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\va u: \\ \h: war:
■ Sumter has be&n taken Thu first has taw n
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fall of Snmpter will have upon the ardor of the Abolition
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listening oat for mu h a hots I ■ f fanatic chagrin aad dia- I
il Ido ‘ yjtlit to the wailing deni
l ■ .• ■ Tr 1 ] ~- u.ti. S..ml. inn.
* state of preparation for invading the
lion t . rise and arm <■ mmu tj !
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unrolling the naliiiaof the District
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he strictly guarded, and andfis the fear*manifested by
the Cabinet, that we exp< el *n. >n to l.c-ar thaf
theoci’ v has been evaeoafbd and the Abolition governs
nio'-;::: ■ ’ -!:i very Ten thousand men
■ <1 to be oi arms in Virginia for the purpose o#
V gt< n, and wr may, therefore, l#ok for an :
other fight With Lincoln,• from, dtiother quarter. That ■
will he Virginia’s . i* ■* ■ States hiAe nothing to do
■with it, as she has n failed t join .our government*aad
owgwar is*to he deft tut • . in£t< , i fa* .1 *-?;••. AH we
,tiiti- r■ • 1 .• , . tit..- uic ..; ;.vu • s< il and
leSve u> to guide oar own bark.* °
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foolish attempt to bind a free people—do rollout an (
Oh witling preci] itat ! the 1 tte of%he P.mi*-
.try. and we ?ire in the midst of w*r. All eyes are now
twrmc Fort Pidti ns at lth< n< xt breeze from the
(Ms of Mexico may briiflr the tidings of a bloody coo
|lict in the bay of IVnsaeola. • °
The Lincoln u vernmctit has three *r f-ur tlgiusamf
men in the Gulf, and if edheentrated at r •“
Relieved, will placb that fort in a stale of defence w
®wt make fin agmnU by the Considerate forces terrible J
in tin- extreme. As'e hope it may he as bloodless as that,
of Sumter, but .. - giyunda forihe basis of each ex
pectauoo. * •
• Some have believed that the taking qf StMtr Would
be the end of the war. I * it is clear that those who are
> t“i easily flatten and have not w< :! considered the elements
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i\t work in 11 1 - c"ni!ry. ;mi h li.jve sot tin* alrcadv
tusbidcti! wateS of politirt : stjJQ often violent motion.
•The*taking of Somter wHI tdl .tl e wicked elements
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ot the North, and ufvide.that sei tion into, two great
distance parties—called the*peaee and r parties—wfiich
J will contend for the ttfcendi ■ , v. uhe gained by
the war party. Then every effort \\ : !J he inadb* and mad
U!usic*!n will pot ft rth all its Strengthligaipfr the*Coq
federate states, and we 11 \ ;t- \\ ..1 bu ru;ylv, t'P.
or later, wc slfttH** ha\A: t® meeta great“annj*from th*
Abolition States .No great empire ever pieCes
without aedetyerale struggle., • .
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NCifBDFi.T; or tiir \ si. trriV’A
It.A it, ISO AM.
By reference to thtfjSelledule of rood, to
be fouiyi in our advertising columns, it will he
i seen tfiat tlio regular arrivals departures of
the traisis on Ihig commence*at Thom
taville 9 (Xo. Id ion a<vl asst r this.dav fWednes
<fay, JJprel ltth.) -'lr. -Vaylor, (Conductor on
the first pasfeng r tv.uti tj’is depot, arrived
.here yesterday, ami left fur. Savannah at 12
o’clock night, (schedule time.) Sfr. N;ts
lor gave the school girls a
day evening, and they tjent on their way re
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joicmg. iind ti? remember his kindness. This,
, the first train,lso brought cftie of the first balls
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fired* from l>rt 4?unftcr, a J2-pour:dor. wjigh
atriick the floating battery., # rose j n the air
was picked up by a citizen of Savannah. I
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the general rejoicing ami Enthusiasm
upon the reception of*the . news of the capture
of Fort Sumtor, the •Thofbasvfflle, Uclftcknee
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Light Infantry. Cad a sdute.of three rounds
on Monday °niglit, iu l;oncJ- of the gratifying
rbsult. • *
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* AVe have publish; 1< -day aIl # Tvc cotfld c-'.til
er from the war, TnJif readers are
ift# satisfied ffvith that, just let them w*iituntii
Jicxt week and they shall have rtiorg.*
• . MHO ARK rju:v. J * .
• There arv some bad boys about town,
■wJo amuse themselves by .throwing stones at
glass wihdovs, gnTl we have noticed*, that no
’sqpner does*any house become vacant.tlutn these
boys begin their depredations by shattering the
°glas? lights. .Now w*e have heard the names,
of some of them, and Jhe next case brought to
our notice qT Tv ill publish their names that t4ie
pußlic may know <Vho it is raising children for
iße* gallows* or penitentiary. Some verv re*
selectable parents tasty have occasion to throw
up in holy horror ypon seeing the
, of then - “ji.'-ituisinj tom announced in
paper as cnmittal*, .detected .in tmaKciout I
, ynOchief. •'NVwani thorn in* tirnej
tht they mav avoid the necessity also f
f*g damages.* • 1
> BTRAHGE AKBIVAfi. (1
Mr.. Johnson has •arrived. \\ hbr® lie came
from .we know not, nor for port he is
1 hojindr—certainly not dor Vhe seat efVar'as a ll
•the provisions are needled there tha.t can be ae- j
cumulated. But he has arrived—for jve saw
him at-the ddjpot on o Monday. Eyes* yellow,
bfown. gray or green, we don't know which— i
“complexion decidedly long, \
• an ’ ean aTK ‘ - I ■■•* ti y—appetite Voracious, I
snuffing the sweeUavorys from otar-cheeks ‘
sunken— ey, protruding—bead like ft hand
„Vr°_ Jelt tilat I lace—afterwards hoard
a - r. Johnson was a wonderful man—could
eat up all creation —ate. at every house he
came to, and every thi \eftfre him; wit&-
out the slightest indication of being’filled, in
creasing his rotundity, or abating the ardor of
his digestive organa, . Nobody ever charges
lam for his visits, for so fon*d offer company
are all who make his acquaintance, that they
immediately set the table, throw open the
smoke house, uncover the dairy, and. prepare
all th< ./ unct, that he may eat, liVe and leave.
It is said that lie plays “sweep stakes” in that
line wherever he goes.. He may be .in town
note and hear us talking abotft him,” but we
. hope not.
NO* MORE WATTED. 0
P We are requested to state, (a] 0
that the t nh r* t f sen iefi, by the Volunteer
Com] 3nie: ol Georgia, far e xceeds the demand
i for troops to Fort Pickens or elsewhere, and
! that until a furtln-r requisition is ma le hv the
ntivc. it i.’ d< -iu 1 ti.it the several Volun
napanif s n&m in commiasion, and those
gentl men who kindly offer to form additional
companies for the puljic service, will decline
sins ir.claigis for employment, as ndne
•can t>- fifi irded above th force now .
and ready lor the field. We are warranted
in the o| inion that 10,0*>0 volunteers could he
rendezvoused in Maeon, for fictive'duty, iu lew
than, twenty • days. While .this evidence is
gratifying to the Executive, and will nofjbe for,
gotten ou future occasions, it has been deemed
necessary to make this] ibliostat ft for the
mformation'of parties concerned. 0
Ihe above, frgm the Milledgeville South rn
• A l ’ in 1:cb: s that the warfike spirit of
our people is fully.arousedl iSumbers 0 everv
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where are prepared to flocji to the defence of
the country and only await from head
quarters. Over two hundred volunteer crunpa
nics gre organized withyi the State, and at least
i ne-balT of these were organized upon .the
war si.'tasatii n, and many of them*sinee the s
eessiofl of the State. °We see *a list of them
going tTie rounds of the and estimated
.in t: o aggregate Iw ssuie of ohr cojempnraries.
i to suns up .between A o and twelve thousand
soldiers for Georgia al me. Georgia has alrea*
dy |Vrnishedtwo thousand men to ®the Federal
anjy frpcyf the reqtaisifion* of President Paris,
wg -oe.it publiohed that he lrs askefi three
thousand more, wjbickam have an dmjbt will
bewelnom # ncwj to those Companies rflid appli#
1 cants ab"ve allutk'd to by.tjie Recorder. O P’
we lose a vietory°it will not be ftir c the want of
soldie:?i, an'kall we need to place ourselves up
on a footing Lincoln’s Government, is°a
navy *f tw%ntyjfive or fhirty®good>Ktps of war.
‘.Then'wc could defv them to attempt rp block l ’
ade sis our ports, or reinforce aliv Foat.within
the limits of Cuff dominion. AN hv are we not
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making preparatiojis*ta.cnrry the war into “Af
rica':” *lav we not, sine? it is not our elec
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tion that we entdrthis war, make their own
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soil drink their blood? hat shall hintler
us from “fiulitin<y in Boston hfirbor? .Fc>rrc<l*
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against o>ur will whadAnfly we not *dare ? Vc
are not afraid to ri-k s Southern flewt^cSinst
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all the pofleo id* the Old L.nion, efen in 2Vew
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Y<ftk or Gusto.i A\ e are charged i fli Vhe
*le<ign of caj turins; the Federal Capitol with*
all its archieves of lilaz k JlcpubJican usurpa
tion and corruption—and* if we are dhlioed to
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figlft them, w.e.sce.no reason why*we niav not
gave thorn /caftan for their feprs. • Besides this.
te‘*irews in forms *as that, taking advarftage of
the*dissolution of tbe.lnion, Mexico has inva
ded Texas and again laid claim t.o* that territo
ry. ?s tlie fightful property of tlif degenerate
Republic.. |Vo want ships*to “transport troops.
1111111 vi y nti\l tu vj wiv ~M? V V* r. 0
Mexico.scetfls determined to ;WTord u-* oppor
tunity, to annex more slavg S.tjtes. to our Con
federacy. and she is accordingly paving the wqiy
fur our npeedy acqui.sitiun ot Sortjura and ('Via
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huiw;w rpain,*too, seized with a “laudable’’
di'.-lre to extend her* crmqncsto, and relying
upon our distracted condition, to insure “her
“trampling the “.\onroc Doctrine”
under her lift* lias taken pasgeftsfon of St.
1 l)oKii?ig(j. In addition to these we hoar
als<J, that France arid Fnglantl, taking* advan
tage of and having .nO Ipnger
the Pear f the 1 i*f-d States <>f“Anori et” .
before their eyes, have despatched a fleet to d.'-
tninecr over the prostrated f-owcifc *>f the* Wes
tern Continenf, and look out for a’good chance
for n “tftt/illf> pnj-t ftmrnt.'’ These things wa>
must 10-’k tb,*m<i it is absolutely necessary that
tfe should build a fleet with as little delay as
| possible. There is’ work* before ns, end* we
sh*ll io.-e our prestige if we lis idh - .** Cotton <
will never protect us from ttys aggressions of
these mercenary enemies, as supposed by some
of. the over confident? • * *
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Mrs..\T. T* leavers has • just returned
Charleston, wl*re she purchased $ nCw supply
of fiiie goods for the ladies and having rcceiv
cd them at her new stand on the corner form
erly Vcanpied* by Pi*. S. S. solicits the
consideration of the ladies, and invites them to
call and examine* her new stock while* yet
‘fresh. . *
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. Till - It All, it<lll> 1)1 W K It.
Elsewhere we publish the replw of Frejicjent
‘Spreven to our Mayor, inviting*the “President*
tftid Stockholders of the Atlantic & Calf Rail*
Ivoad to a dinrter t *be given in ce'lcbraiidn of
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the Arrival of the ears at ThbmJtsviUe. The
*cbrrc'#f.'Otiden<*e explain? itsvlf the reasons
offered by the President, fully justifies them in
declining tlm invitation.
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.Xp further arrangements sass - the dinner will
be.madi}.. . •„**.* .
. • CONTROVERSY. .
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• The following, from an exchange, is so time
that we have extreted it for the be a e fit of those
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in our sofn neighborhood who, thinking them
selves* controversialists, engage everybody in ar*
gument, contest their principles andgain the vic
tory by impatience, intolerance, audacity and
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impertinence rather thaf by reason :
“We have been looking over a iarge number
of controversial pamphlets'and articles lately,
‘and Ve find that not one controversialist In five
has sense enough, or good nature enough. <or
even art enough, to treat his opponents with
•respect. Here is a flamfng political pamphlet, i
which the author must have written, one would
think., fur the purpose*of bringing his readvrs .
over 4) his opinion. But he assumes from the
r beginning- to. the end of his performance,..that
every man in the wprldowhe does not, agree
with him on the subject in dispute, is cither a
fool or a villain, lie d<Jes not merely assume
this: he declares it twenty .times. He never
I speaks of his.Uppone'nts without calling them
I insulting names. Ihe p>ampjtlot convinces no
body, of course; it merely “excites animosity
and contempt. Yet there is enough truth in.
the production to change many minds, if that
; truth were wielded by a man of tact and wood
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WAII DECIjAKEO,
Our authorities yesterday evening received
not ee From Lincoln's Gorertfment, ditmioA a
special messenger from Washington, that au ef
fort would be made to supply Fort Sumter with
[ revisions and that, it’ ibis was , /. no
attempt wifi be made to reinforce it with men.
i hi.- message comes simultaneously With a
which w u infers md is now ofl’our bar waiting®
for .daylight and tide to make the effort t! t
ene4.
This item i- from the
week ago. Tbc vessels, it seems, n uff
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tli s Charles too haras gsppwed by the Mercury
an3 later news will fnform the reader wh t ; . *?
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or not they have i eep there at* all. The strand
feature of.the item is, the acknowl dged in
ti ntioDion the part if the Ufac In Goveri nisnt
to throw* the responsibility of (he war upon
the Southerp Confederacy. *And °to mislead
Tutuve* history, they foolishly think it i.-sutif
ci .nt to declare that* their mi--,on to (Charles
ton harbor is peaceably, to “pifi4i\iou” Fort
Sumter if “permitted,” without further demon
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stratio.’i of hostilities inthatqua*ti r. Xhe tiiqe
will never come, wbeTi the in.-iduous
ttiles of men will become to* pat. nt, to att. mot
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Ito deceive the historian. Our libraries arejull
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of books narrating stich hypocrital attempts, on
the part of dcmagogacs, tyrants and usurpew, 1
and y<g, faithful to® posterity* history has re
i pealed to us all their fqjiy, coTruption and
crimes. It has,.entihletl us to imferstanS their
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flsotives iu durance, and convirt theun of the
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crimes, ere they pass from the tlfcfttre of jts en
actment. We bnve already # takon our position
be lore# the civilized worU, and vlo not ieaT tli£
integrity of history.** The impartial historian •
, will acquit us*of all willingness to imbue out,
lyind* in the Adood I‘our fellow n,
and convince the world thaj. w£*only df fen led
our liberty, our country uifil our homes. That
we earm*?tly .protested agiii/ist this unnatural
war, and framed them ift advance, their
perseverance iy transgressing our fights would
dn.ve us from the Union,hml “force us to take !
Mnanns*in self-dcfewc. If Lincoln"sends a
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fleet to Charleston harbdr, the declaration of
will be his uofours, and he must take the*
consequences. . . o
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BEIII-W EEIiI.V 1 IMS.
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This is the litje anew pa[*e* published in
Tallahassee, Fla., by Mr. fhanias J. Uarefoof*]
formerly of the Sentinel. The first issue.*>f j
his paper promises* well,® and with the wolf
known energy and abilities of # Mr. 11areboot to
conduct if, the readers of the >S’< mi- Ilf •%/
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\> ics, will havt; rio reason to edmplain. Hi
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paper is to be entirely independent of all par
•tie* aiul°will be devoted fe feyne inter* s:.s.- -
Success to it.'sclever proprietor.
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• . TSI 12 WAR IfEOit. . ,
• Scftic of our excuangesthink the v.wr h:P
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1 egutl and arc busily eftgaged.in prr pari , ;r*thc
putmc miiia cii ito tmoious pro-*’ • u*o>n. —
ihe Subjoined article waV surtrmed up by tty
Savannah R<publicdn a the b f *’ evidence* of
the policy at last adopted by Lincoln, myler
the pressure of* Black Republican® hostility to
the South. o Oar readers Van judge from more re
'ccnt events, how fat it is to bcvrlitd upon and
prepare the # m j elv£s accordingly. If the r;r*ha'*
actually begun, or if tire .war policy has ;posi
•tivcly’bcen* .adopted )\y Liyc In. it become?'us j
as* people Vhivn* interests arc identical, an 1
whose love ’of freedom and indeffeodttncc.afe
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tlft? sSme, to/licet it like men, repel Lu ce by*j
korce, and firmly *loing onrVJm 7 ’ < 7, *y trn-.t in
Jbc God (A ’ the free, the* gonclou's and *tlie
brave, to rivo us the victory.
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We have nothing to fear if we .hut do :3ur
duty to our God, our country, and ourselves.* —
’ Five miliiont of people accustomed to tree
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worn, cjnnot be conqugrod, Jlnd we feed tdnt,
noticing short, ot* utter exferm ‘nation wf* the
white race in these Confederate States,*c*ui or
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cr restore them to the o?d oUnion. We have
formed a new Government We have put/mr
lwnds # to the flow and we cannot look back—
wc cannot go back, if we would,?,without hu-’
miliation and disgrace, and wcodo not believe 1
there is a true man in the South, understand
ing bur position, who'desires it. Tdie Southern
Confederacy must and wjll b? defended to the®
last ostsemity. If ettfi never said that tha|
South was ruined for the want of defenders—
her sons are brave, and full of patriotisuf.
When tlieir qountry .is threatened they wijl
march to her relief. 0 If owe should ever ?uh- ■
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wit itVould leave upon us the stain sf e?c o r~ j
lasting ?ham?ancf transmit to our posterity the !
ignominious heritage of lasting displace.* Shall
they blash for* the ignominy of Jieir fatlfers
and be told that their ancestors \ver° v !
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and tJuy their descendants? Yet. this will be
their,reproach if we should sflfTes ourselves to e
he f >rced°back into the old Union to hear.aaain
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the burdens put upon us by the Abolitionists.
If they conquer us we will their slaves, and
that can never be. o Our fathers wgre pot slaves
nor will we eve,- be. ° We may be defeated, be
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annihitaV<t, but reduced to slavery, fever
We can die but never 0 submit to the yoke of
tyranny. This’ is the feeling, that animates the
South, that lias created a” Southern (loofedeta* ■
cy; ami it is the fdbliog that will establish it.as !
nc of the proudest and most powerful nations
on the globe. ° ° .
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°lf the war has begun, then, or whenever it
does begin, t?e are not to go into it expecting
lijhtly to’feseppe. We have before predicted
that Vi t* rs of blood, would Stone fur the ruin,
of the most glorious nation lhan ever beheld.—
Our saerfd honor, our whole fortunes arid our j
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Jives, by our acts, are pledged to maintain our
cause, and we ape already in the condition of,
those patriots of the Revolution, when they
signed the Declaration of Independence. We j
100, have signed a Declaration of Independence j
”tind there is no escape from the consequences, i
It is victory or death. Arc there any who ;
at the announcement ? *if so let them
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_ forged fi ir them in
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N irthern fifes, and prepare to take seven fold j
vengeance upon whatever®foe dares iu\
’ Fi fra ,he e > moils of
Abraham Lincoln, and we, find the Sotfth ha*
been dealing with & wily . — 0
of a large naval neat to south
ern ports, which wa- intended, as almost every
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supposed, for it".,-, sh ws.a degree of du
ty at Wa . *his ry of
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the World furnishes but few examples. We arg
now*to look for ® ; ar, and that The
that has so ! ng agitate i our country
is i> b. wi}:*d .uu in bl. . 8
Besides these positive demonstrations, *wd
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li at 1.i.-t. !*i? iij.i it l. > • ir..t :ll l -j,) t! at ob Ti
of the two prominent newsp iper organs of the
A liiiiiiistratiou i/i At ,v York, the J\m < yid
the* Jj'ibunt :
lu its i*ufl of Saturday the Times j ays:
“The people of .the United States will never
acknowledge the right of secqpsion, nor will
they ever conseut to u destruction of the Union
until every pb&sMt m °i°. shalf havt .• n tried
iu ciin fur fts pr< °c ati'lit. There is tug oiyi
fourth j>°rt of the people of the North and
West who would vote foj of the
Southern Confederacy i <•<•/* to avert th<. horrors
of civil war. And this is not beeauSe they
“have any love for war, or any passion ?o gratify
by waging it —birt because they know tjjial to
re*cotrnize the Southern llepublic would he to
U'ive the death-stroke all government —
wwrld be to jendeiiiia,: > -ible the maintainence
‘of any in any { art of the o Vmerican
Union. ® 0
y the South are resolved to repudiate the
obligations of the Federal brtwi, and to persist
in re-iting the authority of the tiovernaient
of the (•'uited States, th y must prepare f?r
irov. Sooner or later, wlrr Mill follow tlieij
r< jkles? act : —a#id they will fiio] themselves
Idee to face. nA witli a political jarfy, hut°with
i the great bod} of the A people, through
out the length and*breadth of the kval StatA.
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.and he Tribune of*the sayie dat says :
“In four weeks Mr. Lincoln’s Administration
| silently, quietly, without unnecessary alarm,
has *• ii-.. l*he tiovdVument from its Tlisorganiz
ied. bai krflpt state, and put it in a condition to
fa<fh ieh -ome and f gree tf a very f<>r
miilahle rebclliorf. A powerful naval and niilU
tary ♦bree sails from this {>.rt to-day. ten r
r'nrcf mil/ /irtitrrt thl nitnl States property in
tfa S nth. The Vullii# sttfanp’hi[s Atkmtic
and Baltic, and the \ an lerhilt steumpr IHinois,
have bfcn chartered, and* in company with the
trig**?■’ I‘owhatan, will soon be on rhe high
| sea*, fer.irwig ample supplies of men and ®prS
visioffs tuth point not in dan ye*'. Whether
| tli.it }><°)i it La i’ickens or ••umter, we cTtnriot at
pn sent -ay. W- }>re lict, .however, tlfit.vhe®
n bids, if thy venture to attack either i’ortv ss
“will be gt’ .it!y disappointed in their expecta
tions of an easy victory. We have reason O to
).• #■• ve that both of thee fortresses arc far
nior- 1 capable of a {Totraihc-I loi'cnse titan the
pul*! c have be n led to snypoe bv rumeu's
jin circnlatym. It may be •well, perhaps, ’to
bo;*!’ in mind tbc°i',ict tint no* ofiietal sfaternent
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of the condition of either J ! ickt*ns or Sumter
has yet been given to thc,j üblic. •
* ‘*<■ toit.Mrjr.g < rrorn U” /I . • .
IjNa-I.AMJ AM) ] n.\°r y M sj.UV Tjt^.Al*'*
v V i rflATioj. — Seertfk agents werp dcgpatch*-
; ed to Jniglan 1 an 1 I . sure by the Admiuistra
i tmn, imt/•• ha.tfdv after.ft ca* : ue into power, to
! a *cettain *be mn of those governo;ents on
| Am*ericgn afli irs, and particularly whether tliey
W! nj'*i stand ly |h< I tel Stale* iif the evesrt
‘/if*aii®anm and attempt to pufcduwn reb/diion, a/ul
• refuse to recognize tbe*SoiU}iern® Uynfederacy.
It is satd tlfat these agewts have returned,’
; .and hri*’*r the no i’;r. :"a; In repots; that both
! Lrmhn *irf# ! mnee wni -i t tie ir face- a -ainst
j* Slave Confederacy, at 1 i*i no manner recyg
|*n*ze or ns-sit ir. Jt is further said that the
delay of the itratdon to d<;clare i* j poii-
Icy has been in j .art occasioned by a desire to
j learn the/e-nlt ot tin -r niis-ions, and now that
the position of those * European powers is nn
i der-t'iod to be all that could be wished,the i
President and his Cabinet are determined to*
[•take immediate nd tig >rous measures tor the
enforcement laws, at*all hazards. ,
; . . [COMMUNICATED.] ..
As.. April 15, 18Ctf.
! £ da. o’ ■ •/ o * odd, (T7.>* Crrans Reporter :
G ent.’ : S Dies u- i you will find a letter from
; President Sereren, received this morning, jvhichl
j you willph asepublish.® The latter explains it~°j
| self, and 1 have thought it due to the Comp*-
i iiji to hand it to y<*u*for prl.Ueafion so that our
citizens pay see Ithe reasons that actuated them
’ in declining our prnffsrgl hospitalities.
Respectfully, ARTHU R P. WRIGHT.
0 ~
Ofi i.ce Atlantic k Gulf R. R. Cos. )
* • Savannah, April 13, I‘*t>l. £
| IJort. Arthur V. W right, litnyor of *Thomat^jllc*
S- 1 IJ: I haverin’ honor to acknowledge your
esteemed fpvor ol'the Uth “in c t.* tendering to
. the President,‘Directors and Stockholders* of ;
j the Atlantic t¥ Gulf railroad a dinner on tlto
arrival of the passenger Train at Thomasyille,
j or at £ueh other tome as might °be convenient. *
• 1 regret.tp say thatYhe alarming condition of
public affairs afthis time compels u? to decline ‘
•the gepefou.s hospitality of the people of Thom- |
asville. Impressed with the most Reasonable
appreheoston of a hostile invasion of. the State
at this point, wtj feel it to* fee our duty to be at!
our posts at all flufes, prepared .to meet our en-b •
*ctnies. s \.ithough syryeorely greatful for this
unexpected kindness on the parj of your eiti-*
aens, we feel that under the circumstances which
surround us. would be improper to accept them.
Heartijy congratulating you and the* peojgle i
’ of Xhomasville upon the first arrival of the Lo
comotive, and trusting that tKeir liberal*efforts ,
towards the effectuation of- the great enterprise ,
ot Southern Georgia may *be abundantly re- |
ward.ed. I remain -
j* . . A cry r< .-pectfully,
Your ob't ser'. ‘t, -
. JOHN .SCR 1 y KX,‘Presidents
o’
—— ►
Ti <o:hingt&ri, April 14.°—-Lincoln issues his
| proclamation to-morrow, calling*forth the mili-°j
t.a, which will amount in the aggregate to 75,’
000 men. „ %
| ‘I his order is made to suppress any combina- ;
tion> in the>seceded States and bo cause the
laws to be duly executed.
I The first service will probably be to retake*!
the forts and other places where property has
been seized from the Union.
He also issues a proclamation convening Con
gress on the 1 tli of July.
The war department h:i been busy to-day in
preparing the details to be communicated to
the State aftitlioritii s. 3
An ad :it zonal number of Federal trbops ar
rived tb'day bv special train.
WAR NEWS
o
fSjv-i :nl : r,-hi- to th.- s.iv;rtnaii K<':>Alioan.]
* Bombaiilmrul of Fort Sumtrr.
, A’Til 11. —The fortifications op
ened fire upon Fort Sumter at half four
o’clock, “this morning. Sumter hoisted it?;
storm sing at quarter past seven and commen
ced firin';.
Lsilrr-Suuilrr Breached.
. >; ii 12.— ■>;’" p- h. —The
conflict comracijcpifroQJ Jantes island howit
zer battery, followed to’ Fort Moultrie An
dersen received the shot and shell in silence un
til seven o’clock. 0 # o :
Up to.one i iiqone killofl on either oi
the Island batteries, which have been pfaying
Beautifully and steadily for the last twelve
hours. 0
Sumter has been breached, and •some of herd
0
1 .irl ette’guns dismantled. • ;
W*r Tntih in (hr Fi*lit. •
Two steiwneis and it frigate appeared off Mor
ris’ Island this afternoon, and firfd five guns j
at the Star nf the Y\ ost Battery. #
The’cannonading is still heavy. Fort Sum-;
tcr’s flag is still flying. *
°- o O
• Arrival of Ti ojh. c 0
“Five more companies came down from .the
interior. There are new about £,OOO men in
service, o 0 0 °
V/iarhstoT), April ft.— I The bombardment
tis Fort Sumteb still continues. #
The Floating Battflry and Battery
are operating freely. o ° °
•Fort Sumter is returning the tire. J
It is reported that three war vessels are out- j
side the bar. ®
47 tajlistofi, April 12.—7 o'clock p. *i. —
’ Raining hard. Filing nearly subsided.® The
Confederate troops behaved with admiration. —
No abatement in°th*ir o o
Montjomrry, April ft.—Seven guns were
firodfin front of the Executive dmilding to-day
in presence of the and® Cabinet. — i
Great rejoicing. o °
Three cheers wore for Gen. Beaurc- |
gard* and three for ITesidtPnt Davis. c
No filter Chrlest(?n news public. c
The Cabinet was in session all day.
e Letters f marque and reprisal will be issued
° o
jfen. Kenea* and Ben McCollouJrh propose
’that the Confederate Government 25,000
men in Washington in ten to take oLin
coin and Scott as prisoners. •
McCollough haWi ten thousand wen now in
Virginia, iyi*i"has purchased 10,000 stifnd of
anus. •
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’ • ° ©
C ‘l'rrspi’mb'xrrbi hft'ri! the M ar Department and Gen.
J{; nurppn a- Major Ah tier son i reply to Ike demand
°/<t Surrender a “
‘wnthjnHM ry, April 12.-—'The folfcwring is
the telegraphic correspondence • between the
W&r l>ep;y*mbnt and Gen. Beauregard, in
command of Charleston harlfbr, immediately !
preceding hostilities. This .correspondence
grew outs<rf*Cheformal notification of the Wash**
ifigfcon Government, discJosea in Gee. hearts
gard's first dispatch: . •
° # [■ Vr, b 1 1 , . * . * *
den. ih'cdreiirtrrVt Dttpnl'h to the Serve'fry •J ar.
. CliarJ* ston, April 8, 15(31f
To L. P..WALKBR : •
An authorized mcsserfger irorn LWicoln has
jiy?t infornfed Gov. Pickens and myself that
.wiH I'o rout to Jsu’ntor, pcaocßblj or
otherwise bf force. ,
( Signed ) .G- T. Bf.ait.egaid.
[No.fi.]
Reply the* Secretary of II moto (Ten. BaaMrcytaru.
.Montgomery, April 10, 1801. °
To Go. Bkai heoart), Charleston :
o o “
If i'm have no doubt of th* authorized char
acter of the agent who comjniviicated to you
the intention of tlie NV a-hinuOur ('overffment
.t> supply Fort Sumter by force, .yurt will “a# I
once demand its evacuation; and if this* is \;p
fused, you wfi! proceed in such mamfer as you®
may determine to reduce it. * •
•(Sign<?d( L.®l *. Walkei;.
... : [No. B.]
Gtn. Beauregard to th Set ? f War.
• * Chafleffob, April 10, 18i>l.
To L. I*. Vv aiker : . The demand will be made
to-morrofrt at 12 o’clock. • *
(Signed) • <r. .T.* Bea r:u:<; am >.
• • •
.. . rso.4.] •
• S yoj l\aC to Gen. Bean rear'd.
* Montgomery, April 10, 486f-
Gen. Beauregard, Charleston:—Unless
there arg special rea.-iogs connected with* your
it is considered properthatyou should
mak< the demand at o an caiTier hour. 0
. # (Signed). e o L b P. Walker.
| Xo. 5.1
Gen. Bt•■’in rgar/Pto tf/c Scare!aj-y of J\~nr.
° Charleston,‘April 10, 1861. .
L. P. WALKIE: —The reasons arc speefal
for 15 o'clock. • #
(Signudj o G. T. Beauregard.
o • •
0 [No. 6 1
Gen. BeauregariTto the Secretary of War*
*. ° * ° Charleston, .A*prh 11, 1861.
To L. P 4 alker :—Tire delnand was.sent
at L*
. (Signed) .U. T. Beauregard.
. I • ” .*
0 o Seer clary of II or to Gen. &cav regard. °
Montgomery, April 11, 1861.
Gex.B eay REG aRD, C harks ton Telegraph
the reply of Anderson.. •
(Signed) • • L. P. ‘WA&KEft.
[-Xo. B.]
• Oi . B->. rt gar ft to the Secretary of War.
1 o Ti. II 4\ alker :—Major Anderson re
plies: ‘T o have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your conmiunicatipn, demanding the
evacuation of (his 1-ort, and to say in reply
thereto that it is ; demand with which°l regret
thaj, my sense of honor, and of my obligation
to rfiy Government prevent hay Compliance ”
•lie adds verbally : “I will await the first shot
.if you do notbattcpus to pieces, we will be
starved out in a few days.” Answer.
(feigned) G. T. Beauregard.
[Xo. 9.]
Secretary es War to Beauregard.
* „ Montgomery, April. 11,1861.
To Gen. Beauregard f Do not desire
needlessly to bombard fort Sumter. If Alaior
Anderson will state the time at which/as* indi
cated by him, he will evacuate, and agree that
in the meantime he will not use his guns ag
ainst us unless ours should he employed again*
I ort Sumter; you arc authorized thus to avoid
the effusion of .blood. If this or its eouival
ent be refused, reduoe the Fort as your * mdg
ment decides to be the most-practicable. °
(feigned) . L. P, Walker.
(No. 10.]
Gen. Beauregard to (he Secretary of War.
Charleston, April 12, 1 SGI..
To L. T. Walker:—lie would not consent
I write to-day.
0 (Signed) G..T. Beauregard.
> n
o [No. 11.]
0 Gen. licau regard to the Secretary oj -fur.
0 % Charleston, April 12,18 GT. .
To L. r. Walkf.r : • .
\\*c opened finj at 4 o’clock, 30 minutes.
(Signed) ‘ .G. T. Ukai ukoabo.”
The shots Trom Fort Sumter are considered
ineffectual, owing to the powder which is thought
to be bad. Nearly all our shells have been
bursting about one hundred feet abovb for§
Sumter, in accordance with Beauregard s in
o °
structions. ... n *
Edmund Ruffin, Esq.,* of Virginia, fired We
first gun.from the Morris’ Island Battery.
The cannonading lasted steadily tor lilteen
hours. „ . .
Roger Pryor, Aid to* Gen. Beauregard, is
just up from Morys’ Island, and brings favora
ble reports.
• More troops are expected to-morrow. 9
Note. —Intercepted dispatches disclose tip;
fact that'Mr. Foi, .who had been allowed to
visit Major Anderson, orr the pledge that bis
purpose was pacific, employed bis opportunity
to devise a plan for supplying the Fori by
; force, and that this plan had been adopted by
the \V sbington Government, # aud was in pro- -
i <rr<fts of* execution. „ „ .
! °
[We are permitted to°copy the following
despatch from Savannah to °our Ma}-or, e ot? .
Saturday the 13th inst. —En. Ent.]
Fort gumter has plSyed out —three hoary ex
plosions took [9iace to-day—the mey triced to
I escape on rafts and were blown to pieces—all
f the batteries are playing°on the fort and the
tu t firing a few shot at long intervals. Star of
the West battery cngagetl with the*flet of four
war vessels who are trying to reinforce thedbrt.
The abqve is tluflatest dispatifli —3 o’clock.
•(Signal) o • II
O o “” °® O o°
CJwiilcxton, April 13.—A boat from on# of
tile vessels outside has communicated with
i Gen* Simons in command of the force at Mor
; ris’ Island, and made a rtiqueft tnat one #f the
; steamers should be allowed t® enter the o forf
| for the purpose <sf.taking away Major Ander 9 -
! sun and bis conymyid. An arrangement was
agreed to by th to stay proceedings un
•til D'o'clouk to-morrow in or mug. ° . •
Vliorleston, *April 14.--“-Major AndersoVi lyff’-
1 erc<Jhis flag at half-past 2 o’eloak, P. M“ to
: ibiy, and fired a safute of fifty guns. One of
the guns bursted, mortally wounding fubr of
his men. Anderson thin left bn the steamer
J• • o
I Jsibel in preference to either of the vessels of
- the fleet. The^Confederate troops tookjjesscs—
[ sjon •of Vt*jT Sumter at.hitlf-past 4 “o'clock, .
| hoi-tyig the Palm ;tto and Confedeftte flags,
which werft saluted. i o n Fort Moultrie, the l’loat
| ins Battery, the Iron Battery and the rest of.‘
the fortifications and the city. AN ild cxcile
| men? prevails. *
ilajoi* Anderson said, privately, *that. one
• hundred wene not.enough for the United
States flag, am| then burst into tears.
Charlt a lon Apri4 I^>. —W.. Porcher ililes,
who has
was killed in that fortification.. .
Major Anderson is now in this ’city,* kml is
*it the resilience cf Gen. .Beauregard, v# a’
guest. ° ’. *
. Uudge >Jagratli has also been to Sumter, and
says that.the officer’s quarters are all bufnt.. ;
•*.Tbg garrison of Sumt'®r will bc'manned bv
the troops of States to-night*. .
The liveliest feelings delight, were mani
fested at # the of and every *
demonstration of such feeling.'* made.
eC/ijjt / -/rston ,*.Ai)ri 1 13.—Fort.Sqmter war sur
rendbred flnconditionaUy. ..• •
‘Major Anderson and his men, a’ftactho sflr
ronderj were sent to # Morris’ Island, under
(rfiarge o£ a nylit Major* *Andcrson
was subsequently coniVeyed to the eit/by Capt.
Harsteine and°Capt. \\ liitncy. •
(’hnyhslon, April 13.—Sumter Surrendered
to-day, at t.w<j o’clock J?. M. •
Gen. fzoauregard Tigs .pPcscnbcd* the tfirms
cf the surrender. . Major .Anderson was # allow-”
ed the privilege*of saluting lfls J!ag, but other
wise tlig surrender was uncofiditjonal.
Gen. *iieaurcgard o takes Fort
bumter in the nuyning. .
* There h gi*pat rejoicing to-night in’fharles- ,
ton. • •
April 14, livening.—The excite-’
incut has abated very much in the city—not so
, in the fortifications, as the movements of the
| fleet tire watched.closely. . # c
! . < )se °f Andersofi’g wounded men has since
died.
o 0
* r k. sensed; Editor of the Savannah Repub
.licaij, visited fort Sumter this Afternoon.
Gtiv. Pickeus was serenaded . last right, aud
addressed thecrowd.
Gen.* Beauregard keeps fjuiet. . *• .
Aot one hundred, butofifty guns wei£ fired by
Anderson when saluting liis flag. . J
Cnarlestony April 13.—(G j .Montgomery.)-*—
-* a j or Anderson having hauled down hjs tf a
runmp a white flag. The fort had been burn
ing for several hours, from the effect of the
shells. Twp explosions were produced by shblls
1 e ceased firing for some time; and the fire of
>U I. c batteries had been continuous until the
white flag was discovered. Soon after this”
Aids to the General commanding the Confeder
ate forces were sent o to Fort Sumter. This ia
the substance of a dispatch sent by Governor
1 ickcds to the Secretary of War. 0 *
The despatch was read by one of the°cleark 3
f* the War Department, in front of the Execu
tive buddings, m the presence of President
Davis and his Cabinet.
Seven guns wqre fired in honor of the
achievement, one for Gen. Beauregard, and an
| other for tlfe Confederate States,
j T,ie o ro is £ reat rejoicing in ail circles.
Montgomery April 11.—The President has
appointed E. Warren Moise, as Judge of the
“District of Louisiana.
llic- 1 resident and Secretary, of°War were
screnaueiL last night at the Exchange Hotel,
1 he latter was called out and said that the°Con- ‘
federate flag would soon be waving oVer Fort
feumtor, and from the Capitol at Washington, if
our independence is not recognized and hostili
ties continued.
Montgomery, April 13.—Lieutenant Warden,
of the United States Navy, a prisoner of wai*
here, has been compelled* to give up” to the
Secretary of War his dispatches from Com
jnander Slimmer to the Government at Wash
ington. ihe opinion of the Attorney General °
has been requested as to the law in this case —°
He violated his promise to report to Gen. Rra-ir
and earned into Fort Pickens secret despatch
pn’.oht sod fl, t 0 Ue “- BS open dta-’
patches, and, further, to report himself on
returning from Fort Pickens.
Montgomery , April 13.—The news of the
eapture oj I ort Sumter, was received here with *
gicat enthusiasm. The fljig was saluted by the
citizens in front of the Government officers -
W c expert a fight at Pickens on Tuesday.-
o Cabinet has been in session all of thia
a