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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1861)
LOU MBl H. FEIDtT, APHII If, Mil. Tbe Meil legiMt from tartii. Ou Regiment of Volunteers from Georgia are on tbeir ira y to Pcusseola, and tba Governor haa Issued a proclamation for throe thousand morale ha ready for an immediate emergency. While Iba (irat regiment is composed of fine fighting materia , and good and traa men, yet the soldier* are tuoatly recruits, who here to bo trained in the arts of war. The next requisition will bring out all the chartered eoiuntaar organisations ol tbs State, which bava bean kapt bask by tba Governor for immediate and pressing service, as Napoleon reserved the “Old Gcahd” for tbi final* of tba battle. Tbit Regiment will be com posed of drilled men, well armed and equipped, aeoastotned to military duties and under the lead of splendid commanders. Tba oldest eommis sloned Captain in the State te Capt. Anderson, of the Savannah Republican Dlucs, then follows Captains Sernas** and Colquitt, of Columbus, and Smith and Hardeman, of Macon, in the order in which they are named. Should tbe Regiment be raised, It will present a body of oititeu soldier) Incomparable in discipline, drill and One appear aeoe. _ mmu cmisroMiscK. OUras'se es ear Tree?*; M* uet •}* Regiment, Quarter* far Mn; Stud Bitten**; Smpgiu*fi>r Hlemmtr; Bragg'. Order*; Oar Steam Tug, A o*jf ft. PftMtACOLA, April 0. Dear Time s /—Our army here numbers two thousand good and true men, ready ntn moment's notlen to draw tboir maiden swords in defence of tbeir country. A more ebivalrlc end patriotic body of men never pitohed tents together. They breath tbe pure air of liberty an<* intend, at the proper time, to step as proudly upon every Inch of tbeir own Soil as did McGregor upon b!s na tive heath. Reinforcements are coming in every day. Yes terday a Mississippi Regiment of eight hundred men arrived, and eight hundred more expected. They are doubtless made of tbe material that e g Dallied our arms with glory on the bloody plains of Buena Vista. As yot no Florida troops have arrived, but a force of live or six hundred are looked for in the course of the week. So, In a sow days tbare will bo fivo thousand soldiers fa ong Pickens and tba big guns from tbe war steamers, lying near by. Wbeiher thin number eonld prevent the landing of troops from tbe sUamais, in the event there should boa large re to force me ut of tbe Federal Army, is somewhat doubtful. Pickens oau be reinforced with men from tbe sea at any momeut, and without blood shed. Borne of tbe soldiers have been engaged tbe past week in battling tlmbzr from Barancas to Fort Rodoabt to provide quarters for tbe men.— Rather a laborious J *b, but not a complaint, bas escaped tbe lips of those undertaking it. Gen. Bragg contemplates erecting three more •and batteries, In which event the cannon from Fort Mcßae will be tugged along at tbe rate of six hundred yards a day, and a distance of two miles to go over. This work requires patience, as well as sureugtb and energy, to endure it. Siemmer le cut off from receiving supplies at ottr bands, and be now sends to Havana. Tbe Federal troops have poor fare on board tbe steam er®, as well as l'toksas, and now and then we bear of tbeir men complaining and being dis couraged. Our little Steam Tug runs out and in, moving around tbe big ship* of war and eyeing Pickens eloeely as It passes in balling distance. It is an Impudent littta fellow, and gees where it pleases, while Geo. Uragg takes good care to keep ell the war steamers out of tbe harbor, aud will not per mit them to spy about our batteries and forts. Tbe Georgia Regiment will doubtless reaoh here before hostilities begin, and if necessary, President Davis wUI rteiaforo* us. We are on tbe look-out for squalls. Nu one ean tell tbe remit of a conflict of arms, end tbe brave men who will full. T. MMTWIUT mRESPO.VDi.NCfi. AwffiSrW r; Peltry f Administration; An attack tube made u* /VI Sumter, Sale tj Ooternment trends, Tk* Blue*; DtseeaOhuai.es >tfa feet Off; J . J . Hooper, *U , MomtuomeuT, April 11. To-day matters look more warlike than they Save at any time, aud we now confidently expect a light to commence with la a few days. Then was a long oabiuet meeting this evening which taken In connection with tbe many rumors that ware Austin in the street, was considered of same importance. It is now believed that tbe Administration bas decided upon aggressive war; that Forte Humter and Pickens will be at tacked toon, perhaps before this woek shall end. There is no longer any doubt but positive orders bava beta issued from tbe War Department to attack both tbe forts as soon as possible. Tbe President baa made a requisition upon tbe Governors fur additional troops. Three thou sand from eseb of the States except Florida, will be pat in tbe field at onoe. There are v< luuteer companiesnougb in tbe respective States to make up tbe requited number so that no time will be lost in bringing them late service. Those troops together with those already underarms wl I give ue a force us over thirty thousand mm, ur double the old United Stats# army wheu in Us P^de. Tbe last es tho Georgia troops came into tbe city to day and will leave for Pensaco la in the morning. These last two compa nies are tbe Oglethorpe Infantry and the Wash ington Rifles. Colonel Ramsay is with them. The first bonds of the Confederate Buies were told this morning at three percent premium. Tbe first bond went at twenty per cent premium, and then ten thousand dollars worth were taken by one wan at tbe flret mentioned rate. It bas nw been proved that the offers of money were in earn est end not a sham, as was supposed when tbe statement was first made. Tbe 21 Volunteer Regiment ere expecting an order to return to Pensaoola within a few days. Tbe proeiamation of Gov. Moore calling for troops, was published Ibis evening. W hen a cor root eedenUodiug of tho term of onlistmont is bad, Ibero aro flfvy companies that will respond to tbe call This evening tba True Blue, were out target •booting and parade for tba first timo since tboir return from Pensacola. Unfortunately a heavy shower fell during the shooting, but some excel lent shots were made. Tbe first prise was won by private M. L. Woods and tbe seoond by pri vate H. W. Lee. Tbe company afterwards drill ed in Market street In the presence of several hundred people. I learn from a private source thei tbe poet wftee at Fort Valley, lloueton county, Qa , bas been discontinued by tbe Post Master Gen. of tbe United Slates Tbe Post Master, W. F. Postal I. wrote a letter to tbe Department for a supply of stamps, and ia reply received a letter asking if he intended to make bis returns as usual. U then wrote a very insulting letter saying that be was aeeonotabls to no Black Republican. The asst thing was a notion that tbe office was die eoa'lnuad. 1 may add, however, that tbe mails ere serried as usnel, sc tbs peopl* of that thrlv lug town ore put to no serious inconvenience by tbe thoughtlessness of its Poet Master, bo should bore ivfoired them to Mr. Rsagan. J. J. Hooper, K*q. ( has disposed of bis inter est la tbe Montgomery Mat! to Mr. Frasier of tka Belle Fonts Ere, a man very wall koown in uewspaperd ta, if I may coin a word, ft ts to be regretted that Mr Hooper quits tbe editorial chair, and eill mre that we shell have no mere of those sprightly paragraphs and spicy locals from tbe pen us “Simon Sugg*.” a EVELYN. Mr. Lincoln has appointed thing *%dor*er* of the iafetmoua Helper Beak to importin’ offices,— flow coneiiiatery bis policy 1 From (he Atlanta Confederacy. SPEECH OF j ■Ot. It. 11. 1111,1.. Cast bight, at an t-aHjr hour, tbe Alhermeum 1 was crowded to He utmost capacity, not with- j standing the cold, which rendered the ball very uncomfortable. Avery large numbei of ladies were out ori more to enjoy tho plea urn of lis eniog to tho logic and cl--queue© of this public favorite, who he* a mighty host of persona! friends here, aud who hue the high regards of all person in our vicinity no matter what party they may heretofore have belonged u>. Ills en trance !ot<# the hail was greeted with applaud. (!• wa* aeeompMii ed on tbe pisiform fev Cola. J. M. Calhoun, W. W. Clark and Geo. W. Adair. * ben quiet was restored, Col. Calhoun intro duoed Mr. Ilill to the euriienoe, who delivered a speech of over two hours iu length, which w..e well received by the vast aud mm e, and frequent ly was rapturously applauded. Ilia speech was substantially as follow a —(hough we are en -cioua ol tbe fact that ou report of the speech .*an do Mr. If ill justice, nnd therefore, that our* ‘alls abort; but tbc loading features of thl great *Fe<*h will be e< mprelit uded in utir readers (rum wbat follows; Ladies uad t Felloe. Cilia***. Il is proper that you should understand that 1 appear belore you under great disadvantage for three days 1 have been engaged in an exciting ossein Court. I have slopped in the midst of it to oouio here sod address you to-night on tbe substance of our new Government. I feet intensely the Importance of tbe crisis that you and I are now fit. It ia no holiday business. The revolution is not pest—we are in tbe midst of it Dangers have been pushed, but difficulties are in tbe future which we must ep predate, end, If wo are sucocsafut, ‘wo must deal wisely and cautiously with Ihrio. I shall speak candidly with you to-night. I •hall spoak the truth us I understand it. This is a tlm for truth to be spoken, and not for ohh racter making. Your lives, your fortune*—the happiness ol your children and mine, all depend on the future. I should he untrue to you and all that is dear to posterity, did J not heal cun didly with tho subject now under coij*iderati<ih Government is a subject that everybody Is deeply interested in. TA NARUS,( some extent it i* as practical as a farmer's plow—a merchant's yard •tick or a sailor’s rope and canvass. lu other respects it is complicated and intricate, there fore, Statesmanship is both practical and com pi touted. A man ir not fit to be a statesman, unless he understands the practicability and the philosophy of Government, and the ebaraoter and wants or tbe people for whom he J to login iate. Passion and prejudice otteu enter into legislation; these, govcrniiivn• is intended to restrain. National characteristics tnun he con sidered in making a government and laws for any people. Tbe French need a different govern ment 1 ruin the. Russians, the Puritan from tho llugeruot, and so of all others. A government wblob seeks to udapt iiself to all these various •hades and subdivisions, will find it complicated; aud il it he successful, it must bo controlled by real statesmen Tbe wond has been luboringfor six thousand years to solve the problem ot government, aud yet It IS Unsolved. No man uodtrsiands itful ly, aud no one should pretend to. He who does, is like a quack doctor who professes to have discovered a panacea for ail the ills of life, when in truth he is an imposter. I give you my cpm ions—tbe best 1 have; I cannot say, nor van any other ui in say of bis opinions, that ih*y arc ab solutely correct. Hut let us consider our new Government. Just here X wish to y flint all past issues should ** forgotten “Let tbe dead pan bury their deud.” Wake up to tbo practical and impor tant issues of the living present and the momi n tou* future. The Government 1$ formed, aud be cause It Is formed, It is my Gove,moot. f ahull •V ** ** **ffht und support it most honriilj I believe it is the best government tho sun ever • hined on, and I will givuyuu my reasons for so thinking. In all tbe essential features, its original char acter, and dialinctivo purposes, it is tho surne as that under which we wore boru and brought up. We have nut abandoned the provision* of tbe old Constitution, nor set at naught tho wis dom of Its framors. The framers of tho New do not claim to bo more wllo than those of the Oloj but they do claim to be equal in patriotism to any body ofman evei assi mbird ou earth J • . have Improved upon tho Old --not because they were wiser—-but because they bud the light of seven ly-three years’ experience to .guide them. That tune ought to have taught us *omu ktsMons; It baa done and we have profited thereby. Tbo old government was nn experiment,and was made by huuiau hands. They did more lu their day than any other people overdid in any otbor day nr time. They, when assembled, represented the colonies from Ma*aauhuatts to Georgia. All, at that time, wore slaveboidlng, but it was known they would not long remain so; bonce it was nu cessary for theta to adopt many compromise!) to meet the various wants of the people and satisfy tba different opinion*, micro-t;. and prejudices from all parte. When wo assembled at Mont gomcry. thum waa but dns feeling, one Interest, and one eonunnn view among u ail, fro in .South Carolina to the Rio Grtwidr, nn the great quo* lion that had caused the disruption v the na tion Them was among us u Uifloroacq of views on some minor and nun essential point j. These were easily accoaiiuudated and soon reconciled Tbo different views of the framors of tho Old Cuusiilutioii weio-ustrongly euuriaiued and su pertinaciously adhered te, that Uiv tinul ugrov innt on some point* was sxj rcmul in language of doubtful combiructian ; hut ;• tso with the now. All that wus doue, was s<> cordially ugreed to by every oue, aud made so plain, that nu per son oau mistaaetho meaning of ft* provision*. Then, with these advantages, what were tbc change*, and why made? The evil of tho old Constitution was, that it had not been aide to main tail! itstdfaud keep the country together It had its detect*—a fact of which, the events wo are uow in the midst of is tho strongest evidence. It was weak at sotue points, for tho Government rnsda uudur it is now dismembered. Sumo think Slavery was <h curse of this diumemburutent.- It was, iu my opinion, one of the proximate cautes, aud not tbe real one. Nor >u* there a delect in the Constitution which umdo this a cause, fid..lory hucauie u cuuoe of dismoiubcr tueut by reason of thecx.-iting issues which had bem made on it. It was u meaux, used by a power behind it. its introduction iuto politics wm not originally ou its merits ; it wu the instrument in tbe bauds of a party, with which they taught J\.t fiatetr. Why was slavery invoked by th* w tar ibis purpose / tlecaune (hero was s >u.ethmg in the party which made it interesting. In the work mgs of the Government, party betaino the menus by which power was to be secured. They were striving for tbo reward* which power alone could confer. The Constßutian gave an itn weuse patronage to tbn Executive, and to Con gress. The Ftvsident could dismiss all iu otfiee at hi* ill, and appoint bn friend*. Thar* was always a (tautest between “iboius and tho out#;” and success was not simply ti at ot tbo Brest don t but :*rmpnt into power thousands throughout tbe country. The President dispensed his pat rouNgc iu selecting a Cabinet, they to nu mbers of C*ngr -. and Congressmen to their friends, in every corner efeack District. It becomes ahia tonoal laoi, that when a iumu wanted to go to Cougrcs-, he proioiscd office tu his coostituenl# t • gei them to work to so urn bis slcvtiou. Ouo eae was brought to our notice at Montgomery, ot /war hundred uurodectuod prowiecn made by oue CougrcesuiMii. to give ufiicv* to bis consticu euts, in order to secure iheir support iu tbo vloc tioe ‘ M* re were piomin.l office than there wore °® * u oi <*upy, m.d it became necessary to eioaia urw une* t. meet those corrupt engage* us mis. I never fullv cotnprshsndcU the ®u.r us ty of this sou run of corruption, which found a todg ng place in the Irauio work of tho old Con stitution and Government, till I was present at Mouigouicry, wbeivlhe wacbiu< ly w.c taken to pieovs “lieu these uumve-ary wfDcu. wore made, money had to be sppr .priatad to pay their usetes iucutnbeuts; and millions ou millions of the people's money were voted sway to Iced these Wood sucking leeches upon the body politic.— she Government oust twice a* much money to administer it, as It ought. The distinguished V tee President oft he Confederate State* never uttered a wore notable truth, than when ho said tba Government ought to have been adiuinUtor ed on $40,000,000, wheu it cost $80,000,000 . and >50,000,000, when it cost $00,000,000. This was a 100 screw, which we have remedied. Now, the President can lemuve hi* Cabinet officers and Foreign Ministers at will; but 1! subordi rates for cause only. Another improvement , that no uumvy can he appropriated, except when estimated and ask ed for by ihe bead of a Department, aud approv ed by tbe President, uuloss it be douo by n two thirds vote of both 11 uaea us Congress, voting by yea* and nay*. In tbe old G verutuent, tbe appropriations were often slaved oil till tlic last night of tbc sent >u, when all oru of corrupt jobs sad lobby scheme* were tbru*t in, thru voted upon, and passed; with no record made of how tbe vote tto-xl, or who voted for or against them. Now, every wan muet eomt up and make hi* mark. After we shall have been everywhere reeogimed, and we are nt jieace with the world. 1 think the Government's whole expense will not exceed SIO,tt(HMHO annually, and many two* •on* think that **,000,000 will be amply s'nfficl ont. There are eeveral other very important amendments to which I will rot now reter. If peace ran be nsanred, which I hope for, the amendments which we have ed..pted are worth the experimoot of Beoessi..n. Thcv wake the Government in<>re conservative- not inn parly sense. • at secure its well working, the wore gen oral and hearty approval of (be people, aud ren der it more certainly durable. If these check* and balances had been in the old Coast nation, the G -vsrmmnt would never have been br ken up. No State could bare etc.ted Its people te oppose slavery, if such bad boon its provision*. Rut wbat are aowe of tbe aweudtcents on the Slavery question? One ts. that no law shall be passed denying or impairing tbe right of prop fifty in ala res. No Atate laws ean say that propsrty to slaves does not exist, or shall not be respected. Toe Fugitive Slave law U improved. Whether a slave etenpe* into another State, or is carried there, and then esefjpes, be is to be de livered up; iu short the General Government, in all its jvrisdioiion, is required to protect Slave ry Under the Old Constitution, Congress bud tbe power to lay and collect duties on imports. This gave rise to disagreement, whether dutie* could he so laid as to foster and give special encour agement to any particular branch ofindu*try,nr merely for the support ofho Government. The different views ol this provision of the Consti tution, growing out es conflicting sectional in terests, once came eel nigh severing this Gov ernment and >nanguraling civil war. Coder tbe new Constitution, a quietus was givuti to thin question. It expressly says that “no duties or taxes on importations from foreign <rouotrie# •hall be laid, to promote or foster any branch of industry.” Another important change is, that no internal improvement shall be carried on at tbe expousc of the federal Government. Every locality is under the necessity of msking its own improve taents ss far aa ar needed, yet on this point, one of the ot/juct* of tbe old Whig party is ac complished, though in a better way ; for while Oongross in prohibited from making these ini prowments, the States have the power to lay tenago duties on the commerce of their own wa ters, to keep upon their own rivers, harbors, Ac la our uew Confederation, there are seven States. They coinpriMS 500,000 square miles, and over S,0(H),000 of population. No nation ever commenced with m<<re people than wc have, f here were but 3,000,tU0 iu the Colonies at tho time of tbe Revolution. Rome commenced with one man and Greece with but a handful!; so did all the other nations of Europe. We have not only this advantage, but our population are an order loving and law-abiding people. Ninety nine out of every hundred of our white popula Lion, have a personal interest in maintaining the law and keeping order. Resides, we have none of tho inoeuiives to riots and violences that the people of other nations have. Wo will nover have any bread riots nor pauper mob violence, dueh Scenes will never disturb or di grace this Country. If we bad no laws, the necessity for each one preserving order among us, would make every man among us a law abiding man. We have no pauper population, and no inferior olassssamoug us. ‘lbis stratum, which is found in society in all other countries, is filled by cur negroes, who are not degraded, but elevated by being assigned that position; and wbo are com pelled to work and maintain thetunvlvew fro m being paupers, whether they will or not. Another great advantage we set oat with, is our staple production. Il is not, as many sup pose, tbe soil and climate alone, which we have, chat produ es our cotton. It requires for our cotton a particular kind of soil, a particular temperature, a curtain amount of rain and sun •bine, in a certain latitude, and a specisl amount and kind of tillage, nil of which this country atone can furnish, te wake cotton. All these things must he precisely adapted to tbe pro duction. The long staple cott -n of the tropics cannot he grown here iu this latitude. When the seed are brought here *bey quickly dwgene rate end produce the short staple cotton of this latitudes. Nearer tbe tropics they have just tbe •oil, temperature, rain aud sunshine to produce that kind of lint, which no other portion of thv world ran produce; and no other couutry in the world hut ours, generally will produoe th* kind of lint that the world wants, mum havo and ean’t do without. No competition with ns can ever take place. Experiments have been made in various parts of tbe world, and fulled. They have coins and got our cotton seed end experi enced cultivators to go to other countries—to India and Africa; but all have failed utterly. It ia only in tho great Southern Mlopo, now ucou pkd by our Confederacy, that cotton grows so as to make its cultivation profitable, home think it cannot be grown beyond tho Rio Grande. This is an important subject,which is tu he tried, and will come up for consideration when we ac quire Mxico, which wo have not done yet.— Then it requires a particular kind of labor to produce Cotton. The enslaved African alone can do this, and weulone us the whole civilised world have that institution in its perfect condi tion. Itoxislain one or two other countries, but nowhere else does il flourish, exhibiting, ut every point, its useful ness and ila blessing* to all, both white and black, as with us. The world must bo clolbod, and we alone are every way prepared to furnish the nccsaiy material. No tropical country ever thrived without sla very- uneever can or wilt. Look at Jamaica and llaytl! Coco the most prosperous and tbirity wheu they had slaves—now going to ieslructiou —civilization dying out and barbar ism lay iug da desolating hand upon them’ Look at Cuba, flourishing, in spite of Spanish misruh ! Look at Hratii, thriving and growing powerful, because she has alavcii and manuges them well! With Ibeso views, you see wbat is before us in the future, if wu, with •leadfust purpose, mow on, and act our part, wisely. lh* “laud is be fore us—we axe able to go up and possess it."— Shall we do so or shall we abandon this move ment and go back? Some talk of reconstruction. I don’t know what the word means. If it i* to go hack to the Old Constitution,into u confedera tion with tty Slates wo havo left, I aru rrrgaM, i/VTKULY, Ann kurkvku opposed to it! To this, i will uot coma-.of. If wu were unable to live iu peace wht'e with them, we cannot go back ami do so. My observation n, that if a husband and wife part, it is I eat for them to stay apart. It may have been uuforiunato and wrong to sopor aU-; but they hud better never try to live tu gether again. Ho with us now. Another con sider K'.iou is, that wu have L/> them, and it would he dishonorable in us to oiler to go back. Before wo go back, lrt us wait till we are invited, and then look careft-Uy into tbe terms offered. Hut what is our dottiuy? An idea is abroad that wo are going to become a uuitiuhuluring people—to take this work out of tho bands of the North and of England. My opinions ar not formed from uiy incliuatious, but from con viction. We are to be a great agricultural peo ple, and not manufacturing. Suppose you bring ibis business from England Tbare uro hund red* of thousuudsof capitali*t* there whose mo ney l* invested in H; and there are actually 6, 1100,000 of people engaged in the labor of man ufaeturing eotion. Now, ifyou bring this bu siness here, where nru the operatives iu the fac tories ta i-tue from ‘ Five millions is all the population wa have, both whites and negroes. If wc all go to manufacturing cotton, wo will have no oue to make it for us, and make bread for tt* to eat. If we go to mamtfautming wo must ira port more laborers than wc u<>w have, You can't gut them trout Africa—the Cons'itutiun prohibitsyo . and lam opposed to it any way; beside* the cotton field and uot the cotton facto rv. is tbe plaeo for tho usgro. Then I aut op* and >sed to importing the labmers of Knglaud into this country. It would reduce the wages of our owi people and injure our society. Our govern meut is conservative. Import three million of eotton mill operatives from England, aud tio man could give a guarantee lor tbe conservative character of il to be maintained. Let all come here that desire to do so, to assimilate themsvlVie to our characteristics aud usages, and become of us; but let us bava do influx of that class of which eotton factory operatives are composed. It is unsuited to the genius of our institutions. Tbe (ruth is, we cannot be a great agricultural and maunfseturing people at the same time. God never made one nation to do everything You who want to be great in every respect, willbe apt to fail iu every respect. It 19 luflr itcly bet ter that we should make cotton, aud let England do our manufacturing for us. We have uot the capital to do everything— neither has any other people on earth. Our cap ital must be invested in land and negroes and our manufacturing and commerce must be limited te our actual wants. As we produce that which the world must have,and cannot do without, we shall bo m<>ru independent than any other nation on uarth. It is well that we should not he altogeth or independent of other nations; 110 nation •hould he thus situated, and we should not a.-pire to bo. iiui what should bo our policy towards tbe State* of th* old Union!’ It should be that of kiudnwsand th* most friendly relations.— Riudness is the law of Heaven, and wo cannot ignore it or get along without It. If they will tight us wo must flght them—otherw se we should have uo lighting. Wo should nut fight a yield ing f >e, or yield to a fighting one. I want, too, tbc other slavcluddiug States to come with us. /tr iHt them. I will talk lovingly and wooingly with them to get them to do so. There may bo •ome good reason in their not coming now, and rorbapa * one guod may grow cut of it. Who nows’ We must have them, and wu must not taunt them for being slow Old Virginia milt te trut. She hesitates now, but she will emuc. She is trying to bring her children with her; but if she falls as fail sh* will, then she trill coins. If Virginia, th* Old Moth, r of States, does come, then North Carolina, Kentucky and Tun uuasee uiUNt come. It is said that shs will de crease in her slave population and eventually become a free State. This is not so. Her slave* have largely increased in tho last ten years and they will continue to do so to tbe end. I want th* border States fur auolher reason: We will have te be more nearly balanced against the North, if we get along well. Seven Mates to twenty seven, as wc now stand is too great a disparity. The border Stales will equalise our power with th* North. When w* hare all the slave Hiatts with us, tbe North will go to pie ces with its redundaut population. Nothing hat the conservatism of the South has heretofore saved them from anarchy. I am sorry that the question of admitting no more eve states has been raised. 1 am sorry that the question of admitting none of the non slava States has been raised. It is premature, 1 and uu good can come of it. No application for adminsion, by a non slave State, has bceu made, aud U not likely to be made. The present it enough to fill our hands and bring into exvreisc all our spare power. Leave the future to deter mine ila own questions. lam perfectly willing to truat this question to the future and to pos terity. Its agitation is uuo£rotary, and no good ever oame ot discussing an ucneoossaryquestion. We are getting along too fast in (bis respeot; not only counting our obickens before they aro hatched, hut before the eggs are laid. Our busi ness in this lino is now with the border States.— We have interests with them, and to be debating tbo qoastion u to theadmissiou or non admission of tiieui, or sny other States, will be deleterious te those interests, aud do no good any way. It becomes us, while we are seeking and needing power, nut to di-cuss questions which not only can do no possible good, but which will cause our enemies to make false issues against us to our damage. There are muity reasons showing it to he buitful to discuss this quoetlon, and I hope it will not be done. One thing 1 will say: 1 will never agree, while I live, to let ahtate cornu iuto our Confederacy, thut does not recognize and protect slavery, as property -n*r—ax van—NEVER ’My opinion is, that the two-tbirds requirement for tbe ad mission of new fttates, which our Constitution contain*, will always l ample protection to our people. We should not lay down a rule by which we would prevent Texas trorn forming a stock raising Hut* out of her present limits, or that would exclude snob Htate if formed. It may he that cotton will not grow in a Urge portion ot Texas, and that slave labor in that section would be unprofitable. The people in that seotion are true to us, and it would he folly, to eut them off ny an arbitrary and unwise rule. Onu more matter, and 1 leave the subject. I have mad* all these calculations on the idea that we are to have peace. I believe wo shall have it. The men we have sent tu Europe will procure it; but her* we have questions to settle st home, ol thu utmost importance. Each Government claims jurisdiotion over us; we yield obedience to our own ; but the other still claims it, and this question must be settled. Tbe debts and tba assets of the old are to be divided upon some equitable plan. The border Htates; tbe location of our Capital; the putting into successful opera ion ofall our Government machinery; these are questions that ougbt to be settled soon. It is our interest to have peacr, and more so te tbe old Government to have it. There is no good in wir, and I rejoice to observe a growing modera tion in tb* North. If war doee come, however, ictus not l>e te blame f> r it. if it comes we are better prepared lor it than tbe North, or than any other nation on etttb. We can keep oar ne groesat work to support ns while we send our yuung men to war, and not mias them, so far as makiog our bread is concerned. The old men and women can slay at home, tako care of tbe country and keep the negroes at work. Another thing is, ail tbe wsrs we have ever bad, war* for tbe benefit of tbe North. The Tax on aoeount of which the Revolution was fought, was more for tbe benefit of Mnanarbusrtts than any other of tbe Htates That of l&U was on account of tbe im pressment of Northern seamen, aud tb* Mexican war was largely on account of tbe debts due to Northern men, or their claims. Tbe North fur uisbud mre soldiers in the Revolution than wa, because tbe Houth bad a very small population ; but iu all tbe wars staec, we have furnished a large majority of tbe men. Rut i hope we fsball have no war. I trust in God that dark day will never com*. 0, that an overrating Providence tnay save os from the horrors of m bloody con test? Then with the prospect of peace getting brighter every day; our bomugenwoua population, pursuit* and intermits—our prosp< cts for tba fu ture are great. We shall be a benefit te all the nation* of the earth and to ourselves. The rad iral element, which hong as a weight to impede ojr progress, we have eut off and left. We shall have tbe greatest improvement of oar race, and constitute the most elegant society on earth.— They eall us Aristocrats ‘T**ful*t! but there is an ease aod suavity of manner which char acterises Southern men, wherever found on earth. W# shall have society that will “barm tba world by its elegance; all our white population edu (rated and intelligent, with peace and plenty smiling over ourhnppy land. Notuniy shall all ihr ‘dvilteed woi.d behette fiUed immea*urah;j by eur tr .de, intercourse and example, but the Airman wdl receive th* largest benefit among ua. Gur example, our progres* and good government, will oarry con viction to the whole world that slavery is right. Five years wtii not have rolled around, before th* Northern people will consent for slavery to go to tho Canada line, if by it, they could get as back into the Union. They do not understand this mutter. Let u, by ear example, brush uwuy theetauds of iguoiituco which now befog them. They wiilsoon Had it to their interact to protect tbe right of slave property to ali. I believe that aiavery is right, and that, if left tu its uwu course* th World will be eouvinoed of thistriith. Its rectitude Is undeniable, and its duration is lhatot huuiau want. As long as ‘ uirii mus ie fed and clothed, negroes must be j •laves. These arc truths that are of God's de- ! cree, and wiU stand as long as time endures. j hlnvery will ultimately bo us own logiu to tb* i uiind, its own power in the earth, and its own ‘ bayonet to it* foes. This day will come. It may 1 be delayed by wars or enmmotinne, bat It will coats -1 said wo should bunch! tbe African. See him iu bia native state! abject -bia mind dark; no hop* beyond tho grave, and bis habits bes tial Hero with thesaperior props of the white | uiau’c intelligence, be is tu his best condition in j life. Poor and taleriur in iutulleet, he istbeet -1 peeial beneficiary of his own bondage. He is ted and Hothed, and has n care for bis earthly waiter lie knows hi bread is sure though •ararcity and nard times prevail in the land, lie knows that when be gets old and unable te work, his master must *t<!i teed him. He knows 1 that when he dies, his children after him will b fed and clothed from his master’s bounty. — How fcitUivoi (1 oiu the savages of Africa! How difiuruul from Ihe free negroes of tb* North— free in theory, but slaves in fact, to abject want and vice of every description—who do not know one day where tbeir food for the next is to 00m* from; and wbo have no master to remove their tatters end put good clothing on tbeir backs ! 1 was born near a negro cabin. I wa* ! brought up among negroes, and 1 have worked beside them iu thu field day after day, and year j after year. Ofieu with them iu tbe night, 1 have ; hunted the wily raccoon and tbc greedy upos- ! sum I never knew one wander 10 far away in the darkness and gloom of distant and unknown forests, but what he culd find his way home, if he could 1 ft his eyes to the blue vault of heaven and seethe ’*.*4aveo Stars.” Long has th© negro wandered In darkness, the outcast of tbe earth! May not these anvea stars composing our bright constellation, safely guide him frotn his native darkness to the most glorious light his mind Is capable of en joying and improving’ Richmond Correspondence of thu Char. Mercury. KicnuoßD, March and. Aileyvs sre *ttU (Elected to “that Tandem mi mu of dead and damned political tricksters,” as Jobu M. Daniel, with* characteristic revolution ary ruthlesftneiu-, at) let the Convention. In the rural districts, the young, aud not a few of the old iun, whose hot impatience brooks no delay, arn uuragud at tho Convention. Many arc dis gusted. white others aro profoundly indifferent to us action. Thinking men. however, feul well pleas and at the course tbe Convention is pursuing. Delay ia best for all parties. It gives tbo Con fuderale States time to perfect their government, to consolidate it. and to have iuo rporated iu tbeir Constitution ar far as they saw fit, im portaut te aura, which could never get there if obstructed by tbe popular elements ruling in tbe Border Htates. Governor Wise says that events have followed each other exactly iu the order be would have chosen if be bad had tbe nice of them. It would really appear that Providence has mterpused signally iu behalf es the (South up to this time. A Secession Convention is to be held huro ou the lflthofthis month. Submits on and North ern papers declare that its object is to inaugurate civil war. Not at all. It will be cumpoaed of young ui <n of ardent Southern proclivities, and its aim will be to organize the Southern Rights party throughout tho State, preparatory to the Muy aUoiiona, and for any other political work needed afterwards- Here let mo s*v te th* peo ple us tho Coufedurate States, to© many of whom are inclined to ceusur Virginia for her dilatory course, that they mistake greatly thecharaoter of our young men if they suppose them degenerate scions of a once proud and brave stock. That they are wurttty of their heroic sires,uo assertion (I miue wi l prove; but deeds, to be enacted in (he uot diataut future, will. Wheu Virginia en ters tbe Southern Confederacy—as the assuredly must, ere long— I hope aud believe that her en trance will Ira prefaced by actions which will make her welcome to every Southern heart. Writes a small postmaster, who begins to few! a peculiar sentitiranee* about tho neck, and who inv luntarily cringes every time he secs an ax, “1 voted for nether Dugle** no Linken. I take no raeponserbilete for the trubblcs of tbe our. I whose eternal ancestors fit and bled and did© at the battle es Braude Wine, I‘iu prowd to sa it, voted the grand nashunal dimccratie ticket of Beuermye and Leyte'.” (.oxruMSXitAuv.- A distiogaished foreigner diuiug at th* White House, wishing to congratu late T resideut Lincoln ou the self possession of the hostess, and her apparent indifference to the peculiar vexations of her new position, said— " Your Excellency’s lady has a very indifferent face!” ASD” A husband, wbo appears to hare teuad his wife a good deal lce vi an angel than he bad imagined in the days of his courtship, lets out •ome domestic secrets in the following graphic manner - l own that ah* he* charming locks That on her shoulders fall ; What would yon say to see fie &o* lu wbieh she keeps them all? Her taper fingers, it is true, Are diflioult to match ; 1 wish, my friends, you only knew How terribly they tcratch ! fit tu Sinmiri Puwtasu ail lea. President Lincoln and his Cabinet havo resolv ed on coercing tbe South into submission, and -re busily engaged in fitting out war steamers. Tbe determination of the Cabinet has been withheld from our Commissioner* uatil foreed to an ac koowle Igemetit es it* position. Now it appears that the Abolition Government were making preparations secretly and holding out tbe olive branch of peace to the South. This fact is now well established and ougbt to oorerr with shame an Administration so devoid of honor and self respect. In the New York Tribune, of the fltb inst., now before as, we havo an expose >f this treachery on tbe part of the Republican*. Here we find an account of tbe Government taking possession of stunner* and tbe busy preparations to fit them out with war ammunition and stores. Read this from tbe Tribuno and imagine what it mean*: Troop* put on ike Adamite. The tie*uiera Atlantie aod Baltic, of tbe Col lins line, and the Illinois of the Vanderbilt, have been taken possession of by tbe Government. All day yesterday, and all last nigbt, provisions of ail kinds were being put aboard tb* 1 Atlantic, which lies at her dock, foot of Canal street. An enormous quantity of coal was also tjdran on. It il believed that sbe bas been provisioned for a year. Alongside was a lighter containing arms. It was expected that during the night 40t) troops would be brought up and but on board What occasioned th* greatest conjecture is tbe oite) stalls for horses which have been put on deck. It is said ibat she will sail to-day at 12 o'clock un der sealed orders. Her crew bas been largely in creased, aud amount* now te more than 100. The Atlantio cleared for Brasos, and the provision for horses would seem to lend a plaosibtlirv to the be lief that that is her destination. Tk* Steamer Baltic. Tb* Baltic, lying at the same dock, wilt imme diately follow. Tk* Mea aeer Illiaoie. The Government has also taken p<>t**stan of the steamer Illinois, of Vanderbilt's New York end Havre line, for pabiie purpoee* Arrival es Troop*. A detachment of United States recruits arrived in this city yeaterday from Buffalo, and were im mediately sent ever to Governor’s Island for reg imental service. Capt. Barry’s oompaoy of Artillery, and Com panies 11. and K. Second Infantry, accompanied by some mechanics, reached town early yester day morning, and joined the sappers and miners at Fort La Fayette. A company or two from Fort Columbus were also to have gone up last nigbt. These troops are all underarms to depart soon for some destination, tbe latitude of which no on* ean find out. There are new 4WI men at Fort HamiDen. A Board of Army Officers have been in session for three days at tbe Quartermaster’s Office in this oity, for th* purupose ot distributing tbe available troops stationed in tbe Harbor of New York. They have not yet made any official re port. Cel. Harvey Brown, Becond Artillery, presides. DCPAaTCfta os rttr. powuata.* Yesterday morning it was decided, m obedi enoe to instructions from Washington, to put the Powhatan steam trigam in commission, and send her off at all bassrds before nightfall. Capt. Foote, Lieut. Aimy, and Mr. Brady have not slept for nights, owing to th© press of business this vessel's equipment canned All day yester day extra haods were working .m her. Capt. Hrevoort of the maria* barrack* sent down a lull frigate’s guard, at 1 o'clock; at 1V o’clock th* craw went over in boats from the receiving ship North Carolina, and cheered tbeir old vessel heartily on reaching her, and at J o'clock the ensign was hoisted, and tbe Powhatan was turn ed over by Capt. Foot* to Capt. Msrcer, and ku officers. Ali hands then wore mustered on the quarterdeck, and the ship declared in commission tor a special cruise. As the armament is likely t<housed soaiewhalfhriskiy.nowand stroDK planks have been substituted for tb# old ones under tb© guns Th# boilers have not been touched, but caulkers and carpenters mode an excellent job of the hull in the brief time alioted to them. The Powhatan is a first-class side-wheel steam er us 2,41 J tuns burden, and built at Gosport iu 1850. Shecarries 11 guns, and abuut 300 officers and mtn. Her service list includes two general cruises and on© special cruise. Bbe returned from China last Summer, and haa since been laid up in ordinary, when she was • rdered su 1 ! deniy to the Gulf of Mexico, and had nearly ! been stripped at Brooklyn, on Monday, when i th# instruction* to get her ready fir *<•* rnme ! fmm Washington. Sm I,i*m til„ Sidn ii Ik’ Cmi. We find in the New York Herald aa ituiu wbieh lias some relevance to the extraordinary military preparations of tbe United States Gov eminent. We give it for whatever it is worth Gan. Sam; 11 ifSTox.— Wo learn from e relia ble source that Postmaster General Blair has motived a letter from Gov. Houston of Texas, in which tbe administration is exhorted to main tain tbe Union at alt haaafds, and strengthen tk* Union sentiment at tbe Houth by asserting the Federal authority with all th© means at Ua ■‘oinmottd. Th* hero of Han Jacinto furthermore expressed biwoelf determined uot to surrender to tbe secessionists, hut to adhere to the L nioii to the last. Il is tutted that tb© suggestions of the letter were discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, and that some of th* military movements now going on results from them.— Advice* represent a conflict between 11.,u'.n and the Gisuaiocists a* imminent. i Correspondence of th* St. Louis Republican. Ertolutloe la *ew Mrxlto -Rovrrner Kearhrr brads K- - fan Marry la pir!oa erih. Kevo lutloalstt. Los Vaa 1, N. Mexico, Msroh 12. Th* stage arrived here this morning from 6a .- ta Fe, en route for the Htates, and as it was shout leaving here on it* way in, an express arrived rom Colonel Fauntluroy, commanding this Mili tary Department, to the Cuminandant at kort Uuton, ordering tins officer to prepare for defence. On yesterday morning, about 11 o’clock, tbe Eople of the capital, (Santa F*,l Americans and *xicons, en mass, seemed to have sprung up like “Cadmus’ men.” well armed and in groat numbers, at once suited and now bold Fort Marcy. Col. F. declined to surrender tbe Fort, as wa* ex peoted, aad while in tbe act of remoustratmg with tbe populace, the citisen soldiery rushed upon the works, aud in ten minute* they were taken possession of. Governor Reno her was the prime mover in these proceedings, aod be now has charge of all th* military equipment * end public property. — Everybody is surprised at this well concocted and efficient co>p d’arme*. in brief. Now Mexi co has now declared tar. and practically affilia ted with Texas and the Houth, and th* United Htates is suddenly ignored and our allegiance •hanged. Anson* also absolves hr allegiance on the 15th ins* Excuse haste. W uxr Gov. Pickkri Kxpbcts—A corraspoti dent of th* New York Herald, giving the result of a conversation between Mr. Yancey and Gov. Pieksna, of Houth Carolina, mention* th* views entertained by that functionary as to the o urso wbieh England, France and Spain are likely to peraue in reference to thoHoutheru Confederacy Gov. Pickens ssys “I believe the Coufedurate Hiatus will soon be recognised by most of the foreign powers. The intelligence from ire rue and England is favor able. Hpain ffttd Denmark have already ex pressed sympathy. We have no fears of Russia, Prussia, or Austria That we 4 hall have tho support ot tbe French government 1 fori assure-1, for ia the event©f tb© North attempting to colo nize Mexico, we shall join with Spain lor the division of Mexico aud the soourement of Cuba to th* Hpanish crown, if England or any otlur foreign power interfere*, France will certainly support Spain, and the repossession of a part of her old colonies will stimulate the country to un precedented exertions for the attainment of her long cherished objzct. Briefly, th* division of the Territory of Mexioo between the Confederate Stales of America and Spain, and tk# safety of Cuba secured to tbe latter power, are eveuts that will inevitably initiate tbe interference of France in our behalf, for our cause will be that of Spain, and France is sure to be the ally of Spam. The Confederate States will never be restared to the old Union.” Tun C. S Txixsrav xjtn bouTHsu* Pours, Th* following ia the circular of th* Secretary of th* V- S. Treasury in relation to Southern ports, !* which reference has already bocu made by tbe telegraph; TitleAsrnt DxrAirußM, March 30, isfll, Sin: The control of the warehouse:: of the gov ernment in the several ports in tbe Htates of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana. Florida, and Texas, having been usurped under th* alleged authority of those States, aad tbe officers es th* customs noting un der th# authority of the l aired Htates, haviug t-#en forcibly excluded from ibetr proper Inac tions in tbecastody of merchandise and superin tendence of th* entries for warehousing and with drawal; it has become impracticable to continue the privilege of bonding for transportation te those porta. Colleotere of the customa are accordingly hereby instructed that no amries for transportation in in bond those port* can be permitted uatil other wise directed by this department, Very respectfully, yourob’t serv’t. H. P. CHASE, Secretary of tb Treaiary. CULI RBIH, XATIHO VV, APRIL 13, 1801. UK FIRST BATTLI The * Lulling news from Charleston, which we give in another column, will be read with a feel ing of regret throughout oar oountrj. Coming from one ofthe most Intelligent end active oewrs papi r correspondents in the world, it may be re lied upon as tbe bsst news up to date. No trouble or expense will be spared to set the earliest ac eounts of iupurtsutevents before our reader*. Fifklii; ii Ckirleitu. At holt past nine o’clock yesterday three dis charges from tbe cannon in our streets proclaim ed that tbe conflict between tbe Confederate and the Federal troops in Charleston harbor bad 00m menecd. This signal was given ia conformity to an understanding among our eitixen* agreed to on tbo previous day, seven guns being the aun ber to indicate tbc surrender of Fort Sumter. It is known that Qan. Beauregard, at 12 M., on Thursday, made a peremptory demand upon Ma jor Anderson for tho surrender of that position to the Confederate Authorities. Msjor Anderson requested that six hours be allowed him to reply. This was accordingly done, aod, we learn from a gentleman wbo left Montgomery Thursday nigbt, that at six o’clock onthatday negotiations were g"ing on. ft is probable that a definite decision not to surrender the fort was communi cated to Gen. Beauregard tiU yesterday morning. Tbe appeal is thus made t* the God of battles, and with perfect confidence in the justiee of oar cause sod the bravery ©four troops, we look for ward with an unfaultertng trust to the triumph of our arms. Vor Ixo ox OoxiTiTUTioi*.—Tho Richmond Dispatch says that in reply to the taunts chat tbe people of the Southern Confederacy hare had no vote upon the new Constitution, it is sufficient t > say that the plan pursued by them wss tbe <.ne adopted in the ratification of the United State* Constitution when the work of tbe fra mers was submitted to Conventions of the people in thes rcral States, and their affirmative votes deemed a saffieient sanction. Madison, Hamil ton, Randolph, Mason, tb* Ptnekneys and Rut i*dge, all did tbia.” Th* New Orleans Delta says :—"A large capi talist, formerly of this city, who is st present so journing here, offered yesterday to be one of fifty other*, to take the whole five million loan of th* Confederate Slates'” FCTCaX 11 KALqi. ARTKRX OX TUB CoJlff XUXBA I* Gotxrsmx.vt.- -Tho Nsw York Evening Boat has the following extract of a letter received in that city from a gentleman of high poction ia Washington. „Tb* possession of (basest *1 government fay tbe Southern Ccofederacf is an event most con fidently predicted to take place within sixty days. The Wifssf* United States Senator told me an anecdote illustrative of the purpose of tbe Pres ident of (he Southern Confederacy. Ilu holds a very eligible pew in the Rev. Mr. Hail’seburob, and a lady, wishing to obtain it, wrote to him that she would give wbat be gave for it. He re plied, “that so far from relinquishing my (bis) pew, i have ordered an engraved plate to be fix *d to tt bearing m> name.’ A lady just from Montgomery, iu taking leavo of Mrs. Davis, ask ed, And what lueesage must I bear from you to your Udy friends n Washington ? Hbe replied, ‘Tell them 1 shall be happy to receive tbeir ealls at th* While-House some two months hence ‘’ A Mov*Alai ta VtaomA.- Tb© following is a copy of a cireniar which is said to have been secretly forwarded from RihiuoaJ, and is be ing extensively circulated iu Eastern Virginia . Your prosenoe is particularly requested at Rich mend o the lsli> day of April, H6l, to consult with the friends of Southern Rights as to the eo-zree which Virginia should pursue in tbe pres ent eoier gen ey. Please bring with you or tend, u full delegation cf /*■ s snd reliable men from yoor own county, and, if convenient aid the saute object in the surrounding counties. On arriving at Richmond, report yourself and onrapAntans immediately to———, at . It is signed by Gov. Wise, 8. Woods, John P. ; * ‘bainbliss and James W. Sheflej, members es the ! Virginia Convention, and others, including t *0 TOih*r* •{ the Legialature. WAR MIAMI. Dnr authorities, says the Charleston Mtii ury? ot tb© oih, yesterday evening received notice from Lincoln'# Government, through • special mes senger from Washington, that an effort would be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions, and that, if this were permitted, no attempt would be mad© to reinforce it with men * This message comes simultaneously with * fleet, which w* un derstand is now off the bar waiting tar daylight aod tide to make the effort threatened. We have partially submitted to the insolent military domination of a handful of men ia our bay for over three months after tbe declaration us our independence of the United Htates. The object of that self-humiliation has been to avoid the efiusion of blood, white such preparation was made as to runder it causeless and useless. It seems we have been unable, by discretion, for bearance and preparation, to effect the desired object, and that now the issue of battle ia to be forced upon us. Tbe gage ts thrown down, and we a cept th* challenge. We will meet the in vader, and tho God of Battles mast decide the issne between tbe hostile hirelings of Abolition hate aod Northern tyranny, and the people of Houth Carolina defending their freedom and their house*. We hope such a blow will be struck in behalf of the Houth, that Humter and Charles ton harbor will be remembered at tbe North as long as they exist as a people. How Da.* Ikl O’Cojuvkli. oxen ‘‘Soli/’ Ma. lUsskll OP toa Lokdox Timks —Mr. Rovvell, the celebrated Crimean correspondent of the London Times, wbo arrived in tbia country a few days ago, is thu same gentleman who was sent by that journal to Ireland to report O’Con nell’s speeches during the Repeal agitation. One of the first meetings the newspaper man attended was In Kerry. Having heard of O’Connell’s po lite qualities, he thought be would ask that gen tleman's permission to take a verbatim account of the oration. Tbe Liberator not only consen ted, but, in his oiliest manner, informed the as sembled audience that “antil that gintlemen was provided with alt writin’ convanicnces he wouldn’t spake a word,” assuming an extra brogue which was altogether unnecessary. Rus sell was delighted. Th* preparation* began end were completed. Russel! was raady. “Are you quite raadv V* naked Dsn “Quit* ready.” “Now, are you entirely ready’” “I’m certain, sir. Yes.” Tbe crowd becoming excited end iiunetiant, Dan said, “Now, ’pou my conscience, I won’t begin th* speech till tb© London gintlcman is intirely ready.’ After waidng another moment or so, O’Con nell advanced; eyes glistened; ears were all at tention, and tbe raportarial pencil arose Dan gave one more benignant smile on the corras roodent, winked at the auditor*, and commenced * •pteek in tie /risk ‘.jayaape. to the Irrraprar •ibl* berr<T of Mr. iDmoiJ, and to th* ta!iTh‘ of all Kerry jET-tV. *a stew day* ir.u© • very intelli gent and rcLabte gentleman of this county, who informed us that he had just conelndml a thor ough tour of th# county, he says that tbs aver age of corn planted this year in Marengo is more than tar any preceding year, by at least one-third. This is right, our people have been planting too little corn aud too much cotton, as a consequence they never raised corn enough, and henc* cannot rais* their pork. It is high time this were stop ped, and we are pleased to learn that our farmers are at last going rightly to work linden J*ff. ereomian. Wbbat asd Coax Cbops.—Farmers from or ery part of the county represent the wheat as in a mujt promising condition aad unless some di*. aster befalls U, we will har# an abundant har r*#t. The heavy freshet in January did no damage except in a few spots where the water stood for some time after the streams bad got within their Hanks. Planters are rapidly putting their *orn in the ground and making preparations fora large crop to supply the deficiency of last year. -Home, da. Southerner BtaACi fUrt BLicxit Tactics —Tho following is n portion of n letter reoeived from New York Ly n gentleman in Charleston : “Inform your friend* in Charleston that the fuss and talk about .Spain and Han Domingo is simply with a view to mislead. It is a part of the plan matured by tbe Republicans at Wash, ington to blind the South*! n authorities. I know it 1 have just had a conversation with th* Hpanish bearer of despatches from that Island. “Another absurd story, manufactured lor effect at the Houth it, that tbe Mezieau General Am pndia was marching on Texas with tbrxe thou, sand men.” COLUMBUS, MOmtY, APRIL n* (ini Battle Fi;hl! Tki Yietarj Otn! The first battle between the Black Republican Administration and the Confederal© fltates was taught st Charleston, on Friday end Saturday, April th* 12th and 13th lusts. It resulted in a most glorious riotory to our arms. Major An derson taught desperately,and only yieleded when Fort Humter was burning up and explosions ti ding place in th# Fort from th© effects of the •hells thrown by our gallant mou. lie held ont thirty-tbro* hours and a hair, firing continually daring tho day. At night ho rosted his men, while tho brave General Beauregard kept up a fire every twenty minutes. At Cummings Point, en Morris’ Island, at Moultrie, and on board the floating battery, our gallant Carolinians did their duty, every man of them, and have signalized our arms by a victory unprecedented in the annals of Warfaio. When the victory was made known in this city, tb# enthusiasm wa# wild. Crowds thronged the streets, tbe Bulletin board at (he Times office wss surrounded by Intent gazers, the cannon boomed forth, the bells rang and one showt went up ta Heaven for our great victory. From the Richmond Dispatch April 10. Hopcfil Sips ii lisMiri. We are uiueh cheered by the ravings of the St. Louis Daily Democrat, (April 2,) a Black Republican sheet, over the results of the late election in St. Loots, hitherto tho stronghold of the Republicans in Missouri, hat now triumphant ly carried by th* friends of the Southern Union. The Democrat says that the day of tbe late elec tion “Was a day of humiliation and indelible shame for St. Lonis. The Disunion faction bas at length worked its will and crushed out for tbe time being th* proud spirit of the foremost city in the West. As tbe news is read this morning, near and far every one will feel that another link is mapped in tbe chaiuthat holds tbo Border States in the Union, and while that news will create sadness in the minds ©fall loyal men, it will as eortainly canso every traitor in the land to rejoice. We care not to enumerate, on this occasion, the cause of tbe calamity, but it is impossible to take tbe slightest backward glance without being filled with wonder, and feelings other than those of wonder, at the conduct of the men wbo stood all last year on the platform of the Constitution, tbe Union, and the enforeement of tbe laws; and who voted for tb* unconditional Union ticket last month. We frankly say that we have more, in finitely more, respect fur the avowed secessionists than lor those men. Let thiv suffice for the pre sent—to speak of their conduct as it deserve*, ware to use language with which ears polite are not very familiar.” The Democrat proceeds to assert that though “fraud and terrorism” have been employed large ly on tha Southern side, “It would be disingenuous to deny that the •videnee seems to he conclusive of a deep, wide spread disaffection from the Union oaose. Let us hope that this disaffection will be temporary; that the mammou worship that here, as well as in Boston, has made so many merchants cringe and fawn for tbe Southern trade, ia Hut an ephe meral idolatry. Let us hope that reason and patriotism will return to tho shrines thoy hare descried, wheu it is found that thrift has not fol lowed the cringing and fawning. The men wbo have tampered with tbeir loyally for the sake of the Southern trade, will find they have made a I bad bargain of it every way. They w.ll have to atone for theensuing two years for th© act of yes terday—they can repent at leisure. As for the , working men and foreign burn citizens who voted for Taylor, wc will believe they knew not what ! they did. Their conduct on any other hypothe sis >• inexplicable. Though very reluctant to make the declaration, we would yet consider our ; selves false to our position a* a public monit -r, i if w# neglected to state tba the result <1 the elec tion yesterday conveys a very gl.-omy lesson.— ’ To ua, It teem* tint the** iL t*<.A to itoy n St. ! Lvitte aud tie Fmion at tk* an* * (m, mill hare no altrrr atit e but a* app al f . jraf, ta defence es their position. We iro ueartily sincere in wishing it may be otherwise, Hut such, neverth* less, is 00 r interpretation of Taylor’s election.’ The above is significant in every way. It *<•- knowledge les an overwhelming defeat in th© Re publican stronghold in Mmaoari, and it threaten;, resistance to themajority with the sword. Noth ing more nor less can be made from those words in italics. A pretty statn of things, truly. The slarcholdiug Htate of Missouri invaded by a horde of speculating l’uritan adventure*, who squat down in her principal commercial city and go deliberately to work to abolitionize th# State, and when their owu imported freo-eoil vote is le gally and constitutionally beaten at the pells, threatens to draw the sword, aad compel Missou ri to remain in the Union at the point of the bay onet. The next step will be to aend for Lincion to support tbe Union party with two or three of Seotl’i mercenary regiments. Th# DemecreU proclaims that “there is no al ternative te those wbo wish to stay in St. Louis andth* Union at the same time, but an appeal to arms.” Would it not be better for these New England squatters, who are determined to make the most they can out of the new enmmeroia! ad vantages of St. Louis at the same time to aboli tionlse the Bute ot Missouri, to give up this lat ter project and to return to their native land, in stead of sacking, viper like, to sting th* bosom that has warmed them Intolife? The great ma jority of Northern men in the South are true to her institution, and ready to fight and die in her defence. But there are exception#. Block Repub lican allies and spies, some of whom may b* found in ©very Southern community, and who oongregate largely iu St. Louis, men, who are eternally disparaging all that balongs to the South, and ar* bitter as gall against South Carolina, and when they are fairly defeated at the polls, threat en. as the Democrat does, to draw the sword. Il • a foroearing and long-suffering people, in doud, wbo permit such vipers to tasteu upon their hands, and who do not shake them oil into tbe fire But we can forgive the blind rage of tbe Data. *crat, on account of the value of the eonceasions to the strength and happiness of th# good cause n Missouri Th# Qoteu City of tbe West uno longer in the bands of our enemies. Tbe very grounds whion the b tuocrat assigns for its defeat ought to suggest some valuable reflections to praetioal minds. Ifthe merhnnt f in flt. Louis aad Boston ar© eager, as it assert*, t© throw themselves at tbe taet of the South, that “thrift may follow fawning ”it is ©tear that the South Is not tba poor, destitute, impotent country which her ©nem.as so often represent, nor is slavery the exhausting and impoverishing system they de clare it. Boston merchants ara not in tho habit l of t* in l °ot of tbeir way to propitiat# the ininatee j of aims-huuaes, aa Wendell Philips characterizes th# Southern people. The truth is. the Haul hern J Confederacy 1* the richest section of tbe Repub lic, th* most productive, the most eepabl* of prospering 10 peace, and. as we shall present ly see, of vindicating its rights and dignity in war kt 11, (rmiteit f tk, C*W,nlf Stttn ,f Astrirc. j u oitrmoril.oir, ..fusion La. oc- I *urr#d, rendering it necessary and proper that I tb© Congress of the Confederate States shall con- I vena to receive and act up * such rommunira i ti<m a- may h© rrade t’ It yn the pert of th© Executive Now, therefore. I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President ©l the Confederate Htates, do issue this my proclamation, convoking tbe Congress of the Confederate State tar the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the citv <<f Montgomery, on the twenty-ninth day 1 April, at 12 o’clock, noon, of that day. of alach ail vrho shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body, are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of , v tke Confederate Htates, at Montgomerv, ‘ ‘ this twelfth day of April, Anno Domini. lSfll. JEFFERSON DA ATS. 1 Te the Frestdent, % It. Toowaa, Secretary of State me t *m (kwlHlei Ifiirt We clip the following paragraph* from the* Charleston Courier, of April 10. Arrival or Trucks.—Three roianteer com- Eunice of cititen soldiery, nnder the command of 1 ‘•ut. Col. J. D. Blanding, arrived here last night by tbe night (rain of tho Houth Carolina , railroad. They were received at tbe depot by a largo crowd of oar citizens, and the line of march to their quarters at tbe American Hotel was il luminated with fire-works. • The # companies fora a part of the Volunteer Regiment of Col. J. C. Kershaw. The other offi cers are Lieut. Col. J. D. Blantliug, and Major Dixon Barnes. They area fine looking body of •taiwart men, were in good spirits on their arri val, and, as they said, havo cum* prepared to work. Five more companies are expected to ar rive this morning—the Regiment numbering in all about a thousand men. The names of those here are Humtar Yolun- | taers, Capt. Jno. S. Riokardsen; First Lieuten ant, J D. Wall; Second Lieutenant, T. M. Du rant: Third Lieutenant, Joilah Nettles, with sixty 1 ass. Governor’s Guards, Culuuibin, Capt. W. H Casson; First Lieutenant, M. A. Shelton; Sooou.l Lieutenant, Br-*we Third Lieutenant, F, GaiUard Sergeant, J. S. I.uipbearr men. CulutnHia Grays, Ca;4. Wm, Wallace; Fir*, Lieutenant Lovieo; Hecoud Licut. aut, \Y S. Wood; Third L tauten an r, J. t . Ball. They were acoutpanicl by a fiou baud of iuusi, and tn-'b member with Iris camp equipment* aJ ready tar duty. Bided Vnanen - A tin© rilled gnu reached thu oity yesterday from Liverpool, it is a present ta the State* from a Caroliniau n->w resident iu the latter plaou—Charles K. X’rioleau, Kaq.- who, although absent in a foreign land.does not forgo’ his Hta'o in the hour of her need. Dr. Thomas Clay Mu Mux, lately of Virginia, bas been appointed a Surgeon, by Surgoon-Gen urat Gibbc*. of tho South Carolina Army, an 1 has entore 100 his station. He i excellently qualified, and the uppoinuner.'. which was Con ferred without wli -itat i’ n. v- M *ivc general satisfaction. There is n good prospect of tho criaLlUfcment of* manufactory of ax ox in this city. Tbe work for the India rubber factory wo havo mentioned, is in progre**. A .V f>f* Example. —Tho lion. Louis T. Wig. fall, of Texas, bas boon appointed speoiai aid ta Gen. Beauregard, an 1 on yesterday was detailed on active duty. Correspondents and friends of Edmund Rufiiu, can address Him, for tbe present, to the care ot Alexander Haskell, Abbeville Infantry, Morris Island. Gur vuteran friend is set ling, characteristic*; ly, a nobfo example to the young aons of tho Houth. Long may he be rpared to exemplify tho charac or of the gD(le?nan and y atri t, and to babold tbe fruits us his labors. DtSTißGCiaoun Voluntuxbs.— Among those who yesterday girded on their swords for tbe de fence of the soil of tba Ma e, were Hon. Lewi. T WtoFaLL and the venerable Kdmlsd Rum* CUarlautoii Be cury 1 2th. From the Federal Union. YNDffiE COMPANIES IX CEORWI i Believing that tho information vronid l> ac oeptabl# to our readers, we applied at the t x ecutive Department for a list of th© Volunteer Companies in th© State af Georgia, and haw fawn kindly fun:ishc<l with tho following .Verne if Cempunr CepUun. CettM Ai ouis <.ru> s, I'L CoO(>er. Fulton, A.banyGumdM YG Kui', Douguerty, A uuiafa* Seoul*, ti TDu 1 ham, Lo-eity, | Athens Guar*!*, Henry C Bi.iup*, Clarke, j Ati'inta Fir© Co.No I,J it Iflcaosiiii. Sultou, Acworib ln!a*>try, JKO’.Vai, Cobb, Atiamic teuli G’d E D Hendry, I’terc- Aioencus VOl Rifles, J M il Kiug, Humter, Bsidwm Biuea, Leo P Doles, lUJdwiu, Hurk-Uoa 0, W C Musgrove, florae, fliinbndge litd’uih* JnoW Evsiu, Dteatai. Banks Cos. Guards. l)GCnier. flank-, j Hi >b County Cavalry Leroi Napier jr Bibb, Bryan Ind Kiflewen.A W Hiiotti, Aryan, 1 Brooks Hides, Micheil Jones, Brooks, | Burke Sharpe Hhoot’s VVui R Uoiues, Burke, Hroivu Volunteers, John C. Chew. Kichmouil 1 Berrien Sl.nine AL 11, 1.0ri.! Knight, Berrien, ! Blue Cap L'svsl y. J M March. Chatham, It ac* B,.rittg Uid.-s, Thus W White, Ba.dwta’ ; flulis Wuiitecr-. J M Newton, Butts, I Bsknr Uumds. WII Ma:h!#, Baker, fluena VistaCuaids, I. M Butt, Marion, Brown Uidrs. 11 II N,,oc;, Putnam, | Blockshear Guard-'. Lll iLaikxhe&r.Lau en.-. | Brunswickßi£Laei:, BFH ins, (Lynn, 1 Black Creek Voina’s MI. tliyan. Strive;,. j Brow n Infantry.* Geo A Smith, flub. ’ Bul-oth Troop, A J lltM.ory, H'lil.-eh, ( Brown Guard-. I* Pont lain, ftinhau City Light Guard*, I'. If. CstfUttl, Muscogee, Cuuibcrt Hides, W If I oue, Randolph. Clinch Kitten, • iui A Platt, Richmond. Oo.umnu* t-ii'jvd-i. Vo ait) Muscogee. Cherokee Cavalry. Wm Hitch, Cass, Camden Cha-seur-. George Lang, Camden Clayton V ©turn? en*. .1 it tuts, City ton, Cass Guards, W U Centre, Cass, Cherokee Artil ery, MA* to vail, Floyd, i Camilla (tearnr*. I. H Bhaekirtord,Mitebeti, j Cuthbert Artiflerr, KB Fiat', Itandolpt-, j Oaoosa Grays, 1 T KenUn k, mosu. i County Line Vclun’s J C Hipm-h, Campbell. 1 Coweta td Diet. G and. W. H ;.t t teweta. I Cherokee Rules. J rt Gifas rv, Floyd, j Chattahoochee OayreJohti K 11.1 Tro- |* J Calhoun V.. uniter* il It May, Gordon. < 'auideu Rittea, A 8 Atkinson, Camdeu, j 4 fjwford Volunteers (. P CuUerhous© < awfoi.t j Chatham Artillery, •8 0 aghoru. Clmham, | Cherokee Brown Rjfle*.(Vj t.arnu. Cherokee. Cnerokue Drag RC Puckett, Cher ke.- j ( oueta K.iiue'S, Jfl Wile ten, Coweta, ! City Light (Liard*. C G Hull, Fulton, J I naihain Rifles, Th< * M Nr-rwno I,Chateau, f Coast Riflemen W it Pri chard, Chatham, | Colquitt It ti<. J j Swearing*©. * iqutti J Camden Count) G’ds,L M Mattel, I aurdc >l C sss Rifles, H t dnxon, Casa, City Light Guard*, H T Levi Cbatimi,, Campheflon. It Gu’tls Thos C Jlov>*r, ('umpired Calhoun Kittes, CM Untie. Calhoun, , (’ intedcrate G ll aids, J It Itakr r, Fix®. Dal on Uua'ds, K T t 10k, Whitfield. D**K!’ Riflemen, Al* Wet rr, c tatliaiii! Dawson Wantr-t-rii, 4: fl Wooten. Terrell, Dahlonega Vow * Alfred Harr , lumpkin. Dougherty Hux-ar*. W j Lawton. Dougherty, Deft-nri'ft ni the Routh,.l A Norwood, Troup. Dawion Grays, aI, McWjorter,Greene, Dari, n Lght uitrda, NOi nulati, Mclntosh Delhi Range*. DBCade, Wilkes, ! Davis Guard*. .1 Everett, Dooly, I Davi* Infantry, W J HuPatd, Fulton, j Etowah Infantry P If l.arcy, Cass, ] Effingham Husoare, BW Botoaon, Effingham, j Ktowaii Rang. r. I W Watts, Cass, i Lariv Geards, -tauirs Uurbannn. Early, j fire Side Guardi, uDJono., Libert, Fuiton WTffilmi, Fulton, j Forest Ritte*. jj \ Uupon, Mclotoah | Fort Games Guards, las L Brown. Clay, Flovd Rifle*, This Hardeman, fltbb, Fayette Grey*, W \* Bo worth, l ayette 1 Floyd Ca airy. W g Cothran, Floyd, j German Voiuuteera J din ARtegan Chatham, j Governor * Guard, U N Austin. Houston, Gate City Cturds, * W 1. E-nnl, Fuiton Glovei Guard-. Ge T Bartlett, Jasper,’ Georgia lud Rifle*. A W Porsoaa, Houston, uov’rsHorse Guard Chi* DuOiguon,Baldwin, ctynn Guaids. do, r u* nt Gl>nn, , Georgia Hussau, l P W Read. Chatham Green Ride*, l* 11 Komnaon, Grc.eu*, Georgia Guards. It O Gtllespii , Heard, Glade Guard Rifle* ABC Dorsey, Hal, G. Artillery, Tbo* Burko, Glynn. Georgetown Rifles, J B Smite, Umtutaii Georgia Volunteer* Wv% Boyd, FuKon, Gnffiu UghiGshrd*. .ft W M.nguam, ftjraldins, Georgia Grays. tt a .-<h#pherd. Mmnog- Gaioesvil e,Light lift*. Wil Mncheil, Mail, Georgia Rang .1 s M !Lne Ffflnghain Gilmer B ues, JuoT ‘-oitm < tgteibnrpe lion e Guards ia* ft Reid, Morgan. Il incocfc Van Gitaids.E Cam /lam o. k, II ncock Troop, J ; T Harris, Hancock, HomeGuaid r . B P Brown, Habersham Item- Guards, LN Andrew'*, Liber y. Hamilton Cuard, J M Mobley, Harr.*, Home Guard Cavairy,l* J Phillip- Muaeoger, Hardwick MVd R.rtet J 1 MrAlnter Bryan, Hardee Rides, H M King Ue<alur. Iloimes Hfl *. W A liama, Worth, Hon e Guards, Kb Staines HiihmonJ, Ineh Volunteers, Jno H Hull, Richmond. Irish J taper Greene *, John Foley. Chaitiam, Irvin Uii tid*. O Q Norman, Wflfces, I risks Volunteer-!. J B R*ed, Chatham Independent A ue*. Ldw in Richard*, Kh bmurd Independent Volte, J W Aderbold, Br-b. Jackson Rifl a. A C Tb .mpsou, Jackson, Jacks in Guards, John Fiynn. Fulton Jackson artillery Theo Parker, Bibb, ietf Davis Hi firmer JKLyons. Ii uu, Joh Browns, W A Campbell. Fannin, Jefferson Guards, E H W Hunter, Jefl©i*on Line* in Volunteers, J Gibson, I tocoin Lee Mounted Rifles, B J Side dge. Lee, Liberty Guard*. \\ tn Hughes, jr 1 bert Liberty !ad'tTroop, Abel Winn, Liberty Lookout Dragoons, J U ILinna. Dade. Lowndes Volunteers, G T ilamui >nd. Lowndes, LaGrange Light G’ds. R H ftmite. Troup, Lee’s Volunteer*,* G W l.ce. Fuiton, Liberty Voluu re.ii. W P IWtuan, Liberty. Macon Volume r*. B A fttailh. fl-bb, M ratgomery Garris, J t Cleveland, U. hiuon.! Ma on Uutrd* L M Lamar, Ui b Mclntoah Cos. Guards,J M Hams -M-intsb Me uli* Riflemen F, il Pottle. Warren McDonald Guards, ft Z Ruff, tbb Macon Cos Volunteers, R M Protho JdtcoQ, Muscogee M’d Rumer*. John fttroiher Museiigrr Mciatoeb Cos Cavalry, Cha* Spalding M In tosh Milford Guards. .1 WVh , Bikt r i Mountain Range s, J W Holmes, Town# Muscogee Rith *, .1 M Bivins. Musrc’gfe | Mounted Rifleman ( \ L Lamar, 1 h >iham Mountain Ringers. ali Howard. M rrtwMkn Nt-wnun Guards/ dc . N Harvey, t.-*weta Oglethorpe Light Inr Fft Burtnw, Chatham Oglethorpe Intaniry* JanO Ciarke, Ruhinoai’ Oconee cavalry, tt G Dei nsy, C.aike, Oglethorpe Cos It! , Geo L mpkin, Ogjatborpr Ochlo'horee Lt Inf. W J Young Thorne* OgeecUee M’d Rifle*. WHlMim, Chnthaai Pulaski Volunt cis, T DJ. Kyat'. p U ir>*u ‘ Pula.ku.it.t AO, (,'tiartiaiu Pbranix Kifluon-o A <-.rdun, Cnathem ; Paimotto Guard. r J i n Quit mm (-mi a. w Pink'.r*. ‘ Monroe IbqW ‘ltcait B ue j tt Andere r., Chat;.*,* Roswell Guards, John Cur, woody Cobb R >me Light Guards. K J Maruder, Floyd’ Rich road Hussars, TPStovalJ, ft chinosd Resistance Lt Artillery,John R Ivey M f*>>ogei> Randolph Cos Cgrslrv M l ttfliw- Randolph Ringgold Volunteeis/ If J ftpr.tyh .ry.Csioojm Rutland Guards, j T ilenwn, B.bb, Roswell Infhtitrv, Jlf Hkeiton, Cobb, Richmond M’d Rid s, D Kirkpatru k, Richmond Har \n| Guard*. John ftcreven, Chatham Scott Rifle*. u Cu-ley, Talbot, ftuuiter Light Gourds, W L Johnsm. Hun.tat. Hcriven ftfiarp Bboot's, Ts, -i n| e ton. thriven. H t*w art Rifles W J Main >. Human. Hpal<lii-g Grays, L T Doyal, Spalding, i R'ghta Guard, J A Houser, Houston. ,Ht Marys Vole. a B Dufour Ctirden, Spring Place Vol# N A MrGebee, Murray, j Bebley Guards, Robert Burton, Rchtey. j ft te wart Grays J J Hal!. B'ewarf, Rout hern Guard FG Wikms, Mnaroger. I ftsrlven Troop, ft D ■ him ftcriven, i ftavannsh Arul’.ery, J B G ’llte, Chatham, I Rtephens VRuntwi, J J Owen. Frank Itn, Thompson Guard*. Wni Johaoon. Fpsen, Trnap Light lnraatry,Jno l Walker. Troup. Twiggs Yolun ‘’ re. J M Poteom. Twiggs, Tkoiii.vmtle Guards, Cftfto w;., Thomas. norsstKlka ArtiU’y, The.* W-ifkfr, Doogberty , Troup A iiileiy, B.nj Be k. Baldwin, Troup Arlillr’ A A F Hill Ci*rk. Tugaioo Btot-s. T F fttribbliNg, Pran kite. Tunned Hill Min. Mari. R N (3rambling.Whitfield. I!peon Guard*. Thosllesii. Ftwon, l nioo Invnir ibU - Horn Putmrson, Fniou. Upson Cavalry. J*M kinttli, Usson, University Guard*. E P Cate, Bildw n. Washington Rrt • ‘ ft AFI Joses, Washington. West Poo t Guards J-I M itehew*. Tr up, Wulton Guards, J A Clark, W*Uo Worth Gtiarde, T T Moveger. Worth, Whitfield Union ‘ .# I. C Nrwo and, Harris, Warsaw R<fle*. Jeffßoberto, Chetban. Washington ArriU’y LP O rardey Richmond, Wire Grass Mm MtSO W fttvie* Ware; Wilkins ui Rifle* W O Bsali, W rxtnso... Warwick Lt Infantry VVoitk, Warn* Rangers T 8 Hopkins Wayne, Wire Gras-* fthaip 8. A P Mcßae, TataalL Walker Light Inr SH Crump Richmond Youag Guard AH Let Newton.
