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J. KPTOWIiES and S. BOSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Thr 1 •‘>.000,000 Loan.
The circular, which we publish below, has l>een
tlftu hv the Register of the Treasury to the sev
etal Loan Commissioners throughout the Confed
erate State*. The public will God in this circular
additional information touching this Loan.
jje circular? and other official publication® by
tha Treasury Department, the public lun had am
ple opportunity to become familiar with all the
lacr*, and detailed regulations connected with
this question. The press has also lent its influence
in this matter, and we take it that, the whole plan
may now be easily understood by an intelligent
public.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
Tkkaicbt Dkhaktmknt, j
RKfllSTKt's Ot'MCK,
Montgomery, Ala., Match , Iflfil- .1
St*: lam directed by the Secretary of the
Treasury to say, that in several of the counties
commissioners have been selected from different
portions, for tbe purpose of diffusing, as widely
•a praetic&ble. the notice of the loan, and ol the
.tisie of the opening of subscription therefor, as
♦•li as to concentrate, in each hoard, the influence
cd aid of representatives ot the le&i.ug material
interest! of the country.
The firs: named gentleman on ea.-h Board is
regarded by tLe Dtp*rtu.ent a* us Chairiirait.
The depaitment is of the opinion that two days
will be sufficient time to keep open the l>ook, htit
It a left to the discretion ot the Ron ds to ron
vnu* them open for a longer tint", in eases of un
foreseen necessity. If the Commissioners, residing
at points other than the one at which the books
are opened, find it inconvenient to remain longer
than one day, the duties can be performed by
those residing at the place of subscription, or by
any one of tbe Board.
Receipts will be forwarded in ample time, to be
signed by the commissioners having charge of the
respective subscriptions; which are iutended for
those who pay in full their subscriptions on the
day of subscribing. These Receipts, as will ap
pear ou their face, will entitle tbe owner thereof
to a proper amount of bonds or other stock, as
soon as they can be issued.
The books of subscription when closed, you will
please forward to tbe Central Board, by mail or
express, with the least possible delay, retaining a
transcript for yourselves. Only five millions of
the loan now lieing offered, and the preference
being given to those who pay in full when sub
scribing ; next to the subscribers of SSO bonds or
certificates of stock, and next to those of sjlnO—
u would be advisable to suggest to subscribers
that much trouble would be saved to the board,
arid to the Department, and greater certainty at
twined of their receiving the full amount they may
desire, if they pay in lull their subscriptions, as in
the event of au over subscription, which n> conti
dentlv expected, the subscriptions must be sealed
and adjusted.
The Commissioners will please notice particu
larly, that pur funds alone can be received in pay
ment for the bouds or certificates of stock. The
pound local curreuey of any of the Confederate
States may be taken, by adding to it such per
ventage as will make it equivalent to coin at tbe
centre of trade of the State in which the subscrip
tion is paid.
The Department is daily receiving most satis
factory assurance from the commercial centres of
the Confederate States, that the capital of the
country will eagerly seek tbe investment offered
by the loau bill.
Additional information desired upon any point
connected herewith, will be promptly furnished
by the Department. Respectfully,
Alex. B. Clithekall,
Register of the Treasury.
South Carolina.
It wilt be seen by the subjoined from the Charles
ton Mercury, that South Carolina has adopted tbe
Constitution of the Confederate States by a large
majority.
‘■'lie Constitution.
•’ Our re&.lera have already been informed that
a vote on the constitution has been taken in the
South Carolina state Convention, and that it has
been accepted by a vote of some twenty against
one hundred and fifty. The Convention is almost
unanimous, we under stand, in odjecting to two
provisions : one, the admission of auii slave States
by even a two-thirds vote of the House of Oon
grefs ; and the other is the continuance of a par
tial, instead of a full representation of persooa who
are slaves, in the Congressional apportionment.—
B-’tides these, there are many in the Convention
who objec ts to the insertion of the slave trade pro
hibition into the Cote*tllutiou, instead of leaving it
to legislative eunctun til, a-i in the old instrument.—
Thes? t we believe, are the only matters to which
ny serious exception is taken, although doubtless
many would iike to have had the duties on imports
specifically limited to ten or fifteen per cent, ad
xaloi On, and many would have preferred a more
responsible wav of electing than by the present
party caucus system. With these exceptions, and
as a whole, it is generally regarded as an admir
able Constitution, and one w hich will make us a
prosperous arid happy people for generations to
comp, if we have but the wisdom to keep our Con
federation of one pro-stave republics exclusively,
and not to mix it of Slates having different doin* s
tie instructions, aDd antagonistic views. No more
of “ the irrepressible conflict,” and hands off with
the North, is clearly our policy.
Those who have supposed the ratification of the
Constitution by this State a matter of any doubt,
have troubled themselves with uncalled-for anxiety.
There has been no uncertainty from the time the
Constitution was first published. Had South Car
olina occupied another position than the prime
mover in this revolution, and had other circum
stances warranted it, she might have made a |M>int
on o jectionable features of omission and insertion
in the Constitution—at least first uied to have
them corrected. But prominent as he has been,
and in the unsettle*! condition of a Akira, the has
not hesitated a moment about accepting a Consti
tution, which, if not entirely satisfactory, yet
embodies many important and radical improve
ments upon the Cnited States Constitution. It is
probable that with the proposal oi the amendments
she desires, lor the consideration and actions of
th- Confederate States, however uulikely their
adoption may be, South Carotins will ratify tbe
xi*-w i onatitutioti by a vote approximating to unan
imity.
The Kelliodlut Action on Hint rr .
We give in full to-day the closing proceeding*
of the late session of the Baltimore (JaiitereMce *t
Staunton. wbicti show that the action ol that body
on the slavery subject, in opposition to the ntw
chapter introduced into the discipline hr the last
General Oonferenc of the Ghnrch at Buffalo, fa of
a character simitar to that takeo by the Last flat
timore Conference lately in ecsniou at Chambers
burg. After uruch discussion, an<l evidence of
considerable disagreement iu the U>Jy as to the
precise form and extent of action proper to be
taken, the Baltimore Conference finally adopted
the main features of the report made by Her. Nor
val Wilson, conforming to the memorial of the Lay
Convention, within the bounds of the Conference
in favor of a separation from the General Confer
ence. The final vote in favor of the separation
amounted to eighty-seven, and, though there were
only three direct votes against the proposition, it
appears there were some forty who did uot vote
at all. The way is left open iu the resolutions for
a reunion with the Not them body hereafter, on
the same basis as adopted b) the East Conference
—that b, the abrogation of the uew chapter at the
next Annual Conference, and the transferring of
the subject of slavery to the juri.-aiicUOii of the
conference where it exists, Ac. The presiding
bishop, it will be seen, objects to the result arriv
ed at, and considered it null and void as confer
ence action.— Baltimore. Sun, March 2d.
Macon aso N\ ahkentgn I!aii.iiuad.—We are in
formed that the question of route has finally been
settled. The connection j s to be inside the cor
poration as first contemplated. Th.- Road will run
a few rods south ol the Method!* L. Church. The
grade work through to an will be commenced in a
few days.
We rode out one day last week, as f ur a3 j Ut i„ a
Welborn’s plantation, for the purpose of taking’s
look at the work. Oar (rid friend John 11. Colt
a* charge of the bridge work, and is progressing
linety with it ; and we take occasion to say that u
> ould not have fallen into l*etter hands. He will
“ r **dy to raise one of the creek bridges this
and the next in a few days alter. He is the
r.ght man in tb right pl.u-e.
‘ r , yjrl . * Contract lor grading is a tremendous
worl b l-n* E® fT T i "K ** •* the nature of the
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THE BRITISH PRESS
A portion of the British Press, it would appear,
so intensely hate tbe South—the very people who 1
keep them alive—that no 1 bel is too monstrous
for them to perpetrate. By the following from
the London Chronicle, it would appear, that Ar
row Smith has been again in labor. It were worse
than useless to more than laugh at tbe wretched
ravings of British fanaticism which finds its reflec
tion at the North. The “Chronicle” sav* :
Ever since Mr. Lincoln’s ascent to the Presiden
tial chair, the cruelties of the .slaveowners have
been multiplied and intensified, bee-a tine >t is fear
ed that, unless a s\ tern of terror In- established,
the hereditary bondsmen will make weapon® ol
their chains .-md crush oppression itself under the !
heel of revolted slavery. Not in Algiers, when;
the Deys were at the summit of their execrable
I rower; not in Rome, when the poor captive girl,
.tier being flagitiously abused, was Hung Into a
t,,h f >ond; not in Russia, when she executioner cuts
out the tongue of his knouted victim, have hor
rors more terrible been recorded than have been
testified to by unwilling witnesses since the tri
umph of Mr. Lincoln. The over-worked, under
fed, niiserably-clad, and wretchedly-lodged slaves,
have l>eeii compelled, as a means of repressing
their intelligence, to work in iron collars, to sleep
in the stocks, to drag heavy chains at their feet,
to wear yokes bells, and copper horns ; stand nak
ed while their masters or mistresses brand them
infaßtfMttlyt to have their teeth diawn, to have red
pepper rubbed into their excoriated Uesh, to be
U'.lkk) in turpentine, to be thrust info sacks with
iSad cals, to have their fingers amputated, to be
shaved, and to be whipuedfrorn neck to heels with
red hot irons. It is of no avail to deny this im
peachment. Congress itself, which contains a
majority of slaveowners, admits the truth, ’iho
American journals teem with advertisements of
slaves whose bodies are marked indelibly with the
traces of torture. Cases are frequently tried in
the law courts of the Union ol masters who have
not only flogged their black girls to death, but
have deliberate!. carved the flesh from their bones;
and since the beginning of the panic caused by Mr.
Lincoln's election these abominations have been
redoubled. The slaves are distiuetly told that
upon the slightest indication of a scheme for
joining w ith the agitators of the North, they shall
be tied up, one to every cotton and peach tree
in the land, and flagellated until they are more ab
ject than the worms in the dust. These threats,
accompanied as they are by exemplary atrocities,
i may lor a time curb the impatience oi the negro
imputation, but the planters are dismally mistaken
if they imagine that this policy will in the long
run uphold their csnrped privileges. They may
resolve upon bloodshed. They may assail the
forts of the Union, they may prolong the bloody
conflict until the President is compelled to de
mand extraordinary supplies for lire military ser
vice : but thev are rendering she feud mortal, nd
every drop of blood'lied by the abettors of the
revolution will fall upon their own heads in a ret
ribution of tenfold severity.- The struggle ha*
tegun, but it will never end until the South has
been subjected to a defeat w hich will not only de
stroy its political influence, but ruin its property,
; ud inflict a final punishment upon those enslavers
of humauity whose ferocity has so long iuvoked
the veugeauce of the world.
The following from the same paper, must have
been combed from the idea/, prolific, and scurvy
head of Garrison :
There is something prcturnaturally repulsive iu
the slang, the swagger, and the ruffianism of these
cowhide desperadoes. Every fresh report from
headquarters of rowdyism aggravates the atrocity
of its brutalizing insolence. The Carolinian Sena
tor considers himself degraded unless he struts,
like a Dutcli bandit, with a brace of revolving
pistols in his pockets, or a bludgeou, tbe mere car
rying of which would be regarded as an outrage
even in Ireland. No country ou the globe pro
duces a blackguardism, a cowardice or a treachery,
so consummate as that of the negro-driving States
in the new Southern Confederacy. It is not
enough for the auctioneers of African flesh and
blood that they can torture their stripped victims,
and commit assasination with impuuity; it is
not enough that they are privileged to flay or
burn alive their breathing chattels; they must
plot to take the life of their new President, while
the Republic is charioting him to her sacred
throne. These malignant wretches, impish and
paltry beyond conception in their ideas ol political
revenge, endeavoring to blow up Abraham Lin
coln wit h an infernal machine on his journey from
Cincinnati, and schemed to originate a railway
accident, by which hundreds of lives might have
been lost, ill order to gratify their jealousy of a
man who ha.- triumphed over the most dangerous
cabal in the Commonwealth. The worst clement
in the position of the Cnion is this position of the
South, w hich has derived from the Spaniard its
barbarous vanity, from the Huron and .Mohawk its
ravage indifference to suffering, and from the mon
grels of the Gulf its loathsome habit of combining
the manners of the bull-ring with the moral* of
bordello. President Lincoln is called upon to
•leal with this seditious, turbulent and homicidal
population.
i tttiMt is Now in Alabama. — 1 he Tuscutnbia
North Alabamian of the 22il instant contains the
proceedings of a public meeting held at Frankfort,
iu Alabama, at which the billowing resolutions,
among others of a similar character, were passed •
Resolved, That we approve the course pursued
by our delegatee, Messrs. Watkins and Steele, iu
Convention at Montgomery, iu not signing the
so-called Secession Ordinance.
That secession is inexpedient and unnecessary,
and we are opposed to it iu any form, and the
more so since a majority ol the Slave States have
refused to go out, either by what i9 called “South
ern co-operation” or ‘•precipitate secession,” and
that the refusal to submit, the so called secession
ordinance to the decision of the people i? an out
rage upon our rights and liberty, and manifests a
spirit oi assumption, unfairness and dictatorship.
That our Congressional nominee, if elected, is
to represent us in the faired States Congress,
and not in the Congress ol this so-called “south
ern Confederacy.”
Pout Office Department of the Confederate
St ati s.—’Hie following comprises the names and
grades of the officers of the Post Office Depart
ment, up to t his date :
•lolin 11. Reagan, Texas, Postmaster General.
Henry St. Goe. Oflut, Missouri, Chief of Con
tract Bureau.
Benjamin X. Clements. Tentl., Chief of Appoint
ment Bureau.
W. D. Miller, Texas, Chii-I Clerk of Department.
Joseph y, wfs, Texas, Clerk.
John (*, Mr** h laiuUisna, Clerk.
i. I. I!, lionticr Als,, Cterk.
<l, Sew tow les .*, Mias , Clerk.
f.itg,r< I) I'mlt-or, Ala,, Messenger.
Arrotsrri>is or mt Hi < ri.tarv or ttf. Treas
• s V.—Tle following appointments have been made
by the iteyralaty ol the Treasury of the Confeder
ate Slate* :
J. A. Williams, Collector, Stephenson, M as.
Thomas Base, Collector, Athens. Ala.
Walker A. Goodman, Holly Springs, Miss.
1.. L. Joues, Collector, Hernando, Miss.
Samuel Bell, Collector, East Port, Miss.
F. It. Shackelford, Collector, Atlanta, Ga.
Charles P. Pelk, Collector, Corinth, Ala.
W. T. Hobiusoii, Collector, Chester, 3, C.
W. T. Bsrlett, Collector, Horeuce. S. C.
A Wealthy Volunteer Corps. —The Flovd
Cavalry, numbering forty men, represent taxable
property to the amount of $730,000 —or an aver
age ol 18,-ton apiece. We venture to say there
are lew volunteer companies anywhere, as wealthy
iu proportion to numbers, lion. Johu W. 11.
Underwood, Ex. SI. C., aud Hon. T. J. Word May
or of Rome are privates iu this company. Home
Sonthcrnar.
That is a pretty wealthy company; but it will
not begin to measure dollars wiih the Governor’s
Horse Guard.-, a cavalry company ia Baldwin coun
ty. At the last return of taxes the Horse Guards
numbering 35 men, represented taxable property
to the amount of Two and a Half Millions. i>De
man id the company represented about a million.
Can any company in the State equal it!'— Eds. So.
Fed. Union.
Ho!#, to John Screven.— However it may be
with corporations, it is perfectly clear that John
Screven, President of the Savannah, Albany and
Gulf Railroad, has a soul, and a large one at that.
I'h following diHpateh was received by Gov. Perry
front him in answer to the inquiry as to what
w<j dd be tuc cost of tending four hundred volun
teers over his road:
Fa vans AW, March 25.
7< fjor. /V*vy •
Will carry four hundred infAntry free of charge,
upon two days notice, stating amount of baggage
per wan, and number of tent°, also the point at
which we are to receive the troops.
Jon.N Screven, President.
All honor to you, John Screven! Would that
our country w#a* full of sueh men. -Sac. Hep.
. Death of Ex-Chief Jcetice Shaw. —Lemuel
Sbww, late Chief Justice of Massachusetts, died at
his resilience in Boston on Saturday. He fell
dead while converging, being in the act of dressing
hhiMplij’jn his rooii.
MACON, GEORGIA j =
Wednesday, Apiil 10,1861.
THE WEAIHEE.
After several dav of cloudy, wet and bleak
weather, we are again exhilerated with bright skies
and pure, bracing air. We hear encouraging at*
counts from all parts of the State in relation to
crops ol all kinds. Still we should not forget that
this is April.
IN BAD TASTE.
In the present unsettled and perilous condition
ol the country, we think very bad taste is displayed
| by those who are thrusting themselves before the
people lor office, or suffering their friends to do so.
We know it must be distasteful to some of the
gentlemen whose names have doubtless been used
w ithout their knowledge or eon.-ent. Nearly six
mouths must elapse belore our general elections,
and God only knows what dangers we are to pass
through or changes may take place in that time.
It w ill be most unfortunate if the great and per
manent interests of the Republic are overlooked
or sacrificed in a pell me)l scramble for office.—
How mortifying would be such a spectacle ! Greed
for office contributed largely lor tbe overthrow of
: the old Government. Unless we are watchful i
■ will he the downfall of the nt-w. Let the people
set their faces against the old and effete placemen,
who prematurely thrust themselves personally or
through their friends into the lists as candidates.
We now have Chief Rulers in whom we may re
poo the utmost confidence. Let us stand by them
aud the Republic, with united hearts and strong
hand®.
COAL OIL
In our paper of the 27th ult., we published an
interesting article in relation to the medical ppr
perties of Coal Oil. Since then several of
zens have tried it for rheumatism and otifer com
plaints, and have derived benefit from its applica
tion. See advertisement of Messrs. Bolshaw k
Herzog.
IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
The attendance at the Methodist Church in this
city, on last Sabbath morning, of quite a targe
number of officers and soldiers, in military fatigue
dress, wa® an interesiing incident of the lay. Many
of them were from our sister city, Augusta, and all
> n route for Pensacola. It. being the usual sacra
mental Sabbath, after a very able and impressive
discourse from the Itev. J>r. 1,. Pierce, in which
the venerable and eloquent speaker, in his own
forcible style, happily illustrated his theme by the
circumstances aiound him, the Rev. Mr. Evans,
the Presiding Elder, in appropriate and touching
words, alluded to the military strangers present,
and cordially invited those who were members of
the Christian church, to participate in the sacra
ment. Guite a number availed themselves of the
invitation. The scene was altogether a most im
pressive one, and the occasion, wc trust, will long
be remembered as one of much profit.
PASSING AWAY-
Our old and substantial citizens arc rapidly pass
ing away. Last week we announced tbe death of
Dr. Jamison. On Thursday last, after a protract
ed and painful illness, Dr. Collins died at his resi
dence in this city. He was a native of North
Carolina, and came to this State in his early years.
He resided first in Washington county, studied
the medical profession in Philadelphia, commenc
ed practice in Twiggs, and removed to this city
soon after its organization. Asa man of great
enterprise and business talent, he has had no su
periors in our community. To him it is much in
debted lor his sagacity and energy in the con
struction of our railroads, and other important
works. With a willing heart and liberal hand, he
always administered to the wants of the poor, and
in him they have to mourn the loss of a generous
friend, and the community a most useful citizen.
COTTON PLANTER S CONVENTION
Several errors occurred in the proceedings
of this body, as published in our last. W T e give
below a cot reet list of the Executive Committee :
Bibb County—Hon. T. G. Holt,
Col. Pulaski Holt,
Hon. 11. (i. Lamar.
Pulaski—G. T. Walker, Esq.
Houston—Col. J. A. Miller,
W. M. Davis,
A. Burnham.
Burke—J. V Jones,
W. Hutchins, Eq
Talbot—Hon. Isaac Cheney.
Camden—Hon. A. S. Atkinson.
THE EXCELLENT SERMON,
Found in our paper to day, which originally ap
peared in the Charleston Courier , contains not
only salutary lessons of instruction, blit a most
timely warning to the people of the Confederate
States. If such admonitions are heeded, we shall
entertain no mi-gitings in regai and to the ultimate
success of our Government. But, on the other
hand, if our rulers and their subjects shall alike
disregard the voice of God and the teachings of
history—disobey the laws of the Most High ; des
ecrate His Sabbaths, and neglect iiis ordinances,
we may in advance, in the fearful doom of Baby
lon and more modern nations, learn our own.—
We devoutly trust, In entering upon our new na
tional career, that the God of Heaven will he
chosen and revered us our “sun and shield
thus may we anticipate prosperity, safety and re
nown. For “happy is that people whose God is
the Lord.”
THE DAIRY,
At the South, has heretofore been too much
overlooked. We have not oulv largely depended
upon the North and West for bread, but also for
the wherewithal! to butter it. Now that a tariff
of some four or five cents a pound is levied upon
this almost indispensible article, it is hoped more
general attention will be given to its manufacture.
Unless Southern husbandry multiplies its products,
we shall be deplorably destitute of table comforts,
under our new revenue system.
The gieater portion of Georgia is most admira
bly adapted to the Dairy business, especially the
upper counties. We have also seen excellent
specimens of cheese from that region. We
would urge upon the people of all sections of our
State, to go at once more largely iuto stock rais
ing, if they would be prosperous and independent.
A good article on butter-making will be found
iu our paper to day.
PARTIES.
We expect very soon to see two parties ar
rayed in the Confederacy, struggling for the
Presidency next fall, and the division will proba
bly be upon the roiut of admission of other States.
That seems to us now the most probable point
upon which parties will organize—one favoring
the admission of other States which may choose
to accept our t onstitutiou, the other clinging to
- the delusion ot a pure slaveocracy. The preseut
Provisional President and Vice’ President, both
favor the idea of ultimate re organization, upou
our basis; and upon this ground an opposition
party will be perhaps arrayed against them.
The above we find in the Augusta Chronicle cl -
Sentinel, of Saturday. We dissent entirely from
our esteemed, but somewhat eccentric contempo
rary. In our judgment there is not the slightest
proHjiect of the issue suggested by the Sentinel
ever becoming practical. It is far more likely, we
are sorry to believe, that we shall have to repel
non slaveholding States as foes, than embrace them
as friends. Ah for ourselves, we feel entirely in
different as regards this question. We think the
question of free trade is much more likely to form
the primary issue in the next Federal elections,
and greatly fear our friend of the Sentinel will be
found on the wrong nide iu that contest.
A PIECE OF HISTORY.
It was contended by those who opposed the
submission of the new Constitution of the Confed
eracy to'he people, says the Augusta Sentinel,
that the course pursued was the same as that
by which the old Federal fConstitution was ratified.
This is not true, for our Constitution has been rat
ified by a Convention not elected by the people
for that object, whereas, the old Federal Constitu
tion was submitted to Conventions chosen by the
people themselves, for that sole purpose. The
course pursued may be learned from the following
extract, from ihe proceedings of the Convention
of of 1787 :
“In the Convention, September 17, 1787, Re
solved, That the preceding Constitution be taid
before tbe United States in Congress assembled,
and that it is the opinion of this Convention that
it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention
of Delegates chosen iu each State by the People
thereof, under the recommendation of its Legisla
ture, for their assent and ratification,” Ac.
When the Congress of 1787 received the report
of the Convention it unanimously adopted the
following resolution :
“Resolved uiian'mously, That the said report
(embodying the Constitution) be transmitted to
a Convention of Delegates chosen iu each tUateJby
the People thereof, in conformity to the resolves
of th*- Convention made and provided in that
case.”
That all dissatisfaction may he allayed and that
the |)eopta may feel that they live under the Gov
ernment of their choice, it may be right and expe
dient lor the next Legislature of Georgia to submit
the Constitution of the Confederate States to the
people for their ratification. We have no ferrs but
such a policy would be satisfactory to all parties
at home, and silence the declarations of our loes
abroad, that a distasteful Government has hpen
forced upon our people without their agency or
as^afttr
7 HE REVIEW,
Os the Military at Camp Oglethorpe, on Thurs
day last attracted a vast throng from this and
other portions of the State, although the day was
not very spring-like. Escorted by the Bibb Cav
alry, Capt. Napier, His Excellency with his suit
entered the encampment in an open barouche.—
Having passed before she respective companies
and exchanged the usual salutations, Gov. Brown
delivered a patriotic address, which was received
with bursts of applause from the military and
spectators. He truly said that Hip responsibility
of the present warlike preparations and aspect of
the South was with the North. Unable to enjoy
equal rights and privileges with tiPr Confederate*
in the old t'nion she had hoped to be permitted to
depart in peace.
“In the language of Abram to Lott,” said the
speaker, “we have said to our Northern brethren,
Let there be no strife between us we pray thee.—
Is not the whole laud before thee ? if thou wilt
take the left hand, then we will go the right, or if
thou depart to the right hand, then we will go to
the left.
How have they responded to these peaceful
overtures? They deny our right either to depart
in peace from them or live as equals in peace with
them. They claim the right to execute their laws
within our jurisdiction, to garrison our Forts wjdi
a black republican army, and to blockadeor ci
ties with a black republican navy. Nfly, more,
they threaten to vindicate this assumed right at
the mouth of the Caunon aud the point of the
bayonet. You have rallied, soldiers, to meet them
upon this ground, aud if necessary to drive them
back by force of arms.
1 ou are not called, however, to meet them up
on the soil of Georgia, for we are proud to know
that no federal troop desecrates her soil, and no
federal flag waves over an v portion of her terri
tory.”
The Governor concluded his address as follow* :
1 must commit to your bauds, upon the field,
the llag of Georgia, and the honor of Georgia.—
In your custody I know that the one will ever
wave victorious, and the other will ever be un
tarnished. While the eyes of a million of persons
in Georgia will be anxiously turned towards you,
the prayers of our churches, our mothers, our
wives, our daughters, and sisters will constantly
attend you. None will contemplate your defeat,
but the hearts of all will leap with joy at your suc
cess.
Take, then, that flag iu your hands, and remem
ber that, in presence of this vast audience, I here
commit the honor of Georgia to your keeping.
Go, then, and may the God of battles go with
you, and lead, protect and defend you, till the
last loot-print of the invader shall be obliterated
from the soil of our common country.
FORCE GATHERING.
The Pensacola Observer, March JUltli, says:—
Besides the “Calhoun Greys,” which arrived here
last night, we see it stated in our exchanges that
the following troops are en route for this place:
The Vicksburg Whig of the 2f.th mst., says :
We learn that Gov. Pettus lias engaged transpor
tation on the Southern Railroad for three hundred
troops, which are to leave Jackson for Meridian
to-morrow morning, en route for Pensacola.
Troops for Pensacola. —Five hundred Missis
sippi troops passed through Memphis on the 27th
inst., < u route for Pensacola, on active service.
They were enthusiastically welcomed, and met with
a military reception.
Troops for Pensacola. —The Mobile Register
says troops and munitions of war are constantly
moving forward by every route to Pensacola.—
Several companies from North Alabama are also
expected down the present week.
Zofavks for Pensacola.— Two companies of
Zouaves, of one hundred picked men each, exclusive
of officers, equipped for active service, were to
leave New Orleans for Pensacola Wednesday af
ternoon. They are under command of Captains
Coppens and Bordenaure.
The Mobile Advertiser of the 29th says, eight
hundred soldiers are expected down by rail road
this morning.
The Zouaves bring with them 2,000 tons of shot
and shells, which old Abe will probably hear a good
report from.
The Warrington correspondent of the Observer,
under date of the 30th, writes—“ The U. S. war
steamer Brooklyu is expected at the anchorage
outside to-day. The U. S. steamers Crusader and
Mohawk are also expected, with stores for the fleet,
aud probably for Fort Pickens.
Specie for the Confederate Loan. —Mr. Mem
minger, bus addressed a circular to the President
and Directors of the Banks iu the Confederate
States, setting forth Lite importance of paying the
ucw loan ia specie. Iu Louisiana, Mississippi,
Texas and Lower Alabama the Banks are not in a
state of suspension, and the currency is at par,
while in ether sections it is two or three per cent,
below the value of coin. This renders the sub
scription unequal unless the Banks resolve to re
deem such of their uotes as may be paid iu on the
loan, iu specie. He estimates that the cost of pro
viding specie on tiie portion of the loan likely to
be taken in the States where buuks are suspended
would not be over SBO,OOO ; aud would probably
be less, as mauy of the notes will be iu the bauds
of the Government, and will be used in many ca
ses so as to require no coin from the Banks.
Sad Affliction. —The Dispatch of Friday says :
It is with peculiar sadness that we announce the
death of little Anna May, an interesting daughter
of Milton A. and Maria A. Muslin, of this city.—
She died very suddenly of croup, at their residence,
last night about 2 o’clock, aged two years.—
Only yesterday the little prattler was with our own
ehildren, in the country, looking the healthiest
of the househole. To-day she is in Ifeaven. On
Monday, Mr. Mustin, impelled by a sense of duty,
and an ardent devotion to the cause which called
so many from our midst into the Military service,
left with the Oglethorpe Infantry for Macon. To
day the Telegraph has summoned him to return
to the ftiueral of one of the idols of bin heart”
ALL GONE!
The Military, whose presence has so much en
livened our city for the last week, have nil gone.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry and Washington
Rifles left on the yesterday morning’s train, cn
rout* for Pensacola, via Columbus. Camp Ogle
thorpe now looks lonely and deserted. We are
gratified to know that the efforts of our citizens to
render their brief sojourn in our city pleasant and
agreeable wa9 appreciated, as will be seen by the
public testimonials found in our paper. A more
brave and meritorious body of men, probably
never rallied to the standard of their country.—
They are followed by the ardent prayers and
kindly wishes of thousands of warm and devoted
hearts.
ASPECTS THREATENING.
For the last several weeks, the public mind has
been in quite an unpleasant state of suspense—
vibrating, like a pendulum between hope and fear.
The reader must form his own opinion from the
lights we place before him. We think the future
is by no means cheering, though we still enter
tain a lingering hope, and shall not cease to pray,
that our difficulties may find a peaceful solution.
SOUTHERN PUBLISHING HOUSE.
Rev. Thomas Q. Rummers appeals to the Metho
dic of the Confederate States to sustain the
Southern PuMishiug House at Nashville, as it be
longs in common to them as well as the Confer
ences of the United States. Its publications are
exempt from duty under the following section of
the Act approved March IS, 18*51 :
Section 2. And be it further enacted. That all
books, pamphlets and tracts, and other publications
printed and published by any Church or benevo
lent Society whose organization extends to and
embraces citizens of the Confederate States, shall
be free and exempt from duty.
\ The FJertir .Magazine for April.
reeieved the April number of this ex
cellent periodical, and find it very interesting. It
contains two beautiful engravings, and eighteen
interesting articles. We commend the Eclectic to
those who wish to take a cheap, and at the same
time a very valuable monthly Magazine. It is
issued the first of every month ; each number con
tains I+4 large octave pages. The twelve num
bers reeieved annually will make three volumes of
of COO pages each. Price $5.00. Address W.
H. Bidwel), No 5, Beckman St., New York.
The Stay Law.
We from the Elberton Star that the con
stitutionality of the law passed by the last Legisla
ture suspending the collection of debts in this State
until December next, came up for adjudication by
Judge Thomas, at the recent terra of Elbert Supe
rior Court. The Star says : “The Judge decided
the law to be valid, and predicates the decision
upon the fact, that the Georgia Convention recog
nised the binding force of this particular law by an
enactment of theirs. We understand the Judge to
hold, that the Legislature could not enaet such a
law, but, that the Convention coulj. We believe
the Judge has consistently maintained, that the
Convention has the most ample, and almost indefi
jme power. Being the sovereignty of the people,
might do, were they present en masse.”
Military Elections.
At an election held on Wednesday last at Camp
Oglethorpe, for Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, ami
Major of the Independent Regiment of Georgia
Volunteers, to be mustered into the service of the
Confederate States, Lieut. James N. Ramsey, of
Columbus, was elected Colonel; Capt. J. O. Ciarke,
of Augusta, Lieutenant Colonel, and Capt. G. liar,
vey Thompson, of Atlanta, (late of the Georgia
Army,) Major. Capt. Larv, of the Etowah Infan
try, was, at the same time and place, elected Major
of the Independent Battalion of Georgia Volun
teers.
Wheat. —We have traveled over considerable
portions of Northeastern Georgia within the past
few weeks, says the Athens Walchnoin, and feel
safe in announcing that there is at present a very
fine prospect for an abundant wheat crop. Last
week we passed through Jackson. Hall a 1 and While
counties —going up one route and returning by
another, and we have never seen a finer prospect
at this season. It is true, that the crop may yet
bo destroyed, but the prospect now is certainly
very flattering.
Backward Season. —Vegetation in this section
of country, says the Rome Courier , is at least two
weeks later in coming forward than it was last
year. This backwardness is remarkable ; for there
lias been an abundance of rain, and, on an average,
it has not been a cold season. There is as yet,
an abundance of fruit, and the wheat, though late,
never looked more thrifty.
As Awt'CL Conflagration D efeatkd. —The
Pittsburgh Dispatch learns from a reliable source,
yet can scarcely believe it possible, that a congre
gation at Youngtown, Pa., were lately edified by
a discourse against the sinking of oil wells, on the
ground that God intended these oil doposites for
some great general conflagration, or other pur
pose, which was being interfered with by the well
borers.
The Philadelphia Fenusplvaniau has heen com
pelled to suspend publication for lack of support.
With its demise there remains but one Democratic
newspaper in the large city of Pniladclphia. The
Pennsylvanian was a bold and well-conducted
journal, and has battled manfully against the tide
of Abolition-Republicanism.
Dooly Superior Court.
We are requested to state that the Spring Term
of Dooly Superior Court has been adjourned over
to the first Monday in July.
Laurens Superior Court.
Laurens Superior Court has been adjourned till
the 2nd Monday in July.
We regret to observe, by the Madison Visitor
that Rev. M. H. Hebbard, of the Georgia Confer
ence, and well known to many of our citizens, died
In Morgan county, on the 31st ult.
A Card.
The Quitman Guards return their sincre thanks
to the citizens of Macon generally, and particular
ly to Mrs. J. 11. Jossey, Mrs. A. M. Speer, Mrs. E.
Wiuship, and to Capt. Hardeman and Rev. J. M.
Field, for the many acts of kindness showed them
during their encampment near the city. Such
manifestations of regard and attention are highly
appreciated, uud for them we cherish a grateful
remembrance amid the privations and dangers we
may be called upon to endure.
J. S. PICKARD, Captain,
Commanding Quitman Guards.
Macon, Apiil Bth, 1801.
Camp Oor.rrnoim;, )
April sth, ltitil. \
At a meeting of the Oglethorpe Inraniry this
day held at thtir Camp, the following Resolution
offered by Lieut. .Allen, was unanimously adopt
ed :
Itcsolvtd , That the heartfelt thanks of the Ogle
thorpe Infantry, are hereby tendered to Dr. J. 8.
Whitten, of Mt. Zion, Hancock county, Gcorgii,
for his distinguished liberality in presenting to
this corps, tire sum of One Hundred Dollars, to be
expended for tne comfort ol its members. That
we fully appreciate his great kindness and con
sideration in our well ire, and we do hereby add
his name to our list of Honorary members, and
express to him the hope, that should we again
return to our homes, it mav lie our pleasure to
often welcome him to our Drill Room.
The following was the result of the election held
by the Oglethorpe Infantry, at the Camp, April
4th, to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion
of Captain Clarke:
11. B. Adam, Captain.
J. V. H. Allen, Ist Lieutenant.
Geo. W. Crane, 2d “
E. W. Anslev, 3d 41
Tlie Volunteers.
On Wednesday morniug, says the Floridian,
some 400 volunteers left the Tallahassee Railroad
Depot for Pensacola. Tjiese troops embraced the
following companies, viz : The Gainsville Minute
Men, Capt. McDonell ; the Alachua Prarie Guards,
Capt. Powers ; the Madison Volunteers, Capt. Brad
ford ; the Jefferson Volunteers, Capt. J. P. Ander
son ; the Leon Riflemen, Capt. Aniaker, and the
Leon Artillery, Capt. Hilton. A finer body of rnen
we have rarely seen. At Quincy they will be
joined by the Young Guard, Capt. J. H. Gee, and
af Chattahoochee by the Franklin Rifles, (.apt.
Cropp, and a Company from Jackson. They will
proceed from Chattahoochee by steamboat to Co
lumbus, where the government will have the means
ready to dispatch them to Pensacola, at which
place Capt. Harrison’s Company from Santa Rosa
will also join them. Before leaving Chattahoo
chee, a Colonel, Lieut. Colonel and a Major will
be elected, and the Regiment fully organized.
IMurtior by u Negro.
Mr. Scott, overseer ol’ G. A. Groom, Esq., on
Lake Jackson Fla. was shot dead hy a runaway
negro belonging to Mr C., on Sunday last, say the
Flordian of Saturday ; while in the effort by Mr.
S. to capture him. The negro was armed with an
old flint and areel musket. He baa not yet been
apprehended, but efforts are being made to secure
him.
residence of Mrs. Janies A. Meriwether
at E itoiuon, was destroyed by fire on Saturday
morning last before day. Everything in the
bouse was destroyed—not. even clothing saved.—
It is supposed to have been the work of an incen
diary.
The latest foreign news contains nothing to cor
roborate the statements recently put in circulation
respecting the fitting out of British and French
fleets of observation for the United States.
Camp Oglethorpe, April sth, ’6l.
To the Ladies or Macon, Ga :
It is with profound gratitude I acknowledge the
receipts of the nice and delicious Bepf, and other
refreshments sent to our camp to day by them.
G. M. II AN VEY,
Capt. Com. “ Newnan Guards.”
To Ttie Citizens OHlaron.
At a meeting of the Southern Rights Guards at
Camp Oglethorpe, the following resolutions were
unanimously passed by the corp*.
Resolved, That the citizens of Macon are not only
entitled to our sincere thanks, but to a place in
the memory of every member of the Southern
Rights Guards, for their kindness and attention to
the corps while encamped at Camp Oglethorpe.
Resolved, That though the rich viands with
which the ladies furnished us were enjoyed with
a zest such as none but a hungry soldier anow?,
yet the motives which prompted their generous
conduct was more appreciated by us. The citizens
of Macon—particularly the ladies—will never be
forgotten bv the Southern Rights Guard.
T. M. KILLIX.
April 7, 1861
Camp Oglethorpe, April Bth, 1861.
At a meeting of the Washington Rifles, called
this day, tire following resolutions were unanimous
"ty^dopted:
lstiita it resolved, that we return our grateful
acknowledgements to those citizens of Washington
county, who have generously contributed a iuud
for the maintenance of the corps while absent.
2d. Resolved, that we tender our thanks to
those ladies and gentlemen of Sandersville and
Washington county, whose patriotic liberality and
generous hospitality, have contributed so much to
the comtort and encouragement of the corps.
3d. Resolved, that we tender our thanks to the
ladies and gentlemen of Macon, for their polite
attentions and disinterested kindness to the mem
bers of this oorpt. Such kindness, attention an and
liberal hospitality as we have reeieved, deserves,
and will ever receive onr gratitude.
4t’n. Resolved, that we tender our thanks to Mr.
J. 15. M. Elison, for his generous offer to cook
: and prepare provisions free of charge, for our use
luring our tr.m. portmion from here to Pensacola.
sth. Resolved, that the generous offer of
Harden’s Express Company to execute all cominis
-ions for the Volunteers free of charge, entitles
them to our gratitude, and gives equal evidence
| of their liberality and patriotism,
i fitb. Resolved, that the forcgoiug resolutions be
i published in the Macon papers and the Central
; Georgian.
Fort Sumter.
The Charleston Mercury of the ftth says :
During the whole of yesterday afternoon all
kinds of rumors were rite on the streets. A
vague impression had somehow got abroad that
the long agony of suspense and inaction was to be
speedily aud abruptly ended ; but how, or when,
or by whose ordeis, nobody could tell. We have
made diligent enquiry ; ami, (in the absence of of
ficial information, which in a juncture like this,
is seldom made public,) we deem the following
facts to be reasonably certain :
First, That the supplies of provisions and the
mails, hitherto furnished regularly to the garrison
of Fort Sumter, are to be cut off’ to day, and that
no further communication will be allowed between
Major Anderson and the Governmental Washing
ton.
Second. That the troops at all the State fortifi
cations are now finally disposed, equipped and
provided for, so as to be ready for action at a
moment’s warning.
Third. That no attack of any kind will be made
upon Fort Sumter until further orders, unless such
an attack should be provoked by Major Anderson
or by any attempt on the part oi his Government
to biing aid to the beleagued fortress.
Fourth. That these measures are taken at the
instance of the Government of the Confederate
State*, which lias lost all confidence in the profes
sions of the Lincoln Administration.
We have said that this information has no offi
cial sanction; but we have not given it without tu
tiug thoroughly all the conflicting reports prevalent
last night, and we tliiuk it can be relied on as af
fording a fair out line of the new policy to be pur
sue henceforth with regrad to the “saucy 9eveDty.”
Death or Justice McLean. —The telegraph an
nounces the death of Associate Justice McLean, of
the U. 8. Supreme Court, which occurred at Cin
cinnati, Thursday morning last. He had long
been in declining health, and though much regret
ted, his death will cause but little surprise to those
who have seen him in the last few years.
Judge McLean was appointed to the Supreme
Bench, by General Jackson, in March, 1829, and
for thirty-two years has been classed among the
great lights of that distinguished body.
There are two vacancies now in the Court, and
as Justice Campbell, of Alabama, is about to re
sign, there will soon be three, which, in all proba
bility, will be increased to four at an early day, as
Cbiet Justice Taucer is extremely aged and feeble
in health. So the present Mr. Seward, bids fair,
with but litde delay, to realize his favorite project
of a reorganization of the Supreme Court and its
subjection to the anti-slavery dogmas and behests
of the Black Republican party.— Sac. Republican.
HcLcan’ai Cordial and Hlood Purilier.
We have been preseuted through the Ageut, Mr.
W. S. Robbins, with a bottleof the strength
cuing cordial, but as yet have not tested its vir
tues. It is however, spoken of iu high terms as a
remedy for liver complaint, general debility, dis
eases of the lungs, and other diseases which the
human system is heir to.
We find in the New York Herald an item which
has relevance to the extraordinary military and
naval preparations of the U. S. Government. We
give it lor whatever it is worth:
Gen. Ham Houston. —We learn from a reliable
son r ce that Postmaster General Blair has received
a letter from Governor Houston, of Texas, in which
: he Administration is exhorted to maintain the
Union at all inszirds, and strengthen the Uiion
sentiment at the Sou'h by asserting the Federal
authority with all means at its command. The
hero of Sati Jacinto furthermore expressed him
eslf determined not to surrender to the Secession
ists, but to adhere to the Union to the last. It is
stated that the suggestions of the letter were dis
cussed in the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, and
chat some of the military movements now going on
result from them. Advices represent a couflict
between Houston and Disunionigts to be imminent.
Om Line oe Sea Coasts. —The late United
States had about twenty-six hundred and fifty
miles of Atlantic seaboard. Os this seven hundred
and thirty miles belong to the States that remain
in the Union, and nineteen hundred and twenty
miles to those that have left it. If the border
States secede they will take about three hundred
and eighty miles more.
Latest News.
War yiuVi m<‘iii.
New York, April 8. —Unusual movements are
forward which plainly indicate the coercion policy
of Lincoln’s Cabinet. Several large steamers have
on board forty thousand strong bagp for sand, sev
eral hundred horses foraging carte, sixteen double
banked boats for surf landing, several hundred
oars, carbines, tent poles, cannons, canvass, am
munition and all kinds of implements lor a long
campaign.
Some steamers have already left; and others are
loading and will leave within ten days.
Important developments are anticipated.
Many think the expedition is bound to Texas,
others surmise Sumter, Pickens aud other points.
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADIAN.
Portland, April B.— Sales of the last five days
63,800. Speculators took 12,500 and exporters
18,000.
Market opened active and advanced but
closed quiet with quotation* barely maintained
owing to the disturbed state of the manufacturing
districts.
Sales of Thursday coOO bales. Friday and Sat
urday w ere holy days.
London Money Vt irk it.— Cmto!s 91 5-8 (d> 91J
Nr.w York, April B. lire revenue cutter Har
riet Lane, sailed for the South this forenoon, fly
ing the stars and stripes at her inast head instead
of her revenue flag.
The Vixen has gone from Navy Yard. Large
shipments of army stores have been put abroad
the Illinois and Baltic to-day.
Momgo.mrkv, April 8. —The duel between Banks,
editor of the Montgomery Confederation, and Mo
ses, the correspondent of the Charleston News,
was amicable adjusted after one round WE3 firpd
Neither of the parties was hurt.
The Cabinet has been in session all day, and
something serious is anticipated as important news
is expected lrom \\ auhington.
Boston, April B. — Sixty tons of cannon balls left
the Arsenal at Watertown last Saturday for New
York.
Charleston, April B.—The manifestations in
military quarters indicate the near approach of de
cisive and active demonstrations.
Election.
The results of the Connecticut election last week
may be briefly stated as follows :
Republican State ticket elected by about 1,500
majority. Last year 541.
Both branches of the Legislature are Republican
by about the same majority as last year. In the
Senate there will be a Republican majority of ei
ther 3or 5. Last year 7.
The Democrats have gained two of the four Con
gressmen, defeating two very black Republicans,
Ferry and John Woodruff, who were candidates for
re-eleetion. Woodruff, and we dare say Ferry,
scattered Cavode Reports, at the expense of the
nation, all over Lis district, but the people would
not be caught with sucii chaff, and so left him at
home by 1,100 majority.
Rhode Island. —This State, last week held an
election, which resulted in the entire defeat of the
Republicans. Governor Sprague is re-elected by
a large majority, and the Legislature is of the same
political complexion. The late two Republican
members of Congress from this State were defeat
ed, and there is a large Democratic majority in
the Legislature.
Alasliinston Affairs.
Washington, April 7. —The Corancssioners ap
pear to ,jo impressed with the belief that the expe
dition fitting out at New York is principally in
tended for Texas.
A special despatch from New Yoik, received
late lost night, contradicts the resignation of Msj.
Holmes.
John Morrissey, the prize fighter, died in New
York.
Intelligent Army and Navy officers are of the
opinion that the- bulk of the New York expedition
is destined for Texas, to operate on the frontier
against the Mexicans and Indians, and to re-occu
py Brazos and Fort Brown, and also the forts oil
the Indian frontier ; where, according to the offi
cial information they have received, they will be
met with a cordial welcome by the settlers.
Sam Houston has given full advices to the Fed
eral authorities, aud the result, it is anticipated,
will re-eatablish him as Governor.
It is believed that the first battle between the
two Confederacies will be fought on Texas soil.
Capt. Meigs, when embarking, said, in response
to an inquiry : “You will know where I am bouud
in ten days.”
Among the stores shipped are forty thousand
bags for sand of unusual strength ; several hundred
horses; foraging carts ; sixteen double tank boats
for surf landing; several hundred oars, carbines,
tent poles, canvass and amunition of all kinds, for
a long campaign.
Xew York Aflalm,
New York, April 6.—Barry’s Artillery is aboard
the steamer Atlantic.
The I’owhattan was ordered to stop at Fort
Hamilton for troops.
Capt. Meigs and a company of mechanics from
Washington left for parts unknown.
Gangs of men are on the Wabash, Roanoke and
Perry.
Besides the nine hundred troops that were ship
ped aboard the steamer Atlantic, a number of long
clinker built boats were put aboard. The Atlantic
cleared lor Brazos, Texas, but had not sailed at
nine o’clock this morning.
The Illinois had steam up, and it was reported
she will load with stores and troops at night.
The Powhattau, with five hundred troops,
crossed the bar, bouud out, at six o’clock this
evening.
The steamer Nashville, which was advertised to
sail for Charleston to day, will be detained until
the 9th.
The Ice Vci>cl and its* Warm Reception.
The Savannah journals of Friday announce the
arrival in that pori of the uukuown vessel which
was ousted out of Charleston on Wednesday.
The Republican says :
The Vessel Fired Into at Charleston. — Since
copying the article from the Charleston Courier,
the vessel tired into from the forts on Morris’
Island has arrived iu our port, and we are enabled
to give full particulars of the affair.
The schooner is the 11. H. Shannon, Capt. Marts,
of Boston, and she was bound for this city with a
cargo of ice, consigned to A. Haywood. On Wed
nesday she was shrouded for many hours in a dense
fog, during which she drifted through mistake over
Charleston Bar. Soon after the fog lifted, he
captain, not knowing his whereabouts, found him
self nearly abreast of the fort on Morris’ Island,
and while cogitating over his latitude and longi
tude, he was greeted with a salute from the fort.
He immediately ran up his colors —the stars and
stiipes—but that demonstration see in id an mnstis
factory answer to their summons. Several shots
(thirty-two’s) were fired into his rigging, one of
wh.eb passed through his mainsail and another
through his topsail. In the midst of tins dilemma,
not knowing where he was, or the object of this
bosliie demonstration, a boat from fort Sumter
came to his relief, and being made acijuainted of
the fact, he lost no time in putting to sea.
The schooner suffered no material damage from
the shot, though one of them came most uncom
fortably’ near the head of one of the crew, Cap
tain Marts thiuks there is no mistake about the
Morris Inland boys being excellent marksmen!
St. Lours Municipal Election. — St. Louis,
April I.—ln the municipal election today, the
“anti-Black Republican” ticket was elecied b J
from 2,IXM> to B,MW majority. The “Ci condi
tional party ticket,” having Mr. Howe for its can
didate for Mayor, was successful iu all but i*o
wards.
Cincinnati Election.— Cincinnati, April 1.
The city election to-day passed off quietly. The
Democratic Union ticket was elected by about 2>*
000 majority.