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Tuesday Fell. 19, 1861.
Chief Justice Hall, of Nebraska Terri
tory, died at his residence in Bolivar, on
the morning of the Ist inst.
Forty two thousands pounds of powder,
ball and other munitions of war passed
through ltaleigh ou the Cth for Atlanta,
Ga.
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Capt. Duncan N. Ingraham reached
Charleston Friday morning, says the
Mercury, with important dispatches for
Gov. Pickens.
The Early County News recommends
Hons. 11. V. Johnson and Alfred Iverson
as proper recipients for the Judicial
honors of the new Confederacy.
The Memphis Argus states that twenty
live hogsheads of tobacco were shipped
on the Ist inst. up the river by way of
Cincinnati to Baltimore, which has here
tofore been going to New Orleans.
A salute of 101 guns was fired in Mont
gomery, Saturday, in honor of the form
ation of a provisional government, and
the election of President and Vice Presi
dent
Fork Fucking at Ckicago.
The Chicago Tribune says that about
200,000 hogs have been packed in that
city this season, and that thirty or forty
thousand more will be packed. In 1850-
00, there were cut in Chicago 170,918
hogs ; and in 1850-59, 185,000.
Secession in Tennessee.
All the papers of Memphis, except one
—the Bulletin—advocate the secession of
Tennessee. The Enquirer (Bell,) Ap
peal, (Douglas,) Avalanche, (Breckin
ridge,) and Argus, (Independent.) have
taken that position.
A Monster Rale of Cotton.
Mr. Wiley Fleming, of this county,
says the Forsyth Journal, brought to
Forsyth, a few days since, a bale of cot
ton weighing 1,000 pounds, which was
sold to Messrs. Pyo & Son for SIOO.
Peter Tinsley Crutchfield, a native of
Hath county, Va., died at Little llock,
Ark., on the 12th ult. The deceased was
Paymaster in the United States Army
during the Mexican war, and held the
post of Receiver of Public Moneys at
Little Rock at his death.
The Southrons, Capt. Wade, a compa
ny from Lowndes county, Miss., have a
member, (old Uncle Jerry Leverette,)
is 72 years old, and offers a challenge to
any one within 20 years of his age, to
run, jump or wrestle, and if he is an
enemy to the South, to fight him in mortal
combat.
The Marianna Enterprise says: Joe, a
negro man, the property of Elijah Pad
get, of this county, was shot and killed
on his master’s plantation, six miles
south of this place on Saturday evening
last. On the following morning a Cor
oner’s Jury returned a verdict that said
boy came to his death from a wound by
a gun in the hands of some person un
known to them.
The Knoxville Whig, of the 7th says:
Last Monday night, Jacob Clouiuger shot
down Andrew J. Davis with a rifle, in the
upper part of this county. Clouiuger
was very deliberate, calling Davis out,
while the Mother of the former held a
pine torch for him to shoot. The diffi
culty seems to have grown out of old
family matters. Clouiuger lias made his
escape.
More Appointments.
In addition to the appointment of offi
cers for the Georgia army already report
ed, the following have been made :
S. P. Hamilton —Captain.
11. C. Wayne—Captain.
TANARUS, S. Mclntosh, )
J. L. Branch, V First Lieutenants.
W. W. Kirtland, J
fllartial Law Declared.
In accordance with a resolution ot the
South Carolina Convention, investing
him with power to declare Martial Law
over any of the coasts, islands aud waters
iu and near Charleston harbor, whenever
the exigencies of th? public services may
require it, Gov. Pickens ha3 established
it over Sullivan’s Island and the waters
and marshes adjacent.
Dentil of Col. George Klliott.
Col. George Elliott, an old and promi
neat citizen of Tennessee, died at his
residence, Wall Springs, Sumner county,
Tennessee, on the Ist inst., in the 77th
year of his age. It is understood that
his old friend, Hou. Bailie Peyton, will
write his obituary.
So w T e learn from the Memphis Ava
lanche.
Dentil of Col. K. A. Dong.
We have to announce, says the Pratts
ville (Ala.) Statemau, the death of Col.
11. A. Long, who departed his life at the
residency of his father, Capt. Lunsford
Long, in this county, on Thursday last.
He was painfully afflicted for a consider
able length of time, and his death had
been anticipated by his friends for sev
eral weeks.
Lincoln’s Inaugural Message.
A dispatch from Springfield, Illinois,
the 28th says: The first draft of the in
augural message is now being made by
the President elect. The Chicago plat
form will be the basis of its reflections
and recommendations in reference to the
internal affairs of the nation. It will
not be finished until after consultation
with the Republican loaders in Washing
ton.
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Arms for Florida.
The Tallahassee Floridian says that
one thousand Maynard Rifles and ap
pendages with 50,000 ball cartridges and
180,000 primers, and 4,000 percussion
Muskets, have been received by ihe
State.
The Rifles were purchased by the Gov
ernor in December last, and Quarter-
Master Gen’l Archer has just returned
‘■'ora business connected with their deliv
ery and receipt.
The Pensacola Observer, of the Btb,
records the arrival of the “ Pioneer
Guards,” of Eufaula, at that place on the
°ight previous by rail road, They came
b y r ail road from Montgomery.
VOLUME IV.}
Salute lor Virginia— Her Position.
To-day, thirty guns were fired in honor
of the vote of Virginia against immediate
: secession. The members of the Board of
j Brokers w ?re so delighte 1 that the action
| ot . tke Did Dominion had put a stop to
j the terrdne tall of st< cks, ihat they cheer
I ed her, and had her*sons, who were
j members, make speeches in her glorifica
tion.
We clip the above from the New York
correspondence of the Charleston Couri
er. The old “cradle of statesmen” is as
much misapprehended by the North as
she is by many in the South. A border j
State and always consei vative, it vras not ‘
expected that she would lead in the
movement of secession or even be hasty
to follow South Carolina’s example. The
wrong impression concerning the state/of !
public sentiment there arises from the j
manner in which the delegates elected to
the Convention have been classified. All
who were not for unconditional secession
are classed as “Union” men. The syces
sionists are uivided into those who favor
that step immediately and those who are
for making another test of the sense of
just.ee ot the North, and who will await
the result of the Border State* or Peace
Conference at Washington. The latter
are classed as “Unionists” or “Conserv
atives. ibe submiasiouists are in the
minority decidedly. These facts have
been impressed upon us by a careful
reading of our Virginia exchanges; and
in illustration of the impossibility of
making a correct classification of the
delegates now, the Norfolk Argus states j
: tknt James Barbour, Esq., remarks to
the editor of the Alexandria Sentinel,
that although he was styled the submis
sion candidate in Culpepper, he went
further on Southern ground than Mr.
Funsten, who is elected the disunion
candidate in Alexandria.
Let those who are disposed to distrust
\ irginia iu this crisis not be too hasty in
jumping at conclusions. It is a danger
ous game, but she may be playing the
same one that Senator Toombs did iu
Congress ; and the result will be as hap
py in its consequences. The Black Re
publicans will not . ‘accede to her ultima
tum and the test will be applied and the
ellect ascertained fully in time to operate
ou the Convention of that State, which
assembles on to-morrow. This, with the
menacing guns of Fortress Monroe point
ing inland, will exert a powerful influ
ence for secession. We may be assured
that in lift event will Virginia permit bet
borders to be crossed by the myrmiJons
of the present or incoming Administra
tion to coerce the seceding States. If
the stock market depends on her final
action, that species of securities in New
\ ork is destined to a still more “terrible
fall.”
A Blaclc Eioilws.
The colored population of this city and
vicinity, says the Toledo Times, are
wonderfully stirred up at the present
time. Like rats leaving a sinking ship
(the darkies argue that if Cleveland is
not a city of refuge, Toledo is not)
they are leaving, and preparing to leave
for Canada, before any dreaded author
ity is asserted over them. Some of them,
it would appear, have lived in security
here for years, and have never breathed
a fear of recapture, until the Abolitionists
and Rlack Republicans of Western Re
serve have made haste to deliver up the
fugitive slave Lucy. They expect the
same thing will occur here, if an attempt
is made to recover possession of property
by their owners.
Cotton In Petersburg.
The Petersburg (Va.) Express of the
6th says: A tremendous business in cot
ton is now being done in our city. The
warehouses are overflowing, and hut for
the rapid sales, the entire city would not
be sufficient to hold the immense quan
tities that are constantly pouring in.—
W’e never saw so much cotton. The
streets are blockaded with it; the depots
are crowded ; the wagons overloaded ;
the wharves barricaded ; and every cot
ton business house, from loft to cellar,
iu the city, is packed. It continues to
come, and is eternally going. It comes
from the Old Nqrtli State, and the young
west State, Tennessee: the Republic of
Alabama is represented and the various
independent empires of the South.
Direct Importation.
We are indebted to Mr. J. I. Griffin,
of Apalachicola, for specimens of fancy
articles imported direct from France. —
The Inkstand is beautiful, complete and
appropriate. Mr. Griffin is a dealer in
Drugs and Fancy Goods, the bulk of his
stock being directly imported from Eu
rope. The reader who may visit Apa
lachicola should not return without call
ing upon him and inspecting his large and
varied assortment. It will be remember
ed that several months since, Mr. Griffin
advertised his enterprise through the
columns of the Sun : and we are pleased
to learn that it is meeting with substan
tial encouragement.
Shipwrecked.
The Pensacola Tribune learns that the
schooner Morton, Capt. Samples, from
Galveston, for Pensacola, in ballast, ran
ashore on Santa Rosa Island, about 19
miles from the bar, on Thursday night
last, and is a total loss. All hands saved.
The crew started for Pensacola following
the beach, but before they had goue
manv miles one of them gave out. The
rest managed to get to Fort Pickens
Lieut. Slemmer took charge of them, and
sent after the one in distress, who was
found and conveyed to the fort. The
next day they were sent to the Navy Yard,
and from thence they came to Pensacola.
Texas Secession Ordinance.
A special dispatch to the Charleston
Mercury says the Ordinance of secession
was reported in the Texas Convention on
the Ist and immediately adopted. The
scene was an impressive one. By the
terms of the Ordinance the question of
remaining in the Union is to be referred
to the people. They will vote upon it on
the 23d of February, and if the Ordinance j
be confirmed, as it will be by an over, j
whelming majority, the secession of the
State is to go into effect on the 2d of
March.
Railroad Progress in Texas.
The Houston Telegraph says that the
bridge over the Brazos river on the
; Washington county road, has been com
pleted, and trains run on that road up to
Chappell Hill, bringing down freight
from that point. The Texas and New
Orleans road will be opened from Hous
ton to Beaumont in about forty days.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
< lie Georgia Muskets Restored.
A dispatch from New York to the Ma
eo-j telegraph states that the muskets
“ wt! 'e seized by the New York police
have been' restored unconditionally to
Me. Lamar, who telegraphed immediately
to the Collector at Savannah.
ihe Savannah Republican says the
dispatch was received in that city Satur
day afternoon giving the assurance that
I the :u ms would be shipped on the steamer
| Huntsville.
Uov. Morgan, it appears, gave on
j ihursday the order for restoring them
betoie he had any knowledge of Gov.
Brov.n s intention of making reprisal.
We rejoice that the dispute has ended,
i - t ‘ ( R 150 regret at Governor Brown’s
exerci.-e of the lex t alien is under the
circumstances then appearing to lis
; miml. Its tendency will be to prevent a
recurrence of similar outrages.
A Deserved Tribute.
A correspondent of the Quincy (Fla )
Express who made a trip to Apalachicola
on one of our river steamers, pajs the
following tribute to a patriotiedaughter of
the Palmetto Republic, but long a resi
dent of Columbus:
On our arrival we found considerable
excitement prevailing in the city, w'hich
was increased by the arrival of the stea
mer Wm. 11. Youug, Capt. McAllister,
having on board 150 volunteers, en route
for Pensacola, under the command of
Major Anderson ; and judging from what
I learned of some of the company, the
name of the amiable and gentle Mrs.
McAllister will live in their memories so
long as rationality is retained, for her
many attentions during the trip down,
performing every office of kindness with
her own hands. Long may she live to be
useful and venerated.
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Federal Arsenal Surrendered.
The following dispatch has been re
ceived by the Montgomery Mail:
Little Lock, Ark., Feb. B.— The Uni-
United States Arsenal, at this place, was
surrendered to the State authorities this
afternoon. Arkansas all right.
The Memphis Argus furnishes the fol
lowing statement of the amount of am
munition and arms at present lying in
the State Arsenal at Little Rock: Gov
ernment guns, 30,000; cannon (brass)
carriages mounted, 0 ; ammunition car
riages, 4; cannon, (brass,) 3; guns,
(State property,) 15,000.
Alabama State Uniform.
Gov. Moore, of Alabama bas issued
orders concerning the State Uniform.—
The coat., pants, and cap of Regimental
officers and enlisted men called into ser
vice of the Stale of Alabama, under ord
inance of Convention, will be cadet grey.
The trimmings badges of rank, and pat
tern of uniform, will be the same as that
of the United States Army, conforming to
same colors to distinguished corps. This
order is not intended to apply to the vol
unteer force of the State.
Rail Road Business In Tennessee.
The Chattanooga Advertiser says the
Rail Roads diverging from that point are
probably doing the heaviest freight busi
ness they have ever done since their
completion. The flow of provisions and
live stock from the Northwest to the
South, is really astonishing. The Nash
ville & Chattanooga and the Western &
Atlantic Rail Road, are now taxed to
their entire capacity in transporting sup
plies for Southern consumption. Not less
than 75 loaded cars pass over the roads
daily.
Patriotic Old Man.
At a recent public meeting in Saffold
county, Va., says the Charlotte (N. C.,)
Bulletin, Captain Thomas Townson, an
old soldier of the war of 1812, addressed
his fellow-citizens, giving a vivid account
of the battle of Bladensburg and of the
defence of Baltimore —where he was
present aud fought gallantly. He said
that, though ho was upwards of eighty
years of age he was ready to head a com
pany of Silver Greys in defence of Virgin
ia, should she have a hostile invasion.
For Pensacola*
The Mobile Tribune, the oth, says :
thirty men left here last night, on the
Dick Keys, to join Captain O’Hara’s Com
pany at Pensacola, under enlistment of
one year.
We learn from Capt. W. S. Taylor, that
thirty-seven of his South Alabama Ran
gers, who were absent on furlough, also
went on the same boat. Some of these,
however, were new recruits, enlisted for
a year. They left under command of
Lieut. C. Holcombe.
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Corn.
We learn from the WilmiDgton Herald
of Thursday, that, on the previous day,
a dozen vessels from the northeastern
counties of North Carolina, loaded with
corn, arrived there, the whole quantity
amounting to 20,150 bushels, which we
suppose is as large a quantity as was ever
received there in one day before.
The Herald learns that between 70,000
and 100,000 bushels have recently been
shipped from the same counties to the
city of Charleston.
It is slated that the Rev. Dow Bentley
of South Windsor, Conn., took up in his
pulpit the- President’s proclamation of
fast on the Sabbath previous to the fast,
aud without reading it, threw it on the
floor, rubbed his foot across it, and re
marked: “If the President would go
down South and kill some of the seces
sionists, I would pray and last for seven
days.”
For Auuexattou to tire ‘"Southern
Confederacy.”
The Mesilla Times publishes a call for
a Convention of delegates from the people
of Arizona, to consider the propriety of
forming a State Constitution, with the
view of applytu? for admission into the
proposed Southern Confederacy, as a
sovereign State.
Lieut. Thomas J. Berry, as we learn
from the Newnan Blade, resigned his
commission when Georgia seceded and
offered his services to the State. Cov.
Brown has bestowed on him the same
| rank and pay in the Army of Georgia
j that he held in the Federal Army.
Lieut. Berry is a son of Hon. A. J.
I Berry, of Newnan.
Maj. Chase having asked tobereleived
from his command at Pensacola, through
prostration of health, it was rumored in
Mobile on the Bth that Col. Lomax, of
Montgomery had been appointed to sue
seed him.
Gov. Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, is
the man for his place and for the times,
as Hill be seen in the report of his recent
action. — Charleston Courier.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 19, 1861.
Southern Manufactures
“ It is all nonsense,” said old Adam 1
Clark, the commentator, “to talk about
having too many irons in the fire ; put
them all iu and add shovel and tongs, but
don't let them burn ; that is all I ask for.” j
The great scholar’s life was the best com
mentary on this speech of his. lie was
abundant in labor and in results beyond !
all comparison, and we of the South have j
especial need now to follow his teaching
in this as many of us do in other respects.
We always have a great deal to say about
: living withiu ourselves, and supplying
| our wants, so far as possible, from our
own soil and labor, and the motives for 1
this consummation can never be stronger j
than at this time, and our people must i
not lose sight of this truth just now, eveu j
while we are achieving our independence j
anew and settling disputed questions of
natural and civil rights. Dr. Johnson’s
ideal of a benefactor was the man who
made two blades of grass where only one
had grown before. But England found a
greater one when she gave birth to James
Watt. lie found his country’s manufac
tures iu a state of helpless infancy, and
after sixty years’ of inventive labor he
left her on the high road to that pinnacle !
of wealth and power which she now oc- j
cupies. The machinery power of England,
which is the result of Watt’s genius, is j
calculated to equal not less than 10,000,- !
000 men’s power, and by this employment j
of inanimate forces, Great Britain, al
though a comparatively small country,
has been enabled to outstrip all competi
tion for the markets of the world, and to
cause the wealth of all nations to ilow
into her treasuries. We, as a people,
are but just commencing to use this
mighty agent. We have been content to
produce the raw material, and leave to
the North the labor and the profit of man
ufacturing it for our use ; uay, more than
this, we have paid the cost of transporta
tion both ways, and pocketed without a
murmur the “balance of account render
ed.” Os late years, however, our com
munities have been making steady pro
gress in the work of putting a stop to
this drain upon our strength. Factories
have sprung up all through our borders,
and are receiving from an appreciative
people the patronage which their enter
prise deserves. The Eagle Manufactur
ing Company, of this city, is a witness to
this. It has been in successful operation
about eight years, and having last April
purchased the Howard Company’s Mill,
continues both mills under one manage
ment, producing annually goods to the
value of nearly a half million of dollars,
and of the kind best suited to the wants
of our people, viz : osnaburgs, sheetings
and shirtings, yarns, cotton stripes, cot
tonades, rope, sewing thread and shop
twine, as also a variety of woolen goods,
such as kerseys and linseys for negro
wear, and the famous truck for trowsers
and Georgia cassin/erea. We have been
much interested iu learning that notwith
standing the prostration of trade, insepa
rable from the disturbed state of our
political relations, this energetic Company
is meeting a heavy demand for their fab- j
rics; their sales for the past twelve i
months having largely exceeded the
amount lor the previous prosperous year. 1
It is apparent to all who will examine
these goods, that they are made up in an j
unexceptionable manner. They are pro- j
duced at home, from home material, and ;
at prices that put foreign competition out
of the question Those universally used j
articles, sheetings and shirtings, will not :
suiter by comparison with any from i
abroad, aud are sold at prices less than
those of New York for the same goods,
the Company, moreover, adhering to their
early adopted policy of making the unu.
sued discount of ten per cent, for cash ‘
purchases. This is the secret of pros
perity for us as a people. Southern en
terprise fighting stoutly all obstacles for
years, offers to supply our wants at our
own doors, and to set the example of
reciprocating labor and diversified pro
ducts. Let our merchants meet the
advauces in a like spirit, especially when
interest walks hand in hand with the
principle; such vigorous efforts will
achieve for us both commercial and
political independence, and show us how
to throw our surplus products, both
agricultural and manufactured, iDto the
broad markets of the world, as old
England has done before us.
Capt. Alfred Van Bentliuysen.
The New Orleans Delta has met with
Capt. Alfred Van Benthuysen, who bears
a commission iu Garibaldi’s army, and
who was attached to the staff of Gen.
Avezzana during the late Italian struggle.
He has returned on a six months leave of
absence, but intends now staying here,
under the existing circumstances, and is
awaiting the formation of an army under
the Southern Confederacy, into which he
hopes to enter. Capt. Van Benthuysen
wa3 in all the engagements from Naples
to Capua. It is said that the American
officers were favorites with the Italians,
aud he, as far as we have seen by the re
ports, was not the least popular among
them.
Fort Monroe.
Fort Monroe, which is intended to de
fend Norfolk, Va., is the largest in the
country. The walls are more than a
mile in circuit, very thick and high,
surrounded by a moat which is from 50
to 100 feet wide, with 8 feet of water,
drawbridges and outer batteries. It
mounts some three hundred heavy guns,
has mortars for throwing shells, luruaces
for heating balls, etc. The walls enclose
some twenty-five acres. In the centre is
the parade ground, and all around are the
quarters for the troops. Live oak and
other trees make it very pleasant in
summer. Outside the moat is a fine walk,
with a view of the sea.
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“Zed,” the Washington correspondent
of the Richmond Dispatch, writing from
that city, says : Senator Benjamin’s fare
well speech was most eloquent and affect
ing. The Republicans acted most ungen
tlemanly during its delivery, talking out
aloud to each other, reading newspapers, j
and otherwise insulting the Southern ,
side. Mr. Slidell read his address, which !
wa3 able and convincing. Clingman j
made a good speech, aud Gen. Lane gave
Hale a terrible rebuke for saying that iu
case war broke out the first people to be
“removed” —that is hung—would be the
traitors cf the North.
Great Rise In tlie Warrior.
On Friday night last, says the Tusca
loosa (Ala.) Observer, this section of;
country was visited with the heaviest fall
of rain we ever remembered to have wit
nessed. During the whole night it came
down apparently in one sheet, and early
next morning the Warrior river presented
a wide waste of waters, completely inun
dating all the low lands lying along its
borders. On Sunday morniDg it attained
its maximum, showing a rise of nearly
64 feet above low watermark —said to be |
the greatest overflow since that of 1833. i
Tlie Barbour Volunteers.
A private letter from an officer of (lie
3J Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, in
forms us that two nr re Companies, of the
Regiment, the Eufaula Rifles, Capt. Al
pheus Baker, aud the Perote Guards,
Capt. Dawson, will arrive in the city this
morning at 8 o’clock, en route for l’eusa
! cola, the “seat of war” on ihe Gulf coast,
i The former will come by steamboat, the
latter by the Mobile & Girard Road. Our
military companies, always ready to ex
tend hospitalities to their brother sold
iers, will give them a suitable reception.
Another distidguished gentleman, as
we learn from the Spirit of the South, has
! enrolled his name ou the list of Privates
: of the “Eufaula Rifles” to wit: the llou.
John Cochran, who left with the Company
I yesterday, at Eufaula.
A number of gentlemen have come down
from Glenuville, and one, (Mr. Lampley)
from Louisville, Ala., and been mustered
into service. Os such a company, Capt.
Baker may well bo proud ; and the couu
ty of Barbour may trust its honor with
safety, to so bravo and noble a band,
headed by such a gallant leader. —Sun 13.
Arrival of tlie Alabama Troops.
i The Eufaula Rifles, Captain Aipheus
! Baker, and the Perote Guards, Captain
I George Dawson, arrived here yesterday
! morning; the former by the steamer
; Franklin, the latter by the Mobile and
Girard Road. They were received by
the Columbus Guards, Captaiu Semmes,
and Company “D” Southern Guard,
Captain Wilkins, aud escorted to Cook’s
Hotel to Breakfast.
The “Perote Guards” left for Montgom
ery yesterday afternoon and were escor
ted to the depot of the Opelika Road by
the ” Georgia Grays,” Captain Shepherd,
who fired a salute of two rounds on the
departure of the train. They are a noble
and extraordinarily fine looking Company
and the flourishing county of Pike, may
well be proud of them. Captain Dawson
is a gallant officer and well fitted to com
mand such a body of men.
The Eufaula Rifles were escorted to
the depot this morning and left on the
G o'clock train, and comprise much of the
talant and chivalry of Barbour. Among
the Pr ivates are lion’s John Cochran and
J. L. Pugh. We also noticed in company
Col. Wm. 11. Chambers, Paymaster Gene
ral of Alabama, Lieut. Col. Jones, Ad
jutant Treutlen and Surgeon Terry.—
Both Companies number nearly two hun
dred men rank and file, and are willing to
peril all in vindicating the sovereignty
and independence of Alabama and the
South ; and if a fight must be had, desire
“a place in the picture.” May each and
all return to reap the rewaid of their pa
triotism.—Daily Sun of 14th.
Freights and Travel on the State
Road.
We are gratified to learn, says the
Marietta Advocate, of the Bth, that an
arrangement will be made with the East
Tennessee Rail Road, by which in two or
three days there will be an uninterrupted
transport of freight and passengers from
Chattanooga to Atlanta by way of Cleve
land aud Dalton. This will be a most
important arrangement as we understand
that the amount of freight from Chatta
nooga is at this time greater than it has
ever been before. The State Road has
been running for some lime past, uutil
the late freshet, five heavy freight trains
daily to Atlanta, though the up freight
have been comparatively light.
Shooting Affair In Macon.
The Telegraph says that as Mr. Harri
son, who runs the switch engine at the
Central Depot yard, was returning home
about 11 o’clock p. ra., last Saturday, a
pistol was discharged in his face by some
unknown person, who stood within four
or five feet of him. The pistol was loaded
with No. 6 shot, and produced an ex
ceedingly painful wound. Mr. Harrison
has lost one eye, and the other is not out
of danger.
A man by the name of Glidewell has
been arrested, and will be tried Wednes
day (to-day) at half-past 2 o’clock.
Georgia Army Appointments.
From our Milledgcvilie exchanges we
learn that the Brigade to be organized
under the act of Convention of January
28th, 1801, is to be commanded by Major
Gen. David E. Twiggs. The Lieut. Col.
of the 2d Regiment is E. W. Chastain of
Gilmer county. Capt. McLaws has also
been appointed one of the Majors of the
2d Regiment. Capt. John Jones, present
State Treasurer, has been appointed Com
missary and Quarter Master General with
the rank of Lieut. Colonel. The Milledge
ville Recorder understands that the ap
pointment of Captains and Lieutenants
have been made from those late of the
U. S. Army, and civilians of the State.
——
Damage to tlie State Roatl.
We learn from the Cassville Standard,
that the Western aud Atlantic Road has
suffered severely. A portion of the brige
across the Oostauaula river above Calhoun
| hasbeen destroyed, and thatmany bridges
over smaller streams have been swept
away, besides portions of the track washed
up and much injured. The Standard
learns that it will take not less than
SIOO,OOO to repair the injury. Dr. Lewis,
the Superintendent, is energetically en
gaged in the work of repairing it.
♦
Dreadful Accident.
The Paulding Clarion gives an account
I of a most heartrending accident which
i took place in Perry county. Three chil
; dren, aged two, five and seven. in the
absence of their mother, found a vial of
strychnine and pouring water into it,
each one drank of its contests. W'heu
the mother returned she found one al
ready dead and the other two speechless.
They all died within a few minutes of
each other, and were buried in the same
coffin.
Gen. Scott and lla Widowed Sister.
The Augusta Dispatch is informed by
Rev. J. T. Freemau, late editor of the
Mississippi Baptist, and formerly Presi
dent of the Mississippi Baptist State Con
vention, that a sister of Gen. Winfield
Scott, now a widow, and in reduced cir
cumstances, is livingin Itawamba county,
Miss., dependent on a son-in-law for sup
port, and that he conversed with her
concerning her illustrious brother, when
she informed him that Gen. Scott had
long since disowned her by neglect and
that he refused to answer her letters,
asking for aid in her poverty.
♦
Hon. Taz. W. Newman, President of
i
the Tennessee Senate, who voted with
the L T nionistß during the recent session of j
the Legislature of that State, has an- j
nounced himself in favor of disunion in !
*
an address to the people of his Senatorial j
District.
Interesting from Washington.
Special to the Charleston Mercury.
Washington, Feb. 9.—The President
did not eummunicate to Congress the re
joinder of Ilayue with the other corres
, pondetiee. Various surmises are afloat
as to the reason for the suppression.
The Rules of the Peace Conference re
quires members not even to express their
opinions as to the probable result. Their
secrecy is complete—but it has leaked J
out that the plan of adjustment r ported 1
by the Committee has not vet beeu agreed
ou. Gen. Doniphan, one of the Missouri
i Commissioners, says that the settlement j
must be full and substantial. The whole
Massachusetts delegation oppose compro
mise. Gen Wool, one of the New York
Commissioners, is very violent against
conciliation, lie wants to fight.
A telegram from a distinguished Dem
ocrat of Western New York says that,
! should (he coercion policy be adopted,
the National Democracy of the Empire
.State will never participate.
Washington, Feb. 10 — The suppres
sion by the President of llayne’s rejoin
der, continues to be the town talk. It
has beeu published, and public comment
upon it is not very flattering to Buchan
an.
Important questions are arising iu the
Land Office, and have beeu submitted to
the consideration of the President. The
land system in the seceding States has
i been suspended. An agent of the State
: of Louisiana is here to arrange the mat
! ter of the Swamp Land grants. The
Federal Government declines acting,
claiming that its right to the lands is in
nowise impaired by the existing revolu
tion, but like individual claims, is good,
though the jurisdiction bo changed.
The President is now “considering”
the action of Gen. Weightman in refusing
a commission to Capt. Shaell’er. The
Captain declared to Ilolt that he arid his
company were ready to repel auy attack
made upon the District, but this was not
enough. Ex-Secretary Floyd will be
here to attend his trial. lie charged the
President aud the new Cabinet with
maliciously’ instigating and procuring the
indictment.
The Virginians are very much ashamed
of Scott. This feeling is so stroug among
them, that a subscription has been started
to buy’ the spot in Dinwiddle county on
which Winfield Scott was born. The idea
is to vest the property in the hands of
trustees, with such restrictions as shall
forever prevent another child from being
born upon the spot.
The Peace Conference has done noth
ing, and the prospect is that it will do
the same to the end of the chapter.—
The Abolitionists say, “ Inauguration
first, conciliation afterwards.” Mean
while Congress is rapidly getting ready
the materials for war !
Patriotic Deed.
The Vicksburg Sun, of the 25th, says
of a native of this country, “Our coun
tryman, Col. Gabe Fowler, evinced his
patriotism yesterday by paying all the
expenses incident to the transportation
of the cannon, guns and other instruments
of war from Baton Rouge to this point,
a sum amounting to over eighteen hun
dred dollars. These arms were purchased
by Gov. Pettus for the use of the State
from the Governor of Louisiana.
The Methodist Book Concern and
University of the South.
A correspondent of the Nashville
Union, who says he is a member of the
Methodist Church, asks what will become
of the immense Book establishment in
that city, and the University of the
South, located in Middle Tennessee, if
that State should refuse to go with the
South ? In bis opinion, no graver ques
tion can present itself to the prompt
consideration of the Denomination.
Atrocious Suggestion.
The Philadelphia North American, a
Black Republican print, makes the fol
lowing suggestion, in the way of encour
ageing the schemes of the anti slavery
coercioaists.
By breaking down the embankment,
we can easily overflow all the country of
the lower Mississippi, and drown out all
the towns and plantations.
No JLack of Fuel.
Virginia possesses about 35,000, Keu
j tucky about 15,000, and other Southern
States about 20,000 square miles of unde
veloped coalmines. All Europe together
has only 17,400 square miles of coal sur
face, of which 11,850 belong to Great
Brittain, and of the 40,000,000 tons an
nually produced there, only 0,018,195
| tons were exported last year.
We find the following extract from a
| private letter, in the Charleston Mercury
of the 9th. The Savannah papers re
ceived so far say nothing of the affair:
“An attempt was made to blow up the
Powder Magazine, containing 3000 kegs
powder. The parties were detected in
the attempt and fled. Two men have
been arrested on suspicion, and if it can
be proven, they will be suspended imme
diately.” _
Wm. Ballard Preston, an eminent Vir
ginian, has been elected to the State Con
-1 D
vention without opposition. Iu Mout-
I gomery Cos. Mr. P. made a speech, and
said that he was willing to try all honor
able means for saving the Union—i. e.,
the Commissioners at Washington, with
the Crittenden resolutions as a basis, and
; if they failed, he would go for secession.
Ilis speech seemed to please all parties.
I Many strong secessionists yielded to the
choice of Mr. P., with a hope of saving
j the Union.
The N. O. Bulletin says E. W. Ilobert
-1 son, Esq., Auditor of Public Accounts of
Louisiana, has transmitted to the State
Senate a list of defaulting State tax col
lectors, which HU more than half a col
i
umn of the official journal. The report
covers a period of thirty years. There
have been ninety-one defalcations, reck
oning each year’s accounts separately.—
The amount lost by the State exceeds-.
$350,000, besides $30,000 more on ac
count of licenses, from thirty pariehes.
I The defalcation of R. McDonell, of New
| Orleans, in 1855, alone i3 more than
| $21,000. _____
Sailed without a Clearance,
A fine clipper bark of 800 tons, call
ed the Griffin, Captain Davis, escaped
from the Sheriff and U. S. Marshal at
New York, Tuesday night, and put to sea
without papers.
We are pleased to see, says theEufaula
Spirit of the South, that our friends J. ,
M. Cary, Esq., and Wm. Y> ellborn, Esq., [
of this place, have been appointed, the
former Captain and the latter first Lieu
tenant, in the regular Army of Alabama.
Daniel M. Riggs, Jr., diedjn Selma, on
the morning of the 7tb, of Consumption.
Within a few weeks before, his family
were called upon to mourn the loss of a
j father. Mr. Riggs was a young man of
I much promise.
Ship News.
Boston, Feb. 12. —The ship Manhat
! tan, for Savannah, returned leaking.
{NUMBER 14.
TIIE SOUTHERN CONGRESS.
Montgomery, leb. 11.—The convention
met at 11 o’clock.
After prayer, the Committeo appointed
to notify Mi* 1 . Stephens of his election us
Vice President of the Southern Confeder
acy, reported that that geutletnan would,
atjthe request of the Committee, announce
| his reply in open session, at or.e o’clock
1\ M.
Mr. Conrad’s resolution was adopted,
j appointing a Committee of five to report
a bill establishing an Executive Depart
! ment for the Confederacy.
Mr. Stephens’ resolution was adopted,
| making tho Naval and Military Commit
tees separate, and also appointing Com
mittee ou Public Lands, Indian Affairs,
anil Territories.
The Convention subsequently went
into secret sessiou. After a recess of half
an hour it re assembled, at 1 o’clock P. j
M.
The President announced that the hour j
to’ hear Mr. Stephens had arrived.
Mr. Stephens then arose and said :—l
have been notified by the Committee of j
my election as Vice President of the Pro
visional Government of the Confederate
States of America. The Committee re
quests 1 shall make known to this body,
in a verbal response, my acceptance of
the high position to which 1 have been
elected. This I now do, in this august
presence, before you, Mr. President;
before this congress, and before this large
concourse of people assembled here under
the bright sun and brilliant skies which
now smile so auspiciously upon us.
1 take the occasion also to return my
most profound acknowledgements for this
expression of confidence ou the part of
Congress. There arc reasons why I place
an unusual high estimate ou it. The
considerations which have induced rue to
accept it I need not state. Suffice it to
say, that it may be deemed questionable
whether any good citizen can refuse to
discharge any duty that may bo assigned
to him by his country in the hour of its
need.
It might be expected that I should in
dulge in remarks on the state of public
affairs, the dangers which threaten us,
and the most advisabie measures to bo
adopted to meet these pressing exigen
cies. But allow me to say, in the absence
of the distinguished gentlemen called to
the chief Executive Chair, 1 think it best
to forbear saying anything in regard
to such matters. We expect him to arrive
here in a few days—by Wednesday of this
week, if he is not Providentially detained.
When he comes, you will hear from him
on those difficult questions ; and I doubt
not that we shall cordially and harmoni
ously concur in the line of policy that
his superior wisdom and statesmanship
shall indicate.
In the meantime in reference to these
matters, we may very profitably direct
attention to such as the providing ne
cessary postal arrangements, making
provision for the transfer of the Custom
Houses from the jurisdiction of the
separate States to that of the Southern
Confederacy, and the imposition of such
duties as may be necessary to meet
present and expected exigencies.
In the exercise of the power to raise
revenue, we are limited to the object of
revenue—a small duty, not exceediug ten
per centum upon importations, which, it
is believed, will be sufficient for the
purpose.
We can also be devoting our attention
to the Constitution of the permanent
government, which should be stable, and
durable, and which is one of tho objects
of our assembling here. lam now ready
to take the Oath of Office.
The Oath of Office was accordingly
administered.
A committee of two from each State
was then appointed to prepare a perma- ‘
neut Constitution.
EIGHTH DAY.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 12.—The
Congress met at 12 in., and was opened
with prayer by Rev. Mr. Mitchell.
The journal of the preceding day was :
read and confirmed.
The President announced the following
committees:
Committee on the organization of the Exe
cutive Department of the Government. —
Messrs. Stephens, of Ga., Conrad, of La.,
Boyce, of S. C., Shorter, of Ala., Brooke,
of Miss.
Oil Foreign Affairs. —Messrs. Rhett, of
S. C., Nisbet, ofGa., Perkins, of La., Wal
ker, of Ala., and Keitt, of S. C.
On Finance. — Messrs. Toombs, of Ga , !
Barnwell, of S. C., Kenner, of La., Barry,
of Miss., and Mcßae, of Ala.
On Commercial Affairs. —Messrs. Mem
minger, of S. C., Crawford, of Ga., Mor
ton, of Fla., Curry, of Ala., and Declouet,
of La.
On the Judiciary. —Messrs. Clayton, of
Mis3,, Withers, of S. C., Hale, of Ala.,
T. It. R. Cobb, of Ga., and Harris, of
Miss.
On Naval Affairs. — Messrs. Conrad, of
La., Chesnut, of S. C., Smith, of Ala ,
Wright, of Ga., and Owens, of Fla.
On Military Affairs. —Messrs. Bartow,
ot'Ga., Miles, of S. C., Sparrow, of La.,
Kenan, of Ga., and Anderson, of Fla.
On Costal Affairs. — Messrs Chilton, of
Ala., Hill, of Ga., Boyce, of S. C., Har
rison, of Miss., and Curry, of Ala.
On Patents. —Messrs. Brooke, of Miss.,
Wilson, of Miss., Lewis, of Ala., Hill, of
Ga., and Kenner, of La.
On Territories. —Messrs. Chesnut, of S.
C., Campbell, of Miss., Marshal!, of La.,
Nisbet, of Ga., and Fearn, of Ala.
On Public Lands. — Messrs. Marshall, of
La., Harris ofMiss., Fearn, of Ala., An
derson, of Fla., and Wright, ofGa
On Indian Affairs. —Messrs. Morton, of
Fla., Hale, of Ala., Lewis, of Ala., Keitt,
of S. C-, and Sparrow, of La.
On Printing. — Messrs. T. R. R. Cobb,
ofGa., Harrison, of Miss., Miles, of S.
C., Chilton, of Ala., and Perkins, of La.
On Accounts. —Messrs. Owens, of Fla.,
Crawford, of Ga., Campbell, of Miss.,
Smith, of Ala., and Declouet, of La.
On Engrossments. —Messrs. Shorter, of
Ala.. Wilson, of Miss., Kenan, of Ga.,
Mcßae, of Ala , and Bartow, of Ga
The President—l hold in iriy hand a
telegraphic dispatch which has just been
received from the Louisiana Convention,
which I request the Secretary to read to
the Congress.
The Secretary then read as follows:
New Orleans, Feb. 9, 1861.
To the Hon. Howell Cobb—
President of the Montgomery Convention: j
Sir :—I am directed to communicate to
you that during tho session of the Con
vention of the State of Louisiana, this j
morning, upon the receipt of the dispatch
informing U3 of the election of lion. Jef
ferson Davis, as President, and the Hon.
Alexander 11. Stephens as Vice President
of the Provisional Government of the
Southern Republic, Mr. President Mouton
immediately suspended the regular busi
ness of the Convention then under con
siueration, and announced the agreeable
intelligence to the Convention, whereupon
the following resolutions were offered and
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention receives
with the most cordial approval the intel
ligence this day received, by telegraph,
of the election of the Hon. Jefferson Da
vis, of Mississippi, as President, and the
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia,
as Vice President of the Provisional Gov
ernment of the Republic.
Resolved, That the Secretary of this j
Convention be instructed to communicate
the foregoing resolution to the President j
of the Convention at Montgomery.
Most respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, J- Thomas Wheat,
Secretary of the Convention.
Mr. Bartow—l move, Mr. President,
that the communication just read be
placed on tbejournals of Congress.
The motion was agreed to.
T. R. R. Cobb—l bold in my hand !
some very pretty designs, for a seal, coat i
j of arms and flag for the Confederate
I States, which has been sent to me by a
! son of Georgia. I ask that they be le
■ leered to the appropriate committee.
The designs were accordingly referred.
! [lt may be well to state that the designs
| were from Mr. E. V. Sharpe, an artist of
Augusia, Georgia.]
Mr. Harris offered the following rcso
! lotion :
j Resolved, That until otherwise provided
the several officers connected with the
| collection of imposts, customs and eluties,
in the several States of this Confederacy
be and the same are continued in office
; for the Confederate States of America.
1 believe, said Mr. Harris, that the
most appropriate committee to which the
resolution should be referred, is to the
i Committee on Commercial Affairs, and I
I request its reference accordingly.
The resolution was so referred.
Mr. Nisbet offered the following:
Resolved, That the Committeo on For
i eign Affairs be requested to enquire into
the propriety and necessity, so soon as
the President is inaugurated, of sending
I a ,9. omm ' 88 ' one r f° the Government of the
l nited States of America, for the pur
i pose ot procuring the recognition of the
! Confederate States of America by that
! Government.
Mr. Crawford —1 would ask my col
i league to strike out from his resolution
: the words “ for the purpose of procuring
i the recognition of the Confederate States
j of America by that Government.”
Mr. Khctu— As it is a matter of inquiry,
J and simply commits the subject to Com
mittee, 1 think it best to allow the reso
! lotion to remain as introduced.
| Mr. Nisbet agreed to the modification
! of his colleague, (Mr. Crawford,) and
the resolution was referred to the Com
mute on Foreign Affairs.
The following resolution was passed in
secret sessiou to-day, and the injunction
; of secresy removed before Congress ad
journed :
Resolved, That this government takes
under its charge the questions and diffi
culties now existing between the sover
eign States of this Confederacy and the
Government of the United States relating
to the occupation of forts, arsenals, navy
yards, and other public establishments,
and that the President of this Congress
be directed to communicate this resolu
tion to the Governors of the States.
The State Road.
The Marietta Advocate, of the Bth iust.,
says: the damage to the State Road by
the late freshet, though very serious is
not so great as supposed. Mr. Edward,
route agent who passed down yesterday,
informs us that the trains will run
through between Atlanta and Dalton to
day and Chattanooga by Monday’ next.
No important bridges are gone, some
having only been moved out of line. Dr.
Lewis is on the road abovo this and is
indefatigable in urging on the repairs of
the Road.
Ou Wednesday the conductor brought
in baggage and passengers from Dalton
to Alabama. He had to transfer twice,
using the third engine when passing
Marietta. The train running out of time,
a man had to be kept in advance for a
great part of the way.
Nashville and North Western ltail
Road.
The Memphis Appeal is informed that
a passenger and freight train is running
daily on forty miles of the Western Divis
ion of the Northwestern Rail Road, and
that there is every prospect of making the
connection of the Memphis and Ohio
Rail Road at McKenzie’s by the Ist of
March next, making the distance fifty-one
miles from the Mississippi river. The
Appeal has also understood that the
Memphis and Clarkesville Rail Road
Company will make the connection with
the Memphis and Ohio Rail Road some
time in February, which will give a
direct route by rail from the Mississippi
river at Hickman to Nashville, Louisville,
and Cincinnati, via Clarkesville. On the
Eastern Division the trains run daily
twenty-five miles out from Nasbvillo.
There are now about thirty miles of
grading unfinished on the whole length
of the road. There is every prospect of
its completion by the first of September.
Tennessee “Stop Law.”
The Legislature of Tennessee has pass
ed a bill to relieve the people from the
pressure of the times. It provides that
all judgments and decrees rendered for
money shall be stayed twelve months
from their rendition, ample securily to
be given by the defendant for the stay of
execution. The exceptions to the pro
visions of the Act, are to judgments be
fore Justices of the Peace not subject to
be stayed before their passage, those ren
dered in favor of co-securities, securities,
accommodation endorsers, and against
individuals acting in a fiduciary capacity.
The benefit of tho law is also extended to
cases when executions or orders of sale
have ,been levied on personal property.
In these cases to Ist of December next.
The Act expires by its own limitation on
the first day of July, 1862.
Casting n Cannon*
Our enterprising citizen, T. W. Jones,
says the Shrieveport (La.) Gazette, ha3
cast a six-pounder at his Foundry, and
it will be bored and placed upon a car
riage in a few days. We were present
during the interesting process of melt
iug the iron and pouring it into the ca
pacious mould. Huge blocks of solid
metal mingled with coal were thrown
into the red hot furnace, while the draft
caused by the action of a fan driven by a
home-made steam engine produced the
most intense heat. By means of an im
mense crain, fifteen hundred pounds of
melted iron were transferred from the
mouth of the furnace into an iron kettle
and emptied into the mould.
Annexation to Canada.
A Bangor paper publishes in its col
umns of advertisements a notice to inform
the Maine people that a petition, signed
by six citizens, and nineteen thousand
others whose names are not given, will
be sent to the Legislature, asking for the
i immediate secession of the State, and its
| subsequent annexation to Canada. The
’ Quebec Morning Chronicle, which may
be considered as the semi official mouth
| piece of the Canadian Government, seems
to attach a great importance to that po
litical movement. That paper knows,
“from good authority,” that the most
influential men of Maine are now paving
the way for annexation to the British
American Union.
Census ofI6GO.
The Commissioner of the Census Bu
reau, at Washington, has made up a table
of tho returns of the States’ census of
1860, from which we extract the following
relating to the slave States—the first
column headed “free” the second
“Slave:” FREE. SLAVE.
Delaware 110,558 1,805
Maryland 646,183 85,382
Virginia 1,097,373 495,820
North Carolina 679,965 328,377
South Carolina 308,186 447,185
Georgia 615,386 467,461
Florida 81,885 63,809
Alabama 520,444 435,473
I Mississippi ••• 40/,551 4i9,00i
I Louisiana 354,248 312,180
Arkansas 331,710 109,065
Texas 415,999- 181,950
Tennessee 859,628 28/,112
Kentucky 920,077 225,490
Missouri 1,085,590 115,619
Corn was selling at Louisville, Ky., on
the 9th instant, at 52 to 54 cents in sacks.