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JANUARY. JULY.
2d Monday, Chatham lat Monday, Clot.!*
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Lumkin
*Fioyd AIGI’ST.
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let Monday, Clark • !
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Walton 4th Monday, Baldwin
4th Mondav, Baldwin -<ackson
’ Jaeksou J? 0 ™ 0 *
Monroe ™ ,,d ; n S
Paulding Taliaferro
Taliaferro Thnr- , *™‘ r
Walker khursday after, Pierce
march. September.
Ist Thursday, Pierce .^ sl Monday, Appling
Ist Monday, Appling Chattooga
Chattooga Cherokee
Cherokee Columbia
C ow eta Coweta
Columbia Crawford
Crawford Madison
Guinea Marion
Madison Morgan
Marion Monday, Butts
Morgan Cass
2d Monday, Butts l t!ofte*-
Cass Elbert
Coffee Fayette
Elbert Greene
Payette Gwiwnett
Greene Pickens
Piekens Washington
Washington Webster
Webster *<* Monday, Cobb
3d Monday, Cobb Calboun
Calhoun Ball
Hall Bart
Hart Heard
Heard Macon
Macon ! Newton
Newton Putnam
Putnam Talbot
Talbot Ware
Tati i all Bulloch
Ware 4th Monday,Clinch [chee
Friday after, Bulloch tChattahoo
4th Monday, Clinch Emanuel
(Chattahoochee Eee
Emanuel Twiggs
Lee White
Twiggs Wilkes
White Monday af- j
Wilkes [ery * l h - Echols
4th Thursday, Moiitgom- Monday
M ? nd ** * f - [ Echols OCTOBER.
( Effingham Ist &2d Mon., Carroll
Mo - T ’ ‘ lit Monday, Dooly
APRIL. ‘ Early
Ist A 2<! Mon., Carroll Fulton
Ist Monday, Dooly Giliuer
Early Gordon
Fulton Taylor
Gordon Warren
Pike Wilkiuson
Rabun Pike
Taylor Wednesday after, Rabun
Warren 2d Monday, Fannin
Wilkinson Habersham
2d Monday, Habersham Hancock
Hancock Harris
Harris I .atire ns
Laurens Miller
Miller Scriven
Scriven Sumter
Sumter ; >d Monday, Franktio
Tuesday after, Mclntosh Giyun
2d Monday, Fraukiin Haralson
Glynn Henry
Haralson f Jefferson
Henry Jones
Jcflerson Murray
Jones .[ Oglethorpe
Liberty Pulaski
Murray Stewart
Oglethorpe ‘ Union
Pulaski Worth
Stewart Thursday after,Montcom-
Monday af- > Worth 4th Monday, Banks [ery
ter, j Bryan Wayne
4th Monday, Wayne Decatur
Banks lie Kalb
Decatur Houston
DrKalb Jasper
Houston ‘ Lincoln
Jasper Scbley
Lincoln Tatnall
Schley Towns
Whitheld Whitfield
Wilcox Wilcox
Friday after, Telfair Friday alter, Telfair
Camden Camden
Thursday after, Irwiu -Thursday alter, Irwin
Monday ‘* Berrien Monday after, Charlton
Charlton NOVEMBER.
.. m. , ’ Ist Monday, Berrien
Ist Mondav, Clayton • ’ ... .
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2d Mon J.., RDdlph
’ Catoosa 1 **° a
Chatham Burke
Fannin
Mitchell j Mitchell
Muscogee > Muse ogee
3d Monday, ifbT E Monday, Bibb
Quitman
Spalding I.**“ ‘
Troup 5^
Union ~ „ . “‘ k f r
Baker Monday, Dade
4th Monday, Dade . , Ter ” l J , .
J Terrell * Thursday after, Mclntosh
Town** Monday after, Colquitt
U “ M^ CO,, “ i “ OUr , ' n uSrt,.
JUNE. Bryan
Ist Monday, Dougherty
Lowndes \ DECEMBER.
Milton Ist Monday, Dougherty
2d Monday, Brooks Lowndes
‘Clay id Monday, Brooks
Johnson Clay
Sd Monday, Thomas John-on
4th Monday, Richmond Hd Monday, Thomas
“May hold three weeks, if necessary, at each
term.
fThia change not to lake effect till after the neit
regular term of the Court.
[All Courts in Clay county, which, under the
old law, would ait between now and the times ■
fixed by this act, must stand over till the limes hied
as above.
(The county of Chattahoochee, by act of this
Session, is to be added to, and become a part of
tb Chattahooche Judicial District, alter Ist Jsnu
vj mi.
ffim Vonili 1 aroliim l.i-g islit l o re.
r.KI U tTV M ikir Robert Axdkr
ami Ills Evmitmv, Gov. Pickens, of
■h th Oakums*.
No. 5 of Hij Excellency the Governor
announced, and read as follows, by his I’ri-
WM Secretary, B. T. Watts :
H Exkcctivf. Df.ta RTMtST, January 1861.
mßtie Member* of the Semite und House of Rep-
tentative*
received from M ijor Anderson, coni
the United Suites lorces at Fort Sumter
communication, a copy of which
enclosed, ami also mv reply.
the means now immediately at iny com
1 shall endeavor to do mv duty.
■ F. W. Pickf.ss.
■r. Parkow moved the immediate considers
■i of the Message.
■r. Kuvi.st.iv moved the documents be read. —
to.
|Bhe conniiunu otion of Major Anderson was the:.
as follows:
lr< tUnu. u, the tj HI ernor Os South <\n<■■
lina
Hk —Two ot vu'ir batteries fired this morning
an unarmed vessel, bearing the flag ot my
As 1 have not been notified that
been declared by South U.uolina against
of the United States, 1 cannot
that this hostile act was committed
your Sanction or authority. Under that
and that alone did 1 refrain Iron) opening
your batteries. 1 have the honor, then•-
■*.'o i' J pectfuiiy ..-I, w i .-11 . i the above mentioi.-
—oi:c, 1 believe, without a ptralh-l in the
of our country or any other civilized
—was committed in obedience to
instructions ; and to notify you, if it be not
PHlaimed, that 1 must regard it a an act of war,
1 shall not, after a reasonable time for
■■return of mv messenger, permit anv vessel to
within range of the guns of my Fort,
order to >ave, as far as in mv power, the
of blood, 1 beg that you will have due
ul ti.i-, mv .ice. ion, to all concerned
however, that v .ui an-w. r may be such
pair,
■■ 1 have the honor to be,
\ ery respectfully,
\ our obedient servant,
(Signed) Robert Ashersos,
Major of the Ist Artillery United States Army
Commanding.
fort Sumter, January fyth, 1861.
IHF. OOVEP.VOR’s EFPI.Y.
State of Soi-th Carolina, j
Eicccmc Officf HkAnqrAfiTKßs,
Charleston, tuh January, 1861. )
Sir: —Your letter has been received. In it you
make certain statements which very plainly show
that you have not feen fully informed bv your
Government of the precise relations which now
exist between it and the State of iSoutli Carolina.
Official information has been communicated to the
| Government of the Cnited States that the political
connection heretofore existing between the State
ol South Carolina and the States which were
know n as the Lnitrd States had ceased ; and that
the State of South Carolina had resumed all the
powers it had delegated to the United States un
der the compact known as the Constitution of the
l nited States. The right which the State of
South Carolina possesses! to change the political
relations which she bad held with the other States,
under the Constitution of the United States, has
been solemnly asserted by the people of this State
in Convention, and now does not admit of discus
sion.
In anticipation of the Ordinance of Secession,
oi which the President of the United States had
official notification, it was understood by him that
sending anv reinforcements of troops of the Unit
ed States in the harbor ol Charleston would bo
regarded by the constitutional authorities of thu
State of South Carolina as an act of hostility, and
at the same time it was umlet stood by him that,
chauge in the occupation of the forts in the har
bor ot Charleston, would, in like manner be re
garded as an act of hostility. Either or botli of
these events occurring during the period in which
t)te of* fTOutli C’kiulfuu COTiavluibcrU a pan. %/C
the United States, was then distinctly notified to
the President ol the United States as an act or
acts of hostility, because either or both would be
regarded, and could only be intended to dispute
the right of the State of South Carolina to thab
political independence which she has always as
serted and will always retain.
Whatever would have been, during the contin
uance of this State while a member of the United
States, an act of hostility, became much more so
when tbe State of South Carolina had dissolved
all connection with tbe Government of the United
States. After the secession of the State of South
Carolina, Fort Sumter continued in the possessioa
of the tioops of the United States. How that;
fort is at this time in the possession of the troops
of the United States, it is not now necessary to
discuss. It will suffice to say that the occupancy
ot that fort has becu regarded by the State of
South Carolina as the first act of positive hostility
committed by the troops of the United States
within the limits of this State, and was in this light
regarded as so unequivocal that it occasioned the
termination ot the negotiation then pending at
Washington between the Commissioners of tbe
State ot South Carolina and the President of the
United States.
The attempt to reinforce the troops now in Fort
Sumter, or to re-take and resume possession of
the forts within the waters of this State, which
you abandoned after spiking the guns placed there,
| and doing otherwise much damage, cannot be re
garded by the authorities of the State as indiea
| live of any other purpose than the coercion of the
, State by the armed forces of your Government.—
|To repel such an attempt is too plainly a duty to
; allow it to be discussed, and while defending its.
I waters tbe authorities of the State have been care
t fil to conduct the affairs of tbe State so that no
I act, however necessary for its defence, should!
lead to a useless waste of life. Special agents,
therefore, have been off the Bar, to warn ali ap
proaching vessels, if armed or unarmed, and hav
ing troops to reinforce the fort on board, not to*
enter tbe harbor of Charleston, and special orders:
. have been given to the commanders of all the<
| toils and batteries not to fire at such vessels until,
a shot woe tired across their bow, would warn
them of the prohibition of tbe State. Under
there circumstances, the Star of the West, it i
understood, this morning attempted to enter thitc
harbor with troops on board, and having been
■olilied that she could t ot enter, was tired into.—
The act is perfectly justified by me. In regard to*
your threat in regard to vessels in the harbor, it
is only necessa -y to eav that you must judge of’
your responsibility. Your positiou in this harbor
iiai* been tolerated by tbe authorities of the State,
and while the act of which you complain is in per
fect consistency with the rights and duties of the.
Sute, it is not perceived how far the conduct
which you propose to adopt, can find a paralell in.
the history of any country, or be reconciled with
auy other purpose of your Government than that
of imposing upon this State the condition of a.
conquered province.
Signed, F. W. Pickens.
Mr. Mcllins offered the following resolutions:
]. Jiesolviif, That this General Assembly looks
upon any attempt to reinforce the troops now iu.
possession at Fort £uiutcr, as an act ot open and
undisguised hostility on the part of the Govern
ment of the United States.
2. JiuwUtJfurther. That this General Assem
bly learns with pride and pleasure of the success
ful resistance this day by the troops ofThis State,
acting under the orders of line Governor, to an
attempt to reinforce Fort Sumter.
3. Ueeoleed further, Tha* this General Assembly
entirely approves and endorses the communication
of the Governor this da.y made to Maj. Anderson.
4. Rewind further, That the General Assembly
pledges itself to an earnest, vigorous and unhesi
tating support of the Governor in every measure
adopted by liiut in defence of the honor and safety
of the State.
The resolutions being put there was a universal
aye.
Mr. Bcist moved that the word auauimouK/y be
inserted, which called forth another spontaneous
aye.
Shortly after, Message No. C from his Excellen
cy the Governor was received and read, as fol
lows :
Executive Office, January 9, 1361.
To the Senate and Haunt of Representatives :
I have ju-’t this moment received under a white
Hag, from Major Anderson, Commandant at Fort
Sumter, another note, a copy of which accompli
nice this.
I immediately granted the permission desired,
and directed every facility and courtesy extended
to the bearer of his despatches (Lieut. Talbot) for
his Government, goiug and returning.
F. W. Pickens.
The following is the second communication of
Major Anderson :
Hr.AtHtCiRTFRR, Fort Sfutkr, )
January 9, 1861. )
To His Krcelleney, h\ IP. /‘irlen*,
Vouemor of thr State of South C'aro/itia :
Bir I have Die honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your communication of to day, and to say
that under the circumstances, I have deemed it
proper to refer Ilia whole matter to mv Govern
ment, and that 1 intend deferring the course indi
catsd Id my note this morning until the arrival
trout Washington of the instructions I may receive,
I have the honor also to express the hope that no
obstructions will be placed in the wav of, and that
you will do me the favor of giving every facility
to the departure and return of the bearer, Lieut.
T. Talbot, U. S. Army, who has been directed to
make the journey.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Robert Anderson,
Major U. S. A., Commanding.
On motion of Mr. 1-arrow, the Messages of the
Govei nar and communications of Major Anderson,
were referred to the committee on Foreign Affairs,
and ordered to le printed.
A resolution from the Senate in relation to the
adjournment of the General Assembly, was, on
motion of Mr. Edwards, laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Fort, the House adjourned
at quarter to niue o'clock.
Mr. Crittenden** It evolution a.
In Senate, Jan. 3d, Mr. Criucinien introduced
the following preamble and lesolutious as a basis
of settlement:
U’Aerrat, The Union is in danger, and it is diffi
cult, it not impossible, for Cougress to concur bv
the requisite majority, so as to enable it to take
such measures to recommend to the States such
amendments to the Constitution as are necessary
to avoid the danger.
II hr re a*, In so great an emergency, the opin
ion and judgment of the people ought to be heard.
Therefore,
Resolved, That provisions be made by law with
out delay, for taking the sense of the people, and
submitting to them the following resolution :
llVifiYas, Alarming discussions have arisen be
j tweeu the Northern und Southern hs to the
| right of the common territory of the United
States, and it is eminently desirous and proper
: that the discussions be settled by constitutional
provisions which give equal justice to all sections,
and thereby restore peace.
Resolved, That by the Senate and House of Rep
j resentatives the following article be proposed and
j submitted as an amendment to the Gonslitution.
which shall be valid as part of the Uonstituiion,
when ratified by the Conventions of three, four tbs
of the people of the Stales.
first. —ln all the territories now or hereafter
acquired north of latitude 36 deg. 30 iuio., slavery
or involuntary servitude, except for the punish
ment of crime, is prohibited; while in ail the Ter
ritory south ol that latitude slavery is tierebv
recognized as existing, and shall not be interfered
with by * i mgreas, but shall be protected as prop
erty by all departments of Territorial Government
! during it- eoniinuance. All the territory north or
| south ol s;,i.| line, w ithin such houndariet us Oon
-1 gress may prescribe when it contains a population
necess it y lor a member of Congress, W ji|, a re .
public.in form of Government shall be admitted
into the I nion on an equality with the original
States, with or without slavery as the Oomuitution
of the I titled States shall prescribe.
Snood —Congress t-intii have no power to abol
ish slavery in the States permitting slavery.
Third. —Congress shall have no powier to abol
ish Slavery in the District of Columbia while it
exists in Virginia and Maryland, or either; nor
| shall Congress at any time prohibit the officers of
the Government or members of Congress, whose
•duties require them to live in the liisirict of Col
umbia, bringing slaves there and holding them as
I such.
Fourth. —Congress shall have no power to hin
! der the transportation of slaves from one State to
; another, whether by land, navigable river or sea.
Fifth. —Congress shall have power by law to
) pay an owner who shall apply the lull value lor a
fugitive slave in all cases when the Marshal is pre
vented from discharging his duty bv force or res
cue made after arrest. In all such cases the owner
shall have power to sue the county In which such
violence or rescue is made; and the county shall
have the right to sue the individuals who commit
ted the wrong in the same manner as the owner
could sue.
Firth. —No further amendment or amendments
shall affect the preceding articles, and Congress
shall never have power to iuterlere with Slavery
in the States where it is now permitted.
itliiiultliitg Corn.
and ninety years ago there lived,
in the Connecticut mve. „„J
of whom was named Hunt, and tbe other Clark.
The former in eaily life, had been a man of strong
will aad somewhat hasty and violent temper.
Sometimes he had been seen beating his oxen
over their heads with tbe handle of his whip in a
way to excite the pity ot the bystanders, and when
expostulated with, he excused himself by saying
that be bad the most fractious team in town. By
and-by an alteration took place in the temper of
farmer Hunt. He became mild, forbearing, and
what was most remarkable, his oxen seemed to
improve iu disposition at equal pace with himself.
Farmer Hunt joined the church and was an
exemplary man. His neighbors saw the change
both in himself and his team. It was a marvel
to the whole cowd. One ot his townsmen asked
him for an explanation. Farmer Hunt said, “ I
have found out a secret about my cattle. Former
ly they were unmanageable. The more 1 whipped
and clubbed them the w orse they acted. But now,
when they are contrary, 1 go behind my load, sit
down and sing Old Hundred, and strange as it may
appear, no sooner have I ended than the oxen go
along as quietly as I could wish. I don’t know
how it in, but they really seem to like singing.”
In the course of a few years the two farmers
were cbot--n deacons of the church, and they both
adorned their profession. A bout the time of their
election a grievous famine prevailed in the valley,
ami the farmers generally were laying tip their
corn to plakt the ensuing season. A poor man,
living in the town, went to Deacon Hunt and said,
“ I have come to buy a bushel of corn. Here is
the money. It is about all I can gather.” The
deacon told him he could not spare a bushel for
love or money. He was keeping double the usual
’ quantity for seed corn the next year, and had to
stint his own family. The man nrged his suit in
vain. At last he said, “ Deacon, if you do not let
me have the corn, 1 shall curse you.” .” Curse
nte!” replied the deacon, “how dare you do so?”
“ Because,” said the man, “the Bible says so.”—
“Nonsense,”exclaimed Deacon Hunt; “there is no
such thing in the Bible.” “ Yes there is,” replied
the poor man. “ Well,” said the deacon, “if you
can find any such text, I’ll give you a bushel ol
corn.” They went into the house, when the poor
man went to the old family Bible, turned to Prov.
11; 26, and read, “ He that withholdeth corn, the
people shall curse him ; but blessings shall be
upon the head of him that sellcth it.”
The deacon was fairly caught. “ Come along,”
said he, “and I will be as good as iny word.” He
i took him to the corn-house, measured out a full
bushel of corn, helped the man put it into his bag,
assisted hint to put it on his shoulder, and just
before his departure, being somewhat of a wag,
he said with a twinkle of the eye, “I say, neigh
bor, ufter you have carried this corn home, go tip
to Deacon Clark, and curse him out of another
bushel.”
Utile Kn in itics and Political Opinion*.
Wc were thinking that something on thft sub
ject was necessary for tbe times, and were castiug
about to write it, w hen the following j ist observ
ations in an exchange arrested our attention.—
They fit the case :
“lie is not much of a man who permits his po
litical opinions to curdle his feeling toward his
neighbors. lie is weak-headed ami flabby-hearted
whose partisan preferences lessee his friendly in
timacies, when nothing except mere differences ol
political opinion intervenes. When there is no
absolute cause, such as personally offensive words,
written or spoken, no citizen can rationally con
side r himself warranted in freezing up his kindiy
intencourse with those whom in political quietude
he e cteetned worthy of amiable remark. The so
cial relation should not, in this peaceful couutrv
of equality, free opiuion, and free speech, be dis
turbed by the political. The general condition of
American citizens is not such as to naturally pro
duce profound animosities, bitter und lasting
clannishness, and frenzied disputes. Our political
partyisai, view it as we will, does not, in or about
it, possess sufficient importance to justify the sur
render ol any man’s evenness of temper to vio
lence, or auger, or enmity.”
Tender Troopit.
Forsyth, Jan. 8, 1861.
At a meeting of the Quitman Guards, held this
day, the following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved, I*l, That the corps be placed in a
situation ready to march at a moment's warning.
Resolved 2nd, That wc owe our first allegience
to Georgia, and stand ready to assist in defending
her rights ami her honor, anti if Georgia be not
menaced by Federal power, we pledge out selves
to serve any Southern State that may be attacked
by Federal forces.
Resolved 3</, That a copy of the foregoing
resolutions fie forwarded lo Gov. Brown, of
Georgia, and to the Governors of those States that
have seceded, or may hereafter secede.
Jas. S. I'inckard, Ciipt. Q. G.
T. B. Oabaniss, Sec’y. Q. G.
Lakuk Arrival of Powder. —A schooner arriv
ed Iter yesterday, from the North, with 209 bar
rels of common powder, 73 kegs rifle powder, and
a large quautity of musket powder, bite properly
of tbe Stow.-#**, five
Mar of the Went fired into and driven
back—A Reliable Narration of facts.
Front the most reliable authority, eye-witnesses
of the affair, we arc enabled to lay before our •
readers the following account of it:
About six and a half o’clock, or thereabouts,
the steamer Gen. Clinch, Capt. Relyea, having
discovered the approach of the Star of the ‘-Vest, 1
signalled the fact to the occupants of the battery ;
lately thrown up on the beach at Morris’ Island. —
This vessel, it is known, left her wharf sometime
during the evening before, with a guard of eighty
men from the ranks of the PalmcUo Guards and ]
the Irish Volunteers. The duty assigned them
was to keep strict surveillance over the harbor,
and to make such signals as had been agreed upon
in the event of the approach ol’ iciitfotceiueiits to
the fortress in possessiou ot the United Etates
troops, as well as io report the approach oi any
vessel that may appear in the Offing. In the early
grey of the morning, the guard boat descried the
steamer heading in from the sea—and with as
much celerity as possible, performed the remaining
part of the task assigned her.
As soon as signalled, the entire camp on Morris’
Island was astir. There was no need for the
reveille beat to quarters. The nten were already
at their posts before the orders were given. For
some minutes they remained in anxious suspense,
ready for what every one believed sure to come,
and that—a volley front the heavy guns of Sum
ter.
As sooh a9 the Star of the West rounded the
point, she took to what is termed “ Ship Chaunel,”
inside the bar, and proceeded straight forward,
unti! nearly opposite the work on Mortis’ Island,
not more than three-quarters of a mile from the
battery, and within excellent range of the guns.
At this position of affairs the command was given
to fire, and a ball was sent whizzing athwart the
bows of the steamer. This significant hint to
proceed no further was noticed in no other man
ner by the vessel than by displaying a large flag
of the Federal Union. As soon as the Stars and
Stripes were run up to the masthead, the act of
defiance was met with a succession of heavy shot
from the fortification. The vessel continued on
her wav, with increased speed, but one or two
shots taking effect, she concluded to advance no
further, and this conclusion was hastened by the
shots from Moultrie, which, though harmless and
out. of range of the steamer, still gave evidence
that hotter work was on hand if further attempt
wa l made to proceed.
The Star of the West was clearly made out as
the name of the vessel, so that there was no mis
take oil this point. Site wits possessed of no
armament. A* soon as five or six shots had been
fired upon her front Morris’ I*4and, and as many
more front Moultrie, it was evident that she would
lower her colors to half-mast. Site veered about
so as to avoid any further messengers of thi9 kind
from the fortifications, which, with one or two
more discharges, finally ceased.
The damage done the steamer was very trifling
only two of about seventeen shots—all that was
fired—took effect upon her. One struck the
vessel about the forward part of the bow, the oth
er amidships, in the vicinity of the wheelhouse.—
No idea of the extent of damage done could be
ascertained, indeed it could not have been known
whether she had been 9truck at all had it not been
for the heavy, dull sound, and subsequent crash,
always accomanviiig the bull that “makes its mark”
in a naval engagement. At all events, she could
not have been badly injured or disabled, for even
while the tiring continued she rounded to and
etarted off seaward. As soon as this intention
was shown all firing was instantly suspended.
Fort Scmtkk.—While the engagement lasted,
no demonstration whatever was made by the
command in possession of the frowning fortress—
Sumter—except the opening of the port-holes and
running out of the guns which bear upon Morris’
Island and Moultrie. Major AttdersoD, however,
prudently forbore to fire, and no doubt experi
enced great relief when he saw the vessed steam
ing out of the harbor.— Courier.
Addrestt to lltt I’eople.
The follow ing addreso to the people of the t nit
ed States, a movement of Senator Bigler and John
(Jocbraue, of New York, has been signed by Mr.
Crittenden and many other members of Congress.
The propositions are tiiose introduced into the
Senate by Mr. Crittenden. The object is to get
the approval of the people in order that the pro
posed amendments may be passed, by a vote of
two thirds, as amendments to the Constitution:
“Your country is in immiuent peril. The Fed
eral Union is iu process of disruption. Without
your aid Congress can do little to avert tbe
impending calamity. The Senate Committee ol
Thirteen have reported their inability to agree
upon uny basis oi adjustment between the North
anU rtoul'n. 1 lie House CuinniliiccufTlitrtr tt-v
have arrived at no satisfactory conclusion.—
Meanwhile, the work of dissolution is moving for
ward with frightful strides, and mutual exaspera
tion and discord is inflaming the w hole land.—
The remedy is in your hands. You have the pow
er lo arrest the movements which .are certain to
involve the whole nation iu a deadly internecine
strife, and to restore peace to our distracted coun
try. The undersigned, representing all sections
of our common country, in vie w ol these unhap
py surroundings, have deemed it our duty to ap
peal to you.
“We have reason to believe that the following
proposed amendments to the Constitution, il pass
ed by a two-thirds vote of Congress and ratified
by three-fourths of the States, would have the
effect to allay promptly and permanently the sec
tional strife about slavery, and re establish rela
tions oi peace and good w ill between the States
and the people. Wo therefore earnestly and
urgently recommend that, with hs little delay as
possible, you express vour judgment on the pro
posed amendments. Sou can best tell bow this
can be done, whether by public meetings, conven
tions of delegations, or through the ballot-box.—
If action be had at all, to be effective it must come
promptly, and in such form as to indicate unmis
takably your will on the subject, so that your
Representatives in Congress may govern their
actions accordingly. Meanwhile we snail endeav
or to maintain the Government and preserve the
public peace.”
Memorials are pouting into Congress from the
Northern States, signed by men of all political
parties, praying Congress to submit Mr. Critten
den’s resolutions as an nmendment to’ the Consti
tution. Senator ltigler presented a large number
this morning, and expressed the opinion that
Pennsylvania would sanction the measure ; that
his State would concede anything for peace, except
the Union ; that we should never yield. There
is a rapidly growing sentiment throughout the
North favorable to Mr. Crittenden’s plan of ad
justment, and letters are pouring in urging the
Republicans to accept it.
All Incident ul Fort Kuintrr.
One of the Baltimoreans who recently returned
from Fort Sumter details an impressive incident that
took place there on Major Anderson taking posses
sion. It is known that the American Hag, brought
away from Fort Moultrie, was raised at Smuter pre
cisely iit noon on the 2"th ult.. hut the incidents of
that “Hag raising” have not been related. It was a
scene that will be a memorable reminiscence in the
lives of those who witnessed it. A short time before
noon Major Anderson assembled the whole of his
little force, with the workmen employed on the fort,
around the foot ®f the tiag-atatf. The national ensign
was attached to the cord, and Major Anderson hold
ing the end of the lines in his hands knelt reverently
down. The officers, soldiers and men clustered
around, many of them on their knees, all deeply im
pressed with the solemnity of the scene. The chap
lain made an earnest prayer—such an appeal for
support, encouragement and mercy as one would
make who felt that “man's extremity is God’s oppor
tunity.” A s the earnest, solemn words of the speaker
ceased, and the men responded Amen, with a fer
vency that perhaps they had never before oxpcrincod,
Major Anderson drew the “Star ripangled Banner”
up to the top of the staff, the band broke out with
the national air of “Hail Columbia,” and loud and
exultant cheers, repeated again und again, were
given by the officers, soldiers and workmen. “If,”
said the narrator, “South Carolina had at that mo
ment attacked the fort, there would have been no
hesitation upon the part of any man within it about
defending that Hag."— American.
Terkiiile Accident at Casti.e Pinckney. —We
are pained to record that, on Monday night shortly
after 10 o’clock, as one of the sentinels at Castle
I'inckuey was going his rounds, he was approached
by a person at the lime unknown. The sentinel
presented his musket in the Hot of challenging him,
when the piece unfortunately went off, and the
stranger immediately fell. Hb examination it
proved tube Private H. L. Holmes, of the Carolina
Bight Infantry. The ball had taken effec# in the
left side under the shoulder, traversing both lungs,
and inflicting a wound, from the effects of which
he survived only twenty minutes.— l'harUxtou
Mercury.
Negro Hiking. —(Jtiite a number of negroeß
were hired for the year by public outcry in this
city, on Monday and Tuesday. From the few cal
culations of gentlemen who witnessed others, we
came to the opinion that the average price was
uearly or quite tweuty per cent, below the rates of
last year,— Colw*(>m Enymrtr,
Hon. T. Hardeman
To the ('o-operution )>ilegate of the 3d
Cougrcitioiiul Ittstrict.
Wa* hinot k, Jau. 8,1881.
Gentlemen : —Having beei .--elected by a uonfidiug
constituency to represent ib iu in the most important
Convention that ever assemble! in out State, ! trust
you will not consider ii s.nij-s in me, the Representa
tive of the same constituency,to advise with vou upou
the present condition of National utiairs. For years
past, the rights of our people have been assailed by a
party who have labored to secure the control of our
General Government. Then efforts have been crowned
with success. I need not describe the intense excite
ment that pervaded the South at this unfortunate re
sult. The institutions of the Southern States wete
threatened with overthrow und demolition; for the
pievention of this, parties were ignored and party lines
obliterated—Bew issues were presented tor our eonsid
eraliutt- Some, ahead y satisfied that the Suuih could
uo longer lemaiu in this Union, were prepared for
immediate action, others believing that by consultation
and couleieoce among the Southern States, some ad
justment might be effected and our rights secured with
out dismembering tbe Union, urged co-operation and
delay. All, I believe, were actuated by tbe same mo
tives -the maintenance of Southern interests and South
ern honor. Knowing you were co-opeialienists troni a
desire to do simple justice to those sister Stales who
are identified with our peculiar institutions, and that
you would resist aggressions upon your ligots, come
whence they might, 1 am prepared to believe that you
will be us prompt to act as the foremost of those who
make bolder professions. That you believe your rights
had been assailed no one will doubt—that you were
ready to maintain those lights i do uot tor a moment
question, but you believed they could be preserved un
uer the Constimtiou and in the Union. Such a hope,
1 own, auima'ed me. I could not believe that Ameri
can citizens, descended from a common ancestry, bound
together by tho ties ot revolutionary memories, were
so lost to every sense of justice, us to deny us equality
in a common heritage. i knew that, for party pur
poses, they had advocated principles w hich 1 supposed
they would hesitate to cai ry into execution, and that,
crowned with success, they would then be just. So
believing, 1 hesitated to commit myself to any policy,
belorc one mote effort could be made to secure our
1 equality in this Government. That effort has be n Aon•
estly, fairly made. A Committee was appointed, in
both branches ot our Fedeial legislature, to devise
some mode of settlement, some measure of redress.
Those Committees met, and every measure tbattavored
Southern equality was rejected. Tbe Senaie Commit
tee were soon discharged. Most of the Southern mem
bers of the House Committee have abandoned it, de
spairing of a satisfactory adjustment of existing diffi
culties.
That it might have been otherwise had the South, in
solid phalanx, presented her ultimatum as a condition
ot peace and union, i cannot doubt; but emboldened
by the divisions in some Slates and the seeming indif
ference ot’ others, they have persistently refused every
; demand, every guarantee. In view of these facts, 1
i decided, in my owu mind, Georgit should not submit,
and immediately telegraphed mv convictions to tbe
people of my own county, urging coopeiatiou with
those States who were preparing to be “equals in the
Uuion or independent out of it.
The uctiou of the Culton States and the danger that
threatened the Uuion, aroused the Representatives, of
all parlies, of the border Slates. They met in Con
vention. Hope again revived. The bow of promise
was indistinctly seen through the surrounding gloom.
They agreed upon the Critteuden Compiomiae, which
had been previously rejected—though not satisfactory
to the South, lor the suite of harmony and Uuiou, ma
ny favored it. Yesterday, the result of their action
was presented to the House, wheu the Republicans, so
fur fiom sustaining it, refused the South the poor boon
oireoeiciny and j>riatin<j the rtsolut'une. Their action
is iu uccoidance with a resolution passed in caucus to
ojypose all- eoinjacmuse*. They plant themselves upon
tlie Chicago platform, nor will they abandon it.
Recent developments, (looking to coercive measures;
have made them more bold and resolute. All hope ts
gone ! The most credulous now despair, h e cannot
be equals in, this Union. Shall we become serfs and
slaves? I know you will answer never, never! lor we
have uo “portion in David, neither have we inheritance
in the sou of Jesse.” What course, then, does duty
dictate? To your tents, O Israel! Cooperate with
those Slates who hate determined upon tudependence,
uuless some adjustment shall be effected between now
and the day of your action. We shall have the co op
eratiou desired. Fight States will soon be iu a South
ern Con ederacy. Others will soon follow. Ueorgia
has beeu true to the Union— she is also true to her
Southern sisters, beiau.s-- >1 is identified with them
in feeling ami mien - . I- ■. o'gia, then, be a unit
iu her Com An .o ic Republicans plead, iu
extenuation of i•; rc< r- A a respectable minority
in our State loss .te'l us, i-pqio-ed to action
and facor subansioi-,. ! donut believe it. 1 believe
if my countrymen knew the state oi allairs here —the 1
determined opposition to them and their institutions,
they would uot hesitate to strike for independence.
Ry so doing we may avert civil war; lor if one or two
States only, act, the General Government, presuming
upon their weakness, may attempt to coerce them into
subjection by force of aims. Could Georgia be neutral
in such a conflict? A common sympathy, a common
inteiest, a common destiny, all force a negative re
sponse. The liist gun fired at a citizen ot a sister
State would summon our men to arms; for none are
so base, I hope, as to be listless in such a cause. Let
us, then, be united. Then will Georgia's concerted
action speak, m thunder tones, to her sister Southern
States, of sympathy and Cos operation—to her North
ern oppressors, of resistance and independence. I
know dangers surround such a course, 1 would not
disguise them. I Lave not those bright dreams of !
peace (but cheer oibers, more emliusiasuc tlun myself.
Til® disease is desperate The remedy severe. Storms
await us, we must bullet them—dangers threaten, we
must brave them. He who would shrink liom meet
ing them, but little appreciates the blessings of tree
dom or the cost of independence.
For my.-elf, bom rpon Southern soil, nurtured in
the institutions of mv own sunny South, my taleut,
my fortune und my life shall be freely offered to main
tain her honor, preserve her institutions and establish
her independence.
T. HARDEMAN, Jr.
Alabama State Convention.
Montgomery, Jan. 11.—The following is the or
dinance ol secession, as adopted by the convention
to day :
AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the Union existing
between the State of Alabama and the othe*!-
States, united ander the compact styled the
United States of America :
W iik re as, The election of Abraham Lincoln and
Hannibal Hamlin to tho offices of President and
Vice-President of the United States of America, by
a sectional party, avowedly hostile to the domestic
institution, and to the peace and security of the
people of the State of Alabama, following upon the
heels of many und dangerous infractions of the
constitution of the United States by many of the
Northern sections of tbe Union, is a political wrong
of so insulting and menacing a character, as to jus
tify the people ol the State of Alabama in the
adoption of prompt and decided measures for their
future peace and security ; therefore
Sec, 1. He it declared and ordained by the
pie of the State of Alabama in convention assent
bled, that the State of Alabama withdraws from,
and is hereby withdrawn from, the Union known
as the United States of America : und is, and of
right ought to be, a sovereign and independent
State.
Sec. 2. And be it further declared and ordained
by the people of the State of Alabama, in conven
tion assembled, that all powers over the territories
of said State, and over tbe people thereof delegated
to the government of the United States of America,
fie, and they, are hereby withdraw n from said gov
ernment and are hereby resumed and vested in the
people of the State of Alabama,
Sec. 3. And as it is the desire and purpose of
the people of Alabama to meet the slaveholding
States of the South, who approve of such purpose,
in order to frame and revise a permanent form of
government, upon the principle® of the govern
ment of the United States.
Sec. 4. He it also resolved, by the people of the
State of Alabama, in convention assembled that
the people of the States of Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Kentucky, ami Missouri, be, and they
are hereby, invited to meet the State of Alabama,
bv their delegates, on the fourth day of February
next, at Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, for
the purpose of consultation with each other, as to
tho most effectual mode * securing concerted and
harmonious action, in -r measures mav be
deemed mo- u.. . ‘ t • .< < eiinon peace and
security.
Sec. o. And be it fur ,r resolved, that the
President ol this convention be, and he is hereby
instructed to transmit, forthwith, a copy of the
preamble, ordinance, and resoluiious, to the Gov
ernois of the several States named.
Sec. <. The said resolutions, done by the people
of the State of Alabama, in convention assembled,
at Montgomery, this eleventh day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixtv-one.
The foregoing preamble and resolutions were
adopted by the following vole: ayes Cl, nays 39.
Florida Ordinance of Secession.
h e. the people of E nrida, in Convention assembled,
do solemnly ordain, publish and tUcl ire , That the Stale
of Florida heieby withdraws herselt from tfie Confed
eracy of Slates existing under tbe name of the United
Stales of America, and from tbe existing government
of said States ami that all political conuecltou belweeu
her ail'd tho government of the said States ought to be,
und the same is hereby totally annulled, und said
Uuion of Stutes dissolved, aud the State of Florid*
is hereby declared n sovereign and independent Na
tion; and that all ordinances heretofore adopted, in so
far as they create or recognize said Uuiou, ate rescind
ed, und all laws or parts of laws in force iu this State,
iu so far us they recognize or asseut to said Union, be
uud they are hereby repealed.
The Ordinance was signed by the whole delegation.
How to Ci re Pork.—After pork is cold—not fro
zen-place it iu the vessel used for packing, flesh part
up,joints first; sprinkle p'entilully with black pepper;
salt well; thus continue each layer alternately until all
is packed; after remaining in the salt a sufficient time j
(it requires longer in cold weather,) rinse and bang j
high in an airy house, smoke uutil dark yellow, aud J
tbe result will likely boa good article of bacon with J
neither bugs uor shippers. fk
MAt NrGEORGIA:
Wednesday, January 16,1861.
Cr TOUT MAKKET.
There is £ ood demand for Cotton, at prices,
ranging from 9to Kf} cts. Inferior grades at low
er rates according to quality. The daily receipts
of our Ware Houses are very fair and we would
advise planters not to delay iu bringing their Cot
ton into market. Shipments are made daily to the
extent of the means of the Railroad, to take it to
Savannah. Considerable Cotton has come through
this city, that usually has gone to Charleston. Hut
from the present state of political derangements in
that quarter, it has this direction. Over 2000 bales
were sold in Savannah, on Monday, at full prices.
*We would direct attention to the advertise* 1
meut of the excellent School under the supervision
of Rev. C. VV. Howard, near Kingston, Ga. Tlip
location is accessible and healthy, while the cha
racter of the institution is of the highest grade.
We have received a catalogue of the Offi
cers and Students of the Literary Department of
the University of Nashville, Tenn., from which it
appears that popular institution is in a highly flou
rishing condition.
TILE CONVENTION.
A large number of delegates to the State Con
vention, passed through our city yesterday, on their
way to Miiledgeville. Also quite an escort of oth
ers who will go as observers. Miiledgeville, for
the next few days, is likely to be very much crow
ded.
In regard to the action of this important body,
as we intimated in our last, we presume, in view
of the present aspect of the country and the cir
cumstances which now surround us, it will be unit
ed. From the letter of Mr. Hardeman, which we
pnblish from the Teleyraph , and from still later
advices in our possession, from the same gentleman
and other sources, the hope of satisfactory conces
sions from the North before the 4th of March, must
be abandoned.
Georgia must, therefore, look now rather to her
own safety and interests <uid those of her Southern
Confederates, than to a longer continuance in the
Union.
UNPLEASANT REFLECTIONS
Rush upon us, unbidden, as we are reminded by
the circumstances which surround us and the ex
citing events which flit like phantoms before us,
that the present is probably tbe last number of the
Georgia Journal tt Messenger , that will ever be
issued under the Government of the United
States or America. The Convention which this
day assembles at the Capitol, will, doubtless, very
promptly pass an ordinance of secession from the
Federal Union.
For nearly forty years, tinder the Stars and
Stripes, has the Messenqer, with all the power and
ability it could command, labored to guard, pre
serve and perpetuate the Government of our pat
riot fathers. Believing it was a boon Irom Heaven,
designed to descend as a rich heritage to our chil
dren and children’s children —to bless our own and
other lands—we certainly shall be excused for
lingerie m-vig the noble monuments and cltet
ished n> * of the grand and glorious past of
a once p. . > ...--.l united Republic.
Hut we i; 1 no time or desire, at present, for
the indulgence or utterance of unavailing aud
useless regrets. A crisis is upon us which calls
for the prompt and cordial co-operation of every
good citizen iu devising and carrying out such
measures as will best promote the safety, peace
and prosperity of our own great State and her
sister confederates. We have no apprehensions
of invasion—at least for the present —from abroad.
We do, however, much fear that our
in the excitements of the times will overlook the
importance of at once so modifying and changing:
their political economy as shall more fully develops
and enlarge our commercial, material and indus
trial resources, and prepare our State for her new
position and relations. Georgia has within her.
self all the elements of prosperity and happiness.
Let her sons goheartily to work to render them
available.
A SOUTHER N CONVENTION CALLED.
The Alabama Ordinance of recession, it will
be seen, invites a Convention of all the slavehold
ing States, to be held on the 4th of February, at
Montgomery, “for the purpose of consulting with
each other as to the most effectual inode of secur
ing concerted harmonious action in whatever mea
sures may be deemed roost desirable for our com
mon peace and security.”
We hope our Convention will promptly respond
to this invitation, and send our bett men to this
important consultation. In the delegation, we
should be glad to see such wise and experienced
Statesmen as Judges Lumpkin, Law, Jenkins, and
others, outside of the State Convention. As con
sultation and of all the Southern
Stitles in the lIHHv iiupt acticable, it ie
highly important that this be secured among the
seceded States, and such others as choose to be
Represented in that body. We hope Commission-
Brs will be sent from all the border States.
INTERNATIONAL COTTON PLANT.
We were misinformed, it secrus, in regard to the
suspension of the Examiner. It has merely
transformed itself into the regal plant of the
Universe, as will be seen by the following notice
of Mr. McEvoy, its enterprising publisher:
The present number of the International Cotton
Plant has been issued in combination with the
Macon Examiner , upon very short notice and to
prevent any break in the regular edition of the
latter journal. This will explain the reason whv
our paper does not present at its first appearance
that completeness and finish, which, from its
character and objects, it deserves. In a short
time, however, our editorial friends will find that
although commenced in this quiet end unpretend
ing manner, the International Cotton Plant has
been thoroughly organized, and will be a worthy
representative of the great interests it is intended
to advocate.
C. G. Baylor, Esq., favorably known for his
persevering efforts in behalf of direct trade, will
be the “ European Editor.”
A MFTHEHN CONFEDERACY.
In the even’ iat Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi a? ..ouisiana, unite with the Palmetto
Republic ir nig a Southern Confederacy, we
w ill “take >y the forelock” in suggesting the
following ..iig ticket for the positions named ;
President ,
A. G. BROWN, of Miss.
1 Ice. President ,
J. 11. IIAMMOND, of So. Ca.
Cabinet Officer* ,
Secretary of State, W. L. Yancey, of Ala.
“ “ Treasury, R. B. Khett, of So. Ca.
“ “ War, Jeff. Davis, of Miss.
“ “ Navy, John Slidell, of La.
“ “ Interior, G. S. Hawkins, of Fla.
I P. M. General, M. A. Cooper, of Ga.
Attorney General, James Gardner, Jr., of Ga.
The above is from the Americus Georgian. —
Would it not be as well to see whether we can
form a Governmeut to meet the wants of the peo
ple, before we select their rulers ?
Pkath. —We regret to learn says the Telegraph ,
that the Hon. John T. Duiichd, late Senator from
Chattahoochee, died last week at his residence af
ter a very short illuess. He passed through our
eity on his return home and appeared in his usual
health and spirits. Ilis loss will he severely felt in
the community in which he has lived for many
years, by the poor, who always looked toward him
in their hour of adversity.
The Knoxville Whig of Saturday says that a por
tion of the union men of Roano recently hung a fel
low with a grape-vine for advocating disunion, and
when life was nearly extinct matle him swear to
support the Constitute of the State*
nUj °‘ Auder *oiU* Reply to the Ch r |e
•on Authorities, r,e “
The Wilmington (N. C.) Herald savs; After Mai
Anderson removed to Fort Sumter. Gov. Pickens
sent Col. Pettigrew and Major Capers down to him
with * dispatch. The Courier savs his reply hadjnot
transpired, but we learn that a gentleman ’ who ar
nved here yesterday from Charleston says that Maj.
Anderson received the above named gentlemen
courteously, aud stated to them that he had acted
upou his own responsibility, and for security—that I,@
deprecated the necessity for it, and hoped no atm, r
would be made upon him—that he should hate to
turn his guns upon his countrymen, but uuless com
matided by the Government of the United States. h e
would never surrender the post while he lived, and
that it an attack was made upon him, he hoped the
first shot fired at the fort would pierce his heart. ]•
is said he has one years’ provisions in the fort and
over two huudred men.
Growing Opinions in the North.—There can
be no exaggeration in saying that public sentiment
at the North, says the N. V. Journal of Commen t
will sustaiu the Government in protecting the
property of the United States wherever it may be
fouud, and in enforcing the legal collection of
revenues. Thousands of old Democrats, Bell-and-
Everett men, and those who voted the Union
ticket at the late Presidential election, will stand
by the honor of the Confederation, so far at least
as these points are concerned. It is apparent, also
that while there is a large class of conservative
men at the North, who would not resist the quiet
secession of Southern States, yet they are capable
of taking a decided stand should South Carolina
persist in a belligerent course. There is now great
reason to fear that she will do so—especially as
the Convention Commissioners have returned
home dissatisfied with their reception by the Prej
ident.
“Cos Opkration is Submission.”—Gen’l. Waddy
Thompson addressed a large audience of Ladies
and gentlemen at the Capitol on last Friday even
ing, says the Tallahassee Sentinel , in a speech of
some length. The only point we deem it necessary
to notice is his assertion that “co operation i*
submission.” While we disagree with the logical
inferences he drew in his arguments, we were
particularly struck with some of his illustrations
one of which gives a key to the motives of many
who do not desire to have co-operation. He does
not desire the border States to come into tbe
Cotton Confederacy, but desires that they remain
as they are, so that we may realize in fact the idea
of the boy, who, when his father complained of
the squirrels eating the outside rows of his corn,
very honestly asked, “ Why have any outsid,
rows ?’’ This illustration was as forcible as it was
brilliant and striking.
Gen. Thompson was followed by the Hon. J. J.
Finly, of West Florida, who thanked God that
South Carolina was out of the Union, and hoped
that Florida would be so this week.
In its comments on Mr. Buchanan’s Message, tbe
London Morning Star says: “ But the most ad
mirable part of this section of Mr. Buchanan s
message is that in which he argues that the Union
must exist, if at all by the force of opinion, and
that it would be impossible to employ coercion
. against a seceding State without violating the
great principles of political freedom, and plunging
the country into all the horrors of a fratricidal war.
The Union of tiie American States was a voluntary
bond and therefore, the moment it assumes an en
forced character, ana is joined together by a rude
process of compulsion, iustead of by ties of broth
erly amity and good-will, a deadly blow will he
struck at the vital animating principles of Republi
can Government.”
Abolitionist Mobbed in Massachusetts. —The
Springfield (Mass.) Republican pays that Charles C.
Burleigli, a rabid Abolitionist, delivered a political
address at a school-house in West Farms, Westfield,
Thursday evening, and uttered sentiments so offen
sive that a mob gathered and broke up the meeting,
and celebrated their triumph by making a bonfire of
the school-house and its contents.
Charleston Vessels arrived at Savannah.—
The following vessels arrived here yesterday from
Charleston, says the Republican of Monday, hav
ing been prevented from going into Charleston
harbor, by the sinking of three vessels in the ship
channel, by the authorities :
Ship Cathadin , Perkins, from Deal.
Ship Albert Gallatin , Storer
Bark Yankee Blade , Burke, Ireland.
Ship Augusta dc Victor , Ollivier, Havre.
Ship Emily St. Pierre , Tessier, Liverpool.
Not very Particular.—We yesterday heard,
says the Boston Courier, a couple of politicians sigh
ing over the affairs of the nation. “ I wish,” said
one of them, i: Old Jackson was in old Buchanan's
place.” i: 1 ain't so particular about that,” retorted
tbe other, “ I'd be satisfied if old Buchanan wa3 in
old Jackson's place.’’
Fort Marion Taken by the Florimaks..—The
Charleston Mercury ol the 7th insl., learns that a
detachment of the Fernandiua Volunteers, by
order of Governor Perry, has taken possession of
Fort Marion in the harbor of St. Augustine, Fla.
Really Fort seizure is epidemic in the South.
Nice State of Affairs in Yaneeei.e*d.—Tbe
Barnstable Patriot says :
Our people are suffering much from their ina
bility to sell their fish.”
To which the Boston Post ruefully replies
“ Our people are suffering from their icahil ty
to buy them.”
“Sensation Dispatches.”—Here is one of that
i sort, communicated to us by Cox, Conductor on
I the Macon & Western Railroad :
Macon, Jan. 7. —Fort Hawkins taken ! Terrible
excitement! The Mule Company ordered out
Armed Vessel coming up the Ocmulgee ! The
Port of Entry to be fortified forthwith! Glory
Hallelujah !! !—Griffn Georgian.
Was the above intended as a hit at Toombs ?
Charleston Forts.—An officer of the United
States coast survey has lurnished the Charleston
press the following measurements taken from the
latest surveys made by the coast survey depart’
ment:
“ F®rt Sumter is three and three eighths mile*
from Charleston, one and one eighth miles fiom
Fort Moultrie, three quarters ot a mile to the
nearest land, one and three eighths miles to Fort
Johnson, and two and five eighths miles to Castle
Pinckney. The last named fort is one mile from
the city, and Fort Johnson is two and a quarter
miles troiri the city.”
The Richmond Dispatch puts the following
question in arithmetic: “If ten thousand troops
cost South Carolina six millions a year, how much
will it cost to support an army large enough to
demolish the ten thousand ?”
Another material question remains to be asked
and answered : How much will it benefit eilhet
party to spend such immense sums for warlike
purposes, when, if they would first ascertain and
unite public sentiment in tbeir respective sections,
thev could avoid collisions altogether by an hon
orable adjustment of their differences if adjustible,
or by a peaceful and fair separation if otherwise ?
Maj. Andkrson.-As there is some controversy on
the subject, we would state, upon the best author
ity, that Major Robert Anderson, now in command
of Fort Sumter, is a Southern man, and a citizen
of Kentucky. Mrs. Anderson, his wife, is the
daughter of the late Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, of tkis
State.
A Political Joke.—Bigler, of Pennsylvania
meeting John Cochrane casually’ in the hall at ‘
lard's Hotel, said : “ What about this Bailey fraud.
Cochrane, do you hear nytiling in addition -
Oh,” replied Cochrane, “ there U nothing in