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COLQUITT & YYARItEV. Proprietors. Volume XVI. OilLiiQUim. tl KM)A\, IIKIEVIBKR :i. mi. Speech ot Hou. Wzu. L Y .11 ty in Lcnion His Kfinarks Enlhusiaslitally \|>pUui!etl. [from the London Globe, \uv. 12 j Mr. Dudley Maun, and Wui. L. Yancey, (wo ot'*the .Southern Commission*. r, low in I'upland attended the dinner ot Ure F<>Um mgers* Compa ny on Raiui day. Mr. Yancey in to a n.mplim-’iitary toast, wad** the following speech which derives iuter. tt trow the tact that the * Minister from the United >l .-, Mr. Adams,was | at the same time speaking m uu ;.iu di. Mr. Y .uccy •win: Upon the part .if hii cans, I since roly re spond to the seutiliu nt ju t express'd hy the Prince Warden, for the re-iored „ j. M( .„ j„ Vitt.-rioa. bueh a wish pr-udaiineJ hy . -.uipany ..I intelligent Englishmen iuum kind.. <ums ponding spirit in Lbe b-. M . f; , unli.reien ed and impartial Amern nn. Ti. j name Anieri cso no longer represents aun ted i •■■*.!. 1 re exists now two Ameriean nr. in - i| u federate and the Federal Am . un |„. v „ may perhaps he a war.- -am a i’ -i. .and. r.j, . f the Federal Am rican*. uu.ii n tiu : it..- .h ir aider ot oU. c-.mm ju torefai hr . t.sd .kily lerm me, a tenet, hut the justice uni tin , v n •~| Uu* great tiovernni.-iK, promptly n.t, ; ~ 0) trance and Bpatt>, speedily wijol out i|,,.t stigma from our brows, and mv , un r\tiei t are acknowledged here, at bust. |„. I„ :i. .*r**nt-. i Cheers.) Though indebted to an enlarged .nd enlight ened view of (*ubtic law. ii i not >. th,. u.cre giace .>r lavor ol Kugla'd *..r tin- .o knew dg uienl of uur m quet-t no <_• nj.li niuttdi 1 must li.f \n, i here to night ti at deep tense *f ihaiiKAlness who h i mu -ure hII uy country inoii loci ’or i- • . rly pnld • avowal tt't <la( ifin < if- // t i I'jolonged < e*ers.’ From no other p.-w. •■••uid it . -im-so gracefully. In Lhu—the old countrj he pi;n.|’ ot tudf g'.Viruaicut is ret*.>gnired and p.., -!i, rd, hovvev rver blend, and wtih the |m< i ratit,.- -,| ||*„ cr.-wn and the prit ii ges of the m- i . ! your institutions Auieru .t - . incud „ r the chief of those vital pr m ,"*•.>> w.nh ituvecau ‘cd them to stylo the ii.q übiic The laud of the five And the hum. of'di*? <.p; r - . Such invaluable rights us i... ..id Engluh writ of ho hen $ corpHu, of a s ; c.dy trial by jury, of freed'm of speech, and freedom ot the press, are tin* main pillars of Am Than ('<>nsiitutionnl Liberty, and i am happy and proud to say are observed at least throughout the Confederate American .States a.-, vital .nd practical rghts, even during th'ir stern struggle* to preserve nations I life. ( Hear, bear, sn.l cheers 1 I feel h< w unbecoming it would ‘us in me to intrude upon such an oee-. ion c- to present any merely partisan views of the chums which l.a.c broken up the lain F-oniul Union No matter what they umy have he n. one thing is <dtnr, and that is that the contest now going on is upon the part of the people of the t'.om d.jrale (States for the right to govern themselves and resi t subjuga tion by the North. Hear, hear.) They occupy, a territory as large a.- England, France, .-pair, and Austria togefto r < *•y number 10,00(1,000 in number—they are eoutby producers of impor tant raw materials, and hu ; of ail kinds of manufactured goods. Their pursuit:’, soil, climate, and productions, are totallv different li .ui tb*.*© ... tj... North. They thii.k if tl leir interest to buy whom they I vtiii buy oho..pest, a.id seli where they can sell dearest. In all iti.n he North ditler* l from them, aud n.>w uiakr* war upon us to eti force the supreimo y of tl. ■'r imi.- kiti idea- and selfish interest (Hear, h.tr, end cheer*.) In defence . f th< ir lib. r ie a: and si.vercign inde peo.leu-c the Oonf. <! .. . Mat. -and people are united and resolute. ‘I he) arc invaded by a Power numbering 2M,uf)i,tMiu, y. t b.r eight months hss the t'oiife.it rae (Joverti :uent -o< fully re- Mtod- aye, rope'.led that u va.t .t. along a mili tary Iron tier of I oto mil. s Though cut .dl by Llo.-ka.lc r.in nil foreign trale, their internal t. - or > have l-ceit ade •(uatc to the equij tnenl st.d maiutenat c <n the held of an army ot <.cr “ u.ut tr<> |-. nail thi- lie. and yet th*.- d,’of n'i !• - b.-di vtded? The idea is prc| •<-! r..u*. Ho much has ljn said about our lf..rts !<• obtain foreign m tciv. ntu.ti that 1 m<y h alb wcl to dc l ire em phatic.. liy that the t'oiited.-iatc States have naither sought uor and. -iit- l it. Th-y can main •am their inde| end. t.ce it.-sci hy li.. >r ■wu strength. As to their recognition by the powers of the world, that of course they d.-s.re. They >'•• a people, aiiatii.n, • xhibitotg oitun *nt< o( j >wcr which tew .Slates of tile world p - •*. Hut they no reason to c..*nplai*i u r do they fell aggriev.d bee i ■ p-w s -ce lit for a to deny th. ir formal recogni tion and receptiou in the family of na tiona. However t-y m •; ti -r ti n as to the period when their r cognition all take place, tiey fully under fa. I that su. ii action i# purely a question to bo determined by those countries ouch for it clt and with reference to its own interests and v.t .i of public policy. Other nation* hav.ug trading relations with Us have quit*: a’ uiu. I. in Iciest to send luiiiisicra an t consoia to us as v.e have to .nd si ch rep itsentauveatro them. (!!■ ir, hear.; U l.y, tt i-o shaHtberenot i? peace '( Simply because Ibe North, in its pride, wiil not admit that to be u fact—a fait uti-owp i wf.i ‘h old England, fob lowed by the first p- wm. I Fur. p.-, has re coguixed, and which the Confederate tevrn meui aadariuns have leptatcdiy dvuionstrated to he a stern and Idoody tact —the fact that wc are a belligerent power. There ( .in ho no b > is b.r nr;-tialion . r'.,r peace proposals or consultation.-, so b.t.g u J t*e Confederates sr ; doomed to be and are treated as rebels. (Hour.) Hut wUu our adversary shall bc-otue sufficiently calm to treat us as a belligerent Power, Hie morning of peace will dawn iu the h / n. When that hour -ball ar rive, 1 thmk I may say the . onled rale Govern ment will he inti xible up none point- its hollor and its independence. T r the g'Cut interests of peace and humanity it will yiild u*u h that Is merely material or of secondary Importance. (Mr. Yanoey -a lowti am and loud and continued cheering.) The feTAr Law Attn Hank Rkmkk Act.— Hath houses have concurred in a reenactment of the bill for the feliel of the people, known as the Stay Law, and it Inn- been signed by the Governor, ‘i lie House yesterday passed the Bank Relief Bill, and the Senate met 16s! night for its cohridera.’ ii. and doubtless concurred, so aa to avoid any possible inconveuience to the banks from the expiration of th.* prevision* 1 the old act. The act as it passed the House re quire* the banks to pay out treasury notes dp. when cal ed for by bill-holders in sums of fitHb and also requires ;he bunks to issue change bills to the amount of I ptr cent, on their c-mtai stock, after JanuatTm^H^^ ; 2#We learn from the Havana correspon dence Ueiia, that Shuleldt, the Consul of the Old Ounce ru, ordered the U. ti. slearu frigate Han Jacinto to follow ‘he British steam er Trent and arrest our Commissioner*. He was, we suppose, acting uder instructions. Ihj Cilitwlm HgeMir iip 4 Trying the Other Side. i A correspondent of the Smoker*. Confnte/.u i writing trom New Orleans mi ihe 22d ult. sh)\ The Yankee prismeis, ;.il j n number, are • coufinod in tho I’wrishpprim,sm, except jO .* f.o, wbu ,ook Ihe oath uii.i j lined the Conlcderst. army for the wur. N\. cmumuuicuUon mil, them allow .id, except on sp cial p rs.mal bu*i llOS8.” n, loiior .......ains lh following, in rWemnon to the defences ui the Crescent city : “Intelvoniug the city and passes of the Mi sissippi, are several well manned Forts, and on ; the old Jacks..n battle ground, s few mi las down i l, '° nv,r ‘.w.-i.-h I visited,) is in c lurseot ha*ty n-ir” (i.,n uu earth w..ik of a m..t substan ’ cil character, ruiiuiug from the river tu Lake 1 otichartrsin, wiih angles so to rMke the one tuy from any diitvin.u of sp| roach, end also , above ibe oily is auoiher ot a similar construe , t -n. and there are gnus of the largest caliber , • b.ug the river and coast amounting lu at l©a*t ‘ , .•00 iii number. Une Hoatiug battery mounting 2 i'.irruts, 2 ( . Hahlgreens, and It? eight inch tmluwbiads f •uiidetc, aud another of the *nu- kind in rap'd | , pr.tciM* of construe iun. j ( I . batteries aro euustruclod as to admit 1 . • and their sinking to out* lout haluw tue water and i | |*i • ect the vessel thereby entirely from .long . • I ball, the water Coming up to the caning, s . t I , (be guns and cast aiiubor just wherever d*-.i*. i ! •aid plav the gens in any direction, as they .- 1 all pivots. , From I'cusvoli. Uokt Bar, M-AK, Nov. 24, ISt'l. I o-.iiiy ( ten. Hf.igg *■ ( ompanied by At. i>>* Gariior, reviewed ills whole lines, thoroughly inspecting al hie batteries He found every man at Ins post, the whole army til the high**’ *|m ns, and the but e tes in complete fighting order. I l ] wry where tin* Ceneral was greeted * w U* tieinendous cheers, that could he di t'lielly heard at Fort Pickens and drew tin- 1 enemy fiom their hiding places, upon the ‘ ramparts of the fort. The heavy bombardment * !•> va hi. Ii they hud been subjected, gnve new e -ntidence anti enthusiasm to the men in our j * Icitteries. Ihe et etny’s ships hove been se verely datnaged, and have gone off to repair.— °ir men are observing the Sabbath. Hrowti ! uid Mclveon, being very pious, are probably j 1 loin- likewise; but with different feelings i 1 I H from our men Yesterday, while the enemy was pouting j’ -hot and shell upon Fori Me Hue from every * quarter, the men who were not serving the I guns, auitoed themselves hy fiddling and dan * cog. The damages to the Foil are being repaired, and she will soon be iii as good lighting condi tion as ever. The skillful and indomitable Villipigtie, who commanded the Fort, though wounded, is mi ptrinteuding everything in the Fort. Our boys are eager for a renewal of the cotu but. CW. A’. (). Delta. Teiiuessee uu the Proctwi of ihe War. The foilwing resoluuunr, relating to S, uth- t era iudepeii'ence, were otiered in the lower | branch ot the Tennessee Legislature on the t, I Oh- c L©solved, That it i the sense of this (true- t fal Assembly that theseparstiHii of tho-e Males t now form ug the Confederate State* of Ani.-i t tea from the United States, is and ought lobe i final, perpetual and inevocalde, and that Ten nessee w ill, under no circumstances, en ertain f any proposition, from any quarter w hich may v have for its objeel a restoration or recoiistnn- ,i non ofthe late Union, on any term- or cndi lion* whatever. I Resolved, That the war which the I mini Stated are waging upon the 1 onfed. rate •* tales | should be prosecuted on >ur part with the lit t most vigor and energy, tinTl our indepettd r ence aud nationality are unconditioiiallv tic knowiedged by the United Stales. Kesol ed, That Tennesaee pledges herself * to her sister States of the Confederacy that she • will stand by them throughout the struggle , 4 uid she will contribu’e afl the means which her resources will supply, so fur as Ihe saute in >y be nece>*ary, to the support of the com inon cause and will not consent to lay down arms until pence is established on the busi- of . .. t the foregoing resolutions. We hope that our Legislature will adopt the above resolution- as unanimous!) s our peo * pie will sanction thrill if adopted. Let the tiepreseflfalives of Muscogee do themselves ’ and ihe country the honor ol olicriug and sup- * porting them. Th* luUf I’nlpil “Kflribuliir Juslict” (or fhirlerfou. - Ufl Sunday before lust a “Sermon for thq j r*a’’ was preached at the Church of the j i 111 y 111 Boston, by the Rev. Mr. Hepworth | I wh<eh will doubtless luke high rank in the la j | ituticaf literal ufeof the day. From the Boston j , Journal'* report of thi* sermon, we take the j. concluding pa agraph, as follows: “You remember how, m Sumter, Anderson j and ins m> n knelt in prayer, before they sent j aloft the stars aud stripes. Well, that pfuye- ! pas been answered. We have been led j through repulse because we were not equal to j ihe emeraeney. Now tlml we ate, the w 1 1. i , has been begun in the right plain. The -acifd soil of South Carol ua, made sacred by the m | famous treachery of political demagogue a, who j ( •lave be. u at once sophists and bullies *u the ; , tl .or of Congress, has at length been pressed ; by Yankee feet “Charleston bungs out the black fl >g and thereby claims her brotherhood with savages ■f the South Sea Island* lio we /quar- j ter from her ‘ Have we ever asked it ? Arts j • iiif boy* likely to ask it ! The probabilities are that she will never have an opportunity to 4 how her cannibalism in tins way. What do | we all want to see f Two things, I lake it. First, we want to see the star* and stripe* ■ .1 (luting over the ramparts of Fort Bumler; •he rebel Hug, the shoddy flag of a sham Con tederaey, must give way before the colors of j Union and liberty Second, we want to see j the city of Charleston, the home of treason ; the hot bed of treachery, laid in ashes. Tins j not revenge; this is retributive justice n* its mildest aspect; and we want her ground plowed up and sowed with salt. Ga’ no green thing may aver grow there ; and a pillar, black hh night, shall be raised, bearing the inscrip tion “Behold the righteous end of those who are enemies of God, of humanity, and ol their I country.’*” Thk Effw-T of ihk Late Storm on iiif Naval Bhippieo.—The Navy Department ha* j received intel igetice from many of the naval vessel* along the Northern coast that have suf sered by the late storm Not less than tvveufy seven vessels are reported as requiring repairs. Experience has shown that many of the mer chant steamers purchased or chartered are too weak for naval service, Reliable ships for ihe navy can only be obtained by being built especially for the purpose, though necessity has brought vessels constructed for other pur poses into the ter vice.—PAi7, Prett. Stain] to Uur buns. The lull “W !• -.vs he Savannah Daily Nows, 1 • **'• v.\ r,..M ir. in a prtviiio letter from a distin r iiii-hed s ui.sinin ..| the South to a friend in ! I icity. Ilia v nv- wc !tcl confident, will l. >h b i dby every redacting Southern patriot: “ U n t lot the Yankees take Pulaski or Sav ■uuiih. In ii nety, perhaps in thirty days, the hobble will burst; Kit rope must show its hand, j i,f, d Y inkoed un also and ii the South can hold j her I’V.u, 1 think -he can, she will ho what l hive always expected, ‘the cock (hen if you pica- of ihe walk ‘ lln y unis’all ground aims. Uepciai upon it, V ttoii is ‘Kmg,’ though he mty u< w and heft, a.< old king* have to do, use a lit tle cold * eel. McClellan wants artilleiy and long taw our game is the bayonet and shot guus< t’annou, and rilled cannon, tY>\, and Kutield rt dea.de., ate all the inventions of those who make a game of war tho short sword aud bayo nets are ihe weapons of those whose game is peace, security, and independence, which it stands them in hand to u<'quire*at once, and no non “ihe North has given us more trouble than I eXpecud. I thought they had more sense than ! to cut their throats, or force us to do it. I ! seem- otherwise, and she enlists England in the pert -nuance ot the operation. She has made < h. sue in >0 directly and emphatically, that j n o- compel England to maintain her prestige, “ ‘U*’ into the purlieus ! interna tit nai law ” it .- it her prestig. . whalis England’* weiltn ton i- funder lor iv*-ry damig adventurei ? Ii -to M-t-i this hi.-t insult to her flag he OondoUed by Itchnicui logic, her status is gone ’ I ra'ln-r think owt> gu, hr fa lions, she will 1 do ir. | hope no - Y ii s -iufterely; Ate , * Itt'in- trom the Savannah Republican, ..Oih ibe situation of atfair.* below Continues un changed, except ti nt hut live ships are now ty tug , within the bur. Ii i* supposed bore has been uo landing 1 (r r ,> . n Ty h.e in the last lew days, j , ami the i.uinlur lew .a ihe island is variously I estimated at fr.un a iluilt-and to tlfteen hundred But little h i t* n ascottam 1 ot iheir move merits. Hen. I. c and tdcu Lawton spent a portion ol | yes erday at Fort Pulaski IT La fa vkm Kt - Lieut Tattnall, of the l 8. , Marino corps, station, and lor soma time past ou inc \lncan coast, was arrested recently tin his arnv.ii ;.i Key Wes and sent uorthward to he iuc.ucci- :ted for the wsr His offence w.i* re signing his e mm is.-ion in tho i edoral Navy - Lien . Tattnull is a Gvorgian, sud worthy souuf our gallant old Commodore. Fi.ao of Tri ob at Pa nut am During the early part of last week, (says the Mt-ui|>bia Ap peal of the 2N.h,) t*cu A. 8. .fotinsun telegraph td to ton. Pillow at Columbus t< rend to the neighborhood ot Columbus tor bis mother, s sier t j and nt-ice. and have (hem conv.ycd to Nash i ville. <> neral Pi’low iintnedia cly Ci iumissioued < t| ( \V illiuiiK . > bearer ol a dispatch to (tenor a! JSui th for the above object, and accompanied { by an oc ot ot thirty men, under Capt. Ralieu 1 line, ol tbeHhclbv L ght Dragoons with a tl.rgot trio-e, the party started on their mission. At the suburos ol the ally they met a Federal otti cer who r sc>,r! ed t’n pt wins W illialiis and Ballon line w ithiu th. city,to Hen. t-uitih’s headqtiar- I ters, who h .u.ce g ive perriiicnioii tor the la tics i ■deja .1. aod ordei vd u earr age to bo pi woe lat < their disposal. < I etw t let ate officers were enter tamed i (•I - vr. i* ■i* * - by the Fidt-ial roinmauder, < w lit n i'. • r .•-I iti i com in and, and were a, m i’e tt > ,< I-.*..r.*1 • liJiier to Capt. Da- t v r . li e luih di-ta-.l in tie ■ .unity, where tire i lad” -wm s'ayiug. whet parting •aluiatnms ( were tiler- hanged, wild tire gsllant cap Aina ami I the b io 1 - under their charge staitod on their re < turn to Coluuihufi The family of Gtn John- I stoii have ,iuee arrived safely at Nashville. I— • I ’lll*- -übjoiind Inter relative to ihe t'-mveii lion eutun and into hutweul* Fee-in Hit ui t Price u.- to tb manner in which the whi thonid be en ducted in Missouri, is published: Headquarters Weslirri Depamment f Bpnngtiobl, M “ Nov. 7,1 HO 1 J i lien. Hterlmg lb ice, Comutundiug forces at Cals ville, Mo. liemral |{ferriog to an agreement, purpor ting to have hoe ii made “between Major Generals Kr< in mil and Pino, respectively, c<iouiaiid>ng i antagonistic foic.eH in the Htate ot Mias-url, to 1 the idled tt.nt, in the future, arrests or forcible inter ere nee, hy armed or unarmed parties, ol cimeiis within the limits of the said Frate, fur the lucre ••ufertaimujut or expression of p diti cal opinions, ihall hereafter cease; that lainilies now *h> k* nup tor such eausea may be reunited, , and that, the war now p'ogrossiug shall he ck eii s. ov ■ lined to uiiuioh now in the field.” 1 have to state That, i- tl n.-ml i oiuiiittoding the l.rces ot , the I .iii uia in ib• s Dcpaitiuenf, i eau in no iii an noi rwi.gmw the agreement a tores* id, or any of it- |>i “Vision . wnether implied or direct, and (hut I cun neither issue nor allow to he i*su- I id, the “joint proclamation” purpotud to have ! litioii signed by ynursetf and M j. (Jell. I dru C. Fremoit', n ihe Ist ol November, I Hi? I S or respc* fully. Your ohuiienl eervant, 1 b HUNT F It, Maj Gen Commending. I low to Wav. .i a Turn A hole is dug in th*- ,-•-litre of the ten!, about two feel in depth ami diameter. ‘This is wallml with stones laid hi soft clay, and coveted at the top, with Ihe exception ofa small nperturw for the introduc turn ol fuel. For tin* apperture there must he a < ios.- lilting d(or or cover, which can be opem-d and dosed M pleasure. Across one | aid* of I lit* lent n lrein:h is laid aud covered with wood and colli, through which Ihe cold |a ir i- * onveyeJ Ireely to the bottom pa-t of i tin* subterranean lire place. From the top of i the -iuue, and across the opposite side of the i i.-ut, i* another trench inlaid and < mefully covered with stone und earth, through which i ihe smoke and siirplo*. lieat i* carried off. This ’is Ihe whole machtno The merits of it are Coming Evknts. It is not wall toexaitatba 1 ex pact at him’ of tho people hy a goneral nrrula -1 tion of tho rumors: but there are signs both from the North and the ftotith which indicates the uear approach of stirring events. It is believed that McClellan in preparing for his long delayed “advance ” from Washington; while the encroach ments of the oueiny on the Boutberu coast will not be quietly submitted to by a spirited and gallant people. U<• A. Thk J’ jtumac Connoxadr- Rkmam* ai.k Ite m i/r. -Tho Fredericksburg Recorder mentions tho following remarkable fact: Tho ‘i ankeos have thrown from 4,OUU to 6,000 shot and shell from H* ir various war steamers and tugs within the last six months at the soldiers manning our guns in the various batteries on the Potomac, yot, most extraordinary as it may ap peal, they never destroyed life, nor even were guility of drawing Southern blood until last week if wucxrtept the very slight scratch received by a Koldier on the first of June at Ac-quia creek Surely a kiud Providence must he shielding the heads of ouraoldieta, whan only one such dis aster occurs in a department whose soldiers are numbered by the thousands. THE SOVKR KIGNTY HE THE STATES. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAV, DECEMBER 9. 1861. Cußfrdrrslp Cst Operations tl Skill Florida. A Tampa Bay correspondent of tho Tullahas see Floridian, gives the following statement of ; operations of which notice bus I erctefore boon made: Major W. L. L. Bowen, commanding at Tuiu pa. some week a ago del* i mined to break up th“ nefarious trade ami communication that has boon going on over since the war began, between our Southern const and (be t uited States uu hori ties at Key West. To this and be chartered the little steamer Boottish Chief, and went iu search ot the Hilling tribe. Armed with a six pounder, he soon soouivd a fine fishing smack and brought her i ito Tatuba Bay; hut without going up to town he trim starred his aim ament troui the stea mer to the smack and uent out again, and with out indulging >u lengthy slory, he has captured (waive suit, in. o siUAcks and three schooners,aud est-et ally broken up the infamous traffic, and put a stop to the easy end effective means by whioh the enemy kepi himself posted touching our affairs upon tho coast. Ihe orews ot the s.-verei vessels captured ar rived si beadquarlei on Saturday night aud huvo been duly trausb ried i.. the proper author ities tor final disposition. i’hey number t H and are a mixed multitude, some Yankees, some Epainiards, s.rnie Fortu guest) and some Key-Westers. Tbs Juiiit tiipttliliuo to Vfiifo...Tkie Hrsprclivt toy limp'tils. A letter iu tho Brus-els Independtnce stales that Fpain, ax iliep -wer moat closely interested is to turniah ..into men, France laud aud Eng land *OO Ihe Coii.-tiiiitiofiuel say s the French Coiitiu g'it “111 eonsi.it ot a line ol battleship, four frig* ste.i, u corvette, a gun h .at and an advice boat. The number of troops wil) be about Hut) ureu, cou'plisiug 61)0 Z mavc.s and a dcliichilieul of ■avalry The Ik i-c wiii be procured m Mexi iho Fatne uLo Says the Coutli.geut w.mb France will send wi*! numtur iUHIt) men. ms R kM>i.v. v"U s a vii tint clans. According tti tlu: I‘atiie, the allied squadrons ha Vo fixed iqou i lie i .a.i-u ad ..| Vors (uu for their reu L evous. The city will he immediately oc> upied, and *h< u.d lh*i measure not lead to any faiisl'actory result, the allies will *ucccaslve ly occupy I umpico, Malaiu run, Tahato >, and Uiu towu • f CaiUicu, in ti e Yucatan, and uiu uiauly, it neciosaiy (he city of Mexico. ‘lhe Baris papers ol the evening ol the ttih, auuouuce that the squadrou will usst inld< al Havana. Ilealb of Crorge W. Wilier. Wo ar-i paiued to learn tho death ol George W. Winti-r. whi -h occurred at his residence iu Auguria o.i •Suuda j The decea- ii i*.t ihe third son of d.hu U Winter, L q ol this city, aud was him.suit, tor mutiy yearr, uoiua.n ui i;*>- luiut'Ui. lie died ol tuhuiculiir puuuiuouia, iu the “ft h year of his ago, leaving u wile and five children. Mauy there areiu this city who con dole with them iu their ulllicting bereavement. Legialatarr. Among the iiotieoable Legislative incidents ol I'hurbilay, wo ohsn vo ihat thc -’cnaie passed 11 bill fixing itie trim id the >upi me ('ourt Judges. at six years A bill to allow volunteers in ser vice to vote A Inil to autli rise the n imeotion of the Centra I and Gull 110-uisut avunnoh and a bill to incorporate the Georgia Telegraph Couipu ny. lii the ll.mac, were p ie-cd a hill t” authorise the Governor to draw sloo,ol’o from the Treasu ry for the support of (be voiuntreis; .Semite to extend the limn ot settlement with Tax Uol lectors to the Ist of March next. Tue stay law without amendment un-iniinouUy, Senate Ini* for the relief of the loiukc , .-mate bill consolida ting the offices ct lax itcceivor and t’olkc or; a bill to amend ‘ho t'barter ofthe Brunswick and Finllda Kail Hoad Company Mi.can Ini’ Incidents at (VI Kuyal. A eonespoiideut of the Chaileston Mcrcuiy of the ‘.tub, writos as follows: A foray was planned into the enemy's country last night, which resulted very auceerxlully For some time, ihe enemy huvo been “t xcuraiotiing it” iu large purlieu, to Bull’s Inland, Jistai.t sums five or stx miles from this place, making it a depot tor lunaway tiegrois and plunder, and a station whence limy could lie tiadaferrod to Hil ton Head Last night u party of thirty or forty word down under c miusud of Capt. Kuk, with inutiled - mis, h- ping to secure some “food lor the halter ” The Ysi.hvi", however, had oxer oised SO laudable a prudence, that they had all retired to their stronghold on Hilton Hoad liy slipping rapidly and silently Up the Bluff, they succeeded in unto niching sumo 40 Contrabands** . who were politely flondiicled to the boat and ro turned to their In wtul owner* Having applied ■ a match to tho t‘• ru House, ((he cotton was ul ; ready hurotiij ntid looked in vain for a Yankee | physiognomy, ih* y returned io Bluflt. u, arnv ! iog s’ dawn. Fa:.* Arizona. We are permitted to make the tollowuig ex rai l trom a private letter, ;<oiu <mu (</ the otficcis (<l lord’s regiment iu Arr/iiua, to a rvlulive iii this city. It wiia written from I.u* < rn- *•*. m der dute ol Nov. Wd: “l have iiotliing nu this time to wiite about, only that We are hourly expecting the Ah*, from New Mexico, 2 **oostrong. Every thing like stores, .V. , have been removed to Fort Quitman, below Bii*>*,nod vve intend fig Id mg them there, rely inp “ii a just i*roridem-e to equal our numbers. bur lorce, all told, in but fio*J, but good and line men. Expresses have been sent to .Sibley to hurry tip. 1 ex pect to be in Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, on Chrblriuu* day. Home twenty Cal ifornians have just arrived here from (.'alitor ma. They bring dates ofthe I2th of September aud we learn with pleasure that Sumner ia not coming here with troops." —Houston Tele graph. * Amothkr Skirmish We learn through sre liable gentleman direct from Clarksville, yester day, (say* the Union and American ofthe if Wilt) that a dispatch was received there from Gunoral Forrest, staling that a scouting party of six hun dred cavalry came upon the Hessians near .Mad Isonvill*. Ky-i yesterday, and routed them, kill ing about eighty. (Jen Forrest did not give the full particulars, but spoke of It as a fine stroke by tbe South’ rners. Auollier Fire! We regret to announce the burning on Mon day night ofthe splendid hardware und tinware store of Capt. D. IE Thompson on Broad Street. Tbe stock was estimated at $76,000, very little of which was Insured, so far as wo can learn. Th# Fire Companies were promptly on the spot and by tbeir united and energetic efforts succeeded in preventing the spreading of the tUrnes, notwithstanding the store was in the middle ofthe block and a strong wind blowing from the north. The fire is reported to be the work of an incendiary. I’Old MHI V WhimNfiU. UMKMHHt 4.1M11. Klftliek of Suiff (lllitm Both llauae* of the l.egilatur© met iu Con vention on t e 2tub ult., tor the election of Stat • Officer*, which rceiilleu m the re-eleo tion ofpcieraon Thweait. Iv-q , us Comptroller General, without oppoHition ; tor Mute Treasu rer John Jones by n large majority , for Secre tary of State, N. C Burnett, who received it 1 majority on the lib ballot. A better selection probably could not have ’ eeti made,and the S ate iiuiM be congratula ted pariimilmly on ccurnig h r another term Hie eivice* ol the able and indefatigable ■ t omptr lor General ic and the efficient State 1 leasurer. Mr. Baruott Ihrmerly served, we believe a* Secretary of State, and wilt doubt loss justify the renewed confidence ofthe i I .egislature. The Aduiswiuß of Missouri. Ihe noble Mate of MiHsouii is imw b-ruially a member of the Goufederaoy the twelfth star in the Southern Constellation. Thu billowing is the President’s ptoelaunt mu siinounoing the fact PHOI I AUATIOM iiK I'MR RRKSIOKNr OF THK CON- I'M'SHA I'K STATKN ot \VJF KK. A Whereas a wet of the Uongre ot the Con federate States of A unit, a, approvud this, the 2fttb day of November, Idltl, pfovidas that “the Htute of Missouri be, mid i* hereby, olmitted as a member of die (. oiileiL-iatu Siaits td Auierioa, upon an equal foiling with the other .Status of lae Contentistn, under ihe Constitution for Ihe Provisional Govtrument of the Mime;” N w, theiefote, I, .Ilhah*..* |i.*is, Presi deut of the Confederate ‘ tu*i. ot Auiericti, do issue this my proclamation, making known to all whom it may toncero, thut the admisMoii of the said State of Misnouii into the Confederacy is complete, and that the law sos the Confederacy are extended ovei add St itc, as fuily und uu plettly an over tho other Suites utw composing the same. lu testimony whereof 1 hnv, hereuiito signed my name, and caused li e real .and the ( “iifederate Stat to hw . rtixed, at H chiuoiid, this UJHh day oi N’.vciul ei. A. D,|St>| JKI’M Km'.V DAY If?. By tho PrtMdotit R M. I*. Huiiicr, °et*ro ary of State. llte >rw Bomb aioti ball Proof Cutiboat. ‘Hie Algiers Newsboy, has the following de nuriptioti ot anew b.o<t building ut Jelferson City, liu “We paid a visit on Monday to tho temporary navy yard which has been established hi Jefier -on L'i'y, where we found a large mimler of Al geriuis ongugt and upon a vcfsol far the must t- I* ctive o( any yet and vised tor our river aud hur • ‘or defense. I lna v*nd m 2.it! feet in length ■sud ofi feet beam. It is to bn fiat bottom. Its ‘"•"'"in >h -2 inches thuk in to)id planks, ludtod md rebolted, PHuikcd aud recaulked. Its walls -re 2 feet solid in I lurk new, wi ti numerous keelson*, of gigatittd thicknee-', bracing it. Hero n.uuiices ihe hold, which will he 14 feet in depth, oil the summit ol which will he placed tho buttei v of heavy rifled sud shell guns, as nu merous as can bo Wotked with ease, all under •'SiiUiaes. Above this risis u cupola, which will contain v arums con v it him h, and be Htirtuouu tod wii Ii iiiiMtlior bntteiy and ii shooting-gallery lor sharp shooters. The vessel wi'l h • trerigth ened ly iron bubs through und through, m <1 It . finally plait I over with H inch in n. Bh will be diivcri by itircv | nq oih t>, woikc l by ur-giti.-i and boilers of great powi i “The vessel has a pcculiur shape ; such, that when driven ul the utmost sp-cd against u wood on vessel of no greater strength tlmu the Niaga ra, It UtUFt Mp it upeb l'i b.d, this VOSS©] promises to do on t email scale the w >rk of the Warrior for us, and it it can be finished in time wdl more than rlf set all the indiiMUa Benton and the Hosting but'eries in .Mn.-oun are to do ■gains! us Another will immediate ly follow this •no. This verSel i* built by th* Govurnuieot under the superinu nd. ice of Mr ‘l ift, formerly of Florida.” From fflissoori 'l he new* trom MissoUii, as given iltrough f not ce source*, will be received with the u*uui a lluwuuce for falsehood and exuggers lion : The following are the latest dispatches : JhRFFH'iiiN fTty, Nov *<fo Reliable iufor riitttiou reached here to day that the Federal (’avuliy had overtaken nod captured the Con Icdcrales, who seized our supply train uoar Whi leu-burg, on Moi.luy. Abut one hun dred and tivo prisoners were overtaken and -ecursd Kansas City. Nov 20 Colonel Bun-hard, dtid twenty four uieii ol Jenuing -. Brigade, at :ucled Capt. Hays slid 150 Confederutes, at the latter’* plac e of residence in day, and sue ■ ceded in driving ilieiu away, binning lfHys house and the house of a man usmed (regg. Both May* und (>:egg are capla-n* iutiiwCon lederatc army. Colonel Hurciiard and Lieutenant Bust wick were both slightly wounded, and their two horses were killed. ‘The Confederate* have five men killed and eight wounded. Print Mffoiltti to lit ifjju'ti At/rfltwing. Jsffkhs ft City, Nov. 2U -Special to the St. Louis Democrat.- The “Id tern ban Battled down upon tbe eo-iiities of the Smit h west since tho rtlrogade movement of our hiuiy, and rein gees are beginning to arrive again, driven from tbeir home* by fear of Price's Confederate* who are reported to be again advancing. Mr. Gravelly, a member ofthe .State Convon , lion, arrived here last night from Spiiugfield, which place he left on Friday IhG He says u body of 6000 of Price’s cavalry have made their ppearance at Marcoxie, and that foraging par 'ies follow up tbe track of our retreating at my plundering the Union citizens, ami renewing, with impunity, every species of outrage. Ilu passed a train ol emigrant wagon., a in do long, containing Union refugees, and nuuthe J train of five wagons arrived here to day. Five prisoner* were brought up to-day from Callo way county, being the first fruits of an expedi tion which was sent into that county yesterday. These prisoners are charged with repeated out rages on Union men. Tbe Colton Crop. Kwr mhiio lime past we have iiad an editori al oh the purchase of the cotton orop, by the Government, on hand, which has been crowd ed nut. lu lieu of it, we ley before our readers, to day, the powerful and conclusive letter of Hou. Martin J. Crawford to his constituents on the subject. Wc arc astonished that any man ever seriously proposed a project so insane and full of danger as this is. Judge < ruwford discusses the matter with the ability and stules uiaushipofn first i'll**,Legislator. We have known him well and personally for yenrs. He is emphatically an honest man, and one ofthe wisest, ablest and most efficient legislators that we ever knew. Wc consider it a mis fortune to the Stute that he has been defeated, and especially a calamity that he has been do fetled on this issue.— Btut/wrn CunfeJtracy . From the Memphis Avalanche. From Columbus...hpecteJ Butetueuli of tbe Euemt. HkAUQI A if'l'KHH, Uoi.t Mill'S, ) November 2, 18tl. j The ‘oliowing are extracts from dispatches I have receivod to day. The first is from agon tleman at Bt. Louis, the second from a friend in Puducah : First “The enemy intend to make an attack i on Colutubua iu 20 days, with a foroe of from I 6,000 to 100,000 men. If you can repulse them it will have a better effect than a defeat on the 1 Potomac. There has been shipped from Bt. ‘ Louis to Cairo a large amount of cannon and ammunition. In Bt. Louis there are IKS mortar boats aud 8 gunboats.” Second extract: “They, say when they do move on Coluuibuß, they expect to aurrouud you and starve you into submission. 1 beard a re- , sponsible gentleman, who is porfeotly acquainted | with affuirs in Puduoah aud Cario, say that this | is the calculation publicly expressed amoug the , officers at Cairo.” ( Those extracts ‘ shadow forth correctly their , plans, and every effort should be made to pre- , pare a strmur force to meet them on my right and , roar. No thue should bo lost. , GIDEON J. PILLOW, , Brig. Gen. 0. 8. A. Com. Ilu# Jt'B*Thuupau Cipluml the IVdtr.l Spin. Thu 4’olumbus correspondent of the N. O. Delta, thus speaks of the maimer in which Jets. , Thompson captured the spies on the Platte , Valley : Last Suiui'day Jeff. Thompson got informa- , lion that the Mana Denning would pass Price's Lauding, between Commerce und Cairo, Sun day, on the way to the latter place, with ( large quantity of ariua and ammunition, gov , eminent stores, etc. It is useless to add, as the matter was possible to accomplish, that , Jeff, was soon on the bank waiting for the boat to pass. He had some of his men dressed in Y unkee mi form*, taken from some captured Federal soldiers, to hail the first boat which appeured, which, however, proved to be the I'liiite Valley, a private craft, without govern ment property on board. Jeff, hud übuut one hundred picked men with him, and demanded the iirreuder of the boat. The captain sur rendered accordingly, but Thompson finding no government property uu board, released her. He, however, captured two spies, who hud plana ofour fortifications, the position in tins und other points, the number of our forces, etc. These fellow’s ure here, looking about as crest full mi as possible Mailers iu lad Ttinmt. A correspondent of the Nashville Union A: American, writing from Rogt-rsv tile, East Ten iieJßee, under dale of the 20th ult., gives the following gloomy account of affair* iu that section : The extraordinary state ol utl'airs prevailing here induces me to u*k the privilege of your columns to muke a suggestion to the million- 1 ties. All East Tennessee should, iu my opin ion, be pul under martial law at on. e. 1 think the necessity exists. We are in a state ol nc- • tual war here to day. We are kept constant ly on our vigilance, and have, as it were, to 1 sleep upon our arms, not knowing at what moment we may be called upon to defend our homes aud fannies. We have enemies amongst ut, many of whom are known tons, but, by Mtenltli und duplicity, (hey manage to elude f ilie civil authorities. An ordeal must ho ap plied that will test every man * status, mid subject him to treatment accordingly. All who have been “Union men are not enemies, but our enemies here are of thut class. We must know who our friends areiu tliis vital crisis.— It is ull a miatuke about the abolition of East Tennessee being ul an end. A lurge force of put ate eiiizeiia from this county are now gone with then anus lo break up a rendezvous of avowed Lincolnites in the mountains betweeu this aud Jonesboro’. How much better is u Linciiliiile here than in Kentucky 4 We ure not willing to send our sons ami brother* to Kentucky, and tolerate iu our midst ineu who are in lull sympathy and clandestine CO Ope ration with our ©iieiuie*. The civil law i* held in terror over our patriotic people, aud yet it is insufficient to give us the protection Which it forbids us to prepure tor ounelves. Thou let us have military law —let the actu al war in W’l.” h we are engaged, be recogni zed, and le “• take no more prisoners-'-or it we 10, only /< /.'>ms/a of war. These me the seiilimeii *ui ..I the sound men here, i be lieve. IVwlil Ihr Inbuilt. The steamer lieu. Clinch, Capt. Dexter, ar rived here on Baiiirday uiglit troin Jehossee Inland und neighborhood. The Lincolmtu* bud not got beyond Fenwick’s Uland, aud no event ot importance bud traiiHpoed for several diiji* in that vicinity. The plant©!* on Hutchinson and Fenwick’s Glands have all burned their crops and re moved their negroes. These places are loca ted iii St. Helena Sound, near Ashepoo river, und hi s easily approached by the enemy's gun bouts. Lain. A private letter, dated the 29th ult., lihh been received trom Hutchinson * Maud, stating thut on that day one of the enemy’* steamers had approached and landed a force , ol two hundred men, who broke into the over seel * house and piiindried and carried oil everything valuable ah ml the premises. They then proceeded to the residence ofthe propri | etor, the door of which iliey forced open, and ! demanded from the servuot* (tie keys of the wine cellar. The wine*, however, hud previ ! otisly been removed. The mat under*, sliei > committing some further petty depredations, skulked off to their bout*, lea ii rig, probably, a ■ surprise. Immediately upon their departure, the torch was applied to the building cor.luiuiug the , crops, und soou little was left upon the rich i plantation, except heaps of smoking ashe* Ch. Meimitji, 2d. KKTURNKD.'-Horgeant T. J. Bates, of the Bussell Volunteers, fitb Alabama Regiment, who was among the prisoners so long eon fined in Washington, returned homo several days since, in good health aud unbroken spirits, lie ha* endured hardships and disappointments, but iss H ardent and determined as ever in support of tho cause for which he has suflsrod so much. Wo learn from him that it is untrue, as reported in the Northern papers, that hu and the other re leased prisoners took uu oath not to bear arms against the United States again during the war Their obligation was not to de *o until exchsog ed for. Rnquirtr, td. Z4T A maid, who has her eyes a little to one 1 side on Matrimony, aaya “the curse of tin* war is, that it will make so many widow*. , who will be fierce to get married, und who know how to do it, inodesf girls will stand no chance at all, , Sol Til IKK MoNKV IN Bal.'l IMoKM.—Th© Hal . timore Hun suys that the discount there oil Western Virginia money i* Vs a 3 percent,, and ou Eastern Virginia, Noilh aud 3outh Cur oliuu, aud Georgia, 18 a ‘JO percent. t'OLIiMBIM, THURSDAY. UH KMHKIt 5, (Mil. ‘Viio’b lit nr?—We understand from a reliable source, thut, in the recent game of hall at Pen* saoolu, the redoubtable Dickons suffered a eon liderublu broach. A gentleman who oxHmincd the opening with a glass, from tho opposite beach, says it is lurge enough to drive a coach through, and that the Federal*, mortified at the ■ fact, have endeavored to conceal thoir sbatno • with sand bags. It is more than probable that i this result induced Col. Brown to desist from his effort to try the strength ot our butteries. From tho Mobile Ahvertisor A Register. Cn. Bragg's Congratulatory Ortl*r. Barrancas, Wednesday evening, Nov. L’7 1 I have been kindly furnished by Major Gar- ‘ uor, Assistant Adjutant lloncrul, with the fol- ‘ lowing General Order, complimentary to the troops ou their signal victory ovor the enemy after a two days’bombardment. It put* to blush the boastful threats ot Col. Brown that be could ( annihilate the works und defences of Pansacoltt in a few hours. Its stylo and language is iu . that vein which characterises all the papers of 1 Gen. Bragg, and it. met with the warmest recep tion by the different corps ot lit* command: li K A Oqr A HTKHH AIfMV OR I'hNXACOI.A, f Near Pensacola, Flu., Nov. 2ith, 1861. j [General Order, No. lftn.J The signal success which lias crowned our for ty hours’ conflict with nu arrogant aud oonttdout enemy—whoso government, it scorns, L lmnrly looking for an announcement of his success in capturing our position-should fill our licsrts with graiitudo 8o a merciful Providence. This terrific bombardment ol more than u hundred guns of the heaviest calibre—cttu.'dag the very earth to tremble around us -has, troui tho wild firing of the oueiny, resulted in tho loss of only soveu lives aud eight wounded ; hut (woof them seriously--fiva of the deaths from an accident, and hut two from the enemy’* shot. We have crippled their ships, und driven thorn off and forced the garrison'of Fort Pickens, in-its impotent rage, to slake its revongoby tiling on our hospital, and burning Uio habitations of our innocent women and children, who iutvo been driven therefrom by an uiianm unoed storm of shot and shell. For the coolness, devotion, and conspicuous gallantry ofthe troops, the General tenders his cordial thuuks; hut for the precLion of their firing, in this their first practice, which would have done credit to veterans, ho is unable to ex press liis admiration. Their country und their enemy wifi both remember the 22d and 2'M of November. By command of Mhj. Gen. l’.ragg. GEO G. GARNER, Assistant. Adjutant General Mysterious Mumncnls of ihe Enemy... Erarualiou of Tybee lilinil,., Stumer in ul \Ur. <>ur citizens were tuk- it by surprise, Saturday afternoon hy a report from below, thut the one my had pulled up stakes and wore taking iheir departure from Tyh >e. Furtlior advices received yesterday continued the report. Tbe particu lars os wo learn them from authentic source*, are as follows; Early Saturday morning a movement was db ouvered among the Federal.* on the Island. Boon the boats coniimticol pushing out from shore for the fleet, and up to nightfall some twenty four boats, .containing from forty to fifty man j had left the Island. The embarkation muiiou ed through .Saturday night. Due ship load had left Saturday morning for tho iSouth, and one yesterday hearing north want The indications on Tybee yesterday, as ob served from Pulaski, seemed to warrant the be lief that a garrison had been left behind, suffi cient in their opinion, to hold the Island against auy force likely to ho sent against them. Saturday afternoou, a largo ship, equal in size to the New York and huvannan steamers: was seen from the Fort to enter an inlet to the south, supposed Wu taw, uud run up several miles. Supposing her intentions to he to inter oept our inland navigation, which has been con siderable in (lie last day or two, Ooutodore Tat nall went down with hi.* fleet yesterday to run her oil or give battle. She, however, disappear ed before his arrival, nud the fl.et relumed to the city lust night. Bix Federal vessel* w r<; ..tl Tybee yesterday afternoon. S’ •. :• Mullers al Bawling Green. We are phased to learn >n . quatntanee, who left Bowling ( rreen “ii Thursday evening, that the deJeiisv; at that point are progressing in a most satisfactory mantinar. Gens, John ston and Kuckitor, while they have preserved tbeir equanimity, have *tili been energetic mid lahorous They now have mo excellently armed and well appointed army, iifli McnUy lurge in numbers ti hold their p -iti<m, without fear nf u successful tl ink uiovoui,:.(, ngiimf at least 0(1,- (100 men. Tho enemy •> . . .m.uoo, ; <ii t„id, between Green river un i L- uisvilk. I ‘The timber has bain - u away lor fbrtc or four utiles arouud IlewUrig Gi.t “ o u, give onr batteries a fair sweep at th.: Hcasians and pie vent them from renorti 1 g t< their fair favorite sfylu of warfare, i. ©. “iniHli whacking.” Tne impro -ion awn ng is.>u.c of our officers, w le.irn, is (bat the main attack <>f the enemy will bo inii'le at Bowling Green, and shat the threat ened movement on t'olumbu* is a mere feint. At. ihe time onr Informant left, u light was whispered <d in m li'ary circlis, as no: very fur distiint. Mr a. jih / ■ Ajipful, Id. Two .Moni: Nkw Gknmuai.h ron Tita South Carolina Coaht. Private advice*, wo learn (says Ihe Cliarle#’* II Mercury, 21,) have been received from KirJiiuond that liiigiulier-Generuls N. G. Evans uni John C IVmb r: u have been ordered to repair iinmedutoly to command* which will b<* unsigned them up< u this coast. Tho Hero ot Lo* sburg needs no introduction (<• the people of South (Carolina. Gen Ptinberlon whs appoio'” I to Wed p.dnt from Pennsylvania, and graduated in IH.iDuring the .Mexican war, he distinguished him it i: tor hi* gallantry in the successive conflicts a’ M.-ntorey, Uheruhusco, M.ditio del Roy and the City of Mexico, in the last named action he was severely wounded. flip ltpputlcd Capture ill (lie Mississippi Suuntl- It app’MTS, suys tho N. 0. Delta, that the statement made by Capt. Buckley, of th* sfeamei Jeff Davis, to Major OJltu h at Fort Piko, nud i>y him telegraphed to (}en. Lovell, that three of our boats engaged in the Mofiilu trade were captured on Thursday last, by tlm enemy, was unfounded in fact. One of the boatH named, the Watson, has Ar rived sate at th© NeW Banin, and her commander, Capt. Kohl. Pierce, reports that he uiet the other two, the Gray (Rond and Henry Lewis, subsequent to tho tune tiny were reported to hate been taken, proceeding on their voyage uu disturbed, and under convoy of tho Confederate gunboat Oregon. PuavßNTifcu Plantin’ Cotton The Smulo of Mississippi nu uf .pc and a preamble und [reso lution pi'opoMiig the passage of elite live laws preventing the growing of unotiier cottou crop until the present one is disputed of. PEYTON H. COLftUITT, ) VA;tnrm JAMES W. WARREN, \ Edltor * Number 49 * Clip Spifitrr of Messrs. Misnn and Slidell.■ .How lie frivpil iu lamhi. We give below in full the article of the Toron to Lender, the orgun of the Government, upon tho seizure of Slidell ami Mason, which loin al ready boon briefly alluded to hy telegraph : “The arrest of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, un der tho circumstances recited in tho telegraphic dispatches, is, in many respects, the most impor tant incident of tho war. The information furnished us upon the subject is characteristically indefinite. YVo gather, how - evor, that tho Confederate Ministers to France aud England had passed from Cuba, whore they had landed from Charleston, t-> Bermuda, with the view of taking passage in a British steamer for England. (V in mod ore Wilkes, of ihe Fede ral service, commanding a vessel of war, demand ed their surrender, and was met hy the British Captain with a declaration that “there whs not force enough to take them.” Another American vessel was then placed in position, aud under the threat of American guns the Captain of the British vessel delivered up his passengers, at the same time protesting against tho Couiae of the American officer. And Ves*ta. Mason aud Bli d* II are now prisoners iu the hands ol the Fedo ra! authorities. It ii admitted that tho partios proceeded on h. uni the British steamer, as ordi nary passengers, in reliance Upon the inviolabil ity ofthe British flag; and they were received iu good faith hy the Captain commanding. Accepting the statement* which come to us from Northern sources, there iii not room for any s ispicioii of eutiusiou between ihe Southern Min isters, ns passengers, and tho officer* of tho British steamer. Tin y were ee< ure under tho protection ofthe Union Jack uii land; they ro uialnod under the same protection when they transferred themselves G a British deck, Tho action of the American Commodore, then, constitutes the iu..si oflonsive outrage which Brother Jonathan has dared to perpetrate upon the British Hag. il Me.-si ‘. Mason and hlidell may ho seized ou hoard of a Brliieh steamer ami carried iff as prisoners, they might, with equal propriety, have lciti tv / -J during tbeir stay iu Bermuda, in rcgunl to the British Hug, tho Y ankee Commodore ha* i” right at sea which he does not posstsa ou land; and tho tact that ho Aid n.'i make any a I tempt t” t fleet an arrest iu Bermuda i equivalent to a confession that, ho hj'i no lawful authority in the premises. Avow edly, ho Waited until Me**rs. Mason and 8lidel! had sailed, ! and then, sustained hy un overpow ering naval for© ■, he exacted thoir surrender under protest. As thecas** stauus, there is not a feature to modify its i-fV-jnsiveneßs. It is a wanton, unprovoked and utt.riy indefensible In sult to the British Hg. The prneeodin ■ i- rendered worse hy the tone which tlm Americans have uniformly maintained in relation to the right of search. They have hold that the H*g oi a country is an inviolable shelter to ihe person* win* J ul beneath it; and they went to war with B. t* 1 rather than *ub mit to the right which ..ire Government claimed of taking British sailor* from American ships.— They peril, and everything rather than acknowledge fhreigu uut horny in A meric u vessels ; and, tacitly, their position has b*eu acquit: red in. Now, however, they venture to do what they treated as a cause ot war, when done hy anotbo power. ‘1 hey have assurted their right to search British vecsuls, and ti take from them parties whose wiiolo ofknso i* political iu da ijiai arter. Clearly, if such an act be tolerated in this in stance, it may be multiplied indefinitely, amt the pr u.l boast of England, that lo r ling guards all beneath it, will be heat a in* more. If an American ma-u of -war may coerce s British vetsel in theefianrud of tho Bahamas, American officers may slop and search the Cu narJs, the Canadian steamers, >*r any other Brit ish steamer, when ami where they please. If they may outre go the liri firth flag nf son, they may do if on bind .nd they may drag from Camion the refugees who are seeking shelter from Federal daspotiriu- Tbe pretension ©unfmt and wiil not be tolerured Ami this arrest of Messrs. Mason and Midtdl will probably bring the question to i*n issue. It is not the first at tompi ihe Northerners have made since the com mencement Ot the war, to and” as thuy will toward British authority. I lie incursion of armed ruf fians into E.-sex, to cap ure British subject* win* had loft the Federal army, was a sample of w hat wo might expect if Mr. Reward’s agents ware permitted to tamper with the loyalty of our people; but that occurrence, though gross, whs , riv • i compared to the proceedings of Cmo dcrc V\ r.k'.s The arrest of Mason and Flidcll strikes at (tie root of British authority, and af firms ii right on tho part of tbe Northern State* to which tho meanest nation in Christendom could not honorably submit. We assume that Lord Lyon* will at once de mand f'r..m tho Washington G iv rnuu nt a diSA v .wui of flw a -t **f thoir Commodore, anil the re leii-e of Messrs. Mason ami Rtidell. Not to as sume tliis, would ini lo fUpp-.iie that Britain is indifferent to the rights ami honor of her flag.— Os thcST contingencies w*> mod not nay which is liie more probable. Akmh Cumino In. Wo met at A (lions yester day, Captain Borgrcss, who eouuuauds a compa ny of Minute Men al RiuitL’,’ *v Roads- He was delivering a lot of between fiity and onu hun drsd good country rifles, for iiiipin.ut to Col. P. \|. M©Clung, who IniHcha ,;e ofthe armory at this place. Thwwarui* “ > taken chiefly from the lories of Me Minn and .Meigs ©ciiul os. Capt. burgles* has been nci ng under a I’oUimiesii U from (’ I. Wood, su i iu tlm • disutiuing torie*, ami c .ntribi in -to aim tl**.- t *> ti derate forces, he is doing most ©fli-i©nt s©iv:©v, Capt. J. J. Wright, 1 t M ii-ouvibe, we ltarn cd,ship{*ud ye*Uirly, 1 ioiu M i county, 116 rifles and sic t gnus, unretng wiib h' previous shipment H ■*. He thinks th •’ Monfoe will ftif uish altogc.ther near live hundred good guns. [A ‘ n f/e Uttj. ltd. the House of K presentativw in our Legislature, ott Friday ; amHuded ‘lie hill to cluing*’ the name *•! C’a < uu yto Bartow, and Cass ville to Bartovcyillu, by subsfiiuting “M*- narsa” for the lot** r. Tf*s bill usamendsd, was pare**! L* ok “ii K"ii Gkni mai mutt. -When Gen. Boott leave, New Y ork for England, In one of the British Bteumr ho will be taken out of them also every American ofthe North, by our Con federate Privateer© nnd held in Bondage for Mason and Rlidcll. Our Privateers men arc now bound for London and Liverpool, and will taka from John Bull's soil all the American Diplo umtcs, and olhor American spies und traitor* to our Confederacy. English ships are now no Lunger sovereign ofthe ©©as, but a tool of Yau keedom and Lincoln.— WUmiutjhm Journo/. An lu'i'ortant Cai*T’ RR. By recent ar rival from Ht. Lorn*, soya the Memphis Ap peal, we have infiirmation of Hie capture, on the upper Missouri, by u portion of tbe Mi souri Plate Guard, under Colonel Kelly, ofthe Federal steamer Runshiiie Her freight consisted of the entire eoinp equipments destined for two KHnsns regiment*, to gether wdh a coiwideruble amount nf other military stores. The Missouri Btale Guard is performing an important work.