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LETTER
FROM VICE FRBSIDEvr
BBBCKINRIDfiE.
Washington Citv, January 6,1861.
Mr Dear Sir: I think all thoughtful men will np
prove your conduct in convening the legislature.
Within a few weeks 1 have receive! many letters,
chiefly from Kentucky, asking my opinion as to the
prospect of a fair adjustment of our political troubles,
which I have not auaweivil for reasons satisfactory to
my own mind, among which lias been niiugering hope
that some acceptable plan of settlement might be pro
posed by Congress, securing the rights and honor of
all. I do not feel at liberty longer to remain scent,
and witliontintending to burden vou with an extended
letter, 1 will offer a few thoughts upon the condition of
public affairs.
I am convinced that no thorough and satisfactory
plan will be proposed to the States by the Congress.
All efforts for this purpose huve disclosed differences
too radical to admit of agreement.
At an early day in the session, on the motion of a
senator from" Kentucky, (Mr. Powell.) a committee of
thirteen senators was appointed to consider the state
of the country an 1 report a remedy. It was composed
of representative men from different |mrts of the l nion
Alter long conferences, for many days, the chairman
reported to tiie Senate that they had been wholly una
ble to agree, anil a reference to the journal of the com
mittee will reveal the radical differences between the
republicans and others. _
Propositions conceived in a spirit of patriotic con
cession, were offered by Senator Crittenden. I refer
to them, because they concede much to the spirit of
conciliation. They embrace the following ns amend
ments to the Const it nt ion :
That Congress shall have no powerto abolish slavery
in the furls, dock-yards, and otherplaees under its juris
diction in tine Southern States.
Nor to prevent tin- transportation of slaves from one
alavoholuing State to another, nor to any Territory
where slave! y may exist, whether the transportation
be coastwise or inland.
Nor to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
while it exists in Maryland or Virginia, nor without the
consent of the inhabitants and compensation to the
wwners.
Ami in regard to the Territories:
That in al! the territory now held or hereafter to be
acquired north of latitude do 30' slavery or involuntary
servitude, except ns a punishment for crime, shall be
prohibited, while in nil territorv now held or hereafter
to lie acquired' south of said line of latitude, slavery
of the African race shall bo recognised and protected;
in both 08s<*s. the prohibition on one side of the hue,
and the protection on the other, covering the period
of territorial existence.
These provisions, the resolutions propose, shall be
made a part oi the Constirution, and together v. ith the
features now in the Constitution relative to the repre
sentation of three-fifths of the slaves, ana the return of
fugitive fIhvch, slinll not subject to future altera-
tion. As subseqnently mo-lifted, they eontuin, among
other t liings, a very proper declaration that citizenship
ami suffrage shall not be eonferrred on persons in whole
of in part of African descent.
A glance at these resolutions Will slmw the inj))ltP,5p<2
Sai‘Vf;vk%*hV. : 'n moment the territorial question, the
other proposed amendments are but declaratory of
flu* present Constitution. Congress has no power now
to abolish slavery in the places withiu its jurisdiction
in the Southern States, nor to prevent the transporta
tion of slaves from one slaveholding State or Territo
ry to another. Nor are persons of African descent
citizens of the United States; and the basis of Feder
al representation and the return of fugitive slaves are
stipulated for in express terms in the present instru
ment. If it be said that Congress may constitutional
ly abolish slavi ry in this District I will not pause to
argue tiie question, but only enter a protest aguin.-t '.he
assumption.
If agreed to, they should be nnamendahle parts
of the Constitution, since the North would soon
of the Union would disappear forever. If the
8outli should succeed in inaiutaiug her indepen
dence, the fueds aud animosities engendered by
the contest between the section would be transmit
ted to succeeding generations, while, if she should
be subjugated, the Government would become in
torm and in fact consolidated, and would soon
reach the usual historic termination in a military
despotism. But her subjugation is impossible
without extermination—and that is impossible.
And yet the danger of civil war is imminent,
unless it shall he arrested by prompt and energet
ic action. If, before the passions of men become
aroused, and a series of untoward events drift us
into strife, Kentucky and the ether border States
shall calmly and firmly present a united front
against it, I believe it may be arrested. Fifteen
states are potent to prevent war. This, too,
would strengthen all the true men in the Northern
States wtio resist the atrocious policy. Upon this
question let us annihilate party. The force par
tv believe that Kentucky and other Southern
States are seriously divided on this subject. Un
less this ea.i he quickly shown to be a delusion,
it may become the parent of a brook of woes.
The wisdom of the legislature will doubtless
provide whatever is needful; yet at a time like
tins it becomes tire duty, as it is the right, of every
man to express his opinions ; and as one citizen of
the Commonwealth I give my voice for a State
convention. It is only by the direct action ol
the several States in tiicir sovereign capacity that
anything effectual can now be done; and, for
one, 1 desire that Kentucky may have an oppor
tunity to determine, in the most solemn manner,
in-r judgment of her rights, and her attitude in
the present condition of affairs. She has not been
an inactive nor inglorious member of the Con
federacy ; she is in the presence of great and
startling events, and it is not her nature to sit in
listless apathy, borne along by rapid currents,
without the power to direct her course. Let her
have the opportunity, through her chosen repre
sentatives, of deciding upon the prospect of re
uniting all the States in a constitutional Union, or,
if that shall be impossible, let her be in a position
to determine her own destiny.
Tiiis letter has grown longer than I intended,
although I have adhered pretty closely to my orig
inal purpose, rather to present facts, and my im
pressions of them, from this stand point, than to
enter upon elaborate discussion. I need not say
to you, my dear sir, that I have uttered nothing
in an obtrusive spirit, but rather, reluctantly and
sorrowfully. My suggestions in regard to the ac
tion of Kentucky are offered in a spirit of loyalty
to tiie State I love and will ever obey. They are
clearly right, or very wrong. If right, the pleas
ure will be mine to have said a timely word ; if
wrong, X will know how to bear without a mur-
8!b r :mstalie.
Very sincerely your friend,
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE.
Hon. 15. Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky.
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, Jan. 1*3-
AN ORDINANCE
To dissolve the Union between tho State of Ala
bama and the other States, united under the
compact styled the United States of America;
Whereas, The election of Abraham Lincoln
and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of Presi
dent and Vice-President of the United States of
America, by a sectional party, avowedly hostile
have a sufficient number of States to change the to the domestic institutions, and to the peace and
instrument in the manner piescribed by itself. _ | security of the people of the State of Alabama,
It must be confessed that it offers but a faint j following upon the beds of many and dangerous
hope of security and good faith when powers not infractions of the Constitution of the United
granted to Congress by the Constitution must States, by many of the States and people of the
again bo expressly denied, and t he provisions | northern section, is a political wrong of so insult-
made unalterable, to guard against apprehensions ling and menacing a character as to justify the
of a sectional and growing majority. j people of the State of Alabama in the adoption of
Upon these points, then, as I suppose, there is
concession neither upon the one side nor the other.
The free States are only asked to agree that they
will never use their growing power to deprive the
South of existing rights, which are essential to its
safety.
I "come, now, to the vast concession to the
North. The Southern States assert, with great
unanimity, tlie right ot the citizens of all the
States to "enter the common Territories with their
property, of whatever kind, including slaves, and
to have it protected by the common Government.
This right is sustained by a highly respectable
class of opinion in the Northern States, and lias
been affirmed by' the highest judicial tribunal
known to the Constitution. It does not fall within
the scope of ibis letter lo reargue this question. I
treat it as a settled right, upon which the argu
ment has been exhausted.
Mr. Cr.ttenden's territorial amendment offers,
so far as the Southern Slates and their slave prop
erty are concerned, to yield tiiis right in tbree-
iourtlis of the existing Territory to save it in the
remaining fourth. The citizens of tile Northern
States and their property are to he protected in all
the Territory—the citizens of the Southern States
with their property in one fourth <f it. Prohibi
tion of slave property north of 3G° 30'—-recogni
tion and protection of it south of that line—and
the rule to apply to all territory hereafter acquired
—this is the principle of the proposed amendment.
And tiie last named feature is vital. If the ter
ritorial question can be seltled at all, it should be
settled for all time, and locked up in the Constitu
tion. Otherwise, there can be uo hope of exemp
tion from incessant anti-slavery agitation, and the
country would aoon be thrown again into the midst
of political and financial convulsions. The South
ern States cannot afford to be shut ofi from all
possibility of expansion towards the tropics by
the hostile action of the Federal Government.
I am sure that tiiis plan of adjustment lias been
..m.. ^*** - s*ti*u^ui - iif cm irgims, out
as a patriotic concession, with the hope of obtain
ing promply security and peace In view of the
knowledge we have of the progress of political
anti-slavery opiuion, and of the manner in which
tiie Federal Government may be employed by
hostile influences, it falls far snort of what would
btyequircd in forming an original scheme of gov
ernment, or even in reconstructing the old one.
After tiie experience we have had of tiie practical
working of tilt? system, I find it difficult to cherish
a well-grounded hope of permanent security ex
cept by the introduction of some element which
would give tiie South tiie power of seif-protection.
I cannot suppose that Kentucky would consider
her rights, interests, and honor safe under any
settlement less thorough than tiiis proposed by
Mr. Crittenden. Any attempt to emasculate it
by excluding from its scope alter acquired ter
ritory, or by failing to recognise and protect
slave property south of tiie line by language as
clear and explicit as that employed to prohibit it
north ot tho line, or by veiling its provisions in
ambiguous of phrases, could only result in new
agitations and convulsions. I believe that Ken
tucky wants a thorough settlement or none, and
one that any plain and honest mind can under
stand.
I have not referred to the personal liberty bills
of tiie Northern States, because they are the sub
jects of State action; nor to various propositions
concerning the fugitive slave Jaw, because they
relate only to legislative action; nor to the ques
tion concerning the right of sojourn and transit
with slave property; nor to several schemes of
constitutional amendment which demand more
for the South than tho plan of Mr. Crittenden. I
have said that, in my opinion, no thorough and
satisfactory amendments will be proposed to
the States by Congress ; and I have taken the
plan which concedes most to tiie Northern States
and which presents tiie least that I suppose
any portion of tho South would accept. And
now, sir, I tell you that the republicans in Con
gress, and I fear in the country, never will adopt
it. They will not recognise in any form, directly
or indirectly, property in slaves. They will out
law fioin tiie protection of tiie common Govern
ment property to tiie value of four thousand mil
lions of dollars, and which is interwoven with the
very structure of society in nearly half the States
of the Union. They intend that the South shall
never have any portion in the territory of the
Union. Their fixed policy is to wield the Fede
ral Government for anti-slavery purposes, and to
crush all opposition by arms. I am not mistaken
as to the purposes of the resolute and controlling
spirits of that organization at this capital.
At an early day in tiie session, a number of gen
tlemen, fearing that no suitable guarantees could
be proposed by Congress, began to look to the
States and the people. The republicans having
control of tiie Northern States, our friends there
were, of course, unable to move. An earnest ef
fort was made here to secure a convention of all
tiie Southern States. The plan could not command
the reouisito support, and was lost in the rapid
progress of events. Next, a more hopeful move
ment was set on foot, looking to an immediate
conference of the border slaveholding States, (em
bracing Tennessee and North Carolina,) with the
view to unite their counsels and avert the danger
of civil war. But here, also, the obstacles proved
insurmountable, and the time for sueli action has
passed. Each of these Slates, therefore, must de
cide for itself the attitude it will occupy ill this
•mergeDcy.
The immediate question now presented is,
peace or war. Whether the right of a State or
Bt&tes to dissolve cennection with the federal sys
tem be a reserved right, or one growing out of the
Constitution, or the right of revolution, the great
fact lies before us, that the act has been done; and
we are not permitted to doubt that in a few weeks
seven or eight States, containing a larger popula
tion than the thirteen Colonies, at the epoch of the
Revolution, will have withdrawn from the Union,
and declared their independence. Under whatev
er name disguised, a collision of arms with them
will be war.
The dominant party here, rejecting everything,
proposing nothing, are pursuing a policy which,
under the name of ‘'enforcing the laws” and '‘pun
ishing traitors,” threatens to plunge the country
into all the calamities of civil war.
The Federal Union cannot be preserved by
arms. The attempt would unite the Southern
States in resistance, while in the North a great
multitude of true and loyal men never would
consent to shed the blood of our people in the
name and under the authority of a violated com-
P* c ^; _ A serious collision upon existing issues
prompt and decided measures for their future peace
and security ; therefore—
Be it declared and ordained by the people of the
State of Alabama in convention assembled, that
the State of Alabama now withdraws, and is
hereby withdrawn, from the Union, known as the
United States of America; and henceforth ceases
to lie one of said United States; and is, aud of
right ouglrt to be, a sovereign and indepen
dent State.
And be it further declared and ordained by the
people of the State of Alabama, in convention as
sembled, that ali the powers over tiie territory of
said State, and over tiie people thereof, hertoforc
delegated to the Government of the United States
of America, be, and they aro hereby withdrawn
from said Government, and are hereby resumed
and vesied in the people of the State of Alabama.
And as it is the desire and purpose of the peo
ple of Alabama to meet the siavebolding States of
the South, who approve of such purpose, in order
to frame a provisional as well as permanent gov
ernment, upon the principles of tiie Constitution of
the United States—
Be it also resolved, by the people of Alabnma
in convention assembled, that the people of
tiie States of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Geor
gia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Tennessee. Kentucky, and Missouri, be, aud they
are hereby invited to meet tiie people of the State
of Alabama, by' their delegates, in convention,
on the fourth day of February. A. D., 1S61, at the
city of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, for
the purpose of consulting with each other, as to
the most effectual mode of securing concerted and
harmonious action, in whatever measures may be
deemed most desirable for our common peace aud
security.
And be it further resolved, that the President of
this Convention be, and he is hereby instructed to
would destroy whatever hope may yet remain of
preserving nr restoring the Union. An attempt to
hold it together by the bayonet would exceed any
thing yet recorded in the annals of human mad
ness and folly. It would bring on a war of un
exampled ferocity, in which every vital principle
transmit, forthwith, a conv of the iirumKh
nance, aha resolutions, to the Governors of the
several States named in said resolutions.
Done by the people of tiie State of Alabama, in
convention assembled, at Montgomery, tiiis the
eleventh day ot January, A. D., eighteen hundred
and sixty-one.
Projsrrm of the Revolution—What is to be
Done.
As in the Revolution of 1770, when one colony
followed anollier in throwing off tiie yoke of the
mother country, and from strong words it came at
last to hard blows, so now State after State is se
ceding from the Union, and revolutionary pro
ceedings are tiie ordinary news of the day. Acts
of war have been committed. Some of the federal
fortress have been seized and one of them beleag-
ured, and a ship carr) ing reinforcements, provi
sions and fuel to the handful of United States
troops who hold it, has been tired into by order of
the authorities of the “sovereign Stale of South
Carolina.”
Another State—Mississippi—has asserted its
sovereignty and independence by secession: while
Louisiana, North Carolina, Alabama ami Georgia
—the authorities of which have already seized the
federal fortresses within their territory—will
speedily follow. Florida and Alabama are now
in Convention, and every moment wo may expect
the consummation of their revolution. The Geor
gia Convention meets on the 16th; the Louisiana
Convention meets on the 23d, and from the way in
which tiie elections have gone in that State, there
can he no doubt that she will ‘ out of the Union”
before the end of the month. It is tints certain
that six States will have been severed from the
confederacy before tiie laps of three weeks.
Most of the other Southern States are proceed
ing in the same path, it being merely a difference
between them and tiie other slave States as to the
order ot time. Virginia is now in session, and her
Legislatuic is completely revolutionary. Orders
have been given to arm the State, and the proper
committee have reported in favor of a Convention
on the 11th of Feb. which will be carried, and
that State is sure to go out or “fight in the Union. ’
On the same day is to ho held tho Convention of
Arkansas, which will certainly follow suit. The
Governor of Texas,eminently conservative, had
long resisted the application to him to call an ex
tra session of the Legislature, with a view ot de
ciding upon the questioH of a Convention. Firm
as he is known (o be has yielded to the pressure of
revolution, and tiie Legislature, having been called
together, have ordered a Convention for the 36th
of January. There can be no doubt that Texas
will join tiie other cotton States. This makes nine
out of the fifteen States revolutionized.
There only remains North Carolina, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware to
lie accounted for. No one doubts that North
Carolina, whose Legislature adjourned until after
the holidays, will go with the majority of the
Southern States. In Maryland, if the Governor
persists much longer in resisting the application
of members of the Legislature to call an extra ses
sion, it is probable tiie Legislature will, in view of
the revolutionary aspect of the South, assembled of
their own accord, and call a Convention of the
people in despite of tiie Governor, for revolu
tion is the order of tiie day. In the event of co
ercion or civil war, the interests of Maryland be
ing identified with the South, and the sympathies
of a large majority of her people being with the
cause of tiie Southern States, she will assuredly
follow the lead of Virginia. Deleware is of about
as much consequence as Rhode Island, but would
have to go with the South. The Missouri Legis
lature is in session, and that State will secede like
the rest, unless the full measure of justice be con
ceded. The State is every moment becoming
more and more revolutionary; and the same is
true of Kentucky, which was regarded, hitherto,
as decidedly conservative. Her Legislature meets
on the 7th, and she may be safely booked as going
with Virginia. The rejection of Crittenden’s
compromise propositions has driven tiie Union
men into the ranks of secession
We have now to consider the case of the important
State of Tennessee, the last of the Southern States.
Up to the present juncture that State has been regard
eii as the most conservative State in the Union. Mr.
Bell, the embodiment of the Union sentiment at the
South in tiie late Presidential election, bnils from Ten
nessee. But what is tho condition of that State now ?
The |answer will lie found in the calm, dignified and
powerful message of her Governor to the Legislature,
now in extra session, which we print in another part of
this day’s Herald. In this argumentative but deter
mined document, which we commend to the persual of
every Northern innn, the republican party, unless they
are struck with what the Puritans would call “judicial
blindness," must sec in large and legible characters
the doom of the Union, unless the most ample conces
sion are made to the demands of justice. For if Ten
nessee fails the North, as a rallying point for the
Union, where else in the South is she to look for help
or hope? Let any dispassionate Northern man read
the indictment against the Northern States by the Gov
ernor of Tennessee, und then say whether tne South is
not wronged nnd aggrieved, and whether, if h«r
wrongs arc not redressed, she ought to remain in a
Union which is but “tiie union ot tiie shaik wit i r
prev V As to the course Tennessee means lo pursue,
if we are to take the messnge of the Governor as any
indication, there cannot be a shadow of doubt,
savs “to evade the issue forced upon them at this
time, without the fullest security for their rights,
would he fatalto tho institution of slavery forever.
He “has no doubt as to the necessity and P™?™ 1 -' ot
callings State Convention; nud a Convention will
be called, and the chances arc one hundred ‘O on tnat
that Convention will declare Tenmmeee o - of the
Union. He enumerates some excellent amendme nt - to
the Constitution ns absolutely necessary tortteu*-
storation of amicable relations and .... the patit of the
State confidently expresses its determination to ns
sert and maintain its equably in the Umon^ or its u-
independence out of it ” He likewise declares, that
Tennessee will never submit to coercion In theteuer-
al power of any seceding State, for that would be a
Union not of consent, but of force; a Union not of
equals, but of the victors and the v.ianquisbed. Anil
this is tho unanimous resolve of all tne Southern State.-.
The military force of Tennessee is 130,000 men, aud
the Governor recommends the purchase of more aims
and a thorougli and efficient arming of tiie State.
This message is the most decisive and significant sign
of the times we hove yet observed at the South. It
shows that whatever Union sentiment existed in the
Southern States heretofore is now extinguished, anu
that the secession movement is sweeping all before it
like an avaianche. The North would not believe the
South was in earnest till now it is almost too late to ar
rest the progress of the revolution. It contented itselt
with denouncing the secessionists as traitors and reb
els, which only accelerated their action. George Mi
ami his ininisiters called the people of these States,
when they were colonies, rebels ami traitors; but tiie
denunciation did not stop this career. Had lie yield
ed to their just demands and shed no blood, he might
have preserved his provinces. If, before the end of
the next month, the rights of the South are not eon-
ceded, fifteen States will be lost to the confederacy be
fore the 4th of March, nnd any attempt at coercion will
only hasten the catastrophe. Fulijustice to the South,
promptlv rendered, or the peaceable separation^ of
fifteen States, and the formation of a Southern confed
eracy, or the dread alternative ..fit bloody civil war,
are the only possible solutions ot the dark problem
which agitates the whole American people, from
Passamaquaddy to the Kio Grunde.
1 [A'em York Herald.
Washington, January 15.—8, p. m.—Mr. Hayne
has, as yet, had no communication with the Presi
dent. He received the calls of friends ail the fore
noon and dines with Commodore Shubrick tiiis
evening. . .
Mr. Gonlrick’s room was full of visitors to-night
anxiously inquiring about Charleston matters.
Col. Alden, late of the United States Army, is
here, and will tender Iris services to South Caro-
lina.
The Navy Department received to-day the fol
lowing despatch from Flag Officer Armstrong at
Pen i?miS : m«itea of norma anu Alabama troops
appeared before tiie gate of the Navy Yard yes
terday, and demanded possession. Having no
means to resist, I nt once surrendered and hauled
down my flag. They (the State troops) aro now
in possesson.”
Capt. Farran, tho commandant at the Pensacola
Navy Yard, has notified the government of his
resignation. A private despatch to the Florida
Senators to day, says: “We repaired down to
Pensacola, captured Fort Barrancas and the Navy
Yard, set the officers nt liberty on parole, and are
in full posseiwon. The move was in consequence
of the occupancy of Fort Pickens by the govern
ment troops.”
It is urged upon the Administration to follow
out the stain quo ante helium poilicy. Tiie impres
sion is growing more general that the withdrawal
of the Federal troops from Fort Sumter will take
place tiiis week.
Tiie Pensacola Navy Yard lias $156,000 worth
of ordnance stores.
1 am authoriz. d to say that Douglas, Crittenden
and a nnmber of the Border State leaders, are ma-
tnringa new “crisis” programme to patch up the
existing difficulties. The gist of this scheme will
be made known in a day or two.
The Republicans hope to have full control of
Congress by the first of February. I hey say
among themselves that they will then press
through force measures so as to involve the land
in civil war before Lincoln comes in, and he says
that “he will work tiie machine as he finds it.”
Alabama’* Rattle Cry.
BY MRS L. D. MOORE, OF FLORENCE, ALA.
AIR—“Scots utha hae uri’ Wallace bled.''
Patriot sons of hero sires,
For your altars and your fires,
Rise! ’tis Liberty inspires,
And your native land.
Sternly meet the advancing foe;
Lay the proud oppressor low:
Struggling Freedom heaves the blow.
Honor wields the brand.
He who would in evil hour,
Bid his country basely cower.
To ft fierce relentless power,
Traitor be bis name'
Who by doubts, and terrors tossed.
Tamely waits to count tiie cost,
Be his name forever lost.
To honor and to fame!
Falter now—and woe betide,
Peaceful home and fireside,
Fruiting babe and gentle bride,
Life and Liberty!
By the horrors we deplore!
By the hopes that proudly soar!
By tho elorions deeds of
Let us do or die!
A ('tailed Voice from Washington.
Below we present the respectful solicitations of
all the Democratic members of Congress from tiiis
t-tate, says the State Journal, for a call of a Con
vention of the people on Federal Relations. The
people have demanded it. and the large majority
of their Representatives in tiie General Assembly
are for it, and now the majority of our Represen
tatives in Congress urge it. How long will tiiis
just demand be delayed? Or must the people eall
it themselves7
Washington, Jan. -1, 1861.
To the Members of the General Assembly
of the S'ate of North Carolina:
In response to enquiries severally made of ns,
by members of the General Assembly, we would
respectfully say to you, that in our opinion, the
present condition of the country renders it im
portant that a Convention of the people of North
Carolina should he called, to take into considera
tion our existing Federal Relations.
With the great respect,
THOS. BRAGG,
T. L. CLINGMAN,
L O’C. BRANCA,
BURTON CRAIGE.
WAREEN WINSLOW,
THOS RUFFIN,
We understand the Hon. W. N. H. Smith also
favors the immediate call of a State Convention.
PIKE'S Peak.—A gentleman, who for more
than a year has been out in the Pike’s Peak gold
region, and is now in Maryland on a visit, writes
to us as follows:
“Very few know that there is a population of
nearly sixty thousand at the base and in tiie gorges
otthe Rocky Mountains at Pike's Peak; that there
are over three hundred steam quarts mills at work;
that there is a town of seven thousand inhabitants,
containing large brick blocks, churches nnd
schools, supporting three good looking and ably
edited daily ttetcspapr.rs, where two years ago
nothing was seen but wild animals!”
A Reauliful Thought.
Every morning we enter upon a new day, car
rying still an unknown future in its bosom.—
Thoughts may be born to-day, which may never
be extinguished. Hopes may be excited to-day,
which may never expire Acts may be performed
to-day, the consequence of which may not be re
alized till eternity.
From the Charleston Mercury.
From Washington.
Washington, Jan. 16.—Hon. I. W. llayue, had a
personal interview with the President last night.
Mr. Buchanan listened attentively to his proposi
tion, and required him to put it. formally in writing.
Mr. llayue is now preparing it, hut is in no hurry to
submit it, as he considers delay important.
The Republicans are pressing coercive action in
Congress.
Hayne is said to demand the withdraw! of the Fed
eral troops from Fort Sumter.
1 understand that Jefferson Davis has addressed a
letter to Gov. Pickens, beseeching the restoration of
amicable relations with Major Anderson, whom lie lias
long known. He vouches lor Major Anderson ns being
as honorable as he is brave, and tor his not abusing the
confidence reposed in him. He tliiuksthnt tree access
to the markets should be allowed, and that kind rela
tions being restored, all would be well.
In the Senate, Crittenden's resolutions were this day
amended, and then laid upon the table by the Aboli
tionists, the Democratic Senators generally keeping
aloof. Senator Crittenden was much exasperated nt
this npsbot of his efforts at conciliation.
The Hon. W. C. Rives, of Virginia, is said to be ex
erting himself, with other members, in maturing a plan
of compromise with the border States.
It is currently reported this evening, in well inform
ed circles, that the President has expressed a willing
ness to recognize a de facto government embracing
several States. Several Southern Senators called on
Col. Hayne to-day, and urged a modification of his
views nnd demands, everything being important (lint
will, if possible, preserve pence. I am ttld by South -
era men that it is quite possible that the profiositions,
as committed to writing, will differ from those pre
sented verbally on yesterday.
The New York delegation, without distinction of
party, will, it is said, wait on the President to-morrow
and present the resolutions of the Legislature, tender
ing men and money tor coercion purposes.
Seventeen thousand nine hundred prounds of pow
der were pinced on board the frigate Constitution, nt
Annapolis, a few days since. It is believed that, this
step was taken to preventtheir being seized by Mary-
and.
"tinyor Wood on the Secession of New IforU.
Mayor Wood's message to the New York City
Council is published. He asserts that the politi
cal connection between the city and State has
been used b v tiie latter to the injury of the former.
He thus concludes;
How we shall rid ourselves of this odious and
and oppressive connection, it is not for me to de
termine. It is certain that a dissolution caunot
be peacefully accomplished, except by the consent
of the Legislature itself Whether this can be
obtained or not, is, in my judgment, not doubtful.
Deriving so much advantage from its power over
this city, it is not probable that a partisan majori
ty will consent to a separation—aud the resort to
force by violence and revolution must not be
thought of for an instant.. We have been distin
guished as an orderly and law-hoiding people. Let
us do nothing to foifeit this character, or to add
to the present distracted condition of public
affairs.
And no doubt can be said in favor of the justice
aud policy of a separation. It may be said that
secession or revolution in any of the United States
is a subversion of ail Federal authority, and, so
far as tiie Central Government is concerned, the
resolving of tiie community into its original ele
ments—chat if part of tiie States, form new com
binations and governments, other States may do
the same. California and her sisters of the Pa
cific will, no doubt, set up an independent Re
public, and husband their own rich mineral re
sources. The Western States equally rich in cer
eals and other agricultural products, will probably
do the same.
Then, it may be said, why should not New
York City, instead of supporting, by her contri
butions!!! revenue, two-thirds the expense of the
United States, become also equally independent?
Asa free city, with but a nominal duty on im
ports, her local government could be supported
without taxation upon her people. Thus we could
live free from taxes, and have cheap goods near
ly duty free. In this we should have the whole
ami united support of the Southern States, as
well as of all other States to whose interests and
rights, under the Constitution, she has always
been true.
It is well for individuals of communities to
look every danger square iu the face, and to meet
it calmly and bravely. As dreadtul as the sever
ing of the bonds that have hitherto united the
States has been in contemplation, it is now appa
rently a stern and inevitable fact. We have now
to meet it with all tho consequences, whatever
they may be. If the Confederacy is broken up.
the Government is dissolved, and it behooves ev
ery distinct community, as well as every individ
ual. to take care of themselves.
When disunion has become a fixed and certain
tact, why may not New lork disrupt the bands
which bind tier to a venal and corrupt master—to
a people and a party tiiat have plundered her rev
enues, attempted to ruin her commerce, taken
away the power of self government, and destroy
ed the Confederacy of which she was the proud
Empire City? Amid the gloom which the present
and prospective condition must cast over the coun
try. New York, as a free city, may shed the only
light and hope for a future construction of our
once blessed Confederacy.
Yet I am not prepared to recommend the vio
lence implied in these views. In stating this ar
gument in favor of freedom, “peaceably if we can,
forcibly if we must,” let me not be misunder
stood. The redress can be found only in appeals
to the magnamimity of the people of tiie whole
State. Tin'events of tiie past two months have,
no doubt, effected a change in the popular senti
ment of tiie State on National politics. This
change may bring us the desired relief, and we
may lie able to obtain a repeal of tiie laws to
which I have referred, and a consequent restora
tion of our corporate rights.
FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor.
Jan. 6, 1861.
British Policy in Mexico.—The rumor lias gain
ed currency tiiat. the British Government have
sent out instructions to concentrate a naval force
in Mexican waters, in consequence of the recent
seizure in the city of Mexico, of $1,000,000 be
longing to tiie Britisli bondholders. The Lon
don Times of the 31st ult, recounts tiie history
of tiie Mexican debt to England, amounting to
£10,341,650 sterling, and ail the difficulties which
have attended the efforts to collect the interests
on tiiis large sum, till at length the affairs of Mex
ico arc represented as “approaching a crisis.” In
the present month of January, exactly fourteen
half-yearly dividends will bo due; and tho money
just stolen, would have paid tiie bondholders one
of these coveted instalments. Upon a review of
all tlieso facts, the Times remarks as follows:
“We can bear a good deal in the matter of for
eign obligations. We have been accustomed to
various 'transactions’ aud ‘operations of State,'
which honestly interpreted, were, perhaps, as
downright acts of rebbery as tiiat just committed
at Mexico. Still there is a difference between ac
tual stealing and refusing to pay, and though we
allow governments to persist in repudiating their
debts, we cannot submit to be robbed of property
actually in hand. The money thus stolen would
have paid the Mexican bondholders one half-year
ly dividend out of the 14 that are due, and now
that very moderate instalment has gone the way
of tiie rest. This outrage passes the limits of all
foibearance- In international quarrels weakness
is often strength, but no weakness or strength
either, cau dictate submission to such treatment
as tiiis. If ample redress as well as prompt resti
tution be not forthwith secured, we shall forfeit
all claims to respect and consideration on the part
of foreign States.”
A lliujiAailiAM >a Uooo io trj viitU6
tiiere is in guns, though it is very doubtful wheth
er $1,60(1,1100 could bo knocked out of VeraCruz
even by this means. Moreover, Uncle Sam, not
withstanding he is at present an invalid, might
wish to say something by way of remonstrance.
There are thousands of men in the United States
just now, who are spoiling tor a fight with some
body.
Another E. M. .tlun-of Wnr Reported to be
■oat.
There is reason to fear tiiat the U. S. sailing sioop-
of-war Levant lias gone down with all hands on
hoard.
For the last four weeks, apprehension of her loss has
been generally gaining currency in the Navy, and the
news receiveti by the Department at Washington on
Friday, to the effect that the Commander-in-Chief of
lie Pacific Squardron had not ordered her to stop at
any intermediate ports between Honolulu and Panama,
lias removed the lew hopes of her safety that existed.
She had been cruising for some time around the Sand
wich Islands, showing the American flag occasionally
at different seaboard cities, and had sailed for the
head-quarters of the Squadron at Panama to replen
ish her stores and provisions, when Inst heard from.
For over forty days the naval officers ami sailors at
the latter place were rather noxious about her, and
the California mail some week s nee brought intelli
gence of tier probable destination. So mauy ill-toimd-
ed rumors, however, relative to the alleged wreck ot
U. S. men-of-war, of the Pawnee, Seminole, Congress,
Niagara, Sec., have, from time to time, found their
way into newspapers, tiiat we concluded to keep the
matter quiet tor awhile. There is liadly any use in
hiding it louger.
Tiie Levant is a sailing sloop-of war of the third
class, ranking with the Vnndalia, Cyane and Si. Louis.
She was built at Brooklyn 33 years ago; is 7U3 tons
burden, and carries 30 guns. She served the country
well in her time, having cruised actively on the Home,
African East Indies anil Pacific squadrons. Side by
side with the San Jacinto, she, during her last com
mission, threw iu her broadsides to tiie Barrier Forts
on tiie Canton River, aud was a good means of cap-
taring them. After her return from China she was
thoroughly overhauled nnd repaired ot Norfolk, from
which port she sailed over a year ago for the Pacific
Ocean. The Levant was always considered a good,
strong ship, but never rated with fast sailers. Her
condition up to tiie date of her departure from the
Sandwich Islands was reported to be good. While the
Lancaster was going out from the Atlantic States, she
was temporary flagship of the fleet, Commodore
Montgomery and suite being on board. We append
u list of her officers: Commodore, William E. Hunt;
Lieutenants, W. C. B. S. Porter, E. C. Stout, Colville
Terrett, R. T. Bowen, Dawson Plnenix, attached to
the flag ; Purser, A. J. Watson : Acting Master. J. C.
Mosely ; First Lieutenant of Marines, R. L. Brown
ing; Passed Assistant Surgeon, J. S. Gillium ; Assist
ant Surgeon, I). E. Montgomery; Captain’s Clerk,
A. O. Shtiff; Purser's (berk, C- Woodard; Acting
Boatswain, H. Edmouston; Acting Gumer, 1{. S.
King; Carpenter John Jarvis; Saihnaker, C. T.
Frost; Master’s Mates, William Lewis, P. Morrison,
Samuel II. Drown.
Another Fort Captured.— The Palmetto Flos'
Waring over a Connecticut Fortress!—Treason in
Connecticut !—Our citizens were surprised, yesterday
morning, by discovering no immense palmetto flag
wavering from the wails of Fort Hale, near the mouth
of our harbor. The Hag boro the secession emblems—
a palmetto tree and a lone star—and was hoisted on a
an.j r.. i ..i.ur, . „ tnat n ,,visible tbi su.ie i.iin s
around. The Government, some time ago, removed
all the troops from Fort Halo, and the harbor and city
lias since then been entirely defenceless, so that the
traitors had easy work in seizing tiie Fort. Intense
excitement was created by the appearance of the
treasonable emblem, and it was universally declared
that it must come down. Fortunately, Fort Wooster,
on Beacon bill, commands Fort Halo, and it can he
easily demolished, should the garrison (which rumor
says is composed of Southern students) attempt any
resistance. In the language of the New York Express,
“Woe ! woe ! alas ! alas !”
INerr Horen Journal Courier.
Later
Foreig n News
.11 r* Neward’s Speech.
Washington, .Fan. 12—In the Semite to-day on mo
tion of Air. Cameron, unanimous consent was given to
persons to occupy the floor of the Senate. An im
mense crowd of over 1,000 ladies and 1,200 gentle
men thronged the galleries. At 121-2 o’clock Mr.
Sew uni took the floor nnd proceeded to deliver his
.speech, which showed great thought and preparation.
He recognizes fully the duty of discharging all obli
gations in the way ot rendering up fugitive slaves, und
expresses tiis willingness to vote for an amendment to
the Constitution prohibiting interference with slavery
in the States.
He is in favor of admitting Kansas, and then es
tnbliehing in all the remaining territories two new
States, to be hereafter divided it that can be consti
tittionully done; but foreseeing objections to this, he
prefers that amendments shall be made to the Co
tution covering all the points of difference between the
sections; after the secession excitement shall have
somewhat subsided.
lie also declares that no Republican should be ad
verse to changes in the Constitution; on the contrary,
he thinks that periodical revisions of the organic laws
are most salutary.
Upon the assumed right of secession he makes a
strong adverse argument—taking the ground that no
such thing can be done constitutionally, except by
changes iu that instrument itself, according to the
forms it prescribes.
As to Congressional compromises, he does no much
believe in them. His opinion that all real grievances
of the offended States should be redressed bv prompt
legislation was plainly expressed.—Cor. Bolt Jispub-
lican.
TEUTONIA.
Cape Race, Jan. 17th.—The steamship Teutonia,
from Southampton with Liverpool ilates to Saturday,
January 5th, was boarded of this point this morn
ing. by tiie steam yacht belonging to the Associated
press.
l.irerpool Cotton Market.—Saturday—[Tiie week
ly market report lias not been received.) The sales
Tor Saturday were 8,000 bales. Market steady.
Liverpool General Markets. —Bredadst nils were
active. Prices were easier, but quotations were un
changed.
London. Money Market.—Consols were quoted nt
83 3-8.
SECOND DISPATCH.
London Money Market.—Tiie London Money Mar
ket opened dull on the 5t h of January.
Paris Money Market.—The Paris Bourse was
heavy. The Moniteur publishes a decree modi
fying tiie duties on sundi y articles, and also
raising the interest on Treasury bills to 3 1-2 a 4
per cent.
GENERAL NEWS.
The King of Prussia is dead.
Despatches from (Jaeta, oil Tuesday state that mor
tar batteries had been established in tiie surrounding
valley.
Negotiations concerning Gaeta had been opened be
tween France nnd Sardinia.
Despatches from Naples, on Friday, say that a
Bourbon conspiracy had been discovered and sup
pressed. Four Royalists Generals had been ar
rested.
STILL LATER,
ARRIVAL OF TIIE CANADIAN.
Portland. Me., Jan. 17th.—The steamship Ca
nadian lias arrived with Liverpool dates to January
3rd.
Liverpool Colton Market.—Sales of throe days 23,-
000 bales, of which speculators took 1,600, and export
ers 1,600. Tiie market was dull, owingto the advance
in bank rates. All qualities slightly declined, from
1-16 a 18.
SECOND DISPATCH.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Sales of Friday 10,000
bales, of which speculators took 1,000 bales. The quo
tation were us follows:
Fair Orleans 7 3-4; Fair Mobiles 7 5-16; Fair Up
lands' 1-2. Mid. Mobiles 7 3-16; Mid. Uplands 7 1-8;
Fair Uplands 7 3-8.
The stock in Liverpool was 529.000 bales, of which
372,000, bales were American.
l.ircrpool General Markets.—Flour firm ; Wheat
dull; the severe whether interfering with the re
movals ; Corn quiet; ami declining; Provisions
quiet.
London Money Market.—Consols quoted at 92 1-2
for account.
GENERA!
NEWS.
King's Lieutenant for
Cure for the Dipiheria.—A lady of Port Byron,
Cayuga county, New York, lias cured six children
five of them ter own, of diptheria, by the following
remedy:
When the symptoms arc first discovered, take Span
ish flies, pound and mix them with Venice turpentine,
spread it on a piece of soil cloth and bind it on throat,
which will raise a blister, and soon remove the disease
from the throat.
For tiie Journal of Commerce.
Columbus, Ga. 19tli Dec. 18G0.
Here is the whole story in a nut shell. Tiie author
is not ‘'unknown to fame”—is an M. D. in the Calomel
line, but is also, as you would gess, somewhat addicted
to pomology.
Necosion Consummated.
Yankee Doodle took a saw,
With patriot devotion,
To trim tiie Tree of Liberty,
According to his “notion !”
Tankee Doodle on a Limb,
Like another noodle,
Cut between the tree and hin.
And down came Yankee Doodle.
Yankee Doodle broke his neck,
Every bone about him.
And then tiie Tree of Liberty
Did very well without him! S- D.
Trying Times at the West.
We are furnished with the following extract from a
private letter from a gentleman in Milwaukie, to lris
father in Oswego. The letter was not designed for
the public eyes, but it gives us some information in re
gard to the state of business and financial mattters in
the West:—
“Milwaukie, Dec. 23,1860.
“We Western folks are iu great trouble, owing to
tiie Southern troubles. Confidence has been destroy
ed in all sections of the country. Western merchants
cannot buy exchange on tiie East, at less than 8 to 10
per cent, and it cannot lie had at these rates. The
banks are not drawing ns they cannot make arrange
ments. Those who have bills to pay in New York,
6-r dry goods, hardware, Ac., have been buying poik,
flour, Ac., and sending it mi in lieu of exchange. But
even this will not work, ns flour—Western brands—is
worth less in New York than in Chicago and Milwau
kie, and they huve lost all they have sent on. It is
out of the question to make collections. The Illinois
banks, mauyof them, have been called on for addition
al securities, by the Comptroller. This has caused ali
Illinois uionney to he thrown out-by banks, except at
u shave of not less than 3 per cent, and as high as 25.
The West, before election, was never in a more
prosperous condition. Wheat lias fallen 30 cents per
bushel, nnd no sale except for home consumption.
We are having a great deal of suffering this winter
among the tailors, lianiessmakers, lec., as the far
mers are making their articles last this season.”
Virginia Legislature.
Richmond, Jan. 10.—In the Senate to-day a
resolution, which lies over, was introduced, re
questing the President to inform the Governor to
thoobject of the Administration in sending rein
forcements to the forts and arsenal in Virginia.
Also, a joint resolution, which was referred to
the Committee on Federal Relations, to appoints
Commissioner to coiresponek with the Govern
ments of ail the 8tates, to ascertain upon what
terms, if any, the Union can be preserved; and if
not to be preserved, on wbat terms, and of what
States a new Confederacy can be formed, in which
will be secured to Virginia the full enjoyment of
her rights; said Commissioner to report to the State
Convention.
The Alabama Commissioner addressed the Con
vention to-day, and his speech was well received.
Carrignau lias been appointc
Naples.
The ship Bostonian, from New York for London,
was lost off the Island of Guernsey. A portion of the
crew were saved.
The siiip Guttenberk, from New York lor Hamburg,
was lost on Goodman’s Sands. Twenty-two hands
were missing; seven were saved.
The steamship Edinburg has arrived at New York
with 166.000 Sterling in specie.
FRO.VI WASHINGTON.
Washington, Jan. 13, 1861.—The Adminis-
—a unit for secession. The change in
Virginia is symptomatic of the revulsion
which the application of the force doctrine
will produce in Maryland and Kentucky'.
The man who Wtpay Ihc Printer
May he be shod with lightning !
compelled to Wander over giinp,, 1 ,
May he have sore eyes and a chest
Tennessee already follows close after Vir- j der.
ginia.
From the Constitution. j liut tor Un eye-StOlie.
peace or war t ; May every day of his life l )t ,
The .atest intelligence from Spriugfield proves j ~ '
th
brood of black-republican coercionista, have faith
fully reflected the opinions and purposes of Mr
Abraham Lincoln. “The conviction now prevails
ffiors
in presidential circles,” ro, orts otto of Mr. Lin
coln's kitchen cabinet to the New York press,
t I
ARRIVAL
*»p» ti '- ,hon ,hu v ey of ^
May lie never be permitted to k ;
pretty women.
May he be bored to death by b 0i . t
| ing school misses practicing their n I
“that the day of compromise is passed, and that ji • . 11 N j
nothino-but for. e will bring the rebellious States K. SOUS 111 Illll. 1C, \\ HTtoilr tilt priVlW j
’ " ol seeing his tormentors. =
May £40 night-mares trot q„ art| . J
races over his stomach every nj„j lt 'j
May his hoots leak, his gun h.
fire and his fishing line break. ai1 ' j
May his coffee be sweetened te
llies and his soup be seasond* with . *
ders. P*' 1
May his friends run off with his tv]),
and his children take the wlmm • ' I
uoupint,
cough. J
May his cattle die of murrain, a , j *
the pigs destroy his garden.
May a troop of printers’ devils
lank and hungry, dog his heels each '
day, and a regiment oi' cats caterwn
under his windows each night.
May the famine-stricken ghost of n,
editor’s baby haunt his slumbers, j .
hiss “Murder!” in his dreaming ear I
May his cows give sour milk aiidhis 1
churn rancid butter. ,
In short, may his business go tl) J
ruin, and he go to It—the Legislature
—Exchange.
back into tho Union. The announcement should
surprise none. It is in entire conformity with the
tone assumed by Mr. Lincoln’3 friends in Con
gress, by the press which most truly represents tiis
views, and by the party on whose platform he
stands. “Tiie day of comprotui-e is passed”—
tor those black-republicans it never was here; and
now “nothing bufforce” will satisfy their great
revenge. They can't administer the government
of the Union over the South—they can’t assail
Southern institution under tiie cover of law and
the Constitution, as interpreted by an abnlition-
ized judiciary—they can’t prolong tiie plunder
wbicli tiie North has extorted from tiie South
through protective tariffs and maritime monopoly;
ami therefore the States which have asserted their
sovereignty are stigmatized as rebellions,” and
lorce is threatened to bring them “back into the
Union.”
Whatever happen in the meantime, two months
hence President Lincoln will commission General
Scott to subjugate “the rebellious States,” and to
flog them “back into the Union" Two mouths
hence, therefore, there will be war.
For the issue as it now stands does not admit of
evasion or mistake. Peace or war? That is the
question which two months will answer. Mr.
Lincoln cries War. His known cabinet advisers
are for war. His immediate friends in Congress
are for war. Unless peace be secured immediate
ly war is inevitable.
The present responsibility rests upon Congress.
The consequence of postponing action until the
advent of a new administration is apparent. But
ere that event occur Congress may avert the peril,
and, though unable to save the Union, may insure
the preservation of peace. But one path is open
leading to that end; and it. is for Congress to de
cide quickly, and to emoody its decision in wise
and peaceful legislation. The difficulty is clear;
the remedy obvious. Recoprni«“ a-voaoimi as a
fixed, unchangeable fact, and, abandoning the idea
of flogging “States back into the Union,” prepare
A llililarr I>ictHlorx!ii|,.
The startling news comes from Washington
that the “Republicans” have actually proposed!;
military dictatorship. Lov.joy, of Illinois, ouenf
the most ultra^if the party, inis the honor of 0|)r ‘
iugtheMll. The next step will be a propo-ii^'
.— r for a king! We have no doubt but many oftu.
to adapt tiie policy of tiie country to the altered are 8ecret)y in f . lVOr of it lhe Jove th / . rl,p ®
circumstances of the period. Cal! secession ‘ ro-
bellion,” if tho word please better; but at any
rate treat the “rebellion” as an accomplished fact.
George Washington was a rebel once, and the
glorious thirteen were ali “rebellious States.” Ac
knowledge secession, then, and negotiate cour
teously with official representatives of the sece-
ders. The Union lias business claims upon them,
and they have business claims upon the Union.
Prepare to balance the account honestly. And
while the process goes on, authorize tho stoppage
of revenue-collection in the seceded States, sur
render to them the forts and arsenals and navy-
yards which belong to them, and withdraw Fed
eral troops before blood be shed. So, yon may pre
serve peace. Adopt any other course, and war will
as sureiy follow as reiribution follows crime.
Peace or v.ar ? The issue is plain and urgent.
Congress must determine it. The South has cho
sen its course and will abide- the consequences.
It will not yield its rights and interests to tiie
threats of Mr. Lincoln, nor waive them in obe
dience to the inanities of Mr. Seward. Will Con
gress silently look on whilst two neighboring Con
federacies drift into ruinous war?
Let a specific answer be given to the inquiry.
Congress has in effect said that there shall be uo
compromise—tiiat tiiere shall be no concession—
tiiat there shaft be no overture iu the direction of
recoucilation. These decisions, however, are
mere negatives. Give to the country something
positive. Is force to be employed to bring sece
ding States "back into the Union/” Is tbe coer
cion theory to be acted upon ? Is “love of the
Union” to be the hypocritical excuse for initia
ting wide-spread and devastating hostilities? We
call upon the black-republicans in Congress to
scrape together manhood enough to face these in
terrogatories, and to answer them honestly. Are
they for peace or war? The South is for peace, if
it can be honorably preserved. But it will not
shrink from war, if partisan madness mxkes that
the price of independence.
tration liavo not yet decided upon the instruc
tions asked for by Major Anderson. Tiie great
point which tiie Preideut is aiming at. and is de
sirous of effecting, is to avoid bloodshed and the
horrors of civil war. ]< is thought, however,
that the President will determine not to send any
further reinforcements to the South, and perhaps
trill order the abandonment of Fort Sumter, as it is
supposed Major Andersm has advised it.
Many people blame Major Anderson for not
opening liis batteries upon Fort Moultrie arid
the city of Charleston, as soon as he hea>'d
the firing front Fort Moultrie upon the Star of tho
West. The administration, however, endorse bis
action, and will so inform him.
It is ascertained that Major Anderson is short
of provisions. Eight of his men have deserted to
Charleston.
Senator Toombs left here to-day with his fam
ily for Georgia. He does not intend to return.
Georgia, he says, will be out of tbe Union in less
than ten days.
Gen. Harney is here on business connected with
tho government. The government has with
drawn most of tbe troops in liis department.—
Three companies arrived here to-day.
The border States of Virginia and Maryland
are very much exasperated at the course Gen.
Scott is pursuing, in stationing in this city and
on tbeir frontier so large a military force under
his immediate command
Dudley Mann leaves here for Europe this com
ing week. He goes out as commissioner on the
part of South Carolina, to arrange some system
with foreign governments respecting tiie varied
interests, and more particularly in regard to open
ing commercial facilities and direct trade with
the South.
_ T. Butler King has been appointed commis
sioner on the part of Georgia for a similar pur
pose, and will leave for Europe in a few days.
Other Southern States are taking the initiative
steps for the same line of policy.
Virginia on ScccmIoii.
The Washington correspondent of the
New- York Times states:
“1 am informed by a member of the, Vir
ginia legislature, who is a strong Union
man, that a great change of feeling has
taken place there; w-hereas, six weeks ago
more than two-thirds of the people of the
State were for Union, now not three in
twenty are for it. Secession seems to be
getting control of the State rapidly, and
althongh he denounces it in the most un
qualified terms, thinks the State will in
evitably secede. The idea is rapidly
gaining ground among the people, and
cannot be checked.”
We have testimony from different parts
of the State, through channels that arc
above suspicion, all conformity of the fact
that the papular feeling in Virginia is over
whelmingly for secession. Nothing has
contributed half so much towards the de
velopment of this feeling as the coercive
policy which Mr. Holt and General Scott
have adopted. To this extent the Lieu
teuant-Gencral and the ad interim Secre-
retary of War are edicient secession agents.
If they proceed during the next two
weeks as they have proceeded during the
last ten days, we predict that the border
slave States will be like the cotton States
Statement of Captain JTIcGowaii. •
The following is an official account of
the trip of the Star of the West :
Steamship Star of the West 1
New York, Jan 12, 1S61. )
M. 0. Roberts, Esq.—Sir: After
leaving the wharf on the 5th inst., at 5
o’clock P. M., we proceeded down the bay,
where we hove to and took on hoard four
office*s and 200 soldiers, with their arms,
amunition, &c., and then proceeded to sea,
crossing tbe bar at Sandy Hook at 0. P.
M. Nothing unusual took place during
the passage, which was a pleasant one for
the season of the year.
We arrived in Charleston bar at 1.30
A. M. on the 9th inst., but could find no
guiding marks for the bar, as the lights
were all out. We proceeded with caution,
running very slow, and sounding until
about 4 A. M., being then in 44 fathoms of
water, when we discovered a light through
the haze which at that time covered the
horizon. Concluding that the lights were
at Fort Sumter, after getting the hearings
of it, we steered to the South-west for
the main ship channel, where we hove to,
to await day light, our lights having all
been put out since 12 o’clock to avoid being
seen.
As the day began to break we discover
ed a steamer just in shore of us, which, as
soon as she saw us, burned one blue light
and two red lights, and signals, and shortly
after steamed over the bar and into the
ship channel. The soldiers were now all
put below, and no one allowed on the deck
except our own crew. As soon as there
was light enough to see, we crossed the bar
and proceeded on up the channel (the wa
ter bar buoy having been taken away,)
tbe steamer ahead of us sending off rockets
and calcium lights, until after broad day
light, continuing on her course up near
two miles ahead of us. When we arrived
England and her anti-slavery feeling will ur j!!
them 011. They have evidently tickled thr vanitr
of that old granny, Gen. Scott, with the idea o ;
"supreme command. It is said he has been
gaged for some time past in concentrating troop,
in Washington, prepartory, it is supposed, to th s
step. We call upon the President to send this old
imbecile about ids nusiness. Does he presume to
act the despot, to poke his bayonets at the hearts
of freemen ? We aro astonished that Mr. li ; .
ebanan does not rid himself of liis officious ir,.
termeddiing. It’ the President wishes to retain
the respect of those who have stood by him dur
ing his entire administration, lie should at once
send Gen. Scott away from Washington. The
country will not submit to military dictatorship.
[ Evening Day Book.
What a Difference!—Great Britain spends, on an
average,$260.IKK),00(1 annually for war, and for ednti-
tion less than $500,01)0.
Death of Hon. Charles Murphy.—We are pnici-d
to have to announce the death of tiiis worthy citizen
lie died nt his residence in DeKalli county, on Tues
day 15th instant. He lias been long and favorably
known as one of our most worthy citizens; he Lad
been for a number of years a member of the Geor: s
Legislature, in which he always took a prominent j,.
sitiou; he was also for two years a member ofUuneri s
from the 4th District He always sustained therein
iationofan honorable man, and a conscientious p .;
tician. At the time of his death he was nil electei
member ot the Georgia Convention, now in session.
[ / ntel/ipenrer,
A Word of Warning.
There is nothing more despicable than stealing the
reputation ofa reliable article to impose upon commu
nity an interior and worthless one, and yet it is often
done. Fifteen years ago Heimstreet & Co. introduced
an Hair Restorative, under the name of “Inimitable
Hair restorative.” Its wonderful restorative proper
ties made it immensely popular, and grey and bald
heads were like to become a tiling of the past, when
the country was flooded with imitations, the use «f
which was not only useless but absolutely injurious
The original preparation is a scientific combination
made with oil aud stimulating spirits, nll'ording un agree
able linir wash, while ail tiie imitation*are made with
water, making the hair liursli, dry and frizzy, requir
ing, after it dries, tiie use of oii or wash to make it
look decently. We would therefore ad vise our readers
to buy nothing but the original Inimitable Hair <’ i-
oring or Restorative, which is reliable.— Troy ll’Lg.
Price fifty cents, and one dollar a bottle.
W. E. HAGAN &. CO., Proprietors,
32 4t. Troy, N Y.
, Sold everywhere, and by Herty & Hall, Miliedge-
about two miles from Fort Moultrie, Fortjville.
Sumter being about the same distance, a
masked battery on Morris’ Island, where
there was a red Palmetto flag, opened fire
upon us—distance about tive-eights of a
mile. We had the American flag flying
at our flag staff at the time and soon after
the first shot, hoisted a large American
ensign at the fore. We continued on un
der the fire of the battery, for over ten
minutes, several of the shots going clear
over us. One just passed clear of the
pilot house. Another passed between the
smoke stack and walking beams of the en
gine. Another struck the ship just abaft
THE MINUTE MEDICINE.
RADWAY’S READY RELIEF is truly a miuutr
Medicine fur it will cure in minutes diseases that other
remedies require hours nrnl days to effect: and will re
lieve the antagonistic pain of acute ami infl.amatnry
diseases iu seconds, when all other remedies fail alto
gether.
RADWAY’S READY RELIEF should be kept
in the house as arms ore kept for self-defence, or a fire-
escape for safety from a sudden conflagration. Huii-
- .... . - - . dreds die from sudden attacks of disease that one
the foreriggingjand stove in the planking, j dose of it would save. Persons subject to Fits, Cramps,
while another came within an ace of car-1 Spasms, Billions Colics, &c*, should be able t*» reach
rying awa) the rudder. At the same J it the instant they are seized. Taken during the fir-:
time there was a movement of two steam- j ague chill it may prevent u second. It IS tho great
ers from Fort Multrie, one of them tow- antidote to pain, whether arising from external or in
ing a schooner (l presume an armed
schooner,) with the intention of cutting us
off. Our position now became critical, as
we had to approach Fort Moultrie to with
in three fourths of of a mile, before wo
could keep away for Fort Sumter.
A steamer approaching us with an arm
ed schooner in tow, and the battery on the
island firing at us all the time, and having
no cannon to defend ourselves from the at
tack of the vessel, we concluded that to
avoid certain capture or destruction, we
would endeavor to get to sea. Conse
quently we wore around and steered down
the channel, the battery firing upon us un
til their shot fell short. As it was now
strong ebb tide, and, the water having fal
len some three feet we proceeded with
caution, and crossed the bar safely at 8.50
A. M„ and continued on our course, for
this port where we arrived this morning
after a boisterous passage. A steamer
from Charleston was about three hours
watching our movements.
In justice to the officers and crews of
each department of tbe ship I must add
that their behavior while under the fire of
the battery reflected great credit on them.
Mr. Brewer, the New York pilot, was
of very great assistance to me, in helping
to pilot the ship over the Charleston bar
and up and down the channel.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
J. McGOWIN Capt.
WLR SALVE! If you have the Piles, geta
Dr. Cavanaugh’s
GENUINE
PILE SALVE!
Box of this truly wonderful Salvx.
and by using it two days its magi-
calinfluence will be felt, and a per-
foot care will follow. For sale by Hbett k Hall.
ternal malady. Fevers, originating in sudilvii change^
of temperature or unwholesome vapors, are repelled
before they have obtained a hold upon the system, by
its hvgeian operation.
RADWAY’S REGVLATIXfi pil.l.'*
Purge, regulate, nnd invigorate at the -a;ie- time.
Within six hours they relieve the bowels, alteet the
secretions, lighten the feeling of oppression nt the pit
of the stomach caused by indigestion, and render the
circulation of the blood equable. Thus they e |iri '
Coetiveneas, BflUousness, Congestion, Head-ache. I *
leringsof the Heart, Nervousness, Hysteria, lemss
Complaints, Malarious Fevers, nnd disorders of the di
gestive, secretive, and discharging organs. Adminis
tered as a Spring cathartic, they put the system ' n a
healthy conditiou for the Summer campaign, and a-
tliey nourisii instead of weakening the system, ma)
be given safely to patients whose stamina has beeu ex
hausted by sickness-
RADWAY’S RENOVATING RESOLXENT dis
infects and neutralizes the diseased blood, depriving
of the corrupting principle which engenders Tubercle*
on the Lungs, Bronchitis, Quinsy, Running Sores. * ali
cers, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Inflamution ofthe
and all kinds of eruptions, Tumors and disebargm?
sores. In secondary Syphilis, Scrofulous disorder*-
and all heriditary, chronic and constitutional maladies
it overcomes and_ eradicates the insidious causes of lb'
disease.
Radway's Remedies are sold by druggists e ver -'
where.
RADWAY & CO , 23 John Street, X. U
AGEAT8.
HERTY So HALL, Milledgeville; DAVIS *
GREEN, Eatonton, J. C. BATES, Louisville; A. A-
CULLEN. Sandersville. 32 4 -
;T?*Tlie astonishing success that has followed then#
of “Jacob's Cordial” in Cholera, Dysentery, aud Di
arriuea, at once places it upon tiie highest pinnacle n:
fame. Its sales are rapidly increasing, aud the propri
etors! are spreading it as fast ns possible throughout tii
length and breadth of our continent.
For sale in Milledgeville bv HERTY & HALL, and
GRIEVE A CLARK.
Q AN DM’ 8.4128 A FA K1L 5, A This pure ly vee
Oetnble REMEDY combines iu itself the proper
ties of an Antiseptic, a mihl cathartic, and a Tonic. 1
quickly removes from the blood, and otiier fluids "
the boiiy, the impurities of unhealthy secretions wbicli
engender and feed disease, thus striking at the root -;
the malady. Although proved so efficacious, it may
be taken at all times with perfect safety, as it contains
uo powerful drastic drug to de bilitate the system, or
mineral poison to ruin the eons iintion.
Prepared and sold by A. B. & D. SANDS
Druggists, li/U Fulton Street. New York. Price
81 per Lottie, or six bottles for !?5.
Sold also by GRIEVE & CLARK, Milieiige-
ville.
Sold also by Druggists generally. 34 H
Oxygenated Bitters. To such ot our readers ns are
troubled with the debility incident to the approach of
warm weather, we cordiail v recommend the use of the
Oxygenated Bitters, as an invigorating tonic—safe,
efficacious, nud highly palatable when diluted accord
ing to directions, containing no alcohol in its composi
tion, and possessing more real merit than any prepare
tion of the kind we have ever known. Many leading
physicians use it in their practice, and have spoken of
it in the strongest terms of praise over their own sigua-
tnres. Its reputation ns a cure for dyspepsia is univer
sal.-—Ogdens l it rgh Re pit bl.tea n.
This peculiar and excellent remedy is worthy of all
the numerous tributes which has been paid to its ran
qualities asaliealiug medccine.
BT’Gueiy Have you seen that Bio IsdiaX 111
thcr column of this paper boiiling. Roots,
and Leaves or the Cherokee Remedi. .
Dr. Owls’ I as (serial Wine Bitters-
See tbe advertisement of this excellent Tonic m
another column of this paper.
