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_ Ail excellent Saddle llofte is for sale at our .taU<— j
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Imwi well, #lao, in ran 0 g mg ud ipiited. As
jlAttipliafle lj®rd, keMqr ks purchased <4l twjr ftm. !
Apply to the o 0 Eflivojt.
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II WOLKK A have removed tlioir Sto<!?of*
floods 1” t’h'’ Si..* recently dffv ii F’ flayer’
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, vkentbej wilWw glad to sec thtif friend and eusto
men. • •H. WOLFF A 880..
Jan. 9, 1861.
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• aTunce our last issue events MifVe followed list
upon one another-*-indeed, ahnost ‘every ijav
givom birtfolo Some eVent<&f <?reflt iiflpdr->
to the Arilerifcan people, if not te all the
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Civilized world. There are now four States out
of thel : nion, Sdhtli CarAyrth, Florida, Alabama
.and Mississippi, and Georgia is assembled In 4
jconvflntion to decide Jier own fate. *\Yhet that,
’decision will be has already been anticipated—
nevertheless we do not beligve she will boas
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precipitate as some of her sister States,•as’thercv,
is po necessity for so great haste. will J
view the whjde gruunj, ascertain the*’injure of
her relations’ the l’edctal Govftrnfnent, ?,
traverse the argument oft tPie subjects of dis
pute, and having nafjow?d the wise down to
tlg>true issucspaiul Gilding the North inimical
W her rights, and .privileges, duly impressed
ijith the vital importance *of her action, will
take he coursd with that dignity and ficmikcss.
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’ which’has always charactemtSd her motcuientS.
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Wf copfess we do <ot now sea what sh(v coulu
gain by remaining longer in o the Fnion since
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the precipiMncy of those,States already ftut of
the WliUm, has'deprived the South of h.er ma
jority in Congress, and surrendered, not only
Congress, but the whole subject of dispute in
tejhe bands of the Blagk Republicans. . The
South’, now, therefore, hfls nothing further to
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’ hpe frtmi that sou rep, if jndeed f sue (or those
.acting for her) tfcsire'd a ray of hope kn; the
1 *hion from any quarter. We fyelie # ve it was
their deliberate intentisrv, and#greatest dcsu*c
to cut off tlmt hope, lest the cßffipulties should
b settled and tjie Unioa'preserved, and it lias
most effectually bceh done, e The Union is no
and we n*ust now look to some other Con- 0
fede'rajioTi*fbr .future safety, or rely .upon the
puny strength, oV Statft Sovereignty.lT up # op.
the latter, ft w easy to wiM*soon be the
condition of the whole country. Before these
States entered into tlw first Confederation, they
were in° consfant'(fuarrels one with another,
adopting*'retaliatory cripnling this
trade and cftntmcrct? of eatffi otlic? to such an
extent, that the two leading Southern States,,
camfto very near bringing teheir dispute io.a
Woody issue. 3’he° same state°of affairs will
soon return If thejstafes are left standing sep’
.arate, upon their own sovereignty, and this ad
monishes to hasten with all possible dispatch
toforin anew Confederacy, *a!s .sorm fls the old
has been ilestiwyed”. Tljese States cannot exist’
.singly fora single ccrftu’ry, but would soon find
themselves consolidated ‘and many of them
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merged into others underthc ruse of ambitious !
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.The obi Union hft'ving been it is
tiniQ now begintbc wvik of reconstruction.
There must be.a nuclews formed sonlc^yhere
around Which the seceding States maY° rally,
and the cotton States should form that nut lens
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’ as early s possible ii\ order to iudqce the eo-..
operation of the border States.* .Respectability <
nb/oad as w<cll as ‘Strength and sajety at Tiouie,
.imperatively demands our earliest possible con
sideration of this subject, after*the dcstrucSicm 1
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WIIAT IX Till-: WAK VK WSf *
. This question.is a%kcd us almost every hour in*
thb day? in connection witji another as to our
opinion of the prospect of war ynder the cir
cumstances. The items of w;y will be fottiyd
elsewhere irv tlus jssue. . The other Question
avo will<Mideavor to answer accofdijig to the
t lights before us. .Whi.le there appoints to be
nckliftpe for .the Union, aw sec at present very
little.indication of a Federal decent*, upon” 4hc
Suiith. Mr. ebstcr said peaceable secession
Avas futt'fly ynj>oss>b/> ,” 0 and we sc°e that, thb
sjpiny®sentiment was uttered
ard, the great leader of. Black , Republicanism,
if! a/ew days age; but it *does not
follow that Avar fiuist come icith recession.— ”
1 This Avar must begin under the authorftv of
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sovereignty, if the be true to lffcr
felf, for yie reason th:yt the F h ral Grvern
eneut will never haye the’powTr to .make war
*upoiPthe unless Southern States dttere
to the Union. If all the Southern States with
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dnftv the Government is at an enj, ;yid as all of
theni are colmnitted against coercion, the first
blow struck by the Federal .Government against
a seeeeding Stale, will drtve the entfre
from the Union, and force thefli. to assume a
hostile aftitiuft 9 . This Avould at ence destroy
o pot only the means ftf making Federal war, but
the very object A?hich the war Avas declar
, ed, namely ; the praervatt+m 0 of if inion |
M ithout a working quorum Congress could not
declare Avar, could not receive volunteers, or
raise troops by any other means, and to com’
nience a war under the limited authority of Che
•Administration, without the pywer of drawing
upon the Treasury for funds to dffray expen- 0
ses would be quite ridiculous. The Govcyi-.
me.ntVi uld be efieetually devolved®—and ties
the authority at Washingtbfi ceased, where
would be the power to war? It couid
come only from a JState, or combination, of
States of the Nor|h, after the spcuijingnf much
o time among themselves’ perhaps.; ad jus (jug
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their 0 ire, and forming a Northern (‘on’ ;
tederacy—and by that time the } ■ pb of the
•North .awjuM want to know \vhat they were gl.
ing to wot for. . It could not be for jhe Union,
for that will already have been lost — not for a
re-construction of tlfe Govefnment. for that
would be an absurdity. What aboliA
■ 0 Weaj pn head that would be equal*
°ly abeurd, even ift the minds of JSorthem men. :
Nos being able then to discover any cdsr fur
Mr, Ve ore ready .to b'elicA e tliat 4 a reaction
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*vill take place amongthe Northern people just
.Jiere, that will sink the Black RegublSeau par
ty, so deep under reproach and Misgrace that it’
shall nevcr'be abjc to recover. Itls this reac>
tiun tlye ReF>ublicans*now apprehend th.at they*
determine upon Coercion. They see*that they.
; lmve let loose a.afreajn ’they etDQot d*un up— .l
Phey see that the L nion is dissolved, a *ntas
trojdie they did not conten;plate in all ‘their
mad £anatickm, and that nott, qpt being *able
to prevent it, they willing to risk coercioil,
as a means of safing the *Union, rethe'r than
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1 ftncoqnter the storm of reaction which awaits
them upttfi the faifure of either or both. The
only danger, therefore, Phreatening * the South
at present from the spasmodic efforts* of
Black Republicans tia save themselves ia the
crisis. Mlir upon the Si?uth is, with tlicm k tfie I
b'-st of theis°two # onlv alternatives, and .they
i.will inaugurate it But they'will
la; Ajithout a navy except*such Federal ship?
a.xlhey may he able and Avithout .the
assistance of a Pejfulaf soldiery, except sach as
may strangle into their ranks fTom the exploded
Federal atlny? Every Southern State °fn such
an event will have*possession of all the Forts,
Arsenals, Ac., within her bdUnds, luid. having’
ample time for preparation, will He as .ready
to repel as Northern State* to inv'ade. •
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HEATII OF AIRS. F\A.AV,T:,VAAS.
.The death thts estynable lady occiyiTed on
last (lutli in*t.) at her r*s*i
denee in* ‘1 l*oma.*villc, after an illness of seve
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weeks. .“Aunt fanny,” as .she tailed
by eveTy body, Avas belovgd by all avlio knew
her.’ Though far advanced in years,oshe t?n
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joyed vigorous health to withiir a few Avccks of
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her death, .always exuberance of spiiit, .and
Avhat was more, Avhat injecd made her “Aunt
Fanil}',” the .eves, coaslant’overflowing kind
ness of Jier good heart toward all who
came around her.* Sh 6 was an excmjTlary metn-
Iter of the Baptist .Church formany years, and
expired in its faith. We could write many
good flfings.o? excedlejit ItvAy, but Ave leave
alf thosc*cxamp!es of her goodness, piety, Ac.,
to.be entiincsatcd.in her obituary.. •• ‘• •
.TllNu'tPAL KI-EOTIfIX.
• Tfie election on §pturdsy last*fof Mayor and
Aldermen of the toAvn'of Thomasville, resulted
iu the election of A. P. Wriglit, Esq., Mayor;
John 11*. divans, F. II. * RemiTi gton, JuluiA. J
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liane, Jafnes H? Hayes, 11. Id. • Toolce,* and
Sheldon Swift, Altlcrmen. * o
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was ouganized on Monday TaSt,
and elected IV. t\ Hubcrt.Clerk and Treasurer
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and JSmes A. McLendon Marshal. *
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Vo i tov px Kixti.
.•AVe take’pleasure in announcing Phat Air. Q.
S. Goldriet, ons of the agents of this popular
work, is now >ll Thomasville for the purpose of
; delivering tjtc work to‘those fqr
!it in this section. It is a voluftie that should
be in every library of the South,'and carefully
by GA'firy member of the family*
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JSrg“ our land ° advertisement in another
column, good bargains offered —lands lor nc
groes or .money. “ .
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. . •TO IJEMAIJJ EA IX
• Those who have taken Ihe Entkkprisf.,advertised,ou
had ioh work done at I he office, j nd who have not settled
their accounts, expeett*! now to settle immediately
It is now the beginning o&a*new year,•when ire are ex o
peeted to pay up what- we owe, and how slaill we
it’ we are not paid bv thos.w’bo owe Us? If anv who
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tire paper fail or Refuse to remit isl :i short
* tone , they need not I\pV-nrjttised to find that it lias been
discontinued and their stills eiudMsfd to them through the
p -tfllfiee. Those subscribers who reside at a distance,
and many of whom hav? not paid for the last two years,
some of them three, will all Uc treated tit’te.this manner.
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Some have a I read* been cut otf, and we slufll continue to
do so until we have no delinquents left. If yoft fail to
> receive yitur papers, therefore, \t tlutf.failure temiiyl
1 you tluß ytt have not paid the old st ore. If you* \;yit •
| the paper you ‘tight to pay prompt It’ once a year, and if
Von Ito Mo£*want it, and are iiyeeeipt of tit
1 [tay up without delay and have it stopped. Such a eV>ur’<.
will ltaje you a good reputation wit it the print tr. as Well
M everybody else, ami get you a good word from
and them when **ou become a candidate for .lliee an?
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nvjitnmony. o p o 0
• We are very far from meaning any of these remarks
for that little host wlto.luPve so genetsujsly kept theirparse
strings untied for oVlr benefit, or for tiose to whom the
, paper is sent through courtesy Every one who read*
them will know by hi * receipt, or his conscience, whether
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the cap lito him or not.
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Yes, I tin sitting in tlus lonely bower, • • *•*
AVhere years ago 1 <net />■*■ st this hour; ’*
rbe® it was summer atjd the birds warbled lit re, o
Ajas! now ‘tis winb-rand no voice is near.
1 ot ol'l. sad and cheerless. I gag ■ upon the scene.
And all t.cse tbißg>*ar- sad as they seefli. 0
l*o tbiW.syuijiathize with me and febl iny woe.
And do the*, know m net bere long years ago f
Itidthey hear that voice low warbling through the glen,
And when it thrilled my heart did they hear it then J
l>id they Oee that form, that face, those eves ot*lire,
And did they hear beattuie tluff mournful lvre ‘?• .
.If so. 1 know they are aad —md and mourning— .
Sad for tl* 1 loved and lost —for the heart still groaning.
Long years have passed since I met*hy l*r this frrc, 9
And where first she pledged gentle heart td me—
Ah! that kind old tree by time has satferigl too,
1 For its vines are dead bloomed forme amfyou.
•The sbn amlet its little nmfiing mill,
Has ceased to arannnr, tSid its voice ti*w is*still.
The.swee* flo\oeringShrubs w .vplamed OnVts bank,
Os sorrow and decay the lull flap hath drank. •• .
i The littleftlain and tahfe where she rdttd, *
AVith its broken gluss and flowers, all hav o tied.
1 Nothing now remains to tell Ate Joyoaa tale
Once whispered in tiebreexe of this lonely vale.
not at! hath th J— it eonnot h,** • 0
F'nr there still rears its head that same stout old free.
Though ndstwigp leafless from the winter’s fgost,
When mid rammer reigned its branshefl proudly tossed.
1 t emblem of nyhetui, a long, lung farew ell!
• For at last we must part and hjeakftliis sad spell.
Continue thou to mark the place where we met.
o AT.a on to glory rise thqjigh my san'be mL
Once more, then. adien—l cannftt, must not dwell
I o the® I say, what I said to her— Faretfi,U ‘
January lOiIST,!. ; AVanoekEK.
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el'rl o aii(l Barrnfk* ni IVnsacala Taken.
.p Pensacola, Jan.° 13.—The Fort, Barracks,;
Y“ard near this city, were taken at!
lutß" 0 past one o'clock yesterday afternoon by;
and Florida troops
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Alai ia,Ja*. & —The Carolina Com miss*
ioner addro.-ed ihe convention to lav. 1 >is-
I atebes were received by the Governor from
yir-inia, Elooida and Mississippi. The com
mittee on bu.-i.ness Air the convention determin
ed on a ‘secret sw.don. The Governor has
sent troops to take Pensacola, sow defended by
1 •8- Tro pe.° ,
M uippi, Jan.* i . —The Convention met and
’ a committee of fifteen appointed to report se
cession resolutions.
Farida, Jan. 8?- —The convention ofj this
State Has adopted resolutions hostile to Lin-®
coin’s Administration. The Commissioner from*!
South Carolina addressed the convention.
Tnwintii it gislaturs, Jan. H . —The Senate
passed a series iff anti-coercion resolutions. A
committee was also appointed to consider the
subject of calling a State convention.
Tenm-sxir f Jan. S. — l\e Governororecom
mnends tlfat tjie calling of a State® convention
be left to the people. 0 •
Leavenworth, h. J. Jan.S. —Two companies
of States Artillery left here for Balti
more *tjiis morning* o
Harrisburg, Fa., Jan. B.—Edgar £owan, a
moderate K(.’publican, was elected Cnitcd States
Senator from Pennsylvania to-day, in pitied of
Wm. Biglej - resigned®
A orth Carolina, .Jan. li. —w-1 1 *is reported
that Gov. Ellis Iris sent troops to take Fott Ma
con, at Beaufort, the Ports at iluiingtou and,
the l. 8. Ar.-enal, aVFayetville. We do not’
think this is true. “ ° ®
° ••• LATER FROM *A?,AISA^IA°
The'coiiventiqji adopted the. following pre
amble and * *
M hereas, the only bond ©f union between
the several States, is the Constitution of the
L nited States; and whereas, that Constitution
has been violated*by a majority of tin? northern
•States in tlieir separate legislative action, de
nying to.the* yieoplq of .the soutlicrn Slates
i their constitutional rights; and wdiereas, a sec-*
tiona! party known as the* Black Republican
party has, in the recent election elected’ Abra
hanf Lincoln to the office of President and Han
nibal llamlin ato the office of Yicc-PresitienVof,
these l nited Sfates, uponthc avowed*principle
that the Constitutioif of the United States.does
ot recognize property in anti that the
Government should prevent its extension into
the common territories of the United States^
• nd’that the power*of the Government should
be so exercised that slavery*should in tfme fie
exterminated, therefore hq it *
Unsolved} by the people of Alabama in con
vention assembled, that the .State of Abibanrtr
wtil not ®stibmit to the. Administration of Lilt
coin “yid FLynlin as President ami ice-Presi
dent of these 1 ’nittid. Stated, upon the principle*
refiirreck to itfthe foregoing preamble. °
JS’ W Orleans, Jan.i . — Mexican advices say*
• that, Miraiyon was* completely routed on the
22d by ?hc Constitutioiialists* The ,*Constitu
tional army occupied thq Capitol during Christ#
mas. Puebla had capitulated. Juarez* was to
g& to the capitol dn the od iimt., and it Ivas ter-®
minafed a£ the city of 3lo,\ico. ° “ c * ,
Lcitvcnworth, Jaif. 8 7 —All the available
force.here —two companies of light artillery--
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paring to.drtivc for Fori 3lcllcnry, in Mary
land. • ° .
Jackson , Jin i. —Tliy G overpor lms order
ed the artiHery to prepare ball cartridges. * 1
The delegates to the coifvetion are unani-.
mous for secession.
Baltimore, Jan. 7^—A company of the
Eighth Infantry has just arrived in Or lisle
Barracks. . * ® . ®
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.y.’ ir York , .Inn. 7. —3Liyo& WcrjJ’s* mess-j*
age presented to Council tq,-night, necominends
the secessiftft of the city of New York fritin
th*e State, and the formation of a free ®cit^d —
• He was not prepared, however* to recommend
violent measures therefor. u * , o
.* Charleston , Jan. 9—*The steamship Star of
the West arrived anti attempted to land her
r(enforcements for ‘3l aj* Anuer.-efli Hi is morn
ing. The patteries on .3lorris’ Island fired on
her souk* ten shots, when ghe retired? Fort
Suiftter ditj not fire a gun. *
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° Florida---niicr.of Srffnnioii!
We, the people**of the State of Florida in coti
veytion assembled, do solemnly mrdajn, pub
lish clare, • * * *
Tleit the Staje of°Florida hereby withdraws*
herself®from the Confederacy of States exist
ingsumlcr the® ame*of the ‘United Stares 8f
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America,* jntr from die existing Government of
the ssiitj States; and that all political connection
between her and the Government of said States
ought to be, and the same.is hereby totally an
nulled*, and said Y'tion of States dissolved; and;
the State of Flotida is hereby* declared * a Sov-*
creign and Independent nation; and that all,
heretoj,bre.adopted, in so far as they
create,or l’ccognize saitl® Union, are rescinded;
andyrll lyws or part&of lSws jkjjforcc in this
State, in so far as tpey recognized # or assent to
said Union, be and they are Hereby repealed.
Several resolutions were offered’ fls to the time
when the ordiyance slioifld take effect —one
I proposing to await the action of Alabama and
Georgia, tyid “another proposition ta W:°y t until
thy 18th inst., but they \}’cre all rejected and
further action deferred until to-murrow.
i.’ a •• Tiiursuav, Jan* 10th, 18G1.
The ordinance was passed to-day by a vote
of 02 to 7. It will.bcbsyirned t*~morro^.°
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ChifrlfMton IVfws,
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I Charleston, Jan. 12.—Every tlting is quiet
here t#-day. The Broeklyiy was in <be o offing <
this mtiruing, but,.after takifig a look at the
harbor, started northeast. * There w r as a report
here* this evening, wjjicli created considerable
eucitenumt, that the Brooklyn had returned,
‘which proves jt?) be the “Nashville, windy 8 says
she saw the Brooklyn fo' - ty miles* out, sff Cajrc
Roman, goin£ east. . ®* •
It is*stated tiiat the aulitoritics of South Car
olina made*a formal demand for the surrender
of FortpSumter yesterday. liesulf net trans*
pised.
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°f® silt anihip Star of liar Wi kI ftl
• A'.tc York, Jan. 12.—The steamship*Staj of
the Wcysf arrived here last night, bringing back*
t® Governor’s Island®the troops winch she took
to reinforce Fort Sumter. . *•
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l r o—CHMaou ol Federal Propa-rly at Nt. Loaaix.
&t. Louis, J/o.,*Jan. 11.—By oyder of Gen.
£cott, a detachment of° United States troops
took possession of the Sub itydfsury, IVstoffice
and Custom House. 0 °
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Seizure of Louiiaiaaaa Fort*, 8
A etc Orleans, La., Jan. 11.—Forts Jackson
and Si- Fhilips, (.n the river, and
Fort Pike, at jhc entrance of Lake Poncliatrain
have'been seized’ by volunteer companies from
this city, and arc now in their possession. °No ;
resistance was offered. o
The Arsenal at Baton Rouge is also in pos
session of the State troops. <> •
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IYashi.no ton, Jan. <C‘, 2 o’cloch, P. 3J.— b
The.Charkston*Bwi this morning,
created the most iyten.-e excitement here. The
intelligence wris communicated to the Presi
: dent and to Gen. Scott aftej midnight. Orders
w i re An mediately telegraphed to garrison eve
ry fort in New York harbor more fully.
It is understood here, upon Reliable informa- ,
tion and authority, that the steamer Star of thy;
West ),iad orders ff driven out of the Harbor of
‘Charleston, to wait outsideßintil Joined by the
Brooklyn? when both would again proceed intiy
the harbor, the Brooklyn to (lefend other
•steamer and her supplies #
Washington, 4 o’clock I*. 11.—The Missis
sippi and Florida delegations in “thy l Federal
Congress have decided not to retire from their
seats until after*reeeived official nuticib of the 1
.secession <*t their rssp&ctive from the
Federal Union. * .
Great indignation is expressed oil aU hand®
against th£ President for ordering the move
ments of the UnitedoFtafts troops. All the
•NorthenioScnators and •Representatives have
rdecided to denounce him with bitterness onthe e
first opportunity. . * 0 ° •
Senator Slidell, of has just dc- :
nounced the President on the floor of the Sen
ate form ebnymitting a gross violatioi of the
Constitution in appointing Holt ay*Sccfeta
ry of 3Var. # .®
Sgliator Davis^.of 3lississippi, afterwards
.made ;t specreh, in which lie haydlPd the l'resi
dent pretty .severely. He made a proposition
“t(? the efleet that Congress should •imlncdifltely 8
demand °the instantaneous withdrawal°of tJie
garrison from Fort Sumter, and °give the as
surances to till “the Southern Slytes tba.t°.no
force be used against them. This hcry
•garded as the only means of avoiding .civyl
War. . ® .
It is currently rumoref in knowing circles
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that Secretary Thompson’s resignation Ims not
been accepted; al*o, that the intelligence that
the steamer Brooklyn had been *r(lcred to in
tercept the Star of the West “may or may not
be trite., • * . 8 .
Mr. Clay, of Ajabama, Chairman of the Com
mittee tin® Commerce, has nut yet called the
Committee*together for the, c*)ns*dCratioi\ of
.Mchityrc’s pomiftation as Cbllcctdr for Charles-*:
ton. 8 *
It is now conceded that General Ilix, the
York Postmaster, “will succeed Secretary
Thompson jn tltcvTuteryir Bepartmcrtt.
Mr. ®l*iumbull, of Illinois, declared in the
Senate to-day *thaf lie* would vofisent to cote for
the restoration of the old 3lisaouri Compromise
line, but would not'sirpport the Crittenden pro
position to ifs,fullest (fx'tcut. *
ft is Itfclieved tluit Air. Seward, in his sjieedi*
lan Sturday, will advocate ®fh*i admission of
Ncv? 3lexico as a State, with her*present Con
stitution. *. .... *• •’ *
.’ Washington,'’Jart 10.—10-40 P. M.—Mr.
IJorwin, of Oliio, is now doubtful wheth
er the House Comlnittctj of Thirty-three ,wijl
report’at’all? Some yfjhtnSoutberu members
.have not attended the meetings of the Commit
tee lately. 0 ®
The Senate’s resolution* has been transmitted |
ts the President, dennyiding to know jvhydie
did not fo tlie Senate, for confirm3tion"the
nomination of 3lr. Holt, ps Secretary .of War.
Mr! Jjavm, iff 3l*ssissippi, in his speecl#>on*
1 the was terribly severe on 8 the. Presi
dent,. wjiom lie called a fefible o]d man, and
SecrctSry Holt, whom he styled a driveller.—- .
1 Ie B bade liywoll to the Senators at tlip ; ponc-lu- ;
sion ef his speech miyirtg lip and they* must!
part to meet there n*i more. He fbuves for
3fissi ssippi in a few days. .
“Tltb 3lissjpsippk Delegation have rccffivccPof
fieial dispatehes of the Recession of that Sttrtp,
but it f.-s not certayr whetlier they will withdraw
till they get.an authentic *iotification by mail.
Yice-President .Breckinridge, jecomuiends.
Kentucky to call a StHe Convention Imiiiedi-,
ately. , * * . .• *
Washington, Jan. 8 U- —W ttic* House to-’
day, 31 r. Loyejoy, of Illinois, offered a resolu
tion to nlake Gen. Scott Y'ommander-ift-chi&f i
of Arifiy and Navy of the Federal Govern
ment, with (lower to guard tin? interests of thc ‘
Republic, and see that it suffices no detriment. !
The the resolution was objected j
to, and the Chair ruled it out of oillt*\ Many
of the Southern members pried out °to the
Speaker, ‘‘Oh ! no! set us’ b.f all vncalls
have?a vote upon it, that, we may sec how nir
we#ire*to liytving a mifitary despotism!” The
Miovemcnt\)f 31r. Lovejoy was discountenanced
by all persons, irrespective ofjsarty or prtfblivJ*
ities. *
. It is expected that cx-Sefl-ctafy Thompson
wilL jfftbli.-ji a card to-morrow, endorsed by
Judge Black, setting f<Jrth’tl?at neither of therti*
was cognizant of the t>rder to send troops to
’Charleston harCor, and that 4h I’resident Is
.solely responsible for that act, and exonerating |
even
Senlitor Harkli declared in a
speech to-d.fy before Senate, tliat*the Rofubli
can.party. was not disposed to yield one inch
unfit after the inauguration of as Pres
ident of the .United States.
A select Committee has been’ appointed on.
treason, and will me°et to-morryW’ for orgrftriza-’
tion. °* * . •
8 Washmythn, Jarw 12.—1n the Senate 3L-.
in his great speech, said fllflt there
could not be such a tning asyieaceable secession. t
lie®.advoSated the rejfeal bf the fiber- ,
ty o bill,.antl said that the Constitution diould
never be so £fltared o as t give to Congress th® :
power to.abolish slavery in States. The Terri
torial question shofild be settled by admitting !
all the Territories as States, and Kansas with ;
the Wyandotte constitution, and that laws 1
sbouV). he enacted tm tfie invasion.of
one Sj.at?! by another B ad that there skould be j
two l’fteiflc Railroads, one Nortlftrn and one
Sbuthern .* . 8 *.* * # * (
° *In o the House the Mississippi members o pro- !
sented their letter of withdrawal. The navy*
bill jvas up. Air. PrytJT wanted to strike oift
’four million dollars for pay of officers ai\J men;
an?l he said th o at he yvould sink the navy rather
thirl? it should he employed, his coun
trymeß. lie (Pryor) .that the imbecilo,
Administration was controlled by an aspiring
soldief, and warned Yirginia against impending
tyrauny.* o .“ ° 8 . 8 . .
—4 -- re re- -■ - ■
Gen. <Beo°tt lias gained Antire control ovar the
policy of the Administration. President Bu
chanan afl’ecte great surprise at <he idea tliaf
the batteries in Charleston harbor should have?
opined fire upon the Star o£ the West.
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Virginia liegislaturr. 0
, Richmond, Jun. 12.—The House passed the
convention bill, with amendments to refty its
action relative to secession back to the people.
No action was taken by the Senate. ° *
There tfas increased excitement ut°the capi
tol to-day. . o ® °
o
Alnbnuiai werrfrd iVnni tin- I'nion—The Orli
iiiyirr of Seemion.
Montgomery, Jan. 11. —'I he following is
°the Ordinance of Secession reported and adopt
ed in Convention to dfj: •
An Ordinance to dissolve the union between
the State of Alabama and the other States un- |
der the eoinpaet styled the * United States *of
America: • 0
M the election of Abraham “Ifincoln
and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of l’resi- \
dent and Vice Prestdept of the l inte l State;.-?
of America, by a sectional party avowedly hos- j
tile to the domestic iifttitutions, peace, and “se
curity of the people of tlw State of Alabama, ;
following upon the heels of many and dipiger
ops.infractions of* the Constitution of the l 13-
tod Stately many’ol rfi,e States and peoplg of I
o the iiorflurn section, jsa political of so
insulting and menacing a character as to justi
fy. tl*e. people 8f the State of Alabama iq
adopting prompt and decided measures fuf their
tiVture peace and security. c . •
Therefore, be it tjjtclarcd and yrdained hy
tlie peojile of tke State of Alabama, in Con
vention assejublccl, that the State of* Alaba
ma now withdraws, and is hereby withdrawn
fro* the Union, known as the Initial States of,
1 America, nucbheucefortlj ewtses to he one of
the United States,Aitid and, of*ight, ought
to be a sovereign St;fte? 0
0 Sec. if. Arfd be it further declared ;flid or
dained by the people of Alabama in Cun tui
tion assembled, that the power the territo-”
ry ofi said Sfatefaud* oter.flie°people thereof,
heretofore delegated to the*Govern?nent ofotlie
Uoited States of America, be ai\jl they are<
vyth([fawn ljrom said fjovernmeut, and
arcd\preby*resumed and vested in glut peoplg
of Alabama. 0 Aiuf, as it is the desire and*pur
pose.of the people Alabama to meet the
slaveholding States of the South who approve
such purpose, in order.to frame and devise a
permanent government ifpori the principles of
the government of tire UnitcdVitatef^
. Be *t„also resolved I .by the. people of 4 \laJ;* |
ma in .Convention assembled, that the people of
, the States of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
! North.Carolimq South Carolina, Geurgip? Fieri- 1
da, Mississippi* Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,,
Tennessee* Kentucky and .Missouri be and they
arts hereby inyjtcd to meet the people*of Ala-
I bama by their delegations in Convention* on
the fourth (4th) day of February next, at (
Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, ibr tin?
purpose of consultation with each as to
the mos£ effectual mode of secuVitig conocrtcd
amt harmonious action in whatever measures
may be"*decmed most desirable for the common
j peace and security* . •
And.be it further resolved, thst pic 1
dent of thi% Convention be hereby instructed
tq, transmit forthwith igcopy .of tjic • ibregping
preamble,"ordinance and lesolutioift to the < Ij>-
vernors of thej’sevepal States fiamcd,in the sai l
resolutions. • .
Done.by th£ people of Alabama in Cpnv®n
tion, assembled at Montgomery, “this, eleventh
(lUh°) day of January, eighteen lufndrecl airfl
- ( 18(51*.) . 8 .** *
Till? prcirfnMe* ordinance and resolutions were
adopted fey*aygs 01, nays 40. .* . •
• After the adoption of the ordinance tin® ball
was opened to visiters, and splpndid llag.vms
presented by the ladies of Alabama, and eon®
v£yed to the President’s sttfnd, when it was for
’ pjesentea to <<llo Convention through
Mr. Wrn. L. Yancpy in a handsome and patri
otic address. •
Mr. 1-jn ith *of o Tuscali#isa, followed in a fecl
| ing reference to the stars aiuUstripcs, aiMfnvo
ked a blessing on the new flag..
A 1 phew? Baker, of. Barbjufr, rctitfticd the
thanks.of the (.’miventimi to the [adii*< in, tdo
quent tetnis. •
The owlinancc will be ratified next Monday,
and it is bclicved'tliat. many of the. apposing,
delegates.will sign it. . 0 .
’ An immense mass meeting is now ii? session
•fn front of thc.A’apitol. ‘Distinguished co-ftpc
f ration delegates are pledging their ciTistituents,
•as a unit, to .•ustafn secession. B 8
The flag, presented by tfle ladies is now wav
ing over the Capital, nfidst bells,
l firing of cannon and intense enthusiasm?
•
P a IHr. ('i-jttrmleii’s Rrsolitlion*.
Tll Senate, dan. ♦hi, Mr. Crittenden introdu
j ccdathc following preamble as a
basis of s£fetl£Hient 0 •
Whereas, Th;- Union is in dafiger, and s it m
difficult, if not impossible, iftr Congress to coif
cur byThj requisite majority so as to cnabto it
to tak# suchi measures t 8 recommend |o the
States sucb to*the Constitution as
are onegcsstiry 0 negcsstiry to avoid tfie dangejp
• Whereat, In so great oiifi emergency, the
I opinion and jUdgment qf tli£ people qpgdit to
be “lieard. Therefore,
I* iiesoli •/, provisions be maife by law
without for taking the sense of the peo°-,
pic", and submitting to them the following
j resolutions: o *° ° 8
Whereas, Alarming dissensions have prison
betwimn the northern and Southern States, as
to yie right of the e commui| territory of the
United States, and.it*is eminently desirous*and <
*prope that the discussions he settled by con
. siitutional provisions uvhich giye equal j notice
to all scctittfis, and fhorebylrestore peac?.
•.Resolved, That by the Senate and irousc # of
“Representatives #hc folltf\jing article tfc pro
“posed and submitftd as aif anfelidiient to the
Constitution, which shall be as part of the
Constitutitin, when ratified by the conventions
of three-fourths f the people of the States.
first —ln all the territories now or°hereaftcr
acqufred°U>yrtb of latitude 46° oW, slavery, or
| involuntary servitude, except for the
mentof crime,is prohibited; while in “all the
1 territory Soujth of that latitu;l&>sla\g;ry is here
by recognized as existing, and shall not be in
terfered with by CongrCss, # but shall Tie""pro
tected as property |jy all departufents o[ terri
’torml Government during it.s.contipuanqp. All
the territory North or South of sSid.line, with
in such boundaries as Congress fliay prescribe *
‘when it contains £ population necessary ibr a
member of Congress, with a republican form of
government, shall be admitted int* the Union
on an equality with the original States, with or
slavery, as the Constitution of the
“Statg shall prescribe.
is<eoni( Congress shaldffive ono piowcr to
, abolish slavery ?n the States permitting slavery.
• Third —CongresS “shall Have no power to
abolish slavery in the district of Columbia
while it exists in A irgiuia and Maryland, or
either;*nor shall Cqpgress at any time prohibit
the oflic<;?s of tho o governmcnt or members of
Congress, whose duties require them to live in
the District of.Columbia, bringing slaves there
and holding them as such. 0
# Fourth —Congress shall have, no power to
hinder the transportation of slaves from one
State to another, whether by land, navigable
river or sea.
Fisth —Congress shall have power by law to
pay any owner who shall apply the full value for
a fugitive slave"in all cases when the Marshal ,
is prevented from discharging h* duty by force .
or rescue made after arrest. In all such
the owner shall have power to sue the gounty
in which such violence ;r rescue was made >
. and the county shall have the right to sue t ■<
individuals who committed the wrong m the
1 same manned: as the owner (jpuld sue. ®
further amemlnient or amend ‘
, menta shall effect preceding articles, aifd •.
Congress shall never hffve 0 power to enterfero
with"slavery in tht* .States where it i* now per-^
! mitted. ® *
Mr Oittenden said something must be done.
It Wo ald be aft open shame to the government
if ruin be°allowed the
The sacrifice to he •niade was® comparatively
worthless. The p;aee # and tfomfort of a great
country vfcre never puretiascd so cheajdy. He
would Appeal with confidence to the people. •
.They have the greatest interest in the Govern
* nu jht. lie lnul confidence The people
would give cood advice. 0 0
9 9
From tin • Charleston Courier.
Tin- Arrival mill Bcpi'rlnre of of the
Wr.l—The \ •"’irt‘,l inlo—l'nil E*arli-U' r ’
iwoA the most reliable authority,
•nesses yf the affair, wc arc .Enabled to lay be
fore oui*reader* the following accounbof i?:
| ° About siv u *l a half •o’clock, Air *
tfie steamer Gen’l Clinch, Capt. Relyea, having
discovered the* approach oftlfc •“ Star of the
West,’* signalled the fact to the qj?cupants of
the buttery Jatcly thrown upon the beach at
Morris’ Island. This vessel, it is known, left,
‘her wharf sometime during the evening before,
with aoguard of eightyTnen fjrom the ranks
the falmetto Guards and the lyish Volunteers.
The duty assigned them ‘Was to keep striet.
surveillance over the Jiarbor, and t* make sueii
signals a* had lieen agreed ujion the event of
ptb appro&eh of to the fortress
o iH possession* of*the Tytitcd States troops, as
well as to report the opproach oil “any vessel
that may appear iiP tlu® offing. In the early
grey of thß morning the guard lPat first des
cried the steamer heading in from tlyg sea —aiid
• with as much celerity as possible, performed.
1 the remaining part of theAifsk her.•
As soon as ‘the eyti?e cfmp on
Alorris’JLslaiid was astir. There was no need for
thy rcvillc heat to quarters. r l lie meg were
alrealty at their posts before tins orders were
given. For some minutes they Remained m
ayxious ready for wlyit every ono
believed sure to come, and that —a volley from
thc.hcavy guns of Sfimter. *
As soou, as the Star y>f the West rounded
the point, “lie took, tp what is called “Ship
Oliannel,” insidi the bai® mud proceeded
straight forward* until nftarly opposite the work
on Morris’ Islaipl.'not more* tlupi three-quar
.ters of a wiile ijoin the lottery, a*nd within ex
cellent range ot” the guns. At this position of
affairs the command w o as jiven to lire, and a
ball wa|sent*vhizzing Sthwaut Qie bows of tbo
steamer. 8 .. *
This significant hint to proved fto further
way noticed in no ytlief lA-.Tiffier by the vessel
than by displaying a large tia*; of the Federal
Union. A stjoruas the and stripes were
“rust up to the •masthead, the act 01 defiance
was n?et with a succession of heavy shots from
the fortification. The vessel.mm tmged on her
way, with increased speed, Hut one or twif shots
taking effect, she concluvjed.to advanec.no fur
ther, conclusio*n, was hastened by .t he
shots from Moultrie, tvhich, thnifgh harmless
*nd out of the steiuncr, ?tilj gave evi
dence that hotter work was on ltaml if further
attempt was in;glc to proceed. 8 9
The of.tlfe West” was* cleanly nuale.
out as the namcuof the vessel, so that there
was no mistake on this poiflt. B Fhe was pos
sesseftl of no armament. As soon as five or six,
< shotjj had been*Jircd upon her from Morris/
Island, ancHas many more from, Aloußrie, it
was.cvideift that snenvould lower her colors to
Jialf •mast. She veered almut so as to avoid
any furthci®messengers of this kinds funn the
fißi tilications, which, with 011 cor two morg dis
‘ charges, finally ceased, *
T lie damage done tlieosteame.r was very tri
fling, only two <Jf about shots—all
that was fired—took effect upon her. One
struck the vessel tlie forward part of tin*
bo*, tin’ other amidships, ifti the a icinity of flic
wheel-house. Ao idea of the extent of dam
age ilone eriuld he ascertained, indeed it could
hot have been known whether she had h;eu
struck at all Had it ih* been lbr tfie heavy, dull
st?und, and subsequent crash, always accompa
nying flic ball that “makes its mark” in % iia--
val engagement. At all events she could not
have been badly injured or disabled, for even
while the firing continual jhc rounded to and
started off seaward? As soon asCthis intentituii
jvas f-pown all firing was instantly suspended.
\\Jtile tdio engagement lasted, no demonstra
” tion whatever made by the # command in
possession of* the frowning fortress—Sumter—.
except the opening of th* port-tfoles and run
ning ‘Ait of the guqs which bear upon Morris’.
Island aifd Moultrie. . 3lajor Anderson, how
ever, prudently forlforc to fire* and no doifbt
experienced great Relief when saw the ves-.
scl sthayiing out of the harbor. .
O w e- O
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Tin- Toi-llltian .
• “The Charleston •Vcregry appeals to Florida
at qnce possession of the Tortugas Fort,
lifts fott is ttic key of the Gulf. 1? commands
perfectly all the approaches to a naval rendez--
vous..affording deep water, easy access tind a
secure aneflorage, at a point where the Gulf is
but about £ixty miles wide; and a Of
•war steamers with such a retreat open to them
*t any moment wb.cn hard pressed, abso
lutely block up tins highway of* trades to
emy. Ihe fort is garrisoned ouc company
and though yet in an unfinished cdlidition, is
ojie of* the strongest firtifications in the world.
When completed it will be unrivalled even by
the famous
a steamer left Fernandina, East Florida, some
time last week, to make an attempt at surprise,
but if* they do not cifteli thg garrison fiappitg,
nothing ivill come <?f e the expedition.* It is of
vast importance to the South to be in possession
of that fort. o Our yesterday, stated
that the steamship Whitney, of Boston, had
been chartered to conveytroops and munitions#
to the Tortugas Fort.— Macon Telegraph.
•The Washington Constitution newspaper pu*
blishes a letter from Vice President
ridge to the Goxcrnor of Kentucky, urgim”- un-*
ion among the Southern States as *thc°ouly
hope of escape from civil war.
~
4he dandy is the sum total of coats, • hits/
\ests, boors, etc. His destiny is bound up in
bioadcloth and fine linen. llis worth can only
be estimated by the yard, cloth measure. Wq
aic puzzled to tell whether be is a female gen-.
tleman or a male lady. P
I lie eye of the butterfly consists of
‘ each as perfect us the human eye.