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— § SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNION. SI i 2 ic d gc vi U c, O a. Terrible urv/ > frail) Seii'Ii Amtrirn. Total J>. ‘titan '/if EwJjtiftnJm ttj tilt Citv of M'tt'lozt' ttt the Argent 'nr ilr- pub!-'—Nrtrrfif 1-1,000 fare* I/"*/—lle- porl'd Jfesfrvt tidn of tiro other Populent s Cities—Frightful Beenes, 4 v -i A*r Valparaiso, April 3, 1861. With foci:;** of f'.cpp regret 1 have to announce to you the utter destruction of the city of Mendoza, in the Argentine Re public, by an earthquake, on the evening oft lie 20th of March last. At that date, at half-past eight P. M., a slight but pro longed vibration of the earth was felt in this eitv and in Santiago simultaneously. Most of the churches were densely filled, it being near the close of Lent, and some alarm and confusion was created, but no serions accidents occurred, and tranquility was soon restored. On Sunday, the 21th, however, a gener al gloom was cast over this city by the announcement by telegraph from the cap ital that Renigno Bruno, the mail rider, had arrived from Mendoza that morning without a mail, bringing the distressing news that there remained but a heap of ruins to point the spot where, a few days before, had stood a thriving and populous city of IS,000 souls. Bruno stated that he arrived at Mendo za on the morning of the 20th: that at half-past eight 1*. M., a brief but excess ively violent shook of earthquake, lasting but six or eight seconds, destroyed every building, public and private, in the city, and that the number who were enabled to escape was very limited. 'I be streets be ing narrow, the buildings high, and tlie in habitants totally unused to such phenom ena, were paralyzed with terror, and neg lected to seek refuge m the open courts of their dwellings until too late. The post master was buried beneath the ruins ol' the post office, the Governor was missing, and when asked why lie brought no cer tificate that the mails were lost, the mes senger replied, “There was no one left to write it. nor materials to write with.” The aspect presented by the city after the first -hock was terrific. Hoarse sub terranean thunders deafened the air, ani mals of all kinds rushed frantically through the open spaces howling, the earth opened and vomited forth floods of water, while, to crown the scene of horror, flames burst from the ruins and consumed nearly the entire business portion of the city, with its dead, its dying and its wounded. On the 2 s til, a number of letters were received here and at Santiago bv relatives and friends of Chilians residing in Mendo za, but the hope until then entertained, that tTic earlier accounts were exaggera ted, soon gave way to the dreadful cer tainty that the calamity had not yet 1 ecu painted in colors sufficiently vivid. The earth still continued to tremble, the few walls that had resisted the first shock one by one fell, until now no vestige of a building remains. The mountain roads are in a most dangerous condition, not on ly on account of the huge masses of rock that have already fallen and obstructed the road, but because the vibration of tlic earth is sfili hurling them down from the heights above into the valleys. The saw has, or natives of the surround ing country, hastened to the spot, not to assist the needy or aid in rescuing the wounded from a lingering death, but to seek for plunder among the smoking ruins, and to snatch the little saved from the wretched survivors. One gentleman, writing from thence, afer describing these horrors, says :—“I believe that in a few days wc shall have no other law here than that of the poignard.” The prison was destroyed ; out of one hundred inmates ninety-two perished.— The remaining eight, who were already hardened viIlians, formed themselves into a band of freebooters, and had gone it was supposed, to tiic mountain passes, to inter cept and rob the parties sent from Chili for the relief of the sufferers. One woman was found robbed and murdered by the roadside. She was recognized as one who was on her way to Mendoza to see her family. They too had ail perished on the 20th. In the Jesuit church there was preach ing that night. The services had just con cluded, and the congregation was about dispersing, when the shock came. The few who had reached the piaza were saved, but tl.e walls and roof of the building fell inward with a crash, ana priest and pen itent together were hurried into eter nity. The latest advices from Mendoza rep resent the suffering to be extreme, there being neither food, clothing nor shelter for the survivors, everything being, buried be neath the ruins. They also state that the .San Juan and San Luis, two other popu lous cities of the Confederation, have shared the like fate, the San Juan river having, after the shock, left its bed, and swept over the town, utterly destroying what the earthquake had spared. This news not having been Tullj* confirmed, I do not, however, vouch for its correct ness. As soon as the disastrous news was ren dered beyond question, tiie government and private individuals vied with one an other in energetic efforts to send immedi ate relief to their suffering brethren.— Without waiting for the completion of the work, on the 30lli a party of physicians and others left for the scene of the disas ter, bearing medicines, food and cloth ing, aud accompanied by a small body oi troops. Tne gloom and terror spread through out the republic of Chili by this awful ca lamity may be imagined. Situated upon an eminently volcanic region, we have con stant evidence of the insecurity of onr ten ure of existence. Separated but by a chain of mountains from the scene of de struction, and taught by sad experience the frightful nnd irresistible force ot the unheralded earth storm, we retire each nmbt with a feeling of terrible insecurity. This coast lias been frequently visited in past years by earthquakes.—Chilian has been* twice destroyed ; Concepcion once, while Valparaiso, Santiago and Copiapo have suffered severely. No amount of hu man foresight, no precaution avails against the mysterious visitor, who comes at dawn, at noonday or at midnight, and in a few seconds levels to the ground the proudest monuments of human skill. AX ACT. ! Gubernatoral Correspondence.—The, • the existence t>f ten, between the i Western papers contain a correspondence lathes between the GovcrnnW nt the; j?*? I nited States and the Confederate States, Outrages !farth and South, __ Glorious Tennessee.—The volunteer State never j Are wc a nation of barbarians? Arc our 'L* ;s things by halves, iier hand once to the Vrom-li P' ou Sfl*. she not only casts no glance backward, i — - <• • j eP p f urr ow. While sisters are “nibbling." as it , her first act is to call for troops, and appropriate to equip and support them .- uuc i>.n slow In move,-and waited ipccin.Iy do tlie Abolition for the ' last feather" to be placed on the camel s faith, irttve proved unavailing, by reason) qf.tlic refusal oi the Government of thej United States to bold any intercourse with the Commissioners appointed by this Gov ernment for the purpose aforesaid, to lis ten to any proposal they had to make for the peaceful solution of all causes of diffi culty between the two Governments: and, Whereas, the President of the United States of America has issued his Procla mation making requisition upon the States of the American Union for the purpose as therein indicated, of capturing forts and other stronghold within the jurisdiction of and belonging to the Confederate States of America, and lias detailed naval arma ment upon the coasts of the Confederate States of America, and raised, organized and equipped a large military force to ex ecute the purpose aforesaid, and lias issued bis other Proclamation announcing his pur pose to set on foot a blockade of the ports of the Confederate States: and, Whereas, the State of Virginia lias sece ded from the Federal Union and entered into a convention of alliance, offensive and defensive, with the Confederate States, and lias adopted the Provisional Consti tution of the said States, and the States of Maryland. North Carolina Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Missouri have refused, and it is believed that the State of Delaware, and the inhabitants of the Territory of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian Territory South of Kansas, will refuse to co operate with the Govern ment ofthc l nited States in these acts of the two free State, of soldiers to war against her friends, and if Lincoln and his statillites are success ful, she will gain by lier neutrality, only the poor privilege of being the last to be devoured. In the course of the correspondence. Gov. Magoffin proposed that the Border States co operate to bring about peace be tween the United and the Confederate States, by acting as mediators in the quar rel, to which Gov. Dennison answered, that believing the General Government to be wholly in the right, be saw no reason for the interposition suggested, and that any other peaceable solution than a return by the seceded States to their allegiance to the Government ofthc Union was im possible. With this the correspondence seems to have closed. Constitutionalist. Brazil and the Confederate Mates.—We are pleased to be informed that onr capi tal lias been vis'ted, within a day or two past, bv Signor Don Felix de Castro, a highly intelligent and refined agent from the Brazilian government. Signor de Castro came by way of Washington, and first paid his respects to Mr Lincoln, ma king inquiry as to the blockade of the Southern ports. Air. Lincoln referred him to the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, for information on that subject, who sub stantially admitted to him that the Lin coln government bad no right to blockade the ports, but would do so any how in re hostilities and wanton aggression, which I taliation for pretended wrongs done by the are plainly intended to overawe, oppress, I Confederate States. The Brazillian agent and finally subjugate the people of the did not think that this mode of procedure Confederate .States: and, suited the commercial interests ot liiscoun- Whercas, by the acts and means afore- try, and is free to express the sympathy of said, war exists between the Confederate his o-oven States and the Government of the United States, and the States and Territories thereof, except the States of Maryland, Nortli Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, and Delaware, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexi co, and the Indian Territory South of Kan sas : therefore, See. 1. The Congress of (lie Confederate States of America do cutlet, that the Presi dent of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to use tlic whole land aud na val force of the Confederate States to meet the war thus commenced, and to issue to private armed vessels commissions or let ters of marque and general reprisal in such ! forms as lie shall think proper, under the seal of the Confederate States against the vessels, goods, and effects of the Govern ment of the United States, and of the citi zens or inhabitants of the States and Ter ritories thereof, except the State and Ter ritories herein named; Provided, however, that property of the enemy (unless it be contraband of war) laden on board a neu tral vessel shall not be subject to seizure under this act: And Providedjurther, that vessels of the citizens or inhabitants of tlie United States,now in the ports of the Confederate States, except such as have been since the 5th of April last, or may hereafter be in the service of the govern-1 raent of the United States, shall he allow- ‘ ’ ed tBirty days after the publication of this act, to leave said ports and reach their destination; and such vessels and their cargoes, excepting articles contraband of war, shall not be subject to capture under tiiis act during said period, unless they -hail have previously reached the destination for which they were hound oo leaving said ports. eminent for the kindred slave Con federacy of the South. He says also that such is the feeling, so far as he was able to learn, of all the foreign Ministers at Washington, especially the Minister from France, who expressed himself warmly in favor of the. Confederate States. Signor de Castro arrived Saturday night, and remained over till Monday evening, when lie departed for New Orleans, and is expected to return in a few days. Montgomery Mail. Montgomery, May. 1, 1 SGI.—Congress met at 12 o'clock to day and organized in useful form. After the reading ofthc journal of yes terday, the President presented a commu T< » riI»U- Aeridrni on a Klrami r, Lieut. Nelson Mortally 'Wounded—Col Miller Grieve Seriously Injured.—We are pained to record a most melancholy occur rence that took place on our river, late yesterday afternoon, by which a gallant young Lieutenant of the Georgia Army was fatally, a prominent and much loved citizen horribly wounded, and another mention from the President oftlie Baptist State Convention of Georgia, which the Secretary read as follows : Athens. Ga., April 2b, lS61.~»SVr: 1 have the honor of transmitting to you the accompanying resolutions unanimously passed on Saturday last hv the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, with the request that' you will present them to the Congress over which you preside. That God will direct and bless the counsels of the Congress of the Confede rate Government is the prayer of the Bap tist Convention of Georgia, and of none more sincerely than your obedient ser- N. M. CRAWFORD, Chairman of Committee. Hon. Howell Conn, President of Congress. At a meeting of the Baptist Convention of the State ot Georgia, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously passed : Whereas, the State of Gesrgia, in the legitimate exercise of licr eoYoroignty has withdrawn from the Confederacy known as the United States of America, and for the better maintainance cf her rights, honor and independence, has united with other States in a new Confederacy under the title of the Confederate States of America; and whereas, Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, is at tempting by force of arms to subjugate these states in violation of the fundamental be executed, aud promises to be fuddled. All bon er to noble Tennessee? Would we could say bait’hr much for Kentucky! Oorul Advice fur the South.—We adopt the fol lowing suggestions from the Huntsville Adcocat', and the South will be wise if she heeds them ; “Whatever can be made at tho South now, should bo. The war may be upon us for years, and our people should be prepared to endure its privations ami provide for its necessities. The day for luxuries, vain display, and foolish extrava gance is over. We should husband our resources so as to be independent. “Every branch of industry in the South should now redouble its exertions to supply the home de mand. Every manufacturer of cloths, goods, boots, shoes, hats, foundries, clothing, hoes, wooden ware, Ac., &c , should let the public know at once lie makes, where he is to be found, and how lie sells. The public needs information of this kind now, and look to the advertising columns of the newspapers for such knowledge." A Camp Scene.—-At the quarters of the “Athens Guards,” near the depot of the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, may be witnessed a most interesting and novel scene in camp life. The members of this company assembled every day, at noon, and hold a prayer meeting. When the ranks of onr citizen-soldiery are made tip of such men, we may defy the host of Lincoln’s myrmindons.—Augusta Repub lic. From the Virginia Sentinel. lhttr They Talk in Virginia.—People of Virginia | always has been just this, and it applies to I and the South—it is yours to meet uncommon tyr- j the North as well as to the South:—No «'">y demoniac ferocity with uncommon forti tude and dauntless courage! It is yours to re spond to the savage yell and pirate shout, the wolf bear no resemblance to the reality. But surely the outrages have not been all upon one side. A gentleman, an editor of a paper in Pennsylvania, called info our office the other day, and stated that he had been driven out of the village by parties who threatened his life, and scarcely had lie left when a mob surrounded his house and rendered even his family unsafe. It is only the other day that a Democratic editor in Troy, who condemned the war policy of Lincoln, was forced to Hee to Canada for iris life, and we are credibly informed that a man was hanged in Ulster County for expressing his sympathy for the South in the present struggle. Now, all those things are wrong, and can cud only in evil to all concerned. Ex cesses are sure to react upon whoever in dulges in them. It is proclaimed by the President of the United States that cer tain States are in rebellion. W e arc at war with them. Aid or assistance we can not lawfully give. Our opinions or feel ings are one tiring, our acts another. The Earl of Chatham sympathised with our ancestors, and said if he were an American he would never submit, yet he was not mobbed for iris opinions. The standing complaint against the South at the North is that she does not allow a free expression of opinion. Now, concerning the matter, onr position is, and Major Anderson tabes a Command.— Washington, (via Mobile,) May S.-—Major Anderson is now here and has consented to take command of the Kentucky brig ade. From Baltimore.—Baltimore, May 8.— Several of the rioters who attacked the Massachusetts troops have been arrested. The Legislature did nothing. Virginia News.—Richmond, May S.— A regiment of Louisiana troops arrived hereon Monday. SPECIAL NOT It E ST ft. ft. R 11A V £ Sl'RPERSEDED. ALL PURGATORIAL POISONS Such as Cato:tiel, Blue Pill, Scamoneny, (/ Drastic Pills made of Aloes. Gamho-r, ,k t These Pills are Nature s aperient. From or.e • st* Pills restore the healthy action of the bow t C in less time than twenty or thirty of the Jrari -- ] cathartic kinds. They neither produce cramp.,,,; I ourteen hundred I onnessec troops and | nor Station ; but give tone to the stomach v a battalion ot Alabamians have rcaclieil ^ ii ver7 relieve diseases or the bowels, kidney : Lynchburg. _ j bladder, cleanse the blood, and equalizes the r-* I onr thousand troops are at Norfolk, in- c .,i al ion. Hence in Billiousuess, Dyspepsia r eluding two Georgia companies. -I “U tiveness, Head-ache, Remittent and Intcrmitte t Confederate authorities are fortifying Nor-! p overSi &., from folk and Hatteras inlet. The Confederate States Ready for the Enemy.—Montgomery, May S.—Since the opeuing Congress has been mostly in se cret session, engaged, it is understood, in In cases of Inflamation of the Bowels. Billions maturing arrangements for a vigorous and Colic—when Croton aud Harlem Oils fail-fi ve . one to live doses invariably restore She patient to health, and without weaken ing the system. THEIR QUICK OPERATION man is justified in expressing opinions or sentiments destructive to the basis of the society he is in or detrimental to its domestic shall win you the victory and turn back your foes in shame and discomti- bowi and the jobber's boast, by a cool determina tiou, a resolve rooted dowu in the soul, a courage peace and safety. Abolition preachers or that shall rise with every occasion, and a trust in , . • c • I the favor of heaven that slia lecturers at the couth come under tins head, for they preach social destruction, j ture.' Remember!—yon are fighting for everything that is dear to man! You are fighting to escape the domination ot the most odious tyranny that ever threatened any people—a tyranny that will not let men even think in peace! You are fighting foryour liberties! You are lighting for your homes, which Greeley already has resigned as rewards to the men whom he sends to cut your throats. You are fighting for your lives. You are fighting against men who are showing daikcr souls, more venomous spirits, more cruel designs, and more malignant hate, than (he annals of civilized war have ever revealed, and such as the savages who formerly roamed over our forests rarely equalled. In such a contest, every man among us will be a giant and a hero! A virtuous indignation will nerve.his aim. and a resolve to conquer or die will fire his soul. Then prepare for the conflict, and God defend the right! Licentious papers and free love conven ticles conic under the same head at tho North, and are very properly suppressed by tiie police. But in all cases of this kind they should be turned over to the proper authorities. We must not become a nation of barbarians, and allow savage ferocity to usurp tlic place, of reason. Let us, at least, not degenerate into wolves and hyenas. Don’t sink tiie man into the brute None but cowards are cruel; true bravery is generous and chivalrous, and if we are to fight, let us fight like men, not animals.—Day Booh. Massachusetts Troops—Alleged Treason. —Boston, April 25.—The second battal- sion of infantry now occupy Fort Inde pendence, in the harbor. The sum of $J2,000 has been subscribed in aid of Fletcher Webster’s regiment. Lieut. Brown, who resigned his posi tion on the frigate Niagara, to-day was arrested by tiie police for causing a distur bance by uttering treasonable sentiments. He was conveyed to the receiving ship Ohio for safety. citizen of the up country severely iacer- principle of American liberty— Therefore resolved, by the members of the Baptist Convention oftlie State of Georgia, that wo consider it to be at once a pleasure and a duty to avow that both in feeling and principle, wc approve, en dorse nnd support the government of the Confederate States of America. Resolved, That while this Convention ated. As the steamer Habersham was coming up from Fort Pulaski, with a considerable party of officers and visitors on hoard, as she neared Fort Jackson a small iron swiv el was brought out and loaded fora salute —unfortunately over-charged. Tlic fuse being applied, the weapon burst to atoms, i tlie fragments dying in every direction, disclaims all authority, whether ecclesms- Thougb sad as is tlie result, it was fortunate J tical or civil, yet as citizens we deem it but that it was not worse. One oftlie pieces: a duty to urge the Union of all the people of metal struck Lieutenant William Nel-, of the South in defence of the common son, of the Georgia Army, and son of the tcause and to express the confident, belief late Gen. Chas. Nelsou, inflicting a fatal | that in whatever conflict the madness ot injury—from which it is impossible for him Mr. Lincoln and his government mav force to recover. The wound is on the right J upon us, the Baptists ^of Georgia will, not side of the head, just above the eye and ranging upward and backward. The flesh is much lacerated and the skull broken in for a considerable space.—He lias not spo ken since the accident and hiscase is con sidered hopeless, though lie is still alive as we write, 7 p. vi. Our old friend Colonel Miller Grieve, of Milledgeville, is tlic next sufferer. He was standing some twenty feet from the gun when it exploded, and was struck on the left check, just below the eye, and be behind any class of our fellow-citizens in maintaining the independence of the South by any sacrifices of treasure or of blood. Resolved. That we acknowledge with devout thankfulness to Almighty God the sigual favor with which up to this time, He has blessed our arms and our policy, and that the Baptist Churches of the State be requested to observe the first and sec ond days of June next as days of f asting and prayer, that God will deliver us from all the power of our enemies and restore passing backward inflicting a terrible gash and probably breaking in the cheek Lone, j peace to our country, if not destroying the sight of one eye. The) Resolved,'That the Confederate Gov- flesh is literally torn up from the bone and j eminent be requested to invite the Chur- thrown back, presenting a frightfui spec- dies of all denominations within the Cou- The Cat holies and the Crisis.—The New York Freeman's .Journal contends that “Catholics have done nothing to bring on this war,” and urges tliem to speak out and call once more for counsels of peace. The Journal, alluding to the New' York Tribune's exhortation to have men to make a dash at the enemy in Virginia. Maryland, etc., without waiting for orders, thus pays its respects to that paper: “If this pestilent war is to degenerate into a barbarous raid on women, children, and defenceless villages, there will be two sides to the accursed contest. There is in Penns.) lvauia, Chamber!) urg, Mercersburg, Gettysburg, W aynesburg, &c., Ac., a good deal more accessible, from tlic bor der, than any town wc know of in Virgin ia or Maryland. Could any but a New Englander, a non-resident, a bran-bread eater, and a lackey Bloomer-woman Lave indited so infamous a paragraph? Wc decline measuring words of denunciation in stigmatizing its cowardly atrocity.” tacle, while his whole person seemed soaked with blood. He had not been thor oughly examined when we saw' him. It is hoped that this is the only injury, and that his valuable life is not endangered. lie is entirely sensible. He lias a son in the service at Fort Pulaski, and liadjust been down to visit him. Mr. Marshall Perkins, a citizen of Burke county, who had been down on a visit to friends in the service, receiving a severe gash, to the depth of some two inches and three or more in length, on the back part of his left thigh.—it is purely a flesh wound, and he will douhless soon recover. Should further developcmeiit be made in the course of the surgical examination, and before our paper goes to press, they will he given in a postscript. Wo may add, tor tlic satisfaction of friends at a distance, that all the parties were taken to the Pulaski House on th arrival of the boat, where they are recei ving every comfort and attention, medical and otherwise. I’. S.—10 I’. M.—Lieut. Nelson lias been trephined and is somewhat revived, but very little hojic is entertained. AVc regret to hear that upon examination Col. Grieve is ascertained to be far more seri ously injured than was at first apprehen ded. The hones of Iris face are crushed up to the base of the brain, ho has had sev eral spasms, and hiscondition is considered hopeless.-—Bar. Republican Alt/y, 1th. Death nf Lind. Ntlsvn.—Vfe regret to announce the Heatii of Lieut. William Nelson, who died at the Pulaski House yesterday morning. From the time he was struck by the fragments of the ex ploded gnu. be remained in a state of insensibili ty. His remains were conveyed to bis family in Calhonn. Gordon County. We understand that Col. Grieve was not so well last evening. There are, however, strong hopes of his recovery.—Sav. News 9th. Over 1000 men are now employed in tho Philadelphia Navy Yard in fitting ont ves sels of war. federacy to unite in observing said days of fasting and prayer. Resolved, That copies of these resolu tions be sent to President Davis, the Con federate Congress and tlic Governor of Georgia. Mr. Wright, of Georgia, moved that the communications and accompanying pream ble and resolutions be spread on the journal oftlie Convention, which was done. ■Ml ♦ —I Gkn. Beai'Rkoarh ordered to Norfolk.— 'Hi.- Montgomery correspondent of the Colum bus Times says, that General Beauregard has beeu ordered to Norfolk, Virginia. It will bo remem bered that he passed through Atlanta on bisway to Montgomery, two or three days since. Messrs. Editors : • The first Company tendered under the new regula tion, for and during the war, is the Atlanta Grays —commanded by Capt. T. L. Cooper. The Cap tain is a noble fellow, and commands as brave boys as ever shouldered a musket. I’. FORTIFYING THE.P(>TOM AC HEIGHTS. CIIAMDERSRURG, Pa.. May JC.—It is reported the Virginians are fortifying the heights on the Maryland side of the Totomac. There aru already about six thousand Confederate States troops there. BALTIMORE VOLUNTEERS FOR VIRGINIA Frederick, Mu., May Two companies of Baltimore volunteers passed here eu route for the Virginia army. WONDERFUL EXPLOITS OF THE ZOUAVES. Washington, May 10.—Willard’s Hotel was saved from conflagration, from adjoining build ings, by the New York Zouaves. It was set on tire in five places. Gov. Harris of Tennessee, has seized 866,000 in bonds, and $3,000 in cash, be longing to the United States, which is to beheld in trust until the Government re stores the property taken by its troops at Cairo, from the Steamer C. E. Hillman. The Second Regiment.—At an election held day before yesterday in Savannah for officers of the 2nd Regiment, Paul J. Semmes was elected Colonel, Harris, Lt. Colonel, and Edgar M. Butt, Major.— Telegraph, 10/A. Provisional Adoption of the Confed erate Constitution by Virginia. An Ordinance for the adoption of the Con stitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America. We, the delegates of the people of Vir ginia, in Convention assembled, solemnly impressed by the perils which surround the Commonwealth, and appealing to the Searcher of Hearts for the rectitude of our intentions in assuming the grave responsi bility of this act, do, by this ordinance, adopt and ratify the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confede rate Blutes of America, ordained and es tablished at Montgomery, Ala., on the 8th of February, 1861 ; provided, that this ordinance shall cease to have any legal operation or effect, if the people of this Commonwealth, upon the vote directed to to be taken on the ordinance of secession passed by this Convention on the 17th day of April, 1861, shall reject the same. A true copy. .JOHN L. EUBANK, Sec’y. Convention between the Commonwealth oj Virginia and. the Confederate States <f A mcrica. The Commonwealth of \ irginia, look ing to a speedy union of said Common wealth and the other Slave States with tlic Confederate States of America, ac cording to the provisions of the Constitu tion for the Provisional Government of said States, enters into the following tem porary convention and agreement with said States, for the purpose of meeting pressing exigencies affecting the common rights, interests and safety of said Com monwealth aud said Confederacy. 1st. Until the union of said Common wealth with said Confederacy shall he per fected, and said Commonwealth shall be come a member of said Confederacy, ac cording to the Constitution of both pow ers, tho whole military force and military operations, offensive and defensive, of said Commonwealth, in the impending conflict with the United States, shall be under the chief control and direction of the Presi dent of said Confederate States, upon the same principles, basis and footing as if said Commonwealth were now', and during the interval, a member of said Confede racy. 2d. The Commonwealth of Virginia will, after the consummation of the union contemplated in this Convention, and her adoption of the Constitution for a perma nent Government of the said Confederate States, and she shall become a member of said Confederacy under said permanent Constitution, if the same occur, turn over to the said Confederate States all the pub lie property, naval stores, and munitions of war, &c., she may then be in possession of, acquired from the United States, on the same terms and iu like manner as the other States of said Confederacy have done in like cases. 3d. What expenditures of money, if any* said Commonwealth of Virginia shall make before the union, under the Provisional Government as above contemplated, shall be consummated, shall be met and provi ded for by said Confederate States.” This Convention entered into and agreed to, in the city of Richmond, Va., on the 2 1th day of April, 1861, by A. H. Ste phens, the duly authorised Commissioner, to act in the matter for the said Confede rate States, and John Tyler, Wm. Ballard Preston, Samuel McD. Moore, James P. Holcombe, James C. Bruce, and Lewis E. 11 arvie, parties duly authorized to act in like manner for said Commonwealth of Virginia—the whole subject to the appro val and ratification of the proper authori ties of both Governments respectively. In testimony whereof, the parties afore said have hereto set their hands and seals, the day and year aforesaid, and at the place aforesaid in duplicate originals. Alexander H. Stephens. [Seal | Commissioner of Confederate States. From tiie New Orleans Picayune. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS—CAP TURK OF THE U. STATES HOOPS AT IND1ANOLA. iNDIAXO/.A. April 51, 18CI. I wrote you on the 14th iust , informing you of the flepartme of the Empire City with L. S. troops for the North. Since then, the aspect of things hai changed very much, and th" prediction which [ made in that letter, that tiie very troops we wen then fra ternising with, and parting with, with s> much re luctance, might, before the expirationof another month, meet us as deadly foes in hattlearray, has been already verified. After the sebure of the Star of thp West by Colonel Van Dorn, die United States troops here were left without an; transpor tation, and as the intention was evideitly to cut them off, it created no little anxiety aid uneasi ness amongst them. Major Sibley’s command, which I informed yon was brought upfom Brazos Santiago, was strengthened by tho tdditiou of Captain Granger’s company. Third Infaitry, Capt Wallace,Third Infantry, and Capt Jordin. Eighth Inlantry, making in all about five hundnd and fifty men, women and children. After vaiuy endeav oring to charter the steamers of tin Southern Steamship Company to take them away and Major Van Dorn being daily expected to airlve with a sufficient force to overpower them, Major Sibley chartered two schooners—the Horaceand the Ur- b.mia—to take them to Key West. On Tuesday, the 23d, the troops etibarked on board these vessels, which were towel! down the hay to the Pass bv the. steamer Fashon, where tiny anciiorcif, and the Fashion leluried to Iuiiia- nola with a guard of about fifty men D see if ano ther vessel could not be procured, sime the troops were too much crowded on the ones fiey had. So far, fortune seemed to favor their es«pe, but she only momentarily indulged them witi that hope, that the punishment sac was abint to ititiict through them upon the perfidious Alministration at Washington might be more siguil and exem plary. Providence works by mscrulaJle ways, and often, as in this case, makes the wicl*d the means of afflicting upon themselves their *wu deserved chastisement. Instead of finishing his business uid returning to the Pass that evening with the fashion, in or der to be in readiness to tow the v«sels over the bar the next morning, the officer in command had to use a frontier expression more sguificaut than refined, to get tight and quarrel w*b the Captain of the steamer and kick up a inusi generally, so that ail tiie officers of the steamer went on shore and left the valiaut Captain aioie in his glory. Mark the consequences! Early thJ next morning, before the Captain bad taken hi coffee, or bad time to icflect upon the folly of his conduct the previous night. Major Van Dorn knocked at his door and politely requested the lean of his sword, and then inviting his companions ai arms to break fast at the Cassauiir House, (wliijh for the nonce was turned into a guard boose.) juietly took pos session of the Fashion for bis own followers: aud chattering two other steamers, witch he filled with Confederate troops, proceeded do*n the bay to re port to the commanding officer, Major Sibley, the backslidiugs of his trusty Lieutenant. The Armada fitted out by Co . \ ail Dorn to in tercept aud capture the fugitive troops, consisted of the steamers Fashion, propeller Mobile, and United •-tales, with about eiglt hundred men on board, collected from the surrounding counties. Breast works of cotton bales (cotton, you see, is al ways king) were constructed around the sides of the vessels, to protect the men from the deadly ri fles of the United States troop-. Cannon w'ere on the way from San Antonio ant! .Matagorda, but did not arrive in time. Against such a formidable force, judiciously disposed npon steamers that could choose their own position. Major Sibley had no showing whatever, for there he was, cooped up on hoard of two schooners lying at anchor, his command reduced to about tbur hundred men by desertion and captme, with not a single piece of connon to deiend himself. J'he only alternative was to surrender, which he did the next day at 12 o'clock. The surrender w»s unconditional. In the afternoon the steamship Oon Rusk, which had been seized by the Confederate authorities at Gal veston, arrived with a twenty-four pounder and two six pounders, and one hundred and fifty men. List of Officers and Trotfs on Board of the Ves sel's with Major Sibley.—Cuinpanies A. F, and I, Third Infantry, Lieut. Iloifkins and lady; Compa nies G and IC, First lnfanfy, Capt. Wallace, Gran ger, Lieut. Green, Adjutant I’hillips, and Band First. Infantry; A and D Eighth Infantry, Capt. Jordan, Assistant Surgecas Lynde and Burns—in all tour hundred and fifty men. Seven companies of t!.» Eighth Infantry are on the way to the coast. They will be intercepted and disarmed. Otlicers not with Majo' Sibley on the vessels ar rested and on parole: (5ol. Waite and start. Col. Morris, Adjutant Niclio.S, Major Vinton, Lieut. Gerrard, Surgeon Abadic, Assistant Surgeon G. K Smith, Col Hoffman, Major Sprague, Mijor Me diae, Capt. Lee, Capt. Bowman, Lieut. Wipple, Major Cunningham, Leut. Whistler, Lieutenant Hunter. Officers Resigned.—Jlijor Larkin Smith, Capt. Blair, Capt Reynolds, (apt. Trevett, Lieut. Cone, Lieut. M. L. Davis. Hrskeil. Walter Jones, Dr AnJerson, Lieut. Jas. Major, Lieut. Washington. The capture and resignation of these officers will deprive the Department at Washington of the ser vices of about thirty five of the most efficient men in tiie service, and cripple its power to do us mis chief. The terms of the sunender are that all the arms Sind company property are to be turned over to the Confederate authorities. Private ptoperty to be resoected. Officers to be released ou parole. Men to elect whether they will join the Confederate army or to return to tfce North. Those who pre fer the latter to take oath not to serve against the Southern Confederacy during the war [Spectator successful prosecution of the war, and pla- ciii'( the Confederacy in the best possible condition for defence. It is also understood—contrary to what has been supposed—that the Confedera cy lias control of sufficient arms, ordinance and ammunition of every|description to put into the field 150,000 men for a year’s cam- pai-n. Military Movements.—Philadelphia, May 9.—The Virginia troops arc reported to be concentrating in great force at Har per’s Ferry. The Government feel no apprehension of an attack on Cairo from the South. Washington, May 9.—General Lee, of the Confederate Army, says the Virgini ans shall not cross the line unless they are attacked. Prentice says: “There is a terrible war feeling throughout the tvliole country. Even the new born infants are all in arms. Tlic London Times says : “It would be a great political error, not to say a crime, if the Republican Presi dent should plunge the New World into war in order to show his attachment to his party, or his consistency with his for mer principles.” Several soldiers in Washington have been arrested, and put in irons by their officers, and fed on bread water—for iu- sultiiig ladies—so says the Washington Star. Lieut. Andrew Jackson, late of the L2 S Cav- alry, a grandson of Old Hickory, was in Memphis on the 25th ult., on his way to Montgomery, to wield his sword in defence of Southern soil. Suc cess to him. Spies in the South.—Tiie Richmond Despatch says: We have little doubt that Lincoln has his agents in every Southern locality, and a strict look out should h" kept for them. Strangers es pecially, no matter how pacific the pretenses on which they profess to come, should be closely watched, and, if necessary, prevented from leaving. The Meagher Guards of Charleston have re solved that as a Company they will no longer bear his name. They have also stricken his name from the roll of honorary members of the corps. Tho Irishman that, can fight to subject the South to the rule of the intolerant abolition pro scriptionists of the North, is a disgrace to his race and natiou- A Percussion Cap Manufactory has been estab lished at Raleigh, N. C., and is in successful ope ration. Alexandria, May 11.—The United States Steamer Pawnee slipped her cable late this evening nt Wash ington Navy Yard and dropped down to Alexandria. Till* Steamer now lies offtlic city, close to the wharves, with Port Hole* open and gun* run out! Annapolis, Mav 10.—About twenty shots were ex changed lust night at Camp Bntler, between the Con federates and the picket guard. Baltimore, May 10.—The Western train was stopped by Virginia troops, ten miles west of Frederick, Md, and examined. The same will be done by all western trains. Four hundred Virginians are strongly posted, on the Road. A train of Western cars, having on board a lot of horses, nnd one hundred beeves, bound to Baltimore, were captured at Harper's Ferry. Nontgqmery, Mav Ilth 11 P. M —tk» vllle Batalfion and Louisiana Tioops. left Rich mond, on the 8th, ou secret service. Alexandria occupried by 1,000 Secession troops. FAVORABLE SIGNS FOR THE CONFEDE RACY. Montgomery. May 9th.—Reliable information lias been received iu official circles here, that eleven States will be in the Southern Confederacy early in June. Mr. Clingman is here from North Carolina. 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RADWAY & CO-,23 John Street, N. Y. AGENTS. IIERTY & HALL. Milledgeville; DAVIS 4: GREEN, Eatonton.- J. C. BATE'S, Louisville; A A. CULLEN, Sandersville. <8 It. LTl’st Children. Jacob’s Cordial is admirably:! dapted Bowel Complaints of children, while teething cannot only be reaitily cured, but prevented, bv » timely use of the Cordial, thereby preventing them from becoming weak and punv, and consequently fret ful nnd ill humored. Much suffering on the part of th- child, ami anxiety of the parents, could by timely pa cautious anil suitable remedies, be prevented. For sale by all Druggists. 43 4t To Consumptives. T HE Advertiser having been restored to liea'lli in a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe ltingaffei- tion, aud that dread disease, consumption—is amice- to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means ,: cure. To all who desire it, be will send a copy of the prescriptlbn used (free of charge) with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Ilroii- chilis, Sf-c. The only object of the advertiser in send ing the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread information which he conceives to be inva! uable, and he hopes every sufferer will try bis remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a ble- sing. Parties wishing the prescription will please addre - Kev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburgh, Kings county, New York. Oct. 9, 1J60. (c. & mca.) 20 ly WoodruflT§ Concords. I T is a general acknowledged fact that these Buggies are Tar sup-ilor to any now used in the State. They run lighter, ride easier and last longer, than any other Buggies; hence the increas ed demand for them in many parts of this State, also, in Tennessee, Alabama and Florida. If you want a good Buggy or Carriage of any kind it will pay you well to go to Griffin, or send your order. Woodruff keeps a large stock from the fine Coach down to the Iron axle Plantation Wagon. Any person can be supplied direct from New York by giving their orders to WOODRUFF A Co.. Griffin, Ga. May S, I860. 50 tf ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE GEORGIA RECIflESTS. We are indented to Judge Gibson for the result of the election held on Thursday in the Third Regiment Georgia Volunteers stationed at Ports mouth. It is as follows: For Colonel. A. R Wright, of Augusta 447 W. C. Musgrove, of the liurke Guards,...315 For Lieutinant Colonel. Jas. R. Reid, of the Madison Home Guards..48!) Griffin, of the Houston Governor’s Guards.. .230 For Major. A. II. L-e, of the Covington Young Guards... .368 F. Blodget, Jr., of Blodget Volunteers 221 Willliams 89 Capt W. O. Bell, of the Wilkinson Rifles, de clined to run. In the Fourth Regiment, stationed at Norfolk. Captain Doles, of the Baldwin Blues, was elected Colonel, and Bell Lieutenant Colonel. TRAVELLERS; whose business calls them through parts of our country where Dysentery and Diarrhrea prevail, shonld not he without “Jacob's Cordial” in their trunks, that they may upon the slighest evidence of disease, have recourse immedi ately to a proper remedy’. This, of all others, is a most valuable consideration. It is an old adage, and a true one, that an ounce of prevention is bet ter than a ponnd of cure; and while travelling through districts where any of the diseases are pre vailing epidemically, a small dose of the Cordial, repeated several times during the day, would be a safeguard. For sale in Milledgeville bv IIERTY Sc. IIALL and GRIEVE & CLARK. ’ 4821. John Tyler, Wm B. Preston, S. McD. SIoobe, Jas. P. Holcombe, Jas. C. Bruce, Lewis E. Harvie, j Commis- | j sioners j } for N | Virginia j 3 . L f f Seal. Seal Seal Seal. Seal. Seal Approved and ratified by the Conven tion of Virginia, on the 25tli of April, 1861. John Jennky, President. John L. Eubank, Secretary. Kentucky.—Frankfort, May, 8.—Gover nor Magoffin’s message to the Legislature denounces Lincoltfs movements, and in clines strongly toward the South; hut he refers the whole subject to the people, and recommends the calling of a Convention, Naval Movements.—New York, May 8- —The steamship Asia sailed to day (for Liverpool) taking $4,800 (Qu. §48,000 ?) apecic. Boston, May 3.—The Minnesota sailed to-day with sealed orders. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 1 Adjutant General’s Office, > MitteUgevi/le, Ga., May 8th, 1861. \ GENERAL ORDER, NO. 7. N OTICE has been received from the War De partment at Montgomery, that hereafter, no more Volunteers will be taken for twelve months —but for the IVar only. As this alters, radically, the conditions on which tenders of service have been heretofore in vited and received, the Governor regards those before him as cancelled, and hereby, now, invites tenders of service for the War. In makiug tenders uuder this new invitation, the requirements of General Orders, Nos. 5, and 6, will be observed. Tenders already on “for twelve months,” may be changed to “for the War.” by letter from the Company to this office, anthorizing the change to be made. By order of the Commnnder-in-Chief. HENRY C. WAYNE, Adjutant and Ins. Gen. What is in Store for us? The National Republican issued in Washington nnd regai ded as the representative of the Lincoln govern ment, thus announces the policy ami the purposes of that government: “There is to lie no peace, except upon the basis of THE UNQUALIFIED SUBMISSION OF THOSE IN REVOLT. There is to be no recognition ot any pretended Southern Confederacy. There is to be no peaceable assent to a separation of these States. l’iie Government is to be maintained in that plain, straightforward way in which. all governments are maintained—BY COERCION. The leaders of this consperncy arc to be DRIVEN OUTOFTHK COUN TRY, OU TO BE HANGED- and never did conspira tors anywhere, and at any time, more richly deserve the fate which awaits them. They have attempted the evertlirow of the freest and best government on earth by the most flagitious menus, and with a view to the establishment of a grinding military despotism. Their crime has been gigantic, and THiun pii.vish.vist is to BE SIGNAL." We shall keep this standing for southern men L> gaze at until their work is done and their iudepen- denee of a foul dominion complete.—Garannah Re publican, 4t A. 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Accept, then, the aid Dr. EATON brings von in Ins INFANTILE CORDIAL, lie is a regular physi cian, and from much experience in Infantile Com plaints, lias compounded this preparation—without pn regoric or opiate of any kind—so as to he a sure re lief to your suffering little ones in all the ills attending their teething; end for coughs, or eroup, or convulsions and also for Summer complaints, it is • certain cure — You mav rely on it with perfect confidence, that Dr. Eaton s Infantile Cordial eoutd never have attained the celebrity it has in the United States, if it were not the very best article tor Infantile Complaints that is put up. It is fast superseding all others. Dr.Bronson’s Blood Food, advertised with the Cor dial, is the most invaluable necessity to every Mother as well ns every unmarried lady. Bey it ana read the circular enveloping the bottle, and you will get the par ticular information you want. For sale by all Drug gists everywhere. 49 4t Encourage Home Literature !! 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