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lOLUHIT & M IKHfA, Proprietors.
Volume XVI.
LANDS -FOH SAIjK.
6,’, i ,i,' , nd Voii* sky
Hill trad, and many *• alt. ling lon. I\\ i:: ;!1 low. \
My r csidtfm .ih to v r-oiu:> ~-. |M
low Fort Caine*. aa I U. .. (tom lift!* I will
ell H m.v r*n Hi *-p . IT In ‘Hioi! i
llir rise of one li.itnlrml n uro<:>. uml :.ok in “propor
lion. Call and lo<*k; n • /.uu <io !•■ i, ujaiinuili
vr .f the plat
july 31—wt f. M \V VMrEFI.
IM.ATsTVTLUX AM)STOCK
TOR SALE,
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ill. Tro> I > : ! huimt. •( . ... s'. *
l.md, weUimproved; •..m 1.-Vo m . , ■ • ,
kiln!*; ,'nvt <, !l ‘_ f,l” . . v.’: . ‘i,.. . , ,j
kitchen furniture,<-)m amt f0.i.1, r ~m<i vailoti-oiior
liorho.nl, food neighbors u v.J goo I so-iteiy. I‘l. a••
M:i> 7lh wif
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LIVER lIiVIGORATOR
Ni;vKit DKIiUO r.VTI
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wliirh it t* i- <‘oinni i.l N ..
It bM < u red thou .n,iU . .-UilMl.f In Htc-o ‘
v!•<> kid 2ivi*u an hoi> • iiin fa m>n
unsolicited ri riilirat- * fN
Hie dose iim-'t adap *0 t-dt • ilie tci.ijo
of the individual tak me i
niieia*. to a. if-nll) i.n B t .-bov..
Let the dictate* of your joiLmii :it v > ;
u*e of the / in'll /.V w nnOHJt roii, ml i
I) IA PEPS/.*}. M ( /'I • * “
a t mm a: n com ’ _ rr n.YJ /> i • .vv
nr, dropsy, sock yn/M.iUJ, //-••w.y
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IIA tad may to i-d -a. •• • AA ”• ..nOrdu,
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u**ty mtnu ir>, „ wq •’ A • ■ ‘•
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it tin favor. **l
IIJX WATER in THE I*ol 11! •• ITII THE
VK.OR VTtMI. AM) III <l\\ lIIITII < 1 i l A
fill PRH’ * * NI: LM'I.I All II II I'*TTI i:
SANFOH5 5 :.
rimlliartii i-iMv
Pare Vegetable KUCPTMcfa, nan i gi*
lit C HHt'rf. Ail- Tift ■< ■ ‘ * “if I
keep in any Climate.
The 9 A Mil, V i \ .n ••
t but active Citten Q
lined iii hi* pram** l in<*r* . than iv‘ ct.ty > •
’nieeoii4ainiy in* r< a: ini; p i i'’ ii and sr-..ti i'u- .
have lon tuned the PtLI-r* _ •thl tl” -h! i
Q e,basiuu • .liar top :
tltem iii the reach of ai!
Tdl* profession well Know 4$ *’ 1 ‘•*’ •’ >‘Ld : 'H •
irt'hw different portion-* • . :Uic I ■ avjM >huL . , , .
The FAMILY \ &TIIAJPT fTT: i* \l
Hha,wuhdufl refer, nee well . ’ * 1
beenrou|Muiide.i ‘< m *. Tj ‘V" ! ‘
lab| ||U#i'H. w in. h 'i awn. on . v. . y ,
alimentary canal, ami an rjgood and .•
cm where A rliathartic it j.'nee.|ed, > r it n* i )r -
MtNO KM K NTH Ilf th * a ‘ *' r MAt U. “j. ‘
nrrh, I’ Al\ ■< i\ rut; Q BA< K AND I. < MS-.
truMTIVKNEH *. 1’ M S Sum *
thr whom: oiV . t ..m ? |,••••',. \M. ; . I ■
frequently, it m ■ J. tJ * n-i m L
vcr, |,OBM Ol’ U’l’U. j_j I* FIT!. ‘a a ‘ 1 l ‘'’ r v
■tiom *r I’m.# “VHyiii# l 1 h\, M. ■ ’
at-a*. lIF.AIMUIK o. r wi-n.ftr iv • O’ •.
art INi'J. AMM AToU\ m ItfnKt-.... MhllMH. n
muearx In” L uni ■ • ,
Purifier of lhe Mood, nj nfnmany.l:-*
Hathieheir,u>oiinmerou> w< o> i
li ement. lit#.-F. IHI 3. .
Price 30. Cent.
THE UtlllNVl.;(m*T(in . .1 I AMII.I ‘ .
I'll ahTc Ml If ... ‘• Ii 1..1 ‘.)■ 11.
anil *(.id w ‘ j!| . a".l r.-util byt , I
annum u- f w WAK M. -.
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M K!\< 11 AN is X -II m
in Till:
{Southern Confederacy..
bfctfa EH, ..
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\ RRANOEMUNTH
A II A KNOB V* KX. I’Kt. ‘ < >
usual’ facilities are At. redUp jmtror ■*• I X- pubii.
*•*l..-rally for entcrifi i: and ‘ “■’ >
i •■•tom llou'. and l'r llw *[-••■<! y frm ‘< 1
the name either by EXI’ULiH lUiilODl j
1 RAINS to their ileMoiatloU.
Wood# wHI l.e enter* 1 .1 ... •
ipiired. OOL.fi 4’ blfX Ctt “i'-i ih> • >'■ ! f.dm*. •
and l utlom II"I’ ( * r
Any inlorniation r- ,u. < and i'i. r- • > . ’ i
Null*)- iciiuiitiuec ■■ uii ni
ALSO.
iuMtatC ’Ui and ‘ ** ■ ■ J •
ruintar ateamuhip’fii < '■ ftwn v ’ •; vv
Vork. antfany inform t ion . --i r*io <"<i ,;,K J
e.inaonapplkatiohio |ftf f ,
Pk>hißlm, April Mil,
l,nckltart, You & llohcrb
r.nE.vr sac mi- ici:!
S TAltll l
Twenty-Four Per Cent. .Saved.
” f1Un.1..,.i ‘ -
* haae v-hh an ;p.i ’
voaclK I ', Rock^ways,
Ti.OTTINCi WAGONS,IIAIINC- ‘ .
AUof Hhih(bein I"irnl, Nfd f. R.re Ine i i - 1 J
itTwent into operationi n< i. . t
i ach at
PRICKS .MUCH IX)VYi It
than arunlea of like nualiiy could now botipht Pit i
at the PactoricM.
fall aoun and makn your !••. ‘ •• ‘
LOCKHABT. YOI N. * RoßraT
fold stand of Jd* Kee d* Robr.'rta.j
P.S. Wadeem itni-reuMry to we in J
prepared withampbi lacilitiea fordoinf adhranrln* ol j
■EPAIUING. in our I'lie, on ilo- n• < , It*
the beat nrmner, nnd at the ‘Wet ;• i- ■ r.tt.-*.
The palruiiage of our friend and hi! .Ii or
prompt paying cuatoiuera, i-yo.t r* ,)• ■ iin.iy •ond*
lied - *- •A..-V.& H
Columbua, April I—wSrn
fl't* CatemSas u ccMit ?imc*i.
t , ‘• ‘***’
ooivMni'H.m'.MMi.Xrnit t), ism. i
Secession of Virduia.
liicp. :.o. . u,i-., ! o ,M.n v u, j
two panic . Tba UtiLm uten :m.L lli See, - inn
wl ‘ u ; 11 ! t . ; ,h ; v - in ,u Wi y l ( ';;; |
lon yenti rUty, intoi m.< .\i; t. A- ••••= Hamilt- niha! ‘
. n .m p
i-hffl.ii ::. i of i ibfC'i eiuipcl -'.tbbfttb :
SO,.iftifer nirt ‘ V-veni in • spired |
tiit; Jar!: tb the mu.
i.! ;r i if*i Ti i
j tfry , .'lit honow a t-uiilti from
| LijgUly ‘ iio ‘ 1
i iho 1 I'aloifita ‘ ; i.iai'o , t ajd. ii -.iny.. . i:, **'*
1 ;S ;
: , poke in beUidJ f the nehoul, v/bkb, though j
rm etaeil. mail matter# atfortl aMUWttem h r
The Mi#g in Hr, teil.
! luetflflfiPy was held hern- to ilav for the pufpoto :
wuh the necessary outfit. Although the j
luofcMng vAs not Tr, • ytt in the short .®{>aci of j
1 tui* tiour the iuni of Iwolto humlred and j
enough ‘ • - well u<- ,l,an j
eiilfb-l !• take the I‘olil V- will teovf ’KtUs fcbuu- ■
f
i ii.v r< l ivc4 ift-ifl a. y. ViriJy, (
I •**-}■: miKWdmll. ■ “tnl*-<&+.■■<’
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! l. •'•rbi.crioeii t>,r, iv/r W --.Wii- I
j <-m home *, hi.'l tin** w:vrtUoMi|e# nl St-mlu.ni
rights, and being a wiuv'V* WjgrAnd; u3a‘. unnlil® j
I to contribute cv< fi the emaM NH*B of iittg dollar*
j from tny limited lUKotht liberty r>f Kcml
i ing you with tlj'tf note n jan;!§g<‘ nix
’ .Ivor spoon* rolir o of ouco pro£pcf<*is day. • as
- S.!.Vfthi,!,’ !:i ,'i UiJ* yaiue, iheywSS"’ n^-'i
from <r- njt (did be? means permit) would j
>►***•*♦ -y. J ’ > ‘*
~ $ lt n \ r.!irr ,|efi ■ \ l l
WW reject, nubserja myself,
A Boi/rgtfjuf Mituun.
>portunity to give it tbo pfoper direction.
- V*w CoLonnn fihsßVArrs.”—Cassini Clay baa |
i<ut forth n circular offering h! hi use, farm and
Mock for sale, in which occurs the following: “I
i will hii't out lor a torn of/cars my colored rer-
Lga&ti.” XLW' u bl no doubt, sound a liltlo hnrsb
jto eay my
j under an Aboliti'.n Administration.
mi mm
f./ (\,rj ■ ’,7,. . it :i Tt if t 1
lirvi-.,. vun.s \,u. .Afiiv, A. A *
’ ■’ ‘■ < ■ !
| • ti , c , K
moQ.stiatitin l\ i I Sumter, iu li- pe that J
iLo i!ovcruim-iitol iljo United State , wait .wiew 1
tf nil 1.0-i
i twc-oii the two i!o\•M'ffm'Hib, and t. avert the
ealntnilti ofKu.-rft*iri*-vo!nnu,riiy ova,mate it. !
Thoro was rcuson wt ouo Uiuo to btfliovo Unit fcuch !
i ! '; it Siutrs no_ do- |
‘< \l; Iha too honor ; a. ki.iowlaiiffe i
J.
y: . w. . i; mr .• f\*’ i"<
• ’,4y, that eordlally nnftfhg with*you in the *i. I? ;
; ‘ mvoid thou . : ©flu in of blood, l trill, i!
i provided wnh the proper nn l ucjosaary menuot
| Jtf.ii. i : t-iftion, ‘ vacunlo Fort ; uutter by worn.
\i u u^ C;;:
I unit!.iii, ofadiiti .ual/iipplits; and ifiat 1 will
i u..r„ lit Ui h” p:.am'. _'-|a o_ h... lira you.
j sumop. ni u( t tin ki, u; iy iho j ipeljaki-.n > 1
j :.howig a. ho.-i ib* ihumiiMti m> yotpr parr
l.'.'r.', r
1 “ litUJl.'.h'F ANUF-li: ‘>N,
l‘ fi. AM'omßltnding.
I . -tulb.rity ‘ f brigadier tic,-r.-ai.e . i
] r . r j. uuuiiimiing tbO Pm, i ;.. n al I’, rcc.-. -f
j the Confederate Bi nes, we lravo the hon-.r to no
ti T y \ n that, bo will open the fire ol It ii batto*
;■••• on Fort Sumter in one hour from thin time.
\v.- h i\” thelpAior to be, very renpect^illy,
Y ;ir obedient pervni.t •,
.lAMK; ('Hi -N 1 i. .Jr ,
A iiFde-Cnittf
HTKPIJhN J, Li:K,
C.tpt.iitf C. F, Afiuyand Aid de-fninp.
i Major Robert Andei • n, I ailed Klalc*. Army.
’ ..mu. Hiding Fort Smnt*r.
v iho Governor cf Vorth .Carolina
\ i'i.'i M I. \ .MATTOX.
1 ‘ v ; 1 •’ l .rolina,h. . M.q i/jjj
j Bit : illty ~1 l.i'. .In :m,I cnnVMlillg fl.l) I|
| i ‘J f;irii .u Ct.mr.|), ; rnctury i.f
I War, lam iuforiuc-i that tbo Fid Abraham Lin-
I t art of tbo wli do population of the Jat# United
merit of humanity and Christian civilisation, j
and conceived in u spirit of Bggm>ion unpnrftl- !
loled by any act of recorded history, but ! a di
rect step towards the subjugation of the whole
Fouth, and the conversion of a free itepub- !
He, inherited from our fathers, into a military
anemic* on the ruins of our once glorious Con*’
ordinary u , tl- hor.-i yj* rothis, my Urc !
1 mud ion, notify ing and rtjue/itingtho Senators J
| and ATombtriof the Hou?o of Common* of the
[ General Aebly of North Carolina, to meet in
■ i -rial Sc ion at U Capitol, In the city of lta- |
throughout the State to be mindful that their j
I lirat allegiance in duo to the Sovereignty wbiclil
protects their homes and dean. UiuUJtcMH, as j
their lir-f service is duo for tbo sacred defence of (
I theii* hearths, and of tbo -oil which bojd/i the j
, rav. of our gloriotn dead.
United action in defen/'aof th ■ -vercignty of l
| ,’ortb Carolina, afld of tbo rlgb of the South, j
Given under wy band attested by the Great Seal !
of tbo Stale. Done at (be city of iUlcigb, the |
I7tb day of April, A. D., 1861, and in the
eighty-fifth year of our Independence.
JOHN W. CbLIS. |
By the Governor.
Graham I>avc, Private Secretary. I
THE SOVKIUIRNTY UP THE STATES.
COLUVIBUS, GEOHUIA, MONDAY, APRIL % ISlil,
u irropondeneo of iho Mobile Mercury
Ute. from Penurota.’
: rrs.ACOu. l i.i. j
M.mh is, tio'clock, I*. M. ,
/■ • Hoi t. iin lived licrconl)’ i few hours j
• :iu.l .-i ■•;.iso l.u\ o iiothiul iuik , . veil wen* j
!it p. - ,o, to obtain much reliable inforiualion
j - ‘ y mi. ‘iiuioin. A c mrso a thuus.md nd |
I .ua ruiu,. r ullorti, o’.i.t of which 1 . ould uuko ]
i difipoM
. C ■ Uurv. y lUw.a .i ~ maud et Eott ‘
j i’-!.i i. , und J iiuiw ; iiiiid ii.is ii.i.'iiued Men.
j Era .t l roufth laeut. Mcnum v, abo viiitiHd the
1 1 litvi,lid any doubt. I'm i Pickup Ur.s Un re- |
! Inf.'iccd, a ml. mm- hold .viu.ay men a- \* m*- *
j and...i-tV the bar w von United .Stales war |
I these cau U> . in plainly wiU, the naked |
! you with I • limps the exm j.limi that the former
’ v..--t M.: ■. r niWarriiijrtm’i. Wm Uaiubcrton, is
am prhtty well i >1 uj> lw-da.y. A .1 night'n j
I . t. and l \vi■'\ la: iV. sli sra.n, and will \ it the
! .\.iv,v Void, 1., ill..now. I ‘.ail', is I will |
l'loprr i*■ luni.c p-.blio, ai.d y.ui sliull l.avu all j
i 1 > olooinchl. i 1 1 1 two iuiuj|4itvl_> to j
Y<rn , .J, U, 11,
‘■a. 1 iiU’l its validity, and lakcn up ~uail. : Into
j they 1: tyt* becti reiiue (ml t-. ! . phis h cer
■ brought iotb (ho einm/of .Judah l l,"lJJon, un’- i
; . mall, red haired, red whisker, *7 and muslmdit'd ,
Texas linns,
• 1 ■ Uity I’.mm ■! i -li ] lan ,! j
• : .S£'k-rS: ‘aS
■’ il,o‘r..'viou.'i.k“ din I'm-oLi'a
1.1 r.v the chnojur pJmrlr, uml i.iil, t!,c i
l s - prpDii t i.ikoi’ .ii,unftc
ticeoi .1 disputidi from Jl. •• I..Ln 11. Reagan,
■. ,< ‘.(•;! - 1 > }-•■. ‘ i iieet that tUi j
4 WA. U. > In l!l t•
; XV. hi, —*u.s u Mv w. i ‘ *.in. ..Oil I . S. trufp. .
‘ml.. . I J .1 i . l !
the. I • S. TroofN in V> \as.
In \ i-.w i the la t ilntt it i military :.nd j
i naval et|>wlitloh will le olf onr ftAfti-i hi ii short j
! time, the tpiesH n nri : wliat i' to be done j
with the 1000 >r niofn troop#, now >nc ntrated
in a.” ludiunol.i ?
Two l irgoateiun hijis luivn ha©U *-ti‘ thcr.’ over !
iHat till pitpnrsti to carry Mm nu n out fit ;
ih \v> vstid |v 1 mUlcitly hc- i! . ropped. Afnro j
j"I t he. a trd! I . UTO cKpeeled atilt. Thy me ‘
• ill armed, h;n<- *'*’•; Imtferh , nflid'4iohi a l'.<r* j
midahio ) ilion. Tiny ought nil to l ave been j
■•Ut of the Slat* me tin. They ore not; and
: in it few .lay; wiiJ, in all likelihood, 1m reinforced
(rMi /! , willi ‘fHfllt ry,Vtsi< y iitnuninitiitn, ete.
(mr State ftutlAAtii-’ yhoubl ‘ net jftf” ngtffc,
l'li*iroopfl chou!<l be a. rfpMlrd yUh-,,/1 -> avoJ
--*sW *#►-
. - i’„ ‘. I p.M-ie • . .o- l \ . v.i, f •
with fpiTlut.ir.i ycfiterfM, uf!ean on, < i J>mh |
sjfi . t vitro i lie drib in/’ of the ‘T'olumbua !
Cuard,” ( apt. Jilt. , whiefi wf> mu-,t £uy Wiwide. I
i . id) Hy M,ft be twe have over 11, IV-pecially the
V. iiivVs Slcirminb J->rill, wliidMljey v. nt through
:!ieir common uaarneuvn.i They elicited tho i
* . luarat X n and , rui-.-.d’ u!l pre-t nt. fllm i; ; j
offp ihttt I.lmllMve- ttl )■ Chi''.);") Zoinvi , tO
’ meet them for drill, which the latter darlined to
i accept. Frffin wRmI wo saw y i-.;U*rdy w think •
State,“ i/u-.Von |
■ Another parade will t.ik#p! .- o ihi* afternoon, ’
. j,u<l wo ad. i- ftll who . in, totttlcii l and witne.” I
! -heir admin,ld, „. m ( , ... . A ft, j
Trtrt Fi.as i-oii Kbi.u.v iniM ■ itiu; ‘llioplan |
1 ! r rtdlovin/'and i foviniouing Fort .’umter wan j
i bared upon tho f.wst of unu.tual high lido in
| Charleston harbor on the 10th, 11th and J2th, I
which would cn tb;- t-.imor to.* . t • limit over
(lie .djoalc, out <1 reach of tho f t,ol|hn(t*:rirs )n ’
Morris Jaland, Thu si .rm delayed tho ,
ami when they urrired it mm too lute. Tho war 1
Khips were idtufdy to Jie outsido and proteat the j
transports from tho rebel vo that might ho j
sont t</*top their |dugc oyer ilio ehool St>• ]
York WorlJ.
1 Northern Patriot Lfhnkei Hit* ; k>uUcky buhmis
lioni'tb -
An eminent Itidiuuiun, (lay? tha Louisville
( otirlor of tlie lUth intlant,) tlu mention of
whose name wouUHfe to make him known to
cyory lventuckian, yesterday sent u.i -i large
! club <nf Subscribers for tlioCourier, accoiaputd’ l
v, ith tho money. In a I'. S. ho ail.J -:
j ‘'.Stand firm, usd If possiblo unite the entire
I couth, nnd woof Southern Indiana will stand
jby you to tho death. Great flxciteuiont prevails
hero as tho news of operations i* daily received.
Tbo friends of tho South aro largely in the as
i con da ill, and will keep <fi abolition fore.- from
j Kentucky.",
More Sontlirni Hesitations.
Aia .ii,; thefurlher resignation* from tlm 1 ailed
; .rtatcii service, which re have uoticed, r • tbo
i following;
Cos), lienj. Huger, m ‘ otnia.ir, t jf the Mi<ry-
I I.tad fttale ArseoaL
Major Anderson, in C'.mmanil of the (junq.any
|of the United Btatcs trooj*fl at the Arsenal at
FayatWtßls, N. < .
Josfj b Price, of N. C. Is’ LieiiL
in tho Kevenuo service.
Col. Charles Leo Jones, Adjutant of thv Dis
trict of Columbia MUM*.
Hcorge Doyal, Naval Agent at Norfolk Va.
Major Ocorgo C. ifutter ofVirgt'niu, Paymas
ter iu the lute United States Aruiy.
[CharUiton Mercury. |
ROll Xllil'S, W'KPMMM V, 11*1111. 21, ls|.
HtM l.irulomuil I! oi aa 1 Hiuulaff.
1 l.iii'.naut I 10t... u l;,ii.dall. f. rmci ly ~f
iuh and I- the
I ‘"‘luluottd O. ; I,- \i ~1 at yli.ilt ill . . The
|Onm \J! j>h, ,„■ ..i the Idth 111-. -.i> • “Lieut.
I tail. I all 1, ru. i lot .|l I. li.ptliao, li ill Icxus^
and ui Ihe Ml army 0 au Indian tighter, and
e , t y his 1 .1,1 \ ‘ 11J it. ■ ( that .1, iVor.smi I'a v\jt
all.ided, 1 ■ Mo.ale, when he pointed to a
• “i’Ai.■ u *4li^ 1 M.iiiiilil y.iiuijf 1)| lyeon,* wllu
j I; ‘1 11 iden over * v.u hundred mil-.- in twelve
An. in 1 ue.w-did pursuit after the
, lapis in : 1 t ;v.siucrin,r icinark that the army
j .loin,; nothing* AVe arcplnd to learn tlu*t us suun
is ill eavrtlry ofthu t't.liA di iaio Slates Is orßan
. i v.l, Lieut. Uan.iall will receive .1 hij;h pmWLtn
I due Id me-tit and Well e .rued and, ,rl V
HOY L. T. WALL
fa is it ntlcman, w|io ha” roeentlv intertwined
! military with his luilllant .A ie li. iinv. p i ed
t-1 u-l this eil \ ve- •:a.l:i\ en route to Mnnt
i joinery. We Un,rn; from n , enflem in who . on
verted W iAi hint nt the depot, that ho saw at
j An n t:t, “■) Monday niylit, a di. patch fr m Mr.
i Sfepluiiis, and iled at Hu llm-rnl. \ .1.. tmb
’ •stantli'.Uy the lime inl'orm itiim which we pub
| lli*li -1 . . here from Iho Aii-u ta lH*iitvh. Mr.
\V'"lall stated that Die New V,.rk 7ih Uegimont
111. ir pv >_:’i e... was p isle Iby Die oili.•ciis; w here
up.'rt they th'i in lied, vi t’Ti i...;iida .'teiimer and
pi -eciiod down the Kay to An a a jM'liv. Hero
they took another -train for X’ p'hin\;tot!, and at
I Miullmu.i the yeoinamy ol the c oinrry resisted
| their adv rinee. and a !i'.;h cM.- iiiiur, cul them to
1,.;
n,m i’liesi:\t\tio\.
file la a ie-of l'.iiena Vista and vicityil’y having
| previously pr-posid to present thoMlng ol thu
. c on them ionic ieia-.y to thu ••IJuena VT-U
I Guards,” of Marion emiiily. tindMisi Ac*
’ .'eajs having liocu s-lected.-m the part >f the
j Lilies 10 pres, ut Uniting to the Ensign in beltalf
’ of 1 lie Oiimpany. Miss .- -.il a with hoaytfAil ami
j npj'Pipt is te lcnvafl.-', delivered lo the Ensign, the
1 l lag “f the Southern (’onfeuci.ipy. ll is wrought
1 of excellent iim-tei ial, und in v, allows
the la-to and lmnelier.il 1 of our Marion county
ladles. The following an the rwnfhrks ~f Miss
“<riHtf t „irn of fa Ettiiui 17#h/ Gu.n;!>.
.1 has •• In-i n ,oli<‘M n hs the India • ~f hi* fair
itid !..\Ms villiw, to |>n u nt to y.ni thr Flag of
i.thc f.'Vthcin Confederacy, and 1 hnpo that it*
1 wilim will iiof'be depreciated on account of its
n.*t ha ving- been placed in v> ur p .-. ! ossi< u by one
j more .id* .junto to tlie i-'.sk, for 1 a-.urc y,m that
nothin - vv'icpt tld* j atriolic mnotion wh ch
h ntld -V, ;! live 1d mit of M! Smithcm badie-,
prompt-’ ni'! to <)ccupy *o del lea K* tv podtiou.
We all In v that tho Constitution ot tho Fai
led Stale ; hue been disregarded, and our pe-liti*
ca! right, iramplod up mi by tin, fanatic# of tho
North, and that a portion nf tlfc Sotiflu rn States
in order to enjoy their civil light:, h;i\i; ceded
from tin, Virion. White sv deeply the,
uceUKuity • t'-m a -i emir.’-e. liav lho pi.-a ing .
ictluctb ti tlt.it on: . aii.-i- i ft ri.’htootr’ one. Thai ,
lln i e erioi. |*JI I: f inn
: t*i 1 . t.-.iiVi ,i . •U...C ~• repitliffe that will,
pcilno , ■ . n .-ellj . |!o -pltyu.ferc! the old oua,
‘find that although the - tinny lurid ! of tho South
are thf. licm-d with an inva-'u.n, V'-t wo have no
thin,: to I> a, o long a Wo hinc iich oldier#
nr the llucna Vis-tn Mtturd# to protect •nr liro
|-i ll Therefore, having lull coTilidcncc'iu y-nr
1 v.i! ii, s‘> | I. er.l \ot| W ‘III till- he:;i|t iflll blllllHT,
j tjn.'ymldem <•! treed.m. Tak,- it. Protect it.
Clieii. h .* a the gift nl youruKdhm . n-h r- and
| fiicuiho And if s “ii Would bo mdure.l to lenvu
! your tjuo't It oi” and repair to the iieW 11 battle
i *}iro\ o ,s “or . Ivc.t worthy to ho h.rtlod the Sons of
: ti.-- f.otrli, r memliurinthat our y mpalliii -and
[ pr.n will’ tMI-.ss - ti, and that it any rhall
I fall jti the gb.riou Mrugglc, their name, will be
enrolled tij.na thu latfftW of retuPinbranee, and
th. ir virtu o dY. and ol'fn -..r In: ,b< rblit-d iu
i the he all f their Country Woh#n.
Ti Hi ign ui C’ Umma \ i.Sa Cnaid'M John
, ! J.b %, r.-eeiv. and the llfi - In a niliner highly
. i t> hi him'if anel to thy i nitre ‘-atisfac
U \>* I . loi i ‘,
I 1//• .iltt tti'l thr /.miit <■/ Mario: \
\ ! , oil m lit.,me, lno bcn uw ardml the Right t
! lu.imr, hi nus opinion, M r awiirded any IMy
ioi i n'.muni!y, the honor “I ten.h i h In
| hchalfe.t tho 1 i in #, the fir.-.t (lag of the . outhciu
i I'onl’ dei'.i, y that our eye.-: ever In held. The 11-ig
| of All nation. . sfbo.'e übjoelK lov llnor tfovc/n
----jjncbfv i- tit all time, the in • t sa.r.ol lonian
I t Uit* can bee uniuittud t>* their ti aid, ami
on niarty hI. ifd fi'mglil Hal lh 1 - ,j u fre- .
■* i va-j “by Hu* ..e.ith r,| irrSny a \ ‘llani ‘.. Jili.n.
j luit rtfXirtly w I*4d aifoTht he;,ring morn
Mr# on I *}| ip> ’ It.ys .ti • , >nnl nnieli have vve
; in't-d and hope l that U wave ..vcr
the hoin)’ a ‘tfßlrei- and tie lahd * ! (he l.ruve.”
Nor have the hopes and prnyeMof Mo <ddr
and patii-t alone bu-n e\j.ei.decl'4L.-ot •- i-iA. that
• ling untarnished, hoflili* af'er life of brav -ol
i di.T- ve been pe.it to .nano that tl ‘;: fit IU
j the pollulcil hnn.N of cnemie*, and inauv of our
* Southern fittbcrs and brother*have lulb n in the
j conti* t 1., pre • rve it from de-ec/ation. You, to
i day have r>.mioiled ns that the Coriafiiutiou ,oj
! the Fniti-'i . late liliT been gro.- Jy v iolatw.l # and
I Irani plod under fix.t, and the llag whieli.tiM- <.neo
. .Jed ,o j • ii'lly and triuinpin.’ ‘ JimS one
; unworthy ofthopridi and patriot, thorn
Soldiery. With you and iu your word#, we
deeply deplore the mi ‘ tfiily that ha# driven us
j to dio-ard and upon that ling for which wo
i vvfiuld proudly hove -lu-.| mir blood. Hut, wo
liagm indeed, the plcaimg rillectlon that onr
i . in • ; a right<•).ii* one, iu Jku thereof, la<lici,
i iso gratefully ace, pt this Hag, an emhloni, m
j y >u ay, of freedoin, and while the blood inlieri
! ted from .Southern aire# nnd mol her a, Howapura
;ly in our vein#, we prumi.-e iu tho word- of your
I own reijueid, to protect anil cherish it is us a
( gift from our hi of h err, niafern and friend#, uad if
i wo fehuuldho called to tlie field of battle, ye#, to
tho bloody field of battle, wo proiuho to show
on reive* worthy to he called tho Mona of the
South, and will remember tho proudt-c ja#t made
! to ns, that tho rympaihh# nnd prayers of tho
j loved ones wo laave behind will ever follow u,
and tha’ if any of u.i Miouid fall iu l.liu gloriouH
Ktniggle, our name- will bo enrolled upon tho
tablet of remembrance, and our virtunii.i de<<ilfl
will evor b tthcrlhhcd In tho heart* of nurgruto
ful countrywomen. TANARUS” live, ladle#, on tho roil
111,- )’ h
mothers and tho aflactiuns of it# beautiful and
lovely daughter#, I# Indeed a hie .#hip, To dio
upon lutili u coil and bo buried amid tho tcura,
the prayers* and afloutiuns nf it* uiother# and
daughter#, i.- a great b'o. : iug. To live upon
u<‘h a coil and dio at Inst n Midler’:? death, light
ing for tho rights ts their mother#, wives und
daughter#, and Ihovo whom they dearly love, is
atili a greater hlemdng. HU* „raster than All
the e bb*i'*ing it would he to dio in such a
enure and to know that our otemoricc. If wo must
perish, were enshrined In c> holy a -cpulcbre as
tho hearts ~f Southern Women, aud if they live,
that they wero unlmlfried in tlm heart# and af
fection.- of Southern mother.. wive# and •laugh
tors.
For you, my comrade-, T accept this flag, and
for you and myself, I promise that at long as wo
have a gun t>* use, an arm to roi o or a drop of
blood to plied, this Ung shall he prote. toil and
cherished. It may come home stained ami dyed.
That while stream which How- beautifully
through its centre, may be dyed the same color
that stained the olhor stripes, hut if m, it will ho
tained with a purer, a more sacred ami holier
dye ilian ovrr cnriehid theatripe*! on an) other
ting. The deep dye of the heart's 1d0...1 <d your
alfcetionate *oiis, husbands and friend .
\IO.\TtiOJIRH\ ronniSPOMIENfF.
Sc in io/ f|/‘ relight* hi h■ ; & ■•■fin{ f'u<.♦ •
t**H liesi “His lo be info the r<hl; The
Smut. ■ ; A. I'. r.nrtou: //cm Uu> er\ P.,.,
.!/ • .V ) - et
MovriioMia:v, April lid.
t )wing to the destruction of railroad bridges and
the eun -(|ucnt cutting oli <fi. telegraph wires
in Maryland, we arc unable to get any Correct
account of the battle there. The tow reports
that have come to hand, were lent Hy way of Mo
bile. Our people aru in a stale of great anxiety
to know the result of the tight, but i>, in the con-
Hicting rumors little cafi be gained. One thing
we do know, ami that is, the people of Maryland
as well as of all other border States are thorough
ly arou-e lto a rcii-lama* ~f Lincoln’ Govern
ment.
V ostovday the I’nbipei was iu s. ; m for sev
eral hours, rumor says upon Virginia affairs.—
The Administration decided lo increase Ihe pres
ent fur, • of the provisional urtuy by the addition
of four Uogimetils. Os these Tonn-.- see will bo
.•ailed on for three: (leorgtn. Aluhsma, Mississippi
and Louisiana two each and North Carolina,
Arkansas and Kan lucky one each. South Caro
lina lum too KogimentH already ,-n the march, so
no more will lio asked from tint State. The
lo’iuisitien will he sent out immediately to the
different Governors.
The number from Alabama are now ready to
march and 1 am informed they will rceoivc or
ders in a. day r two. The second Regiment
will be divided, a portion of the companies being
attached to a different Regiment. This causes
much dissatisfaction but I believe it will bo sub
mitted to if necessary for better prosecution of
1 lie war.
I The -learners llabana has been purchased by the
tJovcrnnient and will bo put into servloe immedi
ately. Tho name has been changed to Sum tor.
j She will carry some eight guns I understand.
.Some largo Mortars and a largo quantity of
hot and shell passed through here yesterday tn
rontii for l’ensacola.
A. R. Lawton, of (icorgia, has been appointed
Itrigndior General in Provisional army in Dis
trict of which Savannah will ho headquarter.-'.
Albert Ellery has been appointed clerk in
l'reasnry Department, second Auditors office, ul
•o D. L. Dalton of Alabama. Kd. I’. Lcdyard
ha lieen ii|point,-d eleik ill Li.viil li"i e bean
rean.
The .-ervn.‘M*l’ I’.- n 15,i k r’ ('oinpauy of Itn*-
•ell, have I won uetwptel. lie h..t g.-no home lo
pri pare for a march. They in cminoctlnn with
many oilier will go to Virginia.
Hon. L. T. Wiglall and Col. lludlcr iinivod to
night. A large crowd i. J at this mo merit gather
ing in front of thu Hxebango, calling loudly for
tin* gnilunt Xeian.
n. Hank#,editor ofthe l inmon.iti Fmjuirer,
arrived In*m Wa.diiugt >n this moruin - lie n
ports thlog.Mn a terrible Mule, the people
muehiM-iteil and runniti *to and tin. Lincoln'.’
h)u.-e. i guarded every night by a large body of’
. Him..
Iu Nmv York tho id 01. ’-pint <"ntimn ( , om|
imligiHticsbiivo been* honppd upon tneu opposed
('• the. /)■)/ /N pohlirttnn thutoiily liml a parallel
during tho ruigu of terror in Frann*. There
• •••in to ho very liltlccare fm liic law#, und they
boldly are di.-regarded Ini. ornn> - /.’a**/ 1,-t/rs
during b"-libtes little a I (on tn>n is paid I” law •>r
II: I ice.
\Va:-hingtoij l* .ratlincy of \*a. ha- been appoint
ed a Lieut, in the Navy, Dr. .I<dm Wood .‘jur
/eon LV FLY N
I lie foil cspuMtleiH o Bt‘lwt*u Sir. bewai*! ami llte Con
fctltiruli*. rttiuinissitmcrs,, .The l:o:r of War thrivu
tluv.ua anil aercplfil. ir.
The bdb'wing is flic .Corrt poitdnicu heiwecn
the M-rnsOiry of State mol the C.-miirisciuner ■
I'd m the Confedarate Stato :
Mt ■ . I'm >i/l It nnd (.'r air 1n,,! In M,. Sfiranl,
i jicimyi nt :i .Hutton and uhihtty the rni.r.
W\ - him.di,'. Cm, .Mei. i. II til. j
II ‘ ii. YV. H. . i-w ird. -)•'■(•• t■’ • Htaiw of the
I oiled .-') .
Then 1i*.1,-ig,lu*.i ha\iug 1..a duly a<-
rll .in. and hy t, •i .einmeul <d the ( unledcratu -
’ I’ of Am ‘ IS CyMUll. 1"II’ r to klie tloV
n.no ill of li * .ited Male-, and in pursuance
• I lb. i, i , ri. have now tlie honor to uc
•l'l.unl y. “ wi ll flint lad, und to l.uiku known
through you,.to tie l‘r. idi o; ..i lln* I uiicd
States, the object.- oi their prV< .•-• ni’ -.■pi
ta!.
-T-. <•! States oflhel.de I-Yd.-i.il t ni.'.u, hill
mi tlm cxcrcittu of ile* inlleri-i.l rlghlp t f\•*-
ii ;i■ - - people to change or refuriu their political
■n mji , and, llir.m di e.iuv. i;tiun-f their
j>.-<-plo, wkUjdniwn fr ■in th.’ I jet) and .-(ate- and ;
IIMX.-Uiuud the ullrilmtig <d tovumgri power del
egated t.i it, have formed a government of their
own. The Confederate State* c<institule s an in
d> pendent niiliou, dr/ado and dr. jure, aud pos
a government |erlct in nil its [ art.-, und
endowed with ullthe means of self support.
With a view to a speedy adjustment of nil
)|iiu(ions growing out ot this political repara
tion upon suuli term# ot amity und good will a*
the j- spoof(ve interests, geographical contiguity
and future welfare -T the two nation ; may ren
der iiccivsury, ifiv undersigned are iriftmeted
to make (•> the government ol thy FulteU State#
overture# for the opening ot nogotiati* n y a air
ing the government of the I nltd Slates thnt
the Fmaident, C -ngryM, and the people of tin
Confederate Stales earnestly dc-sire a peacot'ul
solution of these gienl ijuastioiis; that it is nei
ther their intermit nor their wi. li to make any
demand which ie not l'oiinde.l in utricle *t justice,
nor do any out lo injure their lab- , mi.;, derate,-.
Tho undersigned have now the honor, In obo
dieuceto the iustruelionsof their government, to
request you lo appoint as early u d.i. a pm-id
t.lii in order that they may present Im the j’rc- i
dent of the l ii ited H tales thu credential# which
they hear and tho objects of the mission with
which they are charged. Wo are very r- peet
lull v, -ir, voir obedient servants,
JOHN 10H6YT1I.
MARTIN J. * I.AM I “Kl>.
TUB HBI'I.V t)V Mil* SK IV .Vllh.
( iVemomndim. )
DKI'AUTMKNT UF BTATI-i, i
Wakhinuton, Marcli I >, l'*,l j
Mr. John Forsyth of tlm Btate of Alubam.i,nnd
Mr. Martin 4. Crawford of tho Mute of MoorpiifJ* ll
on the 11tli inflt * through the kind otllce* of a
diatlnguhdied Banator, submit tod to the Socrulii
ry of*. c tu4ti their dnsiru for an unolli iid Inter
view. This request was#on tho I Jth in •!., upon
cucluslvtly public ooiitfldwrationr-, respectfully
declined. t
Ou the I Jh in-i.. while tlm Sf r.dary waspn--
iK'eiitdad, Mr. A. I’ Ranks <•! Virginia, culled ut
this department und was received by the us-i -
lent HocroUry, t> whom lie ilalhoruil a scaled
l ommuniiiation; which ho Imd boon charged by
Mcssr*. Foray th und Crawford to pri-nt to the
Secrctury in {xirson.
In that communication Mum. Forsyth mid
Crawford inform the Secretary of State that
tney have been duly accredited by tbo govern
ment of tha Confederate Stale;* of America ;i-
Coiumimouers to the government of the United
States; and they eut forth I ho object/* of their at
tendance at Washington. The/ obrom that -ev
en Htutcft of the American Union, in the exer
cise of aright inherent in every free •*'• pie,have
withdrawn, through conventions of theirj/cople,
from the United States, rciissuiuud the attributes
of sovereign power, and formed a government
of their own, and that those Confederate Stales
now constitute an independent nation th fLinio
and dr jure, and possess a government perfiftt in
all . its pnrfxy nnd fully endowed with all the
mean's of self-support.
Me r . I'er yih und Crawford, iu their ufore
aid communication, thereupon proceed to in
form the Secretary Hint,.with a view to a speedy
adjustment of alt questions growing out of tho
political separation thus assumed, upon ouch
term .1 amity and good will aa tho respective
interests,gee;nplil,ml contiguity nud the i’uturo
welfare of the * opposed two nations might feu
der necessary, they nro inutructod to make to
the government .1 the I nited States ovortures
for tho opening of negotiations, assuring this
government that the I'rcuUlent, Congresl and
people of tho Coufodovate SUtoa-ournesily Idesire
.1 peaceful solution of the great questions, and
that it is neither their interest nor their wish to
make any demand which is not founded in strict
-1 >t justice, tVe-r to do any net to injure their lute
oon(edratf*>v
After mu-Vhig these stiilcmcntfl, Messrs l'r.r
vt li and Crawl or,l close their couimunifution,
as they say, in obedience to the instruction* of
their government, by requesting the Seovetary
• I State to appoint as early a day as possible, iu
order that they may present to the I’rosidonf of
tho United States the cr, dcntinls which they
l.car and the objects of 1 h** mi ’-dot, with which
they are. charged.
The Secretary of State frankly . “iiie'c that
ho understands the events which have recently
oeeurred, and tho cudition of politieiil affairs
which actually c.\i-t“ fn'tlie part of tho Union to
which hi? lUttiilion hurt thu- been directed, very
ditb rent from which they ate pie
ent. Iby Messrs and Crawford, lie
sees in I Item. not a riglitfuD and accomplished
revolution and an indc|U*ndent nation, with mi
established govormui. nt. hut rather a perversion
of a temporary and partisan excitement to the
inconshlvrulo purposes of an unjustifiable and
unconstitutional aggression upon the right- and
the authority vested in the federal government,
and hitherto benignly exorcised, m froiu their
very nature they always must he “ exercised,
for the maintenance o( the Union, the preserva
tion oft bertv, and tho security, pence, welfare
happiness and aggrandizement of the American
people. The Secretary of State, thorelY.ro, avows
to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford that he looks
patiently hut confidently for the cure of evils
which have resulted from preceding* so mt
neoe vary, no unwi.se,so unusual audfo niinotu
rul, not to irregular negotiations, having in view
now and untried relations tviih agencies un
known to and acting in derogation of tho con
stitution and laws, but regular and considerate
action ofthe people of those States, in co-opera
tion with their brethren in tho other States,
through the Congress of Iho United States, and
such extraordinary conventions, it there ptinll
he need thereof,as thu federal constitution con
templates and authorizes to he assembled.
It is, however, llit JhirpofO of tho .Secretary of
•State on this occasion not t<* invite or engage in
auy discussion >f llicso suhjects, hut simply
to set forth his run •■••ns for doclining to comply
with the request < : Messrs. Korsvlh and Craw
ford.
On the Ith of .Man'll insf., tho then newly
elected President of the United States, in view
of till tho fusts bearing on tho preaent question,
assumed tho executive udmiirUtration of the
government, first delivering, in accordattco with
an early and honored oasbuu, an inaugurul ad
dress to the people of the United State?. The
Secretary of Slate respectfully submits a copy
if this address to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford.
A simple reference to it will he sufficient to sat
isfy those gentlemen that the Secretary of State,
guided by tho principles therein announced, i#
) revented altogether from ailmilting • r a.-smuing
that the State-* referred t” by them have, iu law
■ r in fact, withdrawn from tho federal 1 nioii. or
hat they could do soin thu mannerdcreribed by
Me.- v. l orsyth und or in any other
manner than with ttic consent and coiiccrt of the
penploof the Unitu-UMato.-’, t*i ho given through ]
a national convention, tl> m'seinhlcd in • “u- ;
formity with tha provisions ••! the romuitiitioi ot* j
tho I'nited State.-. (*l‘eourso tho Secretary of |
State cannot act upon the ur*iim|>iioß -.r ii any :
way admit that thu so-called < ‘•mfod’ riue Staled i
r.-i.siitiito a foreign Power with whom di.pl). mat- j
ie relations ought to lie established.
F udar these circumstances tl.a Secretary of |
Slate, wltorQ official duties ii rtf confined, robjeel j
to the direetioft of the. President, te the conduct- I
ing of the foreign relatione of the country, und j
•lo not at all embrace domestic questions or 1
questions arising between the several States and
tho Federal tJovcrmiauit, Is tinoblo t. comply
with l|)£request of Messrs, Foraylh and Craw- ■
lord, to appoint a day on which they in ay pre
sent Ihc evidenou <•) their authority and tlie oh- j
jeet of tho vi.-it to the Pf-1 lent of the l nited |
State - , Mil the eoutr*ry, liu is obliged to .-late
lo Mc.-m i F'.r. yth and Crawlbcll that he has no
authority hor i ho at liberty to r* I'ogui/c them
o> diploiuuti’- agents, or ]iold corn'-pomlomM or
other ei iiitmiiueatioii with them.
Filially, tho Secietary of State wouhf observe
that, nil hough ho lias -apposed that he might
safely and with propriety have adopted lh?u
eoiiidutfiiuis m it Id ot tanking uuy ro'enuce of the
uhjeet to the 1! vreutive, yet so utroug Las been
hi de.-ircT'i proetise entire directness and to act
in ;i spirit of perfect respect and candor towards
Messrs. fX i 41 li and ('rawford, and that portion
of the people and .the Union u whose name they
present liltmri lves l*efc re him, that he bar cheer
fully submitted tills paper to the President, who
coincide, generally in the views it expresses
arid .-anciions tho Secretary's decisbui declining
• fl'niul mlvroour* with Me -r. Forsyth and
Crawford.
V I'BIL i ‘M.
The forego• a * ineaiiirandmn was fifed in this
J>epAituicid on tlu J.itli of Mandi last. Ade- j
livery af the *airie, lo.wtvi r, to Me- r j . Forsyth i
aud t.’nwfurd w:r dclaynl, as WiiS imiferstuod, I
with tlieir const irt. They have now, through
ibt ir rcretary, eouinnuiitiAtcd Mmir *l* j-ir f*o -
definitive disp dlioii of the “i* ’! ! .- >. h .
larv of Slat*; Mierefrn . I.i. • > .i: a duty verri
litl copy i,f flie p:i j < i Ih id vi tit livored.
A iron cop; of tlu* original, delivered to me by
| Mr. F. W. Seward, A; .stunt Secretary ot State
■ I the i ailed .Stated, on April , I:•*I, atlM.i
P. M'. in Jdmik envt'l"jM.
All tl, J. T. PICKKT,
• crct.in i ■ lii* FomihD-ioiiei.
Reply f ilu* I'oiniiiis*ionfrs In Hr. ScHlnl.
7 hr ('oiMiilisnlailrri ill rt\df tu Ah. S<"ard, or- !
• ~noj tin fiavrrumen! id tim-jd u , am! in - ■
ri jtlfi ij (i nitialion hi/ ll ■ -r ind.
M v * ii i n. io.n, April M. Ibtil ,
lion. Win. Ll. Seward, Secretary ol Slate of the
l aitoil Stiife#, Waslii'ij: lon :
flic “memorandum,’ dap i Deparitnent of
Slutc, Washington, March 1.,, ioM, with post- j
script under dufe of the Mb inst., lias Li en re- I
ccived through tho hnir.!s of Mr. and. T. Pickett, J
Secretary to the conuuhsion, who, by the instruc- j
! ion# f the under, igned, ealb-1 for it on ycsior- j
day at the departun at.
fa that menioraiiduiu you corn ally elute the
purport of thu official note addressed to you hy |
tho undersigned on the l-’th ultimoaw^Without I
D'peating the i oiitent* of that note in fall, it is I
< n ugh to Huy here that, iu ot.j -cl vvas to invite
the (iovernmunt of the United .State-* to a friendly I
eimsidurutioii of the relations hetwcuu tho Uni- j
ted Slat), and the seven Stale* lately of tho Fed
oral I nioii, hut how separated from it hy tho sov
ereign will'd their people, growing out of tho
pregnant and undeuiiihlo fact that those people
ii.ivo rejected the authority of tho United Statea
and rstublirdicd a government of their own.
Tho*o relations had to ho Iriendly or hostile.- 1
Tho people of I lie i*l)l and now governments, yo-
upy ing contiguous torriturioH, hud to stand to
each other in tho relation of good neighbor*, each
celling tbeir happiness uftd pursuing their ua
lioiml do-tillin’ in their own wny, without infer*
feii nco with the otter, < i they had to be rival
and li"stilo nation.*. The H'-vcrmuent of the
Foiifedorato Suite* had no lioaitutieii iu electing
it# choice in Mils alternative. Frankly und un
criedly, Becking tlm good will of tho people
who had entrusted tio ui with Mil* power, in the
-piiit of humanity, “l tic Christian oivllirailion
of tho age, and “f that T\iucricani in which re
gard* tha true Wfll’ara nnd Uuppim s* of the peo
ple, the tiovernuieiit of tho Confederate Stale#, J
among Ul flri-l acts,cotiuuirrioiicd the undersign- j
and i” approach tho t-iov* rnmeat of thu I’nited
States with tho ollvo btuin li ot peu'-c, and to ('tier
to adject the groat <jii*-*(i**i** pending lietwccu
them in the only way to be justified hy tb© con
seiimccs and coimnoii conso of g.M"I then who
Imd nothing hut the woll'me ol ,|i • people of thu
two coiilederaolea at heart. ■
Your government, haa not chosen t-i nteet the
undesigned In the conciliatory spirit in which
they are couimLnaioßcd. Fersistont'y v.-ddad to
(hone l.itul theories <ff coiiatruction of the lederul
•• i titution always rejected hy thoatntismcn of
the South, aud aUlvuredto hv those of tha admit)-
is'ration ; chool, until they Lave produced their
natural aud often predicted result of the destruc
tion of the Union, under which we might have
continued to live happily und gloriou.-ly together
had tlie spirit of the ancestry who framed tho
common constitution animated the heart! of alt
their nous, you now, with a persistence untaught
and uncured hy the rain which has been wrought,
refuse to recognise the grout fact presented to
you of a completed ami *uoceful revolution ;
you clone your eyas to the exigence of the Uov-
PEYTONII. COLauiTT.7 uj-.
JAMES W. WARREN, ( Editor..
Number 17
eminent loimdtol upon it, and Ignore the high
dutic. “f moderation and liumanity which altaoh
to you in dealing with this groat fact. Had you
moirlhtaio issues with tho frankness end munli
nc with which the undersigned were instructed
t - present them to you and treat them, tho un
lei ipned had not now the motniieholy duty to
“durti l*■me. amt tell their povornmenf and their
eountryinen that their earnest and eoaaolcse ef
!■ i t* iu Ik hall of peace had been futile, und that
the government ot the United States meant to
uhjiignte Mioin, by force of arms.
XVlmtevi r may ho the result, impartial history
will record tho innocence of tho Dovernment of
thu Confederate Htntee, und rlaco the responsi
bility of iho blood und mourning that may dbuc
upon those who have denied the groat f'undn
mental doctrine of American liberty, that “gov
ernment** derive their just powers from tho con
ont of Iho g'\ i riied, - ’ and have act naval and
land armaments In motion to subject the pooplo
of one portion ofthe land to tho will of another
portion. Tlmt that can never bo dono while a
freeman survives in the Confederate States to
w ield a weapon, th* undersigned uppeal to past
hi t ry to prou . The e military demonstrations
a •Min t tie 11.. jle of the acceded States are cer
tainly far from being iu keeping and consisten
cy with the theory <>| the Secretary of State,
maintained in hi numoramhuu, that these States
arc till component part.-’ oC the Into American
1 uioii, : the iimler-igtied arc not aware of any
i’ tittiti'inul power in the President- of the
United State In levy war, without the consent
“i I'mipTis . upon a foreign people, much less
iip .n any portion ol the United State*.
Ihe undersigned, like the Secretary of State,
have no purpoM) to •‘invito <*r engage in disous
-101 1” “i tli object on which their two govern
meiitaatc so irrcooneilably at vnrinuoe. It in
1 1 1 i- variance that lias broken up the old Union,
the di.'inU giatioii of which ha.-only begun. It
i.- proper, liowevi r, to advise you that it were
well to di.itni • the hopes you sneui to entertain
tin I, hy any of the mode indicated, the people
••t 111” l.'oiileilorato States will eyer he brought
to submit to the authority of tho government of
Die l lut ‘d State You are dealing with delu
ions, t . when 1 oil Keek to r-.-uarale our people
from our ;; ■ veruiuent and to clmraeteri/.o the
deliberate, Miveicigu net of that people a* a
• pervei 1- 11 ■ f u temporary and partisan excite
nr . ft von cheri. li these dreams vou will
be awaken* l from them and find them ns unreal
“lid uiiHiba'anU.il :i - thcr* in which you have
ie entl\ 1 n>tu!f?.!. Tim imdcisigned would omit
rlu: |” if 1 i.unu “of an obvious duty were they
• l m v, :i lithe government, ofthe
1 on. .• t hi-, t the people of the Confederate
•• de>ied their independence with a
i’ l 1.0 w.- 1 the responsibilities of that act,
‘ltd vfi■ ,m 1 determination to maintain it
!■ till n . no .• • itli which nature has endowed
j ti. ui if. • which sustained their father.-,
I wlie, 11 they tl.i'-w if the authority of the ITrifiH
crown
j The jm ders Is*: * • idourly uuderstnud that you
h,i\ <tui ii; appoint a day to enable them
: la 1 . ?! >■ ••’ i < ( the mission with which they
or. chained bef"re the President of tho United
S a. ! i -, hte..o o?” to do would ho to recognue
Mo’ iiiifepend i.re and separate nationality of th”
UiMiiedvraiu -late*. This i.* the voiu of thought
tliiii |■; rvudv- the memorandum before us. The
truth l In h v requires that it should distinctly
appear up • .1., i iIMi at lh under-igmal did
~ot a. ii the irovcraim i.i f ihc United States to
r> yu •• ii”- ii."i-|.) i.deiT (’ < f the Confederate
They ‘it*’ :■ •I • and and:, no© to adjust.
Id :t -fi'i. • t a at • peace, tho near relations
mo ii oi uiu .n.. ..id uecoiuplished rev
■ duMonmtlu’ government of the Into Federal
l ua.u. Yonrr.fu al to Oitertnln theso over
i mod Ft n pcaei ful .-•■ ; in i-<n, the active a aval and
military preptution id’ this government, nnd n
• i uml Iran-’ o the ei.ni mu ruling general of Mi*
m • -i;■’■aic t..i. •i iu the harbor of Charleston
| that Mo T’i dent inteiids to provision Fort
S"i “< r by ("i.-ibli* no in •. if necessary, ar© view
id 1 the under .-igu-'d, and cun only he received
; by the world, a a declaration of war against the
] Confederate State; for the President of tho lini
ied State know.* that Fort Slimier cannot bo
’ pr..\i*ionc l wiMiout tho illusion of Llood. Thw
Iu ii l> a-igned, in licli all of their government und
people, ue . |.i tho gago of batUo (huts thrown
ilowu to tiicm; and, appealing to Uod uml tho
judgment “f mankind for the righteousness ot
, ila ir c,.u#e, tho poopleid tlio Confederate States
will defend tlieir liberties to tho last against this
ll igrant uml “pen attempt at their subjugation to
j leclioual power.
This coiatuuuiciUiun cannot bo ppqurly clos*
j ed without adverting to the dnto of your memo
randum. Tho off. id id.(o of the undersigned, of
H r I'.Mh March, wa. delivered to the Assistant
• t.iry < f Mule “it thu U'.th of that month,
; ihu g ntleman who delivered it iuforiuing him
! that the Secretary -d this Commission would call
| at J} o’clock, noun, uu tho next day, for an an
hit. At the iippointod hour Mr. Pickett did
Ml, and was informed by tho Assistant Secreta
ry of State Unit tlie engagements of the Seorota
iy ot State bad prevented him from giving the
note In attenMon. The Asfii. tiuit Heerotary of
State then n lad for the address of Aicsar*
Crawford and Forsvlh, tho members of the Com*
mi vii.n then present iu thi* city, took note of
the rnldre <n . i card, ll ml engaged to send what
■ • i reply might he made to their lodging*. Why
Mii# o r ii i d"t:e it i-. proper should*.ho here
ixplahicd, ‘ilio memorandum ‘ March
I and wa - nut delivered until. April
: w.i it withheld during the intervening twenty
hiai day ‘ In tho p/mt.-criptto your memoran
dum you iv n “was delayed, us Was uudej-s
----t I with Mu ii (.\|i Forsyth anil Craw
!■ id’ ) n-i iit.” This i# true; hut It is also true
tli.it “ii the lath of Mureh Messrs. Porayth and
’ ‘r-nvfi id were a ‘sureil by a person occupying a
< 1 ini position iu the government, and who,
no and, wa peaking by authority, that
I ii ii mi it would he evacuated in a very few
I days,and that m> irn'ii'iiire changing tho existiug
niahr • prejudicially tq_Uie Confederate Htales,
* rc.-j i-tL Ffeflttri, was then Coiitemplu
ted, and tlu* • a t-lHp*’ wero subsequently re
• ati l, with the iMWd.ii that any contemplated
- b mgo a < re-poet? Port Pickens would benoti
i*” Ito ii- - . On lh* l-t of April we were again
informed that lb.-A might bean attempt to sp-
D , lur that Oov.
Pieken.- should have previous notice of thia at
(‘■nipt. There wa no suggestion of any reiti
v •■nif lit. The undersigned did not be.-itate tu
believe that these assurance* expressed the iu
ii'iiiion < t the administration nt the tune, or ut
all events of prominent members of that adminis
tration. I'iii-delay wan i.-sensed to for the express
piirp* c of attaining the great end of the mission
■ 1 • the und) r. igned, I” wi : u peaceful Bolution ••!
“V i. ting • “in pliciit ion -. The irdurenco dedueei
bh- ii"tn Mm date J Tvour mciiiorundum, that the
urnfersigned had, • Brheir o'wraVolition aud wilh
• ul . an-a , eoiiM'iite.i to thie long hiatus in tbo
I grin•■ diit.” with which they wore charged,)#
therefore n and e..n i.-lcut with ii just exposition
; of tho facts of the case.
‘flic intervening twenty three duy? were etu
; ployed in active unofficial efforts, the object of
• Miich ua-? to smooth the path to u ••-lu
’ ion. the ill t.nguished pecumage iillWed to oo
"lierating with Mie unde signed, nnd every step
f Mint etf. it is recorded iu writing, und uow
ii p . e-*ion l the undersigned ami of their
government. It was only when all these anx
ious effort.- ! r peace had been exhausted, and it
Leonine clear that Mr. Lincoln had determined
to appeal to the .sword to reduce the people of
tin- I Vnfederafe Stales to the will of the section
• r party who President he i* ( that tho under*
igned re#umed the offleiul negotiation tempora
rily suspended, nnd sent their Secretary for
reply t* tlieir oUiciul note of March 12.
It is proper to mil that, during the twenty
Miro- ilaya, tv.-, gentleimn of “Olclal dietinctioa
I- bitch n. that of the personage hitherto nlludc.l
to aided the im lerelgnod .* iatarmodiariaa m
the e unofli. fal m g itiation* fur pcuce.
11,.- iindurMgm il Coioicissioner# of the Coa
i. derate :-'tales of America, having Ihu* made
mi wer t” all they deem material in the mcn#"-
i.niduui tiled in the bepnrtmont mi the loth of
March last, bare the honor to be.
JOHN FORSYTH,
MARTIN J ( RAM I’UKD,
A. It. HOMAN.
A I tuc > “py cf I lie original by nn< delivered
to Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of
State of the United State*, at 8 o'clock in the
evening of April U, I Ft* I.
Attest. J.T. Pn kktt. Secretary, ,to.
Mr. S’ iriti‘l hi rtply to tin’ (’ontmiaitMirrt n-
L noii’let/i/ct the nrripl jb” Ihvir tftisr, but Jn
t h'iift to u//*urV. 9
IHIPAII LMKNT OF STATE, (
j, April Ifi, 19411. j
Messrs. Forsyth, Craw®rd and Homan having
I ten npprired by n iiicui-Aindutii which has lcu
• leliverc-l m them that tllSecretary of State is
not at lib. riy to hold .>facial intercourse with
them, will, it is presumed, expect no notice from
him of the new communieation which they have
addressed to him under date of tbo Utb inst., be
yond the simple acknowledgement of the receipt
thereof, which ho hereby very cheerfully give*.
A true copy of the original received.by the
Commissioners ( ,f the States, this
loth day of April,’ 1861.
Attest, J. T. Pickbtt, Secretary, do.