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I OMR ITT A W ARREN, Proprietors.
Volume XVI.
To Cotton Planters!
1 ’IS 1. \v r VrtUH FORCE WITHOUT IN-I
CREASING VniU NUMBER OF
HANDS.
BEAUCHAMP’S
COTTON SEED PLANTER
AND
GUANO DISTRIBUTOR.
A nyontion! |
r I ‘ll Irt M ACIIINE i light. bandy, , durable
JL mu 4 tlj’ ii j>, and i e*au\*m i. not liable lo jrei out
ol order and ran be m utated by ait) plow boy on
any kind of land when* cotton ran be plowed. It
will deposit (.uuuoiuth a* curacy ta any qiiuiiiiv.
(coin ~n to 1.000 H< per acre. Tree from the elicit* of
“Old Itrad Isle liill'iWlllg ( ( rl|ti> ritl'i*:
(KI K'fc UHAhT F*< TOV, ( I
(’ •muibUti, Ua. Nov. *4l. ffcfil. j i
Tin” I s t” cent A that we have used Iteuoctiaiop’M
f.'oUun Planter anilUwtttn Drill, and n kivh im (treat
plumule lu testily to Hu ini r.H It deposit* the
seed iii u urn tow, straight drill at the boliaiu of*
atnooih packed ftirrow, which rattscN the plant to
com. n;in a sttniffhl line ttsun ctiulihltg the planter
to plow rlnner lo the tattoo, and tn chop out at least
one intinh more to the hand.
M e think that it# universal ;u|o|Hi<bi l>y the plant
• is of the t’ttoii growing Hlaie*, will very material,
tv enhan. e a* yield. DaMKI. GRANT.
JNO .1 GRANT
We have also otherrrilift p a*ea 100 utimerous to
publndt, believing the above mlKcient
Person* w anting PUnU’i* or rotate or I ‘nunly Kiuld*
wlliitddressnir.il Preston, Cia.. or my m credited
Atrsnt, A It 11 ROW N, St., I iUiiuHu*, (!a.. who is
Hilly prepared to manufacture Uieni iii the best poi
*line iiiaiiuer and at short notice
1| )'Price of t lie Machine 910, rash on delivery.
|] ,• ‘Those wishing to purrha e will please send in
the rorder-* immediately.
K IV HE 4mi AMP,
A. It. BROWN, Hr.
Agent and .Manufacturer, nlllte
t'AKTEK FACTORY, OoNuubiifl. t.a.
Wh.-M are maauibctuitul mot kepi constantly on
haiid the so lowing articles, of supi rhu quality ami
in,ike Sirim and f*linek t'uiiers. Wheat lan* and
Thrashers, llms. t ans. Who iliaium *, Plantation
Mills, in
iF/'"He.‘'l Planters iicmiu factored lor those who
have t mint’ Rights on roasouabie term*.
February 1.1 hill.—w2m
Important to Mill Owners !
Gt- X-i- ROBINETT,
COLUMBUS, OA.
fQ-n D radical Machinist, Boiler Maker,
r'Sipgl Mill Iron Furnisher, ami satisfactory
erector of Steam, Water ami Station
ary Mills, (Saw or Grist.) <n the best known
mi I uppr >v >-<l •tvics, and warranted to perform
in every roepeet.
Orders tor repairs in the niochanirnl depart
tunat ul any kind of tho above Mills, done
cheaply and enrofuily, and with dispatch, by ad
d rated ug nr above.
Union nee- - <iolden A Stmtford Uolutubu* Iron
M’*rks jan7 dltwTin
I~V N T I >S FOlt SALE.
I w ill si'll any pianlalinu where l
„/fe , - I reside •Hi the (.'hattabooi bee river
j/JKX s • clflOitacres cleared, good water, good
land, well improved; 4,nt*ti acres in
good nolle the
These Indu cw be divided to
ami friend* tbit may want to buy neat each other. Al- ;
so mVI iirr. , best fanning land iii Eittlv iiMOi'y. join- j
in* the to? o>ri| on the line of Early ami Baker; abo,
Too at re* on Aycock's creek, small improvements ou j
each tract and many scattering im. I will sell low. j
My r Kideiic*; win t'iuy county, (Ja ~ nine miles t>e- \
Liw Ki>rl (•antes, and Eleven fiom lllakeiv. I will j
-ell utility properly on the place if I ran. There is
the rise of one hundred negroes, and stock in propor
lion ‘all and took; a bargain can l>*‘ nought in eilii- ;
•#r of the places.
July 31- wi t M \V STAMPER,
I’LAN TAT LON AND STOLE
FOR SALE,
f—-m I have come to the conclusion to return to
North Carolina, as my relative*are all there.
Tin relore 1 wish to sell all that 1 poems* in
(■•'Migi.i. 1 have a beautiful little summer
t-14 mile* north of Columhus. il.t. and nenr I
the Troy 1 ictarv Three hundred aro'on ot good <
I.and. well improved; about UtO in a good •talent
cultivation; good dwelling house, negro house*, barn, ’
stables, gm house and •crew; larming utensil* of ail j
kind*; rows, hogs, mules, wagon*, household and ‘
km lirn furniture, corn and fodder, and various other j
articles too tedious to mention. In a first rate neigh
borhood. good neighbor* and good sojjcly. Please ;
• all and look at mv land and stock .
U. H. BIUNHFIEI.I). j
May Till -w If.
NOTICE.
The subscriber offer* for sale rt valuable I
AHLritm k t'iirw in th7ilt Binrittsr Worth coittt- j
v. (ia , consisting oi ‘.tssJ acie* of La id. 130 or
A— ll*i \i n> oix ii l.aiuls. a ne W (>lll llolise and j
H reW upon the place, ISO or 2(W head of Cuttle, about ,
tile sainu nuiaber of bogs,and HU head of sheep.
Term* w ill be mad.* -n roiuuiodat mg and strictly *o I
when the cash is offered. Enquire itt Albany at Jus. j
Mill's Livery Htables, tor direct mu* in tfie place,
lime 4 wtl’ TirOH.ll KENDALL.
LAND run SALE.
/‘ifo 1 will sell my Plantation in Rumioll Cos.
JflpPAla.. two miles south of i'diee l’ost office
JjLfc -<'on{aiing Seven lluntlred ntnl Twenty
Acres, with two hundred A*res elcared. This I
place has a dwelling, good gin house and screw, I
negro housed ami kitchen, aud all other necessary I
outbuildings. Any person wishing to make en
quiry aro refurred t<> W. L. Tillman, Columbus, |
(iit., or myself mi the Plantation.
Oct. B—u J. 0. BROWN. I
SANFORD'S
LIVER INVIGORATOR
N E VER DEH I L ITATEB.
I T 1H < ovlIMXjNPkt) ENTIRELV from ‘oiatM.ajtd ,
1 has he< i>me auHiUtiiibsd 6ust,s 1
Approved by all that . have um-d it. and is re- ,
sort’ ll to v\ ;mi conti- dcucc'iii all disease* fur j
which il i* r • >mu**nd- cd
It lon- i urod ihou.-ir<l* withintfic last two yoara i
wiiu had riven up hope of relict as uuhicious ,
unsohcUed < rufi* at*-* 5“ mmy possession show. |
I'lic il"..’ uiiiMt be adapted to the temperament
oi the individual taking M it audited In snctiquan- j
t me#as to a4 gently on gffi the bowels.
Lettlic.il, (at**M of your a judgment guide you in !
nee of the l.irt.HlJt- ** V/OORjiTOH. and it ’
will care J.trrr plaittla, HtLJOVS Al
Uul. I) )SI I 1-yJA, mm L'nrontc l) ia rrh un.
s t .V M h It (0 M * rr.ALV/ sI) YSF.JfTK
HI, DROPSY, SOUR A tOMACH, IMntval
L'OSTIFy.X .S, CM- tr. CHOLKRA CM*-
mM-rtm*. ( JfOI.KRA mm IJYPAXTVM P/ .l TV
/, KA'CK, Jjs UJ\ DICK, PmuiU WFAKHATH*
/, \ and mav be tsed *ucc***Ailly naanttrim
„n, y<tnilf JHrtttrbu ‘fla It wiH cure SICK
UK AH AC H b'.. las thousands can tastily) re
ic rn t n min■> Ie *, ij MB two or three Tea
poonfolt arc laktu at i'MHiuenrettieiit olthe
u> ta K _
All u-ko km if art , ftamg their testimony
n its flavor. ■
MIX WATER IN THK MOUTH WITH TIIK IN
VHitillA TOR. AMI AW’ALLOW BOTH TOGKTH-
Klt PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
FAMILY
(liathartic Pills,
COMPOUNDED FROM
Pare VcgrtahleEitrart*, aim |iul up
In Glc.su Coses, Air Tight, and will
keep In any Climate.
Tin* FAMILY *'A- TH4iTir Pill it gcn
tlr but active Cathanir Q which the ptoprietos haa
it*(J hi In* practice maw . than twenty yearn. .
•riletilt. y ill- aMHg Jp demand from those who j
I, jvflunf ue tit he Pll.l.t* and the natinfactiotl whn h ‘
ul] ( -x|ir< ■ mreeartltotiMMi H •*•?,hri* induced mM put <
them in the rem it at ttt ‘u
Tlieprotciwioß well know ‘hat different liathuricr j
avt on .itir'rent the Itnwele |
The FA Mil-V i;a HARTK, PILL,
lim wit It due reference m [this wall established tart (
heenrompoiiitded from arn variety oft 1m purest vmk
talile aftract*, which act •* alike on every part ot the
alimentary canal, and are H goodand sale in all ca- .
e* where a rfiathartlc. t- w needed. such an IK
---RAU*V**T. of the “*Tl>MA<il. t!SFI
n.M, I'AI.NH IN THJ.Q HAt.K AND I. O 1 N ft,
L'OHTIVBMKIi t*, PAIN *wd Koaraßaa ovea
TUB WHOM; BODY, M from sudden cold, which
freiinently, if neyleeted. qj end tti a lon?court* OiF
v# r. LOHd OF AFFE- M TlTfc, a Fbkkmno *e ■
NATION or < ot.r> OVER “! Body, KI.nTLLNS
nmn. MBaI>AMIK or £7 wtiont in the llßAtr, :
all INFLAMMATORY H I>inka*bn, WOHMH, n>
f‘HiMiHt.N or Am i.T, ” Riiei:matim. a Oren.
Purifier of the Blood, wj nnrlinaiiydiieaNe*itowhl<h
tJcdiirheir.too Hiiiiforn i to iiientinnin thi* advei- ,
ssiuaot. BOSK Ito I. ‘
Price 30 Cent*.
“THE UVRK INVMIoRATOH und FAMII.V ‘A
TIIAKTi: |>||.LH un. Mallcrt liy (nttmll,
IllKtl Ml., and retail hylll. Traii.i iu all the
w . HA.NKOItI), M. D„
Manufacturer and Proprietor,
unelT—wsm. 335 Broadway, New York
®to (Tutumlms lirrhln ®imcs.
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nUFRHI N, TIKBDAV, KKHI5I \ll\ Pi, |MII.
ms urn \ matmma.
| Tk>’ lltdoubt—Foul in It Fa/HMtH ture */ IStltiv
| FuHfif -Tkli Ititfht llrtHHt - Fretnol J.itfhf—
| Ca,n V fife, rfr.
Four Harka.nca-, Wauuinoton, Ft a., )
February Atb, I
I 1)r ait Timrs • tn continuation of my notice of
the fortifications r will mention the Redoubt,
j which is home three-quarters of a mile from llar
ranca*. This Redoubt is auxilliarv to tho fort,
and conttnaada tho little bayou which cones up
to within half a tuile of fls walls. It Is a very
strong place and would bo much inure reliable in
oa.se of an nt-saull hy land than either Barrancas
or Mcßae. It 1* not completed, nor has there
been any work done on it for throe years. The
main body of the fort is square, atid running
around upon tho outer side of a deep ditch is u
counterscarp, in which aro splendid naohonus
gallories, with casemates for hewitr.crs to enfi
lade the ditch. A great ileal of money has been
thrown away upon this line but usales* piece of
masonry. It ia now .* in tiding in the midst of a
large field of broom-bush, and a short distance
away, and would be taken for a brickOtilit. it
will boa ruin iu a very tew years, a.> surely as
such expensive follows hav o been the ruin of the
government of tho I'uited States.
Situated upon an eminence a short distance
from the beach, one mile from the Barrancas, is
tho light-house, probably the bait ouo on the
Southern coast. It is usplendid pioee ofmccha
tiisiii, audits light ran be te*n lot* miles upon
the (iulf. lu shapu it is u round tower, built ot
brick, no hundred and sixty led high, aui was
finished two yeart? ago. The light, which is
reached by a spirnl stall case bat iug one hundred
and cighty-one steps, i.saFrcsnal ligltt, but is
more generally known us the Rush-light. It is a
light of the first order, and has four concentric
wicks. The optical part of this uppmatus is
composed of glass lenses or entadioptrio panels.
These pieces aro assembled or uuited together
by weans of metallic frames, havittgn cu.d-iron
column for support. Tho interior diameter of
this apparatus is— say six (Vet. and in the centre
of it arc the lump -. Each lens light I illumina
ted by a mechanical lump, placed iu the com
mon focus which is furnished with multiple
wick? Hydraulic and pneumatic lamp* arc
sometimes used lu tho place of thc.-se. Iu thD lamp
there are live principals—the oil cistern or rc or
voir, weights and gcuring or machinery, pumps,
burner and chimey with P* reflector and damp
er. The cistern contains the oil, live and a half
giii* of which is allowed man hour. Motion is
given it by a weight which slips over a pulley
like the weight <<f a clock, and ‘.urns the lamp
once in five minuter, giving two Hathcs or very
bright, light* in a minute. Tbo dioptric aud
oataaioptn.; panels of the light* nro solidly fi wtl
in their frame with screw? aud hoiir, and eaunot
be displaced or put out of adjustment except by
extraordinary accident.-. It ia rather, as a whole,
a very bountiful piece of Htechani?m, and well
repay? ono for a visit. Tho view frotu thetower
is magnificent, giving a bird’* eye-view of tho
harbor and the surrounding country for mites. —
The time spent in cxnmihing thi* fine work is by
all o<M? the most pleasant I have passed inco I
have been here. Thi* ouecolumn, erected for a
peaceful purpose, has pleased me inure than all
fortresses over wh’ o rampart? arc ranged the
symbol* of war.
I am writing this while waiting fur tattoo aud
roll-call. It comes at nine ami afterward* the
men go to their leni*. orrit around the camp-fire
and sing songs or toll talcs “f home. Reveille
comes at six in the morning, and an hour later
breakfast. At ten. morning drill, dinner at one:
drill again at four and supper at dark. This t
I our daily programme, with tho addition ol some
i work upon the guns, or the butter ie? being eroe-
I ted. 1 shaJl have uon to sy of camp-life
j soon. Your* truly,
j Stoppage, of lie Ala tin—A Trip upon the Wyan-
I andotU—Anotlu r Hearer of l)i*po4< hf* Id,
’ Slimmer—Arrivaloj the Iho'lhlt/o.
Fort Baku axi ah, Via.. Feb. fitli, I Mil.
The mails to Pensacola and Warrington have
now entirely stopped, nndeverything that come?
to us i* brought by private hand. A package
of papers from Montgomery has just been recei
ved at the Colonel's quarter, but It contained
nothing beyond that city. Occasionally wc get
the Time* but very rarely, and it i? a matter of
’ much regret to u* who are anxious to hear from
j home.
Yesterday i received tut invitation f rum Lieut.
Berryman, of tbo Wyandotte, t-> visit Fort
I’iekem bis ship was run over for tbu purpose
of landing us at the wharf. Just outside tho
gates sro were met by Lt. hlemmer, who refused
used uh admittance, saying that ho bad just re
ceived dispatches Irotu his government, uml was
at tho moment of our arrival engaged in discus
sing them with tho bearer, Lt. Putnam, Ilia
I order* were peremptory, and although a source
I of regret, he was obliged to refuse us admittance,
j While near the fort 1 managed to make a tolcr*
j aide sketch and get some idea of its strength
and facilities for defence. Properly manned, 1
am of opinion that a fofco of five tbciioand men
i would not tuffice to take it, unless, indeed,it
I could be done by surprise. The bastions of
I wbioh I spoke in n f >ru cr letter, are very lurgo,
I and strong, aud {eoutain flanking howitzers to
i bear upon every angle of the Fort, to cross Arc
I by the gate, and to cnflbtdo the ditch. The
! casemate guns arc of heavy c alibre, and can be
i used very effectually upon the land siJe- Tho
| ditch one hundred liset wide nnd fa So protoc
’ ted by counterscarp guns,that a single discharge
jof eaiii*tiT would sweep it thoroughly. The
■ weakert point appears to be that fronting the
I mouth of tho harbor, nearly facing Mcßae. As 1
1 have previously said the garrison is stcul!, but
i reioforements may have been thrown iuerelhia
under cover of night. The commander of Fort
i Pickon*, Lieut. Adam J. Blewmer, i* a Pcnnsyl
j vuniau by birth, and graduated at West Point
in tho year 18 JO. li its first commission in the
! Army was a* Brov. Lieut, in the first Regiment
us Artillery. Ho is still on the sunny side of H>,
and is a fine looiriug gentleman. During the
i years lssf>—*66, ho was ntt assistant Professor
I of Mathematics at the Military Academy of West
point, and ait 1 urn utforinod by a young uian
j who wan under htru, was respected by the cadet*.
I As nn officer bo stands high, and is notodin the
j service for punctilious attention to every duty,
| and tho faithful execution of tbo order* of bis
i (Jovermucht. Although ho stand* at present
| in a peaition hostile to us ho has many qualities
i a* a gentleman and an officer that wo cannot but
* admire in an enemy. Os Mr*. Slornmer, who is
now being futt'd in Washington an a heroine, l
! ran say nothing from person il knowledge, hut
j X am informed that the charge of detaining her
j baggage, made against fbo Alabama, troops was
! entirely untrue, and the smart raying* which has
gained her some trifling notoriety, wera hated
i upon falsehood. Had the same charges been
I made by a tnu instead of a lady, I should have
I t poYen of them in ra*bcr terms,
j At twelve to-day our camp was thrown into a
j Htato of excitement by tho un noun cement that
I the Brooklyn was in sight. I Irurriod aft to the
signalbouae,and with tho glass could see bor
hull down a long distance beyond Santa Ilosa.
As soon as Bhe was signalled from the Navy
Yard, tho Wyandotte, with Oapt. Barron aboard
xfomiwd out of the harbor with tho orders sent
from Washington. Tho tenor of thoso orders
have already been published, and are that no
vo*fid of war is to unter the harbor or attempt
to reinforce the fort.* Tho Wyandotte met her
just outside of the bur, since which lime she has
been laying off and on,it ever gottiug out of sight.
About throe (n the evening the Macedonian waa
sigtinl’ed, and still later the Sabine canto in
view. The Wyundotte is inside ttuder a Hug of
truce. Tho BrooUlyu is commanded by Cnpt.
AYm. S. Walker, of New Hampshire, who is now
nearly sixty years of age. lu the Japan expo
dilion he c nmiuiuied tho Saratoga, and served
also iu pho Mi xican war. lie is very strict iu
discharge <>f duty, uncompromising, uud is rep
resented u* the best disciplinarian in tho service.
There is a large force on board the Macedonian
ami tho Brooklyn the latter has two companies
of Artillery, which was sent out to reinforce
Pieku>. 11 the intelligence given us bo true,
none of tho Hull Squadron will be in sight to
morrow morning, but from their movements du
ring the day, and constant signaling from one to
th other, we are suspicious that it is tho inten
tion to land men upon the Island 10-uight, and
place them inside before morning.
CONSTITUTION
rORTHE
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMEM r
OR ruts
(WfiMRATK STATES OK AMKRICA.
\\ < the Deputies of the Sovereign ami Inde
pcndcitL Slates ot South I'aroJiua, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mmsiiwippi, and Louisiana, invo
king the favor of Almighty (led, do hereby, in
behalf of these States, ordain and establi* htbis
Constitution tor the Provisional Government of
the same; to continue one year from tho inaugu
ration of the President, <>r until a permanent
Constitution or Confederation between tho said
States shall bo put in operation, whichsoever
shall first occur.
ARTICLE X.
SECTION 1.
All l.egi-lativo powers herein delegated shall
he vested in this Congress now assembled, until
otherwise i iduiaed.
SECTION 2,
When v.ieutw-ict; happen in tho represot.tation
from any .•'late, the same shall bo filled in such
manner as tho proper authorities of the State
shall direct.
SECTION .
1. Tho Congress shall bo tho judge of tho elec
tions. returns und qualifications of its members;
:i Hy number of Dupulies from a majority of the
tSiatus. being pieaont, shall constitute a quorum
to do business; but a smaller number uiay ud
jouro from day to day, and may be authorized
to compel the attendance of absent members;
upon nil quefctions before tho Oougreas, each
."tutc shall bo entitled tonne voto, and shall he
represented by any one or more of its Deputies
who may be present.
2. The Congress may determine the rules of
ii, pr irdirgs, punish it inerabors for disor
,l ; i!y behavior,aud, with theconeiirrenee oftwo
thii'ds, expel u meinl^r.
. The Coifgresd shall keep journal of its
ji- ding-, and from tltne t* time publish the
-mm*, excepting such parts as may in their judg
ment require secrecy . and the yeas and nays of
the members on any question, shall, at the desire
nfnnc-fifth of those present, or at the instance]
of any <>ne Slate, be entered on the journal.
STCTION i.
The members of Congress .‘■hall receive aeoin
pensivtion lor their services, to bo ascertained by
law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confcd
eraey. They shall in all cases, except treason,
felony and breach of tho peace, bo privileged
trom arrest during their attendance at the session
of the Congress, and in going to aud returning
irorn the same ; and for any speech or debate,
they hall not be questioned iu any other place.
SECTION a.
1, Every bill which shall have passed tho Cuu
gross, shall, before it become a law, bo presented
to tho President “ftht Confederacy ; if he approve,
ho shall sign it: but if not, be shall return it with
Lis objections, tv the Cougress, who shall outer
the objections at large on their journal, and pro
eed to re • nsidir it. If, after such re-conslde
ration, two thirds of tho Congress shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall become a law. But iu hII
auoh cases, tho vote shall bo determined by yeas
and nays: end tho names of the persons Voting
for ami against the bill shall be entered on the
iourual. If any bill fihall not be returned by the
President within ten days (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be u law, in like manner as if he had
signed it, unless the Congress, hy their adjourn
ment, prevent it* return, in which cmo it shall
not be u law. Tim President may veto any up
j j.iopriation or appropriations and approve any
other appropriation or appropriations, in the
same hill.
2. Every order, resolution or vote, intended to
have the force and effect of a law, shall be presen
tod to the President, and before the same shall
take effect, shall he approved by him. or being
disapproved by him, shall be ru-pusaed by two
thirds est he Congress, aoeording to tho rules und
limitations prescribed in tbo ease of a bill.
J. Until tho inauguration of the President, nil
bill?, ordcis, resolutions and votes adopted by
the Congress shall be of full force without ap
proval by him.
SECTION 0.
1. The Congress shall have power to lay und
collect taxes, du;ies, imposts and excises, for the
revenue necessary to pay the debts und carry on
tho Government of tho Confederacy . and all du
ti , imposts and ox eieeß shall be uniform through
out the States of the Confederacy. And this
Congress shall also exercise executive powers,
until the President is inaugurated .
2. To borrow money on the credit of the Con-
fbderncy :
To regulate Commerce with foreign nations,
and among tho several .States, and with tho In
dian tribes:
To establish a uniform rule of naturaliza
t ion, aud uniform laws on the subject of bank*
iujdc.es throughout the Confederacy :
*. To coin money, regulate tbo value thereof
and of foreign Coin, and fix tho standard of
weights and measures:
0. To provide for tho punishment of counter
feiting the -ecuriti’ and current coin of tho Con
f uff o racy:
7. To oatnbiish post offices and post roads:
s. To promote tho progress of science and use
ful urt*, by securing, for limited times, to au
thors and inventors, the exclusive right to their
respective writings and discovercis :
11. To constitute tribunals inferior to the su
preme court:
lU. To define and punish piracies and felonies
‘-oiomitted on the high sea*, and offenses against
the law of nations :
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque
and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures
on land un 1 water:
1;{. To raise and support armies ; hut no ap
propriation <>f money to that use shall ho for a
longer term than two years:
I .'J. To provide and maintain a navy :
Jl. To make rules for the government and
regulation of the land and naval forces:
I .. To provide for calling forth tho militia to
execute the laws of the Confederacy, suppress
insurrections, and repel invasions:
lrt. To provide fur organizing, arming, and
disciplining the militia, and for governing such
part of them ns may bo employed In tho service
of tbo Cofedorucy, reserving to tho State* respect
ively the appointment of the officers, and the au
thority of training the militia according to tho
discipline prescribed by Congress: and
17. To mnlio all laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying into execution the forego
ing powers and all other powers expressly dele
gated by till. Constitution to this Provisional
< Invent met.
HKC'TIUN 7.
I. The importation of'African negroes from
any foreign country other than tho slave-holding
States of the I nited States, is hereby forbidden ;
and Congress is required to pa*s such laws as
shall ctlo'-tually prevent tho same.
U. Tho Congress also have power to prohibit
the introduction of slaves from any State not
a member of this Confederacy.
The privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus
/•hull not ho suspended uules*, when in cases of
of rebellion or invasion, tbo public safety muy re
quire it. .
■I. No liill of Attainder, or cx post facto law,
shall he passed.
No preference shall be given, by any regu
lotion of commorco or revenue, to the ports of one
Ft to over those of another nor shall vessels
THK SIIV Klt KHiN T V (IF TH K STATUS.
COLUMBOS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1861.
bound to or from one Statu lie obliged to enter,
dear, or pay duties, iu another.
(>. No money shall be drawn from tho treasu
ry, but in consequence of appropriations made
by law : and a regular statement and account
of the receipts and expenditures of all public
money shall hu published from time to time.
7. Congress shall appropriate no mouey from
tho treasury, unless it be asked fr by the Presi
dent or someone of the heads of Departments,
except for the purpose of paying its own expen
ses and ooniigoneies.
S. No title of nobility shall ho granted by the
Confederacy; and no person holding uuy office of
profit or trust uuder it. shall, without tho consent
of tho Congress, accept of uuy present, emolu
ment. office, or title of any kind, whatever, from
any king, prince, or foreign State.
ff. Congress shall make no luw respecting an
establish moot of religion or prohibiting tho freo
exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of tho press ; or tho right of tho people
peaceably to assemble, and to patiton the govern
ment for a redress of such grievances us the del
egated powers of this Government may warrant
it to consider aud redrew-.
10. A well regulated militia being necessary to
the security ol*a free State, the right of the peo
ple to keep and bcn arms shall not bo infring
ed.
1 1. No soldier shall, in lime of pence, be qunr
tored in any house without the consent of tho
owner : nor In tiara of war, but in a manner to be
prescribed by law.
12. Tho right of the people t<> be secure in their
persons, bouses, paper.*, and effects, against un
roitsonuh e searches and seizures, shall not bo
violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon
prohublo cause, supported by oath or affirmation,
and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and tho person* or things to bo seized.
Id. No person shall ho held to answer fora
capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless ou a
presentment, of indictment of a grand jury, ex
cept. in cases arising iu tho lund • r naval forces,
or in tho militia, when in actual service in time
of war or public danger; nor shall any person
be subject for tho same offence to bo twice put iu
jeopardy of life or limb; not shall lo compelled,
in any criminal owe, to be u witness against him
self : nor be deprived of life, liberty or proper
ty, without, due process of law ; nor shall private
property be taken for public use, without just
coiupeusutioii.
11. lu ail criminal prosecutions, the accused
shall eujoy tho right to a speedy and public trial,
byun impartial jury‘of tho Flute and district where
iu tbo crime shall have been committed which dis
triet.shttH have been previouslyuaccrtaiuo:! bylaw
and <o bo informed of tho nature and cause of
the accusation ; to bo confronted with tho wit.
nesses against him : to have compulsory process
lor obtaining witnesses iu his favor; und t-> have
the assistance of oouusol lor his defence
J.'. iu suits at common law, where tbo value
in controversy shall exceed twenty dollar.i, the
right of trial by jury shall bo preserved; und
no fact tried by a jury shall bo otherwise re-ex
amined in tuiy court ot the Confederacy, than
uccoraing to tho rules of the common law.
Iff. Excessive bail shall not bo required, nor
excessive liues imposed, nor cruel aud unusual
punishments inflicted.
17. The enumeration, iu tho Constitution, of
certain rights, shall not he construod to deny or
disparo.o others retained hy the people.
is. The powers n >t delegated to the Confeder
acy by tho Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
tho States, are reserved to the States rospnt lively,
or to the people.
Iff. The judicial power of ih - Confederacy shall
not bo coustrued to extend to any suit in law or
equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of
the States of the Uuolbduruc v, hy citizen* of un
other State, or by citizens or subjects of any for
eign State.
SECTION v
1. No State shall cuter into any treaty, ulii
anoe, or confederation ; grant letters of marque
and reprisal ; coin money ; emit hills of credit :
make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender
in payment of debts ; pms any bill of attainder,
ex post facto law, or law imputing the obligation
of contracts; or grant any title ol nobility.
2. .V Ma to shall, without the consent off ho
Congress, lay any imposts or dulic ; on import*
or exports, except what may he absolutely nec
osury for executing its inspection laws; uud tho
nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid hy
any State on import* <>r exports, shall he for the
uso of the treasury of the Confederacy, and all
such laws shall, be subject to the revision and
control of tho Congress. No State, shall, with
out the consent of Congress lay any duty of ton
nage, enter into any agreement or compact with
another State, or with a foreign power, or engage
in war, unless actually invaded, or in hiii h immi
nent danger as will not admit of delay.
ARTIGLE 11,
SECTION I.
1. Tho Executive power shall be vested in a
President of the Confederate Slate* of America.
He, together with the Vico President, shall hold
Ida office for one year, or until the Provisional
Government shall be superseded by a Permanent
Government, whichsoever shall first occur.
2. The President mid Vico President shall be
elected by ballot by tbo States represented in this
Congress, each State casting uno vote, aud a ma
jority of the whole being requisite to elect.
No person except a natural born citizen, or
a cit /.on of one of the . tales of this Confederacy
at the time of the adoption of this Constitution,
shall be eligible to the office of President; neither
shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not have attained tbo age ol thirty-five
years and been fourteen years a resident ot ouo
of tho States of this Confederacy.
1. lii case of the removal of the President from
office,or of bin death, resignation, or in Ability to
discharge the powers and duties of the said office,
(which inability uhall be determined by a vote
, of two-thirds “f the Congress,) the same shall de
volve on the Vice President; and the Congress
may by law provide for the rune of removal,
death, resignation or inability, both ot the Presi
dent and Vice President, declaring what officer
shall then act as President; and such officer
shall act accordingly, until the disability \ni re
moved or a President shall be elected.
The President shall, at stated lint’ \ receive
for his services, during the noriod of the Provis
ional Government, a compensation ut the rate of
twenty-live thousand dollars per annum ; and he
shall not receive during that period any other
emolument from this Confederacy, or any of the
States thereof.
6. Before lie enter on the execution of his of
fice, ho shall take the following outli or affir
mation :
1 do solemnly swear (or uflirm) that 1 will
faithfully execute the office of President of the
Confederate States of Ameiica, mid will, to the
best of my ability, preserve, protect, aid defend
the Constitution thereof.
SECTION 2.
I The President shall ho Coliiiuaiider-in-Chiof
of the Army any Navy of the Confederacy, and
of the Militia of the several States, when called
into the actual servico of the Confederacy’ ho
may require tho opinion, in writing, of the prin
pal officers in each of the Executive Department.-,
upon any subject relating to tho duties of their
respective offices ; and he shall have power to
grant reprieves and pardons for offence* against
the Confederacy, except in casus of impeach
ment.
2. He shall have power, by and with the ad
vice and consent of tho Congress, to make trea
ties ; provided two-thirds of the Congress con
cur: and ho shall nominate, and by and with the
advice and consent of the Congrors shall up
point ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls, judges of the court, arid nil other officers
of tho Confederacy whoso appointments are not
herein otherwise provided lor, arid which shall
bo established hy law. But the Congress may,
by law, vest tho appointment of such inferior
officers as they think proper in the President
alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of
departments.
A. ‘The President shall have power to till up
all vacancies that may happen during the recess
of the Congress, by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their next session.
SECTION 3.
1. Hu shall, from time to time, give to tho Con
gress information < f the state of the Confederacy
and recommend to their consideration such
measures as he sbull judge necessary and expe
dient; ho may, on extraordinary occasions, con
venc the Congress at such lime as ho shall think
proper ; bo shall receive ambassadors and other
ministers ; ho shall take oars that tho law* he
faithfully executed ; and shall comini 1 n nil tho
officers of the Confederacy.
2. Tho President. Vice President, and nil civil
officers of the Confederacy shall be removed from
office on conviction by the Congress ot treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors |
a vote of two-thirds shall he necessary for such
conviction.
ARTICLE 111.
SECTION I.
1. The judicial power of tho Confederacy ahull
be vested in one Supremo Court, and in such in
ferior courts as aro herein directed or as the Cun-
gross nay from time to time ordain and oslub- I
tilth.
2. Each Stale shall consti no a District iu
which there shall boa court called a District
Court, which, until otherwise provided by the
Congress, shall have the jurisdiction vested by
the laws of the United States, ns far ii-s appli
cable, in both the District and Circuit Courts ot
tho United Stale*, for that State; tho Judge
thereof shall be appointed by tho President, by
and with tho advice and consent of the Conprens,
and shall, until otherwise provided hy tho Con
gress, exeioiso the power and authority vested hy
the laws of tho United State-’, for that State, and
shall appoint the times and places nt which tho
Courts shall bo held. Appeals may be taken
directly fr ui the District Courts to tho Supremo
Court, under similar regulations to those which
aio provided in oases of appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States, or under such other
regulations as may bo provided by the Congress.
Tiie commissions of all the Judges shall expire
with this Provisional Government.
J. The Supremo Court shall be constituted ot
all tho District Judges, a majority ot whom
shall be a quorum, and shall sit at such times and
places as the Congress shall appoint.
I Tho Congress shall have power to make
law* for the transfor of any onuses which wore
ponding in the courts of the United States, to the
courts .f tho Confederacy, aud for tho execution
of tho orders, dueroes and judgments heretofore
rendered hy tho sft’d courts of the United States;
and also all laws which may be requisite to pro
tect tho purtios to all such suits, order*, judg
ments or decrees, their heirs, pei-cnol represen
tatives, or assignees.
SECTION 2.
The judicial power shall extend to all eases ot
law ami equity, arising under this Constitution,
tlie laws of the United Mates, and of this Con
federacy. and treaties made, or which shall lie
mado, under its authority; to all eases affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers aud consuls;
to all oases of admiralty and maritime jurisdic
tion; to controversies to which the Confederacy
shall be a party; controversies between two or
moro States; between citizens of different States:
between citizens of tho same State, claiming
lands under grants of different States.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other
public ministers and consuls, and those in which
a State shall boa party, the supremo court i-lihll
have original jurisdiction. In all tho other ea-
Lefon’ mentioned, the supreme court .-hall
have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and
fact, with such exceptions aud under such reg
ulations ns the Congress shall make.
,‘L The trial of all crimes, except in ea es of
impeachment, shall bo by jury, and such trial
shall ho held iu tho States where the said crimes
shall have boon committed; hut when not com
mitted within any State, the trial shall boat
such place or place* a* Congee - may bylaw
luive directed.
SECTION
1. Treason against this Confederacy -li.ill
consist only iu lev) mg war against it, or in ad
hering toils enemies, giving tbotu uid and com
fort. No person shall be couvictrd of treason
unless ou lb” testimony of two witnes.os to the
siiiiie overt net. or on et-nfc* i* n in open Court.
2. T he Congress shall linvo power to declare
the punishment of treason; toil in* attainder of
treason rindl work corruption t blood, or for
foil ur<\ except uuring the life ot tho person at
tainted.
ARTICLE! IV.
BKUTTON l.
I. Full faith and credit shall he given in ea h
Statu t>> tho public acts, records, and judicial
proceedings of every other State. And the Con
gress may, by general laws, prescribe the man
-I,or in which such acts, records, and proceedings
shall be proved ami the effect of such proof.
SECTION 2.
1. The citimts of each State ahull bo onlitU and
to nil privilege* nnd immunities of citi’/. -ns in the
several States.
2 A person charged in any Stale with treason,
felony, or other crime, who shall lien from jus
tice, and be found in another blafu, shall mi de
mand of the executive authority ot tho State from
which ho tied, ho delivered up, to bo removed to
tho State having jurisdiction of the crime.
;j. A slave in one Slate, escaping to another,
shall be delivered up on claim of the parly to
whom said slave may belong by the - xn ulive
authority of tho Stnto In which a h slave shall
bo found, and in case of any ui duetion or forci
ble rescue, full compensation, including tho val
no of tho slave aml all costs and cxpoii.-m.q .shall
bo made to tho party, by the State in which
Pitch abduction or rescue shall tube place-
SECTION 3.
I. The Confederacy shall guaranty io every
State in this union a republican form of govern
ment, and shall protect each of them against in
vasion: and, on application of the Legislature,
or of tho executive, (when the Legislature n n not
bn convened,) against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
I. Tho Congress, by a veto of two third*, may
•it any time alter or amend this Constitution.
vi.
1. This Constitution, and the laws of the Con
ederney which shall be made in pursuance there
of, and all treaties made, nr which shall lie made,
under the authority of tho Confederacy, shall be
the supreme law of tho land; and thejudgo inev
cry State shall ho hound thereby, any thing In
the Constitution “r law* ofuny statu l*> the. con
trary notwithstanding.
2. Tho tlovernmeut hereby instituted ‘hull
take immediate steps for tho m ttlctio ni of nil
matters between the Stales forming H. ami their
other late confederates of the United Stun in
relation to the public property and public <1 bt
at Ibu time of their withdrawal from them : tin >
Status hereby dot-luring il to be their oi-h ml
earnest desire to adjust everything pertaining !•<
tho common property, common liability, and
common obligation* of that Union, upon the prin
ciples of right, jui-lieo, equity, and good faith.
Until otherwise provided by the ( ,’ungn >~
the city of Montgomery, in the Slate. and Ala
bama, shall be the scut, of Government.
I. The members of the C .ogre sand all ckui
tvo uodjudieiul officers of tl*o Confederacy ahull
be bound by oath or affirmation to up port this
Constitution : but no religious test -ball bo re
quired as a qualification to any office r public
trust under ibis Confederacy.
6. The Congress shall have power to admit
other State*.
Taw Harm i.nt Wavi:. A considerable num
ber of free negroes biivs, the Journal of C Immneroe,
in L uuisiana who were not wanted at home, nnd
whoso self-respect forbade that they should go
North, to ho treated with universal contempt,
thought tboy would emigrate to Hayii, whero
the negi- ia sovereign. The singular fact is now
stated, that a Louisiana disgusted with tho Ulaek
Republic under which they expected to luxuri
ate. The N. 0 Picayune of the 30th ult., speak
ing of the arrival at that pert of tho American
hark Laura, from P rt-au-Prince, say* :
“rfhe hroughtJlfty five passengers, of which
fifteen aro white men, and forty belong to tho
colored population of this State, who return home
dissatisfied with their emigration experiment.-
A fact worthy of note is, that of these forty, on
ly two aro negroes—the others aro niulattous,
with more or less clear complexion.
fi&r- The following is tho prayer delivered by
Rev. Father Hubert on Saturday last, on tho
presentation ol tho Pelican flag to tho President
of the Lousiuna Convention:
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of lho Conven
tion—l bless ibis our flag in tho notno of <1 jd; 1
bless it in the name of the Father, who is all
powerful; I bless it in tho nuuio of the Son, who
tins sproud bh -ssings on mankind ; I bless it in
the nuino of tho Holy Ghost, who is a rpir tof
fortitude.
Oh ! our flag! Let it be the symbol of the pu
rest liberty; let it be, gentlemen, tho palladium
of the imperishable right* of our dear Loui-danu*
Lot us oil l)e willing to stand and die by it.
ID- i1...), rep ia ted tho follon ng lati ;
tion :
Benedict in Bel Omnipotent!*, Patriset Fill! et
Spiritus ftauoti dcscendat super to et innneat
semper. Amen. -IJaton Houj’ Ad.
PMW SOM At. AIM-KAiTa *rk OF MH. A Ult AII AM
Limcoi.m.—The Northern papers after glorifying
the “Prince of Bails,” have begun to discuss the
Queen of the Abolition Court. One of them dos
•ribiug her, says: “Fn person, Mr*. Lincoln is
of medium height And slightly inclined to v.mbou
jioitti. She has soft'eyes, dark hair and fair
complexion. Her dress was a brown or oek col
ored ilk, with ; rsyish flowers and leaves. It
was made foil, with flounces, fitted well, hung
gracefully ah out her person, and trailed just a
trite Her bonnet wus of black n<. ti
with cherry ribhoti, which, with a dark mixed
shawl, neatly fitting kid gloves, mid a rich laven
der colored parasol, completed her costume.”
1.1 Mill N. WKIINKADAY, I'KIIIU Al” IS. “111.
lUKm ill MoQt?omery.
Wo loam from a private letter from Montgom
ery, under date of the 11 th inst., that the oath of
office was administered on thut day to Hon A.
11. Stephens as Vico- president of the Confederate
Slates of America. After taking the oath, Mr.
Stephens made a short address. Tho correspon
dent reports that tho President elect, lion Jeffer
son Davis, will roaoh Montgomery to-day, und
will ho inaugurated to-morrow. Tho Congress
is generally iu secret session, which accounts for
tho darlh of news from the Sent of Government.
When anything of importance is made public,
our readers may rely upon being advised of it at
the e n list practicable moment.
mSACOI.I (OKUKSPOMIKNUK.
I‘ir>]ht rations for a jbjh ! at Hu nine a a —A t ntxtl
of Itiu/ulai h — Lieut. Hall--Fori Mr Her -
Waiting an a Uriel", eta,, etc.
Four Baukancas, Fob. 7ih 1, <; 0I.
Ens. Timkk :
At Baraucas tho utmost vigilance is used and
everybody is on tho alert fur a da-h at the ene
my. Just before dark tho first warlike order was
sent out from tho Colonel's quarters, which was
to Mnj. Marks commanding him to proven* a
reinforcement by opening tiro aud to stop any
vessel which might try to on or the harbor with
out a Hag of truce. The guns uYo all shotted and
ready for notion. Picket guards are placed
upon the beach, and at night reoontidlterlng par
ties arc to ho sent out. in boats. Small arms
are iu readiness, and tho men ordered to sleep
oil their anus. That ia tho position of thing* at
present, and tho indications aro that a collision
may lake place during tbo night, or the follow
ing day. Thu orders brought by Lieut. Putnnin
were, for Lieut. Sleuituer to ho prepared .lor do
fence, and not to tire until nt tucked, and then t o
co-operate with such vessels ns uiny ho near. 1
make this statement upon the best authority, and
believe thut if no demonstration is made upon
our part, that there will he no light: but if the
first shot is Urol on our side, the brick of Bar
rancas will fly around our bonds thick enough.
The remaining companies from Mississippi
roturio'J this morning, and in tho plaeo of them
wo have a company of regulars from Mobile,
who have entered tho service for one year. Still
more will eouie to-morrow. These regulars will
he used to garrison the forts, und tho volunteers
will Im recalled. 1 understand that Cupt. An
drews of the Blues, has a Captain’s eomuii >iou
from the Governor, ami that he will onlUl men
for the service, as fast as they can bo obtained.
Tho Bines being tho only artillery company hero
have had very severe labors to perform upon tho
forts, u is well known, to thus* eonvoisant with
cannon, it is no easy matter to handle largo ho
witzers and Coluinbiads.
At tho Band battery between hero and the na
vy yard, a large gun has been mounted, and at
the tower near the light house, two Colamhiads
will be hi position to-morrow night. Liont. Ball,
the patriotic young gentleman who resigned
from West, l'oint a short time since, und who has
a commission iu the Alabama servico, has charge
of this work Ho is an able engineer, and for
so young a man, makes a splendid artillery offi
cii. lli- services boro are very valuable and
will undoubtedly command tbo approbation of
his government.
There uro now five pos from which we can
tiro upon Dickons—the Nuvv Yard, Barunoas.lhe
two*nnj batteries and Fort Mcltoc —f the cot
rod way of spelling tho w ord is as given, und not
Me Boo.) This fort is nearly ibruu miles by land
from tbo Navy Yard, and is idtuutod <n the west
-ido of the entrance t-> tho harbor, upon wliut .
called Foster's bank. This, as well as Barone us,
bus been erroneously described by different wri
lers, und much more importance has been
given it than one would be willing to accord af
ter a visit. The position is a good one, buttle
structure very frail, and considerably ‘ ilapida
ted; and I venture to say that a two hours’ can
nonade from Dickens would make u pile of brick
of if. It is not a baslionud fort, but is built iu
the form of an elipae, the outer or seaside being
semicircular uud tho inner concave. It has
bomb-proof casemate*, and is embrasured for
two tier , of guns and has b.sido oio tier of bur
in IF-gun.-, which radiate to every point ol the
horizon, Thero is noi n gun in tho fort mount
c I, although they are them und tho proper car
riage* with tic m. featured throughout tho
place m e naked guns und broken carriages, giv
ing i iii • appear nee of having been bombarded
nrid il.o cannon ur. mhd und the property
.b sti y,.iL The iu.iuuent ot thi? t rt i. very
lilt*', raniiixling < ate iiumbcd aid twenty
(111.-, most ol Un.tu.ouW. 11l tho an irate tiro
lying eleven tou inch, and Giro s eight inch (.’<>-
lutub/uds, together with I’aixban- and .eacoa&t
howitzer*. Tht Walls of the fort arc crarked
Kill Cos imed in various plaeo*, and within evo
r, i Inc: cine h* if stumpud by the hand of time;
n i. iiovi-vcr, ii eompai-itively new work. All
the m..itrial fur warfare arc found hero, phot,
tun.u cs, blacksmith, carpenter and oile r shop.-:,
alho otiicorp’quarters, atm line barrack aeemu
moduli’ i for H;ldiers. Tin re vvu u large quan
tity of powder heio, but suverul hundred burrchi
was pi.rod out within the fort and destr ycd by
water, beftiro giving it up to the Alabaiuiaus.—
10 time of war six hundred turn would bo du
dom.Hided to garrison tho place. A .-hurt dis
tance below Mcßec is it water battery, which
Im* tiever been completed, end for same years
11 been entirely nuglueteJ. At present this
plaeo is usolifs Ij uh, or at lead but litre help
could be expected, beyond opening lire from
mu? or two heavy gun? which will bo mounted
to-night. This work cost tho government the
nice t.uui of $i 11,-126, boudi? a tow minor .p
----propriatrou* which havu since boon mode, us for
instance, o few year* ago, one of $1 GO f.<r t!o
wfitcf battery. It is now occupied by (he We
fumpka Light Guard*, L'apt. Loomis.
Wo arc now waiting very expectantly for the
signal gun, and tho command tu ‘open the ball.’
Now ua tho sun iu slowly sinking beneath the
waves ‘‘tho boys” uro sitting upon the opuuluiout
looking intently at the frowning furtruns oppo
site, and tho huge bulwarks of tho warship?,
bristling with cannon, tossing upon the waves.
A sow of our number liavo seen service and
heard tho sound of a hall, but a majority aro
frush at the business, uud are now for tbo first
time in their lives braving actual danger. If
Dickon* open* fire upon us, with her Irontendou*
butteries, wo thull see the largest kind of nn el
ephant before morning.
Arm; Appoiulmrulii.
We understand that Gov. Brown, under tbo
ordinance of the Convention of January 2d, IHfil,
ha* appointed tho following gentlemen ns officer?
of the army to be organized for the Republic of
Georgia, consisting of two Regiment* of Infantry.
Brig (idler A Brevet Maj. Gen. David E. Twigg.-,
to command the Brigade. Col. W. J. Jlardee,
late of the U. *S. A., Colonel of tbo I *f f'egimen:,
and Col. W. 11. T. Walker, lute of the V. S. A.,
Colonel of the 2d Regiment. Clius. J. William*.
K*q., Lieut, Col. of the Ist Regiment, und K. W.
(JhuFtain, of Gilmer, Lieut. Col. of the 2d Regi
ment.
Captains McLaws, W. M. Gardner and Alfred
Gumming, late of the U. 8. A., as Majors of the
Regiments. Capt. John Jones, our present State •
Treasurer, Quarter Master und Cotumissury
General, with the rank of Lieut. Colonel W*
understand thattho appointment of Captains and
Lieutenants have born mado from those late of
tho United rttatex Army, and civilians of the
State. Wc hope to give in our next issue a full
list of all tbo name*, li tear dor.
S|n'(.rli of Vice Pmideii Slepbsun.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Yiue President
elect of tho Confederate Matas of America, was
serenaded in .M ontgomery n few nights since,and
delivered the following eloquent and and patriot
ie uddross.
Gentlemen und fellow eitiwcn, for though wc
met as strung or* from different and independent
States, wo uro once more citizens of a common
country. (Applause.) Allow mo briefly and
sincerely to return you my uufefgnod thanks for
this oouiplirecut. Thu state of my houlth, my
voice und lho night air, apart from all other
considerations, will prevent mo from do ng more.
This is not tho time, or tho plaeo to discuss thoso
great questions which aro now pressing upon our
public counsels. We are in it transition condi
tion—in the prootFs ot a new foimntion.
Suficient to say, that this day anew Republic
Im* been born—the Confederate States of Ameri
ca has been ushered into existence, to take it*
place nmonst the nation* of tho earth—(cheers) —
under u temporary or provisional government, it
i* true; but soon to he folluvredjby mioof a perma
nent character, which, while it surrender* none
of our ancient rights und liberties, will secure
pcrfeotly, wo trur i, tho peace, security nnd do
mestic tranquility that should bo tho objects of
all governments. (Applau.o.)
What is to bo the future of this new govern
ment—-tho fata ofthia new Republic— will depend
upon our.-.dvea. riix Mates only, nt present, con
stitute it but six slurs, ns yet, appear in our
constellation- more, we trust Will soon be added.
By the time of the adoption of the Constitution
of the permanent government, we may have a
number grater than the original thirteen—of tho
original l nion.and with more than three times
their population, wealth aud power. (A pjdause.)
With >ueh a beginning, the prospect, of tho
future presents strong hopes to tho patriot’s
heart, for a bright and prosperous carter. But
what that future shall be, depends, l nay, upon
oufselve* und those who shall < omc aLier u*.—
Our* is n Republic. And all Republics, to be
permanent aud prosperous, must bo supported by
the virtue, intelligence, integrity and patriotism
of tho people. Tht: “ are the i- mier stones upon
which the temple of popular liberty tnUat bo con
structed, to stand securely and permanently.—
Resting ours upon tin ■. wo need fear nothing
from without or from within. With a climate
unsurpassed by any on earth; with staples and
production? which control tiio commerce of tho
world; with Institution?, so far a* regards onr
organic and social policy,.in strict conformity to
nature nnd tho laws of the Creator, whether tend
in tho Book of Inspiration or in/be groat book if
manifestations around us, we have all the natu
ral elements essential to the attainment of the
highest degree of honor, glory and renown. (Ap
plause.) Thoso institution* have been much as
sailed. It i our mission to vindicate the great
truth on which they rest and with them toex
hibit tho highest type of civilization which it is
possible for human society to reach. In doing
this, our policy should l>o marked hy a desire to
preserve and maintain peace with all other State*
and peoples. If tliri camtot ho done, let not tho
fault lie nt our door. While w o should make ag
gression* on none, we should bo prepared to ro
pel them, if made by others; let it come from
whatever quarter it tuny. (Applause.) We ask
of nil others simply to he lot alone, and to bo
permitted to work alter our own safety, security
uud happiness in our own way without molest
ing or giving offence to any other people.
Let, then, ponce, fraternity and liberal com
mercial relations with nil the world, bo our mot
to. (Choirs.) With thoso principles, without
any envy towards other hiatus in the line of pol
icy they mark out for themxcivef, wo will rather
invite them to a gciur its rivahdiip in all that
develope* tho highest, qualities , f our nature. —
.(Apptetiie.)
’ With Lest wishes for you, gentlemen, nnd tbo
suer os* of our common government, this day an
nounced, 1 bid you good night.
Ilnrlwnr Yolutam.
Dt.-Tixtii istnai PmvATBR. —Among tho pri
vate* <>( tbo “Eufatila Rifle*” are Hons. Jam. *
.) J'ugh und E C Builock. lhe latter ix a member
of the Alabama .'mate, now ia scssiou, and wo
learn has signified lii* intention f< share the vi
cissitude* of hi* compuuy, which has been order
ed iut<> service at Peusueolft. NVo pro* amo that
the patriotic n pit •. ntative iu the lute l . S. Con
nies, from the 2d District, Mr. Pugh, will do
likawi- i; though we ore n f specially advised.
Both gentlemen have served their Stole in vari
ous capacities lor run oral years prist, and could
bo better .■•pared in tho field than from tho holla
of legislation just now -Sun.
Cot. t ’oebran ha* also joinod the Kuiaula
Rifle*, ami will 1-uve to day with that company
lur Pensacola. Tbo members >t tbo company
were sworn in on SutimL.y last by Cupt. Thom,
of Montgomery, formerly Quurlor-MastCr Gen
eral, now l.'aptuin ol'tlie Artillery in the regular
Army of the State.
The gallant, citizens of our county havoronpou
dcd with alacrity to the call of tho Governor,
and have cornu in from different partsof tbo coun
ty to join tho ranks of the artn . A number of
gentlemen have come down trom Glennvillu, and
one, (Mr. La ui ploy) from Louisville, Ala., aud
been m u Acred into flcfvloe. Os such a company,
('apt. linker iii.i \ well by proud ; and the coun
ty of Barbour n> : !iu-t it* honor with safety, to
Lrav nnd noble, a omul, headed by such a gal
lant. tea li r. Wt Stfutk,
Fit .'MN<; ArtwU: ix Hast Macon. —As Mr.
lliii ri-cu, who run the Hwlth Engine at tho
Central Depot yard, vvns returning home about
II o'clock, jo m., Lot (Saturday night, a pistol
was dis-luirg! and In hi? face by some unknown
person, vvh • stood within four <>r five feet of him.
The pistol wa? loaded with No. ti shiit, nnd pro- ,
•lured an exec, diugly painful vv-mnil, Mr. ILu
ri.-i it li ? In.-.t one eye. tin-! ib” .'.lo f is.net out
of danger.
A man Ly !'■;•* nmi •< f Giidcw-11 has boon ar
rested and will bo exumined f*onu —Mnvon T>lo*
Ma- V'fit- i rr* Lkoßtf.ATi'iiw. -The Mawa
chtiSid t* 1,, i--tinttire Jscomtmswl of 220 lucmbsrs,
vvlMitu the Be-''m Travelog (dapsilies * follows :
“Two iu-mbci> of the Fciiato nnd ten mom
li'*r* of the House no Democrats. Three mem
bers of tho House are member* of the Colon
party, nuking n total opp'irilb n to tho ltepub
ii.-aiJ? of fifteen vote*.”
Tin. • uitiikiin CiiXvtrtM”’ irv Cowurtam . The
8 out hern Cotil'mlcrncy Congn .- nt Montgomery,
Alabama, tin a proceeded deiihora tcly to business.
A? we have in ndtdVire indiratcil, it will efitaldish
a provisional general -ovcrnnmnt for the seceded
Htates, and for sueh others n■■ may join them,
und provide f rch i'!ion*, in the several States
coueofiml, in view of n perinammt organization.
Mmmtimo an alliance, .dfeueivo and dufensive,
will doubth/rM bo agreed upon in behalf es the
several State ••'iiicorncd, to meet tlio unliedpa
tod policy of i .i.-n-lnn fr nn Gif incoming repub
lican administration; and then, whether tho bor
der sluv u .Stale ball liavo eceedcd or not, they
will Ftnud ii* n protecting bulwark to tbo South
ern Confbd tu-y. rtothen, “the fixed f>MJt” of tho
Southern Contcderncy is bcfoic us,with or without
the border slavo State*, pi-uco or war. Weplcad
for pea (•'. Will Mr. Lincoln prater war, with
tho im vlfiiblo remit before him. from war, of
tho immediuto !o** of the border *lave Htetee, or
will ho try poneoto Recure those rttatoe, or such
of them n may await the policy of hi* adiuinis
t rat ion i’ Thai is tho question to which, in de
fault of n corn promise, wc woul I fspecmtly di
rect hi-'attention.- Y. ). lie old,
A Stawitix-: tie tub FbiHdhal Honk rtqOAt>-
iiox. A hutcr from Vera Cruz, to the New Mr
lean* Bell*, *ny*:
“In odditioii to iholixt of officers already fur
nished you, who will reulgb, in tho Homo Squad
ron, I will name Lieutenant* Morgan, Rutledge,
I'oreher, Evan* Konnr.n, Jone*, Murdaiigb,
McCann and Maurny; Surgeon* Freeman, Bar
clay ami Galt; Paymaster Clark; Knglucors
Manning, Liimdcn i.nd Lain don again, and Pur
dy. In fact thero I* a perfect xtnittpedo In tho
squadron, and there will not bo officer.-: enough
left to keep charge of tbo vchrcl*.”
Tiiij Fouri/, Oonv kntion at Wakiiinuto.n.—-
Nothing can Letter illustrate tho stupidity and
unfllms* of politician* in a groat crisis like the
present than the Uoiuuntion of old foswils now
sitting ut Wa.-liington with closed doors, like a
Venetian Sonata, excluding nil Iheir proceeding*
from tb public nnd tho pro. *, who uro most
vitally inter*..God in too object of their n?lej|i
hlogc. Niurly all us them, like old John C.
Wright, of Ohio, and many wthor*, have been
load for years past, nnd gru ? Is luxuriant on
their graves. In foot, tho Convention is little
letter than a revival of spiritualism—a ghostly
und ehupfolU'ii gathering. In conducting their
proceedings with sealed door*, they arc doing
wlmt, they worn used to do in their lifo time.
They do uot understand vvliat i* going on In tho
world now, nor do they know tfi&tthe country
bn* advanced a whole century since they wero
alive. - N. J\ Herald.
PEYTON H. COLQUITT, )
JAMES W. WARREN, ( Edltr *
Number 7
CULI.ViIIi H, TIILIkSDAI. FKKKIAIIY 14, IHfil.
Arrival of Alabama Troops.
The tiring of cannon at tbo duwn of day,yea
torday announced the arrival of the troop* from
Barbour Bounty, Alabama, who have enlisted
for the period of oneyuar in the service of the
( ‘onfedoratu Htntos of America. It was u beau
tiful sight, that ofoighty auoh men, as compos
ed Capt. Alphous Baker’s company. There wa*
I’ugh, tho gifted, tho uloquent member of the
old Congre** from tho 2d District and Cochran,
one of tho first tnen in tho South, boaring a mus
ket in tho ranks ami full of fire and seal of a he
roic devotion to their country. They were wel
comed by tho Columbus Guard* and Company
•’D” under command of Gen’l. Scmmos, who es
corted them to Cooks Hotel to breakfast.
The Pofote Guards, Capt. George Dawson, ar
rived in the Girard train of oars. Roth compa
nio* do credit to tho State nnd have enlisted for
tho period <f one year. They left this tnorniug
for Montgomery with orders to proceed directly
f-i Pensacola. Major William 11. Chambers.
Pay-Master-General of Alabama, was in com
pany with (he troops, hi* patriotic soul heating
in unison with any impulse of love for his own
country.
A tb Id of glory and a safe return to thi so
bravo soldier*.
mSWIU CORRESPtAMM'E.
/..vjmtnliou ts (i Fight- -The Urook/ytl- Rv
i■onnaiti ring -The Wyandotte in Pureuit— Viy
iltlllve in (\nnj Ihpartuic of the Men ■nf
lUirr- Mounting Cannon, their size, ele
Fort Barra car, Feb. ff, IHiirt.
Eds. Com Miirs Times;
Throughout the night of tho 6th an attack
wa.- anxiously ox pooled by tho troop*, wbo were
in high spirits uml ready for the fight to begin.
Tbo expectation of bi-iug soon recalled made
every man desirous of a chance to show bis
Lruvery uml willingness to meet tho enemy, and
consequently, all took their posts with ulucrily.
About sunset the pilot, who brjught the Brook*
lyn into tho tdliug loported that Cupt Walker
was very indignant at his orders not to land
ihe Artillerymen who were on his ship, us his
.8 ores were nearly out, and uul sufficient lo last
tu auolhur port, unless tho men aro put upon
riiort allowance, audit was supposed that a por
tion would consequently bo landed nutwitbstuu
ding anossurauco to tho contrary. Tho Brook
Jvn and Macedonian both came to anchor just
beyond Santa Rosa’s island, some three mile*
from Fort Pickens and about the same distance
from tho Navy Yard. At l*ekons, we could sec*
increased activity in labor, three extra senti
nels wore placed upon tho ramparts al dark, and
two squads of men supposed to be Picket Guards
were marched out of tho fort. Upou our side,
nil the preparations for battle were made bofore
night, and every man was ready upon there
port ol tho signal gun to take tho place previ
misly assigned biiu. A few men from the Me
tropolitan Guard und Tutkt-geo Light lufuutry
were ordered to take two of tbo heavy gun* from
McKee uud mount them upon the sund battery.
They worked faithfully and bofore morning had
two ten inch Cwluuibiud* upon a flat, but owing
to tho strength of the tide, which rushed strong
ly seaward, thuy were unable to got it towards
the luml. During the night wo could hoar their
call ul'ovo the roar of the surf, and see their
torches flash nut here aud thero through tho
dark. The signal for tho other companies to
rush to arms was to be two guns fired iu quick
succession from Bnrancas.
About ff o’clock at uigbt Capt. Andrews of
the Blues, took u small yacht, and with a few
men ran out in tho harbor to watch tho move
ment of tho ships, aud to see if any ulteiupt to
land troops was made. They were scarcely half
a mile from shore when a rocket was shot up
from one ot the men of-war and in a few minutes
tho Wyandotte came creeping stealthily upon
them. Tlio boat wus instantly turned about for
the land uud overy light on board extinguished.
Looming up through tho distance, like a huge
leviathan, the war steamer passed and repassod
them so ncur that the command ou board could
Do distinctly heard, und the halloo to the
mau at the wheel. Tbo sua was calm and tbo
boat? ran noiselessly over tho water, only known
to each other when the vast hull of tho steamer
towered above tho smaller yacht, or when a
chance light wa - dUplayad by tlio latter. The
soundings, as announced by tbo mau at tbo bow,
the dull plash of tho fulling lead, and tho rouring
of tho wave - us they broke upon the shore,
were the only sounds that disturbed the death
like tillnc-.-s of tho night. Tho intention of
aj,t. Andrews was to draw tbo steamer upou
the bur, or t- get hor aground by displaying a
decoy light here and tborr; but tho pilot on
hoard was too conversant with the harbor to be
ouuglit. Meanwhile every one in tbo fort listen
cried in'ently to bear the signal to man the guns,
uml sat by tho camp fire fighting imaginary
battles, and picturing heroes in tho gloaming
■•oil!*. Morning, came, however, toawako them
a: (in to deed loss life, und lo dispel the bright
v isiuns of glory, which had burst upon their
youthful iiiinds during the hours of night.
About tbreo o’clock in the morning a sow
rockets wero sent up from the Brooklyn which
were answered by the Macedonian; tho Wyan
• lotto ran outside, and everything was quiet.-
At day break not a sail was iu sight nor any sign
of the moii-of-war, for they hud taken advautago
of the tide and run out to sea. Throughout tho
< tli, nothing occurred to disturb the quiet of tho
camp, and tho “boys” wero uguin placed in the
saiul battery to finish the work, and to mount
tho guns. The labor of transporting thoso heavy
guns was very great, especially as sow of the
soldiers were ever uciustouied to manual labor.
Col. Forney was in charge of the work, aud staid
by tho men all night and throughout the daj .
T'o give u butter idea of the size of these guns 1
will give the dimension* ami weight, and then
by comparison, some kind of u guess may be
given * to their appearance.
A C'olumbind, about which so much has been
written of lute, is of much larger calibre than the
ordinary gun, und can bo used for either shot or
shell. It is generally mounted ou üburbottecar
risge, which will give a lire from a depression of
oU u to an tilcvulioD 89°, and a horizontal lire of
.".60'. They are a chambered gun, like the sea
con?) Howitzer,but lam informed that those now
mado lire without chamber, as they aro supposed
to weaken the gun, although a greater force oan
be obtained. Tho teu-inch ColuuiLiad weighs
i ~100 lbs., and is 126 inches in length. The
nuturul angle of this piece isl°23’. Tho guns
throw a heavy ball, and aro well adapted lor ri
c'lehet lire, tho destruction of field works, break
ing down palisades or revetment', and tiring
building*. The Used cannon, which has spiral
grooves cut into tho surfaeoofils bore, Is now
very mu oh used, and properly, undoubtedly, for
the rotary motion given to the ball, increases the
rang* by causing it to move through the air with
the least possible resistance. Next to the rifled
cannon, these Ooiumbinds are the most effective
gun in the American service. As I have previ
ously said, two of these am to be mouuted upon
tho now sand iiuttery, und when in position will
bear upon the weakest part of Fort Pickens.
Ohio Arming.—Tho Fifteen Regiment bill has
paired the Ohio State Senato by a vote of JO to
li. All the Democrats and three Republicans
voted against it.