. T. Harri
son, of Lowndes ; A. M. Clayton, of Mar
shall, and Walter Brooke, of Warren.
The ordinance, as passed, looks for
ward to the speedy formation of a pro
visional or permanent Government.
Seizing of Another Fort.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Ex
press, from Washington, N. C., the 21st,
says : The citizens of our town were much
aroused yesterday morning on hearing of
the seizure of Fort Neil, near our place.
On Saturday night, a number of our en
terprising young meu left this place to
seize Fort Neil, which they did, and hoist
ed the Palmetto flag over it. Fort Neil
is a small, but strong little fort, lying on
Pamlico river, between this place and
Pamlico Sound. While I write great ex
citement exists ia Washington.
The Federal Union, at Milledgeville,
has prefixed the word Southern to the
same, and now goes under the name of
“Southern Federal Union.” It has drop
ped the United States flag and substitu
ted the coat of arms of Georgia. It has
also changed its motto, “State Rights
and United States’ Rights,” to “State
Rights and Southern States’ Rights.”
The Raleigh State Journal thinks that
there will be no difficulty in arranging
the differences between the Convention
Bills passed by the Senate and House of
Commons of the North Carolina General
Assembly, and that a bill meeting the
views of both branches is certain to pass
very soon. A committee of conference
can easily arrange details.
♦
The Louisville Courier contains a letter
addressed to that journal by Hon. W. L.
Yancey, refuting the extensively circula
ted statements that he was the originator
of the “Knights of the Golden Circle”
order, and that he had concerned himself
actively in visiting different sections of
Kentucky and other States, and founding
“Castles.”
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For the Daily Sun.
The Casus Belli—A Hard Case.
BT DE. PIILSBCBT.
By plebeian generals, it has long been said,
Tlie hardest battery is a negro's head.
How oft it stands unscathed, the crushing shock
Os gravitating timber,-brick and rock!
Aud now a nation doth in warfare figure,
Bocause the country split upon the nigger!
January 30,1861.