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followfny rules: * * * • •
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BsM of Prriumnl property: * * . *
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• given at least Ten Days previous To ol* sale.
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istration. monthly for Six •llonths for Dismission
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*. * **LAW CA&DS.
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Attorney *at law, . • •
QULTM AN, BROOKS CO., GA.
Will practice* in the Southern •Circuit, |
•and Comte. Cliitfe, Ware add lichols of t{io BftinswjL-k
Circuit. . * * •* ’ “dee 17 ts
‘ 5 * * W. 88. S£ei|hct,
ATTOBNEY*AT LAW, ■ * ’*
QUIT.MAN, UUOORS C(V. GA.
• Will praotic# iif Tboma% and Berri
en Counties. • “ mh 10 ts
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. .1. st. AleiAaider, t °
• A A'T LAW, ■’ •
■> mil h l'tf . . • .THOMASYILLE, GA*
r. 18. BsVilford,
ATOORNEY’ A*y LAW, ’ *; *
WAIILSCOROUGIJ, GA.
Will practice in the . sos the Circuit,
and iif f.owjiJt-*and 15 i. :i Count: -of fin Si yit hern
Vircuit. * je 19 tt* *
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•* .Ioii!i a T3. SFyxoy.
■ A at law, ° ’ ‘ :
jf§L * • . T!IO.yASVIbLE.GA.
. Otfieu*ne*fl v.oorto Dr. Hvuee’s. . * . mh 18 ts
FuiiTiio'L. Uinos, ; *
Attorney at baav, *. • •
* .u*?r.-tf • JTKiMASVILLE, GA.
• *. C. C. liryan, 0
Attorney at law.
.mh it* TIW^ASV?IT.E.*GA4
* T. 1. Morgan,’ *
Attorney at laav*, * **•
. .\ASHVItHi, 15EJ111IEN*C0., G r \. ‘
•Will practice in the Counties of the Southern Circuit; (
and the Countiesbf !>• ■ ly, Wgth andDougberty of*tbe
Jfaegt; aadfloffee, Clipeh and Wary of the Bnmswrok
Gh-euit. Address a: (.rick l'.-.t OUive, *o*. •
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* 81. T. Peeples,
. at law,
•A, . * JtASHVftjJEj BERRIEN.CO., GA.
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• Samuel 11. Spencer,*
Attorney at law,
*T HO MAS VICI.C, GA.
• WiD give his enSin* attention to the Practice at Lw
Jiathe Counties of the Bout •. < •
• Ottiee on I . • | Donald MeL* an’s l?ri*k
building. • # mh 18 ts
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* 0 A. V. .'flcl'ardcl, •
TUSTICE °OF TE*E PEACig.
U Ojiici lit tlm’ Courtkow, ThommsriUP. Go.
All business entrusted to him i?ill be attended toairotupt-
U’ and with dlbpatch. “ rttb 2o 1 v
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* C4ias. 88. !Beniiii£rtoi
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. *..'•.
• Orfitc Opposite the Past ThomasriUe.
° Collections of ;61 kinds taken pa liberal terms, either’
Injlusnce's. Superior or jjiti. tior Courft*
ScMteM’s
IR.OIST. AVORIvS,.
ADJOINING THE rASSENfIER IJEPOT.
Macot . # . T.... Gborgia,
Manufacturers of
‘eyE Ol Eiigfnen and Boilcrf,
U JIIJI and Gin Glaring, • •
•* * Cane # Mftls and Pans, <
•• • Syrup BSoilers? .* • •
• • Shutting and Pulley. •
# AND *4LL KJNDS OF MACHINERY MADE TO
order at shol t notice *
• . E- REMINGTON % SON,
jan 14-ly a *Agents. Thdtnasviße, Ga.
RVTE ARE MHV PREPARED TO*DO ALL
*1 of J(>ls PRINTING, from a Visiting Card to
a large Pieter, at the Enterprise office Try us
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° MEDICAL ANt) DENTAL CARDS.
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Tl)r*i. Bruce A Reed, ° *
TT.wJ.VI; 0 Fi >RMT:d A CO-PARTNERSHIP.IN
j 1 L the pro . Medicine, (ffef their services t oft he
public. 0 . * 0
’ \r Office, the “tip oi oi,pied hv Bn.ee for many \a-;.rs.
, They hare opened a 11’ tSPITAL for tte coiwi nil n*e
of thoae owning staves requiring Surgical attenflon; and
poßr white persons, not able to pay, will be treated gratis.
■ AeeoflUßodauons comfomAde.
• 0 0 J. Bia*CE. M. D. •
Ju&e 21* 1860. ____ ,J. U. M. REED, Bj. D. ±
T .*. B>V. A. 4*. llonald,” # *
IN TENDERING in’- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
. to the people of Thoifiasville and vicinity, would in
- form them that he has beeif practicing medietje in Jeflfer-
Hnfjoouty, Floryia, for five years, during which tint? In
ho met and treated most of the diseases which occur in
•this hiriiude. % •
OFFICE, on the side street, near toe office ftermedy
1 • iM j dell 1- V I .1. 1 Lil-ris.
RESIDENCE, flie hdhse formerir E. L.
1 Anderson.
*fhuuyuville, January 7, 1860. ts
| . * B>r. S'. J. Olivcros,
Practitioner, of *Mcdicine alid Surgery,
jan 1 ai 1 ® v,al - Co.sGiL ly *
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H*EREBY INFORMS HIS AND THE
public s tba* he will Continue the practice tis medi i
I cine at the wold stand and Respectfully t*u4eis liia services
to tile pubh*. *
Tlionasville. April. 2, \ .ts
* a [KKt*I>R.M PKACTICK.] •* o
. i>f* p. i* 4 . Bcpprcr, r
O T i ers i|is pkoh:ssioAal services to
the 1 iii/ens of >:; 1 ;is\-ilit- .ml 0 a
1 •. Calls at hours, promtpiy attended. mh 18 ts “
„ l)f. Hraidlbn, *
HAS REMOVED TO THE OFFICE FORMERLY
occupied by John Miller. Lsip, as a Law Office.
Calls pj-iflnptly etteodi and. a .
* I S? Special attention will be given to*Surgery and
.Sungeal Diseases, # a •
. *rh*omaßville, January 15,1861). ts
** * * Drs, 11. 85. IN O. 4rHold', .
® Resident Dentists*Tliomasville, Ga. 0
*ll7*Fa HAVE r WIE PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE OF
*ll fifteen yean* e*|i ieiee in i-vfrv •
brauett df the profession. J (£r>**i*ub*
*.We fan Tefer many trh > hareJiad the
benefit of our operations in tli sTouuty for
ptist six years. * •
W o have every facility for and *ing *)ie best * .
.* Plate-Wor'k,
NOW.TvXi.UVN, WHICH is DENOMINATED
Odntiry.ious*Gunj Work,’.
on Plat ilia Plate, is impervious t* any of tli*- acids,
Aven in a concentrate!! for*i. * •
• Teeth till 1 witli pure gold in a *uperior manner.
Payent* favilring 11® with tli*ir **nlidi-u*e mav rely
agon oyr utmost exertions!* jiei-form in
ails perfect :i niannner as po.-syde. mh JOjf
New Etrug Store
,lAß. P. 8* ISOVVKK lias opened a*Drn* Store.at
.1 * the staift! formerly am :1 i^\*PALMER & TiRO.,
opposite E. Remington s, is prejiared to funnah* •
Mcdiciiiss, Vciliiinciy, finks,
1 * . ‘.Fancy soaps, &c.,
upon fair terms,*o 4lll • max favor rim witlsa call.
To his Reform itioiids In- would say, that lie has on hand
a fresh am! reliable assortin'*!*! of •
PjA*:’ • • ’* ‘ *•’
U. 7 and .oj*j ? .Ju j_ ■iß *.j ,11 oli v) j
•ml will.ln- glad to S(ippl>tjifin with such articles a*’ j
they nuQ- need. • • .*
‘ . * *ALSO,
* Kerosi!!i', Fine Cigar- and Toban ‘,*Fine MediiTmil |
•B/andies and Wines, kept constantly on hand and for
sale! • ** • , may 23-ts •
.* Briigs t!n(3 < Hc(li(’iiK‘.>* .
I rsT RECEIVED A AN IVWEIJ. S“!*i*EC
* ted stock of Drug's raid Meiiiei-,.es, Cld-uiculs ol* all
!?'i*ds. . T
Jlso, Paints, Oils. Putty, Yanosh, ushes, Dye j
Stuffs, patent M lieiiii-s. {ii-i"fi. T- ii-rt Articles,
i l’ejl'iiflierv. Brushes. Ac. .Korosiiu- < Ifil and Lumps;
Cauiphene, Burning Fluid and Lamps. •
EDWARD SIfIXAS, Druggist, i
Thomasville, May 21,1850. • . * “ts
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■ Hail.
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•*jViy-: MT‘.s(*Ru;iy;, having taken a
i 8:1 Thompson';* New Stuililing, .
Tespeetfally invites the attention of t!a; public to ha com- :
pleti* a*ld well seleetiy! stock of . *
Drugs, . . .
. ivlediaincs,. . # . *
. GUismieals,
.Paijits,® • ‘. *
Oi?s,
• . .■ Lye-St*ilTs, . . 1
®. • Ihcrfumery, , ’ • .
* Spices, .
.*• ‘. Tqbatfo,
•. * # ScgarS", •
# Fine Brandies, , !
• ° . Wines, •
. * TPorter,
. •• ‘• ‘Ale,
. • • . •* . \To?le4-Soaps,
•• .. . * • Potash, *,
. * &c., &c
----.hl.LOf WHICH “WILLTSE SOLD"ON
s 4BLf? TERM'S.
I j .kUeiitiiai given -•< ■’//// to the preparation of
PlHTifiiin's Prescriptions.
’ **A!l MEDICINES warranted gsnuine.
• . * N. (i. MCDONALD, M. D.
Thomasvi He, Ga., Juhe 6, 1860. • , ts
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Sa(!lle and SSarness Jlanufadory.,
i I.ARCi: AND C< IMPLETE ASSORTMENT (Jv
i grV Harae% and Stdhlles, . w *
•wto • • . °■ • •
WIIHIS, o e
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Kei*t coustanth r oil hand I
and for rale,mt the Maifu-* * a
faetorv of # • ?.[• GIjASHAN & (LITTLE.
* ? “T, Harness and Sn.d.dle REP.UI*IN(S promptly at- ;
tended to. o . * • .
Iffionmsville, Jan. 21, iB6O. * ° Iv 0 •
Booksl -Bo’olvs! •
* cnou lot wf from the biVf
Authors, in store and for sale, to which the attention
•of Ladies and Gentlemen is invited. a • 00
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awarded to the pureliasers of several Books in tlie lgt.
. jn. g McDonald. ,
Thomaswllf, Ga* dune <*. Jl. a ts
BYINGTON HOTEL, : |
a Broad Street. Albany, Georgia.
JT. B¥|\GTO\, Proprietor, j l_j
.* THE STAGE OFFICE,
for ages ruifning to I. © tsville. D#m
’ bridge, QuinSy and Tallahassee is kept at >'*|‘lbß
thft House. • • , jy 10jf
j .Take iSTotice,’
A.LJ, PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE ITEM OF
- / kl.ui\(;t> a deki.e
j for Furniture, are requested to come forward and settle
theVmne. and you mav thereby save At,M we are ob
liged to have BMW. ‘ * „
oct 3-t-f * . *REMkNi;T"N & DI*KEE.
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IBaptist Female Colle'ge, .*
. • CITHBERT, GEORGIA.
XlfE FALL TERM BEGINS THE oSECOXD
in January.
I The President or Prof. DAGaG will aid friends who
• desire botird for their daughters. Many of our best citi
zens havg consented to open their houses to accommodate
• the pnfiils. 0 , ,
Friends, stafd by the College, thq,e hard tunes.
Indulgence for Tuition-Fees will I).* granted, if uecessu-
I ru, to responsible pTitrons.
f R* D. .MALLAUY. Prestdeni
* Cuthbert. Ga.. Jauuarv tl. lsdl. <
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.THOMASYILLE, GEORGIA,WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IG, 1-861:
O
(orri'.pondciire Kctwreii the Preaident of Ih^;
l ulled **lnle*°and ilie CoiuiuiiMiioßern of .ftontli
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Carolina—Rejoinder ol* Coiißnieiner. .
Washington, Id. O C., Jan. I,*lßGl. •
°sir: Wt*Jiave the honor to “acknowledge
the receipt of. your letter of the oOth *
o ber. in rpply a l?y us to you*
onßhe *J x th of the same month,.as (iimmiss
ifmers froth Carolina. #
j . In rttforeaee to iheodeelaratiuii with which
[your reply continences, fthat your “position as #
Pwesiflent of the Uni*. was clearly dc' o
fined in tlie 0 3Ie.sfge to Congress on the 3d in
stiDt;* that votk { era “no raver, to ebu^j
the relations heretofore existing” between
B*juth the Btaft‘s, “much less to
acknowledge the independence of that State®”
and that consequently you could meet ps only !
as private gentlemen of the liiglust odiaracter,
: with an entire willingness To communicate to j
Congress any proposition we might have to
make,” we deem ft only*necessary io say that
the State of Sleuth Carolina having, iu the ex
ercise of that great right or’ self-govcrnmenl,
•whi(?ii unflei'lic.-*all our political organizations,
declare! herself*soverigy and
we, as her re*presefitatives, felt u<) special solic
#itude as to the*e!iaract(3r iy which you
recognize uy. * * .* •
Satisfied.that the State had simphy exercised
•Jiev uiiijuestionahle right, \e \Tere prepared, in
orchtr t o *; reach substantial good, to waive “the
formal considerations which your constitutional
cruplcs*might haje ]uc\cnted yeftt from eft
tan ding. We c.-tnu* liciA*. therefore, expecting
to be received as yoo Tlid receive and per- f
fcctlycontent with that entire'.willingness, of
wlffcii you assured us® to submit any propose
tiou to*Congrc.ss, ftvhicfi we tuight have to make
upon the suhjoct*of the independence of thft
State. * That willingness was ample recognition
of thp Condition of public iffairs which rcutler~
ed our presence *ncccssary. In this ptisfrtiftn,
howev(y,!t is ouiiduty, both ft) the State which
we represent and .to ourselves, k> c<*rect seve
ral important niiscoceptißns of our letter, into
which you hav*e fallen. ® • 0
¥ou say “if was njy'earuest dcsi#e that sut-li
ji dispJsitiovr should he made of the whole sub
ject by Congress, who ;?lone possesses power,
tp pift;vent*the inauguration of a© civil war be
tween the parties in regard pj'tSe possession of j
the Femoral lorts in the harbor of Charleston J
;t*id 1 therefore deeply rqgrct that, in O your
opinion, ‘the'events of. the last twenty-four
htuirs render this impossible.’ ” * Weexnscssed
no such opinion, and tlift which you
sioy of a most important part sentence, j
we did say was : ••iiufcthe events jjf the
last twenty-four hours render such an assurance
ynpossihlc.” ®l'kicc that ••assurance” as cou
j tained in our letteft yi theentenco, anfl we are
■j prepared to repeat it. *
Again, prose.- sing to quottf oiy language, you
say: “S4ry- the autln?rities of Sflßth Carolina,
Nvkhoufi waitiyg*or ashiyg i; i r any explafla:ion w j
atul, d(*il.'tlos helieviTig, as you luA’c express-’
ed it, that the officer had acted not only with-*
out® hut against lyy orders*” tic. We Yxyress
# ed uoftjuch opinion in r<?fcrc*lice to the hyli.cf ftf
i the people of*South Canylina. # .
’*Tlie language wjiicj) you have yjuoted was
• applied solely and entirely to our agsuranee, olft
tainftd Micro, and based,.as you* wll Iftiow, upon*
>i°urpwu declaration, :y declaration, which, *af
that time, it was linfiossjhk: foV the authorities
of South f'lirulina toiiavc Ijiiown.. Bufi, wish
; out following this letter into all it* detail?, we
propose*;n to meet yhe chief j-cynts of. the*
argyment. , *
. ’ Some weeks ago the Staty of South Corolina
declared her intention, in the existing coifdi
tion of jiuhbc afthirs, to secede from* the Uni-,
, ted States. She
people to put her declarationin force. *The
convention met and passed an ordinance of sc
o r of
1 cessicyi.*. All this you* un*icipated> ana your
course of action wa thbroughly gonsiclercd.—
, In your annual message you “declared, you had*
j no right, and.would not attempt to coercq a se
| cediflg Sfatefhut that you were bouyd by your,
j cortsticutiyiial oath, and would defend* the prop
j erty of the J ,’nlted States within the borders of
1 Soufli Carolina, if.an'afteiftpt ‘.vas made to fake
it by force.
Seein?;- very early that tins question of prop
erty w;;s a very *f;iiicuh, uutl delicate quo, you
manifested a desire tosettje it without collision.
Yi*u*difl not reinfwtfe the'garrisop in har
bor of Charleston. Ycyi removed a distinguish
ed and veteran officer from the command of*
.T ort Moultrie because fie attempted to increase
his supply of ammunition. .You refused to
ftsend additional, troops to the sa°lne garrison,
when applied fop by the Officer appointed to
j succeed hfio* You jwscqpted the resignatwitf of
the oldest ayd most ehiyien't meiflher ot *your
Cabinet,* rather than allow the garrisflo to he !
strengthened. You £om pel led an officer station-j
ed ;ft Fort*Sumter to return immediately ty> the
muskets, whic.li he had taken to
arm his mt:n. Yo*i expressed, nut Jo one, but*
to manV (T the must dfttingui lied of our pub
lic characters, wit*.so testimony wiW he placed
upoß.thc record, whenever it is necessary, yoTtr
o anxiety* for a peaceful terraiif&tion of Hiis* epn-.
troversv* and vour willifiigness not to disturb
the military st&tiis of the forts, if Commission-*
0 ers should be sent to the ( ioYernmvnt, whose
ciftnmuhicationS you promised to submit to
Congress. You received and* acted* on assu
rances from the highest, official authorities *of
South Carolina tlsit lfo attempt would be made
to distyirb your possession of the fsrts and
perjy'of liited States if you would not'dis
turb their existing condition Com
nflssioners had been sent,*and the ayempt to
* negotiate had failed. Y ou,took from the mem
bers of the House of a written
memorandum thaf no such httempt should be
ma B de,°“provy.led that no reinforcements shall
be sent into those forts and their relative mili
o
tar}* status*shall remain as at presort.” ft\.nd
although you attach m* force to the accqptance
’ of such a paper —although you “consider it as
nothing more in effeettlian the proyiise of high
ly honorable gentlemen,” as an obligation on
one side without a corresponding obligation on
the other, it must be remembered (if we are
rightly informed) that you were pledged, if you
ever did send reinforcements, to return it to
tliose from whom you had received it before
] you executed your resolution. •
J. You sent orders to your offieefs commanding
0 ° o°
o.
tlit'm strictly to follow a line of conduct in con
formity with suclian iynlerst;u).ding. Besides
all this, you had received ,formal_ and official
notice from the Governor of South Carolina*
that jve had been'appointed Commissioners, and*
were on our way to Washington. You knewj
the mipnecbcondkion under which we caufc;
our arrival was notified to you, and an htmr ap
pointed for an interview. We arrived in*Wash’
ington on Wednesday, at 3 o’clock, and gou
# appointed an interview with us at one the next
day. Early on that°day (Tlyirsday) the**news
was here of the movement of Major
“Anderson. That news ( was -coMimunicateck to
you immediately, and you postponed our meet
ing until half-past 2 o’clock tyi Friday, in or
cfor that you might consult ynyur Cabiact. On
Friday’e saw you, and we called uptfn .you
then to redeem your pjedge* You could not
clenv it. With the foots we have state"!, and*
O o
iiUht* face of the crowning and conclusive fact
that your Secretary at War had resigned his
seat in the Cabirtfct, upon *th.e,pußlic]y avowed
ground that tiny action of Major AndeYf<*n had
violated the pleugvtl igith of the government,
and that vnltss the pledge was “iifstantly rc
•Jeeyicd he was dishonored, denial was impossi- !
ble.. ° . * .
You do not deny ft.now, to es
cape JVom its obligations on t4e ground?: Ist,
That wo ternyn:ed all negotjatioi* by demand
ing, as a preliminary, the? ‘withdrawal of t!*e
l nite'd Spates troops from the,fkybor of Char
leston: 2d, tlfb authorities oi-South Car-*
olina, instead of asking expluifation, and givrtig
*you*the opportunity to vindicate yourself, took
possession <Jf‘ other” property* of* ,thß United
States. We \fi!l examine both. •
In the first place, we deny pcsitivefy that we
have anw way, made any such demand.
Our letter is in your posses.siVji;it w.ll stand Ijy
on record. In it wfl inform you* of the ob
jects of our mission.* We say that it woulfl
have been” our duty io hav assured you of our
reclines* to Commence negotiations,.with the
eiost earnest desire to settle all questions i>e
tween t?s amicably ahd to our mutual advantage,
but that events had rendered that a*sgurance inu*
possible. We st.fteil tlic events, find we said
fliat, .until soyjc satisfactory, explanation of
tliesc events vis given us.we could not proceed,
and thtffi, having made thi*s request for explan
i atiolj, we added, “Am}, in conclusion, we would
urge upon you the immediate withdrawal of
ihe troops fromfthc lyirbor of Charleston!* Un
der present they arc a standing
menace which renders negotiation iifipossible,”
*N:c. “Under present cireuftistances !’* AN hut
cirey instancesl* Why, clearly the oeeftnation
of Fort “Sumter aifU the dismantling ot Fort
Moultrie by Major .\nderson, in the face ?>f
your pledges; a ltd without cxplanatifoi or prac*
lical disavowid. ‘And there is nothing in the
letter wlacl* cotild Wave prevented yo(9 from de
clini*gto withdraw the truifps and offering the
restoration of the status to” which you were
pi (id ged, if such had .been “.your desife. It*
•would have been vtiser and bettet, iihour <yffn
ion, to withdrawn the troops-; and this ops
inion weurged upon you, but- we “demanded 1
nothing but su*h an explanation o*f’*the events*
’of the last twenty-foyr hoifrs as \fovJd rcstiye
our confidence jn the spirit w'tii which tf?e ne
gotiations should be condftctecl. . .
. Id relatTan to this withdrawal o£ fjie .troops
from- tli£ harbetf, we afe compelled, however,* to
noticeonc passagerof jour letter. Itefcrring to
it you .“Say,.“This I cannot do. Sncli an idea
wufc never “thought of by. me in possible
cpntinghney. No alkisimi fo*it had ever been ;
made in any communication between myself
and uy layman being.’’- .
* In reply-to tliis statement we arc compelled
>to say it,that your conversation r\iith us left upon j
oir minds tlie distinct impression that yftu |
“did seriously contemplate the withdrawal ofo
the troops from Charleston harbor. “Afid in
support of tlys impression we.would add, that
have the positive assurance of gpntlemen of
the highest possible public* reputation and
most unsullied integrity—men vjliose name and
> fame? secured- by long-service and patriotic
achievements, place their testimony beyond
cavil— suggestions had been* tyade*
and urged upon you by thCjn, and* had formed
the subject of more than one earnest -discussion*
“with you. -Anti it was this knowledge that
inducedms .to .urge “upon you a policy whicli
had? to refcommend it, its own wisdom and tlie
\wdght of sucli authority. * . .
• As to the sccoi l point, that {lie authorities
1 of Sgutli Carolina, instead of asking explana
tions and giving you the %pportunity vindi
cate yourself, took of other property
“of tlie United States., w*- wo did observ.e fiifst,
tliat even if th : s v i it Joes not avafl you
lor defense, for tjie opportunity for. decision
. was afforded you tefore these facts occurred. —
We arrived in Washington otf Wednesday.—
The nev.s*frijm Major Am!o?son reached here
earf)’ on ’l'hursday,*and was immefliutely eon
iftunicatcd to you. All that day men of tiie
-highest consideration —men v.?io half tstrhen
tuacesjjfully t) lift you to greaft officeV—
wlip had® been *yoyr tried ami “true* friends
through the troubles ftf vour adnfinistration,
sought you, and entreated vi?i to aet-*-toyict at
• o ©
once.
. “They told you tlyit every hour complicated
.vour position, They only you* to give
t*h(i assurance that if the fatits were so—that if
tlie commander had acted without and agaflist
your orders,.and iw violation of. your pledges
—that you would restore the” status you had
pledged yoiy honor to mainrtain. dfourefused
to decide.- Your Secretary of War, —your
immediate and. proper adviser ui tliis whole
matter —waited afixiously for your decision un
til he feit that deHiJ - was becoming dishonor.
More than twelve hours passed, and tfto
Cabinet* meetings had adjourned, before ycfti
knew what the authorities of South Carolina
hacf done, and prooi]*t decision at any
moment? of that time woukHiave “avoided the
“subspqijent But k - you had
’ known, the acts of 6 the “authorities of. South
Carolina* should that have prevented keeping
your faith? was the condition of things?
For th<p last sixty days you Jiave. had iif
Charleston harbor not force enough to hold the
forts against an equal enemjg Two of them
were empty; ons; of those.too, the most im
! portant in the harbor. It coul.d hav°e been
I taken-any o time. ®\ou ouglib to k now better
•duuj, any mgu that it would have been taken
*° °
but for the efforts of those who put their trust
in your homtr. 0
were tlyeatenod lte Fort
, commencing in. a. demonstration .essentially
. warlike, supported 15y regular reinforcements,
j and terminating im defeat or \dc*toi v. And all
tliis witiiout the slightest provocation; for*
aiqong the many things which.vou have said,
there is one thipgf you cannot say —you Imve
waited anxiously for news from the seat of war,
id liopes** hat .delay would fumisli some excuse
for this precipitation • . *
Sumter (ypoeiijly, tlf? pcyple were •vitli diffi’
culty restrained from securing, without blood,
the possession of this important fortress. After
many and reiterated assurances given on your
behalf, v*i'.ich We cannot* believe unauthorizcil,
they detemnim l to fbrbcar, and in good faith.
, sent oy thefr (.Vimmissionevs to \vih*
you. . ’fhty infant? uno harm; \?T*hed vou yo
ill. They thought of*you kindly; believed you
true; at nil were wiHiiyg.as‘far as wasconsistent.
with duty, to sparayoy unnecessary ayd hostile
collision. Sctfreete- had their
left, than Major Ai*der?yn wage>? wr. Nu
otiicr words will describe lift action. *
i “It w#s no^ a peaceful* change fro®i one fort
to-ayiother; it wasyi l^ostilo # act in the highest i
sense, and only justified in the prepuce of # a
superior enemy and in imminent peril. “He
abandoned his position, spikefl his burned
his..gun carriages, made .preparations for the
destruction.of'his post, a*J withdrew uiqjer
of the night to a safer position. This
•was War. No man you Id liavg believed (\\itjiout
; your Sssurance) that any officer, could have
taken such a step,“•‘not only v. ithout orders,
* but agaiiftt oidcrs.” What the St*te did was
in simple self-defence; for this act, with all its
! attending circumstances, > was as much war as*
firing .a volley; and, war being thus begun,
uirtil tlie’c commencing it explained their action
| fuirl disavoved their iutentiSn,Where was
room for delay, and even a# this moment, while
we are writing, it is more than prdbabje from
tiib tenor of your letter, tluft reinforcement?are
hurrying into the conflict, so that when the first*
•j gun shall be.fired, there will have been on your
■ jiart o?ie contiguous Consistent series of actions
But this “tangible evidence of a desiry to
j proceed to a hostile* act on the* part of the
: authorities otj SoWth Carolina,” which is the
j only ju Jilkyitlon of Alaj.j** Andevsonfyiffi a ref
i fpreyd to admit “has not yet been alleged.”*—
But you 1 ijive decided. Wou have resolved to
hold by force what u have obtained by our
misplaced confidence, and, # by*refusing to dis'*
avo.w the action of -Ylyjor Andcrsory have con
verted his Violation of order“iftto a legitimate
act of your Executive authority*,
. ne the issyc, what it may, of this ?ve are ?s
----sur *d, that* if FtJrt Moultrie tias been recorded
o •
in history as a mom or ml of Carolina galhui.try,-’
; Fort Sunfter will live iipon the ucc(M(d*ng
1 p?ig(? as au iyiyei'isliable testimony ollCarolj.uf s
_ faith. ; .
By your cotfrse you have-probably rendered
* civil ivar inevitable. Bc-it so. *Tf you chdbse
to* force tnis issue jip.on us tlie. State of Sauth
Carolina will accept it, ams rclyiiig upon Him
* who is the God of Justice as wtil as # the(?od of
lliwtf*” will
which lies befbre her, hopefully,* Sratdy aifd
thoroughly.^. ’ . -* . % l .. * *
Our mission being one. for negotiation aixl
peace, nd your note icgiving us without hofie,
| of a withdrawal of the troops from Fort Sum
ter, or *>f tin? restoration *f status *mto ex
isting at the time of our arrival, and intimating,
| as. we think, your determination to reinforce the.
ip the harbflr of Charjcsfbn* we re
spectfully inform you tlyit we pifrj*os<i r't:*ry
ing.toCharlfston to-in*orrinv alterißton. • .*
- 11. W. *Barj vvkll, \
J # 11. Adams, - Cotnmissioncrs.
] James L. Orr, *
To liis Excellency the President of the United
Stafes. ** . •* • •
The following was, the enJyrsciyertt- on tjie
paper; ... ,
% Ex;:ci”rt ve Mansion, f* Vcl nek.
This paper,*uft presented to the .President,
Lis of such a oiiaraefjr he declines to re
fwire it.. ._.
a \ liittlc Mcu’c mi:! n!*ii jicltrdiou noji nne! ;!ii-n.
Block JiCpuhfiatn * l oIt;/. —-M lee Jeading
Black Bcpuhlieart jyurm4s *end ‘av!’r to bi'lin-
I mensely jocular over the “secession of South
Carolina, and one of thftir correspmplents writes
-tlpit when Garjiett annoiWiccd it in tlie
llou-v iTie meiybers'on the Kepiflkigan side re-’
ceiveH the announcement a loua laugh.”
A laugh at the breaking up of a guVernmtmt
! 1 >y* the patriotism of a glorious* ancestry*
some of whose blood runs diluted through the*
- veins* of tjic.so. s9ciil< ious mocker-* Such
laughter is ftot. mirthful but ficndi.-fl. The
scorncrs :?re tlyr scorn of every*e,'We mind 1 *
Tim-a bode we-bull from the Columbia Himes
of yesterday. . * •
“A laug’q at the breaking up of a govern
ment feuilt. by the patriotism of • glorious ay’
cestry 1” “Such a laugh fiendish! 0 And* this
has been uttered in the very mid * of Southern
shouts and oxultjtion,°the booming of caiymn,
bonfires. and- illuminations, l£cuu*c of tlsx
breaking up wf ‘the same and i?
has Jjecn [ *Uis4iedt>y a j tress tlfe Miol# ener
gies of which liSve been directed to that end —
•j jiress whose editors-have delighted to°reproach
any to its as even anti
patriotic—a press wliosg cry,has keen “peace
able secession,” and upoij its first fruits whose
‘A&iee is for v?ar !
-We fully cßneur that a laugh <*ver f-ugh a
result; is u sacribgicvs woe/.?///,”, that such
sco*ners are the scorn of svei*y noble njud.—
Col. Enqifirly. * •
Economy of Anisin*.*
ilow beautifully does the law of proportion
run through all the handi-works of God! The
things most useful, we everywhere “find the
most common, lltnv cheap -is steam, that
■ mighty ageucy! It is -but water, the most
plentiful material given to,man. Suppose cur
” iron mines were'exchanged for gold mines ;
and vice could tliousanda -of precious
’ metals cgmpensate the world “for the loss of
“iron*?. What could mak§ good the loss man-
Jyiud would suffer were our immense and uncx o
plored field.? of coal to he changed into dia*
moods ? We can eat‘ bread without butter,
but butter without bread jvould bt p a .very poor
diet. —Studies of Batic/c. . *
° °
# B
\ # TER.’l,Ttt O dollars, (
( 0 lii Advnncr. )
o •
o V* oiurii of lilt* giouth.
• This is # tho # titlo of a beautiful volume, in
fended not tarty to a gift botjc for the ap- e
proacliing holidays, but *1 standard work Tor all
tiling. * It is suchgi book as we sluaild li*ke to *
find upon the centre tables of every household •
throughout the land —a work notoo costly for
general ti-e, perhaps, provided it be carefully
haitdled, and tregitPd with that courtesy and
courtly deference which would be so cordially
accorded to the lovely ladies themselves, whose
* brief biographies are enshrined within its pa*
go**. Such a glorigui galSxy of beauty, intel
leet and worth lias seldom before been gather- ,
ed one volume, and nev*v, Tt least 411 this *
country, been awarded such an elegant typo*
graphical dress. *Thc volume may *well be
K mufti ‘‘sumptuous,” jind the fair Jady, Mary
’ Forrest,rtvllo culled from the gardens of the
fc'ortith tliesi- magnolia flowers, “acacia blossoms#
anrl orange im*ri 0 ‘ the curSial thanks not*
a onlyfrof all Southcrn # damcs am? lasses, big of
ail true knights a\*d ladies our
country. Prominent among the thirtv-tive “wo
men distinguished in literature,” whose names
| arc cti^Jbalined in this volume we lind Madame
l.c Vert, whose portrait, not any v ay flattered,
bower, firsf attiUcts attention on opening the .
jolumc. Bix tlicr Tnydlectual gild well-known
face%shino forth, !tke bright particular stars,
here and th.cre through tb.e voUime—they®are @
those of Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs.® Johnson, Miss,
Mclntosh, Mrs. French, Mrs. Terluftic and
’ Evans. The names of those who have
contributed cither in pros£ poetry, to the
litcwturc of the present age, and by
* birth br # residence, can claim to belong to the
Southern sisterhood, included in this elegant
work ;tre, Oofcivia AValton Irte Vert of Alaba
# 111a. Caroline Gilman of South Carolina, Caro
line Howard of South Carolina, Ann Cftra
Ritchie of Virginia, Catherine A. Warfield of
Kentucky, Elrtapor Percy* ol*, Mississippi,
Alaria J. Mclntosh of G*e*rgia, Almira Lincoln
Phelps of Marylaftd, Marion llarland of Vir
ginia, Emma D. E. N. # Soutl?worth of Airgin*
ia, Rosa Jortmson oi‘ Kentucky, Otiro-
UnefLce llgitz of Georgia, Sally Rochester
Ford of Tgmpielrty, Suspn -\rcher Talley of
A Ugiiflu, Augusta J. Evans of Alabama, Jane
T. H. Cross of Kentucky, Mary SIF liana
Shiujl!cr # of Kentucky, Ann Elysa Dupuy of
I Louisiana, L. Virginia French of*Tennessee,
Amelia R. AVelUy of Kentucky, Kate A. Du„
Hose of Soutk Crol?iia, Lizfie Petis of A ir
gim;#,* Sallie Ada Reedy of South® Carolina,
Mary fh*Bryn pf Georg in, Ann Pcyfe* Pen
nies of Louisiana# Annie R. Rlount of Geor
gia, Louise S. MctVrtP of Carolihsf, Ala
ay Elizabeth Tce**of Souili Carolina, Georgia*
na A. of#Maryland, Mary J. AVin
die of DcTnvare, CarriS R. Sinchiir of Georgia,
.• J.4IC T. ?\ orthingtonV* A’irginia, Essie*B.
•Clieesboro of CavViV-a, Rachel Jacobus
yf Alabama, and Amelia U. S. Gjiilton ofiA’cn-.
| nesscc. - JJonm J,aun al, * .*
• ~ @ ®
©f # Pelizii— -!*•<■ ulas*rilios of ihc* C'ity.
0 Tlj e tiews of fhcwcwptuie of Y’ckin Py’ <he al
liesim[ arts additional interests to the peculiar*
,pities of that city. A letter from tbe ,%eat of
war, in tfce Moniteur de l’Amice? stales that. ■
Pekin is built in the foigp of a # polygon, its
, Nbrrtiern a parallelogram, and
its AoutK rft portion a square. It is surrouftd-*
i ed I** a turreted wall, with towers at short in*
“* terra Is ) oittpidc of tlys wall is * deep ditch,
and beyond.thisrtenclosure is a circle of
as densepfittpled, as busy and as compact as
is Pekin itself. The capitol of F’hbyu consists
°j in fact, of tws cities, the Nor tip or # lmp6rial ci
*ty, and the South <*ity. „ The former is called
the city .of • the latter the city of the*
j Chinese. They aft’ separated by 1 turreted
wall, and communicate only by*three gates,*of
which the middle one is reserved exclusively,
•forthe Emperor. I’he Tartgrcity contains the
J*palacc of flic “801*0!’ Heaven,” (the Emperor,)
• nlass of buildings of every size and®shade,
pavilions, pagodas and tardens, equally exten
sive and indescribable, which, it is said,
a mtuith to go once over.
• The population of J’ekin and its suburbs
exceeds t\ .ft millions, sixteen gates coiyinu
nicatj betweeiy the suburbs and the two cities
within the,\val!s; oiy side of the gate is
a’partj; of act policemen. Tho
■ prfnc"n*al # streets, especially iu the Northern
portion, are wide and handsome, but the great
er paip of Loth tl% towns consists of narrow,
dirty, oroide I lanes, rendered yet mope disa*
* giTical/le by fit numcrouf hucksters, traders
and cookshops Ostablisffcd on the narrow pave*-
meflts. o • .
’ *j he Qhinese are* fond #f and
*.Rckin contains many s exhibitions of puppets,
learned animals, dancers and esnjuror®, giving
t'my town the asptet of o an inunenae fair. It al*
so contrttin.s numerous pagodas®built of porce
-1
mourgcrtl by point: and roofs. As for the carriag-.
cs oi, tl;e#P( kin grandees, they aVt described as
resembling “boxestif set upon wheels,”
ynd by oxen harnessed 111 the roughest
pos.-ible faHiion. Pekin contains notlynganal
agous to Phe handsome public buildings which
D aorn the* Capitols of Even the Im
design, and is, like all Chinese erections, *a
rucre shapeless agglomeratidfl of walls and
roftfs.o • • . 0
_ •_ —
A telegraphic dispatch wasyeccived by Alay.
or blacbeth, oti Thursday,•from J. AV.
oAdderbold, of Macon Ga., placing his command
of sixty-ijvfi men # at the service of South Caro
lina. Alida lev.’ minutes after a similar ftffer
was made from* the same place by Lieut. A\ r ?
• 11. Ross, who ftnder.s the service o! fifty men
•of the Floyd Company.
> “The despatches were scnt # toGov. Pickens.
Amfstill later in theoday another chivalrioj
offer came from Alacon. i. I'ifzgerald, Cap
tain of the Bibb Cavalry, placed his corps at ‘
# the call of Gov. Pickens. 0 ••
j ?At intervals during the day similar rfoblc
tenders of services were received from the vol
unteer soldiery of our sister States. Amon'g
these numerous proffers of assistance, we would
mention the hearty dispatches from Captain
li. M. Lamar and 11. AftSiuith, of Macon, Ga.,
and fVoll?the Southern Guards, of Columbus,
Ga., through their President, F. AAF Hilliard.
I This last mentioned company numbers six hun-
I died men. —Macon Telegrtiph. •
NO. .40.