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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.