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fOLUilif teARHKS, Proprietors. Volume XV!. Important t j Mill Owners ! ! Gk Xu. ROBIISTETT, lOIt'MBr'S OA ‘ [ ’ Jf-.li i Oli.l ..liUl'actor, * Hr? Mills, ‘Saw or G rat,) -on the test kuuwn j and approved *tj>?, nnd aarrnnVdi ‘ purloin# | in 1 - Ordeis forjopaiia . lubwuiu*! depart* j uicnl of ftii.v kind of t. o above Mill*. done j cheaply uuu cuatfolly, r.Jia wilt* u.. pa*h,i > ad- j dressing os ab*.TO. Ucfor ivc —Gohlm .w frteufor'l Columbus Iron > Woyfc#. jaiiT—dUwUm j LANDS I-'OH SAI^K Sny foantatiO) where 1 ‘ ic*mt* <*ntt** nattati.©"'he©river . i * , " wo * “• 01-an--, *>>- , j ~S| | aIM taa*l, well improve*!; *,uu© *u- , la , ‘■'3Ssm*et!rn *n. feed wi*N mi thfl promi **-•* ~, i',u. a e -lands ©an be civnleu i*> t •un friends ttixt may wn*r? to h© 1 ) nrai each other. At- i .©> bS*)tursb<*u Omnln* 4#*<t in Earl, -©un r, join iusr Hi* ©if io. 1 on (hcdiie of K*ily and ftakor; also, ?oOaiioAwa vycucA’i ! <no\ small iiujirovemeiiia on •*cn tract, and uittiy *c%ittuu& tews. i wtd soil low. My r ssJcnee bI- Cta* <oantv fit . >.i:i© mile* to low Fort tiines, an ; Eleven’ iviii ptahriy. I Wit! •i lai; rn-o|:e:.T • tte piict i; l <.u>. There Is tb* at**f one h udre*l n -gmc*. and i “U tti prapor i,ou. ‘ all and la . o barjT'Mii* at Os bought in etUi -( of tbt plvc S jaly J 1 —' v * i \V TAMPER. PLANTATION AIsD STOCK Ftiß SALE, jm_ 1 have . onie to the conclusion to n-turnto J jJSLNorth Carolina. as my relatives aro all (here, j Therefore I wish to soil a., that I prwaen* In I Georgia. I have a heauttftrt li*t! summer u ;<iiiies 14 uit)e north of and near I be Troy Factor> Three, hundiori acres of good j band, wan Improved; Shout !50 in a good stnteot ! cultivation} food dwellinghouse, netto houses, bain, j ti*b!es, yin h-niii.’ md r its; talmn.g utensil* ofail { kinds; cows, hog*. mules, wagon*, household and kitchen furniture corn and fodder, nod various other Articles too tedioun to mention. In a first rate nelfh- I uorhood. fond neighbor* and go and soMety. Please j i *;t and look at ny .sn-1 and stock it it wnrvttFiri.it. iSTOTICH. J he anTm/thcT otters for sal** n v.duabie J ■ •jkjLskock I-'atm in the 7th IMatiictol Worthroun- I i a,to..*. .mg of ©BO ac r-s of Land, ISOor j . i ,j A* tra open Land*, a n**w Cm House anil i * ivv upon the place, IAO or V'U head of Cait!*-,about i .-••amt; oMnt <*/h*. and 30 hoad oi -peep. I fertn wdl let. t<ie a>comtr.odaun* and st(<nlv so ) !>'ii the *sh i> mfrrel. Knt|iu<c in Albany alia**. . l 1., v,;y eitab . i>>rdiri>ciiot>a to the place. : -v**i i lloh II hENHAIJ.. ! LAND R'H SAIL v vla., two mUes watti of Ithco Post ufiiee ; —contaiuiag Seven Ilnntired and Twenty ! Acres, trUh two hundred Acres cleared. This j placo l.a* a dwelling, good gii. house and screw, j negro ho odes and kitoheo, and a!! uthr ncoeaaary i outbaiidiugs. Any pera< u wtsiiing to make ea- i -juiry aro referred to W. L. Tillman, Oolnmbtis, | -i t., nrmYMlfbn the Plantation. Oct. and —Vfr . T . C. PROWX. SANFORD'S LIVER ItiVIGORATOR NKVr.ll DEBILITATES* rr Id COMPOI NPEU E.NTIUEIA'fiom * uina,aud | 1 ba* bpc ime an .ihtabiishi’d ik"t, a standard lasdicine i -approved by a.i that . have um-.l it, and is re* j ••irtcil to with con A- t<* all ditHjitarjs for j which it ia recommend ■>< cd. Ii bus rurndthousHwds fj* witbii-.u.** i urtlwuyears j who had givcu hop# of foief aa numerous | unsolic i**d ceruhcau-s J® in my poaaession show. ; Til* doge mil si be tuiap- .ld ■> the u-iii|<eramexit J •>f theindividua! taking fjjj u -ed u. -otlujuau- j lUicsaa to Mvtg ntiy •u and Ua bowels. Letthe dictates of y ur m pidpo.- nt guide you in { use of the LIVKH IJf- m. uR. i Lok. nd it will curu luU'-fr ixta- IHLJQIfb Mi- j itukt, lj laP-E PSJM, mm < hruntc U lar rhm , a VMM Eii CO M- l’L,4 f-VT* D V&fjJfTM \ Ri, DROPSY, bUI'U - I OuM.'i CH, Jiatnlwi COST/fEA LSS* Ckot- *.. CHOLERA Chute ri.tf3ri.ua, CHOI. ERA ■* iXPAMTUMFLATU LK.YCE. JAVA HiC&, Female H'EAiCMM&t*- ! £S, and may be used *’ic< • •fully asnnOrdra- : ary. HEADAC U£. las f Imusaoda can testify mm ‘ uta t y Mint tn, i| Ml ten a or three 7W ora at c, : . ■ r mcn ofthe u-tack JL All *5 gt*i ’ h >r testimony . MIX water in the mouth with the in VIGORATOR, AND swallow BOTH TOGETH ER. PRICE ON I DOLLAR PER HOTTT F ALSO, SANFORD'S Chathartic Pills, COMPOUNDED FROM Pure Vegetable Extract**, anti put up in ulnsa Cases, Air Tight, and will keep litany Climate* The FAMILY CA- Piu. i- u gen- i Ho out active C ailurnc Q whicli the yuipnci.#r La# used in his practice more . .than twemy years. Theconstaat.y increasing Jp demand from tlio**- who . have long osad tlse I'll.Le aod Uiesuii.- facUon which . a!texpresslaiwgardtetheur H use.Uni’induc.edmcto put > iheininllie reach of ail--j • . ! The |*ri.ieion wed know that and. lie teat ehAthu tic a , 4‘ ion aulerentpoitiousof. the bs>wel . The FAMILY LA-bTHAitIK PILL i.att.w ith Uu reference t-* r this well csiabiUbcd fad fremtnmjiouaiwdl from a jjj variety oftha purest voge 'sbie eiuaets, which act •* al.kaoneverv part of the I'lrucniary canal, and are hj rood and sate in ail <as wh< re a cbathartH is w needed, *uch ns Da lUMOEsirNT* ol the “rITOMACH, HiWM* vki PAINS is Titr. Q BACi, AND LOIN**,; t udriVENF.rt 8, PAIN eva Hobcmkss ovkb ,iiß WHuLK UODY u from sudden cold, which i fTcqueuiiv. if neglected nJ -nd in a longeourseof I ver. LOSM OF Ai*PE- w T,Tfc Caaswaa *k **tiom ov Colo ovkb thb Body, Bestt.eiw uks4 lIRADA4 HE or “ wetouT ix viib Head, ■til INFLAMMATORY u I>ts*M, WORM*, ia Ciitui/aEM or Ant'LT*. 1* RnsrusTisw, a Ori*a. Purwtr of the B'ood nsandtnairydisetseetowhioh ; Hash ia hair, too numerates **lo mairtioaln !'■• advet •rnieiii DOSE Ito 3. 1 Price 30 Cent*. HIE LlvrU fVVIOOBATOR nnd FASUV < *• UIART’ PILLS nre retailed bv Dmsnjists venc-raDy ‘ and sold vrhrieaalc and rataAhftlu* Trade In nil the j urge tow w „ ANPO nn, gs. D. HftOißctTirer and Proprietor, JnlT wsni J33Biondwgjr.Naar.Tmk” Lockhart. Yoniif; & Roberts, GREAT SACRIFICE! NO TARIFF : Twenty-Pour Per Cent, f’aved. Us F, would rfsrawMuUF inrite < e ai-onPun of our frwtnd’ nn-’ai. pamea who may desite to pur chnM vehicles c.i - :iy dww.ription i Hie fan that we ‘ hev'* now ot* hind i large and wv l nseurlad stock of r.oaeiie’,’ Rockmjs, Baggies, Tl OTtfKC WAfiONB, UAHNEdS.Itc. Ail of whi h(bei< f purchased h*fne the prsteniwr- If went into opai ‘ iv ..i- r ..!> !io orer f-r PRICKHIMUCH l/JWBH Utr.n at icieaofßWqlMti tycaiild now ♦*** loBt.i tbP* t the Fanorir* i all Koti mdjgiiAa roar geler-lone a; LOCK!! AHT, YOUNG A ROBRBW* fo]i stSIM* of cheo A- Kol.eita i p. ft. Wedeeta itnr eea ify u srsio fl at we are prepared with amp m. ii ! tif“* f* r<, \g a Ih'Snches of BBRAIRiNO in our 1 ho, on thu iii-.nes; not re, lit the he-. m.inner, vi-l at H- w<;N a ibiu rate-*. The phtrwwage of our L‘end* and all cash or prompt payirir - is m r 'i ruspectfnlly soile [teg. Y, At li. Columbus, April % w2tu. iIEOROLA —Chattahoochee county: . \a / HERE AS Lr yfayalte Harp app‘i‘s t. in* sot lal m ters ‘ii Administra ion* on the est-itc •>’ Charles L) Walbi, late of said county dar.e.tse<l. All persons • oncerned are ha re bp notified to file t rir PMe tio n a if any they have, on the firat Monday in May next, mberwis.’i said HUu**iUbe srramed to saMappligaat. Given under my hand und official aigaaturu thta March SKI), 1601. gTEpHEN , v paBSM, Ol*. Ahtil 1, IWI-wStd. 11l Caltroto Ui'i'hlij (Times ■ - - ■■■■’ * . ‘ W onuMr.rs.Trrsnu. .pru o. isi. ft - The Kaenj Wspiritnl It has i vor been considorcd that an aii-iuipvr: . taut point in war has been acuicvvU, wheu from a want ol faith iutiio jualicc yl uiaoauso, ia lLu,.‘uf- I fle.-U'-v ot’ hi* rc*.iuiou,or from a want of nnnn imiiy t.l w*U uu-l purposo, the enemy is tlbjuri te<l. Either or all of Uiese cAUJ>e. begot# a dia j trust of aitrceaa which cripple* his effort# ami ! give* an ey vfetory to a self-donQdni, ur.ited aad J!crmini‘d foa. TUo einditlobs ahove set ! forth, apply respectively to the Northern union I and th Confederate Places The former i* en j tirely without any de&nitc poitcy of action, fn l dec.l it Is in thu d’iouinia that any ’ policy whicnlt might'adopt wouM be repugnant *nd repulsive to the feeling* es a Urge traction of itself. If the Lincoln Administration hbould i deeulo to enforce the laws, collect the reve nue. Ae . in the Confederate States, it w *ull drive into active hOftility a gain It It the [..'fico party la iho Ireo tiutea, while the border blare States whose arms aro now upon their shoulders would point their bayonets hi the North. On tl.e other hand, should a decision he reached to rucaut the conclujion* of tho high-bounding pro uunciumento with which its advent to power tvas signalised, it would lose the support of the party t whose efforts and success Its existence i* due | aud would bo without a friend in tho world. To |do nothing, therefore, would seem to be the ! only policy which Mr. Lincoln can. with any j safety pursue. That this L his opinion, L tho I growingcenvlction of hi* supporter#, aud tho.iis ! cjuraging effect which U ie producing in tlioir j rauks iu becoming more palpatio every day. I In admirable and improving contract with th’a dilly-dally policy stands tho manly and straight forward conduct of the Administration of the Confederate States. Firm, self-assured it fid Jig | niUcd, it has marched right onward in tho per | ; rtuatice of its mission, jitkatifyincr the couiidenco j of Us friends and Bcatlermgto tho winds the silly ’ predictions of it* foci. AYocanmd set forth this I contrast in xirooger light than is done iu the fol- I lowing extract from tho .Now York Time*, lio- I ing the confusion of an enemy, it has *onie and r mt j to our acceptance : I It is idle to eoucoal tho iau Uiat tha Admuiij | irau >n thus Ur ha- uot met public expccU : tioa. Tlu> ciuntry feels no inure assurance iu to ’ the future.—knows nothing more of tho probablo | results <*f the secession movement, —than it did ’ ou tho day Mr. lfucbauan loft Washington. It I sues no indications us an ii<iuiinistrativo]>olicy nd ’ ei|ua' to tho emergency,—or, indeed, of any policy beyond that of listless waiting to roe what | may ••turn up.” There aro times whon such a j | p-dicy may oo wise:—i.ut not in presence, net I I active, resolute, and dctarrainetl eneluy. i iio ‘ now Confederacy U moving forward, to-warils | Hie consummation of its plans, with a degr -o of ; Vigor, intelligence, and success es which, we are | sorry to say, we see no indication . on the part of ’ the Government at Washington. In spite of the j immense dthiculties with which they have tu j contend, -iLo poverty of the country, iu utter ] j lack of oimmorcfi, of an atiny and ca.'y, and ol credit, -the hostility oflts fundamental principles to the sentiment of the Christian world, the utter buiUiwncKj ot iu reasons for revolution, and (he uuivorsal d*?mii*t which it encounters every ; where, in pile of all there obstacle# and Aifr ] cmmigi raent#. wo cannot conecn! tho liict tbnt 1 tlio new Gufermncnt of which Jefferson Davis i# | at tho head, has oviauvU a marvelous degree of | I energy, and i rapidly a Miming the proportion* . I of a Soil! i’- 1 f irtniduM* P%vcr. Within less \ I tiian six mouths they have adopted a ContHtn- i | tioo. organised a put its mu- I | chiucr> iut* tjoking order, t*tubhhtd ac< m > mart ial system ri.d put it iu opt ration, laid tho i bids of n financial department, organised an nrray, rwuircd enorimat stores and rnunbionn of war, and put themselves in a position to offer | a very l>>rmidable re-istnuce to any m tempt i fed coercion on the pari -H the United Statos.-- 1 Am! what baa l <ien done on ur p*irf against them 7 Whaf single step hn>i lcn taken iby <>ur government, oiilier to resist their i ! oiovcmcin from without, or to appeal with vigor j and effect to th loyally which mill live-, within : ! their borders? Jcffisrson Davis will soon have an ; ‘ organised army of HO,OOO men ut his command— uppose he deeidea to march into Mexico, or i Virginia, or upon Washing utt— what organized i means Lave wo to resist and defeat their scheme*’ They have adopted a revenue svstem for tbeex ’ pres* purpose of depicting and damaging our commerce;— what have we done to offset it?— With a blindness and stolidity without a paral lel In the history of intelligent statesmanship,wo have done everything in our power to aid their • florU, and crown their hostife endeavors with ’ complete- success. Tke \es (tub Snraler ud PicLtiii. \\ u give io this issue of tho Times letter* irern the Federal Troop* stationed at Pumter and Piek ! ens Io thf.ir abolition friend*. It Is well enough j for our renders to hear both sides, so (hat they ‘ esu form au nceurato account of thing* a* they j trflo*p're. It will be acen lhat tho abolitionist* 1 give us the nnroeof“rcbls,” made glorious ticco i the day* of 70 when our fathers received tho ap* (••nation from th* *ubfcets of IClng tleorgc.— j Read Hw e.,rrcpor.doncc. Lj. The Btoamsa (>'ihos. owauu, iiou 1 Lal un ro, lauded twenty-eight recruit# for the Army of the Confederate States, at Castfo PineV | tuy, a nth Carolina, on the nth inat. Cah iiouxtiß. —Among tba companies formal# the Ceorgia contingent for Pen*aer.), says the i Charleston Mercury, wo notice the Southern Ilights Guards, Capt. Juo. A. llou>er. Thi*gen tioinau graduated At the Citadel Academy hero In Ibaclus* of ISiO, whon he took the second hon or. H# L a native of Orangeburg, but has been j residing in Georgia for some year*. a • >ni Ur. mu or Dn. Cw i.it*. Tb Mac n CilUen, lof Friday say*; *‘L>r. Bobt. Collins, who has i I vug burn lmgoiing with u ehrofue ulieotioii, do patted this life at his residfeaco in this city on I Thursiiuy luormug last. For years Um deceased ! has been a prociincut dtlten of Macon, And ona jof the most generous and public spirited f men. Tfu CirriXL off fcjcFrur.i.—Wo ler. j. xya the i Montgomery Advertiior, that tho War Depart | most of the Confederate States ha* sent orders j |.j Gen. Bcanrcgard, commander of the force* at , Charleston, to cut off all supplies intended for Major Andcnon, Thi* movement would how Constitution of the Confederal* .States j hat adopted by the Convention of Sou'h | Car-duA t’ vote van ling, year, Hff : nays, | (Iff. * ! The Loan to the CosrtDir ate State#.—Ai • a meeting of the repreaentatlves from the Banks j of this city, held at the Planters and Mechanics’ buuk. on Wednesday afternoon last, tbe3dineb, j it irn> Uc*wivcd. That the representatives of the ! banks, present at this intoiing, will recommend ’ 1 1 their respective Banks to redeem, on the de i maud es the Confederate Government, in coin, their bilia which may be received in payment for luhscriptions io the Confederate loan in South Carolina, Agreeably to tho terms and proposals of the Secretary of tho Treasury as sot forth In I hi* circular to the several Bank- of the 24tb March, Ibffi* At, an adjourned meeting held yesterday after j noon, report* were received from all the Bank* ‘ , that they had acceded to the foregoing resolu i tlon. Wo loam from good authority, that although ’ no iormal action ba> Leon had upon the subject, . j the Banks of thia city will probably taka i j among them at lea#t ono million of the propoaed 1 ! loan.—Cltfffeetea Mercvrj/. i j —^ Aristotle was asked what were the adv antages 1 j of loarniDg. He replied “It I* an ornament to a 1 man iu prosperity, aoi a refuge to him In adver sity. fbe Florida VtlMtors. Tbi-’ pier lid 1 body of \|!ich ar rived in this city on Sunday morning la#!, „ii Uoaril the eti'emor# Time arid W. D. V .ung, art’ still in encampment on the oast eoiuittCh near tho Opelika and Mu-coy. e Railroad depot#. Thu arrangements frtfil'e f.hnspbrhUinn ..i ‘Vroopl | hnvo not been as perfect a# \ B dcslrabh-, and cm j aAquently > thh ! force, will, in a.l probability, be detained here a few days b tbev ran , bo forwarded to V *niaoQl.r, their plac. AT dcstl- j nal'on. W<* learn iV.vm an Authentic .our that ;Vu. I Regiment is mainly eomposod >f th yt ry . f I and chivalry ■ f the “Taml TF! •im/’ young i men woo liavo left . yuknt home* n*ul all Uie oomfort? audluxiri-s ~f IWeS •Unlc for Kcc dom in freedom’* buJty laa4- Quite a largo pr | poriiv-u of ihuiu ar very young—the b. si inalo rial fur soldiers, und we have no fears hut that ( when the ‘•whiiilmg ot bulled are heard. Hip j Flofid.i Hoop, w .1 bo willing IkUaaw ••’ Ike ! U'.usi*. Yesterday v \v uwt# prc#c.,te<l an vidtvening t and busy scene. Crowd* of iohliei# thronged 1 the stores, mi. ing the uoOesrary purohose* ter i their coiutefl before their atiuous duties begin I Since th ir arrival tl>’ weather has Ireen rainy i and disagreoubte, and Uiti ha# net boon many ( visit-.■•rsot the camp, but wo ! ?po that it will be ( fhir b fuv thair departure in th.it the la dies of C'olmnhus may have nil opportunity ol seeing as 1100 looking a tody if mm as tu-or < shouldered a musket. in out i9su jof yosterduy vie ptrMtehid list: of ihs Held and staff officers arJ the tvuu man fieri ‘• of oouipunief, but it was ImpeTfeet, we print this morning one morn .•curate and fritter TifLn And STvfr Coletivl I. i*a Ar.dsivon, Lieut. Cal—William If. Ronnt Major -Thaddon . A. Mofteiiald, First Lieut. A Adj W. M. pavid. Quartet-Master, W. T. 11. Law. Commissarv— - - Orman. Sutton ( Its Gamble i-aisMi-.. \ *lUitv< r#, Caj>f. Lum t■ lipon TANARUS: lie.-, Oapt. A maker Loon Anillcry, Capt, R. U. ill! Prairie Guards, Capt. Powvii. tiuinsvilie Minute Men, Capt. M v. ~ Young Guard, Oapt. Oe^>. Marianna Volunteers Capt, IV* I'ranklin Ldlcuuus Capt. crupp. i Madison Volunteer*, C'apk. Bradfor.t. The uniform* oPrerwa! of the romp ■Met im> g tten up with oonsidorrible taste. And wflb hr ‘ b und ecrVieealbti as well a* ormmeutnl. Rons’ ‘ two or three of t!e e..mi>nniea havN rnt ns vet 1 provided ttorutelve* with a unTPirm drete, brr suppfoj that tVy will bo .‘upplkd ftom tic p-.b ! liu luroo l Mutugoioery or Fuu#a<Kda. | Siacfe num; tho übove wo are informed ibu theseforfra will be n? jrfinn a* the defa .hiuc; { of the Georgia V.duiileers p:ivi over tl,u r*ad, which it I# thoughi tn.i MI v tot*** tii.iri Wednomkiy. * llmm I'lfj of llio MMi Slnl. < j !•,’ ■ *l, tt. rn.r, MV I >T,I TANARUS„ . r.-VjT ...uu r!j. nh j wy. n b-f rd * • -.'.•y. The <• dors aro red, wb>* • and blue, ui.d inn lUg <• .'•*> !.'! of threo broad I baV*. (.’rpoudirubir. fniitrai'nf hr.r:/onal, lih the Nathmal flag. The fir 1 f hvr Is Mm*, und eon j t:nos flovM Btar-; tho aeeond white aud tho third I rod. It was s tested lr* m luo drawings sent iu i by Dr. if. D.Capern, ofthoTreMUfy lieparUnen l It recmb!ea the I’re.rMi ‘riooloT tno much t’ pleaso mv fancy, and l think fhoro wore aevoral designs from tho same pencil ter better limn this. Tiie following diagram wdi giw yupi n a<U r< si, , id.-a *f Us Appearance ’ Blllc. White*. Ued. Umipwfow of the 8. V, Tribum- I .\liu*.U<krc'm'&um.luc hvet tfort; BvKftjiatdV/r 4 /></.#. ; .I tmttn” iT/arTeSTox, April 1. To {b e Tr, l unfi . A geijiiemen who ha# v*iy teu-ly w.cu in ooiu- Kiuni'-ution with iurt buiuur inter ms me that the garribou is ou cxcsedingly small aliowuuov, and that matters begin to look sorions with them. Should the supplies notv daily obtained in iLiu market he cut off, the nituatiou of the men would I o highly ritieal, nod it is cot inrpossiUo that ! Major An lorson tony be compelled, ou his uwu | rot>ponibilii v, to nbaudon his position. A* here tofure lwrs been the case, the garrison will, no doubt, continue to derive no slight a-teuutugu from luaililic., fur catching hsh around Uu bate of the fort. But there will be no timilur way of renrulfing the supply ol fuel, which is now neatly exhausted. Jt is known iha’ wfi! in t)i last Ijw day* ijou. Beauregard has given orders to eertaiu oj bis sub ordinate* to “clear tho dock# ter action.” The troops are made to practice daily at the heavy guus and mortars, au.l we me thus treated to a j miniature battle (uu one aide) almost daily. Ahe • numbor ol men iu position has of late ln.cu di | minished rather than increased, by tho termini’ tioa of the period of service of a number of vol unteer companies. An entire regiment will go out of service iu ii very short Hun It Is uot a j little remarkable that nobody ro-eulistr, But uli go to their homes to stay, ‘llie excellence ol a j single term of enlist tutu t is qu>to enough. Iu one month longer tho force* of South Carolina, will, from this cause, become reduoast rnoru than one-half. Having finished the harbor defences, ‘lon. Beauregardiceiuiuglyantlclpating tho preaeneeof a body of Federal troop#, and with tho view of providing ngaintt cracrgtneic#, ho* commenced planting a mortar battery at Mount Pleasant This point is too distnnt to take part iu an attack on Fort Sumter, end therefore this battery muet be designed for other uses. When Major Ander son was In Fort Moultrie, audit was proposed to drive him out, n battery ou Mount Pleo unt was I commenced, a* that point was supposed Io cr-rn -1 mand Moultrie. The inference therefore, h that ! the rebel* aro providing uguirut tbo time when i Federal troop* will ro occupy that fort. There aro other movement* that indicate tho same thing Indeed, recent labors bavo mainly had reference to land -jperatlons, by providing for an attack in tbo rear. “ or fron F#rt PirlOT*. tie .'t. Louis Democrat puUi be- a i*ur ! written by an officer in Fort Picken* tea frioud in St. Louis. It la dated March 13. After stat ing (hut ho tvaa ordered into the Fort on Feb ruary Sand that ho had out received a lin# since j he lef home, two month ago, tho officer In question says; . “V.'ohavc hard work, plenty guaid duly, and plenty of anxiety. The Brooklyn, with our men on board, fa am bored off the bar about four miles distant. *?ho hi accompanied by the frigate Sabine and iloop of-war St. Louis. Tho Government at Washington consented, some time ago, to wake an agreement with tho authorities ou tho secession side, to this effect * That if the . reinforcements on tho Brooklyn were aot land I ed, no preparations for on attack would bo rondo. So we stay at we wero. Tho fleet Is banging on. The tloop-of-war Wyandotte (four guns)!* lying in the harbor or abreast the Fort, and every .hing is apparently In ttaiu ejuo. TANARUS K SIIVK It KIG NTV IIF THE ST ATK X. COLUMBUS, GUUKGIA, MONDAY, APRIi. 15, 1801. M •• have finish cl uu* anting guw# su>i getting •ii nil our W'mml, nnd o<-mpletd tho-n lit do do fences neet ttry to enable s small command to ho*t off (hi u.unit-. Thu euowy ha# mounted, under command of I t’.ip:. u'llant, tormerly of tho aeoond Cavalry, | seine four < • tivo guns at Fort Mcßae, hearing j ‘iieoctly i< u . And at tlio light house they I line ;i>.. ..r Hiroo heavy Columbia*!*, nearlyen -1 ibeLng ur trout face, while ut Karaooas they i Ik vo a largo number of 32 pounders, and totwoon ( thi., in ,| ihe Navy Yard thero nre two or throe • batteries. s*>, you iee, wo ur© girt by a wall of j tire. •\ >i and tiicu tiu<y ehangu comiimadeis over j tl. i. , .md tho work of negotiation has to be done j nil *” ci again. Col. Bragg was the last ono to ( 1 eommand, and ho had to know of u# what ihedtaiu# was. Thus, you seo, with llicso fro •|Uoit chungaa (and companies thero change of -1 te-or Hian theireousoftanders.) wo have to look j s'. -r 4 . they do uot admit any moral law, nor that loi.c l-.iud ol rebcl.t i# bouud by tho agreement# ’.n via by those who preceded them that is, nooea- Sarny bound by them- though in tho present ease th. agreement bn* h-en m< *t satisfactorily i arranged and agree*! to. Aud u>w, my dear air,{food byo. Though my aflnotions aro with tho South, l will do nty duty . iu such a manlier that th south will not bo , itehauv iol tin-. Should ihu rebels attack us . they will faro badly. ! * would liko to toll you oftha “think dofonoo,” I the grape, canister, shell*, fire-ball#, utortars, <'o-lumbiads, u.agttsine*, miuoa, suart’ and coun ter scarp, tho picket* littd guard", tlm long roll ! and tho alarm, buts cannot rtafiv. | God bless you. Let polities nfono. There is tno mupb talk now. Venrs truly, miKKTISG FROM fBSAftU. • OMMTIOX;of AFFAIR* i>\ mt* AM) •SUOIUJ. ii.'otr. pomiouco ol New k'oek Xiiuoi.) UviriM* States Frlhate Parixu, and I’l’t’ I'kns \c*i v 11 an, Monday, March 2itli, 1861.) An upperiunity oilers oitea more to let you tP*i w how things look down this way these troubfosomo times. \b<-.iu ttu.day:, ago Maj, Gtu Buigg who is ii >: out man lut this.place). saw nt to stop all umum.aiion bet wot-u us and th- #li.-ro, and < apt. i>Tlant, of Fort Mr Ron, sent u* word tbaj i: th ; Vfyundolto. did not keep a little further ■,UL.: would firo into her. Capt Adams wink fog to avoid a collision with these keeps himi. ,sand iu rn board ship. Our supplies 1. ivc been cut oil from Mobile, aud iho New Or -1 ...f lejiaer, iu pusaiug in and out of tho liar i r, avoid.’! .ur hoarding baatjKo von see up arc bird tip f r new# of any kind. Capt. Adam# addressed a lot tor lo \\ ollc*, cieo r.-tarv tft no Treasury, Inst Tuesday, and told i,!iu thnt Kiorrnliofi Atared n* In tho fore, and I t. uV ’.• heard fr.mi him or received relief In 10 d.ty* from date, ho *vt,uUlueUU t wu discretion :>Uou( U)vUg ibis (dace. >Vo art* on half ra ( t i>*. Wo have (denty r.f money, but of whnt i. .:■ that t>) u now. Three day# wo trail*- tf* t'od *r a* lho Brooklyn to this #kip Si troops. and sent tu rto *ey W. fond Hu van* far sup [ 1 H. ** j i l.ii b.ii kin .< Uiv daj. Iu iho ’•a.. !ii.y may altiu k Fort J’itk* u#, aud we h “ii -*a ado through about 8,000 buyouoU o t in’ t!.o t-,rt, with masked batterios pluy ik “ i tV ;m nil quarter*, iu eonjunctinn o i ‘L'Kl'h and Barranca#. Is it not a pirns li> •to look npon v You must know that • i * r; i • no armistice in existence bet wren Bragg aud Auiiii.n. Bvagg will not oite* k Pickens un- I* ‘ ’a rat unapt to reluteroe it. IV e see troops •• i". nearly every day from N*w Orica us, ! fif'd -d !'ict places, and •■.* *e them at v •!•'.•• -..rig sun (I batterios, A**., and bore we . • .<> >ped up liko a lot of chicken <, waiting ter I tlio f dinlnifi!ration to do something. They have Ii -foi'cted u# shiiinciully at Washington. They ,<m net answer our communication*. They do ■ not ■‘end u- anything to eat. tind yet expect n * *il Id. ; < itrv. which has bc-ll nnt over her lim*. I . .:ti u brokoii down und worn out crew, and an i • id lot* hke th* St. Lewi#, to do nil their lighting in fomthern water#, while vessels net yet three • months in commi#si* rt arc rolling in clover off I York Butt rv. M very bed jr In our ship nr dis , I: irifio >1 und i.u woitdt-i. Yiu do not know , n-tenth jmrt ot wliut wo hove suffered lately. . They say ihe dafkOFt hour of iho night is just before the break of day, P is pitrl Hnrk with us jn*t about this time. Threo nights ago we hoard tho hwoming ot • ‘"UiU./ii, ond saw light* passing and repaa#iug ou , h're. V.'o beat to quarters, called “All bauds j out boats,” muster* and our companies And were all Toady to go over the side, when the |i|f!o Wyan dotte came •teaming out. to let u.l know (hat it ; was a false atarw. If I live a hundred years I i hall never forget tho feelings I had when 1 wn* tending my revolver-. We were all busy with our own thoughts, *1 con assure you, and for j about ten minutes hardly anything was heard save tho tick, tick, of a Colt, ortho dull thud | of a rifle ramrod. We did all cur little valuables j up, and directed them each with a letter for our I friends at home, In case anything disagreeable ; might happen to us while attempting to reach ! the Fort. We have on board now nearly flfftf men, with grub ©Bough to last about ten or twelve days longer. Wo have about thirty day#’* wateron board. We bought most nf that here betero commutifoation *r stopped at tho rate of 100 per gallon AM our fish lines aro in requisition eve ry day, but sometimes even tho fUli secede. Wo heard a rumor lately that Fort Sum ter had teen * mounted, and that Pickens wna soon to follow, but don't believe if. We will hear nil tho news wbcti the Brooklyn comes hack, and until that time have got to remain fu thia mi©rah)o state of nupenrr. P.-S. ‘1 ho j. • pi*; on chore hue, when tkey haul down their flags at nn*nt, play “(Jed stive the Queen.” What do you think of that* • i-♦ i Tie Sonthrrn Heptarchy. Luis is tin title by which the Slorlhein pres* now generally dosigna’o tho seven Confederate Htatos. Wo like tho title, though Intended as a nickname. No other word could so forcibly ex press tho union, ter common defence and com mon welfare, ot seven distinct und independent s sveroignties. Its historical associations are equally felicitous, and we hail the word as a pro phecy. It was the Saxon Heptarchy that form ed the- seven strong pillars upon which our fore- I ith or* reared tho proud edifice of the British Umpire. AM that is good, healthful and hardy, in the laws and tho constitution# of the nations of Anglo-Saxon race can be distinctly traced to that vigorous and slaveholdiug heptarchy, wbioh is one of tbo earliest instances of Htates stiongly confederated together and yet preserving intact i thoir distinctive individuality, ttevrn Ims al waya bevo, in all nation* and with all creed#, a symbolic numb* r. ft was of seven days that God eon ititnted the woek; *evcn were the wounds of Christ t and it is seven stars that form the Southern Or T ike it in i* verbal meaning, it# historic associations, or its emblematic nig tiifioince, tbo word “heptarchy,” can never he applied to ti* except to do ns houor. And should ii be tho will of Drovideoce that we contlnao a heptarchy, a Confederacy of seveu State*, and that no now corner disturb the mystic a umber, we shall look t > iho future with none the less hope -Indeed, wo ore almost toinpted to nay, with greater. —Mobile Jtryliter. I’lpJaMlioiD PiuiamM liy (be Sontbem Commi*- wun. IYasrixo iox, April 4. An under* u-J.ng between the Southern Com miasiotteiiaud the Government having boon I agreed to, though not official but informal, that I the military status should remain, and no iuora j moots utadu in regard to the Southern Fort* I without first giving laid Cotutaiasioner* an in timation of what wui to take place, and not hav ing heard anything front the administration re pectiog it-# policy, they made inquiry at the proper department to know tv hat is the meaning of tho sudden naval and army movements, and whotocr they uro intended tu go South; also, whether tho Commissioners weio rightly and properly u-sured when they wars informed that the military status then existing should remain. TUo ComlMloneri, I am well ati*flod,wiii not gel a satisfactory answer, if they got auy an swer at oil, which I# hardly probable. It is pretty evident that all the assurances which they Lavo receive I wore not sincerely and honestly intended. Don’t carry your antipathy to royalty e far a* to break the crown or yoax otr head. ( OLIMBI S. WI DNWDAY. VPRIL 10. IHOI. blest Sm from IVnsacoln. \V met yesterday, io the city of Columbus, ir VV. L. Bryan, of the Pertc Guard#, Dike oounty, Ala., Capt. b#w ,>,now stationed af Fonsanol'a* Ha loft that place au Suudgy, April ud rr port * our troop# in flue health and spirits.— That roinfon oments aro cmnlng in lYom all quar ter.*, and that the present number In Pensacola are about 3,00 u ur'U. This will ho increased to 4,00 Uin a few days. Tho vorksat the batteries aro going oifrapldly. Gix nre now e< ronle'cd und guns mountod bearing on l’ickcn*. Other bat teries aro in progress. Five sloops-of-war lay nearby l’icken*. The Sabina, Brooklyn, Wyatt dottoan.i St. Louis. Another arrived Saturday night tho ?vh, name V.ot known. (Jen. l’ragg gives great satisfaction, and tho men have con fidence in his military skill. The troops antU oipnto a tight InfifV o or twenty day* snd will he ready- tx iur U. S, Conubuss- hlnasici pation^—Tho llou, D. K\ Some# f Maine has just delivered a speech in the Fedora! Cottar* si, which wo liuJ published iu the Globe. The flu gr it ttte*>nai#lency of the speech h amusing.— lie tell# the bolder State* that If they would have xlavoty still tul/iratn l and their (ire sides respected, and cstnpo tho lurch an ! the Assas sin’# knife,” they must •‘ally themselves with the North.” And immediately thereafter ex claims ftgcntiejucn may scout tho bleu -f etuau* eipntion, but It i# soon (•• eoute Here U Mr. Some's 4lclicno regard ter the bor der State*. ‘‘Toe hordt-r buttes aru hotwecu two ilro#; what can they do to extricate tltMitaeives from this dilemma;’ l repeat, conciliate the fre© blater; first, by consenting to the abolition of slavery in tho District of Columbia, tho dockyards, and arsenal*, on a basis Which hail bo just to tho slaveholder: aud, second, to u system of grad uul emancipation in thahordur Slates, uudaifow ing your people, wiihin y our own border#, tlio right which the constitution guarantee# them,to discus* tho subject of slavery “Commit to this, and tho North will aid you it* any reasonable endeavor to protect youraelvoa and your properly, aud the wholeciviliaed world will applaud you in so huiuauo ami undertak ing. 1 will not advise as to (]<© pmlicular mode ofomauolpatloq.’’ Ao.Moitn Voj.uxteki VVa.ntxu at I’hi.sext. -Tho Sontharn F dcrel Fnion of v***tcrdy, say? “Thu Governor aud Adjutaui Gcnerul are o*ur whehned with applications from various com panies, offering their servifPß. Wc nre request ed to state that no more Voluutcor* are wanted At present. If tho boys wilt )o pntient, perhap# they may nil bo accommodated sftet a white.” MtMttim COKRESPOMM'i:. II arlikt 1 >i*patehrx; IVoopi mhnrked fi>r the Stvuth; The duel; .1 J'ortteWpte retvlf; Ap/uuntinentu; AVi> flute!*; Ilvmor*, rt< Mo#iuumi uv, April Dispatch** in m York raetived in tin . city to-day, caused some excitement. It i* verv certain (but a large body of troop# with arms nnd munition# *>i war ter a lung oaaipalgu UgV.u left ter the South The prevailing wpinb ii is thnt they nre ilcstiucd for Fort Pipkts*, but aofn v say to supprev.i tho difficulties on tha Indian frontier. Lincoln has said that be will nut inaugurate the war, am! if this is io bo believed, wu may sup pose the soldier# uro <t*lincd ter Texas in co operate whh tho Sam Houston patty, uu l to try by n Ii do apparent atteuticn i< local interest to rais© up a fouion party. The neat ten days will determine thi- matter, but forth*: present a!l is voqJuctur< The Uud bfeiwv* Al* ■•-•# Alot). und Limit# was bbidlct.s owe, nlthough I team both parti*** uc ed with greqt coolness, determination aud brawny. They fought at nine thi* ui jniug ut Ponsweola. i'oi'tuuutviy Moses’ pi#t*l snap ped and Bank# shot through hie coat colter.— After this fire the matter wa# Arranged by tho •©con i# (•< the satisfaction of all parti* For the pun week offers of volunteer.-, hut© been pouring ir< with astonishing rapidity. Sev eral thousand from tho Border State:*, ands !*: gioufioin the Confederate have uui. mim ed thelf desire to join the i'roviriouul unuy. Be sides these, upward* of two thousand Indian warriors have A*ke*l to be taken into tin nrrh-r to light till’ tinted rilute* Uimy upou the fr-m tier. If any doubt the cupaeity id’ the uvw i.e public to raise nn army equal to uny emergency, they hu vc but to vi- it the Secretary i ‘V.>. convinced, Mr. John L. Il.tm-Ji, u n*i-b:nr of ii • und a son-in-law of Win. L. Yancey, hu* focu appointed Chief of the Finance l.'cauruau in ihe Dost Office Department Mr. A. J. f:uk, . i Mississippi, ha# been appointed * hiut (lark in the Comptroller's office, Treasury Itepartmevn. The high prlco of bom 1 and s-mr. liy of r"onN und houses has euused *otnc ol our citi/ci to tuko into uoiinblerutUn the piopriety *.l build ing a hotel, of a kize that will be nit r” in thi* section of the country. For sumdUiie the wuut of such e budding lies been b it. und the Increase of visitors, transient und p'nrnaiionf ha* made it almost a necessity. The place lm# been already obtained, und the locution sofocted. The wildest and most exaggerated rumors at .ut Fort Pickens aro afloat to-day, at.d many young men have left for l'uusncola upon the strength of them, in order lose© ihu anticipated tight. X# or der bn# been seni to Gen. Bragg to make an at tack, nor will liter bo ae uole # u reinforce ment is attempt© I. A few *!uy more an I tho truth will he known. KVivLYA Fort I’icxu.ns. TUo New York JLraid's M’usbington corropondont writing under date of th* Ist in't. ni follow- rb Mwpondent'sex planation ot the roiub r *’ reports, to-wit, that they were deeigned to influence the ©lections in Connecticut and Khodu idovd <>n ibo Ist and ith, is aifogiven by others: The report* In regard to reinforcing Fort Pickens, it ia now apparent, were put out for the solo purpose of helping the Uepublican cause in Connecticut and Hbodu Island. No such orders have been Issued. I reiterate my despatch of eotne days since that, within a very short period Fort Piekcn* will bo evacuated. It I* even uow almost a matter of impossibility tu land suppliee thero, and by tho end of Dext week the Administration will find that U ennnot make the attempt, muck. less HBooeed. This FpiscopalOatrnca aud tub Natiojul Tbocblch.— I Tbo New York • hnroU Journal states that there will be bo sohismatic division of the Episcepo! Church in c >nstq onco of the separation of tho Confederacy- lu tbo organi sation of that Church each Ft ate composes a Dloceac, und each Dioceto, like each brata is sovereign and independent. Thoir national or ganisation resemble* tbo Federal organization, and consequently, soo* rding to tho Journal, not only will tto effects of Btate #ecceslon upon the diocasan relstiou* of the Cbureh in the speeded Blutes be at once recognised, but whore, o* in case of the Bishopric of Alabama, ti© eon c'urrenee of the National Lpls .oput© may be nec essary to fill a vacancy, the promptest moaniree will be taken by the Northorn Bishops to give the re*|ulsite sanction to the election# in Ala bama, aud to every other uut necessary for the entiru independence of ail the diocess# in the #e oedod States. This la in perfect harmony with the noble attitude of the Kpisoopal Cbureh in th© North from the beginning, which has always and everywhere set its faco as a flint against aboli tionism, and every other iem, and which is com posed of a body of clergy and laity which would I have done honor toausy age nod any nation of tte Christian Üburcb From the New York Fxprot's. I he Scramble for the lioTimmeat Loan Tho government ban of eight millions was all takeu yesterday, at several percent, below par the aggregate fo‘lb© bids was far inoru than wi<i iho amount required. Nothing, iu *>ur Judgment, could uivro atrik ugly Ulusnabi the paralytic condition of the „Tvut buaihvs# inter, >l# of tho country, under th* lislurbing ntluimcc of thu“irreprcHSiblo ctmjlict** ban this, tho first financial operation < f Mr. Lincoln'# Sicrotary of tho Treasury. There is rut little oiuploymcut for money just nuw, iu any of lh ordinary channel* oi oouimorco and tra*lu, all t'ro*:ti uver as they ure, with doubt and die • runt of the future, LntorpUofl which ordinarily require a Jihafal outlay ot capital arc nearly all at a dead halt; and uu.b r u steady accumulation of th*: compute, the opportunities for *afl> n*l profllublo vuvffctmentd aro every day Incoming mure iaru. As wu .niid there arc uu now railroads under contract; but few uow build ing* are anywhere in course yf construction; tho ship yard* are well nigh deserted; tho manufao turor# arc sailing close to the wind ; while about all of the moebunio and industrial iutcrost# are experiencing a depression, icarocly parallel In tho previous history of tho country. Thus,‘with nearly all the ordinary facilities for desirable investment absolutely unavailable— with nearly every accustomed outlet for a super abuiuLhi supply of inoucy closed against th*‘iu — it i* not surpusiug that the Money Rings should bo running u ncok-and-ncek race, a# it were, oven for a trifling loan of ■>,ooo,oool’ But, only to tho superficial observer w ill this curious statu of things appuur io confirm the government credit. Iho Re publican polltiiiud who ure over ready tu catch nt straws, will doubtless so represent, but tho rep resentation can lnivu Lu* little weight With those a ho are uoouatoincd tu look beneath the surface of thiugn. Tho fifty-throe millions of dollars in gold and silver in the vaults of the Now York Boston aud Philadelphia Bank#, which is kept idle under look nnd key there, because of tho irrepressible Conflict aud tho dread of (he futuro wbioh it m •piros, whs dying for even tho slightest depletion as u-measure us temporary relief, uud henco tho scramble of iho owuera ol it for this government loan. \Yuil >tioet, citato street, Third .-Arret, borne down wiUi tho dead weight of useless mil lions which “negro politics” and sectional unwise organizations had thrown upon thi ir hands, were glad of a chauce to ease thoir burden, no matter bow desperate, ami no Mr. Chase, himself one of thl lathers of the irronsiblo conflict, was litor ally run down with offer* for nlm. 1 any amount. Notwithstanding iho anxiety to get rid of ,omu of the “liuy-thrco miliiooi,” howover. wear© told (#ve A.saociated Press telegram j that the bankers only cuiue forward under tho assuraucc. from high quartos, that tho Administration contem plates a “peaceful policy” in regard to existing difficulties. This is an important fact—ill so fur as it goes to show that Mr. Lincoln und hi* friend* despaired even of obtaining iho trifling sum of eight millions of dollars without a pledge to their creditors in advance tha! nobody would bo “hurt.” A Noteworthy Fact. it i* a teet worthy of remark that although number of troops stationed at nnd near P< ite#n>- lu, since tho mildle of January, has averaged ono thousand men, anti within the las', tow week# sev eral times that numbor, there hit# not been a single death from discuse during that time among our forces, and tlio sick list bns at all times been astonishingly small, making th© surgeon's duties almostn siuccurc. When wo consider that the men havn been constantly engaged in the most labo ! riotts task-, such as raising sand batteries, moun ting heavy guns, working frequently all dny in tlio water and constantly exposed to the *nn : iliat many, if not most of them, nre unused to sevoro toil, uo: u I. w being roared iu luxury and ♦inse; that nearly nL aro from tho interior and not acclimated to the soorching sands <>f that un sheltered bench; we aro Mt a loss which most to admire, the hardy materia! ot onr volunteer ser vice or the evident efficiency of the Quarterma* tors’ und Commissariat Department. A# sum mer advance#, th*’ contest between our forces and any that tho United Stated might tend against us, will htvoum still more unequal. Tho latter mu“t droop from exhaustion under onr burning :-un, while the men of tho South will stffcr com )imtivo!y little inconvenience or dcbilitftUou. A Vorttiern army brl *r the JtOth ilcgtee of latitude would b* utH'iaintcd by llo* climiito aioue in ler# than a mouth alter tbo J t of Jane. The fifdt death nt Pen acoln, from *li-i ;.>*\ wu* that of Lieut. Burry man, commander of the l. S. stoamer Wyandotte. It is suid to Imvi been haa tened, if u->t oecaiioned, by the mental suffering arising from hi# false poattioti and tin: conflict U-iwocn hi# sympathies and supposed duties from which ho in vain hoped that the action rd’ his native State, Virginia, would relieve him - Mob Jfr'j. _ Military fuTer of Spaiu. lb© viur'.lirg movement* of Spam in (it© V' e.-t • Indi* * attract# attention to the growing power of j tho Uoi erntoeiil of Madrid, nod there ure few j who will not L surprised to J*aru how largo u j i'orc* .~pain is able to muster. In her Navy she had iu 1 *:*o the follow ing nambei* of vi stels, ‘‘lrUips-of-wnri...: ...,n .Steamer# -tor war purposes 20 I dal i:*7 15. idi-s iheye ‘uhinuumeroat'stuallervt-#- ■ <dr f r*. ‘,.ft #- -md ha*l •ti tb* ri'qekx tit ft : y*ai ‘ -hip. t ‘• nos fid gw*?, and with l.tni-i tor ■ -cxr . el com power, and ffvtearfl Ii igate* ol It . Vi> tiOO horse pt)Wfr ( :tCb. Tho extent < ftho mih rcgulnr army ■"•jrai;- uxtioii I# indhated by t!iM'cf thai i* *• imi- 10 : (',q tain General a, flfi Lie inii.uit. U-i IIS ! AJi.j /r (m i,.mls, an*l ”01 Btlgo li. r t. i,■■* ■’ In t'libfi, Spain ha’* eight regim fit J ■ ! ‘Oit ! ii.-.” r; g.ujent rtf i*rt*fle.r)r, ft hrtgqiht of live .(♦• *'• .. -•oinj-if'* “!’ wot!*men, tw> regi ui.n i>i'e*\atry nnd ••;. bfittalion *f engir.ecis, i hfeMd*-- a htrge (o\ e > f •- ilitla dstrß*cttd ht tii | principal ports town*. ! Tn Portn ttim, there are ouo r giment of liifhu j try, or..- brigade artillery, and on-> •ectioii f i cavalry, i<< idc*. large force of roilßh*. # Ar. X. From the London Tefognph. Tli. BlucLad* nf Suiitbetn Puffs. j W i;ti rrgerd to the blockade question, We hat© I stated that it f tnnrt ho solved by auy govern j meat ia Amcricti, bu* mast be left to th© m*ra j time powers of Europe—wbioh, acting upon the law of self-preservation, mu*t, of course, forWd | all attempt# to exofod© thuir cointnerce fYoni the pert# of the Pouth ; tho ruin of which, though it might, gratify tho would nit wurve tho interests of the North, rucli a policy of roe cfWun, then fore, would be ut once •h- rt-*?gM •d ond ineffectual. The now tariff, ‘"r which Mr. Lincoln i# not rerp* naiole,though he will n*>t probably be willing to accept its c i .-joiners, Is uti ahwll-1 measure *-n he part of f',.. whnfrnru *■•l it It i# not merely protective, but in a large I degree prohibitory. By Imposing exers:rive du ties, it doses the market* for Northern produce; .mil, by relieving tho manufacturer from com petition, deprives him of ail stiictilu# to ituprovo tho works of hi* induitry—tho consumer, of course, being thus sacrificed to the pr dneer.— Bat, npirt from those mighty iutemt*, the poli cy of Knglund I* distinctly represented by the fact that, whatever revolution may convulse tho Now WurlU, we stand totally upurf. from them. Bonce hetwcon Great Britain at.d iho United .States is necessary to tho national life of both.— For what would a vrar signify ? Tho cessation ’ of a tra<lo amount ing to thirty millions starling annually, the stoppage of one-third of our foe. tory system, and an enormous diminution of our Jeneral prosperity. Therefore, whoever maybe resident of America, and whether there be one Confederation or two, onr relations with the United Statu# must remain unaltered. IF tho North triumphs, we shall rejoice to witno#* tho progress of humau freedom. If tho South, with it* boasted army of thirty thousand volunteers, carries tho day, wo havu our eotten market to look after. Under no circumstances ran w# en tangle ourselves in the eompUcatlon* of Now World politics. Lancashire forbids it. London, Birmingham, Bristol and Glasgow coho the pro test. Manchester and Liverpool unite their voice# in favor of perfect neutrality. And why ? Because Ameriaau commerce ia LnglLh com merce, and we cannot stir a finger upon tho At Untie without equally compromising the two empire*. President Lincoln ho# tho interests of the Union to protect, and Lori Palmerston is bound to defend these of Great Britain; but the former cannot be allowed to blockade our flag out of the Southern port#, or tho latter be *timu lated to any partisan udvaoooy of Northern tun bitioo. Mi>ery i the aceemry rawlt es a deviation from reetitude. OULVMBI 8, TnCKND.II, APRIL 11, IXOI I \ Fight not far Off Kveuts i ipi-lly oecurring U*avo airc*.*y auy ground t© doubt that the swttfemeat between the Confederate State# nu-1 the Northern Union, which the former havu so xealously oudeavured u> offect through negotiation, mast bo mad© when the cannon ami tbo musket, on one or the other aide, shall have exhausted their argument*. It is dearly uiauifuat that tho Linoolu administra tion,while it was baiting our Commissioners with words us ponce, wat busily concentrating its forces and stealthily preparing to mako a descent Upon the Southern coast. A naval armament, which lfl New York a few days’ ago, is now up>n that misaiou. That a land attack is in tended, i# a reasonable inference from the char acter ol'the equipment. ilorsos are certainly of very little sorvieoln a sea fight, and font Jpdfcs are seldom used on shipboard, Tho whole force cannot comprise more than twenty-live hundred men, unlcs#, indeed, tho troops bound North from Texas have’ been intercepted. Whether with this number they can hold up tbo insane purnosc of rciuibreing Major Anderson, or whether they will proceed tu Pensacola and limit Ihoir operation to th Gulf; or, lastly, whether the expedition h in tended to carry fuoet r Io old Ira iter H ouston, nru quest ions for npeculath-n. Laidi of tlioso objects ha# been ii*utned or cupp'-red hr the telegraph and M by imii-fjjteint ct>rrv#pouth*qt*, and olihei <>r iiwne us tho suppositioi.s uiay be true. Os out thing wo Nre ic-surcd, that Ihev aro nut upon any Inw/ul bit sines* (speaking after the manner us the Confcdorate States) end that when they land they will bo welcomed in tho disliu guiahed manner formerly indicated by Mr. Lin coln’s MiuUter t>> Mexico. Rpcakiug of “grave#” avo noticed that spade# and mattock)! wero not included in the implements of iho equipment.— dVunder ii they intend la bury thoir dead ! OlTft of Iroopi, We learu trow the War Department says tlio Montgomery Confederation that offers <*F volun teers, in view of tho exigencies of tl.o limes, aro pouring in with a#tonihiug rapidity. Tho num- i her from the Confederate States is overwhelm ing, and would amount in the aggregate to rooro than d-iuble the number of troops that would bo needed in the field. A singular fart in connec- - lion with thia subject, is that two thousand In- 1 -linns living on tho western frontier, have leu- j tiered thoir service# iu case of uood, und avowed j their intention->f fighting upon our ride agninst j tho United State# army. Since the result -ftho Ci.uiitKOiciitolaotiou, uud the .strong probability that the coord- Hints may proved in the council# at Washington,a--ro than st)V*-n huudred thousand volunteers from tlie bor der States have uskod to bo enrolled in tho Pro visional Aitov. This is a voice direct tr-'-ru the people, mi-1 shows that they are with u# in fueling, nltlioagh held back by their j-arty leader*.— Those who doubted the possibility of an unuy be ing raised in tbo Confederate States, can now be easily convinced that a force doubly adequate to 1 ati nur wants, can be brought info service wdhln one in on lb. Kxtract from n letter of a member ol Company j P., Capt. Wilkin# Oaklxmu, Ai.x., April 8. Here w< are !u tbo pioey-woodo, at the forml . uu# of tho road, and ito wugou* tohaul our bug- ! I g.igc b-toss. Five or six companies hero waiting ! i bffnpu in. we have to take onr turn, so T don’t ‘ know when wo .thall leave here I hop© soon. I ■ow u man from tbo Futaulu mor- 1 J liing direct from l'cnsueola. It© jys about 2UOO own are thor**. Twelve l.un-ired Miasissipjiian# i lan-lod there ii Saturday; *ay# iio reiuforcemeut ! to Pickens ,\j. Gen. Bragg i# still building bat torle* and r>(i#iug gun#, und tho only ditoontent , among the hol-licrs is they woii't let them fight. No other uews. W.> arc getting ufong us well us 1 -.ouid be expected. Yours truly. J. .1. L. He Loti of Xmtintiuu. Muuk surprise wu# created about six o'clock yesterday evening, by the announcement, upou the bulletin boarj of the Mercury, that Limit. Talbot—nowCaptNin Talbot, of tho United Buttes Army -had returned to Charleston by the even train, and was then at the Chariest* n Hotel. It ippear* that he was accompanied by Mr. 11. S. (.'in w, the eooiideiili.il u< retary, we t.eliwc, of j -•jc-Tuiavy ( liuui. ('apf. Talimt came as bearer -f despatches to Major Audr>on, and upon uu- I : king known Lie mu-riun to General Beauregard, ; was peremptorily refused permission to eounuu* ‘ I niciitu with Furl Sumter. Mr. Chew, we underatard, •• •!■ .-|-.*iri ! mc.i • nger to th*-iiuth-ii'i-c u*r c, with anuQioiat j . iioiiffeaiion I’ -*i> tho Liu-oin iloviNNOint that j For* mi inter wu# to he j/r**vliiioned—poaeonhly, | if practicable, firclhle, If necessary. It i* almost , j needle## lo ad*l that Mr. Chew received no in for- I hi nt ion <f a *ery consoling nature. w Both he and t'aptain Talbot dej.ai ted on tio lr i let'irn to Washington, by the elewi. -■'*•!** k ! | train. liming the aftenirton chi’** b*l Ik cm re- ‘ ct; i red of a nature to win.i. -us belief ihuta 1 formidable uuval foreev. t -tV our *• a.-t. Sub- ! sequent dispatches, conUrmiiig the fir reports, I it was determined to send -lov.n ad-tiuoinil troops 1 t the harbor fortification,. Shortly boforc mid- ! | night the city m startled by the booin-ng of; ! #eveu guns from tli C'ita-ll *tr*-n—the signal I for the mustering of th© I fill Krgtihcnt. In a I few minute# th© wet, misty ♦(reels were all eon*- , incitiuti; volunteer# Could lie poco hurrvmg t*i aud 1 fr* to join their respective command#, nnd the neighborhood cf the City Hull was #pve<lily thronged by the oiliseu soldiery, who, like true ‘ “minute men,” had 101 l their beds and hastily’ I donned the knapsack, and t-houlderod the musket. > A# company after company (Sled sileutly dowu tu tho boats, the occarioual flash©# of tbo lightn ing lit up their bright bayonets and glased kopls, and nothing save tbo steady measured tramp. ; T tho men -listurbcd lho solemn stillness. Col. Hioa's Regiment from Kershaw was seut 1 tor ysHtunlay, un-i i# expected to arrive this ! morning. Ample provision ha# been inado for 1 the accommodation of tha troops Before day light this morning the fore© at the threatened points will bs fully doubled. A# wo go to prose (4 o'clock u. ut.) all is yet . quiet, but a rumor prevails that there are seven ! vessels off the bar.— • Char. Mercury. From tho Mont. Advertiser. ffKAD-Qbb’ts Tnoora CoxrxPXHxn: Staibs, ) | Near Ptniscols, Flo., April 4, 1301. J Sju: The oomiuandcr of the United Stales j steamer Wyandotte, Lieut. Berryman, died on! 2d Inst., after only two day* Illness. I took spec- l ial pains and pleasure In extending ©vary mods- , tanoe and conrtosv to Capt. Adams, command ing the fleet, for the interment of the deceased.- ; A marine guard, and all tbo officers of the fleet, end Irora Fort Bickcus, attended, aud all the • officers of my command who were off duly, ac companied me in a body. Ism, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, SAXTON BKAiiO. Brig. Gen. Commanding. To Ad). Gen. C. H Army, Montgomery. Virginia, the thorough bred racer, is sick, And will five, ills (eared, very soon, her last I kick; Tilt jockeys all whisper (oh saddest of lots'; | That the aobie old steed is afflicted with Butts. Os wbut color is grass when covered with ‘’ snow? lovisible green PEYTONH. COLQUITT, \’ ... JAMES W. WAKBEN, s E<Utor * Number 15 Upparture of our Boys. L wan u right nff - ting sight to nni *>uo who.-:© heart Wax in rho right prac**, to #ae the leave u king and hand shaking at the Rail Rond Depot, yesterday afternoon, wuen the gallant Southron# olid Avengers left fur Bonpaouia, Fair ladies were there with thoir RmUci of encouragomcct, and parent# to obeer their boys, lest ut the mo ment ot departure they should fool down-hearted, for cue's heart L often heavy when “good bye” is on the lip#, though Lo he bolder thau the lion. Sergeants were placed at the ear doors to pre vent egress or entry alter the soldiers had taken their scats, thereby preventing the confusion thui would otherwise exist at tho moment of depart ure. Wo woru sitting on the iron rail at the car entrnnee, wheu wo heard a subdued voice “Rer gennt, there’.# my wife, lot mo pass to say adieu to her ?” “You canuot pass, was th® reply, my , orders are strict nnd pn*lt!v>. u Air,-how we felt for that man, he had said adieu perhaps a dosen times; but there site Jtfioff,’ xu> Wife. Choi partner of his joys and sorrows,--ami hn woott aay tare- Well ono# more, and though in our heart wo laid Ing him “o, still tho monitor that knows nosyrn paihy. stern fidelity, whispered “inexorable sen linol, do your duty. “. “Will you not let me say good bye to my wife?” Slowly the door opened an*l the word “go” was uttered. That man hnd too much bcurt for a sentinel. The vrifo stepped forwaid, there wore no kisses in tho presence of a crowd : Ihero wero no words spoken; *ke placed her linn it in hi# nnd he pressed it to his heart, that was ell, no, not nil, they parted, and eactt turned away to hide th© tears (hut did houor to their heart.-. And Ih.u tho car# were off. The shouts of tlio crowd ascended with thn martial music, and the rexpon -i . from tho soldiers min gleit with tha harsh grating of the wheels as tbe tmiu disappear -d m (by liistAuee, Colvmbu* (Mi**.) J!ej-üb''ic. Baltimork. April fifl Things nn* rapidly .urging towards a conflict. If the rebel# are in earnest. Xb days are net many ©ro they will encounter tho majesty and power us the Federal Government inn way they little dreamt of. Ts they miss, thft bloodbetin ou thoir heads. The fatal blow which r©i,eli*n has received in th© Virginia <Jouv.n(ion. and the terrible major Ity of U against the ordinance <f secession, have vibrated through i ver v nerve of tha social and poHtfnal system nf our city this morning. There’s an end rd rebellion in the border slave Mutes, from henco forward ui and forever, upon th segro qucsUon. Tho Br*>i 1.-nt mi’ nriWhrd xquan- up to hi fesponsibihty, and woe onto thus© who shall dar* enoounter it. l oit Fomtcr will not be surren durd t*> lenei , nur wiil Fort Pioken*. Thor© is no uecd of.saying inor-. Let the fact.# of tin* futuro tell the Ij!o. ft will be a peaceful rtic, if tho rebels will It. IfiKd, n<*t. Gun* So.at fi.:s I'rtinpluteiy headed off tbo rel*l MctJoitvugli, vi. * lias taken to his heeL uud sought, f.afoty in tho tv jMs of Toxas, Wig fall is not for ri -nin 1 him. The time is not very far off, when the ringleader# will seek an asylum over the hear. Sink a piu there.— V Y. Tri boar. svxfioii or Joixjt l’nrf:fi.vßitcs.- -Iu c *aipi. ance with nn hjvftatfon of the Legi#Uturo of Kin titeky , K ui. J’hr. C Hr* delivered an addn■ before ‘h it body a* Frankfort. ICy,, on Tuesday of lnsi week, on the state of the country. Mr. B. Ia in favor of a border lave .State Confer ence, and pii.pus. - iii*> Crittoudon cuuiprumise as tho ultimatum which tb© border slave Rtate# should pri-dout to th© North. If that!# rejected, tho only remedy ia recession Th4i"Washington correspondent of Hu Itioh uicmd Vi. Examiner make- lim following seusi blr> romork.#. Neither tbe rneanne*# or the dan ger of any cmirac Wou!*l deter a fanatic from fol lowing if. I,?t all vtteh to looked to when they come among u.h. ‘ • “1 hear that the Atimitmtiattest has despatch ©d on© or more spin to Montgomery and other points in the couth, huou charactem will, ot course, affect to sympathise with tho Sou h, and endeavor to procuro position# where they may enquire th* foi’iUtiaa fur th© dbchurge of their functions. Strangers goiug to the Confederate State# ai this tiino ought to Hear with them proper leilera of introduction. The presont state of (juosl war ri quirrs tho highest vigilance and cif . cuinspcctiou >'n (he part of the South. They have a wity and tn-nuherou t enemy to deal with.’i ttainiitratire Puliej. i'h© us the times indicate that the Go ferntuem has decided to enter upou a vigorous and derided policy, in vindication of it* authority aud in protection of its interest. Gar advices from Wa>hingtuQ render it probable, to suy tbe ieast, that tho Revenue lew.- arc to be enforced In Southern port#, ns wellns Northers* —and that vq**l# will not bo permitted to enter ports where duties upou their cargo©* will uot be paid. It i* probablo tbut Now Orleans will be blockaded, as well a# uv©ry other Rout hern port. Whatever we m.iy think of tbe comparative wisdom of this policy, we shall, if it has been or shall bo adopted by the Government, give it our hearty support. Luloss w© are prcpaied for the complete and permanent destruction of our Gov i-mutent, Its ,-oprem© authority must bo asserted. If tb© Rncefsiunists of the Southern States are I prepaied to join issue upon the rightful suprema ! uy .ftho Crtualimiion, th©country willboprepar , ed to lacpT them an 1 to try oor.ciuiions on toy Arid ofth.rir #ri*ntien. War is never anything r tlsin a borrihl© ueoeasity,—but it is to >uiy mean# Ly which a great nation .an h. aved from the wont and lowest .degradation, the fo*# of honor and of self-re j speet. Tho grc.i um us th© American jieopli will 1 hail with houily eatidUctfou, the adoption us sum© ; Hporiflc policy uginst the secession uiovcmenL \Ve presume the measures takeu will be merely ■for the enforcement of th© laws, at the ©ntranc© •>t tho ports of the receded States. The is not in i'xfelt a lios.iie stop; aud cau only become so ’ by forcible nn th© part of those whose obedletteo to low Is to be enforced That it may load to war it would, l course, b© idloto doubt. But if it do*s, thuculiro guilt will rest upou those who have rebelled against the Governinent.--/V?w 1 York Time*. The Mis*©* Grotter, of Kiobwmd, V., uav© prepared ii secession flag with eight riars,'(on© for Virginia,) and have thrown it to the brcetc from a window of thoir manaicu. The Richmond Dispatch, speaking of if, says: “When the women, children, uud tho uiiniaiurs ureal) found on on© side of uqut#tiou, it may bo pretty safe to infer that lloaven i on that side, nnd a eertaiu place, i not mentiontiblo toear* polite, on the other.” Fftnt.ixtt m Y) noun a.—*W# are permitted, I say* tliu Montgomery Advertiser, of the fltb, to make tb© following extract from a business letfoi to a friend of onr# in this city, written tho 2d Inst, by a gentleman living iu Lynchburg, Va., aud | ona who is well posted in tha political sentiment j of the people of tho Ft;He 1 “Old Virginia Is utiil lingering on the thm hold between liberty and abject dependency.— , She will go ."iuuth certain—it is wuly a question ,of time. Great changes are going on with the ; people Th© Convention cannot resist tbo will ! of thi people tn ueb longer. ‘ Your Irivud, * * *. Ax Kr triANf Movkmen?.— A New York i © veiling paper, nev. r given to su.;iitlon9, ha* th* ‘following: ••There is a puwciful uud numerous involution ary organisation, the object of which i* to asp* rut© th* eity and port of New York from th* Union and from th* State, aud make it a free nnd independent port. W* have heard that a printed prugrnmino is lu private circulation, t© which soma four thousand nntnrt are attached [ proposing thi# mflictn©.” The Washington Slate* says that Linoolu t j reported to have said to a confidential friend the j other day, “I um utterly disguried, and am nigh ’ ty alck nnd tired of th© whole thing.** i *lmb Bunch Tnttu a Nou-CoanucTok. -The C-.’ut. true is #ai*l to be a non-conductor of light uiug. So notorious is tho f+ct that tho Indians, whenever the sky wears the appearance of athun der storm, leave their pursuit and take refuge under the aiUMt toe*di tree, la Tennessee th© people consider it a complete proteytion. Dr. Bcctou, iu a letter to Dr. Mitchell, states that tbe beech tree is never known to be struek by atmospberio electricity, white other trees ar* shattered Into splinters. What musical turirumont has an honorary de gree conferred upen it? Fiddle D. D.
