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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1861)
WSSPr. ~ ‘•S’- trr~? Will Hills, MHIHI. JAfllAßl. 4, IMI. stscwu win!', .whim AmmUm, HrCKMIO*. CO-OPERATION Bimtiing, WH Holt, 4sfi Rutburfot-d, $33 Howard, 4M Kstosey, 227 Ingram, 443 Jett ice* Inferior Vouil. H. M. Ounby, 1264 Ham John eon, it I J, J. MeKtkdt", 666 F. J. Pbittipe* *O7 J.J. Abercrombie, 7A i 11, F. OohimM, Ml Wm. Woninto, 12ftl Jehu <j*in, 477 [Th© names ofHum# defatted jr* in Unites. Teu Kemieer. J. F. Howard, f123 l. T. Brooks, 7if Tar CnUectnr. J, h. Howell, 471 J. It. ftasodet*, 3ft C. U. Mi ib#, lf.it Ww Martin, in M. W. Thweatt, 162 Treaturer. J. A. Bradford.—Ho opposition. Thefollowlug is the result of she oWilon f, r delegate* at Elleraliw previnet, Harris comity .VscrMioa.is, VfmptrmtimmikU VotUir. Aft i Hudson :„,JM Jofcasfoti ; 65 William*.,,. 33 V* 05 I Hill ~32 WUWAW UKTO IS €Uttlt n*k*-r Bounty—A. H. Colquitt, Gen ftf*, inon l; n Ohtliai~A.ia. u ri, illr<u W , J WM; „„ position. mbb—ir*,hin(o>i foe, h. a. Ni.ui,.r n, Lamar. Full on—Glenn, Bogun, Alexander. Quitman -Iwllington, Dhrier; , uppoailion. Clay—Burnett; tut opposition. ana..lj,l,—Uuiigli,,, ; „„ U|tp,,m,ll - Uolfcoffiinl. Rnatwr. I MiliOt - (.11 -Opt ratiiiiiiiiiA etaq<j. J.mn M.uint. unulan .aa-tMute, .tar.'.kd ‘*'*o ** •■ Well (ton, r.,f Tll,u(. Tnjrlur— HlUMl. !. >#* i LV <i|i,rulea<.i, 4 th of March. c„ Hleklleg sir,, 26ft; Him* n, Mitchell 338, Bong 325. Crawford —B<HieiiftistA !<•(, u*d. Hull}win Kuii and Briscoe; eo-o>p©nui<mfitt. UpAotf- (’(.(,|rtritionUth. IV3 ( WUHwn Davl. 201, K <lorgo 185. Thu.. I, Stain-. run on th, e„ lloket, but we l,ro over, eonde#e o In Ibe 1!(Jell ts Mr. I‘k'w„[l co t„ hi, Slnl., ,nd Ju4 e . („„„ hi. rerent r.rdth.l h. will „„ wl,h',h„ •to Maeuh.niai, the r MT „ n h,,n. In f M t b„tli iiehet, (terl.rel for j mr „,,| ta , e p„ viuu( to lh olfiction. “ill SmiAr.,,.\( fir,,” The riJiowiM ,h 0 i,| o , „f culll.ion between lb, (Jwitiml Unrummunt i U „I Cirollnn, *nJ I.Ukb. .t ,b, I.J.M elCbwU.t,.,, f ur I'nrin* lint ami bau.ln,o.. üb, | ,| wr , |, „„ •I-|M nf oolllrtaa—aen, „„ | u ,, , lum bn* ! Heulh Owrolln, burnt nut nf the Union ! I,„ r f,, r „ („ tb , p „„ wi „ n troc.|.,! If, hurn ~.n. t„ w..hin,t„n. Ib. km-rcur, or War, Mr. i. alnrutoii far uolUnfc ami r,lnne.| hi. b.r tun < Tb. .tM.nf Harriet l,.„„ w..„M „e v „ r ruwjt mem twilnr, .ml rlnr.,r<.n„nt, tu Mj. AnJemnn ! Oh, ho! Ibn j, tWlnal, Irani, herenlf, .n,l-U , lf ‘*.r üb.Ktf /In h„ ,t rr ,l mutant,- that'* #ll j J * 7 Ohani.mm,, Jan. S. ..The Mluwlng tnen ham h,„ a|,p,,l„t„| Mmutlwletw,,, t„ tb. •lamheWing Mtntne: u, Alabama. A. IV (Mlioant Tnaar, John Metjunen : Hoergin. .Inmn. 1,, llrr ■ MiHiMlppi, Arnil,(.aJ DuUtj M “•'*i ■'lorltjh, U. W Kprall; Arkitn,,, Aljort* C. SpAln. Alabama fr krmm fortuin. All tlio Conn tie*, tmt oto, *r<j hoard from in /Jalmiuß und tho list wf published, it Ih now Bonnlor(l eettnln thut % stund ft* Mlowa ; Vr Swewlon, 68, For Co.uporallon, 41. fba etotnt, nf gt. Ulair, aiH*tlo.l t„ „„ r mle, ! hur fi“in. Tito HMMftoßtal, rlaitn |l,at .everal eatitll tlata, alentuh mi tbo tiuket will rule f.ir RMemlelt in tb. dauvanfien. It.-nant dn. miepment. bam o„nvii,fe,l thru. Ibat (here t. on be|i for tmturity nml tmua. In the Union. There i. neibmbt In mi, utin.l that Alabama *IH, linwwdlalely u|u.n fbo uernutbHng „f the Uenreint™, meodn. Ni Monday, the Tth, will decide l ho question oyd that forever. (dwipoutlfufc Mutes foiifeat Burtasts and Stm tiry Mu B. Hdyi. Th full..wing is m, authentic copy of the cur rospondaneo hoiwovn Kx-Scereutry Floyd „„d Mr. H will bo highly interesting to “If traders, as giving ti insight Into tho wny the break up uumitied; Vtoy.V, Letter ,f MeetynnHon. Wa I‘rPAttiMKMT, Dot. 27, Lsflp. Hm : On Uio morning of tho 271 h 1 rend Jf* flowing p qu-r t. you in the pre*.-tu Cabinet in the Conned Chamber ot tho Executive Mansion: “Hitt • It is evident now, frout tho not ton nl'ijjo ortho ohmmandor of Fort Muultriu. thut the aujoutu pledge# of tho Ueiciuuieut bait- In on vndntwd by Major Anderson, in mv judgment but one remedy iaaowlaft us, by wbieh tu udi ento our hotter, and ifyoht tfU war, Uis ui vain now to hope (or ev-utidonoy on the ii vrt oi tho jKeplo of Huuth Carolina in guy further pl.-dffe* mto the notion or tho military. One remedy only is left, and it is to withdraw tho garrison I rum tho harbor of Charleston nllugeicr. 1 hoju* tho I'rwMwtt will allow mo to make that a* mice. This order, in ty judgment, ran ttleim prevent bloodshed aud riv& wur. JOHN it. FLOYD, Beer* lory of War, To the President, I thou n >n,l|lt-r tho Itnti.t ..ftho A.tuiitiMra lloß |.|wl(,il to m-M.t itr Hu. hi Ih. ~..,1 ‘• <W> WHW|M|. hr hmli kiwi btoa t! I** l ** *>*•“ <” PWliantuu ot South CaruUM, who Imd lh flghtlu ,p*k tu,her. S..utli Cwtuliua, on lire nth. r hand, gato rotiipnrenl t ,lo,| K „ (t,t no .hould ho brought l.v Hj.u, „ . n l llft | ,| t , troopa, or again,! Hi. [.roprrty „f |l„. L„ttod Htalco. Tho o| olijool of both |Nlo> |<l tIIOR rootjwoool pkdgna ,u to proton. ool|l,i„n a nd tho .ffuftnti of hit od, iulho t0.}.,, tliot .onto tnuan, •night ho found fur a ptou olt.l noooimttodatlon of otf.t(n*lr..ol.lo. tho two 1U0,... ofCnngroM haring both raaod f,.,0,01ti00. look t„ that Thu, affair, rt,„d nntt! Major Andomilt - , <**, ni.fortitn.toi,, tokro. ,hllo t ongroM atrt.lng .til, t-Mmntaaionor, „„ thdr ... to thi- lapUol on n poacoftl! routiui,..,!., luoku.g *J*.??*! .'"••fU-vjjhi- -h, oompllonfoJ m.tt.r. in lb* r tWtltig tijnirer. Our lofuaa], nr e.on our tWa.v to Jar* ha,,, oa tho, Jiml under oar agfwewiciu, fuvite* a etdftslon and must inevitably inaugurate <•! || Har . f eatinotmrnsent to he the ..gent nf #„*h ft calami ty. I deeply agre( to tWI mysuU uad. r the ne eeSsity us tendering to my l SaereUry of M #r, Woaue,. 1 oan no longer hold th r-m.e tuobriny conrleU n* f |.atri. tioin, nor with honor, as I ant, to a violation „f aoleiuii j liilges and ptightnd f*,th. With ttiobtghi.t |Mwa,tal n raM. I am tnoat truly roura. (Hignodj JHX B HrOYD. Tu Hi. Klwlltou,, tho I'roankw us tho I nitrd Kittles f'Ae Prttidtrt't ttrplg. VVAimi*m>N, iten. SI. lUf>. Mv 1 have reoaived an.l am*ni.td yottr VoslgnatioMof the f flloe of Ht* rotary *l W ar. aau wot wi- hing to imfoae upon vnti the tavk of Mrforming its *mm Tontine dwtia**, whieh you so kindly uttered todu, 1 have authonsed Custmas ter mineral Holt to administer tho affair* us u*e Department until your suorewur shall U au pointed r Yours, rery rMpcrtfully, (.Signed ] JAM EH UUCHANAN. To thelioo- John 11. Floyd. L. AFFAIRS IN SAVANNAH. I'OKT fffiUiM mil HI THISWr. Wd hvR Weii übsent 7r iu o#r pofi for b f§ weeks joying u aiiori fi‘.m <or Bi i <u*i in bars, nod ■ <r roturn yiter4Ay, w tottnd the entire city Ineoiiinanti .n.rl under (be infwniH'ri fMoiteiucnt. Crowd* were collected *t every corn*r, end preying eruund the bulletin bor<f* with owgt rik-m to reed the la teet news. Ibieefteitemeni wmm orented by the denpHtchc* from Wattliingion, which willbw found In tmr column*, end especially tlmt from i4rjtor Toombs, who etendii #* e Miitinei upon tho tow er, for tm* Htnte 1 leeef, end pledge* hiecberac ter end fame for the truth of hi* staU mente and the soundness of hi* opinion*. The ordering of the Harriot Bane to Charleston with eealod pa |/er, (which, by the way, in poaltively contradic ted by a Mtb*4tuu!4 tbiApeui. > tbe detcrintuaUvn Sff\ he Federal Admiulatratioli to coerce all aeco difig SUrteeby fiiree of arine, end the appoint mfcnt cd Mr- llolt, who, though ■ oiitborri in.to, Mr. Toombs unsure* u* l ur hitler cncm.t,” wire the BhMmlhMd ceuee of rotnmotinn, ho far b* we oßld nowprehond it in (be confusion that reigned. Thu sueund feMuro of intercut was tho arrival of (luvcruor Brown on Tueaduy night, iiocoiu pan Sod by the AdJuUbl (ieneral of tho Htatn.— .After du*e<rtisatistiort y&*Ur<ltij, It w* deter inioftd by Hl* Excellency to tube bnmedtaUs po xMstwiJnf Fort I'uiiwki, on ('otkspur i*)nd, near tbemouth of thu river. For this end do tecbmenl of lllty men, each, of oflicen, from the Chatham Artillery, Savannah Volun iMr Oanrd* end Bight Infantry 130 In •H—-w**rn ordered to enter upon tho work of preparation forthwith and bo ready to embark for the fort Ibi* morning. It i* aif dor stood that thubattalion ia to iie under command of Capt. if H. Bui tow, of thu Ogiolhorpus. In addition to the disjiat*dje oonmiunhmled welHiirfi that others, of a private nature, were reewived by Oov. Brown, corroborating the state ißowi* of Mr Toombs in every piirUuttbw. W give full faith and credit to tb l* information, for wu are unwiiliag to bt-liove that tho Governor woald take so responsible a irtep withont a full tu ‘uraticc of the entire <*Frreptn*s of tb.j Htfwr ltrtn iipiw he acted The loHowfng statement wf fbet* ha* been fur oixhed V) u* by two highly rneftoHaida and load iog fill non x, who are presnm-d to h fuiiy ac •juttlnted of the view* of the Govcrnor’eswoll i famllar With all the (drci.uistimcce conno< tci with the tranaiM tlon. We won id only ndimir conviction, from nil w* can learn, that thu motive which led to tin rnovo ment was of a peaceful And notnf a hostile and aggressive <-hra icr: Frtm the Sav'tmmh JfrpnOJtca*. Uccapalivn of Fori I'ola.li, Our oily lor *'ruu days past ha* boon the tl**;- atru of great and continuous excitement. The military roovcmonti of Major Anderson In the Fort* near t.'iiarlcston, the change* and rumor* •if changes in the Cahinclat Washington eoitiMi 'juuut thereon, tho cioureo of poJiey iinlieiitod liy the Prevideiit in thu apnolntinnnt of Mr. Holt to tljo of Wat till have furniahed topic* of very serion* diacuasion, and have crea ted iiupulxus tu action in the bosom* of our pc-, pie, almost irrusistibio. There can be no question that, had not the telegraphic nrjro brought rapid intelllgcnoe of the denial by thu President that thu movements ot Mai, Anderxon had ben made in aueordunce with dim-lion* from head quark-n, the forts in the vicinity of Savannah would have been *}*. od by a *p*mtanoous aorsins'd of our people, u* against Federal troops, tu lb vory last ml rum ily.] Hoihing can pc more abhorrent to tho hearts of oar people, nothing more shocking to their sense of justice, notliiug uioro indicative to them of dctcnuiniuion on thu part of of Federal pow er to grind them down into tho dust by uny and all agcnult s, then the idea of perverting for tifioafions erected upon soil ceded by the sover oign Btalo of Georgia to thu Guneral (lovurnment for a *|wdlln purpose, that purpose lielag the protection other mute rial iutorusts ngainsttor eign aggression, into instruments of police co urclon, to rtftjcrt her people to n rule which they may of right repudiate. When, therefore, by tho oyurno pursued by thu Gcutual Uovornuient low aids South Carolina culminating in the forced withdrawal of Govern or Floyd, known to be opposed to the principle of coercion, from tlu> War , lieparlment, and the appoint moot of Mr. Holt, equally well under Mood to b* favorable to a cue Volvo policy, the future action of thu Unitoi feHutwa Govcrmcnt had been clearly ror>shad<iw*d, public excite ment was owoo again aromad to a very high point, aud but for the auliolputcd arrival of (J v ertior Brown in our city, tin irregular inoviiuciit o the people would have been incvitnblo. Wean now highly graWticd to state, that, the Governor hoe dU>rmmed to take p . -a i-ion ol tliu furtiflcaUons cowuiaudiug our river and harbor | Xiv wisdom ofthi* policy -ctms to us beyond Aft question. Til View of ad our sui rounding oimuinstaiMwi. tt'* Kfikual Govern meat ha* forced it upon him, leaving him no other course to pursue. However much all may regret tho conpiication created by tile ill-advised movement of Major Audorson, tu-vertbeies* the *{*<Hly w ithdrawal ol the trm|’ (l ITotu Fort Sumter might have rncas uraidy relieved it, and given tranquility to tho Kouthuru mind. Assuredly there had been nothing precipitate, nothing savoring of inipntieuoe, in the net ton of South Carolina—on the oontrnry, while in her view of existing relations, it had become nbliga torv upon the i'nited State* Government to withdraw, at tho carlteai, practicable inouumt. Federal troop* Iron lnr Soil, yet sho hiui provok cd no hostile dcwionstfutioii* against her, of military oharuofor. That demonstration hu> ‘"•en made. 4 1 has not been repudiakd ; m Cur from it* the result shows that niter lougdtlibura tien, It has been aiUrmed, and the policy of im orciun, througii the agency, not only of federal troops, hut of fortiftaatiouM ceded by sovereign Htales, for widely other purpoxe-, hm been oloailv adopted, aud men plneud In power to cur ry it into uKcoation. Tho Federal tlovtiemeßt has thus, by to* own acts, placed Usat the turning point of the pre* cut political cri*i*. The t ight t sbocsslon on the I part t uu tho part of tho United Btt> s Uoverninont, i* tho isauu tuineoeksarily mid gggreniroiy preeipi tatod upon tho .South. Nothing, ihorvforo, rmnaiiu and for our Governor to do, save to guard, so far as might lio in his power, against tho possibility of tho .-mum roault.-* in thu future, us regards (loorgia, whuh haw boen developed in tho past, as njpirds H.iutli Carolina. Until tho Con volition shall Msnuldo, Hhi*U is to deoiflo upon ihepraciiouJ t|uosiion ufioSMikiii, wo Utuiersiand it lu l>e his Intention t. hold Fort I’ulttski, not in any wiso to pif.vuko attaek from the Federal tloverniueiit, but to guard against the loss of life which may be necessary to its rv capture, iu caao tho same highly reprehensible policy should bo puisuod towards Gooi-ia, which has already boon pursued towards Mouth Caro lina. There is no division of opinion in our com munitv .. .to Hu. w i-.itmi of hie polios i Hi ‘a ill beuetttined •mhuaittMticuUy to the fullest extent, l all hntiir.l and any sacritloc. [Bpri*yfi*tii (\>rrt*ptiuA. Y. Tim#* ] liacolu's Views 1 cannot resist the conviction ihat tho passage *d the securaiou urdiuanoo by the Mouth Car<dinn Convention bus. instead of intimidating (he I‘res ideut elect, only made him firmer and morn doci ‘ted in his Views on the rookies* and miju tifm bio Bt tempi to break up tho Unin. Ileikill not swerve from the ooQsossntious and figoi.ius ful tlHuuut us what he conidors bis cyustitutioual obligation#, teat certain omuir-jUk noos might oc cur. 110 will UAit. like lus predecessor, givu way t.< unmanly terror and childish despair, should event* demand prouipi and vigormi# action. And that he wilt beeallod upon to trike, 1 be lieva, appeal ftrom buur to hour more certain to him. There an- #o many similarities and identitie# between the i.teas embodied iu Senator VVado’s last *pecli and those frequently expressed by Idneoln, (httt t nth almost inclined to think that *dd Hen ajmko by inspiration. 1 do not think the term “organ,” ia its usual interpretation, properly indicates the relations ot the Daily State Journal sf this piece to the I’r* * blent elect, ft should not ln looked upon u* trumpet by dint ot which Mv. t.mcoln dally pro claims ail his Idea.*, opinion*, plan*. Ac., Ac., t<> the general public. Nor doe* he solicit or direct the editor to epubudy certain views in certain orii ole# on eertain oeoasion*. Hut. on ths other hand, it would be abtturd topeetunic that a paper dev ted for many year* to the fnthemnee of his p<dit leal (brtutte*. rei-ogniccd ns the central organ of the ttepublican party of hi* snt-l*t#| owtnnt and editkHl by his kinsman, with whom bislnlercottree t most constant amt intimate, shauid say ought contrary to hts nontlment*. The position of the Now Ywfk Tribune, rrda tiv* to the right to secede, docs nt find much fn vov with tha ltrpiiblkan* out hare. It is uni varvatty pronomm-ed nateuable. Inm all but cor totn that Mr HlncoliJ bimsell pronounces it dan gerous and illogical. It tastated that Mr, Idticoln is UUy |. c jiving Urge numbers of letters from promim-wAidkon o( all the free KtttU* neging him t. Umt VfttttreW and firmly on the Chicago fdatffew, and not badge an lacii. fiM, wtm oTTuily made a mat* h in Caltforma, to run 1M miles in *i hours aud * half, has just accomplished tkle cruel frat- ~wltli- In ?! minute* of the re>|aired time, using S3 hor ses in the rams. The watch stolen from Mrs. 8. A. Ihuiglas. at Memphis has hoeu found, together with about WsMW worth of stolen Jewvlrv, in house in Memphis, kept by a free negro named Henry H. Holland, a barter, opposite tho Worsham Hojssc. dps ccLrMftiM.a.uuuuT. janiabt aittßi. Hr,. rxsa.- ..... ~ j. ■ I'urt hliiU i| Ilif bamlx nf \vf, 6fadp The IntolUgeoce from Havannak, [ üblido-d in our yesterday’s issue leave* to doubt that Fort l*ulki is now garrisoned by Georgia troops. This i.i uu important pnsUion, and we regard the movement in taking it a* the grande?, which ha* <r-c tirh-4 on the theatre of recant event** The course of the submission pres* in Georgia, following the load of a few of her public men, ha* withoutdavign, created the impression iu thu North that Georgia would embrace any fate rather than sever her political connect ion with iksMinekltSt ilwr poakton tn tha present cri*i*. ha* hfcoo looked to with tr greater interest than that of any other .Southern Ntale, aud her past record In h.vor of tu© Union has been relied on by the foe* of ac teaiuu and the advocates of co crciou as a basis for the hope that her Convention would declara lor Union and infamy. This hope is now oblitersted. Gov. Brown has token a position in whiuli he will be triumphantly sus tained by Git* people of Goofgia, aud for which tiu deserve* their plaudit*. Ha will fJrobably re- cot vo ciitisure from those who arc willing to sur render life, liberty and honor for tho boon of dragging out a wretched existcß*© under the vulgar and degrading bondage yf aw abolition mob, hat the great popular heart of Geotgia will cheer bias for his prudent foresight anl his bold conduct. The act was demanded by the first aiidiiighost law of nature -self protection. Thu administration had proven itself to be too vacil lating and too faithless towards SouLh Carolina, for Georgia to ark of it, or repose confidence in it* pledge*. Thj Bresident feeU under an obli galien to take corn of the United States; Gov. Urowu rents under an obligation,equally irapera tiv* to tabu Cura of this old Coriimon wuallh, und tj sou to it that her in loro- 1* and her honor re ccire no detriment. His conduct Ira* demon strated that, in Its fullest measure ho appreciates Uio trust, ami Georgians, whether vassal or free, will bestow, without stint, their gratitude upon him. But vassal* they will never ho. Communicated. /'V7'-#srv. Eil!tore ,• If tho sitlsen of Muscogee have not been misled, our Senator, Col. Holt, ae •o'ptcd the nomination for the Convention, with the view of ascertaining whether ho represented the sentiment * of the people of the county in the Uegbdfttaro. We have been led to beliuvo that lie disregarded tho instruction* of a largo and unanimous public mooting, because ho believed that said meeting did not express the views of a majority of his constituent*. All doubts upon the subject must huvo been removed by tho result on Wednesday, when out of a email vote he was defeated by fine hundred majority. Wu confi dently expect that, after this unmistakable evi dence of public mmtlment, the Colonel will, a*an honest and a modest man, not longer misrepre sent U(*, but will, in accordance with bis uuiforiu propriety of conduct, reoiyn, and let usscudsoxM one to the Semite who will reflect our views. VOTISU. Public Djjunuu Tk!ikhkh,—Several eitlans “f Richmond, Virginia, have invited the South Carolina delegation to the llouso of Itcprt aenta tivei to a dinner id Riohmund in honor of the position of Booth Carolina. General McQueen wrote a reply for himself and two of his col bingu.-H, giving the reason* why tho iovltation could not bo accepted, and closed tlm*: **VVe, of Month Carolina, hope soon to greet you in a Bouilicrti Confederacy, where while men •hall lulu our dost!men, and from which we may transmit to our posterity the right.-, privileges and honor left us by our ancestors “ City Light fiitni’s Armory, Connunns,Jan. Ist, 1801. OnnKfia No. I.j Bobiier*! We are denied our rights ill the Union and the poor boon of going out. Biticrty H seems must be achieved by tho narrtfleo of our bravo mon. Be ready 1 Houth Carolina, the Hurry I‘oroy of the South, is in arms and fbo spirit of her mighty dead live* with her gallant people. Her destiny is our destiny, her hoincp and (iro sides areour homos*fid firo-sides. While she ran measure arms with any nation, and ” bile her flag, whiili was never soiled with and b at, will still bo homo in triumph, lot a* liy to her rescue and share her glory or fill a patriot’s grave. No conqueror onn drain hartotho ear of hi* triumph; no countless swarm of Abolition Hun* mid Outhashult bury th momorials of liberty be south tho living lido of fanaticism. Bravo men! buckle on yourarmor and draw your sword-. P. 11. CoBQU'JTT, Captain. Ctiveßliw of Suutli Carolina. The Piosidsnl r*d tho fallowing communica tion: To the Honorable tho J’resident aud Members oftha Convention of the Independent State of South Carolina : dntlMr n lam to-night informed that **- oluticui was ihisday adoptid, inviting me tu a i-eiit on thu floor ol your Convention. Fur the compliment thus paid my State, in uiy per*- n. please accept my gralelbl aeknowlodgemeut*. 1 regret that engag menl> elsewhere imperatively forbid the o joyunmt of your protlbrvd couitusy. Intelligeuco received to night makes “assur aHcodcul l v cure” that Alabama ftauds by the side of Mouth t’ lrolinn, prepared to share with her a munniou destiny. luformiitiou obtuiuod on diligent inquiry iniho hwt few days justifies mo in soyieg that the gal lant sons of North Carolina and Virginia nre now toady to rally around the staudaid of South err, right* and honor, which you have so glori ously reared, and that those two Status will also be members, in ail probability, of tbegreHt South ern Confederacy by the 4th ..f next March. The other slave Mtutes must sooner or later take the same course, or be involved in inevitable ruin. To the bold, deliberate and decisive action ofyour body are tho people of the South indebted for the great movement which must end in tho vindica tion of their rights- and (ho future historian must award to South Carolina the honor ofiead evslnp in carrying out tho measure* destined to release them from tho wrongs and oppressions under which they have so long and so patiently (tailored. I. W. HA It HU IT CiiAiti Kh r.t.N, Hoc. 26, 1 SCO. Mr. Khelt moved to print thu communication in the Journal of to day's proceedings. Agreed IxTKrtKsnxu coat t itaiNu Four Hcutku. Tho follow mg from the Chudostou Mercury will bo interesting to aur n-ader*. The foree now remaining in Port Suuiter con suds of about onchuudreti aud thirty men, tilty of whom are lu!wr*ttud the rest troops belong ing t<> tho artillery brtttn h of tli* United States service. These latter are sufficient to man about one half the guns of the fort, supposing the guus were all mounted. Fortunately, however, this is far from Wing the case. Out .of aeveoty-live pieces ot heavy orduaneo now iu tho fi*rt only eleven are fully mounte.t. Theso rv aU case mate guns in the lower tier, and include tho nine gluts >i that fatra of tho fortr*** fronting toward* Sullivan’s Island. Two more us these casemate guus were nearly unmoUnt ou Friday evening, but the work of gottiug them iu jmst tion is noei ssarily sl<tw ami tedious, and with the force now at woik, it is ituposaibio to mount more than throe guus per day at tho utmost.— The heaviest guts, too. which are the ten inch Colutubiads, have yet to b im untv-Al. One ot Uio cHsemate guns at one of thu angles of the wall has been placed iu ponitiou so as to cover Castle Pinckney, The garrison were on Friday evening getting ready to mount some of the casemate gun* .<n the*outh side of the walls. He*l dcs these heavy pieces, four of the lighter barbetu guns arc mounted upon the ramparts, pointing towards Morrii* Island. These are so arranged upon pivot carriages a* to sweep round the wh.de horlaetv Tho uiagnrine of the for tress I* well stocked with an ini mouse quantity of grape, canister and shell*, and about seven hundred barrels of powder. All the small nruts and Store* of Fort Moultrie have been tinnsferrvd with the garrison, and there is sufli cient accumulation of prevision* to last, in case “f necessity for sis months at least. Four large < istcrn* contain an ample supply of fresh wa ter, but it is now understood that I'ort Sumter bur n*/n d to tf-ar*. The rumor current in.the city that a number of the gun* In Fort Sumter, which are nol yet mourtlcd, bad been spiked by the Southern workmen, is without f.-undation. Kevoral thousand miner* have been threwu out *t employment by the ewspension of operations by the coal operator* of Uittsburg. They should not have voted for Idncoln. ,Ciß” Raymond, editor of the Time*, in a long letter tu Wu L. Yancey, declare* that tho North erupeople will tight before they will admit that the Constitution recogniavs property in slave*.— Hew can wo come to terms, then ! I Old Mitt 8, MOMIAt, JAIUWIf 7. IMH. ’ imm m hwikr Our ueca*itie* allow us no d|jjg£t : oa. We mu*t colleot, or at auy ra’e, redgee our clalmrt to note*. Wo shaii iminediat'dy prepare our ac counts for collection, and we beg our friends *v p>nj or if that he impossible, to give their not*#. A large amount is due us in the city and country; but we eannrd pay current expenses, unless those who owe us pay areas-nab I© proportion of their indebtedness and enable u* to clone our hooks by Hguidatinrj the remainder. It our friends will consider what this ‘pressuro* costs us, they will not complain thnt we seek, at least to close our books. We mutt do so ! Let all therefor© meet a* with what they can spare, and their written acknowledgment for the ba! unce. Every debtor to tho Times office will ba ( iillad on as promptly as possible. COLQUITT A WARREN. Columbus, January 2, 1801. IUMI KETIRNS. Tit Cuk of StctuiM io tbe Atcemloal. Tha following counties, if our exchange may be believed, have elected secession Delegates. Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Bibb, Wilkes, Fui ton, Richmond, Cobh, Houston, MaCot,Twlpgs, Bee, Decatur, Quitman, 01 ay, Btewurt, Marion Randolph, Bpalding, Clark, Coweta, Bumter, Bike, Fayette, Floyd, Cass, Paulding, Cherokee, Gordon, Jleard, Campbell, Carrol, Milton, Coffee, Crawford, Morriwctber, Dooly, Dougherty, Miiche), Thorne*, Worth Miller, Calhoun, Early, Baker, Butts, Folk, Burke, Es finghaui, Bryan, Bownde*, Ware, Fierce, Clinch, Scriven, Liberty,''.Chatham, June.-, Elbert, Glas* cock, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe. The following ara tb© c<> operation counlk ** far a* hoard from: Taliaferro, Henry, Whitfield, Clayton, Upson Wilkinson. Troup, DoKalh, Warren, Columbia, Morgan, (freeao, Talbot, Harris, Taylor, Bald win, Huh toy, Webster, Marion, Murri wether, Han cook, Liucoln, Murray, Catoosa, Newton, Ter refl, Dade, Walker, Monroe. Eighty-five counties heard from. The result stands 123 delegate* for secession, and 62 for co-operation. See dispatch in another column, which show the tdectiou of 16‘J uc.*i.n to 86 co operation llitiß,i-N Setf-sioni-i. HW. Tho Hecessioniats of Georgia have an array of public mn in lb© Convention. Wo giye their name* thnt our friends may tv© who they cat. rely upon: Hon. Howell Cobb, lion. C J Muunerlyn, Hon. Robert Toombs, Hon. Marcellus DoughiM Hon. TR R Cobb, Arthur Hood, E*q., Hon. Gen. W Crawford, Judge Geo. it Hive, Hon Francis 8 Bartow, John B Uurnnr, Uou Alfred II Colquitt Asbtiiy Hull, Hon IJcnry L Benoing John W Ander.-oi, Hon K A Nisbwt, heaborn A Jnru *. Hon. Washington Foe, T M Furlow, Hon. Jas. N. ltariiiM>y,‘ H B Roddy, lion. Luther J Glenn, I I* Garvin, Hon. W A Hawkins, John FhJnlxy, Hon. It II Clark, Dr. Alexander 11. ~i Wkt Hnjriliei!...S,m,ii Ticket. Hiohmotul county 600 majority; Fulton 670, ! Bibb 313; Museoge© III; Hpaldiog 330 ? Floyd I 350; Cass 600; Gordon 600; Coweta 617; Camp- 1 bull 500; Carroll 700. There was .* opposition t< tho secession tick et iu tho fidlowing counties : Chatham, Baker, Randolph, Clay, Quitman, Moeon. Iu Marion county William Brawn, cy-oporn liu, 1 majority , Mr Harvey, kvwr iono-U U majority. A. R. Uaur, Ej. Thu Convention of Georgia will *„„ n **cui blu to detormimt tbo inoimmtou* issue before it. Fha officers of that graro assemblage should be I mon, whose chiiratr and übility entitle to ; the position. Mn who will dhmharg© it* dutioe with fidelity and prompt now. Wo wottfd rafc* j th liberty of suggesting the name of one for thw j yfficonf Secretary who, if elected, We are asaurud would give entire satisfaction. We allnd© to Albert R. Lamar, K*.j, a getitleman residing In i this community, but who ha* fora numb or of j year* lived in Bouth- Weimrn Georgia and th city of Bavantrah. A* editor of tho Savannah ! Georgian, ho acquired a reputation as a writer, f ffuhlom rurpassed by uno of hi* age. Wo.ldiug a pen with readiness, a fluent reader, and aequain tod with the routine of btisineiis of the S.-eretary of a Convention, no better or fit appointment . ~uld bo made. We trust that he may bo selected, Arrant* at thk Fort.—From persona who cam© up tho rlvor last night, say* tho Savannah Republican of tho 4th inst, wo learn that tho troops despatched by * earner yesterday, arrive. l in safety at thoir destination, and immediately went to work to prepuru q artcr* and put the for tideation in a complete stat© of defomio They aro a working ms well as a fighting body, and should trouble emu© they will given cool ao • aunt of thcraUcFte*. Orders srora sent up for roinforeoment*, to I*© composed of further delnehtuenta from th© Uglo thorpes and tho Guards. They wilt bo sent down early this morning. Wo were in error in stating yesterday that the garrison was in command of Capt. llartow, ho is •nly second, Col. Lawton being commander in Chief. Communicated. Meiert. Editors: Allow mo to direct your at tention to tb© enclosed extract. Tho wrkcr knew Mr. Mor dural when n poor boy, (draggling for livelihood, llu has, by industry, occumu lated a handsome fortune, and from this indtea tion, you will agree with me in saying It has fallen into good hands, A B BCE B SIGN IST. From tho Courier. A NEW VEAR’S GIFT. CHA HURSTON, Jan. 2, 18|. Yesterday, January 1 at, Governor Pickens re •oived from Mr. lleujauiia Mordecai,a oitiaen of this city, a check for SIO,OOO, for tho cause of the Mute and of the South. Had happy day: luii: u-i*uuuera bait: UttNJautN Moiiurc4t.—Let the name be plac ed in honorable recollection, as a noble inatan.-c and example; a proof that Uio uncinnt *pmt ..! Hebrew patriotbin which counted no sacrifice 100 great for defence of the faith or the country South Carolina has many honored ettiy.cn< who exhibit ami illustrate tho virtues of the race who founded, under Hod, the greatest Com man wealth the world has seen. We rejoice that while we have given to other States ot the South a Benjamin, a Cohen, and other*, we have at home many Hebrew cltir.ena who are ready and willing to serve the State, in council or in the field, by their arm* or tbcit means. We invite atte&t ou aud imitation to tho single instance given In the donation of Benjamin Mur dev'ui, to whom bo all proper honor.— Ckarfato* Conner. WiutWad* is uoinu to Do A scene occur red in the Senate after the delivery of Wade'* speech, which wo have not seen reported. After Wade had taken his seat, Sou aMr Benjamin, of Louisiana, approached him aud congratulated Inin upon the able aud eloquent speech he bad just made, but, said Benjamin, “you would not coerce Louisiana, would you?” Wade raised his arm and brought it down heavily upon his desk, with the remark, “Yes, by U—d, we purchased your State a desert, and, Hyou secede, by U—d, we ll make it a desert again.”— Spritiy/ieid /.V pHblicOH. Perhaps you had better “try it on,” Mr. Abo itlon Wade. SwMMsn and Hickman Dknouik'b Courno ui*a—lieu. Cttkrlea Sumner,Maseaohusctt*, w* serenaded in Philadelphia on Wednesday eve ning after delivering a lecture, lie responded by declaring that the last eleetmn decided that the Territories should bo forever free, lie was oj>- l>osc\l to making any more compromises; and he thought the people were also. All that is needed now, is firmness and prudence; he thought the party would in future show the same fu tunes* as they had at the ballot-dox [Applause] Hon John 11 ink man also spoke as follows: 1 never was a compromise man, noram 1 one now. [Applause.] It is uo use for tho north to compromise; it is not safe. There is an eternal | antagonism between freedom and slavery, and It must be mot now, ami tho interest of tho whit© men whould pot ba forgotten, *o far as hja vote is concerned, i want to know if the Gov ernment is worth anything. I do not thin!, my people want me to compromise their interest*, and if they do I will not do it. [Cries of'good.'] Every Compromise thnt has been made ha?! been violated by the South. There 1* an eternal antagonism that must be settled, and we may a* well have it settled now as at any other time.— [Applause.] Capt. Fholps, of tbo United Hiatcs army, fol lowed in some remarks. He announced hi* wil lingne** to enrol a regiment of volunteers in Chester county, Fa. if the people wished it, ,t© ho placed at the disposition of the sovereign of the United .States, for the preservation of the Union and tho Constitution, and be eared not whether it was James Buchanan or Abraham Lincoln. [Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.] The Kh;ljU of Slates so ibiutaia Troops, it., it. Washisoto*, Jan. 2, II o'clock F. M. In the Senate to-day Mr Davis, of Mississippi, offered a resolution, a* follows ; Whereas, by the second and third Articles of tb© amendment* to the UunsUtution of,the United states it is a recognized principle that a weli regu lated Miiilia is necessary to tbo security of a free titatc, and, whereas, iho same Articles indirectly recoguize tho r.ght of tha people of such State*, In time* of peace, to keep and maintain troops, ships-of-war, Ac., and, whereas, by the 17th clause of tb© Ist Article of the Constitution, the jurisdiction of the Federal Government (Con gress; i* limited in this particular [for tbo frac tion ot Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, Dock Yard# und other needful building*,] therefor©, be it Jieeolvtd, ‘jliut up..it tho application of any fttate, either through a Convention of its peo ple or through iu .State Legislature, asking that Federal force* be withdrawn,'tho President shall at once order uh withdrawal of the i odornlgar* rison or soldiers, and shall take all needful pre caution* for the security and safety of the pub lic property remaining. Heeoieed further, a hat whenever any Stale Convention, lawfully convoked and avffembkd, shall by enactment determine that th© State’s safety require# that it Humid keep and maintain troops, ships of-war, A©., tho Frcwident be, and i* hereby directed to rocoguizo tho right and power of such State to lake such action ; audta;- ther, t bat the Fresidoijt, ua-k-r su c h circu instance*, beyond is hereby directed t-- give iaforuiation in thu creinisc# so etl parties com ©rood, By procla mation. The resolutionl re laid over for a second reading under thu rules of tb© Semite. [Articles two and three of uwn ituvnt* to the ConHtituiiou, alluded to above, are ft* tollows; 2d. A well regulated militia, beim? necessary to the security of a free State th© right of tho people to keep aud bear arms ahull not be in fringed. 3d. N< soldier shall in time of peace bo quar tered io uny bouse, without the eomewt ot th© owner, nor in titno of war, bat in manner to be proscribed by hw.j Tim Republican* have cmkuvored, without success, to procure an Executive Hesrio.i in the ftenaitt to eonfiim McKibWtTs appointment to tbeCaUeeforriiip of tho Fort >f OUurleston, as the suooessor to Mr. Cedcock. They made thieo sue cjisire motion* in erd-. ‘ effect their purpose, but ©Wry Democrat in tho Hetiaiw voted in ppoi lion, and dofoatud tho attempt. Another effort will bo tn iJo to-morrow to effect their purpura, when, it is t a usd, tho appointment will be em. firmed. Such 1* tha general opinion. The whole movement has been brought about by Ed. M. 8 lira ton, the Atforaey-Gviioral, whom the Ke publican Ben*tors consider a* “g-.-od ifopubU can as they arc. You may ro’y upon it that tho Administration has turned full shfo against South Gar? lino, i.o for tbo matter •( Seeumioa i eon* crn< J. Mr. Raker of Oregon, ia ip.orh diLwicd in i tho Senaio to day, dociated that Mr. Lincoln, •* i Fsaeideal of the United StaUs*. would enforce tba | Revenue und Territorial Law - nt ©very hawrd, ! j even if it required tho whole fore© of the Govern- [ { ment to sustain him He gave thi* a* & autheti* I I tally© declaratfoa *t Mr. Lincoln’s sentiment* and ; | dctoruiitiation. Mr. Baker has just returned Um i a visit to Lincoln, and m thought to be w>-H j td upon the view* of tho F resident elect, and; tho policy ho wilt ptirsuo. In the House of B -s>rc*ontativcs. tbo Commit- j leeef thirty-throe have rettlnd tho vital i#ao \ thare pending by adapting to-day the amend-i meet offered by Mr. Corwin, of Ohio, in effect j that it is luoxp*dient. at tbi# t.uo to logisioto : further than i* already fHrovbled, in tie inaltor >f : proteeti- nos si.,v property. J. k yard?, vowel* i <>u the high sons, Ac. All the member* of Cwngrees now b*>ra w. re ! paid <*ff to-day, though tho frestsury mill | to cash the numerous . ntdde elwims for iuaii j amoanis, n<w dn© and currant. | Dis* ww ! credited minor that the FrcPfont ! wHt not scud a spoetal me? -*go to i >*ngr©s* upon tb© affair<( of tfouth CaioUn I ftiilcd to pro** to a vie the raMdurton ofi >rti by l ‘ Mr. H ditton, nf Induma, pru*iil{ng for certain i and inraiediiKo ox< vato'u i 'at! the Federal law*. 1 end tetiie doubt* wro oven enierlaim'd ui ft* tlmu pauag*K though they all -uoCain it* ieh nl mid ’ } purpose with spirit. As ©iqdfonbla to fo.uth I (’*retina, tive Kapublicnns all **-*■? eti*t*cd tba’ j Buchanan needs nd Midi rerohacion l i uppert , I him rto keep him up tu their mark. ramtcQßsu he eevoli rw\ Every off rt if the Gvneral ■ livort it* dfosolutioii, only hastens on Its fate.— ! Major Anderson übarofon* Fort Moultrie and ; gwfrfoons Fort butnter. The Fresidont apprave* aud the Xurtbcrn pic. praitcA the achioVciuent. t York ■ this *iep to cnwroioii raise* tho pgic© of Block* in ! New York. Bat what follows in tho South, where tho great gain© of disunion is going on ? ] The people of Smith Carolina an made ,>nurc re- | oiute in their doluruiination to throw eff the Gov- j urnmuut. Gar city i* like an armed ©amp. Mar- ‘ tiul music file the air. Offer* of as-sistwrittc c<>tu I by thousands from tho neighboring Ripto?. Fort I MouiUie, Castle Ftftc-kuoy, F-rt Johuson, and; tbo United States Araona), arc occupied with our ! troop*. Disciplined Companies ‘mu arriving by ; the railroad from tho inferior >t t; c State. Tho | Governor of Georgia fob- .- tbo Faded States j forte commanding th© her bar of Savannah.— ! The Georgia vloeUona, with the voien of a tom-j pest, sweep* before it tho flying ch&ff jd’ Union- j ism and tear, an.l proclaims thnt th© Union must j bo dissolved. In a sow mor© days Flaridk, Ala | bama ami 3li*ai*Mpfi will bnvo coot oil ail pot it* j foal eonttcoGuei witli ih North, and ail the for tresses on the Atlantic and the Guii, from Cape j Fear to the Mississippi, will have ib© stars and; Stripes forever taken down from their tfogGaffs. I So wrk the threats if otH reion of tho South.— And how is it at the North. ? Cun gran* ha* (teen I in aesnion n month, ami sot a single mensare of I coercion b.i- liecu proj -©d. much less passed, tu j Congress- The Black Republicans rceiu to be | content to nbu.-c tbo Frcsi.leot as a ti.utor. be- j cause bo does not enter upon th© euterprit# of j conquering the South etti wna thousand tnen, ho- f ing the whole force at bis command from Boston I to Now Orleans. They kn-<w that thi- I i*ileut | iijust na halpiee* as they are, to coerce the Sfeaith era State#into th© Union; and yet, they bray ! out their utsittme abuse, with ail the force of baffled bate and raging imbecility, Scheme of- | for scheme, to keep the l nfon i. gi thcr. i* formed, and bursts like bubbles on a fratful tide. Every , day brings it* proof of the steady pragma* of th© Govurnment es th© l r itedSuius to d-ui.i..n. opd ! of the Mmth to tho Ileum, whilstevwrv effort made to avert this inevitable drift of thing*, only ac celerate* them to their final coasutuwaiioa. Nut to act is fatal and to act i more j oudify fatal.— So, why not at once acquiesce In the .LsaUuv of things—pitch the account book of the Union tab the lire; and take down the new account book of a Southern Contcdoracy f T tu-u, spread out it* fair pages, for glorious history of ffcdepcndeuce, prospertty, and liberty. A# to the North, —Jet it go over to Canada—or break up into aw Ka<*. tern, and Middle, and \VY>‘ern Cuutc ierwcy--tt!l inferior in power, wealth and etetliiatitm, to the groat prvdt'mutating Mepublic of tho Mavuh.dd ing Hate* of N..th America. Can they help I t hem sol vet f Me will set (‘\orioetnn Sltieu ! 3rd. * j .tbrikawLiscoli's Vw*A,..PnstHl El|, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government lin not imm c*a. j M&NtixTLY, kolf .die* ami half fn o. Ido not ! expect the Union to I*o dissolved , 1 do not ex pect the house to fall; but 1 do expect it will c<i*r Ibe iiieidni. It WlCt, ttkCoxß am, ons tlllxo ohall tub ©Tattt."—Lincoln A Douglas Debates, page l. “Allow all the governed an kqi’aj. votes in the Govern incut, and that, and that only i* relf governittsttt,”—Howell’s Li e of Lincoln, page 279. “I have a!way* hated slavery as much o* any abolitionist*.” “I did not say even that I Joel red that slavery shoultF-bo put in course es ultimate extinction. I DO SAV 80 NOW nOWRTER, SO thctO UCd be DO longer any difficulty aLsuf tW'."—Lincoln De bate*, page 13. ts AGAtNST TUB KItrORCEMSNT Os LAW. “If I were in Congress and a vote should come up on a question whether slavery should be pro hibited In anew Territory, tn epU* of the Drtd Scott rfeeisioM, l worm votr th at it hhoplp.” —Lincoln's Chicago Speech, July 10th ISSft. Notuinu Nkw 1 Nilb the Si n.—More than one thousand year* ago, tho Chlluso built sus pension bridges of more than four hundred feet span. TELEGRAMS OF THE WEEK REPORTED for the columns times. . The Election AuettTA, Jan. 2, Ricnnoflo CoDXTr.—The secession candidates are elected In this county by an overwhelming majority. FLORIDA NEWS. Tallaiiasmee, Jan. 2.—A large number of the delegates to the Convention have arrived. It ie probable that Judge McGehee, of Madi son, will be elected Faeetdera of Convention! then resolutions will be adopted declaring the right and the determination of Florida to secede. The Convention will deliberately determine (be terms of the ordinance of *©eeseion. January 3.—The Convention met at noon to day, aod wo* opened with prayer by Bishop Rut ledge. Col. Pelot was chosen temporary choir man. The counties were tb**o called end delegates carolled their names. There i* as yet no permanent organization, nor has any committee been appointed for that purpose. TbcConvention then adjourned until Satur day. January 3.—Judge Mclntosh has resigned his office as Judge of the United Htate* Circuit Court in Florida. ALABAMA ELICTW Mostoowert, Ala., Dec. 31, II 1 , A.M. Doo’t be deceived by brag* of the Cu-opera tionists io this State. The straight out immediate Secession can didates bavo carried Alabama by ten to fear teen majority, besides which, ten or twelve of nominal co-operalionists elected are really for straight secession. DISPATCH FROM GOVERNOR MOORE! ALABAMA ALL RIGHT!! Moxtcowerv, At.a., Dec. 91 P. JH. It. is certain that thvro is an effective working majority for Secession without delay. The exact majority not yet definitely known. A. B. MOORE M*l!< lAL~ll7*l*AT H. MeNTUOttSRT’, Deo. 31, 8, P. M. The “Confederation” article published in tb© “£un” of this morning from the “Confederation ‘ i* absolutely false in essential particulars It j wa* intended for effect iu Georgia. Shelby, Bibb, j Choctaw, Bald win, W asbinglon, Covington Mon- | too, all banner Secession counties. In the counties heard from a majority of ten, i certain for straight secession. The prospect is good for several mure, also. ’ ibat there are many more ci. operationist now for j fr<Me**ion. , The Popular majority is for flimwinq 8. U.K. ‘ Moitooukut, Dec. 31, BJ* P. M. Tho latest account* th© best for the secession j side. Ihero I* sixteen majority, exclusive of sec** { ‘b niflts elect ed on eo-uperation tick at*. Tie flediw a \labial ,ul flwiila. As for as Qtc returns have rcaclt-d u from A1 j j and wc think they are eomplete, thevofo | siand* thu? -i For tuancUiafo nMiimbtivksl secession.... 63 i For Co-operation.. 37; Total 100 rt.oainA. • I he Fior du roUirns in fait show i For HuntcdijUe ..ccesetua .>8 For C > opt rat*, a 22 j Total.. 60 / teUtgencer.J 1 Arvatnii,—We are indebted to tb© fffo'ere.of th steamet Kvergiade, say* the ba , vaattah K©|.uhlean es the’ 4th tuM.. ivr the ftr *,..raieo oftkeau ve team tram it that tb© entire vote of the eity, 223, was cast for Joseph Kttiegan and Uu. Cooper, rbe | oat, Immediate, anti compropiise, nw mad for i ever seoession CAadtdatea.” Gov. Ferry hod parted through, ea route for I hi* home h Alabama, having pareha*ed in his I Ufo trip to thu North, 1,000 Maynard rifles, and : 1 5,000 Minnie musket*, for the use of the State, j Wo iearu from pesMugert by,the steamer that j a plan is on fuel to take possession of Fort ] I Uiii.e 1, in the Fernsudiua, and armi l | with guus from the Fort at St. Augustine. (•tftirxia EliTtien. SKCKSSION TKII’MPHANT !l Two to one for Beceuion Macon, Jan. jth, IH4I. ReUirea are. receivud fro* one hundred aud j > fovea counties ta th© State, which show the | j viuotfon ol onubandred aod sixty uio© Bec*esioe | Isis nod eighty x Co-opeaatioaisU. | Iwo so sue for eeccsshMi ’ CO'iVENHON news. \LL HAIL F LOlil DA! Will CarUioly Recede TAVLAfitikSEK, Flo.,Jon, p m. Tho (.invention es Florida ia now fully or f gauixud. The Hon. J. 0. McGchc© ha* bevw efoetmi I President of Convention. i here is no doubt of th© Secession <*rdinaec peeving, and Florida dee Ia ting herself nut es the I I'BlMl. UTBT HEWS I KOH THK KAT OK H I K !! I’almotto Republic! Great ExuiUpient ! l AMiJUSS AND LINT TIIK OSHKB IN ! charleston. Harriet lane, the Revenue Cut- ter en route for Charleston CttAKUSeVOM, B.C. Jan. Ist, Itifil, Sin. The South Carolina C<>*nuMdottr* are aaid to i rnuming home. The war w ill probably begin to-morrow.- We I arc ready here. Breast work# havo been thro*u up at every \ ; exposed ou the Hay. The Steam Revenue, Cutter Harriet Lane will ( be in Id-iiight, she will not be suffered to enter the Harbor. The Governor ami Council are now in secret j session. Volunteer* are hurrying about tbe streets. Dispatches are arriving from Southerner* in : Washington saying prepare for immediate war. Great excitement. SECOND DISPATvn fU-i o’clock, p. m. A letter has been son tout by pilot to meet the Harriot Lane outside of the llarbor warnining her that an attempt to enter wilt be regarded a* a declaration oi WAR ! All of the Ladies in the city are busily engag ed preparing bondages and lint. The State is abipping heavy ordinance fbr the now breast-work*. gang# of negroes from tbe plantations aro at work ou tho Redouts, which are substan tially made of sand bags and coated with sheet iron, A collision is certainly anticipated. furiher'fTom THE SEAT OF WAR I 1 Palmetto Republic! Charleston, Jan.?, 10% P- M. Volunteers from the interior began to arrive here to- day. Private letter# from tbe North warrant tbe belief that large bodies of organised Wide Awakes will attempt to invade South Carolina ander the sanction of the Federal Flag. A belief is daily iaertttsing es the aeeeisity{of rpi.l or,ani,atio of tbe Soutborii .State, for mutual defence. Tb© Fortifications arc now far advanced, all ot th# Harbor Buoys and lights have been remove 1. Evory day lesigoed •fficers of tb© Federal Army and Navy, aro returniug hornu and on taring iiuiooilintal, in Whs mMifo ryie >f this Sint*. _ Gov. Brown’s Example Imitated FORTS.AND ARSENALS TAKEN IN ALABAMA! W# or* permitted to publish the followiag dis pateh receive-] by a gentleman in this city, and dated Mobile, Jn. 6th : United States Arjonal taken daylight yester day by ,troops from Mobile, conUining twenty thousand stands of anus, fifteen hundred barrels of powder, three hundred thousand rounds mus ket calridges and other munitions of war. No defence. Fort Morgan was taken ytiterday by Mobile troops. Garrisoned by two hundred men. FIRTHERfftOIM THK SEAT OF H AH. I’almetto Republic. Chablestoiv, Jan. 6, 10 P. M. Nothing of importance occurring. The Union savers are still, at work.in Washington. Gov. Andrews of Massachuwitts, has been inaugurated. He denounces, in bis Message, the proposed re peal of the personal liberty bill*. Fort Moultrie is well garrisoned. The guns are all anspiked and ready for anything. The Engineer'corpsis at work at important points on the coast. V’olnntoers from tbo interior dis tricts are crowding In. The preparation* for war are going on actively^^^^ ALABAMA NEWS. KxsAfietA. hokum, ro ki tm i A passenger from Montgomery, says tha* iov. .Moore has ordered Capt. Swanson of the Tosko gee Light Infantry and tbo Montgomery troops, to join State tro<ip* fram Mobile w Take Pensu oola. There are about 200 Federal troop* nt tbis place. The Governor of Florida, it is believ ed has asked assistance of Alabama. Cactlrc or th* Rrsvcst c Cerruti Dobukv.—• Report.” were currant on the street yesterday, to the ©fleet that a party of sixty, koine mtj thirty, dropped down tb© river in a steam tog Wednes day night, to where the revenue cutter Dobbin was at anchor, and after taking possession of the craft towed her to Cockspur, where site is no* detained. The cutter was in command of Lieut who, with bh crew, was on board at the time | All information, however, with reference to par | ticuiars, is so indefinite that we would not v©u | tore to rely upon them. Further. —Col. Late ton, now in command of j the garrison at Fort Pu'mrici. hearing of the cp ---[ lure of the cutler, immediately despatched ad© | tachment to take her in charge. The affair wan j promptly communicated to the Governor, now in ! th city, when ho issued orders for her irnmedi- I ate restoration to the officers of th© Government. I All eeriest.— Sob. liep. WASHINGTON AFF.UKK. Alblhta, Jan. 2, lt6l. j The True Democrat, has received a dtsoAtch ; from the lion. Robert Toombs saying : j “The Cabinet is broken up. Secretaries FHyd j and Thompson both withdrawn. The coereive | policy has been adopted by the administration, I and Holt, our hitter foe, i* Secretary of War. j “Fort Fuia-ki is in danger. The Abolition sot are defiant.” Signed, ROBERT TOOMBS. Wasimuctow, Jan. 2, IMI, It is not true, as reported, that Senator Sewaril intends to either submit a proposition on tie prevent crisis, or speak upon the subject. Private accounts received here from Charie ten •late that one thousand negroes were employed in ! fortifying the Harbor and obstructing the chan nels by sinking vessels, and that the buoys had ‘ been removed and lights extinguished. Tb© President nominated to the Senate, to day ‘ for confirmation, Win. McPherson, iff Penney!?*- \ aio, as Collector of thp<>ri <*f Chartert- n. The j Democrats voted against going Ihto .secret sea-! •I~ *> rlw .nhitN-l, *uS mm *m.| held. Great importance is attached to this nntui- j notion, tut it i doubtlul whether it will bo cm ! firmed. The Post Office Department has rnneeftod the | I mail contract with the Isabel steamship company, 1 • from Charleston to Key West. No reliable cause | ! is ocrijzned fee thb act. ’ ANOTHER COMM ITT KK ON THKCRLGri ‘ WAtilSfiToS, Jan. 2.—The following is the com- | 1 mill©© of one from each hiate, appointed by ! j *b mem hers so Congress from State* i j l**t week, to prepare a report *on the crlsi#; ■ ; they will hold their j first u<et.ißg tomorrow j | morning Crittenden, of Kentucky, cbairioan: j Harris, of Maryland; hcrman,of Obbe, Nixon i of N J.; .Saulubury of Del.; U .toicr of N. C.: If a- \ j too at i'ean.; F©tliu f lad.; Harris ©f V*-* Mr I Cfornaud ol III,; Barrett of Mo.; Sebasuan of ! Ark.; Vauiervovr, of lowa, and Hale of Peon. WssHrner©!*, Jan. 5. j flEßtft- Iu the Senate, Mr lUker, efOM^on concluded his speech. Mr. Doaglait, of IltinnD, then# adJrreeed th* Senate on Powell’* reeolutfon*. No new point - were made in the speech. Hove*-—1 tb© House, th© Judiciary Commit ; tee reported a bill investing tb© Prerid©ot with additional powers so collect the revenue. The j result was a parliamentary war, after which it ■ was made the special order of tb© day for next j Tuesday. Beth Houses then adjourned until Monday. WxtmßOTo*; J an. 9. It is stated upon reliable authority that the President maundered the comisuuioalk'u from the Cotnmisrioners from South Carolina inoelent, and returned it, and that the Commisabmers started for bouse tbis morning. I‘ON'itt KfcuMKN ÜBTTKMKi, HOME. WasiIJBCTOB, Jan. 4. | Messrs. Curry and Pugh, of Ala, have left for home. The other on tubers tram that feats sili follow next week, and fh© members of other pros pectively seeeeding States are triso ranking pra {••rations to leave hero. 1 THE SENTIMENT OF THE VIRGINIA LLii ISLATURE. Wasm/xltox, J*n. 4. | Numerous iwmhers of the Virginin Lugisfcture frmn tire Weetern part of the Statu, arrived her. yesterday an i to day on their wa? to Richmond The general feeling exprensed by tbe*e gentle nun. i* that the Legislature should imtaediAteiy | •••* • law railing a State Con realms, and also pass declaratory reewluDMns cwtreiug a wwfitf Stale. lßlrrr>4t- \tw freai Vaiim^Ni Nnavtim, Jan. ‘ There is great excitement here in cotWMtqnenre of a report that four Companies of Arttliery. from Fortress Monroe had been order tw Charles ton. Lieut. J. U. North of the Army, has resigned. The Brooklyn is loading and taking store* and getting ready for a eruiee, it is reported Ui t Charieetoa f9tr The uiliUry movemer.t are progressing rapidly ail around us. The bravo sons of Caro lina. ehoered by the eacourageme.tt o( Iter equal ly eonragaotu daughters, us-* i-arneitly and #, lontly doing all that men can do towards pi t ting our State in a position to defend her self against the world. For the present, we refrain from giving the partievUN of the rari* ons work# that are progressing. We will opb say, for the benefit of anxious, friend*. thaA ihe gallant volunteer* stationed at tho various posts around are up, and, all devoting tbeumlves to fill thu exigencies of caue, and that they are and will doubtless continue in big’ apirits and as comfortable “as circuut#:ai * permit".’ (Mmrieto* Mercury. “ KE ” ■ . /a, UIAaLRSTON, Jan. 4 —Sales es jj*,- 319 bales, at prices ranging from Th* tnnrk.t U firm. tu-J,, 2,000 Moiilb, Jan. J.—galM ufC ti baltia. Middling, H®HJ|,dy. rnthar poorly .uppli.d b|gu of Cotton to day S.SW , linlai. Jtidd; Xxtkuga unchnn- ’ LATER FROM EUROPE. AIUUVAL Os TIIF: STEASISIiIi’ aistkalamah. Nkw . '■ J.wi. 3—The s ! m,.hi(. Au,ir,l >iinn with Livcrpottl datts to the 2!ilutt. oriive.l here to-day. COMMERCIAL. Liverpool Cotton Market—Saks ol cotton to day (22d) 12,000 bales. The market wax firm. Blue dot offs Arm and advancing. Corn ad vancing. Mixed at 3'Js. Consols wer© quoted at M‘2}^. general news. The Australasian brought seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars in specie. Tbo Builfou ia the Bank of England had largely decreased Money was more stiiwgent. Faria Bourne deprci -©d. The Pekin Treaty has been coufirmed. China pays Fraoee sixty m .lion francs. Tb© Chris tian Churches are to be restored. Tbo crus# has been restored to tfce Cathedral at Pekin, -and -r* restoration was celebrated by a 7* Deum. The Perm Conriituifonel says that France will never suffer the ret.tra to ofiens'.ve policy by Austria in Lombardy. the tm. Into the dusty efty cornea the rain— The pure, the b. mtifal, the pearly shower ; The dusty sti-eet Is oobl and Binile? again, And frevbac?# come;* to many a droopvn fl.iwcr Upon the country comes the rain; Gerier„us it falls, a bfossiug from the Giver , The little rills w>ll form the : - golden chain, And chose their songs info the flowing river. Happy toclr'dhood comes the rain, Pure aw it* innoc ,ce, bright as its gleo. Toaeh the flowers with is light brush again, I Bi;ghteus ihc r colors with its witchery. Unfo the mourner e rnes the rain; ft is the pearly tears by nature given ; Its patting* ;> geaUc, soothing a twain ; it tells of the departed and of heaven Cnfo the sick man comes the rain, Moist to her blow arid cooling to his foyer, Blunts the sharp edge ©fmany a crashing pain Wbiapers of h -j 0. an l of a bright forever. Come to my weary heart sweet rain ! With thy cool drop* wash care away. And let the rainbow of bright hope again Follow thy shower wish sun beams’ cheering ray fell me, sweet rain, of friendships bright as shower ; Thu’ they have past they yol ara dear to tuo, A* perfumes sweeter come fp-in brui*oc| fl>,wor, And oidcu hai; - vk-ld sweeter uiinttralsy. C. J. H. St, Charles Hotel, Iko. 2% InCO. To Mill Ow*sm.—Your attention is invited to the adverth’ KWfct *f Mr. G. L, liobinett, mill-wrighf, pra ioal macbin i, 40. Wo Lave known this g< Bilomau a long time, and cheer* fully rccoraraend hitn t > all person 1 needing hi* services. tiiEistrs msTßtis. Ia these days of long fact* and despondency generally, wh©n everybody is expecting every tuinuie to be the aext, and looking out for some thing startling ia tum up, it will b© an hour oi relief and pica ant reUxtk-n to attend upon tie Concert of Ge<wge Chraiy to-night. The enter tiinment will eofUffuly dispel the “blu ” aid bury for the time being all troubles. Tbw Cfirsi* ASD M AMLFACTCRJftU Bl'Slftßftfi. •—The factories nt Amesbury aud Salisbury, Mss*., have oomuiunced to wurk ou short titua about two-thirds day neither lighirng up mer ning or evening. The Cordaville .Manufacturing Company, in r'oiitbbor/, Ma*i, have reduced ilio wage- of all thoir help 2a per cent. They have on hand mute Jian S4.OJMfo worth of eeedl unsold. Tribute of Respect. | At a meeting of ibe uieiubers ofthe Sigma Al pha Kpsilou fraternity, in Columbus, <-n Monday | last, being informed ot tho death of their brother j aud fe’luw-member, BENJ H. HURT, a Com | miGei! wo* appointed to draw up resolutions ex ; p-essiv© of the feelings of tb© fraternity on tbis j sad evet.t. I Where*, or tb© night of tho 30th uit., Death, [in cue of its worst forms, took aw.iy ©ur mu< h f'escerauwit menu and ffeioved brother, Bcej. n. j Hurt, it is but due to his memory that we, hi* : friends aud follow member*, should givo some vxpreaiou of our istectn or him, and oar heart foil sympathy fowhi# bereaved riends and family j Therefor© be it, j Resolved, That in his death our fraternity Is called upon to mourn th© loss of u© of its mem hers whu# place cao never be tilled. Possessing superior Intellectual powers, b© blended with . them in perfect harmony those noble qualities ; which ever adorn a truo gentlemau and trust worthy friend. Having just catered upou the it Age of life, and giving the brightest promise for ! fwforo usefulness an< j honor, wo had actively time to wish him sueeeaa, when bis fondest hypes ara blasted as if it weru by a breath, and bin brightest anticipations find theireod with him in j th© grave, | Resolved. That whilst we deeply lament this j rad dispensation of Frovtdcnee, und would with ho could have renaamed longer with us, yet wu will u t murmur at the decrees oj th© Almighty, but “abmit with calm resignati-m to Hi* holy will believing that He dfractcth all things for oor good. Resolved, That ilu agh we *ywp*thixe greatiy with his relatives, we can only point thorn to the •Sarmur, who alone cm boa! the broken heart j and rpoak peace to the troubled soul. [ For although from ur midst he’s gone, His memory ever dear we'll keep— -1 Saying, although hia spirit has flown, j Our brother ia not dead-bat sleeps, j Resolved, Thataeopv ol these resolutions be I sent te> the city papers for publication, and a | maims .'riptccpy to the family of the deocd T. HARRISON, | J. A. CODY, j T. SHORTER, i K cm F. FONT A INK, j To Consumptive?. THE Artverusw r, having bran reftm-1 to ha!ik foA few weeks by a v*,y mpU ©medy, affi httvmf eaflvred several )ari wuh a severe lung sffudion, and that dread disease ('* u nipt ton- ix soxfottß i© make kuow* m tea fo'tow sufferers Hw •weens *f the eere. To a'iriin decire i*, he will rand a copy nf the ;rew:nplion n*cd (free of • h:MT(<>) with the dirratioß* r,.r preptring and using the same, wlucli tte y wii ibid A SUP .-tire lux ( oiiwmos, Asthma, Baos < arris, -Tr Hie only object of th© advurtMer iu seo rtiaf h<- prescp!ioa Is to benefit the aflli, ted, and spread tttfbrmaUoD, wbtebit© conceive© 10 t> invshi Me, and he bap., mi, aniffiter will Irj kia tenwd, aeit wi-l > ota them noihktgaad att, pro., a Peteoru wi.utac Ikenroectiplion will pjeaaeaddie,, Dev EDWARD A WILSON. Wifiimsbtwgh. Omit—Jty King* Onimty, Kew York. Hollow at *x Pill*.- Nervous Haadaeht, from wbaiever cause, debility, indige*Uon, cos tivciree*, lirer complaint or nrevou* diaorders, will fin if-a speedy and rtdieU cure in HoUowgyV Medicine* They the eoaatitnHon, restore tbe torpid energy of the stomach, stimu late the a*Lou es the bowel*, c]en*o the bluoil and purify the recretione of the bile and liv r . The Book of aft other# that shatdd l> read W men si.'i .tunaged aril broken-down tien# t* “ Homan Frailty, or Fhyeinlogkw searc.ic* I. is bcautiluily iliu*trated,<*sd treat* aitnwtcly af ail tu agwpuua* resulg front lb* fraittie* am. vitiating habits of cyptf youth, ■- puntaring the victim from #bar*>Jt ibe fru i *'" l * ®f of the Btatrimouiai *tat®, **L if aot sacked in i um, degenerating all th-“ l ovtK*na “ tuanhood, and bringing him, step. •* a ungering r and untimely death. Price Heat free every where, on re-'ipt of i-tMop* to tbe amount Sold >'the ao *' r - “**A. BAR ROW, 194 if decker **lon Me. Dongitl ,t ‘-Vc. Vt. t , j if. y B . Jk— _ ’ *V“ **, U. M. t f.'uinbn*. Oa.,Jan. 4ih, 1.0,, J °“V f { lifl. II 2-> District# <J. hi, u T hereby ordered’ . werbally or by letter to report the date and rank 1 of Hieir cuiuuii#*k>ns, with their addmJ . Vo,l Qgua) lu.madt.taly, that tb,y such ordere a* an emergency my require K. O. MITCHELL, Col. fiCtb Regiment f. M. HraetrAarEn# (Wlto Btoiuxsr t*. M i ORDERS <' h l*4. •] Na. J. ) Want. JomW.Bbmm, is hereby aimoinud Adjutant of the With Regiment U. M., aud it is ordered that be be obeyed and respected as such , . , ft* U. MITCHELL, Jano—d2t CeL fifth Regiment Q. M.
