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' ?'i j i ?i, i ^jmrtatu . *?y a ? y A G j '' Thnr?4fWi January 1?, |I61. f H>. IBsr-pfW.^T.flr-n-r? ; ' ~ . licliKloUM Notice. Th? uh(l.?rnifrtie<l expect* t? cmtrtioQco bit labors qii lli* Spufauburg Circuit, God willing. ob 8ait?fr?laj' nest, the 15th lost., and pubiiidtw tl.e following list of appoiataepts for bis first ronmir ? Ant loch, Saturday." Jan. 12, at 11 o'clock. .Walnut Orovg, 3uhday, San. 13. at 10$ oclok. Rooky Mount " at 3 44 * AewlUpa. TlutnaLiy.. 17 al 12 44 lUyaee'. FruUy. 44 18 at 12 44 l'i?g?rvillo,i8 tunlay, ?? K? at 11 * Hoth?l, Sumlny, 44 20 at 10$ 44 Ubrrjy. ? 4- 44 qt 8 44 Cannon's. Friday, 44 23 at 11 44 Wat era' Chapel. SUt^lay 44 20 at 1l ' 44 Rolling Mills, Sunday,-,. 44 27 at' 10$ 44 iKvingsviile, 44 4' 44 at X 44 Zion, Thursday, 44 31 at 11 44~ Lelninoo, Pridny, 44 1 at 11 44 Tlic first quarterly mectng will be BeM at ?h>n. Feb Dili and lOtli. A. J. STOKBS. 'Jan. 8 It &t? John's High SchoolAttention is called to tlic change made in tliq advertisement of Mr. Irwin, the principal of this Fcltjol. From Ctaarleftton. We return our thanks to Capt. Win. M. Fos- I tor, ono of our members in the Legislature. for ike following, and hope he will continue to devote to his constituents a few of his leisure mo rne?ts In this way: Charleston, B.C., Jan ft,Spin. Maj. Wm. II. Trimmier :?Dear Sir:?I h*Te juit irt\trnc?l fron\thc telegraph office, where I gathered up the latest items of interest . A dispatch from Washington states that it is rumored that the Cabinet to-day came within oae vote of arresting Senator Toombs, on a charge of. treason, fur sending the dispatch to Georgia advising his constituents to secure the United Statos Forts in that State, A dispatch ft-om Augusta at 4 o'clock this evening slates that Georgia has gone for Seoeseiea?ten to ono. A dispatch from Norfolk informs *s that the people of that city held a large meeting last night, not for tha purpose of Secession but in opposition to coercion. ExGut. Wise recommends the Virginians to Beize nongovernment fortifications in that State, and peace and a proper adjustment of obtained. The union, be rally % f . * % \ ' niBaMMMnaMa HtfriiM Rin?9. This noble corpS paradaded on Saturday last, tibd.fc. usual. sxhibitsd a proficiency in the use ot arms and a soldierly bearing, and a promptitude alike creditable to themselves and ollioera. At tlu? close of 4 heir military exercise Col. T. A). F? Vvtnon *u loudly oil led for, and res. ponded in a ckasts and eloquent address ? such as be always delivers?arousing every riienls-f of lb* company to a sense of his duty. Dr. Wbltefoord Smith was next culled for, snd spoke la a manner patriotic and feeling, fully sustaini >g his t opal at ion as a speaker. The company, wo surmise, could not withstand such appeals, snd marched out at the cell from Capt. Legg for volunteers, under the Act, almost to a man. We understand thai Lieut*. Wiusmith and Douglas have boeii sent to Charleston to coufer with proper officers, mid claim their po?itiou as one of the Kifie Companies under the late Act of the Legislature. May success and victory be theirs. \V? publish below the roport of th? Secretary: v m Pursuant to adjournment the Company met at d o'clock in the Court Mouse, on Monday last. Qn molirfn Col 0. W. 11. Legg was exiled IQ I lie (Jliatr. The Kecruiling Committee in ad? a report, reporting a large nninber of new mom hers, when on motion tin; new member* came forward and signed their names to the urtiele. On motion the Company proceeded to elect n Captain to fill the vacancy ocen"i>n'??1 hy the election of Captain Legg to the Colonelcy ol the SOlb Regiment, when Col. Legg was de elated duly elected. Licuts. Winnuiitli,Triuinit ier and Douglas also tendered their rcsigna tion as officers of tho Company. On mo tion an election was gone into to till these va cancies, with the following result, shoring t full list of the present officers of the Morgai Killcs : G. W. II. LKQG, Captain. J.C. W1NSMITII. 1st Lieutenant. WM. H. TR1.MM1EH, 2d ? A. S DOUGLAS, Urd ? JOS. L. WOPFOUD Surgoon. On motion Rev. John G. Landrum and Joe E. Goodgion wore unanimous^ elected ai Chaplain and Secretary and Treasurer. On motion of T. Jarmaii Klford the followiui resolution was adopted : Rr.iolvtd, That a committee of five he ap pointed to receive contributions for tho benoti of the Morgan Rifle*. The following committee were then appoint ed.to wit: T. Jartnan Klford, D. U Duncan A. H. Foster, J. 1). Wright, and J. W Tolleson On motion ofT. Jarman Klford the papers o our town are requested to publish the proceed Digs of this meeting, together with a corree list of officers and privates of the Company which was unanimously adopted, and a list ap The Alfthnnia Mime Convention ni.t on tlie 7th, ??n<l orgnniml hy olrctinjr .fiuipc Wm. M, lirook* ?h President. Strong Secession Resolotions were pn??e*l the m?pe -iiv. FROM THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. TALK ABOl'T THE KKTUCI.1C.' Washington, Jununry 3?Noon.?At n Ui? hour last night, the President returned to the CortuuiftsioHcr* their j < < <//</ commutifafiou with OUt aiit/ rcjtttj, htlariny, that at the name trine, that < he irotil'i refeO'e imt/iinj more from them. The Cotnnii&rinnem umncdintoly held n conference, nml determined to leave this mornilie for (Hinrlfsron. They accordingly (tatted by tli* morning bout, nuj are now *n route for Richmond ou their waylioniaIt in expected that the l*raeUtynt will to-day end the correspondence bet ween Linnelf and ' the Commissioner* to Congress. The person nominated tor t'olleeWrr of the Port of Charleston, is Midntyrc, of York county, Pa., Very grave doubts are expressed as to ' hia eontirDtNliou. Several Soualers assure mo that the confirmation can never t?o made, as they are determined 10 exhaust the time in de 1 bate, if necessary, to proven! it. Pasatobts koh Sin j ii Caiioiina.?We tind the following singular adverliaement in the Philadelphia Inquirer of Wednesday: ' OQice of the Commissioner for So t'a. , No. !i7 South Thirty-street, Philadelphia, December dl, 1SG0 1 Respectable persons wishing to visit South 1 Carolina on business, or far legitimate purposes, 1 can be furnished with proper certificates of that ' Government, ou application at this oflico. ^ s I'a\ iu B. Binskv, " South Carolina Commissioner, resident in l'liila dolphin, Pa. Lieut. A. F. Warley, ofS. C., who sailed with " with Cap:. Ingrnhniii to (ho Mediterranean in the liichmoml, left his resignation in the hands 1 of a relative, to be forwarded at the proper ? time. Accordingly, so soon n? the Ordinance of Secession was passed, his resignation was immediately transmitted to Secretary Toueey. AcursTA.Jan 6.?Gov Jackson, of Missouri, in his message to the Legislature, expresses himself as in favor of remaining in the I'nion with additional guaranty, lie opposes cuer' cion anil congressional compromises, and advi' ses tho calling of a State Convention, the reorganization of the ntililia, and legalizing the r ai,inAi?;M ,.r n.? nui)|/vuMvai vi viiu nuiinr, ArdrsTA, Jan. 5.?Advices from Fort Lea venworih, Kansas, to ihc -IIh instant, any that 1 all available United States f..rees nt that fort have received orders from Lt.tScn Scott to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to Fori M<* | Henry, llallimnre harbor, at a moment's 110t ice. At nraTA, Jan. B.?Advieoa front Flostr.n siato ( Governor Andrew was inn?e-.-.ntcd to day. lie says tho people cf Massachusatts w 11 respond to the rrords of Jackson, tlint the Union ninst he preserved, lie say < the right to reclaim fugitive' must be subordinate to the indef usihle right of every freeman to liberty, but submits the ?jucstion to the wisdoiu of the Legislature. llxccull VC ('OlIIK-Il. Gov. l'iakenu has appointed the following gentlemen as tochers of the I'.xecutive t otincil, and for the diifereut departments: State.?Hon. A..G. M VGKATH. If.ir.-GKN. I>. F.J \Mlst)N. Treasury. ? Hon. G. M KM MING Kit I 'ostnjfire. ? G kn . W. \V 11A11L K E. Interior.?Gen. A. ('. GAHI.INGTON. Stale Convention. Tho following gentlemen were elected by the I .State Convention as l?elegatcs t?> a .Southern Congress : lion. U. 1?. Khctt, Hon. It. IV, It irnwe'.l. lion. | Jatncs Chcsnut, Jr., Hon. (". G. Memniinger, Hon W. 1*. Miles, Hon. L. M. Keitt, Hon T. G. Withers, Hon. W W. 1 ?>yce. Vov. Kl'OM II Ol tif'Ol glu. Qoy. Itrown decliue.- having his soldiers leave the Slate In reply to volunteer companies in ! Macon, who wished to leave for <'harlcston, h ! says: I*'I will not. Your first duly is to Georgia South Caro inn is able at present to take care of herself. Yoll may he nt drJ at home i y toon." Tlic Hlliiiituloii rorN. The Hichmond Kn.jnircr of yesterday has the following paragraph: **.\ gentleman wlin arrived in this city. <li- I root from North ('nroliiiu, iiitoim? u- ihnt (inv. I'll 1 iis has taken |>ossi'*?ioit of Fort .Macon uml , other fiirt"; also, of the .\i>rtiitl, with ii^ arm-, in (rial State, and |>lnci*<l the Slate trooji.- within i nil the F?rn All hail toil >\ lie Ire j tdiomr him-elf worthy of the Intel rejioxal in . him, ami that, under liitn. North ' ir<>lina will never he subjugated by coercion it'll-.' Ma.i. Anderson.?As Maj. Anderson, commander of l'ort 'Sumter : t Charleston, is now occupying considerable public atte i j tion, the following brief sketch ol hi* life will be read with interest : II Major Anderson is now about fifty six I years.old, 'and was born in Kentucky, I | entering the Military Academy fr< ni that j [j State, and graduating?with distinction on j June 30, lsg.'i. The record ol his military service shows that he was promoted to a j first 1 cotenancy in I s33, and made a captain l?y brevet in for gallantry and suc-cessiul strategy in the war against the , Florida Indians. In the same year he w.u 1 appointed Assistant Adjutant ?lener:tl. j witli the rank of captain?tho captaincy itself not coming nntil the < letnber of 1 x I', ' and bis present rank of Major only reaching I him las* year. Major Anderson has also performed a large amount of the stall'duty incident to tilt* JU>rvii*t? :i Inw vi"iiN wini'i. I -d"... . it was made distinct from duty in the line. He acted as Assistant Inspector of tile j Illinois volunteers, ser. in" with A1 >ruli;im , Lincoln in the " Muck I lav L war" of ls:; j. , lie wy? Assistant Instructor and Instructor of Artillery at the Military Academy in the years Jsd.*>?0 and 7 and was Aid de-camp to Major tieiural Scott in lS:?s. l>nrir?o the Mexican war, the Major endured ull the lahoin and dangers of the campaign, belli" severely wounded in the assault on the enemies works at Molina del IJev. ami receiving a lm vrt majority "for gallant and iihtitothue- cond.n t in that action." Major Anderson has also ree? ived from the j^ovcinineiit many evidences of its trust and confidence, other tin n thosi bestowed hy the War Hoj-artmerit. llis hot service, previous to his taking coin 111! ml of hort Moultrie, was a luciiihcr of the commisssou ordt red la t situiuter hy [Con fir ess to inquire into the manner of I instruction at the West I'oint Military Academy. The labors of that commission, in which Mnj. Anderson performed his [art, have already been laid hclorc Congress. , Arm -i \, Jan. 7 In one hundred and f .nr counties hoard from in this Slate, there nre event)' which loive eleetecl iinineli.iH ??*( (< 'Monism, twenty-six c<> e|iornti??nists, nml live lividfd. NE?S FROM CHARLESTON. " I TIIK MILITARY Ac.! Gov. Pickens mid hi* stall' li.ivc erlahlishod their headquarters nt the Charleston Motel. All parlies having business with the Executive Department will please lake not ice. * Mrs. llmikbt A.nhkrsijs, who arrived in Charleston on Saiu d iv evening, is now, by permission of the Governor, with her husband in Fort Sumter. JJ-trlhigiuti Guard*.?Captain. F, F. Warlev; First Lieutenant, D. (i. Mcintosh; Second Lieutenant, T. A Sunders; Third Lieutenant. J. W. Norwood; Fourth Lieutennnt, J. E. Nettles?and cigli'y five men. H chfiinii it jit*.?I'aptaiu, 1> B. Miller; First LicutcuAtit, John Conlero; Second Lieutenant, James McMahon; Third Lieutenant, E Purcivul; Surgeon, l>r. Powell?and lttO men. The Wee Nee Volunteers froiu Kiugstrec. with one hundred men, have arrived, ami joined their regiment. The following arc the ofliccr.s : J. 11. Pukssly, Captain, S. W. Moitms, 1st Lieutenant, U. C. Lou an, 2d Lieutenant, E. C. Kbbi.s, 3d Lieutenant, D. B. McChi t.iiir, Orderly Sergeant. 1'athiotic Tkkdkr. ? We learn tliat a committee of gentlemen from St. John's Colleton, under the name of the Palmetto Volunteers, on yesterday tendered their cervices and those of five hundred negroes, to His Excellency llov. Pickens. The Columbia Artillery, Cnpt. (Jrcen, who arrived in Charleston, mustered sixty-six men: fifteen more arrived last night, making a total of eighty-one The call for volunteers from the Kith Regiment was promptly met by the enlistment of eighty men, who liuve formed a Company for twelve months' service. Wc acknowledge a round of hearty cheers, yesterday afternoon, from tl>:* corps. 4flp The companies from the interior arc to he camped at tlio llaec Course, until a Regiment he formed, which will he placed under the command of Col. Maxcy (Jregg. of Richland. Tub Riuiit Spirit.? Mr. Richard Caldwell received an order yesterday fivni the State troops at Fort Moultrie, fur two hags of coffee Mr. Caldwell applied to Mr. C. N. Hubert, to Flup rnifO'l at 10 o'clock, 5nj?criiitcn<lo?l l>y l!cv. .1. S. I'./t 11, lVocluiiiuT, t'ol f. F. Smitil, tako command at ' 1 o'clock. Orations at I 'J o clock. Tito Iodic* arc rct|iicMcd to favor iih with tltcir j roscnco on tlie occtitdon. J. II K/.I IJ., ?'lir. ('mil. of A i r ;ti^< njct.is (Vvj cna, .Jan. 7, IMdl. purchase the collet, n* jn-r onlcr( but Mr. IInLort insisted on pro-cuting to the troops five bags of prime Kio, which were promptly nccept cd for llu* bauefthof the corps. A IIa.mvuuk Floi roi.e, about for'y-fiv? feet iii ^ot, wuc erected in fri^t of the Cour nr office, ve-tcrday morning. Tm: Nt.w UiNNKtt v.us hung out from the quarter* of the I8l?'> Association, yesterday ac cording to nunounceuicnt ntul utiractid much notice. Tin. St \n. TRBAsrnv am> tiip. TIaxks.?Wo arc gHd to learn that the State loan o! *100, (MM) lias been promptly taken up by the llanks of the State of par, ra<di bank taking an amount proportion al to it* capital lion. Alfred linger, Posln i?'cr of Cbarlcstou has written to the Postmaster lirticiiil tha' he holds himself responsible to the Federal Government for the revenues Reining from hi.sotfice for the pre.-etit. The postal arrangements will therefore continue urn hang d. Tun 1*1 xact I>|s|'.am r.s or i it l Funis.?An officer of the Cuitcd S'atea Coast Survey gives the followicg measurements, a- taken from tl c latest surreys made by the Coast Survey l>c part men l : Fort Sumter is t'HJJ) three and three-eighthmiles froin Charleston. (l^gm-nti on"<iahtli miles frotn Fort M nitric, three qaatei: of a mile to t he near land, one an 1 tlire eights miles to Fort .1 ! ncun, an 1 t* > an 1 fnc eights miles to Castle 1 inchii'-y. The 1 -1 iim me I fort is otie rnile from the town, und Fort Johnson is two and a quuter miles from th< town. Itu.rtV'iRK. January, 7. ?Gov. IFci-s has isue 1 an a hires* to the p *u>|de ?>f Maiylaud, trenuously opposing *? call <?l t.ie I. *g.stature. Those desiring it are soi l to It* preparing to s??i/o tin* Federal Capitol. Gov. Hiain, of Michigan, in his message, advocates the doctrine of coercion, and recommends that the l.egi-lattire tcoders to the I",evident the ti-c of the State forces. The M t.ssi--ij'pi State Convention met on the 7th iu.-t . tut I empower.* I the President to appoint a committee to draft an Orlitmiico of Secessjou. Tim Couiuiitte* was to meet yesterday and the Ordinance adopted. Secretary Thompson has r signed 1 can e the >' iir r HV>.' had been sent to i Inrles lull without in-' knowlcdg ?I! - re ignition is certain. Tlit* tir.-t Ilegimout of Voltinleerv, under tha \ci, is fuU. To bo cotiiuiaiidc 1 by Maxey I i regg On Mmi lav night last Hubert Holmes mis killed nt Casllo l'lncliney* in u| preaching one of the Sentinels, by (be accidental discharge of the Sentinel's gun while challenging hiui. New Vdiir, January 7. ?The steamer Star ||" it was chartered by (ion. Scott Oil Satin day. She sailed the same night, Inking full previsions f r Major \tidcrsai?, nml two hundred an<l fifty men, under command of Lienieunul llnrtlett. The Star <>f ttir M\ ?l was <ltie at Chariest 11 on the *. ilist nut. For the Cnrolin < Spartan. Ct ion si I < 'o? pi'iis--I'lny to )>? The couimitlee of invitation (I'r. J I.. Wufforil, Chairman.) are requested to perform the duties assigned ilicin with re?|<ect lo tlie lTili ofJannarv <elebr.il ion ul t'oirpon?. They will also please invite U<-v. .1. (j. bun hum toaddre-s iht- meet lug <ui ihe ]?r<?ee<- lings of the ; CouventiuB, and the Hon. (i. I'urinon on the I proceedings of the I.egi*l?iuro. In ea-'O <>f the absence of lion. Mr. <)rr and t'<>l. Farrow, spwlios will be called fur from others. VN e have received information that four companies of Cavalry will parade hereon that ooetMtioii ; an<l tlie Captains of the several Ileal an I Yolndiucr Companies in litis j art of the ltictriel are requested to parade their companies here on that day. Martial order it to prevail, mist ii 11 I>y 11? ? Artillery t'ompwy. Therefore, nl! i ' .11<ir will he Mil] pressed, and nil persons are forbidden to bring any ardent sniriis on or near the ground on tliai day. I'lie rumpnnio I and citizens are requested to bring out tlieir | fire-arms to inhitc the new Hag. ordkr ok till". dat, A torch-light procession 1m contcinplatcil to come otf at > o'clock, \ M., led l?y t.'npt. II. II. vv : 11: Correspondence of the Spartan. . Uniox District, Jan. 7, 1861. Mr. KoitAk: 1 ace in the last uuml>er of the Express an urtiolo on the subject of re opening the African slave trade, that I think deserve* < some notice. From the ton? of the article 1 suppose tlto writer, who signs himself "W'.C. Ileunett," Is a man of some distinction, whose * opinion will have great iiitlwen- e with the pco- ' pie of South Carolina ; and as it contains senti* 1 motitx nnd assertions at variance with sound doctrine and Southern interest, they ought to i he stripped of their gossamar covering and ex- ' po.?ed to tlio public in their naked defbtiuitv. lest tliey Might dcctlvo sonic into fulse uti<l ( dangerous positions. 1 In llie first place, J Ju Hot suppose there is 1 iin intelligent North Carolinian nor Virginian, unless he he ii negro trader, wlioentertains any | feats on the subject, for they know, us every i man of coonuoiisense docs, that nations, a-1 well as indivi lu ils, will engage in no tr.itfto thai will lK,.utiprofi table to llieui, or if they should ( engage in such a trutlic, il would he abandoned I as io >n as it was ascertained to he unprofitable. 1 And if North Carolina and Virginia think, n>"W. C. Hcunett"' does, that the rft opening of | the slave trade Would lie a curse more ruinous < than abolitionism, of course they <lo not enter- 1 tain any fears that any cotton or sugar State would ever net stj silly ns to favor it. it cannot, therefore, lie true that "the onU( thtuibliiiy block in the fin/ of mi ftnlun! union awl heart if Cl-operiltiull of three Shrle.i tri/h the mtton nil'l engitr State* in tin' f ur of reopening the African eh re Iraile." If they really feared such a thing K would certainly he their true policy to join u< and prevent, rather than stay out of our Con federney and permit it. Ikvnusr outside of our Confederacy North Curoliua and \ irgiuia would have no market for thoir surplus slaves, exeep' at prices ruinonsly low to compete with the African trade, hut with us and at the formation of our Constitution they could easily prevent it, now and forever, by making it a condition of their union with us that it should not he opened. L?ut is it true Hint t iie re opening of the African stave trade is an evil t.f such magnitude ns to rou ter the present condition of emancipated Jamaica preferable to il, u? i- ititiinnte<l 1 Surely the reasoning of this distinguished waiter does not make il manifest, Tht argument "that lite imperialion of fresh A fi icnus would tend to hrutalizo our slaves,'' is as unchristian as i; is Northeru in iis complexion. If our instittit ion of involuntary slavery of Africans be a ttrsc, then this doctrine is correct, lint if it be a blowing to both races, as is now contended by the South, it i< certainly tin in gumetit in favor of re-opening the trade, itisiend of ugainwt it. nioie especially since the history of the world lias established the tact that the mingling ol barbarous and civilized races tern's rather to improve the former than to brutalize the latter. The next reason urged by this writer against opening the slave trade is much stronger in its favor than against it, viz: ' That it would < p n up and s,.|ilo our uueul ivatcd lands t >o rapidly." which is as much as to say. the more lands brought into cultivation and improved in a country, the Worse it i- for iliit country, when in fact directly the reverse is true. The third reas ? i? only presenting the same argument in a siill stronger light against the posil ott taken by litis writer. lie expressly d dan ? lluil the < .1 l of r<* oj . ning the slave trade would lie to increase the product of our * iples, and then 'i\ injure us a- a | .-ople. I: i- a new llifiia in pj'.i'; ?' c !-. my t" sup| - that a nation Mitl'-u - as ii in rea-es in i:- products. Sit di art .t piun : let, it - . tin to me. could only he derive I front .latua ci. I'lie ctiinticipators or ah duioni-ts of liag'and mini have originate 1 thi doctrine, far tin* history ot tliat country shows that cinaiicipation has had the effect In li's? ii the products oflhil Ishi'id three fourth* in il.'i year'. In I"*:;.',?die Past year of the existence of slavery in Ja mica ? it exported rj^.t'ill.T-' i p tutids ot stfgar : in lvt">?ten years ul':.?r ?t he < xj rts of that nr lit i- imijk i iiiiuiuir'i m " .. i.i i |-t?uilii^: ia 1M'.', they writ' X7.? ? pounds, sh wing it gradual deerem, ill Ievportation ? !* i's n?*i|?K? Maple. and as a matter of < iir c, n ilci'ii-iM' in n- wealth, | -j'cri: v. nud It j ] i lie--. the etteet of eiuaniMpiiiioii, nnd vol **U f. Bennett" ntyi lie would "infimttij/pre/cr to see South Carolina > muiieipnto every slave in its border* than I o legalize I lie re-opening of the African slav<? Hale. when the et'.< t ot opening the trade. by his own showing, would In* to increa-e the product- ot the sta| le c??ui uiodilics of the country. tin I thereby 'men a-e it- wealth mi l prosperity. wiiile the etteet ot cinmicip it ion is to impoverish an I tuiii us. The cnly ehi-< or interest in the community thi- modern patriot an 1 j>h:l\iitlir< pi-i has j shown will sutler by "p'tiing the -lave trade, i- ; the /it /.' trader*. Ti.s | ! ? of slaves would be greatly dimini-hed, and hete-e tlie profits of the trade correspondingly b-seucd, and here, 1 | re-nine, lies the seeiet of h's whole ho ror. I think it likely that the policy of le . pelting the slave trade is nt this time regard d with but little favor in South Carolina, but ii few le 're such / rtn !ir <ij j -iagainst it. n< this of , It". /.' ', w;ll m ike i: ip.iite pojm ar, ami t if ho really i- opposed to to it. the fewer urgu,, I incuts of n like kind lie uses ngamst if, the ; more likely he will be to prevent it. MllSMUN Kit. A I/KT'tTR KHuM MA.II >11 AN|I1KM?X? Tin- Halt inn ire Atn>rirnn j uhli-he* the Hallowing letter from Major Anderson to a' gentleman of that eity. ('timing In in him ' al a time when hi- command eitgrosse- s > large a -hare of public attention, it will be read with inti rest: rou r .mmi i.I'llV, .*v i I'rc. 'Jo, I Mill. ? , !.> ]-, /infti huh >; I'KAR SI it:?I thank you for the trouble you were kind enough to lake in correcting sonic of the rumors about me Von arc ri_r 111 in tin- opim ni that I c mid not, an i would not, say anything csmtr.i lielorv to them. Mv plan always has been totryto do my duty I. an tl\ an 1 fu!'?, and t > tilist that in tin id -cii.m.' of ju-uie of the people, they w uhl ^;ive no etadit for _ ?od intohtioiis ?oven il my jugdmont should turn out to hav not been i. I must infes., that 1 i ! that'tin-, papers it? makin/ ) mush of my po.-itioii j liere I do not deserve the least credit ' for what I am doim; - nothing more than i any one cl?o would do in my jw>itioii-?and, perhaps, net half so well n> nian\ other, | would do 1 rei i ire nearly hy < \ . r\ Ui.iil letters of sympathy, and many el llieiu from strantrers. I hope that !l will not he lol?o before soinothim.r will oeeur to p i vo me a chance ot heino relieved I rem my prisctit position 1 It.i iik iii \ ou fur v? Mir k ? it * 1 icui'iiiV nice of mc, I :iiii ju?r-, truly KOHKirr WDKIUSON. | V - .-II -l-ULJ?L- .1. - i co 12iik8pojn1iknc k s IIKTWKKN Tin: * phe^iuent of the united states - ? AMI* I'llK n JO MM / .S.SV OA'E/tS OF SOUTH CA ROLINA u :o:?- ? Ti.e following c<>r? wppuili'iieo whs i'va<1 in ^ iccrci pcj*4 in I lit* Muio i ? %?vein ion, on r n- ' lay, and Irom which th?i injunction of scurecjr ' irus removed. Wabiiinuton. December 28. 1800. Sir:?We liuvc tin- honor to transom to you t copy of t h? full power*. from the Convent ion >t" il?p of South Carolina, uihler which icv nri< authorized and empowered to treat with the tloveriinirnl of the I nitcd States lor lie ilelivcry ot the tort-*. magazine . light ft >u es, and othur real estate, with their upperlerrwieeB, within the limits of South Carolina, iJul alio for Ait apportionment of the public lehl, and for u division of all the property hehl l?y tlie Uoverniu lit of the United States, as ? cut of the t oufed luted State.", of which "> ,11th (*arollna was recently a member, and ir? lu'rnlly to negotiate a? to nil other measure* ind arr itigt incuts proper to la: tuude uud adoj>led in the existing relation of the parties, and for the continuance of pea nr. I amity between iIds Commonwealth and llie fiovcrnincnt at Washington." in the execution of this trust, it is our duty lo furnish you, a* we now do, with tin official copy of the Or liuanco of Sec wsion, by which lite Statu ol South Carolina has resumed the powers she delegated lo the (lovorninent of the 1'uircd States, and lift# declared Iter perfect overeignty and independence. It would also have been our duly to ltavo informed you that we were ready to negotiate with you up m all such <|Ucstioti as arc ncccssar ly fcu-e-khy lite a lopiiou of this Ordinance; and that we were prepared to enter upon this n gotia ion with tiie earnest d- wire to avoid .-.11 unnecessary and hostile collision, and so to inaugurate our new relations as to secure mutual respect, general advantage, and a future of good wid and luirmouy, beneficial to all the parties eoueernoil. Hut tho events of the last twenty-four hours rendered such an assurance impossible. We came here, the representatives of an authority which could at any time within the past sixty days have taken possession of the forts at Charleston hatb >r; hut, tt| on pledges given in a m tuner ihut wo cannot doubt, determined to trust to your hotior rat her than to its own p w >r. Since our arrival an ulUccr of the Unite I Slates, acting, as we ate assured, not only without, but nguitist your orders, has dismnn i?--u uiiv i'?n ?i??i ua'm'.ru uii'uiiur. uiu^ niceriit<; ton ijn-.-t i i nt extent, the condition of a thai r- unJcr which oathe. I litil thr-e oil ' :hi?-t inoe- are explain -d in f? in nnc-r which relieves us of nil >1 uilil ?? to the ~|>ii it in which these negotiations ?Imll lie couducted. wo arc forced to suspend all discussion u~ to any arrangement s by which our mutual interests might ho amicably adjusted. And, in conclusion, wo would urge upon you tho immediate withdrawal of 'ho troops from ?in- hurhor of Charleston. I'nder present circm hi - lame-. the. arc a standing menace which ien<h i - uogot. iiii-ns impossible, an I. as our recon ' experience .-hows, threatens to tiring to a li|n<nh issue ijiiostiou* which ought to lie settled with temp -mi o stud judgment. We have the honor to he, very rcapcotfully, y it:r obedient ser\niiis, II. W. llAUMVliM,, ) .1. II. A1C\MS. -1 'oiiim'ru. JAMKS I,. t?KIt. > To the I'ri-siil'-ut of I he I nite-1 States. W'.v-iti m: ins <'t i r. heectiilier "tli, lNtlO. t i - nth . . .- I hi\e luol the li-uior to receive yon cointuituioa'ioti ! 'JKlh instant, together with a < i |iy id \ . it t till powers of tlieConvcutioti ol ilic | o-11 11* ol SaiMli Carolina.' uuth-iri in-r you to tro-it with tl-o fiovernitieiit of tli 1 ude I St i c-oti v iii- u-iirip-irtniit suhjectllicr. in in -111 i-oicd. and al-o it t py it tilC tir- I <lili.im-o. hearing d ale oil the - ?ln iil-latil, tie- | elariu - that the I u ?m now -ubsi.-ting he ween South Carolina and - fur State-, under the I mint o' the 1 nite I .S. ito- ol Aui'-i i at.'is here i l.y d -s.dved. ' l .i IIUSW--I- t i hi c miioiiic 1' ;>-n. 1 have to j -a 3 lint III\ I'--- i i -u. i- I'l 11- it of the L'tii- | to I .- fates, w i- c'catly detin-- I in the Message to t ui/ro -. on tin- 1 in-' int. In that 1 stntod i tiit. a* art Iroiu the ex- cutioti "t the 1 W ?o far a th1- . 1V ho ! I hie. I to I. X - i t; \ i* It i- Ti j 'V t iii i <l.? ss It .t l- hull ho the :i ii'imi h r ss -u I 10 I lei.il thavernuieiit in : -httllli ( iT'ilttli. He ha- hs'eli ilircstc 1 Wii.'t no ?i;.*h >1 - : oi ??. Hi- | no |K>sv?r.io cluing-) ilie t ' i t 'ii- heretofore existing h *l ii i i.viil. 111 : !i i - - i > a kii'iss ledge I he ti Is-;.i'ti leu.-.- ' t : a > .?'! Tin- w <ul i lit) In his - -( a ini*i ! .' fiiiu-- otlioer sviili lln> p;.wer of IV ,*-HJ he dl--"hlt loll 'if I he t'oHtedcr arv am 11 on) IliilSv-Ihire sovereign I-tute.-. It hear- I . | e?i";tl>: allCe to I lie I e -gill I ' . II lit a foreign focio Uovermnent, involving no luvii r?--1 w!.?ihili; , . \iiji a tempi III il'i ll.i- Wi'ill'l <in In- pari, h a i -ike I act of ii-nrp itioii. It l?. Il.ee ire. In V ilulV I" -tl'-nil lo ("ongreSS I he \v ti 1. ',ai - I en in nil i. - I < at S ic i iu' "p ' i >ii still. 1 e oihl, therefore, riC'-i \ "it no's n- a private gentleilllin Ot llie high -i chn a < - . an I ss >- entirely willing to c>tninniii ite |.i i oii'zre-M any pi "po-it ion ynti Uiigllt Imvi tn i.i ike I Inn holy np-a the -nh jei't. t ?l till-you Were Well assure. Ii w n? my earn, si le.-iic that -ucli u dinpoM'ion ni'.gh' (. ma le t the whole - il.ect hy t "litres-, who alo(le p - tin- | isv. r. a- I | : vent the inaugural hoi of a civil ss n between the part tea ill re): ird to the j e--ian "1 the J-Yd -nil forts. in the I artier "I t hail -t<>ti; ami I therefore deeply regret, that, in yjnir oj inion, "the estiiis ot (he l.i-t t ifeii'y lour hopr.- render this in.I --ihlo." In ? iie!u?i ii you urge upon me "the inline.I ate v. irinli ass i| ol the iro <] - li otu the har1 -r ut h nl*-.feu. * staling thai " under pre*e;r . . * ..it.-h.iin Uiey are a tan l.iig menace ss! ich lendei - tiegot rai ion impossible, and in 'it: i '''it cxpurieii' show-. threaten* speetl iv I" hriug t" a Id l\ i--ne ipu--tiotiH which ought t" Iu* sett I -d W illi temperance Ulld jtlilg- j lilt III The rc wiii for ihi- change in your position is. 11: t since \ oir arriv .1 In Washington, '* :m officer >: the I iii(o?I State*, ncting, it* wo ^y? ??. arc >? . 1. no: Oily with of, loll ag iin*i, your i : i r ! . , l> ii - dismantled one hut ami ocou I pied in.ilior, thtu nllei ing lo a most imp" - . t nit extent the condition ot .ll.ui - nn le r which j w _k.ii c i mo.' \ "U ii No nihil co that y?ti . inn lion the represent .lives of an autlmri- , tv which could at any I.mo Within the pel ' sixty iluy - have taken ].o--or-iv>n of the forts in i liai'h-ton Ii u hor, hilt which, upon pledges given in a manner ih it we you) cannot doimt, determined to trust to your |iny) honor rather than to its power.'* T'hi" hrintrs nu> to u con?II?oratioii of the nature ot I hose alleged pledges, and in what manner t ov have heen observed, in my Message ot the dd ot l?ooemher last, I stated, in regard to the property ot the I nite I Mates in South | Carolina that it "'has heen purchased for a fair e quivalent hy the consent of the le gi*l.? i ruro of the State, for I he erection of forts, inugit/ineg, arsenals, \c . and over these the autltority to exercise exclusive legislation ha1 oil expressly gi allied hy I he t'nlist i I til ion to ('oiiurra-. I' iw n ' fi.-it .. .. " l"l" \vi: In- in i l<> lii rx; el the I'llited Hl ilo* iVuin il?i- t > <|?*-? t\ lu IVuVv' ; Mil if in iti - I should j?r? \ ? In br iiusii.ke i, I lie i> :i<-rr iii cotiimuiid of llie Mr Is liiiicM ci\'-.l iirdi't - So net ninthly iii tin* 11 t \ In moli 1 i" nfiiu'oiicv. the rcMpon ihUiij ( r All con ri.nt cs would rich I- I I'.ii i '11 -ti iho bonds o the n-<r?iltnls. Thin Ik ; _? the ouiidu . >.i t>i? iIn- j :.i' u ?. un ' S.iiui ' iv. >iIt lMceiuM r. fmir n( ihe Uejir?8?MiliiI iv 11 "iiv " ' i'l' 1 ni"' lini ' illnd uli n o, uli't ii'ijii' I ii interview XN i- In Inn oinn- I i > 11>iv r . ni 'i iln- ?iil'i -ot in- an.I iii" I"-' ii. His .i! I'lfVplilin^ i i ".i?:. il I"'tvoon ilio j ? u s. i.ir iho j'lii jiiino of sparing I In* i tTiisi' ii "I Mood. 1 siiggonfod, for prudoii- i linl re i'miis. tleu ii vvuiil I ho ljcsi lo put in vvri ' lin w hnl i hi* \ til l?> i i* mmIi.IU Thi'v li.l i - r.liiijrlv, :in<i <>n M >n<11\ n. ruing, Ihv 1 H| Ii in -1 :\nl, I li 00 of I !ifin pi -i'HM <i to IIW! I? ] ]Kip?>r. -igin-tl hj all ttie tto|?rc*0!iifttiviv. of i Koiitli I'u-ohnn, wiili u - n to ? iuii, of < wliicli i In- lolloping i< a c ?p) ; I / tu KxetUemy ki OneAtntnt, < l\ ileal I tt ( 7 St it f re: ( In compliance with our - (nicinent to you ycaleriltiy, we now c\|>roH4 i.> you yur wtroiig co ii mci i<> ii" i Iuii neither ili*- constituted afiihor iiion, nor an) l?.?ly of tlie j><- ?pl? ol the tftato of *> 1 ioulh Carolina. will eltkcr attack or moleet |Ka fnited Htnte* lorW In the harbor of CbarieotQM . rvviuurl)' to tkie act ion of flic r?onventina, - re hope and bcliovc hot until ait offer n|| Iwwi fiudo through an accredited representative t6 icgoiiafr for an amicable arraiigrment ef - all unit era between the UlaUrtnd the Federal Govi nmcnt. provided ihut no"reinforcement* shall >c sent into tho-c forte, and their relative railtary etatus hit nil rotuain im? at itrenenf. JOHW MrGUKKN. >1 t. 1'JlMI.VM, W. W. BOVCK, LAURENCE M. KEITT. "Washington, December W, lb'/O." Ami li'Tc I must, In justice to myself, reinn k that, ui the time tin; paper was presold,.?L ii me, 1 objected t'? ilia word "piarrided," as t might lie construed inio ?n agreement on my iart which 1 never would make. Xuey said ' lint nothing was further frotn their inteatlea ?they did not ho uuduratand ii, and I should int ?o consider it. It is evident tliey could tn?r into no reciprocal agreement with m? on. he subject. They did not profe-s to bare au- * horny to do this, and were acting in their talividuhl character. L considered it as nothing nore in effect than the promise of highly houirahle gentlemen to'exert their intluence for he purpose ex pi cued. The event has proven that they have fuith\illy kept thoir promise, nltiiough I have never linco received a line Irtuu any one of them, or m "i "in uuy inembur of tlie Convention, on iLe* M mbject. It is well known it wasany de tormina- ^ Ion, ntid this I freely expressed, not to reiu'orco the forts in the iiai bur uud thus produce i collision, until they had been actually attack* d, or until 1 had certain evidence that they ivorc uhout to lie attacked. This paper I revived most cordially, and considered it as a i ippy omen that peace might still l>? preserved,. i'id that time might he thus given for reflection. This is the whole foundation for the allcdged dedgn. I hit I acted in the same manner as ( would have lone had 1 entered into a positive' ind formal agreement with parties capable of contracting, although such on agreement would' inve been on my part, from the nature of my ,fr./.;<>t vu. -?.u \?u>?voy 4UC nv? IU AUVWO hat 1 have ne ver sent any reinforcements to he forts in Charleston harbor, and I have ceruinly never authorized any change to be made n their relative military stntus. Hearing upon his subject, I refer you to an order issued by ho Secretary of War, on the 11th inst., to Maor Anderson, hut not brought to my notice unit the -1st inst. It is as follows: "M< rnnruii'liiiii of I'rrbnl hmtrucliortt to Major Amltrron, 1 ?f ArtilUr>, Commanding Fort MouUry, South Carolina: "You ate aware of the great nrixiety of the Secretary of War that u Collision of the troops; with the people of this State shall be avoided, mid of his studied determination to pursue a course with reference to the military forco and forts in this harbor which shall guard against. such a collision, lie has, therefore, carefully' abstained from increasing the force at this point,, or tubing any measures which might add to the present excited stale of the public mind, orwhich would throw uriv doubt on the confidence lie feels lliat South Carolina will not attempt by violence to obtain possession of the public wnrfs or interfere with their occupancy. "Hut as the counsel and acts of rash and impulsive persous may possibly disappoint these expectations of the Government, he deems, it properdin! you should be prepared, with in-, structions, to meet so unhappy a contingency, lb- has, therefore, directed inc verbally to give you m ch instructions. "You are carefully to avoid every act which ? u ! ii all s-ly tend to provoke aggression, and tor that r?a-nti you are not, without necessity, to iuke up any position which could ho construed into the i.^sumption of a hostile nttitude; but you are to hold possession of tlie forts in this h i bor. mid if attacked, you are to defend yturself to the lust extremity. "The ainaUne.'S ol your force will not permit y< ii. perha| s, i? occupi more than one of the three tni ii-, but an at t.iok on, or attempt to take on -,-s-i Hi of, either of them, will be regarded .i- .-in act of hostility, mi I you may then put our command into either of them which you may ?b ? hi mo- proper, to increase its poweri i ci-;.ii.ee. \ on are also authorized to lake - : .-r -lej- v heni-xcr \ on have tangible evidence ni a design to procot d lo * hostile aot. D. P. Hl'TLKK. "A"ist:mt. Adjutani l ener.il." fort Moultrie. S. t'., Hecomber 11, UStJO." This i. in conformity to niv i us (run ions to M ijor Hucll. " JOHN 15 FLOYD, Secretary of War." These w -re the last instruction* transmitted t \| -j. - Anderson before his removal to Kort Sumter, with a single exception, in regard to a pirtic 'hi which il ir- not in any degree affect iin* p. i-- tit ijnciii n I'lidcr these circum stances, ii i- dear that Mujor Anderson noted nj'oii |u.? hvii i t sponsibilty and without uu tli.irity. ?iii 1 < ?. ind cd, lie had tangible evidonee of a 11?- - i _?t in proceed to a hostile act'' mi i In-pai i of the auilinrv'es of South Carplina, whi Ii lia? 11 it been alleged. .Still he is a brave ami lintMi .il.il' . Ihccr, mid justice requires that In s'.io .11 11 ( lie condemned without fair hearing Im' this t?i it may, when I learned that Major\i?'lor-*in liinl lot 1 Fort Moultrie ami proceeded to Fort Sumter, my first promptings were to .tut itut him to return to his former position :tii>I there 1 await the contingencies presented in his instructions This would only have been d" :i> . with a it v degree < ! safety to t lie command, by the t .incurrence "f the South Carolina aufhuriles I'ut liefore ttnv steps could possibly !i.i\i' been taken in this .iircction. we received int.u .1 .ition tli.it ttie * Palmetto tl ig tinted out t. :tie lire -/c at thistle Pincknry. aud a large military 1 ic.- went over last night (the 117th) to Fort .Moultrie." Thus, the authorities of South Carolina, without waiting or asking f..rany explanations and. ?1 uhile-.-, believing, a? you have expressed it, that the ofh. er had acted not only without but against, my orders, on the very next day after the night when the removal was made, seized, by it military force', two of the three Federal I.irts in the harbor of Charleston, and have covered them tinder their own tlag, Insie . I of that of the Failed States. At thia> gloomy period of our history, startling events succeed each other rapidly. On the very day. the 27th Instant, (hat pos-cr-i'in of these IW" fur it was taken, the i'al metto tla^r ?n- raised over the Federal Custom House uit-1 l\?st Office itt Charleston, and on the same <1 .y every officer of the Customs?Collector, N ival Officer, Surveyor and Appraiser ii - .lie I their offices. And this, although i was well known. lrom the language of my Mes i/e, iL u, a* :tu Kxecuiivc officer, I felt myself bound to collect the revenue at the port of <'hat-lesion under the existing laws. In the harbor of Charleston wc now find three forts confronting each other, over all of which the Federal tlag floated only four days ago ; but U"W over two of them this tlag has been suppi titled, and the I'almetto flag has been substituted in its stead. It > under all these circumstances that I am. urged immediately to withdrnw the troops from I lie harbor of Charleston, and am informed thaF without tlit" negotiation is imposrible. This 1 cannot do; this I will not do. Such an id"? was never thought of by tncin any possible contingency. No allusion hud been made in any communication between myself and my human being Hut the inference is, that 1 am bound to witlulraw the troops from the only fort re . ,*r.i.? ir..;.?i w.,? mi 111 in- | 'v-r-vivii vi i iiv i mini i^miOS, in the hnihar ol Charleston, hectaif the officer tlii-re in < mtnniid of all the forts thought propi-r, without instructions, to change his poeilioii from one of them to another. it his point of writing I have receirod informal ion. hy telegraph, from Captain Umnphrei *, in command of the Arsenal at t'harlealott, tint ' it h i- to ii?y (Sunday, the !K>th) I aken hy l >rce >-f arms." It is estimated that tlie munitions of war hel >nging to the I niti I States in this Arsenal are worth half a million of dojlars. Ciiimtieiit s needless. After this infonnati>>11. I have only to mid, that whilst it is my luty to defend Fort Sumter. n? n portion of the piil>li<* property of the I nitcd States, against Imsiih- a" i <k> ti otn whatever piarler (hey may :ome, hy such means as | nmy possess for this |>nrj *e. I d<> not perceive how such a defence in he construed into a menace against the city >f t 'harleston. With great personal regard. I remain vcurs, ,,., t ,.?'i if,.lit .! \ mi < ttr. ii iv'iv T?> Honorable Hubert W. Hnruwcll, Jamee II Adam*. ,la me* I, < >rr.