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Journal & HJtssengcr. and S .BOSS. EDITORS AND PROPRIKTDJW- War lutelligvß($ 1 - : W# the following, from the Charleston j Courier o f Friday, 12th r i ‘ PrsfCM ASD Etuhtu.— Thursday fa among the , * t Lt wiii never be wiped out ol the memory X'-be Inhabitant* of Charleston. ***** the glor-.- ; ia which we are engaged wm wgun. j ourcommnnitv h*i been often wrought, upoa b; , f” degree of *rit*meot. But never hss tho j rid# ri** *o high a twist as ic reached Thurs- J div The feeliDg was fed lr the diapetches which t . D Car in another column, by numerous items of j u mentioned in subdued terms, aud by count- ; { e „, reports which were without foundation. Ru- ■ mor had free access to every ear. Business &, f v> .pended, and had it not been that anxiety dark- ; ~j tverv face, one ignorant of the course of j events would have supposed that wo were keeping j &. holiday. The bulletin board* were surrounded by groups j till the star* came out, and then the offices were j l.'ted with eagor readers. The hour of noon found 1 a of ladies and gentlemen on the battery, and before sundown the beautiful promenade was cov ered with anxious spectator. 4 . t having been bruited that at the ringing of the first bell, the batteries would be opened upon the defiant forti- hundreds of eye# were looli&f out upon tie riffled bay. acJ there the onpaueju and onx- > ■o is stood despite the raw East wind, their nnmfmr ; mere.using every moment till patience arid strength j were exhausted, and they retra'ced their weary : way homeward. - The preparation* for defence, under the eye of : this anxious multitude, added not a little to the : feeliDg under which they had left their homes.— j ‘ihere, on the green graae of White Point Garden, *tood the White Tents of the Citadel Cadets, gleaming in the mellow light of the stars. And the manful forms of the brave young soldiers were *een about the cannon, which, had they been call ed to shot aud sight would have reduced the num er of South Carolina’s foes. A report from the sea intensified the universal excitement. Late in the afternoon one of our pilot’s reached the city and stated that he had * 4 en a steamer oil the bar which he wa* confident j was the Harriet Lane. The vessel stood towards him, but a* he did not desire to give any Inform acion he kept, on hi* course. It was confidently fielieved that before the dav wa.* parsed the booming of canuon would be heard, when another fact was communicated from mouth to mouth. At about - o’clock P. M. Col. James < iiesnnt, Jr., of Gen. Beauregard’s stall’, accom panied by Col*. Chisolm and Lee, left the city for fort Sumter, bearing the summons to Major An <t**r9on for the surrender of that fortification.— They returned between five and six o’clock, with the reply. As the precise nature of bis answer tuts not yet transpired, we pass it over in silence. V* e might iudulge in plausible predictions and conjectures concerning this important mis-ion aud the events of the day, but we forbear. At about ten o’clock the Commanding General again communicated with Major Anderson, and he was given until one o’clock to return an answer. The city is quiet. Were it not tor the uniforms *a the streets we would not suppose we were on the eve of a battle. We would not penetrate this placid exterior. The nature of the crisis can he perceived in our homes. Many a woman’s heart fa throbbing wildly, and the couch of hundreds of mother*, sister* and wives, will le watered with tear*. But though there may be weeping and an cuish, no knees are ttembling, and no fitces are blanched with fear. Honor is dearer than life to South Carolinians. It is better to die freemen than to live slaves.— We are tranquil under the shadow of the gathering cloud. Y> e repose implicit confidence in the brave hearts and strong arms of the noble army that has goue forth to beat ha'-k the base invaders of our sacred soil. The God of Battles is with our host, and we arc certain of victory. [From the Coarier of Saturday.] HOSTILITIES COMMENCED! Tiif Bombardment of Fori Sumter! Ai about $ o’clock, on the afternoon of Thurs day, Geuer.il Beauregard made a demand on Maj Anderson for the immediate surrender cf Fort Sumter, through hia aids, CoL James Chear.ut, Jr., Cnl. Chisolm and Captain Lee. Major Anderson replied that such a coarse would he Inconsistent with the duty he was required by hi* Government to perform. The answer *#* communicated by the General-in-Chief to President Davis. This visit, and the refusal of the commandant of Fort Sumter to accede to the demaud made by tiers.-Beauregard, passed from tongue to tongue, aid oon the whole city was in possession of the startling intelligence. Rumor, a* she is wont to do, shaped the facts to suit her pur [loses, enlarged the;r dimensions, and gave them a complexion which they had not worn when fresh from the pure and artless hands of truth. A half an hour after the return of the orderlies, it was confidently believed that the batteries would open fire at eight o'clock, and in expectation of ->eeinp the beginning of the conflict, hundreds congregated upon the Battery and the wharves, looking out oa the bay. There they stood, strain ing their eyes over the dark expanse of water, waiting to see the flash and hear the boom of the first gun. The clock told the hour of eleven, and still they gazed and listened, but their eyelids grew weary, and at the noon of night the larger portion of the disappointed spectators were plodding their way homeward. At about nine o’clock, Gen. Beauregard received a reply from President Davis, to the telegram in relation to the surrender of.sumter, by which lie w*9 instructed to inform Major Anderson that If he would evacuate the fort he held when his pres ent supply of provisions was exhausted there would be no appeal to arms. This proposition was borne to Major Anderson by the Aids who had delivered the first message, and he refused to accept the condition. The General-in-Chief forth with gave the order that the batteries l> opened at half-past four o’clock on Friday morning. Maj Anderson’s reply was decisive of the momentous H'U -tiuij, and General Beauregard determined to apply the last argument. The stout soldier had resolved to make a des perate defence, and the hloodv trial of strength <- -ayed. The sword must cut asunder the last tie that boned ns to a people, whom, in the spite of wrongs and injustice wantonly indicted through a long series of years, we had not yet utterly hat ed and despised. The last expiring spark of affec tion mut be quenched in blood. Some of the most splendid pages in our glorious history must be blurred. A blow must be struck that would make the ears of every Republics i lunatic tingle, and whose dreadful effect will lie felt by genera tions yet to come. We must transmit a heritage us rankling and undying hate to our children. We paused to contemplate the terrible prospect. Hurried on by the rapid course of event®, vexed &n 1 distracted by increasing irritations, astounded by the glaring treachery of our enemies, lost in sootier at their egregious stupidity, we had not tally comprehended the nature of the work we about to begin. Now, while the ear was waiting for the roar of the cannon w saw clearly the magnitude of the crisis. While those solemn hours were passing silcutly away, we contemplated ftp* tremendous undertaking in ail its wpeii?, bc&rlags and consequences. We paused, but it wait not th*-> pftiiw of h#>sitA ivon or We hai long since made ©urvlve** SmmUlsLT with the dangers that darkened orer our pathway, and had liip? teen ten-fold greater le would h*i> darfj to do whet we han* done with die Mine steady courage and immovable resol 11- iio ;. We had marked out a way for onr feet, and *• would jurßii*> ibis road let shat may oppose our p-oarc's. This pathway was traced by the linger of honor, and Heaven's own light re*ta up on it. During those dark hours, heavy with the anguish ©i mothers, sisters and wives, and wet with tbeir tears, w* paused to reflect and ytrar. V e ff ‘t the Inspiration ol a j*i*tani holt osU'ie, and a 3’ibiiiue purpose, and disgusted with chiliiMb tri* f'ng and studied perfidy, we looked to Heaven for direction and blessing, and turned our backs for ever upon onr former brothers. The crisis ha 1 arrived, end we were foliy pre pared to meet k. The work that awaited the mu; row was of a momentous character, but c had counted the co*i, and bad resolved u> do it or di* in the attempt. At the pray of the morning of Friday the roar ot cannon broke upon the car. The expected 0;iod was answered by thousand®. The houses were in a few minutes emptied of their excited lacupanta, and the living stream poured through . U the streets leading to the wharves and Buttery. I to reehmg oa beautiful promenade] we found it lined with tanks ot eager spectators, ami all the wharves commanding a view of the battle were crowdcu thickly with human forms. On no ocvasion.have we/ever seen nearly so large a number of ladies on one Battery as graced the breerv walk ou this eventful morning. There they mood with palpitating hearts and palid face*, watching the white smoko a* it rote in wreaths upon the soft ! twilight air and breathing out fervent prayers for their gallant kinafolk at the guns. O! what a con flict raged in those heaving bosom* between love lor husbands and -ons, and love for our raniainn i mother, whose insulted honor and imperilled safe i ty had ended her faithful children to the enan ; ginned field. , At thirty minutes past four o’clock the conflict . was opened by the discharge of a shell from the Howitzer Battery ou James Island, under the com-’ mand of Captain Geo. S. James, who followed the! j riddled Palmetto banner on the blood? battle 1 j fields of Mexico. The sending of this harmful messenger to Major | Anderson iu followed by a deafening explosion, I w hich was caused by the blowing up of a building that stood In front of the battery. While the white smoke was melting nwny into j the air another shell, which Lieut. W. Hampton i Uihba has the honor of having fired, pursued its ; noiseless wav toward the hostile fortification. ■ The honored missive described its beautiful ! curve |trough the balmy air, and falling within i tile hostile fortress, scattered its deadly contents id all directions. Fon Moultrie then took up the tale of death, and in a moment the guns from the redoubtable Gun Battery on Cummings’ Point, from Captain Met’ready's Battery, irorn Captain James Hamilton’s Floating Battery, she Enfilade Battery, and other fortifications spit forth their wrath at the grim fortress rising so defiantly out ol the sea. Major Anderson received the shot and shell in silence. And some excited lookers on, ignorant v. i.te character of the loe, were fluent with cou* I jectures and predictions, that revived the hope •ust dying out oi their hopeful and tender hearts. I'. it the shor t-lived trope was utterly extinguished f when the deepening twilight revealed the Stars , and Ftripes floating proudly in the breeze. The j batteries continued at regular intervals to belch , iron vengeance, and still no answer was returned by the for*. About an hour alter the booming be j £ an > two ball* rushed hissing through the air, and | glneed harmless from the stuccoed bricks of Fort Moultrie. The embrasures of the hostile fortress gave forth no sound again till between six and seven o'clock, when, as if wrathful from enforced delay, f:om casement and parapet the United States oftieet poured a storm of iron hail upon Fort Moultrie, Stevens’ Battery and the Floating Battery. The broadside was returned with spirit by the gallaut gunnei.* at these important posts. The firing now began in good earnest. The 1 curling white smoke hung above the angry pieces ■ of friend and foe, aud the jarring boom rolled at regular intervals on the anxious ear. The atmos-1 phere was charged with the smell of villainous j saltpetre, and as if in sympathy with the melan choly scene the sky was covered with heavy clouds, and everything wore a sombre aspect. A boat bearing dispatches to General Beaure gard from Morris’ Island, reacned the city about nine o’clock, reported that all the batteries were working admirably ; that no one was injured, and that the men were wild with enthusiasm. A short time alter that happy news was receiv ed, the schooner Petril, from Hog Island Chan nel, reported that the shot from Stevens’ Iron battery had told upon the walls of Fort Sumter.— And also that Fort Moultrie had sustained no damage. About halt past nine o’clock, Captain K. S. Bar ker reported from Sullivan's island to Mount Pleasant that everything was iu fine condition at Fort Moultrie, and that the soldiers had escaped unhurt. The same dispatch stated that the embrasures of the Floating Battery were undamaged by the shock of the shot, ami though that formidable structure had been struck eleven times, the balls bad not started a single bolt. Anderson had con centrated his fire upon the Floating Battery and Balhgren Battery, under command of Lieutenant Hamilton. A number of shells had dropped into Fort Sumter, and one gun enbarbette had been dismounted. The following cheering tidings were brought to the city by Col. Yates, Acting Lieutenant to Do zier, of the Confederate States Navy, from Fort Johnson: Stevens’ Battery and the Floating Bat tery are doing important service. Stevens’ Bat tery has made considerable progress in breaching the South and Southwest walls of Fort Sumter.— The Northwest wall is suffering from the well-aim ed fire of the Floating Battery, whose shot have dismounted several of the guns on the parapet, and made it impossible to use the remaining ones. The Howitzer Battery connected with the impreg nable Gun Batter? at Cum tiling's Point, is manag ed with consummate skill and terrible effect. KUrtn o'clock.. —A messenger from Morris’ Is land brings the glorious new* that the shot glance from the iron covered battery at Cuntming’s Point like marbles thrown by a child on the back of a turtle. The upper portion of the Southwest wall of Fort Sumter allow’ plainly the effect of the ter rible cannoiiadp from the formidable product of Mr. C. H. Steven’s patriotism and ingeuuity. A half an hour later the gladsome tidings 03tne that, Stevens’ flattery was last damaging tho South west wall of Sumter. Henry Buist i* doing gallant service with the Balmetto Guards, delighting all hearts hy a*suring us in the city that everything was going on well at, the Iron Battery, which was still proof against sixty-eight pounders, and the men in good spirits. A boat reached the City from the Floating Bat tery alwmt half-past twelve o’clock, and reported that a shot from Fort Sumter penetrated the lop or shed of the .structure, and three shots struck the sand bags iu the rear of the Battery. Another messenger who arrived ashortGme after the above was bulletined, confirmed the cheerful news. Ttcelre o'clock. —We have just learned by an arrival from Cumniing’s Poim, that the batteries there are doing good service— Stevens’ battery very -uccesaful. Not a single casualty has hap |>ened. The troops are in the best spirits. Two of the guns at Fort Sumter appear to be disabled. Considerable damage lias been done to the roofs of the officers’ quarters. At one o’clock the following wa9 received from Morris’ Island. Two guns in Stevens* Battery temporarily disabled, Amierson’t fire having in jured the doors of the embrasures. The damage will be repaired speedily. It is thought that Fort Sumter will be breached in two hours. Three steam vessels of war were seen oft’ the bar, one of .hem supposed to be the Harriet Lane. Capt. K. S. Parker reached the city from Fort Moultrie at half-past two o’clock, and makes the following report: Captaiu Parker visited Fort Moultrie and the Enfilading Battery close by, and found all well and in high spirits. lie left the Mor tar Battery, Lieut. flollinqoist, at ten minutes past two. The soldiers stationed there are giving a good account ol themselves. The Floating Batte ry has been struck eighteen times, and received no material “injury. The venerable Edscsd Ruffin, who, as soon as it was known that a battle was inevitable, hastened over to Morris’ Island and was elected & member of the Palmetto Guard, fired the first gun from Htevens’ Iron Battery. All honor to the chivalric Virginian! May he live many years to wear the fadeless wreath that honor placed upon his brow on our glorious Friday. Another noble son of the Old Dominion, who rebukingly remind® her of her past glory, was ap pointed on General Beauregard’s Staff on Thurs day, bore dispatches to the General in command, from Brigadier-General James Simons, in com mand of Morris’ Island, during the thickest of the fight, and in the face of a murderous fire from Fort Sumter. C'ol. Roger A. Pryor, the eloquent young Virginian, in the execution of that danger ous commission, passed within speaking distance of the angry and hostile forces. Despile the tierce and concentrated fire from Fort Sumter, the rival tonification on Sullivan’* Island received but slight damage. It# Merlons stand unmoved, and are thin morning in as good a condition aa they were before their strength was by the rude shocks of th#* shot. FioatiDg Battery came out of the iron Btorm without losing a plate of its iron cover or a splin lor of iu pine. A bri-a fire wrh fppt up by all the b&ttcries until about 7 o’clock in the evening, after which hour the guns boomed at regular intervals of twenty minims. All the barierieson Morris’ Island, bearing upon the channel, kept up a steady fire for some time at the dawn of day. It is reported they threw their shot into the Harriet Lane, and that that steamer, bavin;; advanced as fur a* the renowned Star ol the West BaUery, was crippled by a well aimed snot, after which she deemed it prudent to give up the dangerous attempt, and turned her sharp bow to the ?ea. Sieves s’ Iron Battery played a conspicuous and important part iu Die brilliant, and aa far as our men are concerned, Moodies* conflict, which has placed the 12th of April, 18(51, among the memor able days. The calibre of its guns, its nearness ?o l oi t Sumter, its ported impenetrability, the cool neeaaad bkdl of its gallant gunners, made this for tification oue of the most formidable of Major Anderson’s terrible opponents. The effect of its Daldgren’s atul (54-pounders was distinctly visible at an early stage of the conflict. Floods of mortar and brick dust arose irorn the southwest wall ol the fort as the shot hissed on their errand of death. .Shot after shot told with terrible effect ou the strong wall, and at about three o’clock Major An derson ceased to return this murderous tire. In the course of the afternoon the joyful tidings that a breach had been effected in that portion of the fortress was borne to the city. We dare not elosc this brief and hurried narra live of the first engagement between the United States and the Confederate States, without return ing thanks to Almighty God for the great success that has thus fir crowned our arm*, ami for c extraordinary preservation of our soldiers casualty Rnd death. In the fifteen h ° lir * “ n p _ Dr ,. incessant firing, our enemy one of i v P wboSe acbievement we have suffered obloquy, and and ired perils of vast magnitude. At. the outset of tho struggle we invoked the sanction and aid of that God whom we serve, and His hand has guided and defended u* all through the momentous con flict. Hia favor was most signally, we had almost aaid miraculously, manifested on this eventful day. We call the roll of those engaged in tlm battle, and each soldier is here to answer tq his name. No tombstone will throw its shadow upon that bright triumphant and ty. If so it seemeth good in the eyes of Him, in whose hands are the issues of life, we fervently pray that our brave sons may pass unharmed through the perils of the day now dawning. [From the Charleston Mercury Extra, April 14.] TUB BATTLE OF FORT StIUTER! END OF THE FIGHT ! Alaj. A\l>lKM>\ ftriiKEXDERS! Ali last night the mortar batteries were throw ing shells into the Fort. At an early hour this morning the gun batteries re-opened their fire, which had been suspended during the night.— Major- Anderson replied about seven o’clock with a vigorous fire. It appeared that he had become convinced that his fire against the Cnmmings’ Point Batteries was ineffectual, for he now devoted his attention almost entirely to Fort Moultrie, the Dahlgren Battery and the Floating Battery. At ten ininwtes after eight A. M., a thick smoke was seen issuing from the parapet and the roof of Fort Sumter barracks was soon in flames. The fire was produced either bv a hot shot or a shell. During the progress of the fire three explosions were pro duced by the fall of shells into the combustibles of the Fort. At a quarter to one o’clock the flag and flag staff of the United States was shot away. For some twenty minutes no flag appeared above the fort. Col. L. T. Wigfall, in a small boat, approach ed it from Morris Island, with a white flag upon hia sword. Having entered, he called for Major Anderson, stated that he was an Aide-Camp of Gen. Beauregard that seeing his distress and the imposibihtv of his holding the post he claimed, in the name of his Chief, its surrender. In reply to the inquiry “ what terms will be granted,” he stat ed that, Gen. Beauregard was a soldier and a gen tleman, and knew how to treat a gallant enemy, but that Major Anderson could not make his own terms, and must leave the details to Gen. Beaure gard. Major Anderson then agreed to surrender to General Beuregard, in the name of the Confederate States, and hauled down his flag which he had again lifted, accompanied by a white flag. The batteries then ceased firing and Colonel Wigfall reported to General Beauregard, in Char leston. The following are substantially the terms of the capitulation : All proper facilities will be afforded for the re moval of Major Anderson ami command together with company arms and property, and all private property. The flag which has been upheld so long, and with so much fortitude, under the most trying circum stances, may be saluted by him on taking it down. Major Anderson is allowed to fix the time of sur render, which is some time to-morrow (Sunday). He prefers goiDg from Fort Sumter to the fleet oft’ our bar. A detachment of the regular army fron Sullivan’s Island will he transferred to Fort Sumter. No one has been killed or wounded upon our side. A few of the garrison in Fort Sumter were slightly wounded. r.ATKST FROM MORRIS ISLAND HOSTILITIES 3CSPEN DKD FOR THE NIGHT. Mui'rii Inland, Saturday, April 10, 6 P. M. A boat sent in by the fleet of war vessels off the bar, has just been brought to by a shot from one of our batteries. It contained besides the oars men, Lieut.. Marev, of the Powhatan, bearing a a flag of truce. He reports the vessels in the of fing to be the Baltic, Illinois, Powhatan, Harriet Lane and Pawnee. Lieut. Marcy, in the name of hi* superior officers, has announced a suspension of hostilities until to morrow morning. It is rumored that he demands that Major An derson and his men be allowed to join the fleet. SOITII CAROLINA 13 INDEPENDENT! Male Sabbath School Convention. CIRCULAR. Savannah, Ga., April 4, 1861.—The Sabbath School Association, composed of the various Schools of the city of Savannah, impressed with the importance of a State Convention, formed of the friends of Sunday School for the purpose of consultation and organization, has appointed the undersigned a,Coinniittee to address this Circular to the Superintendents of Schools in the State of Georgia. We therefore, hereby invite you to take imme diate steps to have your School, and any others with which you may have influence, represented in a Convention, to meet in the City ot Macon, at 8 o’clock P. M., on the Third day of May next.— No formal appointment will be required for mem bership : any friend to the object will be admitted. The place mentioned is central, and the time commends itself from two considerations : First, the Georgia Methodist Convention tor Sunday Schools meets in Macon, on the Ist of May, and some of its members have suggested the 3d of May, as the time of the State Convention, and have promised to remain and attend it; Secondly, the Annual Celebration of the Macon Sabbath Schools occurs ou the 4th, and is always an occa sion of great interest. The importance ol’ a Conference among the friends of Sunday Schools ia the State is manifest; and especially so now that our political condition has undergone a change. The time is short but by prompt action, a meet ing may be assembled, competent to put on foot an organization which will prove permanently use ful to the cause in Georgia. Os course, there is to be nothing essentially sectarian in the Convention. Gov. Joseph E. Brown will be invited to preside and address the meeting. In connection with the business of the body, in teresting addresses from and stinguished speakers, and discussion i of impoitant questions may be ex pected, during the session ot the Convention. The names of the speakers, and a list of the questions, will be furnished; and if practicable published be fore the meeting. The usual favors of Railroads may be anticipa ted. For further information, address either of the Committee. Come ! let us meet and organize, for the promo tion of the great and good cause of Sabbath Schools in the State of Georgia. Very respectfully, J. F. Cask, Chairman, S. Landrum, Jap. I. Snider, Committee of the Hav. S. S. Association. Washington's Prater. —ln the summer of 1770, Washington, exploring alone one day the position of the British forces on the Hudson, ven tured too far from his own camp, and was compell ed by a suddeu Btorm, and the fatigue of his horse, to seek shelter for the night in the cottage of a pious American peasant, who, greatly struck with the ianguago anti manner of his guest, and listening at the door of his chamber, overheard the follow ing prayer from the father of his country : “And now, Almighty Fittor, if it is thy holy will that we shall obtain a place and name among the nations of the earth, grant that we may be enabled to show our gratitude for thy goodness, by our endeavors to fear and obey thee. Bless us with wisdom in onr councils, success in battle, and let all our victories be tempered with humanity. Endow, also, our enemies with enlightened minds, that they become sensible of their injustice, and willing to restore our liberty and pence. Grant the petition af thy servant, for the sake of Him whom thou hast called thy Son ; nevertheless, not lay will but thine be done.”— Jt/'C* Hire's Jteliyious Opinion* and Character of Washington. Heaihiuarters Troops Confederate: States, near Pensacola, Florida, April 4, 1861, —Sir: —The commander of the United States steamer Wyandotte. Lieut. Berryman, died on the 2d in stant, after only two days illness. I took special pains and pleasure in extending every assistance and courtesy to Captain Adams, commanding the fleet, for the interment of rlie deceased. A ma rine guard, and all the officers ol the fleet, and from Fort Pickens, attended, and all the officers of my command who were off duty, accompanied me in a body. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, Y’our obedient servant, (Signed.) BRAXTON BRAGG, Brigadier-General Commanding. To Adj. Gen. C. S. Army, Montgomery. Will . 1 T- Hon. John McLean. We have already published the announcement of the death of this distinguished Statesman and Jurist. We take the following sketch of his life from a Cincinnati paper: John McLean was born March 11, ]7Bf, in Mor ris County, N. J. In 1797, when he wa9 twe’ve years ofage, Id* father removed to the North- Western Territory, and settled in what is now Warreu County, Ohio. This was only two years after the victory of Wayne over the Indians, which opened up the Miami country to settlement. He had In that early period of Ohio history hut little advantages of education, but such as they wore were assiduously improved. In 1803 he came to Hamilton county, and was employed as a writer In the office of the County Clerk. Here he deter mined <o study law, and devoted a portion of his time to that purpose. He was a member of the first debating society ever formed in Cincinnati.— In 1807 he was married to Miss Rebecca Edwards daughter of Dr. Edwards, of South Carolina. In the same year he was admitted to practice law at Lebanon, Ohio. He soon after became connected with the church, and for the remainder of his life was a prayer!ul and devout Christian. In 1812 Mr. McLean was elected to the House of Repre sentatives of the United States. He was chosen by the Democratic party of that day, anti cordially sustained the war measures of President Madison’s Administration. He was but twenty seven years of age when he made his appearance at Washing ton as a member of Congress. In 1814 he was re-elected to Congress. In 181 .* he was unanimously elected a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. In 1522 he was ap pointed by President Monroe Commissioner of the Land Office. In 1823 he was nominated by Mr. Monroe as Postmaster General, and held that office until 1829, when he was appointed by General Jackson Judge of the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States. In 1840 he had the misfortune to lose his wife, the severest of ali domestic bereave ments. In 1843 be was again married, to Mrs. Garrard, daughter of Israel Ludlow, one of the pioneers of the city of Cincinnati. In 1848 and in 1852 and 1856 he was prominently spoken of for President of the United States. In .the last named year he received a formidable Support in the Convention, and came near, on thorn ret ballot, beating Colonel Fremont. Had it llot been for his advanced age he would probaKly have been nominated for President, insteiul of Abraham Lincoln, by the Chicago Convention. He was at Washington in attendance upon the Supreme Court in the winte/ just passed, and while there he had the premopition of that fatal wearing out of the system to ihich he has since succumbed. He possessed a strong and herculean frame and vigorous constitution, which has car ried him unscathed far beyond that period which the Psalmist allots to the life of man. But the time had at last coine for him to close his long and prosperous lisp, and to go down to the grave full of years and full of honors. Beyond most men he could well say: “Lord, now lettest Thou thv servant depart in peace, ac cording to thy word ; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people.” Zoii avev. As some of our country readers may not know exactly what kind of a soldier a Zouave is, we copy for their especial benefit the following some what extravagant description, by Doesticks : A fellow with a red bag having sleeves to it for a coat; with two red bags without sleeves to them for trowsers; with an embroidered and braided bag for a vest; with a cap like a red woolen saucepan; with yellow boots like the fourth robber in a stage play; with a moustache like two half-pound paint brushes, and a sort of sword-gun cr gun sword for a weapon, that looks like a lonely musket, indiscreet aud tender—that is a Zouave. A teliow who can “put up” a hundred and ten pound dumb-bell; who can climb up an eighty foot rope hand over hand, with a barrel of flour hanging to his heel* ; wtio can do the “giant swing” on a horizontal bar with a fifty six tied to each ankle ; who can walk up two flights of stairs holding a heavy man in each hand at arm’s length ; and who can climb a greased pole, feet first, car rying a barrel of pork in hie teeth—that is a Zou ave. A fellow who can jump seventeen feet four inch es high without a spring-board ; who can tie his legs in a double bow knot round his neck without previously softening his shin-bones in a steam bath ; who can walk Blondin's out door tight roap with his stomach outside of nine cocktails, a suit of armor outside of the stomach, and a stiff north east gale outside of that ; who can set a fortv foot ladder on end, balance himself on the top of it, and shoot wild-pigeons on the wing, one at a time, just behind the eve, with a single barrel Minnie rifle, three hundred yards distant, and never miss a shot ; who ean take a five-shooting revolver in each hand and knock the spots of the ten of dia monds at eighty paces, turning sumersets all the time, and firing every shot in the air—that is a Zouave. Harder Stare Convention. The Legislature of Kentucky have passed an act providing for the election, by general ticket, of delegates to the proposed Border State Conven tion, the election to be held the Ist Saturday in May. Hon. John C. Breckinridge addressed the Legislature last Monday, and placed himself at the head of the disunion movement iu Kentucky.— He favors the Border State Convention, and pro poses the Crittenden propositions as an ultimatum. The disuniouista held a meeting at Frankfort, ou the night of the Ist, and agreed upon tLe follow ing ticket for delegates to the Convention : For the State at large—General Wm. O. Butler and lion. James B. Clay. Ist Dist.—Hon. Henry C. Burnett. 2d “ Col. John W. Crockett. 3d “ George W. Ewing, Esq. 4th “ Hon. A. G. Talbot. sth “ Ex-Gov. John L. Helm. Cth “ lion. John M. Elliott. 7th “ Hon. Humphrey Marshall. Bth “ Hon. Thomas I\ Porter. 9th “ Judge Emory Whitaker. 10th “ William F. Arthur, Esq. The Frankport correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says the issue in the State will be made on the Crittenden and Peace Conference Proposi tions, the disunion party supporting the former ami the Union party the latter. Messrs. Butler and Clay, both of whom in the Peace Conference opposed the Franklin proposition, were selected as Commissioners for the State at large. It is suoposed that Messrs. Crittenden and Guthrie, who supported the proposition of the Peace Con ference, will be selected as the Union candidates. In this way the issue will be made up, and we may anticipate one of the most vigorous and exciting political contests that has ever marked the politi cal history of Kentucky. The Poor South!— Many people believe the North is rich in comparison with the South. The statistics show the contrary. The South is the richer iu many respects, which will astonish the man who never informed himself accurately.— Let us examine a few items of the census of 18*50: Slave States. Free States. Horses, mules, k?. 2,116,000 1,489,000 Net Cattle, 7,126,000 4,402,000 HogS 16,967,000 7,608,000 Indian Com, (bush,) 386,748,000 200,188,000 Potatoes, (hush) 31,110,000 17,942,000 Beans and Peas (bush) 5,317,000 270,000 Honey & Beeswax, (pound) 0,880,000 3,904,000 Poultry, value, £3,880,000 $1,937,000 Theflo are item* In which the Northern States are generally aupposed to excel the South. The whole property, real and personal, of* the North divided amongst all itn people, would to each person two hundred and thirty-three dol lars. The whole property of the slave-holding States, divided amongst her while population gives to each person two hundred and thirty-nine dollars. Divided amongst the whole— white and black each would have two hundred and ninety-one dol lars, or twenty-six per ceut. more than each in habitant of the Northern States. —Lynchburg Vir ginian. Can the South Sr rport a Government?- F.li phalet Case, in an able communication to the Bos ton Post, fully anwers this quetstion, as follows: Now, there is nothiug that puzzles the radical Republicans so much as the difficulty the South will have, in their estimation, in raising a revenue to carry on their government. Did it ever occur to them that ten per cent, on this one article, of export duty, would raise on $250,000,000, $25,- 000,000, and that this would not exceed one cent a pound on the entire cotton crop? Then suppose the Eolith should conclude to tax the products of the free Northern States ten per cent., and the shoes, hats and other imports from the free States east of the Alleghany mountains ten percent., this would yield at least $25,000,000 more. Then an import duty on all other imports from all other parts of the Globe would make an income of $lO,- 000,000 more—s6o,ooo,ooo in all. The South is rich in all the resources that go to make the wealth and power of great nations; and can easi ly, within its present territory, support two hun dred millions of people. MACON, GEORGIA ; Wednesday, April 17,1861, Cotton iTlatkef. Nothing is doing in the cotton market. Ail kinds of business dull MONEY V/ANTED. Lot it not be forgotten that this diy bookr are opened at the Agency of the Marine Rank for sub scriptions to the loan for the Confederate States. Whilst Wall street is pouring out its money to aid an invasion of the South, surely Southern capi tal will be freely contributed to repel each ro un holy crusade. CHANGE OF PCHEDULE Hereafter the Macon k Western trains will leave Macon and Atlanta in the forenoon instead of in the afternoon, as heretofore. There has, a’so, been a change on the Western k Atlantic (State) Road. EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF CONGRESS GF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. President Davis, it will be seen, baa issued a proclamation, calling an Extraordinary Session of Congress, to assemble at Montgomery on Friday 29th inst. PRAYER MEETING On the reception in Columbus, Ga., of the news ot the commencement of hostilities at Charleston, a prayer meeting was immediately called for the purpose of making special prayer for our country and for the success of onr troops engaged iu bat tle. It represented the various denominations, and who knows the power ofits pious in turning the tide of victory to our standard * JACKSON ARTILLERY. Tins gallant company arrived on Monday morn ing, and were greeted by hosts of kindred and friends and the booming of cannon, at the depot. They were welcomed in a spirited address from Capt. Hardeman, and after eating a good break fast at the Brown House were escorted to their armory by the Macon Volunteers and Floyd Ri fles. After a week’s respite we learn they will again return into the service of their country. SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENTION By the Circular which appears in our paper to day, it will be seen that our friends in Savannah propose a Sabbath School Convention of the State, and have honored our city as the place of meet ing. VVe doubt not our citizens will appreciate this compliment to Macon, and gracefully dispense such hospitalities to visitors as the occasion de mands. Though the troubled condition of the country is un propitious to a large attendance, we presume it will be at least respectable. We need not say that the cause is a noble one. GLORIOUS NEWS The intelligence of the surrender of Fort Sum- I ter, which reached our city on Saturday last, was j received with every demonstration of satisfaction and rejoicing. Beils were rung, guns fired, drums beat, and for a time the city seemed wild with joy. What added greatly to the pleasurable emo tions of the people, was the announcement that no lives were lost on either side. In the classic language of Lincoln, the dispatch declared, “No body is hurt.” This news was thought to he too good to be true. Subsequent telegrams and the Charleston papers, however, confirm it. For an interesting and full account of this bril liant but bloodless contest, the reader is referred to extracts from the Charleston exchanges. THE VICTORY Achieved by the soldiers of South Carolina on last Saturday is as brilliant as it is remarkable.— Thousands of nearts besides those of the F.tiaietto State, which throbbed with anxiety and apprehen sion, though confident of the ultimate success of the Confederate army, leaped with joy at the an nouncement, that Fort Sumter had fallen. Thro’- out, this entire controversy, the bearing of the au ! thorities at Charleston, both civil and military, ha? j been gallant and magnanimous beyond precedent. | We trust the prevalence of this spirit will continue I throughout this unhappy controversy—an emphat ic refutation of the slanders of our enemies against Southern civilization. THE PULASKI TIMES. P. F. Scarborough, E*q., has retired from this paper, and is succeeded by Mr. J. B. Mitchell. — Mr. S., in his retirement, has our best wishes.— We trust his worthy successor will find Times in Hawkiusville more pleasant, and profitable than they are likely to be in this latitude for some months to come. would say to our esteemed friend of the Chronicle ti’ Sentinel, that as the Constitution of the Confederate States distinctly and emphatically repudiates a protective tariff, and homo industry, therefore, can derive no direct encouragement from import duties—which must for a long time he very uncertain and their collection attended with great expense and difficulty and perhaps en gender strife upon our exteusive borders—we are inclined to favor free trade and direct taxation as the most just, equitable, economical and certain mode of raising a revenue adequate to the support of the Government. The nigger and tariff issues killed the best government on earth. Ilad we not therefore better discard them at once and forev er ? We here take occasion to say, that our mind is open to conviction upon this subject. The pres ent is environed by too many perils, to give all such questions calm thought aud investigation.— Our circumstances and condition are so precarious and shifting, that no one may confidently predict what may be best for the morrow. “The commit tee therefore will rise, report progress and ask leave” to postpone the discussion until the coun try wears a more peaceful aspect. THE HEWS. We deprecate all attempts to inflame the pub i lie mind or excite alarm hy sensation intelligence | and glowing announcements. The public mind is j already sufficiently excited without such applian ces. The news from every part of the country we find, after the most cool and careful scrutiny and analysis, is sufficiently portentous to create the most profound and solemn feelings in every re flecting mind. The bombardment and fall of Fort Sumter, as we anticipated, has aroused the sectional pride of the United States*, with which is mingled a good deal of fanatical hatred and animosity, which bodes ii mom fearful struggle. That the South has hatl and still has many warm and true friends at the North and West, cannot be donbted, but it is greatly to be feared that under appeals to section al pride and prowess, they will stand almost a unit in support and defence of their own aboliuonized and demoralised government. With stout hearts and ready hands, and trusting in the God of Bat tlcp, let us prepare for the worst. THE BATTLE AT CH^RLESTOIf. A large portion of our paper is filled w ith the interesting details of the batile between the forces of the Confederate States and the United States of America, off Charleston Hat bor. We had de voutly hoped that the world would have never been called upon to witness a spectacle so morti fying and humiliating as that presented in this unnatural contest. War, at best, is disreputable to a Christian people. But such a contest as is now pending, is a reproach and stigma upon Amer ican civilization. Who does not feel bowed down and humiliated as he contemplates the present un happy condition of our once united, prosperous and glorious country ? The Administration at Washington could have easily averted the fearful struggle which now threatens to desolate the land. Upon them rests the responsibility. Troops for Pulaski and Trbee. ■ The following companies have been ordered into service by the Governor at Fort. Pulaski and Tyhee Island, which is to he fortified. The Macon Guards will leave to-morrow night. The others will be on hand without loss of time: Macon Guards, Capt. Lamar, Macon. Columbus Guards, Lieut. Ellis, Columbus. Cherokee Brown Riflemen, Captain Dickerson, Canton. The .Toe Browns, Capt. Campbell, Morgantown. Troup Artillery, Capt. Stanley, Athens. Wright Infantry, Capt. Glenn, Dalton. BaDks County Guards, Capt. Candler, Uowen. Burke Sharp * hooters, Capt. Holmes, Waynes boro’. Wire Grass Minute Men, Capt. Styles, Waynes boro. Buena ista Guards, Capt. Butt, Buena Vista.— Telegraph. \ imlanck at Savannah.—ln consequence of ; the present aspect of affairs and the hostile rum ors p-evalent, more than ordinary vigilance is to be exercised in regard to vessels entering the haibor of Savannah. Official notice has been issued that, in future, do vessel will be allowed to pass Fort Pulaski without previous information as to her pacific character. Vessels will be required to stop and send a boat to the wharf at Coekspur Island, where a commissioned officer will at all times be ready to make the proper examination. Proposed Amendments to the Permanent Con stitution.—The Charleston “Courier” says : The Convention, after the ratification of the Confed erate States Constitution, passed certain re.solu qdons suggesting to the Southern Congress certain amendments to the new Constitution, among which was the following important provision offer ed by Mr. Orr : “ Strike out the 2d clause of the Bth section of the Ist Article, and insert: The Congress shall not rontract any debt except lor War purposes, and *II expenditures in excess of revenues from imparts (which shall not exceed fifteen per cem. advalorem) and other sources, shall be met by direct taxation to be provided for by the Congress authorizing the expenditure.” Suspension or the Evening News —The Charles ton Evening New* of Tuesday announces that itg publication will be temporarily suspended “from sheer physical impossibility of issuing a daily sheet.” It says : Tiie largest number of our compositors are now on duty, our pressmen and clerks have been sum moned to join their respective corps stationed at military points in the harbor, with tiie certaintv ot being deprived of the small remnant of our force left. We shall resume as soon as circum stances will permit. Arrival or llte Coininisttioners. lion’s. .John Forsyth, A. B. Romain and Martin J. t raw ford, Commissioners of the Confederate States to Washington, arrived in this city yester day, says the Columbus Sun of Tuesday. Gov. Romain had not left last night. Mr. Forsyth was to leave yesterday afternoon. Ominous. —The only loss of life at Charleston occurred after the conflict was over. It is a sin gular fact that Anderson’s men having all escaped harm during the bombardment, four should lose their lives in performing the last act granted thtm iu the garr son—saluting the U. S. flag. take the following paragraphs from the Charleston Courier of Monday : Rifled Cannon. —A fine rifled gun reached this city yesterday from Liverpool. It is a present to the State from a Carolimon resident in the laLter place— Charles K. Prioleau, Esq., who, although absent in a foreign land, does not forget his State in the hour of her need. There is a good prospect of the estaohshment ol a manufactory of axes in tnis city. The work for the India rubber factory wc have mentioned, is in progress. A Noble Example.— The Hon. Louis T. Wig fall, o) Texas, has been appointed special aid to Gen. Beauregard, aud on yesterday was detailed on active duty. PROCLAMATION By the President ot tlie Confederate States ol Am erica. Whereas, ail extraordinary occasion has occur red, rendering it necessary and proper that the Congress of the Confederate States shall convene to receive aud act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive: Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, do issue this my proc lamation, convoking the Congress of the Confede rate Stites for the transaction of business at the Capitol in the city of Montgomery, on the twenty* ninth day of April, at J 2 o’clock, noon, of that day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby re quired to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of [l. h] the Confederate .Montgomery, this twelfth day of April, Anno Domini, 1861. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Bv the President: R. Toombs, Secretary of State. An Extra sexxion ol Congress. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A PROCLAMATION: Whereas, the laws of the United States have been lor some time past and are now opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Missis sippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judic’al proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law : Now, therefore, I Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to sup press said combinations and to cause the laws to be duly executed. The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the in tegrity and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs already long enough eudured. I deem it proper to say that the first service as digued to the forces hereby called out will be to re-posseas the forts, places, add property, which have been seized from the Union, and in every event the utmost care will be observed consistent ly with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devas tation and destruction of or interference with property, or any dinturbance of peaceful citizens in any part ot the country ; and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to retire to D>eir respective abodes within twenty days lrom this date. Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, iu virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses ot Congress. Senators and Representatives are therefore sum moned to assemble at their respective Chambers, at twelve o’clock, noon, on Thursday, the fourth day of July next, then and there to consider and determine such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and interests may seem to demand. In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to bo affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 15th day of April, in the year of our Lord one housand eight hundred and sixty one, and of the ‘independence of the United States the eighty-fifth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: Wu. 11, Seward, Seo’y of State. Latest TSTewg^ From Pen* u-oia, Pr*SacoLa, April 15. —A quantity of hot has has been landed at Pickens by the fleet. From Virginia. Richmond, April 15.— The Commissioners pre sented Lincoln’s reply without comment. A resolution was adopted to suspend the order of the day and another was offered to go im o ?o. cret session to consider the report of the Commis sioners. A debate followed and Lincoln's proclamation was the principal theme. Scott, Preston and other Unionists declared that if Lincoln meant to subjugate the South, there was but one eour.e for Virginia to pursue. A differ ence of opinion exists whether to secede imme diately or to wait for the co operation of the bor der States. It is believed that alternative propositions will be submitted to the people. Some doubted the authenticity of the proclama tion, aud iu deference to their wi.-dies the Conven tion adjourned till to morrow, when doubtless they will go into secret session. All think of ultimate secession now. The Con vention presented an appearance of unwonted gra vity, all feeling that the crisis had arrived. The people are clamorous for secession and ac counts trom the interior represent the feeiing to be thoroughly aroused. A change of sentiment is foreshadowed in the Convention, and it is believed that a harmonious conclusion w ill be reached in secret session. Gov. Letcher declines expressing his opinion openly, previous to the receipt of the official pro clamation, hut permaal friends say that he will re fuse to entertain it. The general opinion is, that Lincoln having re pudiated Virginia’s efforts for a peaceful solution of the impending difficulties, she must now aid the South. Goldsboro, N. C., April 15.—Lincoln’s procla mation produced a thrilling effect here. The nfla companies mustered and with others numbered 500 and they are now ett route for Fort Marion, and will take possession at 7 o’clock to night. From IWnnigomery. Montgomery, April 15. —The Cabinet will wait for Lincoln's official proclamation before action. Montgomery, April 13.—Maj. Chambers, of the Alabama Army, has just arrived here from Pensa cola. He brings Lieut. Reed Werden, of the Uni ted States Navy, as a prisoner of war. He was the bearer of the dispatches to Fort Fickens and the Federal Fleet in Pensacola Bay. He is held by the Secretary of War, who sent a detachment on the Railroad to arrest him. He has been com pelled to give up to the Secretary of War his des patches from Col. Slemmer to the Government at Washington. The Attorney General’s opinion has has been requested as to the law in bis case. He violated his promise to report to Gen. Bragg, and carried, in secret, despatches to Fort Pickens, showing to Gen. Bragg other despatches, and fail ing to report himself on returning. Montgomery, April 13. —Fort Pickens was rein forced last night. It is understood here that the port of Charleston has been blockaded. In Mobile Cotton is unsettled, and nominal. The news of the surrender of Fort Sumter was received there with immense cheering by the crowds in the streets. Confederate and Palmetto Flags flying—cannon firing—bells ringing—great rejoieing. Montgomery, April 13—The President has ap pointed E. Warren Moise, as Judge of the District of Louisiana. The president aDd Secretary of War were sere naded last night at the Exchange Hotel. The lat ter was called out and said that the Confederate flag would soon be waving over Fort Sumter, and from the Capitol at Washington, if our indepen dence is not recognised and hostilities continued. President Lincoln and tlxe Virginia Com* missioners. Washington, April 13—The President’s reply to the Virginia Commissioners was communicated in writiug. ne stated that he will act according to his Inaugural programme, aud bold the public property and defending it; but he will wage no war against the seceding States, and only act on ihe defensive. From Charleston. Charleston, April 15.—Commodore Springbam arrived at the fleet to-day, and was saluted by the flee t. It is reported that there are seven vessels in the offing. Anderson’s command was transferred from the Island to the Baltic outside to-day. An English vessel arrived to day and asked the officers of the fleet if they were blockading the port. They replied that they were awaiting orders. It is supposed that Springham brings orders. City quiet. Troops arriving by thousands. Charleston, April 14, Eveuing.—The excite ment has abated very much in the city—not so in the fortifications, as the “movements of the fleet are watched c’o3ely. One of Anderson’s wounded men has since died. J. R. Sneed, Editor of the Savannah Republican, visited Fort Sumter this afternoon. Gov. Pickens was serenaded last night, aDd ad dressed the crowd. Gen. Beauregard keeps quiet. Not one hundred, but fifty guns were fired by Anderson when saluting his flag. [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.] Excitement ill fiinrlewtoti. Charleston. April 15th, 11 o’clock, A. M.— Heavy cannonading is heard in your direction, and great excitement exist here in consequence. The fleet is still off the bar. Departure of major Anderson. Charleston, April 14.—Major Anderson low ered his flag at half-past 2 o’clock, P. M., to-day, and fired a salute of fifty guns. One of the guns bursted, mortally wounding four of his men. An derson then left on the steamer Isabel in prefer ence to either of the vessels of the fleet. The Confederate troops took possession of Fort Sumter at half-past 4 o’clock, hoisting the Palmetto and Confederate flags, which were saluted by Fort Moultrie, the Floating Battery, the Iron Battery anti the rest of the tonifications and the city.— Wild excitement prevails. Major Anderson said, privately, that one hnn dred guns were not eDOugh for the United States flag, anil then b,irat into lean. Rhode Inland. Providence, April IS.—Gov. Sprague has ten dered the Government the services of a marine battery and one thousand infantry, and offers to accompany them himself. Sew lurk Volunteers. New York. April 15.—The 7th and 69th Regi ments have volunteered for the defence of Wash ington, but they have not yet started. The 12th regiment holds a meeting to-morrow. From Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 15. —The people here appear to be thoioughly aroused. Hags are waving at every point, and a home guard will be immediately iormed. From California. St. Lonis, Mo., April 15.—Dates from California to the 3d inst. have been received. McDougald was elected United states Senator ou the third ballot. From Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., April 15.—Gov. Morton has received offers of volunteers indicating that thiriy thousand ineu could be raised.