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CwMeralt Silts Ikg.
Kmror.% Trim*-- I notice rev< rat new and
beautiful “£onfvMferatßfltM*.ri’ Fia;rt yesterday
waving ptofldly over tartltUngi in <.u t oily, and
I write t>enquire It H l *’ iv; **f t’ “j .) •x.
Conetottatie*’’ ia nut to. parted Iroui Uo IMo
stars are e*rtcrod all over the blue field? v,
oral us tbce© flags the circle of tar*, form
*<l of Haven nr eight, with ret I <l died pfO
mfeeuousij about within the eirettt.
Tbu idea the poir.miu e bad wb*> g‘i the
Hag, Wn to enlarge (lie -in to w* lira Flair
eame Into tbo Confadi ru<y, and keep the circle
complete all the white. ltgivca the flag a’ ttrorc
decided appearance, and looks much mere tarta
fu! than when arranged nr those f rpenk of.
I bop* souio one will inform mo on tbe sub
ject U 1 am wrong, and if I nm right. I trust the
(tags will be altered, in o.donfo with the ori*.
iual dca'gi. “GKOHGIA.”
Uli.li luielydual Aw Alain...llkl .Or.tdl
us feailiiatl. of Ike North.
Rat few people ©ft thi* e4d have any idea ot
ihttititenrityof the appro heps jo** created in Jtng
land by the near prpsj uirt wf cirß vraf lr this
country. The feeling bus hi •iy much aggro
ated by the un< ert iafy whether j uMir rfiuhu
at thw North wan not so divided a* to he likely to
ruuder (ho coniloil turn of long lu*tiyn. in*
moderation and conciliatory spirit cabiWfoil -y
ua wore mistaken fora doubt of the loyally and
patriot la fooling of aom<- portions of cwirpopoln
itn. This assumption, H correct, would el e>ur *
have contributed to prolong the struggle wnti to
render the situation of England exceedingly
perilous. A ’
tan supply, and of oiuntrrarciul tulMio. s gtuer
ally, wiih I hie country, would produce general
bankruptcy, end probably ft political revolution,
there.
ft will he tome little time before we oat* learn
ihe offc-t *f the Pn ri<l*nt's prod a oration, and ol
(h# formiJiridc efforts whi-it are to iifg tirado by
rtio North in rospouo to it, on the public mind
abroad. We can anticipate with certainty* trow
the powerful reaction wbiok they wili pro
due* in Kugla/.d In the annul frrt*.v, the dt vo
ilun end the sol i-eaur ifktag tq>irijf munifert and by
lira North, the English people Will at ttftcc t'nd
4 solution us all Uudr fen re end anxietfe* They
will cm* that although the coatflot Way ba dt
Iterate, U own poitln r hoproionKcd nur doubtful.
No eh incuts ot nndtuc-e thal the. Koolh ‘• *i>
wueuir can hold nut for any finm u;v>lnt (h*-
■ rorwholmuvg odd* Wbi b the Northern and
Wmtorn arc acoomulntin- wgiUuQt t ou
very ahh*. Tim Will feature eiifidenue t the
coinuicrria) and manufacturing Intertati of l£nj’
lalul, aikl wiii react favorably Pp-*n oar own, by
preiwriting her from taking any stejnt thatmlghi
tend tu give eoufitenarianur support to the rebel
States /V. Y Hitubt.
Tha Kuglb b (il ibe nh. v® tbu* IT the K<>rth
ihal) innlu- .piick work in aubjugating tin puth
and shall thereby vpeedlly rcrtr.ru coninu tor
and trade to their nccuatufied, pcactdalehewnelr
England cau ufford to buhl her hands in h- r
packets. L’ut I# the prcifilake pfthe thmltl t bi.uJd
tum oat to bo-fa I re, if tin 4< /t?huUkJl .hauM pr *v
to hove a d<|]srr root an do ftproyiftnroiif growth
and ts eradication eonicifLt ntiy wore difflcuJt
than it tuppona f%u ‘‘lengthening the lutci
tHptlon of the cotton copply, and of cowtuiorem!
rolatjon* giffernl'ly” with Kegtnnd,
general bankruptcy, and piwbnhfy a pf4Wp*l
revolution there") then thoro is nothing that
will “prevent her from taking nv at ape that
might tend f . give c uiutenatthwor support I > th>
rebel Rtataa.'’ The Herald tvitemly t- vl.o n
proper estimate of dopfodenoo, the -pro.*pari
if and tmuquility --r
tmuc l tbu South.
hHrtswrm musrimvcK.
Navau flea mar., {
Port*month, Va, May flit >
Our hoyr arc delug Well and impatient to hui<
abnt*h with the epeniy. They occupy the must
pleaaunt .tuarter* tn Virginia, nod utt at • point,
where
Moment. Timw and 0./ < n hflVe we slept w out
i.rtus all night, r.otvitK'vd that dho .Fed'fit! Ad*
uiinlairattoU alill had an eye to t-hv rebuking >d
the immen •<* atwrwt eaplurcd tuts They cunld
have dAiu *o *t any tin... In my nphilrn, t* to
the presold, had they krunvo pur cohditi.-n
With uly one thou#and troops nn • a ibo river
ntNurfulh, trod few hundred Imre, comprhiiiif
the Ueurgia JJatUHun Virginia coalpit,
urea, they ouoM hbw been met U> ld,OtHl led
eral troops in a land attack, outside the range >J
our gnus, and bc. n for< ■ I l - hew before *tiperi r
numlmra aftui a hlu dy \- w. low
ever, ©hr tieergia B*'aim©iitr nru ucnrly
tured here, and we nrv in aeufwr condition ita.il
an attack is antiripak l b db by land and bv u.
Twenty.four gun* arc uicuaif l ut the Naval
ItoapiUl, which latigc iiirce tnlloa up l.hr.ibvth
river, toward* I crtr- Monrwo. Ih Light
tfuaids will in.ru four of liuv • • . in i- ■ event
of an ulUrh by eu. Oppuiite \ Fort Nor
folk, whore the Floyd litftea aut Mucou Volun*.
teers have cotatuaad of ■’ battery t twelve
guns. I took u sail thu otUCt day un l had w
guml look, ttt Kort: c;. Mour.lfl. Tho uld “Fill! ,
and Stripe*” were living in tin bre and the
far fohnd I'aAUCt: and the cuptund Ott überlsud
wero cloeo iy. Vuu know l did not Venture near
enough to he ©Wight us a spy agd hung uu n
gibbi i. Th * team 4-1 Adduido hu since been
token while pa,‘Mic lllF point • the fc.ruhir
mail boat betwvon Italtlmore anJ Noilolk ‘■>
Federal wai teninrr* an often in eight, making
lugmlittgit lii thv l iubpr, miles above ua. A
Idiukadc is pretty well ‘H ctVd. I'h. cor,, utra
tion es troops here lu uck large iiwuihtis !u-w
H \igoron* dvttiini. alien uli the.part ufoui tlwv
nnuu’iil to carry the “ war lots* Aiii**tk” ‘ v
have every nsauian. c, fi ‘.ii thu h\gln . i nttf !*!
ts, that the ilvotgio IP.iti tlion. wbuh i. . ■
ed foot an Virginia wilt be in the
niui> to Warhhagtou. In fhbt. if fhcrv t’ t* to
a struggle nott, l am confident wo niU be in the
front mi hill’ There is no dould ut *<•
Mare tJcobgiß arAopa utf hok.d t *f ti-n.gUi
ifie roiuoiudi-r of .the It.giWciit. The lb*
minion Hubrd*.” stati u. and bou , havo gone up
uj'les fcb*rt th.* mud t,* pi !cl thu W|Vgv to
nig hi
F.uth ftlcbiwond Divpaudi.
Uuiult Tn4e aud Ifcc American Tniublrs,
Th New vk “.vfip|Wg weiif (V| i./
u#,' ” vs jlav.iaugjve aui thP In
•lea T*at<- ot April t?ih. wM It eur.iatnc nearly
lwo toittiM” ut to port.- li i* the mauula.•luring
.Uatrb’tß, jjSlbitii‘ft u a m *rhtrlWg light the
rutanua depw-■ u tUcru, .
upuU the prospyvl oftiv 1 ©lit lU the l uiti*. 1 I
5 alt# Ad braaiclu * inpvur to htnQku affected..
Th reeuli <d the Tim, ► tafetuvu may bo ecu j
dineed s lußuwc: ftt Widnsihgiupfnlt, frndo l |
about a* bad a had can t but under* the im j
preseiou that tbu A to. uißn ( JM'tfrlU) tmiff nd!
be tpoudily repe.'Ued, and th#V the “‘paratlhn af
the North and South can. be pem efnlly cDTrcte#.
there are manjTuf th<* tmam ‘ tci-'Whwsrc • ‘nti
dent fa speedy nin'wal.wi *rd. m Irotn th©
ted State (Tlw i(i?Wfwetuu, alln id u seeme
to have been created by privitif lcti r.- irotn tht*
tide, the writer* of which appear 4o have boot: j
hlind to the true meaning < t uc rvents iu pre- I
greor hie i i'ruui Bhefiield, the reperti 1 arc ot
the moat di.'cooraglug (huraHfr Simc ©i the]
•tutler.v inanufactnu t. \cjn*',vc!y BMn|>!o*v *.l in }
the American trade. hn\ ■’ *. *1 thetr cm ihlkh- f
meals o.iogtthii, but the dimiui* I Uki-litHiod I
*.f war was racing bv] * * that tin* ©rri,.. w.ol l
, one tu en end toouef th ru ws* generally natn
iputud. At Nutttughatn, tb ‘ wh>'c#nlo hoe s i
have teen buying more freely, . l i, *■ f# •
dure frwui America ’ “ ? ‘ : f ” “
viv# a l elln :of o.intid. v •b the In e. .
to justify iMiiufwkitv - looking t. rwftrd torn
creaeed demaude. \t Blnu nghatr, r*fr©*.ian i
in ev# v department ‘• the •no r with© dev \
From Amciica tbu erdn arw entire tv tw ttm.a!. j
The laag-oanUaued dt'poe. i; ©ii in t.*do ri at l*sl ’
hocuuiug serums a* for. tho .*rtlntti arer-n
oerned, o Mae/ than baring been etufdeyed
uot wore than three “t fo’ar dgye to the w.oh, •
und the number of tho •• .-{>■• are ÜBvmyl \vf ,t
ban bean ott tliv rco •. ••! lata.
A gum her of heat \ r -i” ar. are nunouii’ .
At ilialti rJ. aieu. the Aku <. n Uouree ar.h ,
(aur .ut of the market alt.,. her, *r they *hti,i
at all, their purcha-. ore a** • > di. ndt in am-i.i ‘
At Xewcastle-on fyne it wu tMttght that wtu n 1
the now American tariff cuuje inn • p tu.n .t
would ouireiy gtupri,'* cr. ortan i, ot c
thence for thernlfed Hmtie* : but In
<-ft.hu 1# i.iMhi that now pywvuiL a large
• piuiitiiyes htrtn f.’ Wfi*d. rif courto, by the
•I” in’ ■ b‘- r!; c m .
10-csali th*©drai.tag t^r.tbe ks freight#.
The New York cnnimtcr* sb* j .nrinl pb’u li
oijks- thatc < 4 ao!uHpM, a<lo
*od * inil*u.j i- we ■ u/. ‘"a
baVc‘ubiuTutd enough to show that, oevotaae
the tilr.w Is, which'our political trouble* bat e
dealt to trade and commerce at lo uie, our foreign
rcHftAftffnrii afafeting unitor It oven wc.rtc
ffkan we arc; a fact which will engender with
many a hope that tolf Itu. rort may yet prompt
Her M vorty s UovarruiicMtu tender iU good
off! cos a“ mod afnr l4fcen the tw-/ -vet ions of our
unhappy county 1 k put. a period to a •trtfe
fU su, 1 1 >’ go on, In i.. |„,r to ioflk t iiijnrim nji
ou the romtnwrce of the whole world from which
It wi-i lake tnAy h*Mg >e r to ropvr. We
> tmOWfrW>iwyfl!B|*mu of any swell
mediatl< ft, at peemui, would U hut,
when uiiittmlTyaxlrauri* *1 by ad. -.datingconflict,
wh< hall 4y that an olire branch, coming from
tho pavert c.anfry, In a , pirr .<f genuine kind
ikm und good Will, would Ikj rejected with
©<*rn
the tn-*H valiant and forward of
the N-r’htru h'jroe# irf <jcn. ,loh Wool, of
New \ ,x\-, who Im* ben freely be ’owing hi.-*
ftdvi* oan i •ugge-iioiiK upon Och. Fcott. Hap
jwmrs, however, that tlrfe five c.ri.T-iu.rhlef is di
pt-.d i / ‘ sc.iib"’ Wit'* b rdln - “,
have ,t :
ff SSAMI! nui-<-r VUK Awmv, f
‘v i ay, April 2. j
Major ticncrui John iJ. H’vcrt, 1.. S5. A., Com
inwridipg Dcparlmei t* f the hn. l r New York
:
(tr.ar.n vtr— The rienaral h, riM-f dealrrs me
t*. a* knowledge the rvcelpt of your letter of the
Jith in-mrit, and to say. In rj ly, that thw very
gro.it McwMtjr whicheskta lor currying ©n the
busruws* *1 thu aevcml Ftafr ftepurtmenta with
iy*h-iii under thflr pr >jcr cbk'i, eoftijels bim so
M you will gtv© i . order* fotcrferiAg with
the purr turn* .r m tie ©f army suppli.... anchor
• dojrahciagru ail <u- dlrectvd i*y the (Icncrul
in-Fhiet LitaJcl*.
*1 a *1
not permit him touwigu you to an Iwportun’
<orntnaod sWuy fiuui y**or brad^uuilore, and ho
rvcatnnicwdfc tpal,you return t.* ; i roy to con*lnct
the ordtfu.ry roiiifiic dui’(.- **f ycur department,
*bd f..r the roenvery ©f your bdaltb. known bv
him to H fee bio.
I hove the lion r ;> h*, OotMrral,
Very repeottu4lf, yaur oh uwi vt.
L. is. TOWNbLNO,
Asiiitunt Adjutuut Genaittb
Prile.trl. om k- c*rri* J 0 N-iulral fwh.
11l ■ ‘."I, ki.jt” ahull I.r arinfem furry
their pri/<e, while our pori i nr.! Idoelcaded ? W
answer: t ibafmnifrsi port whbdi may be oar
eat al tbo tiniei'capture -which maybe reach-
i will, th* liiast danger * fre captnrc -where his
prlr. • cn*>v hs sold nt the best price. A neutral
nation vlot ttsno netiiral obligation, In receiving
a eaptnr* and prim -ship into in* { w i, This >u
moturwhiiii ti.o lav... n,ui O-, Ivuvw to the
dUcretl -n **t tl>* nmnl, and which it juuy
Uu, lllta any otb* r mUeet* ofintvnwl p<dc. It
Uoh ly require* I, thAr. it apply tho uaa o both
battiguunt*. Itia to In- expected, that u neutral
rjotioti turi iiufrh'lidiy to n . wiil .1.0 with ploan
rc, tho atrivul of ptfttnt In \U> ports. Itvcry
lri*u will l>< ricfif I In* neutral city by giving *m
pli.ynieni, nU payingoiunay •* it* -iuhatuiant*
aud by nulling umwtig lb- in, vnluahlu stocks ol
uicndiHudiM* ut ilia ioinrt prices. IVbwn admit
te l Info lb*- f” ri. lA the I iwii ofuidlons tho pri/r
i. under ibi; protect ion l Hr ncutrul powatf (hi
p..*-* -ninii the c.iptor i buflievnt proof of bi
right, uud tiUu catiiioi them lie ijuc’rtioatib Hut
t hu cap for In roKpuii.flllo f<* his - wn gotertimcnr;
and n.n-t ch<w, in a court of hi own country,
that, ttu captured Teasel wns the property of the
enemy { uml fur tlrls purp-MC, the pa jin’, of thu
pfi*e-vc-cl am suHi-Mint cvideiuc. A district
court of the ronfedernte .Stains will cuierfain jn
rl*dicM<n -dthu nre, nrnl render judgment, in
the absence of the pri/e- vu#eel, and while it
reiuaiua in raff keepiug in the nui.dmi port.
bner/'i tic men who shall engage in tbl* profit
able and patriotic cutorpriic, should apprehend
no difficulty ia securim- and aelling their prizes,
beyond tho ordinary risk of ru-oaplure H t cva.
‘l 'he Wusidcttt ofthu (.’outviurutc .‘*tate, by bis
perac.nal trni.t. ofebaruclcr, by thejustncsi ..fltis
CuuFo, by his rtfurt* to preserve peace, and by fats
promt it inks in accepting the war wajp-d on hliu
in answer to his overture’ J.*r peace, ooftmafnjs
(be o-U-cni and rympathy of (tte civ.tired world.
11 Is nut to bo doubted, that he will secure the
lin )>a if ta I hearing, if not the friendly offices ot the
neutral powers.
Tin, Law ok Blockadk. -The bl *. kadi* must
bo existing in point of fact, and, in order to cun
niltutu that existence, there mu-t bo tt power
present to enforce It. All docroue and orders de
claring extensive oo*. -. uud wh-*le countries, iu
state ufblockadu, without the presence of an
adequate iftvol force to support it, arc manifest-
If illegal *tf told, and have no sanction in pub
lie iatv. Ibo ancient authorities ull rofc<red to
a elrietrtduotuul seige -t bb * kude. Hioljj.-
gu.igc -f Orotiiin is oj’jiid am oif*9un, tot Pui tut I
kinittut, and (he luvusting power imrat be able to
apply itslnrcoto every point of Hie blockaded
place, o ui tn render it dangerous to attempt to
enter, and there is no blockade of that part
where Us p-*wef camnd be brought t.* bear. Tho
definition ol n blockade given by ilic convention
t tbo Baltic bowers in I.'nod again in 18<ll,
and bv the or.bnan. u of (;.*ngr t .. i7'-i, ro .
-tuired thht flwirw shiiuUl,b*< lustily h number of
vessel.- Ut 1 port to
make tbo entry apparenny. danger".!-, tbegov
ortunont ufflm United St area liavA unlforuilv in
sis ted, I hot the blockade should >,;■ dWnvr by
1 ‘to Jd’ -oin c ©f 0 cmnpcent f>rcc, si .tioned, and
present, at or near the entrance o| tho port; and
they have protested with great energy against
the application ot the right of aciAitru und eon-
H scat ion to u< Ucctunl or fiotitiup* blockade.
Ghamdlor Kmt'm Comment, l, it*.
Tltn fusil let 1 of Keuitifky.
Hon. James 15. Clay, - >n *.f Henry Clay, has
issued a card declining to boa candidate for a
egri In tho llordor SUL: Cu,volition, lie secs
uv> prospect for such a Convention t*. be held.
V’u copy as follows from hi* card : “H i, my
duty to you, and to myself, t> Inform you that
the chtonge in circmuKtaitces, to which l referred,
has Caused me to cb.aige my position. \ soon
nr 1 was satisfied that Virginia bad dissolved her
cuenc.diuu with tbu Northern Lniun, l made up
my utlud that Koniucky ought no lunger to re
tuulu a meittbev of it: that her ndy plain, uu
mlstaknbb duty is now intake i.mnodiato step#
to array tier.ell alottgide her Southaru si.stci.s.
1 uni tiu/* fora united South.
Uur friends who have heretofore oppu-vd iia,
now t.iku the posttii 0 that it is nm rosary to arui
the Mate. We be kgod and implored them long
a. r I to do .* •* Uui ter wbi do they iu w pro-
I to nil., he iltlc ; I o maintain, s.-* they
.\, i*. ai.< 1 neutrality. What m ncutrulity?
It ri upo.-iti.ll untuned by one toreign Htnie as
• iw,” oitierfotuign State*. Is Kentucky lur
cgu m rii the North and iU Sumb’ ‘with
tUubi| c il the Northern nt the breast
of our brotlu i.; with the ldood es our friends
(1-wing: with town** burned and cities threaten
ed, 1 c.,n 1 *>mi>reben.l well tlmt tba North is for*
stwu buF 1 know no roufcgui&ed 6"uili*ru Cun
I**tc a y again ( wt .chwc can occupy u p*>i
(ton * Incut ra) ity. The idea is absurd In law;
(he argument L addressed t e..r fa*r* and not
L> our prttrb’tiam. Hecaure it is possible Kcn
"*ky may furnish ©tree agaiu u battle fluid, we
~is to nMwae a p witnnioi positive iuacUon.
• s n b oh'a suit such hii argument dives not
“tit tuc It Is Bur duty now totake pAtltiun one
way w the writer. Me earmot n ruMin idle gpeu
tatovs ol suck • contest,
l am Hilly a wire of all th© ditttc iltie- tud “f
■.’l ttu - ward•> of the paritmh* wMeh t have t
keu and whi h 1 i.dvi.o you. paopU* ot Ken
tucky, a* im myJudgment, ft 1* your duty now
I** take If* earliest it\'p p.v *ti to pboo your
•‘'late hi , >ur ri*wilhuru brcihi<c; but 1 have
1 * ful .u 1 pmiM 1 Ci lUtu * in that seriptun
w hich rays “tho race is not to the swiß nor the
I battle to the strong.*’ United we urav hope to
j t’.rtiid- d*v i led, we certainly must fail.
VB.nr-- in BnMiiiii...\i/if ,1 TrilMpl.
M e copy tb foil wing gratifying iudnrntions
ii ‘iu M‘- ui*, from the M. L *ui< Ffatu Journal;
M'e have never knd mom vofidvuee in the
j tnnutphtoit •uevensul mol Mates rights
l*ruiiplvi iu we have thi- day and
. bi..uv. Iho people arc moving with the re
autl.- f r.vufan uralsnehr. the ftw.thecom-
I parat.vTlt • w. !>> .it.-clod maleutiteuiß *•! JJoint
‘■■ L-uio, .o :beg,:... ug I- rviluct u| the ttu*
| ppcakablo folly ntul danger of retting themlv Nos
in hnstilo oppi’Miiim t■< the State. I'lu-y are no*
’ resorting to th© expttd*CMt l socking
| t > tin taiJitle*. ty tlirrafoi ttanaesittaitou, these
! who dam show theum-lvcs w.ro— Lmile.-,, h,gh
minded, patriate- mut*. Thu betted ihive of ©ur
t*v;mau populrttior* ivc taking the u**ur*>a ofpm
’ dcnt.*enWde ye. pie, and deturmituxi to abide
I i*\ Hie ji-tuiii and liinr Ftnl and pn pie. This
i ia’i. wirieh v.o wUlunlci-land, i- to us a mat
jUr if p'■ufoubd gVa’.r.ctttinh, Wo l ave am felt
itndiy t I 1 l* ;*• t m u ti||
MiW wW. •** a geneial tbinp. have *tepor<e-i
tbun.’-rr . - v.nl. great \ piwiy. And .’ Saint
I lam*,- wo( lu inutrow in ih bands * f i!. cue
* my, or ‘.; w> were sunk in n Rolf tuke. It euuld
have no moro to do with tbea.'tion of tha great
*'tata i M'. -• nri, than it n peUbb- were thrown
, • the. Mi > with o view t<* itnn*d iu
current The ‘"t'O uisj* rirv •. >• ftlack Hv
pubtlciini.'Mj, of which we bad u mu takaldv v v i
1 dance In tbo went elatttian, HMt.iority quite
nflekfet to tikt in sflk 1 I \ Si Thru
mi pr ; r'y fit# at Tot-. \V have nn efii
eiant ©ltygtfVifrtfao.nl. We hev* a iiuillm or*
gnftkatiunm brave m o, and rvt hv tlitt icsiri-
J***# power <>f the sovcrngiijy ikHtwla.
Weaiirtll demand nothing bat what Is ri-/kt,
and sitbnt t to ro bing tbo’ is „ Complete
triumph in.d it glorioo- lumri* n# <*urs. AbufO
n!) -
Th. *% a divmti) tbil oJuiif* * m!>.
‘u*tt hew .Item h. **■ ui*> *i
PRoM T!:XAd’
Chur* am, Wi iriiKit. -The ‘ Rftrt Antnnln
Ledger „f he lAth ull. says :
lu San Faba ami (hu adjacent mtinriec, we
1 earth that the rains have Ihjh heavy, and that, tbu
wheat crop proHiicei so abun*lautly, that the
prica eatirmt range nbor* t.fty cants. Tn our
own county ol Hex ir, there have been gunofal
rains; though in m,mo neighborhood- juitc heavy,’
yat in lk iiniacduiTßigbbojbo*. i o| nun Anto*
ni theibownrs have men limited; Indeed, we
need much n'r than wu have reecivvd.
Th Matagorda <i/*tic of ike J7th u t. vays:
On Sunday night w* had a very fine rain, that
at* much needed, for we learn previous to it the
cotton whs dying tor lb* want ol rain. Thu ruin
wsv general ms tar a* wo beard from.
Tbu Columbia Democrat, of the Irttb ultimo,
■ays:
Tbo long looked for rain came on Sunday
night, and did great good as tar a* u went. W
fu*r that it was not gem-mi.
Mr, Fro*L*n, just returned from a t’-urln I'ra
/.oria, Wharton aud Matugord* counties, rtyort*
tbo crops backward about two weeks, htt in good
‘Audition and promising well.
The Lortfiio Times ol the l(lh ult* -ay*
Tbo spring has opened with all tho luxuriance
atUndnnt upon good scaaoiis; and crops of all
description.* wheat, in parHcolar r looked
u| on ascertain of an abundant yield. Ourstock
h:> - frisoduiin r< markubly well the past wiater,
ikeir inure .• ! cvdlsd that ol any previous
v r. # m
Birt.no ( AWNOk. —.Sir Wm. Armstrong, u’ a re
oci.t coinphmunti.ry diunpr given to him in Lon
don, sUtcl that hi- experience ltd him to the
oonviciion that the principle of constructing can
non by tbu mporporition of succe* mv layers oi
iron c iri welde/i into cylinders was the bust, and
to (hat principle be propustd to adhere iu con
•tructing guric of the lavgcri dlrOenfuMf*. Layer
after layer u.ight bo induftnltriy unplied, nd lie
fonld sitarccly see any limit i* the air a ol the
gun whw'h itwa.z poasihUt'i construct by the pro*
eeas alluded t*-. in n-i.rring to tho mipdrtant
question of the r ptctlre in* rill po-c:*Md by
rtflod artillery and r n rased ship* (be sj4>itkcr
was inoiined to think that. ulri.nt<dy, thu of*
fenwlv. puwer of the kmr would prevail over the
defotisivo power of the iron plate ; nn 1. bs ho
Intended to uD*lrt:< t weapon* f.*r burling 1 pon
durotts n,.n r r,f sbflt, tiinwe wlu* acted th
dnlensivu system inuxt do th hi Hey to
wßLsiaijfl nn b iucrcasod power.
The (©Mowing l tbu !;if>d of material Alfli
which the n .rlhorn pr*.A stuffs iL patrons. Wo
cut it from a Philadelphia paper
**Con-s xru Jr qucinly tm iln thu iu f'-ur.s
of tbo t’uiop, of miitr vv li© not only flogged
tliclr black girls to .Ir.uii, bui bn-.c dciibcrutely
carved thoir flesh from their bone.-, and •irxo
the beginning ©f the panic cun*<ed Ly Mr. Lin
aotn*a alert ion, these siMUttlnatiotMi liavu been re
.luuklf.l “
Jttif* Lih’Hiut n ; ht w L.-.irm-o that f’ul.
CTrievu w < insro < .mforpthh*, but we regrt-t t'
Bay ;.k*h Lieut. Nel-oi/* ;■> mp- u* u-ru very
i*nfav*onildo Hot. \, vt, Mon ~.
Lieut. N’l-ln.n dird r p th* m* pun, of lb-, h
at r o’clock
|l*ci i<4 wHlbh took place ye-tsday
for flatd ot'U-i ra ut th.- Second Bopiuu nf, (l6ot( ia
VuldlMrt, resulted :vj f**lli>%* .
tor Colo**!.
Paul J. Femme .. .
Mcft mald A ;ui
V*r tit ut. Puhm !
- - - Harris* V ‘
AV Mojv,.
Edgar M ltiit.l j;-:<
1 ruvm.iu 2d 7
Tuylur..... ....217
Sov. Sitrt H?A.
wm iuliTk\r.i.iEni\.
TLo fulluvv ng is the v ote for th* ■ :i* n(d
Meld ftfliewi ol ttu* htk Itcgiiu* nt riuorgia W ’un*
teerr. at Macon, < n thePthiac'.
for Colon,f.
Jiu>, K.ilackaou 102
(lo<hl Hrynnt #....^d574
llugH M. King 15
Fur Lirtd. C ■•**/.
Th*.-. 8ea11,... ...........TJ7
t’. A. Platt ... .... T’J?
U*tt. Barton !•
/• * j hi**.
Win. L. Artirikwry I t
E. M. PUlt. . “ ... . I*l !
Jam*.- Wi1’M.u..................... lIV j
<?!**• s‘tpf. Tlmiuss ll.ir turucn of th© i -'’loyal |
Rifles ivas>lu(dv.a Major of th© 2d ftiH.rp'oi 11-t ‘
tnlion, at Norfolk vm Wodnumlay l •
Kvlra hfiiiat! Inkuur.
the continuance of the Wa l which t.:t j
been uouiimnccd by tho Southern Di-uiniuimts
and Kcbeln, wc propo.-o to publisli ut 6 o’clock
every week day iff<-rn••.*, un kxfra l-.vening
Tribune, containing th© Latest News from adl
quarter-'. V. i'. frihunr.
l'lilusKthe North shall iiu for p< u* tiruelcy's ]
livening Extra bid : to he a]>rmanont institution
Its publication however isliabl •to ho temp >r.ir .
ly **u peudu by thc/aH of New \ ork city.
I,unnoN Timi:h l\n.nr.*ronnr.n*■ tt.--TbNorth- ;
urn paper* do not relish Mr. Hum* ll’s fir>i b. tt.u
from America to th© London Timer.
f'Ve are not surprised. -Kns. Tivix.s i
- i—* -
Second tjuurteriy Meeting for St i
Paul's Church, will eo*iim -uc© witii
TMvtoa furvicc at lO o'clock to-day.
I Tusk ki.v I’atriu ra.—Ross Winans nf 15aJ- i
tinioru, has pracciited the s.duura ultlia* city with ;
seven thoQFund Minnie rifles, lie (> father of
Thomas Winaas, whu utters revcu miliums of d* 1- j
lacs to the Confederacy. Uotli of these genlle
men are native-’ of Loudon coiuily, Virginia.
A Vnuiisu Lxnv at i’n.vvan.---A Xolhurn
cotewporary gives the following Inter -'ting In-.-S
dent .
••La-t Sunday \vu,>k, Mr**. I'., thu >iaughtrC'f
Henj. Watkins Leigh, now m New York, when
the minister proved t*>r tho ‘T’rwsidsnt of |hvi
Cnlted States,” rone iu her pew. sod in a dir
tmet and Nudiblc voice, said the ’ t>f
th, (%„’>, if rate Struts.”
Tbu New York Kxpn-u says “ihe preat war
on bund now bvgins to ho understood. Nev.
York start a with $1 OOO.OOfI, and a tax upm
ull lb*’ people to |*iv ft i- it. Wo begin fo*vc
the rust <>l thrusting the negro Into politic.
A Caution, Tin* lliehiß* i.l Whig sny. We
buy to .ug ;el to ull Sonlheiu papers the pro
priety of ‘-luilliupaU uiuntiou to the uiovcmem
of troops within our l>ordvr.* A word l>* thu
wise’
Banuauks ami Lint.—Many of the ladie* are ‘
auxiotts to bo preparing bandages and lint. A
physician telle us that tho siugm ravelling ut
llttß, ueh i’Mild pUlow-coac*. ahirts, v , foiui
the be-’t lint. l>r. Sattcrlee “■•we some ladies t
Now York the Iblb w lug description of the vuriu
ties ©4'ban dag*
“T'* ho tnade of seven cent unblesoiicd muslm
t Inches wide and i yards long: 2 l itudivs wide
and h yard#long: niche** wide sod .1 yards
long: 1 inch wide aud I yard long, so l>e rolled
very ughtattd piuucd : nn I Ul>ellt>d with a guui
med label vlcscrlbitig the character and length of
the l' I v"'la r 'v. More than ntlforihe bandagui’
should be inches wide Packages to H#form
ed of five bandage?, one of each kind : ale© pnek
ngc* entirely of th© 2Fj Inch bsndugu ”
ilttW MK\ Ci.otub IHU “Hut un-.”—T. U i
eoutpUnl? araiuadr aguin-i sumu of the articlcA
to uttUit furnUbud by the Quartermaster's De
partment lu ©ur volunteer soldiery. In llruok
iyo, itu blankets eertrid t( the nun t first were
ur* Um that they aim .and foil to piece. (\d.
Hawktas’a auuavvs, i>t w at Cnxtle C.rd<-u, are *
teaxecly better provided for in this respect. Their
blaukuts, a specimen *( which was shown u
yesterday, ate eoursw, colored thing.', malu
of sh'oldy (woeUan rage) Wuoßun waste, and cut
ton, utterly woithleas tor waruiU), r prfttcctiM
from heavy dcw - traiti. Same of the uniform.* !
which have bavit got up arc equally valveic
Poor, sleety *tull. wovtu open enough for roives,
iu>d Lbau idled with shearmen’s dust. Is thrown
togethor ia the rudest ami moat slim-y manner.
Satb goods arc not lit for soldiers who ore just ‘
about entoring upon a wvero ealVpgJgh. V. ) .
fnl'.-ms
t OUHKfi, StTIUUAV, BAT 11, ISOI.
lii!*il on Ihe SuHI festfni KilriJ.
M a learn from tbe Conductor who *am from
Ma -on yeMorday afiernoan, that lbaßoutb-AVet
--uru Train from Mucon to Albany, on Thursday
rf&t w ith f Serious ucciflvnt near Fwtt*l Water
Crock a few roil<3*ju*t of Auiericnn. Two bars
of iron were torn dp from over the culvert Mr.
Alfred Msnson the Engineer, not seeing nnything
had been dune, run bis train us usual upon the
oalrert. Ah the Kiigioo passed orer the culvert
it wo# thrown down an embankment *d twenty
fuel, the train <*f five cars was thrown on tbo
other side Mr. .(moi-.-* Adams, Conductor from
Cutbbcrt t*. Port Halm..-. nn*l > news-boy were
dangurousiy hurt. Mr. Auxins was not expected
to live through Tburvdiiy night. All (he pas
son gers were tr.->re f*r less injured. Mr. Luns
ford the Conductor was iu u car near to the En
gine, when it was thrown from tbe track it rolled
over three or !<<ur limp- he escaping unbnrt.—
The passengers from below were taken Into Macon
yesterday morning at 4 o’clock being delayed
near twelve burs.
The whole train i* said to he a perfect wreck,
and caused by some malicious fiend.
UtTLA.II.
Appearances indicate that Marylind is for the
present or eruuoti by Lincoln, and that th© first
im put m of her citiaen* to make common cause
with tho Flatus bourii ol her is temporarily re
-fruiued by prudential Cpjtriderations which per
haps we could not reasonably expect her to dis
regard. It ho#, np to a very few days past, heuii
constantly charged upon (lov. Hicks that he
a ouid in t coin-une she legislature bccaunc be
knew it to be favorable toswceroioi), while be was
fur submitting to any coercive measure# by the
Lincoln Tov urn merit. It t-JfOo out, however,
that tl>#42 over nor re rifted ike passage of troops
through Baltimore, and profited strongly
xgttiniit their transit through any part of Mary
land, while tho Legifllntcre has .idmittcd the
right of the Federal OwsiDisest U* transoort
troops through the Btate, and has repudiated any
right, or intention of secession. The upshot of
the business i*, that the Legislature has failed
to ouaUln the Ooveruor and the Mayor of Bal
timore in their co-operation with tba citizens In
n dance to tin; parsage of lAnceln's men, and
that Maryland is to bo the avenue through which
the .Northern troops will pour into Wanbington,
and perhaps into Virginia. This result teachos
Hint it will not do to suspect a man or body of
tueti of disloyally to their own section because
ibay belong to a particular party, and to
upon tbo firm dorr and fidelity of another l>'dy
becduftcthvy belong to another parly. Enquire,.
Our neighbor Is cennii,ly fortunate in its fa
cility tor getting at fact.'. Ibe statement that
“Gov. Hicks resirte.l the puttog# of troops
through BnlHtii&r*” will be wscsovan to ihe Lal
tiioomns- Thu only “rcri ‘angu” tlinr woknow
anything of wa made by thneiOen# of Balti
more t<i tbu passage of the Ma'sarhusetls trt-ops
<iu 1 Got. II i-k’ wan th-n :ii AuDaptlis. He went
to liaHimOrc iftorwarua, not tor the purpose of
organ!;.trig tbo people niui- inciting and cncour
agl.og ibj’in to rusiMitrtoc, but to “toit ore quiuL” J
When he raw tht tbo aturm which had been
raLud w#e not Wcufy lube quelled by bis Cat,
and that he might bona ently v ioijrn us its vou
gsance, he Hrfink hnefc I© Annaprdi# and wbiavd
1 ik* :i kicks**! upaiiict b JtsnHelsd. ‘ihe Mltnc
fear Os an udragwifl an and hetrayud pwopl.* forced
him L C(nven<i tbe Lsgiflaturo, not, I. <wcver
until hi? hificfivify or trua-hury |u,J inviiad
twnr.ty riton ,nd abolition bay.unetß upon thu 1 ,
roil of Maryland : and, because with these i
tud ut their brea#f, and n arms in tbe band of (
the the L’rgf’d.tture ban done nothing, th* l .
Liujuircr thinks it “has failed to suMaiu’ wav. j
HUjk *. God forbid that they ever should utai<i
him ‘ But the allegation is untruo. The Lug
i faturtj lies done one good thing, If no more
It hurt virtually deposed the Governor by the p
---ju-intmoit of a “Board of Fnfety'’ and has com
mftted to i!R charge the business of arming and
providing for the defence of theStatn. In thiaand !
the further HrcrL:d Wet chat the Board is com ;
p<md of *'live sworn i*ecc#sioai#tt” there lies a
hope that Maryland m.ty yet find It in her heart
to nuke ustruggle tor frecdum.
Tho charge of the Knquirer that Gov. Hicks
has been “•• t hp(*n” beeaura be t)hngc<l to a
“p.u titular party,” Ir simply ridicubiu . Tbe ,
pre/i.-i us the Fouth ho# rueted out to Hicks the |
same justice which it *© liberally dispensefl to •
. Andy L'in <*i. Both lire traitors to their >ec
tlou, and cxitoi yastka ('* both would require the
breaking >*f t c<*ap’#of ueka. We exhort our
tigitthkoT to cease looking at thin,, through hi?
•id pifi* an RpSutbcles. Kvery body elan has
quit u 1 ! : ago. lu e.ucln ton, wo copy the
following from the Now lurk Herald I’ the* till
inrt . to sho.v ihat Hick ‘ treason to the F.-nth
has been acknowledged und appreciated even iu
, Abolition quarter,-*:
, “’Goverpor Hick ,in this c<?untcliqn (riotwitb
ling I.h later vreaknesßea,) is entitled to
1 I'riNif wx**tit. Hu gave tho first warnings to Mr.
Iluekanai* '* udmimatmtioii. in Deceuibur la?t,of
i grand plot, which comprehended he trodden
descent upon Washington of a body of Virginia
un i Maryland #*>rc-*irulti*: and in relating for
wreks and months to call the Maryland Lcgis-
Utqre together, ho did much to dufeat the scheme.
Tbe cquree pursued by (tor. llicks and Gen.
Scull's mastering of troops into Washington da- ‘
liiatcd tbe original scheme **f the svisure of the j
< ily by a revolutionary mob.”
A Pttif.osormx’AL Fact.—A bulloouist tates !
that huh;*? made the following diFcevery ;
l take a bar of brass, which when weighed on I
the earth's aurfare actually weighs fifteen pounds. I
When l as end up throe mil* ‘ in tho atmoapher© j
Hii-I weigh tho bar, it actually weighs, by u spring ,
bellun e. seven end a half p-mnds. Kivu miles !
up it only weigh# throe and urn* fourth pound*, j
Whet ia the cause nfthis ? Thw want ol atntoft- ‘
phoric pressure on it, mid the sun’s attraction,
which becomes wore apparent the mnrer we up.
proaeh its orbits*- Exchange.
It is a “discovery” that had often before been
made (nr tested) by Humboldt and others upon
lofty mountains : but they attributed the phe- !
nomenoii solely to the rarity and diminished pres- j
sure of the alum->phere ut great attitudes, and
■lotto the idt i that the >ou'* attract'ou is so j
much gn -iter when his dwtunce from any object
hricßHened only three or flic miles in ninety .-tix
mfllhms! (\,himliH9 E'lquirrr.
Let u* sou. If wc weigh au übject ill tho
mu -phere m. ar thw .irih'.i turlavo with a spring
t aiwi'ce, und flioti weigh it in water, it will he j
tonoij, (o weigh l ig in tin* Utter uasc. Why
1 Bccaujo water is a dvuser medium thaa air.—*,
i E-ya, diiuini-hed attraction of the earth as
werouete from it n t c usidered.) an ul ject will
i weigh uioie ai a greater than at a leaser altitude
front ite surface. We advise our neighheu’ to
stnrltl llniubuldt again.
PfllTSUlTnil WKRTSI'MMKT.
Navai lloi'fTAi, Ponr.swoi n,Va., )
May Mh, 1861. j
i>cvr Timet You have douhtlcr* been fully
iui'ortued in regard to the condition,quarter*.and
many local advantages of the* (ieorgia tr**op,
andespecialh us the “t'tty Light Guard.-'’ at
this place. There are n n-twenty-four Compa
nies of Georgia troops at end wear hove: the
’ i and 4l h re Itucnts of Georgia Volmfeteerv bc
tb<*four cotnpanie© making the indepetid
unt b.ri’aN -it. which arrived here first. All the
troop? arrived safely and are quartered comfort*
ably at tho Navy Yard. Fort Norfolk aud first
above stated place. There are now about Si
hundred troops at this point, and every train I
bring# additional companies, so that by the time
thi* reach' you wo will perhaps have live thou
sand, which will he increased very soon to ten
or fifteen thousand* Gov. Letcher and hi# staff
reviewed all the forces and fortifications here on
yesterday, had additional teasels sunk In the
channel below t'raucy Island, and the masts cut
down t the water Veil go, and as I understand
ex pro ed his intention of making thi# a camp of
instruction tor the volunteer to rue# which would
be shortly greatly Increased *h-ve the number#
statod from different States. Up to tha (list of
Inn week we were in -i comparatively defence*
)## state again*! any c undertthleforce, hut now
wo are rtroiTjriy fortified and can sc*iat three
times our numbers.
1 think that the o’d Ape’s force# will attempt
to retake this ptace, but tre will give hi# tnin
i<ui:-- a warm reception. Our hoys, like th* Atfce
titan youth# before entering into battle, “have
their hair annotated” and are eager for the
fray. Did Point, or Fortress Monroe, is only
1. milo? from here iu a direct line, and its fortes
:r* variously ttftftwfled st‘ from three to seven
IhvUnnd. It ebciuso t an area of near 100
acres, with one tier of heavy |iO( all around,
besides barbette gans on top on tbe water side
The portion of this fortress trot protected by the
Bay, h is u large tnoat, about fiO feet wide and 1.0
feet deep, filled with water. It is almost impos
sible to take it by assault, and will be very dif
ficult to b**mhard effectively, Tbe government
has spent great sums of money in attempts to
supply it with fre*h water, and the rain#, which
are its only reliance, are inadequate lu it# wants.
The report goes that they are now short <f that
beverage, and have sent 200<> troops out to
Back M uter Crock to keep opep a way fur this
supply. This may furnish some clue to Ihe mean#
of its final reduction.
You will see tbeD, that the enemy in sight ol
us and strongly fortified, may at any time make
this a base for n formidable attack. They have
been discovered several timer in the lust two
weeks, making Founding# near Ocean View,
Linn Haven Bay, und .Mason'# Creek, tor the
purpose, as wo thought, of landing forces in
email boats within nine mile**, of Norfolk.-
Rocket# have signalled u# to arms on several oc
casions, on account of man i uvreiog.*, but
ue attempt has been made to attack u. M'e
hive discovered our weak points now and will
‘ welcome them with bloody hands to hospitable
grave*,” if they should attempt it.
You will see that FortyrnMonroe and the Hip
Raps command the emronee into Hampton
Rhodes and partially if not entirely commands
th© channel of fbesepeake Bay. I took a boat
ride up to Craney Island a few days ago, which
you can see marks tbe print where Klizabelb
River melts away into Hampton Rhodes. From
this Island T could see the U. 8. Flag floating
<ver F wires* Monroe, and at low tide and from
che west side of the Island, could see the Cum
berland and Pawnee at anchor around Hawaii’s
Point, completely blockading the er.troffice.
We now have a powerful battery on the rort end
of thi# I*land, and another on the opposite
shore, at Itush Bluff, commanding the entrance
of the river. Wc have a battery at Pig Point
and at Old Town Point curnmanding Nansetnond
river and .tome*., river; one at Sewell'# Point;
one at Pinner's Point, commanding Western
Branch; one at Fort Norfolk where the Maga
zine was taken by us with 20tf0 barreta of Pow
der, (there are six or eight rifle cannon iu thin
battery); and one at Nary Hospital of fifteen
heavy gun* for shot and shell. At this battery
the C. L. U. are daily drilled in Artillery practice
by L ent. Sharp C. S. N., who uombtaes the rr
jualities of a scientific and ?klful officer, with
ill the refined feeling# and hospitalities of the
Virginia gentleman. It is hero thit our compa
ny i* quartered in r. magnificent building im
proved by the old government a *; seating
place tor d*ea-‘ed officer* ami men if it* Navy.
Its noble facade and surrounding# ha* attracted
numcroo” Walter* for ycaro, and Iw long been a
revolt for the fashionable and the gay. It Isoow
;i military camp, and occupied by ut least a regi
ment of troop*. it# maun demised walk#, beau
tiful treas and extended lawn%to longer echo to ,
the soft tread of wooing lovers and merry laugh ,
of joyous youth and beauty, but rewound# with j
the noisome drum, lb* tramp of soldiery, toe ,
cunt-iraM cry nffinttiseki and pride and pomp
of war
But to return, y.m vriil that ;r m the \* ‘
! riotiß batteries tout l have described and their
; iiuatinn, independent of the onken vctel# iu
1 the channel, that it is twpposible t>* attack Nor-
I folk aud lire Navy Yard, which nro Wlow all
1 these, with Any mccc#* by ablp-. Wo have thu
! different jK/inta where landm # might be effect
ed now thoroughly guarded aud the road#'lead
ing to these points well proieuteu, . 0 that but
tow of any ordinary toroe v**ubl vurvivu t*. reach
the Navy Yard in making an attack by land.
Kach hacto and lha vir uuwtffito under
which I write, Sforo anon. II
WXKMtSV CttktSW\W.Ml.
Mohtoomekv, May
Jt is under.-:--**.! outside that Oongresr is to*
day, in secret #rouon, engaged in perfeettog the
military organisation of tho Gurernmont. lc -
tfrday I iearnud that a bill pa.-:.od pcrtining to
Ibo army,but could learn little <d Ha purport.—
Oue th ug 1 may safely say, and that is, that no
mvr Volunteer# will be enlisted tor a Uiruvofwr
Vic# other than the cuntiuuanee us thu war.
The following ccuipanies etluc up the river
this evening ou the steamer Southern Republic:
Grorwesboro Guard*, I’apt. A. C. Junes, Mlmoaj
Warrior Ghivilh, Cspt. it. F. Rhode#, men.
Oaha> a Kffle#, i’apt. C. Pigne, Ituiiucn;
Grove Uiil Guai-lr, <‘upt. J. .M. Hall, Mfi n.en :
Livingstou Rifle#, Capt. J. if. Itont, IM* men ;
making in all five hundred and eighty five men,
rank and file
Some time ago it was unuuutmd that tbe
blank bonds of the Confederate iriaU-s were
neuad bl NcW York, lounediatf ly aftor this
•aiiure, an older was sent to Sew Orleans tor
blanks to replace them, and tha# latter to the
amount of i.ttori.Oot) were received yesterday.—
They aro ail of lb© denomination of one thou
sand. The entire force us the Register's beau
! reau, assisted by Clerks from the other bcau
roauj, aro engaged in get li tig them out. Each
bond with the coupons attached, requires twen
ty-two .-Mtrtiaturo*#, twenty-three uumlxrs and a
data. As soon as ready fer delivery, public no
tice wi. l be given. The oertificatea oftrunstor
uhie stock, of all denculnatius#, have been re
ceived, and will be rimed at called for.
A hand bill was in eimilatina this evening,
announcing that there would be a public demon
lration with #pcu!ring, Ac., in honor of the #-
cession of Arkansas and Tennessee. The demon
stration did not c**uie off.
Nothing hat been heard from the remainder of
fhu Virginia dclugattou. Severn! Army and
Nevy officer# are uow It this city, Ben Mc-
Cullough arrived here this morning from Pensa
cola. Hen. Beauregard leaves for Norfolk in tbe
raurning. Dr.GLETCHFN.
M KteouKßv, May 9.
This morning there w .ta nothing done in open
i **sVu aa uvuiii, and all but the a tuul members
| of Congress, like the King of France, marched
up hill and then marodi*i down again having no
compiihe<l nuthing. Ore little Iti m, alone, re
warded <ur toil in climhir. • ihe eupiUtl hill, and
truveralng the tong dusty sueet. Mr. M right
preaented a Communication from a geotiuuau ia
Georgia which he said wai upon ihe .robject of
the military *tofoee# of that State. Tho letter
w.i# referred unread t • eomuaittau un military af
fair. and C*wgre(* rvolved itself Into vcofcl os
sum
Thi-’ evumig the fccr\ej wui removed fr*<iu
two bill# that have V-een passed, on.. vatitlod
•au act to rain© un additional military tore*/’
provides that the Prerident i authorised to raise
an additional force of such troops as offer thein
sulvu#, withiul regard to | lace of enlistment.—
These may he either cavalry, mounted riflemen,
artillery or infantry, and in such number# a# the
President may deem necessary. These troops
are to be uulisted tor and during the ar now
existing, unlus- sooner dtsvhargC'L \ oluuteer#
then offering themsehes will be accepted in
Companies, with their own officers; but the field
and staff officers will be uppointed by the Presi
dent. Thu Volunteers aic accepted iu accordance
with the act * to provide for the public defense.”
aud other Confederate laws.
The other bill was entitled “an act t>* amend
an act verting certains powers in tho Post Mas
ter General approved March 16th. 1 >*6l.” This
authorises the Post Matter General, after a cer*
tain date to be specified by him in a proclama
tion. to take extra charge of th* postal service.—
It also give# the Post Mu-rtcr Guueral thu control
of the service, as regard# route#, number of mails
per day. compensation, etc. The act alro speci
fics the different clause < i mail service, and fixes
the prices of each
Thi* tuoruing f!ic President issued a | roolaia.*-
tion stating tb.-U a treaty r alliance tud been
formed between tho Confederate Btate and thu
Commonwealth of Virginia. The facts contain
ed iu thi** proclamation wore known some .lays
ago, when the Commissioner* from Virginia
were admitted upon the floor of Congress. It is
now made public “to the end that the tame may
be ordered and fulfilled w ith good faith by the
Ccafuiernto States, and cirireo* thereof.**
Wm. H. Russel, of the London Tiroes, left hero
this morning for Now Orleans and other p*tats
below. He will return here in übout ttu day?.-
Senator T. L Clingroan, of North Carolina ar
rived to-day. Thu Sons-in-law of Gen Humour
of tho U. 8. Army have resigned. Gne of tnem
Cpt. Me Lane is now in this city, -motor Hun
ter of Virginia came this evening.
KVLT.YN. j
KUK THE TIMES.
The LadinJUHff As*Kfw.
Eds. TimEt:—The appeal *f “Matron” ta a j
late number of the Sun. with regard to tho or- ;
gaciration >,f an A#cteiation for the reliei of our
soldier#, should be responded to without delay. ,
Every day wc are expecting to hear of a bloody
battle on uur borders; and therefore fund# should j
be raised, a physician and nursv* -heuld be up
pointed, arrange meats should bu made tor qb- ■
taining ail need and supplies, and in short, every
thing should be made ready tor the field at a
moment’s notice. The litac bos come tor action (
prompt, divided, unhesitating action. Tniai -
no time tor the people of the South to talk and
rfsolve, but to do. The fanatical horde# of tbe
North are rallying by tons and hundred# of thou- ;
sands to the was cry of “Beauty aud Booty,”
and with banners marked with death heads and
cross bone#, and inscribed with “Death to the
Rebels,*’ “Death to .Secessionist#,” arc moving
down upon ua to wage a war of subjugation and
extermination— a war which will be marked
with atrocities unparalleled in the history of
olvtUscd warfare But before their tieudi#h pur
pose van be accomplished, every man—ayo, and
the women too—will meet tbe toe in arm#, pre
ferring death to the saerifleo tf honor, liberty,
property, home,and all that is dmr to the hu
man heart. Many of onr brave men have al
ready gone to meet t bn invaders— many more
will go, whenever and wherever their service*
are needed; and, arimated by tbe inspiration of
tt just and holy ?atirc. r'-atundiog tor their
homes .tad firesides, tor the protection of their
mot her#, wivo<, daughters ar.d ristors front the
peUuftag touch of bb-e lkentlou*nce#, tbe con
flict will b© -ar quinary beyond description, if the
courage of our foes bear* ary proportion to their
number#, and to the unconquerable spirit cf our
men.
Let the wernen ojf tbe South, who have so much
nt stake, be up and doing then let A■>.,• iatioua
for the relief us our volunteer# be formed in every
city and village throughout the South, and let
nurses, necc * ari->, dcTica*• i<- - -everything that
can add to the eomfcrt M our brave men, I c sent
on without tint, and with</ut stopping to count
the cost. Tbo women of tbo North meet every
Jay in ail parts of New York, nud in other cities,
o giro: “aid and comfort” to the graceless hordes
of doapera !• who arc* precipitating themselves
upon os. Shall Northern women, moved by those
geniluand tender impulse.:, which wc mu f ad
mire, though thi v alarmt lirected and marred by
r faustical suntiwentaiisiu. inrpire-1 by u oense
le-- cothuriflsm with rt-gard to the “.Star Span
gled ] tanner,’ which 5? no longer the emblem of I
American Nationality, but of AboUtion Section
alism, shall these women excel of the
South in seal, in liberality, in abundant labors, in
! 4©ltoicsial; when tho women of th# South arc an
i mated fly love of Country, us liberty, of home, of
religion *>r re Inti yes, of right, justice, f/urity, char
! ity, peace, security, happiness— evstythinff that
i# dear to the tender, loving bcirt of woman, er-
I erything that i; n ihle and inspiring t > n,..n, aou
everythin? tbui is pleasing iu the sight of Hear
j ed. No 1 this cuunut, this yui.t not, this nuttuet
be W.
Pr.'-iOat liti; ia Kitiuadai
The brounctt us Se ffewon Davis l II icbmond
would re worth an array of fifty thousand men.
He b tho maw tor this hour. He would be obey
ed. lie cual l ta’pire iu*riffdi.-'C, and oroler, and j
energy every where. With other#, our troops will j
fight, and piwliup- win the batt; , but with him ’
tbu victory Would bo hto, and i banco lie ta
certainty.
Wt need a rttv.daiujttary Goveu.menL and a
revoktiiottary loader. W’uea tho abrolfftu ruin
of the entire population and the death or exile
of &U that is heat and Lrave.rt in a nation, are
the Ktakn tho great game of civil war, legal
f *rui#, and calculating economy, are simply idi
otic. Energy that care;’ fur (tothing but the |
riuta # safety is now tho greatest of human Vir- !
tue# hi Oefrorspent. Wc hop*.- ihat w© have it j
hero.
But what i- u ißo.'t of ail nut did is a gre.it mill- i
tary chief able to control and wield aud mtaiu <n |
from tha wood# and mountains and tho broad I
plains of Virginia, the vast alm bearlng atid
brarp, but irregular population that they con- j
tain. We have, it is true, several (jencral# ana I
many excuUcnt ufiffiM of the regular army, who *,
rtSOMpposcd to know (be rfcicnewof w*r well |
as -President Dark. But thajr lives have been I
spent amid the machinery of osioM, uotaj left and I
nearly perfect organisation, where o'fury thing I
was in apple-pto iwder. and always nrafer their j
control. Thum would ho slracge exeopttovs to j
the c >raiuon I jmture cf wen if they were i
of leading a rurtdation ur itviag wLh saArifaction ‘
the tremendous hut ru to and unrertain f re* \
that springs from It: and nope ofthitu 1: Id (hat |
peculiar psdtion that (teearo# to them absolute j
control overall the toa*#. Davis has this posi
tion, and understand;* the convulsion that ere a- J
tod biro. 11* i* the run wc want; and the can
nun that announces las arrival will be tbe most i
joyful music that ever reach*- 1 too e*r.—
lUrruis.VAKKa is Funr I’lCKtss Thu IVn*
Sttcola eomfpusdent of the N* Y. Herald writes
—“lt is reported that s destructive de
ment baa been introduced by nature Into F *rt
I’ickeDAttud the who!* of Santa Rosa Iriand.lt is
neither the yellow fever, cholera, small pox nor
measles—but a veuimou# reptile known as tbe
rattlesnake. These serpents are vald to abound
on the Island, and scores of them are daily kill
©d by the troop# in Fort Pickens, ta the recesses
of which fortrci’? they hav* had unmolested resi
dence for years.
Cap;. Bragg should invoke the aid of litaro
reptilu# to force an evacuation of tfie two legged
“vipers'’that infoM the walls ol Pio-kens. With
afire in front and a “bite * In the rear the work
would soon he dene.
Tii Rfrtitfrs asJ Cnl!tn fia tiu
Asivvcral Receivers of Tax Rerifcpn#, who have j
conuuctod themselves with some of the Volunteer
Companies tendering their service to tbo Con fed- !
crate States, have made enquiry at to whether or j
not they cau apopint deputies to aiten.i to their
official business, during theiraksetjfe from h-*rne, I
we have boon requested by the Comptroller Uen- j
eral to.state, (hu law ands n( authurire a Rc- \
ceiver of Tax Returns or Tax ColLvt’ur to tppohit !
a deputy. If any one ofthcee • fficcr* rhould I
find himself Inc mprtent to nttet 1 to tho duties j
of his office, he should resign—or it he chooses t> !
volunteer in any Cnrapany f r - rviae, und toavea \
the countro and the Inferior Court i satisfied that i
by sack snsenes Digests are not likely to W ro
turnod to the CutnptrodUr Geaerul’s cfiire as the
law dirfctt, it then becomes the duty of tha Jas- 1
tires es said Crimet humediate’y l * notify the Gov
ernor of wsid fart, aud proceed to appoint aatfh
ur officer, &.<*. AW A t of 1555, *%* T. It. If. 1
CVtV. *>-, py, 1,.,;* . . ././
—The London Times u litcrisUy r< tcraU# hope* }
tor the oHKiitonof pea.’*, and think- it is
still poisihto that th, warlike intention# of Frossi
dent Lincoln may not be can fed out into oivd
war. One of its articles c neUtdos a? roilo.r.-
“Wewvuld rath.r trope tbs’ ihe go i ■ c os !
the Americans, and the puncetul counsels of tin#
country, may bring abom a reconciliation Lci .re |
the dilute has been too fer carried. A * tong u *
the twoseetions of the inion refrain from tm-uB- i
lie#, it would be the height ot arrogance .’tad |
tolly to interfere ; but when the -,ril and #*a of i
the New World arc likely to !*• stained with j
blood, foreign nations may surely reroonrtrMe j
In the cause of humanity.'’
Correspondence N. 0. Picayune.
tiikt taut, Tma I’ancrs at Mnitus.
(. ARISE, Zai aia Coffwtv, Tbxas, April iri. j
Dear /Yer— -The first fandango of the caw- [
paign came o.V this morning, fifteen miles be!. ■.
this place, hot ween a party cf Capt. Mat. Nolan*# !
Ranger# and a band of Mexicans, who had arm
ed themselves, and pronounced in favor of Mt xi- i
co, and in opposition to the Confederation. An |
express reached Vri-rt Melut#h on Saturday
noon, and at noon the next day tho seeming par- j
ty of tweuty-five uj i n were at thri place, n di#- i
tance of seventy-miles : hero* we rested until mid- !
night, when we again took the saddle, and reach- |
ed the rebel#’ camp jutt a# day began to break, j
thus paying them an unlocked tor and unexpect
ed visit. Nine Mexican? were killed in the ehsxge J
and several >unded thu run made good their
escape in the cliaj-paraj. Tv the credit ~f the j
Kaugers.be it said, there were a largo ‘
number of ttrouien uud children ou tho canehe, j
uonewere tajoredder molested in any way, i.. r „
cent’s worth of property carried oft. Thi* prompt i
sort of treatment on tbtfrontUi ‘'rill, 1 rt.ird;.
tend to check this disease ta it prir .arv stages.
Tri k JottaXALiSM.—lt has been aptly suid
that true journalism consist# not so much in the
question, “What shall b published/” ns “What
shah not bcfublishcd?’
tOLIHHVh. MONDAY. lIEY 13,1M8. i
■ — ------ ,
Uu. AlWrt b, Jlm>l.
Adtsputoh from Washington to the N. Y. i'iiaes
.luted the oth in#t., say* that new# had been re- !
ocivel there, by Toney Express, of the arrival of
.'lon. .'urnner at San Francisco, and the resigns*
. lion of Ocu Albert s*. .Tohnatou, after turning
over to hi* no ■ - f ur all the public property in his
charge. >'<, it secies that the report of that gen
j tlernar.’# arrest and detention in New York was
i pro mature. Gen. Johnston i#*o native of Ken
. lucky, but was appointed from Texas.
Ilts ‘ Jlfin brats'”
The above company from Abbeville, Ala.,
i reached our wharf yesterday morning on the
! River Bride, and look the afternoon train for
Montgomery, the following are th# officef* ■
A. t.ri Gordon, (’apt.
| J. A. Ciendinon, Ist Lie it
J. g. Bruner, 24 Lieut,
i Jab. Lightfoot, 3d Lieut.
1 J. K. Trior, Surgeon.
VV’. Thomason, Chaplaiu.
the miuterrxdi of the company uusubers 117-
| Tbo “Grays” are u coui|ctent part ol the rilh
Regiment Alabama Volunteers. A finer looking
body of men will be bard to fiud.
Congressional Proceedings
Montgomery, May 10th.
Upon a call of the States in Congress to day,
Mr. Morton of Florida announced that the Flo
rida delegation had several acts of the Flo
rida Convention forwarded to them and amongst
others the act ratifying the Constitution of the
Confederate States. Mr. Morton said he was ad
vised by theCuair that no other acts of ratifica
tion had b.;en presented, and therefore the dele
gation wou'd lake tbe liberty of withholding it
for a time: but he leave to present the
following revolution and that it bo read and re
corded:
Sctolred, That while thu people of Florida
heartily approve inthe main of the Constitution
of the Confederate States of America, and have
gireo evidence of that approbation by the unan
im .. vote of tbij Convetuiou on its ratification,
yet there are certain part# thereof, wbieh in the
opiiii taos thi.# Convention, should at au early
day he amended. With a view, therefore, of
giving u proper expre:-ion of the sentiments of
thu people ot this State, it i. hereby suggested
that tho -aid Constitution would be greatly im
proved by th© following atmuendmeuts, to-wit:
That the third tlau*u of the second section of
the first ar’ icle should be altered by striking out
after the word “determined/’ in the fourth line,
to the word “slaves,” inclusive; and inserting the
words “by the whole number of iubabitants in
the State. ’’ That the first clause of tho third
suction of article four should te amended by in
serting if.ur th# w*rd “Mutes” ia tho third line,
thw word.a -“and no State shall Ue admitted un
\ea tbeinMitution of slavery shall Ho distinctly
aud dearly recognised in its Constitution, aud
in actual oporaiiun under it# laws, ‘ and by stri
king oat the word “but” next following in thu
aumo line that the >evenih clause of the eighth
section of the first article tumid be amended by
striking *mt the romaiu tor of the cUu- utter
the word “right.”
Thi# resolution was signed by the President
>/f the Convention, and Is of roino itnportauee as
showing the opinioo that prevail in Florida np
on tko Courtitution.
Mr. Conrad ot Louisiana ou Iwvs
Ia otolm from Mr. Gurl- v j i, : State, which
{ wsf referrcii.
| MK Ochilhtee vs Texna. prusentod the li.ilow •
i teg t.solution
Ut- iilved, by the Congress of thu Confederate
j Stale# of America, That tho Committee on In
dian Affairs, be ins?racted t * enquire into and
ropui t, upon thu propriety of this government
takiug cognizanceui and making provision for
s the ladhuu iuualed upoii the reserves, situate iu
i tho State ot Texas which Were uuder tho coo
t trol ol tbe lato United State?, And that thy re
j port npon the same a! the uarliurt >lato. by bill ]
j or otherwise.
Mr. Shorter from :h f'oiauiii.v mi Tublic !
: Buildings, rcp.rto-t the following which wa.< !
j adopted:
Resolved, That tbe Secretary of thu Treasury <
| be authxri-sed and directed to employ sufficient !
; night watch t>*jfuard th© oxeoutive building;— ;
•’ air” that he tw* directed to report estimates of up- j
j propriatfem which may b© needful to defray tbe j
i ex pen?- - oi the a.u<’; and also to pay tor the j
| j'S light in the executive budding*.
Mr. Barrier- !l of S. C. iu>Td that the Pro.*!- |
’ dent be autboriied to add another ux-mhci to the
Commit toe© n Finance. Mr Stephens ol Ua.
j moved to amend by ttdiiag a member to each of
j ;h# CwnmiiUos on Judiciary nod on Military
j Affair#.
| Brooke I .M -;.v-ppi, introduced an
important bill of ‘Patent Rights,” which was
placed un tbe public calender and ordered so bj
printed.
Ihe following Message und accompoirying
and cutucnU were received from tho President j
(Jen l-moo of tie Vo Hares*:
la the Message addressed to you on the -irth !
uls* I referred to tho course of conduct <4 lb© j
government us the United States towards the !
Commissioner# of this government, sunt to Wash- j
ington tor th© purpose of effecting, if possible, i
a ponced ai adjustment of tha . pending difficulties ‘
botween the two government*. 1 also made j
allusion to “an intermediary, who*© high pvsi- \
j end character inspired tho hope of succese ” !
j bull was not then at liberty to make ny com
i tctini -ac -n..a this subject, as #pacific as was <ic- I
■ sirnblt for a full eemprshenriou of the whole
I subject. It is now, however, iu my power to j
j ]>laco before you other paper?, which I herewith j
| address to you. From this yt<u wiil perceive,
that tbe intermediary referred to, wa# the Hon.
! John A. .Campbell, a Judge of tbe Supremo
! (. on it of the b uited StatCi;, who mede carnwat of
| fw‘3 to pri mm© the suacc-*ful issue of the tnisrion
j entrusted to our Coanni?stoners, and by whom
j l was kepi advu-ed, in oontiituntfel couimunica-
I tfott*, nf the measures taken by him to secure #<■
j kiraWe ure#ulu It is due to you, to him, end
j u> history, that a narration of the occurrence#
j with which be was connected should be made
J known, the more especially, as it wili he -een by
tbo fetters here so appended, that the correctne#
j and if ursoy of the recital have not Wa ques
tioned by thu Secretary es State of the T uitod
I .UatCj to whom it was addressed.
I ttvaU myaclf us thia opportunity tu correct
j <*n error in one of th# statements mode in my met -
i ila X® 20th of April. It is recited there that
I I “** prompted to cell you together, taeitraur
| dinary session by reason of thu declarations cun*
•ained in the proclamation of President Lincoln
I >*t the loth of April. My proclamation convok
j >ng you. wax issued on the 12th of April, and
was pro nipt od by !be due! tr.itiou of boftljjc pur
( poses contained in the nn-. v swat by Presided:
: Lincoln, to the G ictn.r < f ftt-uth Carolina un
I be oth of April. As tbe pr<*clnnto.m of Prcsi
’ lent Lincoln, dfthe Uth of April reported the
•aw* ho.ttlfo Suteotiau in more specific terms
atul on a much more extensive suaie, It created
a stronger impression on my mind, and led to
i the error above alluded to, and which 1 wever
[ unimportant, I de<iro to correct.
JKFFKRBO.N DA\ IS.
Muxt<; ‘ Eny , May , 18C1.
Wxsttniarox Citt, April Id, led.
i*tit Ua the Ifeth us March, ult, I left with
i Judge Crawford one of the Couimissiußers us the
i Lon federate State#, a note in writing to the es-
I feci tel! wing
| “I feel entire confidence that F. rt Sumter will
! I)# evacuated in the next five days. And thi*
| measure is felt as imposing great responsibility on
j the Administration.”
I “I foci entire confidence lost no measure chong
j ing the existing status, prtjudieicusly to the
j Southern Confederate States, i# at present cou
t ictuplated.
I “I feel an entire cunudt'neu that an immediate <
demand fo'r au answer to tho cumumnieation of ■
the Commissioners will be productive of evil and t
not of good* Ida not be live that it ought at this ■
t ime to be pressed.” j
: Tkembttanc* ofth> inter I cenumnicated 1
tuyou the sme evening by fetter. Five days
elapsed, and I catted with a telegram from Gun
liejurwgard to the effect that Sumter was net
evacuated,but that Major Anderson whs at work
ranking repair*.
The next day, after conversing with you 1
communicated to Judge Crawfi ri in writing.
That I tie toiler j to evacuate Smuter wa not the
result *t bn i isith, but was attributed to causes
consistent with tho intention to fulfill (be engage
ment, and (bat as regarded Pickens, 1 should
have notice of nny design to alter the existing
flatus there Mr. Justice Nelson was present
at the*e conversations, three In number, and I
submitted to him each us my written communi
cations to Judge Crawford, und informed Judge
Crawford that they had hi# (Judge Nelson’s)
sanction, i gave you on the 22d of March, a
riubf-tautial copy of the statement l hud made on
(be st!.
The fflrtb of March arrived, and that time a
telegram came from Gov. Pickens, inquiring con
cerning Col. Lit in on, whose visit to Charleston he
supposed hod u connection with the proposed
evacuation of Fort aurnter.
1 left that with you and was to hut u au answer
the following Monday (Ist of April.) On the Ist
of Apri*, I received from you the statement in
writing (“I am satisfied) the government wil
not undertake to suppress Fort Sumter, without
giving notice to Gov. Pickcn .” The words “1
it iu satisfied ‘ were for me to use as expressive ul
confidence inthe remainder of tho declaration. - -
Tbe proposition as origually prepared was “the
President may dc\rt to supply Sumter, but will
not do so, Ac,” and your verbal explanation was
that you did not believe any such would be made
and that there was no design to reinforce Sum
ter.
There was a departure from the pledges of the
previous mouth, but with the verbal explanation l
did not consider it a matter then to complain of
I steeply stated to you that I had that assurance
previously.
On the 7th of April, l addressed you a letter
on the subject of alarm that the preparations by
the Government bod created, and asked you it
tho assurances I had given were well or ill found
ed. In respect to Sumter yor reply was, “faith
as to Sumter fully kept wait and see. ‘ in the
mornieg’s paper 1 read, “au authorized messenger
from President Lincoln informed Gov. Pickets
and General Beauregard that provisions w*!i
be sent to Fort .Sumter peaceably or otkero. t.
by forte. Thi# was the 3th of April, at Charles
ton toe day following year last assurance, and is
the evidence of the full faith, I was invited ro
wait for aod tee. In the same papers, 1 read
that intercepted dispatches disclose tbe fact that
Mr. Fux who had been allowed to visit Major
Anderron, on thu pledge that L - purpose t ;
pacific, employed his opportunity to devise a plan
for supplying tbe fort by force, and that this plan
had been adopted by the Washington Govern men.
and was in process of exec ution. My recollec
tion of th* date of Mr. Fox's visit carries it to a
day in Match. I learn he is a ucar boonecttm ot
a member of the Cabinet.
My connection with tho Cotuwteriunero aui
yourself, was superinduced by * conversaiion
with Justice Nelson, He ,nformed mo of jo >
strong disposition in favor of peace, and that you
were oppressed with a demand of the Commis
sioners of the Confederate States for a reply to
their ftrat letter, and that you desired to avoid! t
tfposeibioat that lime. I told h.tu l migb
perhap* be of some service in arranging the dii
Acuity, l came to > our office entirely at his ri
quest and without th-’ knowledge of either of tbu
Comtinsriuneni. our dupresriun was obvious
to both Judge Nelsos aod rayself. I was grat;
lied at the character of the conns©!* you were
deslrou.” of pursuing, and much impressed with
your observation that a civil war might be pro
vented by tho matter sos my mediation. You road
j a letter of Mr. Weed toehow how irksome ant
; responsible toe withdrawal of troops from Sum
’ ter was. A portion of my communication to
I Judge Crawford, the loth of March, was foun
| ded upon these remarks, and the pledge to evac
uate mi rater, is less forcible than the words you
umph yedv Those words were : Before this letter
rc.ido - j-m I prop.,, ;.l letter by in to Tree
| dent Davis; bumtor will have been evacuated.
The Commits loners who received ths com
j uninieations, conclude they have been abusod
i and overran rieJ. The Montgomery govern
< men! hold tho araa opinion. The Cumini-sh *
j ers supposed that my communications were with
J you, and upon the hypothesis prepared to ur
; raign you Wore the country in connection with
i the President. I placed a peremptory probibi
lion upon this as being contrary to the terms ot
uiy communications with them. I pledged m*
self to them to cummunieate information upon
what I considered tho best authority, and tbay
were to eonfido in tbe ability of myself aided by
Judge Nelson, and determine upon tbo credi
bility of my informant
1 think no candid man who will read over
what I have wri.tcn and considers for a moment
what ia going on nt Bumter, but will agree tha
j the equivocating conduct of the administration
| as measured and interpreted in connection with
l the3o premier, ta the proximate cause of the
I great calamity
j * kave a profound oonnetion that tbe tle
! grams of the 3th of April of Gen. Beauregard,
j and of th. lOih us April of Gen. Walter, the
| Secretary of War, can be referred to nothing eiae
; taan their beJfef that there has been aystematiu
; duplicityjiraotiecd on them through nc. It ia
under an oppressive roruc of the weight of thi
isponribility tfcatT submit to yo shew things
for your explanation.
Very respect!ully,
tonelj JOHN A. CAMPBELL,
A Lite Justice ofßbe Sopreras
Court of the V S’.
Hon. Wii. li. £ew4Ui>,
Secretary <f Statu.
BX3PATCHE.S
1 L. P. Walker, Secretory of State.
Au authorized message from Bros idem Ltaooiii
tort informed Gov. Pfokaes aud myself that pr*
vision* will be sent to Fort Sumter peaceably or
otherwise by force.
‘ton. G. T. Beau regard.
If you bar. oo doubt u u tlio
oUaractcr l tbo agoot aho commuDicatedtoy
tbo intention of tbo .Tasbinfton ,ortotnrut u
lopply Ft. Sumter by for. ~ you iU ut ooce U -
m.nd it. eracoatioD, and ts thi* i. r.tui.d, pro
in .orb uiaon.r aa you may doteruiin., t„
! reduce It.
WasntxoTo* Cm, April 20,16|
btr - 1 m ‘iu.e you a Utter curroepondin, rer,
nearly with one 1 aildrueced to you one week ag .
tilth April) to trbich I have not bad any reply
The Utter is simply on. of ouquiry iu nferen ,
to facta rarmu,. b.cb 1 think I ate entiUod
to on explanation. I hare not ndopto.l nny opin
inn in t*ferenon to them Which may nut be m..di
bed by eipUnti,m, nor have I afirme 1 in that
Utter, nor do [ iu tblr. any . onclu.ion ot my own
unfavgralde to your inUgrity in tho whole trao.
action.
All that I have said, aud mean to say is, tha.
n explanation is due irern you to myself. I wiil
not say wht l tfiall do in case this request is not
complied with, bat I am justified ta saying tha
I shall feel t liberty to pines theie letters Ufor*
any person who is entitled to ask so explsnatto
of myself. Very Respectful!y,
JOHN A. CAMPBKI.I.
Associate Justice of the
.Supreme Court of the l’ 1 ’
llev. W. 11. Sew site,
Secretary of State.
\u reply has b*.-ou mad* to this letter
April 24, lttfil.
MoxTtioitcßr, Ak.. 7th May/*l
-- I submit tuyou two letters that/*
drf-sed by me to the Hon. W. H. Se/ H*tJ
rotary of State of the t. S , that co s tQ •
plouHtion of the nature and result of B *® rVea ’
tioo by mo in the intercourse of tbe win ‘* fll, &
ers ol tbe Confederate Malt? with’ < "’® ce *
considered that I could perform 9 ’ D w^*c h
the entire American people, wh£^ ul
eral Union or of the Gen federate**’ * rere mort
interested than thtttofpromotf oun, *^ 3ana
the policy that had for ;h.ir/ {ie f"*’*-